有无比较正式些的Proverb 之类的警告性的语句‘物极必反’或形容人或企业不可太贪？/tks
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Seaman 于 1999/11/24 17:31:11 发表在 汉英
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Extremes meet.
作者：yuki - 1999/11/24 17:47:11
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These are all proverbs:
Extremes meet.
Extremes are dangerous.
The best things carried to the excess are wrong.
Extremity of right is wrong.
From the sublime to the ridiculous, there is but one step.
Excessive happiness produces tragedy (乐极生悲).
The best is the enemy of the good.
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Thanks yuki for providing such a wide range of wonderful choices!
作者：子曰 - 1999/11/25 01:18:17
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No mention it! I did it for my beloved only./
作者：yuki - 1999/11/25 17:58:45
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Fortune is like glass: it breaks when it is brightest.
作者：x - 1999/11/26 23:14:05
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What about men and pigs? Too fat a pig calls for slaughter?
作者：another glib truism - 1999/11/27 01:34:37
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Right you are!
作者：x - 1999/11/27 07:18:31
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When a pig is too fat, it is 够刀了！ 人又何异？古人早已
诫言在先："木秀于林,风必吹之.”So sometimes it might be better to remember:"All the virtues spring from humility.”
权且当作无能之辈的自我安慰吧。
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a small correction: 摧 instead of 吹
作者：faultfinder - 1999/11/27 09:22:38
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木秀于林,凤必摧之
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Have you heard of "The Tall Poppy Syndrome"?
作者：看不惯 - 1999/11/27 17:41:40
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Yeah, that's an Ausie version of 红眼病；鹤立鸡群，群起啄之？
作者：be careful! - 1999/11/27 19:15:52
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THE TALL POPPY SYNDROME
Unfortunately, the 'Tall Poppy' syndrome is rife in Australia, it is based on pure and simple
envy. This syndrome demands that anyone that is successful and rises above others should be
cut down immediately. The syndrome is the 'white ant' factor in all sporting clubs. It eats away
at a club's foundations, hampers progress, promotes ordinariness and discourages excellence.
The syndrome thrives on gossip, bitchiness and bickering. It takes a strong president and
committee to counter this syndrome but regardless of their efforts it will never be eradicated
while envy exists.
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Thx!
作者：x - 1999/11/27 21:02:22
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I feel terribly sorry for 摧，but should't someone else be responsible for 凤？
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Oops! I thought 凤 is an ex-风 because your penname is "x" which reminds me of "ex."
作者：faultfinder - 1999/11/27 21:14:02
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You have a word on everything too!
作者：x - 1999/11/28 07:10:28
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