中英惯用短语:
  •   [谚]真理和谬误之间仅差步。   There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
  •   [谚]神射手也有射不中的时候; 智者千虑, 必有失。   A good marksman may miss.
  •   [谚]稳稳到手的半胜似毫无把握的全部; 过犹不及。   The half is more than the whole .
  •   [谚]穿上袈裟不定就是和尚; 不可以貌取人。   The hood [habit, cowl] does not make the monk. (=It is not the hood that makes themonk.)
  •   [谚]穿上袈裟不定就是和尚, 人不可貌相。   The cowl does not make the monk.
  •   [谚]窝家跟贼一样坏。   The receiver is as bad as the thief.
  •   [谚]竹篮打水场空; 白费力气, 徒劳。   draw water in [with] a sieve(=pour water into a sieve).
  •   [谚]结局好就切都好。   All is well that ends well.
  •   [谚]罗马城非朝夕建成; 伟业非日之功。   Rome was not built in a day.
  •   [谚]老狗不乱吠; 老狗 吠, 就得小心。   An old dog barks not in vain.
  •   [谚]被滚水烫伤的狗, 见了冷水也发抖; 朝被蛇咬, 三年怕井绳。   The scalded dog fears cold water.
  •   [谚]认罪是悔罪的第步; 悔过必先认错。   C-is the first step to repentance.
  •   [谚]谁出钱, 谁点戏(花钱的人有权左右切)。   He who pays the piper, calls the tune.
  •   [谚]跟狼在起, 就会学狼叫; 近墨者黑。   He who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl.
  •   [谚]跟狼在起, 就得学狼叫; 入乡随俗。   One must howl with the wolves.
  •   [谚]难中不择友(英国中世纪至17世纪中叶, 单人床尚属罕见, 在旅店等地方, 同性者常同睡床)。   Adversity makes strange bedfellow.