常用的英语谚语.ppt

What is proverb?
A proverb is a short, well known saying that expresses mon truth or 
belief. Many proverbs give advice 
about the best way to live.
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1) Beyond the mountains there are people to be found.
山外有山,天外有天。
2) A book is known in time of need.
书到用时方恨少。
3) Cry for the moon.
海底捞月。
4) Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起,富裕、聪明、身体好。
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5) Even a worm will turn.
人急造反,狗急跳墙。
6) Feed a cold and starve a fever.
伤风时宜吃,发烧时需饿。
7) Great hopes make a great man.
宏伟抱负造伟人。
8) He that is down, down with him.
落井下石。
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9) He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
不犯错误的人一事无成。
10) Like cures like.
以毒攻毒。
11) A lion’s skin is never cheap.
好货不便宜。
12) A fool always rushes to the fore.
愚人总喜强出头。
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13) A maid that laughs is half taken.
姑娘露笑脸,婚事成一半。
14) A ragged26 coat may cover an honest man.
人穷志不短。
15) There’s many a true word spoken in jest27.
笑语之中有真话。
16) It is as well to know which way the wind blows.
识时务者为俊杰。
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17) Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
少时有知识,老来有智慧。
18) Life is not all roses.
人生征途,哪能处处鲜花密布。
19) Life is half spent before we know what it is.
懂得人生时,人生已过半。
20) Gold remain gold, though it lies in the mud.
即使埋在泥里,黄金还是黄金。
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21) None but the brave deserves the fair.
【译】英雄才能配美人。
22) The pot calls the kettle28 black.
【译】责人严而律己宽。
23) A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.
【译】口若悬河并非明智的表现。
24) A book that remains shut is but a block.
【译】有书闭卷不阅读,无异是木头一块。
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25) A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
广交友,无深交。
26) A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight.
一首伟大的诗篇犹如一泓清泉,不断喷吐出智慧和快乐的水花。
27) Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢,疏而不漏。
28) A word is enough to the wise.
对智者一点就通。
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29) Dry feet, warm head, bring safe to bed.
头要暖,脚要干,上床睡觉保平安。
30) He that sups29 with the devil must have a long spoon.
和坏人打交道,必须提高警惕。
31) He knows most that speaks least. /Who knows most says least.
博学者寡言。
32) A book is the same today as it always was and it will never ch