Posted by: cyanchin on: August 21, 2009
Please check your work for proverb 41 – 60.
| 41. | He who lies down with dogs will rise with fleas. | 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 |
| 42. | Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it. | 鷸蚌相爭，漁人得利 |
| 43. | A drop in the bucket / ocean. | 車水杯薪 |
| 44. | Like a duck in the thunder storm. | 驚惶失措 |
| 45. | The early bird catches the worms. /
First come, first served. |
先到先得 |
| 46. | (It is easy) to go to the crowd. | 隨波逐流 |
| 47. | To be out at elbows. | 捉襟見肘 |
| 48. | An empty bag cannot stand upright. | 辭窮理屈 |
| 49. | Enough is as good as a feast. | 知足常樂 |
| 50. | An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. | 以眼還眼，以牙還牙 |
| 51. | He who gives you fair words, feeds you with an empty spoon. | 口惠而實不至 |
| 52. | If a man falls, all will tread on him. | 落井下石 / 一沉百踩 |
| 53. | To meet one’s fate with resignation. | 聽天由命 |
| 54. | Like father, like son. /
Eagles do not breed doves. / A wild goose never laid a tame egg. |
虎父無犬子 |
| 55. | To find fault with. | 吹毛求疵 |
| 56. | To feather one’s nest. | 人要衣裝 |
| 57. | A feather shows the way the wind blows. | 一葉知秋 |
| 58. | To feel like a fish out of the water. /
Like a fish in the water. |
如魚得水 |
| 59. | To fish for compliment. | 沽名釣譽 |
| 60. | To fish in the air or hunt in the sea. | 緣木求魚 |
