英文諺語 251~

 

251. Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 笑裏藏刀。

 

252. Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality her left. 勤儉為富貴之本。

253. Conscience does make cowards of us all. 良心的自責使大家變成了懦夫。

 

254. Faint heart never won fair lady. 懦弱的人永遠無法贏得美人的歡心。

 

255. Kindness is noblest weapon to conquer with. 

     仁者無敵。

256. Fine feathers do not make fine birds. 酒肉賓朋，柴米夫妻。

 

257. An uncut gem goes not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。

 

258. A fair woman without virtue is like palled wine. 

       美女無德如酒無味。

259. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. 美的事物是永恆的喜悅。

 

260. All cats are grey in the dark. 

     貓在黑暗中通通都是灰色的。

 

261. Kindness comes of will. 仁慈來自意志。

 

262. It is well to profit by the folly of others. 前車可鑒。

 

263. Beauty fades like a flower. 紅顏薄命。

 

264. Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man. 饑不擇食。

265. When one door shuts, another opens. 天無絕人之路。

266. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼裏出西施。

 

267. When things are at the worst they begin to mend. 否極泰來。

 

268. Beauty may have fair leaves, yet bitter fruit. 美麗長出漂亮的葉子，卻生出苦辣的果實。

 

269. The boughs that bear most hang lowest. 大丈夫能屈能伸。

 

270. When God has his church, the devil will have his chapel. 上有政策，下有對策。

271. Fair face, foul heart. 人面獸心。

 

272. Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard. 得寸進尺。

 

273. Fair without and foul (false) within. 金玉其外，敗絮其中。

 

274. Give a thief enough rope and he will hang himself. 欲擒先縱。

 

275. Handsome is what handsome does. 有德才是美。

276. If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty. 情人眼裏出西施。

 

277. Pretty face, poor fate. 自古紅顏多薄命。

278. Great talents mature late. 大器晚成。

 

279. A great tree attracts the wind. 樹大招風。

 

280. A little body often harbors a great soul.

   偉大的靈魂常寓於短小的驅體。

281. A little help is worth a deal of pity. 

    濟弱扶困勝於同情。

 

282. A little pot is soon hot. 人窮志短。

 

283. A little spark may kindle a great fire. 星星之火可燎原。

 

284. A little wariness prevents great weariness. 

     小心駛得萬年船。

 

285. A small leak will sink a great ship. 牽一髮，動全身。

286. He who does not gain loses. 逆水行舟，不進則退。

 

287. Every great thing is nothing but a lot of little ones. 積沙成塔。

 

288. Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance. 勿捨本逐末。

 

289. Every oak has been an acorn. 千里之行，始於足下。

 

290. Feather by feather the goose is plucked. 鐵杵磨成針。

291. A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。

 

292. A hard beginning makes a good ending. 先苦後甘。

 

293. All good things must come to an end. 天下無不散之筵席。

 

294. All things are difficult before they are easy. 萬事起頭難。

 

295. All’s well that ends well. 吉人自有天相。

296. An ill beginning, an ill ending. 不善始者不善終。

 

297. At the game’s end, we shall see who gains. 比賽結束後，方見得勝者。

 

298. Bad beginnings have ever bad endings. 不慎始者，常得惡果。

 

299. Everything has an end. 凡事都會結束。

 

300. Everything must have a beginning.   凡事都有個開頭。