英文谚语

1.A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。 2.A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。 3.A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。 4.A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 5.A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 6.A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 7.A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。 8.A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 9.A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。 10.A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。 11.A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。 12.A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。 13.Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 14.Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。 15.Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。 16.A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。 17.A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。 18.A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。 19.A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。 20.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 21.A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。 22.A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。 23.A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。 24.\"After you\" is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。 25.A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。 26.A good beginning is half done. 善始者善终。 27.A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。 28.A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。 29.A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 30.A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。 31.A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤。 32.A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 33.A good wife health is a man's best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 34.A great talker is a great liar. 说大话者多谎言。 35.A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。

1.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。2.God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。3.Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。4.Where there is a will,there is a way. 有志者事竟成。5.One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。6.Slow and steady wins the race. 稳扎稳打无往而不胜。7.A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智8.Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。9.All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. 只工作不休息，聪明孩子也变傻。10.Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. 无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表11.More hasty,less speed. 欲速则不达。12.It's never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。13.All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。14.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。15.Look before you leap. 三思而后行。16.Rome was not built in a day. 伟业非一日之功。17.Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。18.well begun,half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。19.It is hard to please all. 众口难调。20.Out of sight,out of mind. 眼不见，心不念。21.Facts speak plainer than words. 事实胜于雄辩。22.Call back white and white back. 颠倒黑白。23.First things first. 凡事有轻重缓急。24.Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。25.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

26.live not to eat,but eat to live. 活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。27.Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。28.East or west,home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝29.It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。30.Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。31.Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。32.The older, the wiser. 姜是老的辣。33.Do as Romans do in Rome. 入乡随俗。34.An idle youth,a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。35.AS the tree,so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。36.To live is to learn,to learn is to better live. 活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。Speak of the devil. (真是说到曹操，曹操到。) 情人眼里出西施。 Love is blind. *直译是“爱情是盲目的”。表示人们一旦谈恋爱，就会失去正确的判断能力，无法冷静地看待事物。 一举两得。 Kill two birds with one stone. *直译是“一石可以打中两只鸟”，即“一举两得”。 不闻凶讯便是吉。 No news is good news. Well, no news is good news. (是啊，不闻凶讯便是吉。) 光阴似箭。 Time flies. *表示时间像飞一样地过去了。Tim flies是Time flies when you are having fun.的省略说法。即“越高兴时间过得越快”。 时间就是金钱。 Time is money. 百艺不如一艺精。 Jack of all trades, master of none. *Jack是男子名，一般表示“某人或男人”。此句的意思是什么事都去做的人没有一件事是能精通的。 三思而后行。 Look before you leap. *直译“飞之前先看看”，表示“付诸于行动前要慎重地考虑，做好准备”。 百闻不如一见。 Seeing is believing. *“眼见为实”，即只有自己亲眼所见，才能信服。 无风不起浪。 There is no smoke without fire. *传闻总是有出处的，“无火的地方不冒烟”。 诚实总是上策。 Honesty is the best policy. *常以为不正当行为能获得好处，但从长远来看，结果是采取正当行为才是上策。 晚做总比不做强。 Better late than never. 知识就是力量。 Knowledge is power. That's why he's so successful. (所以他才成功。) 冰冻三尺非一日之寒。/罗马不是一天就建成的。 Rome was not built in a day. *要做大事不是一朝一夕就可以成功的。 条条大路通罗马。 All roads lead to Rome. *为达到同一目的，可以采取多种手段。 There are many roads to success. (有许多办法可以取得成功。) *常用语。 入乡随俗。 When in Rome, do as the Romans do. *“在罗马就要照罗马人做的去做”。即“到另一个地方就要遵从那里的风俗习惯”。口语中常省略成Do as the Romans do. 熟能生巧。 Practice makes perfect. *任何事情都反复练习是成功的秘诀。 历史总在重演。 History repeats itself. 祸不单行，福无双至。 When it rains, it (always) pours. 功夫不负有心人。 Where there's a will, there's a way. *有坚强的意志和决心的话，无论有多大的困难都能克服。

行动胜于雄辩。 Actions speak louder than words. (钱财等)来得容易去得快。 Easy come, easy go. *轻易得来的钱财，是不被珍惜的。来得容易，去得也容易。 血浓于水。 Blood is thicker than water. 有其父必有其子。 Like father, like son. *父子相似的意思。 Like mother, like daughter. (有其母必有其女。) 恋爱和战争都是不择手段的。 All's fair in love and war. *在恋爱和战争中任何策略都是正当的。 美貌不过一张皮。 Beauty is only skin deep. *“再漂亮的美女削去一层皮后就和丑女无二样”，即“看人不能只看外表而要重视内涵”。 Beauty is but skin deep. 东西总是人家的好。 The grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence). *直译是“(篱笆)那边的草总是绿的”。 不劳则不获。 You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs. *直译是“不打碎鸡蛋就做不成蛋包饭”。意思是做任何事如果不努力，不付出牺牲，不投资的话，是得不到结果的。 流水不腐，户枢不蠹。 A rolling stone gathers no moss. *不断活动的石头是不会长上像青苔这类东西的。即“能不断保持新鲜”。也可以把它看做相反的意思，“不断变换工作和搬家的人，没有熟练的事情，也存不下钱”。 患难见真情。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. *in need “遇到难处，贫穷”，indeed 是“真正的”，这两个词押韵，给人以节奏感。 只会工作不会玩的人是没意思的人。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. *这句可以译成“只让学习不让玩的孩子会变成愚蠢的孩子”。Like author, like book.文如其人。 Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。 Like for like.一报还一报。 Like knows like.

惺惺相惜。 Like teacher, like pupil.什么样的老师教什么样的学生。 Like tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。 Little things amuse little minds.小人无大志。 Look before you leap.摸清情况再行动。 Lookers-on see more than players.当局者迷，旁观者清。 Losers are always in the wrong.胜者为王，败者为寇。 Lost time is never found again.岁月既往，一去不回。 Love at first sight.一见钟情。 Love cannot be compelled.爱情不能强求。 Love is blind.爱情是盲目的。 Love is full of trouble.爱情充满烦恼。 Love is never without jealousy.没有妒忌就没有爱情。 Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。 Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。 Make your enemy your friend化敌为友。 Man is the soul of the universe.人是万物之灵。 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 that were never sown there.有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。 Measure for measure.针锋相对。 Misfortunes never come alone.祸不单行。 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。 Money isn't everything.钱不是万能的。 Murder will out.纸包不住火。My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。 Nature is the true law.天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。 Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明的动力。 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。 New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。 No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。 No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。 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 content.人心不足蛇吞象。 No man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时。 None are so blind as those who won't see.视而不见。None are so deaf as those who won't hear.充耳不闻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 pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。 No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。 No sweet without 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 dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。 Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 Nothing seek, nothing find没有追求就没有收获。 Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行，语言最要紧。 Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。 Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。 Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故，幼稚可笑。 No way is

impossible to courage.勇者无惧。 Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。 Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。 Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。 Old sin makes new shame一失足成千古恨。 Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。 Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。 Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 One boy is a boy, 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。 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 hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。One man's fault is other man's lesson. 前车之鉴。