Better a salt herring on your own table, than a fresh pike on another man's.

宁可在自己的桌子上放一条盐鲱鱼,也不要在别人的桌子上放一条新鲜的梭子鱼。

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How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed them.

我们的恶习在我们犯了之后,就像鲱鱼和洋葱在早晨一样。

An unpleasant guest is as welcome as salt to a sore eye.

不愉快的客人对眼睛来说就像盐一样受欢迎。

I take everything with a grain of salt.

我对一切都半信半疑。

Let ilka herring hing by its ain head.

让伊尔卡鲱鱼咬着它的头部。

The pike grows big on small fry.

梭子鱼靠小鱼长得很大。