Assignments:
I. 试译下列各句：
1. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
2. There is only one me in this world.
3. I’m on the top of the world.
4. Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
5. Doubt is the key of knowledge.
6. To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.
7. I’m not talking about castles in the air ——the donkey’s carrot. No, I mean something we’ve all shared.
8. Men may meet but mountains never.
II.试译下列各句，运用汉语习语翻译斜体部分：
1. In a dangerous and uncertain world, the strengthening of national defence is the best guarantee of a nation’s vital interests.
2. His body was perfect, alive with easy suppleness and health and strength.
3. But far from recovering, that county remained overwhelmed by corruption, a tottering bureaucracy, surging prices and natural disasters.
III. Put the following sentences into Chinese：
一、试译下列各句，把作独立成分用的英语拟声词译成作独立成分用的汉语拟声词：
1. Crack! The stick broke in two.
2. Plop, plop… there was water dripping from the ceiling onto the earth
floor.
3. Crash! The door was broken.
4. Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! This was the first humiliation of his life.
5. Splish! Splish! The water bubbled round his legs.
二、试译下列各句，将英语拟声动词、名词或动词派生词转变为汉语动词拟声附加语或名词拟声附加语：
1. He let the beer gurgle down his throat.
2. All the time there were clucks of admiration from the crowd.
3. A crystal tear-drop plopped down on to the letter.
4. The young man slapped three silver dollars on the counter.
5. The low whirr of the spinning wheel spoke to him of the warmth of
home and hi s mother’s love.
6. She wore a pair of black leather shoes that clicked against the asphalt
as she walked along.
三、试译下列各句，将英语拟声动词或动词派生词译成汉语拟声动词：
1. All you could do is keep on clack-clack-clacking.
2. Those standing behind whispered and chattered all the time.
四、试译下列各句，将英语拟声词译成汉语非拟声词：
1. The old man banged the boy’s head against the wall.
2. She thumps her chest as if she feels pain there.
3. They splashed through the mire to the village.
4. Already some horse-drawn carts were creaking along the street.
五、试译下列各短语，将英语拟声词译成汉语非拟声词：
1. the rataplan of the drum 鼓的咚咚声
2. the clangour of the gong 锣的锵锵声
3. the clanging of the tram 电车叮叮当当的声音
4. the bumping of the van
5. the rumbling of the truck 卡车的隆隆声
6. the jangling of the bicycle 单车的叮铃叮铃声
7. the tick-tack of the watch 钟的滴答滴答声
六、试译下列各短语，将英语拟声词译成汉语非拟声词：
1. the neighing of the horse 马嘶
2. the quacking of the duck 鸭的嘎嘎声
3. the crowing of the cock 公鸡的啼叫
4. the bleating of the sheep 羊的咩咩叫
5. the heehawing of the donkey 驴叫
6. the baaing of the calf 小羊的咩咩叫
七、试译下列各句，在译文中加用汉语拟声词：
1. The tears she could not hold back fell on his face.
2. Noisily, the crowd swarmed out of the door.
3. He sat there gnawing the biscuit.
4. The logs were burning briskly in the fire.
5. There were no sounds but that of the tread of the men and the footsteps of the two shaggy ponies which drew the van.
英语作文常用谚语、俗语 1、A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 2、A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。 3、All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。 4、All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 5、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 6、A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。 7、Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 8、A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。 9、A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 10、A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。 11、A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。 12、A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。 13、A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。 14、A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 15、A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。 16、An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。 17、A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 18、A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。 19、A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 20、Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。 21、By reading we enrich the mind.读书使人充实， 22、Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 23、Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 24、Custom is a second nature. 习惯是后天养成的。 25、Custom makes all things easy. 有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 26、Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 27、Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。 28、Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。 29、Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。 30、Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。 31、Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。 32、Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 33、Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 34、Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。 35、Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。 36、Every minute counts. 分秒必争。 37、Each coin has two sides. 38、Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 39、Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。 40、God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。 41、Health is better than wealth. 健康胜过财富。 42、Honesty is the best policy. 做人诚信为本。 43、Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 44、It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 45、Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量 46、Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。 47、No pain，no gain.（不劳无获。） 48、You never know till you have tried. 不尝试，不知晓。。 49、An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 50、Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。 51、Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起，使人健康、富裕和聪颖。 52、Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的教师。
名人名言的英文翻译
名人名言的英文翻译 【篇一：名人名言的英文翻译】 1、genius only means hard-working all ones life. (mendeleyev russian chemist) 天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。（俄国化学家门捷列耶夫） 2、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.) 3、there is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. (balzac) 没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。（巴尔扎克） 4、cease to struggle and you cease to live.（thomas carlyle）生命不止，奋斗不息。（卡莱尔） 5、a strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.(thomas addison) 强者能同命运的风暴抗争。（爱迪生） 6、living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.（john ruskin） 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。（罗斯金） 7、live a noble and honest life. reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again.
英文谚语翻译 A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追 Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁 Where there is a will there is way. 有志者事竟成 Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 满瓶不响，半瓶叮咚 Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不待人 Second thoughts are best. Look before you leap. 三思而后行 Like teacher, like pupil. Like father, like son. 有其师必有其徒 He that talks much errs much. 言多必失 Standers-by see more than gamesters. 旁观者清 Practice makes perfect 熟能生巧 A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯 Many words cut more than swords 刀伤有法治，舌伤无术医 Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape. 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 A great ship asks deep waters. 蛟龙要有海来游 Murder will out. 纸包不住火 He that mischief hatches, mischief catches. 害人终害己 It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收 Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑，必有一失 Men may meet but moutains never. 人生何处不相逢 No great loss without some small gain. 塞翁失马焉知非福 宁为鸡首，不为牛后。Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion 萝卜白菜，各有所爱。Some prefer turnips and othes pears 骨瘦如柴 As lean as a rail 两袖清风 Clean hand 面如土色 As pale as ashes 艳如桃李 As red as rose 有情人终成眷属 All shall be well,Jack shall have will 拆东墙补西墙 He robs Peter to pay Paul 棋逢对手 Diamonds cut Diamonds 好借好还，再借不难 Pay on the spot and borrow a lot,pay slow and you will get no dough
中国谚语英文翻译锦集⑴Ｐut the cart before the horse. 本末颠倒。 ⑵Ｐenny wise， pound foolish. 贪小便宜吃大亏。 ⑶Ｏbservation is the best teacher. 观察是最好的教师。 ⑷Ｐleasure comes through toil. 苦尽甘来。 ⑸Ｏld sin makes new shame. 一失足成千古恨。 ⑹Ｓeeing is believing. 眼见为实。 ⑺Ｏut of office， out of danger. 无官一身轻。 ⑻Ｏne‘s words reflect one’s thinking. 言为心声。 ⑼Ｓeek the truth from facts. 实事求是。 ⑽Ｐromise is debt. 一诺千金。
⑾Ｒome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 ⑿Ｐrefer loss to unjust gain. 宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 1⑶Ｒeading enriches the mind. 开卷有益。 1⑷Ｏld friends and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇，老友情深。 1⑸Ｐroverbs are the daughters of daily experience. 谚语是日常经验的结晶。 1⑹Ｐride goes before， and shame comes after. 骄傲使人落后。 1⑺Ｓhort accounts make long friends. 好朋友勤算账。 1⑻Ｏne swallow does not make a summ. 一燕不成夏。 1⑼Ｏne eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 百闻不如一见。 20、Ｐour water into a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空。 2⑴Ｓet a thief to catch a thief. 以贼捉贼。
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. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off 心想事成May all your wish come true 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 息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 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."
和中文表达神同步英文谚语 1. 血浓于水 Blood is thicker than water. 血比水浓。这样简单直白的翻译，是不是很容易背诵? 2. 有钱任性 Have money to burn. 有钱到把钱当纸烧，恐怕也只有国民老公才能这么任性吧~ 3. 花钱如流水 Spend money like water. 不管是上面的“任性”，还是这一条的“流水”，都好想试试啊! 4. 拒之门外 Shut / slam the door in somebody's face. 把门摔在某人脸上，“拒绝”的意味很明显了~ 5. 隔墙有耳 Walls have ears. 墙上长了耳朵，当然就是“隔墙有耳”，也就是有人正在偷听啦~ 6. >>>三个臭皮匠赛过诸葛亮<< Two heads are better than one. 两个脑袋比一个好。虽然没有翻译出人名，但和中文谚语意思也是很接近了 7. >>>绞尽脑汁<<< Rack your brain(s) rack有“榨取”的意思，和中文“绞尽脑汁”高度同步~ 8. >>>光阴一去不复返<<< No one can call back yesterday. 很打击穿越党的一句话吧?没人能回到昨天，时光总是去而不返，珍惜每个当下吧! 9. >>>老王卖瓜自卖自夸<<<
Every cook praises his own broth. broth有肉汤的意思，这句话是说“每个厨师都会夸赞自己的汤”，是不是和“卖瓜”的“老王”动机一模一样呢? 10. >>>没有不带刺的玫瑰<<< No rose without a thorn. 还记得深情的小王子吗? It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important. 你在你的玫瑰花身上耗费的时间使得你的玫瑰花变得如此重要。 11. >>>班门弄斧<<< Teach fish to swim. 教一条鱼怎么去游泳?这不就是“班门弄斧”嘛~ 12. >>>有钱能使鬼推磨<<< Money talks. 13. >>>没金钱，就没爱情<<< No money, no honey. 呃，这个价值观我们不做评价，但这个中英文的同步性真心是神级了~ 14. >>>相思病无药可治<<< No herb will cure love. 很美的一句谚语，可以直接拿去表白了~ 15. >>>夜莺困笼不唱歌<<< Nightingales will not sing in a cage. 不自由，毋宁死。 Give me liberty or give me death. 山中无老虎，猴子称大王。When the cat is away, the mice will play. 坏事传千里。Bad news has wings.
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩 Money can’t buy time. 寸金难买寸光阴 Failure is the mother of success. 失败乃成功之母。 The visitor arrives, it is as if returning home.宾至如归。 A good beginning is half the battle.良好的开端成功的一半。To teach is to learn.教学相长。 Like father,like son.有其父，必有其子。 Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败。 Fish in trouble water.混水摸鱼。 Business is business.公事公办。 The style is the man.文入其人。 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 the 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 idlder,an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
阅读评析下列有关谚语的解释译文及谚语的翻译效果，并进行翻译策略和翻译技巧的归类Proverbs are the popular sayings that brighten so much Latin American talk, the boiled-down wisdom that you are as apt to hear from professors as from peasants, from beggars as from elegantes. Brief and colorful, they more often than not carry a sting. 谚语是使拉丁美洲人民言谈生动活泼的流行俗语，是洗练睿智的语言，大学教授说，田野农夫也说，市井乞丐说，名门闺秀也说。谚语简洁明快、丰富多彩，往往带刺。 When a neighbor?s dismally unattractive daughter announced her engagement, Imelda remarked, “You know what they say, Senora: …There's no pot so ugly it can’t find a lid.?” And when her son-in-law blustered about how he was going to get even with the boss who had docked his pay, Imelda fixed him with a cold eye and said, “Little fish does not eat big fish.” 邻居一个丑八怪的女儿说她订婚了，伊梅尔达就说：“太太，你可听见大伙儿讲开了…罐儿配个盖子不发愁(姑娘再丑，找个汉子不必忧)。” 当伊梅尔达的女婿气势汹汹要找克扣他工资的老板算帐时，她冷眼瞪着他说：“小鱼吃得了大鱼吗?” One afternoon, I heard Imelda and her daughter arguing in the kitchen. Her daughter had quarreled with her husband's parents, and Imelda was insisting that she apologize to them. Her daughter objected.一天下午，我听见伊梅尔达和女儿在厨房争论开了。原来是女儿刚跟公婆吵了嘴，她非要女儿去赔不是不可。做女儿的却偏不依。 “But, Mama, I just can?t swallow them, not even with honey. They talk so big until we need something; then they’re too poor. So today when they wouldn?t even lend us enough to pay f or a new bed, all I did was say something that I?ve heard you say a hundred times: …If so grand, why so poor? If so poor, why so grand?? “可是，娘，我受不了，就是拌了蜜也咽不下呀！他们满嘴讲大话，可是一旦求上他们，却又穷得不得了。就拿今天来说吧，我们想借一点刚够买一张新床的钱，他们却不肯，我只得讲了些你平日讲过几百遍的话：…既然真阔气，何必又装穷？既然真正穷，何必摆阔气？? “Impertinent!” snorted Imelda. “Have I not also taught you, …What the tongue says, the neck pays for’? I will not have it said that I could never teach my daughter proper respect for her elders. 伊梅尔达鼻子哼了一声：“没家教！难道我还没有教过你：…舌头欠债，脖子还债??我才不愿意让人家指脊梁骨，说我根本就不会教女儿尊敬长辈。And before you go to beg their pardon, change those trousers for a dress. You know how your mother-in-law feels about pants on a woman. She always says, …What was hatched a hen must not try to be a rooster!?” 去赔不是吧，可先得用女服换掉男裤。你婆婆最讨厌妇女穿男裤你是知道的。她总是唠叨着。“孵出来的母鸡还想冒充公鸡?” Her daughter made one more try. “But Mama, you often say, …If the saint is annoyed, don’t pray to him until he gets over it.? Can?t I leave it for tomorrow?” 做女儿的还想争论一番：“可是，娘，你不是常说吗，得罪了菩萨也得等菩萨消了气再磕头嘛！明天再说难道不成吗?”． “No, no and no! Remember: …If the dose is nasty, swallow it fast.? You know, my child, you did wrong. But, …A gift is the key to open the door closed against you.? “不，不，不成！要记住；…药越难吃，越要快吃。?你知道，孩子，是你错了嘛！不过，…大门把你关在外，礼物送到自然开。? I have a cake in the oven that I was making for the Senora?s dinner, I will explain to the Senora. Now, dear, hurry home and make yourself pretty in your pink dress. By the time you get back, I will have the cake ready for you to take to your mother-in-law. 我炉里正烤着蛋糕，本是给太太当正餐的，这我可给太太解释解释。好吧，乖孩子，赶紧回家，穿一身粉红衣服，打扮得漂漂亮亮的。等你回来时，蛋糕也就好了，拿去送给婆婆。
80句中文谚语的英文翻译，简直太美了！ 01. A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 02. A common danger causes common action. 同舟共济。 03. A contented mind is a continual/perpetual feast. 知足常乐。 04. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。 05. A guest should suit the convenience of the host. 客随主便。 06. A letter from home is a priceless treasure. 家书抵万金。 07. All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。 08. All time is no time when it is past. 机不可失，时不再来。 09. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一日一个苹果，身体健康不求医。 10. As heroes think, so thought Bruce. 英雄所见略同。 11. A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 12. Behind the mountains there are people to be found. 天外有天，山外有山。 13. Bad luck often brings good luck. 塞翁失马，安知非福。 14. Bread is the stall of life. 面包是生命的支柱（民以食为天）。 15. Business is business. 公事公办。 16. Clumsy birds have to start flying early. 笨鸟先飞。 17. Courtesy costs nothing. 礼多人不怪。 18. Custom makes all things easy. 习惯成自然。 19. Desire has no rest. 人的欲望无止境。 20. Difficult the first time, easy the second. 一回生，二回熟。 21. Do not change horses in mid-stream. 别在河流中间换马。 22. Do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。 23. Do not pull all your eggs in one basket. 别把所有的蛋都放在一个篮子里。（不要孤注一掷。） 24. Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。 25. East or west, home is the best. 东奔西跑，还是家里好。 26. Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。 27. Fact is stranger than fiction. 事实比虚构更离奇。（大千世界，无奇不有。）
初中英语必备谚语大全带翻译我们的英语谚语简单精妙，十分值得我们学生去记诵，以下是橙子搜集整理的初中英语必备谚语大全带翻译，欢迎阅读。 初中英语必备谚语大全带翻译一 Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天。 Live and learn.活到老，学到老。 Kill two birds with one stone.一石双鸟。 It never rains but it pours.祸不单行。 In doing we learn.经一事，长一智。 Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 一分预防胜似十分治疗。 Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸运的右手，节约是幸运的左手。 Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. 天才一分来自灵感，九十九分来自勤奋。 Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者，事竟成。 1 / 7
Well begun is half done. 好的开端是成功的一半。 East, west, home is best. 金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。 There is no royal road to learning. 学无坦途。 Look before you leap. First think, then act.三思而后行。 It is never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。 Light come, light go.来得容易，去得快。 Time is money.时间就是金钱。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真交。 Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望，造就伟大的人物。 After a storm comes a calm. 雨过天晴。 All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 Art is long, but life is short. 人生有限，学问无涯。 2 / 7
经典英文谚语大全带翻译 英文谚语大全带翻译第一部分 1、A little of everything, and nothing at all. 样样皆通，样样稀松。 2、A picture is a poem without words. 画为无言诗。 3、A word spoken cannot be recalled. 谚语是一个民族生产、生活智慧的沉淀与结晶,是一个民族语言与文化的精华。以下是由为大家推荐的英文谚语大全，欢迎大家学习参考。 一言说出，难以收回。 4、An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一个苹果，医生不来找我。 5、A man is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 6、A little labour, much health. 常常走动，无病无痛。 7、A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 蛋糕莫保留，坏习气要除掉。 8、A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 她太喜爱这个娃娃了，所以对它观察得很细致。她是按这样的顺序来观察并描写的：蓝天→星星→月亮→小男孩和小女孩→可爱的小花猫。写一个静物比较容易，要把静物写得生动而又具体就不那么容易了。周智莹小朋友恰恰做到了这一点：她不仅写了这个静物各部分的颜色、大孝样子，还写出了小男孩和小女孩的服饰和姿态，最后还写出了自己的联想，字里行间流露出对爸爸送给自己的这份礼物的喜爱之情。 人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有阳光。
Part One I had only recently seen John in a restaurant. The news of his death came as a bolt from the blue She found the keys she had lost last month, which was like a bolt from the blue A bolt from the blue Meaning：A complete surprise, like a bolt of lightning from a blue sky. Origin：This has the feel of a Shakespearian or Biblical phrase, but it isn't as old as it sounds. There are several forms of it: 'out of the blue', 'a bolt out of the blue', etc. The earliest citation is Thomas Carlyle, in The French Revolution, 1837: "Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the Blue, has hit strange victims." It is unpleasant to hear him speak on national topics, for he is a bird of ill omen. 叫他谈论国事是不愉快的，因为他常出不吉之言。 a bird of ill omen 中国有句老话:“夜猫子进宅，无事不来”，可见猫头鹰是种不吉利的象征。它往往和黑暗、神秘甚至死亡联系起来。然而在日本，猫头鹰却是吉利和幸福的代表。 奥运会的吉祥物 雕像、挂钟、水壶、牙签盒，甚至还有女士佩戴的胸针 They were only crying crocodile tears at the old man's funeral because nobody had really liked him. 在老人的葬礼上，他们在假装慈悲，因为他们之中没有谁喜欢过他。 We need not hope for lower taxes in the future ─ that would be crying for the moon. 我们不应抱任何希望将来会降低税收，这是根本不可能的事。 “不可能”，“没门”的译法 No way/There is no way! Impossible! Out of the question/That's out of the question! Not a chance! Hopeless! Pigs might fly! The sun might rise in the west! Never/Never ever ever! You are crying for the moon! Street Arabs are produced by slums and not by original sin. 流浪儿是贫民窟的产物，而不是原始罪恶的产物。 John is ashamed of his humble background. That is his Achilles' heel. 约翰因出身卑贱而自惭形秽，这是他的致命弱点。 Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own; in pain and sickness it would still be dear. 在我看来，你身上的每一个细胞都像我自己的细胞一样亲，即使你痛苦你有病，也还是一样亲。 I'll play old Gooseberry with the office, and make you glad to buy me out at a good high figure. 我要在工作上故意捣蛋，使你不得不付出高价收买我。 play gooseberry (British humorous) to be with two people who are having a romantic relationship and who would prefer to be alone. “Best be off to bed, my boy ─ ho, ho!”“No, no. We know a trick worth two of that. We won’t go home till morning, till day light does appear!” “孩子，最好上床睡吧——嗬，嗬！”“不，不，你不必跟我们玩那一套。不到明天，不到天大亮我们不归家。
英语谚语及翻译 1、A man is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。 2、Beauty is but skin-deep.不可以貌取人。 3、After rain comes fair weather.否极泰来。 4、A bad custom is like a good cake，better broken than kept.蛋糕莫保留，坏习气要除掉。 5、An ill workman quarrels with his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。 6、A lazy youth，a lousy age.少年懒惰，老来贫苦。 7、Adversity makes a man wise，not rich.困难和不幸不能使人富有，却能使人聪明。 8、As you brew，so you must drink.自作自受。 9、Better a little loss than a long sorrow.宁可作点牺牲，不要长久悲痛。10、Be slow in choosing a friend，slower in changing.择友宜慎，弃之宜更慎。11、All things are difficult before they are easy.万事开头难。12、A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，害已误人。13、Bad luck always comes in threes.祸不单行。14、A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.美好的事物永远是一种快乐。15、Better early than late.宁早勿迟。 16、An empty bag cannot stand upright.空袋子放不真。 17、After supper walk a mile.饭后百步走，活到九十九。 18、Better late than never.这到总比不到强。19、Be swift to hear，slow to speak.多听少说。20、All beginnings are hard.万事开头难。21、A candle lights others and consumes
?Nothing is so certain as the unexpected. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。 ?Nothing is impossible to a willing mind. ?世上无难事，只怕有心人。 ?You can’t make something out of nothing. 巧妇难为无米之炊。 ?Nothing venture, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 ?Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。 ?Habit is a second nature. 习惯成自然。 ?A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口，忠言逆耳。 ?A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友。 ?A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。 ?Every man has his faults. 人都有缺点。 ?Even the best of friends must part. 天下无不散的宴席。
?Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。 ?Give everyone his due. 一视同仁。 ?Practice is better than percept. 身教重于言教。 ?Beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了 ?First impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。 ?Score twice before you cut once. 三思而后行。 ?Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵 ?Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界，无奇不有。 ?No fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。 ?Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。 ?An uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。 ?So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。 ?Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外 有山。 ?Faith moves mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。