谚语高级口译常用.doc

1. 见机行事。Act according to circumstances.2. 兵不厌诈。All is fair in war.3. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。As long as the green hills last, therell always be wood to burn.4. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。As you sow, so shall you reap.5. 不问就听不到假话。Ask no questions and be told no lies.6. 情人眼里出西施。Beauty lies in lovers eye.7. 血浓于水。Blood is thicker than water.8. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.9. 简洁是智慧的灵魂。Brevity is the soul of wit.10.公事公办。Business is business.1.车到山前必有路。The cart will find its way round the hill when it gets there.2.巧妇难为无米之炊。he cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice.3.笨鸟先飞。Clumsy birds have to start flying early.4.精诚所至，金石为开。Complete sincerity can affect even metal and stone.5.置之死地而后生。Confront a person with the danger of death and he will fight to live.6.滴水穿石。Constant dripping wears away the stone.7.习惯成自然。Custom is a second nature.8.以其人之道，还治其人之身。An eye for a eye, and an tooth for a tooth.9.血债要用血来还。Deal with a man as he deals with you.10.隔行如隔山。Different trades are separated as by mountains1.一回生，二回熟。Difficult the first time, easy the second.2.早动手，早收获。Early sow, early mow.3. 者千虑，必有一失。Even the wise are not free from error.4. 吃一堑，长一智。Every failure one meets with adds to ones experience.5. 国家兴亡，匹夫有责。Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country.6. 每一个人都有美中不足的地方。Every man has the defects of his own virtues.7. 人各有所好。Every man to his taste.8. 行行出状元。Every profession produces its own leading authority.9. 仁者见仁，智者见智。Everyone thinks in his way.10. 切莫错过良机。Everything has its time and that time must be watched1. 凡事总有一个开头。Everything must have a beginning.2. 身教胜于言教。Example is better than precept.3. 经验是智慧之母。Experience is the mother of wisdom.4. 经验是愚者之师。Experience is the teacher of fools.5. 乐极生悲。Extreme joy begets sorrow.6. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.7. 心有余而力不足(贪多嚼不烂)。The eye is bigger than the belly.8. 吃一堑，长一智。A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.9. 人怕出名猪怕壮。Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs10. 少说为佳。Few words are best.三1. 寡不敌众。A few are no match for the many.2. 水火无情。Fire and water have no mercy.3. 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣。Fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure.4. 患难之交才是真正的朋友。A friend in need is a friend indeed.5. 君子之交淡如水。The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water.6. 天才出自勤奋。Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.7. 礼轻情意重。The gift is trifling but the feeling is profound.8. 好故事百听不厌。A good tale is not the worse for being told twice.9. 善有善报，恶有恶报。Good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil.10. 名师出高徒。A great teacher produces a brilliant student.1. 习惯成自然。Habit is second nature.2. 欲速则不达(忙中有错)。Haste makes waste.3. 满招损，谦受益。Haughtiness invites disaster, humility receives benefit.4. 时来运转百事顺。He dances well to whom fortune pipes.5. 人人都有缺点。He is lifeless that is faultless.6. 近墨者黑。He that touchs pitch shall be defiled.7. 人无远虑，必有近忧。He who gives no thought to difficulties in the future is sure to be beset by worries much closer at hand.8. 来者不善，善者不来。He who has come is surely strong or hed never have come along.9. 与人方便，自己方便。He who helps others helps himself.10. 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。He who laughs last laughs longest.四1. 健康胜于财富。Health is better than wealth.2. 心有灵犀一点通。Hearts which beat in unison are linked.3. 历史总在重演。History repeats itself.4. 明人不做暗事。An honest man does nothing underhand.5. 诚实是上上之策。Honesty is the best policy.6. 态度随地位而变。If the upper beam is not straight, the lower ones will go aslant.8. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。If you do not wish anyone to know what you have done, it is better not to have done it in the first place.9. 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron rod into a needle.10. 病从口入，祸从口出。Illness comes from food and trouble from speech1. 贵人多忘事。Important people have short memories.2. 一不做，二不休。In for a penny, in for a pound.3. 酒后吐真言。In wine there is truth.4. 事后聪明很容易。It is easy to be wise after the event.5. 得道多助，失道寡助。A just cause enjoys abundant support while an unjust cause finds little.6. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。Justice has long arms.7. 活到老，学到老。Keep on learning as long as you live.8. 知己知彼，百战不殆。Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.9. 前事不忘，后事之师。Lessons learned from the past can guide one in the future.10. 同类相吸。Like attracts like.五1. 有其师必有其徒。Like teacher, like pupil.2. 学无止境。Live and learn.3. 欲速则不达。The longest way round is the nearest way home.4. 养兵千日，用兵一时。Maintain an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour.5. 大丈夫能屈能伸。A man among men is he who knows when to eat humble pie and when to hold his head high.6. 人生一世，草木一春。Man has but one life, grass sees but one spring.7. 大智若愚。A man of great wisdom often seems slowwitted.8. 祸不单行。Misfortunes never come singly.9. 一失足成千古恨。A moments error can bring a lifelong regret.10. 钱是万恶之源。Money is the root of all evil.1. 跑了和尚跑不了庙。The monk may run away, but the temple cant run with him.2. 道高一尺，魔高一丈。The more illumination, the more temptation.3. 多劳多得。More pay for more work.4. 需要是发明之母。Necessity is the mother of invention.5. 不打不相识。No discord, no concord.6. 天有不测风云。Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.7. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。Nothing venture, nothing have.8. 一失足成千古恨。One false step brings everlasting grief.9. 无事不登三宝殿。One never goes to the temple for no reason.10.钥匙开一把锁。Open different locks with different keys.六A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。After you is good manners.“您先请”是礼貌。A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。A good wife health is a mans best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。A light heart lives long.静以修身。A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士9All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。10A mothers love never changes.母爱永恒。An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。A years plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。Beauty lies in the loves eyes.情人眼里出西施。Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。Better late than never.不怕慢，单怕站。Better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。12Between friends all is common.朋友之间不分彼此。Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。 Blood will have blood.血债血偿。Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。Business is business.公事公办。 Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目，不见泰山。Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传。Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。Come what may, heaven wont fall.做你的吧，天塌不下来。Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。13Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。Count ones chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。Creep before you walk.循序渐进。Cry for the moon.海底捞月。Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯，事事皆不难。Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。Do it now.机不可失，时不再来。Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。14Dont claim to know what you dont know.不要不懂装懂。Dont have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。Dont make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。Dont put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。Dont