英語諺語來源于生活,反映了生活,凝聚著英語民族的智慧和精髓。它言簡意賅、淺顯風趣,生動形象地提示了深刻的人生哲理。
(一)時間是金,其值無價
Time is money.
時間就是金錢或一寸光陰一寸金)
Time flies.
光陰似箭,日月如梭)
Time has wings.
(光陰去如飛)
Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
(光陰如銼,細磨無聲)
Time stays not the fool's leisure.
(時間不等閑逛的傻瓜)
Time and I against any two.
(和時間攜起手來,一人抵兩人)
Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.
(時間就是生命,懶人消耗時間就是消耗自己的生命?;驎r間就是生命,節(jié)省時間,就是延長生命)
Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.
(消磨于惡習或愚行的時間是加倍的損失)
(二)時間是風,去而不返
Time undermines us.
(光陰暗中催人才。或莫說年紀小人生容易老)
Time and tide wait for no man.
(歲月不待人)
Time cannot be won again.
(時間一去不再來)
Time is , time was , and time is past.
(現(xiàn)在有時間,過去有時間,時間一去不復返)
Time lost can not be recalled.
(光陰一去不復返)
Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.
(光陰似箭,一去不返)