Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。
意在要我们把握光阴,及时努力,以免老大徒伤悲。因为一旦错过了这一次,很难会有更好的机会了。
同义谚语:
Make hay while the sun shines.把握时机。
Remove the horns from the bull as soon as possible. 趁早锯下牛角;把握良机。
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事,今日毕。
The pot call the kettle black. 锅笑壶黑;五十步笑百步。我们往往很容易看见别人的一点小过错,却看不见自己更大的过失,因为我们难以做到"严于律己,宽以待人"。我们还常说:大哥别笑二哥;馒头别笑窝窝。都是形容两个半斤八两的人,犯不着嘲笑对方,因为彼此都一样。
同义谚语:
A playboy tells another playboy not to be a playboy. 花花公子告诉另一个花花公子,别做花花公子。
The dog with
manure on his back scolds the dog with the straw on his back. 五十步笑百步。
You can see a speck of dust in another's eye but cannot see the beam in your own. 你看得见别人眼中的沙粒,却看不见自己眼中的横梁。
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