常见成语翻译.doc

常见成语翻译1. Never say die.永不言败。2.No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。3.New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。4.Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。5.No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。6.No living man all things can.世上没有万事通。7.No man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。8.No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。9.No man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。10.No man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时。11.None are so blind as those who wont see.视而不见。12.None are so deaf as those who wont hear.充耳不闻。13.No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。14.No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。15.No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。16.No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。17.No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。18.No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。19.No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。20.Nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。21.Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。22.Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。23.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。24.Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。25.Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行，语言最要紧。26.Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。27.Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。28.Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故，幼稚可笑。29.No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。30.Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。31.Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。32.Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。33.Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。34.Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。35.Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。36.Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。37.Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。38.One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。39.One cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。40.One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。41.One false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。42.One good turn deserves another.行善积德。43.One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。44.One mans fault is other mans lesson.前车之鉴。45.One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。46.One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。47.Ones words reflect ones thinking.言为心声。48.Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。49.Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。50.Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。51.Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。52.Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。53.Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。54.Please the eye and plague the heart.贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。55.Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。56.Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。57.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。58.Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。59.Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。60.Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。61.Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。62.Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。63.Promise is debt.一诺千金。64.Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。65.Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。66.Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。67.Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。68.Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。69.Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。70.Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。71.Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。72.Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。73.Seeing is believing.眼见为实。74.Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。75.Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。76.Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。77.Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。78.Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。79.Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。80.Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。81.Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。82.Still water run deep.静水常深。83.Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。84.Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。85.Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。86.Talking mends no holes.空谈无补。87.Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。88.Hasty love, soon cold.一见钟情难维久。89.Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。90.Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。91.Hear all parties.兼听则明。92.Heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不动，叫天何用。93.He is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。94.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后说好话，才是真朋友。95.He is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。96.He is lifeless that is faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。97.He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。98.He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.自嘲者不会让人见笑。99.He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。100.He knows most who speaks least.大智若愚2. 【充满哲理的谚语】3. 1.He is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。4. 2.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后说好话，才是真朋友。5. 3.Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。6. 4.Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。7. 8. Like author, like book.,文如其人。9. 2，Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。10. 3，Like tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。11. 4，Little things amuse little minds.小人无大志。12. Promise is debt.一诺千金。13. 14. Everything is easy when youre busy, nothing is easy when youre laz.15. 勤奋让一切都简单，懒惰让一切都困难。16. 17. 18. 爱情篇19. A beautiful woman smiling, bespeaks a purse weeping.美人一微笑，就有人破财。20. （bespeak：预先要求，预约）21. A cheerful wife is the joy of life.有个乐天的妻子是人生一大乐事。22. A life with love is happy; a life for love is foolish.生活中有爱是幸福；为爱而生活是愚蠢。23. A maid that laughs is half taken.少女露笑脸，婚事已半成。24. A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.少女要是多人追，往往挑中最差的那一个。（wooers:追求者）25. A man may woo where he will, but wed where is his ward.追求爱情靠自己，与谁结婚靠机运。26. A mans best fortune or his worst is his wife.一个男人最好和最坏的财富都是他的妻子。27. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.小别胜新婚。28. Absence sharpens love; presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切，离聚情更深。29. All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.有情人终成眷属。（Jill：妻；女情人；女人，姑娘）30. Alls fair in love and war.爱情和战争，都是不择手段的。31. Beauty and honesty seldom agree.美貌与贞洁难和睦。32. Beauty and wisdom rarely go together.美貌与智慧不能并存。33. Beauty fades like a flower.红颜易逝。34. Beauty is but a blossom.美丽只是盛开的花朵。35. Beauty is eloquent even when silent.即使在静默之时，美貌仍足以传情。36. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder / gazer. / Beauty is the child of love. / Beauty lies in lovers eyes.情人眼里出西施。37. 38. 39. 不怕慢，只怕站。Do not fear going slow, only fear standing still.化干戈为玉帛。beat swords into ploughs欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。We widen our views 3 hundred miles by ascending one flight of stairs.会当凌绝顶，一览众山小。 When reaching the great peak (of Mount Tai), we hold all mountains in a single glance.结交一言重，相期千里至。 Friends are as good as their words, they travel a thousand li to keep a rendezvous.桃李不言，下自成蹊。Peaches and plums do not have to talk, the world beats a path to them.君子敏于行而讷于言。The gentlemen are speedy as a worker and cautious as a speaker.实事求是。Seek truth from the facts.不到黄河心不死。Until all is over ambition never dies. / Never say die.雄关漫道真如铁，而今迈步从头越。The strong pass of the enemy is like a wall of iron, yet with firm strides, we are conquering its summit.路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。 My way ahead is long; I see no ending; yet high and low Ill search with my will unbending.安不忘危，治不忘乱。In security, we should never forget the dangers and in times of peace, we should always beware of the potential for chaos.海不辞水，故能成其大。 The ocean never turns away streams, so it becomes wide and deep.山不辞土石，故能成其高。 The mountain never turns away stones, so it becomes towering and strong.同舟共济。Help one another, for we are all in the same boat.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。Like Weather, ones fortune may change by the evening.治大国如烹小鲜。Running a large country is like cooking a small fish.先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐。 To worry before the common people worries; to enjoy only after the people can enjoy.春愁难遣强看山，往事惊心泪欲潸。四百万人同一哭，去年今日割台湾。 On such a nice spring day, my heart was so heavy with sadness. So I went out sightseeing in the mountain, however, my mind always went back to this day last year when 4 million peopleon Taiwan cried the same tears of sorrow as Taiwan was ceded.原乡人的血，必须流返原乡，才会停止沸腾。 Only when the blood of the native son flows back to his native place will it stop boiling.已所不欲，勿施于人。 What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.有德者，必有言，有言者，不必有德。 People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.不耻下问。Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。What you know, you know, what you dont know, you dont know. This is knowledge. / True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of ones knowledge.40. 自求多福/天助自助者.He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.天下为公Justice for all in the World.自相矛盾Self Contradiction!有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎。人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎。 When friends gather round from afar do we not rejoice?Whom lack of fame cannot vex is not he a gentleman?力拔山兮气盖世With strength to lift mountains and spirit to take on the world.四海为家。 Make my home everywhere within the four seas. / The world is my home.吾生也有涯，而知也无涯Life is finite, while knowledge is infinite.人生自古谁无死，留取丹心照汗青。 Since the dawn of time every one will die, let the history books note my death with loyalty at heart.四海之内皆兄弟也All men are brothers.国家兴亡，匹夫有责Rise and fall of a nation rests with every one of its citizens.老马识途Old horse knows the way.掩耳盗铃Like burying ones head in the sand / (self-deceit)不管黑猫还是白猫，能抓到老鼠就是好猫。Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, its a good cat不出户，知天下。Without going outside, you may know the whole world!人之初，性本善Every child born has innate goodness.一见钟情Love at first sight孟母三迁Mencius mother moves her home three times to better her sons education.不自由，勿宁死。Give me liberty, or give me death!百闻不如一见Seeing it once is better than being told 100 times. /A picture is worth ten thousand works41. 42. 1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.43. 2.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.44. 3.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.45. 4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.46. 5.不眠之夜 white night47. 6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses48. 7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do ones best49. 8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.50. 9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul51. 10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new52. 11.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all53. 12.大开眼界 open ones eyes; broaden ones horizon; be an eye-opener54. 13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace55. 14.过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little56. 15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.57. 16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more58. 17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.59. 18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.60. 19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.61. 20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones62. 21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold cant be pure and man cant be perfect.63. 22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.64. 23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth65. 24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence66. 25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green67. 26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, clich68. 27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.69. 28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.70. 29.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success71. 30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth72. 31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened73. 32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of ones dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.74. 34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.75. 35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself76. 36.拿手好戏 masterpiece77. 37.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad78. 38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale79. 39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat；burn ones own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end80. 40.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities81. 41.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you cant make a fist. One cant make bricks without straw.82. 42.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step-the highest eminence is to be gained step by step83. 43.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 44.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.84. 45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something85. 46.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.86. 47.强强联手 win-win co-operation87. 48.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.88. 49.人之初性本善 Mans nature at birth is good.89. 50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.90. 51.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy91. 52.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.92. 53.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;93. 54.死而后已 until my heart stops beating94. 55.岁岁平安 Peace all year round.95. 56.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth96. 57.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.97. 58.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.98. 59.升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)99. 60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.100. 61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, cant be repaid by grass. 62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.101. 63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.102. 64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel103. 65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts104. 66.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.105. 67.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is106. 68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.107. 69.山不在高，有仙则名No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; 108. 70.韬光养晦hide ones capacities and bide ones time109. 71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets110. 72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue111. 73.团结就是力量Unity is strength.112. 74.“跳进黄河洗不清”eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean-theres nothing one can do to clear ones name 113. 75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena114. 76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.115. 77.往事如风The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas116. 78.望子成龙hold high hopes for ones child117. 79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.118. 80.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy119. 81.唯利是图draw water to ones mill120. 82.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots121. 83.无中生有make create something out of nothing122. 84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. Theres no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends123. 86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean124. 87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.125. 88. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off126. 89.心想事成May all your wish come true127. 90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.128. 92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound129. 93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan130. 94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example131. 95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters132. 96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear133. 97.循序渐进step by step134. 98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest135. 99.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others136. 100鱼米之乡137. 101.有情人终成眷属Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.138. 102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.139. 103. 有识之士people of vision140. 104.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain141. 105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.142. 106.与时俱进advance with times143. 107.以人为本people oriented; people foremost144. 108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude145. 109.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight. a land of milk and honey146. 110.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.147. 111. 优胜劣汰survival of the fittest148. 112.英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.149. 113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.150. 114.冤假错案cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases151. 115.一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.152. 116.招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful153. 117.债台高筑become debt-ridden154. 118.致命要害Achilles heel155. 119. 众矢之的target of public criticism156. 120.知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.157. 121. 纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist158. 122.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.159. 123.左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea160. 161.162. 有两则关于同一条英语谚语Blood is thicker than water的译例。其一是“清水不浓血却浓”，其二是“血浓于水”。从字面上看，上述两则译例译得固然不错，似无可厚非。译文读起来很顺，又比较易懂，但读后似有不知所云之感。163. 164. 165. 166. 这是因为译文的形象没能准确地传达出这条谚语的喻义来。167. Longman Dictionary of English Idioms（p.28）上对这条谚语的解释是The relationship between people of the same family is stron