A fall into pit, a gain in your wit.

Susan

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

吃一堑,长一智。

此谚语省略了一些词。如果把省略的部分补上,可写成Should there be a fall into the pit there would be a gain in your wit。pit是坑,正好相等于中文的“ fall into the pit译作

“吃一堑”或“碰一次壁”,是比喻“吃一次亏”或“失败一次”,中英谚语正好完全对等。英文谚语前后两句结尾的pit与wit是押韵的,读起来干脆有力,令人容易留下印象。因为失败一次可汲取一次教训,也就是“长一智”的意思而长一智正好有助于下次取得成功。

于是就有另一句意思相近的谚语:

Failure is the mother of success.失败乃成功之母。

相似意思的谚语还有一句:

stumble may prevent fall.

小踬可防大跌。

此谚语主要劝告人们不必害怕失败,应从失败中汲取教训, 如果失败后不会汲取教训,那就像“蠢鱼”一样笨了,这可参阅另一谚语:

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

彼德派柏捏起一撮泡菜。

彼德派柏捏起的是一撮泡菜。

那么彼德派捏起的泡菜在哪儿？

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There were two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck, and one duck in the middle. How many ducks were there in total?两个鸭子在一个鸭子的前面，两个鸭子在一个鸭子的后面，一个鸭子在中间，请问总共有多少只鸭子呢？