颜色词和谚语的翻译实例幻灯片.ppt

5. 航海谚语 A good sailor may mistake in a dark night. 好水手在黑夜航行也会出错。 The good seaman is known in bad weather. 坏天气才能识出好水手。 In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. 在平静海上，人人都是领航员。 A smooth sea never make a skillful mariner. 风平浪静的海洋决不会造就一个熟练的海员。 （宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来） The winds and waves are always on the side of ablest navigators. 风浪总是站在最能干的航海者一边。 Being on the sea, sail; being on the land, settle. 在海上就航行，在陆上就定居。 He that would sail without danger, must never come on the main sea. 谁在航行时不冒险，他就永远不要来到大海上。 A great ship asks deep waters. 大船要求水深。 A little ship needs but a little sail. 小船只需小帆。 As the wind blows, you must set your sail. 当起风时，你必须扬起风帆。 All rivers run into the sea. 所有河流都流进海洋。（殊途同归） If the rain comes before the wind, lower your topsails, and take them in; if the wind comes before the rain, lower your topsails, and hoist them again. 先下雨后刮风，收起你的中桅帆； 先刮风后下雨，就把桅帆再扬起。 Between two stools you fall to the ground. 坐两条板凳之间你会摔跤。 脚踏两只船，必定落空。 He is dating another girl on the side. In the deepest water is the best fishing. 最深的水里最好捕鱼。 No fishing like fishing in the sea. 要捕鱼就要到海那里。 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目的就像航海没有罗盘。 Hoist sail when the wind is fair. 趁着好风扬起风帆。 6.来自文学作品和文化典籍的谚语 汉语中，多半出自诗书、传说、诸子论著中 英语中，多来自希腊罗马神话、莎士比亚等典籍中 Lend your money and lose your friend. 借出你的钱，失掉你的朋友。 Neither a borrower nor a lender be. 不要向人告贷，也不要借钱给人。 It is hard to laugh and cry both with a breath. 一口气又哭又笑，难以做得到。 More hair than wit. 头发比智慧多。 More matter, less art. 多讲实际，少弄玄虚。 Sweet are uses of adversity. 不幸中有甜蜜。 Take all and pay all. 要了什么就要付出什么。（有得就有失） Every why has a wherefore. 凡事必有因。事出有因 Care is no cure. 忧伤无益。 Brevity is the soul of wit. 简洁是智慧的灵魂。 The course of true love never did run smooth. 真正爱情之路从来崎岖不平。 A woman is the weaker vessel. 女人是易碎的器皿。 All the world is a stage. 人生如戏。 All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. 所有的猫都爱鱼，但又怕湿了猫爪。（投鼠忌器） Ther