| 1. | A proverb distills the wisdom of ages .
谚语是许多世纪智慧的精华。 |
| 2. | Your proverb is apt, dear edward .
你那句谚语说得恰如其分，亲爱的爱德华。 |
| 3. | Would you tell me a few proverbs about bird ?
告诉我一些关于鸟的谚语，好吗？ |
| 4. | The second half of that proverb will hold no longer .
这句谚语的后半句不再有用了。 |
| 5. | There is a proverb with reference to the killing of cats .
有一句关于葬送了猫的性命的谚语。 |
| 6. | Let me give you another saying , " birds in a little nest should agree . "
让我再说一个谚语吧！“小窝里的鸟友好相处。” |
| 7. | You know the sayingyou have a minister on board, watch out for lousy weather .
你听说过这句谚语吧船上有牧师，可要当心坏天气。 |
| 8. | There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan .
有一句古老谚语说，胜利有一百个父亲，但是失败却是一个孤儿。 |
| 9. | Between the two they proved the saying that wars are about whose version of history will predominate .
他们之间的辩论完全证明了这样一条谚语：战争就是要看谁对历史所做的解释能占上风。 |
| 10. | He would make a shot at a latin tag, but mangle it; he would quote shakespeare, with equally disastrous results .
他要尝试一下拉丁谚语，可是写得乱七八糟；他也会引证几句莎士比亚，结果同样糟糕。 |
