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高考英语作文谚语与名言荟萃
Lesson 10 Weather and Others气象与其他
A foul morning may turn to a fair day.
[注解]foul形容天气恶劣的,暴风雨的。
[译]阴霾的早晨会变成晴朗的白天。
A good winter brings a good summer.
[译]好冬必有好夏。
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
[译]一个骗子即使在说真话,旁人也不会相信。
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
[译]生活中必定会有走运的时候,也有受限制的时候,但只有傻瓜才只信其一。
A straw shows which way the wind blows.
[注解]本谚语指小事可预示事态的倾向;小事可能是重大事情的预兆。
[译]一叶便知秋;草动知风向。
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
[译]破了的夹克可以补上;但苛刻的话把孩子的心伤。
A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain.
[译]决心赶到目的地,浪汉何惧雨来淋。
A watched pot is long in boiling.
[译]心急水不沸。
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
[译]趁别人小题大做之前赶快承认错误。
After a storm comes a calm.
[注解]比喻否极泰来。
[译]雨过天晴。
All is fish that comes to the net.
[注解]渔夫有办法处理所捕到的任何鱼。此谚语劝告人们善用一切到手的东西和机会,使自己从中得益。
[译]进网的无不是鱼;来者不拒。
All rivers run into the sea.
[注解]语出《圣经·旧约·传道书》第1章第7节。
[译]百川入海。
Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot.
[译]纵然天下雨,休把水壶丢。
April showers bring May flowers.
[译]四月雨带来五月花。
Bind the sack before it is full.
[注解]bind绑,包扎。sack麻布袋。
[译]做事应适可而止。
Bright rain makes fools fain.
[注解]fain意为愿意,乐意。
[译]雨天天际亮,傻子喜若狂。
Coming events cast their shadows before them.
[译]山雨欲来风满楼。
Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy.
[译]深水静静流,浅溪潺潺流。
Distance lends enchantment to the view. (or Mountains look beautiful from a distance.)
[注解]意指远观往往胜过近赏。远看是湖光山色,近瞧也许就变成穷山恶水。distance既可指空间的距离也可指时间的距离。lend提供,给予;enchantment入迷,着迷。
[译]景色远看,分外迷人;远处看山山更美。
Draw water with a sieve.
[注解]“sieve”指“筛子”。
[译]竹篮打水一场空。
Dreams go by contraries.
[注解]指梦中的情景和现实发生的事情正好相反,梦凶为吉;梦吉为凶。
[译]梦与现实常相反。
Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built.
[译]滴水汇大海,垒石筑高墙。
Dumb dogs are dangerous.
[译]哑犬最危险。
Early sow, early mow.
[译]播种早的收获早。
Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.
[译]即使是最疲惫的河流,历经曲折,也终会安然入海。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
[译]山穷水尽疑无路,柳暗花明又一村。
Every shoe fits not every foot. (or You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.)
[注解]该谚语引申为:不能只用一种尺度衡量一切。
[译]不能以己度人;一鞋难合百人足。
Every tide hath its ebb.
[译]兴盛之日必有衰退之时。
Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, and dress, and soul, and ideas.
[译]人的一切——面貌、衣着、心灵和思想,都应该是美好的。
Fast bind, fast find.
[注解]意指要想东西好找,必须妥善保存。
[译]存得好,丢不了。
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you get rid of him on the weekends.
[译]给他一条鱼,你可以喂他一天;教他钓鱼,他周末就不会再来缠你了。
Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven.
[译]善行如日月经天。
Growing old is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.
[译]越来越老并不可怕,可怕的是让人觉得越来越老。
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses courage loses all.
[译]失去财产的人损失很大,失去朋友的人损失更多,而失去勇气的人则失去一切。
Heaven knows what seeming nonsense may not tomorrow be demonstrated truth.
[译]天知道今天看来是胡言乱语的东西明天会不会被证明是真理呢?
High expectations are the key to everything.
[译]远大理想是开启万物的钥匙。
Hope deserts us at no period of our existence.
[译]在我们一生中,希望从来未遗弃过我们。
If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
[译]如果人们敢于互相推心置腹地讲出心里话,一百年后世界将会减少许多痛苦。
If there is evening glow, it will be sunny tomorrow; if there is morning glow, you'd better stay at home.
[译]晚霞晴千里,朝霞别出门。
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
[译]买便宜货,付出的代价更高。
Ill air slays sooner than the sword.
[译]污浊的空气杀人比刀还要快。
Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts.
[译]想像不应脱离现实。
Important principles may and must be flexible.
[译]重要的原则能够也必须是灵活的。
In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.
[译]平静的海洋,人人都可当舵手。
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
[译]人生如下棋,多谋得胜利。
In the deepest water is the best fishing.
[译]水深好钓鱼。
It is a good horse that never stumbles.
[译]良马不失蹄。
It is a long lane that has no turning.
[注解]本谚语指失败、不愉快等时期终究会过去,事必有转机;常用于安慰和鼓励。
[译]路必有弯,事必有变;任何长径必有转弯。
It's hard sailing when there is no wind.
[译]没有风难航行。
It is not the fine coat that makes the gentleman.
[译]并非考究的衣饰使人成为绅士。
It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock.
[译]船触礁后再抛锚,为时已经太晚了。
Keep something for a rainy day.
[译]未雨绸缪,以备不时之需。
Keep some till more come.
[译]更多的到手以前,要保持手里的一点。
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
[译]生活就像个洋葱:你只能一次剥开一层,有时还会流泪。
Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
[译]滴滴小水珠,颗颗小沙粒,汇成浩瀚的海洋与宜人的土地。
Loftiest trees most dread the thunder.
[注解]比喻树大招风。
[译]最高的树也最怕雷电。
Man will become better only when you will make him see what he is like.
[译]只有使一个人看清自己,他才能进步。
Mischief has swift wings.
[译]飞来横祸。
Mischief come by the pound, and go away by the ounce.
[注解]mischief 损害,危害。
[译]灾来如山倒,灾去如抽丝;遭灾容易脱灾难。
Misfortune comes on wings and departs on foot.
[注解]意指遭灾易,消灾难。
[译]祸来如飞行,祸去似步行。
Misfortunes never come alone.
[注解]语出莎士比亚戏剧《哈姆雷特》第4幕第7场。“One woe doth tread upon anothers heel. So fast they follow.”一桩祸事刚刚到来,又有一桩接踵而至。
[译]祸不单行;屋漏又逢连夜雨。
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[注解]这是指任何自然的不足或空缺往往会得到填补;在生活中,空间、时间、位置、研究领域的任何不足或空缺都不会维持长久。
[译]自然憎恶任何空白;填补真空是自然规律。
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
[注解]该谚语源于希腊。
[译]上天赋予我们两耳、两眼、一张嘴巴,归根到底该多听,多看,少说话。
Nature is the glass reflecting truth.
[译]大自然是反映真理的一面镜子。
Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.
[译]大自然永远不会欺骗我们,欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。
Nature will have its course.
[注解]指自然界有它自己的发展规律。
[译]天行其道。
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
[译]没有比诚实更珍贵的遗产。
No safe wading in an unknown water.
[译]未知水深浅,涉水有危险。
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
[译]生活中没有可怕的东西,只有应去了解的东西。
Nothing is really beautiful but truth.
[译]只有真理才是真美。
Nothing so necessary for travellers as languages.
[译]旅行者最需要的是几种语言。
Oil and water don't mix.
[译]油水不相溶。
One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.
[译]一叶可障目;片云足以遮全日。
Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
[译]注意你的敌人,因为他们总是第一个发现你的错误。
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
[译]人们缺少的不是力量,而是勇气。
Politeness is like an air cushion. There may be nothing in it, but it eases our jolts wonderfully.
[译]礼貌就像一只气垫,里面可以什么也没有,却能奇妙地减轻颠簸。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.
[译]火中取栗。
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
[注解]这是根据英国的天气所作的谚语:清晨的雨常会由稍后的晴天所代替。该句也表示在经过一段不好的开头之后,事情会有转机或改进。
[译]七点钟前雨蒙蒙,十一点前天转晴;雨过则天晴。
Rain comes after sunshine, and after a dark cloud, a clear sky.
[译]晴日之后有雨水,乌云过去见青天。
Ragged colts may make fine horses.
[译]别看小马现在丑,长大可能成骏马。
Rain, rain, go to Spain, fair weather come again.
[注解]这是一句童谚。据说这是英国小孩的习惯,下雨时他们唱着要把雨赶走。
[译]雨啊雨啊到西班牙去,晴朗的天气快到来。
Remove an old tree and it will wither to death.
[注解]这是老人不愿意离开久居之地或远游的托词。
[译]老树移栽活不了,老人迁居命不长。
Rivers need a spring.
[译]大河要有源头。
Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.
[译]有时我们需要提醒自己,心怀感激实在是一种美德。
Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.
[注解]musket是滑膛枪、步枪的前身。该句意指杀鸡焉用牛刀。
[译]用枪打蝴蝶,小题大做。
Tall trees catch much wind.
[译]树大招风。
The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.
[译]别人的东西总比自己的要好。
The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.
[译]真理最伟大的朋友是时间,其最大的敌人是偏见,其永远的同伴是谦逊。
The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.
[译]热爱大自然的人内外感觉协调一致,即使进入成年后依然保持着童心。
The miracle is this—the more we share, the more we have.
[译]神奇的是我们分享的越多,我们拥有的也越多。
The more, the merrier.
[译]多多益善。
The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.
[译]琴越老,歌越美。
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
[译]悲观主义者抱怨有风,乐观主义者期待变天,现实主义者调整船帆。
The sauce is better than the fish.
[译]喧宾夺主。
The sharper the storm, the sooner it's over.
[译]暴风雨来得越猛,结束得越快。
The sweetest grapes hang the highest.
[译]最甜的葡萄挂在最高的地方。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
[译]螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后。
The world is like a mirror; frown at it and it frowns at you; smile and it smiles too.
[译]世界如一面镜子:皱眉视之,它也皱眉看你;笑着对它,它也笑着看你。
The worst bankrupt is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.
[译]最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。
There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.
[译]一个渴求知识的人去读一本书和一个懒散的人拿一本书来读,这两者之间有很大的区别。
There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
[译]崇高与荒谬仅一步之遥。
Timely snow foretells a bumper harvest.(or A snowy year, a rich year.)
[译]瑞雪兆丰年。
To care for wisdom and truth and improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honor and reputation.
[译]注重智慧、真理和灵魂进步远比追求金钱、荣誉和名声要好得多。
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. He seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
[译]卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路,他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
[注解]指两个人相互争夺某物或职位,彼此争持不下,东西或美差反而落在第三者身上。另一说法有:“Two quarrel and a third profits by it.”
[译]鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。
Two in distress makes sorrowless.
[译]同病相怜。
Under water, famine; under snow, bread.
[译]洪水造饥馑,瑞雪兆丰年。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
[译]滴水穿石。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.
[译]有的时候不爱惜,丢了以后空叹息;失去了方知可贵。
We never know the worth (or value) of water till the well is dry.
[译]井枯方知水可贵。
What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
[译]缺少动力将让生活无聊乏味。
What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
[译]生就的本性,总会暴露的。
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
[译]失之东隅,收之桑榆。
When a dog is drowning everyone offers him drink.
[译]人人痛打落水狗;落井下石。
When the cat's away, the mice will play.
[注解]这条古谚语指当权者或能控制局面的人不在,下面的人便趁此机会为所欲为。
[译]猫儿一跑耗子闹。
You can never plan the future by the past.
[译]永远也不能依照过去来计划将来。
You may know the horse by his harness.
[译]欲知马如何,可看套马索。
Youth and age will never agree.
[译]老少难相投。
Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.
[注解]出自美国文艺评论家门肯。
[译]青年鲁莽犯错,中年努力拼搏,老年后悔已过。
Youth is more courageous than age because it knows less. Age is wiser than youth because it knows more.
[译]青年人比老年人勇气大,因为他们知道的比较少。老年人比青年人明智,因为他们知道的较多。
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