民间英文谚语、民谚、俗语大全(中文对照):
● Years bring wisdom. 年长智也增。
● You cannot clap with one hand. 孤掌难鸣。
● You cannot have two forenoons in the same day. 一日之中不可能有两个上午。
● You cannot flay the same ox twice. 一头牛不能剥两次皮。
● You cannot judge a tree by its bark. 人不可貌相。
● You cannot make a crab walk straight. 江山易改,本性难移。
● You (or One) cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 粗瓷碗雕不出细花来。
● You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. 你不可能出售乳牛,同时又要喝牛奶。
● You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 马到河边不喝水,逼马低头亦枉然。(不要逼人做他不愿做的事)
● You can't eat your cake and have it. 不能既要吃饼,又要把饼保存。
● You can't make bricks without straw. 没有稻草,制砖难搞。
● You can't make omelets (or omeletts) without breaking eggs. 有失才有得。
● You have no goats, and yet you sell kids. 你虽无老山羊,却出卖小山羊。
● You make the failure complete when you stop strying. 不再努力之时,就是完全失败之日。
● You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep. 你可以迫人闭眼,但不能使他睡觉。
● You may go farther and fare worse. 一动不如一静。
● You may know the horse by his harness. 欲知马如何,可看套马索。
● You must not pledge your own health. 切不可把健康作孤注一掷。
● You must reap what you have sown. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
● You never know what you can do till you try. 事非经过不知难。