1、英文谚语 600 句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 bold attempt is half success.勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。A bolt from the
2、 blue.晴天霹雳。A bull in a China shop.像一头瓷器店里的蛮牛,笨手笨脚的A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。 A burden of ones choice is not felt./What we do willingly is easy.爱挑的担子不嫌重。/愿做不难。 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
3、 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 in the pit, a gain in your wit
4、.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./ Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.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。 A
5、fter you is good manners.“您先请” 是礼貌。 A gentleman uses his tongue, not his fists.君子动口不动手。 A good beginning is half done.A good beginning is half the battle.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 an
6、d 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 mans 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 betw
7、een keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。 A horse stumbles that has four legs.To err is human./Lifeless, faultless.人非圣贤,孰能无过?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 journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行,始于足下.A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。 A liar is
8、 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。 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。/量小易怒。All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时,人人都成了勇士。 All at sea.无主意。All good
9、 things come into 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
10、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
11、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 mothers love never changes.母爱永恒。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.天天吃苹果,不必上诊所.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
12、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。 Armed to the teeth.武装到牙齿。A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。 As a man sows, so he shall reap.As you sow,
13、so will you reap.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。 As cool as a cucumber.泰然自若。极为冷静。As dry as sawdust.枯燥无味。As easy as rolling off a log./ABCS/turning over ones hand/palm.易如反掌As fit as a fiddle.精神奕奕。A single flower does not make a spring./ One swallow does not make a summer.一花独放不是春,百花齐放春满园。/一燕不成夏。 As like as two peas.一模一样。A
14、 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。 As poor as the church mouse.穷得像教堂里得耗子一样。/一贫如洗。A square peg in the round hole.不合其位的人。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。 /一针及时省九针。A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜
15、。 A straw shows which way the wind blows.草动知风向。At sixth and seventh.乱七八糟。At the end of ones rope.山穷水尽。A watched pot never boils.心急水不沸。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 years plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。 A young idler, an old beggar./An idle
16、 youth, a needy age.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings.好事不出门,坏事传千里。 Baptism of fire.炮火的洗礼。Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。 Beauty lies in the loves eyes.情人眼里出西施。 Beggars cant be choosers.讨饭的不能挑三拣四。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 as
17、tray.问路总比迷路好。 Between hammer and anvil.腹背受敌。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
18、.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。 Cats paw.被人利用的人。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
19、,身教言传。 Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。 Come what may, heaven wont 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./ Constant dripping wears the stone./ Wat
20、er dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.水滴石穿,绳锯木断。 Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。 Count ones 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
21、 all things easy.有个好习惯,事事皆不难。 Cut feet to fit the shoes.削足适履。Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。 /棋逢对手。Distant water cant put out a nearby fire.远水解不了近渴。Do as I say, not as I do.听我的劝,别跟我学.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.
22、机不可失,时不再来。 Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。 Dont claim to know what you dont know.不要不懂装懂。 Dont have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。 Dont make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。 Dont put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事,今日毕。 Dont put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。 Dont trouble tr
23、ouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。 Dont try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。 Dont wash your dirty linen in public.家丑不可外扬。Do well and have well.善有善报。 Each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自赏。 Eagles don not breed doves.虎父无犬子。Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, weal
24、thy and wise.早睡早起身体好。 Easier said than done.说得容易,做得难。 East or west, home is best.东好西好,还是家里最好。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。 Entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不识泰山Envy has no holidays.忌妒之人无宁日。 Even
25、 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。 Everybodys business is nobodys business.人人负责,等于没人负责。 Every cloud has a silver lining.塞翁失马,焉知非福。Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在。 Every dog has his day.谁都有得意的时候。/是人皆有出头日Every door may
26、be shut, but deaths door.人生在世,唯死难逃。 Every drop in the bucket helps.一点一滴皆有裨益。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。 E
27、very 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 mothers child is handsome.孩子是自己的好。 Every potter praises his 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
28、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./ Failure teaches success.失败乃成功之母。False friends are worse than bitter enemies.明枪易躲,暗箭难防。 Far from eye, far from hea
29、rt.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。 Feed a cold and starve a fever.着凉得多吃,发烧得挨饿.Fields have eyes, and woods have ears./ Walls have ears./ Little pitchers have ears.隔墙有耳。 Fire and water ha
30、ve 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。 Flog a dead horse.死马当活马医。Fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕。 Fools haste is no speed.欲速则不达。 Fools has fortune.呆人有呆福。 Fool
31、s learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.愚者不学无术,智者不耻下问。 Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果格外香。 Fortune favors those who use their judgment.机遇偏爱善断之人。 Fortune knocks once at least at every mans 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。 F
32、riends 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。 From small beginning come great things.伟大始于渺小。Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。 Getting there is half the fun.抵达目的地已是乐趣的一半.Give a dog a bad name and hang him.众口铄金,积毁销骨。 God(Heaven) helps those who help themselves
33、.自助者天助。 Gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。 Good advice is beyond all price.忠告是无价宝。Good company on the road is the shortest cut.行路有良伴就是捷径。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。
34、 Good watch prevents misfortune.谨慎消灾。 Goose pimples.鹅皮疙瘩。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 mens 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 wit
35、s 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
36、 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 t
37、hat 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
38、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 l
39、ittle 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。 Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.饥不择食。 I cannot
40、 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 a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.(如果事情值得做就值得做好。 )If you make yourself an ass, dont complain if people ride you.人善被人欺,马善被人骑。 If your ears glow, s
41、omeone 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./ Nothing brave, nothing have./ Nothing venture, nothing win.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。 If you want knowledge, you must to
42、il for it.要想求知,就得吃苦。 In a family way.像一家人一样随便。In at one ear and out at the other.一耳进一耳出。In deep water.在水深火热中。In doing we learn.实践长才干。Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。 In hot water.处于困境。In the same boat with与.境遇相同It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎,不为瓦全。 It is easier to get mone
43、y 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./ Live and learn.活到老,学到老。 Its never too late to mend.(过而能改,善莫大焉;亡羊补牢,犹未晚也。 )It is no use crying ove
44、r spilt milk.覆水难收。 Its six one way, half a dozen the other.半斤八两。基本上一样。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 generatio
45、ns 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。/杂而不精的人。 /三脚猫。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。 /一举两得Kings go mad, and the peop
46、le suffer for it.君王发狂,百姓遭殃。 Kings have long arms.普天之下,莫非王土。 Knowing something of everything and everything of something.(通百艺而专一长。 )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。 Laughter is the best medicine.笑声是最佳良药.Learn and live.活着,为了学习。 Learning makes a go
47、od man better and ill man worse.好人越学越好,坏人越学越坏。 Learn not and know not.不学无术。 Learn to walk before you run.先学走,再学跑。 Leniency to those who confess and punishment to those who reject. 坦白从宽,抗拒从严。Let bygones be bygones./Forget about the past wrongs.过去的就让它过去吧。 Let sleeping dogs lie./Dont wake up the sleepi
48、ng dogs.别惹麻烦。 Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。 Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。 Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。 Life is but a span.人生苦短。 Life is half spent before we know what it is.人过半生,方知天命。 Life is not all roses.人生并不是康庄大道。 Lifeless, faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。Life without a friend is death.没有朋友,虽生犹死。 Li
49、ke a drowned rat.像落水狗一样。Like a rat in a hole.瓮中之鳖。 Like author, like book.文如其人。 Like begets like./Like father, like son.有其父,必有其子。Like for like.一报还一报。 Like knows like./Like attracts like.惺惺相惜。 Like mother, like daughter.有其母必有其女。 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。 Live and learn.活到老,学到老。Long distance separates no bosom friends.海内存知己,天涯若比邻Look before you leap./Think twice before you do(act)./ To think twice.摸清情况再行动。 /三思而后行。Lookers-on see more than players.当局者迷,旁观者清。 Look for a needle in