中西谚语对照1000句(7).docx
11页中西谚语对照1000句(7)新君立新法2. Laws catch flies and let hornets go free.法网只捕蝇,黄蜂由它去3. Where drums beat,laws are silent.战鼓一响,法律无声4. An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men.法官能公正,重法不重人5. That trial is not fair where affection is the judge.法官动感情,审判难公正6. A good lawyer,an evil neighbour.好律师不是好邻居7. An old physician,and a young lawyer.医生老的好,律师年轻的好8. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.鸡蛋还未孵,先别数鸡雏;莫过早乐观9. Though the fox run,the chicken hath wings.狐狸虽会跑,小鸡有翅膀。
10.Young cocks love no coops.小公鸡不恋笼11.A cock is bold on his dunghill.站在粪堆上,公鸡也称王12.A barley-corn is better than a diamond to a cock.对一只公鸡来说,一颗麦粒优于一颗钻石13.He that will have his farm full,must keep an old cock and a young bull.想使农庄充裕,就得养一只老公鸡和一头小公牛14.If the hen does not prate,she will not lay.不叨叨的母鸡不下蛋15.It is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays in another’s.这样的母鸡可不好:在你家里咯咯叫,却到别家去下蛋16.Fat hens lay few eggs.肥鸡下蛋稀17.Grain by grain,and the hen fills her belly.一颗接一颗,母鸡填饱肚18.A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter.一只鸭子不会常在同一条沟中玩水。
19.It is a blind silly gooes that comes to the fox’s sermon.只有盲目的笨鹅才会去听狐狸讲道20.What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.适用于甲的也适用于乙21.All his geese are swans.他喜爱夸张其词;敝帚自珍22.All your swans are geese.你的美妙盼望(或诺言),全部成了泡影23.Each bird likes to hear himself sing.每一只鸟都爱听自己唱歌24.The bird loves her nest.鸟爱自己的窝25.Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚,人以群分26.The bird that can sing and won’t sing must be made to sing.生来能唱的鸟,不愿唱也得叫它唱27.The fowler’s pipe sounds sweet until the bird is caught.捕禽人笛声悠扬,直吹得鸟儿落网。
28.He that will take the bird must not scare it.捕鸟休惊鸟29.The noisy fowler catches no bird.捕禽人大肆声张,鸟儿就不会落网30.Old birds are not caught with new nests.新网难捕老鸟31.’Tis the early bird that catches the worm.早起的鸟先得虫;捷足先登32.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林,不如一鸟在手;十赊不如一现33.A bird is known by its note,and a man by his talk.鸟以声闻,人以言知34.It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.家丑不行外扬35.Eagles fly alone,but sheep flock together.鹰爱独飞羊爱群36.A kite will never be a good hawk.鸢永不会变成隼37.Empty hands no hawk allure.空手不能诱鹰来。
38.The crow thinks his own bird fairest.乌鸦总以为自己的雏鸟最美39.A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.乌鸦不管怎样常常洗澡,也不会变白40.Wheresoever the carcase is,there will the ravens be gathered together.哪里有死尸,乌鸦就成群41.One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不能成夏天(不行仅凭一种现象而遽作推断)42.The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth it sooner.燕子一飞就上塔,蜗牛静静爬,最终也上塔43.The cuckoo comes in April,and stays the month of May;sings a song at Midsummer,and then goes away.布谷鸟,四月来,五月始终在,仲夏唱支歌,然后就离开44.If the sky falls,we shall catch larks.天垮正好抓云雀;不要杞人忧天。
45.An owl is the king of the night.猫头鹰是黑夜46.When the owl sings,the nightingale will hold her peace.枭鸟唱歌,夜莺屏息47.Cats hide their paws.猫儿不露爪48.A gloved cat catches no mice.戴手套的猫抓不到老鼠49.When the cat’s away,the mice will play.猫儿不在家,老鼠就玩耍;猫儿不在耗子闹50.Ale will make cat speak.喝了淡啤酒,猫也会开口;酒后使人说话多51.A blate cat makes a proud mouse.猫儿害羞,老鼠翻天52.When the weasel and the cat make a marriage,it is a very ill presage.黄鼠狼跟猫儿成亲,预兆不佳53.The cat and dog may kiss,yet are none the better friends.猫狗虽相吻,总难成好友54.All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.猫儿性爱鱼,却怕爪弄湿;想获得珍品的人不愿冒必要的风险。
55.A cat may look at a king.猫也有权看国王;小人物也该有些权利56.It is said that “cat hath nine lives“,yet care would wear them all out.据说猫儿有九命,忧虑多时也伤身57.An old dog bites sore.老狗咬人咬得狠58.Beware of a silent dog and still water.哑狗和静水,二者都得防59.Barking dogs seldom bite.爱吠的狗不咬人60.A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.肉骨头打狗狗不叫61.Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.远处狗就叫,近身不会咬62.If the old dog barks,he gives counsel.老狗叫,是忠告63.In every country dogs bite.天下有狗都咬人64.Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.饿狗也吃脏布丁;饥不择食。
65.Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread.狗儿把尾摇,爱的是面包66.All are not thieves that dogs bark at.狗吠的人并非都是小偷67.Every dog is valiant at his own door.站在家门口,狗也雄纠纠68.Every dog is a lion at home.狗在家中,八面威严69.While the dog gnaws bone,companions would be none.狗啃骨头无同伴70.Two dogs strive for a bone,the third runs away with it.两狗相争一骨头,第三只狗衔起走71.Mad dog bites his master.疯狗咬仆人72.Too much pudding will choke dog.布丁太多噎死狗73.Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.莫因狗尾摇,次次丢面包74.A living dog is better than a dead lion.活狗胜于死狮。
75.Love me,love my dog.爱屋及乌76.Let sleeping dog lie.勿惊卧狗;切莫惹是生非77.Help the dog over the stile.助人度过难关78.Every dog has his day.片瓦也有翻身日;人人都有得意时79.Give a dog a bad name and hang him.欲加之罪,何患无辞80.He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.有心打狗好找棍;欲加之罪,何患无辞81.An old dog cannot alter its way of barking.老狗难改常吠声。





