265例常用英语谚语.docx

1、265例常用英语谚语常用英语谚语265例A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A burden of ones choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。 A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。

2、Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。Adversity makes man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。

3、A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。 A good book is

4、 a good friend. 好书如挚友。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 A great talker is a great liar. 说大话者多谎言。A hedge between keeps friendship

5、 green. 君子之交淡如水。A joke never gains an enemy but loses friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。A leopard cannot change its spots. 积习难改。A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。A light heart lives long. 静以修身。A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。All good things come to an end. 天下没

6、有不散的筵席。All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。A man can do no mor

7、e than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。 A merry heart goes all the way. 心旷神怡，事事顺利。 A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。A mothers love never changes. 母爱永恒。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。An hour in the mornin

8、g is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防为主，治疗为辅。As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。A still tongue makes a wise

9、 head. 寡言者智。A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补，大洞吃苦。A straight foot is not afraid of crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close mouth. 真人不露相，露相非真人。 A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。 A years plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。 A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings

10、. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好。Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。 Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。 Business is the salt oflife. 事业是人生的第一需要。 By reading we enrich

11、the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。Children are what the mothers are. 耳濡目染，身教言传。Choose an author as you choose an friend. 择书如择友。 Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。 Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to succ

12、ess. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 Constant dripping wears away a stone. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。Creepbeforeyouwalk. 循序渐进。Custom is a second nature. 习惯是后天养成的。Custom makes all things easy. 有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 Do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。 Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 Doing is better than sayin

13、g. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。 Dont claim to know what you dont know. 不要不懂装懂。Dont make a mountain out of a molehill. 不要小题大做。 Dont put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。 Do well and have well. 善有善报。Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and

14、 wise. 早睡早起身体好。 Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。 Envy has no holidays. 忌妒之人无宁日。 EvenHomer sometimes nods. 智者千虑，必有一失。 Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。 Everybodys business is nobody

15、s business. 人人负责，等于没人负责。 Every dog has his day. 谁都有得意的时候。 Every heart has its own sorrow. 各人有各人的苦恼。 Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。 Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。 Every minute counts. 分秒必争。 Every mothers child is handsome. 孩子是自己的

16、好。 Everything is good when new,but friends when old. 东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。 Example is better then percept. 说一遍，不如做一遍。 Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。 Experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。 Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之

17、母。 Fire and water have no mercy. 水火无情。 First come, first served. 先来后到。 First impressions are half the battle. 初次见面，印象最深。 First think and then speak. 先想后说。 Fools haste is no speed. 欲速则不达。 Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. 愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。 Fortune favors those who us

18、e their judgement. 机遇偏爱善断之人。 Four eyes see more than two. 集思广益。 Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 天才不过是勤奋而已。 God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。Gold will not buy anything. 黄金并非万能。 Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。 Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. 良药苦口利于病。Grea

19、t hopes make great man. 伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。Habit cures habit. 心病还需心药医。 Happiness takes no account of time. 欢乐不觉时光过。Health is better than wealth. 健康胜过财富。He is a fool that forgets himself. 愚者忘乎所以。He is a wise man who speaks little. 聪明不是挂在嘴上。 He is lifeless that is faultless.

20、 只有死人才不犯错误。He is wise that is honest. 诚实者最明智。 He knows mostn who speaks least. 大智若愚。 He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。 He that will not work shall not eat. 不劳动者不得食。 He who does not advance loses ground. 逆水行舟，不进则退。 He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. 想不犯错误，就一事无成。Honesty is the best pol

21、icy. 做人诚信为本。 Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 脚踏两条船，必定落空。If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。If you want knowledge, you must oil for it. 要想求知，就得吃苦。 Industry is the parent of success. 勤奋是成功之母。 It is e

22、asier to get money than to keep it. 挣钱容易攒钱难。 It is hard to please all. 众口难调。 It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。It is the first step that costs troublesome. 万事开头难。 It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. 坐失良机，后悔已迟。It takes three generations to

23、make a gentleman. 十年树木，百年树人。 Judge not from appearances. 人不可貌相，海不可斗量。 Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕。 Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。 Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。 Lear

24、n to walk before you run. 先学走，再学跑。 Let bygones be bygones. 过去的就让它过去吧。 Lies can never changes fact. 谎言终究是谎言。 Life without a friend is death. 没有朋友，虽生犹死。Like author, like book. 文如其人。 Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。 Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。Like tree, likefruit. 羊毛出在羊身上。 Look before you leap. 摸清情况再行动。 Look

25、ers-on see more than players. 当局者迷，旁观者清。 Lost time is never found again. 岁月既往，一去不回。 Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。 Make hay while the sun shines. 良机勿失。 Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 Many hands make light work. 众人拾柴火焰高。 Many heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。 Many things grow in the garden

26、 that were never sown there. 有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。Misfortunes never come alone. 祸不单行。 Money isnt everything. 钱不是万能的。Murder will out. 纸包不住火。Never fish in trouble water. 不要混水摸鱼。 Never judge from appearances. 不可以貌取人。 Never say die. 永不言败。 Never too old to learn, never too late to turn. 亡羊补牢，为时未晚。 No cross, n

27、o crown. 不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。No living man all things can. 世上没有万事通。 No man can do two things at once. 一心不可二用。 No man is born wise or learned. 没有生而知之者。 No man is wise at all times. 聪明一世，糊涂一时。 No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。 No one can call back yesterday. 昨日不会重现。 No pains, no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。No sweet witho

28、ut sweat. 先苦后甜。No smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。 Not to advance is to go back. 不进则退。 No way is impossible to courage. 勇者无惧。 Observationisthebestteacher. 观察是最好的老师。 Once bitten, twice shy

29、. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 One cannot put back the clock. 时钟不能倒转。 One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 百闻不如一见。 One false move may lose the game. 一着不慎，满盘皆输。 One good turn deserves another. 行善积德。 One mans fault is other mans lesson. 前车之鉴。One never loses anything by politeness. 讲礼貌不吃亏。 One swallow does not

30、make a summer. 一燕不成夏。 Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心为静。 Patience is the best remedy. 忍耐是良药。Pleasure comes through toil. 苦尽甘来。 Pour water into a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空。 Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 Prefer loss to unjust gain. 宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。 Pride goes before, and shame

31、 comes after. 骄傲使人落后。Promise is debt. 一诺千金。 Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。 Reading enriches the mind. 开卷有益。 Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 要人尊敬，必须自重。 Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。 Seek the truth from facts. 实事求是。 Something is better than nothing. 聊胜于无。 Speech is silver, silence is gold. 能言是银，沉默是金。 Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。 Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。 Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。 Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操就到。 Tall trees cat