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常用的格言之二

(2008-04-09 20:47:02)
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常用的格言之二
 
Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
勤勉是好运之母。
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Divide and rule.
Do as I say, and not as I do.
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.
照大多数人那样干,人们会把你称赞。
Do business,but be not a slave to it.
要做事,但不要做事务的奴隶。
Do not wear out your welcome.
Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.
Doing everything is doing nothing.
样样都做等于不做。
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't meet trouble half-way.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't ride the high horse.
 
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Doubt is the key of knowledge.
怀疑是知识之钥。
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起,使人健康、富裕和聪颖。
Easier said than done.
East or west, home is best.
出门五里,不如家里。
Easy come, easy go.
来得容易去得快。
Eat no fish
做忠实可靠的人(误:不吃鱼)
Enough to make a cat [horse] laugh
极其可笑; 让人笑掉大牙
Enough to make a cat speak [
]令人惊讶; 事情太出奇

Entertain an angel unawares.
Every bird loves to hear himself sing.
Every dog has his day.
凡人皆有得意日。

Every dog is a lion at home. [Every dog is valiant at his own door.]
狗是百步王, 只在门前凶。
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.
Every man has his faults.
Every man has his price.
Every man is his own worst enemy.
Every picture tells a story.
Every potter praises his own pot.
Every tide hath its ebb.
潮涨必有潮落时。
Everybody's business is nobody
s business. 三个和尚没水吃
Everyone to his taste.
Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
万物皆有时,时来不可失。
Experience is the best teacher.
经验是最好的教师。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是知识之父,记忆是知识之母。
Experience is the mother of wisdom.
Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.
经验学校学费高,愚人旁处学不到。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
有经验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验。
Failure teaches success.
Faith will move mountains.
精诚所至,金石为开。
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fast Barking dogs seldom bite.
Fat cat
美国政治运动的出资人, 捐献大宗政治款项的富人; 安于现状的懒汉; 以权谋私的人, 享受特权的人
Fear is stronger than love.
Fear of death is worse than death itself.
Fight dog, fight bear.
打个青红皂白, 一决雌雄。

Fight fire with fire.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Finished labours are pleasant.
完成工作是一乐。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是忠实的朋友,却是残酷的主人。
First come, first served.
First things first.
First think, and then speak.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
Garbage in, garbage out.
Give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him).
一旦给人加一个坏名声, 他就永远洗刷不掉; 人言可畏。
Give credit where credit is due.
Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
Give the devil his due.
Give him an inch and he will take an ell
a yard. 得寸进尺。
God helps them that help themselves.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Goodness is better than beauty.
Grasp all, lose all.
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢娱不惜时光逝。
Has the cat got your tongue? [
]猫把你的舌头叼去了吗?为什么不吭声?
Haste makes waste.
Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today.
明天如有事,今天就去做。

He is a lucky dog.
他是个幸运儿。
He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.
He laughs best who laughs last.
He that doth most at once doth least.
什么都想一次做完,结果一件也做不完;贪多嚼不烂。

He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others.
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.
He that plants a tree plants for posterity.
He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.
自命大才小用,往往眼高手低。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不工作者不得食。
He who hesitates is lost.
He who does not advance loses ground.
不进则退。
He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man.
不到长城非好汉。
He who laughs last, laughs best.
谁笑到最后谁笑得最好。
He who rides on a tiger can never dismount.
骑虎难下。
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
有病方知无病福。
Honesty is the best policy.
Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).
懒人做工作,越懒越费力。
Idleness is the key of beggary.
懒惰出乞丐。
Idleness is the root of all evil.
懒惰乃万恶之源。
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.
若要求知识,须从勤苦得。
If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.
想把事情来做好,就得亲自动手搞。
Ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ill news travels fast.
恶事传千里。
In for a penny,in for a pound.
做事一开头,就要做到底;一不做,二不休。
Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸运的右手,世俭是幸运的左手。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前车可鉴。
It is ill to waken sleeping dogs. [let sleeping dogs lie; don't wake a sleeping dog.]
别多事, 别惹麻烦。
It is in to be on the safe side.
It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
没有土壤,播种也是徒劳。
It is no use crying best spilt milk.
It is not work that kills,but worry.
工作不会伤身,伤身乃是忧虑。
It is right to put everything in its proper use.
凡事都应用得其所。
It never rains, but it pours.
It rains cats and dogs.
下倾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱
It takes two to tango.
It is no good crying over the spilt milk.
覆水难收。

It takes two to make a quarrel.
一只碗不响。
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
知识只能循序渐进,不能跃进。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
Laughter is the best medicine.
Lead a dog's life
过着牛马不如的生活
Lead a dog's life
过穷困潦倒的日子
Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。

Let bygones be bygones.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Let the buyer beware.
 

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