英文的格言諺語

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　　Help the dog over the stile.

　　助人度過難關。

　　Every dog has his day.

　　片瓦也有翻身日;人人都有得意時。

　　Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

　　欲加之罪，何患無辭。

　　He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

　　有心打狗好找棍;欲加之罪，何患無辭。

　　An old dog cannot alter its way of barking.

　　老狗難改常吠聲。

　　When a dog is drowning,every one offers him drink.

　　待到狗溺水，眾人給水喝。

　　A swine over fat is the cause of his own bane.

　　豬死都因身過肥;象以齒焚。

　　Pigs may fly,but they are very unlikely birds.

　　豬兒縱會飛，終究不是鳥。

　　Never cast your pearls before swine.

　　不要把珍貴之物送給不識貨的人;勿明珠暗投;勿對牛彈琴。

　　You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

　　豬耳朵做不成絲錢包;巧婦難為無米之炊。

　　The cow that's first up gets the first of the dew.

　　早起母牛先得露。

　　Not all butter that the cow yields.

　　母牛所產的未必全是黃油。

　　Many good cows have evil calves.

　　很多好母牛，會生壞小犢。

　　精選

　　You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.

　　不能既要賣母牛，又想喝牛奶。

　　Old oxen have stiff horns.

　　牛老角硬。

　　The ox is never woe,till he to the harrow go.

　　掛耙去耕地，牛才知辛苦。

　　An ox is taken by the horns,and the man by the tongue.

　　牛因角被執，人因舌陷身。

　　If the ox falls,whet your knife.

　　牛一倒，快磨刀;人遭難，眾人踩。

　　The black ox has trod on his foot.

　　禍事臨頭。

　　The ox when weariest treads surest.

　　牛困走得穩。

　　The best horse needs breaking,and the aptest child needs teaching.

　　最好的馬兒要人馴，最伶俐的孩子要人訓。

　　A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

　　不願加鞍的馬，不得吃燕麥。

　　A good horse oft needs a good spur.

　　好馬常需好靴刺。

　　It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.

　　要把馬練好，韁繩靴刺少不了。

　　A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle.

　　烈馬要套粗籠頭。

　　摘抄

　　He is a gentle horse that never cast his rider.

　　馴良的馬絕不會把騎手甩倒。

　　'Tis a good horse that never stumbles.

　　好馬不失蹄。

　　The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.

　　馬劣動怪馬鞍壞。

　　Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse.

　　瞎馬鼓勇氣，正是危險事。

　　Old wood is best to burn,old horse to ride.

　　老柴好燒，老馬好騎。

　　Every horse thinks his sack heaviest.

　　每匹馬都認為自己馱的袋子最重。

　　You may know the horse by his harness.

　　觀馬具可知馬性。

　　A galled horse will not endure the comb.

　　擦傷的馬不耐梳。

　　You can take a horse to the water,but you cannot make him drink.

　　牽馬河邊易，逼馬飲水難;不要逼人做他不願做的事。

　　Don't swap horses when crossing a stream.

　　行至中流不換馬;危難之時不宜作大變動。

　　An ass endures his burden,but not more than his burden.

　　驢子能負重，過重也難負。

　　Wherever an ass falleth,there will he never fall again.

　　驢子絕不會在同樣的地點跌倒兩次。

　　The braying of an ass does not reach heaven.

　　驢子的叫聲傳不到天上。

　　The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.

　　驢子不乖，休怪馱鞍。

　　A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.

　　相馬不可憑馬飾。

　　He who wants a mule without fault,must walk on foot.

　　指望驢子無缺點，只有自己徒步行。

　　A colt you may break,but an old horse you never can.

　　小駒猶可練，老馬最難馴。

　　One sheep follows another.

　　一羊跟一羊指盲從。

　　If one sheep leap o'er the dyke,all the rest will follow.

　　一羊跳過溝，眾羊跟著跳。

　　There is a black sheep in every flock.

　　敗類處處有;害群之馬處處有。

　　One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.

　　一羊生癬，群羊受害。

　　Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful.

　　羊每叫一次，就少吃一口。

　　One butcher does not fear many sheep.

　　屠夫不怕羊多。

　　It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.

　　蠢羊才向狼懺悔。