20句经典英语格言和谚语,来感受下英语的魅力~
1. a bad workman blames his tools
拙匠埋怨工具差,人笨怪刀钝
2. a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush)
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手
3. a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
该做的你就得做;上天入地也得做
4. a problem shared is a problem halved
有人分担,忧愁减半
5. actions speak louder than words
事实胜于雄辩
6. a friend in need is a friend indeed
患难之交才是真朋友
7. a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots
江山易改,本性难移
8. all good things (must) come to an end
没有不散的筵席;千好万好总有终
9. the grass is (always) greener (on the other side)
(总是觉得别人的处境好)邻家的草分外青;这山望着那山高
10. all that glitters is not gold
闪光的并非都是金子
11. tall/great oaks from little acorns grow
参天巨树萌生于幼籽;合抱之木生于毫末
12. never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
今日事今日毕
13. it's a small world
这世界真小;真有这等巧事;无巧不成书
14. still waters run deep
静水流深;沉默寡言者可能胸藏丘壑
15. there's a time and a place (for everything)
(凡事)要讲究时间和场合
16. there's no such thing as a free lunch
天下没有免费的午餐
17. when it rains, it pours(US)/it never rains but it pours(UK)
不雨则已,一雨倾盆;祸不单行
18. where there's muck there's brass
要致富别怕脏
19. money doesn't grow on trees
(提醒别人花钱时要谨慎)钱可不是从树上长出来的,钱可不是从天上掉下来的
20. better safe than sorry
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