​fool’s haste is no speed——和fool有关的习语

1. a fool always rushes to the force

【谚】愚人总爱强出头

2. a fool and his money are soon parted

【谚】傻瓜口袋漏，有钱留不住：

Jimmy spends all his pennies for candies. A fool and his money are soon parted.

吉米把所有的钱都买了糖果，真是傻瓜有钱留不住。

3. the fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool

【谚】愚者自以为智，而智者则知自身之愚

注：本语出自莎士比亚喜剧《皆大欢喜》第5幕第1场。

4. be a fool for one's pains 

做徒劳无功的事；自寻烦恼：

If you propose to take him in and board him for that small sum, you will be a fool for your pains.

这么点钱你就打算收留他，让他搭伙，那你将是吃力不讨好的。

5. a fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years

【谚】蠢人一小时内提出的问题，可使聪明人七年回答不完；聪明人也会被蠢人难倒。

6. a fool may give a wise man counsel

【谚】愚者千虑，必有一得

7. a fool may sometimes speak to the purpose

【谚】傻子的话有时也说到点子上

8. a fool's bolt is soon shot

【谚】蠢人往往一下子把箭射完；愚人易于智穷力竭

9. a fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark

【谚】愚人之箭，有时也会中的；傻子的话有时也说得中肯

10. a fool's errand 

徒劳的差使，无谓的奔走

I was sent to Germany to interview the prisoner; it was a fool’s errand, for the man had died two years previously.

我被派往德国采访那个犯人，结果白跑了一趟，因为两年前他就死了。

注：常用于send on, go on和be on等之后。 

11. fools grow without watering

【谚】傻瓜成长，不用培养

12. fool's haste is no speed

【谚】欲速则不达

13. fools lade the water, and wise men catch the fish

【谚】愚者排水，智者捉鱼；愚者劳而智者获

14. fools live poor to die rich

【谚】为图死得阔绰，傻子活得穷酸

15. fools make feasts, and wise men eat them

【谚】愚者办席，智者享宴；愚者供驱使，智者享其成

16. a fool's paradise

黄粱美梦，自以为幸福（实际不存在的）处境：

His parents are in a fool's paradise, if they believe he is working hard for his examinations. He goes out every night.

如果他的父母相信他正在刻苦准备考试，那他们是在做黄粱美梦。他每天晚上都外出娱乐。

17. fools rush in where angels fear to tread

【谚】智者却步处，愚者独敢闯；傻子不知天高地厚

注：本语源出亚历山大•蒲伯（Alexander Pope, 1688 — 1744）的《批评论》 (An Essay on Criticism)。语中的“angels”一词意指“聪明人”或“经验较丰富的人”，有时可用特定的“人”或“人们”取代“angels”用作主语，如：

My brother very rarely gives an opinion on matters he knows little about — we cer­tainly didn't expect him to rush in where angels fear to tread.

我的兄弟对于他知之不多的事情总是很少发表意见 ——我们当然不能指望他冒失表态。

18. fools should not have chapping sticks

【谚】利器不可给蠢人；蠢人不能动刀弄斧

19. a fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat

【谚】愚人吃亏在多言

20. fools will be meddling

【谚】蠢人专爱多管闲事

以上内容摘自《英语习语大词典》，图片来自网络。