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第47章 金 钱 Money (3)

省钱就是赚钱。

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A penny saved is a penny gained.

失去金钱损失小,失去时间则失去了一切。

Money lost, little lost; time lost, everything lost.

失友都因借钱起。

A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.

试金石能试金,金子也能考验人。

As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries men.

收入多不如善理财。

Good management is better than a good income.

手中有钱,到处自由。

Money makes a man free everywhere.

守财奴爱财如命。

Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.

守财奴的钱包就是魔鬼的嘴,只进不出。

The devil’s mouth is a miser’s purse.

守财奴攒钱对自己有害无益。

The money the miser hoards will do him no good.

谁出钱,谁点歌。

The man who pays the piper calls the tune.

睡时无夜宵,醒时不欠债。生活节俭不会欠债。

Sleep without supping and wake without owing.

贪财是万恶之源。

Love of money is the root of evil.

贪得无厌者永不知足。

Nothing will content him who is not content with a little.

贪婪者比慷慨者更会滥花钱财。

The covetous spends more than the liberal.

贪婪者不能管理钱财。

The dog that licks ashes trust not with meal.

铁公鸡,一毛不拔。

Use one like a Jew(犹太人).

头脑简单的人发不了财。

The simple an is the beggar’s brother.

退休金富不了年轻人。

Pension never enriched a young man.

拖延就是浪费时间。

Procrastination is the thief of time.

为富不仁。

Money often unmakes the men who make it.

无官一身轻,有钱易受惊。

Lowly sit, richly warn.

无欲者最富,贪婪者最穷。

He is truly rich who desires nothing, and he is truly poor who covets all.

无债一身轻。

Once paid and never craved.

Out of debt, out of danger.

Without debt, without care.

先公正而后慷慨。

Be just before you are generous.

现金交易,概不赊欠。

Touch pot, touch penny.

相信金钱万能的人,往往一切为了金钱。

Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.

向守财奴求助,无异于向穷光蛋求助。

As good beg of a naked man as a miser.

小钱不会省,大钱必滥花。

He that regards not a penny, will lavish a pound.

小钱不积,大钱不聚。

He who despises small things seldom grows rich.

He who will not keep a penny shall never have money.

Put two halfpennies in a purse, and they will draw together.

Who will not keep a penny, shall never have many.

要节约,不要乱花钱。

Better spared than ill spent.

要么拿去,要么放下,不要讨价还价。

Take it or leave it.

要想知道金钱的价值,就去借钱,因为借钱才知悲伤。

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.

要想赚大钱,就得昧良心。不能又拜上帝又供财神爷。

You cannot serve God and mammon(财神).

一分钱,一分货。

Nothing for nothing / naught and very little for a half penny.

一分钱难倒英雄汉。

A man without money is no man at all.

一无所有者决不会破产。

A beggar can never be bankrupt.

一无所有者不怕贼。

A beggar may sing before a pickpocket.

有钱不愁没人伺候。

Wage(工钱)will get a page(中世纪骑士的小听差).

有钱担心,没钱伤心。

To have money is a fear, not to have it a grief.

有钱到处受欢迎。

Money makes a man welcome everywhere.

Money recommends a man everywhere.

有钱就有好生活。

Want of money, want of comfort.

有钱能使鬼推磨。金钱万能。

A golden key can open any door.

All things are obedient to money.

Before gold, even king take off their hats.

Money can buy the devil himself.

Money can move even the gods.

Money makes the mare go.

有钱心恐慌,没钱急得慌。

When we have gold we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger.

有钱有势好办事。贵人割草草易倒。

Mastery(熟练)mows(割草)the meadows(草地)down.

Rich man may do anything.

与其负债起床,不如饿肚上床。

Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

越富越贪财。

He that has plenty of goods shall have more.

越老越吝啬。

The older the goose the harder to pluck(拔毛).

越穷越大方,越富越贪婪。

Poor and liberal, rich and covetous.

怎么来的怎么去。

So got, so gone.

债主比欠债人记得清。

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

正当的收入才是真正的收入。

Only that which is honestly got is gain.

挣钱难,攒钱更难,而聪明地花钱最难。

To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all.

致富的秘诀是节俭。

The secret of wealth lies in the letters SAVE.

智力投资决不枉费。

Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.

周转一快,就能致富。

Quick returns make rich merchants(商人).

自断财路。本来就没有老山羊,还把羊羔卖了。

You have no goats, and yet you sell kids.

自己负担费用,其他人获利。

Pay the piper(承担费用)while others call the tune(发号施令).

最大的财富是知足。

The greatest wealth is contentment with a little.

最好的货最便宜。

The best goods are the cheapest.

最便宜的东西总是最昂贵的。

The cheapest is always the dearest.

坐吃山空。

A fat kitchen makes a lean purse.

Always taking out of the meal-tub(饭桶), and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom.