Examples: the trouble is you're too good-natured and people takeadvantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will haveto learn to refuse people who ask too much 。5.anger and haste hinder good counsel Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in ahurry 。
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move.Anger and haste hinder good counsel 。6.As poor as a church mouse Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to liveupon 。
Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a churchmouse 。Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain nofood 。
7.A word spoken is past recalling Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easilyundo 。Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said,but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could neverrepair the damage of that moment of harshness 。
8.World is but a little place, after all Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or isin someway connected with him in a place where he would never haveexpected to do so 。Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmateon a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place afterall 。
9.When in Rome, do as the Romans do Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongstwhom you live 。Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, butnow you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and takecoffee and rolls 。
10.What you lose on the swings you get back on theroundabouts Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you havebad luck on one day you have good on another; if one ventureresults in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed 。Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything;if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts 。
11.What are the odds so long as you are happy Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person ishappy 。Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents,health, and money. What's the odd so long as you're happy 。
12.Entertain an angel unawares Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest withoutknowing his merits 。Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she wasentertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of thegreatest promise 13.every dog has his day Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a verylong time coming 。
14.every potter praises his own pot Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in theirpossessions or their family members Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant,but I would rather hear it from his teacher's own mouth. Everypotter praises his own pot 答案： 1.雨后送伞 2. 挂羊头卖狗肉 3. 大势已去 4.人善被人欺 ， 马善被人骑 5. 小不忍则乱大谋 6. 一贫如洗 7. 一言既出 ， 驷马难追 8. 天涯原咫尺 ， 到处可逢君 9. 入乡随俗 10. 失之东隅 ， 收之桑榆 11. 知足者常乐 12. 有眼不识泰山 13.是人皆有出头日 14.王婆买瓜 ， 自卖自夸送花须知：十二星座的幸运花Aries: Thistle, wild rose, gorse, nasturtium, woodbine 白羊：蓟、野玫瑰、金雀花、旱金莲花、忍冬 Taurus: Lily of the valley, violet, red rose, myrtle 金牛：铃兰、紫罗兰、红玫瑰、桃金娘 Gemini: Snapdragon, iris 双子：金鱼草、爱丽丝 Cancer: Poppy, water lily, white rose 巨蟹：罂粟、荷花、白玫瑰 Leo: Marigold, sunflower, cowslip, heliotrope,。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧 。
Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃 。Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 好人越夸越好 ， 坏人越夸越糟 。
【英语文化小常识 关于英语的小常识】 Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏 ， 不贪便宜 。Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗 。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后 。Promise is debt.一诺千金 。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶 。Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗 。
Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置 。Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助 。
Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益 。Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑 ， 运动强身 。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬 ， 必须自重 。Rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺 ， 非一日之寒 。
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一 。Seeing is believing.眼见为实 。
Seek the truth from facts.实事求是 。Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him. 智者当差 ， 不用交代 。
Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼 。Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账 。
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