Examples

"Waste not, want not"

俭以防匮 → want

George offered me a job as a translator, but I'm not sure whether I will accept it or not.

乔治给我提供了一份做翻译的工作，但是我还不确定是否接受。

The fact that you're not famous doesn't mean that you are not an artist.

你并不出名，并不意味你就不是艺术家了。

I'm not really good at bargaining, I'm not patient enough.

我不擅长讨价还价，没那么大耐心。 → bargain

I'm not sure, it may snow and again it may not…who can say that?

我不确定，可能下雪也可能不下……谁知道呢？ → again

He's not nice but definitely not cruel.

他不善良但也绝不无情。 → cruel

I want to paint my bike black but I'm not sure I'll like it or not.

我想把自行车刷成黑色，但是又害怕不喜欢。 → black

I don't like my body; I'm not athletic and I'm not tall.

我对自己的身材一点儿也不满意。体格不够健美，个子也不够高。 → athletic

If someone is under a cloud, they are not trusted or not popular because people think they have done something bad.

一个人如果名誉扫地了，那么他就再不会得到信任，也不再受欢迎，因为所有人都觉得他做了错事。

These few grains of sand do not constitute a heap, and the addition of a single grain never makes what is not yet a heap into a heap: so no matter how many single grains one adds it never becomes a heap. → sorites

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