谚语3
省钱就是赚钱。A penny saved is a penny earned
A penny saved is a penny gained.
宠坏的小羊将成为脾气坏的大羊。 A pet lamb makes a cross ram.
穷汉娶富妻,必受老婆欺。 A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife.
好药不苦不会加糖衣。 Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter.
马靠鞍装,人靠衣装。 Apparel makes the man.
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量。 Appearances are deceitful.
食欲越吃越旺。 Appetite comes with eating.
白日不做亏心事,夜半不怕鬼敲门。 A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
不能以衣著取人。 A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
人生有涯,而学无涯。 Art is long, but lift is short.
失友都因借钱起。 A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.
千里之行始于足下。 A road of a thousand miles begins with one step.
滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。 A rolling stone gathers no moss.
隐而不露即艺术。 Art lies in concealing art.
有生必有死。 As a man lives so shall he die.
言为心声。 As a man's heart is, so does he speak.
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。 As a man sows, so he shall reap.
两人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。 A secret between more than two is no secret.
主人不在可以看出仆人的品行来。 A servant is known by his master's absence.
缄默的嘴,真诚的心,是世界上最令人赞美的东西。 A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.
星星之火,可以燎原。 A single spark can start a prairie fire.
什么工人出什么活。 As is the workman so is the work.
如果你少问,谎言就难进。 Ask no questions and you will be told no lies.
人要衣装,佛要金装。 A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.
一个小漏洞可能弄沉一艘大轮船。 A small leak will sink a great ship.
平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手。 A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
江山易改,本性难移。 A sow, when washed; returns to the muck.
最清洁的布上,污点特别显眼。 A spot is most seen on the finest cloth.
忘恩负义。 As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring.
欲加之罪,何患无辞。 A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.
美酒可制成烈醋,热爱能变为深仇。 As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hatred.
发什么声音,有什么回声。 As the call, so the echo.
一厢情愿。 As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks.
言为心声。 As the inner life is, so will be the language.
有其父必有其子。 As the old cock crows, so doth the young.
试金石可以试金,正如黄金可以试人。 As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.
自作自受。 As the tree falls, so shall it lie.
长什么树,结什么果。 As the tree, so the fruit.
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。 As they sow, so let them reap.
智者寡言。 A still tongue makes a wise head.
小洞不补,大洞吃苦。 A stitch in time saves nine.
身正不怕影子斜。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
一叶便知秋。 A straw shows which way the wind blows.
小惩大诫。 A stumble may prevent a fall.
偷大偷小都是贼。 As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.
虫蛆在死水中孵化,邪念在懒惰中养成。 As worms are bred in a stagnant pool, so are evil thoughts in idleness.
自搬石头自压脚。 As you brew, so must you drink.
自食其果。 As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。 As you sow you shall mow.
猫在夜晚皆灰色(丑妍暗中难分辨)。 At night, all cats are gray.
树大招风。 A tall tree catches the wind.
搬弄是非者,恶劣甚于贼。 A tattler is worse than a thief.
偷多偷少都是贼。 A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber.
贼了解贼,正如狼了解狼。 A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.
插手人一多,事态就扩大。 A thing is bigger for being shared.
朋友千人尚觉少,仇敌一人犹嫌多。 A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many.
一千个“或有”不能造成一个事实。 A thousand probabilities do not make one truth.
千言万语不如一个行动。 A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
虚张声势,吓唬而已。 A threatened blow is seldom given.
狗从开着的门中进来。 At open doors dogs come in.
观其行而知其人。 A tree is known by its fruit.
疾风知劲草,患难知友情。 A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
真正的朋友好似两个身子长著一颗心。 A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
真正的笑话不是笑话。 A true jest is no jest.
君子和窃贼的思想不同。 A true man and a thief think not the same.
一样有用的手艺是取之不尽的财富。 A useful trade is a mine of gold.
勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑。 A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword.
财迷心窍。 Avarice blinds our eyes.
越富越贪。 Avarice increases with wealth.
决心赶到目的地,浪汉何惧雨来淋。 A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain.
心急水不沸。 A watched pot is long in boiling.
一本坏书危害无穷。 A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.
有志者是竟成。 A wilful man will have his way.
智者寡言。 A wise head makes a close mouth.
智者不作非凡之想。 A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
智者通权达变,愚者刚愎自用。 A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.
智者不耻于改变初衷。 A wise man needs not blush for changing his purpose.
智者思其所言,愚者言其所思。 A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks.
聪明的人能随机应变。 A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.
妇女的活计做不完。 A woman's work is never at an end.
对明智者一言已足。 A word is enough to the wise.
一言既出,驷马难追。 A word spoken is an arrow let fly.
一言既出,驷马难追。 A word spoken is past recalling.
未做好的活,需要重新做。 A work ill done must be twice done.
男子早婚,种下祸根。 A young man married is a man that's marred.