英汉语成语、习语、俗语的比较与翻译
Lead up:
The Pure Brightness Day; All Soul s’Day; The Clear-and-Bright Feast; the Rainy Season of Spring; the Tomb-visiting Day; The Mourning Day
吴钧陶译 The Pure Brightness Day
It drizzles thick on the Pure Brightness Day;
I travel with my heart lost in dismay.
Is there a public house somewhere, cowboy?
He points at Apricot Bloom Village far away.
杨宪益、戴乃迭译：In the Rainy Season of Spring
It drizzles endless during the rainy season in spring,
Travelers along the road look gloomy and miserable.
When I ask a shepherd boy where I can find a tavern,
He points at a distant hamlet nestling amidst apricot blossoms.
许渊冲译 The Mourning Day
A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day;
The mourner's heart is going to break on his way.
Where can a wineshop be found to drown his sad hours?
A cowherd points to a cot 'mid apricot flowers.
一．例句
1.to kill two birds with one stone
2.to flog a dead horse；do sth in vain; make futile efforts鞭打死马；白费力气
3. a drop in a bucket 沧海一粟；太仓一粟；九牛一毛；微不足道；微乎其微；不足挂齿
4.to teach a pig to play on a flute 教猪吹笛；对牛弹琴；
5.过街老鼠
（直译）like a rat crossing the street
(意译) the object of universal condemnation; a bad man hated by everybody
6.门庭若市
(直译) the courtyard is like a market.
（意译）a much visited house; a busy town; bustling; crowded
7.望梅止渴
（直译）to gaze at plums to quench one’s thirst
（意译）to console oneself with false hopes; to feed on fancies (illusion); imagined satisfaction; a Barmecide （《一千零一夜》中一个口惠而实不至的人物）feast.
8.危如累卵
（直译）as dangerous as a pile of eggs
（意译）hazardous in the extreme; great insecurity; in a precarious condition; at stake, at risk; at hazard; in peril; in danger; perilous; risky; critical...
9. A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
（直译）点头也好，眨眼也好，示意盲马，同样无效。
（意译）犟汉难劝，狂人难喻。
10.The worst wheel of a cart creaks most.
（直译）最坏的车轮最会嘎吱响。
（意译）能猫不叫，叫猫不能。
11.A creaky wheel gets the oil.
（直译）嘎吱响的轮子有润滑油。
（意译）会哭的孩子有奶吃。
12.山雨欲来风满楼
（直译）The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountains.
（意译）A turbulent situation foretells a big event; Coming events cast their shadows before. 13.树倒猢狲散
（直译）When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.
（意译）Members run away when the family (constitution) falls; when an influential person falls from power, his hangers-on dispers; Rats leave a sinking ship.
14.hand in glove with 狼狈为奸
15.once in a blue moon千载难逢
16.at sixes and sevens 乱七八糟
17.招风惹草look for trouble
18.it is a long lane that has no turning好事多磨
19.It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外扬
如下成语：
20.cut in a joke 插科打诨
21.speak one’s mind 畅所欲言
22.be after one’s own heart; to one’ s heart’s content称心如意
23.at one’s finger-tips 了如指掌
24.fish in troubled waters 浑水摸鱼
25.in deep water水深火热
26.turn up one’s nose at 嗤之以鼻
27.skin and bones 皮包骨头
28.touch and go 一触即发
29.from the cradle to the grave一生一世；从生到死
30.hit the nail on the head 一语道破
31.充耳不闻turn a deaf ear to
32.出人头地be head and shoulders above others
33.吹毛求疵pick a hole in one’s coat
34.破釜沉舟burn one’s boat
35.大惊小怪make a fuss about
36.大海捞针look for a needle in a bundle of hay
37.颠倒黑白talk black into white
38.得意忘形have one’s nose in the air
39.攀龙附凤worship the rising sun
40.大发雷霆hit the ceiling; fly into a rage
41.骑虎难下hold a wolf by the ears
42.视而不见turn a blind eye to
如下谚语：
43.look before you leap三思而后行
44.make hay while the sun shines未雨绸缪
45.there is no smoke without fire无风不起浪
46.Ill news travels fast. 恶事传千里
47.欲速则不达more haste, less speed.
48.出门一里，不如家里；在家千日好，出门事事难east and west, home is best.
49.捡到篮子里就是菜all is fish that comes to the net.
50.皇天不负苦心人everything comes to him who waits.
51.小巫见大巫the moon is not seen when the sun shines.
52.One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy; two is company, three is misery. 一
个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
53.Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心不烦。
54.Spare the rod, spoil the child.
55.Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者,事竞成
56.The on-lookers see most of games. 旁观者清
57.Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风
58.Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见
59.like father like son
60.like knows like
61.笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
62.不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
63.to kill two birds with one stone
64.to flog a dead horse
65. a drop in the bucket 沧海一粟；九牛一毛；微不足道；
66.to teach a pig to play on a flute
67.pull one’s leg 开玩笑
英译汉：
1.I took the news with a grain of salt. 我对这个消息半信半疑。
2.Unless you’ve got an ace up your sleeve, we are dished. 除非你有锦囊妙计，否则，我们是
输定了。
3.He went through fire and flood to save his mother. 他赴汤蹈火去救他的母亲。
4.You have a lucky star above you. 你真是吉星高照。
5.She is now between the devil and the deep sea on this matter. 她在这个问题上真是进退维
谷。
6.He is reaping what he has sown. 他这是咎由自取。
7.She is an easy-going woman. She always throws her cares to the winds.她是个大大咧咧的女
人，总是把忧愁抛至九霄云外。
8.That fellow is always fair without but foul within.那个家伙总是口蜜腹剑。
9.That little girl has a ready tongue.那个小姑娘真是伶牙俐齿。
10.The light-fingered gentry frequented these shops. 梁上君子经常光顾这些商店。
汉译英：
1.这些国家的经济形势每况愈下。The economic situation in these countries is on the
downgrade.
2.为了迷人眼目，他们把自己打扮成革命者。In order to throw dust into the eye of the public,
they decked themselves out as revolutionaries.
3.扪心自问，他不得不承认自己是错了。By searching his heart he could not but admit that he
was in the wrong.
4.我们必须全力以赴，拿下这场球。We must do our level best to win the game.
5.照当时情况，他除了忍气吞声又能怎么办呢？As things stood, what else could he do but
swallow the insult?
6.侵略者已经走投无路。The invaders had come to the end of their tether.
7.我讨厌游手好闲的人。I dislike the people eating the bread of idleness.
8.你为什么要引狼入室？Why did you set the wolf to keep the sheep?
9.他是信口开河，他对经济一窍不通。He is shooting off his mouth. He does not know the first
thing of economy.
10.鸡毛蒜皮trifling; trifles; odds and ends
11.开门见山come straight to the point; get down to business
12.公事公办business is business
13.狗急跳墙do sth desperately
14.顺手牵羊walk off with sth
15.守株待兔trust to chance and stroke of luck
16.唇枪舌剑engage in a battle of words
17.黔驴技穷at one’s wit’s end
18.单枪匹马all by oneself
19.生龙活虎bursting with energy
英译汉：
1.I was practically on my knees but he still refused. 苦苦哀求
2.The two sisters were usually in agreement on most issues, but they were at swords’ point on
the matter of abortion.
3.He is a rolling stone. I don’t think he can go far. 他是个见异思迁的人，我想他不会有多大
出息。
4.Since I only got the news at second hand, I took it with a grain of salt.
5.I’ll break my neck to get this done by Friday, but I can’t promise for sure. 竭尽全力
6.
Different perspectives: 转换视角
1. To have one foot in the grave. 半身入土
2. To fish in the air. 水中捞月
3. Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
How to understand the proverbs:
1.It is a long lane that has no turning. 直译：没有弯的巷子要多长啊。意译：路
必有弯；事情必有转机；好事多磨
2.It is a wise man that never makes mistakes. 从不犯错误的人可是个聪明人啊。
（言外之意：再聪明的人也会犯错误；智者千虑，必有一失）
3.It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. 直译：吹得人人倒霉的风才是恶风。
（即：没有使人人都受害的坏事；也即：世事皆利弊并存；鄙译：东风不尽善，西风不尽恶）
4.I am not the first man who has made mistakes.
5.Who dares do all that may become a man, and dares no more, he is a man indeed.
( William Shakespeare) 能屈能伸，方为大丈夫。
Coincidence:
汉语习语英译：
三个臭皮匠顶得上诸葛亮
Three cobbers with their wits combined equal ZhuGeliang the master mind. Teamwork; brainstorming; Many hands make light work.
拙译：Wits combined are wits that satisfy; wits combined are wits of great mind.
螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后
The mantis stalks the cicada but behind them lurks the oriole. (sparrow麻雀；swallow燕子)
Be careful about the hidden/implicit\potential risks; hazards;
比上不足，比下有余"worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst; better off than the worst and worse off than the best; fairly well-off; fairly contented life;
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses; take on e’s personal gains lightly; to be philosophical about; be
open-minded;
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new; wind up the old, unfold the new
大事化小，小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
过犹不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
君子之交淡如水a hedge between keeps friendship green
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
每逢佳节倍思亲On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away. It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
弄巧成拙;聪明反被聪明误be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
巧妇难为无米之炊If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw.
千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
1.前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests；
One sows and another reaps.
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
强龙难压地头蛇Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
The Peach Colony (translated by Lin Yutang 林语堂)
2.Peach-Blossom Springs (trasnlated by Roland C. Fang 方重) (A Prose Narrative)
3. A Tale of the Fountain of the Peach Blossom Spring 罗经国
4.The Peach Blossom Visionary Land（孙大雨译）
5. The Peach Blossom Source Tao Yuanming（谢百魁译）
6. Peach-Blossom Source (translated by A. R. Davis)
7. Peach Blossom Shangri-la Tao YuanMing
Translated and proofed by Rick Davis and David Steelman
8. The Peach Blossom Spring by James Robert Hightower
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
四十不惑Life begins at forty.
“三十而立四十不惑五十而知天命六十而耳顺七十而从我心欲”--《论语》
The Analects of Confucius
Confucius's own account of his gradual progress and attainments.
1. "理译" (James Legge):
The Master said: "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning.
At thirty, I stood firm.
At forty, I had no doubts.
At fifty, I know the decrees of Heaven.
At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth.
At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right."
2. "威译" (Arthur Waley):
The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning.
At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground.
At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities.
At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven.
At sixty, I heard them with docile ear.
At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
山不在高，有仙则名"No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
“跳进黄河洗不清”"eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name "
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
循序渐进step by step
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
有识之士people of vision
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
与时俱进advance with times
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
欲穷千里目，更上一层楼"to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
债台高筑become debt-ridden
致命要害Achilles' heel
众矢之的target of public criticism
知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place
一些“形”同“意”合的谚语口译
Pride goes before a fall 骄者必败
Fish in troubled waters 浑水摸鱼
Business is business 公事公办
The style is the man 文如其人
More haste,less speed 欲速则不达
Great minds think alike 英雄所见略同
Misfortunes never come alone 祸不单行
Hedges have eyes,walls have ears 隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳
Man proposes,God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天
Beauty is in the eye of beholder 情人眼里出西施
Time and tide wait for no man 时不待我/岁月无情
A young idler,an old beggar 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
A man should not bite the hand that feeds him 不要恩将仇报
Health is better than wealth 家有万贯财，不如一身健
Out of office,out of danger 无官一身轻
In time of peace prepare for war 居安当思危
The tongue cuts the throat 祸从口出/言多必失
Out of sight,out of mind /far from eye,far from heart 眼不见为净
All shall be well,Jack shall have Jill 有情人终成眷属
Friends must part 聚散离合总有时/天下无不散之宴席
The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future 前事不忘，后事之师/前车之覆，后车之鉴
玉不琢，不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine. 十年树木，百年树人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 学无止境: C: knowledge is infinite / E: progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop. 此地无银三百两: never try to prove what nobody doubts. 严师出高徒: C: Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse. 得不偿失: give a lark to catch a kite. 对症下药: a disease known is half the cure. 君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green. 化干戈为玉帛: bury the hatchet. 家和万事兴: he is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. 江山易改，本性难移: the leopard cannot change its spots. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧: where there is life, there is hope. 狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 举一反三: half a tale is enough for a wise man. 当局者迷，旁观者清: outsiders see more than insiders. / standers-by see more than gamesters. 世上无难事，只怕有心人: dogged does it. 笨鸟先飞: C: a slow sparrow should make an early start. / E: a lame traveler should get out betimes. 冷暖自知: every man is best known to himself. 有情人终成眷属: every jack has jill. 宁为玉碎不为瓦全: better death than dishonor. 情人眼里出西施: if jack is in love, he is no judge of jill’s beauty. 拳不离手，曲不离口: no day without a line. 吃一堑，长一智: by falling we learn to go safely. 塞翁失马: no great loss without some small gain. 天无绝人之路: god tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
教育名言(一) 学生作业本页眉页脚内容（要求中英文对照） 1、教育，首先是一项树立道德信念的特殊过程。在这一活动中，起坚定性作用的是学生本身的内在精神力量，以及他为实现种种道德原则而进行的积极奋斗。 --------苏霍姆林斯基《年轻一代共产主义信念的形成》 2、我认为，教育者最困难的任务是：使每个学生形成一个坚不可摧的道德核心、树立理想、永远对坏事怀有毫不妥协的斗争精神、养成在复杂的生活环境中能独立辨别方向的本领。 -----苏霍姆林斯基《培养集体的方法》 3、教育是民族最伟大的生活原则，是一切社会里把恶的数量减少，把善的数量增加的唯一手段。 -------巴尔扎克 4、活的人才教育不是灌输知识，而是将开发文化宝库的钥匙，尽我们知道地交给学生。------- 陶行知《陶行知教育文选》 5、智育是人的全面发展的最重要的因素，因为在掌握科学基本知识的过程中，思维、记忆和想象的能力发展起来，在这个过程中，科学概念的体系形成起来，儿童、少年、青年人的整个内部精神世界丰富起来。 -------凯洛夫《教育学》 6、错误是难免的，儿童犯错误尤其难免，要允许犯错误。但有许多人却不允许儿童犯错误，其实儿童大多是在犯错误当中学会了正确的。由不自觉地犯错误到自觉地不犯错误，这就是学习。促进这种学习就是教育。 ------ 冷冉《冷冉教育文集》7、人脑这部机器应该分为两部分，动力部分和工作部分，两者不能互相取代。 学习的动力不能代替学习的实践；反过来，学习的实践也不能代替学习的能力。 ------ 魏书生《魏书生文选》8、在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着陡峭山路攀登的人，才有希望 达到光辉的顶点。 ------ 马克思《马克思恩格斯全集》 9、学校的任务不仅仅在于授给学生从事劳动及合乎要求的社会所必备的知识，而且也在于给每个人以个人精神生活的幸福。没有丰满的内在精神世界，没有劳动和创造的欢乐，没有个人的尊严感、荣誉感和自豪感，就不可能有幸福。 ------ 苏霍姆林斯基《帕夫雷什中学》10、生活、工作、学习倘使都能自动，则教育之收效定能事半功倍。所以我们特
英语谚语大全（中英互译） 本文是关于英语谚语大全（中英互译），仅供参考，希望对您有所帮助，感谢阅读。 1、All beginnings are hard. 万事开头难。 2、A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 书是随时携带的花园。 3、A friend is a second self. 朋友是第二个自我。 4、A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮了别人，燃尽了自己。 5、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作而无娱乐会使人愚钝。 6、A good conscience is a continual feast. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。 7、A good name is better than riches. 好名誉胜过有财富 8、A bad workman always blames his tools. 劣工咎器。 9、A snow year, a good year. 瑞雪兆丰年。 10、Act fairly by all men. 一视同仁。 11、A man can die but once. 人生只有一次死。 12、A match will set fire to a large building. 星星之火，可以燎原。
13、A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。 14、A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 开头不好，结尾必糟。 15、A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。 16、Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 困难和不幸不能使人富有，却能使人聪明。 17、A word to the wise is enough. 聪明人不用细说。 18、A good beginning makes a good ending. 欲善其终 , 必先善其始。 19、After rain comes fair weather. 否极泰来。 20、A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人无知犹如房屋无基。 22、A door must be either shut or open. 门不关就得开，二者必居其一。 / 非此即彼。 23、A little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。 24、A man can do no more than he can. 凡事只能量力而行。 25、A little of everything, and nothing at all. 样样皆通，样样稀松。 26、A picture is a poem without words. 画为无言诗。 27、A word spoken cannot be recalled. 一言说出，难以收回。
【名人名言(中英文对照)（励志篇）】【名人名言】奋斗 1. Genius only means hard-working all one's life. (Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist) 天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。 (俄国化学家门捷列耶夫) 2. I have nothing to offer but blood, toil tears and sweat. (Winston Churchill, British Politician) 我所能奉献的没有其它，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家丘吉尔 . W.) 3. Our destiny offers not only the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity.(Richard Nixon, American President ) 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。(美国总统尼克松 . R.) 4. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker) 忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家卢梭. J. J.)
5. There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits. (Karl Marx, German revolutionary ) 在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人，才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。( 德国革命家马克思. K .) 6. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say " impossible". (Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor ) 凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。( 法国皇帝拿破仑. B.) 7. To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom. (Ronald Reagan , American President ) 为了保住这最后的、最伟大的自由堡垒，我们必须尽我们所能。(美国总统里根. R.) 8. Where there is a will , there is a way .( Thomas Edison , American inventor ) 有志者，事竟成。 (美国发明家爱迪生. T.)
英汉谚语的文化差异及翻译 谚语在字典中的定义是短小精练的民间智慧警句，一般形式严谨，经常包括鲜明的形象和使人难忘的韵律。谚语多风趣幽默，饱含哲理，因而经得起时间的考验，广为流传。 英汉两种语言历史悠久，包含着大量的谚语，由于地理、历史、宗教信仰、生活习俗等方面的差异，英汉谚语承载着不同的民族文化特色和文化信息，它们与文化传统紧密相连，不可分割。 1. 与基督教有关的谚语 宗教是谚语的重要来源之一。汉语的谚语“平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚”明显与曾在中国广泛流传的佛教有关。包括英语在内的西方国家的主要宗教是基督教。许多英语谚语和基督教有着这样那样的关系是十分自然的。 例： Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 God help those who help themselves. 自助者天助之。 God sends meat and the devil sends cooks. 上帝赐给食物，魔鬼派来厨师。 Each cross hath its own inscription. 每个十字架都有自己的铭文。
以上谚语明显与基督教有关，因为谚语里出现的“上帝”或“十字架”都是基督教的象征。非常有意思的一点是英语中的God经常与汉语中的“天”相对应。基督教徒崇拜上帝，英语中God save the Queen是家喻户晓的句子。当一个说英语的人突然从紧张、焦急、或压力下解脱出来的时候，会脱口而出：Thank God! 中国人崇拜“天”。中国古代的皇帝是“天子”，运气好的人是“天之骄子”。只要好心人得到报答而恶人受到惩罚，我们就会说“苍天有眼”英国人和中国人都要有寻求帮助的对象。只是说英语的人找的是上帝，而中国人找的是“天”而已。 2. 出自《圣经》和英语文学巨著里的谚语 《圣经》是最广为阅读的书之一，也是包括英语国家在内的西方世界最有影响力的宗教作品。它也被认为是一部很好的文学作品。其中的警句、格言已经成为谚语的一个重要组成部分。 例： Never cast your pearls before swine. 不可明珠暗投（不可对牛弹琴）。 Judge not according to appearance. 不可根据外表做出判断（勿以貌取人）。 Great men are not always wise. 伟人并非事事聪明。 文学作品，作为社会生活的一面镜子，是谚语的又一来源。许多汉语谚语源于中国经典文学作品，例如，“梁园虽好，不是久恋之家”源于《水浒传》；“明
60句英语谚语 1.Burn one"s bridges. 破釜沉舟.背水一战 2.Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同 3.No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息 4.One picture is worth a thousand words.(One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.) 百闻不如一见 5.Nothing ventured, nothing gained.(Nothing brave, nothing have.) 不入虎穴,焉得虎子 6.Life is full of ups and downs. 生活充满起伏 7.It"s no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收 8.Hunger is the best sauce. 饥饿是最好的调味品 9.Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好. 10.God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者. 11.Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌 12.Don"t count your chickens before they hatch. 小鸡孵出之后才算数 13.He bites off than her can chew.(The eye is bigger than the belly.) 贪多嚼不烂 14.Everyone has a skeleton in his closet. 人人都有不可告人之事 15.To teach a fish how to swim. 班门弄斧. 16.Rome wasn"t built in a day. 伟业非一日建成 17.Well begun, half done. 好的开始,成功了一半 18.Every cloud has a silver lining. 乌云背后是银边 19.Look before you leap. 三思而后行 20.Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚
1.有志者事竟成.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way. 2.千里之行始于足下The longest journey begins with the first step. 3.积少成多Every little helps. 4.满招损,谦受Pride hurts,modesty benefits. 5.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty. 6.伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒Rome was not bult in a day. 7.一寸光阴一寸金寸今难买寸光阴.Lost years are worse than lost dollars. 8.自助者天助God helps those who help themselves 9.欲速则不达More haste,less speed. 10.台上十分钟台下十年功One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage. 11.好的开端是成功的一半.Well begun is half done. 12.酒好不怕巷子深Good wine needs no bush. 13.成功源于勤奋Industry is the parent of success. 14.英雄所见略同.Great minds think alike. 15.熟能生巧Practice makes perfect. 16.静水流深.Still waters run deep. 17.滴水穿石Little stone fell great oaks. 18.前事不忘后事之师The membrance of the past is the teacher of the future. 19.君子之交淡如水A hedge between keeps friendship green. 20.机不可失时不再来Take time while time is,for time will away. 21.集思广益.Two heads are better than one. 22.未雨绸缪Provide for a rainy day. 23.真金不怕火炼True blue will never strain. 24.必须相信自己这是成功的秘诀You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success. 25.燕雀安知鸿鹄之志A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan. 26.身正不怕影子歪A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 27.天涯何处无芳草.There is plenty of fish in the sea. 28.大智若愚.Cats hind their paws. 29.人不可貌相海水不可斗量.Judge not a book by its cover.(Never judge from appearances.) 30.有情人终成眷属.All shall be well,Jack shall have jill. 31.海内存知己天涯若比邻The world is but a little place,after all. 32.宁为鸡头不为凤尾.It is better to be a head of dog than a tail of a lion.. 33.良药苦口.A good medicine tastes bitter. . 34.知识就是力量.Knowledge is power. 35.金钱不是万能的.Money is not everything. 36.时不我待.Time and tide wait no man. 37.少壮不努力老大徒伤悲A young idler,an old beggar. 38.趁热打铁.Strike while the iron is hot. 39.天生我才必有用.Every man has his price. 40.看破生死的人能成大事.He who sees through life and death will meet with most success. 41.世上无难事只要肯登攀Nothing is impossible to a willing heart 42.不入虎穴,焉得虎子Noting venture, noting gain. 43.不鸣则已一鸣惊人.It never rains but it pours.
从英汉谚语对比看中英文化差异 谚语是一个国家人民日常工作经验概括与总结，其内容精辟,寓意深邃,具有广泛的感染力,从中折射出一个国家的地理,历史,社会制度,生活哲理,社会观点和态度及其丰富的文化内涵.作为一种语言,谚语的独特魅力在于它是民族文化的精邃.既反映了一个民族文化的共性又反映了其个性——受该民族的价值观念，宗教信仰，审美习惯，历史文化，社会制度和社会意识形态的影响。比如，居住在沿海一带，靠海生活的民族，其谚语往往涉及海上航行，经受风雨，捕鱼捉虾。而游牧民族的谚语则多涉及沙漠，草原，牛羊，骆驼和豺狼。谚语是民间流传的至理名言，措辞简练，便于记忆。谚语内容精辟，语言生动，短小精悍，通俗易懂，因而有广泛的感染力。正如培根所说：“谚语是一个民族天才，机智和精神的体现。” 正如上所说，语言与文化是分不开的。语言是文化的一部分，但是它又是一种特殊的文化。语言与文化间的关系，是双向的影响制约的关系。有些社会学家认为，语言是文化的冠石——没有语言，就没有文化；从另一个方面看，语言又受文化的影响，反映文化。可以这样说，语言反映一个民族的特征，它不仅包含着该民族的历史和文化背景，而且蕴涵着该民族对人生的看法，生活方式和思维方式。社会学家告诉我们，一切文化是独特的，互不相同的。人类学家Sapir在其《语言论》中说：“语言是个底座，说一种语言的人是属于一个种族或几个种族的，也就是说属于身体上具有某些特征而又不同于别的群体的一个群。语言…….决定我们生活面貌的风格和信仰的总体。” 不同的民族在漫长的历史进程中孕育了独具特色的文化。总的说来，英美文化的主线是个人主义（或称个人本位），而中国文化（以汉族文化为代表）则以集体主义（或称人伦本位）为主线。此外，英美文化受宗教的影响比较大，而儒家思想则在中国的文化中留下深深的烙印，漫长的封建社会对中国文化的影响也是显而易见。下面从几个方面来看英汉谚语的异同
中国谚语警句中英文对照版 https://www.doczj.com/doc/6d7262809.html,2003-09-18 16:26大学英语四六级论坛作者：greentea 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利: two dogs fight for a bone, and 玉不琢，不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine. 十年树木，百年树人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 学无止境: C: knowledge is infinite / E: progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop. 此地无银三百两: never try to prove what nobody doubts. 严师出高徒: C: Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse. 得不偿失: give a lark to catch a kite. 对症下药: a disease known is half the cure. 君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green. 化干戈为玉帛: bury the hatchet. 家和万事兴: he is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. 江山易改，本性难移: the leopard cannot change its spots. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧: where there is life, there is hope. 狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
名言警句的中英文对照人性的弱点中英文对照 名言、格言、谚语、成语、诗词等名言警句,能激发学生情感, 陶冶情操,活跃课堂气氛,提高学习效率。下面是为你精心推荐的名言警句的中英文对照的内容，希望你喜欢! 生命太过短暂，今天放弃了明天不一定能得到。 Life is too short, tomorrow to give up today can not get it. 来是偶然的，走是必然的。所以你必须，随缘不变，不变随缘。 To be aidental, go is inevitable. So you have to, pay the same, the same fate. 我有一颗水晶般的心，可别人以为是玻璃的。 I have a crystal heart, but other people think is glass. 做好人，靠的是一颗善良的心。做老好人，靠的是一张善变的脸。
Be good, by a kind heart. Do a nice guy, is a fickle face. 谎言像一朵盛开的鲜花，外表美丽，生命短暂。 A lie like a blooming flowers, appearance beautiful, life is short. 漂亮只能为别人提供眼福，却不一定换到幸福。 Beautiful can only provide pleasure to others, but not necessarily in happiness. 最漆黑的那段路，最痛苦的那段路，最终要自己走完。 The darkest period of road, the most painful it was, eventually to himself. 生活就像我的歌声，时而不靠谱，时而不着调。 Life is like my song, sometimes without spectrum, sometimes not.
中英文相对应的谚语 浑水摸鱼 成语出处: 语源和意源不详.公元前6世纪希腊寓言家伊索的《伊索寓言渔夫》 中讲的是混水摸鱼的故事：一位渔夫在河里捕鱼时，先拦河张网，然后用绳子拴上石块，面向鱼网击打水底，鱼吓得到处乱游，有些撞进网里。当地有人见渔夫这样做，责怪他把水搅浑了，使人不能喝到清水。渔夫说：“若不是把水搅浑，我就捕不到鱼，捕不到鱼，我就得饿死。” 有人把它作为“浑水摸鱼”的来源。我们认为寓言译介到中国来的时间与《三十六 计》成书时间的先后关系有待进一步考证。 Teach fish to swim. Showing Off One's Proficiency with the Axe Before Lu Ban the Master Carpenter 班门弄斧典故（中英对照） 古代有一个建筑和雕刻技术非常高超的人，名叫鲁班，木匠行里尊称他为祖师。传说他曾用木头制作了一只五彩斑斓的凤凰，能够在空中飞翔三天不掉下来。在鲁班门前摆弄斧子，当然显得有些自不量力了。 Lu Ban was supposed to be a consummate carpenter in ancient times. It is said that he once carved a wooden phoenix that was so lifelike that it actually flew in the sky for three days. Thus it was considered the height of folly to show off one's skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban. “班门弄斧”这个成语，用来比喻在行家面前显示本领。 This idiom excoriates those who show off their slight accomplishments in front of experts. Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班门弄斧。 A new broom sweeps clean. 意思：比喻刚出任新职时,总要摆出架势好好做几件事,一显威风与才干。三国的诸葛亮西元207年,在刘备三顾茅庐后,他答应出来辅佐一连三次用火攻,烧了博望坡、新野再与孙权联合火攻曹操于赤壁，这就叫新官上任三把火了。引申出来的意思是意思是说:新官员上任时,常常做出几件事以表现自己的才干和革除时敝的决心,过后也就一切如旧。Business is business. 成语典故: 公事按公事的原则办，不讲私人情面。成语出处: 清李宝嘉《官场现形记》第三十三回：“藩台见人家不来打点，他便有心公事公办，先从余荩臣下手。” Out of office, out of danger. 成语典故: 不做官了，感到一身轻松。封建官僚官以后常用这句话来自我安慰。现也泛指卸去责任后一时感到轻松。 The style is the man. 成语典故: 指文章的风格同作者的性格特点相似。成语出处: 宋苏轼《答张文潜书》：“子由之文实胜仆，而世俗不知，乃以为不如；其为人深不愿人知之，其文如其为人。” Pride goes before a fall. 成语典故: 骄傲的军队必定打败仗。
英汉语成语、习语、俗语的比较与翻译 Lead up: The Pure Brightness Day; All Soul s' Day; The Clear-and-Bright Feast; the Rainy Season of Spring; the Tomb-visiting Day; The Mourning Day 吴钧陶译The Pure Brightness Day It drizzles thick on the Pure Brightness Day; I travel with my heart lost in dismay. Is there a public house somewhere, cowboy? He points at Apricot Bloom Village far away. 杨宪益、戴乃迭译：In the Rainy Season of Spring It drizzles endless during the rainy season in spring, Travelers along the road look gloomy and miserable. When I ask a shepherd boy where I can find a tavern, He points at a distant hamlet nestling amidst apricot blossoms. 许渊冲译The Mourning Day A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourner's heart is going to break on his way. Where can a wineshop be found to drown his sad hours? A cowherd points to a cot 'mid apricot flowers. 一．例句 1. to kill two birds with one stone 2. to flog a dead horse；do sth in vain; make futile efforts 鞭打死马；白费力气 3. a drop in a bucket 沧海一粟；太仓一粟；九牛一毛；微不足道；微乎其微；不足挂齿 4. to teach a pig to play on a flute 教猪吹笛；对牛弹琴； . 过街老鼠 5 （直译）like a rat crossing the street （意译） the object of universal condemnation; a bad man hated by everybody 6. 门庭若市 （直译） the courtyard is like a market. （意译） a much visited house; a busy town; bustling; crowded 7. 望梅止渴 （直译）to gaze at plums to quench one ' s thirst （意译）to console oneself with false hopes; to feed on fancies （illusion）; imagined satisfaction; a Barmecide （《一千零一夜》中一个口惠而实不至的人物）feast. 8. 危如累卵 （直译）as dangerous as a pile of eggs （意译）hazardous in the extreme; great insecurity; in a precarious condition; at stake, at risk; at hazard; in peril; in danger; perilous; risky; critical... 9. A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. （直译）点头也好，眨眼也好，示意盲马，同样无效。
关于学习的中英文谚语大全 篇一 There is no royal road to learning. 学问无坦途。/书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟. A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。 It's never too old to learn 活到老，学到老。 No pains, no gains. 不劳则无获。 Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。 Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps. 知识的获得是循序渐进而不是突飞猛进的。 Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud. 知识令人谦虚；无知使人骄傲。 Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. 学问在得意时是装饰品，失意时是庇护所，年老时是
供应品。 Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。 Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other. 经验学校学费高,愚人旁处学不到。 Art is long, but lift is short. 人生有限,学问无涯;人生有限,艺术无穷;人生有限,学海无涯; All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy. 只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子要变傻 A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解,为害不浅。 A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning. 一点小常识常胜过很多有价值的学问。 A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 好书如挚友,永远不相负. Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
Believe no tales from the enemy. 切莫轻信敌人。 Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。 Believe somebody on his bare word. 人言无据，切勿轻信。 Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh. 恩泽让人欣喜，犹如鲜花使人心醉。 Be prepared to put one's hand in one's pocket. 准备慷慨解囊。 Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. 选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。 Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 不轻诺，诺必果。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。 Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife. 过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。 Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱贪生不如死得光荣。 Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。 Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。 Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。 Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜於无。 Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。 Better be out of the world than out of fashion. 不合潮流不如脱离尘世。 Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。 Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 宁为犬首，不作狮尾。 Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 宁为驴头，不为马尾。
对中英谚语的研究与英语学习初探 组员：冯勤兴、林月敏、叶嘉仪、冯敏仪 指导老师：肖可琦 (培英中学) Abstract: We do research on the similarity and difference between Chinese sayings and English sayings. From so many examples around us，we have found that the little sayings play an important part in a co untry’s culture history, custom, and so on. We try to find out if the English sayings can help students know more about western culture and thus study English in a better and easier way. （一）课题的提出： 谚语之所以能在“民间”广泛流传，最重要的是其内容来自与我们息相关的日常生活中。既然谚语是由下层农民所创，语言当然是通俗易懂，也挺趣顺口和口语化的，有些即使是几岁的小朋友也容光焕发易理解或记住。 我们之所以选择“中西谚语的区别”这一研究性课题，与上述有莫大的联系。“兴趣是最好的老师”因为我们喜欢通俗且幽默的谚语。例如：1. Glad it’s all over! 2. Learning to speak English is a piece of cake.这些谚语在引我们发笑后留下更深刻的印象。我们想通过两者的对比，从中培养我们的语感，同时能提高我们的阅读能力，而且若能掌握中英谚语特点，从中了解所涉及的文化、风俗习惯等，不仅能开阔眼界，而且在作文中适当用一两句，也是挺惹人欢喜的。这种轻松而又不经意的提高，无论对我们现在还是以后有帮助的。 （二）研究目的： 谚语最大的特点就是“言简意深”，引用它既可以节约语言，用很少的话，就能表达深刻的意思。而且它引用了比喻、拟人、排比等修辞手法，富有生动性和趣味性。列宁曾说过：“谚语以惊人的准确性，道出了事物十分复杂的本质。”还有鲁迅也说过：“在方言土语里，很有些意味深长的话，我们那里叫‘炼话’，用起来是很有意思的，恰好文言的用古典，听者也觉得趣味津津。”终止上述，足以让人知道研究其的价值性。 而最令人提起兴趣的是，从谚语中可以看到一个民族的智慧、处世哲学和其他特点，也可以看到社会制度、风俗习惯、生产方法等发展变化的历史痕迹。而这也是我们能从中摄取中英谚语分别的原因，并且借此我们就能很明了地分析出中西谚语的区别，让人们更加了解中国的谚语与说英语的国家的谚语的精髓，提高对这种文化的重视。 （三）课题成果 以下几例中英谚语都有是围绕相同的事物来展开分析的