学谚语，做谚语达人（29）

今日谚语:

you cannot have your cake and eat it

英文释义：you cannot "have it both ways":once the cake is eaten, it can no longer be "had"

例句：
(1) Don't buy a car if you want to walk and keep healthy. You cannot have your cake and eat it too.

(2) If you will have an expensive holiday,it's no good complaining afterwards about the depletion of your banking account:you cannot have your cake and eat it.

a mouse may help a lion

英文释义：there are times when the weak can help the strong

例句：I only offer to show my gratitude by doing what I can... a mouse may help a lion.

这句谚语出自伊索寓言The lion and the mouse

When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him.
This soon wakened the lion. He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.
"Forgive me, please." cried the little mouse. "I may be able to help you someday." The lion was tickled at these words.
He thought, "How could this little mouse help me?" However he lifted up his paws and let him go.
A few days later, the lion was caught in a trap. 　
The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, so they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon. 　　
Just then the little mouse passed by, and saw the sad lion. 　
He went up to him, and soon gnawed away the ropes. "Was I not right?" asked the little mouse.
"Thank you, good Mouse," said the Lion gently. "You did help me even though I am big and you are so little. I see now that kindness is always worth while."

Moral of the story: Even the strong sometimes need the friendship of the weak.

作业：翻译

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