A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
意大利谚语
Italian Proverbs
Women and hens are lost by too much gadding.
女人和母鸡都因闲逛太多而迷失了方向。
The tail is always the hardest part to flay.
尾巴总是最难剥掉的部分。
Pluck the magpie, and don't make her scream.
把喜鹊摘下来,别让她尖叫。
The tender surgeon makes the wound gangrene.
那位外科医生很温柔,使伤口长了坏疽。
To fall out of the frying-pan into the fire.
从煎锅里掉到火里。
The soldier is well paid for doing mischief.
这个士兵恶作剧,得到了丰厚的报酬。
Not even hercules could contend against two.
即使是大力神也敌不过两个人。
The well-fed man does not believe in hunger.
吃得好的人不相信饥饿。
He would slaughter a bug to drink its blood.
他会宰杀一只虫子来喝它的血。
He who goes slowly goes safely and goes far.
走得慢,走得稳,走得远。
Don't reject the good together with the bad.
不要把好的和坏的一起拒绝。
It is easy to threaten a bull from a window.
从窗口威胁公牛是很容易的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Time and patience change the mulberry leaf to satin.
时间和耐心会把桑叶变成绸缎。
Live and learn.
活到老,学到老。
You can live without a brother but not without a friend.
你可以没有兄弟,但不能没有朋友。
Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's garden.
忍耐是朵花,并不是人人园中都开的花。
Failures are but mileposts on the road to success.
失败只是通往成功之路的里程标。
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
智者不计较不能得到的东西。