美国人常挂在嘴边的200句

　　76-----Money doesn't grow on trees

　　You have to work for things. Success does not come on its own.

　　77-----Easy come, easy go

　　If you have received something without working for it, it may soon be gone. You will not be as careful with it as you will be with something you earned.

　　78-----Too many cooks spoil the broth

　　Individual action or action by the smallest group possible is better than consulting a lot of people. Too much consultation will waste time and create problems.

　　79-----Stand on your own two feet

　　Grow up; act like an adult. Don't ask me to do something for you. This may be said to a young or immature person who depends too much on others. It is like a cow kicking a grown calf that wants to suckle.

　　80------If you want something done right, do it yourself

　　This discourages people from trusting anyone except themselves. It maybe said to someone who ask another person to do a job for him/her and then complains about it was done.

　　81------Necessity is the mother of invention

　　When a person really needs something, he or she figures out some new way to get it. This creative initiative to change one's situation is considered much better than giving up and accepting things as they are.

　　82------First come, first served.

　　This saying is used when there is a limited supply of something such as tickets to an event or food at a picnic. The idea is that no matter what your status, if you want some of what is being given away or sold, you must present yourself in person and in good time.

　　83-----No pain no gain

　　one must put forth an effort in order to succeed. This saying comes from physical fitness instructors. They say that if you do not exercise hard enough to make your muscles hurt, the exercise is not doing you much good.

　　84-----Give him an inch and he'll take a mile

　　Be careful of presumptuous people who take more initiative than they should. If you do someone a small favor or delegate a little permission or a little power, he or she may take advantage of you.

　　85-----If it isn't broke, don't fix it

　　Do not bother trying to improve something if it is already working satisfactorily. That is a waste of time and you run the risk of breaking the thing while you are trying to improve it.

　　86-----There is no harm in trying

　　A person expects to be respected for making an effort even if it does not succeed.

　　87-----The cure is worse than the disease

　　While trying to solve one problem, we create an even bigger problem. We would have been better off if we had done nothing.

　　88-----Count to ten before you lose your temper

　　Do not instantly let your feelings control your actions. Slow down. Think before you react.

　　89-----All things come to him who waits

　　Sometimes patience is better than initiative.

　　90-----There is many a slip between the cup and the lip

　　This refers to a plan that has gone wrong. When one is drinking from a cup, one intends to get all the drink into the mouth, but this does not always happen. The plan is good but it can still fail.

　　91-----Boys will be boys

　　People will act according to their nature, including some mischief. This is sometimes used to describe irresponsible but not too seriously wrong behavior by men. In other words, grown men will sometimes act like little boys.

　　92------One bad apple can spoil the whole barrel

　　Do not associate with bad people. They may spoil you as a rotting apple spoils the apples next to it in the barrel.

　　93-----Better the devil you know than the devil you don't

　　People are generally not trustworthy. It is therefore better to deal with a familiar person or situation than an unknown one. That way you know what to watch out for and you can protect yourself better.

　　94-----Nobody is perfect

　　Everyone has shortcomings. This is used as an excuse for a minor Mistake that has been made.

　　95------The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

　　People are never satisfied with what they have. They always want what someone else has.

　　96-----A man is only as old as he feels

　　A person's energy level is more important than age.

　　97-----A man's home is his castle

　　At home a man is like a king, completely free to do as he wishes.

　　98-----Clothes make the man

　　The way a man dresses will affect the way he sees himself and the way other people see him. The implication is that if you want to succeed, dress for success.

　　99-----Two heads are better than one

　　Two people are more likely to succeed than one working or thinking alone. It is better to consult than to act alone.

　　100-----Beauty is only skin deep

　　One should admire a person, particularly a woman, for her deep, inner character and not simply for her superficial beauty.