谚语中英文对照
Rise bright moon at the sea， the limits of the earth is totally at this time 海上升明月，天涯共此时
give anything received from you！ give a rose to you．
送人玫瑰，手有余香
go and race against yourself！行动并超越自己
Never judge people by their appearance；不要以貌取人
If it's a rose， it will bloom sooner or later．
如果是玫瑰，它总会开花的。——歌德（相当于中国的：是金子总会发光。）
Where there is a will，there is a way．有志者，事竟成
Nothing is too diffcult，if you put your heart into it．
世上无难事，怕有心人。
Never judge It's dogged that does it．世上无难事，只怕有心人。
All things in their being are good for something．天生我才必有用。
Honest is the basic term of wisdom and can be better than it．没有单纯、善良和真实，就没有伟大．（列夫?托尔斯泰）
There's no great genius without great wish．没有伟大的愿望，就没有伟大的天才．（巴尔扎克）
谚语中英文对照
All is flour that comes to his mill.到他的磨里都能碾成粉。
All is not at hand that helps. 有用的东西并不都是垂手可得的。
All is not lost that is in danger. 在危险中的东西未必都会损失。
All is well that ends well. 结果美满都是好的。吉人天相。
All men are mortal. 人孰无死。
All men cannot be first. 不可能人人都得第一名。
All one's geese are swans. 自吹自擂。
All rivers run into the sea. 百川入海。
All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马。
All's fish that comes to his net. 到了网中都是鱼。
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill. 有情人终成眷属。
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment. 机会失去不再来,千贯万贯难赎回。
All the wit in the world is not in one head. 世界上所有的智慧不可能集中于一个脑袋。
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. 整个世界是个舞台,男男女女,演员而已
All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事都是先难后易。
All things are easy that are done willingly. 做事乐意,诸事容易。
All things are obedient to money. 有钱能使鬼推磨。
All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要耐心肯等待,一切都会按时来。
All time is no time when it is past. 光阴一去不复返。
All truths are not to be told. 真理并不都能说得清。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy； all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy.
只工作,不玩耍,聪明孩子要变傻；尽玩耍,不学习,聪明孩子没出息。
Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot. 纵然天下雨,休把水壶丢。
Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. 坐吃山空。
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. 少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。
A maid that laughs is half taken. 少女露笑脸,婚事半成全。
A man alone is either a saint or a devil. 孤身独处的人可以为圣哲,也可为恶魔。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 轻诺者易忘。
A man can die but once. 人生只有一次死。
A man can do no more than he can. 凡事只能量力而行。
A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife. 妻子浪费无度,丈夫不会出头。
A man cannot serve two masters. 一仆不能事二主。
A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speaklittle. 人有两只耳朵一张嘴,就是为了多听少说话。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. 书籍如朋友,应该少而精。
Borrowed garments never fit well. 借来的衣服不合身。
Brave actions never want a trumpet. 勇敢的行为不须要吹号。
A bad thing never dies . 坏事传千年
Speak of the devil . 说曹操曹操就到
A bank book is the greedy man's biblr . 银行的存折是贪心汉的存折
A fine cage won't feed the hungry bird . 漂亮的鸟笼是不能给饥饿的鸟充饥
A baking dog is better than a sleep lion . 叫的狗比睡着的狮子强
A bad beginnig makes a bad ending. 无善始则无善终。
0. An idle youth,a needy age.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
1. Time flies.
时光易逝。
2. Time is money.
一寸光阴一寸金。
3. Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月无情；岁月易逝；岁月不待人。
4. Time tries all.
时间检验一切。
5. Time tries truth.
时间检验真理。
6. Time past cannot be called back again.、光阴一去不复返。
7. All time is no time when it is past.
光阴一去不复返。
8. No one can call back yesterday；Yesterday will not be called again. 昨日不复来。
9. Tomorrow comes never.
切莫依赖明天。
10.One today is worth two tomorrows.
一个今天胜似两个明天。
11.The morning sun never lasts a day.
好景不常；朝阳不能光照全日。
12.Christmas comes but once a year.
圣诞一年只一度。
13.Pleasant hours fly past.
快乐时光去如飞。
14.Happiness takes no account of time.
欢娱不惜时光逝。
15.Time tames the strongest grief.
时间能缓和极度的悲痛。
16.The day is short but the work is much.
工作多,光阴迫。
17.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.
今日事须今日毕,切勿拖延到明天。
18.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.
明天如有事,今天就去做。
19.To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three. 事事及时做,一日胜三日。
20.To save time is to lengthen life.
节省时间就是延长生命。
21.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
万物皆有时,时来不可失。
22.Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.
时来必须要趁时,不然时去无声息。
23.When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.
机不可失,时不再来；机会一过,永不再来。
24.Make hay while the sun shines.
晒草要趁太阳好。
25.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。
26.Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.
今朝有事今朝做,明朝可能阻碍多。
27.Punctuality is the soul of business.
守时为立业之要素。
28.Procrastination is the thief of time.
因循拖延是时间的大敌；拖延就是浪费时间。
29.Every tide hath ist ebb.
潮涨必有潮落时。
30.Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
31.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
知识可羡,胜于财富。
32.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
知识胜过金银,
33.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知识,胜于手中有钱。
34.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
为了求知识,代价虽高也值得。
35.Doubt is the key of knowledge.
怀疑是知识之钥。
36.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.
若要求知识,须从勤苦得。
37.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
浅学误人。
38.A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning. 少量的常识,当得大量的学问。
39.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
知识只能循序渐进,不能跃进。
40.Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
41.It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前车可鉴。
42.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
知识之于精神,一如健康之于肉体。
43.Experience is the best teacher.
经验是最好的教师。
44.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是知识之父,记忆是知识之母。
45.Dexterity comes by experience.
熟练来自经验。
46.Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
47.Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.
经验学校学费高,愚人旁处学不到。
48. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有经验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验。
49.Wit once bought is worth twice taught.
由经验而得的智慧,胜于学习而得的智慧；一次亲
身的体会,胜过两次的教师教导。
50.Seeing is believing.
Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。
Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵。
Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes. 养虎贻患。
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 投鼠忌器。
Burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。
Business before pleasure. 事业在先,享乐在后。
Business is business. 公事公办。
Business is the salt of life. 事业事人生之盐。
Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事业既考验人,也造就人。
Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious. 事业虽扰烦,懒惰更害人。
Business neglected is business lost. 玩忽事业等于丢失事业。
Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest. 工作后消遣更愉快,劳动后休息更舒畅。
By doing we learn. 经一事,长一智。
By falling we learn to go safely. 吃一堑,长一智。
中英语言的习语比较
从汉英语言的习语看中英文化的差异 舒前林 （陕西师范大学国际汉学院陕西西安 710062） 摘要: 习语( idiom)是某一语言在使用过程中形成的独特的固定的表达方式。本文试从汉英习语的角度来分析中英两个民族在地理环境、生产生活方式、风俗习惯、观念价值、宗教信仰、历史与文学传统等方面的诸多文化差异。本文要讨论的习语是广义的概念，包括谚语( proverb)、俚语( slang ) 、俗语 ( colloquialism )、成语、典故、歇后语等。 关键词: 汉英习语; 中英文化差异; 一、引言 汉英两种语言历史悠久, 包含着大量的习语, 它们或含蓄幽默、或严肃典雅, 不仅言简意赅, 而且形象生动, 妙趣横生, 给人一种美的享受。习语往往具有形象、简练、寓意深刻、机智幽默等特点，同时又具有极其丰富的文化底蕴。 人类生活的客观世界有其共性，在长期的生活实践中积累的经验认识往往也有共通之处。因此我们在汉英语言中能够找到一些意义和文化涵义相同或相似的习语。例如,中英两个民族的人民在古代因缺乏科学知识, 都把人的“心脏”( heart) 当作灵魂、思维、情感的中枢, 因而在汉英两种语言中都出现了大批围绕“心脏”的习语。如with a heart to heart( 心情沉重) 、heart and soul( 全心全意) 、heart to heart( 心心相印) 。另外, 英国和中国人民相同的劳动经历也使这两个民族产生一些相同的人生经验：如Strike while the iron is hot（趁热打铁）；move haste,less speed ( 欲速则不达)；to pass fish eyes for pearls( 鱼目混珠) ；castles in the air（空中楼阁）；to fish in troubled waters（混水摸鱼）；to be on thin ice（如履薄冰）；to be out at elbows（捉襟见肘）；One boy is a boy，two boys half a boy，three boys no boy.（一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚没水吃。）。 这样的例子当然还可以举出一些，但必须看到的是汉英民族文化分属东、西两种文化，汉语和英语也是两个很不相同的语言体系,像上段所列的这些习语在汉英习语中所占的比例较小，多数的习语都具有鲜明的民族特点，具有明显的文化差异，从而带来交流上的障碍。这些差异是多方面、多层次的，本文试图从汉英习语的文化差异角度，探讨中英文化的各个层面即物质文化、制度文化与精神文化诸方面存在的文化差异。上面所提的六个方面大致归属如下：地理环境、生产生活方式大致是物质文化范围，风俗习惯大致属制度文化的范围，观念价值、宗教信仰、历史与文学传统则可归于精神文化的范围。 二、中英文化差异的诸方面内容
中英谚语对照
玉不琢，不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine. 十年树木，百年树人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 学无止境: C: knowledge is infinite / E: progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop. 此地无银三百两: never try to prove what nobody doubts. 严师出高徒: C: Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse. 得不偿失: give a lark to catch a kite. 对症下药: a disease known is half the cure. 君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green. 化干戈为玉帛: bury the hatchet. 家和万事兴: he is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. 江山易改，本性难移: the leopard cannot change its spots. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧: where there is life, there is hope. 狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 举一反三: half a tale is enough for a wise man. 当局者迷，旁观者清: outsiders see more than insiders. / standers-by see more than gamesters. 世上无难事，只怕有心人: dogged does it. 笨鸟先飞: C: a slow sparrow should make an early start. / E: a lame traveler should get out betimes. 冷暖自知: every man is best known to himself. 有情人终成眷属: every jack has jill. 宁为玉碎不为瓦全: better death than dishonor. 情人眼里出西施: if jack is in love, he is no judge of jill’s beauty. 拳不离手，曲不离口: no day without a line. 吃一堑，长一智: by falling we learn to go safely. 塞翁失马: no great loss without some small gain. 天无绝人之路: god tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
名言警句的中英文对照 人性的弱点中英文对照
名言警句的中英文对照人性的弱点中英文对照 名言、格言、谚语、成语、诗词等名言警句,能激发学生情感, 陶冶情操,活跃课堂气氛,提高学习效率。下面是为你精心推荐的名言警句的中英文对照的内容，希望你喜欢! 生命太过短暂，今天放弃了明天不一定能得到。 Life is too short, tomorrow to give up today can not get it. 来是偶然的，走是必然的。所以你必须，随缘不变，不变随缘。 To be aidental, go is inevitable. So you have to, pay the same, the same fate. 我有一颗水晶般的心，可别人以为是玻璃的。 I have a crystal heart, but other people think is glass. 做好人，靠的是一颗善良的心。做老好人，靠的是一张善变的脸。
Be good, by a kind heart. Do a nice guy, is a fickle face. 谎言像一朵盛开的鲜花，外表美丽，生命短暂。 A lie like a blooming flowers, appearance beautiful, life is short. 漂亮只能为别人提供眼福，却不一定换到幸福。 Beautiful can only provide pleasure to others, but not necessarily in happiness. 最漆黑的那段路，最痛苦的那段路，最终要自己走完。 The darkest period of road, the most painful it was, eventually to himself. 生活就像我的歌声，时而不靠谱，时而不着调。 Life is like my song, sometimes without spectrum, sometimes not.
名人名言(中英文对照)(英语版)
【名人名言(中英文对照)（励志篇）】【名人名言】奋斗 1. Genius only means hard-working all one's life. (Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist) 天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。 (俄国化学家门捷列耶夫) 2. I have nothing to offer but blood, toil tears and sweat. (Winston Churchill, British Politician) 我所能奉献的没有其它，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家丘吉尔 . W.) 3. Our destiny offers not only the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity.(Richard Nixon, American President ) 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。(美国总统尼克松 . R.) 4. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker) 忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家卢梭. J. J.)
5. There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits. (Karl Marx, German revolutionary ) 在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人，才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。( 德国革命家马克思. K .) 6. 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.) 7. To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom. (Ronald Reagan , American President ) 为了保住这最后的、最伟大的自由堡垒，我们必须尽我们所能。(美国总统里根. R.) 8. Where there is a will , there is a way .( Thomas Edison , American inventor ) 有志者，事竟成。 (美国发明家爱迪生. T.)
英汉对照谚语(一)
1.有志者事竟成.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way. 2.千里之行始于足下The longest journey begins with the first step. 3.积少成多Every little helps. 4.满招损,谦受Pride hurts,modesty benefits. 5.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty. 6.伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒Rome was not bult in a day. 7.一寸光阴一寸金寸今难买寸光阴.Lost years are worse than lost dollars. 8.自助者天助God helps those who help themselves 9.欲速则不达More haste,less speed. 10.台上十分钟台下十年功One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage. 11.好的开端是成功的一半.Well begun is half done. 12.酒好不怕巷子深Good wine needs no bush. 13.成功源于勤奋Industry is the parent of success. 14.英雄所见略同.Great minds think alike. 15.熟能生巧Practice makes perfect. 16.静水流深.Still waters run deep. 17.滴水穿石Little stone fell great oaks. 18.前事不忘后事之师The membrance of the past is the teacher of the future. 19.君子之交淡如水A hedge between keeps friendship green. 20.机不可失时不再来Take time while time is,for time will away. 21.集思广益.Two heads are better than one. 22.未雨绸缪Provide for a rainy day. 23.真金不怕火炼True blue will never strain. 24.必须相信自己这是成功的秘诀You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success. 25.燕雀安知鸿鹄之志A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan. 26.身正不怕影子歪A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 27.天涯何处无芳草.There is plenty of fish in the sea. 28.大智若愚.Cats hind their paws. 29.人不可貌相海水不可斗量.Judge not a book by its cover.(Never judge from appearances.) 30.有情人终成眷属.All shall be well,Jack shall have jill. 31.海内存知己天涯若比邻The world is but a little place,after all. 32.宁为鸡头不为凤尾.It is better to be a head of dog than a tail of a lion.. 33.良药苦口.A good medicine tastes bitter. . 34.知识就是力量.Knowledge is power. 35.金钱不是万能的.Money is not everything. 36.时不我待.Time and tide wait no man. 37.少壮不努力老大徒伤悲A young idler,an old beggar. 38.趁热打铁.Strike while the iron is hot. 39.天生我才必有用.Every man has his price. 40.看破生死的人能成大事.He who sees through life and death will meet with most success. 41.世上无难事只要肯登攀Nothing is impossible to a willing heart 42.不入虎穴,焉得虎子Noting venture, noting gain. 43.不鸣则已一鸣惊人.It never rains but it pours.
(完整版)中英习语谚语等对比
英汉语成语、习语、俗语的比较与翻译 Lead up: The Pure Brightness Day; All Soul s' Day; The Clear-and-Bright Feast; the Rainy Season of Spring; the Tomb-visiting Day; The Mourning Day 吴钧陶译The Pure Brightness Day It drizzles thick on the Pure Brightness Day; I travel with my heart lost in dismay. Is there a public house somewhere, cowboy? He points at Apricot Bloom Village far away. 杨宪益、戴乃迭译：In the Rainy Season of Spring It drizzles endless during the rainy season in spring, Travelers along the road look gloomy and miserable. When I ask a shepherd boy where I can find a tavern, He points at a distant hamlet nestling amidst apricot blossoms. 许渊冲译The Mourning Day A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourner's heart is going to break on his way. Where can a wineshop be found to drown his sad hours? A cowherd points to a cot 'mid apricot flowers. 一．例句 1. to kill two birds with one stone 2. to flog a dead horse；do sth in vain; make futile efforts 鞭打死马；白费力气 3. a drop in a bucket 沧海一粟；太仓一粟；九牛一毛；微不足道；微乎其微；不足挂齿 4. to teach a pig to play on a flute 教猪吹笛；对牛弹琴； . 过街老鼠 5 （直译）like a rat crossing the street （意译） the object of universal condemnation; a bad man hated by everybody 6. 门庭若市 （直译） the courtyard is like a market. （意译） a much visited house; a busy town; bustling; crowded 7. 望梅止渴 （直译）to gaze at plums to quench one ' s thirst （意译）to console oneself with false hopes; to feed on fancies （illusion）; imagined satisfaction; a Barmecide （《一千零一夜》中一个口惠而实不至的人物）feast. 8. 危如累卵 （直译）as dangerous as a pile of eggs （意译）hazardous in the extreme; great insecurity; in a precarious condition; at stake, at risk; at hazard; in peril; in danger; perilous; risky; critical... 9. A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. （直译）点头也好，眨眼也好，示意盲马，同样无效。
英汉对照谚语(二)
英汉对照谚语 1.A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠总怪工具差。 2.A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，三年怕井绳。 3.A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春。 4.Actions speak louder than words. 说到不如做到。 5.A drowning man will catch at a straw. 人快淹死时，稻草也要抓。 6.You are never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 7.Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 8.Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 9.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真正的朋友。 10.A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 真金不怕火炼，好砧不怕锤打。 11.Sadness and gladness succeed one another. 乐极生悲，苦尽甘来。 12.All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的东西不一定是金子。 13.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只用功，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 14.A man is known by his friends. 视其友，知其人。 15.When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗。 16.A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。 17.Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king. 山中无老虎，猴子称大王。 18.An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一日一苹果，胜过找医生。 19.A new broom sweeps clean(New brooms sweep clean).新官上任三把火。 20.An eye finds more truth than two ears. 百闻不如一见。 21.A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔。 22.Well begun is half done. 良好的开端，是成功的一半。 23.We never know the value of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵。 24.What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。 25.Hedges have eyes and walls have ears. 篱笆有眼，隔墙有耳。 26.Weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁。 27.We can’t judge a person by what he says but what he does.判断一个人，不听言语看行动。 28.Wash your dirty linen at home. 家丑不可外扬。 29.Cut your coat according to your cloth. 量布裁衣。 30.Diamond cut diamond.棋逢对手，将遇良才。 31.Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.不要过早打如意算盘。 32.Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.不要孤注一掷。 33.Do not rob Peter to pay Paul.不要剜肉补疮。 34.Don’t put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。 35.Easier said than done. 说着容易做着难。 36.East or west, home is best.东也好，西也好，还是家最好。 37.Empty vessels make the most noise.满瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡。 38.Even a worm will turn.人急造反，狗急跳墙。 39.Every bird likes its own nest the best.金窝银窝不如自己的草窝。 40.Every cook praises his own broth.王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。 41.Every dog has its day.凡人皆有得意日。
中英文对照谚语
中英文相对应的谚语 浑水摸鱼 成语出处: 语源和意源不详.公元前6世纪希腊寓言家伊索的《伊索寓言渔夫》 中讲的是混水摸鱼的故事：一位渔夫在河里捕鱼时，先拦河张网，然后用绳子拴上石块，面向鱼网击打水底，鱼吓得到处乱游，有些撞进网里。当地有人见渔夫这样做，责怪他把水搅浑了，使人不能喝到清水。渔夫说：“若不是把水搅浑，我就捕不到鱼，捕不到鱼，我就得饿死。” 有人把它作为“浑水摸鱼”的来源。我们认为寓言译介到中国来的时间与《三十六 计》成书时间的先后关系有待进一步考证。 Teach fish to swim. Showing Off One's Proficiency with the Axe Before Lu Ban the Master Carpenter 班门弄斧典故（中英对照） 古代有一个建筑和雕刻技术非常高超的人，名叫鲁班，木匠行里尊称他为祖师。传说他曾用木头制作了一只五彩斑斓的凤凰，能够在空中飞翔三天不掉下来。在鲁班门前摆弄斧子，当然显得有些自不量力了。 Lu Ban was supposed to be a consummate carpenter in ancient times. It is said that he once carved a wooden phoenix that was so lifelike that it actually flew in the sky for three days. Thus it was considered the height of folly to show off one's skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban. “班门弄斧”这个成语，用来比喻在行家面前显示本领。 This idiom excoriates those who show off their slight accomplishments in front of experts. Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班门弄斧。 A new broom sweeps clean. 意思：比喻刚出任新职时,总要摆出架势好好做几件事,一显威风与才干。三国的诸葛亮西元207年,在刘备三顾茅庐后,他答应出来辅佐一连三次用火攻,烧了博望坡、新野再与孙权联合火攻曹操于赤壁，这就叫新官上任三把火了。引申出来的意思是意思是说:新官员上任时,常常做出几件事以表现自己的才干和革除时敝的决心,过后也就一切如旧。Business is business. 成语典故: 公事按公事的原则办，不讲私人情面。成语出处: 清李宝嘉《官场现形记》第三十三回：“藩台见人家不来打点，他便有心公事公办，先从余荩臣下手。” Out of office, out of danger. 成语典故: 不做官了，感到一身轻松。封建官僚官以后常用这句话来自我安慰。现也泛指卸去责任后一时感到轻松。 The style is the man. 成语典故: 指文章的风格同作者的性格特点相似。成语出处: 宋苏轼《答张文潜书》：“子由之文实胜仆，而世俗不知，乃以为不如；其为人深不愿人知之，其文如其为人。” Pride goes before a fall. 成语典故: 骄傲的军队必定打败仗。
谚语中英对照
Believe no tales from the enemy. 切莫轻信敌人。 Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。 Believe somebody on his bare word. 人言无据，切勿轻信。 Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh. 恩泽让人欣喜，犹如鲜花使人心醉。 Be prepared to put one's hand in one's pocket. 准备慷慨解囊。 Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. 选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。 Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 不轻诺，诺必果。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。 Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife. 过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。 Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱贪生不如死得光荣。 Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。 Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。 Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。 Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜於无。 Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。 Better be out of the world than out of fashion. 不合潮流不如脱离尘世。 Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。 Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 宁为犬首，不作狮尾。 Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 宁为驴头，不为马尾。
中英习语
一、英汉习语中所反映的文化差异 朱光潜先生在《谈翻译》一文中说："外国文学最难了解和翻译的第一是联想的意义……"，"它带有特殊的情感氛围，甚深广而微妙，在字典中无从找出，对文学却极要紧。如果我们不熟悉一国的人情风俗和文化历史背景，对于文字的这种意义就茫然，尤其是在翻译时这种字义最不易应付。"英国文化人类学家爱德华·泰勒在《原始文化》（1871）一书中，首次把文化作为一个概念提了出来，并表述为："文化是一种复杂，它包括知识、信仰、艺术、道德、法律、风俗以及其作社会上习得的能力与习惯。"可见文化的覆盖面很广，它是一个复要的系统。语言作为文化的一个组成部分，反映一个民族丰富多彩的方化现象。 1、生存环境的差异 习语的产生与人们的劳动和生活密切相关。英国是一个岛国，历史上航海业曾一度领先世界；而汉民族在亚洲大陆生活繁衍，人们的生活离不开土地。比喻花钱浪费，大手大脚，英语是spend money like water ，而汉语是"挥金如土"。英语 中有许多关于船和水的习语，在汉语中没有完全相同的对应习语，如to rest on one's oars （暂时歇一 歇），to keep one's head above water （奋力图存），all at sea （不知所措）等等。 在汉语的文化氛围中，"东风"即是"春天的风"，夏天常与酷署炎热联系在一起，"赤日炎炎似火烧"、"骄阳似火"是常被用来描述夏天的词语。而英国地处西半球，北温带，海洋性气候，报告春天消息的却是西风，英国著名诗人雪莱的《西风颂》正是对春的讴歌。英国的夏季正是温馨宜人的季节，常与 "可爱"、"温和"、"美好"相连。莎士比亚在他的一首十四行诗中把爱人比作夏天，Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?/Thou art more lovely and more temperate 。 2、习俗差异 英汉习俗差异是多方面的，最典型的莫过于在对狗这种动物的态度上。狗在汉语中是一种卑微的动物。汉语中与狗有关的习语大都含有贬意："狐朋狗党"、"狗急跳墙"、"狼心狗肺"、"狗腿子"等，尽管近些年来养庞物狗的人数大大增加，狗的"地位"似乎有所改变，但狗的贬义形象却深深地留在汉语言文化中。而在西方英语国家，狗被认为是人类最忠诚的朋友。英语中有关狗的习语除了一部分因受其他语言的影响而含有贬义外，大部分都没有贬义。在英语习语中，常以狗的形象来比喻人的行为。如You are a lucky dog （你是一个幸运儿），Every dog has his day （凡人皆有得意日），Old dog will mot learn mew tricks （老人学不了新东西）等等。形容人"病得厉害"用sick as a dog ，"累极了"是dog-tired 。与此相反，中国人十分喜爱猫，用"馋猫"比喻人贪嘴，常有亲呢的成份，而在西方文化中，"猫"被用来比喻"包藏祸心的 女人"。 3、宗教信仰方面 与宗教信仰有关的习语也大量地出在在英汉语言中。佛教传入中国已有一千多年的历史，人们相信有"佛主"在左右着人世间的一切，与此有关的习语很多，如"借花献佛"、"闲时不烧香，临时抱佛脚"等。在西方许多国家，特别是在英美，人们信奉基督教，相关的习语如Good helps those who help themselves （上帝帮助自助的人），也有Go to hell （下地狱去）这样的诅咒。 · 全国格斗大赛开始· 银行卡· 沟通无极限手机· 魔法表情秀出百变心情· 全国格斗大赛开始· QQ
谚语中英对照
谚语中英对照 1、天生万物，唯人为贵man is the most valuable among all the things that heaven fosters. 2、民为重，社稷次之，君为轻。people are the most important element in the state, next are the government and grain, least is the ruler himself. 3、二人同心，其利断金and as a saying from t he book of changes goes, ”if two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can cut through metal. 4、一乡之善士斯友一乡之善士，天下之善士斯友天下之善士。in so many different ways, we are upholding the teachings of mencius, who said:”a good citizen in one community will befriend the other citizens of the community;a good citizen of the world will befriend the other citizens of the world.” 5、不登高山，不知天之高也；不临深渊，不知地之厚也。one can never be aware of the height of the sky or the depth of the earth, if he does not climb up a high mountain or look down into a deep abyss. 6、但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。we wigh each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though miles apart. 7、独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。 a lonely stranger in a strange land i am cast, i miss my family all the more on every festive day. 8、二人同心，其利断金。if two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can cut through metal. 9、海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 a bosom friend afar brings distance
英语名人名言(中英文对照)
【名人名言(中英文对照)】 【名人名言】奋斗 1. Genius only means hard-working all one's life. (Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist) 天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。 (俄国化学家门捷列耶夫) 2. I have nothing to offer but blood, toil tears and sweat. (Winston Churchill, British Politician) 我所能奉献的没有其它，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家丘吉尔 . W.) 3. Our destiny offers not only the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity.(Richard Nixon, American President ) 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。(美国总统尼克松 . R.) 4. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker) 忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家卢梭. J. J.)
5. There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits. (Karl Marx, German revolutionary ) 在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人，才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。( 德国革命家马克思. K .) 6. 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.) 7. To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom. (Ronald Reagan , American President ) 为了保住这最后的、最伟大的自由堡垒，我们必须尽我们所能。(美国总统里根. R.) 8. Where there is a will , there is a way .( Thomas Edison , American inventor ) 有志者，事竟成。 (美国发明家爱迪生. T.)
最新初中英语：英语习语谚语
英语习语谚语a piece of cake 轻松的事 a wet blanket 枯燥，让人扫兴 all thumbs 笨拙 as bright as a button 聪明极了 as cool as a cucumber 极其冷静 as easy as ABC 非常容易 as easy as pie 易如反掌 as hard as nails 冷酷无情，铁石心肠 as hungry as a lion 极其渴望得到 as light as a feather 很轻盈 as poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 as proud as a peacock 十分骄傲 as sharp as a spear 聪明，思路敏捷 as sly as a fox 非常狡猾 as tall as a tree 非常高 be a weed 软弱，懦弱 be at odds 有矛盾，合不来 be blessed with brains 很聪明 be green with envy 嫉妒 be in the same boat 处于同样境地
be tickled pink 非常开心 be white as a sheet 惨白如纸 black and blue 青一块紫一块 then and there 立即 black is white and white is black.黑白颠倒burn the midnight oil 开夜车，挑灯夜战 call black white 颠倒黑白 cast iron nerves 坚定的意志 dark horse xx down in the dumps 气馁，沮丧 eat like a bird 食量很小 feel blue 忧郁 feet of clay 内在缺陷 fly off the handle/ hit the roof/ceiling 勃然大怒green fingers 擅长 hand and foot 完全，周到，全方位 hot under the collar 愤怒的，恼火的 have butterflies in your stomach 心慌，紧张in the black有盈余 in the red 财政赤字 kill the fatted calf 设宴欢迎
西方谚语(中英对照本)
Let the world slide. 人世沧桑, 听其自然. It is not by the grey of the hair that one knows the age of the heart. 白发多少并不能告诉你一个人心灵的年龄. An unambitious man is easily carried away by victory; a short-sighted man would have an exaggerated opinion of his abilities after being praised a little. 胸无大志的人容易被胜利冲昏头脑；鼠目寸光的人稍受表扬就不知天高地厚。 Christmas comes but once a year ，But when it comes it brings good cheer. 圣诞节一年只来一次，但每次来临却都带来喜悦。 He that tells a secret is another's servant. 泄漏机密的人，就成为别人的奴仆。 There's only a step form the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading back form the ridiculous to the sublime. 从崇高到荒谬只有一步之差, 可是从荒谬却没有路能回到崇高. The used key is always bright. 常用的钥匙不长锈. Home is home,be it never so homely. 金窝银窝, 不如自家的草窝. The man who saves when young will have more to spend when he is old. 年少节俭, 年老不愁. When someone is beating a gong ，listen to its overtones ；when someone is talking listen to his voice 。 锣鼓听音，说话听声。 Learn form the bee busy collecting honey; don't copy the example of the cicada hanging around doing nothing. 要学蜜蜂勤采蜜, 不做悠闲的知了. The usual excuse of those who cause others trouble is that they wish them well. 给别人造成麻烦的人通常的借口是出于好意。 I have so many things to do before I leave. 我走之前还有很多事情要做。 As truth is like the sun, it cannot be shadad up by one's palm. 真理象太阳, 一手难遮挡. Civility costs nothing. 礼貌不费分文. Think more, and you'll become wiser. 多思出智慧. Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. 己所不欲，勿施于人。