第一篇：英語諺語

1.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.事情要按步就班地做，就會很快地做完。

2.All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.機會失去不再來，千貫萬貫難贖回。

3.All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事都是先難后易

4.A useful trade is a mine of gold.一樣有用的手藝是取之不盡的財富。

5.He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is.不吃苦中苦，哪知甜中甜。

6.He will always be a slave who knows not how to earn and save.不懂掙錢和積財，只能永遠當奴才。

7.I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort;second, more effort;third, still more effort.成功之道唯三點∶努力、努力、再努力。

8.Improve your time and your time will improve you.珍惜時間，時間才會珍惜你。

9.It's no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure.高價賣不為過，短斤少兩才有罪。

10.Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.盡力而為，盡力節約，盡力施舍。

11.Man proposes, God disposes.謀事在天，成事在人。

12.Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime drunk.不要過河拆橋。

13.Never trust another what you should do yourself.自己應該做的事，決不要委托別人做。

14.One hour today is worth two tomorrow.今天的一個小時抵得上明天的兩個小時。

15.Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish.只要努力工作而有志向，機會遲早終會來臨。

16.Quality matters more than quantity.質量比數量重要。

17.Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power.只要自重、自覺、自制，人生就可達到至高無上的境地。

18.Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.技能和信心是不可克服的軍隊。

19.The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.--We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.記憶力好的秘密在于專心，而對于一個問題的專心取決于對這個問題的興趣。在我們心上留下深刻印象的東西，我們是不大會忘記的。

20.Time past cannot be called back again.光陰一去不復返。

第二篇：英語諺語

諺語

1.A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜

2.A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。

3.Actions speak louder than words.事實勝于雄辯。

4.A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。

5.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長一智。

6.A fool may give a wise man counsel.愚者千慮，必有一得。

7.A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難朋友才是真朋友。8.A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.廣交友，無深交。9.After death, the doctor.放馬后炮。

10.A good fame is better than a good face.好的名望勝于好的相貌。

11.A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.健康的身體貴于黃金鑄成的皇冠。

12.A life without a friend is a life without a sun.人生在世無朋友，猶如生活無太陽。13.A little leak will sink a great ship.千丈之堤潰于蟻穴。

14.A little of everything, nothing at all.每事淺嘗輒止，結果將一事無成。

15.A little neglect may breed great mischief.小不忍則亂大謀。16.A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.適可而止，過猶不及 17.All good things came to an end.天下無不散之宴席。

18.All is fair in war.兵不厭詐。

19.All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事都是先難后易。

20.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy;all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy.只工作，不玩耍，聰明孩子要變傻；盡玩耍，不學習，聰明孩子沒出息。

21.Beauty lies in lover's eyes.情人眼里出西施。

22.Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.美而無德猶如花之無香。

23.Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.口蜜腹劍。24.Behind bad luck comes good luck.塞翁失馬，焉知非福。25.Be slow in choosing a friend;slower in changing.選擇朋友要審慎，摒棄更要審又慎。

26.Better an empty purse than an empty head.寧可錢袋癟，不要腦袋空。27.Better be alone than in bad company.交損友不如無友。

28.Better an open enemy than a false friend.明槍易躲，暗箭難防。29.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.寧為犬首，不作獅尾。30.Better die with honor than live with shame.與其忍辱偷生，不如光榮而死。

31.Better wear out shoes than sheets.寧可(經常運動)穿破鞋子，也不(因病長臥)磨破床單。

32.Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分。33.Birth is much, but breeding is more.出身固然重要，教養更且重要。

34.Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良藥苦口利于病。

35.By reading we enrich the mind;by conversation we polish it.讀書可以使我們的思想充實，談話使其更臻完美。

36.Choose an author as you choose a friend.選書如擇友。37.Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水穿石。

38.Do business, but be not a slave to it.要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。39.Do not wash dirty linen in public.家丑不可外揚。

40.Don't climb a tree to look for fish.勿緣木求魚。

41.Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.切莫臨時抱佛腳。

42.Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤注一擲。

43.Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日畢。

44.Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自尋煩惱。

45.Drop by drop the oceans are filled;stone by stone the walls are built.滴水匯大海，壘石誅高墻。

46.Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.酒后露真言。

47.Do not wash dirty linen in public.家丑不可外揚。

48.Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you.己所不欲，勿施于人。

49.Diamond cut diamond.強中更有強中手。50.Deliver not your words by number but by weight.言不在多，而在有物。

51.Each man is the architect of his own fate.命運掌握在自己手中。

52.Each day brings its own bread.天無絕人之路。

53.Eat to live, but not live to eat.吃飯是為了生存，但生存不是為了吃飯。

54.Elbow grease gives the best polish.只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針。

55.Even Homer sometimes nods.人非圣賢，孰能無過。

56.Even the walls have ears.隔墻有耳。

57.Every bullet has its billet.無風不起浪。

58.Every cloud has a silver lining.山窮水盡疑無路，柳暗花明又一村。

59.Every heart has its own sorrow.人人都有傷心處。

60.Every Jack has his Jill.有情人終成眷屬。

61.Every man is the son of his own works.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

62.Feed a pig and you'll have a hog.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

63.Every mother's child is handsome.老王賣瓜，自賣自夸。

64.Every potter praises his own pot.老王賣瓜，自賣自夸。65.Every salesman boasts of his own wares.老王賣瓜，自賣自夸

66.Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.知人知面不知心。

67.Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.以牙還牙，以眼還眼。

68.Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.有經驗而無學問，勝于有學問而無經驗。

69.Faith will move mountains.精誠所至，金石為開。70.Far from eye, far from heart.離遠而情疏。

71.Faults are thick where love is thin.一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼

72.Fear not the future;weep not for the past.不要為未來擔憂，不要為過去悲泣。73.Fish begins to stink at the head.上梁不正下梁歪。

74.Fool's haste is no speed.欲速則不達。

75.Forget others' faults by remembering your own.想想自己的錯，就會忘卻別人的過。76.Forgive others but not yourself.待人寬，對己嚴。

77.Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight.朋友像琴弦，不能太擰緊。78.Friendship cannot stand always on one side.來而不往非禮也。

79.Friendship----one soul in two bodies.友誼是兩人一條心。80.From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.星星之火可以燎原。81.Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.有花堪折直須折。82.Give a dog a bad name and hang him.欲加之罪，何患無詞。83.God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助之。

84.God never shuts one door but he opens another.天無絕人之路。

85.Grasp the shadow and let go the substance.舍本逐末。

86.Great boast, small roast.說得天花亂墜，成事微乎其微。

87.Hasty love is soon hot and soon cold.草草率率談戀愛，熱得快也冷得快。

88.Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.天網恢恢，疏而不漏。

89.He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。

90.He laughs best who laughs last.誰笑在最后，誰笑得最好。

91.He that climbs high falls heavily.爬得高，跌得重。

92.He that deceives me once, shame fall him, if he deceives me twice, shame fall me.受騙一次，別人可恥；受騙二次，自己該死。

93.He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

94.He who does no good, does evil enough.好事不做，壞事做絕。

95.He who does not advance falls backward.不進則退。

96.He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick.欲加之罪，何患無辭。

97.He who plays with fire gets burned.玩火者必自焚。

98.He who risks nothing, gains nothing.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

99.His heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not clear.嘴不凈者心不純。

100.Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.作最好的希望，作最壞的打算。

101.I am not now that which I have been.(I am not what I used to be.)今日之我已非昔日之我。

102.Idle young, needy old.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。103.I am caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.進退維谷。

104.If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get.隨遇而安。

105.If you confer a benefit, never remember it;if you receive one, remember it always.施恩勿記，受恩勿忘。

106.If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist.巧婦難為無米之炊。

107.Industry if fortune's right hand, and frugality her left.勤勉是幸福的右手，節儉是幸福的左手。

108.In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做，二不休。

109.It is as well to know which way the wind blows.識時務者為俊杰。110.It is good to learn at another man's cost.前車之覆，后車之鑒。111.It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.君子在德不在衣。

112.It is no use crying over spilt milk.潑水難收。

113.Jack of all trades is of no trade.萬事皆通，一無所長。

114.Joy shared with others are more enjoyed.與人同樂，其樂無窮。

習語/俚語：1.Dressed to kill 精細打扮

Pete usually wears jeans and a T-shirt.But last night it was hard to recognize him--he was dressed to kill because he finally got a date with that blond he's admired for so long.皮特平時老穿牛仔褲和T恤，但是昨晚我簡直沒認出他來。他打扮得帥極了，因為他傾心已久的那位金發美女終于同意跟他出去約會了。2.What is the fuss? 吵什么？ 3.Don't take ill of me.別生我氣。4.Go done to business.言歸正傳 5.Is a long story.一言難盡。6.Don't play possum.別裝蒜。7.Close--up 特寫鏡頭 8.Make it up!不計前嫌！9.Watch you mouth.注意言辭。10.December heartbeat.黃昏戀。11.Follow my nose.憑直覺做事。12.Gild the lily.畫蛇添足

13.I might hear a pin drop.非常靜寂。14.Don't get high hat.別擺架子。15.That rings a bell.聽起來耳熟。16.Sleeping on both ears.睡的香。17.It's up in the air.尚未確定。

18.He is the pain on neck.他真讓人討厭。19.The line is engaged.占線

20.Absence makes the heart grow fonder.小別勝新歡 21.Shoot the breeze.閑談

22.What brought you hear? 什么風把你吹來了？ 23.Why so blue.怎么垂頭喪氣？ 24.Chin up 振作些 25.Hit the ceiling 大發雷霆 26.None of you keyhole 不準偷看

27.It was something that happens once in the blue.這是千載難逢的事。28.It can be a killer.這是個傷腦筋的問題。29.Dead end.死胡同 30.You ask for it.活該 31.Burn the boat 破釜沉舟 32.Hang by a hair 千鈞一發

33.Set sb' s hair on end/ ones' s hairs stands on end 毛骨悚然 34.Fish in the air 白費力氣 35.A drop in the ocean 滄海一栗 36.Be out at elbows 捉襟見肘 37.Lay heads together 集思廣益

38.Know sth like the back of one's hand 對某事了如指掌 39.laugh off one's head 笑破肚皮 40.Wake a sleeping dog 招惹是非 41.Cast pearls before swine 對牛彈琴 42.As poor as job 家貧如洗

43.Carry coals to Newcastle 多此一舉 44.Be all thumbs 笨手笨腳

45.A fly in the ointment 美中不足之處 46.Help a lame dog over a stile 雪中送炭 47.Have an axe to grind 別有用心 48.apple of the eye(掌上明珠，寶貝)49.armed to the teeth(全副武裝)

50.bee's knees(最最了不起的人或事物；頂尖兒)51.between cup and lip(在將成未成之際)52.bring someone to heel(使某人就范)

53.burn one' s fingers(由于多管閑事或愚蠢行為而吃苦頭)54.chance one's arms(冒險一試；碰碰運氣)55.hand to mouth(僅夠糊口地)

56.fall on one's feet(特別走運；化險為夷)

57.A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.聽音識鳥，聞言識人。

58.A gloved cat catches no mice.戴手套的貓，老鼠抓不到。（不愿吃苦的人成不了大事業。）59.All cats are grey in the dark..黑暗之中貓都是灰色的。（人未出名時看起來都差不多。）

60.Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.雞蛋未孵出，先別數小雞。（不要過早樂觀。）61.A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改，本性難移。62.Dog does not eat dog.同類不相殘。

63.A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.兒不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家貧。

64.Don’t be a dog(lying)in the manger.莫學狗占馬槽不吃草。（不要占著茅坑不拉屎。）65.Never offer to teach fish to swim.不要班門弄斧。66.Go to the sea, if you would fish well.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

67.If water is noisy, there are no fish in it.咆哮的水中無魚。（夸夸其談者無真才實學。）

68.You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(獵狗).不能既和野兔一起跑又和獵狗一起追。（人不應兩面討好。）69.A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge.一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。70.One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。71.One swallow does not make a spring.孤燕不報春。

72.If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。73.blind as a bat 看不見 74.pass the buck 推卸責任

75.let the cat out of the bag 泄露秘密 76.chicken out 因害怕而放棄

77.Cannot say boo to a goose 非常膽怯；膽小如鼠 78.White elephant 昂貴而無用之物 79.Theow sb to the lions / wolves 犧牲他人 80.Bell the cat 替別人冒險 81.Beer and skittles 吃喝玩樂 82.Wax and wane 盛衰 83.Weal and woe 禍福

84.Worse off than some, better off than many 比上不足，比下有余 85.White night 不眠之夜

86.Not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses 不以物喜，不以己悲 87.No discord, no concord 不打不成交 88.Harmony brings wealth 和氣生財 89.Let bygones be bygones 既往不咎

90.Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.金無足赤，人無完人 91.Be down-to-earth 腳踏實地

92.The friendship between gentlemen is s pure as crystal.君子之交淡如水 93.Achieve immediate victory 馬到成功

94.Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.無規矩不成方圓 95.A thousand-li journey begins with the first step.千里之行始于足下。96.Win-win co-operation 強強聯手

97.A timely snow promises a good harvest.瑞雪兆豐年 98.Huge-crowed strategy 人海戰術 99.Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.上有天堂，下有蘇杭

100.Time and tide wait for no man.時不我待。101.Talk of the devil and he comes.說曹操曹操到。

102.No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy.山不在高，有仙則名。

103.Sugar-coated bullets 糖衣炮彈 104.What in past, is pas.往事如風 105.A green han 生手

106.Easier said than done.說起來容易，做起來難 107.In the pink 身體健康；精力充沛 108.Dear John letter 絕交信

109.Actions speak louder than words.事實勝于雄辯

110.Clock in 打卡

111.Come on to sb 吃豆腐

112.Don't have a cow.別大驚小怪 113.Keep one's shirt on 保持冷靜 114.Joy ride 兜風

115.Go up in smoke 成為泡影 116.Shape up 表現良好 117.Pull strings 運用關系 118.Come clean 和盤托出 119.Spring for 請客

120.Stick in the mud 保守的人 121.Jump the gun 草率行事 122.Flip out 樂死了

123.Third wheel 電燈泡；累贅 124.Get the boll rolling 開始 125.Get on the ball 用心做

126.Roll with the punches 逆來順受 127.Kick around 討論；多考慮一下 128.Put one's ass on the line 兩肋插刀 129.Let sb have it 讓某人好看 130.Chip in 出錢

131.A big shot 重要的人

132.A blue woman 有學問的婦女 133.Sunday painter 業余畫家 134.Friday face 神色不佳之人 135.Blue Monday 沮喪，悶煩（相對于歡樂的周末而言）136.Big Apple 紐約

137.Go bananas 發瘋，神經錯亂；狂怒 138.Bean brain 笨蛋

139.A bowl of cherries 精彩的，絕妙的 eg: Life isn't always a bowl of cherries.生活并不總是美好的。Cool as a cucumber 十分冷靜，鎮定自若 例：Although he's guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as a cucumber.盡管他犯了罪，卻還是那么鎮定自如。

140.Compare apples and oranges 比較兩個無法相比的事物 例：That's ridiculous.Now you're comparing apples and oranges.

第三篇：英語諺語

eg.She is the apple of her father's eye.她是她父親的掌上明珠。2.Big Apple（the）:New York 大蘋果城「即紐約」 eg.I live in the Big Apple.我住在大蘋果城。

3.comepare apples and oranges（to）:to compare two things that simply cannot be compared.比較兩個無法相比的事物

eg.That's ridiculous.Now you're comparing apples and oranges.真可笑。你是在那兩種無法相比的東西作比較，就好像蘋果和桔子。4.“How do you like the apples?”：“What do you think of that ?” *注：這是對某種冒犯性行為做出報復后說的話。Banana（香蕉）

1.bananas（to be）:to be crazy 發瘋的，神經錯亂的 eg.That guuy's bananas!那家伙真是瘋了！

*注意：to go bananas:1.to become crazy.發瘋，神經錯亂

eg.I'm so bored I'm going bananas.我厭煩的要死，都快發瘋了。2.to become wild with anger狂怒，氣得發瘋

eg.She went bananas when she found him cheating.她發現他欺騙時氣得要命。3.play second banana（to）:to be second choice第二選擇，次要人物 eg.I always play second banana to her.我總是做她的后補。4.top banana:main boss領袖，頭頭，大老板

eg.He's（the）top banana in this company.他是這家公司的大老板。Bean（豆）

1.bean brain :idiot 白癡，笨蛋

eg.He is such a bean brain.他是個大笨蛋。

2.beans about sth.（not to know）:not to know anything about sth.對某事物一無所知，一竅不通

eg.I don't know beans about computers.我對電腦一竅不通。*注意：此詞語只有否定形式，“to know beans about sth.”這種說法不存在。3.Bean Town :Boston,Massachusetts 豆城「指麻薩諸塞州波士頓市」 *注：波士頓市以其特產烘豆而聞名。Beet（甜菜）

1.beet red（to be）:to be extremly red from blushing ,embarrassment,etc.[因窘迫，羞愧等]臉紅

eg.She was so embarrased she turned beet red.他窘迫得滿臉通紅。2.Cabbage（洋白菜，甘藍菜）3.cabbage:money錢，金錢

*注：這個詞語盡管已不在常用，但偶爾也會在老影片或玩笑中聽到。carrot（胡蘿卜）

carrot in front of someone（to danglea）

ex.to tempt someone with an unobtainable offer開空頭支票[以實踐不了的諾言誘惑某人] eg.The boss told me lf I perform well on the job ,we 'll talk about a salary increase next year.But I think he's just dangling a carrot in front of me.老板告訴我，如果我工作表現出色，明年加工資就有商量了。但我想他這不過是開了一張空頭支票。

Cauliflower（花椰菜，菜花）cauliflower ears:swollen ears usually resulting from a boxing match[拳擊運動員因多次受擊而腫起的]開花耳朵

eg.That boxer has cauliflower ears.那位拳擊運動員的耳朵被打開花了。Cherry（櫻桃）

bowl of cherries（to be a）:to be wonderful 精彩的，絕妙的 eg.Life isn't always a bowl of cherries.生活并不總是美好的。Corn（谷物；谷粒）“For corn sake!”：“Oh,my goodness!” “噢，天哪！” *注：這個詞語雖然已相當過時，但中老年人仍在使用。

corn :n.melodrama,overemotional drama情節??；感情表現夸張的戲劇 eg.What a bunch of corn!這一連串的情節劇真精彩啊！adj.melodramatic 情節劇的；夸張的

eg.That movie was so corny!這部電影表現得太夸張了！cornball:adj.ridiculous 荒唐的，可笑的

eg.Where did you buy that cornball hat?你從哪兒買來那頂滑稽的帽子？ cucumber（黃瓜，胡瓜）

cool as a cucumber（to be）:to be calm and composed 十分冷靜，鎮定自如

eg.Although he's guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as a cucumber.盡管他犯了罪，卻還是那么鎮定自如。222 低調英語怎么說

今天介紹的是low profile，意思是不引人注目的形象，做事不愛引起他人太多的注意。俚語詞典解釋：

low profile: a persona or character that does not draw attention.keep(a)low profile或者maintain(a)low profile: to behave in a way that does not attract attention 例句

I try to be quiet and keep a low profile.It's hard because I just love attention.我盡量安靜并保持低調，對我來說很難，因為我喜歡被關注。

The government tries to keep low profile about this issue.政府力圖在這個問題上保持低姿態。

You should keep a low profile until the trouble passes.在麻煩過去之前，你做事要保持低調。3 333333城里人瞧不起農村人，農村人看不上城里人，城里人和農村人總是互相瞧不起。鄉巴佬、土包子、官迷、大爺......這些個稱呼都帶有明顯的貶義色彩。

美國的城里人和鄉下人也會互起貶低對方的稱呼。住在像紐約這種大城市的居民往往把鄉下人看成是一些土里土氣、腦子很簡單，而且容易上當受騙的人。他們認為，鄉下人只會跟豬和牛打交道，可是不善于和人打交道。這些城里人經常把鄉下人稱為：hick。Hick這個字和中文里的鄉巴佬差不多。

例如：See that well-dressed man across the room? That's Mr.Green.When he came to New York 20 years ago, he was only a hick fresh out of the cornfields of Kansas.But he turned out to be a lot smarter than he looked;they say he made ten million dollars last year trading in the stock exchange.你瞧屋子那邊那個衣著很講究的人。那是格林先生。二十年前他來紐約之前，只不過是勘薩斯州種玉米的鄉巴佬。他當時雖然看起來不怎么樣，但是腦子卻非常靈活。他們說，去年他通過買進賣出 股票就賺了一千萬美元。

又如：My roommate in my freshman year was a real hick.He came from a town so small it didn't have a stop light, a building with an elevator or a movie theater.大學一年級時和我住一個房間的那個同學真是個鄉巴佬。他的老家是一個非常小的鎮，那里連紅綠燈都沒有，沒有一個樓里有電梯的，甚至連電影院都沒有。

美國農民的人數現在越來越少了。一百年前，美國有百分之四十二的人生活在農村。可是，隨著城鎮的發展和農業機械化，美國農民的人數現在已經下降到只占總人口的百分之二點二。在二十世紀，由于交通、收音機和電視的發展，城市和農村的區別已經在很大程度上消除了。可能正是因為這個原因，鄉下人用來貶低城里人的名詞很有限。他們常用的一個是：city slicker。Slick這個字的意思是很滑溜。所以，一個city slicker 也就是說話很圓滑，衣著很時髦，但是很可能是一個不老實、不可信任的家伙。

例如：Yep, I told Susie not to go out with any of them city slickers with their smooth talk and fancy clothes.If she has to go out, look for a farm boy.He may be a hick, but she can trust him a whole lot more.是的，我告訴蘇琦不要和那些圓嘴滑舌、衣著講究的城里人出去玩。要是她一定要出去玩，找一個農村來的男孩。他也許是個鄉巴佬，但至少是可以信得過的。

又如：Sure, a city slicker looks smart as long as he stays in a place like New York.But you put him down on a farm and he won't do much better than a newborn baby!

是的，一個油滑的城是的，一個油滑的城里人在像紐約這種地方看起來都很精明。但是，你要是把他送到農村去，他肯定什么也不會干，比一個新生嬰兒好不了多少。333平常人，普通人。An average Joe refers to someone who is just like everyone else;a normal person.'Average' means 'in the middle' or 'not extreme', and 'Joe' is a common male name.So 'average Joe' refers to a man who is not extremely different from everyone else.www.tmdps.cn Average意思是“平均的，一般水平的”，而Joe又是一個極其常見的名字，所以人們就用average Joe來表示很普通的一個人。例如我們會說，雷?羅馬諾是這個時代全美最受歡迎的電視明星之一，可他卻似乎不把自己當成什么大人物，仿佛就是與你生活在同一座城市里的“average Joe”。not know Jack about 對某事一無所知。如： I don't know jack about fishing意思就是I don't know anything about fishing（我對釣魚一無所知）。而I don’t know Jack的意思就是“我什么也不知道”。關于Jack，還有兩個常見的句子。Do you know jack shit? 意思就是問別人, “你知不知道什么叫無知? 在美國的口語中，jack shit 算是一句粗話，意思是什么也沒有。4 John Q.Public 普通人。在美語中，John Q.Public也是指“普通人，民眾”。類似的詞組是：John Q.Citizen.美語里還有很多與John有關的詞組，如：big John（新兵），cheap John（亂殺價的商人;叫賣小販），honest John（誠實的人;容易上當的人），square John（誠實可靠的人;奉公守法的人）。5 Jeez Louise 表示驚訝。如：One million? Jeez-Louise!You get any of that?(一百萬？老天！有你的份嗎？)Jeez Louise, don't you know that all banks are closed today? It is Saturday.（天啊，你難道不知道今天銀行不營業嗎？今天可是周六）。6 For Pete’s sake 感嘆詞，用以強烈表達情緒，意為“哎呀，天哪”，有些地方也譯作“看在上帝面上；千萬；務必”等。在這個短語中，Pete是耶酥大弟衣物，其中一子St．Peter的昵稱。常在懇求或請求他人時使用。如：For Pete's sake，stop making so much noise．(哎呀，天哪！別弄出那么討厭的聲音啦!)此外，它還應用于其他種種不同的場合。假設你向別人道了歉，他還沒完沒了，這時你可以說：I said I was sorry．What else do you want me to do, for Pete's sake?(我已經說對不起了，拜托，你還想叫我怎樣啊?)類似的表達方式還有for Christ sake，for heaven's sake，for mercy’s sake，for pity’s sake，for God’ sake.For Christ's sake和for God's sake有褻瀆神明之嫌，一般避免使用。但在重大事件的場合是可以使用的，不受限制。

正因為在嚴重事件的場合使用。所以for Christ's sake和for God's sake語氣最強，其次是for Pete's sake，其余的大致相同。另外，在使用時，男女有別。for Pete's sake和for God’sake多為男性使用。for goodness’sake，for heaven's sake，以及for pity's sake的使用者以女性居多，但男性在表示特別強烈的感情時也可以使用。但for mercy's sake幾乎只有女性使用。7 a doubting Thomas 生性多疑的人。源自《圣經?新約?約翰福音》第20章。該篇講到耶穌復活后出現在眾人面前，十二門徒之一托馬斯沒有親眼見到，聲稱除非看到他手上的釘痕，用手探入他的肋旁，否則不信他已復活。后來人們用“doubting Thomas”指那些不肯輕易相信別人的人。

He’s a real doubting Thomas — he simply wouldn’t believe I’d won the car until he saw it with his own eyes.他是一個真正的懷疑主義者—在沒有看到之前他就是不相信我贏得那輛車。8 a plain Jane 長相不起眼，外貌平凡的女人。這里的plain是“不惹人注目的，樸素的”，而Jane是一般女人名，plain與Jane合轍押韻。如：I wonder why a handsome man like Jeff married such a plain Jane.我很奇怪像杰夫這樣出色的男子怎么與一個不怎么起眼的姑娘結婚。9 Joe Blow 老百姓，普通人。Joe Doakes也可以表示這個意思。美國口語中，Joe College指典型的美國大學生，Joe Miller則指滑稽書，笑話集。www.tmdps.cn 10 Sheila 在口語中表示少女，年輕貌美的女子。一般為女子英文名，譯為希拉，類似于Shelly, Cecilia.11 No way, Jose “不可能的荷西”，常用于熟人之間拒絕做某事。Jose并不表示叫這個名的人，而是跟way押韻，說起來響亮，好聽。這種說法始于20世紀60年代美國鄉村。12 not know a person from Adam 不知（某人）模樣如何，與（某人）素不相識。源自《圣經?舊約?士師記》第2、3章。上帝創造了世界上的第一個男人，取名為亞當（Adam）。因為亞當非女人所生，所以沒有肚臍，是最容易辨認的人，“not know somebody from Adam”就表示“完全不認識某人”。Mrs.Smith is a friend of mine, but I don’t know her husband from Adam.史密斯太太是我的朋友，但我完全不認識她丈夫。13 Jack of all trades 萬事通。一般指雜而不精，也就是我們平時所說的“三腳貓”。Jack of all trades and master of none.門門精通，樣樣稀松。14 Uncle Sam 美國。它源自1812-1814年間美英戰爭時期的一個歷史傳說。相傳在紐約州的特洛伊城（Troy)）有位年長的肉類加工商，名叫山繆爾?威爾遜(Samuel Wilson)。他勤勞、誠實、能干，很有威信，人們親切地叫他山姆大叔(Uncle Sam)。他也是一位愛國者，與父兄曾參加過美國獨立戰爭。在1812年的美英戰爭中，他的工廠與政府簽了一份為軍隊生產桶裝牛肉的合同，美國政府每當收到他交來的經其親自檢驗合格的牛肉，就將肉裝入特制的木桶，并在桶上蓋上US的記號。由于Uncle Sam的首字母是US，而美國(The United States)的縮寫也是U.S.，于是人們便把這兩個名稱合二為一了。當地的人們就把“山姆大叔”當成美國的綽號，并逐漸流傳開來。15 John Hancock 親筆簽名。John Hancock是在The Declaration of Independence(美國獨立宣言)上署名的獨立戰士中,將自己的名字簽得又好又大的一個人，他的簽名美觀大方而且個頭也比別的簽名大。所以美國人常把John Hancock當作signature(署名,簽名)的意思.。如：I need your John Hancock.我需要您的簽名。16 Johnny One Note 五音不全的人。也可以指思想狹隘，看問題片面的人。Note在這里的意思是音符。444猜疑傷害莫逆之交。

5.Speed is the soldier's asset。兵貴神速。

6.Sweet discourse makes short days and nights。言語投機恨時短。

7.Soft words butter no parsnips。畫餅充饑。

8.Set a thief to catch a thief。以毒攻毒。

9.Well fed, wed bred。衣食足，知榮辱。

10.Laugh at your ills, and save doctors' bills。生病不憂慮，節省醫藥費。

11.Sloth is the key of poverty。惰能致貧。

12.Among the blind the one eyed man is the king。山中無老虎，猴子稱大王。13.To err is human。

犯錯是人之常情。/ 人誰無過。

14.You can't judge a book by its cover。不能以外表來判斷本質。/ 不要以貌取人。15.Gut no fish till you get them。勿操之過急

555 To look two ways to find Sundays——斜著眼看。

2、與Monday有關的英語俚語：

black Monday（學俚）放假后的開學第一天；執行死刑之星期一；黑色禮拜一（即復活節之后一日，因1360年的當天，天氣嚴寒，愛德華三世之士兵都凍死于巴黎附近）。Blue Monday——沮喪，悶煩（相對于歡樂的周末而言）。

Saint Monday——（特指交易所）懶散，工作很少的星期一。Mad Monday ——忙亂的星期一。

Monday morning feeling , Monday feeling——美國人在周末休假后星期一不想工作的那樣一種心情。

Monday morning quarterback——放馬后炮的人。Monday morning quarterbacking——放馬后炮。

3、與Friday有關的：

Friday——忠仆，隨從（源自魯濱遜漂流記）。Man Friday——男忠仆。

Girl Friday——得力助手（尤指女秘書）。Pal Friday——極受信賴的女秘書。Friday face——神色不佳之人。

Black Friday——不幸的禮拜五，即有任何災難發生的禮拜五；復活節前之禮拜五（神職人員于此日著黑裝）。

Good Friday——耶酥受難節；

T.G.I.F(Thank God it’s Friday)——報紙上刊出招聘一名能干的女職員的廣告。

4、與Saturday有關的：

Saturday-to-Monday——周末休假；周末的。

Black Saturday——黑色星期六（指工人已預借工資無錢可領的星期六）。Saturday night special——便于周末作案的小手，現在應該把槍。Saturday night massacre——星期六夜晚大屠短袖，單件摻殺（指尼克松任總統期間白宮在1973年10月20日，周六晚上宣布解除水門時間特別檢查官考克斯的職務，并解除拒絕把考克斯解職的司法部長理查森和副部長拉克爾職務）。

5、與“星期”名稱有關的幾個名諺：

He that sings on Friday , shall weep on Sunday;He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.樂極生悲。

Choose a wife on a Saturday rather than a Sunday.節日假期，不宜選妻。（意指平時女子穿便服，故能更好地對之進行觀察）。Come day , go day , God send Sunday.過了一天又一天，上帝快給個星期天。（此乃懶惰者的愿望，亦指懶惰的傭人盼望工作時間快快過去，休息和發工錢的日子快快到來）。附幾個句子：

1、Mary , a well-known Sunday painter's girl Friday , went to the art exhibition in her Sunday best yesterday and made a hit with all the gentlemen there who seemed to have Sunday-go-to-meeting manners.2、Joe slumped into his chair at the breakfast table , “monday morning feeling again , dear ? ” asked his wife.3、——I know it must be the battery.——yeah , why didn’t you tell me earlier ? Monday morning quarterback.4、Friday , September 24 , the day the financial panic of 1869 began , has since been known as black Friday.5、He bought a Saturday night special from a Sunday driver.6、On the average they receive about five or six hundred calls a day , but this rises to close to a thousand calls after occasions like Richard Nixon's “saturday night massacre ” 666 英語文章網

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? 英語新聞Blair is best paid speaker 英語語法Since 和For的辨析 ? 電影中的美國俚語50句 電影中的美國俚語50句 Be in the air 將要發生的事情

The feeling or idea that something new is about to happen or is going to change.Example: From the arguments going on at the meeting, it seems that a change in policy is in the air.Clear the air 消除誤會

To settle a dispute and restore good relations

Example: We had a meeting with the workers, and I think we’ve cleared the air now.Cost an arm and a leg 極其昂貴

To be very expensive

Example: I love that fur coat.However, I don’t think I’m going to buy it because it costs an arm and a leg.A bad egg 缺乏道德的人

Somebody who has no moral principles and should be avoided

Example: You mustn’t lend Tim money, he’s a bad egg.You’ll never see him or your money again!In the Bag 穩操勝券

Said of an achievement which is secure

Example: We have the deal in the bag.The client came in this morning to sign the agreement.In the balance 未知的,不可預測的

Said when the outcome of a situation is unknown or unpredictable

Example: His career as a pilot is in the balance, as his eyesight does not seem good enough.Drive a hard bargain 極力討價還價

To have the negotiating strength and skills to get the most advantageous price and conditions

Example: Amanda is negotiating the best price from the suppliers.She drives a hard bargain.Ring a bell 看上去或聽起來非常熟悉

To look, sound or seemfamiliar

Example: That face rings a bell, where have I seen him before? Tighten one’s belt 節衣縮食

To cut down on spending because there is less income than before

Example: Now you are out of work, you’ll have to tighten your belt and give up buying new clothes and going out so often.Kill two birds with one stone 一石二鳥

To complete two tasks together, with less effort than doing them separately

Example: Since I’d gone to the store to buy some bread, I thought of killing two birds with one stone and invited Mr.Biggs to the party.11 Be in a black mood 情緒極差

To be so negative about everything that it is impossible for anyone to reason with him/her

Example: My father has been in a black mood for days, we dare not say anything to him.New blood 新成員

New people brought into an organization to introduce different and original ideas

Example: It was decided to bring new blood into the school by employing teachers with the latest training.Feeling blue 感到無精打采

Feeling sad or depressed

Example: She’s feeling blue, because the man she loves is far away.Get to the bottom of something 弄清真膠線，懸掛昨相

To find out the truth about something

Example: I’m trying to get to the bottom of why David left without saying goodbye.A piece of cake 輕松的事

Something which is very easy to do

Example: Here?let me put the batteries in for you.It’s a piece of cake.Pay a call 拜訪

To visit somebody

Example: As we’re in this neighborhood, we might as well pay the Jacksons a call, we haven’t seen them for ages.By chance 偶然, 意外的

Unexpectedly;with no prior planning

Example: By chance, I bumped into my wife in the shopping mall Round the clock 夜以繼日的

To do something continuously, without a break or pause

Example: The ambulance services worked round the clock hauling people trapped in the building to safety.Keep one’s cool 保持冷靜

To stay calm in a difficult situation

Example: If the traffic is jamed, the only thing to do is keep your cool, or get out of the car and walk!In a tight corner 處于困境

In an extremely difficult situation

Example: Whenever I get into a tight corner, I try to rely on quick thinking to get out of it.21 Keep in the dark 隱瞞

To keep something secret

Example: We know my brother has a new girlfriend, but he's keeping her name in the dark.Fall on deaf ears 不加理睬的, 不聽取

Not to take any notice of what is said

Example: The city council’s order that garbage should be put in the bins fell on deaf ears;the sidewalks are still littered with trash!Take things easy 放輕松

To relax

Example: It's better for our health to take things easy than to worry about problems all the time.Eat like a horse 吃得很多

To eat a lot;to have a very big appetite

Example: Fred eats like a horse.When I was a growing lad like him, I used to eat a lot, too.Catch one’s eye 吸引某人注意

To attract somebody’s attention

Example: A movement behind the curtain caught my eye – I thought it was a burglar and rushed out of the room!Have an eye for something 對某事(某物體)了解得非常清楚

To be very good at doing something, or have a great understanding of something.Example: As a botanist, he has to describe and draw plants accurately, so he must have an eye for detail.Turn a blind eye.熟視無睹

To ignore an action, even though one should do something about it

Example: Parents will spoil their children if they constantly turn a blind eye to their bad behavior.Keep an eye on 照看, 密切注視

To watch carefully;to look after

Example: Keep an eye on my purse – I'm just going to the bathroom.Lose face 丟臉

To have one's reputation spoiled;to be embarrassed

Example: The large drug houses have lost face, because smaller companies are selling similar products at a cheaper price!Lead the field 處于領頭地位

To be the most successful person or group in an activity

Example: For decades, the House of Dior led the field in elegant fashion design.31 Get out of hand 失去控制

To be out of control

Example: The problem of suicide bombings is getting out of hand;there seems to be no way to stop them.32 Give a hand 提供幫助

To help somebody with something

Example: Please give me a hand and hold this board while I paint it.33 Learn by heart 牢記

To memorize something;to have learned something word for word or very precisely.Example: At school we often learned Shakespeare’s sonnets by heart and recited them in front of the class.34 On hold 尚未辦理的事情

Something set aside and waiting to be dealt with

Example: Our vacation plans are on hold right now;because my Dad’s just been admitted to hospital with a stomach ulcer.35 A dark horse 出乎意料的嬴家

An unexpected winner.Example: A dark horse in this year’s basketball cup was Japan!

The bottom line 本質內容

The most essential part of something

Example: We’ve talked a lot about taxation and immigration, but the bottom line is that we have to create more jobs.37 Live it up 狂歡一場

To enjoy a high standard of living and lead a carefree life

Example: The neighbors having been living it up ever since they won the sweepstakes.38 Look forward to 期待著

To relish some future prospect;to eagerly await meeting somebody.Example: You can tell Jake is looking forward to his vacation – he keeps telling us how many days there are left until he finishes college.39 Bear in mind 記住

To remember something which can be of help in the future.Example: Before you start your perspective drawing, bear in mind you should first establish a vanishing point.40 Have a mind to 想做某事, 計劃做某事

To be decided on;to intend to

Example: The service in our hotel was terrible.I have a mind to write a letter of complaint.41 Be in the mood 想要做某事

To feel like doing something

Example: She is not in the mood for playing cards and says she should really be preparing her lecture notes.42 Over the moon 欣喜若狂

Extremely happy

Example: She’s over the moon about her promotion – she really wasn’t expecting it.43 Get a move on 趕快

To hurry up

Example: Get a move on!The train is about to leave.44 Over and above 除?這外, 額外的 In addition to

Example: Over and above our salary, we are getting a large bonus, because business has been very profitable this year.45 Get the picture 了解某事

To understand something, to grasp some meaning

Example: When they started cutting back and laying people off at work, I got the picture and starting looking for another job.46 Be out of pocket 花光了錢的 To be without money

Example: He’s complaining because he spent all of his money on slot machines and now he’s out of pocket.47 Keep somebody posted 傳達消息

To regularly give somebody up-to-date information or details of the progress being made.Example: I phoned in at the end of each working day to keep my boss posted about developments at the trade conference.48 In the long run 最終, 最后

Over a long period of time, once a process has matured

Example: The grocery store is making a loss right now.In the long run, however, we hope to achieve a situation of stable profit.49 On a shoestring 生活拮據

In a thrifty manner;with costs or spending down to a bare minimum

Example: She lives on a shoestring – she gets a tiny pension and has to budget very tightly.50 Lose track of 失去消息, 失去線索

To lose contact with somebody to not know where something is

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6666intelligence;he is just using his memory.(Da Vinci, Italian painter)一個借著引經據典來辯論的人，不是在運用自己的才智，他是在運用自己的記憶力。(意大利畫家 達·芬奇)Art is a lie that tells the truth.(Picasso, Spanish painter)美術是揭示真理的謊言。(西班牙畫家 畢加索)Art is long, and time is fleeting.(Longfellow, American poet)藝術是永恒的，時間則是瞬息即逝的。(美國詩人 朗費羅)Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it!(Robert Motherwell, American painter)藝術遠沒有生活重要，但是沒有藝術生活是多么乏味呀！(美國畫家 馬赦韋爾 R)Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling theorist has experienced.(Len Tolstoy, Russian writer)藝術不是手藝，它是藝術家的體驗到的感情的傳遞。(俄兩天它都區別國作家托爾斯泰。L)Art is the mold of feeling as language is the mold of thought.(Susanne Langer, American philosopher)藝術是感情的模制品，猶如語言是思想的模制品。(美國哲學家 蘭格 S)Art is the object of feeling, and the subject of nature.(S.K.langer, American philosopher and educator)藝術是情感的客觀表現。也是本性的主觀反映。(美國哲學家、教育家 蘭格 S K)Art is the right hand of nature.The latter only gave us being, but the former made us men.(Friedrich Schiller, German poet)藝術是自然的右手。自然只讓我們存在，而藝術創造我們的人類。(德國詩人 席勒 F)Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travel.(Theocore Dreser, American novelist)好畫猶如佳肴，只可意會，不可言傳。(法洗衣粉放在紅國畫家 弗拉曼克 M)Good painting is like good cooking;it ca n be tasted, but not explained.(Maurice de vlaminck, French painter)簡單地說，偉大的文學就是包涵極其豐富意義的語言。(美國詩人 龐德 E)Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree(Ezra Poud, American poet)幽默被人正確地解釋為“以誠摯表達感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。(美國詩人 龐德 E)Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest.(Mark Twain, American novelist)我寫作只是為了增加自身的美。(美國作家 杰克·倫敦)I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me.(Jack London, American writer)音樂要用心靈去聽，用頭腦去感覺。(法洗衣粉放在紅國作家 雨果 V)In music one must think with the heart and feel with the brains.Victor Hugo, French writer Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul.(PaulWhiteman, American conductor)爵士樂使你的肌肉發癢，交響樂能舒展你的靈魂。(美國指揮家 懷特曼 P)iterature is a kind of intellectual light which, like the light of the sun, may sometimes enable us to see what we do not like.(Samuse Johnson, British writer and critic)文學是一種理智之光，它和陽光一樣，有時能使我們看到我們不喜歡的東西。(英國作家、批評家 約翰遜 S)Love and scandale the best sweeteners of tea.(HenryFielding, British writer)風流韻事與丑聞是品茶聊天時的最佳話題。(英國作家 菲爾丁 H)Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.(William Congreve.British dramatist)音樂有著撫慰粗野的胸懷、軟化頑石或使千年老樹彎腰的魅力。(英國劇作家 康格里夫 W)Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.(John Erskine, American educator)音樂是唯一不能用及表達卑鄙的或諷刺的事物的語言。(美國教育家 厄斯金 J)Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is a apeaking picture.(Simonides, ancient Greek writer)畫是無言之詩，詩是有聲之畫。(古希臘作家 西蒙尼特斯)Rules and modesty destroy genius and art.(William Hazlitt, British essayist)規則與謙遜會毀掉天才和藝術。(英國散文家 哈茲里特 W)Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face their own.(Jonathan Swift, British writer)諷刺是一面鏡子，觀看者通常從中看到每一個人的面容卻看不到自己。(英國作家 斯威夫特 J)Some people pretend to despise the things they cannot have.(Aesop, ancient Greek fable writer)吃不到葡萄的人說葡萄酸。(古希臘寓言作家 伊索)Speech is a mirror of the soul;as a man speaks, so is he.(Ephraem Syrus, American writer)語言是心靈的鏡子；一個人只要說話，他說的話就是他的心靈的鏡子。(美國作家 塞拉斯 E)Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you;music cannot punish----only bless.(Arthur Schnabel, Austrian pianist)陽光可能炙烤你，食品可能毒害你，言語可能詛咒你，圖畫可能侮辱你——音樂不會處罰你只會祝福你。(奧地利鋼琴家 施納貝爾 A)The art of giving presents is to give something which others cannot buy for themselves.(Alan Alexander Milne, British humorist)送禮的藝術在于送別人不能給自己買的東西。(英國幽默作家 米爾恩 A A)The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation;the two keep in their downwad tendency.(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German poet)文學的衰落表明一個民族的衰落。這兩者走下坡路的時候是齊頭并進的。(德國詩人 歌德 J W)The lanscope belongs to the man who looks at it.(Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker)風景屬于看風景的人。(美國思想家 愛默生 R W)The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature.(John Ruskin, American writer and critic)愛美是健康人性的重要組成部分。(美國作家、批評家 羅斯金 J)The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props , the pillars to help him endure and prevail.(William Fulkner, American writer)詩人的聲音不應只是人類的記錄，而應是使人類永存并得到勝利的支柱和棟梁。(美國作家福克納.W.)The value of culture is its effect on character.It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that.Its use is for life.Its aim is not beauty but goodness.(Somerset Maugham, British noverlist and dramatist)文化的價值在于它對人類品性的影響。除非文化能使品性變為高尚、有力。文化的作用在于裨益人生，它的目標不是美，而是善。(英國小說家和戲劇家 毛姆 S)There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.(Picasso, Spanish painter)有些畫家把太陽畫成一個黃斑，但有些畫家借助于他們的技巧和智慧把黃斑畫成太陽。(西班牙畫家 畢加索)When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news.(Charls A.Dana, American journalist)狗咬人不是新聞，人咬狗才是新聞。(美國記者 達納 C A)When one loves one's art no service seems too hard.(O.Henry, American novelist)一旦 熱愛藝術，什么奉獻也不難。(美國小說家 歐·享利)Words have a magical power.They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair;can transfer knowledge from teacher to students words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions.Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all man's actions.Do not ridicule the use of words in psychotherapy.(Sigmund Freud, German Psychiatrist)言辭具有不可思議的力量。他們能帶來最大的幸福，也能帶來最深的失望；能把知識從教師傳給學生；言辭能使演說者左右他的聽眾，并強行代替他們作出決定。言辭能激起最大強烈的情感，促進人的一切行動。不要嘲笑言辭在心理治療當中的的用途。(德國精神分析學家 弗洛伊德 S)777。）

在這里，他運用的是所謂的英語“押韻俚語”（Cockney Rhyming Slang）其中，tit for tat（原義為“針鋒相對”）是 hat（帽子）的押韻俚語，同樣，crust of bread（面包片）代替 head（頭），daisy roots（雛菊花根）代替 boots（靴子），plates of meat（肉盤）代替 feet（腳），apples and pears（蘋果和梨）代替 stairs（樓梯）,而 elephant's trunk（大象鼻子）則代替 drunk（喝醉了的）。

押韻俚語（Cockney Rhyming Slang）是英國倫敦下層社會中應用的非正式的口語（Cockney 意思為“倫敦佬”，是對倫敦社會下層人士的蔑稱）。這種口語之所以稱為押韻俚語，是因為他們用同正式語押韻的詞來代替正式語。上面例子中的 tit for hat 就同 hat 押韻，同樣，crust of bread 也同 head 押韻。

押韻俚語有一個特點，即代替一個正式詞語要用含有兩個或兩個以上詞（element）的詞組。其它押韻俚語的例子還有不少。例如：

trouble and strife（原義為“麻煩和沖突”）代替 wife（妻子）

Brussels sprout（原義為“球芽甘藍”）代替 scouts（童子軍）

以上所說的都是完整的押韻俚語，但在實際運用中，倫敦佬們往往用它們的省略形式。值得一提的是，省略的押韻俚語中省略的部分不是其中的第一個詞，而是第二個詞，即用來押韻的那部分。因此，如果一個人說：My plates are killing me.其實際意義為 My plates of meat are killing me.即 My feet hurt.同樣 tit for tat 可以省略成為 tit，crust of bread 可省略成 crust 等等。這樣，文章開頭的那句話也可以說成：

I put my tit on my crust and my daisy on my plates and fell down the apples because I was elephant's.以上為典型的英語押韻俚語。其實英語中有許多可以接受的非正式用法是由押韻俚語升級而來的，而有時甚至說標準英語的人都不知道它們的來源。例如，英語中有 Use your loaf（動動腦筋）實際上就是由Use your loaf of bread 省略而來，即 Use your head 的押韻俚語。其中 loaf of bread（面包條）是head（腦筋）的押韻俚語。

再如：英國人常說：We must get down to brass tacks.（我們必須討論實際問題。）其中 brass tacks（黃銅平頭釘）是 facts（事實）的押韻俚語，tacks 和facts 押韻。

又如：英語中有一個短語：take a butcher's，它其實是 take a butcher's hook（butcher's hook 原義為“屠夫的鉤子”）的省略形式，即take a look（看一眼）的押韻俚語。

同樣，英語中還有其它常見的詞也出自押韻俚語，而這些詞許多人不知其出處，似乎它們可以用于正式場合，而實際上它們卻是英語中的“禁忌語”（taboo words）。例如：

Bristols 表示 breasts（“乳房”），來源于 Bristol City，是titty的押韻俚語，titty 是 breast 的禁忌語，復數：Bristols—titties.cobblers 的意思是 testicles（“睪丸”），來源于cobblers' awls（鞋匠的錐子）是 balls 的押韻俚語，ball是 testicles 的禁忌語。

倫敦金融界行話（jargon）中有一種類似押韻俚語，也很有意思。這些行話比起一般的押韻俚語更晦澀難解。例如：

I asked him for a price of a Hawaii but he would only quote me in a lady.一句，局外人很難理解其真實含義。

其中，Hawaii 原義為“夏威夷”，但在這兒代表的是“fifty million”，而 a lady 卻代表 five million.這句話的意思是：“我向他要價5，000萬（英鎊），而他卻只出500萬。”

在這兒，Hawaii 來自一個電視節目“Hawaii Five-O”，Five-O當然代表50 million；lady 是 Lady Godiva 的省略形式。（Lady Godiva 是著名的 Peeping Tom典故中的女主人公。）Lady Godiva 同fiver（five million）押韻。

英鎊同美元的兌換比率稱為 cable，來自于英美間的跨大西洋的電纜（cable），因而英鎊同美元的兌換比率在倫敦金融行話中也稱為 Betty，來自于女演員Betty Grable，因為這個名字同 cable 押韻。

其它情況還有：

貨幣名稱：

yen（日元）— Bill'n Ben

dollar（美元）— Oxford Scholar

guilder（荷蘭盾）— boat builder

mark（德國馬克）— smudge（smudge 的意思是a small mark）

數目：

one —a Spaniard（Juan）（Don Juan為西班牙一傳奇人物）

a pair —Lionel（Blair）（一位舞蹈家）

three — carpet（flea）（地毯跳蚤）

four — Desmond（Tutu）（Desmond Tutu 為南非的大主教，用Tutu來表示four自然是因為Two twos are four）

five — a steep hill（來自于one-in-five 1 : 5的坡度）

eight— a garden（gate）或 John Curry（John Curry是一位花樣滑冰運動員，用它顯然是因為 skate 的緣故）

ten — Cockle（and Hen）（公雞和母雞）

a score — a motor-bike（人們很難將 motor-bike 和20 聯系起來，而其中的原因卻是騎手雙手握住車把手，給發動機加油門兩次手指共用 20 個。）

a half — a laugh

seven-eighths— seven Henries（Henry 為 Henry VIII 之略）

three quarters— three farmers（farmers 為 farmers' daughters 之略）

在人類交往中，俚語是一個十分難以理解的成分，而押韻俚語，如果不知其來源，理解起來會更加困難，而一旦了解了，它們又變得如此趣味盎然。了解一些押韻俚語對于熟悉英國社會、文化、風俗習慣以及進行實際交際都會有很大的幫助 8888 英文名人名言 英文名人名言

1.Love lives deep in the mind instead of residing in the lips.([Britain] William Shakespeare)愛情是埋在心靈深處，并不居住在雙唇之間。(［英國］莎士比亞)2.Between grief and nothing I will take grief.(William Faulkner, American writer)在悲痛與虛無之間，我愿意選擇悲痛。(美國作家 ?？思{ W)3.Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise.(Francis Quarles)要善于處世，不要老于世故。(夸爾斯)4.I don't want to earn my living;I want to live.(Oscar.Wilde)我不想謀生；我想生活。(奧斯卡.王爾德)5.The world has been made by fools that wise men should live in it.(Oscar.Wilde)傻瓜創造了世界，聰明人不得不生活于其中。(奧斯卡.王爾德)6.Anger, like grief is a weakness.(Marcus Aurelius Antonius)憤怒和悲哀一樣，也是一種軟弱。(馬可·奧勒利烏斯)7.Every man is a poet when he is in love.(Plato ancient Creek philosopher)每個戀愛中的人都是詩人。(古希臘哲學家 柏拉圖)8.I wept when I was born, and every day shows why.(Jack London, American novelist)我一生下來就開始哭泣，而每一天都表明我哭泣的原因。(美國小說家 杰克·倫敦)9.Truth needs no colour;beauty , no pencil.(William Shakespeare)真理不需色彩，美麗不需涂飾。(W·莎士比亞)10.Sweetest joy ,the wildest woe is love.(Philip Bailey)愛情是最甜蜜的歡樂，最強烈的痛苦。(菲利浦.貝利)

第四篇：英語諺語

五年級上冊 Unit You can′t judge a book by its cover.不能以貌取人。Unit For the hard-working, a week has seven days;for the lazy, seven tomorrows.勤奮的人，一個星期有七天；懶惰的人，一個星期有七個明天。Unit An apple a day keeps the doctor away.每天一個蘋果，醫生遠離我。Unit Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。Unit 5 East or west, home is best.東好西好，不如家好。Unit 6 Seeing is believing。眼見為實。五年級下冊

The early bird catches the worm.早起的鳥有蟲吃。

Yesterday, today and tomorrow---these are the three

days of

man.人生有三天：昨天、今天和明天 Every season brings its

joy.春有百花秋有月，夏有涼風冬有雪。Let sleeping dogs lie.別惹是生非。Life has seasons.人生有四季。

It's the empty can that makes most noise.半瓶水響叮當。

the 六年級上冊

Better to ask the way

than go astray.問路總比迷路好。Horses for

courses.知人善任。

Think

today

and

speak tomorrow.三思而后言。

A friend in

need is a friend indeed.患難見真情。

Like father, like son.虎父無犬子。

No pleasure

without

pain.沒有苦就沒有樂。

六年級下冊 Less is more.少即是多。

All work and no play makes Jack

a dull

boy.只工作不玩耍，聰明杰克也變傻。All's well

that

ends well.結果好，一切都好。

Life is what you make

it.生活是自己創造出來的。

六年級上冊Tips for pronunciation 連續、重音

Robin has

GPS.Follow me , please!Is it

far?

Where is

the

restaurant? Come and have a look Pictures of Stop at a

red light lesson

dinner

tonight

tomorrow We

can

share.I like dancing.He lives on a farm.What

are Peter's

hobbies? Listen

and

repeat.He is good at football / /,ping-pong / /and basketball.If you like sports / /,you can be a coach / /, a sports reporter / /, or a PE teacher.Next day

cant't go

count to don't be

第五篇：英語諺語

英語諺語大全

英語諺語大多 起源于 民間口語,也有一部分源于 文化典籍或 宗教文獻。它們源遠流長,在歷史長河里兼收并蓄,得到不斷的豐富和發展。經過千錘百煉,終成為簡潔生動、意味深長、富有哲理的英語的精華。本文主要從 民間口語、文化典籍和 宗教文獻3 個方面對英語諺語的 起源進行了探討,旨在揭示諺語所反映的社會的發展進程、人民群眾的思想觀念、價值取向及其超越時空的價值和意義。恩格斯在《自然辯證法:勞動在從猿到人轉變過程中的作用》中指出:“語言是從勞動當中并和勞動一起產生出來的??”[1 ]語言是一種社會存在物,是隨著人類的實踐而形成發展起來的交流系統,是人類社會實踐的共同創造物。作為日?？谡Z的一部分,諺語的 起源十分悠久。其源頭是人類先民的生產勞動,他們的實踐、感知和經驗,經過漫長的歷史進程,不斷積累、概括和提煉,并隨著社會的發展和人們活動范圍的擴大,傳播開來。始于 民間口語的英語諺語,在傳流的過程中,伴隨文字的出現,逐漸進入到書面文獻中。文化典籍中的“雅諺”有些可追溯到民間流傳的“俗諺”,有些已不可考,但萌生于 民間口語或是由某些大眾化說法提煉而來應是不爭的事實。本文主要從 民間口語、文化典籍、宗教文獻3 個方面對英語諺語的 起源進行探討,旨在揭示諺語所反映的人類生產、生活歷程和超越時空的價值和意義。

一、民間口語諺語是在群眾中流傳的固定語句,用簡單通俗的話反映出深刻的道理。英語諺語絕大多數來自民間,是人民群眾生活經驗的總結,人力資源咨詢凝結著人民大眾的智慧。英語諺語中有大量關于農業生產、氣象、漁牧、狩獵的諺語,如氣象諺語、節令諺語、農事要訣等,通常稱為“農諺”。Evening red and morning grey are the signs of a fineday.(晚霞紅,晨霧蒙,天會晴。)A red sky at night is the shepherds’delight.(向晚天發紅,羊倌喜盈盈。)Rain from the east;wet two days at the least.(風雨東方起,至少兩天雨。)這幾個諺語反映的都是氣象常識,如熱冷的交替,晚霞、晨霧主晴等,都是從事農業生產的先民長期的經驗積累形成的對天氣的認識。Ill weeds grow fast.(雜草長得快。)Out of old field comes new corn.(老田出新谷。)A year of snow , a year of plenty.(瑞雪兆豐年。)After a rainy winter follows fruitful spring.(今冬雨水足,來春果滿枝。)這幾條諺語反映了人民群眾對田地、莊稼特點的認識,還表達了他們對五谷豐登的祈盼。先民們生產工具落后,生活條件惡劣,隨時面臨著毒蛇猛獸的侵襲和疾病帶來的死亡,加之當時交通不便,隔山隔水,交流少,活動范圍窄,所以“家”的觀念在人們心中非常強。面對嚴酷的大自然,他們唯有在“家”里才能得到慰藉,找到安全感。下面的幾條諺語正是“家”或鄉土觀念的反映。East or west , home is best.(東好西好,家里最好。)There is no place like home.(沒有什么地方能像家里一樣。)Better at home than a mile away from it.(在家萬般好,出門時時難。)Every one seeks his own house.(家是自己的好先民們除從事繁重的農業生產勞動外,還會打獵或捕魚以彌補生活的匱乏,這方面的經驗在英語諺語中也有所反映。Hunger drives the wolf out of the woods.(饑餓引狼出森林。)Great fish are caught in great waters.(要抓大魚,就下大海。)The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at the everybait.(愛咬鉤的魚逃不掉。)A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.(一鳥在手勝過二鳥在林。)An old fox is not easily snared.(老狐貍難上圈套。)Two dogs will kill a lion.(兩狗可殺一獅。)If you run after two hares , you will catch neither.(一人追二兔,難免兩手空。)人類早期的生產勞動,由于生產工具原始,完全靠體力,靠長時間的辛苦勞作,翻土、播種、收割都有時間、季節限制,耽誤不得,正所謂“農時不可誤”;又由于漸漸意識到生命無常,生命短暫,因而感嘆時光短促、勸人珍惜時間的英語諺語不少。All time is no time when it is gone.(光陰一去不復返。)Time is money.(時間就是金錢。)Time flies.(時光如梭。)早期的人類勢單力薄,無論是農耕或狩獵,都以群體出動、集體協作為主,有些英諺正是反映集思廣益、共同協作這方面生活的。So many heads so many wits.(三個臭皮匠,抵個諸葛亮。)Many hands make light work.(人手多,好辦事。)Two eyes see more than one.(兩只眼睛比一只眼睛看得清。)Drop by drop the oceans are filled;stone by stonethe walls are built.(涓滴之水匯成海;一石一石筑成墻。)英語屬于印歐語系,印歐語系的原創型文化濫觴于古希臘文化。古希臘所處的地理位置正居于尼羅河、兩河、小亞細亞和南歐之“要沖”,生活在希臘半島和愛琴海諸島的先民從海中取食,靠海吃海,久而久之,便形成了海洋型文化特點。后來的英倫三島又為大海環抱,受之于古希臘的海洋文化因子得以傳承、光大。英語諺語中有大量涉及海上航行、經風受雨、捕魚捉蟹的內容,這正是英語民族,以及整個西語民族地理位置和海洋型文化的反映。In a calm sea , every man is a pilot.(在平靜的海上,人人都是領航員。)The good seaman is known in bad weather.(壞天氣才能識出好水手。)A great ship asks deep water.(大船行深水。)In the deepest water is the best fishing.(最深的水里好捕魚。)Hoist sail when the wind is fair.(趁著風好揚起帆。)He that would sail without danger , must never comeon the main sea.(誰在航行時不冒險,就永遠不要來到大海上。)The great fish eat up the small.(大魚吃小魚。)The sea refuses no river.(江海不拒細流。)這些諺語是瀕海居民或水手的經驗之談,有些已超出了航海的經驗范圍,而具有更為深廣的含義,如The sea refuses no river.就有“聚沙成塔,集腋成裘”的內涵。源于 民間口語的諺語,除反應人民群眾生產勞動中的經驗外,還表現了他們在社會斗爭中的經驗和道德、倫理、是非等觀念。If you would not be cheated , ask the price at threeshops.(貨比三家不吃虧。)There is a black sheep in every flock.(害群之馬到處有。)Pride goes before a fall.(驕兵必敗。)這幾條諺語都是人們實際生活斗爭經驗教訓的總結。自然界的所有生物都有求生存的本能,作為有高級智慧的人更是如此。幾千年來,豐衣足食、健康長壽一直是人們的追求與渴望。有關飲食、鍛煉、健康、長壽方面的英語諺語非常豐富。Eat at leisure , drink with meas ure.(飯菜盡情吃,飲酒須節制。)Gluttony kills more than the sword.(暴食殺人勝刀劍。)He that eats least eats more.(飲食有節可長壽。)Many dishes , many diseases.(猛吃猛喝,疾病必多。)這幾則諺語強調飲食節制的重要性。Rest breeds rust.(人不活動,百病叢生。)Difficulties strengthen the mind , as labor does thebody.(勞動強身體,艱難勵意志。)Dry feet , warm head , bring safe to bed.(腳干頭暖,睡覺平安。)After lunch , rest;after supper , walk.(午飯后要休息,晚飯后要散步。)這幾條諺語告誡人們要多運動, 鍛煉,要學會自我保健,以強身健體。Good health is above wealth.(健康金不換。)Happiness lies , first of all , in health.(幸福首先在于健康。)Health is jewel.(健康是鉆石。)In sickness health is known.(患病方知健康好。)這幾條諺語告誡人們要珍惜健康,方能過上高質量的生活,才能享受幸?？鞓贰Ｓ行┯⒄Z諺語,強調人的精神、心理、環境對身體的重要性。Laugh and grow fat.(笑口常開,心寬體胖。)Care killed the cat.(憂能傷人。)A light heart lives long.(心胸坦蕩壽命長。)Cheerfulness is health;its opposite , melancholy isdisease.(歡樂益健康,憂郁致病痛。)歡笑、坦蕩的心胸都有利于健康,相反,憂慮、抑郁則對身心有害。當人類的原始積累達到一定程度,隨著物質的豐富,人口的增多,交流的頻繁,進行物質交換,互通有無,已成為必然,不可或缺。最早的交換應是以物易物,后來慢慢發展到使用錢幣。由于金錢的重要價值、作用及其稀缺特點,人們對金錢有著強烈的占有欲望,并產生了獨特的感受和認識。在英語諺語中,關于金錢的很多,正是人們深刻的金錢觀的反映。Money makes the mare go.(有錢能使鬼推磨。)Money governs the world.(金錢統治世界。)Money is the key that opens all doors.(錢是打開所有門的鑰匙。)這些諺語反映的是拜金主義的金錢觀。Gold will not buy everything.(金錢并非萬能。)Money is the root of all evil.(金錢乃萬惡之源。)Riches do not always bring happiness.(金錢不總能帶來幸福。)The love of money and the love of learning rarelymeet.(愛財不好學,好學不愛財。)這幾條諺語反映了對待金錢的不同的價值觀,揭示了人們對客觀事物的不同認識和理解。源自 民間口語的“俗諺”,以世態人情為材料,以經驗知識為依據,是人民大眾生活和生產的縮影,也是他們經驗的積累和總結,揭示了他們對客觀世界的認識和感悟,也表露了他們的心理訴求和祈望。

二、文化典籍流傳于 民間口語中的諺語,伴隨著文字的產生,開始出現在各種文學作品和 文化典籍中。英語諺語有一部分來自書面文獻,主要出自希臘羅馬神話、寓言故事、莎士比亞戲劇以及一些名家作品中。這些源自 文化典籍的“雅諺”,有些是在 民間口語說法的基礎上提煉打磨而成,而有些則屬獨創,有著鮮明的文化色彩、語體特色和教育警策作用。莎士比亞不愧是語言大師,其戲劇成了產生諺語的沃土,這從一個側面反映了莎士比亞的作品由于真實地反映了社會現實而為人民所喜愛,也反映了其在文學殿堂上的地位。莎士比亞生活的十六七世紀,正是資本主義興起的時代,莎劇中的有些諺語正反映了新興資產階級的世界觀,如物質至上,金錢至上等。The world is an oyster.(世界是一只牡蠣。)這條諺語首見于莎士比亞的喜劇《溫莎的風流娘兒們》(The Merry Wives of Windsor),意思是說,如果你有很多錢,你可以想要什么就有什么,整個世界都由你擺布。Lend your money and lose your friend.(借出你的錢,失掉你的朋友。)這條諺語出自《哈姆雷特》(Hamlet)1 幕3 場。出現在莎士比亞戲劇中的諺語,有一部分并非莎翁的獨創,而是先前就已存在。這類諺語,莎翁或直接引用,或加以改造,以符合劇中的人物個性。Even a worm will turn.(甚至連一只蟲子也會翻翻身。)這則諺語原收錄在英國詩人、劇作家約翰?海伍德的《諺語集》里,莎士比亞在《亨利六世》(Henry Ⅵ)中予以引用: The smallest worm will turn being drodden on.(最小的蟲子,被踩一腳,也要扭動一下。)All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.(所有的貓都愛魚,但又怕濕了貓爪。)這是一句英國古諺,莎士比亞在《麥克白》(Macbeth)1 幕7 場中直接引用。You set an old man’s head on young shoulders.(你不要指望年輕的肩膀上長老年的頭。)莎劇中的這條諺語是由下面一條諺語改變而來:You must not expect old heads on young shoulders.Silver will have a sliver sound.(銀子發出的是銀子的聲音。)這則諺語源出于莎劇《羅密歐與朱麗葉》(Romeo and Juliet)4 幕5 場中的一句話: Silver hath a sweet sound.(銀子發出甜蜜的聲音。)古希臘羅馬神話是西方文學的源頭之一。與古希臘羅馬神話有關或涉及古希臘羅馬神話中諸種和英雄的英語諺語有相當數量。There were brave men before Agemenmnon.(阿加門農之前也有勇士。)阿加門農(Agmenmnon)是希臘神話中的邁錫尼王,他在特洛伊戰爭中擔任希臘聯軍最高統帥,以勇猛善戰著。Not even Hercules could contend against two.(即便赫爾克利斯,也是一不敵二。)赫爾克利斯(Hercules)是羅馬神話中的英雄,是主神宙斯之子,力大無窮。個別英語諺語,其源頭可追溯到古希臘詩人荷馬、古羅馬詩人奧維德或亞里士多德等古希臘羅馬詩人、作家或哲學家的作品。如下面3 則:Choose the lesser of two evils.(兩害相權取其輕。)荷馬史詩中寫有: The most preferable of evils ?(更可取的壞事??)The grass is often greener on the other side of thefence.(籬笆那邊的草總是更綠。)奧維德曾寫過這樣的詩句:The harvest is alwaysmore fruitful in another man’s fields.(別人地里的莊稼總比自家的多產。)Don’t kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.(不要殺死下金蛋的鵝。)這條諺語可上溯到古希臘寓言作家伊索的一個著名寓言故事《生金蛋的鵝》(The Goose with theGolden Eggs)。有一個農民的鵝突然生出金蛋來,但農夫非常貪心,想一下子得到很多金子。伊索寫道:Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give ,he kill ed it and opened it only to find —nothing.這條英語諺語的含義與漢語成語“殺雞取卵”十分接近。One may go wrong in many different ways , but rightin one.(歧路萬千條,正路只一條。)這條諺語源于古希臘哲學家、科學家亞里士多德的著作。英語諺語來自其他英語詩歌、戲劇、小說、散文等的為數不少。People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throwstones.(住玻璃房子的人不該扔石頭。)這則諺語可上溯到英國詩人喬叟的《特洛伊羅斯與克瑞西達》(Troilus and Criseyde)。Make hay while the sun shines.(趁著晴天曬干草。)這句諺語來自英國詩人亞歷山大?巴克萊的諷刺作品《愚人船》(The Ship of Fools)。Variety is the spice of life.(變化多姿是生活的調味品。)這則諺語可追溯到英國詩人威廉?柯珀的長詩《任務》(The Task)。The child is father of the man.(三歲看到老。)英國詩人威廉?華茲華斯在《我的雀躍》(MyHeart Leaps Up)一詩中曾使用過這句諺語。這首詩的首句是:My heart leaps up when I behold/ A rainbowin the sky.(每見到彩虹橫貫長空,我心涌動不已。)詩中談到這是詩人從小就有的感受。每個人都由童年而及成年,而成年人性格中美好的一切都來自純潔的童心。Never say die.(永遠不要說“死定了”。)出自英國小說家的《匹克威克外傳》(PickwickPapers),表達了一種永不言敗的豪情。He that hath wife and children hath given hostage tofortune.(有妻室子女之人已將自己押給了命運。)出自英國哲學家培根的散文《論婚姻與獨身》。另有個別英語諺語,源起于某個歷史事件,有一定的文化歷史背景。如:Nero fiddled while Rome burned.(羅馬失火,尼祿彈琴作樂。)這條諺語就與一段羅馬歷史有關。尼祿是羅馬皇帝,愷撒家族的最后一個統治者,自公元59 年后施暴政。在公元64 年,尼祿命人火燒羅馬城,以便能看看“特洛伊城陷入火海會是什么樣子”,并以大火為背景,朗誦自己的詩篇,還拿著豎琴為自己伴奏。這個諺語比喻一個人在危難中不負責任、不恤民情的行為。源自 文化典籍的“雅諺”,很好地反映了西方社會普遍的社會心理和價值取向,如崇尚獨立與個性,崇尚理性,推崇平等觀念以及私有財產神圣不可侵犯等。文化典籍類諺語在用詞上較“俗諺”更為正式,帶有很濃的書卷氣,這也正符合文人著作的語言、文體特點。

三、宗教文獻西方英語國家主要信仰基督教?；浇淘谄溆凭玫陌l展過程中已經超出了狹隘的宗教意義,形成了一種對西方人的生活方式、價值觀念和倫理原則產生巨大影響的文化現象?；浇探痰洹妒ソ洝?是西方文化的另一個源頭,對英語的影響堪比莎士比亞的著作,對英語諺語的豐富和發展起了很大作用。英語中有許多諺語就是源自圣經故事或是反映宗教思想的,這也是宗教思想深入人心,影響并操縱著人們精神世界的體現。基督教的共同人性和博愛思想也都反映在英語諺語中。《圣經?舊約全書》中有一章《箴言篇》(The bookof proverbs),記錄的是智者格言,十分豐富,都是規勸警示性的,在流傳過程中成為精美的諺語。A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.(貞潔的婦女是她丈夫的冠冕。)A good name is better than riches.(美名勝過財富。)英語諺語還來自《圣經》中的其他篇章,如《約伯記》、《傳道書》等。All rivers run into the sea.(條條河流歸大海。)(《傳道書》)The love of money is the root of all evil.(貪財是萬惡之源。)(《提摩太前書》)The price of wisdom is above rubies.(智慧的價值高于珠寶。)(《約伯記》)Love begets love.(愛產生愛。)有些源自《圣經》的諺語,還保留著一些詞的古代形式,如thou , thy , doeth , doest 等。When thou doest alms , let not thy left hand knowwhat the right hand doeth.當你施舍的時候,不要讓左手知道右手所做的。(《馬太福音》)《圣經》最早是用希伯來語寫的,后來譯成多種語言。英語《圣經》有多個版本,相同的語義內涵有時會有不同的譯文變體。比如: Stolen waters aresweet.(偷來的水是甜的。)就有幾種變體[2 ] :Stolen sweets are always sweeter.(偷來的糖總是格外甜。)Stolen pleasures are sweet.(偷歡是甜蜜的。)Stolen fruit is sweeter.(偷來的水果分外甜。)某些英語諺語源出《圣經》,但用詞已不同于原文,語言形式上有所改變,或利用《圣經》語句的創意,產生出新的諺語。As you row , so shall you reap.(種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。)這條諺語源自《圣經?加拉太書》中的Whatsoevera man soweth , that shall he also reap.原句中的大詞、古詞whatsoever 和soweth 已不再出現?！妒ソ?以西德書》中有一句是這樣說的: Thussaith the Lord God :An evil , an only evil , behold , iscome.主耶和華如此說:有一災禍,獨有一災禍,看哪,它臨近了。有幾條英語諺語就是由這個句子演化而來。Misfortunes never come single.(禍不單行。)One misfortune rides upon another’s back.(一個災禍騎在另一災禍的背上。)Hardships never come alone.(苦難從不單獨來。)英語中有些諺語,與圣經故事有關。圣經中的一些含有濃厚宗教色彩的詞常出現在英諺中,如cross(十字架),forbidden fruit(禁果), God(上帝),Devil(魔鬼)等。Forbidden fruit is sweet.(禁果是甜的。)Every man must carry his cross.(每個人必須背他自己的十字架。)Evil and good are God’s right hand and left.(善與惡是上帝的左右手。)The Devil take the hindmost.(落后者遭殃。)The cross on the breast , and the devil in the heart.(十字胸前掛,惡念心中藏。)Hell is wherever heaven is not.(不是天堂的地方,即是地獄。)一種民族語言所吸收的來自 宗教文獻的詞語與他們所信仰的宗教有關,眾多英語諺語源自《圣經》,就很好地說明了這一點。除了 民間口語、文化典籍和 宗教文獻這3 個主要來源外,英語諺語還有些源自外來語。由于地理位置和歷史的緣故,英語在其發展過程中不斷受到外來語的影響和沖擊,使得英語中吸收了大量來自外國文化的詞語,英語諺語也不例外。有相當一部分英語諺語來自拉丁語、法語、德語、西班牙語、漢語等。這部分諺語有些還保留著外文的原形,有些則已譯成英語。如cherchez la femme(找出禍水)是一句法文諺語,但卻以法文原文形式保留在英文中,譯成英語為find the woman ,表示不論發生什么麻煩,其背后總有女

人牽涉其中。其他如: Familiar paths and old friends are the best.(熟路易走,老友易處。)(來自德語)Those who know don’t speak;those who speak don’t know.(知者不言,言者不知。)(源自老子的《道德經》)Give a helping hand to a man in trouble.(對危難者應授之以手。)(來自拉丁語)這些外來的諺語已為英語國家人民所接受,成為其文化寶庫中不可分割的一部分。弗蘭西斯?培根曾經說過:“一個國家的智慧、風趣和精神均體現在它的諺語之中?！痹趲浊甑男纬闪髯冞^程中,英語諺語從不同源頭匯聚而來,并得到不斷的豐富和充實,終成為璀璨的顆顆寶石。這些諺語以其令人們熟知的形象和比喻體現了人們世代積累的經驗和形成的價值觀,它們作為社會共享的口頭文學的袖珍版本,被成百上千次地引用,成為說服他人的論據,并用以指導日常生活。各個民族的文化有其各自的特點和賴以產生的歷史背景,所以各自的諺語都帶有其自身的文化烙印,反映了不同的思想觀念和價值取向。因此,學習英語諺語并了解其產生的源頭,有助于正確理解其內在含義,并且有利于了解英語民族,以致整個西語民族的思想方式、風俗習慣和感情品德,這為了解和 研究西方文化打開了一扇窗口,對促進跨文化交際和中西文化的溝通和借鑒都是大有裨益的。