英諺格言及其詳解(56)

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    109、The grass is always greener (on the other side of the fence).
    Definition: What you don't have always looks better than what you have.
    和這個(gè)慣用語基本相當(dāng)?shù)闹形恼f法是“這山望著那山高”。常常只說The grass is always greener,而省略后面的on the other side of the fence.
    Example Dialog:
    Sandra: How are things going with your new job?
    Lisa: Not bad. But not as wonderful as I’d expected before I secured it.
    Sandra: Well, I understand that. You know, the grass is always greener.
    110、As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live. -----Goethe
    自信才懂得生活。-----歌德
    在這里,trust是信任,信賴的意思。例如:Don't trust him,he's not telling the truth.不要相信他,他說得不是真話。
     Trust in sb/sth,指相信某人或某物。例如:You must trust in your own judgment.你得相信自己的判斷力。
     Trust to sth是指依靠(運(yùn)氣等)的意思,At such times you have to trust to instinct.在這種情況下就只能憑直覺辦事了。
    我們常說的智囊團(tuán),就是 brain trust。