谚语通常读来朗朗顺口、短小精悍又富含哲理,多积累一些谚语可以让我们笔下生花,让表达更为生动形象。和朋友交谈的时候谚语的使用也是必不可少的。当朋友气馁的时候说一句:Where there is a will, there is a way.或是God helps those who help themselves.这样鼓励他,可能就能驱散他心中迷茫的阴霾。当朋友冲动行事的时候说一句:Think twice, act wise.就能引导他,让他做出冷静的决定。
除此之外,还有这样一些永远能用到的谚语。
Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚,人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
Haste makes waste.
欲速则不达。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
海内存知己,天涯若比邻。
All time is no time when it is past.
机不可失,时不再来。
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
千里之行始于足下。
Man proposes; God disposes.
谋事在人,成事在天。
Merry meet, merry part.
好聚好散。