高考英语作文谚语与名言荟萃 Lesson 8 Time and Money时间与金钱 清单-2026届高三英语上学期一轮复习专项

高考英语作文谚语与名言荟萃 Lesson 8 Time and Money时间与金钱 A day is a miniature of eternity. ［译］一天是永恒的缩影。 A fool and his money are soon parted. ［注解］指傻瓜和钱财，很快就分开。 ［译］笨蛋难聚财。 A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. ［译］穷人的一只羔羊比富人的一头牛还要珍贵。 A light purse makes a heavy curse. ［注解］curse诅咒；灾祸；祸因；祸根。 ［译］为人无钱心事重。 A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife. ［译］妻子浪费无度，丈夫不会出头。 A man who gives his children habit of industry provides for them better than giving them a fortune. ［译］培养孩子勤奋的习惯比给他们一份丰厚的财产好得多。 A penny saved is a penny earned. ［注解］语出Richard Brokminster Fuller，美国建筑师富勒，喻节省能致富。 ［译］省一文钱就赚一文钱。 A useful trade is a mine of gold. ［译］一样有用的手艺是取之不尽的财富。 Age is a matter of feeling, not of years. ［译］年纪只是个感觉的问题，而不是岁月的问题。 All things are obedient to money. ［译］有钱能使鬼推磨。 An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. ［译］生活的目标，是惟一值得寻找的财富。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. ［译］一日之计在于晨。 An occasion lost cannot be redeemed. ［译］时机失去了无法挽回。 As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it. ［译］一旦你觉得做某件事年纪太大了，就赶紧做。 At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. ［译］二十岁时起支配作用的是意志，三十岁时是机智，四十岁时是判断。 Avarice increases with wealth. (or The more you have, the more you want.) ［译］越富越贪。 Be considerate towards the poor. ［译］要为穷人着想。 Before gold, even kings take off their hats. ［译］有钱能使鬼推磨。 Better an empty purse than an empty head. ［译］宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。 By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man. ［译］赌博使我们丢失时间和金钱，这是两样人生最珍贵的东西。 Contentment is above wealth. ［注解］意义接近于“The greatest wealth is contentment with little”．意为最大的财富是以少为满足。 ［译］知足胜于财富。 Creditors have better memories than debtors. ［注解］出自美国总统富兰克林。 ［译］放债人的记性比借债人好。 Delays have dangerous ends. ［注解］语出莎士比亚的戏剧《亨利六世》第3幕第2场，意为“不要耽搁了，拖延会误事的”。 ［译］事怕延误。 Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. ［译］切莫临时抱佛脚。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. (or Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.) ［译］今日事，今日毕；今天能做的事，切莫拖延到明天。 Don't waste life in doubts and fears. ［译］不要把生命浪费于怀疑与恐惧中。 Drunken days have all their tomorrows. ［译］今日花天酒地，明日穷困潦倒。 Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. ［译］历史巨轮飞转，分分秒秒的时间都十分宝贵，也独具意义。 Easy come, easy go. (or Light come, light go.) ［注解］指得来的不义之财，没有理由久享。同类谚语还有：“Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent. Soon got, soon spent.”源自拉丁语，指胡乱弄来的钱被胡乱花掉。 ［译］来得容易去得快。 Economy is the poor man's mint; and extravagance the rich man's pitfall. ［注解］economy节约。mint造币厂。extravagance奢侈、浪费。 ［译］节约是穷人的造币厂，浪费是富翁的陷阱。 Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history. ［译］生命中的一天就是你历史上的一页。 Every little helps. (or Little and often fills the purse. Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.) ［注解］指积少成多，点滴之物都能派上用场。 ［译］小钱积成万，粒粮堆成山。 Every minute counts. ［注解］count动词，很重要。 ［译］每分钟都很重要；分秒必争。 Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. ［译］人对自己的命运总不感到满足。 Everything has its time and that time must be watched. ［译］任何事情都有好的时机，定要把握时机。 Everything is good in its season. ［注解］只要合时令，样样是佳品。也就是“There is a time for everything”。 ［译］万物逢时皆美好。 Experience proves that most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes. A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just as empty as a bucket that is deliberately kicked over. ［译］经验证明，大部分时间都是被一分钟一分钟地而不是一小时一小时地浪费掉的。一只底部有个小洞的桶和一只故意踢翻的桶同样会流空。 Few rich men own their property. The property owns them. ［注解］语出美国律师英格索尔. R. G.。 ［译］极少富人拥有他们的财产，是财产拥有他们。 For many, life's longest mile is the stretch from dependence to independence. ［译］对许多人来说，生命中最长的一英里就是从依赖到独立之间的距离。 Frugality is an estate alone. ［译］仅仅节约就是一笔财产。 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still flying; and this same flower that smiles today. Tomorrow will be dying. ［注解］这是英国诗人Robert Herrick的名诗“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”（致少女，珍重时光）中的诗句。指机会降临，应善于把握，切莫错失良机。 ［译］有花堪折直需折，时令过了空折枝。 Gold will not buy everything. ［译］金钱并非万能。 He is rich enough who owes nothing. ［注解］源自拉丁语。无所需求者最幸福。 ［译］无债就是富。 He is rich that has few wants. ［注解］近义的还有：Our content is our best having. 语出莎士比亚的戏剧《亨利八世》第2幕第3场。知足就是我们最大的财富。 ［译］无欲者为富。 He that gains time gains all things. ［译］获得时间就是获得一切。 He that hath time hath life. ［译］赢得时间，就等于赢得生命。 He who despises small things seldom grows rich. ［译］小钱不计，大钱不聚。 He who gains time gains everything. ［译］赢得时间的人能赢得一切。 He who pays the piper calls the time. ［译］谁出钱，谁点戏。 He who spends more than he should, shall not have to spare when he would. ［译］不该花的乱花，要花时没钱花。 Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. ［注解］意同As the wind blows, you must set your sail。比喻应抓紧有利时机，随机应变。 ［译］乘风扬帆；趁热打铁。 If time being of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. ［译］如果时间是最宝贵的东西，浪费时间应是最大的挥霍。 If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one. ［注解］语出英国小说家、剧作家高尔斯·华绥。 ［译］如果你不考虑未来，那么你就不能拥有未来。 If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. ［译］想要懂得今天，就必须研究昨天。 If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. ［译］要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。 Improve your time and your time will improve you. ［译］珍惜时间，时间才会珍惜你。 In time of abundance, you should always think of time of want; it is useless to think of time of abundance when you're in time of want. ［译］常在有时想无时，莫到无时想有时。 It is better to live rich than to die rich. ［注解］语出英国作家塞缪尔·约翰逊。 ［译］与其在死后握着一大把钱，还不如活着的时候活得丰富多彩。 It is good to have money to buy things that money can buy, but it is better not to lose things money cannot buy. ［译］有钱去买能买得到的东西当然不错，但是不丢失用金钱买不到的东西更好。 It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of great whole of life dawn on you. ［译］在你耐心地操劳于生活的琐事的过程中，你才能领悟整个生活的伟大意义和形象。 Life is too short to be wasted in hatred, revenge, fault-finding, prejudice, intolerance and destruction. ［译］人生短暂，不容我们把时间浪费于仇恨、复仇、吹毛求疵、偏见、偏狭和破坏上。 Life is short and time is fleeting. ［译］人生短暂，光阴易逝。 Little wealth, little care. ［译］财少寡忧。 Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. ［译］小财不扔，大财不丢。 Lose not time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. ［译］不要浪费时间，做些有益的事情，停止一切不必要的行动。 Lost time is never found again. ［注解］意同“Time lost cannot be won again”。 ［译］光阴一去不复返。 Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance of medicine, but lost time is gone forever. ［译］失去的财富可以靠勤奋换来，失去的知识可以靠学习得来，失去的健康可以靠节制药物得来，但是失去的光阴一去不复返。 Make hay while the sun shines. ［注解］比喻要善于把握时机。 ［译］晒草要趁太阳好。 Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle. (or Penny and penny laid up will be many.) ［注解］mickle指“多”。pickle指“少量”。这两个词皆为苏格兰语。 ［译］积少成多。 Men do not desire merely to be rich, but to be richer than other men. ［译］人们不仅希望富有，而且希望比他人更富有。 Money burns a hole in his pocket. ［译］钱到袋里留不住。 Money calls, but does not stay: It is round and rolls away. ［译］金钱会上门，不会留下来，因为是圆的，所以会滚开。 Money makes the mare to go. (or Money can move even the gods.) ［注解］此谚语中make后可用to go或go。布留沃（Brewer）的注释是：只要有钱，什么事都能办成。 ［译］有钱能使鬼推磨。 Money has no smell. ［注解］源于拉丁语。出自公元1世纪罗马皇帝韦斯巴芗（Titus Vepasian）。本句常用做取得金钱的口实，不顾来源是否肮脏。 ［译］金钱无所谓香臭。 Money is a bottomless sea, in which honour, conscience, and truth may be drowned. ［译］金钱是无底的海洋，荣誉、良心和真理都可以淹没在其中。 Money is a good servant, but a bad master. ［译］金钱是好的仆役，坏的主人。 Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. ［译］如果只从金融方面讲，有钱是比没钱好。 Money is neither good nor bad, but all depends on what use is made of it. ［译］金钱本身无好坏，要看怎样利用它。 Money is often lost for want of money. ［译］往往由于缺乏金钱而丧失金钱。 Money is the root of all evil. ［译］金钱是万恶之源。 Money is the sinews of war. ［译］无钱莫打仗。 Money often unmakes the men who make it. ［注解］比喻为富不仁。 ［译］赚得了金钱，损了德行。 Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. ［译］智力投资，绝非虚掷。 Money talks. ［译］有钱能讲话。 Never neglect an opportunity for improvement. ［译］抓住大好时机，切莫等闲错过。 No bees, no honey; no work, no money. ［译］没有蜜蜂就没有蜜，没有劳动就没有钱。 No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. ［注解］语出美国总统罗斯福. F.。 ［译］任何一个国家，不管它多么富裕，都浪费不起人力资源。 No one can call back yesterday. ［译］往日不复返。 No sweet without some sweat. ［译］不劳则无获。 No time like the present. ［注解］句首也可有There is。意指若某事必须做，最好现在就做，不要拖到以后。 ［译］只争朝夕。 Not let the grass grow under one's feet. ［译］不失时机。 One cannot put back the clock. ［译］人无法让时间倒流。 One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name. ［译］光辉人生中忙碌的一个小时抵得过碌碌无为的一生。 One today is worth two tomorrow. ［译］把握一个今天，胜似两个明天。 Only that which is honestly got is gain. ［译］正当的收入才是真正的收入。 Opportunity seldom knocks twice. ［注解］比喻机不可失，时不再来。 ［译］机会很少敲两次门；机会难逢。 Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it. ［译］普通人只想到如何度过时间，有才能的人设法利用时间。 Patience, time, and money overcome everything. ［译］耐心、时间和金钱可以征服一切。 Pleasant hours fly fast. ［译］欢乐时光总是过得特别快。 Plenty is no plague. ［译］多多益善。 Riches do not always bring happiness. ［译］富裕未必永远带来幸福。 Riches either serve or govern the possessor. ［译］财富可以侍候主人，也可以支配主人。 Riches have wings. ［译］财富难保。 Riches serve a wise man but command a fool. ［注解］command a fool“操纵愚者”。指贪婪者总为财富效劳而不懂如何利用。 ［译］智者是财富的主人，愚者是财富的奴隶。 Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day. ［译］能节俭时就节俭，朝阳难照一整天。 Saving is getting. ［译］节约等于增加收入。 Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil. ［注解］a beggar on horseback是指乍富的小人，暴发户。该谚语指穷人突然发了财，就会变得目空一切，态度傲慢无礼。 ［译］叫花子发财，忘乎所以。 Small gains bring great wealth. ［译］小益聚大财，薄利成巨富。 Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. ［译］有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。 Spoil (or Lose) the ship for half penny worth of tar. ［译］因小失大。 Take time by the forelock. ［注解］在英国，传说时间老人秃头上有撮额发，抓住他的额发就可以抓住时间。 ［译］抓住时机；机不可失。 Take time while time is, for time will be away. ［译］有时间要加以利用，因为时不再来。 The abundance of money ruins youth. ［译］钱多毁青年。 The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past. ［译］推测将要发生什么，最好的方法是记住已经发生了什么。 The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time). ［注解］指最忙的人会利用时间，工作完成快，空闲时间也多。 ［译］最忙的人时间最多。 The early bird catches the worm. ［注解］此谚语对迟起或因行动迟缓而坐失良机的人是最好的忠告：做事情早下手者可得利。early bird指早起的人，集会早到的人。 ［译］早起的鸟儿有虫吃；捷足先登。 The golden age is before us, not behind us. ［注解］语出美国作家马克·吐温。 ［译］黄金时代在我们前面而不在我们背后。 The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar. ［译］正当得到的一分钱，胜过偷来的一元钱。 The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth. ［译］受教育的年数不如教育的广博度重要，生命的长度不如其深度重要。 The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing them. ［译］财富对有些人只做了一件事：使他们担心会失去财富。 There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. ［注解］指纵然失去一个机会，不愁没有其他机会。 ［译］海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。 The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices. ［译］损失时间是一切损失中代价最大的。 The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them. ［译］生活的价值不在于生命的长短，而在于我们是怎样度过的。 The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error, and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes. ［注解］语出爱尔兰作家布莱辛顿。 ［译］富人和伟人的罪恶被错当做谬误，穷人和凡人的过失却被错当做犯罪。 Time and tide wait for no man.(or Time past cannot be called back again.) ［译］岁月无情；光阴一去不复返。 Time and words can never be recalled. ［译］消逝的时间和说出的话不能追回。 Time drops in delay, like a candle burnt out. ［译］时间点点滴滴地消失，犹如蜡烛慢慢燃尽。 Time is a bird for ever on the wing. ［注解］语出英国剧作家罗伯逊. T. W.。 ［译］时间是一只永远飞翔的鸟。 Time is a great healer. ［译］时间可以医治一切创伤。 Time is a great judge, even in the fields of morals. ［译］时间是伟大的法官，即使在道德领域亦如此。 Time is a versatile performer. It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell. ［译］时间是个多才多艺的表演者。它能飞，能大步前进，能治愈一切创伤，即使消逝，也能留下影响。 Time marches on. ［译］时光流逝不回头。 Time past never returns, a moment lost, lost for ever. ［译］过去的时间绝不返回，浪费一点，永远消失。 Time tames the strongest grief. ［译］时间可以冲淡最强烈的悲伤。 Time tries all. ［译］时间检验一切。 Time works wonders. ［译］时间可以创造奇迹。 To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all. ［译］积财难，守财更难，而聪明地用财最难。 To choose time is to save time. ［注解］语出英国哲学家培根。 ［译］合理安排时间就是节约时间。 To save time is to lengthen life. ［译］节约时间就是延长生命。 To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. ［译］对聪明人来说，每一天的时间都是要精打细算的。 Tomorrow never comes. (or Tomorrow is another day.) ［注解］此谚语用来劝人们今天该做的事切勿拖到明天，因为明天是没有止尽的，它永远是今天以后的一天。明日复明日，明日何其多。 ［译］我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。 Waste not, want not. ［注解］只要懂得量入为出，谨慎用钱，就不愁会有囊中羞涩，衣食匮乏之时。 ［译］不浪费，不愁缺；俭以防匮。 Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses. ［译］浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈最昂贵的费用。 We always have enough time, if we will but use it aright. ［译］只要我们能善用时间，就永远不愁时间不够用。 Wealth is best known by want. ［译］人穷方知钱可贵。 Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, leisure, and liberty. ［译］财富也许是好东西，因为它意味着权力、安逸和自由。 What is wealth good for, if it brings melancholy? ［译］财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？ Who holds the purse rules the house. ［译］钱可通神。 Years bring wisdom. ［译］年长智也增。 Yesterday is dead, forget it; tomorrow does not exist, don't worry; today is here, use it. ［译］昨天已经消逝，把它忘掉；明天还未来到，不必烦恼；今天就在眼前，把它用好。 Yesterday will not be called again. ［注解］这是荷兰谚语。 ［译］昨日无法召回；时光不能倒流。 You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money. ［译］济贫不能除贫。 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$