If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.如果初次不成功,还应继续一试再试。
谚语中try again就是再试,现在连用三个try,就特别强调,尽管多次失败,仍要有耐心与恒心,坚持一试再试,最后才会成功。
近似意思的谚语还有很多:
It's dogged that does it.
锲而不舍便成功。(dogged就是“锲而不舍”的意思)
Where there's a will there's a way.
有志者事竟成。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事,只怕有心人。
Men must choose between progress and comfort.
成人不自在,自在不成人。《礼记·中庸》有言:“人一能之,己百之;人十能之,己千之。苟能此道焉,虽愚必明,虽柔必强。”这里所说“百之”、“千之”,也就是一次一次反复去做的意思。