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人们常说，在家靠父母，出门靠朋友。 People often say, at home by parents, to go out on a friend. | ||
人说：在家靠父母，出门靠朋友，这话不错。 As the saying goes, a man depends upon his parents at home and upon his friends abroad. It's really true. | ||
你不可能一辈子靠父母生活。 You can't be dependent on your parents all your life. | ||
与其说成功靠运气不如说靠辛勤努力。 Success lies not so much as in luck as in hard work. | ||
是的，勾人靠胸，留人靠脑。 Yep, come for the breasts, stay for the brains. | ||
南方人靠水稻生存而北方人靠小麦生存。 The southerners live on rice while the northerners live on wheat. | ||
他取得的成功靠好运多于靠下苦功。 He owed his success to luck more than to hard work. | ||
他倾向靠榜样，而不是靠训令来领导。 He preferred to lead by example, rather than instruction. | ||
他达到目的主要是靠运气而不是靠判断力。 He achieved his aim more by luck than judgement. | ||
有句意大利民谚说得好：“挣钱的办法有三种：第一靠继承，第二靠婚姻，第三靠偷窃。” "There are three ways to make money. You can inherit it. You can marry it. You can steal it. " --conventional sisdom in Italy. | ||
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