英語寓言教程匯總和更新

Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit.［譯］無益雄辯不濟事，猶如柏樹參天不結(jié)果。 [查看全文]

Take the world as it is.［譯］隨遇而安。The bait hides the hook.［注解］指要當心送上門來令人眼饞的東西，可能其中有詐。比... [查看全文]

Serve somebody with the same sauce.［譯］以其人之道還治其人之身。So many countries, so many customs.［注解］指每一個國家... [查看全文]

Rats leave (or desert or forsake) a sinking ship.［注解］人們說房子要倒塌老鼠會先逃離；國家要滅亡，會受到同盟國的拋棄；人... [查看全文]

Queen Anne is dead. ( = The news is stale.)［注解］Queen Anne是英國18世紀初的女王。此諺語是對過時新聞的譏諷語。安尼女王... [查看全文]

Possession is nine points of the law.［譯］現(xiàn)實占有，敗一勝九。Power corrupts.［譯］權(quán)力能導致腐敗。Proverbs are short s... [查看全文]

Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.［注解］oak橡樹；reed蘆葦。本句意為：在剛?cè)釋Ρ?，處于強大勢力下，柔曲反而勝過剛直... [查看全文]

Never swap horses while crossing the stream.［注解］swap (or change) horses while crossing the stream指在緊要關(guān)頭改變... [查看全文]

Make yourself necessary to someone.［譯］使你成為他人所需之人。Man's good and evil is at the peril of the public... [查看全文]

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.［注解］weep哭泣。該諺語指世態(tài)炎涼。［譯］樂時眾人與你同... [查看全文]