http://www.lhps.kh.edu.tw/lhps/learning/week_eng.htm
Where there is a will, there is a way.
把will當成牆壁,上面句子我竟然翻譯成
"不入虎穴焉得虎子" 還有
"山窮水盡疑無路柳暗花明又一村"
No pain, no gain. = No gain without pain.
這句我翻成"要怎麼收穫先怎麼栽"
有人翻"一分耕耘一分收穫" "不勞則無穫"
"不經一番寒徹骨,焉得梅花撲鼻香"
加加油好嗎!
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do
today.
今日事,今日畢。
Better late than never.(It's never too late to
mend.)
亡羊補牢猶未晚。(遲做總比不做好)。
Time and tide wait for no man.
歲月不待人。
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
知足常樂。
The early bird gets the worm.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃;捷足先登。
In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
比上不足,比下有餘。
A leopard cannot change his spots.
本性難移。
Actions speak louder than words.
行動勝於言辭;事實勝於雄辯。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚。
Comparisons are odious.
人比人氣死人。
Constant dripping wears away the stone.
滴水穿石。
Courtesy costs nothing.
禮多人不怪。
Discretion is the better part of valor.
勇敢貴審慎(冒不必要之險,只是匹夫之勇)。
Discretion is the better part of valor.
勿逞匹夫之勇;識時務者為俊傑。
Do not cast pearls before swine.
不要明珠暗投。不要對牛彈琴。
cast [throw] (one's) pearls before swine
對牛彈琴。
Comparisons are odious.
人比人氣死人。
Complete power corrupts completely.
絕對的權力使人絕對地腐化。
Faint heart never won fair lady.
不入虎穴焉得虎子。膽怯者永遠得不到美人的芳心。果敢能成事。
Fortune favors the brave (bold).
天助勇者。
God helps those who help themselves.
天助自助者。
It is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill.
寧為善而鬥,毋屈服於惡。
Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
殺鵝取卵(過份貪婪);斷絕財源。
Let bygones be bygones.
往者已矣;既往不咎。
Let every man skin his own skunk.
各人自掃門前雪。
Man proposes and God disposes.
謀事在人成事在天。
Make hay while the sun shines.
把握時機。
Misfortunes never come single (alone).
禍不單行。
Nothing venture, nothing gain [win; have].
不入虎穴;焉得虎子。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏;勿以偏概全(輕率推論易犯錯誤;一關渡過並非萬事大吉)。
Penny wise and pound foolish.
因小失大。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Prevention is better than cure.
預防勝於治療。
Pride goes before a fall.
驕者必敗。
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
富貴結朋友,患難見真情。
Self-trust is the first secret of success.
自信心是成功的首要關鍵。
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
玉不琢不成器;不打不成器。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
打鐵趁熱。
Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.
成功源於努力去克服困難
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
成功的祕絕在於目標堅定有恆。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
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