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文化 Culture 1

常见谚语汇编

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.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。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.“您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。
A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。
A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
Better late than never.不怕慢，单怕站。 Better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。 Blood will have blood.血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。
Business is business.公事公办。 Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。
Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.做你的吧，天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.循序渐进。
Cry for the moon.海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。
Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
Do it now.机不可失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。
Don't claim to know what you don't know.不要不懂装懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。
Don't put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起身体好。
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。
Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.谁都有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.自己的命运自己掌握。
Every minute counts.分秒必争。
Every mother's child is handsome.孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.吃一堑，长一智。
Fact speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。
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。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served.先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.初次见面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.众口铄金，积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.英雄犯大错误。
Great men's sons seldom do well.富不过三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.做贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.兼听则明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不动，叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后说好话，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.自嘲者不会让人见笑。
He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟，不进则退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.经常诉苦，没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.想不犯错误，就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.上当一回头，再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
f you run after two hares, you will catch neither.脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木，百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.文如其人。
Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
Like for like.一报还一报。
Like knows like.惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.小人无大志。
Look before you leap.摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.一见钟情。
Love cannot be compelled.爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.爱情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。
Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
Measure for measure.针锋相对。
Misfortunes never come alone.祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。
Money isn't everything.钱不是万能的。
Murder will out.纸包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
Nature is the true law.天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.不可以貌取人。
Never say die.永不言败。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。
No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。
No living man all things can.世上没有万事通。
No man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。
No man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时。
None are so blind as those who won't see.视而不见。
None are so deaf as those who won't hear.充耳不闻。
No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。
No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。
No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行，语言最要紧。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。
Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。
Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。
Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。
One false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One good turn deserves another.行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。
One man's fault is other man's lesson.前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。
One's words reflect one's thinking.言为心声。
Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。
Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。
Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。
Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart.贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。
Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。
Promise is debt.一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。
Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
Seeing is believing.眼见为实。
Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。
Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.静水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。
Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。
Talking mends no holes.空谈无补。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。
Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。
The best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盗铃。
The danger past and God forgotten.过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth.魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The die is cast.木已成舟。
The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。
The end makes all equal.死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。
The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。
The grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得惨。
The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。
The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越谦虚。
The more wit, the less courage.初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.人间处处有温情。
There is no general rule without some exception.任何法规均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.没有长生不老药。
There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
The style is the man.字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，浊者自浊。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
Think twice before you do.三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。
Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。
Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies.光阴似箭。
Time is money.时间就是金钱。
Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝，不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。
Time tries all.路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
To err is human.人非圣贤，孰能无过。
To know everything is to know nothing.什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。
To know oneself is true progress.人贵有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.学问太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.自由放任，一事无成。
Too much praise is a burden.过多夸奖，反成负担。
To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
Troubles never come singly.福无双至，祸不单行。
Truth never grows old.真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.洗心革面，改过自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.一个好汉三个帮。
Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.别人错了，不等于你对了。
Unity is strength.团结就是力量。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.忠言逆耳利于行。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies.不到黄河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.吃小亏占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远远胜过美貌。
Walls have ears.小心隔墙有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康，钱再多也没用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.好东西，失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.好的开始，是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。
Wet behind the ears.乳臭未干。
Whatever you do, do with all your might.不管做什么，都要一心一意。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.儿时所学，终生难忘。
What's done cannot be undone.生米煮成熟饭了。
What's lost is lost.失者不可复得。
What we do willingly is easy.愿者不难。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入国问禁，入乡随俗。
When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.伤心旧事别重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.新仇旧恨，齐上心头。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.酒后吐真言。
Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.道高一尺，魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.好人不长命。
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.智者嘴在心里，愚者心在里。
Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.强扭的瓜不甜。
You may know by a handful the whole sack.由一斑可知全貌。
You never know what you can till you try.是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。

宗教事务词汇

(帝王等)统治；朝代，在位时代 reign
佛经 Buddhist scriptures
[宗教、政治]教义；原则 doctrine
思想史 intellectual history
...的一个主要的部分 an integral part of...
多灾多难的 calamitous
密教（中国佛教宗派之一） Esotericism
大乘（佛教宗派之一） Mahayana/Greater Vehicle
小乘（佛教宗派之一） Theravada/ Hinayana/ Lesser Vehicle
土生土长的 indigenous
达赖 Dalai
班禅 Bainqen (Panchen)
达摩 Bodhidharma
法显 Faxian
玄奘 Xuanzang
法，即达摩，支配个人行为的宗教伦理规范 dharma
鉴真 Jianzhen
地产 landed property
废除（法令等），取消 abrogate
支柱，后盾 prop
养生法 regimen
默想；坐禅 meditation
符咒 charm
咒语 spell
苦行的 ascetic
永生 immortality
召唤，号召 summon
白云观 Baiyun Monastery
成吉思汗 Genghis Khan
征募 conscript
工匠，手工业工人 artisan
忽必烈 Kublai Khan
追随者 follower
尊重；接受 honor v.
[伊斯兰教、基督教]朝圣 pilgrimage
麦加（伊斯兰教圣地） Mecca
传教士 missionary
[天主教]耶酥会会士 Jesuit
利马窦 Matteo Ricci
礼部尚书 Director of the Board of Rites
历法 calendar-study
教团，修道会 order
使改变宗教或政治信仰、意见等 proselyte
使改变信仰；使皈依；使改信基督教 convert v. n.(皈依者，改变信仰者)
主管教区 diocese
[宗]安魂弥撒 requiem mass
大弥撒（有烧香、奏乐等） high mass
小弥撒（无烧香、奏乐等） low mass
教区；教区的全体居民 parish
教区居民 parishioner
[集合词]教士；牧师（天主教神职人员，新教教职人员的统称） clergy
教士，牧师 clergyman
[集合词]（与教士、僧侣等相对的）俗人 laity
传播福音的 evangelistic
金陵协和神学院 Nanjing Union Theological Seminary
[法]规定；条款 provision
入教仪式 admittance rites
布达拉宫 Potala Palace
人民代表 deputy to the People's Congress
（学术）讨论会、座谈会 symposium
命运、天命 destiny
儒家思想 Confucianism
孝道 filial piety
国教 state religion
教规 canon
公民有信仰宗教的自由和不信仰宗教、宣传无神论的自由。
Citizens enjoy freedom to believe in religion and freedom not to believe in religion and to propagate atheism.
任何国家机关、社会团体和个人，不得强制公民信仰或者不信仰宗教，不得歧视信仰宗教的公民和不信仰宗教的公民。
No state organ, mass organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, any religion; nor may they discriminate against citizens who believe in, or do not believe in, any religion.
国家保护正常的宗教活动。
The state protects normal religious activities.
任何人不得利用宗教进行破坏社会秩序、损害公民身体健康、妨碍国家教育制度的活动。
Nobody may make use of religion to engage in activities that disrupt public order, impair the health of citizens or interfere with the educational system of the state.
宗教团体和宗教事物不受外国势力的支配。
Religious bodies and religious affairs are not subject to any foreign domination.
宗教信仰 religious belief
宗教信仰自由 freedom of religion
有神论；有神论者 theism; theist
无神论；无神论者 atheism; atheist
泛神论 pantheism
多神论；多神论者 polytheism; polytheist
一神教 monotheism
神学 theology
神学家 theologian
神权统治 thearchy
神权政治 theocracy
僧侣统治；等级制度 hierarchy
偶像 idol
释迦牟尼 Sakyamuni
如来 Tathagata
佛陀 Buddha
菩萨 Bodhisattva; Buddha; Buddhist idol
观音菩萨 the Guanyin Bodhisatta; Avalokitesvara; the Goddess of Mercy
弥勒 Maitreya
安拉；真主 Allah
上帝 God, the Lord
圣父（三位一体之一者） the Father
圣子（指耶酥，三位一体之一者） the Son (of God)
圣灵（三位一体之一者） the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
耶酥基督 Jesus Christ
天使 angel
魔鬼 devil
撒旦 Satan
天堂 Paradise; Heaven
地狱 hell; inferno
阴曹 hell
圣地（指巴勒斯坦） the Holy Land
圣地（指耶路撒冷、罗马、麦加等地） the Holy City(Jerusalem, Rome, Mecca)
中国佛教协会 Chinese Buddhist Association
中国道教协会 Chinese Taoist Association
中国伊斯兰教协会 Chinese Islamic Association
中国天主教主教团 China Catholic Bishop College
中国天主教爱国委员会 Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
中国天主教教务委员会 National Administrative Commission of the Chinese Catholic Church
中国天主教神哲学院 Chinese Catholic Academy of Theology and Philosophy
中国基督教三自爱国运动委员会 Chinese National Christian Three-self Patriotic Movement Committee
三自（自治、自养、自传）原则 the principles of self-government, self-support and self-propagation
宗教事务局 Bureau of Religious Affairs
宗教派别 religious sect
佛教 Buddhism
喇嘛教 Lamaism
道教 Taoism
伊斯兰教 Islam
基督教 Christianity
天主教 Catholicism
新/耶酥教 Protestantism
东正教 Orthodox Eastern Church
希腊正教 Greek Orthodox Church
萨满教 Shamanism
宗教仪式 religious rites; ritual
洗礼 baptism
受洗 to receive baptism; to be baptized
忏悔 confession
圣餐 Holy Communion
宗教仪式，礼拜 religious service
做礼拜 to attend religious service; to go to church
做弥撒 to attend Mass
念经 to recite/chant sutras/scriptures
念佛 to chant the name of/to pray to Buddha
烧香 to burn joss-stick(s)(before an idol); to burn incense
主日学（星期日学校） Sunday-school; Sabbath-school
讲道 sermon
传教，传道 to preach; to deliver a sermon
（基督教）传教 to do missionary work
神学院 seminary
庙宇、寺（佛、道教） temple
喇嘛庙 lamasery
清真寺（伊斯兰教） mosque
寺院，修道院 monastery
庵 Buddhist nunnery
（女）修道院 convent, nunnery
教堂（基督教） church
大教堂（天主教） cathedral
神殿（祠） shrine
祭/圣坛；圣餐台 altar
圣经（基督教） the Bible
佛经（统称） Buddhist scriptures
可兰经（伊斯兰教） the Koran
信徒 believer; follower
基督教徒 Christian
天主教徒 Catholic
新/耶酥教徒 Protestant
佛教徒 Buddhist
穆斯林 Muslim; Moslem
拜物教；拜物教徒 fetishism; fetishist
和尚 Buddhist monk
喇嘛 lama
活佛 Living Buddha
尼姑 Buddhist nun
道士 Taoist priest
道姑 Taoist nun
阿訇 ahung, imam
教士、牧师 clergyman
教皇 Pope/the Holy Father
红衣主教 cardinal
大主教 archbishop
主教 bishop
神父/神甫（天主教） priest
修女（天主教） nun
牧师（新教） pastor, minister

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　　 功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

　　 好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

　　 好事不出门，恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

　　 和气生财 Harmony brings wealth

　　 活到老，学到老 One is never too old to learn.

　　 既往不咎 let bygones be bygones

　　 金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

　　 金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home

　　 脚踏实地 be down-to-earth

　　 脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

　　 君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

　　 老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché

　　 礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

　　 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope."

　　 马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success

　　 名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth

　　 茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened

　　 没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

　　 每逢佳节倍思亲

　　 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.

　　 It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

　　 谋事在人，成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "

　　 弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.

　　 拿手好戏 masterpiece

　　 赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad

　　 抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

　　 破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat； burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

　　 抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities

　　 巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw.

　　 千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

　　 前事不忘,后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

　　 前人栽树,后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.

　　 One sows and another reaps.

　　 前怕狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something

　　 强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders

can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

　　 强强联手 win-win co-operation

　　 瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.

　　 人之初,性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.

　　 人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.

　　 人海战术 huge-crowd strategy

　　 世上无难事，只要肯攀登 "Where there is a will, there is a way. "

　　 世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

　　 死而后已 until my heart stops beating

　　 岁岁平安 Peace all year round

　　 上有天堂，下有苏杭 "Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."

　　 塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

　　 三十而立 "A man should be independent at the age of thirty.

　　 At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."

　　 升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)

　　 四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

　　 谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "

　　 水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.

　　 时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.

　　 杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel

　　 实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

　　 说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.

　　 实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

　　 实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

　　 山不在高，有仙则名 "No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "

　　 韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time

　　 糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets

　　 天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

　　 团结就是力量 Unity is strength.

　　 “跳进黄河洗不清” "eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do

to clear one's name "

　　 歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

　　 物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.

　　 往事如风 "The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."

　　 望子成龙 hold high hopes for one's child

　　 屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

　　 文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy

　　 唯利是图 draw water to one's mill

　　 无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

　　 无中生有 make/create something out of nothing

　　 无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.

　　 徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

　　 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean

　　 虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

　　 蓄势而发 accumulate strength for a take-off

　　 心想事成 May all your wish come true

　　 心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

　　 先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.

　　 先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound

　　 像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan

　　 现身说法 warn people by taking oneself as an example

　　 息事宁人 pour oil on troubled waters

　　 喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear

　　 循序渐进 step by step

　　 一路平安，一路顺风 speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

　　 严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

　　 鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey

　　 有情人终成眷属 "Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."

　　 有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

　　 有识之士 people of vision

　　 有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain

　　 有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

　　 与时俱进 advance with times

　　 以人为本 people oriented; people foremost

　　 因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude

　　 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 "to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look

farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."

　　 欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success.

　　 优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest

　　 英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.

　　 冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies.

　　 冤假错案 "cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"

　　 一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words.

　　 招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful

　　 债台高筑 become debt-ridden

　　 致命要害 Achilles' heel

　　 众矢之的 target of public criticism

　　 知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

　　 纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist

　　 纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.

　　 左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place

动物 叫声
1、狮子（lion）: roar, howl;
2、老虎（tiger）: roar, howl;
3、豹子（panther）: howl
4、大象（elephant）: trumpet;
5、豺（jackal）: howl
6 、狼（wolf）: howl
7、狗（dog）: bark,yap,yelp,bay,howl,growl,snarl,whine
8、狐（fox）: bark,yelp
9、猫（cat）: mew,miaow,miau,meow,meou
10、鼠（mouse）: squeak,cheep,peep
11、猪（pig）: grunt, whick, aqueak
12、野猪（swine）: grunt
13、公猪（boar）: girn
14、熊（bear）: bruzz, growl
15、无尾猿（ape）: gibber,gueriet
16、猴（monkey）: screech, gibber, chatter, snutter, jabber, howl
17、骆驼（camel）: nuzz, grunt
18、鹿（deer）: call, bell, bellow
19、牛（cattle）: cow,bleat
20、公牛（bull）: bellow,low
21、母牛（cow）: low
22、小牛（calf）： bleat
23、水牛（buffalo）: boo
24、羊（sheep,goat）: baa, bleat
25、马（horse）: neigh,whinny,nicker
26、驴（ass,donkey）: bray, hee-haw
27、兔子（rabbit）: mumble

虫子 声音
1、青蛙（frog）: croak
2、蟾蜍（toad）: shriek
3、蛇（snake, serpent）: hiss
4、蜜蜂（bee）: buzz,hum,bumble,drone
5、黄蜂（wasp）: hum
6、蟋蟀（cricket）: chirp(chirup)
7、甲虫（beetle）: drone,boom
8、蚱蜢（grsshopper）: chirp
9、蚊子（mosquito）: hum,buzz,drone
10、苍蝇（fly）: hum,buzz,drone
名称 叫声
1、公鸡（cock）: crow
2、母鸡（hen）: cackle,cluck
3、小鸡（chicken）: cheep
4、火鸡（turkey）: gobble
5、鸭（duck）: quack
6、鹅（goose）: cackle,hiss,creak,gaggle
7、鸽子（dove,pigeon）: coo,crood,croud,croodle,cur
8、鹌鹑（quail）: curkle
9、鸠（stock-dove）: murmur
10、斑鸠（turtle-dove）: wail
11、天鹅（swan）: chant,cry
12、乌鸦（crow,raven）: caw,croak
13、白嘴鸦（rook）: caw
14、鹧鸪（partrige）: call
15、鹦鹉（parrot）: prat,squawk
16、孔雀（peacock）: tantle,scream
17、云雀（lark）: sing
18、红雀（linnet）: chirp
19、喜鹊（magpie）: chatter,clatter
20、麻雀（sparrow）: chirp
21、夜莺（nightingale）: warble,pip,jug,jug-jug
22、画眉（mavis）: guaver
23、布谷（cuckoo）: cuckoo
24、鹤（stork）: coniat
25、白鹤（crane）: whoop
26、燕（swallow）: chirp,twitter
27、海鸥（gull）： mew
28、鹰（eagle）: scream
各类物体的响声，^_^^_^。

声音名称 响声 英文
1、金属磕碰声 当啷 clank,clang
2、形容金属的响声 当当 rattle
3、金属、瓷器连续撞击声 丁零当啷 jingle,jangle,cling-clang
4、鼓声、敲门声 咚咚 rub-a dub,rat-tat,rat-a-tat
5、脆响的（关门）声 吧嗒 clik
6、敲打木头声 梆梆 rat-tat，rat-at
7、重物落下声 咕咚 thud,splash,plump
8、东西倾倒声 哗啦 crash,clank
9、风吹动树枝叶声 飒飒 sough,rustle
10、树枝等折断声 嘎巴 crack,snap
11、不大的寒风声 瑟瑟 rustle
12、踩沙子、飞沙击物或风吹草木 沙沙、飒飒 rustle
13、飞机螺旋桨转动 呼呼 whirr
14、雨点敲击房顶 噼里啪啦 patter
15、水流动声 拔拉 splash,gurgle
16、物体受压 嘎吱 creak
喀嚓 crack.snap
17、溪水、泉水流动声 潺潺 murmur,babble,purl
18、液体、沸腾、水流涌出或大口喝水声 咕嘟 babble,gurgle
19、重物落地声 扑通 flop,thump,splash,pit-a-pat
20、笑声、水、气挤出声 扑哧 titter,snigger,fizz
21、雷声、爆炸声、机器声 隆隆 hum,rumble,roll
22、汽笛或喇叭声 呜呜 toot,hoot,zoom
23、油在锅里 滋滋 sizzle
24、鞭炮爆炸声 噼啪 pop
25、脚踏楼板声 登登 clump

A

apple-polisher　马屁精
例如：She is a real apple-polisher for the way she's crawling around the boss
and making eyes at him.
她是一个马屁精，整天围着老板眉来眼去的。
as busy as a bee　 （象蜜蜂）忙忙碌碌的
　　 as graceful as a swan 　（象天鹅）姿态优雅的
　　 as gentle as a lamb 　（象羊羔）性情温顺的
　　 as cunning as a fox 　（象狐狸）一样狡猾的
　　 as poor as a church mouse 　一贫如洗　　　　　　

B

I'm beat. 　我非常疲乏。
beat gums　 空洞无物、废话连篇的讲话

bell the cat 　为众人的利益承担风险
black sheep　 害群之马
Buddy, where is john？　 要上厕所?
Bungee jumping　 蹦极跳
Stop bugging me, man!
喂，别烦我了。

C

blue collar　 蓝领
white collar　 白领
pink collar　 粉领族（指和蓝领体力工人相当的女性工人）
gold-collar workers 金领族（一般都有一技之长，对公司工作的方方面面都十分了解，甚至对公司
的利润大小和收益都有直接的重要影响。他们的工作环境优雅，职业体面，
有着丰厚的收入和稳固的经济地位）

D

dog-eared books　 读得卷了边的书
dog sleep 　不时惊醒的睡眠
dog-tired 　像狗一样的累
dog watch　 夜班
old dog 　上了岁数的人、老手
a sly dog　 偷鸡摸狗者
a yellow dog 　杂种狗、卑鄙可耻的小人
a big dog　 看门狗、保镖；要人
You're a lucky dog! 　你真是个幸运儿！
hot dog　 热狗
dog nose 　啤酒与杜松子酒的混合酒
a dog in a blanket　 葡萄卷饼或卷布丁
as faithful as a dog　 像狗一般的忠诚，在西方文化中，狗是"忠实、卖力、辛劳"的化身，
He that lies down with dogs must rise up with flea.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑
A good dog deserves a good bone.
西方人论功行赏时常说"好狗应有好骨头" a
a dog in the manger 　占着马槽（不拉屎）
　 Honey, I forget to duck. 　亲爱的，我忘记闪开了。

E

eat crow　 由于夸大其词或过分自信，最后不得不承认错误。
eat his words 　食言

out at elbows　 捉襟见肘
elbow one's way　 用胳膊肘挤来挤去为自己开道

get a black eye　 被别人打青了眼睛
mind your eye　 叫别人当心
blink our eyes　 眨眼睛
flash our eyes at sth.　 瞟一眼
make eyes 　抛媚眼
cast sheep's eye　 暗送秋波
You have an eye for something. 　有眼光有见解

finely arched eyebrows　 纤细的弓形眉
pencil the eyebrows　 描眉
eyebrow pencil 　眉笔
rough bushy eyebrows　 浓密的粗眉

eyelash grower　 睫毛膏
eyelash curler 　卷睫毛器
without turning an eyelash 　泰然自若，不动声色
not bat an eyelid 　没合眼睡觉
not bat an eyelid　 对事情泰然自若
hang on by the eyelids 　事情危在旦夕

F

face the music　 不得不接受惩罚、承担后果，必须承受出现的局面
a matter of face　 面子攸关的事情
lose face　 丢面子
例如：He knew he was wrong, but he would not admit it for fear of losing face.
他知道自己错了，但却不肯承认错误，因为怕失去面子。
save one's face 　挽回面子
pull a long face 　拉长了脸
make a face at you 　对你做个鬼脸
have the face 　厚颜无耻
例如：I'm so surprised that you have the face to do so!
你怎么有脸做出这样的事！

cold fish　 态度冷冰冰，没有热情的人。
drink like a fish　 牛饮　

flats　 平跟鞋
footfall 　客流量
例如：We strive to show booksellers what we are doing to support them and
drive footfall into their stores.
我们要努力向图书商展示我们将如何支持他们，并使更多的客人进入他们的商店。

G

green eyed　 嫉妒
green finger（thumb）?把大伙干不好的活都干得漂漂亮亮
例如：A person with green finger has a magic touch that makes plants grow well and quickly.
长着绿手指的人是有魔法的，只要他一碰，植物就长的又快又好。　
green hand　 生手
例如： I'm still green at my job.
我依然是个新手。
green light　允许、许可
例如： I'm only waiting for the green light from you.
我在等您的允许。
green revolution　 绿色革命
例如：These developing countries produced enough food to serve their people after
green revolution.
绿色革命后，这些发展中国家就生产出足够的粮食来满足国民的需要。
the green years 　青春年华

H

He is ripe in years but green in heart. 　形容某人是老当益壮
lose your heart to someone 　和某人谈恋爱　　　
lack heart 　缺乏勇气
win your heart 　赢得你的心
broken heart 　破碎的心
heart of stone　 石头心肠
pour out your heart　 倾吐你的心事
have a heart　 可怜可怜你
　　 his heart in the right place 　他的心肠是很好的
not to wear your heart on your sleeve　 不要太情绪化
Don't take the failure to your heart. 　别为失败而难过
lose heart　 失去信心
your heart of gold 　金子般的心，美好心灵
write a letter to her and declared your heart. 　写信表达爱慕之情
Don't let your heart get cold. 　不要让你的热情冷却下来
a man after her own heart 　正和她心意的人
put your heart at rest 　放下心来
straight from the horse's mouth 　来自权威和可靠的消息。

　　
I

I was welcomed with open arms. 　我被热烈欢迎。

J

Jargon　 行话

K

keep a good house　 招待周到
例如：I haven't got a good house, but I'll keep a good house.
我没有好的房子，但我会招待周到的。
kill someone with kindness　 热情的让人受不了

know sth. like the palm of one's hand　 了如指掌

L

lashes　 睫毛
lead a cat-and-dog life　 过着不和睦的、敌对的生活。
lead a double life 　婚外恋、婚外情
leather boots 　皮靴
love at first sight　 一见钟情
lummox 　傻大个儿
例如：The lummox has loused up their company's whole business.
那个傻大个儿把公司的买卖搞的一团糟.

M

lean meat　 瘦肉
fat meat 　肥肉
salted meat 　咸肉
fresh meat 　鲜肉
smoked meat (bacon)　 熏肉
strong meat　 难以消化的食品，难理解的事物
grill the meat 　在烤架上把肉烤得滋滋冒油
fry the meat　 把肉炒一下
a meaty book 　一本有实际内容的好书
you young monkey　 小淘气鬼
Stop monkeying with my camera!
别摆弄我的相机！
make a mokey (out) of　 愚弄、耍弄
例如：You suddenly realized that you had been made a monkey (out) of by your opponents.
　 你就会突然发现自己被对手给耍了。
monkey business　 耍些骗人的把戏、捣鬼
例如：You suspected monkey business at the polls.
你怀疑选举投票中有鬼。
Monkey　 代表500美元
例如：He won a monkey at the horse races.
他在跑马中赢了500美元。

N

Nature calls 　要上厕所。

pain in the neck 　讨厌、恶心
例如：You gave me an awful pain in the neck.
你真让我觉得讨厌。
up to one's neck　 忙的不可开交
break one's neck 　努力地、拼命地做事
例如：I'm really up to my neck in my work today, I couldn't get away from the office
till 6:30. So I had to break my neck to get to my sister's engagement party at 7 o'clock.
我今天忙得不可开交，因为我不能6：30下班，所以我必须拼命地做事才能参加我妹妹
7：00的订婚宴会。
save one's neck 　免受苦难或惩罚
例如：The fighter planes saved our necks.
空军的战斗机保全了我们的生命。
crane one's neck to see sth.　 伸长脖子看什么东西
never say uncle 　嘴硬，不肯服输、不肯承认。
例如：I refused to say uncle no matter how they threatened me.
无论他们怎样吓唬我，我都不肯服输。
Tom never says uncle. He wouldn't admit he's wrong for the life of him.
汤姆的嘴特硬，打死都不肯承认错误。
nitpicker　 爱吹毛求疵的人（nitpicker means a kind of person who always criticizes
others by noticing small and unimportant differences）

O

one track-minded　 单轨思维，大脑不灵活，缺乏灵活的思维能力
例如：If you are a track-minded person, you will not understand what I intend.
如果你是一根筋的人，你就无法领会我的意图了。
one's cup of tea 　某人喜欢的事情
例如：That's not my cup of tea.
那不是我喜欢的事。

P

I hope you'll soon be in the pink again.　 我希望你早点恢复健康。
play the woman　 撒娇
pupil　 瞳孔

his right man　 他的得力助手
The Last Rose of Summer 　夏天的最后一朵玫瑰
The Way-Side Rose　 路边的玫瑰
the rose of the party 　晚会上最美丽、最引人注目的女孩
Everything is comimg up roses.　 自己经历的每件事都非常顺利、圆满.
　 Life is not all roses.　 人生并不是十全十美。
No rose without a thorn. 　没有不带刺的玫瑰；
rosy view　 乐观看法
rosy prospect 　美好前景
have roses in your cheeks　 面色红润

S

sandals　 凉鞋
set the world on fire　 一些震撼世界的杰出成就
platform shoes　 厚底鞋
lace up your shoes 　系鞋带
common as an old shoe　 不摆架子，平易近人
be in another's shoes 　处于别人的位置
die in shoes　 暴死街头
My shoes bite (me).　 鞋子穿了脚疼
hiking shoes　 旅游鞋
sports shoes (sneakers)　 运动鞋
for a song　 很便宜
例如：I bought this house for a song.
我以很便宜的价格卖了这座房子。
soul mate　性情相同的人、精神上的伙伴、性情相同
例如：I wouldn't marry anyone until I run into a soul mate of mine.
碰不到性情相同的人决不结婚。
It's a steal! 　真便宜
stew　 用小火慢慢地炖
sticky business 　让人左右为难的事情

T

two-faced 　两面派
例如：How could he be so two-faced? 他怎么能这么阴一套阳一套的？

in hot water　 处在困境之中
in smooth water 　进入顺境
spend money like water 　花钱大手大脚
pour cold water on your idea　 向你的这个想法浇点冷水　　
wedge heel　 坡跟鞋
　　　　　
wolf down his food　 狼吞虎咽地吃东西
cry wolf 　谎言欺人
例如：That politician cries wolf in every speech he makes.
那个政治家在他的每篇演说中都发出的警报。
from the word go 　立刻，马上
例如：When Mary and I met, I was dazzled. But I learned right away we
had nothing in common. I knew from the word go it wouldn't work no matter
how beautiful she was。
当我和玛丽初次见面时，我被她迷住了。但很快我知道我们没有任何共同之处。
我马上意识到不管她有多么漂亮，我们之间都不会有结果。

Abstracts Abstr. 文摘
Abbreviation 缩语和略语
Acta 学报
Advances 进展
Annals Anna. 纪事
Annual Annu. 年鉴，年度
Semi-Annual 半年度
Annual Review 年评
Appendix Appx 附录
Archives 文献集
Association Assn 协会
Author 作者
Bibliography 书目，题录
Biological Abstract BA 生物学文摘
Bulletin 通报，公告
Chemical Abstract CA 化学文摘
Citation Cit 引文，题录
Classification 分类，分类表
College Coll. 学会，学院
Compact Disc-Read Only Memory CD-ROM 只读光盘
Company Co. 公司
Content 目次
Co-term 配合词，共同词
Cross-references 相互参见
Digest 辑要，文摘
Directory 名录，指南
Dissertations Diss. 学位论文
Edition Ed. 版次
Editor Ed. 编者、编辑
Excerpta Medica EM 荷兰《医学文摘》
Encyclopedia 百科全书
The Engineering Index Ei 工程索引
Et al 等等
European Patent Convertion EPC 欧洲专利协定
Federation 联合会
Gazette 报，公报
Guide 指南
Handbook 手册
Heading 标题词
Illustration Illus. 插图
Index 索引
Cumulative Index 累积索引
Index Medicus IM 医学索引
Institute Inst. 学会、研究所
International Patent Classification IPC 国际专利分类法
International Standard Book Number ISBN 国际标准书号
International Standard Series Number ISSN 国际标准刊号
Journal J. 杂志、刊
Issue 期（次）
Keyword 关键词
Letter Let. 通讯、读者来信
List 目录、一览表
Manual 手册
Medical Literature Analysis and MADLARS 医学文献分析与检索系统
Retrieval System
Medical Subject Headings MeSH 医学主题词表
Note 札记
Papers 论文
Patent Cooperation Treaty PCT 国际专利合作条约
Precision Ratio 查准率
Press 出版社
Procceedings Proc. 会报、会议录
Progress 进展
Publication Publ. 出版物
Recall Ratio 查全率
Record 记录、记事
Report 报告、报导
Review 评论、综述
Sciences Abstracts SA 科学文摘
Section Sec. 部分、辑、分册
See also 参见
Selective Dissemination of Information SDI 定题服务
Seminars 专家讨论会文集
Series Ser. 丛书、辑
Society 学会
Source 来源、出处
Subheadings 副主题词
Stop term 禁用词
Subject 主题
Summary 提要
Supplement Suppl. 附刊、增刊
Survey 概览 英语文献常用词及其缩写

Abstracts Abstr. 文摘
Abbreviation 缩语和略语
Acta 学报
Advances 进展
Annals Anna. 纪事
Annual Annu. 年鉴，年度
Semi-Annual 半年度
Annual Review 年评
Appendix Appx 附录
Archives 文献集
Association Assn 协会
Author 作者
Bibliography 书目，题录
Biological Abstract BA 生物学文摘
Bulletin 通报，公告
Chemical Abstract CA 化学文摘
Citation Cit 引文，题录
Classification 分类，分类表
College Coll. 学会，学院
Compact Disc-Read Only Memory CD-ROM 只读光盘
Company Co. 公司
Content 目次
Co-term 配合词，共同词
Cross-references 相互参见
Digest 辑要，文摘
Directory 名录，指南
Dissertations Diss. 学位论文
Edition Ed. 版次
Editor Ed. 编者、编辑
Excerpta Medica EM 荷兰《医学文摘》
Encyclopedia 百科全书
The Engineering Index Ei 工程索引
Et al 等等
European Patent Convertion EPC 欧洲专利协定
Federation 联合会
Gazette 报，公报
Guide 指南
Handbook 手册
Heading 标题词
Illustration Illus. 插图
Index 索引
Cumulative Index 累积索引
Index Medicus IM 医学索引
Institute Inst. 学会、研究所
International Patent Classification IPC 国际专利分类法
International Standard Book Number ISBN 国际标准书号
International Standard Series Number ISSN 国际标准刊号
Journal J. 杂志、刊
Issue 期（次）
Keyword 关键词
Letter Let. 通讯、读者来信
List 目录、一览表
Manual 手册
Medical Literature Analysis and MADLARS 医学文献分析与检索系统
Retrieval System
Medical Subject Headings MeSH 医学主题词表
Note 札记
Papers 论文
Patent Cooperation Treaty PCT 国际专利合作条约
Precision Ratio 查准率
Press 出版社
Procceedings Proc. 会报、会议录
Progress 进展
Publication Publ. 出版物
Recall Ratio 查全率
Record 记录、记事
Report 报告、报导
Review 评论、综述
Sciences Abstracts SA 科学文摘
Section Sec. 部分、辑、分册
See also 参见
Selective Dissemination of Information SDI 定题服务
Seminars 专家讨论会文集
Series Ser. 丛书、辑
Society 学会
Source 来源、出处
Subheadings 副主题词
Stop term 禁用词
Subject 主题
Summary 提要
Supplement Suppl. 附刊、增刊
Survey 概览
Symposium Symp. 专题学术讨论会
Thesaurus 叙词表、词库
Title 篇名、刊名、题目
Topics 论题、主题
Transactions 汇报、汇刊
Volume Vol. 卷
World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO 世界知识产权
World Patent Index WPI 世界专利索引
Yearbook 年鉴

Symposium Symp. 专题学术讨论会
Thesaurus 叙词表、词库
Title 篇名、刊名、题目
Topics 论题、主题
Transactions 汇报、汇刊
Volume Vol. 卷
World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO 世界知识产权
World Patent Index WPI 世界专利索引
Yearbook 年鉴

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