經(jīng)典諺語:時(shí)間與金錢-M

Make hay while the sun shines.
［注解］比喻要善于把握時(shí)機(jī)。
［譯］曬草要趁太陽好。
Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle. (or Penny and penny laid up will be many.)
［注解］mickle指“多”。pickle指“少量”。這兩個(gè)詞皆為蘇格蘭語。
［譯］積少成多。
Men do not desire merely to be rich, but to be richer than other men.
［譯］人們不僅希望富有，而且希望比他人更富有。
Money burns a hole in his pocket.
［譯］錢到袋里留不住。
Money calls, but does not stay: It is round and rolls away.
［譯］金錢會上門，不會留下來，因?yàn)槭菆A的，所以會滾開。
Money makes the mare to go. (or Money can move even the gods.)
［注解］此諺語中make后可用to go或go。布留沃（Brewer）的注釋是：只要有錢，什么事都能辦成。
［譯］有錢能使鬼推磨。
Money has no smell.
［注解］源于拉丁語。出自公元1世紀(jì)羅馬皇帝韋斯巴薌（Titus Vepasian）。本句常用做取得金錢的口實(shí)，不顧來源是否骯臟。
［譯］金錢無所謂香臭。
Money is a bottomless sea, in which honour, conscience, and truth may be drowned.
［譯］金錢是無底的海洋，榮譽(yù)、良心和真理都可以淹沒在其中。
Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
［譯］金錢是好的仆役，壞的主人。
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
［譯］如果只從金融方面講，有錢是比沒錢好。
Money is neither good nor bad, but all depends on what use is made of it.
［譯］金錢本身無好壞，要看怎樣利用它。
Money is often lost for want of money.
［譯］往往由于缺乏金錢而喪失金錢。
Money is the root of all evil.
［譯］金錢是萬惡之源。
Money is the sinews of war.
［譯］無錢莫打仗。
Money often unmakes the men who make it.
［注解］比喻為富不仁。
［譯］賺得了金錢，損了德行。
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.
［譯］智力投資，絕非虛擲。
Money talks.
［譯］有錢能講話。