英語の諺 「3 words」編 はじめに
英語の諺には「3 words」で構成されている諺があります。簡潔であることは知恵のレベルも高いということでもあります。*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、104の諺を選んであります。多少、加筆や修正を行いました。■「3 words」の諺1 Accidents will happen.2 Action before words.3 All is vanity.4 All or nothing.5 Appearances are deceptive.6 Beauties die young.7 Best is cheapest.8 Black is beautiful.9 Blood will tell.10 Boys, be ambitious!11 Business before pleasure.12 Care follows wealth.13 Cheats never prosper.14 Circumstances alter cases.15 Comparisons are odious.16 Count your blessings.17 Cowards are cruel.18 Cut your losses.19 Deeds, not words.20 Diamond cut diamond.21 Divide and conquer.22 Don't think, feel!23 Every little helps.24 Failure teaches success.25 Familiarity breeds contempt.26 First things first.27 Flesh is frail.28 Food before romance.29 Fools have fortune.30 Forgive and forget.31 Go for broke.32 Greeks bearing gifts.33 Haste makes waste.34 Health is first.35 History repeats itself.36 I shall return.37 I'll be back.38 Ignorance is bliss.39 June marriages lucky.40 Less is more.41 Knowledge is power.42 Let well alone.43 Life is sweet.44 Like attracts like.45 Like breeds like.46 Like cures like.47 Live and learn.48 Love begets love.49 Love conquers all.50 Love is blind.51 Love overcomes all.52 Love your enemies.53 Make haste slowly.54 Manners know distance.55 Manners maketh man.56 Marriage is lottery.57 Merit is envied.58 Might is right.59 Misery loves company.60 Misfortunes hasten age.61 Money begets money.62 Money is power.63 Money makes money.64 Murder will out.65 Nature abhors vacuum.66 Nature passes nurture.67 Never say ”die”.68 Nothing is impossible.69 Now or Never.70 Orders are orders.71 Pennies from heaven.72 People will talk.73 Persistence pays off.74 Physician, heal thyself.75 Pitchers have ears.76 Poverty breeds strife.77 Practice makes perfect.78 Proper praise stinks.79 Revenge is sweet.80 Riches have wings.81 Scorning is catching.82 Seeing is believing.83 Silence gives consent.84 Silence is golden.85 Sink or swim.86 Small is beautiful.87 Take a chance.88 Take your time.89 Talk is cheap.90 The last straw.91 The tongue stings.92 Third time lucky.93 Time is money.94 Time will tell.95 Time works wonders.96 Tomorrow never comes.97 Union is strength.98 Wall has ears.99 Wars bring scars.100 Waste makes want.101 Wear two hats.102 Wedlock is padlock.103 Wonders never cease!104 Years bring wisdom.