(2) All that glitters is not gold. ── 字面的意思是:所有能闪闪发光的东西,未必都是黄金。换言之,就是许多外表漂亮的物品,未必都是真正的宝贝。因为也许是金玉其外,败 絮其中,或是中看不中用。(not every beautiful thing is valuable. ) 也有人说成:All is not gold that glitters. (glitter 是动词,意思是闪闪发光或光彩夺目。) 也可用在句子里: I told my students that all that glitters is not gold.还有一句相似的成语:Don't judge a book by its cover. (意思是:不能以书皮的美丑,去判断书的内容好坏。)
(3) Pepole (或 Those) who live in glass houses should not throw stones (或 rocks) ── 照字面的意思是:住在玻璃屋里的人不可丢石头。也就是说,世间没有十全十美的人,每 个人都有缺点,所以不要批评别人。即所谓「自身有短,勿批他人」。(Nobody is perfect, so we should not criticize others.) 类似的,还有:Don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes. (除非你充分了解人家的立场,不可轻易作出评估。)(judge = criticize; have walked a mile in his shoes = have understood his situation well enough)另一句是:Judge not lest ye be judged. (来自圣经)(意思是:不要批评别人,免得将来也被别人批评。)(ye 是古字 = you;lest 是连接词,意思是唯恐或免得。)就是: If you criticize others, you probably will be criticized ,too. He told his children“Judge not lest ye be judged.
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