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1.a dog in the manger占着茅坑不拉屎的人
出自《伊索寓言》(Aesop’s Fables)，有一篇狗站马槽的故事，说的是一头狗躺在堆满稻草的马槽里，狗是不吃草的动物，而当马或牛一走进稻草时，这头狗却朝着马，牛狂哮，不准食草动物享用。因此，“狗站马槽”就成了一个家喻户晓的成语而进入英语中，常用来比喻a person who prevents others from enjoying something that is useless to himself; a churlish fellow who will neither use a thing himself nor let others use it，讽刺那些占据说职位或某些物质却不做事的人。
a dog in the manger是个名词性短语，常与系动词连用，充当表语（主语补足语）
eg: He borrowed a lot of books from the library, but he didn’t read a book. He was really a dog in the manger.
There are some officials who are only the dogs in the manger.
Smith was a dog in the manger over that roll of wire; it was no use whatever to him,but he wouldn’t let us have it.
2.bell the cat自告奋勇去冒险；老虎头上拍苍蝇
bell the cat系成语to hang the bell about the cat’s neck的简略，愿意是“给猫的脖子上挂铃”。它来自《伊索寓言》(Aesop’s Fables)中的《老鼠会议》(The Mice in Council)
这篇寓言讲的是：一群老鼠在鼠洞里举行会议，讨论如何对付凶狠的猫。白胡须老鼠提出：“我有个方法，在猫的脖子上挂一个铃。这样，猫一走动铃就响，我们就可以闻铃声而逃避了”，群鼠一致同意这个建议，欢呼：“That’s a capital idea. We will bell the cat! No more fear of the cat!”但是，谁去给猫挂铃铛呢？没有一只老鼠敢去，一个个都溜掉了。老鼠会议豪无结果，它们不安全的境况当然也无法改善。
寓言所寄托的意思很明白：遇到困难的问题时候，既需要有出谋献策的人，更需要有挺身而出的实干家。
bell the cat常用来比喻to do something dangerous in order to save others; to step forward bravely to face the danger; to take a risk for the good of others.
eg: Everybody made suggestion, but no one actually offered to bell the cat.
We didn’t know who would put him this delicate question when my friend offered to bell the cat.
3.cry wolf虚发警报；慌报险情；危言耸听
cry wolf来自《伊索寓言》：《牧童和狼》 （The Shepherdboy and the wolf）
有个牧童在离村子不远的山坡上放羊，有一次，他为了开心作乐，突然大喊：“Help! Help! The wolf!”全村的人都闻声跑来援助他时，才知道这只是开玩笑。如此恶作剧搞了两三次。后来，狼真的来了，那个牧童再呼号求救时，谁也不理会他了。于是，狼把他的羊吃了。
这篇寓言的意义很清楚：爱说谎话的.人，即或在他说真话时，也没人相信他。由此，人们用to cry wolf 来概括这篇寓言的基本情节及其教诫意义，用以比喻to give false alarms; to warn of danger where there is none之意。按其比喻意义，这个成语相当与汉语中出自《东周列国志》的典故：烽火戏诸侯。周幽王为博得宠妃褒泥一笑，竟然把军国大事当儿戏，烽火报警戏诸侯，使各路诸侯仓促发兵，驰援京师，结果收到嘲笑。后来犬戎进犯，幽王再举烽火调兵，谁也不来了，结果周幽王遭到杀身亡国之祸。这2个典故的情节虽不同，寓意却完全不一致，都是表示“一朝说假话，一世无人信”
eg: Nobody will believe he is in trouble because he has cried wolf so many times.
Is she really sick of is she just crying wolf?
The newspaper placards that had cried "wolf" so often, cried "wolf" now in vain.
4.Fish in Troubled Waters浑水摸鱼；趁火打劫；陷于混乱
Fish in Troubled Waters直译是：“浑水里捕鱼”，出自《伊索寓言·渔夫》
这篇寓言江的是：有个渔夫在河里张网捕鱼，他把鱼网横栏在河道里，然后拿了一条缚着石块的绳子，不停的拍击河水，使泥沙泛起，河水浑浊，鱼儿在慌乱中纷纷自投罗网，渔夫用这个方法捕得了好多鱼。但住在附近的人指责渔夫说：“我们饮水全靠这条河，你把水搞得这么浑，叫我们到哪里去找清水饮用呢？”渔夫回答说：“可是，我若不把水搞浑，那就非饿死不可了”
因此，人们常用to fish in trouble waters 比喻to try to win advantages for oneself from a disturbed state of affairs; to make use of sb’s misfortune to serve one’s own ends.并因此产生了谚语it’s good fishing in troubled waters（混水好摸鱼）。
在英语中，to fish in troubled waters 也可写成to fish in the muddy waters，而且water必须做waters。
eg:The man who interferes in South American politics is fishing in troubled waters
I refused to let them come here because i knew they only wanted to fish in troubled waters
Those who made large profits out of illegally selling rationed goods during World War II were fishing in troubled waters.
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英语名言引喻典故
名言其实是经过一些名人所经历的故事，所说过的经验话语摘录下来的。下面是我为大家整理的英语名言引喻典故，希望喜欢!
1、Truth and roses have thorns about them.
真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。
2、The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy.
勇者和智者均有同情谅解之心，而懦夫和愚者则毫无怜悯之。
3、Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity.
不幸与幸运都是正直的试金石。
4、Who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself?
谁能最恰当地评价一个人，他的敌人还是他自己?
5、All things are difficult before they are easy.
万事开头难。
6、Cunning proceeds from want of capacity.
狡诈出自于能力的缺乏。
7、You may be too cunning for one,but not for all.
蒙骗得了一人，但蒙骗不了所有的人。
8、Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴少。
9、Clean your finger,before you point at my spots.
先洗浄你的手指，再指出我的污迹。
10、He that can bear a reproof,and mend by it,if he is not wise,is in a fair way of being so.
能承受责备并据此改过者，若不算是智者，也距之不远。
11、Keep conscience clear,then never fear.
问心无愧，永无畏惧。
12、Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
含糊其词是谎话的近亲。
13、A great talker is a great liar.
最会夸夸其谈的`人也最会说谎。
14、When you're good to others,you are best to yourself.
善待他人，即是最善待自己。
15、What is serving God?'Tis doing good to man.
什么才算是为上帝奉献?即对人行善。
16、A quite conscience sleeps in thunder,but rest and guilt live far adunder.
平静的良心能在雷声中入睡，而安宁和负罪则无法毗邻。
17、There is no man so bad,but he secretly respects the good.
再坏的人都会暗自敬重好人。
18、A true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor.
真正的伟人既不大肆践踏小人物，也不会在皇帝面前奴颜卑膝。
19、Do me the favour to deny me at once.
立即把我拒绝，以此给我恩惠。
20、You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous.
如果你能多做善事，你会比王子还要幸福。
21、Who has deceiv'd thee so oft as thy self?
欺骗你的莫过于自己。
22、Nothing so popular as goodness.
最的欢迎的是善行。
23、The excellency of hogs is fatness,of men virtue.
猪的优点在于肥壮，人的优点在于美德。
24、Don't throw stones at your neightbours,if your own windows are glass.
假如你家的窗户是玻璃做的，别用石头打你的邻居。
25、The good seaman is known in bad weather.
惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。
26、Keep flax from fire,youth from gaming.
亚麻远离火苗，青年远离赌博。
27、The sun never repents of the good he does,nor does he ever demand a recompence.
太阳绝不为它所做的善事后悔，也从不指望任何报酬。
28、The sting of a reproach,is the truth of it.
指责带给你刺痛，正是它的忠实之处。
29、Virtue and happiness are mother and daugher.
美德和幸福犹如母女。
30、TAll mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good.
行善者，人人铭记之。
31、It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.
自欺是世上最易之事。
32、An old man in a house is a good sign.
家中有老是一个好迹象。
33、Beware,beware!he'll cheat'ithout scruple,who can without fear.
当心，当心!行骗而无所畏惧者，也将无所顾虑。
34、How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults.or resolution enough to mend them!
承认并改正错误，需要有足够的勇气和决心。
35、Thirst after desert,not reward.
渴求美德而非奖赏。
36、If thou injurest conscience,it will have its revenge on thee.
伤害良心，将受到良心的严惩。
37、If thou wouldest live long,live well;for folly and wickedness shorten life.
若欲求长寿，生活须行善，因为蠢行和邪恶会把生命缩短。
38、Each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout.
每年根除一恶习，恶根亦会成完人。
39、If you do what you should not,you must hear what you would not.
若做了不应做之事，则必然会听见不愿听之语。
40、Let thy vices die before thee.
让恶习先你死去。
41、Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
主动性就是在没有人告诉时做正确的事情。
42、Think twice before acting.
三思而后行。
43、Adversity reveals genius, fortune conceals it.
苦难显才华，好运藏天知。
44、The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
45、All roads lead to Rome.
行行出状元。
46、A stitch in time saves nine.
防微杜渐。
47、Diamond cuts diamond.
强中更有强中手。
48、The early bird catches the worm.
捷足先登。
49、Whatever you go, go with all your heart.
无论做什么事，一定要全力以赴。
50、Never put off until tomorrow what may be done today.
今日事今日毕。
51、Something attempted,something done.
没有尝试，就没有成功。
52、Hope for the best,prepare for the worst.
好处着想，坏处准备。
53、Great hope makes great man.
伟大的思想造就伟大的人。
54、A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不聚苔，转行不聚财。
55、When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
56、Knowledge is a measure, but practise is the key to it.
知识是珍宝，而实践是获取它的钥匙。
57、Lost time is never found again.
光阴一去不复返。
58、Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.
劳动强体，磨难强智。
59、Behind bad luck comes good luck.
塞翁失马，焉知非福。
60、All for one, one for all.
我为人人，人人为我。
61、Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
62、Suspicion is the poison of friendship.
怀疑是对友谊所下的毒药。
63、He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最美。
64、Follow your own course, and let people talk.
走自己的路，让别人说去吧。
65、What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.
婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。
66、Confidence is a plant of slow growth.
信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。
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The Dog in the Manger出自《伊索寓言》(Aesop's Fables)，The Dog in the Manger is a fable attributed to Aesop, concerning a dog who one afternoon lay down to sleep in the manger. On being awoken, he ferociously kept the cattle in the farm from eating the hay on which he chose to sleep, even though he was unable to eat it himself, leading an ox to mutter the moral of the fable: People often begrudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.狗站马槽的故事，说的是一头狗躺在堆满稻草的马槽里，狗是不吃草的动物，而当马或牛一走进稻草时，这头狗却朝着马，牛狂哮，不准食草动物享用。 因此，“狗站马槽”就成了一个家喻户晓的成语而进入英语中，常用来比喻a person who prevents others from enjoying sth that is useless to himself; a churlish fellow who will neither use a thing himself nor let others use it，讽刺那些占据说职位或某些物质却不做事的人。
大嘴Yuki
英语典故如下：
Promethean [prə'mi:θjən] fire普罗米修斯之火含义：智慧创新、文明开化的力量。典故：普罗米修斯，Prometheus [prəu'mi:θju:s]，是最具智慧的神明之一。他胆识过人，能未卜先知，名字便有“先见”（forethought）的意思。普罗米修斯从天庭盗火给了人类，使人间有了火种；他又传授各种技艺知识，使人间有了文化。
所以，普罗米修斯之火就指智慧创新、文明开化的力量。而普罗米修斯一词也被用于指代勇于创造、大胆创新的人物。例句1.I wonder from where he got the Promethean fire to produce such a masterpiece.不知道他从哪里得来的创意和灵感，创作出这样的杰作。
2.Ford was a kind of Promethean figure, taking a revolutionary new technology out of the hands of the élite and giving it directly to the people.福特可谓是普罗米修斯式的人物，他从社会精英的手中夺走革命性新技术直接反哺给社会大众。
