آموزش زبان انگلیسی دوره راهنمایی

 PROVERBS

Between the devil and the deep sea

To choose between two equally bad alternatives in a serious dilemma.

Where there's a will there's a way

When a person really wants to do something, he will find a way of doing it.

A burnt child dreads fire

A bad experience or a horrifying incident may scar one's attitude or thinking for a lifetime.

First come, first served

The first in line will be attended to first.

A friend in need is a friend indeed

A friend who helps when one is in trouble is a real friend.

Discretion is the better part of valor
 

If you say discretion is the better part of valor, you mean that
avoiding a dangerous or unpleasant situation is sometimes the most
sensible thing to do.

A hungry man is an angry man

A person who does not get what he wants or needs is a frustrated person and will be easily provoked to rage.

S/he tried to pluck under her/his eyebrow, but blinded the eye

آمد زیر ابروشو برداره، چشمش را کور کرد

If s/he has seven blind daughters, s/he will marry them in an hour

اگه هفت تا دختر کور داشته باشه، یک‌ساعته شوهر میده

Look at the strainer that tells the skimmer: You have three holes

آبکش و نگاه کن که به کفگیر میگه تو سه سوراخ داری

Don't borrow from a baby-boomer, if you borrow, don't spend it

از نو کیسه قرض مکن، قرض کردی خرج نکن

A good beginning makes a good ending

یک شروع خوب، پایان خوبی در پی دارد

خشت اول چون نهاد معمار کج

                                      تا ثریا میرود دیوار  کج

ارسالی از علی اکبر

strike while the iron is hot

 تا تنور داغه نونو بچسبون

kill two bird with one stone

 با يه تیر دو نشون زدن

the life is between the old dogs

يعني دود از كنده بلند ميشه

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• Possible InterpretatiBon: Good workmanship depends no more on the quality of the tools than it does on the way in which they are used, so to blame the tools for bad workmanship is to attempt to excuse one's own lack of skill.
• Also, in former times, a blacksmith would have made his own tools, so the act of blaming ones tools would rebound on oneself.
• This wording of this proverb also has the double meaning : " A workman without much money blames the quality of his tools".

• "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

• Possible Interpretation: A small amount that you have is worth more than a large amount that is uncertain.

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