常用英语谚语之D、E

常用英语谚语之D、E Danger is next neighbour to security. 危险是安全的近邻。 Danger itself is the best remedy for danger. 危险本身就是对付危险的最好办法。 Dead men tell no tales. 死人不会搬弄是非。 Death is the grand leveller. 凡人都要死,大家都一样。 Death meets us everywhere. 死亡到处和我门相遇。 Death pays all debts. 人死百债了。 Death when it comes will have no denial. 死亡来临时,无可抗拒之。 Deeds, no words. 不要光说不练。 Debt is better than death. 负债总比死亡强。 Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves. 行动是果实,言语只是树叶而已。 Deeds are males, and words are females. 言柔弱无能,行刚强有力。 Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy. 深水静静流,浅溪潺潺流。 Delays are dangerous. 坐失良机必有忧患。 Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour. 著手前要深思熟虑,执行要果断有力。Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考虑要仔细,行动要迅速。 Deliberating is not delaying. 慎思不是拖延。 Deliver not your words by number but by weight. 言不在多,而在有物。 Depend on others and you always repent. 依靠别人总要后悔。 Despair gives courage to a coward. 人急造反,狗急跳墙。 Destruction pursues the great. 树大招风。 Devil must be driven out with devils. 以毒攻毒。 Dexterity comes by experience. 熟练来自经验。 Diamond cut diamond. 强中更有强中手。 Diet cures more than the doctor. 药补不如食补。 Diligence is near success. 勤奋近乎成功。 Diligence is the mother of good luck. 刻苦是成功之母。 Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。 Discontent is the first step in progress. 不知足是前进中的第一步。 Discretion is the better part of valour. 小心即大勇。 Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow. 病,仇与债这三者,一露苗头就砍掉。 Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body. 心灵上的疾病比肉体上的疾病更危险。 Diseases are the price of ill pleasures. 疾病是不正当娱乐的代价。 Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot. 病来如山倒,病去如抽丝。 Disgraced may be he who thinks ill. 心怀不端的人是可耻的。 Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 为众之所为,受众之所夸。 Do as the Romans do(or Do as they do at Rome). 入乡要随俗。 Do as you would be done by. 推己及人。 Do business, but be not a slave to it. 要做事,但不要做事务的奴隶。 Dog does not eat dog. 物不伤其类。 Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. 远处叫得凶的狗,不会近身来咬人。 Dogs that run after many hares kill none. 多谋寡成。 Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 狗摇尾巴,爱的是面包。 Doing is better than saying. 行胜于言。 Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。 Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all youknow. 不要为所能为,不要花尽所有,不要全信所闻,不要言尽所知。 Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不要忘恩负义。 Do not despise your enemy. 万勿轻敌。 Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. 不要有求必应。 Do not praise a day before sunset. 切勿褒贬过早。 Do not run too fast after gain. 不要见利就拼命追。 Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. 不要向不如你幸运的人述说你的幸福。 Do not swap horses when crossing a stream. 处在危难中,不宜大更动。 Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty. 不要因为怕贫苦而放弃自由。 Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you. 己所不欲,勿施于人。 Do not wash dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外扬。 Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未来,莫泼赃水。 Don't count your chicken before they are hatched. 不要过早乐观。 Don't climb a tree to look for fish. 勿缘木求鱼。 Don't cross the bridge till you get to it. 不要杞人忧天。 Don't fly till you wings are feathered. 羽毛未丰不要飞。 Don't cry out before you are hurt. 还没受苦,就别叫苦。 Don't halloo till you are out of the wood. 没有脱离危险不要先欢呼。 Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. 切莫临时抱佛脚。 Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤注一掷。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事,今日毕。 Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak. 不要尽言所知,而要尽知所言。 Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班门弄斧。 Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh. 清水未打来,赃水莫倒掉。 Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自寻烦恼。 Don't whistle until you are out of the wood. 没有脱离险境,不要过早高兴。 Do one's level best. 尽力而为。 Dot the i's and cross the t's. 一点一划,循规蹈矩。 Doubt is the key of knowledge. 怀疑乃知识的钥匙。 Do well is better than say well. 说得好不如做得好。 Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上没毛,办事不牢。 Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. 事未齐备,切莫妄动。 Draw water with a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空。 Dream are lies. 梦不足信。 Dreams go by contraries. 梦想总与现实相反。 Drive your business, do not let it drive you. 要推动事业,不要让事业来推动你。 Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built. 滴水汇大海,垒石诛高墙。Drowning man will catch at a straw. 溺水的人一根草也要抓。 Drunken days have all their tomorrows. 今日花天酒地,明日潦倒穷途。 Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒后露真言。 Dumb dogs are dangerous. 哑犬最凶恶。 Dying is as natural as living. 死亡与生存一样自然。 Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱歌。 Each day brings its own bread. 天无绝人之路。 Each man is the architect of his own fate. 命运掌握在自己手中。 Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不计较小事情。 Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 鹰单飞,羊群集。 Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble. 早期的错误可以酿成日后的麻烦。 Early sow, early mow. 播种早的收获早。 Early start makes easy stages. 早开始是成功的保证。 Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起,令人健康、富有而且聪明。 Early wed, early dead. 早婚早夭。 Easier said than done. 说话容易做事难。 East or west, home is best. 在家千日好,出门时时难。 Easy come, easy go. 易得易失。 Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 随意吃饭,适度饮酒。 Eat one's cake and have it. 又要马儿好,又要马儿不吃草。 Eat to live, but not live to eat. 吃饭是为了生存,但生存不是为了吃饭。 Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. 吃是使自己受用,穿是使别人受用。Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. 人的教养始于教育,成于社交。Education has for its object the formation of character. 教育的目的在于培养品德。 Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针。 Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 空桶响声大。 Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常乐。 Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 高位遭人妒,高峰招风吹。Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾,其言必诈。 Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below. 错误像稻草,漂浮在水面。欲觅珍珠者,须往水下潜。 Even Homer sometimes nods. 人非圣贤,孰能无过。 Even the walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。 Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。 Every bean has its black. 人人有其缺点。 Every bird likes its own nest. 人爱其家。 Everybody's business is nobody's business. 人人都管,大家不管。 Every brave man is a man of his word. 勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人。 Every bullet has its billet. 无风不起浪。 Every cloud has a silver lining. 山穷水尽疑无路,柳暗花明又一村。 Every cock crows on its own dunghill. 夜郎自大。 Every cook praises his own broth. 自吹自擂。 Every country has its customs. 乡有乡俗。 Every couple is not a pair. 同床异梦,貌合神离。 Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在,好花不常开。 Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history. 生命中的一天就是你历史上的一页。 Every dog has his day. 凡人都有得意之日。 Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. 人人都有得意的日子。 Every dog is a lion at home. 夜郎自大。 Every dog is valiant at his won door. 狗在家门前条条都凶悍。 Every door may be shut but death's door. 除了死门外,每门都可关。 Every extremity is a fault. 万事过分都差误。 Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy. 蠢人也能找出聪明人无法弥补的岔子来的。 Every heart has its own sorrow. 人人都有伤心处。 Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 每疋马认为自己驮的袋子重。 Every Jack has his Jill. 有情人终成眷属。 Every little makes a mickle. 积少成多。 Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼里出西施。 Every man has a fool in his sleeve. 聪明一世,糊涂一时。 Every man has his faults. 人孰无过。 Every man has his hobby-horse. 人各有所好。 Every man has his liking. 人各有所好。 Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱点。 Every man is best know to himself. 自己最了解自己。 Every man has the defects of his qualities. 一个人的好品质上也有不足之处。 Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每个人都是他自己命运的建诛师。 Every man is the master of his own fortune. 每个人都是他自己的命运的主宰。 Every man is the son of his own works. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。 Every man thinks his own geese swans. 每个人都以为自己的东西了不起。 Every medal has its reverse. 事物都有它的反面。 Every mother's child is handsome. 老王卖瓜,自卖自夸。 Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. 人对自己的命运总不感满足。 Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads. 知人知面不知心。 Every pleasure has a pain. 乐中必有苦。 Every potter praises his own pot. 老王卖瓜,自卖自夸。 Every salesman boasts of his own wares. 老王卖瓜,自卖自夸。 Every shoe fits not every foot. 不能以己度人。 Everything comes to him who waits. 安心等待必有好处。 Everything has its seed. 无风不起浪。 Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 任何事情都有好的时机,不要随意放过。Everything hath an end. 任何事物都有它的结果。 Everything is good in its season. 万物逢时皆美好。 Everything is good when new, but friend when old. 东西新的好,朋友老的好。 Everything is nice in your garden. 老王卖瓜,自卖自夸。 Everything must have a beginning. 凡是都有起源。 Everything new is fine. 新事物总是美好的。 Every tide hath its ebb. 兴盛之日必有衰退之时。 Every tree is known by its own fruit. 观其言行,知其为人。 Every why has a wherefore. 事出有因。 Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches. 罪恶来时,尺进寸退。 Evil communications corrupt good manners. 交往恶劣,有损风度。 Evil gotten, evil spent. 悖入悖出。 Example is better than precept. 言教不如身教。 Exchange is no robbery. 公平交易并非强行夺取。 Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians. 锻链、节制、新鲜空气和必要的休息是最好的医生。 Experience is a school from which one can never graduate. 经验无止境。 Experience is the best teacher. 经验是良师。 Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是知识之父,记忆是知识之母。Experience is the mother of wisdom. 智慧来自经验。 Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other. 吃亏学乖代价高,笨汉非此学不好。Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly. 亲身经验,才是经验。 Experience must be bought. 若要得经验,必须化代价。 Experience teaches. 经验给人教训。 Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有经验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验。 Extremes are dangerous. 物极必反。 Extremes meet. 否极泰来。 Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. 以牙还牙,以眼还眼。 继续阅读