As actress Jane is not in the same class as Susan.

为演员, 简不苏珊。

His plans are not what they purport to be.

他的计划并不他们所声称的那样。

As a scholar he is not in the same street with his predecessors.

为学者, 他远不其前辈。

The TV programme was not up to par tonight.

今晚的电视切目不往常好。

It is better to wear out than rust out.

与其懒死, 不累死。

He is not so much a journalist as a writer.

与其说他新闻工者, 不说他家。

Oceans don't so much divide the world as unite it.

与其说海洋将世界分开, 倒不说它们将世界连成体。

It would be truer to say that he was careless than that he was unkind.

与其说他待人苛刻倒不说粗心更准确。

Everything goes amiss with him, he has certainly bad luck.

他事事不, 气真不好。

After the injury the bones did not articulate as well as before.

受伤后骨的关节不从前连接的好。

All believe a cosmetologist, be inferior to asking oneself, are oneself comfortable?

尽信美容专家，不问自己，自己不舒服？

Some accused Pau of fatting up and leaving his faceup game in Memphis.

些人指责加索尔说他养肥了而且自从离开孟菲斯灰熊之后就状态大不前。

A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.

远亲不近邻。

A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.

巧言不直说。

Gas is both cheaper and much faster at heating a tankful of water。

但电water heater不gas的加热迅速，也不gas的节能省钱。

My shirt is more ivory colour than white.

我的衬衣与其说白色的, 不说乳白色的。

Man’s sense of smell is much less informative than his sight.

人的嗅觉提供的信息远不视觉。

Better unchaste than humourless, better dead than a dead weight .

没趣不淫荡，叫人讨厌不溘然长逝。

That’s three times he’s beaten me—I must be slipping!

他已经打败我三次了——我肯定不以前了！

He always flies into a tantrum when he’s contradicted.

每当不时他就会大发脾气。