Question

用英语解释英语俗语~~~

每个用两三句英语解释下就好了 拜托~~~~

* Do you know the following sayings? Explain what they mean in English.

1. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
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2. The pot calls the kettle black.
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3. Time heals all wounds(sorrows).
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4. Where there's a will there's a way.
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5. You may lead a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.
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6. By other's fault wise men correct their own.「
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7. No rose without a thorn.
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8. One man's meat is another man's poison.
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9. Seeing is believing.
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10. There are two sides to every story.
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11. So many men, so many minds.
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我的天哪 为什么每次都一样 难道没有一个人能看到我写的是用“英语”解释啊啊啊啊啊 额

Answer 1

1. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
→ The children can not be better just by pulishment.

2. The pot calls the kettle black.
→ Laughing at the ones who have a larger fault than you is silly.

3. Time heals all wounds(sorrows).
→ The sorrows will be forget witth time going by.

4. Where there's a will there's a way.
→ If you try hard,everything can be possible.

5. You may lead a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.
→ Do it by yourself is important.

6. By other's fault wise men correct their own.「
→ One who is enough wise can learn from the others' error.

7. No rose without a thorn.
→ Nothing is perfect.

8. One man's meat is another man's poison.
→ The same things are changable to different person.

9. Seeing is believing.
You can not blieve it untill you see it by yourself.

10. There are two sides to every story.
→ Everything has advantages and disadvantages.

11. So many men, so many minds.
The more men,the better.

Answer 2

1. Children will only flourish if punished, physically or otherwise, for any wrongdoing.
或简单一点的：
Children have to be physically punished in order to develop.

2. The notion of a criticism a person is making of another could equally well apply to themself. 中国也有相似的：五十步笑百步, 乌鸦笑猪黑。

Answer 3

1.孩子不打不成器。
2.五十步笑百步。
3.时间会治疗一切创伤。
4.有志者事竟成。
5.牵马到河易,强马饮水难。

Answer 4

4有事者事竟成 8一个好汉三个桩 只知道这些了！！！

Answer 5

9.眼见为实