诱饵藏钩。It is the hook that catches the fish,but it is the bait that tempts it to take the hook into its mouth. The moral is: beware of an attractive offer,for there is very likely to be a catch in it.钓鱼用鱼钩,但诱鱼上钩的是鱼饵。这条谚语的寓意是: 当心有诱惑力的建...[继续阅读]

    吠犬不咬人。When a dog barks at you,this does not necessarily mean that he intends to bite you.He may be just excited or frightened of you.The proverb means that a man who utters threats in a loud voice,or is given to noisy boasting,need not be taken seriously....[继续阅读]

    在你慷慨助人之前,使应该先得的先得到;先公正而后慷慨。You have no right to be generous till you have first met the demands of justness. You should not,for example,start giving presents to your friends before you have paid back the money you owe others.首先做到公平,你才有...[继续阅读]

    旧路最安全。Don’t take unnecessary risks. Profit from the experience of others. The proverb can be better understood if for ‘beaten road’ we read‘beaten track’ or ‘well-worn path’.It is safer to keep to such a path leading through the woods,however much it wind...[继续阅读]

    美貌只不过是皮相之物; 人不可貌相。We cannot judge by looks alone.Physical beauty may hide an ugly nature.看人不能单凭相貌,肉体上的美可能掩盖着丑恶的本质。...[继续阅读]

    美丽存在于观看者的心目中; 情人眼里出西施。‘Beauty’,the dictionary tells us,‘is a combination of qualities,as shape,proportion,colour,in human face or form,or in other objects,that delights the sight.’The last four words are important. Beauty does not exist by itself; it ex...[继续阅读]

    要饭的那能挑肥拣瘦; 讨饭难拣嘴;饥不择食。A person who is hungry and has no money to buy food should not complain when he is offered bread and cheese instead of roast lamb and new potatoes,with apple tart and cream to follow. He is in no position to argue with his benefactor...[继续阅读]

    好鱼居水底; 好戏在后头。They are therefore the most difficult to catch.Nothing is really worth having if it can be got without any trouble. The best things are hard to come by.好鱼居水底,因此捉起来最困难。得来毫不费力的东西,没有真正的价值。最好的东西得之...[继续阅读]

    最好的东西最便宜。Articles of the best quality usually last longer and give better service than those that are cheap and inferior,so that in the long run they prove cheaper. It does not,however,necessarily follow that the dearest is the best,since some dear things...[继续阅读]

    过于求全,适得其反; 好高鹜远,成就有限; 要求过高,反难成功。This suggests that in striving to reach perfection we often spoil what would have been good enough.这条谚语启示我们: 在力争达到完善的过程中,我们往往损害了那些本来就很好的东西。反意谚...[继续阅读]