Your proverb is apt, dear Edward.

Anna: Which old English proverb?

安娜: 哪则古老的英国谚语?

Don't you know the old proverb?'save your breath to cool your porridge !'

多吃饭,少开口:你们不晓得这句老 古话 么 ?

His ignorance is a proverb.

他的无知已成笑柄.

A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

睿智者视谚语千古不朽.

His punctuality is a proverb.

他严守时间是有名的.

There is another English proverb, that is: " Where there is a will , there is a way . "

还有一个英语谚语是这样说的: 有志者, 事竟成.

Unfortunately, there is a proverb which says that'red is either altogether good or altogether bad.'

不幸的是, 在我们那儿有句谚语,叫做‘脸蛋儿长得俊,不是好到极点,就是坏到透顶. ’

An old Arab proverb says, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend".

一句古老的阿拉伯谚语说，“敌人的敌人是朋友。”

As a proverb says, books and friends should be few but good.

俗语说, 读书如交友,应求少而精.

Study hard and play hard is an old proverb, but It'still makes sense.

努力学习,尽兴玩乐是一句古老的谚语, 但今天它依然有意义.

The proverb History repeats itself, first recorded ( in English ) in 1561.

这谚语,历史总重演, 首次记录 ( 英文 ) 在1561年.

As the proverb goes, time is money.

俗语说, 时间就是金钱.

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

11我拿麻布当衣裳. 就成了他们的笑谈.

REM sleep , however, is the proverbial riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

然而REM睡眠, 却是众所皆知的包于谜团中的谜中之谜.

His modesty is proverbial.

他的谦虚人人皆知。

The jealousy of wives is proverbial.

太太们的善妒是众所周知的.

The store had everything including the proverbial kitchen sink.

那家商店应有尽有,包括常说的厨房洗涤池。

Tom was looking at Mrs Adams, as unabashed as the proverbial cat looking at a king.

汤姆望著亚当斯太太, 泰然自若,就好像谚语所说的看著国王的猫.

I decided not to ask her for a loan in view of her proverbial meanness.

因为她小气得出了名,我决定不找她借钱.

China's march into Africa has reminded pundits of those two proverbial elephants fighting.

中国在非洲的推进让各专家们想起了那些耳熟能详的关于两象相争的故事.