A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
荷兰谚语
Dutch Proverbs
Better a dog fawn on you than bite you.
狗巴结你总比咬你强。
It is hard to swim against the current.
逆流而上是很难的。
When the wine goes in the wit goes out.
酒后吐真言。
A flying crow always catches something.
乌鸦总能抓到东西。
A blind man may sometimes shoot a crow.
盲人有时会射乌鸦。
A beggar's hand is a bottomless basket.
乞丐的手是无底的篮子。
Every goodbye is the birth of a memory.
每一次再见都是一段回忆的诞生。
Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.
饥饿使狼离开森林。
The old ones sing, the young ones pipe.
老的唱,年轻的吹。
He whom the shoe fits should put it on.
谁适合就应该给谁穿上。
All are not cooks who wear long knives.
并非所有的厨师都穿长刀。
Set thy expense according to thy trade.
你要按你的交易,计算你的费用。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
It's vain to learn wisdom yet live foolishly.
学聪明而活得愚蠢是徒劳的。
Before you make a friend eat a peck of salt with him.
在结交朋友之前,先要深入了解他。
Learn who are your friends when you are in need.
当你需要的时候,了解谁是你的朋友。
Bear patiently that which thou sufferest by thine own fault.
要忍耐你因自己的过犯所受的苦。
A fool may meet with good fortune, but the wise only profits by it.
傻瓜可能会遇到好运,但聪明人只会从中获益。
Tis altogether vain to learn wisdom, and yet live foolishly.
学智慧而行愚妄的事,是徒然的。