好玩又好记的英文谚语（10）

haste make waste

[heɪst meɪk weɪst]

欲速则不达

Haste make waste，with one's eyes fixed on petty profits, one can hardly succeed in great ventures

欲速则不达，见小利则大事不成。

ill news travels fast

[ɪl nuːz ˈtrævlz fæst]  

坏事传千里

Damaged detonators are to be rendered safe by firing them. Ill news travels fast.& John Ray

对损坏的雷管进行安全处理的办法就是把它们炸掉。坏事传千里。&雷

Hungry belies have no ears

[ˈhʌŋɡri bɪˈlaɪz hæv noʊ ɪrz]  

饥寒起盗心

A hungry person is totally concentrated on their need for food and nothing else interests them.

Debauchery is a common vice among the wealthy, hungry belies have no ears。

饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心。

misfortunes never come singly

[mɪsˈfɔrtʃənz ˈnevər kʌm ˈsɪŋɡli]  

祸不单行

Blessings never come in pairs; misfortunes never come singly.

福无双至，祸不单行。

Health is better than wealth

[helθ ɪz ˈbetər ðæn welθ]  

健康胜于财富

Health is better than wealth,  prevention is better than cure。

健康胜于财富，预防胜于治疗。

give as good as one gets

[ɡɪv æz ɡʊd æz wʌn ɡets]  

以其人之道，还治其人之身

As for the enemy's provocations, we should give as good as one gets。

对于敌人的挑衅，我们应该以其人之道，还治其人之身。

Fortune is fickle

[ˈfɔːrtʃən ɪz ˈfɪkl] 

旦夕祸福

However, fortune is fickle, Sally left us forever, every time I thought of her and saw the old picture, I felt sorrowful and cried.

然而，天有不测风云，莎莉永远的离开了我们，每当想起她和看到这张老照片的时候，我常常悲痛不已，黯然泪下。

Fools will be fools

[fuːlz wɪl bi fuːlz]  

笨蛋总是笨蛋

Why is a fool always so confident? Fools will be fools.

为什么笨蛋总是那么自信满满？笨蛋总是笨蛋。

to save time is to lengthen life

[tu seɪv taɪm ɪz tu ˈleŋθən laɪf]  

节省时间就是延长生命

Time is life, to save time is to lengthen life.

时间就是生命，节省了时间就是延长生命。

a rolling stone gathers no moss

[ə ˈroʊlɪŋ stoʊn ˈɡæðərz noʊ mɔːs]  

滚石不生苔；

滚石不生苔，转行不聚财

Don't hope to marry him because he's not the type to settle down. A rolling stone gathers no moss, as they say.

别指望他会娶你，因为他是一种安定不下来的人。正如人们说的，漂泊者难以成家。

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