A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
羊
Sheep
The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.
羊在狼的嘴里别无选择。
The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.
政治家剪羊毛;政客剥了他们的皮。
It is a bad sheep that is too lazy to carry its own fleece.
懒得连自己的羊毛都带不走的羊是坏羊。
The cow is milked, not the ox; the sheep is shorn, not the horse.
牛是挤奶的,牛不是挤奶的;剪羊毛的是羊,不是马。
I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing.
我不是披着羊皮的狼,我是披着羊皮的狼。
In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.
对事物保持适度;国王应该剪羊毛,而不是剥羊毛。
The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
预测者的羊群本能让羊看起来像是独立的思考者。
I'm a sheep when it comes to opinions; I will change my mind and jump on the bandwagon.
说到意见,我是一只绵羊;我要改变主意,赶时髦。
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
没有传统,艺术就像一群羊没有牧人。没有创新,它就是一具尸体。
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
我不怕一群由羊带领的狮子;我害怕狮子带领的羊群。
My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.
我父亲实际上是个采石场的人——他经营石头生意。他曾经也有很多羊,他拥有一个牧羊场,但主要是家族企业的石头。
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Do not allow the sheep to die for a halfpenny of tar.
不要让羊为了半便士的焦油而死去。
God help the sheep when the wolf is judge.
当狼受到审判时,愿上帝帮助羊。
Many a sheep goes out woolly and comes home shorn.
许多羊出去时毛茸茸的,回来时却剪了毛。
A wolf hankers after sheep even at his last gasp.
狼即使奄奄一息也要抓羊。
My first job was cleaning sheep pens.
我的第一份工作是清理羊圈。