砍柴用英语怎么说

当我到达农场时,他们正忙着砍柴。＝When I arrived at the farm, they were busy chopping wood.

Quicken work

直译Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.意译:More haste,less speed.

When I got to the farm, they were busy chopping wood.

过去式不变。cut firewood

cut trees 砍树be satisfied with 满足于do not work 不灵了，不好用了

A beard well lathered is half shaved.

汉英词典上这么翻译 直译：sharpening your knife won't waste your time for cutting your faggot; 英语谚语这样表达 A beard well lathered is half shaved. 皂沫涂得好 ,胡须半剃掉. /磨刀不误砍柴工.