Section V
Having Some Fun
Mr. and Mrs. Jones were farmers in their sixties. They just checked into a nice hotel for their first sightseeing trip. As they were about to leave the room for a walk by the sea, Mrs. Jones saw a notice on the inside of the door of their room. It said: Breakfast 7:00-10:00; Lunch 11:30-2:30; Tea 3:00-5:30; Dinner 6:30-12:00. "Look at this, dear," she said to her husband. He looked for a few seconds and she said in a disappointed voice, "That doesn't allow us much time for sightseeing, does it?"
（一）时间是金，其值无价
Time is money. （时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金）
Time flies. （光阴似箭，日月如梭）
Time has wings. （光阴去如飞）
Time is a file that wears and makes no noise. （光阴如锉，细磨无声）
Time stays not the fool's leisure. （时间不等闲逛的傻瓜）
Time and I against any two. （和时间携起手来，一人抵两人）
Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself. （时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命，节省时间，就是延长生命）
Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost. （消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失）
（二）时间是风，去而不返
Time undermines us. （光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老）
Time and tide wait for no man. （岁月不待人）
Time cannot be won again. （时间一去不再来）
Time is , time was , and time is past. （现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返）
Time lost can not be recalled. （光阴一去不复返）
Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns. (光阴似箭，一去不返）
（三）时间是尺，万物皆检
Time tries friends as fire tries gold. (时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金）
Time tries truth. （时间检验真理）
Time is the father of truth. （时间是真理之父）
Time will tell. （时间能说明问题）
Time brings the truth to light. （时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。）
Time and chance reveal all secrets. (时间与机会能提示一切秘密）
Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion. （时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰）
Time reveals(discloses) all things. （万事日久自明）
Time tries all. （时间检验一切）
（四）时间是秤，衡量权质
There is no time like the present. （现在正是时候）
Take time by the forelock. (把握目前的时机）
To choose time is to save time. （选择时间就是节省时间）
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. （今日事，今日毕）
Procrastination is the thief of time. （拖延为时间之窃贼）
One of these days is none of these days. （拖延时日，终难实现。或：改天改天，不知哪天）
Tomorrow never comes. （明天无尽头，明日何其多）
What may be done at any time will be done at no time. （常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹）
（五）时间是水，淘金流沙
Time works wonders. （时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议）
Time works great changes. （时间可以产生巨大的变化）
Times change. (时代正在改变）
关于时间的谚语
1． Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不等人
2． Time flies! 光阴似箭
3． Time heals all wounds. 时间能够治疗一切创伤
4． He that gains time gains all things. 赢得时间的人就赢得一切
5． Art is long, and time is fleeting. 艺术长存，光阴易逝
6． Money lost, little lost; time lost, everything lost.丢钱事小，失时事大
7． Time tries friends as fire tries gold. 时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金。
8． Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。
9． Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.今日事，今日毕。
10． There is time for everything. 凡事皆有时。
11． Do not squander time---that’s the stuff life is made of. 不要浪费时间，因生命由它而成。
12． Nothing can be done without time just as no one can live without air. 没有时间，我们做不成任何事；正如没有空气，我们根本不能生存。
13． A hero is nothing but a product of his time. 时事造英雄。
14． One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天等于两个明天。
15． Time is like the water sucked in sponge: if you squeeze, you can always get some. 时间象水，只要去挤总是有的。
关于时间的成语(中英文)
1．日积月累 accumulate through long years
2. 日暮途穷 at the end of one’s rope
3. 日日夜夜 day and night
4. 日新月异 fast-changing
5. 日以继夜 night and day; day in and day out
6. 分秒必争 Every minute counts.
7. 千钧一发 at a critical moment
8. 千秋万代 throughout the ages
9. 千载难逢 once in a blue moon
10. 穷年累月 year after year; from year to year
11. 日落西山 like the sun setting beyond the western hills; on the wane
12. 闰年 leap year
13. 霎时间 in an instant; in a twinkle
14. 上旬 the first ten days of a month
15. 深更半夜 late at night
16. 时过境迁 Time has changed.
17. 瞬息万变 change at every moment
18 遗臭万年 be cursed for ever by posterity; remain infamous in history
19 无时无刻 all the time; constantly
20 猴年马月 donkey’s years
21 与日俱增 be on the increase day by day
22 蒸蒸日上 grow more and more prosperous
23 有朝一日 someday; when the day comes
24 指日可待 can be expected soon
25 一日千里 at tremendous speed; by leaps and bounds
26 一年到头 all the year round; throughout the year
27 有生之年 the rest of one’s life; one’s remaining years
28 新纪元 new era; new epoch
29 延年益寿 prolong one’s life