1.急求【国外谚语及其英文详细解释】
A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king. 猫也可以打量国王,意为人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所,流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑,长一智。 Easier said than done. 说得容易,做得难。
Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆,去也匆匆。 Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着,但活着不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 实磨无声空磨响,满瓶不动半瓶摇。 Envy has no holidays. 忌妒之人无宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑,必有一失。Even reckoning makes long friends. 亲兄弟,明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。 Everybody's business is nobody's business. 人人负责,等于没人负责。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies. 明枪易躲,暗箭难防。 Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不见,心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire. 远水救不了近火。 Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡,样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance. 恐惧源于无知。 另外推荐您一个网址,这里的英语谚语很多。
2.外国的谚语
Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how we are to be worthy of happiness. (Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher)道德确实不是指导人们如何使自己幸福的教条,而是指导人们如何配享有幸福的学说。
(德国哲学家 康德.I.)Morality is the custom of one's country ;cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country. (Samuel Brttler, British writer)道德是一个人所在国家的风俗习惯:在吃人的国家里,吃人是合乎道德的。(英国作家 勃特勒.S.)Morality is the herd instinct in the individual. (German Philosopher)道德是个人心目中的群居本能。
(德国哲学家 尼采.F.)Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. (Leon Nlum, French statesman)道德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。(法国*治家 布鲁姆.L.)Mutual forgiveness of each vice, such are the gates of Paradise. (William Black, British poet)相互宽容对方的缺点,乃是通向天堂之门。
(英国诗人 布莱克.W.)No mourality can be founded on authority, even if the authouity were divine. (A. J. Ayer. USA writer)道德不可能建立在权威的基础上,即使这种权威是至高无上的。(美国作家 艾尔.A.J.)Nothing is easier than to deceive one's self. (Demothenes, Ancient Greek statesman)再没有什么比欺骗自己更容易的了。
(古然希腊*治家 德摩西尼)Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower. (C C Schwab. US A Businessman)品格之于人,犹如芳香之于花。(美国实业家 施瓦布 C .C.)Plain living and high thinking. (william Wordsworth, British poet)生活要朴素,情操要高尚。
(英国诗人 德莱顿., J)Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. (william shakewspeare British dramalist)如果送礼的人不是出于真心,再贵重的礼物也会失去它的价值。(英国剧作家 莎 士比亚. W)There is , however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. (E Burke, British statesman)克制也有个限度,超过了限度就不再是美德。
(美国*治家 伯克 . E.)Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. (William shakespeare, British dramatist)美德是勇敢的,善良从来无所畏惧。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)We all tell lies——little lies, big lies, necessity lies in order to insure social and psychological peace and comfort. (Howard Mel, USA writer)所有的人说 的谎——小谎、大谎、善意的谎——都是为确保社会安宁、心理舒适采取的必要手段。
(美国作家 梅尔, H.)We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement. To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. (Euripides , ancient Creek dramatist.)我们懂得善,我们理解善,但是我们无法实现善。人的勇气就是坚信自己的希望能够实现,并为之进行不屈不挠的努力。
(法国作家 赖奇特 J. P)Wherever true valor is found, true modesty will there abound. (William Gillbert, British dramatist and poet)真正的勇敢,都包含谦虚。(英国剧作家、诗人 吉尔伯特.W.)Words may be false and full of arts ,sighs are the natural language of the heart. (Thomas Shadwell, British dramatist)言语可以是谎言并带有技巧;叹息才是心灵的自然流露。
(英国剧作家 沙德韦尔.T.)顺便给你介绍个英语网站:es back. 不想看到的东西总会重新出现。(或:要想摆脱的人总会再次回来。)
8。The beaten road is the safest. 大家都走的路最安全。
[注] 另一句相似的谚语是: The longest way round is the nearest way home. 回家路上无捷径。(或:绕道反而近,捷径常误人。)
9。The best is often the enemy of the good. 凡事过于求全,有时反无成就。
[注] 这句谚语的意思是:要求过高往往难以成功。当我们试图把一件东西做的尽善尽美时,我们往往反倒把本来已经够好的东西损坏了。
另一句相反的谚语是: If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well. 如果一件事值得去做,就得尽力把它做好。 10。
Between two stools you fall to the ground. 不当机立断,必两头落空。 [注] 另一句相似的谚语是: If you run after two hares,you will catch neither. 如果追赶两只兔子,一只也捉不到。
11。Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟不相斗。
12。Call no man happy till he is dead. 人活着不可能幸福。
[注] 这句谚语悲观地告诉人们人生注定不幸福。 13。
Don't tell tales out of school. 不要揭露他人的隐私。 14。
A door must be either shut or open. 非开即闭,非此即彼。 [注] 一扇门不可能既开着有关着,你必须在开与关之间做出选择。
其他类似谚语: You can't burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点。 You can't sell the cow and drink the milk. 卖了奶牛就喝不到牛奶。
You can't serve the God and the Mammon. 不能即侍奉上帝有侍奉财神。 15。
Enough for today is the evil thereof. 满足今日,后必有祸。 16。
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有丑事。 [注] 与此相关的中国谚语有:家丑不可外扬。
/家家都有本难念的经。 17。
Every flow must have its ebb. 潮涨自有潮落时。 18。
Every man for himself,and the devil take the hindmost. 人人顾自己,落后者遭殃。 [注]参见另一句谚语: Self-preservation is the first law of nature. 自我保存乃自然第一法则。
19。Every man has his price. 人人都能被买通。
(或:人各有其价。) [注] 这句谚语指:在紧要关头没有一个人是绝对正直的,如果出个好价,也就是说巨额贿赂能使每个人做出不体面的事情。
他所接受的贿赂就是他被买通的价格。(price) 20。
Fools go in throngs. 傻瓜总是成群结队。 你可以去这里看看:。
4.求一个外国谚语的解释
“青年人相信许多假东西,老年人怀疑许多真东西”
这是德国谚语,不是普遍真理;然而它却指出了值得注意的倾向。历史上有些重大错误,就是这两种倾向相结合的产物。青年人满怀希望,向往将来,进取心强,求知心切。正如梁启超在《少年中国说》中讲的:少年人如朝阳,如乳虎,如铁路,如白兰地酒,如春前之草,如长江之初发源。这些优点是极可宝贵。不过,由于经验不足,思虑不周,受骗上当者,也大有人在.因此,自觉地培养独立思考能力,实是一件大事。
进一步说,许多实践活动的共同要求是“创新”或者发现新事物,或者发明新器皿,或者建立新理论,或者写出新作品。总之,贵在一个“新”字。而“新”,自然是前所未有的。因此,要创新,就必须善于独立思考。
说“独立思考”,好象与“向群众学习”相矛盾,隔群众越远越好;说“独立思考”,好象必须想入非非,越稀奇古怪越好。其实都不对。善于思考的人,既能集中群众的智慧,又能超越前人的思想,在充分调查研究的基础上,通过分析综合,提出切合实际的真知灼见。相反,不向群众学习,不从实际出发,一味坚持错误的主观成见,决不会产生正确的思想。