考研英语#2012考研究生英语复习必备#考研究生英语中常见谚语 ...

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谚语，是人们在生活经验的基础上创作出来的，言简意赅。因此特点，谚语常常被运用与文章中，使语言活泼风趣，增强文章的表现力。细读考研文章，不难发现谚语的应用。以往年的考研真题为例:例. Which of the following proverbs is closest to the message the text tries to convey?【A】”Faith will move mountains.”【B】”One reaps what one sows.”【C】”Practice makes perfect.”【D】”Like father, like son.”这道试题就是用谚语来考查考生对文章主题的理解。从中不难看出，谚语的掌握是不可或缺的。在此基础上，总结了以下谚语，供考生学习。
1. It never rains but it pours. 不雨则已，一雨倾盆
意为：一件倒霉事后面总跟着一连串的麻烦。
2. Waste not, want not. 俭以防匮
意为：如对使用自己的东西精打细算，就什么也不会缺。
3. Every cloud has a silver lining. 塞翁失马，焉知非福
4. The more ventures, the more chance. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子
5. Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌
6. Seeing is believing. 眼见为实
7. A slow sparrow should make an early start. 笨鸟先飞
8. No discord, no concord. 不打不成交
9. Rob Peter to pay Paul. 拆东墙补西墙10. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分
11. Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 金无足赤,人无完人
12. Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
13. A real man never goes back on his words.一言既出，驷马难追
14. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终
15. A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯
16. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林
17. A cat may look at a king. 猫也可以打量国王意为:人人平等
18. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智
19. All that ends well is well. 结果好，就一切都好
20. A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半21. Faith will move mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开22. One reaps what one sows. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆23. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧24. Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子
25. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔意为：朝三暮四，没有定性的人，永远不会有大成就。