引用典故英語(英語中常用的典故)
1.英語中常用的典故
1. Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
2. God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者
3. Easier said than done.說起來容易做起來難。
4. Slow and steady wins the race.穩(wěn)扎穩(wěn)打無往而不勝。
5. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長一智。
6. Where there is a will,there is a way.有志者事竟成。
7. One false step will make a great difference.失之毫厘，謬之千里。
8. It's never too old to learn.活到老，學到老。
9. All that glitters is not gold.閃光的未必都是金子。
10. Experience is the mother of wisdom.實踐出真知。
11. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.只工作不休息，聰明孩子也變傻。
12. Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.無德之美猶如沒有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。
13. More hasty,less speed.欲速則不達。
14. Rome was not built in a day.偉業(yè)非一日之功。
15. Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同。
16. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。
17. Look before you leap.三思而后行。
18. Facts speak plainer than words.事實勝于雄辯。
19. Call back white and white back.顛倒黑白。
20. well begun,half done.好的開始等于成功的一半。
21. It is hard to please all.眾口難調。
22. Ill news travels fast.壞事傳千里。
23. Out of sight,out of mind.眼不見，心不念。
24. Beauty will buy no beef.漂亮不能當飯吃。
25. Like and like make good friends.趣味相投。
26. First things first.凡事有輕重緩急。
27. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難見真情。
28. To live is to learn,to learn is to better live.活著為了學習，學習為了更好的活著。
29. live not to eat,but eat to live.活著不是為了吃飯，吃飯為了活著。
30. Action speaks louder than words.行動勝過語言。
31. East or west,home is the best.金窩銀窩不如自家草窩。
32. It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.君子在德不在衣。
33. An idle youth,a needy age.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
34. As the tree,so the fruit.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
35. The older, the wiser.姜是老的辣。
2.哪里有關于英語典故的文章
The Dog in the Manger出自《伊索寓言》（Aesop's Fables），有一篇狗站馬槽的故事，說的是一頭狗躺在堆滿稻草的馬槽里，狗是不吃草的動物，而當馬或牛一走進稻草時，這頭狗卻朝著馬，?？裣?，不準食草動物享用。
因此，“狗站馬槽”就成了一個家喻戶曉的成語而進入英語中，常用來比喻a person who prevents others from enjoying sth that is useless to himself; a churlish fellow who will neither use a thing himself nor let others use it，諷刺那些占據說職位或某些物質卻不做事的人。
The Dog in the Manger is a fable attributed to Aesop, concerning a dog who one afternoon lay down to sleep in the manger. On being awoken, he ferociously kept the cattle in the farm from eating the hay on which he chose to sleep, even though he was unable to eat it himself, leading an ox to mutter the moral of the fable:
People often begrudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
The phrase is proverbial, referring to people who prevent others from having something that they themselves have no use for. A typical example is the child who discards a toy — until a sibling tries to play with it. Then the first child becomes possessive about something they no longer wanted.
A twist on the story was used by Charles Schulz in a "Peanuts" strip, in which Lucy van Pelt acquires a baseball card of Charlie Brown's favorite player, and she refuses to give it to him. After he leaves disconsolately, she decides she doesn't really like the card that well, and throws it away.
In Spanish, the story is called El Perro del Hortelano, or The Vegetable Gardener's Dog.
The metaphor is also attributed to Jesus in The Gospel of Thomas by comparing the dog with the Pharisees.
e a Helen of Troy in her family. Because of this she and her husband quarreled for a long time.4.The Trojan horse: the hidden danger; the covert wreckers; to engage in underhand activitiesThe superpowers are always sending the Trojan Horses to many countries in the world.They are defeated only because of the Trojan horse to many countries in the world.They are defeated only because of the Trojan horse in their country.5.Greek Gifts:a gift with some sinister purpose of the enemy. A gift sent in order to murder somebody. = when the fox preaches, take care of your geese.1.he is always buying you expensive clothes, I'm afraid they are Greek gifts for you.2.Comrades, be on guard against the Greek gifts.6.A Penelope's web, the web of Penelope:a chaste woman, a Penelope's web, the tactics of delaying sth on purpose; the task that can never be finished.1. Mr. Jones made a long speech at the meeting. Everyone else though it a Penelope's web.7.Swan Song: black swan. A last or fare well appearance; the last work before death.1. all the tickets have been sold for the singer's performance in London this week----the public clearly believes that this will be her swan song.2. The Tempest was Shakespeare's swan song in 1612.3. before turning over the gavel, he delivered the swan song as chairman of the board.4. this building turned out to be the swan song of Victorian architecture.8.Win/gain laurels: to win reputation; to acquire honor.9.To look to one's laurels: to beware of losing one's reputation; to keep one's record from being beaten by others. 衛(wèi)冕。
4.有哪些英語諺語的典故
Playing the Lute to a Cow 對牛彈琴 In ancient times was a man who played the zither very well. Once, he played a tune in front of a cow, hoping that the cow would appreciate it. The tune was melodious ,but the cow showed no reaction, and just kept on eating grass. The man sighed, and went away. This idiom is used to indicate[5IndIket]reasoning with stubborn[5stQbLn]people or talking to the wrong audience。
5.用英語講述五個中華成語經典故事
Mother-in-law CiZi（岳母刺字） Yue fei from the angel of the YangMe the mid-ming parent fear future employer and bad tu to seduce yue fei,if temporarily,make not by talent can be confused allegiance,illustrious name will be destroyed.Then pray god spirit and fathers,in yue fei back the words "dedicated to serve the country" four words.。
6.英語成語故事帶翻譯
Sweat is HuoGuang, emperor han commander-in-chief of TuoGu ministers, drinking eight years of emperor han style-came kisen, ruling pomp very heavy. HuoGuang nearby have a call YangChang people, act is timid, popular with HuoGuang recognition, rose to prime minister position, seal for anping syndrome. Actually, YangChang humanness cowardly incompetence, timid, not when the prime minister of the material. 74 B.C., was only twenty one-year-old han emperor died.both in WeiYangGong kisen, with all the princes HuoGuang counsel, chose the emperor's grandson made WangLiuHe nearbu heir. Behold LiuHe ascended the mid-north song and dance, often pleasure-resorts. HuoGuang heard later, anxieties, and bike ride general ZhangAn births, TianYanNian secret counsel, on to nullify LiuHe, set up other Yin jun. After TianYanNian HuoGuangPa goading agreed to jointly YangChang, tell gun. YangChang all of a sudden, she was scared to sweat, panic, just something indistinctly fence. YangChang wife, is TaiShiGong sima qian's daughter, quite have the guts. She saw her husband shilly-shally appearance, secretly worried, while TianYanNian change clothes walk away, infero-anterior advised her husband and said, "National affairs, will shilly-shally. General has ChengYi, you should also chosin reservoir, otherwise inevitable difficult ahead." YangChang step back and forth in the house, but had no acid attention. Just at this time TianYanNian back, SiMaFu people avoid inferior, straight-tempered without embarrassment and TianYanNian meet, told TianYanNian, her husband willing to listen to the general's command. TianYanNian after listening pleased to take leave walk. TianYanNian returns HuoGuang, HuoGuang very satisfied. YangChang brought all the princes immediately arrange table, playing please dowager. The next day, YangChang advice, ernie see luang nearbu king unbearable successin statement of reason. Queen letter removed immediately LiuHe, another sign of emperor of the once SunLiu enquiry for jun, was said han XuanDi.Idioms citations, han shu YangChang biography of our afraid, not words. Jia sweated back ACTS yes just.Idioms interpretations ", "Jia drenched, sweating much soaked backbone. Describe sweat. Also describe extreme fear or ashamed excessive.汗流浹背 漢大將軍霍光，是漢武帝的托孤重臣，輔佐八歲即位的漢昭帝執(zhí)政，威勢很重。
霍光身邊有個叫楊敞的人，行事謹小慎微，頗受霍光賞識，升至丞相職位，封為安平候。其實，楊敞為人懦弱無能，膽小怕事，根本不是當丞相的材料。
公元前74年，年僅廿一歲的漢昭帝駕崩于未央宮，霍光與眾臣商議，選了漢武帝的孫子昌邑王劉賀作繼承人。誰知劉賀繼位后，經常宴飲歌舞，尋歡作樂。
霍光聽說后，憂心忡忡，與車騎將軍張安世、大司馬田延年秘密商議，打算廢掉劉賀，另立賢君。計議商定后，霍光派田延年告訴楊敞、以便共同行事。
楊敞一聽，頓時嚇得汗流浹背，驚恐萬分，只是含含糊糊，不置可否。楊敞的妻子，是太史公司馬遷的女兒，頗有膽識。
她見丈夫猶豫不決的樣子，暗暗著急，趁田延年更衣走開時，上前勸丈夫說；“國家大事，豈能猶豫不決。大將軍已有成議，你也應當速戰(zhàn)速決，否則必然太難臨頭?！?/p>
楊敞在房里來回酸步，卻拿不定注意。正巧此時田延年回來，司馬夫人回避不及，索性大大方方地與田延年相見，告知田延年，她丈夫愿意聽從大將軍的吩咐。
田延年聽了后高興地告辭走了。田延年回報霍光，霍光十分滿意，馬上安排楊敞領眾臣上表，奏請皇太后。
第二天，楊敞與群臣遏見皇太后，陳述昌邑王不堪繼承王位的原因。太后立即下詔廢去劉賀，另立漢武帝的曾孫劉詢?yōu)榫?，史稱漢宣帝。
成語出處《漢書·楊敞傳》敝驚懼，不知所言。汗出浹背徒唯唯而已。
成語釋義“浹”，濕透，出汗多，濕透脊梁。形容滿身大汗。
也形容極度惶恐或慚愧過度。
7.英語諺語典故,急要英語典故,不要光寫諺語,謝了
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An Apple of Discord爭斗之源；不和之因；禍根 An Apple of Discord直譯為“糾紛的蘋果”，出自荷馬史詩Iliad中的希臘神話故事 傳說希臘阿耳戈英雄（Argonaut）珀琉斯（Peleus）和愛琴海海神涅柔斯的女兒西蒂斯（Thetis）在珀利翁山舉行婚禮，大擺宴席。 他們邀請了奧林匹斯上（Olympus）的諸神參加喜筵，不知是有意還是無心，惟獨沒有邀請掌管爭執(zhí)的女神厄里斯（Eris）。
這位女神惱羞成怒，決定在這次喜筵上制造不和。于是，她不請自來，并悄悄在筵席上放了一個金蘋果，上面鐫刻著“屬于最美者”幾個字。
天后赫拉（Hera），智慧女神雅典娜（Athena）、愛與美之神阿芙羅狄蒂（Aphrodite），都自以為最美，應得金蘋果，獲得“最美者”稱號。她們爭執(zhí)不下，鬧到眾神之父宙斯（Zeus）那里，但宙斯礙于難言之隱，不愿偏袒任何一方，就要她們去找特洛伊的王子帕里斯（Paris）評判。
三位女神為了獲得金蘋果，都各自私許帕里斯以某種好處：赫拉許給他以廣袤國土和掌握富饒財寶的權利，雅典娜許以文武全才和勝利的榮譽，阿芙羅狄蒂則許他成為世界上最美艷女子的丈夫。年青的帕里斯在富貴、榮譽和美女之間選擇了后者，便把金蘋果判給愛與美之神。
為此，赫拉和雅典娜懷恨帕里斯，連帶也憎恨整個特洛伊人。后來阿芙羅狄蒂為了履行諾言，幫助帕里斯拐走了斯巴達國王墨涅俄斯的王后---絕世美女海倫（Helen），從而引起了歷時10年的特洛伊戰(zhàn)爭。
不和女神厄里斯丟下的那個蘋果，不僅成了天上3位女神之間不和的根源，而且也成為了人間2個民族之間戰(zhàn)爭的起因。 因此，在英語中產生了an apple of discord這個成語，常用來比喻any subject of disagreement and contention;the root of the trouble;dispute等意義 這個成語最初為公元2世紀時的古羅馬歷史學家馬克?朱里?尤斯丁（Marcus Juninus Justinus）所使用，后來廣泛的流傳到歐洲許多語言中去，成為了一個國際性成語。
eg: He throwing us an apple of discord,we soon quarrelled again。 The dispute about inheriting estate formed an apple of discord between them。
This problem seems to be an apple of discord between the Soviet union and the USA。2。
The Heel of Achilles 亦作The Achilles' Heel唯一弱點；薄弱環(huán)節(jié)；要害 The Heel of Achilles直譯是“阿基里斯的腳踵”，是個在歐洲廣泛流行的國際性成語。 它源自荷馬史詩Iliad中的希臘神話故事。
阿基里斯是希臘聯軍里最英勇善戰(zhàn)的驍將，也是荷馬史詩Iliad里的主要人物之一。傳說他是希臘密耳彌多涅斯人的國王珀琉斯和海神的女兒西蒂斯所生的兒子。
阿基里斯瓜瓜墜地以后，母親想使兒子健壯永生，把他放在火里鍛煉，又捏著他的腳踵倒浸在冥河（Styx）圣水里浸泡。 因此阿基里斯渾身象鋼筋鐵骨，刀槍不入，只有腳踵部位被母親的手捏住，沒有沾到冥河圣水，成為他的唯一要害。
在特洛伊戰(zhàn)爭中，阿基里斯驍勇無敵，所向披靡，殺死了特洛伊主將，著名英雄赫克托耳（Hector），而特洛伊的任何武器都無法傷害他的身軀。后來，太陽神（Apollo）把阿基里斯的弱點告訴了特洛伊王子帕里斯，阿基里斯終于被帕里斯誘到城門口，用暗箭射中他的腳踵，負傷而死。
因此，the heel of Achilles，也稱the Achilles' heel，常用以表示a weak point in something that is otherwise without fault;the weakest spot等意思。 eg:The shortage of fortitude is his heel of Achilles。
His Achilles' heel was his pride--he would get very angry if anyone criticized his work。 3。
Helen of Troy3。Helen of Troy 直譯"特洛伊的海倫"，源自源自荷馬史詩Iliad中的希臘神話故事。
Helen是希臘的絕世佳人，美艷無比，嫁給希臘南部邦城斯巴達國王墨涅俄斯（Menelaus）為妻。 后來，特洛伊王子帕里斯奉命出事希臘，在斯巴達國王那里做客，他在愛與美之神阿芙羅狄蒂的幫助下，趁著墨涅俄斯外出之際，誘走海倫，還帶走了很多財寶 此事激起了希臘各部族的公憤，墨涅俄斯發(fā)誓說，寧死也要奪回海輪，報仇雪恨。
為此，在希臘各城邦英雄的贊助下，調集十萬大軍和1180條戰(zhàn)船，組成了希臘聯軍，公推墨涅俄斯的哥哥阿枷門農（Agamemnon）為聯軍統帥，浩浩蕩蕩，跨海東征，攻打特洛伊城，企圖用武力奪回海輪。 雙方大戰(zhàn)10年，死傷無數，許多英雄戰(zhàn)死在沙場。
甚至連奧林匹斯山的眾神也分成2個陣營，有些支持希臘人，有些幫助特洛伊人，，彼此展開了一場持久的惡斗。最后希臘聯軍采用足智多謀的奧德修斯（Odusseus）的“木馬計”，里應外合才攻陷了特洛伊。
希臘人進城后，大肆殺戮，帕里斯王子也被殺死，特洛伊的婦女、兒童全部淪為奴隸。 特洛伊城被掠奪一空，燒成了一片灰燼。
戰(zhàn)爭結實后，希臘將士帶著大量戰(zhàn)利品回到希臘，墨涅俄斯搶回了美貌的海輪重返故土。這就是特洛伊戰(zhàn)爭的起因和結局。
正是由于海輪，使特洛伊遭到毀滅的悲劇，真所謂“傾國傾城”，由此產生了Helen of Troy這個成語。 特洛伊戰(zhàn)爭的真實性，已為19世紀德國考古學家謝里曼在邁錫尼發(fā)掘和考證古代特洛伊古城廢墟所證實。
至于特洛伊城被毀的真正原因，雖然眾說紛紜，但肯定決。
