Homer sometimes nods
英文释义:nobody can be at his best or most alert all the time
例句:
(1) Scientific reasons,like Homer,sometimes nods.
(2) -"I've done that trip twenty times or more.I know every inch of the road.You'd hardly believe it,but today I took a wrong turning and lost myself."
-"These things do happen.Even Homer sometimes nods."
no cross,no crown
英文释义:one must not hope for reward without suffering toil and hardship
例句:I know it is hard work;but you want to win that prize and we all konw the saying,"no cross,no crown."
No pain, no palm;
No thorns, no throne;
No gall, no glory;
No cross, no crown.
----William Penn
William Penn :English religious leader and colonist (1644 - 1718)
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