經(jīng)典諺語(yǔ):言行與處世-Y

You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time.
［注解］這是林肯的名言。
［譯］你可以愚弄一些人于永遠(yuǎn)，甚至可以愚弄所有的人于一時(shí)；但不能永遠(yuǎn)愚弄所有的人。
You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.
［譯］賣(mài)了奶牛，豈能喝奶；好事不能兩頭占。
You can't eat your cake and have it.
［注解］eat one's cake and have it指同時(shí)做兩件不相容的事而雙收其利。
［譯］魚(yú)與熊掌不可兼得；事難兩全。
You may go farther and fare worse.
［注解］走得更遠(yuǎn)可能情形更壞，勸人安于現(xiàn)狀。
［譯］一動(dòng)不如一靜。
You may lead (or take) a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
［注解］指做事須本人自愿，強(qiáng)迫無(wú)濟(jì)于事；很難讓別人干違反他意志的事，也無(wú)法使頑固的人按預(yù)想的方向前進(jìn)。
［譯］帶馬到河邊容易，逼馬低頭飲水難；不要逼人做他不愿做的事。
You never know what you can do till you try.
［注解］只有嘗試過(guò)才知道其艱難程度和怎么做。
［譯］事非經(jīng)過(guò)不知難易；自己能干什么事，動(dòng)手試試便可知。