ضرب المثل انگلیسی به تفکیک حرف

[Maryam]

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• "Variety is the spice of life."

 

[Maryam]

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• "Waste not, want not."
• "We all make mistakes." انسان جایز الخطاست.
• "We are all in this together."
• "We must take the bad with the good."
• "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger."
• "What goes around comes around."
  • You will eventually have to face the consequences of your actions towards others as people tend to behave toward you as you have behaved toward others.
• "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
  • Possible Interpretation: If something is good for one person, it is good for everyone;
  • Alternative: "What's good for the goose is good for the gander."
• "When in Rome do as the Romans do." خواهی نشوی رسوا همرنگ جماعت باش! / اقلیت تابع اکثریت!
• "When the cat's away, the mice will play."
• "When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
• "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras."
• "Where one door shuts, another opens." خدا گر ز حکمت ببندد دری گشاید ز رحمت در دیگری
• "Where there's a will there's a way."خواستن توانستن است!
• "While the cat is away, the mice will play."
• "While there's life, there's hope."
• "Whiskey on beer, never fear. Beer on whiskey, mighty risky."
• "Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl."
• "Whom we love best, to them we can say the least."
• "Why have a dog and bark yourself?"
  • Asked of a leader who performs the work himself instead of distributing equally amongst his workers or subordinates.
• "Why pay for the cow when the milk is free?"
  • Why make a commitment when the benefits are available without the obligation? Commonly applied to sexual favors where "paying for the cow" refers to (a promise of) marriage.
• "Wide ears and short tongue are the best."
• "Winners never cheat and cheaters never win."
• "Without sleep, no health."
• Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere

 

[Maryam]

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• "You are responsible for you."

ترجمه: تو مسئول خودت هستی در فارسی: هر کسی رو تو گور خودش میذارند

• "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."

ترجمه: با عسل بهتر میتونی حشره بگبره تا با سرکه در فارسی : زبون نرم مار رو از سوراخش میکشونه بیرون

• "You can lead (take) a horse to water but you can't make it drink."
  • See also Dorothy Parker: "You can lead a horticulture, but you cannot make her think."

ترجمه: میتونی اسب رو ببری دم آب اما نمیتونی وارادش کنی که بخورش

• "You can't have it both ways."
• "You can't have your cake and eat it too."
  • Possible Interpretation: You cannot enjoy two mutually-exclusive benefits of the same situation.

ترجمه:نمیتونی دوتاش رو بخوای - نمیتونی هم کیکت رو بخوری هم نگهش داری در فارسی : هم خر و میخوای هم خرما؟

• "You can't judge a book by its cover."

ترجمه : از روی جلی کتاب نمیشه درباره اون قضات کرد فارسی: نمیشه از روی ظاهر آدما قضاوت کرد

• "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs."

ترجمه: بدون شکستن تخم مرغ نمیشه املت درست کرد

• "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."

ترجمه: از کوش یه خوک نمیتونی یه کیف ابریشمی درست کنی

• "You can't milk a cow with your hands in your pants."

ترجمه: نمیشه با دستی که تو جیبته گاو رو بدوشی

• "You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds."

ترجمه: نمیشه مثل خرگوش دوید و و شکار سگ شکاری رو داشت

• "You can't teach an old dog new tricks."
• "You can't teach grandma to suck eggs."

ترجمه: نمیشه به یه سگ پیر شیرینکاری یاد داد / دیگه برای یاد دادن ساک زدن به یه پیره زن خیلی دیره

• "You have to crawl before you can walk."

ترجمه: قبل از اینکه بتونی راه بری حتما باید بخزی

• "You'll always miss 100% of the [basketball] shots you don't take."

همیشه 100 درصد توپای پرتابی خودت رو که پرتاب نکردی گل نمیشه

• "You need to bait the hook to catch the fish."

برای شمکار ماهی حتما باید سر قلاب طعمه بزاری

• "You never know what you've got till it's gone."

هیچ وقت نمیدونی چی داری مگه زمانی که از دستش بدی

• "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."
  

ترجمه: پشتم رو بخارون تا پشتت رو بخارونم. معادل: هوامو داشته باش، هواتو داشته باشتم.

• "You will not rise to the occasion, you will default to the level of your training"
• "You lose some... and you win some... and some you don't even bother to play".

یه چیزیایی رو میبری یه چیزایی رو هم میبازی اما نباید از بازی برنجی

• "You can't grease a "pig" so many times that he can't be greased one more time."

به یه خوک که قبلا روغنی شده دیگه نمیتونی روغن بمالی





منبع : http://english-masters.mihanblog.com/