Englishsaying.doc

English saying 1.Calamity is man’s true touchstone.患难是对人的真正试金石。“疾风知劲草，板荡识忠将” 2.Life is half spent before we know what it is.当我们懂得人生时，人生已过了一半。“三十而立，四十而不惑” 3.Adversity is a good discipline.逆境是锻炼人的最好场所。 4.The best thing in life are free.人生最美好的东西非金钱所能换取。金钱买不到真正的人生快乐。 5.A change is as good as a rest.调换一下工作或消遣方式常常同休息一样使人恢复体力，惊神振奋。 6．Distance lends enchantment to the view.距离给景色增添魅力。比喻理想被遥远的时空拉开距离，可能是不切实际的。 7.Enough is as good as a feast.饱餐犹如盛宴。够用就等于充足。“知足常乐” 8.Fly pleasures and they’ll follow you.若不为快乐所诱惑而努力工作，则会不苟求快乐而快乐自生。 9.If it weren’t for hope, the heart would break.人是靠希望活着的。 10.It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.充满希望的跋涉比到达目的地更能给人乐趣。追求的过程往往比追求到的结果更让人快乐。 11.Laugh and the word laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.有人与你同乐，没人与你分忧。别人更愿与你分享快乐而不愿与你分担忧愁。 12.A man is known by the company he keeps.从其交友知其为人。什么样的人交什么样的朋友。 13.Marriage makes or mars a man.婚姻可以成就一个人，也可以毁掉一个人。 14.East or west, home is best.东好西好不如自家好。金窝银窝，不如自己的草窝。 15.There is a time for everything.什么事都有它合适的时机。凡是有定时。 16.The cask favors of the first fill.酒桶长留原装的酒味。指人幼年时所产生的影响很难消除。 17.A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.破门耐撑。指身体虚弱的人常比身体强健的人活得长久。 18.Death is the grand leveler.死亡面前人人平等。死亡消除了所有的社会差别。“黄泉路上无贵贱” 19.Every path has a puddle.条条路上有水坑。说明人生处处有困难。 20.Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。变体为：Like mother, like daughter. 21.It is not how long, but how well we live.生命的意义不在于活的多久，而在于活得多好。 22.The mill cannot grind without the water that is past.逝水不推磨，时去不再回。“机不可失，时不再来”。 23.Much coin ,much care.钱多烦恼亦多。 24．It is the unexpected that always happens.没有预见到的事情往往会发生。“天有不测风云”。 25.Living without a(n) aim is like sailing without a compass.生活无目标，犹如航海无罗盘。 1．Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.知识使人谦虚，无知使人骄傲。学识高的人谦虚谨慎，无知的人反而狂妄不羁。 2.Example is better than precept.身教胜过言传。“喊破嗓子不如做出样子”。 3.Experience is the mother of wisdom.经验乃智慧之母（之父）。“实践出真知”。 4.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing .一知半解是危险的。 5.Never judge from \by appearance. 不要仅凭外表作出判断。不可以只看表面现象，因为表面现象不可靠。 6.You are never too old to learn.谁也不能老到不能学点新东西。活到老，学到老。学无