British SayingsWord文档格式.docx
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reallset"
or"
vegotitmade."
It'
sacatchphrasedatingbackto1887,whenBritishPrimeMinisterRobertCecil(a.k.a.LordSalisbury)decidedtoappointacertainArthurBalfourtotheprestigiousandsensitivepostofChiefSecretaryforIreland.
NotlostontheBritishpublicwasthefactthatLordSalisburyjusthappenedtobebetterknowntoArthurBalfouras"
UncleBob."
Intheresultingfuroroverwhatwasseenasanactofblatantnepotism,"
syouruncle"
becameapopularsarcasticcommentappliedtoanysituationwheretheoutcomewaspreordainedbyfavoritism.Asthescandalfadedinpublicmemory,thephraselostitsedgeandbecamejustasynonymfor"
noproblem."
ByJamesHarris
Keepyourpeckerup'
Remaincheerful-keepyourheadheldhigh.
Biggirl'
sblouse'
Aweakling;
anineffectualperson.
BurningtheCandleatBothEnds'
Workingformanyhourswithoutgettingenoughrest
Eyesarebiggerthanyourbelly'
Thinkyoucaneatmorethanyoucan
Myeyeswerebiggerthanmybelly,Icouldn'
teateverythingIhadputonmyplate'
SleepTight'
Haveagoodnightssleep
GordonBennett'
Anexclamationofsurprise
Stonethecrows'
Anexclamationofannoyance.
TietheKnot'
GetMarried
Talkthehindlegsoffadonkey'
Apersonwhoisexcessivelyorextremelytalkativecantalkthehindlegsoffadonkey.
I'
llputtheKettleon'
Letmemakeyouacupoftea
Doyouwantabrew?
Doyouwantsometea?
Legit'
Runextremelyfast
Asqueerasaninebobnote'
Oddorunusual
Poppedhis/hercloggs'
He/shehaspassedawat(died)
BritishProverbs
Everycloudhasasilverlining'
There'
salwayssomethinggoodinbadtimes.
Astitchintimesavesnine'
Actearlyandyoucansavealotoftime.
Nothingventurednothinggained'
Youhavetotryoryouwon'
tgetanything.
Outofthefryingpanintothefire'
Fromoneproblemtoanother.
Oneman'
smeatisanotherman'
spoison'
Peopleoftendon'
tlikethesamethings.
Don'
tlookagifthorseinthemouth'
tquestiongoodluck.
Youcanleadahorsetowater,butyoucannotmakeitdrink'
Youcangiveapersonachance,butyoucan'
tmakehimorhertakeit.
Thegrassisalwaysgreenerontheotherside'
Youalwaysthinkthatotherpeopleslivesarebetterthanyours.
Thebestthingsinlifearefree'
Wedon'
thavetopayforthethingsthatarereallyvaluable,likelove,friendship,goodhealthetc.
tcrossyourbridgesbeforeyoucometothem'
tworryaboutproblemsbeforetheyarrive.
Itwasthelaststrawthatbrokethecamel'
sback'
Thereisalimittoeverything.Wecanloadthecamelwithlotsofstraw,butfinallyitwillbetoomuchandthecamel'
sbackwillbreak.Anditisonlyasinglestrawthatbreaksitsback-thelaststraw.
Thiscanbeappliedtomanythingsinlife.Peopleoftensay"
That'
sthelaststraw!
whentheywillnotacceptanymoreofsomething.
Wherethere'
sawillthere'
saway'
Ifwehavethedeterminationtodosomething,wecanalwaysfindthepathormethodtodoit.
Marryinhaste,andrepentatleisure'
Ifwegetmarriedquickly,withoutthinkingcarefully,wemaybesorrylater.Andwewillhaveplentyoftimetobesorry.
Thebestadviceisfoundonthepillow'
Ifwehaveaproblem,wemayfindtheanswerafteragoodnight'
ssleep.
Peoplealsosay:
"
llsleeponit."
Youcan'
tjudgeabookbyitscover'
Weneedtoreadabooktoknowifit'
sgoodorbad.Wecannotknowwhatit'
slikejustbylookingatthefrontorbackcover.Thisproverbisappliedtoeverything,notonlybooks.
Badnewstravelsfast'
Badnews'
meansnewsabout'
bad'
thingslikeaccidents,death,illnessetc.Peopletendtotellthistypeofnewsquickly.But'
goodnews'
(passinganexam,winningsomemoney,gettingajobetc)travelsmoreslowly.
Birdsofafeatherflocktogether'
Birdsofafeathermeansbirdsofthesametype.Thewholeproverbmeansthatpeopleofthesametypeorsortstaytogether.Theydon'
tmixwithpeopleofanothertype
Liveandletlive'
Thisproverbsuggestthatweshouldnotinterfereinotherpeople'
sbusiness.Weshouldliveourownlivesandletotherslivetheirlives.
Thewaytoaman'
sheartisthroughhisstomach'
Manywomenhavewonaman'
slovebycookingdeliciousmealsforhim.Theyfedhisstomachandfoundloveinhisheart.
Betteruntaughtthanilltaught.'
Thisproverbdropstheverb"
tobe"
.Butweunderstand:
Itisbetternottobetaughtatallthantobetaughtbadly."
sbetternottolearnsomethingthantolearnitbadly.
Soonlearnt,soonforgotten'
Somethingthatiseasytolearniseasytoforget.
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