自相矛盾英文名言(英语英语成语故事之自相矛盾)

自相矛盾英文名言(英语英语成语故事之自相矛盾)

1.英语英语成语故事之自相矛盾

自相矛盾

A man of the state of Chu (chǔ guó 楚国) had a spear and a shield for sale.

楚国有个卖兵器的人，在市场上卖矛和盾。

He was loud in praises of his shield."My shield is so strong that nothing can pierce it through."

为了让人家愿意买他的货，他先举起盾向人们夸口道：“你们看，我的盾是世上最坚固的盾，任何锋利的东西都不能刺穿它。”

He also sang praises of his spear."My spear is so strong that it can pierce through anything."

接着又举起他的矛，向人吹嘘说：“你们再看看我的矛，它锋利无比，无坚不摧，无论多么坚硬的盾，都挡不住它，一刺就穿！”

"What would happen," he was asked, "if your spear is used to pierce your shield?"

人群中有人问道：“如果用你的矛去刺你的盾，结果怎么样？”

It is impossible for an impenetrable shield to coexist with a spear that finds nothing impenetrable.

这世界上一样无坚不摧的东西永远不会与一样什么都能摧毁的东西共存。

2.英语英语成语故事之自相矛盾

自相矛盾A man of the state of Chu (chǔ guó 楚国) had a spear and a shield for sale.楚国有个卖兵器的人，在市场上卖矛和盾。

He was loud in praises of his shield."My shield is so strong that nothing can pierce it through."为了让人家愿意买他的货，他先举起盾向人们夸口道：“你们看，我的盾是世上最坚固的盾，任何锋利的东西都不能刺穿它。”He also sang praises of his spear."My spear is so strong that it can pierce through anything."接着又举起他的矛，向人吹嘘说：“你们再看看我的矛，它锋利无比，无坚不摧，无论多么坚硬的盾，都挡不住它，一刺就穿！”"What would happen," he was asked, "if your spear is used to pierce your shield？"人群中有人问道：“如果用你的矛去刺你的盾，结果怎么样？”It is impossible for an impenetrable shield to coexist with a spear that finds nothing impenetrable.这世界上一样无坚不摧的东西永远不会与一样什么都能摧毁的东西共存。

3.自相矛盾的英语翻译

Once there was a person who sold spears and sheilds. When someone came for the sheild, he would say, "This is the firmest sheild that can resist any attack from a spear. " But when someone came for the spear, he said the likewise words, " This is the sharpest spear that can pierce through any sheild." So another person asked:" What it would be if you pierce your sheild with your spear?" The paradox made him no answer.。

4.英文格言 要有英文故事的

破釜沉舟 During the late years of the Qin Dynasty.Xiang Yu led a rebellion. After crossing the Zhang River. Xiang Yu ordered his men to sink all their boats and break their cooking pots. He issued each soldier three days rations and warned them that there was no way to retreat; the only thing they could do to survive was to advance and fight. After nine fierce battles, the Qin army was finally defeated.This idiom is used to indicate ones firm determination to achieve ones goal at any cost.班门弄斧 Lu Ban was supposed to be a consummate carpenter in ancient times. It is said that he once carved a wooden phoenix that was so lifelike that it actually flew in the sky for three days. Thus it was so considered the height of folly to show off ones skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban.This idiom excoriates those who show off their slight accomplishments in front of experts.杯弓蛇影 In the Jin Dynasty (265-420), a man called Yue Guang once invited a friend to have a drink at his home. When the friend lifted his cup, he saw a small snake in the wine, yet he forced himself to drink. Back home, the friend recalled the incident, and felt so disgusted that he fell ill. Hearing about this, Yue Guang invited his friend again. He asked him to sit in the same place and drink. Then his friend saw that he image of the snake in the cup was actually the reflection of a bow hung on the wall. Realizing this, the friend recovered quickly.This idiom indicates a condition of being over-suspicious bringing trouble on oneself.病入膏肓 In the Spring and Autumn Period, King Jing of the State of Jin fell ill. One night he dreamed that the disease turned into two small figures talking beside him. One said, "Im afraid the doctor will hurt us." The other said, "Dont worry. We can hide above huang and below GAO. Then the doctor will do nothing to us." The next day, having examined the king, the doctor said, "Your disease is incurable, I am afraid, Your Majesty. Its above huang and below GAO. Where no medicine can reach." This idiom indicates a hopeless condition.草木皆兵 In AD 383. the king of Former Qin, Fu Jian, led a huge army to attack Eastern Jin. After losing the first round of fighting , Fu Jian looked down from a city wall, and was terrified when he saw the formidable battle array of the Eastern Jin army, and then looking at the moutain around, he mistook the grass and trees for enemy soldiers. As a result, when the nervous Fu Jian led his army into battle, it suffered a crushing defeat.This idiom describes how one can defeat oneself by imagining difficulties.惊弓之鸟 In the Warring States Period, there was a man in the State of Wei called Geng Lei. One day he said to the king:" I can shoot down birds by simply plucking my bowstring." When the king expressed doubt, Geng lei pointed his bow at a wild goose flying in the sky, twanged the bowstring, and the goose fell to the ground, Geng Lei said, "This goose has been hurt in the past. Hearing the twang of the bowstring, it assumed that it was doomed. O it simply gave up trying to live." This idiom means that if one has been frightened in the past ones will may become paralyzed in a similar situation.画饼充饥 In the Three Kingdoms Period(220-280), the king of the State of Wei. Cao Rui, wanted to select a very capable man to work for him. He said to his ministers: "When choosing a talented person, always beware of one with a false reputation is just like a picture of a cake; it cant relieve hunger." Later, this idiom came to be used to mean comforting oneself with unrealistic thoughts,without solving practical problems.朝三暮四 In the Spring and Autumn Period, a man in the State of Song raised monkeys. The monkeys could understand what he said. As the man became poor, he wanted to reduce the monkeys food. He first suggested that he gave them four acorns in the morning and three in the evening. Thereupon, the monkeys protested angrily. Then their owner said, "How about the three in the morning and four in the everning?" The monkeys were satisfied with that. This idiom originally meant to befool others with tricks. Later it is used to mean to keep changing ones mind.打草惊蛇 Once a man wanted to go to the south, but his carrage was heading north. A passer-by asked him:"If you are going to the south,why is your chariot heading north?" The man answered,"My horse is good at running, my driver is highly skilled at driving a carriage, and I have enough money." The man didnt consider that the direction might be wrong; the better his conditions were, the further he was away from his destination.The idiom derived from this story indicates that ones。

5.英文中文都有,英国名言

Have an aim in life, or your energies will be wasted. 没有目标的一生注定碌碌无为，确定一个目标吧。

——R.Peters Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标，就像航海没有罗盘。 ——John Ruskin One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve. 人犯错误最危险的一种就是忘记自己的目标是什么。

——Paul Nitze High expectations are the key to everything. 远大理想是开启万物的钥匙。 ——Sam Walton What makes life dreary is the want of motive. 缺少动力将让生活无聊乏味。

——G.Eliot If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. 如果你等待，发生的只是你变老。 ——Larry McMurtry Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. 不要试图去做个成功者，宁可做个有价值的人。

——Einstein Hope deserts us at no period of our existence. 在我们一生中，希望从来未遗弃过我们。 ——R.L.Stevenson Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. 希望是顿美好的早餐，但却是顿糟糕的晚餐。

——Francis Bacon It is not by the grey of the hair that one knows the age of the heart. 白发并不能告诉你一个人心灵的年纪。 ——Edward B.Lytton If you do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old. 如果年轻时不培养知识，年老时将没有乘凉的树荫。

——Chesterfield Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 进步乃今日之努力，明日之保证。 ——Emerson Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret. 青年时卤莽；中年时奋斗；老年时后悔。

——Benjamin Disraeli Time drops in decay, Like a candle burnt out. 时间一点一滴地流逝，如同蜡烛慢慢燃尽。——Willian Yeats One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name. 光辉人生中忙碌的一个小时抵得过碌碌无为的一生。

——Scott When your will is ready, your feet are light. 当你的意志坚强了，你前进的脚步就轻快了。 ——Herbert To a crazy ship all winds are contrary. 对于一只盲目航行的船而言，所有方向的风都是逆风。

——Herbert Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in raising every time we fall. 人生的光荣不在于从不失败，而在于跌倒后每次都能站起来。——O.Goldsmith My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. 并不是我的所有愿望都能实现，但我依然拥有希望。

——Ovid All the advantage isn't in running fast, but rather in getting an early start. 优势不在于跑得快，而在于起身早。 ——Rabelais To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. 去奋斗，去追求，去发现，但不要放弃。

——Tennyson Ages are all equal, but genius is always above it's age. 一切时代都是平等的，但天才总是超越自己所处的时代。——William Blake Unhappy, hope; happy, be cautions. 失意时，满怀希望；得意时，凡事审慎。

——Robert Burton The world is like a mirror; frown at it and it frowns at you; smile and it smiles too. 世界如一面镜子：皱眉视之，它也皱眉看你；笑着对它，它也笑着看你。 ——H.L.Samuel Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without a direction, there is no life. 理想是灯塔。

没有理想，就没有明确的航向；没有航向就没有生活。——Leo Tolstoy One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low. 一个目标过高和过低都会偏离靶心。

——Thomas Fuller Life's like a play: It's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. 生活如一个剧本：重要的不是长度而是演出精彩与否。——Seneca A man's not old, but mellow, like good wine. 人不会老朽， 而是越来越有味道，就像美酒。

——Stephen Phillips The world is like a mirror; frown at it and it frowns at you; smile and it smiles too. 世界如一面镜子：皱眉视之，它也皱眉看你；笑着对它，它也笑着看你。 ——H.L.Samuel Of this I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future. 有一点我可以确信，如果我们就过去和现在展开一场争吵， 我们就会发现我们已失去将来。

——W.Churchill A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness. 通往幸福的最大障碍就是对幸福苛求太多。 ——Fontenelle Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful. 精彩的人生未必完美。

——Annette Funicello。

俗话这样说，俗话又那样说！自相矛盾的俗话你该信哪一个

中华民族有着五千年的文明历史，而我们的传统文化更是源远流长，博大精深。我们平时做事、说话时，往往会引用前人的一些话和俗语，特别是中小学生在写作文时，往往会引用一些名言以证明自己的观点，其中就包括很多“俗语”，这些俗语之所以能广为流传，必然有一定的生活基础，有的甚至是对生活的总结，带有一定的普遍性和指导意义。可是看的多了，我们会发现俗语中有不少存在自相矛盾，有时不同的俗语所表达的含义甚至完全相反。究竟该相信哪一句，确实让人费思量。

以下就是笔者从网上搜索到的很多类似自相矛盾的俗语，很多俗语都流传很广。

俗话说：兔子不吃窝边草；可俗话又说：近水楼台先得月!

俗话说：宰相肚里能撑船；可俗话又说：有仇不报非君子!

俗话说：人不犯我，我不犯人；可俗话又说：先下手为强，后下手遭殃!

俗话说：男子汉大丈夫，宁死不屈；可俗话又说：男子汉大丈夫，能屈能伸!

俗话说：打狗还得看主人；可俗话又说：杀鸡给猴看!

俗话说：知无不言，言无不尽；可俗话又说：交浅勿言深，沉默是金!

俗话说：车到山前必有路；可俗话又说：不撞南墙不回头!

俗话说：条条大路通罗马；可俗话又说：一条道走到黑!

俗话说：礼轻情谊重；可俗话又说：礼多人不怪!

俗话说：人多力量大；可俗话又说：人多嘴杂!

俗话说：买卖不成仁义在；可俗话又说：亲兄弟，明算帐!

俗话说：一个好汉三个帮；可俗话又说：靠人不如靠己!

俗话说：人往高处走；可俗话又说：爬得高，摔得重!

俗话说：一口唾沫一个钉；可俗话又说：人嘴两张皮，咋说咋有理!

俗话说：亡羊补牢，未为迟也；可俗话又说：亡羊补牢，为时已晚！

俗话说：瘦死的骆驼比马大；可俗话又说：拔了毛的凤凰不如鸡！

俗话说：宁可玉碎，不能瓦全；可俗话又说：留得青山在，不怕没柴烧！

俗话说：人不可貌相，海水不可斗量；可俗话又说：人靠衣裳马靠鞍！

俗话说：浪子回头金不换；可俗话又说：狗改不了吃屎！

俗话说：苦海无边，回头是岸；可俗话又说：开弓没有回头箭！

俗话说：退一步海阔天空；可俗话又说：狭路相逢勇者胜！

俗话说：三百六十行，行行出状元；可俗话又说：万般皆下品，唯有读书高！

俗话说：书到用时方恨少；可俗话又说：百无一用是书生！

俗话说：金钱不是万能的；可俗话又说：有钱能使鬼推磨！

俗话说：天网恢恢，疏而不漏；可俗话又说：天无绝人之路！

俗话说：出淤泥而不染；可俗话又说：近朱者赤，近墨者黑！

俗话说：捉贼捉赃，捉奸捉双；可俗话又说：欲加之罪，何患无辞！

俗话说：贫贱不能移！可俗话又说：人贫志短，马瘦毛长！

俗话说：青取之于蓝而胜于蓝；可俗话又说：姜还是老的辣！

俗话说：后生可畏；可俗话又说：嘴上没毛，办事不牢！

俗话说：有缘千里来相会；可俗话又说：不是冤家不聚头！

俗话说：在天愿作比翼鸟，在地愿为连理枝；可俗话又说：夫妻本是同林鸟，大难来时各自飞！

俗话说：得饶人处且饶人；可俗话又说：纵虎归山，后患无穷！

俗话说：善有善报，恶有恶报；话又说：人善被人欺，马善被人骑！

俗话说：一分耕耘、一分收获；可俗话又说：人无横财不富、马无夜草不肥！

俗话说：小心驶得万年船；可俗话又说：撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的！

俗话说：量小非君子；可俗话又说：无毒不丈夫！

俗话说：日久见人心；可俗话又说：人心隔肚皮！

俗话说：己所不欲，勿施于人；可俗话又说：顺我者昌，逆我者亡！

俗话说：邪不压正；可俗话又说：道高一尺，魔高一丈！

俗话说：小不忍则乱大谋；可俗话又说：不蒸馒头蒸(争)口气！

俗话说：人人为我，我为人人；可俗话又说：人不为己，天诛地灭！

俗话说：不怕人不敬，就怕己不正；可俗话又说：众口烁金，积毁销骨！

俗话说：三个臭皮匠，胜过诸葛亮；可俗话又说：一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝！

俗话说：不入虎穴，焉得虎子；可俗话又说：老虎屁股摸不得！

俗话说：百事孝为先；可俗话又说：忠孝不能两全！

俗话说：人无远虑，必有近忧；可俗话又说：今朝有酒今朝醉！

俗话说：人定胜天；可俗话又说：天意难违！

俗话说：路不平有人铲，事不平有人管；可俗话又说：自家扫取门前雪，莫管他人屋上霜！

俗话说：滴水之恩当涌泉相报！可俗话又说：过河拆桥、卸磨杀驴、兔死狗烹、鸟尽弓藏！

俗话说：双喜临门；可俗话又说：福无双进，祸不单行！

俗话说：人挪活，树挪死；可俗话又说：人离乡贱，物离乡贵！

俗话说：嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗；可俗话又说：男怕选错行，女怕嫁错郎！

俗话说：贫贱不能移；可俗话又说：人在屋檐下，不得不低头！

俗话说：一屋不扫何以扫天下；可俗话又说：成大事者不拘小节！

俗话说：明人不做暗事；可俗话又说：兵不厌诈！

俗话说：万般皆下品，唯有读书高；可俗话又说：仗义毎多屠狗辈，负心总是读书人！

俗话说：人往高处走；可俗话又说：爬得高，摔得重。

俗话说：在哪里跌倒从哪里爬起；可俗话又说：一失足成千古恨！

俗话说：龙生龙，凤生凤，老鼠的儿子会打洞；可俗话又说：王侯将相，宁有种乎?

俗话说：精诚所至，金石为开；可俗话又说：不要在一棵树上吊死！

俗话说：威武不能屈；可俗话又说：识时务者为俊杰！

其实，在成语古训、名人名言中出现自相矛盾的情况实在是太多了。那么应该怎么看待这种情况呢？

应该说，古人留存下来的名言不是绝对的真理，是在其特殊的背景环境下产生的，所以自相矛盾是正常的，我们应该辩证地看待这些名言，不应该把这些名言从实际环境中抽象出来，而是要与实际情况相结合。名人名言能够给我们一定的思考和借鉴，但是我们不应该脱离具体环境而直接套用名人名言，而应该具体情况具体分析。

对这种现象，台湾著名作家柏杨在《丑陋的中国人》一书中有过很精辟的论述：“有一句格言说，多难兴邦，我们先要了解，格言都是情绪的，在某一种特定的条件之下，它才是真理，它不是科学的。‘难’如果太多，就没办法兴邦。对格言一定要有认识，譬如说，‘哀兵必胜’，那可不见得，哀兵失败的很多。一支大军最后被消灭，哪一个不是哀兵。像迦太基对抗罗马，到最后几乎全国皆兵，可以说是一面哭一面打，最后还是被罗马消灭了。哀兵不见得获胜，多难也不见得兴邦，而是说，多难必须恰到好处的时候，才能兴邦。”

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