中国谚语警句中英文对照版

中国谚语警句中英文对照版

2003-09-18 16:26大学英语四六级论坛作者：greentea 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利: two dogs fight for a bone, and

玉不琢，不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine.

十年树木，百年树人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

学无止境: C: knowledge is infinite / E: progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop.

此地无银三百两: never try to prove what nobody doubts.

严师出高徒: C: Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.

得不偿失: give a lark to catch a kite.

对症下药: a disease known is half the cure.

君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green.

化干戈为玉帛: bury the hatchet.

家和万事兴: he is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

江山易改，本性难移: the leopard cannot change its spots.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧: where there is life, there is hope.

狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.

举一反三: half a tale is enough for a wise man.

当局者迷，旁观者清: outsiders see more than insiders. / standers-by see more than gamesters.

世上无难事，只怕有心人: dogged does it.

笨鸟先飞: C: a slow sparrow should make an early start. / E: a lame traveler should get out betimes.

冷暖自知: every man is best known to himself.

有情人终成眷属: every jack has jill.

宁为玉碎不为瓦全: better death than dishonor.

情人眼里出西施: if jack is in love, he is no judge of jill’s beauty.

拳不离手，曲不离口: no day without a line.

吃一堑，长一智: by falling we learn to go safely.

塞翁失马: no great loss without some small gain.

天无绝人之路: god tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

仁者见仁，智者见智: E: the donkey means one thing, and the driver another. / C: the benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom.

师傅领进门，修行在个人: no man is his craft’s master the first day.

不可不读的绝对英文经典

2003-09-17 14: 大学英语四六级论坛作者：Grisword

Money is not everything. There‘s Mastercard & Visa.

钞票不是万能的,有时还需要信用卡.

One should love animals. They are so tasty.

每个人都应该热爱动物,因为它们很好吃.

Love the neighbor. But don‘t get caught.

要用心去爱你的邻居,不过不要让她的老公知道.

Behind every successful man, there is a woman. And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.

每个成功男人的背后都有一个女人，每个不成功男人的背后都有两个女人。

Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.

再快乐的单身汉迟早也会结婚,幸福不是永久的嘛.

The wise never marry, And when they marry they become otherwise.

聪明人都是未婚的,结婚的人很难再聪明起来.

Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.

成功是一个相关名词,他会给你带来很多不相关的亲戚（联系）.

Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today.

不要等明天交不上差再找借口, 今天就要找好.

Love is photogenic. It needs darkness to develop.

爱情就象照片,需要大量的暗房时间来培养.

Children in backseats cause accidents. Accidents in backseats cause children.