西方谚语(中英对照本)

Let the world slide.

人世沧桑,听其自然.

It is not by the grey of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.

白发多少并不能告诉你一个人心灵的年龄.

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.

胸无大志的人容易被胜利冲昏头脑；鼠目寸光的人稍受表扬就不知天高地厚。Christmas comes but once a year，But when it comes it brings good cheer.

圣诞节一年只来一次，但每次来临却都带来喜悦。

He that tells a secret is another's servant.

泄漏机密的人，就成为别人的奴仆。

There's only a step form the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading back form the ridiculous to the sublime.

从崇高到荒谬只有一步之差,可是从荒谬却没有路能回到崇高.

The used key is always bright.

常用的钥匙不长锈.

Home is home,be it never so homely.

金窝银窝,不如自家的草窝.

The man who saves when young will have more to spend when he is old.

年少节俭,年老不愁.

When someone is beating a gong，listen to its overtones；when someone is talking，listen to his voice。

锣鼓听音，说话听声。

Learn form the bee busy collecting honey; don't copy the example of the cicada hanging around doing nothing.

要学蜜蜂勤采蜜,不做悠闲的知了.

The usual excuse of those who cause others trouble is that they wish them well.

给别人造成麻烦的人通常的借口是出于好意。

I have so many things to do before I leave.

我走之前还有很多事情要做。

As truth is like the sun, it cannot be shadad up by one's palm.

真理象太阳,一手难遮挡.

Civility costs nothing.

礼貌不费分文.

Think more, and you'll 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.

行动是果实,言论不过是叶子.

Anger is a brief madness.

愤怒是短暂的疯狂。

While there is life there is hope.

一息尚存,希望不灭.

The greatest talkers are the least doers.

语言的巨人常是行动的矮子.

He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.

不能指挥自己，就不能指挥别人。

There's only one kind of tax that would please everybody-one that nobody but the other guy has to pay.

只有一种税人人欢迎，那就是只有别人必须缴纳的税。

Better master one than engage with ten.

十事半通,不如一事精通.

Genius only means hard-working all one's life.

天才只意味着终生不懈的努力.

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.

爱情是盲目的.

Here you are.

给。

In every beginning think of the end。

凡事一开始就要想到结果.

Establishing goals is all right if your don't let them deprive you of interesting detours.

不妨订立目标,只要你不让它阻挡你兜有趣的圈子.

I once took a part-time job delivering the Evening Post。

我曾干过送晚报的兼职。

Look before you leap。

三思而后行。

He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion.