英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(132)

英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(132) 
 

1311.  The higher you climb, the harder you fall. 爬得越高，摔得越惨。我们中文也有这样的说法。The higher you climb, the more that you see. 站得高，看得远。'The higher you climb, the colder it gets. 高处不胜寒。

1312.  A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it, is committing another mistake.犯错不改，错上加错。（据说是孔子说的话，可我不知道原文，有谁可以帮一下。）

1313.  The computer games are their everything. 电脑游戏就是他们的一切。There are two sides to everything.凡事有利就有弊。Is there anything you would give up everything to defend? 世界上有没有值得你放弃一切而保存的东西？

1314.  The National Security forces will focus their power on any pro-democracy guys who have the courage to raise his or her head out of the foxhole. 只要那些民运分子敢抛头露面，国家安全局的人马就会倾巢出动来对付他们。foxhole, 战壕，raise one's head out of the foxhole 从隐藏处暴露出来，走向公开。Raising my head out of the political foxhole here on the battlefield, all seems quiet. Only distant rumbles becoming weaker. Peace at last? 我把头从政治搏斗的壕沟中小心地探了出来，发现一切似乎在归于平静，只有远处仍旧有依稀的争斗。终于可以获得和平了吗？相反的说法是：into the foxhole, 进入状况。

1315.  I don’t want to cause any hard feelings with his step-mother, but should I call her mother? 我不想叫他继母感到难堪，但我该称她为母亲吗？No hard feelings but I have to tell you that you are wrong. 我并不生气，但我得说，你错了。hard feelings 不好的感觉。

1316.  You need to get back together. 你头脑得好好地清醒清醒。

1317.  He won't take no for an answer. 他非得这样做不可。（他非得得到肯定的答复才满意。）

1318.  These people either spin history or express their philosophical and political opinion when they don't agree with you. 这些人不同意你的观点时，要不然篡改历史，要不然就乱撤哲学和政治。spin基本含义是旋转，这里作“篡改”解。

1319.  People's Daily is just a megaphone for the C Party but it is withering. Fewer and fewer people have confidence in its news. 人民日报不过是裆的喉舌，但每况愈下，信其报道的人是越来越少。megaphone 是麦克风，意“传声筒，喉舌”。

1320.  One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.箴18：9 作工懈怠的，与浪费人为弟兄。