經典諺語:時間與金錢-T

Take time by the forelock.
［注解］在英國，傳說時間老人禿頭上有撮額發(fā)，抓住他的額發(fā)就可以抓住時間。
［譯］抓住時機；機不可失。
Take time while time is, for time will be away.
［譯］有時間要加以利用，因為時不再來。
The abundance of money ruins youth.
［譯］錢多毀青年。
The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.
［譯］推測將要發(fā)生什么，最好的方法是記住已經發(fā)生了什么。
The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time).
［注解］指最忙的人會利用時間，工作完成快，空閑時間也多。
［譯］最忙的人時間最多。
The early bird catches the worm.
［注解］此諺語對遲起或因行動遲緩而坐失良機的人是最好的忠告：做事情早下手者可得利。early bird指早起的人，集會早到的人。
［譯］早起的鳥兒有蟲吃；捷足先登。
The golden age is before us, not behind us.
［注解］語出美國作家馬克·吐溫。
［譯］黃金時代在我們前面而不在我們背后。
The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.
［譯］正當?shù)玫降囊环皱X，勝過偷來的一元錢。
The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.
［譯］受教育的年數(shù)不如教育的廣博度重要，生命的長度不如其深度重要。
The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing them.
［譯］財富對有些人只做了一件事：使他們擔心會失去財富。
There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
［注解］指縱然失去一個機會，不愁沒有其他機會。
［譯］海里的好魚是取之不盡的。
The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices.
［譯］損失時間是一切損失中代價最大的。
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them.
［譯］生活的價值不在于生命的長短，而在于我們是怎樣度過的。
The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error, and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.
［注解］語出愛爾蘭作家布萊辛頓。
［譯］富人和偉人的罪惡被錯當做謬誤，窮人和凡人的過失卻被錯當做犯罪。
Time and tide wait for no man.(or Time past cannot be called back again.)
［譯］歲月無情；光陰一去不復返。
Time and words can never be recalled.
［譯］消逝的時間和說出的話不能追回。
Time drops in delay, like a candle burnt out.
［譯］時間點點滴滴地消失，猶如蠟燭慢慢燃盡。
Time is a bird for ever on the wing.
［注解］語出英國劇作家羅伯遜. T. W.。
［譯］時間是一只永遠飛翔的鳥。
Time is a great healer.
［譯］時間可以醫(yī)治一切創(chuàng)傷。
Time is a great judge, even in the fields of morals.
［譯］時間是偉大的法官，即使在道德領域亦如此。
Time is a versatile performer. It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.
［譯］時間是個多才多藝的表演者。它能飛，能大步前進，能治愈一切創(chuàng)傷，即使消逝，也能留下影響。
Time marches on.
［譯］時光流逝不回頭。
Time past never returns, a moment lost, lost for ever.
［譯］過去的時間絕不返回，浪費一點，永遠消失。
Time tames the strongest grief.
［譯］時間可以沖淡最強烈的悲傷。
Time tries all.
［譯］時間檢驗一切。
Time works wonders.
［譯］時間可以創(chuàng)造奇跡。
To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all.
［譯］積財難，守財更難，而聰明地用財最難。
To choose time is to save time.
［注解］語出英國哲學家培根。
［譯］合理安排時間就是節(jié)約時間。
To save time is to lengthen life.
［譯］節(jié)約時間就是延長生命。
To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.
［譯］對聰明人來說，每一天的時間都是要精打細算的。
Tomorrow never comes. (or Tomorrow is another day.)
［注解］此諺語用來勸人們今天該做的事切勿拖到明天，因為明天是沒有止盡的，它永遠是今天以后的一天。明日復明日，明日何其多。
［譯］我生待明日，萬事成蹉跎。