­　　2017年6月大學英語四級作文常用諺語

­　　If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 隨遇而安。

­　　If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 智者干傻事，愚蠢到極點。

­　　If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 愿望不等于事實。

­　　If you agree to carry the calf, they""ll make you carry the cow. 得寸進尺。

­　　If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you. 運氣太好，得意忘形;運氣太壞，無人理會。

­　　If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue. 如果不健康而能強強壯壯，那么無美德也可快快樂樂。

­　　If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. 不能打仗，切莫出兵。

­　　If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你現有的吧。

­　　If you command wisely, you""ll be obeyed cheerfully. 倘君指揮有方，人人欣然聽命。

­　　If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. 施恩勿記，受恩勿忘。

­　　If you dance you must pay the fiddler. 要想尋歡作樂，代價非付不可。

­　　If you don""t aim high you will never hit high. 不立大志，難攀高峰。

­　　If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist. 巧婦難為無米之炊。

­　　If you lie upon roses when young, you""ll lie upon thorns when old. 年青時躺在玫瑰上，老年時就會躺在荊棘上。

­　　If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 遠朱者赤，近墨者黑。

­　　If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled. 一塊一塊把石移，高山也可變平地。

­　　If you run after two heares, you will catch neither. 兩頭落空。

­　　If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 蝕了本也輸了利。

­　　If you swear you will catch no fish. 咒罵無益，于事無濟。

­　　If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 不試就相信，死前要悔恨。

­　　If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患無辭。

­　　If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情，就要自己動手。

­　　If you want knwledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知識，必須刻苦學習。

­　　If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. 想要和平，必須備戰。

­　　If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 如要忠告向老人請教。

­　　If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation. 若想為快樂奠立可靠的基礎，美好的名聲便是奠基的石頭。

­　　If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得賢妻子，須娶好女兒。

­　　If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. 如要是情做得好，你須親自動手搞。

­　　If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. 欲知金錢價，不妨把錢借;借錢味難嘗，使人心悲傷。

­　　If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想與人成仇結怨，只要借錢給人再催還。

­　　Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 厚顏無恥由于愚昧無知。

­　　Ignorance is the mother of suspicions. 無知會多疑。

­　　Ignorance of the law excuses no man. 對法律不知不能免罪。

­　　I hate to see things done by halves. -- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone. 事情不要做一半;對的，就做下去，不對，就丟開。

­　　I have no secret of success but hard work. 成功無秘訣，只是努力干。

­　　I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish. 酒肉之交非朋友。

­　　I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 是上無天才，勤學加苦練。

­　　Ill air slays sooner thant the sword. 污濁的空氣殺人比刀還要快。

­　　Ill-gotten goods never prosper. 發橫財，家不發

­　　Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent. 悖入悖出。

­　　Ill-gotten wealth never thrives. 悖入悖出。

­　　Ill news comes space. 惡事傳千里。

­　　Ill news flies fast. 惡事傳千里。