1.简短英文谚语大全
1. Accidents will happen. 意外事故在所难免。
2. Actions speak louder than words. 行动胜于空谈;事实胜于雄辩。3. Advice when most needed is least heeded. 忠言逆耳。
4. After a storm comes to a calm. 否极泰来。5. The aim and end of all education is the development of character. 教育的最终目的在于发展人的品格。
6. All good things come to an end. 花无百日红。(天下无不散之宴席)。
7. All men are created equal. 人人生而平等。8. All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马。
9. All that glitters is not gold. 不可仅以貌取人。= All is not gold that glitters.10. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只有工作不游戏使杰克变成笨孩子。
11. All’s well that ends well. 善终为善。12. Ambition and love are the wings of great actions. 壮志与爱心为伟大行动之两翼.13. Ambition like a torrent never looks back. 大志如急流直前不返顾。
14. Art is long, life is short. 人生苦短,而学术无穷。15. The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and endure much. 生活的艺术就是要知道如何少享受,多忍耐。
16. As a man sows, so shall he reap.=As you sow, so shall you reap. (种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。17. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. 不要问你的国家能为你做什么事,要问你能为你的国家做什么。
18. Bad company is the devil’s net. 坏朋友为魔鬼之网。19. Bad news travels fast. 恶事传千里。
20. A bad penny always comes back. 恶有恶报。21. A bad shearer never had a good sickle.=A bad workman always blames his tools. 劣工尤器。
22. The bait hides the hook. 饵里藏钩。23. Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠叫的狗不咬人。
24. Beauty is but (only) skin deep. 美色只是一层皮。24. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施。
25. Beggars must not be choosers. 饥者不得择食。26. The best fish swims near the bottom. 好鱼游溪底。
27. Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.=(Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.) 宁为驴(狗)首,不为马(狮)尾。28. Better late than never. 亡羊补牢犹未晚也。
29. Better to be alone than in bad company. 与其交坏朋友不如没有朋友。29. Between two tools you fall to the ground. 脚踏双凳必坠地。
30. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜于两鸟在林。31. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚。
32. Birth is much, but breeding is more. 教养重于家世。33. The biter is sometimes bit. 欺人反受欺,害人反害己。
34. Blessed is he who expressed nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 无奢者得福,因为他永无失望之时。35. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。
36. Books and friends should be few and good. 书与友贵精而不贵多。37. Books are by far the most lasting products of human effort. 书籍乃是人类努力成果中最能历久弥新的产物。
38. A burnt child dreads the fire. 受灼的小孩必怕火。39. The business of life is to go forward. 生命的要务是奋力向前。
40. By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 读书使心智丰富;交谈使心智增美。41. Care and diligence brings luck. 小心与勤劳, 福必随至。
42. Care killed a (the) cat. 忧虑致命(劳神丧命)。43. A cat may look at a king. 君王卿相于我何。
44. Character is destiny. 个性即命运。45. Charity begins at home. 修身齐家博爱天下。
46. The child is father of the man. 少年时代可决定一人之未来。47. Company in distress makes the sorrowless.在患难中有朋友可使愁苦减 少。
48. Comparisons are odious. 人比人气死人。49. Constant dripping/dropping wears away the stone/stones. 滴水穿石。
50. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐。
2.50句简单英语谚语
A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 A burden of one’s choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king. 猫也可以打量国王,意为人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所,流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑,长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改,本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难,失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。
‘After you’ is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。 A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。 A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书,相伴一生。 A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。 A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 A good wife health is a man’s best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar. 说大话者多谎言。 A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友,只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its spots. 积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A light heart lives long. 静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解,自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot. 狗肚子盛不得四两油。 All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃窜时,人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席。 All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 All that ends well is well. 结果好,就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。 All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。 A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说空话不做事,犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all. 一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A merry heart goes all the way. 心旷神怡,事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘,差之千里。 A mother’s love never changes. 母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果,不用请医生。 A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼,以牙还牙。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗学不出新把戏。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聪明才智,不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防为主,治疗为辅。 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。 A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春,百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。 A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。 A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补,大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close mouth. 真人不露相,露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出,驷马难追。 A year’s plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings. 好事不出门,坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人。 Beauty 。
3.最简单的英语谚语
there are spots on the sun
人无完人
You are never too old to learn.活到老,学到老
Time flies.光阴似箭.
Time is money.一寸光阴一寸金。
All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧
A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年
4.50句简单英语谚语
A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 A burden of one’s choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king. 猫也可以打量国王,意为人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所,流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑,长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改,本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难,失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。
‘After you’ is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。 A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。 A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书,相伴一生。 A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。 A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 A good wife health is a man’s best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar. 说大话者多谎言。 A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友,只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its spots. 积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A light heart lives long. 静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解,自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot. 狗肚子盛不得四两油。 All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃窜时,人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席。 All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 All that ends well is well. 结果好,就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。 All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。 A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说空话不做事,犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all. 一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A merry heart goes all the way. 心旷神怡,事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘,差之千里。 A mother’s love never changes. 母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果,不用请医生。 A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼,以牙还牙。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗学不出新把戏。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聪明才智,不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防为主,治疗为辅。 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。 A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春,百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。 A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。 A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补,大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close mouth. 真人不露相,露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出,驷马难追。 A year’s plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings. 好事不出门,坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人。 Beauty li。
5.求一些简短精辟的英文名言警句
英语励志名言警句1• All things in their being are good for something. • 天生我才必有用。
2• Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people 困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。3• Failure is the mother of success. – Thomas Paine • 失败乃成功之母。
4• For man is man and master of his fate.• 人就是人,是自己命运的主人。5• The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates• 混混噩噩的生活不值得过。
— 苏格拉底6• None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. • 只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人,才配享受生活的自由。7• Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. — R.M. Nixon • 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒,而是机会之杯。
因此,让我们毫无畏惧,满心愉悦地把握命运 – 尼克松8• Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. — John Ruskin • 生活没有目标,犹如航海没有罗盘。– 罗斯金9• What makes life dreary is the want of motive. — George Eliot • 没有了目的,生活便郁闷无光。
— 乔治 • 埃略特10• Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.– Lincoln • 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。
11• There is no such thing as a great talent without great will – power. — Balzac • 没有伟大的意志力,便没有雄才大略。 — 巴尔扎克12• The good seaman is known in bad weather.• 惊涛骇浪,方显英雄本色。
13• Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. –J.H. Newman • 不要害怕你的生活将要结束,应该担心你的生活永远不会真正开始。 — 纽曼14• Gods determine what you’re going to be. — Julius Erving • 人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。
— 欧文15• An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. — Robert Louis Stevenson • 生活的目标,是唯一值得寻找的财富。– 史蒂文森16• While there is life there is hope.• 一息若存,希望不灭。
— 英国谚语17• Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. — A. Einstein • 不要为成功而努力,要为做一个有价值的人而努力。 — 爱因斯坦18• You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success. — Charles Chaplin • 人必须有自信,这是成功的秘密。
— 卓别林19• Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably. • 不管追求什么目标,都应坚持不懈。20• We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. — Mattin Luther King • 我们必须接受失望,因为它是有限的,但千万不可失去希望,因为它是无穷的。
— 马丁 • 路德 • 金21• Energy and persistence conquer all things. — Benjamin Franklin• 能量加毅力可以征服一切。 — 富兰克林22• Nothing seek, nothing find.• 无所求则无所获。
23• Cease to struggle and you cease to live. — Thomas Carlyle• 生命不止,奋斗不息。 — 卡莱尔24• A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step. • 千里之行,始于足下。
25• Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished. • 只有强者才懂得斗争;弱者甚至失败都不够资格,而是生来就是被征服的。26• The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them. — Bernara Shaw • 在这个世界上取得成就的人,都努力去寻找他们想要的机会,如果找不到机会,他们便自己创造机会。
— 萧伯纳27• A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate. — Thomas Addison• 强者能同命运的风暴抗争。 –28• He who seize the right moment, is the right man. — Goethe 谁把握机遇,谁就心想事成。
— 歌德29• Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it. — M.Moore • 胜利是不会向我们走来的,我必须自己走向胜利。 — 穆尔30• Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.• 人往高处走,水往低处流。
31• Man errs as long as he strives. — Goethe• 失误是进取的代价。 — 歌德32• The failures and reverses which await men – and one after another sadden the brow of youth – add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. • 尽管失败和挫折等待着人们,一次次地夺走青春的容颜,但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严,这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的33• A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. • 一个人可以失败很多次,但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人,他还不是一个失败者。
— 巴勒斯34• Histories make men wise; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. (Francis Bacon , British philosopher ) 历史使人明智;诗词使人灵秀;数学使人周密;自然哲学使人深刻;伦理使人庄重;。
6.有没有经典一点,简短一点的英语谚语
十二条经典英语谚语:: 1. Pain past is pleasure. 过去的痛苦就是快乐。
2. Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 脑中有知识,胜过手中有金钱。 3. Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. 心之所愿,无所不成。
4. All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事必先难后易。 5. Great hopes make great man. 伟大的理想造就伟大的人。
6. God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。 7. Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. 四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘诀:多一点点! 8. In doing we learn. 实?げ鸥伞?/P> 9. East or west, home is best. 东好西好,还是家里最好。
10. Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮。 11. Good company on the road is the shortest cut. 行路有良伴就是捷径。
12. Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水穿石。
7.简单的英语谚语并翻译
1. Waste not,want not. 俭以防匮。
2. From saving comes having. 富有来自节俭。 3. A penny saved is a penny gained. 省一文是一文。
4. Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves. 金钱积少便成多。 5. Frugality is an estate alone. 节俭本身就是一宗财产。
6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound. 小钱不知节省,大钱将滥花。 7. Small gains bring great wealth. 积小利,成巨富。
8. Many a little makes a mickle. 积少便成多。 9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man. 试金之石可试金,正如黄金能试人。
10. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。 11. The path to glory is always rugged. 光荣之路常坎坷。
12. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事,只要人肯试。 13. The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. 烈火试真金,困苦炼壮士。
14. Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望造就伟大的人物。 15. No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前无险路。
16. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。 17. The good seaman is known in bad weather. 坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员;要识好海员,须凭坏天气。
18. The best hearts are always the bravest. 行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。 19. We must not lie down,and cry,God help us. 求神不如求己。
20. He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。 21. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马并非一日可建成;坚持必成。
22. Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。 23. We must repeat a thousand and one times thatperseverance is the only road to success. 我们要多次重申:不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。
24. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 十九次失败,到第二十次获得成功,这就叫坚持。 25. Step by step the ladder is ascended. 登梯需要逐级登。
26. Adversity leads to prosperity. 困苦通向昌盛。 27. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。
28. Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 做事只要有耐心,到头总会有好运;耐心候好运,好运常会来。 29. All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要肯等待,一切都会按时来。
30. Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水不绝可穿石。 31. Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs. 鸡蛋不打破,蛋卷做不成;不甘愿吃苦,则预期效果达不到。
32. The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. 世界好似一把梯,有人上去有人下。 33. There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world’s trade. 要知世事奥秘多,须要长期作学徒。
34. Life is sweet. 生活是可爱的;人无不好生(恶死)。 35. Where there is life,there is hope. 生命不息,希望长在。
36. Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。 37. Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of. 眼前发生许多事,有些我们并不知。
38. Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s door. 人人都有走运的一天。 39. If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you. 运气太好,见人不睬;运气太坏,无人理会。
40. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。 41. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. 记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。
42. Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single). 祸不单行。 43. Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良好的教师。
44. Misfortunes come at night. 祸常生于不测。 45. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 恶运临头后,才知幸运贵。
46. Adversity makes a man wise,not rich. 患难能使人聪明,但不能使人富有。 47. Live and learn. 活到老,学到老。
48. It is never too old to learn. 为学不怕年高。 49. A man becomes learned by asking questions. 要长学问,就得多问;多问则业精。
50. There is no royal road to learning. 学问无坦途。
8.简单励志的英语谚语有哪些
While there is life there is hope. 一息若存,希望不灭。
I am a slow walker,but I never walk backwards. ( America) 我走得很慢,但是我从来不会后退。(亚伯拉罕.林肯美国) Never underestimate your power to change yourself! 永远不要低估你改变自我的能力! Nothing is impossible! 没有什么不可能! Nothing for nothing. 不费力气,一无所得。
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible “. (Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor ) 凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。( 法国皇帝 拿破仑. B.) I will greet this day with love in my heart. 我要用全身心的爱来迎接今天 Do what you say,say what you do 做你说过的,说你能做的 I can make it through the rain. I can stand up once again on my own. 我可以穿越云雨,也可以东山再起(Mariah Carey-through the rain) All things come to those who wait. 苍天不负有心人 A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step. 千里之行,始于足下。
Never, never, never, never give up (Winston Churchill) 永远不要、不要、不要、不要放弃。(英国首相 丘吉尔) A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. (J. Barrymore) 只要一个人还有追求,他就没有老。
直到后悔取代了梦想,一个人才算老。(巴里摩尔) You have to believe in yourself . That’s the secret of success.(Charles Chaplin , American actor ) 人必须相信自己,这是成功的秘诀。
(美国演员 卓别林. C.) One’s real value first lies in to what degree and what sense he set himself.(Einstein Germany) 一个人的真正价值首先决定于他在什么程度上和在什么意义上从自我解放出来。(爱因斯坦 德国) One thing I know,that is I know nothing.(Socrates Greek) 我所知道的一件事就是我一无所知。
(苏格拉底 古希腊) Cease to struggle and you cease to live. — Thomas Carlyle 生命不止,奋斗不息。 — 卡莱尔 Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it. — 胜利是不会向我们走来的,我必须自己走向胜利。
— 穆尔 We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. — Mattin Luther King 我们必须接受失望,因为它是有限的,但千万不可失去希望,因为它是无穷的。 — 马丁 · 路德 · 金 It’s great to be great , but it’s greater to be human. —W. Rogers 成为伟人固然伟大,但成为真正的人更加伟大. Never give up, Never lose the opportunity to succeed 不放弃就有成功的机会。
Don’t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to. 不要着急,最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。 Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life .( Thomas Edison , American inventor) 有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。
( 美国发明家 爱迪生. T. ) Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. 人往高处走,水往低处流。 Nothing seek, nothing find. 无所求则无所获。
One needs 3 things to be truly happy living in the world: some thing to do, some one to love, some thing to hope for. 在这个世界我们只需拥有三件事便可真正快乐:有自己向往的事业;有自己爱的人;还有希望. I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ( Voltaire ) 畅俯扳谎殖荷帮捅爆拉我不同意你说的话,但我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。(伏尔泰) All things in their being are good for something. 天生我才必有用。
Failure is the mother of success. 失败乃成功之母。
9.要一些简单的英语谚语和成语
一.俚语和谚语是英语学习中的一大绊脚石。
我们不明白这些俗语的含义,是因为我们和英语国家的文化背景不同。如果能在汉语中为这些俗语找到对应的说法,问题就解决了。
我们向你介绍一些英汉合璧的俚语和谚语,帮助你的英语学习更上一层楼。 1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor . 雨后送伞 Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late. Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I had a promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death, the doctor. 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar. 挂羊头卖狗肉 Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be. Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar. 3. All is over but the shouting. 大势已去 Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed. Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting. 4. All lay load on the willing horse. 人善被人欺,马善被人骑 Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him. Examples: the trouble is you’re too good-natured and people take advantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will have to learn to refuse people who ask too much. 5.anger and haste hinder good counsel. 小不忍则乱大谋 Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry. Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. 6. As poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon. Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse. Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food. 7. A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出,驷马难追 Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo. Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said, but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of that moment of harshness. 8.World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君 Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so. Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all. 9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗 Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls. 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts. 失之东隅,收之桑榆 Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one—it may succeed. Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts. 11.What are the odds so long as you are happy. 知足者常乐 Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy. Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy. 12.Entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不识泰山 Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits. Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise 13.every dog has his day . 是人皆有出头日 Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming. 14.every potter praises his own pot. 王婆买瓜,自卖自夸 Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot 15. Pain past is pleasure. (过去的痛苦就是快乐。)
[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去,将来回忆起来一定甜蜜无比。] 16. While there is life, there is hope. (有生命就有希望/留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。)
17. Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. (脑中有知识,胜过手中有金钱。)[从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。
] 18. Storms make trees take deeper roots. (风暴使树木深深扎根。)[感激敌人,感激挫折!] 19. Nothing is 。