漢譯英美諺語手冊 2
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
人言可畏。
God helps those who help themselves.
天助自助者。
God's mill grinds slow but sure.
天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏。
Grasp al1, lose al1.
貪多必失。樣樣都要，全部失掉。
Habit is second nature.
習(xí)慣成自然。
Half a loaf is better than none.
聊勝於無。
Handsome is as handsome does.
慷慨大方始為美。
Haste makes waste.
欲速則不達(dá)。
Health is better than wealth.
健康勝於財富。
Heaven he1ps those who help themselves.
天助自助者。
He is poor but has a noble mind.
他人窮志不窮。
He who has hope has everything.
懷有希望者，便擁有一切。
History repeats itself.
歷史會重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
誠實(shí)是最上策。
Hunger is the best sauce.
飢餓時樣樣都可口。
It is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill.
寧為善而鬥，毋屈服於惡。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
打翻牛奶，哭也沒用；覆水難收。
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
受不了熱就別待在廚房裡─如果應(yīng)付不了工作的壓力你就不該去承接；想吃羊肉就別怕羶。
- 美國總統(tǒng)杜魯門 (Truman, 1884-1973)
If you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the bitterest of the bitter.
吃得苦中苦，方為人上人。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一石二鳥。一箭雙鵰。一舉兩得。
Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
殺鵝取卵(過份貪婪)；斷絕財源。
Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
Let bygones be bygones.
往者已矣；既往不咎。
Let every man skin his own skunk.
各人自掃門前雪。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
不惹鬼神不遭殃。敬而遠(yuǎn)之。
Like father, 1ike son.
有其父，必有其子。
Look before you leap.
三思而後行。
Man proposes and God disposes.
謀事在人成事在天。
Make hay while the sun shines.
把握時機(jī)。
Milk of human kindness
慈悲心腸；惻隱之心(出自Shakespeare)。
Milk the bull [ram].
作沒有希望的事；緣木求魚。
Misfortunes never come single (alone).
禍不單行。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要為發(fā)明之母。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今日事，今日畢。
Never too old to learn.
活到老學(xué)到老。
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
別杞人憂天。
New broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
Nine tailors make [go to] a man.
九個裁縫當(dāng)?shù)靡粋€人(挖苦裁縫師的話).
No man can serve two masters.
一僕難事二主。
Not see the forest [wood] for the trees.
見樹不見林(只注意小處而忽略大處)。
Nothing succeeds like success.
一事順利，萬事如意。
Nothing venture, nothing gain [win; have].
不入虎穴；焉得虎子。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
One good turn deserves another.
好心有好報；投桃報李。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏；勿以偏概全(輕率推論易犯錯誤；一關(guān)渡過並非萬事大吉)。
Penny wise and pound foolish.
因小失大。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Prevention is better than cure.
預(yù)防勝於治療。
Pride goes before a fall.
驕者必敗。
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
富貴結(jié)朋友，患難見真情。
Put money aside for a rainy day.
儲蓄以備不急之需；未雨綢繆。
Rome was not built in a day.
羅馬不是一天造成的。
Seeing is believing.
百聞不如一見。
Self-trust is the first secret of success.
自信心是成功的首要關(guān)鍵。
set a thief to catch a thief
以其道制其人。
Silence is golden.
沉默是金。
Slow and steady wins the race.
從容不迫，勝券在握。
Smooth water runs deep.
深慮之士寡言笑；高談闊論者常不足。
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
(劣行)遭受更壞的報應(yīng)；惡有惡報。
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
玉不琢不成器；不打不成器。
Speak of the devil, and the devil comes!
說曹操，曹操就到。
Speech is si1ver, silence is gold.
雄辯為銀，沈默是金。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
打鐵趁熱。
Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.
成功源於努力去克服困難
Tastes differ.
人各有所好。
The buck stops here.
不再推卸責(zé)任，在此由我下決定，責(zé)任也由我擔(dān)當(dāng)！
- 美國總統(tǒng)杜魯門 (Truman, 1884-1973)
The pot calls the kett1e b1ack.
五十步笑百步。
The remedy is worse than the evil.
飲鴆止渴；挖肉補(bǔ)瘡。
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
成功的祕絕在於目標(biāo)堅(jiān)定有恆。
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
心有餘而力不足。
The tailor makes the man.
佛要金裝，人要衣裝。
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
女人獲取男人的歡心最好先控制他的胃口。
The weakest goes to the wall.
優(yōu)勝劣敗。
There is no accounting for taste.
鍾鼎山林，各有所好。
There is no royal road to learning.
學(xué)問無捷徑。
There is no smoke without fire.
無風(fēng)不起浪；無火不生煙。
throw good money after bad
已賠夫人又將折兵。
Time and tide wait for no man.
歲月不待人。
To be svere with oneself and lenient with others.
嚴(yán)以律己，寬以待人。
to convert defeat into victory
轉(zhuǎn)敗為勝。
to harp on the same string
舊調(diào)重彈。
to kick against the pricks
螳臂擋車。
to look one way and row another
聲東擊西。
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
人多壞事。
Two heads are better than one.
集思廣益。
Virtue is its own reward.
為善最樂。
Waste not, want not.
不虛擲者無匱乏。
water off a duck's back
對牛彈琴。
Well begun is half done.
好的開始是成功的一半。
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
有人那麼做，其他的人也可以這麼做；依樣畫葫蘆。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
While there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。
What's done cannot be undone.
覆水難收。
wise after the event
放馬後砲。
You may go farther and fare worse.
貪多不得好；知足常樂。
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
老狗學(xué)不了新把戲；欲使老年人(老頑固)接受新習(xí)慣、新作風(fēng)等是不可能的；枉費(fèi)心機(jī)。
