Conforting someone who is unhappy安慰心情不好的人.

1. Pull yourself together.  振作起來.
2. Keep your chin up.  別灰心.
3. Don’t let it get you down. It will be over with soon.  別為此煩惱. 事情很快就會過去的.
4. Don’t be so miserable!  別這愁眉苦臉的.
5. Cheep up! Things will work out for the best.  高興點兒.事情會有好結果的.
6. Take heart- we’ll find a way out.  振作起來,我們會有辦法的.
7. Keep trying! Don’t give up the ship.  繼續努力! 別輕易放棄!
8. Loosen up! It’s not worth getting upset about.  放松點兒! 不值得為這件事苦惱.
9. Hang in there. Things will get better.  堅持住,情況會好起來.
10. Keep smiling! Things will calm down.  樂觀一點,事情會平息下來的.
11. It’s not as bad as all that.  事情沒有那么糟.
12. Things are never as bad as they seem.  事情往往不像看上去的那么糟.
13. Win a few, lose a few. That’s life.  有得也有失,生活就是如此.
14. Let’s look on the bright side.  我們來看看它好的一面.
15. Every cloud has a silver lining.  再黑暗的地方也有一線光明.
16. When God closes a door, He opens a window.  山不轉水轉.
17. Tomorrow is another day.  有明天就有希望.
18. Stop carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.  別太操心了,沒有你地球照樣轉. (carry the weight of the world on one’s shoulders:自以為重任在肩.)

Telling someone to accept a bad situation or failure勸說某人接受失敗或不好的境遇

1. There’s nothing you can do about it.  你對此無能為力.
2. That’s the way it goes.  現實就是這樣.
3. You can’t fight it. 你再爭也沒有用.
4. C’est la vie.  生活就是如此.
5. It was destined to happen.這是命中注定.
6. It’s meant to be.命該如此.
7. What ever will be, will be. 該怎樣,就會怎樣.
8. It’s just one of those things.  這樣的事情總是難免的.
9. At least we are not the only ones facing these problems.  至少不光是我們面臨這樣的問題.
10. It’s the best we can do under the circumstances.  情況就是這樣, 我們已經盡力而為了.
11. You did the best you could.  你已經盡力而為了.
12. You get an A for effort.  你盡了最大的努力.
13. The important thing is that you tried.  重要的是你已經努力過了.
14. Winning isn’t everything.  贏并不是一切.
15. It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.  關鍵不在于輸贏,而在于怎么玩.

Telling someone to leave things as they are. 勸某人不要破壞現狀

1. Let it be. 隨它去.
2. Leave it be. 由它去.
3. Let things be. 順其自然.
4. Leave well enough alone. 得過且過,見好就收.
5. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. (ain’t: 口語中不規范的用法, 在此為isn’t. 本句字面意思是: 東西還沒壞,就別急去修它.
6. Live and let live. 各人有各人的活法. (本句字面含義是: 你按你的方式生活,也要讓別人按他們的方式生活.)
7. Let sleeping dogs lie. 別招惹麻煩.
8. Don’t rock the boat. 不要無事生非,引起眾怒. (rock the boat: 因發表不同意見而破現狀,給大家制造麻煩.)
9. Don’t go looking for trouble.  別沒事找事.
10. Keep quiet about it if you know what’s good for you. 什么也別說,免得你自個兒添不自在.

Telling someone to be careful告誡某人做事要小心.

1. Safety first. 安全第一.
2. Play it safe. 做事要穩妥.
3. Play it cool. 做事要冷靜.
4. Look before you leap. 想好了再行動.
5. You’d better be careful. 你要小心一點.
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