Patience is the best remedy. 忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish. 贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced. 正大光明者,说到的多,做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活,必然留下隐祸。
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Patience is the best remedy. 忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish. 贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced. 正大光明者,说到的多,做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活,必然留下隐祸。
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Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 军人以服从命令为天职。
Observation is the best teacher. 观察是最好的老师。
Offense is the best defense. 进攻是最好的防御。
Old friends and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇,老友情深。
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Nature is the true law.
天行有常,不为尧存,不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.
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Make hay while the sun shines.
良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.
化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.
人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes.
...46. The ball is in your court.
[字面意思] 球在你的场内。
[解释] 这个说法来源于网球。该你行动了,看你的了,你不行动我们就无法继续进行下去。
47. The die is cast!
[字面意思] 色子已经扔出去了。
[解释] 已成定局,没有改变的可能,木已成舟。当你破釜沉舟,义无反顾地要做一件事的时候,或一件事的发生将使整个局面朝一个特定的方向发展的时候,你就可以引用这句话。 "War became inevitable, the die was cast."这是恺撒将渡Rubicon河时说的一句话,表示"木已成舟","决心已下","义无反顾"或"破釜沉舟"。(名词die是古代的用法,意思是"骰子" 或"色子"。现在的"色子"用dice,单数、复数相同)
...41. Pigs might fly!
[字面意思] 猪也许会飞起来。
[解释] 第一个意思是:根本不可能的事!第二个意思是:天下事无奇不有,不可能的事也许可能发生。变体有两个:Pigs may fly! 和When pigs can fly!
42. Practice makes perfect.
[字面意思] 多实践能使技术完美。
[解释] 熟能生巧。
43. Seeing is believing.
...36. New lords, new laws.
[字面意思] 新主人,新规矩。
[解释] 一个将军一个令。
37. No news is good news.
[字面意思] 没消息就是好消息。
[解释] 这是一句劝别人不要着急,要耐心消息的等待的话。
38. One man's meat is another's poison.
...31. Marriages are made in heaven.
[字面意思] 婚姻是由上天决定的。
[解释] 姻缘是命中注定的。你找对象挑了又挑,拣了又拣,最终能找到什么人,谁也难说。但好多人都相信Marriages are made in heaven.
32. Money doesn't grow on trees.
[字面意思] 钱不是长在树上的。
[解释] 钱是有数的,有花光的时候。花钱要仔细,要精打细算,不要花钱如流水。你昨天买了家用电脑,今天又要买一个笔记本电脑?晚上还打算带你的女朋友去五星级饭店去吃饭?你该懂得Money does not grow on trees. 家里这点钱花完没了,不会自己再长出来。
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Learn and live.
活着,为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好,坏人越学越坏。
...Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤,近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂,百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下,莫非王土。
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