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Answer 1

恭喜发财：May you be prosperous!；
Wish you prosperity
吉祥如意：Good fortune as you wishes；
Good luck and happiness to you
年年有余： Have enough and spare every year
平安是福：Safe and well is the best
自强不息：Strive continuously to make new progress ，
或者是Make unremitting efforts to improve yourself
一帆风顺：Everything goes well
家和万事兴：.If the family lives in harmony, all affairs will prosper。
或者是Harmony in the family is the basis for success in any undertaking

Answer 2

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.
静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well.
结果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes.
母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马难追。
A year's plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
Better late than never.
不怕慢，单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
Blood will have blood.
血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。
Business is business.
公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper.
骗人发不了财。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
择书如择友。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.
做你的吧，天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.
循序渐进。
Cry for the moon.
海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。
Do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
Do it now.
机不可失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。
Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂装懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事过多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻烦。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好。
Easier said than done.
说得容易，做得难。
Easy come, easy go.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人负责，等于没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.
谁都有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。
Every minute counts.
分秒必争。
Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。
Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Far from eye, far from heart.
眼不见，心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served.
先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次见面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金，积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大错误。
Great men's sons seldom do well.
富不过三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.
贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.
心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.
健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼听则明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不动，叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.
愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背后说好话，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯错误。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自嘲者不会让人见笑。
He is wise that is honest.
诚实者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不进则退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
经常诉苦，没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯错误，就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上当一回头，再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.
众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木，百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
门门精通，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.
活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.
不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.
先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.
谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.
谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.
没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.
文如其人。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
一报还一报。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.
什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人无大志。
Look before you leap.
摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.
岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.
一见钟情。
Love cannot be compelled.
爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.
爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.
没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
Make hay while the sun shines.
良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.
化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.
人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
Measure for measure.
针锋相对。
Misfortunes never come alone.
祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。
Money isn't everything.
钱不是万能的。
Murder will out.
纸包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
Never say die.
永不言败。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
New wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。
No cross, no crown.
不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.
没有不长草的园子。
No living man all things can.
世上没有万事通。
No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.
没有生而知之者。
No man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.
聪明一世，糊涂一时。
None are so blind as those who won't see.
视而不见。
None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
充耳不闻。
No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不会重现。
No pains, no gains.
没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain.
没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.
先苦后甜。
No smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼泪干得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
没有追求就没有收获。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行，语言最要紧。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
Not to advance is to go back.
不进则退。
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
No way is impossible to courage.
勇者无惧。
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
军人以服从命令为天职。
Observation is the best teacher.
观察是最好的老师。
Offense is the best defense.
进攻是最好的防御。
Old friends and old wines are best.
陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child.
一次老，两次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盗一次，做贼一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
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。
One cannot put back the clock.
时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百闻不如一见。
One false move may lose the game.
一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One good turn deserves another.
行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
争分夺秒效率高。
One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
One's words reflect one's thinking.
言为心声。
Out of debt, out of danger.
无债一身轻。
Out of office, out of danger.
无官一身轻。
Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心为静。
Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish.
贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart.
贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
Pleasure comes through

Answer 3

英语文化与英语成语

1. A cat may look at a king.

[字面意思] 猫也可以看国王。

[解释] 无名小卒也可以评论大人物。人皆可以为尧舜。不要因为别人的资格不够老，或经验不如你多，就不让他发表意见。

2. A penny saved is a penny earned.

[字面意思] 节省一个便士就等于挣了一个便士。

[解释] 省钱是明智的做法。省一分就是赚一分。不要因为钱的数目不大就不把它当一回事，瞧不起小钱是不对的，要记住A penny saved is a penny earned这条经验。

3. A watched pot never boils.

[字面意思] 眼睛盯着看的壶永远不会开。

[解释] 事情在进行中，不到时候就不会有结果，要水到渠成才行。心急锅不开。你着急？着急也没用！用眼睛盯着它看也无济于事，事情不会因为你着急就会有较快的进展。

4. A word to the wise.

[字面意思] 送给智者的一句话。

[解释] 给明智而愿意接受别人意见或建议的人提出忠告。我知道你能听进去话，所以我才跟你这么说。我说的是正确的，对你有好处，而且我知道你也会听取我的意见。

5. All is well that ends well.

[字面意思] 结尾好就意味着一切都好。

[解释] 结局好，一切都好。出自莎士比亚剧本名。在开始或中间环节出现的一些小的差错或麻烦无关紧要，没什么大不了的，只要最终的结局令人满意，那就是好的。

6. Bad news travels fast.

[字面意思] 坏消息传得快。

[解释] 好事不出门，坏事传千里。

7. Beauty is only skin deep.

[字面意思] 美貌只是肤浅的。

[解释] 美貌只是表面现象而已。以貌取人靠不住。你不能只看到她有漂亮的面孔就向她求爱，你还应该考虑其它方面的因素。找结婚伴侣是要过日子，不是当海报招贴画来看的。我的忠告是两句话：Beauty is only skin-deep. True feelings are more important.

8. Beggars can't be choosers.

[字面意思] 乞丐不可能有选择。

[解释] 你得到的不完全是你想得到的，可能条件或质量等方面差一些，但没有再选择的余地，只能接受不十分满意的事物。这就叫Beggars can't be choosers.

9. Better safe than sorry.

[字面意思] 安全比遗憾好

[解释] 最好不要去冒险。即使不冒险你得多费些功夫，多做些枯燥无味的工作，这都值得。总比为了省事而冒险强。变体：Better to be safe than sorry.

10. Easy come, easy go.

[字面意思] 来的容易，去的快。

[解释] 这句话适合讲给那些把什么事都看得容易的人。尤其是对那种认为挣钱容易，不把钱当钱，对任何事情都不担心的人最适合。应该提醒这种人"钱不是长在树上的"。钱不是像树上的果实一样，今年吃光了明年还会自动长出来。有些人自己不挣钱，不知道挣钱的艰辛。

11. Every little helps.

[字面意思] 每一小部分都有帮助。

[解释] 点点滴滴，有其助益。一颗颗粮食堆成山，一块块铜板成千万。偏远地区的孩子没学上，我们有义务帮助他们。希望大家多支持，捐钱、捐书、捐铅笔，什么都行。多捐多感谢、少捐也不嫌，Every little helps.

12. Good wine needs no bush.

[字面意思] 好酒不需要做广告。

[解释] 好的产品不需要做更多的广告。酒好不怕巷子深。或许这话在全球化经济竞争的年代不太适合。

13. I am all ears.

[字面意思] 我浑身上下都是耳朵。

[解释] 我在洗耳恭听。我很感兴趣，我在集中精力，全神贯注地等你往下说。比如：女朋友说"我今天下午去参加面试了。你想知道结果吗？"女朋友没往下说，就等男朋友开口，希望他说："Tell me! Tell me! I'm all ears!"

14. If the cap fits, wear it.

[字面意思] 如果帽子合适，就戴着吧。

[解释] 要是言之中肯，就接受吧。你的作业没做好，老师认为你看电视太多，影响了你的学习。老师说你是"电视迷"（TV addict），你不承认。你我同住一个宿舍，我很清楚老师说的是对的，所以If the cap fits, wear it.

15. In for a penny, in for a pound!

[字面意思] 赌一便士是赌，赌一英镑也是赌。

[解释] 类似"一不做、二不休"的说法。这是当你要准备参与某个项目，准备投入你的财力，时间或精力的时候可能说的一句话。你买股票时，拿不定主意，是买进100股，还是再多买一点。我劝你："我看能赚大钱，干脆多买点儿，In for a penny, in for a pound!

16. It gets my goat.

[字面意思] 动了我的山羊。

[解释] 某事使你生气，你可以说It gets my goat（真让人生气！）比如我看到有人站在路中间说话，挡着道，我还得绕着过去，我就特别生气。变体：It gets on my goat.

17. It slipped my mind .

[字面意思] 从大脑里溜走了。

[解释] 忘记了。没记住。我本想告诉你，你的女朋友来电话了，但是我把这事给忘记了。I meant to tell you your girl friend had called, but it slipped my mind.

18. It takes two to tango.

[字面意思] 跳探戈舞需要两个人。

[解释] 一个巴掌拍不响。孤掌难鸣。如果两个人在吵架，我认为错不在一方，两人都不对，那就可以说It takes two to tango.

19. It's all my eye!

[字面意思] 都是的我的眼睛。

[解释] 表示不同意或惊讶。大意相当于：我根本不相信；他说的都是骗人的鬼话；胡说八道。也可以说：That's all my eye. 如果你听到了某人说的假话，你就可以说It's all my eye!劝别人也不要相信。

20. It's my word against his/hers.

[字面意思] 我的话对他/她的话。

[解释] 我跟他发生争执，我俩各执一词，没有人可以证明谁对谁不对，公说公有理，婆说婆有理。你该相信谁的话，真是个难题。There were no witnesses to the accident, so it's my word against hers. 这是挡磺宓氖虑椤?/p>

21. It's not my pigeon.

[字面意思] 不是我的鸽子。

[解释] 不关我的事。不是我的责任。跟我没关系。那家公司倒闭了？幸好我没买它的股票，倒就倒了吧，It's not my pigeon.

22. Keep your chin up.

[字面意思] 抬起下巴颏。

[解释] 这是对处在困境中的人说的一句话。是对别人的鼓励和关心，要他勇敢地面对困难，不要因为受到挫折而灰心丧气。你的女朋友又找到新的男朋友了？没关系，Keep your chin up!

23. Let bygones be bygones.

[字面意思] 让过去的就过去吧。

[解释] 忘掉过去不愉快的事情。我们俩有过不和的时候，但希望以后我们还是朋友。昨天我跟你吵架了，今天我对你说：I am sorry we had a row last night. Let's become friends again and let bygones be bygones.

24. Like father, like son.

[字面意思] 儿子像父亲。

[解释] 有其父、必有其子。也可以说Like mother, like daughter.

25. Little leaks sink the ship.

[字面意思] 小漏洞会使一条船沉没。

[解释] 千里长堤，溃于蚁穴。不能轻视出现的小问题，时间长了可能会引起大麻烦。

26. Love begets love.

[字面意思] 爱可以带来更多的爱。

[解释] 情生情，爱生爱。你不爱他，他就不会爱你。希望你多给他些爱，这样他会更爱你，我们都应该记住：Love begets love. （Like begets like的意思是"有其因必有其果"）。

27. Love is blind.

[字面意思] 爱情是盲目的。

[解释] 情人眼里出西施。究竟他为什么爱上了她？我是不理解，但谁也说不清。爱情就是这样，正像人们常说的一样，Love is blind. 典出罗马神话，爱神丘比特Cupid用布蒙着眼睛，生有双翅，持弓箭，"爱情之箭"会盲目地射出。

28. Love me, love my dog.

[字面意思] 如果爱我，也应该爱我的狗。

[解释] 你要是爱我，那也应该爱我所爱的一切。相当于汉语的"爱屋及乌"。我离了婚，还带着两个孩子。你说你爱我。但两个孩子不能离开我，我认的就是Love me, love my dog这个理。

29. Mark my words!

[字面意思] 记下我说的话。

[解释] 给别人提出建议或警告，要别人按你的意见办事。我说的没错，相信我的话。我知道这匹马能赢，你该把赌注下在这儿。You will regret it if you don't put your money on this horse. Mark my words!

30. Marriage is a lottery.

[字面意思] 找对象是碰运气。

[解释] 婚姻要碰运气；婚姻就像买彩票。很难说好女子就一定能找到好丈夫，或好男子就一定能碰上好妻子。有不少人认为Marriage is a lottery.

31. Marriages are made in heaven.

[字面意思] 婚姻是由上天决定的。

[解释] 姻缘是命中注定的。你找对象挑了又挑，拣了又拣，最终能找到什么人，谁也难说。但好多人都相信Marriages are made in heaven.

32. Money doesn't grow on trees.

[字面意思] 钱不是长在树上的。

[解释] 钱是有数的，有花光的时候。花钱要仔细，要精打细算，不要花钱如流水。你昨天买了家用电脑，今天又要买一个笔记本电脑？晚上还打算带你的女朋友去五星级饭店去吃饭？你该懂得Money does not grow on trees. 家里这点钱花完没了，不会自己再长出来。

33. Money isn't everything.

[字面意思] 钱不是一切。

[解释] 生活中还有更重要的东西。不要把钱看的太重。金钱不代表一切。你不要爱情，不要亲情，不讲友情，为了钱你什么也不顾。那挣钱有什么用？你该明白这个道理：Money isn't everything.

34. My ears are burning.

[字面意思] 我的耳朵在发烧。

[解释] 在西方也有人相信，如果你的耳朵发热，那可能是有人在其它地方议论你。有的中国人还有左耳烧和右耳烧的区别（好话和坏话的区别）。这是感觉到别人在说起你的时候说的一句话。

35. My fingers are all thumbs.

[字面意思] 我的指头都成了大拇指了。

[解释] 可能由于紧张或劳累过度，手指头发僵，不听使唤。昨天打字，工作到晚上12点，今早感觉手指麻木，现在I can't operate the keyboard properly; my fingers are all thumbs.

36. New lords, new laws.

[字面意思] 新主人，新规矩。

[解释] 一个将军一个令。

37. No news is good news.

[字面意思] 没消息就是好消息。

[解释] 这是一句劝别人不要着急，要耐心消息的等待的话。

38. One man's meat is another's poison.

[字面意思] 一个人喜欢吃的肉对另一个人来说是毒药。

[解释] 你喜欢的可能其他人不喜欢。比如：不要给所有的朋友送一样的礼物。Don't give all your friends Chinese made drinking glasses, one man's meat is another's poison.

39. Out of sight, out of mind.

[字面意思] 眼不见，心不想。

[解释] 好长一段时间没有某人的消息，就可能不再想到他。汉语"眼不见，心不烦"指的是"希望不好的事情远离自己"，只作贬义词用。但英文的说法属中性。

40. Patience is a virtue.

[字面意思] 耐心是美德。

[解释] 遇事不要急躁。做事都要有耐心。这句话送给性情急躁的人合适。

41. Pigs might fly!

[字面意思] 猪也许会飞起来。

[解释] 第一个意思是：根本不可能的事！第二个意思是：天下事无奇不有，不可能的事也许可能发生。变体有两个：Pigs may fly! 和When pigs can fly!

42. Practice makes perfect.

[字面意思] 多实践能使技术完美。

[解释] 熟能生巧。

43. Seeing is believing.

[字面意思] 看见才相信。

[解释] 亲眼见到才相信, 类似"口说无凭，眼见为实"。如：I would never have imagined my daughter could cook, but seeing is believing. 也含有"眼见为实"的意思。

44. Silence means consent.

[字面意思] 沉默意味着同意。

[解释] 沉默就等于同意。变体：Silence gives consent.

45. That makes two of us.

[字面意思] 现在是我们俩个人了。

[解释] 这是对处于困境，心情不好或持否定意见的人说的一句话，表示"我也跟你一样"，"我跟你有同感"。比如我说"这个电影真没意思"，如果你也有同感，那你就可以说 "That makes two of us!" 在此情景，就等于I agree或I agree with you.

46. The ball is in your court.

[字面意思] 球在你的场内。

[解释] 这个说法来源于网球。该你行动了，看你的了，你不行动我们就无法继续进行下去。

47. The die is cast!

[字面意思] 色子已经扔出去了。

[解释] 已成定局，没有改变的可能，木已成舟。当你破釜沉舟，义无反顾地要做一件事的时候，或一件事的发生将使整个局面朝一个特定的方向发展的时候，你就可以引用这句话。 "War became inevitable, the die was cast."这是恺撒将渡Rubicon河时说的一句话，表示"木已成舟"，"决心已下"，"义无反顾"或"破釜沉舟"。（名词die是古代的用法，意思是"骰子" 或"色子"。现在的"色子"用dice，单数、复数相同）

48. The sooner begun, the sooner done.

[字面意思] 开始得越早，完成得越早。

[解释] 早开始，早完成。

49. The unexpected always happens.

[字面意思] 想不到的事情总会发生。

[解释] 没想到的事情总会发生。没想到的好事或坏事都可能发生（中性谚语）。

50. There is no accounting for taste(s).

[字面意思] 谁也无法解释各人有各人的品位或口味的原因。

[解释] 每个人都有他自己喜欢的事物；人各有所好；百人百味。有人喜欢集邮；有人喜欢收集香烟盒；还有人喜欢收集钥匙链：There is no accounting for tastes

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