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

1. Pull yourself together.  振作起来.
2. Keep your chin up.  别灰心.
3. Don’t let it get you down. It will be over with soon.  别为此烦恼. 事情很快就会过去的.
4. Don’t be so miserable!  别这愁眉苦脸的.
5. Cheep up! Things will work out for the best.  高兴点儿.事情会有好结果的.
6. Take heart- we’ll find a way out.  振作起来,我们会有办法的.
7. Keep trying! Don’t give up the ship.  继续努力! 别轻易放弃!
8. Loosen up! It’s not worth getting upset about.  放松点儿! 不值得为这件事苦恼.
9. Hang in there. Things will get better.  坚持住,情况会好起来.
10. Keep smiling! Things will calm down.  乐观一点,事情会平息下来的.
11. It’s not as bad as all that.  事情没有那么糟.
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.  我们来看看它好的一面.
15. Every cloud has a silver lining.  再黑暗的地方也有一线光明.
16. When God closes a door, He opens a window.  山不转水转.
17. Tomorrow is another day.  有明天就有希望.
18. Stop carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.  别太操心了,没有你地球照样转. (carry the weight of the world on one’s shoulders:自以为重任在肩.)

Telling someone to accept a bad situation or failure劝说某人接受失败或不好的境遇

1. There’s nothing you can do about it.  你对此无能为力.
2. That’s the way it goes.  现实就是这样.
3. You can’t fight it. 你再争也没有用.
4. C’est la vie.  生活就是如此.
5. It was destined to happen.这是命中注定.
6. It’s meant to be.命该如此.
7. What ever will be, will be. 该怎样,就会怎样.
8. It’s just one of those things.  这样的事情总是难免的.
9. At least we are not the only ones facing these problems.  至少不光是我们面临这样的问题.
10. It’s the best we can do under the circumstances.  情况就是这样, 我们已经尽力而为了.
11. You did the best you could.  你已经尽力而为了.
12. You get an A for effort.  你尽了最大的努力.
13. The important thing is that you tried.  重要的是你已经努力过了.
14. Winning isn’t everything.  赢并不是一切.
15. It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.  关键不在于输赢,而在于怎么玩.

Telling someone to leave things as they are. 劝某人不要破坏现状

1. Let it be. 随它去.
2. Leave it be. 由它去.
3. Let things be. 顺其自然.
4. Leave well enough alone. 得过且过,见好就收.
5. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. (ain’t: 口语中不规范的用法, 在此为isn’t. 本句字面意思是: 东西还没坏,就别急去修它.
6. Live and let live. 各人有各人的活法. (本句字面含义是: 你按你的方式生活,也要让别人按他们的方式生活.)
7. Let sleeping dogs lie. 别招惹麻烦.
8. Don’t rock the boat. 不要无事生非,引起众怒. (rock the boat: 因发表不同意见而破现状,给大家制造麻烦.)
9. Don’t go looking for trouble.  别没事找事.
10. Keep quiet about it if you know what’s good for you. 什么也别说,免得你自个儿添不自在.

Telling someone to be careful告诫某人做事要小心.

1. Safety first. 安全第一.
2. Play it safe. 做事要稳妥.
3. Play it cool. 做事要冷静.
4. Look before you leap. 想好了再行动.
5. You’d better be careful. 你要小心一点.
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