邻家芳草绿英语

直译： 山另一侧/篱笆另一边/的草总是更绿。 意译： 邻家芳草绿；隔岸风景好；外国的月亮比较圆；这山还望山高。参见《绝望的主妇》中的对白。on the other side of the fence

Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. (Horace, ancient Roman poet) 苦难显才华，好运隐天资。(古罗马诗人 贺拉斯) Almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the attitude we bring to. (Lucius Annaus Seneca, Ancient Roman philosopher) 差不多任何一种处境——无论是好是坏——都受到我们对待处境的态度的影响。(古罗马哲学家 西尼加 L A) Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. (Hellen Keller, American writer) 虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的(美国作家 海伦·凯勒) Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. (John Kennedy, American president) 从希望中得到欢乐，在苦难中保持坚韧。(美国总统 肯尼迪 J) Sweet are the uses of adversity.(William Shakspeare,British Playwriter) 苦尽甘来。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚 W) I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. (Ernest Hemingway, USA writer) 我只知道所谓道德是指你事后觉得好的东西，所谓不道德是指你事后觉得不好的东西。(美国作家 海明威.E.) Morality is the herd instinct in the individual. (German Philosopher) 道德是个人心目中的群居本能。(德国哲学家 尼采.F.) Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. (william shakewspeare British dramalist) 如果送礼的人不是出于真心，再贵重的礼物也会失去它的价值。(英国剧作家 莎 士比亚. W)nothing in the world is impossible if you set your mind to do it 有志者事竟成 never put off till tomorrow what you can do today 今日事,今日毕 the early bird catches the worm 早到的鸟儿有虫吃 it's better than never 有总比没有好 Pain past is pleasure. 过去的痛苦即快乐。 All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事必先难后易。 Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 心之所愿，无事不成。 Where there is life, there is hope. 有生命必有希望。 I feel strongly that I can make it. 我坚信我一定能成功。 Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. 与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。 The shortest answer is doing. 最简短的回答就是行动。 Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. 成功的秘诀就是四个简单的字：多一点点。 Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同 One picture is worth a thousand wards.百闻不如一见 Nothing ventured,nothing gained.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Life is full of ups and dowms.生活充满起伏。 It's no use crying over spilt milk./What's done cannot be undone.覆水难收 The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.隔岸风景好；邻家芳草绿。 Hunger is the best sauce.饥饿是最好的调味品 Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。 God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。 Love me,love my dog.爱屋及乌 He bites off more than he can chew.贪多嚼不烂 To teach a fish how to swim.孔子面前卖文章。 Rome wasn't built in a day.伟业非一业建成。 Well begun,half done.好的开始是成功的一半 Every cloud has a silver lining.否极泰来 Look before you leap.三思而后行。 Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚 A little knowledge is dangerous.一知半解最危险 Clothes make the man.人要衣装，佛要金装 A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口 History repeats itself.历史会重演 Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁

The grass is always greener/这山望着那山高和这个惯用语基本相当的中文说法是“这山望着那山高”。意思就是说得不到的总是看起来更诱人一些，总是比已经拥有的好。常常只说The grass is always greener,而省略后面的on the other side of the fence.比如说，刚开始你觉得没男朋友挺好，自由自在，but when you haven’t been out for a while you may start to envy of Grace’s dates with her handsome boy. :-) Oh well, the grass is always greener.是不是呢？ Example Dialog: Sandra: How are things going with your new job?新工作做的怎么样？ Lisa: Not bad. But not as wonderful as I’d expected before I secured it.还不错。但没我上班前想得那么好。 Sandra: Well, I understand that. You know, the grass is always greener.是啊，我理解，还没得到一件东西时总觉得它很诱人。

Have an aim in life, or your energies will be wasted. 没有目标的一生注定碌碌无为，确定一个目标吧。——R.Peters Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标，就像航海没有罗盘。 ——John Ruskin One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve. 人犯错误最危险的一种就是忘记自己的目标是什么。 ——Paul Nitze High expectations are the key to everything. 远大理想是开启万物的钥匙。 ——Sam Walton What makes life dreary is the want of motive. 缺少动力将让生活无聊乏味。 ——G.Eliot If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. 如果你等待，发生的只是你变老。 ——Larry McMurtry Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. 不要试图去做个成功者，宁可做个有价值的人。 ——Einstein Hope deserts us at no period of our existence. 在我们一生中，希望从来未遗弃过我们。 ——R.L.Stevenson Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. 希望是顿美好的早餐，但却是顿糟糕的晚餐。——Francis Bacon It is not by the grey of the hair that one knows the age of the heart. 白发并不能告诉你一个人心灵的年纪。 ——Edward B.Lytton If you do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old. 如果年轻时不培养知识，年老时将没有乘凉的树荫。——Chesterfield Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 进步乃今日之努力，明日之保证。 ——Emerson Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret. 青年时卤莽；中年时奋斗；老年时后悔。 ——Benjamin Disraeli Time drops in decay, Like a candle burnt out. 时间一点一滴地流逝，如同蜡烛慢慢燃尽。——Willian Yeats One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name. 光辉人生中忙碌的一个小时抵得过碌碌无为的一生。——Scott When your will is ready, your feet are light. 当你的意志坚强了，你前进的脚步就轻快了。 ——Herbert To a crazy ship all winds are contrary. 对于一只盲目航行的船而言，所有方向的风都是逆风。——Herbert Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in raising every time we fall. 人生的光荣不在于从不失败，而在于跌倒后每次都能站起来。——O.Goldsmith My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. 并不是我的所有愿望都能实现，但我依然拥有希望。——Ovid All the advantage isn't in running fast, but rather in getting an early start. 优势不在于跑得快，而在于起身早。 ——Rabelais To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. 去奋斗，去追求，去发现，但不要放弃。 ——Tennyson Ages are all equal, but genius is always above it's age. 一切时代都是平等的，但天才总是超越自己所处的时代。——William Blake Unhappy, hope; happy, be cautions. 失意时，满怀希望；得意时，凡事审慎。 ——Robert Burton The world is like a mirror; frown at it and it frowns at you; smile and it smiles too. 世界如一面镜子：皱眉视之，它也皱眉看你；笑着对它，它也笑着看你。 ——H.L.Samuel Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without a direction, there is no life. 理想是灯塔。没有理想，就没有明确的航向；没有航向就没有生活。——Leo Tolstoy One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low. 一个目标过高和过低都会偏离靶心。 ——Thomas Fuller Life's like a play: It's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. 生活如一个剧本：重要的不是长度而是演出精彩与否。——Seneca A man's not old, but mellow, like good wine. 人不会老朽， 而是越来越有味道，就像美酒。 ——Stephen Phillips The world is like a mirror; frown at it and it frowns at you; smile and it smiles too. 世界如一面镜子：皱眉视之，它也皱眉看你；笑着对它，它也笑着看你。 ——H.L.Samuel Of this I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future. 有一点我可以确信，如果我们就过去和现在展开一场争吵， 我们就会发现我们已失去将来。——W.Churchill A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness. 通往幸福的最大障碍就是对幸福苛求太多。 ——Fontenelle Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful. 精彩的人生未必完美。 ——Annette Funicello

The suptreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -----------------------Victor Hugo 人生最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们------维克多 雨果 Cultured and fine manners are everywhere a passport to regard -----------------Johnson 得体的，高尚的举止常常是通行无阻得护照-----约翰逊What you love on the swings you get back on the roundabouts 失之东隅收之桑榆 Happiness does not drop from the sky ,it's to be created by our hands幸福不是从天上掉下来的，而要用双手来创造 No man lives without jostling and being jostled ,in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world giving and receiving offence ----------------Thomas Carlyle 没有人在生活中能与别人碰撞，他不得不以各种方式奋力挤过人群，冒犯别人的同时也忍受着别人的冒犯 ----------------托马斯 卡莱尔 Thought is the seed of action -----------------Emerson思想是行动的种子nothing in the world is impossible if you set your mind to do it 有志者事竟成 never put off till tomorrow what you can do today 今日事,今日毕 the early bird catches the worm 早到的鸟儿有虫吃 it's better than never 有总比没有好 Pain past is pleasure. 过去的痛苦即快乐。 All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事必先难后易。 Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 心之所愿，无事不成。 Where there is life, there is hope. 有生命必有希望。 I feel strongly that I can make it. 我坚信我一定能成功。 Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. 与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。 The shortest answer is doing. 最简短的回答就是行动。 Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. 成功的秘诀就是四个简单的字：多一点点。 Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同 One picture is worth a thousand wards.百闻不如一见 Nothing ventured,nothing gained.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Life is full of ups and dowms.生活充满起伏。 It's no use crying over spilt milk./What's done cannot be undone.覆水难收 The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.隔岸风景好；邻家芳草绿。 Hunger is the best sauce.饥饿是最好的调味品 Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。 God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。 Love me,love my dog.爱屋及乌 He bites off more than he can chew.贪多嚼不烂 To teach a fish how to swim.孔子面前卖文章。 Rome wasn't built in a day.伟业非一业建成。 Well begun,half done.好的开始是成功的一半 Every cloud has a silver lining.否极泰来 Look before you leap.三思而后行。 Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚 A little knowledge is dangerous.一知半解最危险 Clothes make the man.人要衣装，佛要金装 A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口 History repeats itself.历史会重演 Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁

1）这句是英文中的idiom（习语、谚语）

2）可译为“隔岸风景好；邻家芳草绿”、“这山望着那山高”、“见异思迁”、“他乡月更圆”，意思就是说得不到的总是看起来更诱人一些，总是比已经拥有的好。

3）常常只说The grass is always greener,而省略后面的on the other side of the fence.