经典谚语:道德与思想-A
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    A bully is always a coward.
    [注解]bully恃强凌弱者。指恃强凌弱者欺负弱小者,却总是害怕比他强的人。
    [译]欺负弱小者永远是懦夫;色厉内荏。
    A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
    [注解]conscience指一个人的良心,如果没有做亏心事(a clear conscience),当然睡觉也安稳、踏实(a soft pillow)。
    [译]问心无愧,高枕无忧。
    A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
    [译]纯净的良心不屑于错误的指责。
    A fault confessed is half redressed.
    [注解]confess意为“承认”;redress指“纠正,矫正”,意指错误承认了,一半已改掉。
    [译]知错能改,善莫大焉。
    A fox may grow gray, but never good. (or You cannot make a crab walk straight. or The leopard cannot change its spots.
    [注解]The leopard cannot change its spots. 出自《旧约·耶利米》第13章第23节。在文艺作品、普通书写和日常话语中用得很广。
    [译]江山易改,本性难移。
    A good fame is better than a good face.
    [译]美名胜过美貌。
    A good name could bestow a capital of good will of immense value.
    [注解]bestow把……赠与,把……给予。
    [译]好名声能给良好的愿望带来难以估价的财富。
    A good name is sooner (easier) lost than won.
    [注解]语出《圣经·箴言》。
    [译]美誉易失不易得。
    A good name keeps its luster in the dark.
    [注解]luster光泽,光彩。
    [译]好名声即使在黑暗中也显光彩。
    A good tale is none the worse for being told twice.
    [注解]好故事往往令人回味无穷,喜欢一听再听。
    [译]动人的故事令人百听不厌。
    A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
    [注解]相同意思的表达还有:A guilty conscience is a thousand witnesses. A guilty conscience never feels secure. 指内心有愧的人老是害怕,做了坏事者总会显出心中有鬼,可译作“做贼心虚”。
    [译]亏心者心不安。
    A little neglect may breed great mischief.
    [注解]breed“酝酿”,喻指“一失足成千古恨,再回首已百年身”。
    [译]小小的疏忽会酿成大错。
    A man of moral integrity does not fear any slanderous attack.
    [注解]integrity正直,诚实。a man of moral integrity有道德的人。slanderous造谣的,诽谤的。
    [译]人正不怕影子歪。
    A man's actions show his character.
    [译]行为可显示出一个人的品性。
    A miss is as good as a mile.
    [注解]意指小错大错皆是错,程度虽不相同,性质却是一样。如同做一件事差一点未成功和彻底失败的效果实际相同。早先的表达方式为:An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
    [译]失之毫厘,谬之千里;毫末之错仍为错;死里逃生总是生。
    A pet lamb makes a cross ram.
    [译]宠坏的小羊将成为脾气坏的大羊。
    A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.
    [译]缄默的嘴,真诚的心,是世界上最令人赞美的东西。
    A stumble may prevent a fall.
    [译]小踬可防大跌;小惩大诫。
    A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
    [注解]语出英国诗人Keats(济慈)。
    [译]一件美好的东西永远是赏心乐事。
    A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword.
    [注解]valiant勇敢的,英勇的。
    [译]勇士的眸睨比懦夫的刀剑还犀利。
    "After you" is good manners.
    [译]“您先请”是礼貌。
    An evil lesson is soon learned.
    [译]坏事易学,恶习易染。
    An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
    [译]诚实人的话像他的契约一样靠得住。
    An invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ideas cannot be resisted.
    [译]军队的侵略可以抵抗;思想的侵略无法抵御。
    Apparel makes the man.
    [注解]apparel意为“服饰,外观”。
    [译]马靠鞍装,人靠衣装。
    As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.
    [译]试金石可以试金,正如黄金可以试人。
    Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him.
    [译]把紧思想关,邪念无处钻。
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