英汉互译中的谚语巧合

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英汉互译中的谚语巧合(1)<br><br><br>俚语和谚语是英语学习中的一大绊脚石。我们不明白这些俗语的含义，是因为我们和英<br>语国家的文化背景不同。如果能在汉语中为这些俗语找到对应的说法，问题就解决了。<br>我们向你介绍一些英汉合璧的俚语和谚语，帮助你的英语学习更上一层楼。<br>1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .<br>雨后送伞<br>Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given<br> when it is too late.<br>Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I had a promis<br>e of money for my fare. It was a case of fter death, the doctor.<br>2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.<br>挂羊头卖狗肉<br>Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you<br> claim it to be.<br>Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing<br>. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.<br>3. All is over but the shouting.<br>大势已去<br>Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be chan<br>ged.<br>Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.<br>4. All lay load on the willing horse.<br>人善被人欺，马善被人骑<br>Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for other<br>s. Very often the implication is that others impose on him.<br>Examples: the trouble is you&#39;re too good-natured and people take advantage o<br>f it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will have to learn to refuse pe<br>ople who ask too much.<br>5.anger and haste hinder good counsel.<br>小不忍则乱大谋<br>Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.<br>Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and has<br>te hinder good counsel.<br>6. As poor as a church mouse<br>一贫如洗<br>Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.<br>Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.<br>Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.<br>7. A word spoken is past recalling.<br>一言既出，驷马难追<br>Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.<br>Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said, but a word <br>spoken is past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of tha<br>t moment of harshness.<br>NOW, TRY YOUR HAND ON THE FOLLOWING:（根据解释，试试翻译下面的谚语）<br>Love is blind.<br>beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgement. This is often used of <br>a person whose judgement is affected by love or infatuation.<br>Better to die in glory than live in dishonor.<br>if one has the choice between living in shame and degradation and dying in g<br>lory, it is better to die.<br>Birds of a feather flock together.<br>people who are alike often become friend or are together: if you are often w<br>ith certain people, you may be their friends or like them.<br>Blood, toil, tears and sweat.<br>said of a person bending oneself to a task and exerting all efforts in the p<br>erformance of one duty.<br>Calamity is man true touchstone.<br>the most telling test of a man ability and worth comes when he has to face g<br>reat difficulties.<br>Clean conscience laughs at false accusation.<br>a person who knows he has done no wrong is morally stronger than those who f<br>alsely accuse him are.<br>Cry over spilt milk.<br>to cry or complain about something that has already happened<br><br>

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英汉互译中的谚语巧合(2)<br><br><br>1.World is but a little place, after all.<br>天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君<br>Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in somewa<br>y connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so.<br><br>Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a tre<br>k up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.<br>2. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.<br>入乡随俗<br>Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you li<br>ve.<br>Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you ar<br>e on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls.<br>3. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.<br>失之东隅，收之桑榆<br>Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck <br>on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fr<br>esh one---it may succeed.<br>Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he lo<br>ses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts.<br>4.What are the odds so long as you are happy.<br>知足者常乐<br>Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.<br>Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, <br>and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.<br>5．Entertain an angel unawares.<br>有眼不识泰山<br>Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his mer<br>its.<br>Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertai<br>ning an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise<br>6.every dog has his day .<br>是人皆有出头日<br>Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn<br>Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long tim<br>e coming.<br>7.every potter praises his own pot.<br>王婆买瓜，自卖自夸<br>Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or th<br>eir family members<br>Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would<br> rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his own <br>pot<br>Now come on&#33; Have a try.试着翻译一下下面几个谚语！<br>hit the nail on the head<br>have an iron hand in a velvet glove<br>great minds think alike<br>good wine needs no bush<br>Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.<br>Evil does not always come to injure.<br>A fool may give a wise man counsel.<br>

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