经典俗语英汉互译20句（打印版）

　　Have only to open one’s mouth to be fed and hold out one’s arms to be dressed-lead an easy life,with everything provided.

　　饭来张口,衣来伸手

　　Throw a long line to catch a big fish-adopt a longterm plan to secure sth. big.

　　放长线掉大鱼 curent

　　Let the tiger return to the mountains-cause calamity for the future.

　　放虎归山

　　Sugarcane is never sweet at both ends-you can’t have it both ways.

　　甘蔗没有两头甜

　　Each says he is right

　　公说公有理,婆说婆有理

　　It is better to accept deferentially than to decline courteously

　　恭敬不如从命

　　A cornered beast will do something desperate.

　　狗急跳墙

　　No ivory issues from the mouth of a dog.

　　狗嘴里吐不出象牙

　　Slanders cluster round a widow’s door.

　　寡妇门前是非多

　　A man of your eminence has a short memory

　　贵人多忘事

　　Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country.

　　国家兴亡,匹夫有则

　　A wise man will not fight when the odds are obviously against him

　　好汉不吃眼前亏

　　A hero is silent about his past glories.

　　好汉不提当年勇

　　Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spreads far and wide.

　　好事不出门,恶事传千里

　　Take an honest man’s heart for a donkey’s liver and lungs-take sb.’s goodwill for ill intent.

　　好心当成驴肝肺

　　Providence doesn’t let down a man who does his best.

　　皇天不负有心人

　　One is never too old to learn.(Keep on learning as long as you live.)

　　活到老,学到老

　　Every family has some sort of trouble.

　　家家有本难念的经

　　It’s easy to change rivers and mountains but hard to change a person’s nature

　　江山易改,本性难移

　　The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water.

　　君子之交淡如水