2014年翻译考试中国成语典故英文翻译（5）

　　小不忍则乱大谋

　　Patience is a virtue.

　　小洞不补，大来吃苦

　　A stitch in time saves nine.

　　工欲善其事，必先利其器

　　Sharp tools make good work.

　　己所不欲勿施于人

　　Do unto others as you would be done.

　　亡羊补牢

　　Better late than never./ It’s never too late to mend.

　　上气不接下气

　　I got out of breath when I climbed those stairs.

　　寸步不离

　　He always keeps book at his elbow. (keep close to)

　　口若悬河

　　He always talks nine words at once. (rattle on)

　　仁者无敌　　The benevolent have no enemy.

　　口是心非

　　He often speaks with his tongue in his cheek. (play a double game; say one thing and mean another )

　　【笔记】in time：及时

　　unto：作介词，表示直到，到……为止。

　　【常用短语】①a law unto oneself 独断独行②sick unto death 病得厉害

　　rattle on：喋喋不休的讲话

　　口蜜腹剑

　　A honey tongue, a heart of gall. ( be nasty-nice; Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. )

　　久别情疏

　　Out of sight, out of mind. (Far from eye, far from heart. Long absent, soon forgotten. Seldom seen, soon forgotten.)

　　不告而别

　　French leave

　　不要不自量力

　　Don’t put a quarter into a pint pot.

　　不要厚此薄彼

　　Don’t make fish of one and flesh of another.

　　不畏艰难

　　Take the bull by the horns.

　　不战而屈人之兵

　　The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

　　不入虎穴焉得虎子

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　　不经一事，不长一智

　　Experience is the mother of wisdom.

　　不胜其烦

　　a pain in the neck：Your little brother is a pain in the neck.

　　【笔记】nasty-nice：笑里藏刀的

　　French leave：悄悄离去，不辞而别。这个用法来自于18世纪法国风俗，不通知主人而自己离开。