This is great for most people who love eating, but this proverb warns against people who might take this a step too far.

　　这对大多数喜欢吃东西的人来说是很好的，但是这句谚语警告人们不要走得太远。

　　Instead of finding some “greater purpose” for their lives, such as educating younger people or working for the poor, they think that their purpose is to eat as much as possible.

　　他们没有为自己的生活找到一些“更大的目标”，例如教育年轻人或为穷人工作，而是认为自己的目标是尽可能多地吃饭。

　　If someone uses this proverb, it means that you should not put so much importance on eating. Instead, you should only eat enough to live, but you should not spend too much time thinking about food.

　　如果有人用这句谚语，那就意味着你不应该把吃饭放在那么重要的位置。相反，你应该只吃够活，但你不应该花太多时间思考食物。

　　Once someone is overweight, they should think about eating to live, but not living to eat.

　　一旦有人超重了，他们就应该考虑吃饭是为了生存，而不是为了吃饭而活着。

　　4. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!

　　不要把一切希望寄托在一件事上

　　If you are in a position to invest in something, or you want to take a chance, it is tempting to believe everything you hear. However, you never really know what is good and what will work, so that is a dangerous thing to do.

　　如果你有能力投资某件事，或者你想冒险，那么相信你所听到的一切是很有诱惑力的。然而，你永远不会真正知道什么是好的，什么会起作用，所以这是一件危险的事情。

　　In cases like these, this proverb is good to keep in mind. It means that you should not put all your money in one investment if you are talking about investing or stocks.

　　在这种情况下，这句谚语很好记住。这意味着，如果你在谈论投资或股票，你不应该把所有的钱都投在一项投资上。

　　This proverb comes from the idea that, in older times, people would buy groceries and bring them home in a basket.

　　这句谚语来源于这样一种观念：在老年人，人们会买杂货，然后把它们放在篮子里带回家。

　　If you bought eggs, you should not put them all in the same basket, because if you accidentally drop the basket or bump into something, the basket could fall on the floor and all your eggs would break.

　　如果你买了鸡蛋，你不应该把它们都放在同一个篮子里，因为如果你不小心掉到篮子里或撞到什么东西，篮子会掉在地上，你所有的鸡蛋都会碎。

　　Instead, you should be more conservative and put some eggs in multiple baskets, so that if one fails, you can still rely on the others to still be there.

　　相反，你应该更加保守，把一些鸡蛋放在多个篮子里，这样，如果其中一个失败了，你仍然可以依靠其他鸡蛋继续留在那里。

　　Most people should think about getting a side job to bring in some income, because it is hard to know if or when you will be let go from your main job. If that happens, do not come back crying to me! I told you not to put all your eggs in one basket!

　　大多数人应该考虑找一份兼职工作来赚取一些收入，因为很难知道你是否或何时会从你的主要工作中解脱出来。如果那样的话，不要回来哭我!我告诉过你不要把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里!

　　5. It’s no use crying over spilt milk!

　　覆水难收

　　When you see a child who has spilled something – such as their milk – you will likely see them crying about it as well. The classic image of a crying child is one that has the ice cream part of his ice cream cone on the ground.

　　当你看到一个孩子洒了一些东西，比如他们的牛奶，你可能会看到他们也在哭。哭闹的孩子的典型形象是把冰淇淋的一部分放在地上。

　　When you are a child, crying like this is okay, because you do not understand much. However, when you are an adult, this is much less acceptable.

　　当你还是个孩子的时候，像这样哭是可以的，因为你不太明白。然而，当你是一个成年人，这是不可接受的。

　　This proverb tells people not to cry over spilt milk – or not to cry (or wallow in sorrow, or stay on another negative emotion) over something that has already happened.

　　这句谚语告诉人们不要为洒下的牛奶哭泣，也不要为已经发生的事情哭泣(或沉浸在悲伤中，或停留在另一种消极情绪中)。

　　Since there is no way to change the past, what has happened, has happened. Instead, you should move on and try to fix the problem, or just forget it.

　　既然没有办法改变过去，发生的事情已经发生了。相反，你应该继续努力解决这个问题，或者干脆忘掉它。

　　The company wants us to try to fix all the problems that we have had with our new product, but I honestly think that it’s no use crying over spilt milk! We should just move on and work on our next product.

　　公司希望我们设法解决新产品出现的所有问题，但我真诚地认为，为洒出来的牛奶哭泣是没有用的!我们应该继续做下一个产品。

　　I know Jim feels that he will never love again after the girl he was going to propose to broke up with him. But, as I keep telling him, it’s no use crying over spilt milk! We love and we learn.

　　我知道吉姆觉得在他打算和他分手的那个女孩之后，他再也不会爱她了。但是，正如我一直告诉他的，为洒出来的牛奶哭泣是没有用的!我们爱过并从中吸取教训。

　　你还知道哪些食物的谚语呢?

　　今日生词

　　attach [əˈtætʃ] v. to attach sth to sth：将…绑(或系、贴)在…上;将…固定(或连接)在…上; 附上;(与…)联在一起

　　例句

　　Don't forget to attach your entry form.

　　别忘了附上你的报名表。