中国英文俗语 -chinese idioms.doc

The swiftest horse cant overtake a word once spoken* Before telling secrets on the road, look in the bushes A bad word whispered echoes a hundred miles* In a flood of words, surely some mistakes* A sharp tongue or pen can kill without a knife* If the first words fail, ten thousand will then not avail Watching chess games in silence. . .a superior person* The judge with seven reasons states only one in court Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. If you want your dinner, dont insult the cook* Honest scales and full measure hurt no one* Divide an orange--it tastes just as good If you always give you will always have Better lean and good than fat and evil To build it took one hundred years; to destroy it one day To know the road ahead, ask those returning* Touch black paint, have black fingers To succeed, consult three old people If you hurry through long days, you will hurry through short years Touch black paint, have black fingers The ripest fruit falls by itself* Simple to open a shop; another thing to keep it open What you dont see, you dont desire* Neither fortunes nor flowers last forever* An inch of gold cant buy an inch of time Dont waste your hour--the sun sets soon My life--a candle in the wind. . . frost on the leaves* Nurture the plant one year--ten days of flowers Slow work--fine work At birth we bring our nothing; at death we leave with the same* A kings riches cannot buy an extra year* Beat the drum inside the house to spare the neighbors Climb the mountains to see lowlands Laws control a lesser person; right conduct controls a greater one* Forget the favors given; remember those received A careful foot can step anywhere* Stare at the profit and step in the pitfall In bed be wife and husband, in the hall each others honored guest To stop drinking, study a drunkard while you are sober If Heaven made someone, earth can find some use for them Without sorrows no one becomes a saint The pine stays green in winter. . . wisdom in hard