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高考英语作文谚语与名言荟萃
Lesson 1 Truth and Society真理与社会
A cat may look at a king.
[注解]这是地位、身份比较低下的人的一种傲慢之辞,意思是地位虽不相同,人权理应平等。英国资产阶级革命从1640年开始到1688年结束,经过与封建势力48年的反复较量,才确定了资产阶级统治。1652年,英国出版过以此谚语为标题的政治性小册子。比喻人人平等。
[译]猫也有权见国王。
A great city, a great solitude.
[注解]此谚语来自希腊。意为在大城市里朋友们都是分散居住的,不像乡村,人们都比较集中地居住在同一个村子里。因而人们感到在大城市里的人都自己顾自己,彼此冷漠,缺乏同情心,令人感到可怕的孤独和沉闷。solitude意为“孤独,寂寞”。
[译]巨大的城市,极度的孤独。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune.
[译]时势造英雄。
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
[注解]语出《圣经·新约·马太福音》第3章第25节,也适用于社会和国家,强调分裂的危险性。
[译]家不和,万人欺;家庭不睦,万事不兴。
A little spark kindles a great fire.
[注解]kindle点燃,照亮。
[译]星星之火,可以燎原。
A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, and the men it remembers.
[注解]语出美国总统J. K. Kennedy(肯尼迪)。
[译]一个民族不仅通过它所造就的人,而且通过它给予荣耀的人和它所铭记的人来展示自己。
A nation will fall if it has no guidance. Many advisers mean security.
[注解]语出《圣经·箴言》第11章第14节。
[译]无智谋,民族就败落;谋士多,人便安居。
A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.
[注解]语出Shakespeare(莎士比亚)。
[译]远亲不如近邻。
A secret between more than two is no secret.
[译]两人以上知道的秘密已不再算是秘密。
A tale never loses in the telling.
[注解]汉语里说“话经三张嘴,长虫也长腿”。人们的经历、故事或传闻在传播的过程中,总会被添枝加叶,越讲越离奇,所以故事只会增不会减。
[译]故事是越传越长。
A wonder lasts but nine days.
[译]任何新奇的事,也新不过几天。
Accidents will happen in the best regulated families.
[译]家规再严,丑事难免。
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
[注解]语出Bible《圣经》。指采取同样的回击或报复手段,一报还一报。
[译]以眼还眼,以牙还牙。
All for one, one for all.
[注解]语出法国作家Alexander Dumas Pere(大仲马)。
[译]人人为我,我为人人。
All great minds think alike.
[译]智者都会得出相同的结论;英雄所见略同。
All great truths are obvious truths. But not all obvious truths are great truth.
[注解]语出英国小说家A. Huxley(赫胥黎)。truth的复数形式意为“事实”。
[译]伟大的真理都是明摆着的事实。但不见得所有显而易见的事实都是伟大的真理。
All the world, s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
[注解]语出莎士比亚的戏剧《皆大欢喜》中的第2幕第7场。
[译]整个世界是个舞台,男男女女只是演员而已。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
[译]凡事总是由难而易;万事开头难。
Beggars can't be choosers.
[注解]乞丐不能挑肥拣瘦,语出Du Bose Heywood,美国作家海伍德。
[译]乞丐绝无挑选的权利;有求于人者无权挑剔。
Blood will have blood.
[注解]语出莎士比亚的戏剧《麦克白》第3幕第4场,指杀人偿命。
[译]血债血偿。
Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
[注解]charity原指基督教的“仁爱”。此谚语指在给其他人帮助和关怀以前,先应帮助和关怀自己的家庭和本国人民;一个人的责任首先是对家庭,其次才是对别人。现本句常用做不愿资助他人的借口。
[译]施舍先及亲友;仁爱始于家;由近及远。
Councils of war never fight.
[译]主战者不打仗。
Custom reconciles us to everything.
[注解]reconcile使顺从,使一致。
[译]习惯使人适应一切。
Custom rules the law.
[注解]意指法律的基础是社会风俗,风俗变,法律也随之改变。
[译]习惯左右法律。
Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.
[译]危险本身就是对付危险的最好办法。
Detraction pursues the great.
[注解]detraction损毁,贬低。
[译]人大招物议;树大招风吹。
Diamond cut diamond. (or Of people matched in cunning.)
[注解]金刚石是世界上最坚硬的物质,它只能用金刚石切割。此谚语指势均力敌,针锋相对的对手,以硬碰硬,相争之下必定两败俱伤。其中cut为动词,习惯用cut而不用cuts或cutting。
[译]势均力敌;强中更有强中手。
Discontent is the first step in progress of a man or a nation.
[注解]语出爱尔兰作家、剧作家Oscar Wilde(王尔德)。
[译]不满足只是一个人或一个民族进步的第一步。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
[译]人人负责,结果无人负责;三个和尚没水喝。
Every horse thinks his sack heaviest.
[译]每匹马都认为自己驮的袋子最重;人人都觉得自己的担子重。
Every miller draws water to his own mill.
[注解]比喻私心人人有。
[译]磨坊主总是把水引向自己的磨坊。
Every one is weary: the poor in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning.
[译]人人忙,人人累:穷人忙生存,富人守钱柜,贤人治学心力瘁。
Every why has a wherefore.
[注解]出自莎士比亚的戏剧《错误的喜剧》第2幕第2场。wherefore作名词,意为原因,理由。
[译]凡事必有因。
Everything has an end.
[译]任何事物都有它的结果。
Facts are stubborn things.
[注解]stubborn固执的,顽固的。
[译]事实是不容改变的东西。
Faith will move mountains.
[译]精诚所至,金石为开。
Fierce browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers; head bowed, like a willing ox I serve the people.
[注解]fierce browed指怒容,生气的表情。defy公然反抗,蔑视。bow低头,鞠躬。语出中国文学家Lu Xun(鲁迅)。
[译]横眉冷对千夫指,俯首甘为孺子牛。
Fire and water have no mercy.
[译]水火无情。
First come, first served.
[译]先来先招待。
God made the country and man made the town.
[注解]意指城镇这种人造之物总不及大自然之美。
[译]上帝创造了乡村,人建造了城镇。
Good news goes on crutches. Bad news has wings.
[译]好事不出门,坏事传千里。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
[译]有备无患。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.
[译]引狼入室。
He sits not sure that sits too high.
[译]坐得太高坐不稳;身居高位不安全。
He that climbs high falls heavily.
[译]爬得高,跌得重。
He that makes a good war makes a good peace.
[译]正义的战争创造持久的和平。
He that trusts in a lie shall perish in truth.
[注解]perish动词,意指灭亡。
[译]相信谎话的人必将在真理面前灭亡。
He who plays with fire gets burned.
[译]玩火者必自焚。
Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.
[注解]同义谚语还有:Justice has long arms. Mills of God grind slowly but surely.
[译]天网恢恢,疏而不漏。
History repeats itself.
[注解]history指一切过去发生的事情。repeat指历史现象的惊人相似。
[译]历史往往重演。
Honour and profit lie not in one sack.
[注解]荣誉和私利,绝不能在一起。
[译]荣誉和利益不能并存。
Honour to whom honour is due.
[注解]due应给予的。
[译]荣誉归于应得荣誉的人。
Honours change manners.
[注解]出自拉丁语。指人在有钱有势时,就会骄傲自大,目中无人。近似此义的谚语还有:Lordships change manners.贵族的身份改变人的态度。身价改变人的态度,态度随地位改变。
[译]荣誉能改变人的态度。
Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pays to virtue.
[注解]pay (or do) homage to对……表示敬意,服从。指即使是最坏的人,也在乎别人的批评。为了博得美名荣誉,坏人会尽量掩饰其本性,表现得像有声望的人。homage顺从,尊敬。vice罪恶。
[译]伪善是罪恶对美德表示的敬意。
I only regret that I gave but one life to lose for my country.
[注解]语出美国独立战争英雄Nathan Hale(内森·黑尔)。
[译]我惟一遗憾的是我只有一次生命可以献给祖国。
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainty.
[注解]语出Francis Bacon,英国哲学家培根。
[译]如果以种种肯定的立论开始,他必将以各种怀疑而告终;但如果他宁愿以怀疑开始,他必将以肯定的结论而告终。
If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city (or street).
[注解]指社会整体的福利依靠组成社会的各个人的行为表现。比喻众擎易举。
[译]家家都把门口打扫干净,就有清洁的城市。
If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you.
[译]时来运转,得意忘形;运气太坏,无人理会。
If you want peace, prepare for war.
[译]欲求和平,必先备战。
Ignorance of the law excuses no one. (or Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.)
[译]对法律无知不能免罪;不懂法不能作为免罪的口实。
In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.
[译]在平静的海洋,人人都可当舵手。
In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.
[译]在一千镑的法律里,没有一盎司的爱;法律无情不徇私。
In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages.
[译]历代最伟大的思想都载入史册而不朽。
In time of peace prepare for war.
[译]居安思危。
In wine there is truth.
[译]酒后吐真言。
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
[注解]正如鸟不弄脏自己的窝一样,人不应损害自己最亲近的人或东西,不应公开批评或诋毁自己的家庭。此句是对毁坏家庭、国家名誉者的谴责。
[译]恶鸟渎巢;家丑不可外扬。
It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
[注解]指此失则彼得,没有使所有人都受害的坏事。
[译]使人人遭殃的风才是恶风。
It is a small flock that has not a black sheep.
[译]家家难免有败类。
It is easier to descend than to ascend.
[译]下降容易上升难。
It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
[注解]语出Adlai Stevenson,英国作家史蒂文森。
[译]为原则而斗争容易,按原则的要求活着难。
It is easier to pull down than to build.
[译]败事容易成事难。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.
[译]前车之覆,后车之鉴。
It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements of superiority from their mother.
[译]一切优秀的人,通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
[译]天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
It's man's duty to be courageous enough to seek for truth.
[注解]语出天文学家Copernicus(哥白尼)。
[译]勇于探索真理是人的天职。
It never rains but it pours.
[注解]指事情不发生则已,一旦发生便接踵而来,喻祸不单行。
[译]下不则已,一下倾盆。
It will be too easy to create world history when struggling under most favorable conditions.
[注解]语出伟大思想家Karl Marx(卡尔·马克思)。
[译]如果斗争只是在极顺利的成功机会的条件下才着手进行,那么创造世界历史未免就太容易了。
Judge nothing before time.
[注解]语出Bible《圣经》。
[译]不经时间,无可判断。
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
[译]宽容是联系社会的金链。
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.
[注解]weep哭泣。该谚语指世态炎凉。
[译]乐时众人与你同乐;哀时惟一人独哀;富贵发达客迎门,有祸有难无人问。
Law is order, and good law is good order.
[注解]语出希腊哲学家Aristotle(亚里士多德)。
[译]法律就是秩序,有好的法律才有好的秩序。
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
[译]安分守己。
Let things take their course.
[译]听其自然。
Like tree, like fruit.
[译]有其因,必有其果。
Little chips light great fires.
[译]星星之火,可以燎原。
Look not for musk in dog's kennel.
[注解]musk麝香。kennel狗窝。
[译]狗嘴里吐不出象牙。
Love and poverty are hard to hide.
[译]爱和穷难隐瞒。
Make yourself necessary to someone.
[译]使你成为他人所需之人。
Man's good and evil is at the peril of the public for tune.
[注解]语出F. Bacon(培根)。peril危险,危险的事物。tune调子,态度。
[译]人的善与恶与公众之祸福息息相关。
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
[译]戏言寓真理。
Men make houses, women make homes.
[译]男人盖房,女人持家。
Never swap horses while crossing the stream.
[注解]“swap (or change) horses while crossing the stream”指在紧要关头改变策略;在要紧时候另选领导人,作不合适宜的重大改变。该谚语比喻危难时不宜作大变动。
[译]骑渡中流莫换马。
Never (or Don't) trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
[注解]切莫自寻麻烦。
[译]麻烦不来扰,千万莫去找。
New brooms sweep clean.
[注解]意指新上任的官办事认真严格,也有讥笑新到任的管事者吹毛求疵之意。“New brooms”喻新就职者,新上任的官员。
[译]新扫帚扫得干净;新官上任三把火。
Newspapers are the world's mirrors.
[译]报纸是世界之镜。
No garden without its weeds.
[注解]比喻有利必有弊,没有十全十美的花园。
[译]没有不长杂草的园子。
No man is a hero to his valet.
[注解]valet仆人。指侍从对主人品质上以及其他不为公众所知的弱点了如指掌。
[译]仆从目中无英雄。
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
[注解]语出美国第26届总统Theodore Roosevelt(罗斯福)。
[译]无人不受法律约束,也无人不配受法律保护;我们要求哪个人遵守法律,也不用征求他同意。
No news is good news.
[注解]因为坏消息传得快,所以听不到消息,便证明事态不曾恶化,便等于听到了好消息。
[译]没有消息就是好消息。
No sunshine but hath some shadow.
[译]有明必有暗;有阳光,就有阴影。
No vice goes alone.
[注解]vice罪恶,坏事。
[译]坏事不单行。
None (are) so blind as those who won't see; none (are) so deaf as those that won't hear.
[译]最瞎莫如视而不见;最聋莫如置若罔闻。
Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.
[译]世事总不如预料中的好。
Nothing is really beautiful but truth.
[注解]语出法国诗人、评论家Nicolas Boileau(布瓦洛)。
[译]惟真实的东西才是真正美丽的。
Nothing succeeds like success.
[译]一事成则事事成;一事成百事顺。
Nothing is certain but the unforeseen.
[注解]源于拉丁语。意同“The unexpected always happens”。意外之事随时都有可能发生。
[译]未来肯定是不可预知的。
Nothing is more precious than peace.
[译]没有比和平更珍贵的东西了。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
[译]世上惟有贫穷可以不劳而获。
Novelty always appears handsome.
[注解]novelty新奇的事物。
[译]新事物出现时总是美好的。
Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
[注解]oak橡树;reed芦苇。本句意为:在刚柔对比,处于强大势力下,柔曲反而胜过刚直。比喻树大招风。
[译]芦苇耐风暴,橡树反易倒。
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
[译]军人以服从命令为天职。
Of two evils choose the less.
[注解]希腊哲学家苏格拉底说过:“如果非得在两害之中作一抉择,只要可以取其轻者的话,断没有人取其重者。”
[译]两害相权取其轻。
Offense is the best defense.
[译]进攻是最好的防御。
One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.
[译]人竭其力,汝享其成。
One body is nobody.
[译]一人难成团体;一个人微不足道。
One cannot put back the clock.
[译]历史的车轮不能倒转。
One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.
[注解]eclipse食,把……遮住。
[译]一叶可障目。
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
[注解]指社会一个阶级的人往往不了解另一个阶级的人的情况,因而境遇好的人并不怜悯境遇差的人。
[译]贫富不相知。
One hand is not enough for applause.
[注解]语出中国俗语,比喻矛盾和纠纷不是单方面引起的。
[译]一个巴掌拍不响。
One hand washes another.
[译]互相利用,互相包庇;官官相护,狼狈为奸。
One man's meat is another man's poison.
[注解]源于拉丁语。喻对甲有利的事未必对乙也有利;人的胃口、兴趣、爱好因人而异,不可强求。
[译]一个人的佳肴常为另一人的毒药。
Opinion rules the world.
[译]舆论统治世界。
Other times, other manners.
[注解]时代不同,生活方式、行为标准和时代习俗也各不相同。出自法国谚语。近似于此义的谚语还有:Times change manners.时代改变风俗。
[译]时代不同,风俗各异;俗随时变。
Possession is nine points of the law.
[译]现实占有,败一胜九。
Power corrupts.
[译]权力能导致腐败。
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
[注解]语出Miguel de Cervantes,西班牙作家塞万提斯。
[译]谚语言短简,得自老经验。
Queen Anne is dead. ( = The news is stale.)
[注解]Queen Anne是英国18世纪初的女王。此谚语是对过时新闻的讥讽语。安尼女王的名字至今仍然用在某些短语中,如:When Queen Anne was alive.几百年以前的事;老话。
[译]安尼女王已经驾崩;过时的新闻了!老早知道了!
Rats leave (or desert or forsake) a sinking ship.
[注解]人们说房子要倒塌老鼠会先逃离;国家要灭亡,会受到同盟国的抛弃;人若是倒霉,亲朋好友都会离去。本句既含有对见危先溜者的谴责,也含有鼠逃知船沉的征兆之意。
[译]船沉鼠先窜。
Readiness is all.
[译]有备无患。
Rear sons for help in old age; and store up grains against famine.
[译]养儿防老;囤粮防荒。
Reason rules all things.
[译]情理管万事。
Rules are made to be broken.
[译]有规则就有例外。
Serve somebody with the same sauce.
[译]以其人之道还治其人之身。
So many countries, so many customs.
[注解]指每一个国家的人民都有自己的生活方式和行为标准。还可以说“Every country has its customs.” Or “Other countries, other customs.” Or “Other countries, other manners.”汉语谚语也有“十里不同俗”之说。
[译]国家不同,风俗各异。
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
[注解]语出《圣经·箴言》第13章第24节。此为赞成体罚者的借口。spare意为节约,省用,吝惜。
[译]孩子不打不成器。
Speed is the soldier's asset.
[译]兵贵神速。
Take the world as it is.
[译]随遇而安。
The bait hides the hook.
[注解]指要当心送上门来令人眼馋的东西,可能其中有诈。比喻饵中必有诈,笑里藏刀。
[译]饵里藏钩。
The best and wisest laws are mere words unless they are upheld.
[注解]语出美国作家N. Hawthorne(霍桑)。uphold支持,维持。
[译]最好、最圣明的法律,如不加以维护,也只等于一纸空文。
The best fish swim near the bottom.
[注解]意指有价值的东西不能轻易得到。
[译]好鱼居水深。
The cat shut its eyes while it steals cream.
[注解]猫偷吃乳酪时总是闭着眼睛。
[译]掩耳盗铃。
The cobbler to his last and the gunner to his linstock.
[注解]linstock古时放炮用的火绳杆。
[译]安分守己。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
[注解]工作和学习如图省时省事走捷径反而会误事,倒不如遵循正常的程序,捷径不一定省时省事。
[译]捷径常误人;欲速则不达。
The good of the people is the highest law.
[译]人民的利益应是至高无上的法律。
The greater the truth, the greater the libel.
[译]越是真理,越受人诽谤。
The history of mankind is the history of ideas.
[译]人类的历史就是思想的历史。
The law cannot make all men equal, but they are all equal before the law.
[注解]语出英国法理学家、法官Frederick Pollock(普洛克)。
[译]法律不能使人人都平等,但是人人在法律面前是平等的。
The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful.
[注解]语出奥地利心理学家Alfred Adler(阿德勒)。
[译]人的成就只有对社会有用才是有价值的。
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease; the happy man inevitable confines himself to ancient limits.
[注解]owe ... to归功于。impulses冲力,推动。ill at ease不安,不自在。confine to限制。语出美国小说家N. Hawthorn(霍桑)。
[译]世界之所以有前进的动力,靠的是有人不安于现状;至于满足的人,总是囿于旧框框之内。
There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers.
[注解]比喻只有买错的,没有卖错的。
[译]愚蠢的买主多于愚蠢的卖主。
There are no birds of this year in last year's nests.
[注解]西班牙谚语:去年的巢里找不到今年的鸟。
[译]事过境迁。
There are two sides to every question.
[译]每个问题都有两个方面;凡事都有利有弊。
There is a black sheep in every flock.
[注解]a black sheep在英语中喻“害群之马”。
[译]群群羊中有黑羊。
There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
[注解]the sublime庄严,崇高。the ridiculous荒谬,可笑。
[译]真理到谬误,相去只有一步。
There is honour among thieves.
[注解]指贼偷好人的东西毫不犹豫,但却不愿偷另一个贼的东西。这是犯法者、骗子和窃贼等在自己人之间遵守的行为准则。
[译]盗亦有道。
There is no rule without some exception.
[译]有规则就有例外。
There is no smoke without fire.
[注解]指事出总有因。近似于此义的谚语还有“Everything has its seed.”
[译]无风不起浪。
There is safety in numbers.
[译]人多势众。
There may be blue and better blue.
[注解]指同样的事物以及同等地位的人也存在着差异。
[译]同是蓝颜色,也有优和劣;同类有异。
There needs a long time to know the world's pulse.
[译]把好世界脉搏,需花很长时间;要认识世界,得长期学习。
There would be no great ones if there were no little ones.
[注解]纵观历史,没有小人物,大人物就无法立足。
[译]没有小百姓,哪里有伟人。
Those who play with fire will get burnt.
[译]玩火者必自焚。
Though floating clouds may shade up the sun for a while, they can never do any harm to it.
[注解]shade遮蔽。do harm to伤害。
[译]浮云虽然能使太阳暂时晦暗,却丝毫伤害不了太阳。
Three removals are as bad as a fire.
[注解]富兰克林的名言。
[译]三次搬家犹如一次失火。
To have a cloak for every rain.
[注解]cloak斗篷。直译:天未下雨就要备好斗篷。
[译]祸患未来,就得预先防备;未雨绸缪。
Tit for tat is fair play.
[译]人不犯我,我不犯人;人若犯我,我必犯人。
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
[注解]指组织者或拿主意的人过多反而坏事。
[译]人多手杂。
Troubles never come singly.
[译]福无双至,祸不单行。
Truth and oil are ever above.
[译]真理总要战胜谬误,犹如油脂浮上水面。
Truth and roses have thorns about them.
[译]真理和玫瑰,身上都有刺。
Truth fears no colours ( = fears no enemy).
[注解]在莎士比亚的戏剧《空爱一场》第4幕第2场中有:Sir, tell me not of the father; I do fear considerable colours.先生,别对我提起什么神父不神父啦;我最怕那些似是而非的论调。(朱生豪译)
[译]真理不怕粉饰;真理无所畏惧。
Truth fears not the flames of slander and injustice.
[译]真金不怕火炼。
Truth is (or lies) at the bottom of the decanter.
[译]酒后吐真言。
Truth is stranger than fiction.
[译]真理比幻想更奇特。
Truth is truth to the end of the reckoning.
[注解]语出莎士比亚的戏剧《一报还一报》第5幕第1场。意指真理永远是真理。reckoning结账。
[译]真理是永远蒙蔽不了的。
Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
[译]真理深藏于井底,欲寻还得费工夫。
Truth needs not many words, but a false tale a large preamble.
[注解]preamble序言,绪论。
[译]真理无需多言,谎言却要编造一大篇。
Truth never grows old.
[译]真理永远不老;真理永存。
Truth seeks no corners.
[译]寻求真理,不必去天涯海角。
Truth will stand without a prop.
[注解]prop支柱,支持者。
[译]真理即使无人支持也能站稳脚跟。
Tread on a worm and it will turn.
[译]困兽犹斗。
Two of a trade seldom agree.
[译]同行是冤家。
Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit.
[译]无益雄辩不济事,犹如柏树参天不结果。
What is done cannot be undone.
[注解]语出莎士比亚的戏剧《麦克白》第3幕第2场:Things without all remedy should be without regards; What's done is done. 无法挽回的事情,只好听其自然了。
[译]木已成舟,无可挽回。
What is one man's cloud is another man's sunshine.
[译]此人乌云盖顶,彼人艳阳满天。
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[注解]此句为家庭主妇用的谚语,欧美人不管吃哪种鹅肉,常配以相同的苹果酱,故适合于雌鹅肉的酱也必适合于雄鹅肉。
[译]同样的对象,同样对待;一视同仁。
What must be must be.
[注解]对无法回避的事情别无选择只好面对,这是承认现实的乐观态度。
[译]该怎么样就怎么样。
When a man is going downhill, everyone will give him a push.
[译]墙倒众人推。
When anger blinds the mind, truth disappears.
[注解]这是一句德国谚语。
[译]怒火中烧瞎心眼,真理在前看不见。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
[译]入乡随俗。
When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries everywhere is in danger.
[注解]语出美国第32届总统F.D.Roosevelt(罗斯福)。
[译]任何地方的和平遭到破坏都会危及世界各国的和平。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
[注解]出自莎士比亚的戏剧《哈姆雷特》第4幕第5场。
[译]祸不单行。
When war begins then hell opens.
[译]战争一开始,地狱门敞开。
Who are ready to believe are easy to deceive.
[译]轻信的人容易受骗。
Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.
[译]智者热爱真理,愚者回避真理。
Workers of the world, unite.
[译]全世界无产者联合起来!
Wrong never comes right.
[注解]指错事本身总是错的,除非从中吸取教训,使其变为好事。
[译]错的对不了。
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