A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
黄金
Gold
Pure gold does not fear furnace.
真金不怕火炼。
It is not all gold that glitters.
闪光的并不都是金子。
Better whole than patched in gold.
补金不如补全。
To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
对船舶经纪人来说，煤是黑金。
Gold all is not that doth golden seem.
表面看来是金子的并不都是金子。
Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.
干草比金子更容易被驴接受。
An ape's an ape, though he wear a gold ring.
无尾猿就是无尾猿，虽然他戴着一枚金戒指。
Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
一盎司的运气胜过一磅的黄金。
Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them?
见鬼，金牌，你能用它们做什么?
Gold has its price; learning is beyond price.
黄金有它的价格;学习是无价的。
Gold is gold, though it be in a rogue's purse.
金子就是金子，虽然在流氓的钱包里。
Gold is proved in the fire, friendship in need.
黄金在烈火中检验，友谊在患难中考验。
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There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.
没有任何一笔能把水变成葡萄酒或稻草变成黄金。
And should think freedom more to prize, than all the gold in world that is.
应该认为自由比世界上所有的黄金更值得珍视。
I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on.
我有黄金唱片，白金唱片，我有两个奥斯卡奖，我有格莱美奖等等。
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
黄金的欲望不是为了黄金。它是为了自由和利益的手段。
Even the just may sin with an open chest of gold before them.
即使是正直的人，在他们面前也有可能犯罪。
Gold and silver are mingled with dirt, till avarice parted them.
金银混在泥土里，直到贪婪把它们分开。