谚语用英语怎么说？

谚语

• [yàn yǔ]
  proverb，saying，adage，saw，aphorism

例句

• “Practice makes perfect.” is a proverb. “熟能生巧”是一句谚语。
• Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. [谚语]寄予乐观的希望，作最坏的准备。
• A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 字面意思穷人的一只羔羊比富人的一头牛还要珍贵。翻译为谚语 穷人眼中的一只羊,贵似富人一头牛。
• Although superstitions involve beliefs and practices, they are usually transmitted as sayings. 虽然迷信涉及的是信仰和行为, 但它往往以谚语的形式出现.
• Light gains make heavy purses. 〔谚语〕因小失大.
• A proverb distils the wisdom of ages. 谚语是许多世纪智慧的精华.
• Some adages are gems . Others are fool's gold. 一些谚语是珍宝. 其它的是废话.
• In those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations ( Maya Angelou ) 在那些朴实的谚语中蕴含着几代人集体智慧的结晶 ( 马雅安琪罗 )
• Biblical proverbs include " Money is the root of all evil " ( misquoted from I Tim . vi, 10 ). 有一句谚语出自圣经,叫做 “ 钱是万恶之源 ” ( 从《提摩太书》第六卷第十节误引而来 ).
• His conversation was larded with Russian proverbs. 他交谈时夹杂了很多俄国谚语.

同义词

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英汉词典释义

• [yàn yǔ]
  proverb; saying; adage; saw; byword

汉语词典释义

• 词语 谚语
  拼音 yàn yǔ
  解释 (名)在群众中间流传的固定语句,用简单通俗的话反映出深刻的道理,如“三个臭皮匠,赛过诸葛亮."偏正式:谚(语.解释~.(作宾语)
  构成 偏正式：谚（语
  例句 解释～。（作宾语）
  释义

  (名)在群众中间流传的固定语句，用简单通俗的话反映出深刻的道理，如“三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。”