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 |