托福常用諺語

1.愛屋及烏 Love me, love my dog.

2.百聞不如一見 (眼見為實 )Seeing is believing.

3.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.

4.笨鳥先飛 A slow sparrow should make an early start.

5.不眠之夜 white night

6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

7.不遺余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one’s best

8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.

9.拆東墻補西墻 rob Peter to pay Paul

10.辭舊迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

11.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

12.大開眼界 open ones eyes; broaden ones horizon; be an eye-opener

13.國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

14.過猶不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

15.功夫不負有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.