英語の諺には、「time」をテーマにした諺が数多くあります。「love」・「money」と並んで、人生にとって大切なテーマということだと思います。ここでは、「time」を主語にした諺、他の言葉との関係した諺、「sometimes」などににわけて紹介したいと思います。
＊以前、このブログでランダムに紹介した1,400の英語の諺の中から、41の諺を選んであります。多少、加筆や修正を行いました。
■「time」を主語とした諺
１ Time and thought tame the strongest grief.
２ Time and tide wait for no man.
３ Time flies like an arrow.
４ Time heals all wounds.
５ Time is a great healer.
６ Time is money.
７ Time lost cannot be recalled.
８ Time wears away love.
９ Time will tell.
10 Time works wonders.
11 Times change.
12 Times change and we with time.
■「time」を「回数」の意味で使用した諺
13 Never twice without three times.
14 The third time's the charm.
15 There's always a next time.
16 Third time lucky.
17 Third time pays for all.
18 Third time does the trick.
19 What happens twice will happen three times.
■「time」を時期・期間・季節などの意味で使用した諺
20 A stitch in time saves nine.
21 Life is short and time is swift.
22 Never is a long time.
23 Other times, other manners.
24 Take time by the forelock.
25 Take your time.
26 There is no time like the present.
27 There is time and place for everything.
28 A good time was had by all.
■「time」を含むその他の諺
29 Friends are thieves of time.
30 Procrastination is the thief of time.
31 Truth is time's daughter.
■「sometime」・「sometimes」などを含む諺
32 A lie may sometimes be excused.
33 An attempt is sometimes easier than expected.
34 Even Homer sometimes nods.
35 Even monkeys sometimes fall off a tree.
36 He that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime.
37 Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
38 Sometimes the lee is better than the wine.
39 The biter is sometimes bitten.
40 Untimely spurring spills the steed.
41 Yielding is sometimes the best way of succeeding.