Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.

［注解］musket是滑膛枪、步枪的前身。

该句意指杀鸡焉用牛刀。

［译］用枪打蝴蝶，小题大做。

Tall trees catch much wind.

［译］树大招风。

The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.

［译］别人的东西总比自己的要好。

The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.

［译］真理最伟大的朋友是时间，其最大的敌人是偏见，其永远的同伴是谦逊。

The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.

［译］热爱大自然的人内外感觉协调一致，即使进入成年后依然保持着童心。

The miracle is this—the more we share, the more we have.

［译］神奇的是我们分享的越多，我们拥有的也越多。

The more, the merrier.

［译］多多益善。

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

［译］琴越老，歌越美。

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

［译］悲观主义者抱怨有风，乐观主义者期待变天，现实主义者调整船帆。

The sauce is better than the fish.

［译］喧宾夺主。

The sharper the storm, the sooner it's over.

［译］暴风雨来得越猛，结束得越快。

The sweetest grapes hang the highest.

［译］最甜的葡萄挂在最高的地方。

The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.

［译］螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。

The world is like a mirror; frown at it and it frowns at you; smile and it smiles too.

［译］世界如一面镜子：皱眉视之，它也皱眉看你；笑着对它，它也笑着看你。

The worst bankrupt is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.

［译］最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。

There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.

［译］一个渴求知识的人去读一本书和一个懒散的人拿一本书来读，这两者之间有很大的区别。

There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

［译］崇高与荒谬仅一步之遥。

Timely snow foretells a bumper harvest.

(or A snowy year, a rich year.

)［译］瑞雪兆丰年。

To care for wisdom and truth and improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honor and reputation.

［译］注重智慧、真理和灵魂进步远比追求金钱、荣誉和名声要好得多。

Towering genius disdains a beaten path.

He seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

［译］卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路，他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。

Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

［注解］指两个人相互争夺某物或职位，彼此争持不下，东西或美差反而落在第三者身上。

另一说法有：Two quarrel and a third profits by it.

”［译］鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

Two in distress makes sorrowless.

［译］同病相怜。

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