英语谚语大观

夏日寒冰

A bad beginning makes a bad ending. ----> 不善始者不善终 　　A bad thing never dies. ----> 遗臭万年 　　A bad workman always blames his tools. ----> 不会撑船怪河弯 　　A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. ----> 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林 　　A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. ----> 吹牛与说谎本是同宗 　　A bully is always a coward. ----> 色厉内荏 　　A burden of one’s 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 has 9 lives. ----> 猫有九条命 　　A cat may look at a king. ----> 人人平等 　　A close mouth catches no flies. ----> 病从口入 　　A constant guest is never welcome. ----> 常客令人厌 　　Actions speak louder than words. ----> 事实胜于雄辩 　　Adversity leads to prosperity. ----> 穷则思变 　　Adversity makes a 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 　　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 　　After you is good manners. ----> 您先请是礼貌 　　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 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 husband makes a good wife. ----> 夫善则妻贤 　　A good medicine tastes bitter. ----> 良药苦口 　　A good wife health is a man’s best wealth. ----> 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富 　　A great talker is a great liar. ----> 说大话者多谎言 　　A hedge between keeps friendship green. ----> 君子之交淡如水 　　A joke never gains an enemy but loses a 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

夏日寒冰

　　A little body often harbors a great soul. ----> 浓缩的都是精品 　　A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. ----> 一知半解,自欺欺人 　　A little pot is soon hot. ----> 狗肚子盛不得四两油 　　All are brave when the enemy flies. ----> 敌人逃窜时,人人都成了勇士 　　All good things come to an end. ----> 天下没有不散的筵席 　　All rivers run into sea. ----> 海纳百川 　　All roads lead to Rome. ----> 条条大路通罗马 　　All that ends well is well. ----> 结果好,就一切都好 　　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 more 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 man is known by his friends. ----> 什么人交什么朋友 　　A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. ----> 光说空话不做事,犹如花园光长刺 　　A man without money is no man at all. ----> 一分钱难倒英雄汉 　　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 mother’s 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 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. ----> 一日之计在于晨 　　An old dog cannot learn new tricks. ----> 老狗学不出新把戏 　　An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. ----> 聪明才智,不如运气 　　An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ----> 预防为主,治疗为辅 　　A rolling stone gathers no moss. ----> 滚石不生苔,转业不聚财 　　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 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 a 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 year’s 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. ----> 好事不出门,坏事传千里 　　Barking dogs seldom bite. ----> 吠犬不咬人 　　Beauty lies in the love’s eyes. ----> 情人眼里出西施 　　Be swift to hear, slow to speak. ----> 听宜敏捷,言宜缓行 　　Better late than never. ----> 不怕慢,单怕站 　　Better to ask the way than go astray. ----> 问路总比迷路好 　　Between friends all is common. ----> 朋友之间不分彼此 　　Birds of a feather flock together. ----> 物以类聚,人以群分 　　Blood is thicker than water. ----> 血浓于水 　　Blood will have blood. ----> 血债血偿 　　Books and friends should be few but good. ----> 读书如交友,应求少而精 　　Business is business. ----> 公事公办 　　Business is the salt of life. ----> 事业是人生的第一需要 　　By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. ----> 读书使人充实,交谈使人精明 　　Cannot see the wood for the trees. ----> 一叶障目,不见泰山 　　Care and diligence bring luck. ----> 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇 　　Caution is the parent of safety. ----> 小心驶得万年船 　　Cheats never prosper. ----> 骗人发不了财 　　Children are what the mothers are. ----> 耳濡目染,身教言传 　　Choose an author as you choose a friend. ----> 择书如择友 　　Come what may, heaven won’t fall. ----> 做你的吧,天塌不下来 　　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 success. ----> 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 　　Count one’s chickens before they are hatched. ----> 蛋未孵先数雏 　　Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. ----> 来而不往非礼也 　　Creep before you walk. ----> 循序渐进 　　Cry for the moon. ----> 海底捞月 　　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 　　Diamond cuts diamond. ----> 强中自有强中手 　　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 saying. ----> 与其挂在嘴上,不如落实在行动上 　　Do it now. ----> 机不可失,时不再来 　　Do nothing by halves. ----> 凡事不可半途而废 　　Don’t claim to know what you don’t know. ----> 不要不懂装懂 　　Don’t have too many irons in the fire. ----> 不要揽事过多 　　Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. ----> 不要小题大做 　　Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. ----> 今日事,今日毕 　　Don’t put the cart before the horse. ----> 不要本末倒置 　　Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. ----> 不要自找麻烦 　　Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. ----> 不要班门弄斧 　　Do well and have well. ----> 善有善报

夏日寒冰

Each bird love to hear himself sing. ----> 孤芳自赏 　　Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. ----> 早睡早起身体好 　　Easier said than done. ----> 说得容易,做得难 　　Easy come, easy go. ----> 来也匆匆,去也匆匆 　　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 　　Even Homer sometimes nods. ----> 智者千虑,必有一失 　　Even reckoning makes long friends. ----> 亲兄弟,明算账 　　Every advantage has its disadvantage. ----> 有利必有弊 　　Everybody’s business is nobody’s business. ----> 人人负责,等于没人负责 　　Every day is not Sunday. ----> 好景不常在 　　Every dog has his day. ----> 谁都有得意的时候 　　Every door may be shut, but death’s door. ----> 人生在世,唯死难逃 　　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 for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost. ----> 人不为己,天诛地灭 　　Every man has his faults. ----> 金无足赤,人无完人 　　Every man has his hobbyhorse. ----> 萝卜青菜,各有所爱 　　Every man has his weak side. ----> 人人都有弱点 　　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 mother’s child is handsome. ----> 孩子是自己的好 　　Every potter praises hit pot. ----> 王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸 　　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. ----> 失败是成功之母 　　False friends are worse than bitter enemies. ----> 明枪易躲,暗箭难防 　　Far from eye, far from heart. ----> 眼不见,心不烦 　　Far water does not put out near fire. ----> 远水救不了近火 　　Faults are thick where love is thin. ----> 一朝情意淡,样样不顺眼 　　Fear always springs from ignorance. ----> 恐惧源于无知 　　Fields have eyes, and woods have ears. ----> 隔墙有耳 　　Fire and water have no mercy. ----> 水火无情 　　Fire is a good servant but a bad master. ----> 火是一把双刃剑 　　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 grow without watering. ----> 朽木不可雕 　　Fool’s haste is no speed. ----> 欲速则不达 　　Fools has fortune. ----> 呆人有呆福 　　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

夏日寒冰

　　Forbidden fruit is sweet. ----> 禁果格外香 　　Fortune favors those who use their judgement. ----> 机遇偏爱善断之人 　　Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s gate. ----> 风水轮流转 　　Four eyes see more than two. ----> 集思广益 　　Friends agree best at distance. ----> 朋友之间也会保持距离 　　Friends are thieves of time. ----> 朋友是时间的窃贼 　　Friends must part. ----> 再好的朋友也有分手的时候 　　Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. ----> 天才不过是勤奋而已 　　Give a dog a bad name and hang him. ----> 众口铄金,积毁销骨 　　God helps those who help themselves. ----> 自助者天助 　　Gold will not buy anything. ----> 黄金并非万能 　　Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly. ----> 以德报德是常理,以德报怨大丈夫 　　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 　　Good watch prevents misfortune. ----> 谨慎消灾 　　Great barkers are no biters. ----> 好狗不挡道 　　Great 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 　　Great men have great faults. ----> 英雄犯大错误 　　Great men’s sons seldom do well. ----> 富不过三代 　　Great trees are good for nothing but shade. ----> 大树底下好乘凉 　　Great wits have short memories. ----> 贵人多忘事 　　Greedy folks have long arms. ----> 心贪手长 　　Guilty consciences make men cowards. ----> 做贼心虚 　　Habit cures habit. ----> 心病还需心药医 　　Handsome is he who does handsomely. ----> 行为漂亮才算美 　　Happiness takes no account of time. ----> 欢乐不觉时光过 　　Happy is he who owes nothing. ----> 要想活得痛快,身上不能背债 　　Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others. ----> 吸取他人教训,自己才会走运 　　Harm set, harm get. ----> 害人害己 　　Hasty love, soon cold. ----> 一见钟情难维久 　　Health is better than wealth. ----> 健康胜过财富 　　Health is happiness. ----> 健康就是幸福 　　Hear all parties. ----> 兼听则明 　　Heaven never helps the man who will not act. ----> 自己不动,叫天何用 　　He is a fool that forgets himself. ----> 愚者忘乎所以 　　He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. ----> 背后说好话,才是真朋友 　　He is a wise man who speaks little. ----> 聪明不是挂在嘴上 　　He is lifeless that is faultless. ----> 只有死人才不犯错误 　　He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. ----> 正人先正己 　　He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first. ----> 自嘲者不会让人见笑 　　He is wise that is honest. ----> 诚实者最明智 　　He knows most who speaks least. ----> 大智若愚 　　He laughs best who laughs last. ----> 谁笑到最后,谁笑得最好 　　He sets the fox to keep the geese. ----> 引狼入室 　　He that climbs high falls heavily. ----> 爬得越高,摔得越重 　　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 constant complaint gets little compassion. ----> 经常诉苦,没人同情 　　He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. ----> 想不犯错误,就一事无成 　　He who risks nothing gains nothing. ----> 收获与风险并存 　　History repeats itself. ----> 历史往往重演 　　Honesty is the best policy. ----> 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 　　I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. ----> 朋友不能阿谀奉承 　　If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me. ----> 上当一回头,再多就可耻 　　If you make yourself an ass, don’t complain if people ride you. ----> 人善被人欺,马善被人骑 　　If your ears glow, someone is talking of you. ----> 耳朵发烧,有人念叨 　　If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. ----> 脚踏两条船,必定落空 　　If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. ----> 杀鸡取卵 　　If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. ----> 不入虎穴,焉得虎子 　　If you want knowledge, you must toil 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 better to die when life is a disgrace. ----> 宁为玉碎,不为瓦全 　　It is easier to get money than to keep it. ----> 挣钱容易攒钱难 　　It is easy to be wise after the event. ----> 事后诸葛亮好当 　　It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. ----> 创业容易守业难 　　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 the unforeseen that always happens. ----> 天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福 　　It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. ----> 坐失良机,后悔已迟 　　It never rains but it pours. ----> 不鸣则已,一鸣惊人 　　It takes three generations to make a gentleman. ----> 十年树木,百年树人 　　Jack of all trades and master of none. ----> 门门精通,样样稀松 　　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 　　Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it. ----> 君王发狂,百姓遭殃 　　Kings have long arms. ----> 普天之下,莫非王土 　　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