100句常用俗语中英对照
中英互译时的一个大问题就是遇到成语、俗语、古诗词。这其中有一部分在两种语言里都有表述略有异，但意思相近的翻译；还有一部分需要老老实实按字面翻译。下面的100组中英对照，很有实用意义。
1 The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
2 Obrvation is the best teacher.
观察是最好的老师。
3 Offen is the best defen.
进攻是最好的防御。
4 Old friends and old wines are best.
陈酒味醇，老友情深。
5 Old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。
6 Once a man and twice a child.
一次老，两次小。
7 Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盗一次，做贼一世。
8 Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
9 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。
10 Wet behind the ears.
乳臭未干。
11 One cannot put back the clock.
时钟不能倒转。
12 One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百闻不如一见。
13 One fal move may lo the game.
一着不慎，满盘皆输。如何关爱留守儿童
14 One good turn derves another.
行善积德。
15 One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
争分夺秒效率高。
16 One man's fault is other man’s lesson.
前车之鉴。
17 One never los anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。
18 One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
19 One's words reflect one’s thinking.
言为心声。
20 Out of debt, out of danger.
无债一身轻。
21 Out of office, out of danger.
无官一身轻。
22 Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心为静。
23 Patience is the best remedy.
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24 Penny wi, pound foolish.
贪小便宜吃大亏。
25 Plain dealing is praid more than practiced.
正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
27 Plea the eye and plague the heart.
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贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
28 Pleasure comes through toil.
苦尽甘来。
29 Pour water into a sieve.
竹篮子打水一场空。
30 Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
31 Prai is not pudding.
恭维话不能当饭吃。
32 Prai makes good men better, and bad men wor.
好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
33 The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
34 Prefer loss to unjust gain.
宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
35 Prevention is better than cure.
大相径庭的反义词预防胜于治疗。
36 Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
骄傲使人落后。
37 Promi is debt.
一诺千金。
38 Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
谚语是日常经验的结晶。
39 Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。
40 Put the cart before the hor.
本末倒置。
41 Put your shoulder to the wheel.
鼎力相助。
42 Reading enriches the mind.
开卷有益。
43 Reading is to the mind while exerci to the body.
读书健脑，运动强身。
44 Respect yourlf, or no one el will respect you.
要人尊敬，必须自重。
45 Rome is not built in a day.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
46 Saying is one thing and doing another.
言行不一。
47 Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
48 Send a wi man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者当差，不用交代。
49 Set a thief to catch a thief.
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以贼捉贼。
50 Short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算账。
51 Something is better than nothing.
聊胜于无。
52 Soon learn, soon forgotten.
学得快，忘得快。
53 Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快，烂得快。
54 Speech is silver, silence is gold.
能言是银，沉默是金。
55 Still water run deep.
静水常深。
56 Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁热打铁。
57 Success belongs to the pervering.
坚持就是胜利。
58 Take things as they come.
老人去世吊唁短信
既来之，则安之。
59 Talking mends no holes.
空谈无补。
60 Talk of the devil and he will appear.
说曹操，曹操就到。
61 Tall trees catch much wind.
树大招风。
62 Teach others by your example.
躬亲示范。
63 The best hearts are always the bravest.
无私者无畏。
64 The best man stumbles.
伟人也有犯错时。
65 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
掩耳盗铃。
66 The danger past and God forgotten.
过河拆桥。
67 The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的黑暗。
68 The darkest place is under the candlestick.
烛台底下最暗。
69 The devil knows many things becau he is old.
老马识途。
70 The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
魔鬼有时也会说真话。高考题库
71 The die is cast.
木已成舟。
72 The end justifies the means.
只要目的正当，可以不择手段。
73 The end makes all equal.
死亡面前，人人平等。
74 The eye is bigger than the belly.
贪多嚼不烂。
75 The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
