A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
After a feast a man scratches his head.
宴会后,一个男人搔搔头。
It is a good horse that never stumbles.
再好的马也会失足。
Tis a good farthing that saves a penny.
省一分钱,是一分好硬币。
He pays for the glasses who breaks them.
谁打破了玻璃杯,谁就付钱。
Where life plants you, bloom with grace.
生命把你种在哪里,你就在哪里优雅地绽放。
Every hooked beak is maintained by prey.
每一个钩状的喙都由猎物来维持。
The threatener sometimes gets a beating.
威胁者有时会挨打。
A blind hen can sometimes find her corn.
一只瞎母鸡有时能找到她的玉米。
For a wise man a fool is a good advisor.
对聪明人来说,傻瓜是一个好顾问。
The more you stir it the more it stinks.
你搅拌得越多,它就越臭。
What is bad for one is good for another.
对一个人不利的事对另一个人有利。
He who loses his temper is in the wrong.
发脾气是不对的。
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A favour ill placed is great waste.
失宠是极大的浪费。
Do not let grass grow on the path of friendship.
不要让友谊的路上长出青草。
A man who has but one eye must take good care of it.
只有一只眼睛的人必须好好照料它。
Hope is the dream of a soul awake.
希望是灵魂清醒时的梦想。
Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.
宁为老人的爱人,不做年轻人的奴隶。
He who is judge between two friends, loses one of them.
在两个朋友之间评断是非的人,会失去其中一个朋友。