常用到的英语谚语-T(DOC).doc

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The shortest answer is doing.
（最简单的回答就是干。 ）[想说流利的英语吗？那么现在就开口！心动不如嘴动。 ] inevitably confines himself to ancient limits. --Hawthorn 世界之所以有前进的动力，靠的是有人不安于现状；至于满足的人，总是局囿于旧框框 之内。——霍桑
The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones. the weakest goes to the wall. 优胜劣败
The good seaman is known in bad weather. The mountains have brought forth a mouse.
The world owes all its onward impulses
（舌无骨却能折断骨。 ）
（坏天气才能使出好水手）
大山生出小鼠（指事倍功半）
to men ill at ease; the happy man
the more, the merrier. 人多热气高。
The sweet do nothing. 耽于安乐的人一事无成。
The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢不成器。
The early bird catches the worm. 捷足先登。
The best man stumbles. 智者千虑，必有一失。
The game is no worth the candle. 得不偿失。
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 布丁好坏，一尝便知。
The eye is the mirror of the soul. 眼睛是心灵的一面镜子。
The first step is the hardest. 万事开头难。
The best friends must part. 朋友再好，终有一别。
The older, the wiser. 姜是老 的辣。
The bait hides the hook. 饵里藏钩；笑里藏刀。
The grapes are sour. 葡萄是酸的。
The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼居水底（常在水底游） 。（不入虎穴，焉得虎子） The leopard cannot change its spots. 本性难移。 The first dish pleases all. 头道菜，人人爱。 The country flourishes and people live in peace 。 国泰民安
The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人成事在天
'The past has vanished （from memory） like wind.; What in past, is pass 往事如风
The best fish smell when they are three days old.
好鱼三天也变臭。（久住招人嫌；久病床前无孝子）
The heart is willing, but the flesh is weak. 心有余而力不足。
The shortest answer is doing. （最简单的回答就是干。 ）
The moon is not seen when the sun shines. 小巫见大巫
The sauce is better than the fish. 喧宾夺主
The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步
The best fish smell when they are three days old. （再好的鱼三天也变臭）比喻“在一起相处得太久，再好的朋友都会生厌。
The pupil outdoes the master. 青出于蓝胜于蓝
The apple does not fall far from the tree. 苹果不会离树很远。
The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟有虫吃。
The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显出英雄本色。
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