Page 16 - 英文第三冊正規班補充教材

Sayings 1(諺語 1)
1. It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水難收
2. It never rains but it pours. = Misfortunes never come single. 禍不單行，屋漏偏逢連夜雨
3. Cast pearls before swine. 對牛彈琴
4. Keep something for a rainy day. = Provide against a rainy day. 未雨綢繆
5. Learning is like rowing upstream, not to advance is to drop back. 學如逆水行舟，不進則退
6. Business is business. 公事公辦
7. Let bygones by bygones. 既往不究
8. Look before you leap. = Jump once but look twice. 三思而後行
9. One wrong step may give you a great fall.

= Do wrong once and you’ll never hear the end of it. 一失足成千古恨
10. Never do things by halves. 勿半途而廢
11. Nothing venture, nothing gain. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子
12. Once sows, another reaps. 前人種樹，後人乘涼
13. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財
14. A man is known by the company he keeps. 觀其人，之其友
15. A little impatience spoils great plans. 小不忍則亂大謀

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