Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.

患难见真情。


出处: 明•东鲁古狂生《醉醒石》第十回：“浦肫夫患难之交，今日年兄为我们看他，异日我们也代年兄看他。”

活学活用：misfortune

Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

[谚]不经灾难不知福。

Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.

[谚]塞翁失马, 安知非福。

Love is full of trouble.

爱情充满烦恼。


活学活用：love

Love is never without jealousy.

[谚]有爱情必有妒忌。

Love is the reward of love.

[谚]爱就是爱的报酬。

Love lives in cottage as well as in courts.

[谚]爱情不分贫贱与高贵。

Man proposes, God disposes.

谋事在人，成事在天。


出处：明·罗贯中《三国演义》第一百三回：“‘谋事

在人，成事在天’，不可强也。”

活学活用：propose

propose marriage to a girl

向一个姑娘求婚

I propose to set off immediately.

我建议马上动身。

He proposed to himself to achieve what hitherto he had been

promised in vain.

他决定要完成一件至今尚无希望的事情。

Like for like.

一报还一报。


出处：. 元・纪君祥《赵氏孤儿》第四折：“做冤仇能做毒，少不的一报还一报。”

活学活用：like

as you like

随你的便

I don't like to disturb you.

我不想打扰你。

I like lobster but it does not like me.

我喜欢吃龙虾, 但它不适宜于我的健康。

Business is the salt of life.

事业是人生的第一需要。


活学活用：salt

be faithful [true] to one's salt

忠于自己的职位

earn one's salt

自食其力, 自立

old salt

老水手, 经验丰富的水手

rub salt into sb's wounds

使某人痛上加痛

Love is blind.

爱情是盲目的。


活学活用：blind

as blind as a bat
as blind as a beetle
as blind as a brickbat
as blind as a mole
as blind as an owl

这几组的意思都是：

视力非常坏, 瞎得厉害
对周围的事物完全看不见

Fools grow without watering.

朽木不可雕。


活学活用:FOOL

A fool always rushes to the fore.
[谚]愚人总喜强出头。

A fool and his money are soon parted.
[谚]愚人有钱留不住。

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
[谚]聪明人也会被傻瓜难倒。

A fool may give a wise man counsel.
[谚] 愚者千虑必有一得。

A fool may sometimes speak to the purpose.
傻瓜有时也能说到点子上。

A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.
[谚]一个蠢人造成的损失, 一百个聪明人也不能补回。

A fool, when he is silent, is counted wise.
[谚]傻瓜不说话就可以冒充聪明人。

Answer a fool according to his folly.
[谚]按照愚人的蠢话回答愚人。

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.

博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。


活学活用：ignorance

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

[谚]不知法不能作为免罪的口实。

keep in ignorance

使无知; 使不明真相

plead ignorance

声称不知

Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise.

[谚]该糊涂的时候就要糊涂; 难得糊涂。

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

君子之交淡如水。


活学活用：

Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

[谚]友谊是双方的事。

a green fruit
未熟的水果

a green old age
老当益壮

a green wound
新伤口

a boy green to his job
工作无经验的小伙子

green timber
未干的木材

a green face
苍白[发青]的脸

Every dog has its day.

　　指富贵无常，凡人皆有得意的时候。

（一个潦倒的人，以前也可能风光过，做人要厚道，不能看低别人。）


　　活学活用：

　　─ love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌（打狗就是欺主了）

　　─ Don't wake a sleeping dog. 切莫打草惊蛇，不要生事。

　　─ walk the dog everyday. 每日带狗散步。

　　─ dog leash 狗链； dog collar 狗项圈