开贴学英语：Proverbs & Sayings

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It is much better to set people a good example through your own right behaviour, than to give them instructions about how to behave.

If you continue to smoke yourself you're unlikely to discourage your children from doing so - example is better than perfect.

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This proverb stresses that practical experience is more important than theory when you are learning a skill.

You'll acquire a better head for business by coming straight into the family firm from school than by doing one of those fancy business-studies course - experience is the best teacher.

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This proverb reminds you to be prompt if you want to make sure of getting something, especailly if the supply is limited. 先到先得

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you get the wrong end of the stick when you totally misunderstand situation or somebody's words.

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This reminds you to acknowledge praiseworthy efforts or good points wherever they occur, including those of somebody who otherwise has significant faults.

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It's not the mountain we conquer but ourselves
我们要征服的不是高山，而是自己

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Look before you leap 三思而后行

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Every man dies, not every man really lives.
每个人都会死，但不是每个人都真正的活过。
出自电影《勇敢的心》

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Go with the flow. 顺其自然

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Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 机不可失，时不再来

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After a hurricane comes a rainbow
风雨之后总会见彩虹

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Give them an inch, and they will take a mile. 得寸进尺。 This observation warns you not to give in at all to people who you know will aways take advantage of any concession you make to them.

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There's certainly a lot of unemployment around, but those people who really want to work can usually find a job; God helps them that help themselves.

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This job, as you know, requires personal dedications as well as skill. Are you prepared to go the extra mile to make a success of it?

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You have a mountain to climb when you have a great deal to do to achieve your goal.

Tim is training hard for the marathon race, but he has a mountain to climb to get as fit as the leading competitors.

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Before you go into the press conference make sure you have all your facts at your fingertips - you may be asked awkward questions.

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He who laughts last, laughs longest.

The person who is the final victor has most cause for celebration.This proverb advises you not to laugh at your opponents before you have actually won.

A lawyer must never underestimate the opposition. His opponent in court may seem to have no case, but a last-minute piece of evidence may sway the jury - he who laughs the last, laughs longest.

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Honesty is the best policy.

This reminds you that telling the true is not only morally right but actually sensible too.

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Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

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It is easy to be wise after the event.

Once something has happened and all the facts are known, it is easy to look at the situation 'with hindsight' and say how it went wrong and how it should have been dealt with.

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It is the first step that is difficult

Beginning a project or task is often the most difficult part of it. Another form of the saying is the first step is the hardest

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The lastest addition to a series of burdens or difficulties, however trivial it is, is what can finally make the situation intolerable. People often say, in reference to the the proverb, that something is the last straw.

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It takes all sorts to make a world

We must accept that society is made up of many different kinds of people with widely varying opinions, attitudes and habits. The saying typically occurs as a comment on eccentric behaviour, and is often shortened to it taks all sorts.

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If you know a lot about someone or something, that knowledge can give you power or control over them.

When interviewing a prospective contractor, do your homework before coming to the bargining table; knowledge is power.

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Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone.

People enjoy your company and share your happiness when all is going well with you, but they leave you to yourself when you're unhappy. The proverb is often quoted simply as laugh and the world laughts with you.

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Don't interfere with, or try to improve, something that works fine the way it is . Another form of this well-known piece of advice is let well alone. 顺其自然或由他去吧？

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Lend you money and loss your friend.

This is a warning not to lend money to a friend; the money may not be repaid, which will put a lot of strain on the friendship.