Beauty is only skin deep.
美色只是一層皮。
Beauty is only skin deep, and somebody peeled her.
美色只是一層皮,而有人扒了她的皮。
(皮之不存,美將焉附?)
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
情人眼裡出西施。
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. The trouble is, so is the ugliness.
情人眼裡出西施。問題是,仇人眼裡出東施。
(愛人越看越順眼,仇人越看越礙眼。)
Pen is sharper than sword.
筆比劍利。
Pen is dirtier than sword.
筆比劍臓。
(文人相輕,寫文章影射毀謗造謠中傷,殺人不見血。)
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身體好,聰明錢不少。
Early to bed and early to rise till you make enough cash to do otherwise.
早睡早起等財到,發了財後睡懶覺。
(人窮志氣高,起早貪黑拼命賺錢。有了錢就可以高枕無憂了。)
Behind every successful man stands a woman.
成功的男人背後都有一個女人。
Behind every successful woman stands a basket of dirty laundry.
成功的女人背後都有一筐臓衣服。
(整天在職場搏殺,哪還有閒功夫回家做飯洗衣服?)