雅思口语考试常用谚语之(四)一枝独秀篇

 　　61.So many men, so many minds. 人心各不同。

　　62. Some thing is learned every time a book is opened. 开卷有益。

　　63. Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。

　　64. The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there. 车到山前必有路。

　　65. The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。

　　66. The older the wiser. 人老智多。(姜还是老的辣。)

　　67. The worse luck now, the better another time. 风水轮流转。

　　68. Thoughts are free from toll¹. 思想不用交税。(人人都可以自由思考。)

　　69. Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。

　　70. Use legs and have legs. 经常用腿，健步如飞。

　　71. Virtue² never grows old. 美德常青。

　　72. Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。

　　73. What is done cannot be undone³. 覆水难收。

　　74. Wine in, truth out. 酒后吐真言。

　　75. You are only young once. 青春只有一次。

　　76. You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不可两头燃。(鱼和熊掌不可兼得。)

　　77. You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。(事难两全其美。)

　　78. You never know till you have tried. 事非经过不知难。

　　79. Youth will be served. 青春好作乐。

　　80. Zeal⁴ without knowledge is a runaway⁵ horse. 无知的狂热是脱缰的野马。本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑。

1 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

3 undone   

a.未做完的，未完成的

参考例句：

• He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。

4 zeal   

n.热心，热情，热忱

参考例句：

• Revolutionary zeal caught them up,and they joined the army.革命热情激励他们，于是他们从军了。
• They worked with great zeal to finish the project.他们热情高涨地工作，以期完成这个项目。

5 runaway   

n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的

参考例句：

• The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
• He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。