英语谚语大全 精修订.docx

1、英语谚语大全 精修订 集团标准化工作小组 #Q8QGGQT-GX8G08Q8-GNQGJ8-MHHGN#英语谚语大全ProverbsA fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩Money cant buy time. 寸金难买寸光阴Failure is the mother of success. 失败乃成功之母。The visitor arrives, it is as if returning home.宾至如归。A good beginning is half t

2、he battle.良好的开端成功的一半。To teach is to learn.教学相长。Like father,like son.有其父，必有其子。Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败。Fish in trouble water.混水摸鱼。Business is business.公事公办。The style is the man.文入其人。 More haste,less speed.欲速则不达。Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。Misfortunes never come alone. 祸不单行。Hedges have eyes,wa

3、lls have ears.隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳。Man proposes,God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼里出西施。Time and tide wait for no man.时不待我/岁月无情。A young idlder,an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。Out of office,out of danger.无官一身轻。In time of peace prepare for war.居安思危。The tongue cuts the throat.祸从口出。/言多必失。Out

4、 of sight,out of mind./far from eye,far from heart.眼不见为净。All shall be well,Jack shall be Jill. 有情人终成眷属。Friends must part.聚散离合总有时。/天下无不散之宴席。The remenbrance of the past is the teacher of the future.前事不忘，后世之师。Love me,love dog. 爱屋及乌。Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。/一石双鸟。Speak the devil(and he will ap

5、pear). 说曹操，曹操到。A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。Beat the dog before the lion.杀鸡儆猴。Let sleeping dog lie.勿打草惊蛇。Teach fish to swim.班门弄斧。A word spoken is past recallling. 一言既出，驷马难追。Once beaten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。Birds of a feather flock together.物以类分，人以群分。In for a penny, in for a pound.一不做，二不休。Ther

6、e is smoke without fire.无风不起浪。Have a card up ones sleeve.胸有成竹。Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要金装，人要衣装。 As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。Much will have more.得陇望蜀。/得寸进尺。The sauce is better than the fish.喧宾夺主。He cries wine and sells vinegar.挂羊头，买狗肉。Good wine

7、needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深。Every potter praises his pot.王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。The pupil outdoes the master.青出于蓝而胜于蓝。There are plenty of fish in the sea.天涯何处有芳草Diamond cut diamont.强中更有强中手。He take a spear to kill a fly.杀鸡用牛刀。Gifts blind the eyyes.拿了手软，吃了嘴软。Dont bite the hand that feeds you.不要将恩仇报。Dogs bite in every co

8、untry.天下乌鸦一般黑。Better an open enemy than a false friend.。明枪易躲，暗箭难防。Do one thing under cover of another. 明修栈道，暗度陈仓。The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.心有余而力不足。Little strokes fell great oaks.滴水穿石。/只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。Judge not a book by its cover. 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。A straight foot is not afraid of crooked

9、shoe.身正不怕影子斜。The knife cuts bread and fingers.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。It is better to be the head of a dog/lizard than the tail of lion.宁为鸡手，无为牛后。It is better to die than to live when life is a disgrace./Better hounor than live with shame.Dogs bite in every countries.天下乌鸦一般黑。A horse stumbles that has four legs.人非

10、圣贤，熟能无过。A clear conscience is a sure card.为人不做亏心事，半夜不怕鬼敲门。A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart.做贼心虚。All your swans are greese.事与愿违。Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。Late fruite keeps well.大器晚成。Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。Rest breeds rust.生命在于运动。

11、Names are debts.树大招风。Common fame is a liar.盛名之下，其实难附。Many kiss the baby for the nurses sake.醉翁之意不在酒。Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。Do in Rome as the Romans do.如乡随俗。Things done cannot be done.木已成舟。/覆水难收。True blue will never stain.真金不怕火炼。Everybodys business is nobodys busness.三个和尚没水吃。The moon

12、 is not seen when the sun shines.小巫见大巫。Penny wise and pound foolish.因小失大。He knows most who speaks least./still water runs deep.大智若愚。As you make the bed, so you must lie in it.自食其果。The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。Short pleasure,long lament.一失足成千古恨。Dont count the chichen before they are hatched.

13、请勿盲目乐观。What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知，除非己莫为。Danger is next neighour to security.塞翁失马，安知非福。Misfortue might be a blessing in disguise.祸兮福所倚，福兮祸所伏。What we lose in hake we shall have in herring.失之东隅，收之桑榆。Stick together through thick and thin.有福同享，有祸同当/祸患与共。/风雨同舟。Save your breath to cool your

14、 porridge.个人自扫门前雪，莫管他人瓦上霜。A watched pot never boils.心急吃不了热豆腐。/有心插花花不开，无心插柳柳成阴。A leopard cannot change its spots./you cannot make a crab walk straight.江山易改，本性难移。Dont trouble touble until trouble troubles you.车到山前必有路。Accidents will happen./Every tide has its ebb.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。Even Homer sometimes nods

15、./The best horse stumbles.智者千虑，必有一失。Rome was not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。The shephered would rather lose the wool than the sheep.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。A little leak will sink a great ship./a stitch in time saves nine.亡羊补牢。Silence is golden.沉默是金。All is not gold that glitters. 闪闪发光物，并非皆金子。A bird in the hand i

16、s worth two in the bush.双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。Safety and danger alternate with each other. Misfortune and fortune generate each other. Slowness and promptness follow each other. Gathering and scatering complement each other.安危相宜，祸福相生，缓急相争，聚散相成。The endless river flows eastward, with its huge waves,gone are all

17、 those gallant heroes of bygone years. 大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。Absorbed in paiting, you knnow not old age is coming, indeed, to me wealth and rank are like clouds drifting away.丹青不知老将至，富贵于我如浮云。We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though we are miles apart

18、.但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the more on every festive day.独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。If two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can cut through metal.二人同心，其利断金。It is a true great amn whom no money and rank can confuse, no poverty and hardship can sh

19、ake, and no power and force can suffocate.富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈，此之谓大夫矣。Impartiality produces clarity and partiality obscurity.公生明，偏生暗。The noble takes the humble as its root, the high takes the low as its base.贵以贱为本，高以下为基。A bosom friend afar brings distance near.海内存知己，天涯若比临。A huge tree that fills ones ar

20、ms grows from a tiny seeding, a nine sories tower rises from a heap of earth, a thousand-li journey starts with the first step.合抱之木，生于毫末；九层之台，起于垒土；千里之行，始于足下。This land is so beautiful that it has made countless heroes bow in homage.江山如此多娇，引无数英雄竞折腰。Raising my head, I see the moon so bright, withdrawin

21、g my eyes my nostalgi comes around.举头望明月，低头思故乡。All are past and gone;we look to this age for truly great men.俱往昔，数风流人物，还看今朝。A man of virtue helps others to achieve their moral perfection but not their evil conduct.君子成人之美，不成人之恶。The friendship between men of virtue is light like water, yet richly affe

22、ctionate; the friendship between men without virtue is sweet like wine, yet easily broken.君子之交淡如水小人之交甘如醴。君子淡以亲，小人甘于绝。Work diligently for the country and frugally for the family.克勤于邦，克俭于家。Respect the aged in ones own family as well as the aged in other families, and love the young in ones own family

23、as well as the young in other families.老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人之幼。When one rejoices in the joy of his people, they will also rejoice in his joy; when one grieves at the sorrow of his people, they do the same. He who rules his country is one one who occupies himself with concerns for the pleasure and sorrow o

24、f all his people. 乐民之乐者，民亦乐其乐；忧民之忧者，民亦忧其忧。乐以天下，忧以天下，然而不王者未之有也。 Propriety damands reciprocity. It is not propriety to give but not to receive, or vice visa.礼尚往来。往而不来，非礼也；来而不往，亦非礼也。If love between both sides can last for eye, why need they stay together night and day.两情若是长久时，有岂在朝朝暮暮。Act when orderd, a

25、nd stop when prohibited.令则行，禁则止。The way ahead is long and has no ending;yet high and low Ill search with my will unbending路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。Disorder brings peril to a country, while order brings peace to it.乱则国危，治则国安。The people are the most important element in a state;next are the goals of land and g

26、rain;least is the ruler himself.民为贵，社稷次之，君为轻。Quick-minded and eager to learn, he is never ashamed to consult his inferiors.敏而好学，不耻下问。Nothing in the world excels in beauty as simplicity does.朴素而天下莫能与之争美。A long dike will collapse because of an ant-hole in it; a tall building will be burned down becaus

27、e of a spark from a chmneys chink.千里之堤，以蝼蚁之 溃；百尺之室，以突隙之烟焚。If you carve but give up half way, even a decayed piece of wood will not break; if you carve without a break, even metal and stone can be engraed.锲而舍之，朽木不折；锲而不舍，金石可镂。Men have sorrow and joy; they part and meet again. The moon dims or shines;

28、it waxes or wanes. Nothing is perfect, not even in the old days.人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。Among any three men walking, I will find something to learn for sure. Their good qualities are to be followed, and their shortcomings are to be avoided.三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。He who is keen in learning takes other

29、 peoples fortes to make up his own defects.善学者，假人之长以补其短。He who is good at learning exhausts the principles. He who is good at practising seeks to solve the most difficult problems.善学者尽其理，善行者究其难。The passage of time is just like the flow of water, which goes on day and night.逝者如斯夫！不舍昼夜。Those who follo

30、w the Heavens law will flourish and those who ga against it will perish.顺我者昌，逆我者亡。Man is the most valuble among all the things that heaven fosters. 天生万物，唯人为贵。Heaven has endowed me with talents for eventual use.天生我才必有用。Opportunities vouchsafed by Heaven are outmatched by terrestrial advantages, which

31、 in turn are outmatched by the harmony among people. 天时不如地利，地利不如人和。Words are to be judged from their function; and deeds are to be observed from their effects.听其言必责其用，观其行必求其功。He who is able to reach new understanding by rviewing the old knowledge is qualified to be a teacher.温故而知新，可以为师也。Dont do what

32、 should not be done; dont desire what should not be desired.无为其所不为，无欲其所不欲。It is unbearable to meet as well as to depart. 相见时难别亦难。Learning without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without learning ends in danger.学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。Never be contented with your study. Never be impatient with your teaching.学而不厌，诲人不倦。Learning is like r