A change of work is as good as a rest.

［注解］指换换工作或变换一下所干之事也能使人身体得到放松，休息。

［译］调剂一下也是很好的休息。

A close mouth catches no flies.

［注解］嘴巴闭得紧，苍蝇飞不进。

指病从口入，祸从口出。

［译］嘴巴能安静，灾祸不来寻。

A creaking door (or gate) hangs long (on the hinges).

［注解］意指体弱多病者反比健壮的人更长寿。

有时健康者也有可能得暴病而死，常病的人像破门一样常开。

此谚语可用来安慰体弱多病的人。

［译］体弱多病者长寿；户枢不蠹。

A disease known is half cured.

［译］病情确诊断，治病好一半。

A good appetite is a good sauce.

［译］饥不择食。

A good beginning is half the battle.

［译］好的开端等于成功的一半。

A good beginning makes a good ending.

［译］善始者必善其终。

A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land.

［译］聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。

A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.

［译］健康的身体贵于黄金铸成的皇冠。

A good lather is half the shave.

［注解］意指若把计划和准备工作都做好，工作就完成了一半。

汉语有句俗语：磨刀不误砍柴工。

［译］肥皂泡沫涂得好，刮脸就省时；做好准备，事半功倍。

A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.

［注解］称职的外科医生应具有鹰眼，狮心和女郎的手。

指出色的外科大夫必须心明眼亮、胆大心细和有一双灵巧的手。

［译］外科医生必须胆大、眼明、手巧、心细。

A healthy mind is in a healthy body.

［注解］语出古罗马讽刺家朱文诺尔。

［译］健康的思想寓于健康的身体之中。

A good medicine tastes bitter.

(or Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.

)［译］良药苦口利于病。

A light heart lives long.

［注解］语出英国剧作家莎士比亚。

［译］静以修身。

A little labour, much health.

［译］适量劳动对健身大有益。

A man cannot serve two masters.

［注解］语出 新约·马太福音　第6章第24节。

同一章节还有一句：You can not serve God and Mammon.

你不可能既侍奉上帝又侍奉财神。

Mammon财神。

［译］一仆不能事二主。

A man can not spin and reel at the same time.

［注解］与此同义的有一句：A man can not whistle and drink at the same time.

一人只有一张嘴，要吹口哨就喝不了水。

比喻一心不能二用。

［译］纺纱织布两套活，没人能够同时做。

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

［译］光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。

A man needs a purpose for real health.

［译］有目标的人才能有真正的健康。

A woman's work is never done.

［注解］主要指家庭主妇的家务劳动繁忙。

源于一首古诗中的一句：Man works from dawn to set of sun, but woman's work is never done.

［译］妇女的家务事，永远也做不完。

A work ill done must be twice done.

［译］马虎干活，准得返工。

After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.

［注解］这是对那些欲享健康的人有实用意义的劝告。

［译］午饭后歇一歇，晚饭后走一走；饭后百步走，活到九十九。

All is well that ends well.

［注解］莎士比亚曾以此句作为一出戏剧之名，朱生豪译为 终成眷属　，其第4幕第4场中有：All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown; Whate'er the course, the end is renown.

万事吉凶成败，须看后场结局；倘能如愿以偿，何患路途迂曲。

指只要结局好就行，不必计较经过的波折。

［译］结果好，一切都好。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy.

［注解］语出James Howell，英国作家贺维尔。

此谚语提醒人们无论工作或学习，需劳逸结合。

［译］只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子要变傻；尽玩耍，不学习，聪明孩子没出息。

An irritable man is like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tormenting himself with his own prickles.

［注解］语出英国诗人胡德。

［译］易怒的人像一只反过来蜷缩的刺猬，用自己的刺折磨自己。

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

［注解］指预防事故的发生胜过事后弥补。

［译］预防胜于治疗。

Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter.

［译］好药不苦不会加糖衣。

Appetite comes with eating.

［译］食欲越吃越旺。

As is the workman so is the work.

［译］看活计知匠人手艺。

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