Proverbs 英文諺語
資料蒐集整理: Professor Cecilia Liu
Last update: Mon, 2006-07-31
1 ) He who has health has hope. 留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒 |
2 ) Liberty is the right to do everything which the laws allow. |
自由就是在法律允許下的範圍下有權做任何事 |
3 ) Two heads are better than one. 三個臭皮匠,勝過一個諸葛亮 |
4 ) Misery loves company. (It never rains but pours.) 禍不單行 |
5 ) It is better to win the peace and to lose the war. 寧願贏得和平而輸掉戰爭 |
6 ) God's mill grinds slow but sure. . 天網恢恢,疏而不漏 |
7 ) It takes all sorts to make a world. 一種米養百種人 ( 世界是形形色色的人所組成的) |
8 ) There are two sides to every question. |
每個問題都有正反兩面看法 ( 公說公有禮,婆說婆有禮) |
9 ) Rome was not built in a day. 羅馬不是一天造成的 |
10) Self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信是成功的第一祕訣 |
11) Every man has his taste. 人各有所好 |
12) Experience is the extract of suffering. .經驗是由痛苦中粹取出來的 |
13) Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想像力比知識更重要 |
14) Words cut more than swords. 舌劍利於刀劍 |
15) The leopard cannot change his spots. / Leopards cannot change their spots. |
江山易改,本性難移 |
16) The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. 心靈的財富才是唯一真正的財富 |
17) Love makes the world go round. 愛使世界運轉 |
18) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼裡出西施 |
19) Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in same direction. |
.愛並不在於彼此相對 |
20) Failure is the mother of success. / Failure teaches success. 失敗乃成功之母 |
21) Life is not merely living but living in health. ..生活不只要活,而且要活的健康 |
22) There is no rose without a thorn. ..朵朵玫瑰皆有刺 (沒有十全十美的人生) |
23) What you really value is what you miss, not what you have. |
人真正珍惜的是未得到的,而不是所擁有的 |
24) Trust men and they will be true to you. 相信他們,他們才會對你忠誠( 信人者人恆信之) |
25) An eye for an eye, and we will all go blind. 以牙還牙,兩敗俱傷 (以眼還眼使我們全都瞎眼) |
26) A bad penny always comes back. 惡有惡報 |
27) Pardon is the most glorious revenge. 寬恕是最偉大的報復. |
28) Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet. 保持耐性是痛苦的,但它的果實是甜美的 |
29) He who has hope has everything. ..擁有希望的人擁有一切 |
30) Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. .....沒有熱誠難成大事 |
31) Time flies. 時光飛逝 |
32) Time is money. 時間就是金錢 |
33) Tomorrow never comes. 明天永不來 |
34) Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧 |
35) Unity is strength. 團結就是力量 |
36) Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量 |
37) Might is right. 強權就是公理 |
38) Live and learn. 活到老,學到老 |
39) Haste makes waste. 欲速則不達 |
40) Seeing is believing. 百聞不如一見 |
41) An uncut gem goes not sparkle. 玉不琢,不成器。 |
42) It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 識時務者為俊傑。 |
43) Sow nothing, reap nothing. 無功不受祿 。 |
44) A word once spoken can never be recalled. 一言既出,駟馬難追。 |
45) To entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不識泰山。 |
46) While the grass grows the horse starves. 遠水解不了近渴 。 |
47) If you live with a lame person you will learn to limp. 近朱者赤 近墨者黑。 |
48) Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事今日畢 |
49) Give him an inch and he'll take a yard. 得寸進尺 |
50) It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施比受更有福 |
1.Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones. | 離別削減小愛,卻增添大愛。 |
2. Absence is mother of disillusion. | 疏離是覺悟之母。 |
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. | 小別情更濃。小別勝新婚。 |
4. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. | 相聚愛益切,離別情更深。. |
5. Absent in body, but present in spirit. 。 | 肉身雖不在,精神卻不死。永垂不朽 |
6. Far from eye, far from heart. | 離眼遠,離心遠。 眼不見,心不念。 |
7. He that fears you present will hate you absent. | 在你面前怕你的人,在你背後恨你。 |
8. If a person is away, his right is away. [Moorish Proverb] | 人若不在場,他的權利就會喪失。(摩爾諺語) |
9. Long absence changes a friend. | 久別朋友變。 |
10. Long absent, soon forgotten. | 久別情疏。 |
11. Man are best loved farthest off. | 相隔最遙遠的人最為人疼愛。 |
12. Out of sight, out of mind. OR Far from eye, far from heart. | 眼不見,心不念。 |
13. Salt water and absence wash away love. | 遠離久別,恩情疏。 |
14. The absent are always in the wrong. | 誰人背後無人說,哪個人前不說人。 |
15. The absent are never with fault, nor the present without excuse. | 缺席者絕對沒有不對,出席者也不會沒有藉口。 |
16. When the cat's away, the mice will play. | 貓兒不在,老鼠做怪。閻王不在,小鬼做怪。 |
17. Who takes a lion when he is absent, fears a mouse present. 。 | 趁獅子不在時取而代之者, 卻怕老鼠的存在。 |
18. Never try to prove what nobody doubts. | 此地無銀三百兩。 |
1. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. | 一個光說不做的人好像一個花園,裏面長滿都是野草。 |
2. A word before is worth two behind. | 事前一句勝過事後兩句 |
3. A word is enough to the wise. | 智者一點就明 |
4. A word spoken is an arrow let fly. | 一言既出,如箭射出。 |
5. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. | 行動是知識的卓越果實。 |
6. Better to sail slowly than not to sail at all. | 完全停滯不前不如慢慢駛向前。 |
7. Brave actions never want a trumpet. | 英勇的行為永遠不需要吹噓。 |
8. Business is the salt of life; business and action strengthen the brain. | 商務是生命之鹽,商務和行動增強腦力。 |
9. Deeds are males, and words are females. | 「做」是男人的事,「說」是女人的事。 |
10. Deeds, not words. | 在於行動,不在於言語。說得到,做得到。言出必行。 |
11. Few words are best. | 少說為妙。 |
12. Fine words butter no parsnips. | 花言巧語不能滋潤防風草。口惠而實不至。 |
13. Fine words dress ill deeds. | 巧言藏惡行。好話說盡,壞事做盡。說一套,做一套。 |
14. Good words cost nothing, but are worth much. [Thomas Fuller] | 良言本無價,其貴值千金。(富勒) |
15. Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds. | 口惠而實不至。 |
17. Hard words break no bones. | 惡言傷不到人心。笑罵由他笑罵。 |
18. He is noble who feels and acts nobly. | 顯貴的人總是思想崇高和舉止優雅。 |
19. He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon. | 花言巧語的人常以空匙餵人。巧言令色鮮矣仁。 |
1. A woman’s advice is no great thing, but he who won’t take it is a fool. | 女人的忠告雖不是怎麼大不了的事,若不接受,便是傻瓜。 |
2. Advice is a stranger, if welcome he stays for the night; if not welcome he returns home the same day. [African Proverb] | 忠告是一位陌生客,若受歡迎,則停留過夜;不受歡迎,當天就要回家。(非洲諺語) |
3. Advice when most needed is least heeded. | 良言於最需要時最不受重視。忠言逆耳。 |
4. Advice whispered is worthless. | 竊竊私語的忠告毫無價值可言。 |
5. An enemy may chance to give good counsel. | 敵人也可能給人好的忠告。 |
6. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. | 憤怒和急迫足以誤大計。小不忍則亂大謀。 |
7. Come not to counsel uncalled. | 人之患在好為人師。 |
8. Counsel is to be given by the wise, the remedy by the rich. | 忠告一定來自智者,救助一定來自富人。 |
9. Counsel must be followed, not praised. | 忠告一定要遵守,不是要稱讚。 |
10. Counsel without help is useless. | 沒有實質幫助的忠告亳無用處。 |
11. Counsels in wine seldom prosper. | 酒杯空言少見成效。 |
12. Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs. | 別班門弄斧。 |
13. Good counsel has no price. (Good counsel is beyond price.) | 良言乃無價之寶。 |
14. Good counsel never comes amiss. | 好的忠告絕不會出差錯。 |
15. Good counsel never comes too late. | 好的忠告絕不會來得太晚。 |
16. If the counsel be good, no matter who gave it. | 計策若佳則勿問策劃者是誰。從善如流。 |
17. If you wish good advice, consult an old man. | 老馬識途。 |
18. Ill counsel mars all. | 不好的忠告損毀一切。 |
19. One gives nothing so liberally as advice. (Nothing is given so freely as advice.) | 沒有任何東西像忠告那麼慷慨。 |
20. Self is a bad counselor. | 利己心是最壞的顧問。自私非上策。 |
Ambition loses many a man. 。 | 野心使許多人失敗 |
Ambition makes people diligent. 。 | 雄心使人勤勉 |
Zeal, when it is a virtue, is a dangerous one. 。 | 把熱誠當作美德是危險的 |
Zeal without prudence is frenzy. 。 | 熱誠不夠謹慎猶若瘋狂 |
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. | 熱心有餘,知識不足。志大才疏猶如脫韁之馬。 |
Zeal too often lacks discretion. | 熱心有餘,審慎不足。 |
Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools. | 熱誠只適宜於智者,但熱誠多半在愚者身上。 |
To do one thing well is a worthy ambition. | 把一件事做好,這就是一個有價值的雄心。 |
The higher the mountain, the greater descent. | 山愈高,峭壁愈陡。爬得愈高,跌得愈深。 |
The best is the enemy of the good. | 「 最好」往往成為「好」的敵人。(目標太高反而失敗。) |
Seek mickle, and get something; seek little, and get nothing. | 尋找多一些,就得著一些。尋找少一些,就一無所得。 |
Seek and ye shall find. [Matthew 7:7] | 尋找,就尋見。(馬太福音7:7) |
Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me. | 騎馬摔一跤不如騎驢往前走。 |
He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill. | 固步自封。 |
Nothing is difficult to a man whom ambition fires. | 對於雄心萬丈的人來說,世上沒有難成的事。 |
1. A clear conscience is like a coat of mail. | 平生不做虧心事,夜半敲門心不驚。 |
2. Handsome is that handsome does. | 心美,貌亦美。 |
3. A fair face may hide a foul heart. (Fair face, foul heart.) | 漂亮的面孔可能藏著一顆齷齪的心。人面獸心。 |
4. A good conscience is a safe pillow. | 良心清白,安枕無憂。 |
5. A guilty conscience needs no accuser. | 作賊心虛。多行不義必自斃,多走夜路必遇鬼。 |
6. A heavy purse makes a light heart. | 錢包飽滿,心情輕鬆。 |
7. A honey tongue, a heart of gall. | 口蜜腹劍。笑裏藏刀。佛口蛇心。 |
8. A light purse makes a heavy heart. | 錢包薄薄,心情沉重。 |
9. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. | 平生不做虧心事,夜半敲門心不驚。 |
10. A straight stick is crooked in the water. | 直棍水中曲。 |
11. All are not saints that go to church. | 上教堂的人未必個個都是聖人。 |
12. All are not thieves that dogs bark at. | 人不可貌相,海不可斗量。(不可一概而論。) |
13. All that glitters is not gold. | 發亮的不一定全是金子。金玉其外,敗絮其中。虛有其表。 |
14. Apparel makes the man. | 人靠衣裳,馬靠鞍裝。 |
15. Appearances are deceptive. | 外表是靠不住的。 |
16. Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. | 口裏含著花蜜的蜜蜂,尾巴卻有螫。口蜜腹劍。笑裏藏刀。 |
17. Clothes do not make the man. | 衣冠不能造人品。人不可以貌相。 |
18. Conscience does make cowards of us all. [William Shakespeare] | 良心的自責使大家變成了懦夫。(莎士比亞) |
19. Faint heart never won fair lady. | 懦弱的人永遠無法贏得美人的歡心。 |
20. Far from eye, far from heart. | 離眼遠,離心遠。眼不見,心不念。 |
21. Fine feathers do not make fine birds. | 酒肉賓朋,柴米夫妻。 |
22. An uncut gem goes not sparkle. | 玉不琢,不成器。 |
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