经典谚语:真理与社会-T
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    Take the world as it is.
    [译]随遇而安。
    The bait hides the hook.
    [注解]指要当心送上门来令人眼馋的东西,可能其中有诈。比喻饵中必有诈,笑里藏刀。
    [译]饵里藏钩。
    The best and wisest laws are mere words unless they are upheld.
    [注解]语出美国作家N. Hawthorne(霍桑)。uphold支持,维持。
    [译]最好、最圣明的法律,如不加以维护,也只等于一纸空文。
    The best fish swim near the bottom.
    [注解]意指有价值的东西不能轻易得到。
    [译]好鱼居水深。
    The cat shut its eyes while it steals cream.
    [注解]猫偷吃乳酪时总是闭着眼睛。
    [译]掩耳盗铃。
    The cobbler to his last and the gunner to his linstock.
    [注解]linstock古时放炮用的火绳杆。
    [译]安分守己。
    The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
    [注解]工作和学习如图省时省事走捷径反而会误事,倒不如遵循正常的程序,捷径不一定省时省事。
    [译]捷径常误人;欲速则不达。
    The good of the people is the highest law.
    [译]人民的利益应是至高无上的法律。
    The greater the truth, the greater the libel.
    [译]越是真理,越受人诽谤。
    The history of mankind is the history of ideas.
    [译]人类的历史就是思想的历史。
    The law cannot make all men equal, but they are all equal before the law.
    [注解]语出英国法理学家、法官Frederick Pollock(普洛克)。
    [译]法律不能使人人都平等,但是人人在法律面前是平等的。
    The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful.
    [注解]语出奥地利心理学家Alfred Adler(阿德勒)。
    [译]人的成就只有对社会有用才是有价值的。
    The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease; the happy man inevitable confines himself to ancient limits.
    [注解]owe ... to归功于。impulses冲力,推动。ill at ease不安,不自在。confine to限制。语出美国小说家N. Hawthorn(霍桑)。
    [译]世界之所以有前进的动力,靠的是有人不安于现状;至于满足的人,总是囿于旧框框之内。
    There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers.
    [注解]比喻只有买错的,没有卖错的。
    [译]愚蠢的买主多于愚蠢的卖主。
    There are no birds of this year in last year's nests.
    [注解]西班牙谚语:去年的巢里找不到今年的鸟。
    [译]事过境迁。
    There are two sides to every question.
    [译]每个问题都有两个方面;凡事都有利有弊。
    There is a black sheep in every flock.
    [注解]a black sheep在英语中喻“害群之马”。
    [译]群群羊中有黑羊。
    There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
    [注解]the sublime庄严,崇高。the ridiculous荒谬,可笑。
    [译]真理到谬误,相去只有一步。
    There is honour among thieves.
    [注解]指贼偷好人的东西毫不犹豫,但却不愿偷另一个贼的东西。这是犯法者、骗子和窃贼等在自己人之间遵守的行为准则。
    [译]盗亦有道。
    There is no rule without some exception.
    [译]有规则就有例外。
    There is no smoke without fire.
    [注解]指事出总有因。近似于此义的谚语还有“Everything has its seed.”
    [译]无风不起浪。
    There is safety in numbers.
    [译]人多势众。
    There may be blue and better blue.
    [注解]指同样的事物以及同等地位的人也存在着差异。
    [译]同是蓝颜色,也有优和劣;同类有异。
    There needs a long time to know the world's pulse.
    [译]把好世界脉搏,需花很长时间;要认识世界,得长期学习。
    There would be no great ones if there were no little ones.
    [注解]纵观历史,没有小人物,大人物就无法立足。
    [译]没有小百姓,哪里有伟人。
    Those who play with fire will get burnt.
    [译]玩火者必自焚。
    Though floating clouds may shade up the sun for a while, they can never do any harm to it.
    [注解]shade遮蔽。do harm to伤害。
    [译]浮云虽然能使太阳暂时晦暗,却丝毫伤害不了太阳。
    Three removals are as bad as a fire.
    [注解]富兰克林的名言。
    [译]三次搬家犹如一次失火。
    To have a cloak for every rain.
    [注解]cloak斗篷。直译:天未下雨就要备好斗篷。
    [译]祸患未来,就得预先防备;未雨绸缪。
    Tit for tat is fair play.
    [译]人不犯我,我不犯人;人若犯我,我必犯人。
    Too many cooks spoil the broth.
    [注解]指组织者或拿主意的人过多反而坏事。
    [译]人多手杂。
    Troubles never come singly.
    [译]福无双至,祸不单行。
    Truth and oil are ever above.
    [译]真理总要战胜谬误,犹如油脂浮上水面。
    Truth and roses have thorns about them.
    [译]真理和玫瑰,身上都有刺。
    Truth fears no colours ( = fears no enemy).
    [注解]在莎士比亚的戏剧《空爱一场》第4幕第2场中有:Sir, tell me not of the father; I do fear considerable colours.先生,别对我提起什么神父不神父啦;我最怕那些似是而非的论调。(朱生豪译)
    [译]真理不怕粉饰;真理无所畏惧。
    Truth fears not the flames of slander and injustice.
    [译]真金不怕火炼。
    Truth is (or lies) at the bottom of the decanter.
    [译]酒后吐真言。
    Truth is stranger than fiction.
    [译]真理比幻想更奇特。
    Truth is truth to the end of the reckoning.
    [注解]语出莎士比亚的戏剧《一报还一报》第5幕第1场。意指真理永远是真理。reckoning结账。
    [译]真理是永远蒙蔽不了的。
    Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
    [译]真理深藏于井底,欲寻还得费工夫。
    Truth needs not many words, but a false tale a large preamble.
    [注解]preamble序言,绪论。
    [译]真理无需多言,谎言却要编造一大篇。
    Truth never grows old.
    [译]真理永远不老;真理永存。
    Truth seeks no corners.
    [译]寻求真理,不必去天涯海角。
    Truth will stand without a prop.
    [注解]prop支柱,支持者。
    [译]真理即使无人支持也能站稳脚跟。
    Tread on a worm and it will turn.
    [译]困兽犹斗。
    Two of a trade seldom agree.
    [译]同行是冤家。
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