逍遥右脑 2014-06-07 13:45
对于家庭的
“Flog my erring child" comes from the lips, “don't hurt him/her”comes from the bottom of the heart.请人教训子女只是随口说说，不让人损害子女才是真心话。(flog:鞭打;鞭笞)。
A bad mother wishes for good children.坏母亲也想生好孩子。
A bad wife takes advice from every one but her own husband.恶妻接受每个人的意见，就是不接收自己丈夫的看法。
A bad wife wishes her husband， s heel turned homewards, and not his toe.不忠的妻子老是盼望自己的丈夫出门，而不愿他回家。
A child does not die because the mother' s breasts are dry. 有母亲,照料的孩子也能自行成长。
A child who denies their mother a night’ s sleep will also remain awake.睡着时会对抗母亲的孩子即便醒着也会。
A child who fears beating, would never admit that he played with a missing knife.惧怕挨楱的孩子，毫不会否认刀子是他拿去玩的。
A child who is to be successful is not to be reared exclusively on a bed of down.日后会成功的孩童，不会是温室里的花朵。
A child， s fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm,母亲递给孩子的热蕃薯，是不会烫伤孩子的手的。
A father is a banker provided by nature.父亲是天上掉下的银内行。
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.父亲是宝藏，兄弟是安慰，友人则兼而有之。
A good husband makes a good wife.夫若善，妻就贤。
A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blind.好丈夫要装聋，好妻子要装瞎。
A good wife and health are a man’ s best wealth.贤妻与健康乃男人最大的财富。
A good wife is a good portion,贤妻便是好嫁奁。
A good wife makes a good husband,句子.有好妻子就有好丈夫。
A good yeoman makes a good woman.有好农民就有好妻子。
A house divided against itself cannot stand.家庭内耗难维系。
A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel,家不养猫狗，就有无赖出。
A hut is a pa I ace to a poor man.的茅舍就是他的?殿。
A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife,妻子挥霍无度，丈夫不会成功。
A man cannot thrive except his wife let him,不贤妻的辅助，男人难以胜利。
A man is as old as he fee I s, and a woman as old as she looks.男人感到自己多老，就有多老;女人看起来多老，就有多老。
A man who doesn't know his or her family is like a I i on wounded while trying to make a kill for lunch,对自己家庭不懂得的人，比如一头在狩猎中受伤的狮子。
A man’ s home is his cast I e. 一个人的家就是他的城堡。
A son is a son till he gets him a wife. But a daughter' s a daughter the
rest of your life.儿子娶了老婆就不是儿子，然而女儿一辈子都是女儿。
A woman conceals what she knows not, 女人暗藏她所不知道的。(意指女人会说出所晓得的所有)。
A woman’ s work is never done, 女人要做的家务事永无休止。
A young man married is a man that， s marred.男子早婚，种下祸根。
Any sandpiper is great in his own swamp.金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝。(sandpiper:鸟?，矶鹞)
Better a bachelor，s life than a slovenly wife,过王老五骗子生涯，赛过娶个肮脏老婆。(slovenly:懒惰的)
Boys will be boys,孩子总是孩子嘛。(意即孩子总免不了调皮，犯下的过错是能够饶恕的)。
Children are poor men’ s riches.孩子是穷人的财产。
Children are the parents， riches.子女是父母的财富。
Children should be seen and not heard,大人讲话，小孩子不要插嘴。
Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.孩子小时吸母亲的奶，长大享父亲的财。
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.选妻最好用耳莫用目艮。
Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight.选女人如选布，绝不可只凭烛光。
Do not wash dirty linen in public.家丑不可外扬。(linen:亚夏布，亚麻线，亚麻制品)
Early wed, early dead.早婚早天。
Even brothers keep careful accounts.亲兄弟明算账。
Every bird likes its own nest,金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝。
Every couple is not a pair.貌合神离，同床异梦。
Every family has its own source of shame.家家有本难念的经。
Every garden may have some weeds.家家有本难念的经。
Every mother’ s child is handsome.孩子都是本人的好
Every sandpiper praises its own swamp.家都是自己的好。 (sandpiper:?; swamp: 池沼，沼地，湿地)
Fish begins to stink at the head.上梁不正下梁歪。
From the father comes honor; from the mother, comfort.声誉由父赐，抚慰由母给。
Fruits of the same tree have different tastes; children of the same mother have various qualities, —树之果，有酸有甜;一母之子，有愚有贤。
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.上帝不可能时刻陪 在咱们身边，因而发明了母亲。
Harmony makes both a family and a nation prosperous.家和日子旺，国跟万事兴。
He that marries for wealth sells his liberty.为财富而结婚就是出售自在。