简明汉英谚语对译词典 - 汉英.doc

=爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。love rules his kingdom without a sword. =爱情始甜而终苦。love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the ending.=爱情是甜蜜的痛苦。love is a sweet torment.爱情是一种甜蜜的痛苦。=抱最大的希望，做最坏的准备。hope for the best and prepare for the worst./ =要最好的结果，做最坏的准备。provide for the worst, the best will save itself. =并非人人都能当头。all men cannot be masters./we cannot all be masters. =不管做什么，都要一心一意。whatever you do, do with all your might.=不请自来，没人接待。不速之客坐冷板凳。he who comes uncalled, sits unserved.=不是大获全胜，就是满盘皆输。either win the horse or lose the saddle.=不要孤注一掷。不成功，便成仁。he will make a spoon or spoil a horn./make or break./mend or mar./不成功便成仁。win the mare or lose the halter. /不要孤注一掷。凡事要有两手准备。dont put all your eggs in one basket. /切莫孤注一掷。不可铤而走险。do not keep all your eggs in one basket./venture not all in one bottom. /切勿孤注一掷。dont put all your eggs in one basket. =不要在太岁头上动土。别惹麻烦。勿打草惊蛇。不要惹事生非。let sleeping dogs lie./wake not a sleeping lion./it is dangerous to wake a sleeping dog./it is ill to wake sleeping dogs./ it is best to let sleeping dogs lie./不要无事生非，免得自讨苦吃。it is not good to wake a sleeping lion./ 不要惹事生非。dont wake a sleeping dog. /let a sleeping dog lie. /别在太岁头上动土。gentle puddocks have long toes./虎口拔牙。（太岁头上动土。）beard the lion in his den. =苍蝇不叮无缝的鸡蛋。口紧不招祸。a close mouth catches no flies./into a shut mouth flies fly not.=成事在天，谋事在人。man proposes, god disposes. =聪明人一点就明。响鼓不用重锤。明白人不用多言语。few words suffice to the wise. /few words to the wise suffice. /响鼓不用重锤敲。举一反三。聪明者一点就通，愚蠢者棒打不回。响鼓不用重锤。（明白人不用多言语。）half a tale/word is enough for a wise man. 智者一说就领会。/=智者当差，不用交代。心有灵犀一点通。智者不用多告诫。a word to the wise is enough/sufficient./话有三说，巧说为妙。少说为妙。a word is enough for/to the wise./智者当差，不用交代。send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him./ 智者一点即通。to a wise man one word is enough. /心有灵犀一点通。mind acts upon mind. =大祸临头。祸事临头。the black ox has trod his foot.=东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。样样是新的好，只有朋友是老的好。物莫如新，友莫如故。衣不如新，人不如故。everything is good when new, but friends when old./物莫如新。everything new is fine. =肚子太饱，不能打仗也不能逃跑。a full belly neither fights nor flies well. =对于公鸡来说，麦粒胜过钻石。a barly-corn is better than a diamond to a cock. =恶人自有恶人磨。倒霉鬼，不得闲。there is no peace for the wicked.=凡事必先难而后易。 all things are difficult before they are easy.=否极泰来。物极必反。extremes meet. 从一个极端走向另一个极端。/否极泰来。阳光总在风雨后。雨过天晴。after a storm comes a calm. /after black clouds, clear weather. /（否极泰来。苦尽甘来。）after rain comes fair weather/clear sunshine. / /不经风雨寒，不知阳光暖。不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。if there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun./天无绝人之路。阳光总在风雨后。祸兮福所依。every dark cloud has a silver lining. / every cloud has a silver lining. 否极泰来。柳暗花明又一村。 =富贵亲朋多，贫贱验真情。富贵交友易，患难见真情。prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. /富贵有亲朋，穷困无兄弟。贫居闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲。in time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; in time of adversity, not one amongest twenty. /富贵亲朋多。rich folk have many friends. /富家山野有人瞅。a rich mans joke is always funny./he that hath a full purse never wanted a friend. /富在深山有远亲。every one is akin to the rich man./rich men can want no kindred./the rich never want for kindred.富人不缺亲戚。/钱包丰厚的人从来不缺少朋友。he that has a full purse never wants a friend. /有钱朋友遍四方。wealth makes many friends. /有钱有酒，必有朋友。a full purse never lacks friend. =腹饱思眠。吃饱喝足就想歇。when the belly is full, the bones would be at rest.=故事总是被人们说的添枝加叶。a tale never loses in the telling. =光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说空话啥不搞，就像花园尽长草。/ =过犹不及。凡事过则必伤。over doing is doing nothing to purpose./over fast over loose./over sicker over loose./to much is as bad as too little. / too much of one thing is good for nothing./too much of one thing is not good./you may have too much of a good thing./过犹不及。too much water drowned the miller. /enough is better than too much./ enough is as good as a feast. /过犹不及。more than enough is too much. /you may go farther and fare worse. /going too far is as bad as not going far enough./过犹不及。矫枉过正。 too far east is west. =好朋友像冬天的太阳。a good friend is as the sun in winter./人生没有朋友，犹如人生没有了太阳。a life without a friend is a life without a sun. =好心不一定有好报。a loyal heart may be landed under traitors bridge. /好心没好报。hell is paved with good intentions./the road to hell is paved with good intentions. /好心有好报。good mind, good find./好人有好报。a good deed is never lost./ 好人有好报。诚实必有回报。honesty pays.=欢娱嫌时短。欢乐时光过得快。pleasant hours fly past./time takes wings when youre enjoying yourself./欢乐不觉时光过。happiness takes no account of time. =火是一把双刃剑。fire is a good servant but a bad master. =机不可失，时不再来。如花美眷，似水流年。the mill cannot grind with (the) water that is past./如花美眷，似水流年。往者已矣，来者可追。往者不可谏，来者犹可追。/ a mill cannot grind with the water that is past. =积跬步，成千里。step after step the ladder is ascended.梯子需要逐级登。登梯需要逐级登。/世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。the world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. =己所不欲，勿失于人。想别人怎样对你，你就怎样对人。爱人者，人爱之；敬人者，人敬之。将心比心。all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. /己所不欲，勿失于人。do unto others as you would be done by./all things whatever ye would that men should not do to you, do ye even not to them./do for others just what you want them to do for you./do not to others what you do not wish them to do with you./do to others as you would have them do to you./dont let the others do the things that you yourself dont want to do it./爱人者，人爱之；敬人者，人敬之。use others as you would have them use you./treat others just what you want them to do for you./人心换人心。（将心比心。）do as you would be done by. /想别人怎样对你，你就怎样对人。人心换人心。always do to others as you would be done by./爱人者人恒爱之，敬人者人恒敬之。he who loves others is constantly loved by them;he who respects others is constantly respected by them.=见树不见林。一叶障目，不见泰山。以偏概全。he cannot see the wood for the tree./见木不见林，逐末而忘本。cannot see the wood for the tree. /一叶障目，不见泰山。（见树不见林。）one cannot see the wood for the trees. /you cannot see the city for the houses. /you cannot see the wood for the trees. =谨慎消灾。good watch prevents misfortune.=尽力而为。不能尽如人意，也应竭尽全力。they who cannot do as they would, must do as they can. /=身不由己也应尽力而为。we do as we can, since when we cant do as we would. =近朱者赤，近墨者黑。交什么人，学什么人。什么人交什么友。he that sleeps with dogs rise up with flees. / he that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas./ evil communications corrupt good manners. 交恶友，损德行。/跟好人学好人。keep good men company and you shall be of the number./休与恶人为伍。keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number. /跟坏人，学坏人。（近墨者黑。）who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl./good man teach good; companionship with bad will but corrupt the good mind that you had./he that lies down with dogs, must rise up with fleas./he that touches pitch shall be defiled./交什么人，学什么人。跟什么样的人学什么样。he that lives with cripples learns to limp./近朱者赤。a boy living next to a temple knows the litany by heart./near vermilion one gets stained pink./the finger that touches rouge will be red./跟好人，学好人。with the good we become good./ if you go a year with a cripple, youll limp at the end of it./近墨者黑。they that touch pitch will be defiled./常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。touch pitch, and you will be defiled./跟着坏人难学好。he who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl. /久在河边走，焉能不湿鞋。老子偷瓜盗果，儿子杀人放火。the cask savours of the first fill./he who scrubs every pig he sees will not long be clean himself./he who touches pitch must expect to be defiled./he who touches pitch will be defiled./one cannot touch pitch without being defiled./老子偷瓜盗果，儿子杀人放火。（近朱者赤，近墨者黑。）every cask smells of the wine it contains. /三人行，必有我师。he that walks with wise men shall be wise. /与有智之人同行，你会变得聪颖。walk with the wise men and you shall be wise. /跟什么样的人学什么样。he that lives with cripples learns to limp. =精诚所至，金石为开。faith can/will remove mountains. /忠诚移山。faith moves a mountain./有爱就有路。爱心所至，金石为开。爱之所至，金石为开。love will find out the way.爱情自会寻出路。/有爱就有路。真情所至，金石为开。爱心所至，金石为开。爱之所至，金石为开。love will find a way.爱情自会寻出路。 =口是心非人常有。many a one says well that thinks ill. =困难象弹簧，你弱它就强。problems loom large when men dont. =懒驴上磨屎尿多。idle folks have most labour. /the worst wheel of a cart creaks most./懒汉辩解，何患无词。idle folks lack no excuses./懒驴上磨屎尿多。懒猫逮不住老鼠，懒人出不了成果。muffled cats catch no mice./ a cat in gloves catches no mice.带手套的猫捉不到老鼠。/懒人不着闲。idle folks have the least leisure. /lazy folks have the most labour./懒人不着闲。lazy folks have the least leisure./懒汉多吃苦。lazy folks take the most pains. /懒人做工作，越懒越费力。idle folks take the most pains./idle people have the most labour. =滥交不如无友。宁可孤芳自赏，也不同流合污。宁可孤身一人，不与坏人结群。better alone than in bad company./没朋友也不滥交友。交损友不如无友。better be alone than in bad company./ 没朋友也不滥交友。it is better to be alone than in ill company./ 宁可独处，勿交恶友。better to be alone than in bad company. 宁可孤单也不交坏朋友。/滥交者无友。广交友，无深交。a friend to everybody/all is a friend to nobody/none. 对一切人都是朋友，对哪一个也不是朋友。=良药苦口。good medicine always tastes bitter./good medicine is bitter in the mouth. /良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。a good medicine tastes bitter./良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。unpleasant advice is a good medicine./良药苦口利于病。good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. /良药苦口利于病。忠言逆耳，良药苦口。advice is like medicine, the better it is, the nastier to take. /bitter pills may have sweet effects. /advice is like medicine, the better it is, the nastier./忠言逆耳。advice is seldom welcome. /advice when most needed is least heeded. /忠言逆耳利于行。直言无害。hard words break no bones. /（忠言逆耳利于行。）good counsel does no harm. /（忠言逆耳利于行。）good counsel never comes amiss./忠言逆耳。advice when most needed is least heeded. /忠言逆耳利于行。hard words break no bones. =两人同事，必有主次。when two ride on one horse, one must sit behind./不可能人人得第一。if two men ride a horse, one must ride behind. /不可能人人得冠军。all men cant be first. =锣鼓听声，听话听音。注意言下之意。（话中有话。）more is meant than meets the ear. /闻其声而知其人。the bird is known by his note, the man by his words. /锣鼓听声，听话听音。a bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。 /闻声知鸟鸣，闻言见人心。a bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk/words. 鸟以声闻，人以言知。/听话听音，话里有话。figure out the meaning of someones words./the sting is in the tail. =满招损，谦受益。haughtiness invites disaster, humility receives benefit. /humility often gains more than pride./modest dogs miss much meat. =逆境出人才。患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。adversity makes a man wise,not rich. =七十二行，各干一行。every man for/to his own trade./敲锣卖糖，各干一行。干一行爱一行。干东行不说西行，贩骡马不说猪羊。a shoemaker should stick to his last./干一行爱一行。let not the cobbler go beyond his last./干东行不说西行，贩骡马不说猪羊。let the cobbler stick to his last. /安分守己。a cobbler should stick to his last.=气壮如牛，胆小如鼠。（外强中干。）many would be cowards if they had courage enough.=轻诺者寡信。he that promises too much means nothing./those who are quick to promise are generally slow to perform. /轻诺者，信必寡。a man apt to promise is apt to forget.=情同手足。真朋友亲如手足。count true friends as brothers. =饶舌者的嘴巴是魔鬼的邮袋。a gossips mouth is the devils mail-bag. =人不可貌相，海不可斗量。不可以貌取人。人不可貌相。judge not from/according to the appearance./a black hen lays white eggs./a royal heart is hidden under a tattered cloak./men are not to be measured by inches./人不可貌相。dont judge a book by its cover./judge not a book by its cover./you cannot judge a tree by its bark./you cannot judge the horse by the harness./人不可貌相。表面文章不可信。appearance often deceives. /there is no trusting to appearance./不可以貌取人。a horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马的装饰。/切勿以貌取人。dont judge by appearance./穿袈裟的不一定是和尚。the cowl does not make the monk./the habit does not make the monk./the hood does not make the monk./it is not the hood that makes the monk./外表是靠不住的。appearances are (often) deceptive./人不可以貌相，海水不可以斗量。不可以貌取人。never judge from appearances./切莫以貌取人。never judge by appearance. /切勿以貌取人。（人不可貌相。）never judge people by their appearance. /外表靠不住。in appearance place no trust. /美丽的面孔不算美，美丽的心灵才是美。（不可以貌取人。）beauty is but a skin-deep.美丽只是外表罢了。 /君子在德不在衣。鸟美不在羽毛，人美不在相貌。it is not only the feather that makes the bird./人不可貌相。（好马不在鞍，人美不在衣。）fine feathers do not make fine birds./its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. /君子不在衣装。人品好坏，不在穿戴。（好马不在鞍，人美不再衫。）it is not the fine coat that makes the fine gentleman./（好马不在鞍，人美不在衫。）衣服不能成就人。君子不在衣装。clothes dont make the man. /狗咬的不见得都是小偷。all are not thieves that dogs bark at. /外表欺人。 appearances are deceptive. /举止造人品。仪表取人。manners make/maketh the man.=人逢喜事精神爽。（喜形于色。）the hearts mirth does make the face fair. /the joy of the heart makes the face merry.心中快乐，面带喜色。/心中喜悦，面带笑容。a merry heart makes a cheerful countenance. /a blithe heart makes a blooming visage./a happy heart makes a blooming visage.心花怒放，笑逐颜开。/joy puts heart into a man.心花怒放,笑逐颜开。=人生不如意者常八九。there is a crook in the lot of every one. /不尽人意。be not all roses. =人无德行难立世。民以食为天。empty bags cant stand. /有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行。理由充足，行动就坚决。strong reasons make strong actions. /有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行。人无德行难立世。人是铁，饭是刚，一顿不吃饿得慌。民以食为天。an empty bag/sack cannot stand upright. /人是铁，饭是钢。民以食为天。bread is the staff of life.=人心叵测。画龙画虎难画骨，知人知面不知心。mens characters are not always written on their foreheads. 人心叵测。知人知面不知心。大智若愚，大巧若拙。mens character are not always written on their forehead./the face is no index to the heart. /大智若愚，大巧若拙。cats hide their claws./he who canot play the fool is not a wise man./真人不露相。大智若愚。greatest genius often lies concealed. =人至察则无友。we shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault./没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。a friend without faults will never be found. =人走运，百事顺。运来百事顺。时来运转百事顺。he dances well to whom fortune pipes. =色厉内荏。刀子嘴，豆腐心。a cold hand and a warm heart./his bark is worse than his bite./ 色厉内荏。爱叫的狗不咬人。犬吠不咬人。barking dogs do not bite./嘴硬者手软。barking dogs seldom bite.犬吠不咬人。/爱叫的狗不咬人。（色厉内荏。）long mint, little dint./犬吠不咬人。好狗不挡道。气壮如牛，胆小如鼠。great barkers are no biters. =山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。阎王不在，小鬼成精。猫儿不在，鼠儿成精。among the blind the one-eyed man is king./猫儿不在，鼠儿成精。when the cat is away, the mice will play./大王不在，小鬼成精。when the cats are away the mice will play. /（蜀中无大将，廖化当先锋。）in the country of the blind the one-eyed is king. /in the kingdom of blind men, the one-eyed man is king./山中无老虎，猴子称大王。in the land of the blind,the one-eyed man is king./山中无老虎，猴子成大王。（蜀中无大将，廖化当先锋。）for want of a wise man, a fool is set in the chair./（蜀中无大将，廖化当先锋。）for want of a wise man, fools sit on benches. /阎王不在，小鬼做怪。when the cats away, the mice will play./ 猫儿胆小耗子闹。a shy cat makes a proud mouse. =善言者寡行。语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。光说空话啥不搞，就像花园尽长草。光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。the greatest talkers are (always) the least doers. =身在屋檐下勿以螳臂挡车。识时务者为俊杰。不要螳臂挡车。dont kick against the pricks. /螳臂挡车。to kick against the pricks./身在屋檐下，不得不弯腰。胳膊扭不过大腿。the earthen pot must keep clear of the brass vessel./the wagon must go whither the horses draw it. /身在屋檐下，不得不弯腰。he must stoop that has a low door. /人在屋檐下，不得不低头。as long as you serve the tod, you must bear up his tail./ /身在屋檐下，不得不弯腰。needs must go when the devil drives./ it is hard to sit in rome and strive against the pope./人在屋檐下，焉能不低头。（胳膊扭不过大腿。）it is ill sitting at rome and striving with the pope. /人在屋檐下，不得不低头。he must needs go whom the devil drives. /he must needs swim that is held up by the chin. /人在屋檐下，焉能不低头。鸡蛋碰不过石头。whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher. /人在屋檐下。大丈夫能屈能伸。better bend/bow than break.=施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。if you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. =事难两全。鱼与熊掌不可兼得。事难两全。the sun does not shine on both sides of the hedge at once.太阳不能同时照到篱笆的两面。/事难两全。熊掌与鱼不能兼得。熊掌与鱼两者不能兼得。you cannot eat your cake and have it too. /一只脚不能踩两只船。a door must be either shut or open. /事难两全。鱼和熊掌不可兼得。you cannot sell the cow and drink the milk. /事难两全其美。熊掌与鱼不能兼得。（事难两全。）鱼与熊掌不可兼得。一只脚不能踩两只船。（非此即彼。）有得就有失。you cannot have your cake and eat it. /事难两全其美。you cant have your cake and eat it, too. /鱼与熊掌不能兼得。（事难两全。）熊掌与鱼两者不能兼得。one cannot eat ones cake and have it. /one cannot have ones cake and eat it. /蜡烛不可两头点。dont burn the/your candle at both ends./蜡烛不能点两头，精力不可过分耗。事难两全。you cannot burn the candle at both ends. =说到做到，威信必高。do what you say, and youll enjoy high prestige. =天虽长，必有尽。the longest day must have an end.不幸的日子总会过去。=拖延为时间之窃贼。procrastination is the thief of time.=万事日久自明。time reveals(discloses) all things.=万物皆有时，时来不可失。everything has its time and that time must be watched. =未雨绸缪。居安思危。no morning sun lasts a whole day.居安当思危。in time of peace prepare for war./居安思危。 study sickness while you are well./（欲求和平，必先武装。）if you wish for peace, be prepared for war./（欲求和平，必先武装。）in peace prepares for war./if you want peace, prepare for war. 欲求和平必先备战。/the way to be safe is never to be/feel secure./（须将有日思无日。）lay by something against a rainy day. /lay up (something) against a rainy day. /although the sun shines, leave not your cloak at home. /build the shelter before the rain. /cast an anchor to windward. /have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. /prepare for a rainy day. /though the sun shines, leave not your cloak at home. /不要临时抱佛脚。dont have your cloak to make when it begins to rain./防患于未然。a danger foreseen is half avoided. 预见隐患犹如防患一半。/dangers foreseen are the sooner prevented./it is good to nip the briar in the bud./prevention is the best cure./不要临时抱佛脚。in fair weather prepare for foul./=未雨绸缪。量入而出。cut the coat according to the cloth. / cut your coat/cloak according to your cloth./put your hand no farther than your sleeve will reach. /stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach./stretch your legs according to your coverlet./you must cut your coat according to your cloth./（常将有日思无日，莫待无时思有时。）live within your means and save for a rainy day./量体裁衣。to cut the coat according to the cloth./须将有日思无日。常将有日思无日，莫待无时思有时。节俭宜早不宜迟。有钱常记无钱日，莫待无钱思有时。better spare at brim than at bottom./dont start economizing when you are down to your last dollar./积谷防饥，蓄水防旱。精打细算，有吃有穿。俭以防匮。不浪费，不受穷。waste not, want not./未雨绸缪。keep something against a rainy day. /according to your purse govern your mouth./ 节俭防灾。keep something for a sore day./有备无患。（凡事预则立，不预则废。）预则立，不预则废。to be forewarned is to be forearmed. /have two strings to your bow. /he has a second string to his bow./it is good to go a foot with a horse in hand. /readiness is all./store is no sore. /家留三斗粮，便于躲饥荒。it is good walking with a horse in ones hand./谨慎消灾。good watch prevents misfortune. /预则立，不预则废。forecast is better than work-hard. /早知早防。（早不盘算晚吃亏。）forewarned (is) forearmed. =惜衣有衣，惜食有食。小钱不存，大钱难有。who will not