谚语、惯用语

不管张三李四。

Every Tom, Dick and Harry. *举出常用的男孩名，表示“不论谁都……”、“不管张三还是李四”。虽然没有女孩名，但男女都可用。

My daughter had a homestay in America. (我女儿为体验当地生活，去美国了。)

So did every Tom, Dick and Harry. (不管谁都能去啊。)

I like sexy girls. (我喜欢性感的女人。)

So does every Tom, Dick and Harry. (无论谁都是这样的。)

一波未平一波又起。

Out of the frying pan into the fire. *frying pan “平底炒菜锅”，直译是菜从锅里炒出来又掉进了火里。

舍名求实。

I live to eat.

Pudding rather than praise. *不太常用的说法。

瞎猫碰上了死耗子。

Every dog has his day.

Bob won the lottery. (鲍勃中了头彩。)

Every dog has his day. (瞎猫碰上了死耗子。)

Everyone has good days.

Everyone gets lucky sometimes. (谁都会有走运的时候。)

A flying crow always gets something. *不太常用的说法。

说曹操，曹操到。

Speak of the devil. *“说到恶魔，恶魔就来”。源自谚语Speak of the devil and he will appear。

Speak of the devil.常用于口语中。

Here comes John! (约翰来了。)

Speak of the devil. (真是说到曹操，曹操到。)

情人眼里出西施。

Love is blind. *直译是“爱情是盲目的”。表示人们一旦谈恋爱，就会失去正确的判断能力，无法冷静地看待事物。

一举两得。

Kill two birds with one stone. *直译是“一石可以打中两只鸟”，即“一举两得”。

不闻凶讯便是吉。

No news is good news.

I haven’t heard from John lately. (好久没有约翰的消息了。)

Well, no news is good news. (是啊，不闻凶讯便是吉。)

光阴似箭。

Time flies. *表示时间像飞一样地过去了。Tim flies是Time flies when you are having fun.的省略说法。即“越高兴时间过得越快”。

时间就是金钱。

Time is money.

百艺不如一艺精。

Jack of all trades, master of none. *Jack是男子名，一般表示“某人或男人”。此句的意思是什么事都去做的人没有一件事是能精通的。

三思而后行。

Look before you leap. *直译“飞之前先看看”，表示“付诸于行动前要慎重地考虑，做好准备”。

百闻不如一见。

Seeing is believing. *“眼见为实”，即只有自己亲眼所见，才能信服。

无风不起浪。

There is no smoke without fire. *传闻总是有出处的，“无火的地方不冒烟”。

诚实总是上策。

Honesty is the best policy. *常以为不正当行为能获得好处，但从长远来看，结果是采取正当行为才是上策。

晚做总比不做强。

Better late than never.

男孩子就是男孩子嘛!

Boys will be boys.

John got into a fight again. (约翰又打架了。)

Boys will be boys. (男孩子就是男孩子嘛!)

知识就是力量。

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power. (知识就是力量。)

That’s why he’s so successful. (所以他才成功。)

冰冻三尺非一日之寒。/罗马不是一天就建成的。

Rome was not built in a day. *要做大事不是一朝一夕就可以成功的。

条条大路通罗马。

All roads lead to Rome. *为达到同一目的，可以采取多种手段。

There are many roads to success. (有许多办法可以取得成功。) *常用语。

入乡随俗。

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. *“在罗马就要照罗马人做的去做”。即“到另一个地方就要遵从那里的风俗习惯”。口语中常省略成Do as the Romans do.

熟能生巧。

Practice makes perfect. *任何事情都反复练习是成功的秘诀。