諺語（中英文對照）

1.A miss is as good as a mile.

失之毫釐，謬以千里

2.Necessity is the mother of invention.

需要是發明的動力

3.It′s easy to be wise after the event.

事後諸葛亮。

4.A fair death honors the whole life.

死得其所，流芳百世。

5.A brave man may fall, but he can not yield.

勇者可能跌倒 ,但不會屈服.

6.In for a penny, in for a pound.

一不做，二不休。

7.Don』t ride the high horse.

不要擺臭架子;莫趾高氣揚。

8.Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

搬弄口舌者必是小人。

向你說別人壞話者,也會向別人說你的壞話。

9.The ass wags his ears.

驢子搖耳朵。

（傻瓜裝聰明。）

（自鳴得意。）

10.A faithful friend is hard to find.

益友難得/知音難覓.

11.The world is but a little place, after all.

有緣千里來相會。

（海內存知己，天涯若比鄰。）

12.We must not lie down, and cry, God help us.

求神不如求己

13.Love me little and love me long.

不求情意濃，但願情義長。

（不求情意綿綿，但求天長地久。）

14.Life is short and time is fleeting.

人生短暫，光陰易逝

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How time flies.

光陰似箭，日月如梭。

15.None but the brave deserve the fair.

英雄才能配美人。

16.A good wife that never grumbles.

良馬不失蹄，賢妻不聒絮

17.Christmas comes but once a year.

聖誕節一年才一次。（喻）佳節良辰，機會難得。

18.Devil must be driven out with devils.

以毒攻毒。

19.Laugh and grow fat.

常笑多福、心寬體胖。

笑一笑，十年少

20.The mountain has brought forth a mouse.

虎頭蛇尾

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雷聲大雨點小

21.Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

來而不往非禮也.

22.Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.

愛情無貴賤，貧富皆有之。

愛情不分貧賤與富貴。

23.It is good fishing in troubled waters.

混水好摸魚

24.It's no use pumping a dry well.

徒勞無益

25.Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

多聽少說

26.There is safety in numbers.

人多勢眾

27.A cat may look at a king.

字面意思] 貓也可以看國王。

[解釋]

無名小卒也可以評論大人物。人皆可以為堯舜。

不要因為別人的資格不夠老，或經驗不如你多，

就不讓他發表意見。

28.We soon believe what we desire.

一廂情願

29.Hope is life and life is hope.

希望才有人生，人生要有希望。

30.He that travels far knows much.

見多識廣