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导语:谚语是一个国家或地区思想文化的凝结。下面是语文迷小编收集整理的关于外国的谚语,欢迎大家阅读参考!
外国谚语精选【1】
A bully is always a coward. 只有懦夫才会恃强凛弱。
Courage is fire, bullying is smoke. 勇气是火,威吓是烟。
Danger itself the best remedy of danger. 冒险是消除危险的最好方法。
The devil take the hindmost. 落后者遭殃。
[注] 这句谚语的完全形式是:
Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost.人人顾自己,落后者遭殃。
When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. 两强相遇,必有苦斗。
Every cock crows on his own dunghill. 公鸡都在它自己的地盘上啼叫。
[注] 这句谚语的另一种形式是:
Every cock is bold on his own dunghill. 公鸡都在它自己的'地盘上逞英雄。
意即在安全和熟悉的环境里,每个人都能吹嘘自己的勇气,因为他的勇气不会得到检验。
Faint heart never won fair lady. 懦夫难赢美人心。
[注] 这句话用来鼓励腼腆的追求者。
None but the brave deserves the fair. 唯有英雄配美人。
Fortune favours the bold. 勇者天佑。
He that fears every bush must never go abirding. 害怕丛林,就别去打鸟。
He that fears death lives not. 畏死不如不生。(或:怕死的人活者也没有乐趣。)
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. 如果开头失利,还须继续努力。
Might is right. 强权即公理。
[注] 意指强者总是有理。
美国总统林肯说过:
It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might is right. It is for us and for our time ro reverse the maxim, and to say that right makes might.
迄今,关于世界的历史,人们一直说强权即公理,现在应该让我们,让我们这个时代,来颠倒这种说法,让我们说:公理即强权。
Nothing stake, nothing draw. 不押赌注,哪能赢钱。
Put your foot down where you mean to stand. 退却有限度,不能一味让步。
The good seaman is known in bad weather. 狂风暴雨,方显水手的本领。
The weakest goes to the wall. 强胜弱败。
You're not free if you drag your chains after you. 不斩断枷锁,就没有自由。
You never know what you can do till you try. 未试焉知力几何。
[注] 凡事得先试试,方知可行不可行。此谚语教人不要胆怯,应努力一试。
God is always on the side of the big battalions. 天助强者。
外国谚语精选【2】
1. Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
[注] 相似的有:
Deeds, not words.
Fine words butter no parsnips. 好话中听不中用。
The greatest talkers are least doers. 说的最多的人往往做的最少。
A little help is worth a deal of pity. 一点点实际的帮助胜于一大堆口头的怜悯。
2. All your geese are swans. 牛皮吹破,希望落空。
3. Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no fibs. 想要不受骗,就别问问题。
4. Bad news travels fast. 坏事传的快。
5.Better to ask the way than to astray. 与其闭口迷路,不如开口问道。
[注] 这句话告诫我们不懂就要问,免得遇上不必要的.麻烦。
6. Brevity is the soul of wit. 言贵简洁。
7. Easier said than done. 说时容易做时难。
8. Fling dirt enough and some will stick. 诽谤重复多遍就会有人相信。
[注] 相似的谚语有:
Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 给人强加恶名,毁灭人的一生。
Give a lie twenty-four hours' start, and you can never overtake it.
24小时不辟谣,谣言成事实。
与此相似的中国谚语有:是非吹入凡人耳,万丈黄河洗不清。
9. He who excuses himself accuses himself. 欲盖弥彰。
10. His heart can not be pure whose tongue is not clean. 言语脏者,心灵不净。
11. If the cap fits, wear it. 如果这顶帽子合适你,就戴吧!
[注] 意为:如果你认为我是在讲你,那么就认为我在讲你吧。
12. It is one thing to promise and another to perform.
许诺是一回事,实现诺言是另一回事。
13. No one is informed but he who inquires. 多问长知识。
14. Not good is it to harp on the frayed string . 老调重弹,音不悦耳。
[注] 意指老说一个话题令人生厌。
15. One lie makes many. 一旦撒谎,欲止难休。
16. Praise makes good men better and bad men worse.
表扬使好的人变得更好,坏的人变得更坏。
17. Silence gives consent. 缄默即是认可。
[注]相似的谚语有:
No answer is also an answer.
18. There is a sin of omission as well as of commission.做与不做均是过。
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