趣味英語小知識
❶ 誰有小學英語趣味小知識
英語趣味小知識
讓我們學習一些有趣的小知識吧。以下是一些的英語和漢語對手指的稱呼：
1.thumb :大拇指。與漢語相映成趣的是，英語的all(fingers and ) thumbs也表示"笨手笨腳"的意思，例如：（1）I'm all fingers and thumbs this morning. I don't seem to be able to button up my shirt.今天早上我的手怎麼這么笨呢，好像連襯衫都扣不上了。（2）He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the teacup.他激動得手都不好使了，竟把茶杯摔了。
2. forefinger :又稱index finger,即食指。前綴fore-表示"位置靠前的"（placed at the front）,所以從排位上說，forefinger應為"第一指"。從功用上看，此手指伸出時有標示或指向的作用。在一些英語工具書中，我們會見到這樣的表示"參見"（index）含義的手型符號。
3. middle finger :中指。此指居中，名正言順，且與漢語說法也一致。
4. ring finger:無名指。從世界各地的婚俗習慣來說，結婚戒指（wedding ring）戴在這一手指（通常指左手）之上，表示已婚。
5. little finger: 顧名思義為小指。在美國和蘇格蘭，人們又賦予它一個愛稱，管pinkie(pinky)，後綴-ie(-y)有"小巧可愛"之意。
和時間有關的英語趣味小知識職場英語 2010-02-24 17:52:16 閱讀264 評論0 字型大小：大中小 訂閱
（一） 時間是金，其值無價
1. Time is money.
（時間就是金錢或一寸光陰一寸金）
2. Time flies.
（光陰似箭，日月如梭）
3. Time has wings.
（光陰去如飛）
4. Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
（光陰如銼，細磨無聲）
5. Time stays not the fool's leisure.
（時間不等閑逛的傻瓜）
5. Time and I against any two.
（和時間攜起手來，一人抵兩人）
6. Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.
（時間就是生命，懶人消耗時間就是消耗自己的生命。或時間就是生命，節省時間，就是延長生命）
7. Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.
（消磨於惡習或愚行的時間是加倍的損失）
（二） 時間是風，去而不返
8. Time undermines us.
（光陰暗中催人才。或莫說年紀小人生容易老）
9. Time and tide wait for no man.
（歲月不待人）
10. Time cannot be won again.
（時間一去不再來）
11. Time is , time was , and time is past.
（現在有時間，過去有時間，時間一去不復返）
12. Time lost can not be recalled.
（光陰一去不復返）
13. Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.
(光陰似箭，一去不返）
（三）時間是尺，萬物皆檢
14. Time tries friends as fire tries gold.
（時間考驗朋友，烈火考驗黃金）
15. Time tries truth.
（時間檢驗真理）
16. Time is the father of truth.
（時間是真理之父）
17. Time will tell.
（時間能說明問題）
18. Time brings the truth to light.
（時間使真相大白。或時間一到，真理自明。）
19. Time and chance reveal all secrets.
（時間與機會能提示一切秘密）
20. Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.
（時間考驗一切，經得起時間考驗的就為人所信仰）
21. Time reveals(discloses) all things.
（萬事日久自明）
22. Time tries all.
（時間檢驗一切）
（四）時間是秤，衡量權質
23. There is no time like the present.
（現在正是時候）
24. Take time by the forelock.
(把握目前的時機）
25. To choose time is to save time.
（選擇時間就是節省時間）
26. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
（今日事，今日畢）
27. Procrastination is the thief of time.
（拖延為時間之竊賊）
28. One of these days is none of these days.
（拖延時日，終難實現。或：改天改天，不知哪天）
29. Tomorrow never comes.
（明天無盡頭，明日何其多）
30. What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
（常將今日推明日，推到後來無蹤跡）
（五）時間是水，淘金流沙
31. Time works wonders.
（時間可以創造奇跡或時間的效力不可思議）
32. Time works great changes.
（時間可以產生巨大的變化）
33. Times change.
（時代正在改變）
❷ 英語趣味小故事
1. The Perfect Son.
A: I have the perfect son.
B: Does he smoke?
A: No, he doesn't.
B: Does he drink whiskey?
A: No, he doesn't.
B: Does he ever come home late?
A: No, he doesn't.
B: I guess you really do have the perfect son. How old is he?
A: He will be six months old next Wednesday.
完美兒子
A:我有一個很完美的兒子.
B:他抽煙嗎?
A:不抽.
B:他喝威士忌酒嗎?
A:不喝.
B:他會不會很晚回家?
A:不會.
B:我想你確實有一個完美兒子. 那他多大了?
A:下個星期三就滿6個月了.
2. I'm Trying to Stop It
"Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear? Is it infected?"
"No, sir, but you said yesterday that everything you told me went in one ear and out the other , so I am trying to stop it."
「孩子，你為什麼用棉花塞住耳朵？它感染了嗎？」
「沒有，老師。可是你昨天說你告訴我的知識都是一個耳朵里進，一個耳朵里出，所以我要把它堵在裡面。」
3. Sorry
「I'm sorry ，Madam ，but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth .」
「Twenty d ollars! Why ，I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!」
「Yes ，but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .」
「對不起，夫人，為您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。」
「20美元！為什麼？不是說好只要4美元。」
「是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四個病人嚇跑了。」
4. Teacher：We all know that beat causes an object to expand an cold cauese it to contract. Now，can anyone give me a good example?
John：Well ，in the summer the days are long，and in the winter the days are short.
老師：我們都知道熱脹冷縮的道理。現在，誰給我舉個例子？
約翰：嗯，在夏天天都長，在冬天天都短。
5. Second language
A mother mouse was out for a stroll with her babies when she spotted a cat crouched behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice.
Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life.
Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?"
一隻母老鼠帶著孩子出來散步，突然她看見一隻貓正在灌木叢中虎視耽耽。
母老鼠向著貓叫道：「汪，汪，汪」，貓聽了非常害怕，拚命跑走了。
母老鼠回過頭洋洋自得的對孩子說：「現在你知道外語的重要性了吧。
❸ 趣味科普英語
〖內容簡介〗-趣味科普英語學習指導（初級）:含磁帶
本書是與《趣味科普英語》配套的學習指導用書，具有以下特點：1．增補了新的科普知識點，從一定程度上彌補了《趣味科普英語》由於篇幅所限而帶來的知識點不夠全面的不足。2．對《趣味科普英語》一書所列舉的創意題給出了答案要點，突出了中小學生用英語表達科技創意的關鍵知識。3．將《趣味科普英語》一書中的課文翻譯成了中文，有助於加深對原文的理解。4．配有錄音磁帶，讓中小學生在閱讀英語科普作品的同時，在聽力上有所提高和突破。5．適合學生自學，也可作為家長和教師輔導學生之用。
❹ 我想要一些英語趣味小知識 可以是笑話也可以是幽默
第一回 動物篇
a)Ten animals I slam in a net.
我把十隻動物一網打盡
你注意到這句話有什麼特別之處嗎？對了，無論從左到右，還是從右到左，字母排列順序都是一樣的，英語把這叫做Palindromes 迴文（指順讀和倒讀都一樣的詞語），關於動物的迴文還有以下的例子
Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto. （奧托看見了小狗，小狗的名字叫奧托）
Was it a car or a cat I saw ?
Was it a rat I saw ? （我剛才看見的是條老鼠？）
b)the bee's knees
又來形容最好的至高無上的東西。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees. （她五音不全卻自認為是高高在上的一流歌手。）
該表現起源於20年代的美國，僅僅因為bee's 和 knees押韻，琅琅上口，迅速得到流傳，直到現在， 還在日常生活非正式場合的對話中經常使用。
❺ 初中英語小短文一篇要有內容，要有趣味...
What is Time? （Nursery Rhyme）
Time is grain for peasants.
Time is wealth for workers.
Time is life for doctors.
Time is victory for soldiers.
Time is knowledge for students.
Time is speed for scientists.
Time is money for businessmen.
Time is everything for all of us.
Therefore, seize the time of today!
grain 糧食 wealth 財富 victory 勝利 seize 抓住，把握
時間是什麼（童謠一首）
對農民來說，時間就是糧食。
對工人來說，時間就是財富。
對醫生來說，時間就是生命。
對士兵來說，時間就是勝利。
對學生來說，時間就是知識。
對科學家來說，時間就是速度。
對企業家來說，時間就是金錢。
對我們大家來說，時間就是一切。因此，把握今天!
附上一則笑話
「I Have Never Heard You in Carmen」
Mark Twain was once invited by a friend to go to the opera. The friend was very rich. He and his wife had their own box at the theatre. During the opera the friend's wife talked all the time. She also talked rather loudly. She talked so much that it was often difficult for Mark Twain to listen to the opera. Toward the end of the opera she turned to Mark Twain and said, "Oh, my dear Mark Twain, I do want you to be with us again next Friday night. I'm sure you will like it — the opera will be Carmen."
"Thank you very much," said Mark Twain. "That will be fine. I have never heard you in Carmen."
Carmen 《卡門》（歌劇名） invite 邀請 opera 歌劇
box 包廂 theatre 劇場，戲院
「我還從未聽過你唱卡門」
有一次，一個朋友邀請馬克吐溫去看歌劇。這個朋友很有錢。他和他的妻子在劇院有自己的包廂。看歌劇時，朋友的妻子一直在說話。她說話的聲音還挺大。她的話那麼多，馬克吐溫根本聽不清歌劇。
歌劇臨近結束時，她轉而對馬克?吐溫說：「噢，我親愛的馬克?吐溫，我真的想讓你再和我們一起度過下周五。我保證你會喜歡的——下周的歌劇是《卡門》。」
「非常感謝，」馬克?吐溫說。「想來會很好。我還從未聽過你唱《卡門》。」
❻ 關於趣味英語！（大家請進！急）
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善終。
A bad thing never dies.
遺臭萬年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不會撐船怪河彎。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛與說謊本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厲內荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
愛挑的擔子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
貓有九條命。
A cat may look at a king.
貓也可以打量國王，意為人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病從口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厭。
Actions speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
窮則思變。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音難覓。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一塹，長一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性難移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友難，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之時方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
沒有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.
「您先請」是禮貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的開端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善終。
A good book is a good friend.
好書如摯友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好書，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名勝過美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善則妻賢。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良葯苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。
A great talker is a great liar.
說大話者多謊言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
積習難改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。
A light heart lives long.
靜以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
濃縮的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四兩油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敵人逃竄時，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.
天下沒有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海納百川。
All roads lead to Rome.
條條大路通羅馬。
All that ends well is well.
結果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
閃光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事總是由難而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy.
只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不恥下問才能有學問。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都應量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什麼人交什麼朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分錢難倒英雄漢。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心曠神怡，事事順利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫釐，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes.
母愛永恆。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一蘋果，不用請醫生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之計在於晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗學不出新把戲。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聰明才智，不如運氣。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
預防為主，治療為輔。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。
A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆豐年。
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓於健康的身體。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不補，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，駟馬難追。
A year's plan starts with spring.
一年之計在於春。
A young idler, an old beggar.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出門，壞事傳千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼裡出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。
Better late than never.
不怕慢，單怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
問路總比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之間不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血濃於水。
Blood will have blood.
血債血償。
Books and friends should be few but good.
讀書如交友，應求少而精。
Business is business.
公事公辦。
Business is the salt of life.
事業是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一葉障目，不見泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
謹慎和勤奮才能抓住機遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心駛得萬年船。
Cheats never prosper.
騙人發不了財。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言傳。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
擇書如擇友。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.
做你的吧，天塌不下來。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
學習的敵人是自己的滿足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，繩鋸木斷。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常樂。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先數雛。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
來而不往非禮也。
Creep before you walk.
循序漸進。
Cry for the moon.
海底撈月。
Custom is a second nature.
習慣是後天養成的。
Custom makes all things easy.
有個好習慣，事事皆不難。
Diamond cuts diamond.
強中自有強中手。
Do as the Romans do.
入鄉隨俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施於人。
Doing is better than saying.
與其掛在嘴上，不如落實在行動上。
Do it now.
機不可失，時不再來。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而廢。
Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂裝懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要攬事過多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小題大做。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日畢。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻煩。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班門弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善報。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自賞。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身體好。
Easier said than done.
說得容易，做得難。
Easy come, easy go.
來也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃飯是為了活著，但活著不是為了吃飯。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
實磨無聲空磨響，滿瓶不動半瓶搖。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人無寧日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千慮，必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
親兄弟，明算賬。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人負責，等於沒人負責。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.
誰都有得意的時候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死難逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦惱。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不為己，天誅地滅。
Every man has his faults.
金無足赤，人無完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
蘿卜青菜，各有所愛。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱點。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命運自己掌握。
Every minute counts.
分秒必爭。
Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。
Example is better then percept.
說一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
經驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃一塹，長一智。
Fact speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
Failure is the mother of success.
失敗是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
Far from eye, far from heart.
眼不見，心不煩。
Far water does not put out near fire.
遠水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐懼源於無知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔牆有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火無情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把雙刃劍。
First come, first served.
先來後到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次見面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想後說。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速則不達。
Fools has fortune.
獃人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不學無術，智者不恥下問。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
機遇偏愛善斷之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
風水輪流轉。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思廣益。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之間也會保持距離。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是時間的竊賊。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的時候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不過是勤奮而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黃金並非萬能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德報德是常理，以德報怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的財富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良葯苦口利於病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
謹慎消災。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不擋道。
Great hopes make great man.
偉大的抱負造就偉大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所見略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大錯誤。
Great men's sons seldom do well.
富不過三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大樹底下好乘涼。
Great wits have short memories.
貴人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心貪手長。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做賊心虛。
Habit cures habit.
心病還需心葯醫。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行為漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
歡樂不覺時光過。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背債。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教訓，自己才會走運。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一見鍾情難維久。
Health is better than wealth.
健康勝過財富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼聽則明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不動，叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.
愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背後說好話，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
聰明不是掛在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯錯誤。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自嘲者不會讓人見笑。
He is wise that is honest.
誠實者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.
誰笑到最後，誰笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不勞動者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不進則退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
經常訴苦，沒人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯錯誤，就一事無成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收獲與風險並存。
History repeats itself.
歷史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人誠信為本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的願望，做最壞的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿諛奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上當一回頭，再多就可恥。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵發燒，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
腳踏兩條船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
殺雞取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。
Instry is the parent of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
掙錢容易攢錢難。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事後諸葛亮好當。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
創業容易守業難。
It is hard to please all.
眾口難調。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，學到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水難收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
萬事開頭難。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良機，後悔已遲。
It never rains but it pours.
不鳴則已，一鳴驚人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年樹木，百年樹人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
門門精通，樣樣稀鬆。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭雙雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王發狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博學使人謙遜，無知使人驕傲。
Learn and live.
活著，為了學習。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越學越好，壞人越學越壞。
Learn not and know not.
不學無術。
Learn to walk before you run.
先學走，再學跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
過去的就讓它過去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
別惹麻煩。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天機。
Lies can never changes fact.
謊言終究是謊言。
Lies have short legs.
謊言站不長。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人過半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生並不是康莊大道。
Life without a friend is death.
沒有朋友，雖生猶死。
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鱉。
Like author, like book.
文如其人。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
一報還一報。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.
什麼樣的老師教什麼樣的學生。
Like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人無大志。
Look before you leap.
摸清情況再行動。
Lookers-on see more than players.
當局者迷，旁觀者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
勝者為王，敗者為寇。
Lost time is never found again.
歲月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.
一見鍾情。
Love cannot be compelled.
愛情不能強求。
Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.
愛情充滿煩惱。
Love is never without jealousy.
沒有妒忌就沒有愛情。
Love me, love my dog.
愛屋及烏。
Make hay while the sun shines.
良機勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.
化敵為友。
Man is the soul of the universe.
人是萬物之靈。
Man proposes, God disposes.
謀事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.
眾人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭。
Measure for measure.
針鋒相對。
Misfortunes never come alone.
禍不單行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患難見真情。
Money isn't everything.
錢不是萬能的。
Murder will out.
紙包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
兒子婚前是兒子，女兒終生是女兒。
Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不為堯存，不為桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是發明的動力。
Never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸魚。
Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
Never say die.
永不言敗。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊補牢，為時未晚。
New wine in old bottles.
舊瓶裝新酒。
No cross, no crown.
不經歷風雨，怎麼見彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.
沒有不長草的園子。
No living man all things can.
世上沒有萬事通。
No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.
沒有生而知之者。
No man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.
聰明一世，糊塗一時。
None are so blind as those who won't see.
視而不見。
None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
充耳不聞。
No news is good news.
沒有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不會重現。
No pains, no gains.
沒有付出就沒有收獲。
No pleasure without pain.
沒有苦就沒有樂。
No rose without a thorn.
沒有不帶刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.
先苦後甜。
No smoke without fire.
無風不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼淚幹得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
沒有追求就沒有收獲。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行，語言最要緊。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲。
Not to advance is to go back.
不進則退。
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
No way is impossible to courage.
勇者無懼。
Obedience is the first ty of a soldier.
軍人以服從命令為天職。
Observation is the best teacher.
觀察是最好的老師。
Offense is the best defense.
進攻是最好的防禦。
Old friends and old wines are best.
陳酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child.
一次老，兩次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盜一次，做賊一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一個和尚挑水喝，兩個和尚抬水喝，三個和尚沒水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.
時鍾不能倒轉。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百聞不如一見。
One false move may lose the game.
一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。
One good turn deserves another.
行善積德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
爭分奪秒效率高。
One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前車之鑒。
One never loses anything by politeness.
講禮貌不吃虧。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
One's words reflect one's thinking.
言為心聲。
Out of debt, out of danger.
無債一身輕。
Out of office, out of danger.
無官一身輕。
Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不見，心為靜。
Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良葯。
Penny wise, pound foolish.
貪小便宜吃大虧。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，說到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart.
貪圖一時快活，必然留下隱禍。
❼ 你知道這幾條趣味英語知識嗎
來到美國，說到吃，肯定很多人的第一個反應是The Big Apple，不過千萬別誤會，這可是你吃不了的蘋果，它其實是紐約市的「昵稱」。如果你旅遊的目的地是The Big Apple，那我們可要說Congratulations（恭喜）了，那可是個美食之都。 關鍵詞一：食 The Big Apple：來到美國，說到吃，肯定很多人的第一個反應是The Big Apple，不過千萬別誤會，這可是你吃不了的蘋果，它其實是紐約市的「昵稱」。如果你旅遊的目的地是The Big Apple，那我們可要說Congratulations（恭喜）了，那可是個美食之都。Hero：首先，你該到飯店去點一份hero。別擔心，服務生不會當你是「吃英雄」的瘋子。Hero是紐約人管大個兒義大利潛水艇三明治的叫法。當然，如果你一下子吃了十個Heroes，可能別人就會說話了：「Look at that strange gal！She』s really out in left field！」這里，out in left field 專門用來形容那些古怪或者是莫名其妙的人。Surf n』Turf：當然，美食並不只是在紐約才有，如果你有興趣，不妨到「天使之城」洛杉磯逛一圈，Surf n』Turf就是一種在洛杉磯非常普及的美食，其中主食是海鮮及牛排，可能會比較貴，但還有很多叫「dives」的便宜餐廳，你可以以合理的價格買到這種美食。Taco Stand：Taco Stand是另一種在洛杉磯及附近的加州城市都很常見的美食，tacos來自於拉丁美洲，但在美國加州也非常的流行。「stand」是一種街邊小攤，你可以在那兒買到一些速食。一般這要比McDonalds（麥當勞）或是Burger King（漢堡王）那樣的速食連鎖店要便宜，但是食物要可口的多哦！Franks：在美國的街頭，你經常會碰到一些Street vendors（街頭小販）高嚷著「Franks」，這時候你可千萬別以為他們在尋找名叫Frank的人，Franks在這里是「熱狗」的意思。這些小販就正在Selling Hot dogs（賣熱狗）。關鍵詞二：玩「Bro」、「Dude」、「Brother」、「Amigo」：在美國，所有這些詞都是用來稱呼男性朋友的常用詞。和人打招呼，你可以說「What』s up，bro？」Do me a solid：出門在外，問路是少不了的功課。如果你在問路的時候還是用「Would you please do me a favor……」開頭，未免顯得老土。你應該說：「Hey can you do me a solid？」，可別小看這樣個小小的調整，只是改了一個詞，你就顯得非常「老江湖」了！「The 10」、「The 5」、「The 101」：美國有大批的高速公路，如果你有朋友在那裡，他可能會開車帶你到處逛逛。如果這時你們向當地人問路的話，他們會以以上方式告訴你高速公路的方向。比如「To get to the Hollywood sign，you need to get on the Ten and……」（要去好萊塢方向的話，你得先上10號高速公路，然後……）$10 cover：如果你還想體會下美國的夜生活，你可能會在酒吧門口看到這樣一行字「$10 cover」，這時候，你可千萬別浪費時間猜它的意思，趕快掏出10美元吧，否則你可無法進去。Hail a cab：體驗過美國的夜生活，從酒吧出來時候已經很晚了。這時候可能你的朋友會建議你：「Hey，you should hail a cab.」這時你可千萬別心疼錢了，人家是讓你趕快叫部計程車回旅店呢。養好精神，第二天才能繼續快樂「西遊」哦。小貼士1.作為遊客，無論你的英語多麼地道，總可能有一些奸商想打你的主意。這里再教你一招：如果你認為有人在捉弄或是欺騙你的話，你就可以這么說：「Don't jerk my chain！」意思是別想欺騙我！學會了這句話，你的「西遊」之路上麻煩就會少很多了。2.吃了這么多的美食，玩了這么多地方，讓人感覺這樣逍遙的旅行有些不真實了，這時你可以來一句「I』m keeping it real」，在任何城市中，你說這句話可都是對這個城市一個極高的評價。
❽ 英語趣味小知識
趣味英語小知識
a)Ten animals I slam in a net.
我把十隻動物一網打盡
你注意到這句話有什麼特別之處嗎？對了，無論從左到右，還是從右到左，字母排列順序都是一樣的，英語把這叫做Palindromes 迴文（指順讀和倒讀都一樣的詞語），關於動物的迴文還有以下的例子
Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto. （奧托看見了小狗，小狗的名字叫奧托）
Was it a car or a cat I saw ?
Was it a rat I saw ? （我剛才看見的是條老鼠？）
b)the bee's knees
又來形容最好的至高無上的東西。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees. （她五音不全卻自認為是高高在上的一流歌手。）
該表現起源於20年代的美國，僅僅因為bee's 和 knees押韻，琅琅上口，迅速得到流傳，直到現在， 還在日常生活非正式場合的對話中經常使用。
和時間有關的英語趣味小知識（一）時間是金，其值無價
Time is money.
（時間就是金錢或一寸光陰一寸金）
Time flies.
（光陰似箭，日月如梭）
Time has wings.
（光陰去如飛）
Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
（光陰如銼，細磨無聲）
Time stays not the fool's leisure.
（時間不等閑逛的傻瓜）
Time and I against any two.
（和時間攜起手來，一人抵兩人）
Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.
（時間就是生命，懶人消耗時間就是消耗自己的生命。或時間就是生命，節省時間，就是延長生命）
Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.
（消磨於惡習或愚行的時間是加倍的損失）
（二）時間是風，去而不返
Time undermines us.
（光陰暗中催人才。或莫說年紀小人生容易老）
Time and tide wait for no man.
（歲月不待人）
Time cannot be won again.
（時間一去不再來）
Time is , time was , and time is past.
（現在有時間，過去有時間，時間一去不復返）
Time lost can not be recalled.
（光陰一去不復返）
Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.
(光陰似箭，一去不返）
（三）時間是尺，萬物皆檢
Time tries friends as fire tries gold.
（時間考驗朋友，烈火考驗黃金）
Time tries truth.
（時間檢驗真理）
Time is the father of truth.
（時間是真理之父）
Time will tell.
（時間能說明問題）
Time brings the truth to light.
（時間使真相大白。或時間一到，真理自明。）
Time and chance reveal all secrets.
（時間與機會能提示一切秘密）
Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.
（時間考驗一切，經得起時間考驗的就為人所信仰）
Time reveals(discloses) all things.
（萬事日久自明）
Time tries all.
（時間檢驗一切）
（四）時間是秤，衡量權質
There is no time like the present.
（現在正是時候）
Take time by the forelock.
(把握目前的時機）
To choose time is to save time.
（選擇時間就是節省時間）
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
（今日事，今日畢）
Procrastination is the thief of time.
（拖延為時間之竊賊）
One of these days is none of these days.
（拖延時日，終難實現。或：改天改天，不知哪天）
Tomorrow never comes.
（明天無盡頭，明日何其多）
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
（常將今日推明日，推到後來無蹤跡）
（五）時間是水，淘金流沙
Time works wonders.
（時間可以創造奇跡或時間的效力不可思議）
Time works great changes.
（時間可以產生巨大的變化）
Times change.
（時代正在改變）
英語趣味小知識(2)——你會犯這樣的錯誤嗎？
你會犯這樣的錯誤嗎？
英語有時候真是莫名其妙，你覺得你明明懂了，可實際上你又沒有懂。所以，今天我想講幾件軼事，都是因為沒有理解聽到看到的東西而鬧出的笑話。也許，從他們的經驗中，你也可以學到一些東西。
第一個故事發生在秘魯，一位美國婦女在餐館里用餐。她問服務員：
Excuse me. Where could I wash my hands?
服務員把她帶到洗手間，可不巧，正有一些工人在粉刷洗手間的牆壁。工人們一看有人要用洗手間，就准備離開。服務員攔住他們，說：
That』s Ok. Stay. She only wants to wash her hands.
在英語里，wash my hands實際上是上廁所的委婉說法。那個服務員按照字面意思理解，結果鬧了笑話。
還有一次，一個留學生在國外的學校第一天上學，心裡又興奮又緊張。一個美國人見到一張新面孔，為了表示友好，就問：
Hi! What』s the good word?
留學生一聽到這個，立刻傻眼了，他想，
My God! I don』t know the good word. I』ve studied English for years, but no one told me about the good word!
他猶豫再三，想，反正我也不知道，就問問他好了。於是他吞吞吐吐地問：
Hello. What』s the good word?
老美聽了，很隨意地說：
Oh, not much.
這下，這個留學生就更吃驚了！
原來，What』s the good word? 在美語里，是一句問候語，意思是「你還好嗎？」但問話的人並不指望你把遇到的高興的事情都一一告訴他，只是打個招呼而已。但這個留學生以為對方真的在問什麼是Good word，所以鬧了笑話，不過還好，也算給他歪打正著了。
下面的故事就更有意思了。一次，一個美國公司的管理人員給公司一個駐外分部發了一份傳真，要求對方把職員的人數報上來。他是這么說的：
I need a head count telling the number of people in your factory, the number of people in your office, broken down by sex.
在上面的傳真里，broken down by sex是「按照性別分開」的意思，但是分公司的外國職員沒有理解「broken down by sex」的意思。不過break something/someone down倒是還有一個意思，就是「把某事物，把某人壓服」。
結果，美國總部收到了迴音。那份傳真是這樣說的：
Here is your head count. Here we have thirty-five people in our factory, fifteen people in our office, five people in the hospital, none broken down by sex.
(這是你要的人頭數。我們的工廠里有35人，辦公室15人，醫院5人，無人因縱欲過度而垮掉。)
最後，他還加了一句：And if you really must know, our problem down here is with alcohol. (如果你非要知道，我們這兒的問題是飲酒過度。)
查字典，break down就是「把……壓服，把……壓垮」的意思，因此外國職員就把broken down by sex理解成了「因為縱欲過度而垮了」，但是在那樣的語言環境下，broken down by sex實際上是「按照性別分開」的意思。美國人一下子就理解的東西，在外國人眼裡，就成了匪夷所思。可見，語言學習還真是麻煩。最好的辦法當然是不斷積累，還有，如果有不懂的東西，一定要問明白！
動物篇
a)Ten animals I slam in a net. 把十隻動物一網打盡你注意到這句話有什麼特別之處嗎？對了，無論從左到右，還是從右到左，字母排列順序都是一樣的，英語把這叫做Palindromes迴文（指順讀和倒讀都一樣的詞語）。
Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto.（奧托看見了小狗，小狗的名字叫奧托）
Was it a car or a cat I saw ?
Was it a rat I saw ?（我剛才看見的是條老鼠？）
b)the bee's knees又來形容最好的至高無上的東西。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees.（她五音不全卻自認為是高高在上的一流歌手。）
該表現起源於20年代的美國，僅僅因為bee's和knees押韻，琅琅上口，迅速得到流傳，直到現在，還在日常生活非正式場合的對話中經常使用。
續動物篇
Santa Claus' reindeer(聖誕老人的馴鹿)
你知道聖誕老人的馴鹿是怎麼來的嗎？它們是Clement Clarke Moore （1779-1863 美國作家）所寫的『A Visit from St. Nicholas』1823作品裡出現的Dasher、Dancer、Prancer、Vixen、Comet、Cupid、Donner、Blitzen等8頭
the world is my oyster （世界是我的牡蠣）
if the world is my oyster 經常作為「如果我的夢想得以實現的話」的意思使用。該句來源於莎士比亞的The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600)Ⅱ､ⅱ､2中，惡棍Pistol對決意不肯借錢的Sir John Falstaff說、「Why then the world's mine oyster, / Which I with sword will open.」（這個世界如同我的牡蠣一樣，我可以用刀子把它撬開。）人們應用這句話是常把原文的mine該成my.這句話也常常出現在Willy Loman的台詞中