諺語、慣用語

　　不管張三李四。

　　Every Tom， Dick and Harry. *舉出常用的男孩名，表示不論誰都、不管張三還是李四。雖然沒有女孩名，但男女都可用。

　　My daughter had a homestay in America.

　　So did every Tom， Dick and Harry.

　　I like sexy girls.

　　So does every Tom， Dick and Harry.

　　一波未平一波又起。

　　Out of the frying pan into the fire. *frying pan平底炒菜鍋，直譯是菜從鍋里炒出來又掉進了火里。

　　舍名求實。

　　I live to eat.

　　Pudding rather than praise. *不太常用的說法。

　　瞎貓碰上了死耗子。

　　Every dog has his day.

　　Bob won the lottery.

　　Every dog has his day.

　　Everyone has good days.

　　Everyone gets lucky sometimes.

　　A flying crow always gets something. *不太常用的說法。

　　說曹操，曹操到。

　　Speak of the devil. *說到惡魔，惡魔就來。源自諺語Speak of the devil and he will appear。

　　Speak of the devil.常用于口語中。

　　Here comes John!

　　Speak of the devil.

　　情人眼里出西施。

　　Love is blind. *直譯是愛情是盲目的。表示人們一旦談戀愛，就會失去正確的判斷能力，無法冷靜地看待事物。

　　一舉兩得。

　　Kill two birds with one stone. *直譯是一石可以打中兩只鳥，即一舉兩得。

　　不聞兇便是吉。

　　No news is good news.

　　I haven‘t heard from John lately.

　　Well， no news is good news.

　　光陰似箭。

　　Time flies. *表示時間像飛一樣地過去了。Tim flies是Time flies when you are having fun.的省略說法。即越高興時間過得越快。

　　時間就是金錢。

　　Time is money.

　　百藝不如一藝精。

　　Jack of all trades， master of none. *Jack是男子名，一般表示某人或男人。此句的意思是什么事都去做的人沒有一件事是能精通的。

　　三思而后行。

　　Look before you leap. *直譯飛之前先看看，表示付諸于行動前要慎重地考慮，做好準備。