英语谚语500句俚语俗语与谚语专题.docx

1、英语谚语500句俚语俗语与谚语专题英语谚语500句,俚语 俗语与谚语专题a heart of gold道德高尚的人a heart of oak果断的人a stitch in time saves nine一劳永逸a bad workman quarrels with his tools不会睡觉怪床歪a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush十鸟在树，不如一鸟在手a bit trying有些苦恼a burnt child dreads the fire一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳a cat may look at a king一视何伤a constant g

2、uest is never welcome久住令人贱a contented mind is a perpetual feast知足常乐a crooked stick will have a crooked shadow上梁不正下梁歪a friend is easier lost than found朋友易失不易得a good beginning is half done能善其始，事已半成a good beginning makes a good ending善始善终a good gain takes long pain好事多磨a good lather is half a shave良好的开端

3、等于成功的一半a good name is better than riches名声好，胜金宝a good tale is none the worse for being told twice好戏不厌百回看a jack of all trades is master of none样样精通样样稀松a little learning is a dangerous thing一知半解是危险的事。a man cannot whistle and drink at the same time一心不能两用a man without a smiling face must not open a shop

4、人无笑脸不开店a miss is as good as a mile失之毫厘，差之千里a near neighbor is better than a distant cousin远亲不如近邻a necessary lie is harmless必要的谎言无妨a pin a day is a groat a year聚沙成塔a reformed rake makes the best husband浪子回头金不换a rolling stone gathers no moss转石不成苔，转业不聚财a stone in a wall is not lost金簪掉在井里头?有你的就是有你的a str

5、aw shows which way the wind blows见微知著a white elephant暴殄天珍a word is enough to the wise快马一鞭a word spoken is past recalling一言既出，驷马难追a work ill done must be twice done首次做不好，必须重新做a young idler, an old beggar少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲absent-minded professor无头苍蝇act ones age适龄行为actions speak louder than words行动胜于言辞,坐而言，不如

6、起而行after a fashion差劲at ones wits end智穷才尽after a storm comes a calm雨过天晴all good things come to an end好花不常开，好景不常在all is fair in love and war情场如战超不择手段all is fish that comes to the net抓到篮里便是菜all lay loads on a willing horse人善被人欺，马善被人骑all roads lead to roma条条大道通罗马殊途同归all that glitters is not gold闪光的东西并非都

7、是金子all things are difficult before they are easy万事起头难alls well that ends well结局好的就算好amiss is as good as a mile差之毫厘，失之千里an ax to grind图谋不轨an empty sack cannot stand upright空袋立不直an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth以眼还眼，以牙还牙an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening一日之间在于晨an onlooker sees

8、 most of the game旁观者清appearances are deceptive人不可貌相art is long, but life is short人生有限，学海无涯art is long, life is short人生朝露，艺业千秋as always一如既往as poor as a church mouse一贫如洗as red as a rose艳如桃花as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb一不做二不休as wet as a drowned rat湿如落汤鸡as you brew so you must drink自作自受as you

9、make your bed, so you must lie in it自食其果,自作自受as you sow, so shall you reap种豆得豆，种瓜得瓜assess the situation, go with the tide审时度势，顺应潮流a man who has friends must show himself friendly要想交朋友，就得有诚意a hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt百镑愁难还一分债a good beginning is half done.,well begun is half

10、done良好的开端就是成功的一半a good book is the best friends, the same today and forever好书如挚友，情谊永不an honest tale speeds best, being plainly told诚实的故事，哪怕是平淡地讲，也传得最快a three-hundred-mile journey starts with the first step千里之行,始于足下a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot put out一愚闯祸，百智难补a

11、 friend in need is a friend indeed, tested friends, share weal and woe患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友,雪中送炭真君子a waterside pavilion gets the moonlight first.flowers and plants facing the sun grow better近水楼台先得月，向阳花木早逢春。back and forth前前后后bad news travels fast坏事传千里barking dogs seldom bite爱叫的狗很少咬人be careful with thing and

12、merciful with people对物要爱惜，对人要感恩be far-sighted目光远大be in the same boat同舟共济be kept waiting for some time苦苦等候be open and aboveboard光明磊落be true to ones name名副其实be very ungrateful以怨报德beauty is but skin deep人不可貌相beauty is in the eye of the beholder情人眼里出西施beauty is only skin-deep人不可貌相beggars must not be cho

13、osers饥不择食bell the cat风险重重better late than never迟做总比不做好better master one than engage with ten会十事不如精一事birds of a feather flock together鸟以群分，物以类聚bite the hand that feeds one忘恩负义bitter pills may have wholesome effects良药苦口blood is thicker than water疏不间亲,血浓于水bonkers疯狂的both feet on the ground实事求是boys will

14、be boys男孩子毕竟是男孩子brazen-faced厚脸皮burn ones boats破釜沉舟bury ones head in the sand无视事实business comes before pleasure正事在先，玩乐在后by george的确by the grapevine小道消息can of worms一团糟cannot see the wood for the trees只见树木不见森林carry the can面对责备,负起责任change with each passing day日新月异chaos乌烟瘴气clothes do not make the man人不可貌

15、相clothes make the man人要衣装，佛要金装come across a tiger in the mountain山中遇虎come straight to the point开门见山coming events cast their shadows before山雨欲来风满楼comparisons are odious人比人，气死人constant dropping wears away the stone滴水穿石cool ones heels坐冷板凳custom makes all things easy熟能生巧custom reconciles us to everythin

16、g习惯成自然cut your coat according to your cloth量入为出dead men tell no tales死无对证deal with a man as he deals with you以其人之道还治其人之身deli(delicatessen)熟食店deserve ones reputation名不虚传diamond cut diamond强中更有强中手diligence is the mother of success失败是成功之母disco(discotheque)迪斯科divi(dividend)红利do as i say, not as i do照我说的

17、做，别照我做的做do as you would be done by己所不欲,勿施于人do evil that good may come行恶以求善果do in rome as the romans do入乡随俗dont count your chickens before they are hatched别过早地乐观dont cross the bridge until you come to it不要杞人忧天dont cry stinking fish不要喊鱼腥,卖瓜不说瓜苦,老王卖瓜，自卖自夸dont let the cat out of the bag不要泄露机密dont meet t

18、rouble half-way勿杞人忧天dont put all your eggs in one basket勿孤注一掷dont put off till tomorrow what should be done today今日事今日毕dont quarrel with your bread and butter端人家碗，服人家管dont ride the high horse勿摆架子dont teach your grandmother to suck egg不要对着耶稣讲道理dont wash your dirty linen in public家丑不外扬dont primet judg

19、e a person by the clothes he wears不能以貌取人down-to-earth平易近人draw worldwide attention举世瞩目early to bed and early to rise早睡早起easier said than done说起来容易，做起来难east or west, home is best管他东方或西方，家是最好的地方easy come, easy go来的容易去的快easy meat易辨的事empty vessels make the most sound满瓶不响半瓶响叮当engage in speculation投机倒把,买空卖

20、空enjoy a happy get-together欢聚一堂enjoy popular support深入人心enough is as good as a feast知足常乐equal pay for equal work同工同酬even homer sometimes nods智者千虑必有一失every dog has his day困龙也有上天时every family has a skeleton in the cupboard家家有本难念的经every flow must have its ebb人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺every little countshelps积少成多eve

21、ry man is his own worst enemy一个人最大的敌人就是他自己every now and then时时刻刻everyone to his taste人各有所好example is better than precept身教重於言教experience is the best teacher前事不忘後事之师experience is the mother of wisdom不经一事，不长一智extremes meet物极必反facts speak louder than words事实胜于雄辩failure is the mother of success失败为成功之母fa

22、int-hearted胆小的familiarity breeds contempt近之则不逊feel like an old friends at first sight一见如故fine feathers make fine birds人要衣装，马要鞍first come, first served先来先招待first impressions are most lasting先入为主first time strangers, second time friends一回生,二回熟follow the river and you will get to the sea顺藤摸瓜fools rush

23、in where angels fear to tread初生牛犊不怕虎foot the bill付帐dont do unto others what you dont want others do unto you己所不欲勿施于人be all fingers and thumbs(be very awkward and clumsy in handling things)做事笨手笨脚better the devil you know than the devil you do not know明枪易躲，暗箭难防buyers want a hundred eyes; sellers，none买

24、东西的要有百只眼，卖东西的可以不长眼craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked诡计需要伪装，真理喜欢阳光every dog has its,his day a man his hour, and a dog has his day人人均有得意empty talks would lead the country astray, and hard work can rejuvenate the nation空谈误国,实干兴邦gather ye rosebuds while ye may花开堪折直须折get the opposite of

25、 what one intended事与愿违get the sack炒鱿鱼give a dog a bad name and hang him谗言可畏,欲加之罪，何患无辞give a thief enough rope and he, ll hang himself多行不义必自毙give him an inch and hell take an ell得寸进尺give knaves an inch and they will take a yard得寸进尺go for broke尽最大努力go while the going is good三十六计,走为上计god helps those wh

26、o help themselves自助者天助之gold will not buy everything金钱并非万能good things come in small packages乡人不识货，尽捡大的摸good wine needs no bush酒香不怕巷子深grasp all, lose all样样都要，全都失掉great minds think alike英雄所见略同great oaks from little acorns grow万丈高楼从地起grow with every passingdayflourishing蒸蒸日上half a loaf is better than no

27、 bread聊胜於无hard and fast一成不变hard-hearted铁石心肠的haste makes waste欲速则不达have ones wish fulfilled如愿以偿he laughs best who laughs last最后笑的人笑得最得意he that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it作贼心虚he that hath a full purse never wanted a friend有钱有酒，必有朋友he that is full of himself is very empty自满的人是空虚的he tha

28、t touches pitch shall be defiled近朱者赤，近墨者黑he who knows most speaks least识多者寡言he who laughs last, laughs best谁笑在最后谁笑得最甜he who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount骑虎难下heart and soul全心全意地heart of stone石头心肠heart-to-heart坦白的heaven helps those who help themselves天助自助者homer sometimes nods圣贤也有缺失honesty is the

29、 best policy诚实是上策how happy we are, to meet friends from afar!有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎!hunger is the beat sauce饥不择食if the sky falls, we shall catch larks杞人忧天if you kill one flea in march you kill a hundred二月杀跳蚤，杀一少百if you run after two hares, youll catch neither脚踏两头船摆渡难in a hundred and one thousand ways千方百计in doi

30、ng, we learn经一事，长一智in fair weather prepare for the foul未雨绸缪in for a penny, in for a pound一不做，二不休in ones heart of heart在内心深处in spite of oneself不由自主in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king比上不足，比下有余in wine there is truth酒後吐真言issue ious打白条it goes in one ear and out the other左耳朵进，右耳朵出it is do

31、gged that does it天下无难事，只怕有心人it is easier to go up the hill than to run down上山容易，下山难it is easier to pull down than to build百年成之不足，一旦毁之有余it is love that makes the world go round情之一字，所以维持世界it is never too late to mend亡羊补牢，时犹未晚it is no use crying over spilt milk既坠釜甑，反顾无益it takes two to make a quarrel一个巴掌不响its a deal一言为定its a long story一言难尽its never too late to learn活到老，学到老its never too late to mend亡羊补牢，未为晚也its of great urgency that当务之急its self-evident tha