一中英惯用短语:
| - [谚]真理和谬误之间仅差一步。 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, 必有一失。 A good marksman may miss.
- [谚]稳稳到手的一半胜似毫无把握的全部; 过犹不及。 The half is more than the whole .
- [谚]穿上袈裟不一定就是和尚; 不可以貌取人。 The hood [habit, cowl] does not make the monk. (=It is not the hood that makes themonk.)
- [谚]穿上袈裟不一定就是和尚, 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]竹篮打水一场空; 白费力气, 徒劳。 draw water in [with] a sieve(=pour water into a sieve).
- [谚]结局好就一切都好。 All is well that ends well.
- [谚]罗马城非朝夕建成; 伟业非一日之功。 Rome was not built in a day.
- [谚]老狗不乱吠; 老狗 一吠, 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; 一朝被蛇咬, 三年怕井绳。 The scalded dog fears cold water.
- [谚]认罪是悔罪的第一步; 悔过必先认错。 C-is the first step to repentance.
- [谚]谁出钱, 谁点戏(花钱的人有权左右一切)。 He who pays the piper, calls the tune.
- [谚]跟狼在一起, 就会学狼叫; 近墨者黑。 He who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl.
- [谚]跟狼在一起, 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, 同性者常同睡一床)。 Adversity makes strange bedfellow.
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