Proverbs & Idioms

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Các bạn gíup mình dịch câu "Chọn mặt gửi vàng" sang tiếng Anh với nha
Merci mille fois!

Các bạn gíup mình dịch câu "Chọn mặt gửi vàng" sang tiếng Anh với nha
Merci mille fois!

Hồi trước tớ hỏi thày giáo câu này, thày bảo là người ta chỉ cần nói : " Be polite first ! " Thế làm sao đủ được nhỉ
Why does my heart go on beating....

Hồi trước tớ hỏi thày giáo câu này, thày bảo là người ta chỉ cần nói : " Be polite first ! " Thế làm sao đủ được nhỉ
Why does my heart go on beating....

ngâm cú thim!
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Off by an inch, walk a mile.
Sai một li, đi một dặm.
Buffalo s h i t, after many days, turns to mud.
Lâu ngày *** trâu hóa bùn.
God made elephant, god made grass.
Trời sinh voi, trời sinh cỏ.
Sleeping during the day, plowing at night.
Ngủ ngày cày đêm.
Swinging a stick in an empty garden.
Múa gây vườn hoang
Saying the sky''s too low, has to stoop.
Bảo trời thấp, phải đi khòm.
Building a stable after the cows are gone.
Mất bò, mới lo làm chuồng.
Died with sins intact.
Chết người không chết tật.
Better dead sated than alive craving.
Chết no hơn sống thèm.
Half man half beast half orangutan.
Nửa người nửa ngợm nửa đười ươi.
Elephant knows elephant, horse knows horse.
Voi biết voi, ngựa biết ngựa.
Dog yawns, swallows a fly.
Chó ngáp phải ruồi.
Dog dies, story''s over.
******** thì hết truyện.
Hiding needle inside sleeve.
Giấu kim trong tay áo.
Hide, like the cat, its litter.
Giấu như mèo giấu ***.
Mouse gnawing on a cat''s leg.
Chuột gặm chân mèo.
Kill one cat, save ten thousand mice.
Giết một con mèo mà cứu vạn chuột.
Showing deer where to run.
Chỉ đường cho hưu chạy.
Taking wood back to forest.
Chở củi về rừng.
Wine in, words out.
Rượu vào, lời ra.
Weak wine, drank enough, still gets you drunk.
Rượu lạt uống lắm cũng say.
Empty stomach, deaf ears.
Bụng đói thì tai điếc.
Empty stomach, cold groin.
Bụng đói cật rét.
As ugly as a ghost, still good enough
To sleep with a woman.
Xấu như ma cũng thể chà con gái.
Tailors eat rags, artists eat paints.
Thợ may ăn giẻ, thợ vẽ ăn hồ.
Covering head, showing behind.
Giấu đầu lòi đuôi.
Wiggling out, ducking in,
Ra luồn, vào cúi.
Knocking way out, bumping way in.
Ra chạm, vào đụng.
A child turns three,
The whole house learn how to talk.
Con lên ba, cả nhà học nói.
Son in loin cloth, father naked.
Con đóng khố, bố cởi truồng.
Father eats salty food, son''s thirsty.
Cha ăn mặn, con khát nước.
Mother sings, daughter claps.
Mẹ hát, con khen hay.
Much passion, much bite.
Yêu nhau lắm, cắn nhau đau.
Sisters love each other,
Sisters-in-law fear each other,
Brothers-in-law crack each other''s head.
Yêu nhau chị em gái,
Rái nhau chị em dâu,
Đánh nhau vỡ đầu là anh em rể.
A century is short, a day is long.
Trăm năm thì ngắn, một ngày dài ghê.
Morning, then night.
Qua ngày, đến tối.
The wind blows, it''s god''s broom.
Gió thổi là chổi trời.
Old for him, but new for me.
Cũ người mới ta.
Holding a knife by the blade.
Cầm dao bằng lưỡi.
Beauty over virtue.
Đẹp người hơn đẹp nết.
Virtuous, but ugly.
Đẹp nết không đẹp người.
Planting his whiskers on her chin.
Râu ông nọ cắm cằm bà kia.
Drawing a snake, adding legs.
Vẽ rắn thêm chân.
Mother chicken, son duck.
Mẹ gà con vịt.
He said chicken, she said duck.
Ông nói gà, bà nói vịt.
Your wife first, then god.
Nhất vợ, nhì trời.
Smart for three years, stupid for an hour.
Khôn ba năm, dại một giờ.
Smart at home, stupid at the market.
Khôn nhà dại chợ.
Argue with a smart man, can''t win.
Argue with a stupid man, can''t stop.
Nói với người khôn không lại,
Nói với người dại không cùng.
Ate rice gruel, pissed in the bowl.
Ăn cháo đái bát.
Ate the whole dog, even the hair.
Ăn chó cả lông.
Danced badly, said the ground''s not level.
Múa vụng chê đất lệch.
The smart eat men, the stupid are eaten.
Khôn ăn người, dại người ăn.
A magpie, starved, eats banyan fruit.
A phoenix, starved, eats chicken ####.
Sáo đói thì sáo ăn đa.
Phượng hoàng lúc đói *** gà cũng ăn.
Have vegetable, eat vegetable.
Have rice gruel, eat rice gruel.
Có rau ăn rau, có cháo ăn cháo.
A piece of meat is a piece of shame.
Miếng thịt là miếng nhục.
A bowl of sweat for a bowl of rice.
Bát mồ hôi đổi bát cơm.
Eating new rice, telling old stories.
Ăn cơm mới, nói chuyện cũ.
Three bowls of rice, a cold shower in the morning.
Cơm ba bát, tắm mát hôm mai.
Buying from one end of the market,
Selling at the other end.
Buôn đầu chợ, bán cuối chợ.
Selling face to the earth, selling ass to the sky.
Bán mặt cho đất, bán mông cho trời.
Selling ass to feed mouth.
Bán trôn nuôi miệng.
She whores in nine different neighborhoods,
Keeps her reputation in one.
Làm đĩ chín phường, để một phường lấy chồng.
She worries about the crooks of her knees,
And about curliness of her pubic hair.
Lo co đầu gối, lo rối lông ***.
Yes yes I know your wife: she?Ts crossed-eyed
And sells sticky rice at the temple.
Thôi thôi tôi biết vợ canh rồi:
Vợ anh toét mắt bán xôi chợ chùa.
Yes yes I know you:
You?Tre the opium addict with the bruised lips.
Thôi thôi tôi biết anh rồi:
Anh hút thuốc phiện cái môi thâm sì.
If I want good food, I wouldn?Tt come
To your mother?Ts house.
Có ngon chẳng đến mẹ con nhà mày.
With a husband cannot travel,
With a child cannot stand still.
Có chồng chẳng được đi đâu,
Có con chẳng được đứng lâu một giờ.
Husband rolls the dice, wife gambles.
Husband with three wives, wife with three husbands.
Chồng đánh bạc, vợ đánh bài.
Chồng hai ba vợ, vợ hai ba chồng.
A man crosses the ocean with his buddies,
A woman crosses a stream by herself.
Đàn ông vượt bể có bầu có bạn.
Đàn bà vượt cạn chỉ có một mình.
Like salt tossed into the ocean.
Như muối bỏ bể.
Like a chick without its mother.
Như gà mất mẹ.
Honesty breeds stupi***y.
Thật thà là cha dại.
One theft, ten suspects.
Một mất mười ngờ.
The rich have easy manners the poor lie.
Giàu thì dễ người, khó thì nói láo.
As a poor man, invisible.
As a mandarin, nine thousand relatives.
Lúc nghèo thì chẳng ai nhìn.
Đến khi đỗ trạng chín nghìn anh em.
The unthrifty rich turn poor,
The unthrifty poor turn beggars.
Giàu không hà tiện khó liền tay,
Khó không hà tiện khó ăn mày.
The rich feast on rice and rice gruel,
The poor smoke water pipes.
Giàu thì cơm cháo bổ lao,
Khó thì đánh điếu thuốc lào ngâm hơi.
Growing hair inside the stomach.
Mọc lông trong bụng.
The rich eat and drink, the poor fight each other.
Giàu ăn uống, khó đánh nhau.
Rich in the evening, poor by morning.
Giàu chiều hôm, khó sớm mai.
Rich before noon, poor by afternoon.
Giàu giờ ngọ, khó giờ mùi.
The rich sell their dogs,
The poor sell their children.
Giàu bán chó, khó bán con.
Eyes rich, hands poor.
Giàu hai con mắt, khó hai bàn tay.
Rich in your youth, rich when your children are grown.
Giàu lúc còn son, giàu lúc con lớn.
As fickle as the palm of the hand.
Giở mặt như bàn tay.
Large head, stupid anyway.
To đầu mà dại.
Laugh for three months, no one laughs for three years.
Người cười ba tháng, không ai cười ba năm.
One mouth, two stomachs.
Một miệng, hai lòng.
One neck, two nooses.
Một cổ, hai tròng.
One woman, two men
Một bà, hai ông.
Unmarried woman, like a boat without a rudder.
Unmarried man, like a horse without a rein.
Gái không chồng như thuyền không lái.
Trai không vợ như ngựa không cương.
Married woman, like a shackle around the neck.
Married man, like a rope around the ankle
Gái có chồng như gông đeo cổ.
Trai có vợ như rợ buộc chân.
The unmarried girl cannot wait to go the market.
Gái chưa chồng trông mong đi chợ.
A daughter belongs to other people.
A daughter-in-law is bought and brought into the house.
Con gái là con người ta,
Con dâu mới thật mẹ cha mua về.
Thick-skinned face, brash brows.
Mặt dày mày dạn.
Bamboo shoot face, milk mouth.
Mặt măng miệng sữa.
Trash face, dirty brows
Mặt rác mày dơ.
Flower face, powdered skin.
Mặt hoa da phấn.
Green face, yellow fangs.
Mặt xanh nanh vàng.
Callous face, rock brows.
Mặt chay mày đá.
Owl face, eel skin.
Mặt cú da lươn.
Fish eats ants, ants eat fish.
Cá ăn kiến, kiến ăn cá.
Car hits dogs, dog hits car.
Xe cán chó, chó cán xe.
Without the elephant, the cow swaggers.
Không voi, bò lám lớn.
Winners are kings, losers are ban***s.
Được làm vua, thua làm giặc.
A soldier with a general?Ts temperament.
Người lính tính quan.
Black near ink, bright near a lamp.
Gần mực thì đen, gần đèn thì sáng.
Three things in life to wean yourself from:
Fragrant wine, fatty goat, pubescent girls.
Thế gian ba sự khôn chừa,
Rượu nồng, dê béo, gái vừa đương tơ.
A tongue, with no bones, wiggles every which way.
Lưỡi không xương nhiều đường lắc lẻo.
As close as the tongue is to the gums.
Gần như lưỡi với lợn.
Her traits are revealed in the kitchen.
Xem trong bếp, biết nếp đàn bà.
Alive each man his own habits,
Each man his own illness when dying.
Sống mỗi người một nết, chết mỗi người một tật.
Old hair old ears old gums old teeth.
Già tóc già tai, già răng già lợn.
Old scrotum, young testicles.
Già dái non hột.
As sad as an old whore.
Buồn tênh như đĩ về già.
The old know work, the young know eat.
Già thì biết việc, trẻ thì biết ăn.
The smart one grows old quick.
Người khôn chóng già.
The seventy-year-old learns from the seventy-one.
Bảy mươi còn học bảy mươi mốt.
The seventy-year-old is lesser than the seven-year-old.
Bảy mươi không bằng đứa lên bảy.
Old, young, same difference.
Một già, một trẻ, bằng nhau.
Each man his own shirt: what odor?
Áo ai người ấy mặc có mùi gì đâu.
Each man?Ts #### *****it his own nose.
*** ai vừa mũi người ấy.
Beating a dog, kicking a pile of ####.
Đánh chó đá bãi ***.
Beat a dog, look at the owner.
Đánh chó, ngó chủ.
As aggressive as a newcomer.
Hung hăng như thằng mới đến.
Arrive late, gnaw on the bones.
Đến trễ gặm xương.
Fierce laugh, fresh tears.
Giòn cười, tươi khóc.
Drowning, grasping at foam.
Chết đuối với phải bọt.
The deaf are not afraid of guns.
Điếc thì dạn súng.
Man, dead three days, shows up in the market.
Fox, dead three days, shows up in the forest.
Người chết ba ngày người quay về chợ.
Cáo chết ba ngày cáo trở lên rừng.
The living is done, death is here.
Cái sống đã hết, cái chết đã đến.
The dead man argues with his pallbearers.
Thằng chết cãi thằng khiêng.
Long departure, short return.
Đi xa về gần.
Close, I?Tll come by today, tomorrow.
Far, I?Tll come by twice a year.
Gần thì nay viếng, mai thăm.
Xa xôi cách trở một năm vài lần.
Back and forth, to please each other.
Có qua có lại mới toại lòng nhau.


 

ngâm cú thim!
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Off by an inch, walk a mile.
Sai một li, đi một dặm.
Buffalo s h i t, after many days, turns to mud.
Lâu ngày *** trâu hóa bùn.
God made elephant, god made grass.
Trời sinh voi, trời sinh cỏ.
Sleeping during the day, plowing at night.
Ngủ ngày cày đêm.
Swinging a stick in an empty garden.
Múa gây vườn hoang
Saying the sky''s too low, has to stoop.
Bảo trời thấp, phải đi khòm.
Building a stable after the cows are gone.
Mất bò, mới lo làm chuồng.
Died with sins intact.
Chết người không chết tật.
Better dead sated than alive craving.
Chết no hơn sống thèm.
Half man half beast half orangutan.
Nửa người nửa ngợm nửa đười ươi.
Elephant knows elephant, horse knows horse.
Voi biết voi, ngựa biết ngựa.
Dog yawns, swallows a fly.
Chó ngáp phải ruồi.
Dog dies, story''s over.
******** thì hết truyện.
Hiding needle inside sleeve.
Giấu kim trong tay áo.
Hide, like the cat, its litter.
Giấu như mèo giấu ***.
Mouse gnawing on a cat''s leg.
Chuột gặm chân mèo.
Kill one cat, save ten thousand mice.
Giết một con mèo mà cứu vạn chuột.
Showing deer where to run.
Chỉ đường cho hưu chạy.
Taking wood back to forest.
Chở củi về rừng.
Wine in, words out.
Rượu vào, lời ra.
Weak wine, drank enough, still gets you drunk.
Rượu lạt uống lắm cũng say.
Empty stomach, deaf ears.
Bụng đói thì tai điếc.
Empty stomach, cold groin.
Bụng đói cật rét.
As ugly as a ghost, still good enough
To sleep with a woman.
Xấu như ma cũng thể chà con gái.
Tailors eat rags, artists eat paints.
Thợ may ăn giẻ, thợ vẽ ăn hồ.
Covering head, showing behind.
Giấu đầu lòi đuôi.
Wiggling out, ducking in,
Ra luồn, vào cúi.
Knocking way out, bumping way in.
Ra chạm, vào đụng.
A child turns three,
The whole house learn how to talk.
Con lên ba, cả nhà học nói.
Son in loin cloth, father naked.
Con đóng khố, bố cởi truồng.
Father eats salty food, son''s thirsty.
Cha ăn mặn, con khát nước.
Mother sings, daughter claps.
Mẹ hát, con khen hay.
Much passion, much bite.
Yêu nhau lắm, cắn nhau đau.
Sisters love each other,
Sisters-in-law fear each other,
Brothers-in-law crack each other''s head.
Yêu nhau chị em gái,
Rái nhau chị em dâu,
Đánh nhau vỡ đầu là anh em rể.
A century is short, a day is long.
Trăm năm thì ngắn, một ngày dài ghê.
Morning, then night.
Qua ngày, đến tối.
The wind blows, it''s god''s broom.
Gió thổi là chổi trời.
Old for him, but new for me.
Cũ người mới ta.
Holding a knife by the blade.
Cầm dao bằng lưỡi.
Beauty over virtue.
Đẹp người hơn đẹp nết.
Virtuous, but ugly.
Đẹp nết không đẹp người.
Planting his whiskers on her chin.
Râu ông nọ cắm cằm bà kia.
Drawing a snake, adding legs.
Vẽ rắn thêm chân.
Mother chicken, son duck.
Mẹ gà con vịt.
He said chicken, she said duck.
Ông nói gà, bà nói vịt.
Your wife first, then god.
Nhất vợ, nhì trời.
Smart for three years, stupid for an hour.
Khôn ba năm, dại một giờ.
Smart at home, stupid at the market.
Khôn nhà dại chợ.
Argue with a smart man, can''t win.
Argue with a stupid man, can''t stop.
Nói với người khôn không lại,
Nói với người dại không cùng.
Ate rice gruel, pissed in the bowl.
Ăn cháo đái bát.
Ate the whole dog, even the hair.
Ăn chó cả lông.
Danced badly, said the ground''s not level.
Múa vụng chê đất lệch.
The smart eat men, the stupid are eaten.
Khôn ăn người, dại người ăn.
A magpie, starved, eats banyan fruit.
A phoenix, starved, eats chicken ####.
Sáo đói thì sáo ăn đa.
Phượng hoàng lúc đói *** gà cũng ăn.
Have vegetable, eat vegetable.
Have rice gruel, eat rice gruel.
Có rau ăn rau, có cháo ăn cháo.
A piece of meat is a piece of shame.
Miếng thịt là miếng nhục.
A bowl of sweat for a bowl of rice.
Bát mồ hôi đổi bát cơm.
Eating new rice, telling old stories.
Ăn cơm mới, nói chuyện cũ.
Three bowls of rice, a cold shower in the morning.
Cơm ba bát, tắm mát hôm mai.
Buying from one end of the market,
Selling at the other end.
Buôn đầu chợ, bán cuối chợ.
Selling face to the earth, selling ass to the sky.
Bán mặt cho đất, bán mông cho trời.
Selling ass to feed mouth.
Bán trôn nuôi miệng.
She whores in nine different neighborhoods,
Keeps her reputation in one.
Làm đĩ chín phường, để một phường lấy chồng.
She worries about the crooks of her knees,
And about curliness of her pubic hair.
Lo co đầu gối, lo rối lông ***.
Yes yes I know your wife: she?Ts crossed-eyed
And sells sticky rice at the temple.
Thôi thôi tôi biết vợ canh rồi:
Vợ anh toét mắt bán xôi chợ chùa.
Yes yes I know you:
You?Tre the opium addict with the bruised lips.
Thôi thôi tôi biết anh rồi:
Anh hút thuốc phiện cái môi thâm sì.
If I want good food, I wouldn?Tt come
To your mother?Ts house.
Có ngon chẳng đến mẹ con nhà mày.
With a husband cannot travel,
With a child cannot stand still.
Có chồng chẳng được đi đâu,
Có con chẳng được đứng lâu một giờ.
Husband rolls the dice, wife gambles.
Husband with three wives, wife with three husbands.
Chồng đánh bạc, vợ đánh bài.
Chồng hai ba vợ, vợ hai ba chồng.
A man crosses the ocean with his buddies,
A woman crosses a stream by herself.
Đàn ông vượt bể có bầu có bạn.
Đàn bà vượt cạn chỉ có một mình.
Like salt tossed into the ocean.
Như muối bỏ bể.
Like a chick without its mother.
Như gà mất mẹ.
Honesty breeds stupi***y.
Thật thà là cha dại.
One theft, ten suspects.
Một mất mười ngờ.
The rich have easy manners the poor lie.
Giàu thì dễ người, khó thì nói láo.
As a poor man, invisible.
As a mandarin, nine thousand relatives.
Lúc nghèo thì chẳng ai nhìn.
Đến khi đỗ trạng chín nghìn anh em.
The unthrifty rich turn poor,
The unthrifty poor turn beggars.
Giàu không hà tiện khó liền tay,
Khó không hà tiện khó ăn mày.
The rich feast on rice and rice gruel,
The poor smoke water pipes.
Giàu thì cơm cháo bổ lao,
Khó thì đánh điếu thuốc lào ngâm hơi.
Growing hair inside the stomach.
Mọc lông trong bụng.
The rich eat and drink, the poor fight each other.
Giàu ăn uống, khó đánh nhau.
Rich in the evening, poor by morning.
Giàu chiều hôm, khó sớm mai.
Rich before noon, poor by afternoon.
Giàu giờ ngọ, khó giờ mùi.
The rich sell their dogs,
The poor sell their children.
Giàu bán chó, khó bán con.
Eyes rich, hands poor.
Giàu hai con mắt, khó hai bàn tay.
Rich in your youth, rich when your children are grown.
Giàu lúc còn son, giàu lúc con lớn.
As fickle as the palm of the hand.
Giở mặt như bàn tay.
Large head, stupid anyway.
To đầu mà dại.
Laugh for three months, no one laughs for three years.
Người cười ba tháng, không ai cười ba năm.
One mouth, two stomachs.
Một miệng, hai lòng.
One neck, two nooses.
Một cổ, hai tròng.
One woman, two men
Một bà, hai ông.
Unmarried woman, like a boat without a rudder.
Unmarried man, like a horse without a rein.
Gái không chồng như thuyền không lái.
Trai không vợ như ngựa không cương.
Married woman, like a shackle around the neck.
Married man, like a rope around the ankle
Gái có chồng như gông đeo cổ.
Trai có vợ như rợ buộc chân.
The unmarried girl cannot wait to go the market.
Gái chưa chồng trông mong đi chợ.
A daughter belongs to other people.
A daughter-in-law is bought and brought into the house.
Con gái là con người ta,
Con dâu mới thật mẹ cha mua về.
Thick-skinned face, brash brows.
Mặt dày mày dạn.
Bamboo shoot face, milk mouth.
Mặt măng miệng sữa.
Trash face, dirty brows
Mặt rác mày dơ.
Flower face, powdered skin.
Mặt hoa da phấn.
Green face, yellow fangs.
Mặt xanh nanh vàng.
Callous face, rock brows.
Mặt chay mày đá.
Owl face, eel skin.
Mặt cú da lươn.
Fish eats ants, ants eat fish.
Cá ăn kiến, kiến ăn cá.
Car hits dogs, dog hits car.
Xe cán chó, chó cán xe.
Without the elephant, the cow swaggers.
Không voi, bò lám lớn.
Winners are kings, losers are ban***s.
Được làm vua, thua làm giặc.
A soldier with a general?Ts temperament.
Người lính tính quan.
Black near ink, bright near a lamp.
Gần mực thì đen, gần đèn thì sáng.
Three things in life to wean yourself from:
Fragrant wine, fatty goat, pubescent girls.
Thế gian ba sự khôn chừa,
Rượu nồng, dê béo, gái vừa đương tơ.
A tongue, with no bones, wiggles every which way.
Lưỡi không xương nhiều đường lắc lẻo.
As close as the tongue is to the gums.
Gần như lưỡi với lợn.
Her traits are revealed in the kitchen.
Xem trong bếp, biết nếp đàn bà.
Alive each man his own habits,
Each man his own illness when dying.
Sống mỗi người một nết, chết mỗi người một tật.
Old hair old ears old gums old teeth.
Già tóc già tai, già răng già lợn.
Old scrotum, young testicles.
Già dái non hột.
As sad as an old whore.
Buồn tênh như đĩ về già.
The old know work, the young know eat.
Già thì biết việc, trẻ thì biết ăn.
The smart one grows old quick.
Người khôn chóng già.
The seventy-year-old learns from the seventy-one.
Bảy mươi còn học bảy mươi mốt.
The seventy-year-old is lesser than the seven-year-old.
Bảy mươi không bằng đứa lên bảy.
Old, young, same difference.
Một già, một trẻ, bằng nhau.
Each man his own shirt: what odor?
Áo ai người ấy mặc có mùi gì đâu.
Each man?Ts #### *****it his own nose.
*** ai vừa mũi người ấy.
Beating a dog, kicking a pile of ####.
Đánh chó đá bãi ***.
Beat a dog, look at the owner.
Đánh chó, ngó chủ.
As aggressive as a newcomer.
Hung hăng như thằng mới đến.
Arrive late, gnaw on the bones.
Đến trễ gặm xương.
Fierce laugh, fresh tears.
Giòn cười, tươi khóc.
Drowning, grasping at foam.
Chết đuối với phải bọt.
The deaf are not afraid of guns.
Điếc thì dạn súng.
Man, dead three days, shows up in the market.
Fox, dead three days, shows up in the forest.
Người chết ba ngày người quay về chợ.
Cáo chết ba ngày cáo trở lên rừng.
The living is done, death is here.
Cái sống đã hết, cái chết đã đến.
The dead man argues with his pallbearers.
Thằng chết cãi thằng khiêng.
Long departure, short return.
Đi xa về gần.
Close, I?Tll come by today, tomorrow.
Far, I?Tll come by twice a year.
Gần thì nay viếng, mai thăm.
Xa xôi cách trở một năm vài lần.
Back and forth, to please each other.
Có qua có lại mới toại lòng nhau.


 

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending
2. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit
3. A bargain is a bargain
4. A beggar can never be bankrupt
5. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
6. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound
7. A bully is always a coward
8. A burnt child dreads the fire
9. A cat in gloves catches no mice
10. A city that parleys is half gotten
11. A civil denial is better than a rude grant
12. A clean hand wants no washing
13. A danger foreseen is half avoided
14. A drop in the sea
15. A drowning man will catch at a straw
16. A fault confessed is half redressed
17. A fool always rushes to the fore
18. A fool at forty is fool indeed
19. A forced kindness deserves no thanks
20. A foul morning may turn to a fair day
21. A fox is not taken twice in the same snare
22. A friend in need is a friend indeed
23. A friend to all is a friend to none
24. A friend''s frown is better than foe''s smile
25. A good Jack makes a good Jill
26. A good anvil not fear the hammer
27. A good beginning is half the battle
28. A good deed is never lost
29. A good dog deserves a good bone
30. A good example is the best sermon
31. A good face is a better sermon
32. A good marksman may miss
33. A good name is sooner lost than won
34. A great fortune is a great slavery
35. A great ship asks deep waters
36. A hard nut to crack
37. A hungry belly has no ears
38. A hungry man is an angry man
39. A little body often harbours a great soul
40. A little pot is soon hot
41. A man can die but once
42. A man can do no more than he can
43. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds
44. A rolling stone gathers no moss
45. A silent fool is counted wise
46. A small leak will sink a great ship
47. A soft answer turns away wrath
48. A storm in the tea-cup
49. A tattler is worse than a thief
50. A watched pot never boils
51. A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will
52. A wolf in sheep''s clothing
53. A wonder lasts but nine days
54. A word is enough to the wise
55. A word spoken is past recalling
56. Actions speak louder than words
57. Adversity is a great schoolmaster
58. After a storm comes a calm
59. After dinner sleep (sit) a while, after supper walk a mile
60. All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?
61. All cats are gray in the dark (night)
62. All is well that ends well
63. All lay load on the willing horse
64. All men can''t be first
65. All men can''t be masters
66. All promises are either broken or kept
67. All roads lead to Rome
68. All that glitters is not gold
69. All truth are not to be told
70. An ass in the lion''s skin
71. An empty vessel gives a greater sound than a full barrel
72. Anger and haste hinder good counsel
73. Appetite comes with eating
74. As like as too peas (in the pot)
75. As old as the hills
76. As sober as a judge
77. As the call, so the echo
78. As the tree falls, so shall it lie
79. As you brew, so must you drink
80. As you make your bed, so must you lie on it
81. At the ends of the Earth
82. Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune
83. Bad news has wings
84. Be slow to promise and quick to perform
85. Be swift to hear, slow to speak
86. Beggars cannot be choosers
87. Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear
88. Best defence is offence
89. Better a lean peace than a fat victory
90. Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
91. Better an open enemy than a false friend
92. Better be alone than in bad company
93. Better be born lucky than rich
94. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
95. Better deny at once than promise long
96. Better die standing than live kneeling
97. Better early than late
98. Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt
99. Better late than never
100. Better the devil you know than the devil you don''t
101. Better the foot slip than the tongue
102. Better to do well than to say well
103. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven
104. Blind men can''t judge no colours
105. Brevity is the soul of wit
106. Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse
107. Business before pleasure
108. Calamity is the man''s true touchstone
109. Caution is the parent of safety
110. Charity begins at home
111. Children and fools must not play with edged tools
112. Circumstanses after cases
113. Claw me and I will claw thee
114. Company in distress makes trouble less
115. Confession is the first step to repentance
116. Counsel is not command
117. Cre***ors have better memories than debtors
118. Cross the stream where it is shallowest
119. Crows do not pick crows''s eyes
120. Curiosity killed a cat
121. Custom is the plague of the wise men and idol of fools
122. Custom is the second nature
123. Death is the grand leveller
124. Death pays all debts
125. Deeds, not words!
126. Delay are dangerous
127. Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies
128. Diligence is the mother of success
129. Divide and rule
130. Don''t look a gift horse in the mouth
131. Don''t put all your eggs in one basket
132. Don''t trouble trouble until trouble trouble you
133. Dot your i''s and cross your t''s
134. Drive the nail that will go
135. Drow not your bow till your arrow is fixed
136. Drunkenness reveals what a soberness conceals
137. Each bird loves to hear himself sing
138. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
139. Easier said than done
140. East or West - home is best
141. Easy come, easy go
142. Eat at pleasure drink with measure
143. Envy shoots at others and wounds herself
144. Every Jack has his Jill
145. Every bird likes its own nest
146. Every cloud has a silver lining
147. Every country has its customs
148. Every dog is a lion at home
149. Every dog is a valiant at his own door
150. Every man has his faults
151. Every man has his hobby-horse
152. Every man is a smith of his own fortunes
153. Every man to his taste
154. Every miller draws water to his own mill
155. Every mother thinks her own gosling a swan
156. Every one''s faults are not written in their foreheads
157. Every white has its black and every sweet its sour
158. Every why has a wherefore
159. Everything comes to him who waits
160. Everything is good in its season
161. Experience is the mother of wisdom
162. Extremes meet
163. Facts are stubborn things
164. Faint heart never won fair lady
165. Fair words break no bones
166. False friends are worse than open enemies
167. Far from eye, far from heart
168. First come, first served
169. First think, then speak
170. Fish begins to stink at the head
171. Fool''s haste is no speed
172. Forbidden fruit is sweet
173. Forewarned is forearmed
174. Fortune favours the brave
175. Fortune is easily found, but hard to be kept
176. Four eyes see more than two
177. Friends are thieves of time
178. Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day
179. Gifts from enemies are dangerous
180. Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself
181. Give him an inch and he''ll take an ell
182. Good clothes open all doors
183. Good counsel does no harm
184. Gossiping and lying go hand in hand
185. Great spenders are bad lenders
186. Greedy folk have long arms
187. Hasty climbers have sudden falls
188. Hatred is blind, as well as love
189. He begins to die who quits his desires
190. He gives twice who gives in a trice
191. He is good friend that speaks well of us behind our back
192. He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself
193. He laughs best who laughs last
194. He that fears you present will hate you absent
195. He that has an ill name is half hanged
196. He that is borned to be hanged will never be drowned
197. He that is full of himself is very empty
198. He that knows nothing doubts nothing
199. He that once deceives is ever suspected
200. He that promised too much means nothing
201. He that respect not is not respected
202. He that serves God to the money will serve the devil for better wages
203. He that serves everybody is paid by nobody
204. He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut
205. He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay
206. He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens
207. He who hesitates is lost
208. He who likes borrowing dislikes paying
209. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing
210. Health is not valued till sickness comes
211. Honesty is the better policy
212. Honey is not for ass'' mouth
213. Honey is sweet, but the bee stings
214. Honour and profit lie not in one bed
215. Hope is good breakfast, but a bad supper
216. Hunger breaks stone walls
217. Hunger finds no faults with cookery
218. Hunger is the best sauce
219. Hungry bellies have no ears
220. Idle folks lack no excuses
221. Idleness is the mother of all evil
222. Idleness rust the mind
223. If an ass (donkey) brey at you, don''t brey at him
224. If ifs and ans were pots and pans
225. If the sky falls, we shall catch larks
226. If things were to be done twice all would be wise
227. If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have
228. If you want a thing well done, do it yourself
229. It''s enough to makes a cat laugh
230. It''s poor mouse that has only one hole
231. Lookers on see more than players
232. Man proposes but God disposes
233. No man is wise at all times
234. Nothing venture nothing have
235. Six of one and half a dozen of the other
236. Slow but sure
237. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream
238. The devil is not so black as he is painted
239. The last drop makes the cup run over
240. The last straw breaks the camel''s back
241. The more things change, the more they remain the same (French origin)
242. The road to hell is paved with good intentions
243. There are more ways to the wood than one
244. There is more than one way to kill a cat
245. Tit for tat
246. Truth is stranger than fiction
247. What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve
248. What we do willingly is easy
249. When children stand quiet, they have done some harm
250. You can lead a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
251. You made your bed, now lie in it

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending
2. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit
3. A bargain is a bargain
4. A beggar can never be bankrupt
5. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
6. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound
7. A bully is always a coward
8. A burnt child dreads the fire
9. A cat in gloves catches no mice
10. A city that parleys is half gotten
11. A civil denial is better than a rude grant
12. A clean hand wants no washing
13. A danger foreseen is half avoided
14. A drop in the sea
15. A drowning man will catch at a straw
16. A fault confessed is half redressed
17. A fool always rushes to the fore
18. A fool at forty is fool indeed
19. A forced kindness deserves no thanks
20. A foul morning may turn to a fair day
21. A fox is not taken twice in the same snare
22. A friend in need is a friend indeed
23. A friend to all is a friend to none
24. A friend''s frown is better than foe''s smile
25. A good Jack makes a good Jill
26. A good anvil not fear the hammer
27. A good beginning is half the battle
28. A good deed is never lost
29. A good dog deserves a good bone
30. A good example is the best sermon
31. A good face is a better sermon
32. A good marksman may miss
33. A good name is sooner lost than won
34. A great fortune is a great slavery
35. A great ship asks deep waters
36. A hard nut to crack
37. A hungry belly has no ears
38. A hungry man is an angry man
39. A little body often harbours a great soul
40. A little pot is soon hot
41. A man can die but once
42. A man can do no more than he can
43. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds
44. A rolling stone gathers no moss
45. A silent fool is counted wise
46. A small leak will sink a great ship
47. A soft answer turns away wrath
48. A storm in the tea-cup
49. A tattler is worse than a thief
50. A watched pot never boils
51. A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will
52. A wolf in sheep''s clothing
53. A wonder lasts but nine days
54. A word is enough to the wise
55. A word spoken is past recalling
56. Actions speak louder than words
57. Adversity is a great schoolmaster
58. After a storm comes a calm
59. After dinner sleep (sit) a while, after supper walk a mile
60. All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?
61. All cats are gray in the dark (night)
62. All is well that ends well
63. All lay load on the willing horse
64. All men can''t be first
65. All men can''t be masters
66. All promises are either broken or kept
67. All roads lead to Rome
68. All that glitters is not gold
69. All truth are not to be told
70. An ass in the lion''s skin
71. An empty vessel gives a greater sound than a full barrel
72. Anger and haste hinder good counsel
73. Appetite comes with eating
74. As like as too peas (in the pot)
75. As old as the hills
76. As sober as a judge
77. As the call, so the echo
78. As the tree falls, so shall it lie
79. As you brew, so must you drink
80. As you make your bed, so must you lie on it
81. At the ends of the Earth
82. Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune
83. Bad news has wings
84. Be slow to promise and quick to perform
85. Be swift to hear, slow to speak
86. Beggars cannot be choosers
87. Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear
88. Best defence is offence
89. Better a lean peace than a fat victory
90. Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
91. Better an open enemy than a false friend
92. Better be alone than in bad company
93. Better be born lucky than rich
94. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
95. Better deny at once than promise long
96. Better die standing than live kneeling
97. Better early than late
98. Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt
99. Better late than never
100. Better the devil you know than the devil you don''t
101. Better the foot slip than the tongue
102. Better to do well than to say well
103. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven
104. Blind men can''t judge no colours
105. Brevity is the soul of wit
106. Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse
107. Business before pleasure
108. Calamity is the man''s true touchstone
109. Caution is the parent of safety
110. Charity begins at home
111. Children and fools must not play with edged tools
112. Circumstanses after cases
113. Claw me and I will claw thee
114. Company in distress makes trouble less
115. Confession is the first step to repentance
116. Counsel is not command
117. Cre***ors have better memories than debtors
118. Cross the stream where it is shallowest
119. Crows do not pick crows''s eyes
120. Curiosity killed a cat
121. Custom is the plague of the wise men and idol of fools
122. Custom is the second nature
123. Death is the grand leveller
124. Death pays all debts
125. Deeds, not words!
126. Delay are dangerous
127. Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies
128. Diligence is the mother of success
129. Divide and rule
130. Don''t look a gift horse in the mouth
131. Don''t put all your eggs in one basket
132. Don''t trouble trouble until trouble trouble you
133. Dot your i''s and cross your t''s
134. Drive the nail that will go
135. Drow not your bow till your arrow is fixed
136. Drunkenness reveals what a soberness conceals
137. Each bird loves to hear himself sing
138. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
139. Easier said than done
140. East or West - home is best
141. Easy come, easy go
142. Eat at pleasure drink with measure
143. Envy shoots at others and wounds herself
144. Every Jack has his Jill
145. Every bird likes its own nest
146. Every cloud has a silver lining
147. Every country has its customs
148. Every dog is a lion at home
149. Every dog is a valiant at his own door
150. Every man has his faults
151. Every man has his hobby-horse
152. Every man is a smith of his own fortunes
153. Every man to his taste
154. Every miller draws water to his own mill
155. Every mother thinks her own gosling a swan
156. Every one''s faults are not written in their foreheads
157. Every white has its black and every sweet its sour
158. Every why has a wherefore
159. Everything comes to him who waits
160. Everything is good in its season
161. Experience is the mother of wisdom
162. Extremes meet
163. Facts are stubborn things
164. Faint heart never won fair lady
165. Fair words break no bones
166. False friends are worse than open enemies
167. Far from eye, far from heart
168. First come, first served
169. First think, then speak
170. Fish begins to stink at the head
171. Fool''s haste is no speed
172. Forbidden fruit is sweet
173. Forewarned is forearmed
174. Fortune favours the brave
175. Fortune is easily found, but hard to be kept
176. Four eyes see more than two
177. Friends are thieves of time
178. Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day
179. Gifts from enemies are dangerous
180. Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself
181. Give him an inch and he''ll take an ell
182. Good clothes open all doors
183. Good counsel does no harm
184. Gossiping and lying go hand in hand
185. Great spenders are bad lenders
186. Greedy folk have long arms
187. Hasty climbers have sudden falls
188. Hatred is blind, as well as love
189. He begins to die who quits his desires
190. He gives twice who gives in a trice
191. He is good friend that speaks well of us behind our back
192. He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself
193. He laughs best who laughs last
194. He that fears you present will hate you absent
195. He that has an ill name is half hanged
196. He that is borned to be hanged will never be drowned
197. He that is full of himself is very empty
198. He that knows nothing doubts nothing
199. He that once deceives is ever suspected
200. He that promised too much means nothing
201. He that respect not is not respected
202. He that serves God to the money will serve the devil for better wages
203. He that serves everybody is paid by nobody
204. He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut
205. He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay
206. He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens
207. He who hesitates is lost
208. He who likes borrowing dislikes paying
209. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing
210. Health is not valued till sickness comes
211. Honesty is the better policy
212. Honey is not for ass'' mouth
213. Honey is sweet, but the bee stings
214. Honour and profit lie not in one bed
215. Hope is good breakfast, but a bad supper
216. Hunger breaks stone walls
217. Hunger finds no faults with cookery
218. Hunger is the best sauce
219. Hungry bellies have no ears
220. Idle folks lack no excuses
221. Idleness is the mother of all evil
222. Idleness rust the mind
223. If an ass (donkey) brey at you, don''t brey at him
224. If ifs and ans were pots and pans
225. If the sky falls, we shall catch larks
226. If things were to be done twice all would be wise
227. If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have
228. If you want a thing well done, do it yourself
229. It''s enough to makes a cat laugh
230. It''s poor mouse that has only one hole
231. Lookers on see more than players
232. Man proposes but God disposes
233. No man is wise at all times
234. Nothing venture nothing have
235. Six of one and half a dozen of the other
236. Slow but sure
237. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream
238. The devil is not so black as he is painted
239. The last drop makes the cup run over
240. The last straw breaks the camel''s back
241. The more things change, the more they remain the same (French origin)
242. The road to hell is paved with good intentions
243. There are more ways to the wood than one
244. There is more than one way to kill a cat
245. Tit for tat
246. Truth is stranger than fiction
247. What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve
248. What we do willingly is easy
249. When children stand quiet, they have done some harm
250. You can lead a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
251. You made your bed, now lie in it

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending
Đầu không xuôi thì đuôi sao/không lọt
2. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit
(một điều nhịn, chín điều lành)
3. A bargain is a bargain
Dịch thế nào đây?
4. A beggar can never be bankrupt
Dịch thế nào đây?
5. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Ăn chắc mặc bền (chưa ổn lắm!)
6. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound
Dịch thế nào đây? Bát nước đổ xuống đất vớt lại sao đầy như cũ được.
7. A bully is always a coward
Dịch thế nào đây? Anh hùng rơm!
8. A burnt child dreads the fire
Kinh cung chi điểu, chim bị tên sợ cành cây cong, gà phải cáo.
9. A cat in gloves catches no mice
áo gấm đi đêm?Nếu tài giỏi thì ra mà thi thố với đời nhé
10. A city that parleys is half gotten
11. A civil denial is better than a rude grant
12. A clean hand wants no washing
13. A danger foreseen is half avoided
14. A drop in the sea
Muối bỏ bể
15. A drowning man will catch at a straw
Còn nước còn tát
Khó dịch quá!
Được cup79 sửa chữa / chuyển vào 23:01 ngày 09/04/2004