中国谚语500条分析.doc

1．惺惺相惜。 Like knows like. 行善积德。 One good turn deserves another. 行为漂亮才算美。 ???? Handsome is he who does handsomely. 朽木不可雕。 ???? Fools grow without watering. 虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后????? Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. 需要是发明的动力。 Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要之时方知友。 ???? A friend is never known till a man has need. 蓄势而发?????? accumulate strength for a take-off 学得快，忘得快。 ???? Soon learn, soon forgotten. 学问太多催人老。 ???? Too much knowledge makes the head bald. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。 ??? Complacency is the enemy of study. 血浓于水。 Blood is thicker than water. 血债血偿。 Blood will have blood. 循序渐进?????? step by step 循序渐进。 Creep（） before you walk. 徇私枉法???? bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 严以律己,宽以待人? be strict with oneself and lenient towards others 言为心声。 Ones words reflect ones thinking. 言行不一。 Saying is one thing and doing another. 掩耳盗铃。 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing. 眼不见，心不烦。 ? Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不见，心为静。 ???? Out of sight, out of mind. 眼见为实。 Seeing is believing.眼泪干得最快。 Nothing dries sooner than a tear. 谚语是日常经验的结晶。 Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. 羊毛出在羊身上。 ??? Like tree, like fruit. 要人尊敬，必须自重。 Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。 ???? Happy is he who owes nothing. 要想求知，就得吃苦。 ? If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 一报还一报。 ???? Like for like. 一本好书，相伴一生。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 ???? Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。 ??? Faults are thick where love is thin. 一次老，两次小。 ?? Once a man and twice a child. 一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A man without money is no man at all. 一个好汉三个帮。 ???? Two heads are better than one. 一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。 ???? One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. 38.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。A single flower does not make a spring. 一见钟情。 Love at first sight. 一见钟情难维久。 ???? Hasty love, soon cold. 一箭双雕。 Kill two birds with one stone. 一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 一年之计在于春。 ???? A years plan s