西方諺語(中英對照本)

Let the world slide.人世滄桑,聽其自然.It is not by the grey of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.白發(fā)多少并不能告訴你一個人心靈的年齡.An unambitious man is easily carried away by victory; a short-sighted man would have an exaggerated opinion of his abilities after being praised a little.胸?zé)o大志的人容易被勝利沖昏頭腦；鼠目寸光的人稍受表揚就不知天高地厚。Christmas comes but once a year，But when it comes it brings good cheer.圣誕節(jié)一年只來一次，但每次來臨卻都帶來喜悅。He that tells a secret is anothers servant.泄漏機密的人，就成為別人的奴仆。Theres only a step form the sublime to the ridiculous, but theres no road leading back form the ridiculous to the sublime.從崇高到荒謬只有一步之差,可是從荒謬卻沒有路能回到崇高.The used key is always bright.常用的鑰匙不長銹.Home is home,be it never so homely.金窩銀窩,不如自家的草窩.The man who saves when young will have more to spend when he is old.年少節(jié)儉,年老不愁.When someone is beating a gong，listen to its overtones；when someone is talking，listen to his voice。鑼鼓聽音，說話聽聲。Learn form the bee busy collecting honey; dont copy the example of the cicada hanging around doing nothing.要學(xué)蜜蜂勤采蜜,不做悠閑的知了.The usual excuse of those who cause others trouble is that they wish them well.給別人造成麻煩的人通常的借口是出于好意。I have so many things to do before I leave.我走之前還有很多事情要做。As truth is like the sun, it cannot be shadad up by ones palm.真理象太陽,一手難遮擋.Civility costs nothing.禮貌不費分文.Think more, and youll become wiser.多思出智慧.Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.己所不欲，勿施于人。Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves.行動是果實,言論不過是葉子.Anger is a brief madness.憤怒是短暫的瘋狂。While there is life there is hope.一息尚存,希望不滅.The greatest talkers are the least doers.語言的巨人常是行動的矮子.He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.不能指揮自己，就不能指揮別人。Theres only one kind of tax that would please everybody-one that nobody but the other guy has to pay.只有一種稅人人歡迎，那就是只有別人必須繳納的稅。Better master one than engage with ten.十事半通,不如一事精通.Genius only means hard-working all ones life.天才只意味著終生不懈的努力.Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.在酒里淹死的人比在海里淹死的人多。Love is blind.愛情是盲目的.Here you are.給。In every beginning think of the end。凡事一開始就要想到結(jié)果.Establishing goals is all right if your dont let them deprive you of interesting detours.不妨訂立目標(biāo),只要你不讓它阻擋你兜有趣的圈子.I once took a part-time job delivering the Evening Post。我曾干過送晚報的兼職。Look before you leap。三思而后行。He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion.不會偶爾裝傻的人算不得聰明。A small leak will sink a great ship.小漏能沉大船.We may give advice，but we cannot give conduct.別人可以相勸,做人還靠自己./ 別人可以給你忠告,但不能給你品行.Haste and wisdom are things far odd.輕率與智慧相距遙遠(yuǎn)。He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens.想吃雞蛋就不要討厭母雞咯咯叫.He that lives in hope danceth without music.生活在希望中的人,沒有音樂照樣跳舞.Accidents will happen in the best regulated families。家規(guī)再嚴(yán)，事端難免。It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring out.心胸狹隘的人就象小口瓶子;里面裝的東西越少,倒出時噪音越大.To know that we know what we know，and that we do not know what we do not know，that is true knowledge.知之為知之,不知為不知,是知也.Pride and grace dwell never in one place.傲慢與優(yōu)雅決不共存。Time lost may be repented but never recalled.失去時間可以后悔,但無法追回.Pen and ink is wits plough。筆墨是才智之犁。Correct the mistakes if you have committed them, and avoid them if you have not.有則改之,無則加勉.Thats ok/fine.挺好的。A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast.寧為清貧，不為濁富。The worst wheel of the cart creaks most.最差的車輪吱嘎聲最大。Hunger is the best sauce.饑者口中盡佳肴.The talents of an individual are limited; the wisdom of the collective is boundless.個人的聰明有限,集體的智慧無窮.Kind hearts are more than coronets.好心勝過高帽子.A knowing man is hot in arguing for truths sake; an ignorant man for opinions sake.有知識的人激烈爭論是為了辯明真理;無知的人激烈爭論是為了固執(zhí)己見.Real friendship does not freeze in winter.真正的友誼遇到寒冬也不會凍結(jié).Curiosity is ill manners in anothers house.在別人家里顯得好奇是沒禮貌的表現(xiàn)。He who has never hoped can never despair.從來沒有抱過什么希望的人也永遠(yuǎn)不會失望.Im lost我給搞糊涂了。Youve got a point there你說的有道理。The treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or the seas; they are in the minds and hearts of men.世上未經(jīng)勘探的險惡之境，不是在大陸上，也不是在海洋中，而是在人們的頭腦和心里。Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with.與人相處切忌賣弄聰明與學(xué)識。A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.智者通權(quán)達變，愚者堅持己見。Let the sleeping dogs lie.莫惹是非。The world is a looking-glass,and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.世界是一面鏡子，每個人都在上面照到自己。Good wine needs no bush.酒好無需掛幌子。New brooms sweep clean. / A new official applies strict measures.新官上任三把火.One tree does not make a forest.獨木不成林.Your liberty to swing your arms ends where my nose begins.你有揮舞手臂的自由，但這自由必須止于我的鼻端。Tell all that you know and tell it without reserve.知無不言，言無不盡。A money lender serves you in the present tense, lends you in the conditional mood, keeps you in the subjuctive,and ruins you in the future.放債的人為你服務(wù)時用現(xiàn)在時態(tài),借錢給你時用條件語氣,使你常處于虛擬語氣之中,并于將來時態(tài)中毀掉你.Experience keeps no school； she teaches her pupils singly。經(jīng)驗不由學(xué)校教，親身實踐才得到。A lie begets a lie。謊言生謊言。Learn form the bee busy collecting honey; dont copy the example of the cicada hanging around doing nothing.要學(xué)蜜蜂勤采蜜,不做悠閑的知了.Work wont kill but worry will.勞動無害，憂愁傷身。Diseases are the interests of pleasures.疾病是為享樂付出的債息。Life is made up of little things.生活是由許多小事構(gòu)成的.Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.進步乃今日之努力,又為明日的保證.Once a beggar, always a beggar.一次做乞丐，永遠(yuǎn)是乞丐。Sloth makes all things diffiicult, but industry all things easy.懶惰使一切都難辦;勤奮使凡事皆順利.Fair and softly to far in a day。從容不慌，辦事順當(dāng)。Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be，since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be。不要由于別人不能成為你所希望的人而惱怒，因為你自己也不能成為自己所希望的人。Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.己所不欲，勿施于人。Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.忠言雖難聽,必須記在心。He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet。有想象力而無學(xué)問的人,等于有翅無腳.Love is the mother of love.情生情,愛生愛.Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble.冒險是自找麻煩的浪漫說法。An undeserved success is like a medal that is found lying in the street.有名無實的功績, 就象在街上拾到的獎?wù)?A cat in gloves catches no mice.帶手套的貓捉不到老鼠.In the coldest flint there is hot fire.冰冷的燧石里有烈火.Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you havent planted.不努力而求成功,無異于不栽種而求收獲.Be steady in doing your work; be resolute in correcting your mistakes.做事要穩(wěn)，改錯要狠。Wise men seek instruction, fools fall for applause.聰明人喜歡別人指教,蠢人則喜歡別人贊美.Life is a leaf of paper white,thereon each of us may write his word or two.生活是一張白紙,每個人都在上面寫上自己的一兩句話.Write it on your heart that every day is the best of the year.把這銘記在你心里:每一天都是一年中最好的日子.He who would search pearls dive below.不潛深水則不得珠.Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.流言蜚語和謊言總是連一起。Little chips light great fires.星星之火,可以燎原.From small profits and many expenses comes whole life of sad consequences.嫌得少,花得多,一世日子不好過.Words are like bees, they have honey and a sting.言語象蜜蜂,有蜜也有刺.Deeds, not words.行動勝于空談.Failure is the mother of success.失敗乃成功之母.It is mans duty to be courageous enough to seek for truth.勇于探索真理是人的天職.Nurture passes nature.教養(yǎng)勝過天性.Never let your feet run faster than your shoes.不要讓你的腳跳得比你的鞋子快。He that promises too much means nothing.許諾過多等于零。Modesty helps one to make progress; conceit makes one lag behind.謙虛使人進步，驕傲使人落后。Know something of everything and everything of something.通百藝而精于一.It is the last straw that breaks the camels back.駱駝負(fù)載過重時，加根草也能把它壓倒。A fool and his money are soon parted.傻瓜花錢快.He that has patience may compass anything.有耐心的人事事做得到。Happiness is being married to your best friend.同自己最好的朋友結(jié)婚是謂幸福.The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.經(jīng)濟預(yù)測的唯一作用是使占星術(shù)看起來體面一些。He works best who knows his trade.萬事怕行家.Diligence overcomes difficulties. Sloth makes them.勤勞克服困難,懶惰制造困難.Time is victory for strategists.對軍事家來說,時間就是勝利.Birth is much, but breeding is more.教養(yǎng)重于出身。If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.不能咬人就別齜牙。Perseverance is the only road to success.百折不撓是通向成功的唯一道路.A thing you dont want is dear at any price.不需要的東西,無論買價多少都貴.Patience! The windmill never strays in search of the wind.耐心等待! 風(fēng)車從不跑去找風(fēng).No man is content with his lot.沒有人對自己的境遇感到滿足.If we are bound to forgive an enemy,we are not bound to trust him.敵人可恕不可信。It is not the lofty sails but the unseen wind that moves the ship.推動船的不是高大的帆，而是無形的風(fēng)Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.完全的理解有時幾乎會使樂趣消失.Learning is the light that leads into everything lovely.學(xué)識是照亮通往各種美好事物的道路的明燈.A boaster and a liar are all one.吹牛撒謊一家親。Gratitude is the least of virtues; ingratitude the worst of vices.感恩是小德；忘恩是大惡。To wait for luck is the same thing as waiting for death.等待走運無異于等待死亡.A good name is better than riches.美名勝過金錢。Time flies.光陰似箭.A drowning man will catch at a straw.快淹死的人連草也要抓。Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.最可怕的事莫過于無知而行動.You cant judge a tree by its bark.人不可貌相.He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.最不信任別人的人最不應(yīng)該得到信任.Fortune is good to him who knows to make good use of her.知道用福的人才有福。By his claw, you may know the lion.要知獅子看腳爪。Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you dont talk back.聽從良心勸告不違背良心辦事即謂之有自約能力。Fortune favours the brave.天佑勇士。If there is no future for our country, where can we look for our individual love and happiness.如果沒有國家的前途命運,哪有個人的愛情和幸福.Among the blind the one-eye man is king.瞎子國里，獨眼稱王。He that gains well and spends well needs no account book.掙得多花得恰當(dāng)?shù)娜擞貌恢鴰け?When all else is lost the future still remains.就是失去了一切別的，也還有未來。A friend is known in necessity.患難見友情.A wilful man will have his way.頑強者定會成功.Many a grain of sand piled up will make a pagoda.聚沙成塔.Better rely on yourself than look to others for help.與其求人,不如求已.He who commences many things finishes but few.樣樣都搞, 完成者少.A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.美的事物永遠(yuǎn)令人喜悅.Gear is easier gained than guided.生財容易理財難.We cannot wait for favours from nature; we must take them from her-that is our task.我們不能等待大自然的恩賜,我們必須向它索取-這就是我們的任務(wù).Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty,and supped with Infamy.驕者往往早餐豐盛,午餐寒酸,晚餐時聲名狼藉.The wise man knows he knows nothing; the dunce thinks he knows all.聰明人知道自己不懂什么,蠢人則認(rèn)為自己什么都懂.He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.譏笑別人駝背的人，自己先得挺直身子。Bear with evil,and expect good.壞事要忍，好事要等。A true jest is no jest.真正的笑語決非笑話。Lazy folk take the most pains.懶人躲懶最費力.After wind comes rain.風(fēng)是雨的頭。Wishes never can fill a sack.愿望裝不滿口袋。It is not lost that a friend gets.東西給了朋友并不是損失.Beauty is but skin-deep.美只是外表, /不能以貌取人.A little body doth often harbour a great soul.偉大的心靈常寓于矮小的身軀之中.Two heads are better than one.兩人智慧勝一人.The noblest vengeance is to forgive.最高尚的復(fù)仇是寬容。One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.一分學(xué)問,要輔以十分見識才能運用.Men may meet but mountains never.人生何處不相逢.Wish you an endless view to cheer your eyes? Then one more story mount and higher rise.欲窮千里目,更上一層樓.It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.令人沮喪的是，有那么多人對誠實感到吃驚，而對欺騙感到吃驚的人卻那么少。Where it concerns himself, whos angry at a slander makes it true.一涉及自己，忿怒便會使誹謗成真。Injuring all of a mans ten fingers is not as effective as chopping off one.傷其十指,不如斷其一指.A good surgeon must have an eagles eye,a lions heart,and a ladys hand.一個好外科醫(yī)生要有鷹的眼、獅子的膽和女性的手。Reward lies ahead of diligence,but nothing is gained by indolence.勤有功,嬉無益.The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.最快樂的人似乎是那些并沒有特別原因覺得快樂而只是快樂的人。Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果分外甜。If youth knew what age would crave, it would both get and save.青年若知老來苦,勤儉兩字永不丟.Whosoever understands the times is great man. / A wise man submits to circumstances.識時務(wù)者為俊杰。A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield.勇者可能跌倒,但不會屈服.A watched pot never boils.心急鍋不開.Chains do not hold a marriage together, It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.鎖鏈系不住婚姻;是線 無數(shù)的細(xì)線經(jīng)年累月把人們縫合在一起.A covetous man is good to none, but worst to himself.貪心不足的人對他人無益，對自己最有害。Let me seeThats good wisdom which is wisdom in the end.最后正確才是真正確.Fools look to tomorrow,and wise men use tonight.蠢人指望明天,智者利用今晚.A bully is always a coward.恃強欺弱者均是懦夫。Life is like music. It must be composed by ear,feeling and instinct,not by rule.人生如一首樂曲,要用樂感,感情和直覺去譜寫.不能只按樂律行事.Hesitation signifies wavering of will.猶豫說明意志的動搖。It is dogged that does it.有志者事競成.Give losers leave to speak.要允許失敗者講話。Time is often said to be mondy,but it is more-it is life.人們常說時間就是金錢,但不如說-時間就是生命.Life is not all beer and skittles.人生并非只是啤酒和九柱戲./ 人生并不全是吃喝玩樂.What one loses on the swings one makes up on the roundabouts.失之東隅，收之桑榆。Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher.不論是水罐敲石頭，還是石頭敲水罐，都是水罐遭殃。Conquer the fear of death and you are put into possession of your life.征服對死的恐懼,你就占有了生命.A glass at supper is not amiss.晚酌一杯也無妨。Water is a boon in the desert,but the drowning man curses it.水是沙漠里的恩物，快淹死的人卻詛咒它。Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.青年魯莽滅裂,中年奮斗不止;老年后悔無窮.Knowledge is no burden.知識再多不壓身.There is one thing which give radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.有一樣?xùn)|西可給任何事物添上光彩，那就是好事即將來臨的想法。Life is real,life is earnest.人生真實,人生誠摯.Good company on the road is the shortest cut.良伴同行路不遙.Never let your feet run faster than your shoes.不要讓你的腳跳得比你的鞋子快。The wages of sin is death.為惡者應(yīng)滅亡。Dexterity comes by experience.換取經(jīng)驗要付出代價.I have seen the sea when it is stormy and wild. when it is quiet and serene, when it is dark and moody. And in all its moods, I see myself.我見過洶涌澎湃的海，風(fēng)平浪靜的海，陰郁易怒的海。我在它的種種變化中見到了我自己。A good beginning is half the battle.好的開端等于成功了一半.Know the enemy and know yourself. and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.知己知彼,百戰(zhàn)不殆.Beware of the fury of a patient man.要小心脾氣好的人發(fā)火。He that goeth far hath many encounters.走得遠(yuǎn),見得多.The force of the wind tests the strength of the grass.疾風(fēng)知勁草.He is happy that thinks himself so.自樂者常樂。It is madness for a sheep to treat of peace with a wolf.羊跟狼講和平，是羊發(fā)了瘋。It is love that makes the world go round.愛是推動世界的力量.Time marches on.歲月如流Is long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.只要世界還存在，就會有錯誤，如果沒有人反叛，這些錯誤將永遠(yuǎn)存在下去。There is no royal road to sciece, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits.在科學(xué)上沒有平坦的大道,只有不畏勞苦沿著陡峭山路攀登的人,才有希望達到光輝的頂點.An energetic middle life is, I think, the only safe precursor of a vitally happy old age.我認(rèn)為,精力旺盛的中年生活是生氣勃勃的幸福晚年的唯一可靠預(yù)兆.Like begets like.龍生龍，鳳生鳳。Success belongs to the persevering.成功屬于不屈不撓的人.They brag most who can do least.本領(lǐng)最小的人，最會吹牛。Pride, the most dangerous of all faults, proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought.驕傲是最危險的過錯，它產(chǎn)生于缺乏見識，或缺乏思考。The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.給人最大的幫助，不單是讓他分享你的富有，而是向他指明他的富有。Its great to be great, but its greater to be human.成為偉人是美好的,做一個真正的人更美好.It is a bad cloth that will take no colour.布再壞也能染色。At court,everyone for himself.在法庭上人人都要為自己。It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.令人沮喪的是，有那么多人對誠實感到吃驚，而對欺騙感到吃驚的人卻那么少。When someone is beating a gong,listen to its overtones;when someone is talking,listen to his voice.鑼鼓聽音，說話聽聲。If the blind lead the blind,both shall fall into the ditch.盲人領(lǐng)盲人,雙雙掉溝里.Good acts are better than good intentions.好的行動勝過好的意向.Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?難道生命是如此珍貴,和平是如此甜美,以至于不惜為此戴鎖鏈,當(dāng)奴隸嗎?You cant judge a tree by its bark.人不可貌相.Youth is not being 20 years old. A young man is one who is moved by any injustice in the world.并非韶華二十便算年輕，一個人能為世上的不公平感到不平才是年輕。He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.能自制者方能制人.If there is no future for our country, where can we look for our individual love and happiness.如果沒有國家的前途命運,哪有個人的愛情和幸福.A birbe will enter without knocking.賄賂毋須敲門而入。You cannot make a crab walk straight.你無法叫螃蟹直著走。/不要做不可能的事。One may overcome a thousand men in battle.but he who conquers himself is the greatest victor.一個人能在戰(zhàn)場上制勝千軍,但只有戰(zhàn)勝自己才是最偉大的勝利者.Novelists should never allow themselves to weary of the study of real life.小說家們永遠(yuǎn)不應(yīng)對研究真實的生活感到厭煩。As devotion unites lovers so perfidy estranges friends.忠誠是愛情的橋梁,欺詐是友誼的敵人.A good neighbor，a good morrow。鄰居好,日子好.Young people must equip themselves for lifes duties and guard against its temptations.年輕人必須為履行生活所賦予他們的職責(zé)充實自己,同時要抵制生活的誘惑.The pen is mightier than the sword.筆鋒利于劍。A guilty conscience needs no accuser.自己問心有愧,無需別人責(zé)備.Whats done cannot be undone.木已成舟，覆水難收。It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.蠢人才上兩回當(dāng)。Ive never any pity for conceited people,because Ithink they carry their comfort about with them.我從不憐惜自負(fù)的人們，因為我覺得他們無處不能自我安慰。A good wife and health is a mans best wealth.男子的最大財富,在于妻子賢惠,自己健康.False with one can be false with two.能對一個人虛偽，就能對兩個人奸詐。Women have simple tastes:they can get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.女人們有最簡單的愛好:她們能夠從懷抱的孩子和愛她們的男人的談話里得到快樂.A fool may give a wise man counsel.愚人也能為智者出主意. / 愚者千慮,必有一得.He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.欲登梯者從底始.The best mirror is a friends eye.朋友的眼睛是最好的鏡子.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行動是知識的佳果.A s