Question

外国著名谚语有什么

Answer 1

　　

1. Beggars must not be choosers. 要饭的哪能挑肥拣瘦。　　[注] 相似的谚语是：　　Never look a gift horse in the mouth. 人家送你马，切莫看口齿。　　

2. Blessed is he who experts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.　　不奢望得到任何东西的人最幸福，因为他永远不会失望。　　相似的谚语有：　　There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. 杯到嘴边还会失手。　　汉语谚语“知足长乐”的意思与此句相似。　　

3. Better wear out shoes than sheets. 穿破鞋子，胜于磨破床单。　　

4. Care is enemy to health. 忧愁是健康之敌。　　

5. Care kill a cat. 忧虑伤身。　　

6. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 爱洁净仅次于敬上帝。　　

7. Comfort is better than pride. 宁愿舒适，不慕虚荣。　　

8. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐　　

9. Courtesy costs nothing. 谦恭有礼，惠而不费。　　[注] 这句话的另一种形式是：　　There is nothing that costs less than civility. 彬彬有礼，惠而不费。　　

10. Don't meet trouble half-way. 不要自寻烦恼。　　

11. Don't outrun the constable. 不要背债。　　[注] 这句谚语的另一种形式是：　　Don't overrun the constable.　　从前讨债是英国警察的职责之一，如果你到期不付应付的款项，债权人报警，债务人就可能被逮捕入狱。　　

12. Eavesdropoers never hear any good of themselves.　　隔墙之耳（偷听者）永远听不见被人夸。　　[注] 这句谚语告诫人们不要过于好奇。　　相似的谚语还有：　　The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait.嘴谗的鱼儿早上钩。　　He who peeps through a hole may see what will vex him. 孔中窥视，只见烦恼事。　　Too much curiosity lost paradise. 太强好奇心，失去伊甸园。　　

13. A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误等于改正了一半。　　[注] 参见另一句谚语：　　Open confession is good for the soul. 有错承认，心里安然。　　与此相似的中国谚语是：知错改错不是错，知错不改错中错。迷途知返，得道未远。　　

14. Gluttony kills more than the sword. 饕餮杀人剩余甚于刀剑。　　相近的中国谚语：狂饮伤身，暴食伤胃。　　

15. He is rich that has few wants. 知足者富。　　汉谚“贪字近贫”与此英谚可谓中西双壁。　　

16. Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye.　　斧子切莫举过头，以防木屑掉进眼。　　[注] 此谚语告诫人们不要野心勃勃，要认识到自己的局限。　　与此相反的谚语：Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. 懦夫难赢美人心。　　

17. It takes two to make a quarrel. 两个人才吵的起架。　　

18. Let not the sun go down on your wrath. 不可含怒到日落。　　

19. Make the best of a bad bargain. 泰然处逆境。　　

20. Make the best of a bad job. 随遇而安。　　Take things as they come.　　

21. Never trouble trouble till trouble trouble you . 麻烦没来找你，不要自找麻烦。　　

22. Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. 足在何处痛，但问穿鞋人。　　

23. Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不想。　　相反的谚语：Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 难相见，倍相思。　　

24. Self-preservation is the first law of nature. 自我保存乃自然第一法则。　　[注] 此谚语常用来为自己的自私行为辩护。　　

25. What can't be cured must be endured. 得忍且忍，得耐且耐。