美国人这样说英语 第4期:承担后果

 　　All covert¹ all lose.

　　贪多损失大。

　　Greed has no limits.

　　贪得无厌

　　One cannot eat one's cake and have it.

　　你不可能在吃蛋糕的同时又拥有它。

　　A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

　　双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。（劝告人们不要贪心，应该知足常乐。）

　　face the music

　　是指要面对现实，勇于承担后果、接受惩罚；

　　penance，atonement

　　赎罪

　　Steve broke window and had to face the music.

　　Steve打破了窗户，不得不受点教训。

1 covert   

adj.隐藏的；暗地里的

参考例句：

• We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
• The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视。