E idioms

the only stupid question is the unasked question!!!

 

 

 

 

 

・learning is like rowing up stream,not to advance is to drop back.

   逆水行舟，不进则退 

・ " class=list>Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot.

   纵然天下雨，休把水壶丢。
・ " class=list>All truths are not to be told.

   真理并不都能说得清。
・ " class=list>All time is no time when it is past.

   光阴一去不复返。
・ " class=list>All things will come round to him who will but wait.

   只要耐心肯等待，一切都会按时来。
・ " class=list>All things are obedient to money.

   有钱能使鬼推磨。
・ " class=list>All things are easy that are done willingly.

   做事乐意，诸事容易。
・ " class=list>All things are difficult before they are easy.

   凡事都是先难後易。
・ " class=list>All the wit in the world is not in one head.

   世界上所有的智慧不可能集中於一个脑袋。
・ " class=list>All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.

   有情人终成眷属。
・ " class=list>All´s fish that comes to his net.

   到了网中都是鱼。
・ " class=list>All´s fair in love and war.

   爱情和战争是不择手段的。
・ " class=list>All rivers run into the sea.

   百川入海。
・ " class=list>All one´s geese are swans.

   自吹自擂。
・ " class=list>All men cannot be first.

   不可能人人都得第一名。
・ " class=list>All men are mortal.

   人孰无死。
・ " class=list>All is well that ends well.

   结果美满都是好的。
・ " class=list>All is not lost that is in danger.

   在危险中的东西未必都会损失。
・ " class=list>All is not gold that glitters.

   闪光的东西并不都是黄金。
・ " class=list>All is not gain that is put in the purse.

   放入钱包的钱财，并非都是应得的。
・ " class=list>All is not at hand that helps.

   有用的东西并不都是垂手可得的。
・ " class=list>All is flour that comes to his mill.

   到他的磨里都能碾成粉。
・ " class=list>All is fair in war.

   兵不厌诈。
・ " class=list>Bare words, no bargain.

   空言不能成交易。
・ " class=list>Bad workmen often blame their tools.

   拙匠常怪工具差。
・ " class=list>Bad news has wings.

   坏事传千里。
・ " class=list>Bacchus has drowned more men than Nepture.

   酒神淹死的人比海神多。
・ " class=list>A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks.

   智者思其所言，愚者言其所思。
・ " class=list>A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.

   聪明的人能随机应变。
・ " class=list>A woman´s work is never at an end.

   妇女的活计做不完。
・ " class=list>A word is enough to the wise.

   对明智者一言已足。
・ " class=list>A word spoken is past recalling.

   一言既出，驷马难追。
・ " class=list>A work ill done must be twice done.

   未做好的活，需要重新做。
・ " class=list>A man may smile and smile and be villain.

   笑里藏奸。
・ " class=list>A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.

   有宝何必人前夸。
・ " class=list>A man may dig his grave with his teeth.

   祸从口出。
・ " class=list>A man is not good or bad for one action.

   判断人的好坏不能凭一次行为。
・ " class=list>A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable.

   人并不因为生在马厩里就成了马。
・ " class=list>A man is known by the company he keeps.

   察其友知其人。
・ " class=list>A man is as old as he feels.

   老不老，自己晓。
・ " class=list>A man can not spin and reel at the same time.

   一心不能二用。
・ " class=list>A man cannot serve two masters.

   一仆不能事二主。
・ " class=list>A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife.

   妻子浪费无度，丈夫不会出头。
・ " class=list>A man can do no more than he can.

   凡事只能量力而行。
・ " class=list>A man can die but once.

   人生只有一次死。
・ " class=list>A man apt to promise is apt to forget.

   轻诺者易忘。
・ " class=list>A man alone is either a saint or a devil.

   孤身独处的人可以为圣哲，也可为恶魔。
・ " class=list>A maid that laughs is half taken.

   少女露笑脸，婚事半成全。
・ " class=list>A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.

   少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。

・ " class=list>All the world´s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

   整个世界是个舞台，男男女女，演员而已。
・ " class=list>All the wit in the world is not in one head.

   世界上所有的智慧不可能集中於一个脑袋。
・ " class=list>All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.

   机会失去不再来，千贯万贯难赎回。
・ " class=list>All roads lead to Rome.

   条条道路通罗马。
・ " class=list>All one´s geese are swans.

   自吹自擂。
・ " class=list>All men cannot be first.

   不可能人人都得第一名。
・ " class=list>All is fish that comes to one´s net.

   捉到网里都是鱼。
・ " class=list>All covet, all lose.

   贪多必失。
・ " class=list>All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.

   猫都爱吃鱼，却怕爪弄湿。
・ " class=list>All bread is not baked in one oven.

   人心不同，犹如其面。
・ " class=list>All asses wag their ears.

   傻子总爱装聪明。
・ " class=list>All are not thieves that dogs bark at.

   犬之所吠，并非皆贼。
・ " class=list>All are not saints that go to church.

   去做礼拜者，未必皆圣人。
・ " class=list>All are not merry that dance lightly.

   表面高兴的，未必都快乐。
・ " class=list>All are not hunters that blow the horn.

   吹号角的未必都是猎人。
・ " class=list>All are brave when the enemy flies.

   敌人逃跑时，个个都勇敢。
・ " class=list>A living dog is better than a dead lion.

   一条活狗胜过一头死狮