This is a literal meaning of this expression.

这是这个谚语的字意思。

And last I'd like to talk about the power of proverbs.

最后，我想谈谈谚语的力量。

Now, let's listen to two friends using this expression.

现在，我们来听两个朋友是何用这句谚语的。

Simply put, these sayings mean, " It's too late. So, save your breath" .

简单地说，这些谚语的意思是：" 太晚了，所以省省力气吧。"

It was Bright who said that “England is the mother of Parliaments”, a phrase that has passed into idiom.

而今已成谚语的名言”英国是会之母”就是出自其语。

But, Neil, it seems the old proverb is true.

但是，尼尔，这句古老的谚语似乎是正确的。

This proverb means that we intend to do something good but, in the end, we do not do it.

这句谚语的意思是，我们打算做某件好事，但最终我们没有做。

Today we will look at a popular saying.

今天我们来看一句流行的谚语。

There were a couple of really great idioms there.

有很多很好的谚语。

Sometimes, this saying describes a choice between two equally difficult options.

有时，这句谚语指的是在两个同样困难的选择之间做出选择。

Do you know the proverb about money?

你知道这个有关" 钱" 的谚语吗？

The saying to go big or go home means to put in all your effort or to do nothing at all.

这个谚语的意思是全力以赴或什么都不做。

Fools also find themselves in many common proverbs.

傻瓜也出现在一些常用的谚语中。

Another proverb about love is, " Absence makes the heart grow fonder" .

还有一个与爱有关的谚语是" 久别情更深" 。

He died, as the Spanish phrase has it, full of illusions.

正象西班牙有句谚语所说的那样，他是" 充满着幻想" 死去的。

For example, the explanation of a Japanese proverb.

比对一句日本谚语的解释。

Today we talk about a saying that comes from the world of carpentry.

今天，我们谈论一句来自木工行业的谚语。

Here is an idiom about icebergs.

下有一个关于冰山的谚语。

The origin of this proverb is a lawn or a yard.

这句谚语的起源是草坪或院子。

Here are other examples of proverbs that Americans use.

接下来的几个例子是美国人使用的谚语。