趣味英语小知识
❶ 谁有小学英语趣味小知识
英语趣味小知识
让我们学习一些有趣的小知识吧。以下是一些的英语和汉语对手指的称呼：
1.thumb :大拇指。与汉语相映成趣的是，英语的all(fingers and ) thumbs也表示"笨手笨脚"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.今天早上我的手怎么这么笨呢，好像连衬衫都扣不上了。（2）He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the teacup.他激动得手都不好使了，竟把茶杯摔了。
2. forefinger :又称index finger,即食指。前缀fore-表示"位置靠前的"（placed at the front）,所以从排位上说，forefinger应为"第一指"。从功用上看，此手指伸出时有标示或指向的作用。在一些英语工具书中，我们会见到这样的表示"参见"（index）含义的手型符号。
3. middle finger :中指。此指居中，名正言顺，且与汉语说法也一致。
4. ring finger:无名指。从世界各地的婚俗习惯来说，结婚戒指（wedding ring）戴在这一手指（通常指左手）之上，表示已婚。
5. little finger: 顾名思义为小指。在美国和苏格兰，人们又赋予它一个爱称，管pinkie(pinky)，后缀-ie(-y)有"小巧可爱"之意。
和时间有关的英语趣味小知识职场英语 2010-02-24 17:52:16 阅读264 评论0 字号：大中小 订阅
（一） 时间是金，其值无价
1. Time is money.
（时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金）
2. Time flies.
（光阴似箭，日月如梭）
3. Time has wings.
（光阴去如飞）
4. Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
（光阴如锉，细磨无声）
5. Time stays not the fool's leisure.
（时间不等闲逛的傻瓜）
5. Time and I against any two.
（和时间携起手来，一人抵两人）
6. Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.
（时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命，节省时间，就是延长生命）
7. Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.
（消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失）
（二） 时间是风，去而不返
8. Time undermines us.
（光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老）
9. Time and tide wait for no man.
（岁月不待人）
10. Time cannot be won again.
（时间一去不再来）
11. Time is , time was , and time is past.
（现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返）
12. Time lost can not be recalled.
（光阴一去不复返）
13. Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.
(光阴似箭，一去不返）
（三）时间是尺，万物皆检
14. Time tries friends as fire tries gold.
（时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金）
15. Time tries truth.
（时间检验真理）
16. Time is the father of truth.
（时间是真理之父）
17. Time will tell.
（时间能说明问题）
18. Time brings the truth to light.
（时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。）
19. Time and chance reveal all secrets.
（时间与机会能提示一切秘密）
20. Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.
（时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰）
21. Time reveals(discloses) all things.
（万事日久自明）
22. Time tries all.
（时间检验一切）
（四）时间是秤，衡量权质
23. There is no time like the present.
（现在正是时候）
24. Take time by the forelock.
(把握目前的时机）
25. To choose time is to save time.
（选择时间就是节省时间）
26. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
（今日事，今日毕）
27. Procrastination is the thief of time.
（拖延为时间之窃贼）
28. One of these days is none of these days.
（拖延时日，终难实现。或：改天改天，不知哪天）
29. Tomorrow never comes.
（明天无尽头，明日何其多）
30. What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
（常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹）
（五）时间是水，淘金流沙
31. Time works wonders.
（时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议）
32. Time works great changes.
（时间可以产生巨大的变化）
33. Times change.
（时代正在改变）
❷ 英语趣味小故事
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.
完美儿子
A:我有一个很完美的儿子.
B:他抽烟吗?
A:不抽.
B:他喝威士忌酒吗?
A:不喝.
B:他会不会很晚回家?
A:不会.
B:我想你确实有一个完美儿子. 那他多大了?
A:下个星期三就满6个月了.
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，你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵？它感染了吗？”
“没有，老师。可是你昨天说你告诉我的知识都是一个耳朵里进，一个耳朵里出，所以我要把它堵在里面。”
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 .”
“对不起，夫人，为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”
“20美元！为什么？不是说好只要4美元。”
“是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四个病人吓跑了。”
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.
老师：我们都知道热胀冷缩的道理。现在，谁给我举个例子？
约翰：嗯，在夏天天都长，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?"
一只母老鼠带着孩子出来散步，突然她看见一只猫正在灌木丛中虎视耽耽。
母老鼠向着猫叫道：“汪，汪，汪”，猫听了非常害怕，拼命跑走了。
母老鼠回过头洋洋自得的对孩子说：“现在你知道外语的重要性了吧。
❸ 趣味科普英语
〖内容简介〗-趣味科普英语学习指导（初级）:含磁带
本书是与《趣味科普英语》配套的学习指导用书，具有以下特点：1．增补了新的科普知识点，从一定程度上弥补了《趣味科普英语》由于篇幅所限而带来的知识点不够全面的不足。2．对《趣味科普英语》一书所列举的创意题给出了答案要点，突出了中小学生用英语表达科技创意的关键知识。3．将《趣味科普英语》一书中的课文翻译成了中文，有助于加深对原文的理解。4．配有录音磁带，让中小学生在阅读英语科普作品的同时，在听力上有所提高和突破。5．适合学生自学，也可作为家长和教师辅导学生之用。
❹ 我想要一些英语趣味小知识 可以是笑话也可以是幽默
第一回 动物篇
a)Ten animals I slam in a net.
我把十只动物一网打尽
你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗？对了，无论从左到右，还是从右到左，字母排列顺序都是一样的，英语把这叫做Palindromes 回文（指顺读和倒读都一样的词语），关于动物的回文还有以下的例子
Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto. （奥托看见了小狗，小狗的名字叫奥托）
Was it a car or a cat I saw ?
Was it a rat I saw ? （我刚才看见的是条老鼠？）
b)the bee's knees
又来形容最好的至高无上的东西。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees. （她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手。）
该表现起源于20年代的美国，仅仅因为bee's 和 knees押韵，琅琅上口，迅速得到流传，直到现在， 还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用。
❺ 初中英语小短文一篇要有内容，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 粮食 wealth 财富 victory 胜利 seize 抓住，把握
时间是什么（童谣一首）
对农民来说，时间就是粮食。
对工人来说，时间就是财富。
对医生来说，时间就是生命。
对士兵来说，时间就是胜利。
对学生来说，时间就是知识。
对科学家来说，时间就是速度。
对企业家来说，时间就是金钱。
对我们大家来说，时间就是一切。因此，把握今天!
附上一则笑话
“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 《卡门》（歌剧名） invite 邀请 opera 歌剧
box 包厢 theatre 剧场，戏院
“我还从未听过你唱卡门”
有一次，一个朋友邀请马克吐温去看歌剧。这个朋友很有钱。他和他的妻子在剧院有自己的包厢。看歌剧时，朋友的妻子一直在说话。她说话的声音还挺大。她的话那么多，马克吐温根本听不清歌剧。
歌剧临近结束时，她转而对马克?吐温说：“噢，我亲爱的马克?吐温，我真的想让你再和我们一起度过下周五。我保证你会喜欢的——下周的歌剧是《卡门》。”
“非常感谢，”马克?吐温说。“想来会很好。我还从未听过你唱《卡门》。”
❻ 关于趣味英语！（大家请进！急）
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.
猫也可以打量国王，意为人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
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.
知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.
静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well.
结果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy.
只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes.
母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，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，驷马难追。
A year's plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
Better late than never.
不怕慢，单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
Blood will have blood.
血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。
Business is business.
公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper.
骗人发不了财。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
择书如择友。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.
做你的吧，天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。
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，绳锯木断。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.
循序渐进。
Cry for the moon.
海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。
Do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
Do it now.
机不可失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。
Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂装懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事过多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻烦。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好。
Easier said than done.
说得容易，做得难。
Easy come, easy go.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人负责，等于没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.
谁都有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。
Every minute counts.
分秒必争。
Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。
Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Far from eye, far from heart.
眼不见，心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served.
先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次见面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金，积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大错误。
Great men's sons seldom do well.
富不过三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.
贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.
心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.
健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼听则明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不动，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.
背后说好话，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯错误。
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.
自嘲者不会让人见笑。
He is wise that is honest.
诚实者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
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.
不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不进则退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
经常诉苦，没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯错误，就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上当一回头，再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。
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.
勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.
众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木，百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
门门精通，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢，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.
一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.
活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.
不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.
先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.
谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.
谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.
没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.
文如其人。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
一报还一报。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.
什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人无大志。
Look before you leap.
摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.
岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.
一见钟情。
Love cannot be compelled.
爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.
爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.
没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
Make hay while the sun shines.
良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.
化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.
人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
Measure for measure.
针锋相对。
Misfortunes never come alone.
祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。
Money isn't everything.
钱不是万能的。
Murder will out.
纸包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
Never say die.
永不言败。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
New wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。
No cross, no crown.
不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.
没有不长草的园子。
No living man all things can.
世上没有万事通。
No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.
没有生而知之者。
No man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.
聪明一世，糊涂一时。
None are so blind as those who won't see.
视而不见。
None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
充耳不闻。
No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不会重现。
No pains, no gains.
没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain.
没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.
先苦后甜。
No smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼泪干得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
没有追求就没有收获。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行，语言最要紧。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
Not to advance is to go back.
不进则退。
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.
勇者无惧。
Obedience is the first ty of a soldier.
军人以服从命令为天职。
Observation is the best teacher.
观察是最好的老师。
Offense is the best defense.
进攻是最好的防御。
Old friends and old wines are best.
陈酒味醇，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，两次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盗一次，做贼一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.
时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百闻不如一见。
One false move may lose the game.
一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One good turn deserves another.
行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
争分夺秒效率高。
One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
One's words reflect one's thinking.
言为心声。
Out of debt, out of danger.
无债一身轻。
Out of office, out of danger.
无官一身轻。
Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心为静。
Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish.
贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart.
贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
❼ 你知道这几条趣味英语知识吗
来到美国，说到吃，肯定很多人的第一个反应是The Big Apple，不过千万别误会，这可是你吃不了的苹果，它其实是纽约市的“昵称”。如果你旅游的目的地是The Big Apple，那我们可要说Congratulations（恭喜）了，那可是个美食之都。 关键词一：食 The Big Apple：来到美国，说到吃，肯定很多人的第一个反应是The Big Apple，不过千万别误会，这可是你吃不了的苹果，它其实是纽约市的“昵称”。如果你旅游的目的地是The Big Apple，那我们可要说Congratulations（恭喜）了，那可是个美食之都。Hero：首先，你该到饭店去点一份hero。别担心，服务生不会当你是“吃英雄”的疯子。Hero是纽约人管大个儿意大利潜水艇三明治的叫法。当然，如果你一下子吃了十个Heroes，可能别人就会说话了：“Look at that strange gal！She’s really out in left field！”这里，out in left field 专门用来形容那些古怪或者是莫名其妙的人。Surf n’Turf：当然，美食并不只是在纽约才有，如果你有兴趣，不妨到“天使之城”洛杉矶逛一圈，Surf n’Turf就是一种在洛杉矶非常普及的美食，其中主食是海鲜及牛排，可能会比较贵，但还有很多叫“dives”的便宜餐厅，你可以以合理的价格买到这种美食。Taco Stand：Taco Stand是另一种在洛杉矶及附近的加州城市都很常见的美食，tacos来自于拉丁美洲，但在美国加州也非常的流行。“stand”是一种街边小摊，你可以在那儿买到一些速食。一般这要比McDonalds（麦当劳）或是Burger King（汉堡王）那样的速食连锁店要便宜，但是食物要可口的多哦！Franks：在美国的街头，你经常会碰到一些Street vendors（街头小贩）高嚷着“Franks”，这时候你可千万别以为他们在寻找名叫Frank的人，Franks在这里是“热狗”的意思。这些小贩就正在Selling Hot dogs（卖热狗）。关键词二：玩“Bro”、“Dude”、“Brother”、“Amigo”：在美国，所有这些词都是用来称呼男性朋友的常用词。和人打招呼，你可以说“What’s up，bro？”Do me a solid：出门在外，问路是少不了的功课。如果你在问路的时候还是用“Would you please do me a favor……”开头，未免显得老土。你应该说：“Hey can you do me a solid？”，可别小看这样个小小的调整，只是改了一个词，你就显得非常“老江湖”了！“The 10”、“The 5”、“The 101”：美国有大批的高速公路，如果你有朋友在那里，他可能会开车带你到处逛逛。如果这时你们向当地人问路的话，他们会以以上方式告诉你高速公路的方向。比如“To get to the Hollywood sign，you need to get on the Ten and……”（要去好莱坞方向的话，你得先上10号高速公路，然后……）$10 cover：如果你还想体会下美国的夜生活，你可能会在酒吧门口看到这样一行字“$10 cover”，这时候，你可千万别浪费时间猜它的意思，赶快掏出10美元吧，否则你可无法进去。Hail a cab：体验过美国的夜生活，从酒吧出来时候已经很晚了。这时候可能你的朋友会建议你：“Hey，you should hail a cab.”这时你可千万别心疼钱了，人家是让你赶快叫部出租车回旅店呢。养好精神，第二天才能继续快乐“西游”哦。小贴士1.作为游客，无论你的英语多么地道，总可能有一些奸商想打你的主意。这里再教你一招：如果你认为有人在捉弄或是欺骗你的话，你就可以这么说：“Don't jerk my chain！”意思是别想欺骗我！学会了这句话，你的“西游”之路上麻烦就会少很多了。2.吃了这么多的美食，玩了这么多地方，让人感觉这样逍遥的旅行有些不真实了，这时你可以来一句“I’m keeping it real”，在任何城市中，你说这句话可都是对这个城市一个极高的评价。
❽ 英语趣味小知识
趣味英语小知识
a)Ten animals I slam in a net.
我把十只动物一网打尽
你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗？对了，无论从左到右，还是从右到左，字母排列顺序都是一样的，英语把这叫做Palindromes 回文（指顺读和倒读都一样的词语），关于动物的回文还有以下的例子
Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto. （奥托看见了小狗，小狗的名字叫奥托）
Was it a car or a cat I saw ?
Was it a rat I saw ? （我刚才看见的是条老鼠？）
b)the bee's knees
又来形容最好的至高无上的东西。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees. （她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手。）
该表现起源于20年代的美国，仅仅因为bee's 和 knees押韵，琅琅上口，迅速得到流传，直到现在， 还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用。
和时间有关的英语趣味小知识（一）时间是金，其值无价
Time is money.
（时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金）
Time flies.
（光阴似箭，日月如梭）
Time has wings.
（光阴去如飞）
Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
（光阴如锉，细磨无声）
Time stays not the fool's leisure.
（时间不等闲逛的傻瓜）
Time and I against any two.
（和时间携起手来，一人抵两人）
Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.
（时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命，节省时间，就是延长生命）
Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.
（消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失）
（二）时间是风，去而不返
Time undermines us.
（光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老）
Time and tide wait for no man.
（岁月不待人）
Time cannot be won again.
（时间一去不再来）
Time is , time was , and time is past.
（现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返）
Time lost can not be recalled.
（光阴一去不复返）
Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.
(光阴似箭，一去不返）
（三）时间是尺，万物皆检
Time tries friends as fire tries gold.
（时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金）
Time tries truth.
（时间检验真理）
Time is the father of truth.
（时间是真理之父）
Time will tell.
（时间能说明问题）
Time brings the truth to light.
（时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。）
Time and chance reveal all secrets.
（时间与机会能提示一切秘密）
Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.
（时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰）
Time reveals(discloses) all things.
（万事日久自明）
Time tries all.
（时间检验一切）
（四）时间是秤，衡量权质
There is no time like the present.
（现在正是时候）
Take time by the forelock.
(把握目前的时机）
To choose time is to save time.
（选择时间就是节省时间）
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
（今日事，今日毕）
Procrastination is the thief of time.
（拖延为时间之窃贼）
One of these days is none of these days.
（拖延时日，终难实现。或：改天改天，不知哪天）
Tomorrow never comes.
（明天无尽头，明日何其多）
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
（常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹）
（五）时间是水，淘金流沙
Time works wonders.
（时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议）
Time works great changes.
（时间可以产生巨大的变化）
Times change.
（时代正在改变）
英语趣味小知识(2)——你会犯这样的错误吗？
你会犯这样的错误吗？
英语有时候真是莫名其妙，你觉得你明明懂了，可实际上你又没有懂。所以，今天我想讲几件轶事，都是因为没有理解听到看到的东西而闹出的笑话。也许，从他们的经验中，你也可以学到一些东西。
第一个故事发生在秘鲁，一位美国妇女在餐馆里用餐。她问服务员：
Excuse me. Where could I wash my hands?
服务员把她带到洗手间，可不巧，正有一些工人在粉刷洗手间的墙壁。工人们一看有人要用洗手间，就准备离开。服务员拦住他们，说：
That’s Ok. Stay. She only wants to wash her hands.
在英语里，wash my hands实际上是上厕所的委婉说法。那个服务员按照字面意思理解，结果闹了笑话。
还有一次，一个留学生在国外的学校第一天上学，心里又兴奋又紧张。一个美国人见到一张新面孔，为了表示友好，就问：
Hi! What’s the good word?
留学生一听到这个，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!
他犹豫再三，想，反正我也不知道，就问问他好了。于是他吞吞吐吐地问：
Hello. What’s the good word?
老美听了，很随意地说：
Oh, not much.
这下，这个留学生就更吃惊了！
原来，What’s the good word? 在美语里，是一句问候语，意思是“你还好吗？”但问话的人并不指望你把遇到的高兴的事情都一一告诉他，只是打个招呼而已。但这个留学生以为对方真的在问什么是Good word，所以闹了笑话，不过还好，也算给他歪打正着了。
下面的故事就更有意思了。一次，一个美国公司的管理人员给公司一个驻外分部发了一份传真，要求对方把职员的人数报上来。他是这么说的：
I need a head count telling the number of people in your factory, the number of people in your office, broken down by sex.
在上面的传真里，broken down by sex是“按照性别分开”的意思，但是分公司的外国职员没有理解“broken down by sex”的意思。不过break something/someone down倒是还有一个意思，就是“把某事物，把某人压服”。
结果，美国总部收到了回音。那份传真是这样说的：
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.
(这是你要的人头数。我们的工厂里有35人，办公室15人，医院5人，无人因纵欲过度而垮掉。)
最后，他还加了一句：And if you really must know, our problem down here is with alcohol. (如果你非要知道，我们这儿的问题是饮酒过度。)
查字典，break down就是“把……压服，把……压垮”的意思，因此外国职员就把broken down by sex理解成了“因为纵欲过度而垮了”，但是在那样的语言环境下，broken down by sex实际上是“按照性别分开”的意思。美国人一下子就理解的东西，在外国人眼里，就成了匪夷所思。可见，语言学习还真是麻烦。最好的办法当然是不断积累，还有，如果有不懂的东西，一定要问明白！
动物篇
a)Ten animals I slam in a net. 把十只动物一网打尽你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗？对了，无论从左到右，还是从右到左，字母排列顺序都是一样的，英语把这叫做Palindromes回文（指顺读和倒读都一样的词语）。
Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto.（奥托看见了小狗，小狗的名字叫奥托）
Was it a car or a cat I saw ?
Was it a rat I saw ?（我刚才看见的是条老鼠？）
b)the bee's knees又来形容最好的至高无上的东西。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees.（她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手。）
该表现起源于20年代的美国，仅仅因为bee's和knees押韵，琅琅上口，迅速得到流传，直到现在，还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用。
续动物篇
Santa Claus' reindeer(圣诞老人的驯鹿)
你知道圣诞老人的驯鹿是怎么来的吗？它们是Clement Clarke Moore （1779-1863 美国作家）所写的‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’1823作品里出现的Dasher、Dancer、Prancer、Vixen、Comet、Cupid、Donner、Blitzen等8头
the world is my oyster （世界是我的牡蛎）
if the world is my oyster 经常作为“如果我的梦想得以实现的话”的意思使用。该句来源于莎士比亚的The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600)Ⅱ､ⅱ､2中，恶棍Pistol对决意不肯借钱的Sir John Falstaff说、“Why then the world's mine oyster, / Which I with sword will open.”（这个世界如同我的牡蛎一样，我可以用刀子把它撬开。）人们应用这句话是常把原文的mine该成my.这句话也常常出现在Willy Loman的台词中