中高級口譯諺語精選
• A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一著不慎,滿盤皆輸.
• All is not gold that glitters. 閃光的未必都是金子。
• A child is better unborn than untaught. 養不教，父之過。
• Art is long, life is short. 生命短暫，藝術長存。
• A friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真情。
• Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨綢繆。
• A light heart live long. 心情開朗壽命長。不惱不愁，活到白頭。
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃蘋果一只，身體健康不求醫。
• All covet, all lose. 樣樣垂涎，樣樣失落。貪多嚼不爛。
• A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆豐年。
• All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同歸。
• A small leak will sink a great ship. 千里之堤潰于蟻穴。
• All time is no time when it is past. 機不可失，時不再來。
• A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.
近水樓臺先得月。
• A short cut is often a wrong cut.欲速則不達。
• A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.欲加之罪，何患無辭。
• A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 遠來的和尚好念經。
• All feet tread not in one shoe. 眾口難調。
• A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
• A young idler, an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
• A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改，本性難移。
• A little spark may kindle a great fire.星星之火，可以燎原?！ ?BR> Ｂ
• Beauty is but skin-deep. 美麗只是外表罷了
• Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以簡潔為貴
• Bread is the staff of life. 民以食為天。 A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉
不琢，不成器。
• Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。
• Better die standing than live kneeling 寧愿站著死，也不跪著生。
• Better be envied than pitied. 寧被人妒，不受人憐。
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• Cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心。
• Cast an anchor to windward.未雨綢繆。
• Care and diligence bring luck.
?。?BR>• Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行。
謹慎勤奮，帶來好運。
• Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢對手，將遇良才。
• Danger past, God forgotten. 飛鳥盡，良弓藏。
• Dreams are lies. 夢不足信。
• Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班門弄斧。
• Do not have too many irons in the fire. 貪多嚼不爛。
• Do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿失于人。
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• Experience is the best teacher. 實踐出真知。
• Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune. 自己幸福自己創。
• Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day. 晚霞行千里。
• Every bean has its black. 金無足赤，人無完人。
• Even woods have ears.隔墻有耳。
• Enough is better than too much. 過猶不及。
• Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 人貴自立。
• Experience teaches. 吃一塹，長一智。
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• Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。
• First impressions are half the battle. 先入為主。
• Faith moves mountains. 精誠所至，金石為開。
• Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界，無奇不有。
• Fire proves gold, adversity proves man. 烈火識真金，逆境識英雄。
• Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水能載舟，亦能覆舟。
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• Give everyone his due. 一視同仁。
• Good (or Great) wits jump. 英雄所見略同。
• Go while the going is good. 三十六計，走為上計。
• Great weights hang on small wires.千鈞一發。
• Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。
• Greatest genius often lies concealed.大智若愚。
• Grasp all, lose all.貪多必失。
• Go to the sea, if you would fish well.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
?。?BR>• Honour to whom honour is due.論功行賞。
• He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。
• Heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己。
• He sits no sure that sits too high. 高處不勝寒。
• He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患無詞。
• He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。
• He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行，始于足下
• He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。
• It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上兩次當
• Humility often gains more than pride.滿招損，謙受益。
• He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.事實勝于雄辯。
• He that promises too much means nothing. 輕諾者寡信。
• He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患無詞。
• Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行。
• Haste makes waste. 忙亂易錯。欲速則不達。
• He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
?。?BR>• It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。
• If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜樣的力量是
無窮的。
• It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
• Ill news never comes too late. 好事不出門，壞事傳千里。
• It is the first step that is troublesome. 萬事開頭難。
?。?BR>• Justice has long arms. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
?。?BR>• Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it. 實踐得真知。
• Keeping is harder than winning. 創業不易，守業更難。
• Knowledge is no burden. 藝不壓身。
• Kiss and be friends. 握手言和。
• Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭雙雕
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• Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.既來之，則安之。
• Love is blind. 情人眼里出西施。
• Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。
• Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
• Live and learn. 學無止境。
?。?BR>• Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
• Mind acts upon mind. 心有靈犀一點通。
?。?BR>• Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.饑不擇食
• No cross, no crown.不吃苦中苦，難為人上人。
• Nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站著說話不腰痛。
• No weal without woe. 福兮禍所伏, 禍兮福所倚。
• No work, no money. 不勞無獲。
• Never too late (or old) to learn. 活到老，學到老。
• Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。
• No fire without smoke. 無風不起浪。
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• One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.一葉障目，不見泰山。
• One swallow does not make a summer.一花獨放不是春。
• One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
• Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服從是軍人的天職。
• One lark does not make a spring. 一花獨放不是春。
?。?BR>• Practice is better than precept. 身教重于言教。
• Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤勞之人不受窮。
?。?BR>• Riches have wings. 富貴無常。
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• Score twice before you cut once. 三思而后行。
• Sense comes with age. 老馬識途。
• So the world wags. 這就是人生。
• So said, so done. 說到做到。言出必行。
• Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大業，自信第一。
?。?BR>• Talk of the devil and he will appear. 說曹操，曹操就到。
• Tall trees catch much wind. 樹大招風 。
• The reasons of the poor weight not. 人微言輕。
• The shortest way round is the longest way home.欲速則不達。
• Those are in the same boat should row together.同舟共濟。
• Too much pudding will choke a dog.布丁太多噎死狗。
• The heart's letter is read in the eyes.眼睛是心靈的窗戶。
• The deed proves the man.觀其行而知其人。
• True gold fears not the fire.真金不怕火煉。
• Take time while time is, for time will away.機不可失，時不在來。
• The battle is to the strong.兩強相遇勇者勝。
• The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。
• The best of friends must part. 天下沒有不散的宴席。
• Time is money. 時間就是金錢
• Through obedience learn to command. 先當學生，后當先生。
• Time tries all things. 時間檢驗一切。
• There is no fire without smoke. 無風不起浪。
?。?BR>• Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。
?。?BR>• Wealth is nothing without health. 健康勝于財富。
• We begun is half done. 良好的開端等于成功的一半。
• Work makes the workman.熟能生巧。
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• You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。事難兩全其美。
• Youth's a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。
• You are never too old to learn. 活到老學到老。
• You never know till you have tired.事非經過不知難。
?。?BR>• Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 熱情而無知，猶如無光之火
• Zeal without kowledge is the sister of folly. 無知的熱情近乎愚蠢 |