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发表于 2008-4-5 00:08:38
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another very interesting thing
there is always "no" instead of "not" in some idiom.
Old bees yield no honey.老蜂不酿蜜
Old foxes want no tutors.
Once is no custom.一次不成规
Once on shore, we pray no more.
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.三人成虫
One flower makes no garland.
One man, no man.
Poverty is apain, but no disgrace.
Poverty is no shame, laziness is.
time/wind and tide wait for no man.时光不等人
Slow help is no help.
Soft (or Fine or Kind) words butter no parsnips.画饼充饥
Talking mends no holes.空谈无补
The belly has no ears.饥汉无耳; 饥不纳言,肚子饿了就听不进去话
The sea refuses no river.
The sleeping fox catches no poultry.睡觉的狐狸抓不到鸡鸭.
The voice of one man is the voice of no one.一个人的声音是没有力量的.
Truth needs no colour; beauty, no pencil.真理不些要色彩,美丽不需涂饰.
Praise no man till he is dead.
Call no man happy until he dies.盖棺才能定论。 |
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