美国人常挂在嘴边的200句

　　151-----Will wonders never cease?

　　Said when someone has done something untypical of him or her and much better than was expected. It may also be used of a technological breakthrough.

　　152-----Do not stand out, fit in

　　Make no long-term, close friendships with any colleague., but be cordial to all.

　　153-----There is no morality in struggles for power

　　In struggles for power, your judgements should be based entirely on self-interest and finding as direct and economical a route to your goal as possible.

　　154-----Natural law is blind

　　Just like water, cleaness and refreshes without any distinction, and without any judgement either.

　　155-----The more things change, the more they stay the same

　　Said when an apparent change is only superficial.

　　156-----Happiness is a choice and misery is optional

　　The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.

　　157-----The leopard cannot change his spots

　　Some people are not willing or able to change their chartacter. This is said when a notoriously bad person tries to change but fails into the same mistake all over again.

　　158-----Man proposes, God disposes

　　Human beings make their plans but God determines whether they succeed or not.

　　159-----A live dog is better than a dead lion

　　It may be better to run away like a scared dog with its tail between its legs than to stand and fight to the death like a courageous lion.

　　160-----It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind

　　Since women are often considered more emotional and less logical than men, and since emotions are more changeable than reasons, women are allowed to change their minds.

　　161-----Spare the rod and spoil the child

　　An undisciplined child will turn out to be a rotten person. Many parents think that any physical punishment of children is abusive, while many others think that without it, children grow up to be morally retarded.

　　162-----Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me

　　A taunt used by people claiming that an insult did not affect them.

　　163-----The worm turns

　　Everything chnages. Do not expect situations or people to stay the same for very long.

　　164-----You are what you eat

　　A nation's diet can be more revealing than it's art or literature.

　　165-----Marriages are made in heaven

　　God is the source of human love and the one who destines two individuals to be married. This proverb is going out of fashion since it goes against individual freedom.

　　166-----If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours

　　If you do something good for me, I should do something good for you.

　　167-----Office politics are secret and dirty and there is never an end to it

　　To survive, be patient--watch, listen and say little; to win, be patient--survive, plan and then strike swiftly.

　　168-----Work smarter, not harder

　　Get others to do as much as they can for you.

　　169-----Time heals all wounds

　　The damage done by a conflict is like a wound that will heal naturally over time if it is not re-injured.

　　170-----No news is good news

　　If a friend is travelling and one does not hear from him/her, one may assume that everything is going well. As another proverb says, Bad news travels fast.

　　171-----Time marches on

　　Time is marching to its own drumbeat. It does not slow down or stop for anyone.

　　172-----Keeping up with Joneses

　　This means buying things that you see your neighbors buying. That way you look like just as much a success as they do.

　　173-----A man may work from sun to sun, but woman's work is never done

　　Men may have to work long days but they can go home to rest in the evening. Women can never get away from what used to be called "women's work," such as cooking and cleaning.

　　174-----The sooner the better

　　A wish for quick action or quick change. Once a decision has been made, there is no point in waiting to carry it out.

　　175-----A good captain goes down with his ship

　　The captain remains on board his ship even when all hope to save it is lost.