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Sayingsandproverbs谚语格言和警句

Dorothy（多萝西——珍贵的礼物）

Sayingsandproverbs（谚语、格言和警句）

Belowisalistofwell-knownsayingsandproverbs:

fixedphrasesorsentencesthatgiveadviceorsaysomethingthatisgenerallytrue.Sometimesaspeakerwillleaveoutpartofthesentencebecauseitissowellknown.Thepartthatisoftenmissedoutisshowninbrackets:

whattheeyedoesn’tsee（theheartdoesn’tgrieveover）:

WhatdoesitmatterifIusehisflatwhilehe’saway?

Whattheeyedoesn’tsee…!

下列广泛流传的谚语、格言和警句，即给予劝诫和表达普遍真理的固定短语或句子。

有时，因为这些谚语已众所周知，说话者会省去其中一部分，常常省略的部分用括号表示：

Whattheeyedoesn’tsee（theheartdoesn'tgrieveover）（眼不见，心不烦）我趁他外出时用他的公寓有什么关系呢？

反正他又看不见！

Absencemakestheheartgrowfonder

Usedtosaythatwhenyouareawayfromsb.thatyoulove,youlovethemevenmore

不想见，倍思念

There’snoaccountingfortaste

Usedtosayhowdifficultitistounderstandwhysb.likessomebodyorsomethingthatyoudonotlikeatall

人的爱憎好恶是无法解释的，人各有所好

Actionsspeaklouderthanwords

Whatapersonactuallydosemeansmorethanwhattheysaytheywilldo

行动比言语更为响亮

It’llbeallrightonthenight

Usedtosaythataperformance,anevent,etc.willbesuccessfulevenifthepreparationsforithavenotgonewell

（演出、活动等）到时候自会成功的；车到山前必有路

Theappledoesn’tfall/neverfallsfarfromthetree（especiallyNAME）

Achildusuallybehavesinasimilarwaytohisorherparent（s）

有什么样的父母就有什么样的儿女；上行下效

Ifyoucan’tbeatthem,jointhem

Ifyoucannotdefeatsb.orbeassuccessfulastheyare,thenitismoresensibletojointheminwhattheyaredoingandperhapsgetsomeadvantageforyourselfbydoingso

打不赢，就投靠

Beautyisintheeyeofthebeholder

Peopleallhavedifferentideasaboutwhatisbeautiful

情人眼里出西施；对美的判断因人而异

Beautyisonlyskin-deep

Howapersonlooksislessimportantthantheircharacter

美貌不过一张皮；貌美不如心灵美

You’vemadeyourbedandyoumustliein/onit

Youmustaccepttheresultsofyouractions

自己承担后果

Beggarscan’tbechoosers

Peoplesaybeggarscan’tbechooserswhenthereisnochoiceandsb.mustbesatisfiedwithwhatisavailable

要饭就不能嫌馊；给什么就得要什么

Seeingisbelieving

Usedtosaythatsb.willhavetobelievethatsomethingistruewhentheyseeit,althoughtheydonotthinkitistruenow

眼见为实；百闻不如一见

Abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush

Itisbettertokeepsomethingthatyoualreadyhavethantorisklosingitbytryingtogetmuchmore

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林（满足于现有的总比因过分追求而失去一切的好）

Birdsofafeather（flocktogether）

Peopleofthesamesort（arefoundtogether）

同类的人（聚在一起）；物以类聚

Bloodisthickerthanwater

Familyrelationshipsarestrongerthananyothers

血浓于水；亲属关系最牢靠

Bornwithasilverspooninyourmouth

Havingrichparents

生于富裕之家；出身富裕

There’soneborneveryminute

Usedtosaythatsb.isverystupid

总有那种傻瓜

Boyswillbeboys

Youshouldnotbesurprisedwhenboysormenbehaveinanoisyorroughwayasthisispartoftypicalmalebehavior

男孩子总归是男孩子（不必为男孩或男子的吵闹粗野大惊小怪）

Whenthecat’sawaythemicewillplay

Peopleenjoythemselvesmoreandbehavewithgreaterfreedomwhenthepersoninchargeofthemisnotthere

猫儿不在，老鼠玩得自在（指管事的不在，下面的玩个痛快）

Charitybeginsathomeyoushouldhelpandcareforyourownfamily,etc.beforeyoustarthelpingotherpeople

博爱始于自家

Everycloudhasasilverlining

Everysadordifficultsituationhasapositiveside

黑暗中总有一线光明

Cutyourcoataccordingtoyourcloth

Todoonlywhatyouhaveenoughmoneytodoandnomore

量入为出

Two’scompanies（,three’sacrowd）

Usedtosuggestthatitisbettertobeinagroupofonlytwopeoplethanhaveathirdpersonwithyouaswell

两人成伴（三人太多）

Toomanycooksspoilthebroth

Iftoomanypeopleareinvolvedindoingsomething,itwillnotbedonewell

厨师多了烧坏汤；人多手杂反而坏事；人多添乱

Don’tcountyourchickens（beforetheyarehatched）

Youshouldnotbetooconfidentthatsomethingwillbesuccessful,becausesomethingmaystillgowrong

不要蛋未孵化先数小鸡；别过早打如意算盘

Curiositykilledthecat

Usedtotellsb.nottoaskquestionsortrytofindoutaboutthingsthatdonotconcernthem

好奇心能要猫的命（让人不提问或打听与己无关的事情）

Betterthedevilyouknow（thanthedevilyoudon’t）

Usedtosaythatitiseasierandwisertostayinabadsituationthatyouknowandcandealwithratherthanchangetoanewsituationwhichmaybemuchworse

熟悉的魔鬼比不熟悉的魔鬼好；不要嫌熟悉的环境不好，换个不熟悉的环境可能更糟

Thedevilmakesworkforidlehands

Peoplewhodonothaveenoughtodooftenstarttodowrong

人闲生是非

Thedieiscast

Usedtosaythataneventhashappenedoradecisionhasbeenmadethatcannotbechanged

事已成定局；木已成舟

Discretionisthebetterpartofvalour

Youshouldavoiddangerandnottakeunnecessaryrisks

谨慎即大勇；慎重为勇敢之本

Everydoghashis/itsday

Everyonehasgoodluckorsuccessatsomepointintheirlife

人人皆有得意时

Giveadogabadname

Whenapersonalreadyhasabadreputation,itisdifficulttochangeitbecauseotherswillcontinuetoblameorsuspecthem/her

恶名难洗；名声一旦毁，万难挽回

Whykeepagodand