諺語、慣用語

不管張三李四。
Every Tom, Dick and Harry. *舉出常用的男孩名,表示“不論誰都……”、“不管張三還是李四”。雖然沒有女孩名,但男女都可用。
My daughter had a homestay in America. (我女兒為體驗當地生活,去美國了。)
So did every Tom, Dick and Harry. (不管誰都能去啊。)
I like sexy girls. (我喜歡性感的女人。)
So does every Tom, Dick and Harry. (無論誰都是這樣的。)

一波未平一波又起。
Out of the frying pan into the fire. *frying pan “平底炒菜鍋”,直譯是菜從鍋里炒出來又掉進了火里。

舍名求實。
I live to eat.
Pudding rather than praise. *不太常用的說法。

瞎貓碰上了死耗子。
Every dog has his day.
Bob won the lottery. (鮑勃中了頭彩。)
Every dog has his day. (瞎貓碰上了死耗子。)
Everyone has good days.
Everyone gets lucky sometimes. (誰都會有走運的時候。)
A flying crow always gets something. *不太常用的說法。

說曹操,曹操到。
Speak of the devil. *“說到惡魔,惡魔就來”。源自諺語Speak of the devil and he will appear。
Speak of the devil.常用于口語中。
Here comes John! (約翰來了。)
Speak of the devil. (真是說到曹操,曹操到。)

情人眼里出西施。
Love is blind. *直譯是“愛情是盲目的”。表示人們一旦談戀愛,就會失去正確的判斷能力,無法冷靜地看待事物。

一舉兩得。
Kill two birds with one stone. *直譯是“一石可以打中兩只鳥”,即“一舉兩得”。

不聞兇訊便是吉。
No news is good news.
I haven't heard from John lately. (好久沒有約翰的消息了。)
Well, no news is good news. (是啊,不聞兇訊便是吉。)

光陰似箭。
Time flies. *表示時間像飛一樣地過去了。Tim flies是Time flies when you are having fun.的省略說法。即“越高興時間過得越快”。

時間就是金錢。
Time is money.

百藝不如一藝精。
Jack of all trades, master of none. *Jack是男子名,一般表示“某人或男人”。此句的意思是什么事都去做的人沒有一件事是能精通的。

三思而后行。
Look before you leap. *直譯“飛之前先看看”,表示“付諸于行動前要慎重地考慮,做好準備”。

百聞不如一見。
Seeing is believing. *“眼見為實”,即只有自己親眼所見,才能信服。

無風不起浪。
There is no smoke without fire. *傳聞總是有出處的,“無火的地方不冒煙”。

誠實總是上策。
Honesty is the best policy. *常以為不正當行為能獲得好處,但從長遠來看,結果是采取正當行為才是上策。

晚做總比不做強。
Better late than never.

男孩子就是男孩子嘛!
Boys will be boys.
John got into a fight again. (約翰又打架了。)
Boys will be boys. (男孩子就是男孩子嘛!)

知識就是力量。
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power. (知識就是力量。)
That's why he's so successful. (所以他才成功。)

冰凍三尺非一日之寒。/羅馬不是一天就建成的。
Rome was not built in a day. *要做大事不是一朝一夕就可以成功的。

條條大路通羅馬。
All roads lead to Rome. *為達到同一目的,可以采取多種手段。
There are many roads to success. (有許多辦法可以取得成功。) *常用語。

入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. *“在羅馬就要照羅馬人做的去做”。即“到另一個地方就要遵從那里的風俗習慣”??谡Z中常省略成Do as the Romans do.

熟能生巧。
Practice makes perfect. *任何事情都反復練習是成功的秘訣。

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