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　　英汉谚语的比较论文 Abstract Proverbs are the cream of a language. They reflect the relationship betan beings’ mon social activities are in many aspects similar, so English and Chinese proverbs have similarities. Because of the cultural differences, English and Chinese proverbs have differences in their detailed contents. The author pares their similarities and differences and also proposes that English and Chinese proverbs ilar origin and similar linguistic characters. They both originate from folk life, mythology, literary other languages. Differences bets; different religions and different value concepts. Key ythology, The Fable of Aesop and The Homer left a lot of proverbs. E.g.: (14) I fear the Greeks, even the ake a Mercury of every dog. (From Roman Mythology. It means that not every mind The Fables of Aesop. It means that one said something is bad es. There any natural phenomenons and our ancestor can’t explain these phenomenons. They created the mythology and fable to explain the phenomenon. So many Chinese proverbs e from mythology and fable. E.g.: (17)八仙过海，各显神通。（from《八仙过海》） (18)过着牛郎织女的生活。（from a folk legend） 2.1.3 Originating from literary literary ote the development of language. Some of brilliant sentences, plot and hero’s name in literary any great ade distinctive contributions to the development of English literature. Their generation to generation. Many sentences bee the English proverbs. Shakespeare’s ost colorful literature origin of proverbs. Many English proverbs are from the etimes bit.” is from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It tells people that those selves trouble. (20)“All is not gold that glitters.” is from Shakespeare’s The Merchants of Venice. It means that those e other akes a full man, conference a ready man, and an” is from a distinguished English philosopher and ake a person learned, sharp and precise. And(22) “The childhood shoan” is from Milton’s Paradise Regained. Many Chinese proverbs are from classic Chinese literary age to the ansions a