收集4条英语谚语
alluvial【篇一：收集4条英语谚语】
一箭双雕
kill two birds with one stone
指鹿为马
upt是什么意思
calling a stag a hor
谈虎色变
turn pale at the mention of a tiger
老马识途besure
an old hor knows the way
闻鸡起舞
sword practice at cock-crow
鼠目寸光
be shortsighted
tomato的音标金蝉脱壳
escape unnoticed
飞禽走兽
birds and beasts
barking dogs ldom bite.吠犬不咬人（意指：对于高声发出恐吓,或惯于大声吼叫的人,勿须当真）.
every dog has his day.凡人皆有得意日（意指：大家都有走运的一天）.
dog does not eat dog.同类不相残；同室不操戈
as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.偷羊偷羔都是绞（死）；偷大偷小统是贼（意指：一不做,二不休）.
there’s a black sheep in every flock.每一羊群里都会有一只黑羊,丑儿子家家有（意指：每个家里都会有个败家子.）
he that makes himlf a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.甘心做绵羊,早晚喂豹狼（人弱受人欺）.
the sheep who talks peace with a wolf will soon be mutton.羊向狼乞求和平,很快就会变成羊肉（意指,切勿向敌人乞求和平）
【篇二：收集4条英语谚语】
1.after meat, mustard; after death, doctor .
雨后送伞
explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when i
t is too late.
example: just as i had cancelled my application to go abroad, i had a promi of money for my fare. it was a ca of after death, the doctor.
2. after praising the wine they ll us vinegar.
挂羊头卖狗肉
explanation: to offer to give or ll something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.
example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. after praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.
3. all is over but the shouting.
会计工作年度总结大势已去
explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.理智与情感
example: after bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.
4. all lay load on the willing hor.
人善被人欺,马善被人骑
explanation: a willing hor is someone who is always doing things for others. very often the implication is that others impo on him.
examples: the trouble is you’re too good-natured and people take advantage of it. all lay load on the willing hor. you will have to learn to refu people who ask too much.
5.anger and haste hinder good counl.
小不忍则乱大谋
explanation: one can not act wily when one is angry or in a hurry.
example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. anger and haste hinder good counl.
6. as poor as a church mou
一贫如洗
explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.
example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mou.
note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
7. a word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出,驷马难追
explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.
example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said, but a word spoken is
past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of that moment of harshness.
8.world is but a little place, after all.
天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君
explanation: it is ud when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so.
example: who would have thought i would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up mount tai. the world is but a little place after all.
9. when in rome, do as the romans do.
入乡随俗
explanation: conform to the manners and customs of tho amongst whom you live.
example: i know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the continent you will do as the romans do and take coffee and rolls.
10. what you lo on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
fulfill
失之东隅,收之桑榆
explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed.
example: he may always posss merits which make up for everything; if he los on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts.
11.what are the odds so long as you are happy.
clutches知足者常乐
explanation: what does anything el matter if a person is happy.
example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. what’s the odd so long as you’re happy.
12．entertain an angel unawares.
有眼不识泰山
第二天早上
explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits.
example: in the cour of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a compor of the greatest promi
13.every dog has his day .
是人皆有出头日
explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine ems a very long time coming.
14.every potter prais his own pot.
王婆买瓜,自卖自夸
世界史复习提纲
explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their posssions or their family members
example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but i would rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. every potter prais his own pot
