常用英语谚语分析解析.docx

1、常用英语谚语分析解析常用英语谚语学习AA crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改，本性难移；狗改不了吃屎。（讽刺那些恶习难改的人或是提醒他人注意防范坏人。）A fault confessed is half redressed.知过能改，善莫大焉。（关于原谅、宽容。）A fools haste is no speed.急急忙忙，想快反慢；欲速则不达。（不可急功近利，做事要稳妥。）A guilty conscience needs no accuser.多行不义必自毙；做贼心虚。（用于规劝他人向善。）A burden of

2、ones choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。（自己喜欢的、感兴趣的事做起来很轻松愉快。）A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林；到手的才实在；把握现在，不要空想未来。（珍惜自己所拥有的，不要去强求自己无法得到的东西）A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。（比喻有牺牲、奉献精神的人，如老师。）Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。（讲逆境、困难。）A fair death honors t

3、he whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。（对伟人评价。）A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。(劝告的话不中听，但往往是正确的。)A word spoken is past recalling. / A word spoken is an arrow let fly.一言既出，驷马难追。 （信守诺言。）Although the sun shines, leave not your cloak at home.未雨绸缪。 （事前做好准备、防范措施。）All good things come to an end.好景不常；天下没有不散的筵席。（离别时互相劝慰

4、的话语。）A crooked stick throws a crooked shadow.上梁不正下梁歪；曲杖生曲影。（说明榜样的重要性。）A man can lead a horse to the water but he cannot make him drink.师傅领进门，修行在个人。（表明个人在学习中的重要性。）A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王。 （人人平等。）A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。 （知足的人能保有愉悦的心情。）Admonish your friends in private, pra

5、ise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。（交友之道，朋友间相处的方式。）A good example is the best sermon. 身教胜似言教。 （行动是最具有说服力的。）A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急难免出岔子。 （做事要沉稳，要保持冷静的头脑。）A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. / A man cannot whistle and drink at the same time.一心不能二用。 （要专一、专心。）An opti

6、mist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 乐观的人在灾难中看到希望；悲观的人在希望中看到灾难。 （心态的重要性，好的心态是成功的关键。）A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 千里之行始于足下。 （要脚踏实地，一切都要从头开始。）BBetter give than take.施比受有福。（学会付出，不要一味的索取。）Beauty is but a blossom. 美丽只是盛开的花朵。 （美丽

7、只是瞬间，不要以貌取人。）Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. 美而无德犹如花之无香。 （高尚的道德胜过外表的美丽。）Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹剑。 （形容表里不一。）Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 （劝慰他人的话。）Be just to all, but trust not all. 要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。 （对人要保有

8、戒心，切不可轻信于人。）Be prepared to put ones hand in ones pocket. 准备慷慨解囊。 （要有一颗及时行善的心。）Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。 （知识就是力量，拥有知识胜过一切。）Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵。 （说话要抓重点，不要啰嗦。）CConstant dropping wears the stone. / Constant dripping wears away the stone.滴水穿石；铁杵磨成针。（持久的努力会有成效。

9、）Call a spade a spade.直言不讳；有话直说；说一是一，说二是二。（做人要诚实、坦率。）Cast not the first stone.欲谴责别人前，先扪心自问是否无罪。（批评别人前，先反省自己。）Care brings grey hair. /Care killed the cat.忧虑催人老。/忧虑伤身。 （心态与健康的关系密切。）Come what may, heaven wont fall. 船到桥头自会直。 （事情一定会有结果。）Coming events cast their shadows before them. 山雨欲来风满楼。 （事情发生前的征兆。）Ch

10、ildren are what the mothers are. 耳濡目染，身教言传。 （人与人之间的影响是潜移默化的。）Creep before you walk. 循序渐进。 （做事要按一定的顺序，不可冒进。）DDeliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考虑要仔细 , 行动要迅速 .（思考与效率的重要性。）Do not teach fish to swim. /Dont try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。（不要做不自量力的事。）Dont bite off more than you c

11、an chew.贪多嚼不烂；不要自不量力。（凡事要适度，切不可贪多。）Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 （不要把自己的意愿强加于人。）Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 （行动是最重要的，凡事都需要亲身体验。）Do it now. 机不可失，时不再来。 （不要总把希望寄托于明天。）Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。 （做事要有毅力。）EEvery man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。（人都有缺点，不要过度追求完美。）Every advantage

12、 has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。 （事物的两面性。）Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在。 （所有的事物都会有消亡的那一天。）Every man has his hobbyhorse. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 （每个人的兴趣不同，志向不同。）Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。 （自己的未来是自己创造的。）Every minute counts. 分秒必争。 （珍惜时间。）Experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。（经验让人获得成长。）FFo

13、rtune helps him thats willing to help himself. / God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。（人最靠得住的就是自己。）Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。 （感情破灭之后，一切都不再美好。）Fear always springs from ignorance. 恐惧源于无知。 （知识的重要性。）First think and then speak. 先想后说。 （说话前要经过思考。）Fools grow without watering. 朽木

14、不可雕。 （人或事物无药可救，无法挽回。）Four eyes see more than two. 集思广益。 （群众的智慧是无穷的、听取大众的意见。）Friends agree best at distance. 朋友之间也会保持距离。 （要给人留以空间。）GGrasp all, lose all. 样样都要，全都失掉。贪多嚼不烂。（要懂得取舍。）Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 众口铄金，积毁销骨。 （流言的杀伤力巨大。）Great hopes make great man. 伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 （理想之于人格塑造的重要性。）HHope for

15、 the best and prepare for the worst.做最好的打算，做最差的准备。（做事要周全或是以积极的心态面对困境。）Handsome is he who does handsomely. / Beauty is as beauty does.行为漂亮才算美。（内心美才重要。）Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others. 吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。 （要从别人的身上学习获得知识。）Hear all parties. 兼听则明。 （不可偏听一面之词。）Heaven never helps the m

16、an who will not act. 自己不动，叫天何用。 （自己要采取补救的措施。）He is lifeless that is faultless. 只有死人才不犯错误。 （人都会犯错，错误不可避免。）History repeats itself. 历史往往重演。 （事情不断的重复。）Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 怀抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。（以积极的心态面对最坏的结果。）IIt is no use crying over spilt milk.打翻牛奶，哭也没用；覆水难收。（失去的东西追不回来。）It never rai

17、ns but pours.不雨则已，一雨倾盆；屋漏偏逢连夜雨；祸不单行。（形容不好的事接连发生。）If you make yourself an ass, dont complain if people ride you. 人善被人欺，马善被人骑。 （善良总会遭到欺负。）If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 （做任何事都要冒一定风险。）It is the unforeseen that always happens. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。 （每个人都会有不顺利的时候，可用于劝慰他人。）JJustice has

18、 long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。（坏人终会遭到惩罚。）Jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通，样样稀松；学百艺而无一精。（学习与经验。）KKeep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 （关于择友。）Keep something for a rainy day.未雨绸缪，有备无患。（事先做好准备。）King goes mad, and the people suffer for it.君主发狂，百姓遭殃。（用于政治。）LLet bygones be bygo

19、nes. 过去的就让它过去吧。 （不要停留在过去。）Like teacher, like pupil. 什么样的老师教什么样的学生。 （言传身教的重要性。）Lookers-on see more than players. 当局者迷，旁观者清。 （从不同的角度看问题。）Little by little and bit by bit.聚沙成塔。（成功不是一蹴而就的。）Love your neighbors, yet pull not down your hedge.要与邻居维持友谊，就不可干涉他的私事。（与人相处之道。）MMany heads are better than one.众人的主意，

20、总比一个人的好；三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。（人多力量大。）Murder will come out.恶事必败露；天网恢恢，疏而不漏。（法律是公正的，坏人坏事终会得到惩罚。）Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。（命运掌握在自己手中。）NNothing attempted, nothing gained.不试则一事无成；不入虎穴，焉得虎子。（凡事都要尝试一下。）Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. / Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his min

21、d to it. 天下无难事，只怕有心人。（关于坚持、毅力。）Never say die. 永不言败。 （不要屈服于失败。）No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。 （成功不是那么容易的。）No way is impossible to courage. 勇者无惧。（有勇气就可以面对一切。）OOne sin opens the door for another. 犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪；不以恶小而为之。（不要姑息小错误。）Old friends and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇，老友情深。 （友情越久越深厚。）One boy is a boy

22、, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. 一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。 （要学会合作。）One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 百闻不如一见。 （亲身体会才会了解。）One false move may lose the game. 一着不慎，满盘皆输。 （做事要谨慎，不可粗心大意。）One mans fault is other mans lesson. 前车之鉴。 （前人的经验、教训可为后人所学习。）PPractice what you preach.实行你所讲的道理；躬行己说；言

23、行一致。（要实践，而不是空口说白话。）Pretty is as pretty does.行为善者始为美；心美貌亦美。（心灵美更重要。）Pull the chestnut out of fire. 火中取栗。 （冒险为别人做吃力不讨好的事。）QQuiet people are well able to look after themselves.沉默的人才有能力照顾自己。（行为与态度。）Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth.勤劳才有饭吃。（关于勤劳。）Quickly / Easy come, quickly / easy go.易得易失。（事物本质。）

24、RRespect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 要人尊敬，必须自重。 (要重视自己，别人才会重视你。)Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。(事出必有因。)SSharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. 磨刀不误砍柴功。 （准备工作是必要的。）Seek the truth from facts. 实事求是。 （要诚实的做人行事。）Success belongs to the persevering.胜利属于不屈不挠的人。（关

25、于成功、坚持。）TThere is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。 （学习是一个漫长而又艰苦的过程。）The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.千里之行，始于足下；万丈高楼平地起。（凡事不能一蹴而就。）The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，浊者自浊。（不要不懂装懂。）Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。（时间能带走伤痛。）To err is

26、human.人非圣贤，孰能无过。（人都会犯错误。）The die is cast. 木已成舟。 （事情已成定局，无法改变。）The grass is greener on the other side of the hill. 这山望着那山高。 （人的欲望是无止尽的。）The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 人言可畏。 (流言的力量惊人。)UUnpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。 (劝告都是不中听的却是有利的。)Until all is over ones ambition never dies. 不到黄

27、河心不死。(不到最后不放弃。)VVirtue is the beauty of the mind.美德是心灵的美。（关于美德、心灵美。）Virtue is its own reward.善有善报。（关于行善、回报。）Visit your aunt, but not every day of the year./ Fish and guests smell in three days.常做客惹人厌。（关于行为。）WWhere there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。 （有志向的人最终会成功。）We never know the worth of water

28、till the well is dry. 井干方知水可贵。 （失去后才知道珍贵。）When one door shuts, another opens.天无绝人之路。（关于希望。）When things are at the worst they begin to mend.否极泰来；苦尽甘来。（关于心态。）YYesterday will not be called again. 光阴一去不复返。（要珍惜时间，把握当下。）You cannot eat your cake and have it。鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。（不可太过贪心，抉择是必要的。） You never know what you can till you try.是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。（看过才知道真实的情况。）ZZeal too often lacks discretion.热心有余，审慎不足。（讽刺空有干劲，没有头脑的人。）Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.热心而知识不足，犹如无光之火。（知识的重要性。）