經(jīng)典諺語(yǔ):氣象與其他-T

Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.
［注解］musket是滑膛槍、步槍的前身。該句意指殺雞焉用牛刀。
［譯］用槍打蝴蝶，小題大做。
Tall trees catch much wind.
［譯］樹大招風(fēng)。
The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.
［譯］別人的東西總比自己的要好。
The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.
［譯］真理最偉大的朋友是時(shí)間，其最大的敵人是偏見，其永遠(yuǎn)的同伴是謙遜。
The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.
［譯］熱愛大自然的人內(nèi)外感覺協(xié)調(diào)一致，即使進(jìn)入成年后依然保持著童心。
The miracle is this—the more we share, the more we have.
［譯］神奇的是我們分享的越多，我們擁有的也越多。
The more, the merrier.
［譯］多多益善。
The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.
［譯］琴越老，歌越美。
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
［譯］悲觀主義者抱怨有風(fēng)，樂觀主義者期待變天，現(xiàn)實(shí)主義者調(diào)整船帆。
The sauce is better than the fish.
［譯］喧賓奪主。
The sharper the storm, the sooner it's over.
［譯］暴風(fēng)雨來(lái)得越猛，結(jié)束得越快。
The sweetest grapes hang the highest.
［譯］最甜的葡萄掛在最高的地方。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
［譯］螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在后。
The world is like a mirror; frown at it and it frowns at you; smile and it smiles too.
［譯］世界如一面鏡子：皺眉視之，它也皺眉看你；笑著對(duì)它，它也笑著看你。
The worst bankrupt is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.
［譯］最慘的破產(chǎn)就是喪失自己的熱情。
There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.
［譯］一個(gè)渴求知識(shí)的人去讀一本書和一個(gè)懶散的人拿一本書來(lái)讀，這兩者之間有很大的區(qū)別。
There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
［譯］崇高與荒謬僅一步之遙。
Timely snow foretells a bumper harvest.(or A snowy year, a rich year.)
［譯］瑞雪兆豐年。
To care for wisdom and truth and improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honor and reputation.
［譯］注重智慧、真理和靈魂進(jìn)步遠(yuǎn)比追求金錢、榮譽(yù)和名聲要好得多。
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. He seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
［譯］卓越的天才不屑走旁人走過的路，他尋找迄今未開拓的地區(qū)。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
［注解］指兩個(gè)人相互爭(zhēng)奪某物或職位，彼此爭(zhēng)持不下，東西或美差反而落在第三者身上。另一說法有：“Two quarrel and a third profits by it.”
［譯］鷸蚌相爭(zhēng)，漁翁得利。
Two in distress makes sorrowless.
［譯］同病相憐。