ProverbsarequitecommoninspokenEnglish.Wedonotnormallyputtheminacompositionorletter.Sometimesitishelpfulifyouknowwhatcommonproverbsmean.Hereareafewexamples:1)"Oncebittentwiceshy."Ifa

ProverbsarequitecommoninspokenEnglish.Wedonotnormallyputtheminacompositionorletter.Sometimesitishelpfulifyouknowwhatcommonproverbsmean.Hereareafewexamples:

1)"Oncebittentwiceshy."IfadogbitesmeIshallbetwiceascarefulinfuturewhenIseeit.Thisproverbisalsousedtoapply(应用)tomanythingsandnotonlytodogs.Ifyouhavebeencheatedatashopyouwillnotgotothesameshopagain.

2)"Abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush."IfIamahuntertryingtocatchbirdsitisbettertocatchonebirdthantoseetwobirdsinabushbutnotbeabletocatchthem.Thusthismeansthatwhatyouhavealreadygotisbetterthanthechanceofbeingabletogetsomethingbiggerinfuture.

3)"Toomanycooksspoilthebroth."Whentoomanypeopledosomethingtheygetineachother'sway.

4)"Topouroilontroubledwaters."istotrytocalmthingsdown.Oilislighterthanwater.Ifashipisintroubleatseaanothershipmaycometohelpit.Thesecondshipcansendsmallboatstorescuepeople.Howeveritmayfirstpouroilontheseatomakethesealessrough.

5)"Don'tbeadoginthemanger(马槽)"means"Don'tbeselfish."Inastable(马房)themangeristheplacewherethehorse'sfoodisput.Sometimesadogwillsleepinthemangerandbarkwhenahorsecomestogetitsfood.Thedogdoesnotwanttoeatthehayinthemangerbutitwillnotletthehorseeatit.

6)"Youcan'tgetbloodoutofastone."meansthatyoucannotgetsomethingfromapersonwhohasnotgotanyofthethingsyouwant.Forexampleyoucannotgetamilliondollarsfromapoorman.

60.Peterhadabicyclewhichwasmuchtoosmallforhimbuthedidnotwanttolethisyoungerbrotherrideonit.Hismotherwasangryandsaidtohim"________."

A.Youcan'tgetbloodoutofastone

B.Don'tbeadoginthemanger

C.Theearlybirdgetstheworm

D.Oncebittentwiceshy

61.MrandMrsSmithhadaquarrel.TheirfriendMrBrownwenttotalktothem.WhenhecamebackhetoldhiswifethathehadbeentryingtohelptheSmithsby________.

A.pouringoilontroubledwaters

B.gettingbloodoutofastone

C.beingadoginthemanger

D.sayingtheearlyb