although it rains, throw not away your watering pot.
【中文译文】纵然天下雨，休把水壶丢。
a maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
【中文译文】少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了*差的一个。
a maid that laughs is half taken.
【中文译文】少女露笑脸，婚事半成全。
a man alone is either a saint or a devil.
【中文译文】孤身独处的人可以为圣哲，也可为恶魔。
a man apt to promise is apt to forget.
【中文译文】轻诺者易忘。
a man can die but once.
【中文译文】人生只有一次死。
a man can do no * than he can.
【中文译文】凡事只能量力而行。
a man can n*r thrive who had a wasteful wife.
【中文译文】妻子浪费无度，丈夫不会出头。
a man cannot serve two *s.
【中文译文】一*不能事二主。
a man can not spin and reel at the same time.
【中文译文】一心不能二用。
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