英语成语俗语翻译
英语成语俗语翻译
1.Be down-to-earth. 脚踏实地
2.Love me,love my dog. 爱屋及乌
3.Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗.
4.Never too old to learn. 活到老学到老
5.Beat/flog a dead horse 徒劳无功
6.A storm in a teacup 小题大做
7.Add fuel to the fire. 火上浇油
8.A slow sparrow should make an early start . 笨鸟先飞
9.Talk of the devil and he comes. 说曹操，曹操到
10.It’s never too late to learn. 活到老学到老
11. Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同
12.A real man never goes back on his words. 一言既出，驷马难追
13.Money makes the mare go. 有钱能使鬼推磨
14.To fall in love at first sight 一见钟情
15.Time is money. 一寸光阴一寸金
16.Look before your leap 三思而后行
17.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧
18.May all your wish come true 心想事成
19. Where there is a will,there is a way. 世上无难事，只怕有心人
20.Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分
21.There are no waves without wind. 无风不起浪
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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。
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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.
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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。
中文俗语翻译
1.但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。
We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though miles apart. 2.独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。 A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the more on every festive day. 3.大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。 The endless river eastward flows; with its huge waves are gone all those gallant heroes of bygone years. 4.二人同心，其利断金。 If two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can cut through metal. 5.富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能曲，此之谓大丈夫。 It is a true great man whom no money and rank can confuse, no poverty and hardship can shake, and no power and force can suffocate. 6.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 A bosom friend afar brings distance near. 7.合抱之木，生于毫末，九层之台，起于累土；千里之行始于足下。 A huge tree that fills one’s arms grows from a tiny seedling; a nine-storied tower rises from a heap of earth; a thousand li journey starts with the first step. 8.祸兮，福之所依；福兮，祸之所伏。 Misfortune, that is where happiness depends; happiness, that is where misfortune underlies. 9.见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。 On seeing a man of virtue, try to become his equal; on seeing a man without virtue, examine yourself not to have the same defects. 10.江山如此多娇，引无数英雄尽折腰。 This land so rich in beauty has made countless heroes bow in homage. 11.举头望明月，低头思故乡。 Raising my head, I see the moon so bright; withdrawing my eyes, my nostalgia comes around. 12.俱往矣，数风流人物，还看今朝。 All are past and gone; we look to this age for truly great men. 13.君子成人之美，不成人之恶。 The gentleman helps others to achieve their moral perfection but not their evil conduct. 14.君子独立不惭于影，独寝不愧于魂。 A righteous man never feels ashamed to face his shadow when standing alone and to face his soul when sleeping alone. 15.君子之交淡如水，小人之交甘如醴。君子淡以亲，小人甘以绝。 The friendship between men of virtue is light like water, yet affectionate; the friendship between men without virtue is sweet like wine, yet easily broken.
100个中国成语俗语的英文翻译培训资料
100个中国成语俗语的英文翻译
1.爱屋及乌.Love me, love my dog. 2.百闻不如一One look is worth a thousand words./Seeing is believing. 3.比上不足，比下有余to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst 4.笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start. 5.不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best 6不打不成交No discord, no concord. 7拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul 8辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new 9大事化小,小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all 10.大开眼界broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 11国泰民安the country flourishes and people live in peace 12过犹不及going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency; too much is as bad as too little 13好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more 14好事不出门，坏事传千里Bad news travels fast. 15和气生财harmony brings wealth;/friendliness is conducive to business success 16活到老学到老never too old to learn 17既往不咎let bygones be bygones 18金无足赤，人无完人There are spots even on the sun. 19金玉满堂Treasures fill the home. 20脚踏实地be down-to-earth 21脚踩两只船sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp