英语资料集


⒈更新导航.  ---1楼

⒉谚语精选Ⅰ.  ---2楼

⒊口语要素228句.  ---3楼

⒋英语写作常用词汇及词组  ---4楼

⒌幽默锦集  ---5楼

⒍谚语精选Ⅱ  ---6楼

⒎谚语精选Ⅳ  ---8楼

     
    1. It's up to you.（由你决定。）

    2. I envy [羡慕]you.（我羡慕你。）

    3. How can I get in touch with you？

    4. Where can I wash my hands？ （请问洗手间在哪里？）

    5. What's the weather like today？（今天天气如何？）

    6. Where are you headed [朝…方向行进]？ （你要到哪里去？）

    7. I wasn't born yesterday.（我又不是三岁小孩。）

    8. What do you do for relaxation[消遣、娱乐]？（你做什么消遣？）

    9. It‘s a small world.（世界真小！）

    10. It‘s my treat[请客、款待] this time.（这次我请客！）

    11. The sooner the better. （越快越好。）

    12. When is the most convenient [方便的；便利的] time for you？

    12. Take your time.（慢慢来/别着急。）

    14. I'm mad about Bruce Lee.（我迷死李小龙了。）

    15. I'm crazy[着迷的；狂热爱好的] about rock music. （我对摇滚乐很着迷。）

    16. How do I address you？（我怎么称呼你？）

    17. What was your name again？ （请再说一次名字好吗？）

    18. Would you care for[喜欢] a cup of coffee？（要被咖啡吗？）

    19. She turns me off.（她使我厌烦。）

    20. So far so good.（目前为止，一切都好。）

    21. It drives[逼迫；迫使] me crazy.（它把握逼疯了。）

    22. She never showed up[出席；露面].（她一直没有出现。）

    23. That's not like him.（那不象是他的风格。）

    24. I couldn't get through.（电话打不通。）

    25. I got sick and tired of hotels.（我讨厌旅馆。）

    26. Be my guest.（请便、别客气）

    27. Can you keep an eye on my bag？（帮我看一下包好吗？）

    28. Let's keep in touch.（让我们保持联系。）

    29. Let's call it a day[决定或同意暂时或永久停止（进行某事）]. 30. I couldn't help[避免；阻止] it.（我没办法。）

    31. Something's come up[发生/出现].（有点事/出事了）

    32. Let's get to the point[要点/核心问题].（让我们来谈要点。）

    33. Keep that in mind.（记住那件事。）

    34. That was a close call.（太危险了/千钧一发）

    35. I'll be looking forward to it.（我将期待这一天。）

    36. Chances are slim[渺茫的；微小的].（机会很小。）

    37. Far from it.（一点也不。）

    38. I‘m behind in my work.（我工作进度落后了。）

    39. It's a pain in the neck[麻烦的事（人）].（那真是件麻烦事）

    40. We're in the same boat.（我们处境相同。）

    41. My mouth is watering.（我在流口水了。）

    42. What do you recommend？（你推荐什么？）

    43. I ache all over.（我浑身酸痛。）

    44. I have a runny nose.（我流鼻涕。）

    45. It's out of the question.（这是不可能的。）

    46. Do you have any openings？（你们有空缺吗？）

    47. It doesn't make any difference.（没什么差别/无所谓。）

    48. I'm fed up[极其厌烦] with him.（我受够他了。）

    49. You can count on[指望；依赖] us.（你可以信赖我们。）

    50. It doesn't work.（坏了；不动了。）

    51. It's better than nothing.（总比什么都没有好。）

    51. Think nothing of it.（别放在心上。）

    52. I'm not myself today.（我今天心神不宁。）

    53. I have a sweet tooth.（我喜欢吃甜食。）

    54. I can't express[表示；表达；表明] myself very well in English.（我不能很好地用英语表达自己。）

    55. For the time being.（暂时；暂且；目前）

    56. This milk has gone bad.（这牛奶变质了。）

    57. Don't beat around the bush. （别拐弯抹角了。）

    58. It's up in the air[悬而未决].（尚未确定。）

    59. Math is beyond[对某人而言难以想象/理解/估计] me.（我对数学无能为力。）

    60. It slipped my mind.（我忘了。）

    61. You can't please[使人感到满意和愉快] everyone.（你不可能讨好每一个人。）

    62. I'm working on[着手；从事] it.（我正在努力。）

    63. You bet！（当然！）

    64. Drop me a line[短信].（写封信给我）

    65. Are you pulling my leg[同某人开玩笑；取笑]？（你在开我玩笑吗？）

    66. Sooner or later.（迟早会的。）

    67. I'll keep my ears open.（我会留意的。）

    68. It isn't much.（那是微不足道的。）

    69. Neck and neck.（不分上下。）

    70. I'm feeling under the weather.（我觉得不舒服/精神不好/情绪低落。）

    71. Don't get me wrong[误解].（不要误会我。）

    72. I'm under a lot of pressure.（我压力很大。）

    73. You're the boss.（听你的。）

    74. It doesn't make any sense！（毫无意义！）

    75. If I were in your shoes[处在某人的位置].（如果我是你的话。）

    76. What's this regarding？（这是关于哪方面的？）

    77. Over my dead body！（休想！）

    78. Can you give me a hand[帮手；援助]？（你能帮个忙吗？）

    79. We have thirty minutes to kill[消磨；打发（时间）].（我们有三十分钟空闲时间。）

    80. Whatever you say.（随便你。）

    81. It'll come to me.（我会想起来的。）

    82. You name[具体地（说出来）] it！（你说出来。）

    83. Time will tell.（时间会证明的。）

    84. I will play it by ear[见机行事；临时现做].（我会见机行事的；到时候再说。）

    85. You should take advantage of[利用] it.（你应该好好利用这个机会。）

    86. Let's talk over coffee.（我们边喝边谈。）

    87. Take it easy.（轻松一点；别紧张；放松放松；再见。）

    [这是美国人最喜欢说的话，也可作离别用语。] 88. I'm easy to please[使…高兴；讨…喜欢].（我很容易取悦/相处。）

    89. Let's give him a big hand.（让我们热烈鼓掌。）

    90. As far as I'm concerned.（就我而言。）

    91. I'm all mixed up.（我全搞混了。）

    92. Let's get together one of these days.（找一天聚聚。）

    93. He's behind the times.（他落伍了/跟不上时代了。）

    94. I'm pressed for time.（我时间紧迫。）

    95. I'm up to my ears[忙得不可开交；深陷于某事物中] in work.（我忙死了。）

    96. You can't do this to me.（你不能这么对我。）

    97. Just to be on the safe side. （为了安全起见。）

    98. I hope I didn't offend you.（希望没有冒犯你。）

    99. It won't take much time.（不会花很长时间的。）

    100. It's been a long time.（好久不见了。）

    101. It‘s nothing.（小事情；不足挂齿。）

    102. It‘s a long story.（说来话长。）

    103. It's about time.（时间差不多了。）

    104. It's incredible.（难以置信！）

    105. It's hard to say.（难说。）

    106. I can't imagine why.（我想不通为什么。）

    107. That can't be.（不可能。）

    108. That's really something.（真了不起。）

    109. Are you sure？（你确信吗？）

    110. Are you crazy？（你疯了吗？）

    111. Excuse me for a moment.（失陪一会儿。）

    112. I mean it. I'm serious. I'm no kidding！（我是认真的。）

    113. I'll consider this matter.（我会考虑这件事的。）

    114. I'll do something about it.（我会想办法的。）

    115. What are you talking about？（你在说些什么？）

    116. I'm afraid I can't.（恐怕我不行。）

    117. I'm dying[很想] to see you.（我真想见你。）

    118. I'm flattered.（过奖了。）

    119. I'm not in the mood.（我没心情。）

    120. I'm so scared.（我怕极了。）

    121. I can't make[赶上] it.（我去不了/我赶不上。）

    122. You can never tell.（不知道/谁也没把握。）

    123. I won't buy[相信；接受] you story.（我不信你那一套。）

    124. It hurts like hell！（疼死啦！）

    125. It can't be helped.（无能为力。）

    126. Sorry to bother you.（抱歉打扰你。[事前]）

    Sorry to have bothered you.（抱歉打扰你。[事后]）

    127. I'm always punctual.（我总是很准时。）

    128. You may leave it to me.（交给我来办。）

    129. I wish I could.（不行。）[委婉表达法] 130. What's the rush？（什么事那么匆忙？）

    131. What's so funny/（有什么好笑的？）

    132. I couldn't agree more.（我完全同意。）

    133. Stay out of this matter， please.（请别管这事。）

    134. Don't just shake you head.（别光摇头，想想办法！）

    135. Don't jump to conclusions.（别仓促/过早下结论。）

    136. That was a lousy movie.（那电影糟透了！）

    137. Have you thought about staying home？（是否考虑在家呆着？）

    138. I'll come. I give you my word.（我会来的。我向你保证。）

    139. I swear I'll never tell anyone.（我发誓不告诉任何人。）

    140. I'll make it up to you.（我会赔偿的。）

    141. I'm very / really / terribly / awfully / extremely sorry.（十分抱歉！）

    142. Forgive me for breaking my promise.（原谅我食言。）

    143. Let's forgive and forget.（让我们摈弃前嫌。）

    144. I've heard so much about you！（久仰大名！）

    145. Don't underestimate me.（别小看我。）

    146. She gives me a headache.（她让我头疼。）

    147. It's very annoying.（真烦人。）

    148. He often fails to keep his word.（他常常不遵守诺言。）

    149. You made me feel ashamed of myself.（你让我感到羞愧。）

    150. I hope it turns out all right.（我希望结果很好。）

    151. I can't handle this alone.（我无法单独处理这事。）

    152. How long will it take to have this radio fixed？（修理这收音机要多久？）

    153. Come to me if you're in any difficulty.（有困难来找我。）

    154. Who do you think you are？（你以为你是谁？）

    155. You're wasting you breath.（你在白费口舌。）

    156. It doesn't seem like that.（似乎不象是那样。）

    157. Don't get on my nerves！（不要搅得我心烦。）

    158. Everything will be fine.（一切都会很好。）

    159. I'll be ready in a few minutes.（再过几分钟就好了。）

    160. I wonder what happened to him.（我不知道他出什么事了。）

    161. You are just trying to save face.（你只是想挽回面子。）

    162. His argument doesn't hold water.（他的论点站不住脚。）

    163. Your face tells it all.（你的表情透露了一切。）

    164. The days are getting longer.（白天越来越长了。）

    165. You've got to do something.（你一定要想办法。）

    166. I hope this will teach you a lesson.（希望这会给你一个教训。）

    167. I feel younger than ever.（我觉得比以前年轻。）

    168. It's a hard job， but I hope he can make it.（这不是件容易的差事，但我希望他能做到。）

    169. Don't look wise.（别自作聪明。）

    170. I'm afraid all my efforts were in vain.（我担心我的努力全白费了。）

    171. What happened to you memory？（你的记性是怎么搞的？）

    172. You're going too far！（你太过分了！）

    173. Don't bury your head in the sand.（不要逃避现实。）

    174. I have no other choice.（我别无选择。）

    175. I don't have the nerve to do it.（我没胆/勇气去做。）

    176. It's a matter of life and death.（事关生死。）

    177. Nothing works.（什么都不对劲儿。）

    178. Money will come and go.（钱乃身外之物。）

    179. He's been behind bars for almost 30 years.（他坐了将近30年牢。）

    180. If I had known that， I could have helped you.（假如我早知道，我就能帮你了。）[最实用的虚拟语气] 181. I couldn't care less.（我不在乎。）

    182. You have my word.（我保证。）

    183. He hit the ceiling at the news.（他听到那消息暴跳如雷/大发雷霆。）

    184. I don't mind staying up late.（我不在乎熬夜。）

    185. You're too outspoken.（你太直率了。）

    186. I can't afford it.（我承担/买不起。）

    187. I think it's a reasonable price.（我觉得这是个合理的价钱。）

    188. I'd like to try on these hats.（我想试试这些帽子。）

    189. He puts me to shame.（他使我蒙羞。）

    190. Every dog has his day.（凡人皆有得意时。）

    191. Don't give me any excuses.（不要给我任何理由。）

    192. Are you out of you mind？（你疯了吗？）

    193. He's been everywhere.（他到处都去过了。）

    194. What's bothering you？（什么在困扰你？）

    195. Who is to blame？（该怪谁？）

    196. There're a lot of rumors going around.（很多流言流传着。）

    197. I don't feel up to that.（我觉得不能胜任那工作。）

    198. I'm mad at myself.（我生自己的气。）

    199. It's raining cats and dogs.（下着倾盆大雨。）

    200. The sky is getting very cloudy.（天空的云越来越多了。）

    201. You won't get away with this.（你逃不掉惩罚的。）

    202. I'm tired of going to school day after day.（我厌倦每天上学。）

    203. Who am I supposed to see？（我应该去见谁？）

    204. His idea is childish.（他的想法很幼稚。）

    205. I need small change.（我需要零钱。）

    206. Don't try to brainwash me.（别想给我洗脑。）

    207. I don't seem to have any luck today.（我今天运气不好。）

    208. That reminds me.（那提醒了我。）

    209. What the hell are you doing？（你到底在做什么？）

    210. I can't seem to get to sleep.（我好象睡不着。）

    211. You look very serious about something.（你似乎有很严重的事。）

    212. I hope I'm not in the way.（我希望没有造成妨碍。）

    213. What are you so excited about？（什么事让你如此兴奋？）

    214. Tell me about you trouble.（把你的烦恼告诉我。）

    215. I feel much better now.（我感觉好多了。）

    216. I hope you will get well soon.（希望你很快会恢复。）

    217. She is sick in bed.（她卧病在床。）

    218. I have a slight fever.（我轻微发烧。）

    219. A fool never learns.（傻瓜永远学不会。）

    220. This is the schedule for tomorrow.（这是明天的日程安排。）

    221. How late are you open？（你们营业到多晚？）

    222. I'm here on business.（我来这里出差。）

    223. What's Hong Kong famous for？（香港以什么闻名？）

    224. What brings you to Beijing？（什么风把你吹到北京来的？）

    225. She looks blue.（她满面忧伤。）

    226. I just don't know what to say.（我就是不知道说什么。）

    227. Let's have fun tonight.（今晚让我们乐一乐。）

    228. Thank you for coming to see me off.（谢谢你来为我送行。）

   
    Lying is the first step to the gallows.说谎是上断头台的第一步。

    Waste not，want not.俭以防匮。

    From saving comes having.富有来自节俭。

    A penny saved is a penny gained.省一文是一文。

    Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves.金钱积少便成多。

    Frugality is an estate alone.节俭本身就是一宗财产。

    He that regards not a penny，will lavish a pound.小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。

    Small gains bring great wealth.积小利，成巨富。

    Many a little makes a mickle.积少便成多。

    As the touchstone tries gold，so gold tries man.试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。

    Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。

    The path to glory is always rugged.光荣之路常坎坷。

    Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要人肯试。

    The fire is the test of gold；adversity of strong man.烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。

    Great hopes make great man.远大的希望造就伟大的人物。

    No way is impossible to courage.勇士面前无险路。

    A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。

    The good seaman is known in bad weather.坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭坏天气。

    The best hearts are always the bravest.行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。

    We must not lie down，and cry，God help us.求神不如求己。

    He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。

    Rome was not built in a day.罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。

    Success belongs to the persevering.胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。

    We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success.我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。

    Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。

    Step by step the ladder is ascended.登梯需要逐级登。

    Adversity leads to prosperity.困苦通向昌盛。

    Patience and application will carry us through.忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。

    Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her.做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好运常会来。

    All things will come round to him who will but wait.只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。

    Constant dropping wears the stone.滴水不绝可穿石。

    Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果达不到。

    The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。

    There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade.要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。

    Life is sweet.生活是可爱的；人无不好生（恶死）。

    Where there is life，there is hope.生命不息，希望长在。

    Life is not all beer and skittles.人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。

    Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of.眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。

    Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.人人都有走运的一天。

    If you are too fortunate，you will not know yourself；if you are too unfortunate，nobody will know you.运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。

    Every man is the architect of his own fortune.每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。

    Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。

    Misfortunes never （seldom） come alone （single）。

    祸不单行。

    Misfortune is a good teacher.不幸是良好的教师。

    Misfortunes come at night.祸常生于不测。

    Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。

    Adversity makes a man wise，not rich.患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。

    Live and learn.活到老，学到老。

    It is never too old to learn.为学不怕年高。

    A man becomes learned by asking questions.要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。

    There is no royal road to learning.学问无坦途。

    He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.畏问之人耻于学。

    What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。

    Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。

    Soon learnt，soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。

    Learn young，learn fair.为学趁年青，既学须学好。

    A lazy youth，a lousy age.少时懒惰老来苦。

    He that knows nothing，doubts nothing.无知即无疑。

    A good name keeps its luster in the dark.良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光。

    Fame is a magnifying glass.名誉是放大镜。

    A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜于美貌。

    Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off.名誉如河流，发源处最狭，愈远愈宽广。

    Take honour from me and my life is done.没有名誉，就没有了生命。

    Beware of him who regards not his reputation.要谨防不重名誉的人。

    It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。

    Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。

    Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。

    Your father's honour is to you but a second-hand honour.对于你来说，父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉。

    Never trust another what you should do yourself.自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。

    It is an equal failing to trust everybody，and to trust nobody.信任一切与不信任任何人，同样是弱点。

    Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.在你信任一个人之前，先要深入了解他。

    If you trust before you try，you may repent before you die.不经考验就依赖，不到瞑目便的悔。

    Never trust to fine words.切勿轻信漂亮话。

    Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.细线挂重物，终究不可靠。

    Be just to all，but trust not all.要对一切人都公正，但不要对一切人都信任。

    Trust thyself only，and another shall not betray thee.只要信任你自己，旁人才不出卖你。

    Self-trust is the essence of heroism.自信为英雄品质之本。

    Confidence is a plant of slow growth.信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。

    Truth is the daughter of time.真理是时间的女儿。

    Truth hath a good face，but ill clothes.真理面目善良；但衣衫褴褛。

    Truth and roses have thorns about them.真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。

    Truth may be blamed，but shall never be shamed.真理可能会被责难，但绝不会受羞辱。

    Though malice may darken truth，it cannot put it out.恶意可以糟塌真理；但无法消灭真理。

    Truth will prevail.真理必胜。

    Truth's best ornament is nakedness.不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰。

    Facts are stubborn things.事实是最顽强的东西。

    Sooner or later，the truth comes to light.真相迟早会大白。

    The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know.我们最不愿意听到的事实，往往是我们知道了会大有好处的事实。

    Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。

    There is many a fair thing full false.有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。

    Though a lie be well drest，it is ever overcome.谎言装扮虽不错，到头总会被揭露。

    A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.谎言生谎言，谎言世代传。

    A false tongue will hardly speak truth.假舌不会吐真言。

    False with one can be false with two.对一个人虚假，也会对两个人虚假。

    He that will lie will steal.会说谎的人也就会偷窃。

    Gossiping and lying go together.流言常和谎话并行。

    Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.含糊其词是谎话的近亲。

    A great talker is a great liar.最会夸夸其谈的人也最会说谎。

    The greatest liars talk most of themselves.最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。

    Lying rides upon debt's back.负债的人谎话多。

    表层进

    first， firstly to begin with

    second， secondly to start with

    third， thirdly what's more

    also and then

    and equally important

    besides in addition

    further in the first place

    still furthermore

    last last but not the least

    next besides

    too moreover

    finally

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    表举例

    for example for instance

    to illustrate as an illustration

    after all

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    表解释

    as a matter of fact frankly speaking

    in this case namely

    in other words

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    表总结

    in summary in a word

    in brief in conclusion

    to conclude in fact

    indeed in short

    in other words of course

    it is true specially

    namely in all

    that is to summarize

    thus as has been said

    altogether in other words

    finally in simpler terms

    in particular that is

    on the whole to put it differently

    therefore

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    表强调

    of course indeed

    above all most important

    emphasis certainly in fact

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    表让步

    still nevertheless

    in spite of all the same

    even so after all

    concession granted naturally

    of course

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    表比较

    in comparison likewise

    similarly equally

    however likewise

    in the same way

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    表转折

    by contrast although

    at the same time but

    in contrast nevertheless

    notwithstanding on the contrary

    on the other hand otherwise

    regardless still

    though yet

    despite the fact that even so

    even though for all that

    however in spite of

    instead

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    表时间

    after a while afterward

    again also

    and then as long as

    at last at length

    at that time before

    besides earlier

    eventually finally

    formerly further

    furthermore in addition

    in the first place in the past

    last lately

    meanwhile moreover

    next now

    presently second

    shortly simultaneously

    since so far

    soon still

    subsequently then

    thereafter too

    until until now

    when

    Improvement

    One student to another： "How are your English lessons coming along？"

    "Fine. I used to be one who couldn't understand the English men， and now it's the English men who can't understand me."

    进步

    一位学生对另一位说：“你的英语最近学的怎么样？”

    “很好，我过去不懂英国人说话，可现在是英国人不懂我的话了。”

    Half or Five Tenths？

    Teacher： Would you rather have one half of an orange or five tenths？

    Gerald： I'd much rather have the half.

    Teacher： Think carefully， and tell me why.

    Gerald： Because you lose too much juice when you cut the orange into five tenths.

    半个还是十分之五

    老师：你愿意要半个柑橘，还是十分之五个柑橘？

    杰拉得：我宁可要半个。

    老师：仔细想想，说出理由来。

    杰拉得：因为你如果把柑橘切成十分之五，那柑橘汁就损失太多了。

    All is not gold that glitters.

    闪光未必尽黄金。

    Money is the root of evil.

    金钱是罪恶的根源。

    Money makes the mare go.

    有钱能使鬼推磨。

    All things are obedient to money.

    一切事物都服从于金钱。

    Before gold，even kings take off their hats.

    在黄金面前，国王也要脱帽。

    Money is the key that opens all doors.

    金钱是打开一切门户的钥匙。

    Beauty is potent，but money is more potent.

    美貌固有力，金钱力更大。

    Avarice increases with wealth.

    越有钱，越贪钱。

    The money the miser hoards will do him no good.

    守财奴积财，对自己毫无好处。

    What is wealth good for，If it brings melancholy？

    财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？。

    Gold will not buy anything.

    黄金不能买尽一切。

    The chief aim of man is not to get money.

    人的主要目的并不是赚钱。

    Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.

    相信金钱万能的人，往往会一切为了金钱。

    Wealth makes worship.

    财富能使人拜倒。

    Little wealth，little care.

    财富少，烦恼也少。

    A moneyless man goes fast through the market.

    身上无钱过市快。

    Poverty is not a crime.

    贫非罪。

    Poverty is not a disgrace，but theft is a disgrace.

    贫穷不可耻，偷窃乃足羞。

    Better be poor than wicked.

    宁可做穷人，不可做坏人。

    Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace，but poverty without resolution to help onself，is a disgrace.

    贫穷不足为耻，穷而不能自立方可耻。

    Poverty is the mother of health.

    贫穷是健康之母。

    Be considerate toward the poor.

    应常为穷人着想。

    Poor and content is rich and rich enough.

    人能安贫就是富。

    Poverty parteth fellowship.

    贫穷断友情。

    Poverty makes a man mean.

    贫困使人小气。

    Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.

    只有贫穷是可以不劳而获的东西。

    Do not through fear of poverty surrender liberty.

    不要因为怕贫困而舍去自由。

    Poverty and love are hard to hide.

    贫困与爱情，都难瞒过人。

    Poverty breeds strife.

    贫困引起冲突。

    The poor man wants much，the miser everything.

    穷人要求多，财迷则样样都要。

    The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor.

    富人口中的美味是穷人眼中的泪水。

    Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden.

    老而贫困，负担最沉。

    Beggars must （should） be no choosers.

    行乞的哪能挑肥拣瘦；饥不择食。

    A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.

    穷人眼中的一只羊，贵似富人一头牛。

    A light purse makes a heavy heart.

    钱袋轻时心事重。

    Poor without debt is better than a prince.

    穷人无债胜王子。

    Happy is he who owes nothing.

    无债一身轻。

    Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.

    借钱才到手，立刻便担忧。

    He that goes a borrowing，goes a sorrowing.

    向人借债是自寻烦恼。

    Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

    与其负债起身，不如空腹上床。

    Out of debt，out of danger.

    脱债就脱险。

    A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

    深忧偿不了小债。

    He is the wisest man who does not think himself so.

    不自作聪明便是最聪明。

    Wise men have their mouth in their heart，fools their heart in their mouth.

    聪明人嘴在心里，愚蠢人心在嘴边。

    Wise men learn by other men's mistakes；fools by their own.

    聪明人从旁人的错误中吸取教训，愚笨人则从自身的错误中吸取教训。

    He is wise that knows when he's well enough.

    知足为智者。

    A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

    智者不强求。

    He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs.

    明智者有足够的机智处理自己的事情。

    No man is born wise.

    聪明非天生。

    A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.

    能随机应变的人是聪明人。

    A word is enough to the wise.

    对明智者一言已足。

    He is the wise man who is the honest man.

    正直的人就是有见识的人。

    A wise man thinks all that he says，a fool says all that he thinks.

    聪明人想了才说，愚笨的人想着就说。

    The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.

    聪明的手不做愚蠢的嘴所说的事。

    A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.

    口若悬河，不能证明真有才智。

    It is easy to be wise after the event.

    事后的诸葛亮容易做。

    The wise man knows he knows nothing，the fool thinks the knows all.

    聪明人自认一无所知，愚笨人自负无所不晓。

    Fools learn nothing from wise men；but wise men learn much from fools.

    愚人不能从智者那里学到什么；而智者却能从愚人那里学到很多。

    A fool always comes short of his reckoning.

    愚人常短于心计。

    A fool's heart dances on his lips.

    愚人的心挂在唇边。

    A fool always finds a greater fool than himself.

    愚人总以为旁人比自己更傻。

    A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool.

    一个人可能说话如智者，而行为象愚人。

    The more riches a fool hath，the greater fool he is.

    愚人越富越蠢。

    Never challenge a fool to do wrong.

    不要怂恿愚人干错事。

    It is better to please a fool than to anger him.

    对愚人最好是使他高兴，而不是惹他发怒。

    He is a fool who cannot be angry，but he is a wise man who will not.

    不会发怒是蠢人，不愿发怒是聪明人。

    'Tis altogether vain to learn wisdom and yet live foolishly.

    枉自学聪明，却做愚蠢事。

    Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.

    没有学识的机智，犹如没有果实的树。

    No man is wise at all times.

    世上无一贯明智的人。

    Many heads are better than one.

    几个脑袋总比一个脑袋强；三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。

    Virtue never grows old.

    美德永不老。

    Virtue is the only true nobility.

    万事不如美德高。

    Virtue is a jewel of great price.

    美德乃是无价宝。

    He that soweth virtue shall reap fame.

    播下美德，收获名望。

    To be virtuous is to do good.

    行善即是有德。

    Glory is the shadow of virtue.

    荣誉是美德的影子。

    There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not.

    没有贫穷不能破坏的美德。

    The first step to virtue is to abstrain from vice.

    不作恶是走向美德的第一步。

    No good building without a good foundation.

    基础不良的好建筑物是没有的。

    One good turn deserves another.

    善行应有善报；善良的行为应得善良行为的报答。

    He that returns good for evil obtains the victory.

    胜利属于以德报怨的人。

    We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.

    我有德于人不应记；人有德于我不可忘。

    If they say you are good，ask yourself if it be true.

    若有人称赞，自问对不对。

    He who avoids temptation avoids the sin.

    不受诱惑就免于罪恶。

    A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

    问心无愧，打雷也能睡。

    Never be weary of well doing.

    不要厌倦做好事。

    Of evil grain，no good seed can come.

    坏谷无好种。

    That which is evil is soon learnt.

    恶行易学。

    No vice goes alone.

    恶事不单行。

    An evil lesson is soon learned.

    恶习易染。

    A bad thing never dies.

    坏事传千年。

    Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.

    罪恶于人，尺进寸退。

    The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues.

    保持一桩恶事的代价超过于十件好事。

    They that do nothing learn to do ill.

    游手好闲，容易学坏。

    A wicked man is his own hell.

    坏人作恶，自造地狱。

    Those who eat best and drink best often do worst.

    吃得好，喝得好，坏事常常免不了。

    He who has done ill once will do it again.

    一次干坏事，便有第二次。

    There is no going heaven in a sedan.

    坐轿上天堂，从来无此事。

    An ill life，an ill end.

    恶有恶报。

    A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.

    不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。

    Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

    没有知识的热心，犹如有火而无光。

    Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.

    隐恶败善；原谅坏人即是伤害好人。

    The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.

    重伤可治，恶名难去。

    Evil communications corrupt good manners.

    不良的交往败坏良好的举止。

    No wrong without remedy.

    有过皆可补。

    Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

    唯利是图者，胸中无美德。

    First think，and then speak.

    动口先动脑。

    A word spoken is past recalling（The words once spoken can never be recalled）。

    一言既出，驷马难追。

    While the word is in your mouth，it is your own；when 'tis once spoken， 'tis another's.

    话在嘴里，属于自己；话一出口，人家所有。

    Speech is silver，silence is gold.

    言语是银，沉默是金。

    Few words are best.

    寡言为贵。

    No wisdom like silence.

    聪明莫过沉默。

    Least said，soonest mended.

    少说为妙。

    Second thoughts are best.

    再思而后行。

    Look before you leap.

    慎思而后行。

    He is a wise man who speaks little.

    智多言语少。

    Fair words butter no parsnips.

    美言无补实际。

    The tongue is not made of steel，yet it cuts.

    舌头不是钢，一动把人伤。

    Sometimes words hurt more than swords.

    言语能伤人，有时胜刀剑。

    A good tongue is a good weapon.

    口齿伶俐，是件利器。

    A wise head makes a close mouth.

    头脑灵，嘴巴紧。

    It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.

    说得多是一回事，讲得中肯又是一回事。

    Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress，which is great and tall，but bears no fruit.

    无益的雄辩犹如高大的柏树，不会结果。

    Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.

    与其说话不中肯，不如半句也莫吭。

    Many a true word is spoken in jest.

    笑语之中吐真言。

    Few words，many deeds.

    少说话，多做事。

    Actions speak louder than words.

    行动比言语响亮；百说不如一干。

    From words to deeds is a great space.

    言行之间，大有距离。

    Deeds，not words.

    要行动，不要言词。

    Bare words，no bargain.

    空言不能成交易。

    Deeds are fruits，words are but leaves.

    行动是果实，言语只是叶子。

    Ill deeds cannot honour.

    坏行为不受尊敬。

    Fine words dress ill deeds.

    漂亮的言词装饰着恶劣的行为。

    Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.

    动听的话和坏行为同样欺骗聪明和愚人。

    Our own actions are our security，not others' judgements.

    我们的行为是自己的保证，并不是旁人的鉴定。

    A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

    空有言语而无行动的人，犹如杂草丛生的花园。

    A man is not good or bad for one action.

    不能凭一件事判断人的好坏。

    A man apt to promise is apt to forget.

    易于许诺的人也易于忘记。

    A man that breaks his word，bids others to be false to him.

    人不守信，无异于叫旁人对他失信。

    Easier said than done.

    说易行难。

    The greatest talkers are always the least doers.

    大言不惭的总是行动最少的人。

    The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

    布丁好坏，一尝便知；空谈不如实践。

    Pride goes before a fall.

    骄者必败。

    Pride goes before destruction.

    骄者必败。

    Pride goeth before，and shame cometh after.

    骄傲走在前，羞耻跟在后。

    Pride and grace dwelt never in one place.

    傲慢和温雅，永难住一处。

    He that climbs high falls heavily.

    爬得高，跌得重。

    Pride must be pinched.

    骄傲应收敛。

    The more noble the more humble.

    越高贵，越应谦逊。

    Humility often gains more than pride.

    谦逊常比傲慢受益更多。

    He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none.

    自命万事通，腹中常空空。

    No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself.

    人并不因为他自知很差就是很差。

    Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.

    骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。

    It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride.

    用慷慨激昂的言语攻击傲慢并不是谦逊的标志。

    He that is full of himself is very empty.

    自满之人腹内空。

    Honesty is the best policy.

    诚实为上策。

    An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

    诚实人的诺言实际上就是他的保证书。

    Poor but honest.

    虽贫穷，要诚实。

    Honesty may be dear bought，but can never be an ill pennyworth.

    高价买诚实，永远也值得。

    Knavery may serve，but honesty is best.

    欺诈可能有用，诚实却是上策。

    Every man has his weak side.

    人人都有自己的弱点。

    He who has no shame has no conscience.

    不知羞耻的人不知自疚。

    An honest look covereth many faults.

    一副诚实的外表掩盖着许多缺点。

    Once a knave，ever a knave.

    一次成无赖，永远是无赖。

    A crafty knave needs no broker.

    狡猾的无赖不需要有中间人。

    The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.

    正当得到的一分钱胜于偷来的一元钱。

    One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.

    合法取得的一辨士，胜于非法取得的一千辨士。

    The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.

    不正当得来的辨士使正当得来的英镑也受到沾污。

    Love is blind.

    爱情是盲目的。

    Love is without reason.

    爱情无理智。

    Love is full of trouble.

    爱情充满了烦恼。

    Love cannot be compelled.

    爱情不能强迫。

    Love begets love.

    爱爱相生。

    Love needs no teaching.

    爱情不需教导。

    Love at first sight.

    一见倾心。

    Love asks faith，and faith firmness.

    爱情要求信任，信任要求坚定。

    Love is the touchstone of virtue.

    爱情是美德的试金石。

    Love not at the first look.

    不要一见钟情。

    Hasty love，soon cold.

    爱得匆忙冷得快。

    Love is a sweet torment.

    爱情是一种甜蜜的痛苦。

    Love rules his kingdom without a sword.

    爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。

    Love will find out the way.

    爱情自会寻出路。

    Love is not to be found in the market.

    爱情在市场上找不到。

    Lovers live by love，as larks live by leeks.

    情侣靠爱情生活，正象云雀靠韭葱生活一样。

    Old love will not be forgotten.

    旧情永难忘；往日的爱情难以忘怀。

    True love kythes（=shows itself）in time of need.

    患难显真情。

    Sound love is not soon forgotten.

    坚固的爱情不会顷刻忘怀。

    The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

    最大的恨来自最大的爱。

    No love is foul，nor prison fair.

    没有肮脏的爱情，也没有美丽的监狱。

    Labour is lihgt where love doth pay.

    爱情付报酬，劳苦也轻松。

    Love is the reward of love.

    爱就是爱的报酬。

    Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

    爱情把一切冷酷之心变成温柔。

    When love puts in，friendship is gone.

    爱情进入，友情完结。

    The course of true love never did run smooth.

    真爱的道路绝不平坦。

    Love is a sweet tyranny，because the lover endures his torment willingly.

    爱情是可爱的虐政，情人们甘受它痛苦的折磨。

    True love is giving，not taking.

    真挚的爱是给，不是取。

    Love makes obedience easy.

    爱情使顺从成为易事。

    Love is sweet in the beginning，but sour in the end.

    爱情先甜后来酸。

    Where love fails，we espy all faults.

    爱情一失败，一切毛病都发现。

    Follow love and it will flee，flee love and it will follow thee.

    追求爱情它高飞，逃避爱情它跟随。

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Terrific! That's really something!