2012年12月4日 星期二

English Reading(英文諺語)

☆A bargain is a bargain. 契約就是契約; 說定了就得遵守

☆A bird in the hand is worth two bird in the bush. 一鳥在手勝於兩鳥在林

☆A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真情

☆A little learning is a dangerous thing . 一知半解最危險; 學藝不精反誤事

☆A man is known by the company he keeps. 觀其友知其人

☆A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫釐,謬以千里

☆A rolling stone gathers no mos. 滾石不生苔/ 民生在勤

☆A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的心智寓於健康的身體

☆Accidents will happen. 天有不測風雲; 人有旦夕禍福

☆Actions speak louder than words. 行動勝於空談

☆All is not gold that glitters. 發亮的未必是黃金

☆All is well that ends well. 結果好一切都好(皆大歡喜)

☆All roads lead to Rome. 條條大道通羅馬

☆Art is long, life is shore. 人生短學術無窮

☆All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 整天學習不耍,聰明孩子變傻瓜

☆As you sow, so you will reap. 種瓜得瓜種豆得豆

☆Barking dogs seldom bite. 會叫的狗不咬人

☆Beauty is but skin deep. 美貌是膚淺

☆Better late than never. 亡羊補牢猶未晚也

☆Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚

☆Blood is thicker than water. 血濃於水

☆Care will kill a cat. 憂慮傷神

☆Diamond cuts diamond. 棋逢敵手

☆Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入境隨俗

☆Don't cross the bridge until you come to it. 船到橋頭自然直

☆Don't judge a man by his appearance. 勿以冒取人

☆Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 勿孤注一擲

☆Don't put the car before the horse. 勿本末倒置

☆Easier said than done. 說比做易

☆Even a worm will return. 匹夫不可奪其志

☆Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千慮,必有一失

☆Every man to his own taste. 人各有所好

☆Everybody's business is nobody's business. 眾人之事無人管

☆Failure is the mother of success. 失敗為成功之母

☆Fine clothes made the man . 美羽裝出美鳥; 人要衣裝佛要金裝

☆Forgive and forger. 既往不咎

☆Give me liberty or give me death. 不自由毋寧死

☆Good begets good and evil leads to evil . 善有善報,惡有惡報

☆Good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口

☆Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同

☆Habit is second nature. 習慣是第二天性

☆Haste makes waste. 欲速不達

☆Health is better than wealth. 健康勝於財富

☆Heaven helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者

☆Honesty is the best policy. 誠實為上策

☆Hunger is the best sauce. 飢不擇食

☆Idle is the partner of all vice. 懶為萬惡之源

☆It is never too late to learn. 活到老學到老

☆It is never too late to mend. 亡羊補牢,猶未晚也

☆It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水難收

☆It never rains but it pours. 禍不單行

☆It takes two to make a quarrel. 一個巴掌拍不響

☆Kill two birds with one stone. 一石二鳥

☆Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量

☆Least said, soonest mended. 禍從口出

☆Let sleeping dogs lie 莫惹睡狗; 莫惹事生非

☆Like father ,like son. 有其父必有其子

☆Live and let live. 待人寬容如己

☆Look before you leap. 三思而後行

☆Make hay while the sun shines. 打鐵趁熱

☆Many a little makes a mickle. 聚少成多

☆Man proposes, God disposes. 謀事在人,成事在天

☆Misfortunes never come single. 禍不單行

☆Money makes the mare go. 有錢能使鬼推磨

☆Money talks. 金錢萬能

☆More haste , less speed. 欲速不達

☆Murder will out. 法網恢恢,疏而不漏

☆Necessity has no law. 狗急跳牆; 人急造反

☆Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事今日畢

☆No news is good news. 沒有消息就是好消息

☆No pains. no gains. 不勞則無穫

☆No sooner said than done. 說到作做到

☆Nothing venture, nothing have. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子

☆Old habits nard. 積習難改

☆One swallow does not make a summer. 個別不足概括全體

☆Opportunities seldom knock twice. 機會稍縱既逝

☆People will talk. 人言可畏

☆Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧

☆Prevention is better than cure. 預防勝於治療

☆Quality matters more than quantity. 質重於量

☆Riches nave wings. 財富無常

☆Seeing is believing. 眼見為憑

☆Set a thief to catch a thief. 以惡制惡

☆Several men , several minds. 人各有志

☆Something is better than nothing. 有總比沒有好

☆Spare the rod and spoil the child. 不打不成器

☆Speech is silver , silence is golden . 雄辯是銀沉默是金

☆Still water runs an arrow. 靜水深流; 大智若愚

☆Strike while the iron is hot. 打鐵趁熱

☆Talk of the devil and he will appear. 說人人到

☆The early bird catches the worm. 捷者登先,早起的鳥蟲吃

☆The pen is mightier than the sword. 文勝於武

☆There is no accounting for tastes. 各有天性

☆There is no place like home. 金窩銀窩不如自家窩

☆There is no rose without a thorn. 好景不常

☆There is no short-cut to learning. 求學無捷徑

☆There is no smoke without fire. 事出必有因

☆Time and tide wait for no man. 歲月不待人

☆Time flies like an arrow. 光陰似箭

☆Time is money. 時間就是金錢

☆To err is human, to forgive divine. 犯錯乃人之常情,寬恕乃神之聖行

☆Tomorrow never comes. 明日不可盼

☆Two is company, three is none. 兩人好作伴三人反成絆

☆Two of a trade can never agree. 同行共忌

☆Walls nave ears. 隔牆有耳

☆Waste not, want not. 不浪費則不缺

☆We are in the same boat. 同舟共濟

☆Well begun is half done. 好的開始成功一半

☆Well fed, well bred. 衣食足而後知禮義

☆What is done cannot be undone. 覆水難收

☆Where there is a well ,there is a way. 有志者事竟成

☆Where there is life, there is hope. 有生必命就有希望

☆Where there is smoke, there is fire. 無風不起浪; 事出必有因

☆Words cut more than swords. 舌劍利於刀劍

☆Work while you work, play while you play. 工作認真; 玩樂認真

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