第一篇:英语格言警句
励志格言
1.Give a dog a bad name and hang him.----众口铄金,积毁销骨。
2.Gold will not buy anything.----黄金并非万能
3.Good health is over wealth.----健康是最大的财富。
4.Good watch prevents misfortune.----谨慎消灾。
5.Great hopes make great man.----伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
6.Great men have great faults.----英雄犯大错误。
7.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.----背后说好话,才是真朋友。
8.He is lifeless that is faultless.----只有死人才不犯错误。
9.He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.----自嘲者不会让人见笑。
10.He knows most who speaks least.----大智若愚。
11.He that climbs high falls heavily.----爬得越高,摔得越重。
12.He who does not advance loses ground.----逆水行舟,不进则退。
13.You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success.--Charles Chaplin
----人必须有自信,这是成功的秘密(卓别林)
14.Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.----不管追求什么目标,都应坚持不懈。
15.We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.--Mattin Luther King
--我们必须接受失望,因为它是有限的,但千万不可失去希望,因为它是无穷的。--马丁 · 路德 · 金
16.Energy and persistence conquer all things.--Benjamin Franklin
-----能量加毅力可以征服一切。--富兰克林
17.Nothing seek, nothing find.-----无所求则无所获。
18.Cease to struggle and you cease to live.--Thomas Carlyle
----生命不止,奋斗不息。--卡莱尔
19.A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.----千里之行,始于足下。
20.Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished.--Swetchine
--只有强者才懂得斗争;弱者甚至失败都不够资格,而是生来就是被征服的。--斯威特切尼
21.The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.--Bernara Shaw
在这个世界上取得成就的人,都努力去寻找他们想要的机会,如果找不到机会,他们便自己创造机会。--萧伯纳
22.A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.--Thomas Addison
----强者能同命运的风暴抗争。--爱迪生
23.He who seize the right moment, is the right man.--Goethe
----谁把握机遇,谁就心想事成。--歌德
24.Victory won't come to me unless I go to it.--M.Moore
----胜利是不会向我们走来的,我必须自己走向胜利。--穆尔
25.Man struggles upwards;water flows downwards.----人往高处走,水往低处流。
26.Man errs as long as he strives.--Goethe
----失误是进取的代价。--歌德
27.The failures and reverses which await menadd a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do.--Henry David Thoreau
尽管失败和挫折等待着人们,一次次地夺走青春的容颜,但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严,这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的。--梭罗
28.A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.--J.Burroughs
---一个人可以失败很多次,但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人,他还不是一个失败者。--巴勒斯
29.All things in their being are good for something.---天生我才必有用。
30.Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.---困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
31.Failure is the mother of success.--Thomas Paine
英文谚语与英语座右铭
1.A watched pot is long in boiling.----心急水不沸。
2.A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.----一本坏书危害无穷。
3.A wilful man will have his way.----有志者是竟成。
4.A wise head makes a close mouth.----智者寡言。
5.A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.----智者不作非凡之想。
6.A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.----智者通权达变,愚者刚愎自用。
7.A wise man needs not blush for changing his purpose.----智者不耻于改变初衷。
8.A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks.----智者思其所言,愚者言其所思。
9.A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.-----聪明的人能随机应变。
10.A woman's work is never at an end.----妇女的活计做不完。
11.A useful trade is a mine of gold.----一样有用的手艺是取之不尽的财富。
12.A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword.----勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑。
13.A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain.-----决心赶到目的地,浪汉何惧雨来淋。
14.The lanscope belongs to the man who looks at it.(Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker)
----风景属于看风景的人。(美国思想家 爱默生 R W)
15.Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face their own.----讽刺是一面镜子,观看者通常从中看到每一个人的面容却看不到自己。(英国作家 斯威夫特 J)
16.Some people pretend to despise the things they cannot have.----吃不到葡萄的人说葡萄酸。(古希腊寓言作家 伊索)
17.Speech is a mirror of the soul;as a man speaks, so is he.语言是心灵的镜子;一个人只要说话,他说的话就是他的心灵的镜子。(美国作家 塞拉斯 E)
关于幸福快乐的英语名人名言
1.One of the greatest pleasure in life is conversation.2.Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.---完全的理解有时几乎会使乐趣消失。
3.Never less idle than when wholly idle, nor less alone than when wholly alone.--要清闲就完全清闲,要清静就完全清静。
4.People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.---腾不出时间娱乐的人,早晚会被迫腾出时间生病。
5.Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it.----快乐不过是痛苦的间歇,享受之前要进行艰苦的努力。
6.Praise is ilde sunlight to the human spirit, we cannot flower and grow without it.---对于人的精神来说,赞扬就像阳光一样,没有它我们便不能开花生长。
7.Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.---休息是件好事情,无聊却是其兄弟。
8.A good laugh is sunshine in a house.-----令人愉快的欢笑是房间里的阳光。
9.A man who is never satisfied with himself and whom therefore nobody can please.----人要是从来不满意自己,就不会有人能够使他满意。
10.A smile is ever the most bright and beautiful with a tear upon it.What is the dawn without its dew? The tear, by the smile is made precious above the smile itself.笑容带上泪珠总是最鲜艳、最娇美的。正如没有露水,还算什么清晨?而泪珠带上了笑容,就变得甚至比笑容还珍贵。
11.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.----只工作不娱乐使人愚钝。
12.Anticipating pleasure is also a pleasure.-----预期快乐本身也是一种快乐。
13.Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.-----笑一笑而忘掉,比愁眉苦脸地记住要好得多。
friend A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.真正的朋友是一个可以援手帮助并感动你心扉的人。
There's always going to be people that hurt you, so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.别人经常伤害你,所以你该继续付出信任,并小心挑选你下次信任的人。Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.在你想了解别人也想让别人了解你之前,先完善并了解自己。
Remember: Whatever happens, happens for a reason.要记住:任何事情的发生都有因有起。
How many people actually have 8 true friends? Hardly anyone I know.But some of us have all right friends and good friends.有多少人可以拥有八个真正的朋友?就我所知少之又少。但我们会有泛泛之交和好友。
Love 爱情
I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.我爱你,不是因为你是一个怎样的人,而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。
No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is ,won't make you cry.没有人值得你流泪,值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.失去某人,最糟糕的莫过于,他近在身旁,却如同远在天边。
Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.纵然伤心,也不要悉眉不展,因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑脸。
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.对于世界而言,你是一个人;但是对于某人,你是他的整个世界。
Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。
Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.爱你的人假如没有按你所希望的方式爱你,那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。
Don't try to hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.不要着急,最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.在碰到梦中人之前,上天也许会安排我们先碰到别人;在我们终于遇见心仪的人 时,便应当心存感激。
Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.不要因为结束而哭泣,微笑吧,为你的曾经拥有。
Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.-------Sir Thomas Browne “生命是束纯净的火焰,我们依靠自己内心看不见的太阳而存在。”--------托马斯。布朗爵士
Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.不要因为峭壁是高的,便让你的爱情坐在峭壁上。
Wrong cannot afford defeat but Right can.错误经不起失败,但是真理却不怕失败。
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.使生如夏花之绚烂,死如秋叶之静美。
the best does not come alone.it comes with the company of the all.最好的东西不是独来的,它伴了所有的东西同来。
第二篇:英语格言警句
阅读英文格言
1、A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.知足是人生在世最大的幸事。
——Joseph Addison(美国作家艾迪生)
2、If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.要想知道钱的价值,就想办法去借钱试试。——Benjamin Franklin(美国总统富兰克林)
3、If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend,experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.如果你希望成功,当以恒心为良友,以经验为参谋,以谨慎为兄弟,以希望为哨兵。——Thomas Edison(美国发明家爱迪生)
4、Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.健康当然比金钱更为重要,因为我们所赖以获得金钱的就是健康。——Samuel Johnson(英国作家约翰逊)
5、That man is the richest whose pleasure are the cheapest.能处处寻求快乐的人才是最富有的人。——Henry David Thoreau(美国作家梭罗)
6、Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。——Albert Einstein(美国科学家爱因斯坦)
7、Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success.意志、工作和等待是成功的金字塔的基石。——Louis Pasteur(法国化学家巴斯勒)
8、All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。——Voltaire(法国思想家伏尔泰)
9、There is a great different between exposure of the mind and that of the body.表露思想和展露身体之间存在极大的不同。
——William Hazlitt(英国批评家散文家哈滋里特)
10、To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.怀着希望去旅行比抵达目的地更愉快;而真正的成功在于工作。——Robert Louis Stevenson(英国作家史蒂文森)11、The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him.一个人越伟大,对表扬和奉承就越反感。——John Burroughs(美国博物学家巴勒斯)
12、I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort;second, more effort;third, still more effort.可以说成功要靠三件事才能赢得:努力,努力,再努力。——Thomas Hardy(英国诗人小说家哈代)13、Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.成功常常取决于知道需要多久才能成功。
——Charles Montesquieu(法国思想家孟德斯鸠)
14、Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人,才能够轻而易举的完成困难的事。——Friedrich Schiller(德国剧作家诗人席勒)
15、You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success.你必须相信自己,这是成功的关键。——Charles Chaplin(美国演员卓别林)16、A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.无论何事,只要对它有无限的热情你就能取得成功。——C.M.Schwab(美国实业家施瓦布)17、The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible”.凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。——Bonapart Napoleon(法国皇帝拿破仑)
18、Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.进步是今天的活动,明天的保证。——Emerson(美国思想家爱默生)
20、Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.命运给予我们的不是失望之酒,而是机会之杯。——Richard Nixon(美国总统尼克松)
21、Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.奇迹有时候是会发生的,但是你得为之拼命的努力。——C.Weizmann(爱尔兰总统魏茨曼)
22、It never will rain roses.(名人名言
www.xiexiebang.com)When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.天上不会掉下玫瑰来,如果想要更多的玫瑰,必须自己种植。——G.Eliot(英国小说家艾略特)
23、If you have great talents, industry will improve them;
if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.如果你很有天赋,勤勉会使其更加完善;如果你能力一般,勤勉会补足其缺陷。——Joshuas Reynolds(美国散文家雷诺兹)
24、Great works are performed not by strength , but by perseverance.完成伟大的事业不在于体力,而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。——Samuel Johnson(英国作家和评论家约翰逊)
25、Genius only means hard-working all one's life.天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。
——Mendeleyev(俄国化学家门捷列耶夫)26、Few things are impossible in themselves;and it is often for want of will ,rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.事情很少又根本做不成的;其所以做不成,与其说是条件不够,不如说是由于决心不够。——(La Racheforcauld(法国作家罗切福考尔德)
27、Dare and the world always yields.If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.大胆挑战,世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了,不断地挑战,它总会屈服地。——W.M Thackeray(英国小说家萨克雷)
28、All that you do, do with your might;t hings done by halves are never done right.做一切事情都应尽力而为,半途而废永远不行。——R.H.Stoddard(美国诗人斯托达德)
29、A man can fail many times,but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.一个人可以失败多次,但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人,他还不是一个失败者。——J.Burroughs(美国博物学家巴勒斯)
30、You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.从一个国家的广告可以看出这个国家的理想。——Norman Douglas(英国作家道格拉斯)
31、The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today。
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。——Franklin Roosevelt(美国总统罗斯福)
32、The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。——Mark Twain(美国作家马克?吐温)33、The important thing in life is to have a great aim,and the determination to attain it.人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标,并决心实现它。——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(德国诗人、剧作家歌德)34、Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.人世间的大多数烦恼都是由那些想成为重要人物的人惹出来的。——George Eliot(英国小说家艾略特)
35、If you doubt yourself,then indeed you stand on shaky ground.如果你怀疑自己,那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。——Ibsen(挪威剧作家易卜生)
36、Ideal is the beacon.Without ideal,there is no secure direction;without direction ,there is no life.理想是指路明灯。没有理想,就没有坚定的方向;
没有方向,就没有生活。——Leo Tolstory(俄国作家托尔斯泰)
37、Ideal are like the stars---we never reach them , but like mariners , we chart our course by them.理想犹如天上的星星,我们犹如水手,虽不能达到天上,但是我们的航程可凭借它指引。——Carl Schurz(美国政治家舒尔茨)
38、Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.人生应该树立目标,否则你的精神会白白浪费。——R.Peters(美国法学家彼得斯)
39、Don't part with yourxxxs, When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后,你还可以生存,但是你虽生犹死。——Mark Twain(马克 吐温)40、Do not, for one repulse,give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.不要只因一次失败,就放弃你原来决心想要达到的目的。——Willian Shakespeare(莎士比亚)
41、Between the ideal and the reality,Between the motion and the act, Fall the shadow.理想与现实之间,动机与行为之间,总有一道阴影。——Thomas Stearns Eliot(T.S.爱略特)
42、A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.只要有一个人还有所追求,他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想,一个人才算老。——J.Barrymore(巴里穆尔)
1.A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.海内存知己,天涯若比邻。2.A common danger causes common action.同舟共济。
3.A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.知足常乐。4.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑,长一智。
5.A guest should suit the convenience of the host.客随主便。6.A letter from home is a priceless treasure.家书抵万金。7.All rivers run into the sea.殊途同归。
8.All time is no time when it is past.机不可失,时不再来。
9.An applea day keeps the doctor away.一日一个苹果,身体健康不求医。10.As heroesthink, so thought Bruce.英雄所见略同。
11.A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
12.Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天,山外有山。13.Bad luck often brings good luck.塞翁失马,安知非福。14.Bread is the stall of life.面包是生命的支柱。(民以食为天。)15.Business is business.公事公办。
16.Clumsy birds have to start flying early.笨鸟先飞。17.Courtesy costs nothing.礼多人不怪。
18.Custom makes all things easy.习惯成自然。19.Desire has no rest.人的欲望无止境。
20.Difficult the first time, easy the second.一回生,二回熟。
21.Do not change horses in mid-stream.别在河流中间换马。22.Do not have too many irons in the fire.贪多嚼不烂。
23.Do not pull all your eggs in one basket.别把所有的蛋都放在一个篮子里。(不要孤注一掷。)24.Do not teach fish to swim.不要班门弄斧。
25.East or west, home is the best.东奔西跑,还是家里好。26.Experience is the best teacher.实践出真知。
27.Fact is stranger than fiction.事实比虚构更离奇。(大千世界,无奇不有。)28.Faith can move mountains.信念能移山。(精诚所至,金石为开。)29.First impressions are half the battle.先入为主。
30.Give as good as one gets.一报还一报。(以德报德,以怨还怨。)31.Give everyone his due.一视同仁。
32.Good wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深。33.Haste makes waste.欲速则不达。(忙中常出错。)34.He that promises too much means nothing.轻诺者寡信。35.He who has an art has everywhere a part.一招鲜,吃遍天。
36.He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.千里之行始于足下。37.Home is where the heart is.心在哪里,哪里就是家。
38.If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking.不在屋里,不知漏雨。(亲身经历才有体会。)39.In peace prepare for war.平时准备战时。(居安思危。)40.It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢,犹未为晚。41.It six of one and half a dozen of the other.彼此彼此。42.Just has long arms.天网恢恢,疏而不漏。43.Keep something for a rainy day.未雨绸缪。44.Life is a span.人生如朝露。
45.Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人,成事在天。46.Meet plot with plot.将计就计。
47.Merry meet, merry part.好聚好散。
48.Mind acts upon mind.心有灵犀一点通。
49.Never hit a man when he is down.不要落井下石。50.Never judge by appearances.切莫以貌取人。51.No fire without smoke.无风不起浪。52.Nurture passes nature.教养胜过天性。
53.One is never too old to learn.活到老,学到老。
54.One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。(一花独放不是春。)55.One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.曾经沧海难为水。
56.Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见,心不烦。57.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
58.Poverty is stranger to industry.勤劳之人不受穷。
59.Rome was not built in a day.罗马不是一日建成的。(伟业非一日之功。)60.Sense comes with age.老马识途。
61.So many men, so many minds.人心各不同。
62.Some thing is learned every time a book is opened.开卷有益。63.Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。
64.The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.车到山前必有路。65.The heart is seen in wine.酒后吐真言。
66.The older the wiser.人老智多。(姜还是老的辣。)67.The worse luck now, the better another time.风水轮流转。
68.Thoughts are free from toll.思想不用交税。(人人都可以自由思考。)69.Time tries all things.时间检验一切。
70.Use legs and have legs.经常用腿,健步如飞。71.Virtue never grows old.美德常青。72.Walls have ears.隔墙有耳。
73.What is done cannot be undone.覆水难收。74.Wine in, truth out.酒后吐真言。
75.You are only young once.青春只有一次。
76.You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不可两头燃。(鱼和熊掌不可兼得。)77.You cannot have your cake and eat it.有得就有失。(事难两全其美。)78.You never know till you have tried.事非经过不知难。79.Youth will be served.青春好作乐。
80.Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.无知的狂热是脱缰的野马。A A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠总怪工具差。
A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield.勇者可能跌倒,但不会屈服。A burnt child dreads the fire.烧伤过的孩子怕见火。(意同:一朝被蛇咬,三年怕草绳)A constant guest is never welcome.常客招人嫌。A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足长乐。A cracked bell can never sound well.破钟敲不响。
A drowning man will catch at a straw.人快淹死时稻草也要抓 A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所,流芳百世。A fox may grow grey, but never good.江山易改,本性难移。A friend in need is a friend in indeed.患难识知已
A friend is easier lost than found.失友容易,交友难。A good beginning is half the battle.良好的开端是成功一半
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.好书如挚友,情谊永不渝 A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤
A good name is sooner lost than won.美名易失,不易得 A good wife is a good prize.贤妻赛宝石
A good winter brings a good summer.好冬必有好夏
A house divided against itself cannot stand.家庭不睦,万事不兴
A lazy youth, a lousy age.少时懒惰,老来虱咬(意指:少壮不努力,老大徒悲伤)A little help is worth a deal of pity.一点帮助胜于一车同情。A little is better than none.聊胜于无
A little learning is a dangerous thing.浅学误人 A little pot is soon hot.壶小易热,量小易怒
A living dog is better than a dead lion.死狮不如活狗 A man can only die once.人生只有一回死
A man is known by his friends.视其友,知其人
A man who has friends must show himself friendly.要想交朋友,就得有诚意 A merry heart goes all the way.心情愉快,万事顺利 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘,差之千里 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火
A penny saved is a penny earned.省一文就得一文 A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔
A secret between more than two is no secret.三人知,天下晓
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平静的大海不能造就出熟练的水手。A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言为智 A stitch in time saves nine.一针及时省九针
A straw will show which way the wind blows.草动知风向 A tale never loses in the telling.故事越传越长
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.美好的事物,回味无穷 A thing you don't want is dear at any price.不需要的东西最贵 A true jest is no jest.真笑话并非笑话
A useful trade is amine of gold.一技在身犹如金矿在手 A willful man must have his way.只要人有恒,万事皆可成 A woman's work is never done.妇女的家务事永远也做不完 A wonder lasts but nine days.什么新奇的事,也新不了几天 A word to the wise is enough.聪明人一点即明
A work ill done must be twice done.马虎干活,准得返工 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.别离情更深
Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.业精于勤,荒于嬉。Actions speak louder than words.百说不如一干。
Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.逆境增才干不增财富 After a storm comes a calm.雨过天晴(意指:否极泰来)
After dinner sit a while;after supper walk a mile.饭后百步,延年益寿 All are not friends that speak us fair.当面说好话的并不都是朋友。All his geese are swans.敝帚自珍
All is not gain that is got into the purse.装进钱包里的不一定都是收益。All lay loads on a willing horse.好马重负 All roads lead to Rome.条条道路通罗马
All that glitters is not gold.闪光的东西不一定是金子 All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事起头难
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只用功,不玩耍,聪明的孩子也变傻 All's well that ends well.结果好,一切都好
Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king.盲人国里,独眼称王。(意同:山中无老虎,猴子称大王)
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一苹果胜过找医生 An empty sack cannot stand upright.空袋子,立不直
An Englishman's house is his castle.英国人的家是独立王国。(意指:非经许可,不得进入)An evil lesson is soon learned.恶习易染
An eye for eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼,以牙还牙 As good lost as found.有得必有失。B Bad excuses are worse than none.狡辩比不辩护还糟 Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人
Be just before you are generous.先还债,后慷慨
Beauty and folly are often companions.美貌和愚蠢常结伴 Beauty is but skin-deep.美丽只是外表罢了 Beggars' bags are bottomless.乞丐不知足
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.虽眼见亦不能全信,道听途说更不足信。Best is cheapest.好货最便宜
Better buy than borrow.买比借好 Better early than late.宁早勿晚
Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.宁可空而有志,不可富而失节 Better late than never.迟做总比不做好
Better lose the saddle than the horse.宁可丢鞍,不可失马
Better the last smile than the first laughter.宁可最后笑,不要首先狂喜。Better to wear out than rust out.与其锈坏,不如用坏 Between two stools you fall to the ground.脚踩两条凳,早晚要坠地(意同:脚踏两条船,两头要落空)
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚,人以群分 Birth is much, but breeding is more.教养重于出身。
Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.无奢望者有福,因其永不失望。
Blood is thicker than water.血比水浓(意指:亲人总比外人亲)
Books and friends should be few but good.买书如交友应少而精(书与友,贵精不贵多)Brevity is the soul of wit.言以简洁为贵 C Cheats never prosper.靠欺骗,难发财
Children and fools tell the truth.孩子和傻子,口中无诈语
Children should be seen but not be heard.大人在讲话,小孩别插嘴 Choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye.择妻靠耳,不靠眼 Circumstances alter cases.具体情况具体分析 Cleanliness is next to godliness.整洁近于美德
Cloudy mornings give way to clear evenings.早晨云遮日,晚上星满天 Comfort is better than pride.舒适胜于虚荣
Coming events cast their shadows before.未来之事必有前兆 Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水穿石 Content is better than riches.知足胜于财富
Correct the mistakes if you have committed them, and avoid them if you have not.有则改之,无则加勉
Courtesy costs nothing.彬彬有礼,惠而不费
Cowards die many times before their deaths.胆小鬼在真正断气之前要死许多次。Custom rules the law.风俗左右法律
Cut your coat according to your cloth.量布裁衣。(意指:量入为出)D Dead men tell no tales.死人不会告密
Death is the great leveler.死亡面前人人平等 Death pays all debts.一死了百债 Delays are dangerous.事怕延误
Diamond cut diamond.棋逢对手,将遇良才
Diligence is the mother of good luck.勤力佳运之母
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.鸡蛋尚未孵,别先数鸡雏(意指:不要过早打如意算盘)
Do not cry for the moon.海底捞月办不到
Do not cry out before you are hurt.没受伤,别乱喊 Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.不要孤注一掷 Do not rob Peter to pay Paul.不要挖肉补疮
Do not try to teach your grandmother to such eggs.不要班门弄斧 Dog does not eat dog.同类不相残
Doing nothing is doing ill.无所事事,必干坏事
Don’t cut down the tree that gives you shade.遮荫之树不可砍 Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.不要做害人害已的事 Don’t quarrel with your bread and butter.不要砸自己的“饭碗” Don't put the cart before the horse.勿本末倒置 Dreams go by contraries.梦与现实常相反 Dumb dogs are dangerous.哑巴狗最危险 Dying is as natural as living.有生必有死 E Early sow, early mow.早种早收
Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.睡得早,起得早,聪明、富裕、身体好
Easier said than done.;说来容易,做来难
East or west, home is best.东也好,西也好,还是家最好 Easy come, easy go.来得容易去得快
Eat to live, but not live to eat.人为生而食,不为食而生 Empty vessels make the most noise.满瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡 Envy never enriched any man.妒忌决不会致富 Even a worm will turn.人急造反,狗急跳墙 Every bean hath its black.人孰无过
Every bird likes its own nest the best.金窝银窝不如自己的草窝 Every cook praises his own broth.王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸 Every dog has its day.凡人皆有得意日
Every little helps.涓涓细流汇成河,粒粒稻菽堆满箩 Every little makes a mickle.积少成多,滴水成流 Every man hath his weak side.人皆有弱点 Every man is his won enemy.自贻伊戚 Every why has a where fore.凡事必有因
Everybody's business is nobody's business.众人的事儿没人管 Everything comes to him who waits.耐心等待,万事皆成
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.物莫如新,友莫如故 Example is better than precept.身教胜过言教 Experience is the best teacher.经验是良师
Experience is the father of wisdom.经验是智慧之父 Experience must be bought.要取得经验,须付出代价 Extremes are dangerous.凡事走向极端是危险的 F Face to face, the truth comes out.面对面,真相白 Facts speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩 Failure teaches success.失败是成功之母 False friends are worse than bitter(open)enemies.口蜜腹剑的朋友比不共戴天的敌人还坏。(意同:明枪易躲,暗箭难防)
Far from eye, far from heart.眼不见,心不念
Far water does not put out near fire.远水救不了近火 Fast bind, fast find.藏得好,丢不了
Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要金装,人要衣装 Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水火是忠仆,也能成灾主 First come, first served.先到先招待
First impressions are most lasting.最初的印象最深刻
Fools build houses and wise men live in them.愚者造房,智才租房 Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达 Forbidden fruit is sweetest.禁果格外甜 Fortune favours the brave.天佑勇者
Fortune favours those who use their judgement.智才天助 Fortune knocks once at everyone's door.人人都有走运的一天 Four eyes see more than two.四只眼睛总比两只眼睛看得清 Fourtune favours fools.傻子有傻福
Friendship should not be all on one side.友谊靠双方 G Genius only means hard-working all one’s life.天才只总味着终身不懈的努力。Give him an inch and he will take a yard.得寸进尺
Give him the dose of his own medicine以其人之道还治其人之身 Go while the going is good.此时不走,更待何时? God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助 Gold will not buy everything.金钱并非万能 Good advice is beyond price.忠言是无价之宝 Good advice is harsh to the ear.忠言逆耳 Good counsel has no price.忠言无价
Good health is above wealth.健康胜过财富
Good words are worth much and cost little.好话不花钱,一句值千金 Grasp all, lose all.欲尽得,必尽失 Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同
Great trees keep down the little ones.大鱼吃小鱼,小鱼吃虾米 H Habit is second nature.习惯是第二天性
Half a loaf is better than no bread半个面包总比没有好(意同:聊胜于无).Handsome is that handsome does.以美貌亦美。Harm watch, harm catch.害人反害已 Haste makes waste.忙中有错
He is happy that he thinks himself so.自乐者常乐
He is only bright that shines by himself.真正的漂亮靠自身的光彩。He is rich that has few wants.无欲者为富 He knows most who speaks least.博学者寡言
He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑在最后,谁笑得最好 He that begins many things , finishes but few.贪多嚼不烂
He that falls today may rise tomorrow.今天跌倒的人,明天可能会站起来。He that is full of himself is very empty.妄自尊大,腹中空空 He that runs fastest gets the ring.捷足先登
He that travels far knows much.远行者,见识广(广游者见识多)
He who has a mind to beat a dog will easily find a stick.想要打狗,找棍何愁 He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.耻于问即耻于学 He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.He who plays with fire gets burnt.玩火者必自焚
He who rides on a tiger can never dismount.骑虎难下 Health is better than wealth健康胜于财富.Hear all parties.兼听则明,偏听则暗
Hedges have eyes and walls have ears.篱笆有眼,墙壁长耳 Home is where the heart is.哪里最欢乐,那里就是家 Honesty is the best policy.诚实乃上策
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.抱最好的希望,作最坏的准备 Humour must have its background of seriousness.幽默必须以严肃为背景。Hunger is the best sauce.饥者口中尽佳肴 I Idleness is the root of all evil.懒惰是万恶之源
If a man once fall, all will tread on him.人倒众人踩
If it were not for hope, the heart would break.人若无希望,心碎肝肠断
If we can’t do as we would, we must do as we can.如不能如愿而行,定须尽力而为。If we dream, everything is possible.敢于梦想,一切都将成为可能
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.同时追两兔,全都抓不住。If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.要想真正做一件事,就得亲手去做。Ill news flies apace.恶事传千里
In books are embalmed the greatest thoughts.古今伟大思想均载于书籍之中。In for a penny, in for a pound.一不做,二不休
In our expenditure the item that costs most is time.在我们的消费中时间是最昂贵的一项。In the deepest water is the best fishing.水深好钓鱼 In the end, things will mend.车到山前必有路
It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.蠢羊才向狼忏悔 It is better to be alone than in bad company.宁可孤独,不交恶友 It is better to do well than to say well.与其夸夸其谈,不如埋头苦干 It is easier to get money than to keep it..挣钱容易,积钱难 It is good fishing in troubled waters.混水好摸鱼
It is good to have friends in trouble.患难得友是幸事。It is never too late to learn.活到老,学到老 It is never too late to mend.改过不嫌晚
It is no use crying over spilt milk.牛奶打泼,哭也无用(意同:覆水难收)It is the first step that is troublesome.万事起头难
It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has been stolen.失马锁慨,为时已晚 It never rains but it pours.不下则已,一下倾盆 It takes two to make a quarrel.一个巴掌拍不响 J Jack of all trades, master of none.样样皆通,样样稀松 Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.乐极生悲
Judge not a book by its cover.评价一本书,不能凭封面 Judge not from appearance.人不可貌相 Judge not of men and things at first sight.初次印象,难得真相 Justice has long arms.天网恢恢,疏而不漏 K Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.少说为佳,多听为妙 Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.杀鸡取蛋,愚蠢荒唐 Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕 Kiss and be friends.吵嘴后,和为贵
Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.少时有知识,老来有智慧
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.知识是宝库,实践是钥匙 Knowledge is no burden.知识再多不压身。Knowledge is power.知识就是力量
Knowledge is the food of the soul.知识是精神食粮。
Knowledge makes humble;ignorance make proud.知识使人谦虚,无知使人骄傲
Knowledge requires repeated explorations, and farmland needs intensive cultivation.知识需要反复探索,土地需要辛勤耕耘。L Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone.欢笑,整个世界伴你欢笑。哭泣,只有你独自向隅而泣
Lay things by, they many come to use蓄物必有其用。Learning is the eye of the mind.知识是心灵的慧眼。
Learning makes a good man better, and an ill man worse.好人越学越好,坏人越学越糟 Learn not, and know not.不学则无术
Learn to say before you sing.先学说,后学唱 Least said, soonest mended.少说为佳
Let beggars match with beggars.龙配龙,凤配凤 Let bygones be bygones.既往不咎 Lies have short legs.谎言终究要败露
Life is not all beer and skittles.人生并非尽是乐事 Lightly come, lightly go.来得容易,去得快 Like father, like son.有其父,必有其子
Little and often fills the purse.小钱积成万,粒粮堆成山 Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.涓滴之水汇成洋 Long absent, soon forgotten.别久情疏 Look at the bright side.满怀信心 Look before you leap.三思而后行
Lookers-on see most of the game.旁观者清,当局者迷 Lost time is never found again.光阴一去不复返
Love can neither be bought nor sold;its only prices is love.爱情不能买和卖,只能以爱来报答
Love is blind.爱情是盲目的
Love me little, love me long.细水长流,淡交长久 Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌
Lovers' quarrels are soon mended.夫妻无隔宿之仇
Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.邻居无论多好,围篱不可推倒 M Make hay while the sun shines.趁晴晒草(意同:趁热打铁)Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人,成事在天
Man struggles upwards;water flows downwards.人往高出走,水往低处流。Manners make the man.观其待人而知其人
Many drops make a shower.涓涓清泉汇成流,滴滴水珠聚成雨 Many hands make light work.人多好办事
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.结婚太急,后悔莫及(意指:草率结婚必后悔)Men learn while they reach.教学相长。
Men make houses, women make homes.男人盖房,女人持家 Merry meet, merry part.好聚好散
Mischiefs come by the pound, and go away by the ounce.灾来如山倒,灾去如抽丝 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难识知交
Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.祸来如飞行,祸去似步行 Misfortunes never come singly.祸不单行 Money breeds money.钱生钱,利滚利
Money is the root of all evil.金钱是万恶之源 More haste, less speed.欲速则不达 N Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明之母 Need makes the old wife trot.事急老妪跑
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.别借债,莫放债 Never buy a pig in a poke.东西没看清,不要急着买
Never cross a bridge till you come to it.还没到桥头,别为过桥愁 Never do things by halves.凡事不可半途而废 Never hit a man when he's down.不要落井下石 Never judge from appearances.人不可貌相
Never light your candle at both ends.蜡烛切莫两头点(意指:不可过分消耗体力)Never make a mountain of a molehill.切勿小题大做
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今天能够做的事,切莫拖延到明天 Never say “die”;up, man, and try.千难万险不灰心,昂首阔步向前进 New brooms sweep clean.新官上任三把火
No bees, no honey;no work, no money.无蜂则无蜜,不劳则无酬 No cross, no crown.没有苦难,就没有快乐 No fool like an old fool.老糊涂,最糊涂 No gains without pains.不劳则无获
No man is born wise or learned.人非生而知之,乃学而知之 No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息 No pains, no gains.不劳则无获
No road is long with good company.旅途有好伴,千里不觉长 No way is impossible to courage.勇士面前,无路不通 Nobody's enemy but his own.自寻苦恼
Nothing is cheap if you don't want it.不要的东西,再便宜也贵
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事,只怕有心人 Nothing seek, nothing find.无所求则无所获。
Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴,焉得虎子 O Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师 Of nothing comes nothing.巧妇难为无米之炊 Of two evils choose the less.两害相权取其轻
Once a thief, always a thief.一次做贼,永远做贼 Once bitten, twice shy.一次被咬,下次胆小
One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.人竭其力,汝享其成 One flower makes no garland.一朵鲜花,难做花环
One man's fault is another man's lesson.前车之覆,后车之鉴
One should eat to live, not live to eat.人应为生而食,不应为食而生。One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏
One today is worth two tomorrow.把握一个今天,胜似两个明天 Other times, other manners.时移俗易 Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见,心不念 P Pain is forgotten where gain follows.一朝得了利,痛苦便忘记 Pain past is pleasure.苦尽甘来
Pardon all men, but never thyself.严以律已,宽以待人
Penny wise, pound foolish.小事聪明,大事糊涂(意同:抓了芝麻,丢了西瓜)Plenty is no plague.多多益善
Poverty is the mother of health.贫穷是健康之母 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧
Practise what you preach.躬行已说,身体力行
Prevention is better than cure.与其补救于已然,不如防止于未然 R Ragged colts may make fine horses.别看小狗现在丑,长大可能成骏马
Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.阅读使人渊博,会谈使 人机敏,写作使人严谨。
Reason is the guide and light of life.理智是人生的灯塔
Remove an old tree and it will wither to death.老树移栽活不了,老人迁居命不长 Rome was not build in a day罗马非朝夕建成.Roses have thorns.玫瑰好看却有刺 S Sadness and gladness succeed one another.乐极生悲,苦尽甘来 Satan always finds work for idle hands.魔鬼专坑懒鬼 Saving is getting.节约等于增加收入 Say nothing, think the more.多思寡言
Saying and doing are two things.说是一回事,做又是一回事 Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.你帮我,我帮你 Second thoughts are best.三思而后行 Seeing is believing.眼见为实 Self do, self have.自作自受 Share and share alike.有福同享,有难同当
Short pleasure, long lament.痛快一时,痛苦一世 Silence gives consent.沉默不许,就是默许 Slow and steady wins the race.慢而稳,赛必胜
So many countries, so many customs.国家不一,风俗各异 So many men, so many minds.人心不同,各如其面
Soft fire makes sweet malt.文火煮饴糖,香甜又可口(意指:慢工出细活)Something attempted, something done.有所尝试,就等于有所作为。Soon got, soon spent.来得容易,去得快 Soon learnt, soon forgotten.学得快,忘得快
Spare the rod and spoil the child.孩子不打不成器
Speech is silver;silence is golden.雄辩是银,沉默是金 Speech is the picture of the mind.言为心声
Standers-by see more than gamesters.当局者迷,旁观者清 Still waters run deep.流静水深,人静心深 Stolen fruit is sweetest.偷来的果子分外甜 Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁
Sweet are the uses of adversity.祸兮福之所倚
Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.话若投机嫌日短 T “The grapes are sour”, as the fox said when he could not reach them.狐狸吃不到葡萄,就说葡萄酸
Take away my good name, take away my life.夺去了美名也就夺去了生命 Take honour from me and my life is done.没有了名誉也就没有了生命
Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.用枪打蝴蝶,小题大做(意同:杀鸡焉用牛刀)Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操,曹操就到 Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风
Teaching others teaches yourself.教学相长 The bait hides the hook.饵中必有诈
The best mirror is an old friend.老友是明镜 The cheap buyer takes bad meat便宜无好货.The course of true love never did run smooth.爱情之路,崎岖不平The day has eyes, the night has ears.若要人不知,除非已莫为 The early bird catches the worm.鸟儿起得早,蚯蚓吃得到 The end makes all equal.死神面前,人人平等
The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong men.烈火炼真金,逆境炼壮士(火对金子是考验;逆境对人是磨炼。)
The fool does think he is wise , but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.愚者自以为智,智者自知其愚。
The fox may grow grey, but never good.;江山易改,本性难移
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.井底之蛙,所见不广
The future becomes the present if we fight for it.只要为之奋斗,未来就会变成现在。The great thieves punish the little ones.大贼罚小贼(意同:大鱼吃小鱼)The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得越高,跌得越重 The lazy man's the beggar's brother.懒鬼是乞丐的兄弟 The leopard cannot change its spots.江山易改,本性难移 The longest day must have an end.天虽长,必有尽
The love of money is the root of all evil.贪财是万恶之源
The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance.知识越广博,越感已无知 The more haste, the less speed.欲速则不达。
The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is.傻瓜越富越蠢
The more we read, the more we discover our ignorance.书读得越多,越感到学识之不足。The more you have, the more you want.越有钱,越贪心
The most precious of all possessions is a wise and loyal friend.最宝贵的财富是明智而忠实的朋友。
The nearer the church, the farther from God.离教堂越近,离上帝越远 The proof of the pudding is in the eating.实践出真知
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.人的正确功能是生活,而不是生存。
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫为自己是否幸福而烦恼。
The wealth of the mind the only wealth.精神财富才是惟一的财富。The world is his who enjoys it.世界属于热爱世界的人。
The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.缺乏一件东西,才知道这的可贵。The years teach much which the days never know.学问积年而成,而每日不自知。There is no disputing about tastes.人各有所好。Time gives good advice.时间给予金玉良言。Time works wonders.时间能创造奇迹。
Two heads are better than one.两人智慧胜一人。U Under water, famine;under snow, bread.洪水造饥馑,瑞雪兆丰年 Union is strength.团结就是力量 Use makes perfectness.熟能生巧 V Venture a small fish to catch a great one.欲钓大鱼,先舍小鱼
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.改变自己往往比改变环境更为需要。
Virtue is a jewel of great price.美德是无价之宝 Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远胜于美貌
Virtue is its own reward.善有善报(意指:德行的酬报就是德行本身)W Walls have ears.隔墙有耳
Wash your dirty linen at home家丑不可外扬.Waste not, want not.俭则不匮
Wasting time is robbing oneself.浪费时间就是掠夺自己。
Water-drops, gathered together, become a sea;experience, gathered together, becomes knowledge.水滴汇集成大海,经历汇集成学问。
We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.判断一个人,不听言语看行动 We never know the value of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵 We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.年华没虚度,一生也足矣。Weak things united become strong.一根筷子易折断,十根筷子硬如铁 Wealth is best known by want.人穷方知钱可贵
Well begun is half done.良好的开端,是成功的一半
What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知,除非已莫为
When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.墙倒众人推
When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.孩子不吭声,一定闯了祸 When in Rome do as the Romans do.入国问禁,入乡随俗 When one will not, two cannot quarrel.一个巴掌拍不响
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.贫穷进门来,爱情越窗飞 When the cat is away, the mice will play猫儿不在,鼠儿成精.When wine sinks, words swim.美酒一下肚,话匣关不住 Where there is a will there is a way.有志者,事竟成
Where there is smoke, there is fire.无风不起浪(事出有因)Where there's life there's hope.留得青山在,不怕没柴烧 Will is power.意志就是力量
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.为了求得智慧,代价再高也值得。Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.智慧之于头脑,犹如健康之于躯体。Wise men are silent;fools talk.智者沉默寡言,愚者滔滔不绝
Wise men change their minds;fools never do.智者通权达变,愚者刚愎自用 Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.智者热爱真理,愚者回避真理
Without hard work there won’t be any scientific creations.没有艰苦劳动就常有科学创造。Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.耳听为虚,眼见为实 Y You are never too old to learn.学习不嫌老
You cannot have everything in this life.万事如意古来难。You can't see the wood for the trees.见树不见林,问题难看清 You never know till you have tried.不尝试,不知晓 Youth and age will never agree.老少难相投 Z Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.热情而无知,犹如无光之火 Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.无知的热情近乎愚蠢
第三篇:英语格言警句
英语
English Proverbs and Old Sayings
If you want to know your past life,look into your present condition;if you want to know your future, look into your present action.It is not the wind that is moving;it is not the flag that is moving;it is mind that is moving.There are no holy places and no holy people,only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.英语格言警句 1 A A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠总怪工具差。A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield.勇者可能跌倒,但不会屈服。
A burnt child dreads the fire.烧伤过的孩子怕见火。(意同:一朝被蛇咬,三年怕草绳)
A constant guest is never welcome.常客招人嫌。A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足长乐。A cracked bell can never sound well.破钟敲不响。
A drowning man will catch at a straw.人快淹死时稻草也要抓 A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所,流芳百世。A fox may grow grey, but never good.江山易改,本性难移。A friend in need is a friend in indeed.患难识知已
A friend is easier lost than found.失友容易,交友难。A good beginning is half the battle.良好的开端是成功一半 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.好书如挚友,情谊永不渝
A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤
A good name is sooner lost than won.美名易失,不易得 A good wife is a good prize.贤妻赛宝石
A good winter brings a good summer.好冬必有好夏 A house divided against itself cannot stand.家庭不睦,万事不兴
A lazy youth, a lousy age.少时懒惰,老来虱咬(意指:少壮英语格言警句 2 不努力,老大徒悲伤)
A little help is worth a deal of pity.一点帮助胜于一车同情。A little is better than none.聊胜于无
A little learning is a dangerous thing.浅学误人 A little pot is soon hot.壶小易热,量小易怒
A living dog is better than a dead lion.死狮不如活狗 A man can only die once.人生只有一回死
A man is known by his friends.视其友,知其人
A man who has friends must show himself friendly.要想交朋友,就得有诚意
A merry heart goes all the way.心情愉快,万事顺利 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘,差之千里 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火
A penny saved is a penny earned.省一文就得一文 A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔
A secret between more than two is no secret.三人知,天下晓 A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平静的大海不能造就出熟练的水手。
A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言为智 A stitch in time saves nine.一针及时省九针
A straw will show which way the wind blows.草动知风向 A tale never loses in the telling.故事越传越长
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.美好的事物,回味无穷 A thing you don't want is dear at any price.不需要的东西最贵 A true jest is no jest.真笑话并非笑话
A useful trade is amine of gold.一技在身犹如金矿在手 英语格言警句 3 A willful man must have his way.只要人有恒,万事皆可成 A woman's work is never done.妇女的家务事永远也做不完 A wonder lasts but nine days.什么新奇的事,也新不了几天 A word to the wise is enough.聪明人一点即明
A work ill done must be twice done.马虎干活,准得返工 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.别离情更深
Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.业精于勤,荒于嬉。
Actions speak louder than words.百说不如一干。
Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.逆境增才干不增财富 After a storm comes a calm.雨过天晴(意指:否极泰来)After dinner sit a while;after supper walk a mile.饭后百步,延年益寿
All are not friends that speak us fair.当面说好话的并不都是朋友。
All his geese are swans.敝帚自珍
All is not gain that is got into the purse.装进钱包里的不一定都是收益。
All lay loads on a willing horse.好马重负 All roads lead to Rome.条条道路通罗马
All that glitters is not gold.闪光的东西不一定是金子 All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事起头难 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只用功,不玩耍,聪明的孩子也变傻
All's well that ends well.结果好,一切都好
Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king.盲人国里,独眼英语格言警句 4 称王。(意同:山中无老虎,猴子称大王)
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一苹果胜过找医生 An empty sack cannot stand upright.空袋子,立不直
An Englishman's house is his castle.英国人的家是独立王国。(意指:非经许可,不得进入)An evil lesson is soon learned.恶习易染
An eye for eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼,以牙还牙 As good lost as found.有得必有失。
B Bad excuses are worse than none.狡辩比不辩护还糟 Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人
Be just before you are generous.先还债,后慷慨
Beauty and folly are often companions.美貌和愚蠢常结伴 Beauty is but skin-deep.美丽只是外表罢了 Beggars' bags are bottomless.乞丐不知足
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.虽眼见亦不能全信,道听途说更不足信。Best is cheapest.好货最便宜 Better buy than borrow.买比借好 Better early than late.宁早勿晚
Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.宁可空而有志,不可富而失节
Better late than never.迟做总比不做好
Better lose the saddle than the horse.宁可丢鞍,不可失马 英语格言警句 5 Better the last smile than the first laughter.宁可最后笑,不要首先狂喜。
Better to wear out than rust out.与其锈坏,不如用坏
Between two stools you fall to the ground.脚踩两条凳,早晚要坠地(意同:脚踏两条船,两头要落空)
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚,人以群分 Birth is much, but breeding is more.教养重于出身。Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.无奢望者有福,因其永不失望。
Blood is thicker than water.血比水浓(意指:亲人总比外人亲)
Books and friends should be few but good.买书如交友应少而精(书与友,贵精不贵多)
Brevity is the soul of wit.言以简洁为贵
C Cheats never prosper.靠欺骗,难发财
Children and fools tell the truth.孩子和傻子,口中无诈语 Children should be seen but not be heard.大人在讲话,小孩别插嘴
Choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye.择妻靠耳,不靠眼
Circumstances alter cases.具体情况具体分析 Cleanliness is next to godliness.整洁近于美德
Cloudy mornings give way to clear evenings.早晨云遮日,晚英语格言警句 6 上星满天
Comfort is better than pride.舒适胜于虚荣
Coming events cast their shadows before.未来之事必有前兆 Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水穿石 Content is better than riches.知足胜于财富
Correct the mistakes if you have committed them, and avoid them if you have not.有则改之,无则加勉 Courtesy costs nothing.彬彬有礼,惠而不费
Cowards die many times before their deaths.胆小鬼在真正断气之前要死许多次。
Custom rules the law.风俗左右法律
Cut your coat according to your cloth.量布裁衣。(意指:量入为出)
D Dead men tell no tales.死人不会告密
Death is the great leveler.死亡面前人人平等 Death pays all debts.一死了百债 Delays are dangerous.事怕延误
Diamond cut diamond.棋逢对手,将遇良才
Diligence is the mother of good luck.勤力佳运之母
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.鸡蛋尚未孵,别先数鸡雏(意指:不要过早打如意算盘)Do not cry for the moon.海底捞月办不到
Do not cry out before you are hurt.没受伤,别乱喊 英语格言警句 7 Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.不要孤注一掷 Do not rob Peter to pay Paul.不要挖肉补疮
Do not try to teach your grandmother to such eggs.不要班门弄斧
Dog does not eat dog.同类不相残
Doing nothing is doing ill.无所事事,必干坏事
Don’t cut down the tree that gives you shade.遮荫之树不可砍 Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.不要做害人害已的事
Don’t quarrel with your bread and butter.不要砸自己的“饭碗” Don't put the cart before the horse.勿本末倒置 Dreams go by contraries.梦与现实常相反 Dumb dogs are dangerous.哑巴狗最危险 Dying is as natural as living.有生必有死
E Early sow, early mow.早种早收
Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.睡得早,起得早,聪明、富裕、身体好 Easier said than done.;说来容易,做来难
East or west, home is best.东也好,西也好,还是家最好 Easy come, easy go.来得容易去得快
Eat to live, but not live to eat.人为生而食,不为食而生 Empty vessels make the most noise.满瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡 Envy never enriched any man.妒忌决不会致富 英语格言警句 8 Even a worm will turn.人急造反,狗急跳墙 Every bean hath its black.人孰无过
Every bird likes its own nest the best.金窝银窝不如自己的草窝
Every cook praises his own broth.王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸 Every dog has its day.凡人皆有得意日
Every little helps.涓涓细流汇成河,粒粒稻菽堆满箩 Every little makes a mickle.积少成多,滴水成流 Every man hath his weak side.人皆有弱点 Every man is his won enemy.自贻伊戚 Every why has a where fore.凡事必有因
Everybody's business is nobody's business.众人的事儿没人管 Everything comes to him who waits.耐心等待,万事皆成 Everything is good when new, but friends when old.物莫如新,友莫如故
Example is better than precept.身教胜过言教 Experience is the best teacher.经验是良师
Experience is the father of wisdom.经验是智慧之父 Experience must be bought.要取得经验,须付出代价 Extremes are dangerous.凡事走向极端是危险的
F Face to face, the truth comes out.面对面,真相白 Facts speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩 Failure teaches success.失败是成功之母 英语格言警句 9 False friends are worse than bitter(open)enemies.口蜜腹剑的朋友比不共戴天的敌人还坏。(意同:明枪易躲,暗箭难防)
Far from eye, far from heart.眼不见,心不念
Far water does not put out near fire.远水救不了近火 Fast bind, fast find.藏得好,丢不了
Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要金装,人要衣装
Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水火是忠仆,也能成灾主
First come, first served.先到先招待
First impressions are most lasting.最初的印象最深刻
Fools build houses and wise men live in them.愚者造房,智才租房
Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达 Forbidden fruit is sweetest.禁果格外甜 Fortune favours the brave.天佑勇者
Fortune favours those who use their judgement.智才天助 Fortune knocks once at everyone's door.人人都有走运的一天 Four eyes see more than two.四只眼睛总比两只眼睛看得清 Fourtune favours fools.傻子有傻福
Friendship should not be all on one side.友谊靠双方
G Genius only means hard-working all one’s life.天才只总味着终身不懈的努力。英语格言警句 10 Give him an inch and he will take a yard.得寸进尺
Give him the dose of his own medicine以其人之道还治其人之身
Go while the going is good.此时不走,更待何时? God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助 Gold will not buy everything.金钱并非万能 Good advice is beyond price.忠言是无价之宝 Good advice is harsh to the ear.忠言逆耳 Good counsel has no price.忠言无价
Good health is above wealth.健康胜过财富
Good words are worth much and cost little.好话不花钱,一句值千金
Grasp all, lose all.欲尽得,必尽失 Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同
Great trees keep down the little ones.大鱼吃小鱼,小鱼吃虾米
H Habit is second nature.习惯是第二天性
Half a loaf is better than no bread半个面包总比没有好(意同:聊胜于无).Handsome is that handsome does.以美貌亦美。Harm watch, harm catch.害人反害已 Haste makes waste.忙中有错
He is happy that he thinks himself so.自乐者常乐
He is only bright that shines by himself.真正的漂亮靠自身的英语格言警句 11 光彩。
He is rich that has few wants.无欲者为富 He knows most who speaks least.博学者寡言
He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑在最后,谁笑得最好 He that begins many things , finishes but few.贪多嚼不烂 He that falls today may rise tomorrow.今天跌倒的人,明天可能会站起来。
He that is full of himself is very empty.妄自尊大,腹中空空 He that runs fastest gets the ring.捷足先登
He that travels far knows much.远行者,见识广(广游者见识多)
He who has a mind to beat a dog will easily find a stick.想要打狗,找棍何愁
He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.耻于问即耻于学
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.He who plays with fire gets burnt.玩火者必自焚
He who rides on a tiger can never dismount.骑虎难下 Health is better than wealth健康胜于财富.Hear all parties.兼听则明,偏听则暗
Hedges have eyes and walls have ears.篱笆有眼,墙壁长耳 Home is where the heart is.哪里最欢乐,那里就是家 Honesty is the best policy.诚实乃上策
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.抱最好的希望,作最坏的准备
Humour must have its background of seriousness.幽默必须以英语格言警句 12 严肃为背景。
Hunger is the best sauce.饥者口中尽佳肴
I Idleness is the root of all evil.懒惰是万恶之源
If a man once fall, all will tread on him.人倒众人踩
If it were not for hope, the heart would break.人若无希望,心碎肝肠断
If we can’t do as we would,we must do as we can.如不能如愿而行,定须尽力而为。
If we dream, everything is possible.敢于梦想,一切都将成为可能
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.同时追两兔,全都抓不住。
If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.要想真正做一件事,就得亲手去做。
Ill news flies apace.恶事传千里
In books are embalmed the greatest thoughts.古今伟大思想均载于书籍之中。
In for a penny, in for a pound.一不做,二不休
In our expenditure the item that costs most is time.在我们的消费中时间是最昂贵的一项。
In the deepest water is the best fishing.水深好钓鱼 In the end, things will mend.车到山前必有路
It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.蠢羊才英语格言警句 13 向狼忏悔
It is better to be alone than in bad company.宁可孤独,不交恶友
It is better to do well than to say well.与其夸夸其谈,不如埋头苦干
It is easier to get money than to keep it..挣钱容易,积钱难 It is good fishing in troubled waters.混水好摸鱼
It is good to have friends in trouble.患难得友是幸事。It is never too late to learn.活到老,学到老 It is never too late to mend.改过不嫌晚
It is no use crying over spilt milk.牛奶打泼,哭也无用(意同:覆水难收)
It is the first step that is troublesome.万事起头难
It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has been stolen.失马锁慨,为时已晚
It never rains but it pours.不下则已,一下倾盆 It takes two to make a quarrel.一个巴掌拍不响
J Jack of all trades, master of none.样样皆通,样样稀松 Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.乐极生悲
Judge not a book by its cover.评价一本书,不能凭封面 Judge not from appearance.人不可貌相
Judge not of men and things at first sight.初次印象,难得真相 Justice has long arms.天网恢恢,疏而不漏 英语格言警句 14 K Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.少说为佳,多听为妙 Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.杀鸡取蛋,愚蠢荒唐
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕 Kiss and be friends.吵嘴后,和为贵
Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.少时有知识,老来有智慧
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.知识是宝库,实践是钥匙
Knowledge is no burden.知识再多不压身。Knowledge is power.知识就是力量
Knowledge is the food of the soul.知识是精神食粮。
Knowledge makes humble;ignorance make proud.知识使人谦虚,无知使人骄傲
Knowledge requires repeated explorations, and farmland needs intensive cultivation.知识需要反复探索,土地需要辛勤耕耘。
L Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone.欢笑,整个世界伴你欢笑。哭泣,只有你独自向隅而泣
Lay things by, they many come to use蓄物必有其用。英语格言警句 15 Learning is the eye of the mind.知识是心灵的慧眼。
Learning makes a good man better, and an ill man worse.好人越学越好,坏人越学越糟
Learn not, and know not.不学则无术
Learn to say before you sing.先学说,后学唱 Least said, soonest mended.少说为佳
Let beggars match with beggars.龙配龙,凤配凤 Let bygones be bygones.既往不咎 Lies have short legs.谎言终究要败露
Life is not all beer and skittles.人生并非尽是乐事 Lightly come, lightly go.来得容易,去得快 Like father, like son.有其父,必有其子
Little and often fills the purse.小钱积成万,粒粮堆成山 Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.涓滴之水汇成洋 Long absent, soon forgotten.别久情疏 Look at the bright side.满怀信心 Look before you leap.三思而后行
Lookers-on see most of the game.旁观者清,当局者迷 Lost time is never found again.光阴一去不复返
Love can neither be bought nor sold;its only prices is love.爱情不能买和卖,只能以爱来报答 Love is blind.爱情是盲目的
Love me little, love me long.细水长流,淡交长久 Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌
Lovers' quarrels are soon mended.夫妻无隔宿之仇
Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.邻居无论多英语格言警句 16 好,围篱不可推倒
M Make hay while the sun shines.趁晴晒草(意同:趁热打铁)Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人,成事在天
Man struggles upwards;water flows downwards.人往高出走,水往低处流。
Manners make the man.观其待人而知其人
Many drops make a shower.涓涓清泉汇成流,滴滴水珠聚成雨
Many hands make light work.人多好办事 Marry in haste, repent at leisure.结婚太急,后悔莫及(意指:草率结婚必后悔)
Men learn while they reach.教学相长。
Men make houses, women make homes.男人盖房,女人持家 Merry meet, merry part.好聚好散
Mischiefs come by the pound, and go away by the ounce.灾来如山倒,灾去如抽丝
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难识知交
Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.祸来如飞行,祸去似步行
Misfortunes never come singly.祸不单行 Money breeds money.钱生钱,利滚利
Money is the root of all evil.金钱是万恶之源 More haste, less speed.欲速则不达 英语格言警句 17 N Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明之母 Need makes the old wife trot.事急老妪跑
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.别借债,莫放债 Never buy a pig in a poke.东西没看清,不要急着买
Never cross a bridge till you come to it.还没到桥头,别为过桥愁
Never do things by halves.凡事不可半途而废 Never hit a man when he's down.不要落井下石 Never judge from appearances.人不可貌相
Never light your candle at both ends.蜡烛切莫两头点(意指:不可过分消耗体力)
Never make a mountain of a molehill.切勿小题大做
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今天能够做的事,切莫拖延到明天
Never say “die”;up, man, and try.千难万险不灰心,昂首阔步向前进
New brooms sweep clean.新官上任三把火
No bees, no honey;no work, no money.无蜂则无蜜,不劳则无酬
No cross, no crown.没有苦难,就没有快乐 No fool like an old fool.老糊涂,最糊涂 No gains without pains.不劳则无获
No man is born wise or learned.人非生而知之,乃学而知之 英语格言警句 18 No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息 No pains, no gains.不劳则无获
No road is long with good company.旅途有好伴,千里不觉长 No way is impossible to courage.勇士面前,无路不通 Nobody's enemy but his own.自寻苦恼
Nothing is cheap if you don't want it.不要的东西,再便宜也贵 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事,只怕有心人
Nothing seek, nothing find.无所求则无所获。
Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴,焉得虎子
O Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师 Of nothing comes nothing.巧妇难为无米之炊 Of two evils choose the less.两害相权取其轻 Once a thief, always a thief.一次做贼,永远做贼 Once bitten, twice shy.一次被咬,下次胆小
One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.人竭其力,汝享其成
One flower makes no garland.一朵鲜花,难做花环
One man's fault is another man's lesson.前车之覆,后车之鉴 One should eat to live, not live to eat.人应为生而食,不应为食而生。
One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏
One today is worth two tomorrow.把握一个今天,胜似两个英语格言警句 19 明天
Other times, other manners.时移俗易
Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见,心不念
P Pain is forgotten where gain follows.一朝得了利,痛苦便忘记 Pain past is pleasure.苦尽甘来
Pardon all men, but never thyself.严以律已,宽以待人
Penny wise, pound foolish.小事聪明,大事糊涂(意同:抓了芝麻,丢了西瓜)
Plenty is no plague.多多益善
Poverty is the mother of health.贫穷是健康之母 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧
Practise what you preach.躬行已说,身体力行
Prevention is better than cure.与其补救于已然,不如防止于未然
R Ragged colts may make fine horses.别看小狗现在丑,长大可能成骏马
Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.阅读使人渊博,会谈使
人机敏,写作使人严谨。英语格言警句 20 Reason is the guide and light of life.理智是人生的灯塔
Remove an old tree and it will wither to death.老树移栽活不了,老人迁居命不长
Rome was not build in a day罗马非朝夕建成.Roses have thorns.玫瑰好看却有刺
S Sadness and gladness succeed one another.乐极生悲,苦尽甘来 Satan always finds work for idle hands.魔鬼专坑懒鬼 Saving is getting.节约等于增加收入 Say nothing, think the more.多思寡言
Saying and doing are two things.说是一回事,做又是一回事 Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.你帮我,我帮你 Second thoughts are best.三思而后行 Seeing is believing.眼见为实 Self do, self have.自作自受
Share and share alike.有福同享,有难同当
Short pleasure, long lament.痛快一时,痛苦一世 Silence gives consent.沉默不许,就是默许 Slow and steady wins the race.慢而稳,赛必胜
So many countries, so many customs.国家不一,风俗各异 So many men, so many minds.人心不同,各如其面 Soft fire makes sweet malt.文火煮饴糖,香甜又可口(意指:慢工出细活)
Something attempted, something done.有所尝试,就等于有所英语格言警句 21 作为。
Soon got, soon spent.来得容易,去得快 Soon learnt, soon forgotten.学得快,忘得快
Spare the rod and spoil the child.孩子不打不成器
Speech is silver;silence is golden.雄辩是银,沉默是金 Speech is the picture of the mind.言为心声
Standers-by see more than gamesters.当局者迷,旁观者清 Still waters run deep.流静水深,人静心深 Stolen fruit is sweetest.偷来的果子分外甜 Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁
Sweet are the uses of adversity.祸兮福之所倚
Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.话若投机嫌日短
T “The grapes are sour”, as the fox said when he could not reach them.狐狸吃不到葡萄,就说葡萄酸
Take away my good name, take away my life.夺去了美名也就夺去了生命
Take honour from me and my life is done.没有了名誉也就没有了生命
Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.用枪打蝴蝶,小题大做(意同:杀鸡焉用牛刀)
Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操,曹操就到 Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风
Teaching others teaches yourself.教学相长 英语格言警句 22 The bait hides the hook.饵中必有诈
The best mirror is an old friend.老友是明镜 The cheap buyer takes bad meat便宜无好货.The course of true love never did run smooth.爱情之路,崎岖不平
The day has eyes, the night has ears.若要人不知,除非已莫为 The early bird catches the worm.鸟儿起得早,蚯蚓吃得到 The end makes all equal.死神面前,人人平等
The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong men.烈火炼真金,逆境炼壮士(火对金子是考验;逆境对人是磨炼。)The fool does think he is wise , but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.愚者自以为智,智者自知其愚。The fox may grow grey, but never good.;江山易改,本性难移 The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.井底之蛙,所见不广
The future becomes the present if we fight for it.只要为之奋斗,未来就会变成现在。
The great thieves punish the little ones.大贼罚小贼(意同:大鱼吃小鱼)
The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得越高,跌得越重 The lazy man's the beggar's brother.懒鬼是乞丐的兄弟 The leopard cannot change its spots.江山易改,本性难移 The longest day must have an end.天虽长,必有尽
The love of money is the root of all evil.贪财是万恶之源 The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance.知识越广博,越感已无知 英语格言警句 23 The more haste, the less speed.欲速则不达。
The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is.傻瓜越富越蠢
The more we read, the more we discover our ignorance.书读得越多,越感到学识之不足。
The more you have, the more you want.越有钱,越贪心 The most precious of all possessions is a wise and loyal friend.最宝贵的财富是明智而忠实的朋友。
The nearer the church, the farther from God.离教堂越近,离上帝越远
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.实践出真知
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.人的正确功能是生活,而不是生存。
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫为自己是否幸福而烦恼。
The wealth of the mind the only wealth.精神财富才是惟一的财富。
The world is his who enjoys it.世界属于热爱世界的人。The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.缺乏一件东西,才知道这的可贵。
The years teach much which the days never know.学问积年而成,而每日不自知。
There is no disputing about tastes.人各有所好。Time gives good advice.时间给予金玉良言。Time works wonders.时间能创造奇迹。英语格言警句 24 Two heads are better than one.两人智慧胜一人。
U Under water, famine;under snow, bread.洪水造饥馑,瑞雪兆丰年
Union is strength.团结就是力量 Use makes perfectness.熟能生巧
V Venture a small fish to catch a great one.欲钓大鱼,先舍小鱼 Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.改变自己往往比改变环境更为需要。Virtue is a jewel of great price.美德是无价之宝 Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远胜于美貌
Virtue is its own reward.善有善报(意指:德行的酬报就是德行本身)
W Walls have ears.隔墙有耳
Wash your dirty linen at home家丑不可外扬.Waste not, want not.俭则不匮 英语格言警句 25 Wasting time is robbing oneself.浪费时间就是掠夺自己。Water-drops, gathered together, become a sea;experience, gathered together, becomes knowledge.水滴汇集成大海,经历汇集成学问。
We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.判断一个人,不听言语看行动
We never know the value of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵
We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.年华没虚度,一生也足矣。
Weak things united become strong.一根筷子易折断,十根筷子硬如铁
Wealth is best known by want.人穷方知钱可贵
Well begun is half done.良好的开端,是成功的一半
What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知,除非已莫为 When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.墙倒众人推
When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.孩子不吭声,一定闯了祸
When in Rome do as the Romans do.入国问禁,入乡随俗 When one will not, two cannot quarrel.一个巴掌拍不响
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.贫穷进门来,爱情越窗飞
When the cat is away, the mice will play猫儿不在,鼠儿成精.When wine sinks, words swim.美酒一下肚,话匣关不住 Where there is a will there is a way.有志者,事竟成 英语格言警句 26 Where there is smoke, there is fire.无风不起浪(事出有因)Where there's life there's hope.留得青山在,不怕没柴烧 Will is power.意志就是力量
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.为了求得智慧,代价再高也值得。
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.智慧之于头脑,犹如健康之于躯体。
Wise men are silent;fools talk.智者沉默寡言,愚者滔滔不绝 Wise men change their minds;fools never do.智者通权达变,愚者刚愎自用
Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.智者热爱真理,愚者回避真理
Without hard work there won’t be any scientific creations.没有艰苦劳动就常有科学创造。
Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.耳听为虚,眼见为实
Y You are never too old to learn.学习不嫌老
You cannot have everything in this life.万事如意古来难。You can't see the wood for the trees.见树不见林,问题难看清 You never know till you have tried.不尝试,不知晓 Youth and age will never agree.老少难相投 英语格言警句 27 Z Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.热情而无知,犹如无光之火
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.无知的热情近乎愚蠢
第四篇:精选英语格言警句
精选英语格言警句(英汉对照):
bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻其歌知其鸟,听其言知其人。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.坐井观天。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切,离别情更深。
A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。
Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。
A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.问心无愧,高枕无忧。
A clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落,胜券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做亏心事,夜半敲门心不惊。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.宁为清贫,不为浊富。
A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入,祸从口出。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action.同仇敌忾。
A contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常乐。
Actions speak louder than words.事实胜於雄辩。
Admonish your friends in private, praise 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。
A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。
A faithful friend is hard to find.益友难得。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑,长一智。
After a storm comes a calm.否极泰来。
After black clouds, clear weather.否极泰来。
After death, the doctor.放马后炮。
A good appetite is a good sauce.饥不择食。
A good example is the best sermon.身教胜似言教。
A good face is a letter of recommendation.好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。
A good fame is better than a good face.好的名望胜於好的相貌。
A good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近亲。
A good marksman may miss.智者千虑,必有一失。
A good maxim is never out of season.至理名言不会过时。
A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口,忠言逆耳。
A good winter brings a good summer.瑞雪兆丰年。
A happy heart makes a blooming visage.心花怒放,笑逐颜开。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune.时势造英雄。
A lazy youth, a lousy age.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
Ale will make a cat speak.酒后吐真言。
A little is better than none.聊胜於无。
A little leak will sink a great ship.千丈之堤溃於蚁穴。
A little neglect may breed great mischief.小不忍则乱大谋。
A little spark kindles a great fire.星星之火,可以燎原。
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.适可而止,过犹不及。
All covet, all lose.贪多必失。
All is fair in war.兵不厌诈。
All is not gold that glitters.闪光的东西并不都是黄金。
All roads lead to Rome.条条道路通罗马。
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.有情人终成眷属。
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.机会失去不再来,千贯万贯难赎回。
All things are easy that are done willingly.做事乐意,诸事容易。
All things are obedient to money.有钱能使鬼推磨。
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget.轻诺者易忘。
A man can not spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。
A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time.一心不能二用。
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.人有两只耳朵一张嘴,就是为了多听少说话。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.路遥知马力,日久见人心。
A man may dig his grave with his teeth.祸从口出。
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.牵马到河易,强马饮水难。
A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.有宝何必人前夸。
A match will set fire to a large building.星星之火,可以燎原。
Ambition never dies until there is no way out.不到黄河心不死
A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘,差之千里。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.山中无老虎,猴子称霸王。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.远亲不如近邻。
An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.狗嘴里吐不出象牙。
An evil chance seldom comes alone.祸不单行。
A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在於晨。
An old physician, and a young lawyer.医生年老的好,律师年轻的俏。
An optimist 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。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防胜於治疗。
Answer a fool according to his folly.以其人之道,还治其人之身。
A penny saved is a penny earned.省钱就是赚钱。
Apparel makes the man.马靠鞍装,人靠衣装。
Appearances are deceitful.人不可貌相,海水不可斗量。
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step.千里之行始於足下。
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 secret between more than two is no secret.两人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。
A servant is known by his master's absence.主人不在可以看出仆人的品行来。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.缄默的嘴,真诚的心,是世界上最令人赞美的东西。
A single spark can start a prairie fire.星星之火,可以燎原。
A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.人要衣装,佛要金装。
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手。
A sow, when washed;returns to the muck.江山易改,本性难移。
As the old cock crows, so doth the young.有其父必有其子。
As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.试金石可以试金,正如黄金可以试人。As the tree falls, so shall it lie.自作自受。
As they sow, so let them reap.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
A still tongue makes a wise head.智者寡言。
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 straw shows which way the wind blows.一叶便知秋。
A stumble may prevent a fall.小惩大诫。
As you make your bed so you must lie on it.自食其果。
As you sow you shall mow.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
A tall tree catches the wind.树大招风。
A tree is known by its fruit.观其行而知其人。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity.疾风知劲草,患难知友情。
Avarice blinds our eyes.财迷心窍。
Avarice increases with wealth.越富越贪。
A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain.决心赶到目的地,浪汉何惧雨来淋。
A watched pot is long in boiling.心急水不沸。
A wilful man will have his way.有志者是竟成。
A word spoken is an arrow let fly.一言既出,驷马难追。
A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出,驷马难追。
Bad workmen often blame their tools.拙匠常怪工具差。
Beauty is but skin-deep.红颜易变。
Beauty is in the eye of the gazer.情人眼里出西施。Beauty lies in lover's eyes.情人眼里出西施。
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.口蜜腹剑。
Before gold, even kings take off their hats.有钱能使鬼推磨。
Beggars cannot be choosers.饥不择食。
Beggars must be no choosers.饥不择食。
Behind bad luck comes good luck.塞翁失马,焉知非福。
Be honest rather clever.诚实比聪明更要紧。
Being on sea, sail;being on land, settle.随遇而安。
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。
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.眼见的不能全信,耳闻的也不能半信。
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.不轻诺,诺必果。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.多听少说。
Better an empty purse than an empty head.宁可钱袋瘪,不要脑袋空。
Better an open enemy than a false friend.明枪易躲,暗箭难防。
Better good neighbours near than relations far away.远亲不如近邻。
Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.功亏一篑。
Between two stools one falls to the ground.脚踏两头要落空。
Beware beginnings.慎始为上。
Big mouthfuls ofter choke.贪多嚼不烂。
Bind the sack before it be full.做事应适可而止。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚,人以群分。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.出身固然重要,教养更且重要。Bite off more than one can chew.贪多咽不下。
Bite the hand that feeds one.恩将仇报。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良药苦口利於病。
Blind men can judge no colours.不宜问道於盲。
Blood is thicker than water.血浓於水。
Bread is the staff of life.民以食为天。
Brevity is the soul of wit.言以简洁为贵。
Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes.养虎贻患。
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.投鼠忌器。
Burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。
Business before pleasure.事业在先,享乐在后。
Business is business.公事公办。
By doing we learn.经一事,长一智。
By falling we learn to go safely.吃一堑,长一智。
By other's faults, wise men correct their own.他山之石,可以攻玉。
By reading we enrich the mind;by conversation we polish it.读书可以使我门的思想充实,谈话使其更臻完美。
英语格言之一
001 The sting of a reproach,is the truth of it.指责带给你刺痛,正是它的忠实之处。2002-02-12 002 Virtue and happiness are mother and daugher.美德和幸福犹如母女。2002-02-12 003 TAll mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good.行善者,人人铭记之。2002-02-12 004 It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.自欺是世上最易之事。2002-02-12 005 ’Tis easier to prevent bad hadits than to breadk them.防止染上恶习远比消除恶习容易。2002-02-12 006 An old man in a house is a good sign.家中有老是一个好迹象。2002-02-12 007 Speak with contempt of none,form slave to king,the meanest bee,and will use,a sting.别用言词贬低任何人,无论国王还是奴隶。最卑戝的蜜蜂也 2002-02-12 008 Beware,beware!he’ll cheat’ithout scruple,who can without fear.当心,当心!行骗而无所畏惧者,也将无所顾虑。2002-02-12 009 How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults.or resolution enough to mend them!承认并改正错误,需要有足够的勇气和决心 2002-02-12 010 If thou dost ill,the joy fades,not the pains;if well,the pain doth fade,the joy remains.你若作恶,消失的是快乐而非痛苦;你若行善,消失的 2002-02-12 011 Trick and treachery are the practice if fools,that have not wit enough to be honest.傻瓜习惯于诡计和背判的伎俩,他们还没聪明到学会真诚待人 2002-02-12 012 Great beauty,great stength,and great riches,are really and truly of no great use;a right heart exceeds all.貌美,力大,有钱,实无大益;一 2002-02-12 013 Let our fathers and garandfathers be valued for their goodness,ourselves for our own.让父亲和祖辈因他们的善行受到尊重,让我们因我们自己的 2002-02-12 014 Thirst after desert,not reward.渴求美德而非奖赏。2002-02-12 015 If thou injurest conscience,it will have its revenge on thee.伤害良心,将受到良心的严惩。2002-02-12 016 If thou wouldest live long,live well;for folly and wickedness shorten life.若欲求长寿,生活须行善,因为蠢行和邪恶会把生命缩短。2002-02-12 017 Each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout.每年根除一恶习,恶根亦会成完人。2002-02-12 018 None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault,or acknowledge himself in an error.唯有有教养者方知如何承认错误,或意识到自己行为 2002-02-12 019 If you do what you should not,you must hear what you would not.若做了不应做之事,则必然会听见不愿听之语。2002-02-12 020 Let thy vices die before thee.让恶习先你死去。2002-02-12
021 Act uprightly,and despise calumny.Dirt may stick to a mud wall,but not polish’d marble.为人正直的就不惧诽谤:污物可以沾到泥墙上,却附不 2002-02-12 022 An honest man will receive neither money nor praise,that is not his due.正直的人既不收受他人的钱财,也不接受他人的奉承,这些都不是他应得的 2002-02-12 023 The honest man takes pains,and then enjoys pleasure,the knave takes pleasure,and then suffers pains.正直的人先经历痛苦,然后享受欢乐;无赖 2002-02-12 024 He that doth what he should not,shall feel what he would not.若做了不应该做的事,则将产生自己所不希望有的感觉。2002-02-12 025 The goodwill of the governed will be starv’d,if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.被统治者的良好愿望,若无统治者的善待,亦会饿死 2002-02-12 026 The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy.勇者和智者均有同情谅解之心,而懦夫和愚者则毫无怜悯之 2002-02-12 027 Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity.不幸与幸运都是正直的试金石。2002-02-12 028 Who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself? 谁能最恰当地评价一个人,他的敌人还是他自己? 2002-02-12 029 Cunning proceeds from want of capacity.狡诈出自于能力的缺乏。2002-02-12 030 You may be too cunning for one,but not for all.蒙骗得了一人,但蒙骗不了所有的人。2002-02-12 031 Clean your finger,before you point at my spots.先洗浄你的手指,再指出我的污迹。2002-02-12 032 He that can bear a reproof,and mend by it,if he is not wise,is in a fair way of being so.能承受责备并据此改过者,若不算是智者,也距之不远 2002-02-12 033 Tis hard to be poor and honest:An empty sack can hardly stand upright,but if it does,’tis a stout one!要做到贫穷而又诚实实在不容易 2002-02-12 034 Keep conscience clear,then never fear.问心无愧,永无畏惧。2002-02-12 035 When you’re good to others,you are best to yourself.善待他人,即是最善待自己。2002-02-12 036 What is serving God?’Tis doing good to man.什么才算是为上帝奉献?即对人行善。2002-02-12 037 A quite conscience sleeps in thunder,but rest and guilt live far adunder.平静的良心能在雷声中入睡,而安宁和负罪则无法毗邻。2002-02-12 038 There is no man so bad,but he secretly respects the good.再坏的人都会暗自敬重好人。2002-02-12 039 A true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor.真正的伟人既不大肆践踏小人物,也不会在皇帝面前奴颜卑膝。
040 Do me the favour to deny me at once.立即把我拒绝,以此给我恩惠。
041 You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous.如果你能多做善事,你会比王子还要幸福。2002-02-12 042 Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self? 欺骗你的莫过于自己。
043 Nothing so popular as goodness.最的欢迎的是善行。
044 Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.别向医生和律师提供错误的消息。2002-02-12 045 A good lawyar a bad neighbour.好律师坏邻居。
046 The excellency of hogs is fatness,of men virtue.猪的优点在于肥壮,人的优点在于美德。
047 Don’t throw stones at your neightbours,if your own windows are glass.假如你家的窗户是玻璃做的,别用石头打你的邻居。
048 Keep flax from fire,youth from gaming.亚麻远离火苗,青年远离赌博。2002-02-12 049 One mend-fault is worth two find-faults,but one find-fault is better than two make-faults.一个改正之错相当于两个发现之错,但一个发现之错好 2002-02-12 050 The sun never repents of the good he does,nor does he ever demand a recompence.太阳绝不为它所做的善事后悔,也从不指望任何报酬。英语格言之二 输入日期
001 An innocent plowman is more worthy than a vicious prince.一个邪恶的王子还不如一个清白的庄稼汉有价值。2002-02-12 002 There have been as great souls souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.有的人虽不出名,却有着名人般高尚的灵魂。2002-02-12 003 Don’t value a man for the quality he is of,but for the qualities he possesses.地位不要紧,着重在人品。2002-02-12 004 Who pleasure gives,shall joy receive.予人以快乐者,自己会获得快乐。2002-02-12 005 If you ride a horse,sit close and tight;if you ride a man,sit easy and light.骑马时应紧贴马背,待人则应平和可亲。2002-02-12 006 Without justice,courage is weak.假如无正义,勇气也无力。2002-02-12 007 Innocence is its own defence.清白自卫。2002-02-12 008 He is ill cloth’d,who is bare of virtue.人无美德,好比衣衫褴褛。2002-02-12 009 A false friend and a shadow,attend only while the sun shines.虚假的朋友就像影子,只有当太阳照耀时才伴随在你身边。2002-02-12 010 If you would be loved,love and be loveable.若欲被人爱,需爱人且又可爱。2002-02-12 011 Friendship cannot live with ceremony,nor without civility.友谊不能有客套,但也少不了礼貌。2002-02-12 012 A brother may not be a friend,but a friend will always be a brother.兄弟可能不是朋友,但朋友总是兄弟。2002-02-12 013 Tis great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults,greater to tell him his.告诉朋友自己的错是对他很大的信任,而告诉朋友他的错是对 2002-02-12 014 love and toothache have many cures,but none infallible,except possession and dispossession.爱情和牙痛有多种疗法,但无一可靠,除非要么留着 2002-02-12 015 You can bear your own faults,and why not a fault in your wife.既然能容忍自己的许多错误,为何不能容忍妻子的一个错误。2002-02-12 016 If Jack’s in love,he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty.情人眼里出西施。2002-02-12 017 A father’s treasure;a brother’s a comfort;a friend is both.父亲是珍宝,兄弟是安慰,朋友两齐备。2002-02-12 018 Who daintier love,shall beggars prove.对爱挑剔,终将乞之不得。2002-02-12 019 A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours.好争吵者无好邻居。2002-02-12 020 A good wife and health,is a man’s best wealth.贤妻健体,是男人所能拥有的最好财富。2002-02-12 021 Wars bring scars.战争给人带来创伤 2002-02-12 022 A true friend is the best possession.真诚的朋友是最宝贵的财富。2002-02-12 023 The same man cannot be both friend and flatterer.朋友与奉承者不会是同一个人。2002-02-12 024 Tart words make to friends:a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than gallon of vinegar.尖酸的话交不到朋友;一匙蜂蜜比一加仑醋能引来 2002-02-12 025 He that has not got a wife,is not yet a compleat man.无妻不算完人。2002-02-12 026 Ill company is like a dog who dirts those most,that he loves best.坏朋友就像狗一样,把人最喜爱的东西弄得肮脏不堪。2002-02-12 027 When befriended,remember it;when you befriend,forget it.当你被别人善待时,请记住这一切;当你善待别人时,请忘记这一切。2002-02-12 028 Promises may get thee friends,but nonperformance will turn them into enemies.许诺会赢得朋友,但食言则会化友为敌。2002-02-12 029 An open foe may prove a curse;but a pretended friend is worse.公开的敌人是祸害,但虚假的朋友比之更坏。2002-02-12 030 Love,and be loved.爱,然后被爱。2002-02-12 031 No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend.最好的亲属莫过于谨慎忠诚的朋友。2002-02-12 032 Love and lordship hate companions.爱情与权力都不喜欢伴侣。2002-02-12 033 Love and lordship hate companions.爱情与权力都不喜欢伴侣。2002-02-12 034 Be slow in chusing a friend,slower in changing.选择朋友要慎重,更换朋友更应慎重。2002-02-12 035 Do good to thy friend to keep him,to thy enemy to gain him.对朋友行善以留住他,对敌人行善以争取他。2002-02-12 036 Beware of meat twice boil’d and an old foe recondil’d.肉久炖会烂,长久善待顽敌也能被化解。2002-02-12 037 Love well,whip well.爱之深,恨之切。2002-02-12 038 Ne’er take a wife till thou hast a house(and s fire)to put her in.勿聚老婆,直到有房(和炉火)让她安身。2002-02-12 039 A house without woman and firelight,is like a body without soul or sprite.无女人与炉火之房屋,犹如无灵魂或精神之身体。2002-02-12 040 Spare and have is better than spend and crave.节约与拥有胜过浪费与奢求。2002-02-12 041 The borrower is a slave to the lender;the security to both.借入者受制于借出者;担保人受制这两者。2002-02-12 042 For age and want save while you may.No morning sun lasts a whole day.尽可能地积蓄金钱以备贫困和老年时之需。早晨的太阳绝不会照耀整整一天。2002-02-12 043 If you’d know the value if money,go and borrow some.欲知钱的价值,不妨出去借借。2002-02-12 044 Haste makes waste.草率行事浪费多。2002-02-12 045 Great estates may venture more;little boats must keep near shore.大资产可以多冒险,而小船则不能离岸太远。2002-02-12 046 Many a man would have been worse,if his eatate had been better 2002-02-12 047 Pay what you owe,and what you’re worth you’ll know.付清你所欠的债,你将会明白自身的价值所在。2002-02-12 048 Having been poor is no shame,but being ashamed if it,is.一度贫穷并不可耻,可耻的是为之感到丢脸。2002-02-12 049 Tis a well spent penny that saves a groat.善花一便土,节约四便土。2002-02-12 050 Wealth and content are not always bedfellows.财富和满足并非总是友好共处。2002-02-12 英语格言之三 输入日期
001 The second vice is lying;the first is running in debt.欠债比说谎的罪过更大。2002-02-12 002 For one poor man there are and hundred indigent.穷人总有无数贫困潦倒之处。2002-02-12 003 The generous mind least regards money,and yet most feels the want of it.慷慨者最不看重金钱,又最觉得其欠缺。2002-02-12 004 Women and wine,game and deceit,make the wealth small and the wants great.女人与美酒,赌博与欺诈,使财富变少,贫穷加深。2002-02-12 005 Interest which blinds some peple,enlightens others.利益让一些人瞎了眼睛,却让另外一些人心明眼亮。2002-02-12 006 Beware of little expences,a small leak will sink a great ship.小小开支不可随意,小小漏洞会沉大船。2002-02-12 007 He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.聚财亦聚忧。2002-02-12 008 Light gains heavy purses.少少积累,钱袋沉坠。2002-02-12 009 Industry,perseverance,and prugality,make fortune yield.勤劳、坚韧和节俭,会给你带来财富。2002-02-12 010 Content and riches seldom meet together,riches take thou,contentment I had rather.满意和财富难以兼得,让财富占有你,我宁可要满意。2002-02-12 011 Money and man a mutual friendship show:Man makes false money,money makes man so.钱和人相互为友:人让钱假,钱让人虚。2002-02-12 012 Money and good manners make the gentleman.有钱且有修养方为绅士。2002-02-12 013 Lend money to an enemy,and thou’lt gain him,to a friend and thou’lt lose him.借钱给敌人能拉拢他,借钱给朋友会失去他。2002-02-12 014 Avoid dishonest gain:No price can recompense the pangs of vice.拒绝不正当的利益,因邪恶所带来的痛苦无法用金钱补尝。2002-02-12 015 Pay what you owe,and you’ll know what’s your own.付清你所欠下的债,方知什么是自己的。2002-02-12 016 Wish a miser long life,and you wish him no good.祝守财奴长寿,对他并无好处。2002-02-12 017 Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges,than to stoop to petty getting.节省一丝一毫金钱,不会比为小小的收入而屈尊丢脸。2002-02-12 018 By what thou hast no need of;and e’er long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.买不需之物,不久将把必需之物卖出。2002-02-12 019 The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.有钱的好处,尽在用钱中。2002-02-12 020 IF you desire many things,many things will seem but a few.如果你想得到很多,那么你将只能见到其中很少的一些。2002-02-12 021 Bargaining has neither friends nor relations.交易面前无亲友。2002-02-12 022 Wealth is not his that has it,but his that enjoys it.财富并非供人拥有,而是供人享受。2002-02-12 023 If you know how to spend less than you get,you have the Philosophers’Stone.知量入为出者,好比有了点金石。2002-02-12 024 Poverty wants some things,luxury many things,avarice all things.贫穷需要一些,奢侈需要许多,而贪婪则什么都要。2002-02-12 025 Save all the money they can touch.节省一切到手的金钱。2002-02-12 026 He does not possess wealth,it possesses him.他并非拥有财富,而是被财富占有。2002-02-12 027 He that is rich need not live sparingly,and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.有钱人不必吝啬,吝啬者不必有钱。2002-02-12 028 All things are cheap to the saving,dear to the wasteful.节约的不值钱,浪费的金难换。2002-02-12 029 He that lives carnally,won’t live eternally.好肉欲者,难以永生。2002-02-12 030 A fat kitchia,a lean will.大大的灶间,小小的心愿。2002-02-12 031 He’s gone,and forgot nothing but to say farewel to his creditors.他走了,只忘记和债权人告别。2002-02-12 032 Light purse,heavy heart.瘪瘪钱包,沉沉心情。2002-02-12 033 Great alms-giving.lessens no man’s living.慷慨的施舍,并不能缓解人的生计。2002-02-12 034 He that would rise at court,must begin by creeping.高位始于足下。2002-02-12 035 laziness travels so slowly,that poverty soon overtakes him.懒惰走得太慢,很快就被贪穷追上。2002-02-12 036 Trouble springs from idleness,toil from ease.麻烦源于懒散,劳累源于悠闲。2002-02-12 037 Bad gains are truly losses.不正当的所得才是真正的损失。2002-02-12 038 Diligence overcomes difficulties,sloth makes them.勤奋克服困难,懒惰制造困难。2002-02-12 039 God gives all things to industry.上帝对于勤劳无所不赐。2002-02-12 040 Being ignorant is not so much a shame,as being unwilling to learn.无知并不可耻,可耻的是不肯学习。2002-02-12 041 Ask and have,is sometimes dear buying.求人给予,有时代价不菲。2002-02-12 042 Speak little,do much.少说多做。2002-02-12 043 Little strokes,fell great oaks.斧子小砍,大树伐断。2002-02-12 044 What can be done,with care perform today.能做之事,今天认真去做。2002-02-12 045 Useful attainments in your minonity will procure riches in maturity,of which writing and accountns are not the meanest.不要轻视写作和?/td> 2002-02-12 046 Words may shew a man’s wit,but actions his meaning.语言可以显示人的才智,但行动可以显示其真实用意。2002-02-12 047 Life with fools consists in drinking;with the wise man living’s thinking.傻瓜的生活在于饮酒取乐;智者的生活在于不断思索。2002-02-12 048 An ounce of wit that is bought,is worth a pound that is taught.花代价所换来的一点才智,抵过别人传授的数倍不止。2002-02-12 049 Idleness is the greatest prodigality.懒惰是最大的消费。2002-02-12 050 No gains without pains.不劳则无获。
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001 Sloth(like rust)consumes faster than ladour wears:the used key is always bright.懒惰(你铁锈)比劳动消耗得更快:使用中的钥匙总是发? 2002-02-12 002 The sleeping fox catches no poulty.Up!up!睡觉的狐狸捉不到家禽。起来!起来!2002-02-12 003 ’Tis easy to frame a good bold resolution,but hard is the task that concerns esecution.作出大胆的好决定容易,可实施起来却非常困难。2002-02-12 004 Industry pays debts,despair increases them.勤劳可让你偿清债务,则绝望只会使欠债更多。2002-02-12 005 He that rises late,must trot all day,and shall scarce overtake his business at night.晚起之人,须整日匆忙,而且即使到了晚上也很难把事 2002-02-12 006 Be always asham’d to catch thy self idle.随时为自己的懒散而羞惭。2002-02-12 007 There are lazy minds as will as lazy bodies.心既懒,身亦惰。2002-02-12 008 Lazy bones!Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs,if the had not design’d thou should’st use them? 懒骨头!如果上帝 2002-02-12 009 Industry need not wish.勤劳毋须请求。2002-02-12 010 Grace thou thy house,and let not that grace thee.为你的家增光,别让家为你添彩。2002-02-12 011 At the working man’s house hunger looks in but dares not enter.饥饿只能在劳动者的屋外张望,却不敢进去。2002-02-12 012 Will done is better than well said.说得好不如做得好。2002-02-12 013 None preaches better than the ant,and she says nothing.最善说教者莫过于蚂蚁,但它却只做不说。2002-02-12 014 He that can have patience,can have what he will.有恒心者事竟成。2002-02-12 015 Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.羡慕为无知之女。2002-02-12 016 He that lives upon hope,dies farting.一味靠希望活着的人,死时不值一文。2002-02-12 017 Diligence is the mother of goodluck.勤奋为幸运之母。2002-02-12 018 By diligence and patience,the mouse bit in two the cable.若干再加恒心,老鼠也能把钢索咬断。2002-02-12 019 Look before,or you’ll find yourself behind.抬头向前看,否则落后边。2002-02-12 020 All things are easy to industry,all thing diffcult to sloth.勤劳面前万事易,懒散面前万事难。2002-02-12 021 No man e’er was glorious,who was not laborious.人若不勤劳,一定无荣耀。2002-02-12 022 Be temperate im wine,in eating,girls,and sloth;or the gout will seize you and plague you both.姑娘,别纵酒,别贪吃懒做,否则痛风会折磨你。2002-02-12 023 Great talkers,little doers.吹嘘者,行动少。
A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命。(英国迷信, 指猫的生命力强)
A cat in gloves catches no mice.(=Muffled cats catch no mice.)带手套的猫捉不到耗子;四肢不勤, 一事无成;怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。
A cat may look at a king.猫也可以看国王(指小人物也应有些权利)A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.A fool and his money are soon parted.A fool may give a wise man counsel A friend in need is a friend indeed.A good dog deserves a good bone.好狗应该啃好骨头, 有功者受赏。
A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.少量的常识,当得大量的学问。A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.浅学误人。A living dog is better than a dead lion.死狮不如活狗。A man is known by his friends.A man is known by the company he keeps.A man's home is his castle.A rolling stone gathers no moss.A sheep among wolves 落入狼群;落在一群恶汉手中的善良人
A staff [stick] is quickly [soon] found to beat a dog with.欲加之罪, 何患无辞。A stitch in time saves nine.A wolf in sheep's clothing 披着羊皮的狼, 口蜜腹剑的人 A woman's place is in the home.A woman's work is never done.A word spoken is past recalling.A work ill done must be twice done.首次做不好,必须重新搞。A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。
A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.于助人者总是主动帮助别人。Absence makes the heart grow fonder.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识之佳果。
Actions speak louder than words.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.按部就班,事情很快就做完。After a storm comes a calm.After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.Agree like cats and dogs [口]像猫和狗一样合不来, 完全合不来
All cats are grey in the dark.(=At night all cats are grey;when candles are out, all cats are grey.)猫在暗中都是灰色;黑暗中难分丑妍
All good things must come to an end.All is fair in love and war.All is over but the shouting.All lay load on the willing horse.All roads lead to Rome.All that glitters is not gold.All the world loves a lover.All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作,不玩耍,聪明小孩也变傻。All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。All's well that ends well.Among the blind the oneeyed man is the king.山中无老虎猴子称大王。An apple a day keeps the doctor away.An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.An idle brain is the devil's workshop.懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。An idle youth,a needy age.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
An old dog barks not in vain.老狗不乱吠;老狗 一吠, 就得小心。
An old dog will learn no new tricks.(=You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.)老狗学不了新把戏;老年人很难适应新事物。Anger and haste hinder good counsel.Appearances are deceptive.April showers brings may flowers.Art is long, life is short.As [like] a dog with two tails 非常开心[高兴] As a sheep among the shearers 仿佛落在剪羊毛工人手里的绵羊
As poor as a church mouse
As weak as a cat(=as weak as water)身体非常虚弱
As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb 偷大羊或偷小羊反正都得挨绞刑;一不做二不休 As you make your bed, so must you lie in it.As you sow, so shall you reap.As you have made the bed, you must lie on it.自作自受。Ask no questions and hear no lies.At the eleventh hour在最后时刻表(误:在十一点钟)Bad news travels fast.Barking dogs seldom bite.爱叫的狗 不咬人;咬人的狗不露齿。Barking dogs seldom bite.爱叫的狗不咬人。Be(old)dog at(a thing)对...有经验;对...很内行 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Beauty is only skin-deep.Beggars can't be choosers.Better be safe than sorry.Better die with honor than live with shame.Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。
Better master one than engage with ten.会十事,不如精一事。Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.Better to be alone than in bad company.Better to die in glory than live in dishonor.Beware of a silent dog and still water.提防不吠的狗, 小心 静止的水。Birds of a feather flock together.Blood is thicker than water.Blood, toil, tears and sweat.Boys will be boys.Bring down the house博得满堂喝彩,引起哄堂大笑(误:把房子弄塌?br> Business before pleasure.事业在先,享乐在后。
Business is business.公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.事业是生命之盐。
Business makes a man as well as tries him.事业可以考验人,也可以造就人。
Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.事业虽扰人,懒惰害更大。Business neglected is business lost.忽视职业便是放弃职业。Calamity is man true touchstone.Call somebody names辱骂某人(误:喊某人的名字)Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋带来好运。Catch as catch can.Charity begins at home.Christmas comes but once a year.圣诞一年只一度。Clean conscience laughs at false accusation.Come like a dog at a whistle 一呼即来 Crime does not pay.Cry over spilt milk.Curiosity killed the cat.Dead men have no friends.Dead men tell no tales.Death is the great leveler.Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.慢慢酌量,快快行动。Dexterity comes by experience.熟练来自经验。Diamond cut diamond.Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。Diligence is the mother of good fortune.勤勉是好运之母。Discretion is the better part of valor.Divide and rule.Do as I say, and not as I do.Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.照大多数人那样干,人们会把你称赞。Do business,but be not a slave to it.要做事,但不要做事务的奴隶。Do not wear out your welcome.Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.Doing everything is doing nothing.样样都做等于不做。Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.Don't meet trouble half-way.Don't put all your eggs in one basket.Don't ride the high horse.Don't wash your dirty linen in public.Doubt is the key of knowledge.怀疑是知识之钥。
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起,使人健康、富裕和聪颖。
Easier said than done.East or west, home is best.出门五里,不如家里。Easy come, easy go.来得容易去得快。
Eat no fish做忠实可靠的人(误:不吃鱼)
Enough to make a cat [horse] laugh 极其可笑;让人笑掉大牙
Enough to make a cat speak [口]令人惊讶;事情太出奇
Entertain an angel unawares.Every bird loves to hear himself sing.Every dog has his day.凡人皆有得意日。
Every dog is a lion at home.[Every dog is valiant at his own door.] 狗是百步王, 只在门前凶。Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.Every man has his faults.Every man has his price.Every man is his own worst enemy.Every picture tells a story.Every potter praises his own pot.Every tide hath its ebb.潮涨必有潮落时。
Everybody's business is nobodys business.三个和尚没水吃
Everyone to his taste.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.万物皆有时,时来不可失。
Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的教师。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是知识之父,记忆是知识之母。Experience is the mother of wisdom.Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.经验学校学费高,愚人旁处学不到。Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.有经验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验。
Failure teaches success.Faith will move mountains.精诚所至,金石为开。Familiarity breeds contempt.Fast Barking dogs seldom bite.Fat cat 美国政治运动的出资人, 捐献大宗政治款项的富人;安于现状的懒汉;以权谋私的人, 享受特权的人 Fear is stronger than love.Fear of death is worse than death itself.Fight dog, fight bear.打个青红皂白, 一决雌雄。Fight fire with fire.Finders keepers, losers weepers.Fine feathers make fine birds.Finished labours are pleasant.完成工作是一乐。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.火是忠实的朋友,却是残酷的主人。First come, first served.First things first.First think, and then speak.Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.Friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。Garbage in, garbage out.Give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him).一旦给人加一个坏名声, 他就永远洗刷不掉;人言可畏。
Give credit where credit is due.Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.Give the devil his due.Give him an inch and he will take an ell(a yard).得寸进尺。God helps them that help themselves.Good fences make good neighbors.Goodness is better than beauty.Grasp all, lose all.Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
Happiness takes no account of time.欢娱不惜时光逝。
Has the cat got your tongue? [口]猫把你的舌头叼去了吗?为什么不吭声? Haste makes waste.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today.明天如有事,今天就去做。He is a lucky dog.他是个幸运儿。
He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.He laughs best who laughs last.He that doth most at once doth least.什么都想一次做完,结果一件也做不完;贪多嚼不烂。He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others.He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.He that plants a tree plants for posterity.He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.自命大才小用,往往眼高手低。
He that will not work shall not eat.不工作者不得食。He who hesitates is lost.He who does not advance loses ground.不进则退。
He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。He who laughs last, laughs best.谁笑到最后谁笑得最好。He who rides on a tiger can never dismount.骑虎难下。Health is not valued till sickness comes.有病方知无病福。
Honesty is the best policy.Idle people(folks)have the most labour(take the most pains).懒人做工作,越懒越费力。Idleness is the key of beggary.懒惰出乞丐。Idleness is the root of all evil.懒惰乃万恶之源。
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.若要求知识,须从勤苦得。
If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.想把事情来做好,就得亲自动手搞。Ignorance is bliss.Ignorance of the law excuses no man.Ill news travels fast.恶事传千里。
In for a penny,in for a pound.做事一开头,就要做到底;一不做,二不休。
Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.勤勉是幸运的右手,世俭是幸运的左手。It is good to learn at another man's cost.前车可鉴。
It is ill to waken sleeping dogs.[let sleeping dogs lie;don't wake a sleeping dog.] 别多事, 别惹麻烦。
It is in to be on the safe side.It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.没有土壤,播种也是徒劳。It is no use crying best spilt milk.It is not work that kills,but worry.工作不会伤身,伤身乃是忧虑。It is right to put everything in its proper use.凡事都应用得其所。It never rains, but it pours.It rains cats and dogs.下倾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱
It takes two to tango.It is no good crying over the spilt milk.覆水难收。It takes two to make a quarrel.一只碗不响。Jack of all trades, master of none.Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.知识只能循序渐进,不能跃进。Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。Laughter is the best medicine.Lead a dog's life 过着牛马不如的生活 Lead a dog's life 过穷困潦倒的日子
Learn wisdom by the follies of others.从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。Let bygones be bygones.Let sleeping dogs lie.Let the buyer beware.Let the cat out of the bag 说走了嘴,(无意中)泄露秘密
Let the dead bury their dead.Let sleeping dog lie.不要惹是生非。Let's call a spade a spade.直言不讳。Life is just a bowl of cherries.Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.Like a cat on hot bricks 局促不安, 如热锅上的蚂蚁
Like father, like son.Like mother, like daughter.Live and learn.Live like cat and dog [口]整天吵架
Live a cat and dog life(夫妻)过着不和谐的生活(误:过着猫和狗一般的生活)
Living without an aim is liking sailing without a compass.生活没有目标等于航行没有指南针。Look after number one.Look on the bright side.Look before you leap.三思而后行。
Lookers-on see most of the game.旁观者清。Love conquers all.Love is blind.Love makes the world go round.Love me, love my dog.你若把我当朋友, 也要把我的朋友当朋友;爱屋及乌。Love sees no faults.Love will find a way.Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌
Make hay while the sun shines.晒草要趁太阳好。Man cannot live by bread alone.Many hands make light work.众擎易举。Many hands make quick work.人多干活快。Many a little makes a mickle.积少成多。
Many hands makes light work.人多好办事。Marriages are made in heaven.May As soon as man is born he begins to die.Might is right.Mind your own business.Money is the root of all evil.Money isn't everything.More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。
Move heaven and earth想尽一切办法;竭尽全力(误:翻天覆地)
Necessity is the mother of invention.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.今日事须今日毕,切勿拖延到明天。Never do things by halves.做事不要半途而废。Never judge from appearances.Never look a gift horse in the mouth.Never mix your liquor.Never say die.Never speak ill of the dead.Never think yourself above business.勿自视过高;不要眼高手低;永远不要认为自己是大才小用。
Never too late to repent.Never too late to mend.亡羊补牢未为晚也。No Bad news travels fast.No man can serve two masters.No man is indispensable.No news is good news.No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.昨日不复来。No pain, no gain.No root,no fruit.无根就无果。
No one is wise at all time.智者千虑,必有一失。Not have a dog's chance 毫无机会
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.Nothing succeeds like success.Nothing ventured, thing gained.Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it.世上无难事,只怕有心人。Old habits die hard.Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.Once Cleanliness is next to godliness.One good turn deserves another.One man's loss is another man's gain.One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock.一只羊生疮整群羊遭殃。One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。
One's life is limited, but learning is endless.生命有限,学海无涯。Opportunity seldom knocks twice.Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见,心不烦。Patience is a virtue.Penny wise, pound foolish.Pleasant hours fly past.快乐时光去如飞。Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。Practice what you preach.Prepare for a rainy day.未雨绸缪。
Prevention is better than cure.Procrastination is the thief of time.因循拖延是时间的大敌;拖延就是浪费时间。Pull somebody's leg戏弄某人;开某人的玩笑(误:拖某人的后腿)Pull up one's socks振作起来;鼓起勇气(误:提起袜子)Punctuality is the soul of business.守时为立业之要素。Put your shoulder to the wheel.努力工作。Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.Rats desert a sinking ship.Reading makes a full man and writing an exact man.读书使人充实,写作使人严谨。Return to one's sheep [muttons] 回到本题 Revenge is sweet.Robbing Peter to pay Paul.Saving is getting.节省就是获得。
Saying is one thing, doing another.说是一回事,做是另一回事。
Scornful[Hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings.人到危急时,平时所不屑做的也要做;急不暇择, 饥不择食。
Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.See [watch] how [which way] the cat jumps(=wait for the cat to jump)观望形势然后行动;看风使舵, 随机应变
See Naples and die.不到黄河心不死。
Speak little,do much.少说多做
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.写得很好的生活和过得很好的生活几乎一样少。
The sting of a reproach,is the truth of it.指责带给你刺痛,正是它的忠实之处。Virtue and happiness are mother and daugher.美德和幸福犹如母女。
TAll mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good.行善者,人人铭记之。It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.自欺是世上最易之事。’Tis easier to prevent bad hadits than to breadk them.防止染上恶习远比消除恶习容易。An old man in a house is a good sign.家中有老是一个好迹象。
Speak with contempt of none,form slave to king,the meanest bee,and will use,a sting.别用言词贬低任何人,无论国王还是奴隶。最卑戝的蜜蜂也
Beware,beware!he’ll cheat’ithout scruple,who can without fear.当心,当心!行骗而无所畏惧者,也将无所顾虑。
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults.or resolution enough to mend them!承认并改正错误,需要有足够的勇气和决心
If thou dost ill,the joy fades,not the pains;if well,the pain doth fade,the joy remains.你若作恶,消失的是快乐而非痛苦;你若行善,消失的
Trick and treachery are the practice if fools,that have not wit enough to be honest.傻瓜习惯于诡计和背判的伎俩,他们还没聪明到学会真诚待人
Great beauty,great stength,and great riches,are really and truly of no great use;a right heart exceeds all.貌美,力大,有钱,实无大益;一
Let our fathers and garandfathers be valued for their goodness,ourselves for our own.让父亲和祖辈因他们的善行受到尊重,让我们因我们自己的 Thirst after desert,not reward.渴求美德而非奖赏。
If thou injurest conscience,it will have its revenge on thee.伤害良心,将受到良心的严惩。If thou wouldest live long,live well;for folly and wickedness shorten life.若欲求长寿,生活须行善,因为蠢行和邪恶会把生命缩短。
Each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout.每年根除一恶习,恶根亦会成完人。
None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault,or acknowledge himself in an error.唯有有教养者方知如何承认错误,或意识到自己行为
If you do what you should not,you must hear what you would not.若做了不应做之事,则必然会听见不愿听之语。
Let thy vices die before thee.让恶习先你死去。
Act uprightly,and despise calumny.Dirt may stick to a mud wall,but not polish’d marble.为人正直的就不惧诽谤:污物可以沾到泥墙上,却附不
An honest man will receive neither money nor praise,that is not his due.正直的人既不收受他人的钱财,也不接受他人的奉承,这些都不是他应得的
The honest man takes pains,and then enjoys pleasure,the knave takes pleasure,and then suffers pains.正直的人先经历痛苦,然后享受欢乐;无赖
He that doth what he should not,shall feel what he would not.若做了不应该做的事,则将产生自己所不希望有的感觉。
The goodwill of the governed will be starv’d,if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.被统治者的良好愿望,若无统治者的善待,亦会饿死
The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy.勇者和智者均有同情谅解之心,而懦夫和愚者则毫无怜悯之
Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity.不幸与幸运都是正直的试金石。
Who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself? 谁能最恰当地评价一个人,他的敌人还是他自己?
Cunning proceeds from want of capacity.狡诈出自于能力的缺乏。
You may be too cunning for one, but not for all.蒙骗得了一人,但蒙骗不了所有的人。Clean your finger, before you point at my spots.先洗浄你的手指,再指出我的污迹。
He that can bear a reproof, and mend by it, if he is not wise, is in a fair way of being so.能承受责备并据此改过者,若不算是智者,也距之不远
Tis hard to be poor and honest: An empty sack can hardly stand upright,but if it does,’tis a stout one!要做到贫穷而又诚实实在不容易
Keep conscience clear, then never fear.问心无愧,永无畏惧。
When you’re good to others, you are best to yourself.善待他人,即是最善待自己。
What is serving God?’ Tis doing good to man.什么才算是为上帝奉献?即对人行善。
A quite conscience sleeps in thunder, but rest and guilt live far adunder.平静的良心能在雷声中入睡,而安宁和负罪则无法毗邻。
There is no man so bad,but he secretly respects the good.再坏的人都会暗自敬重好人。
A true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor.真正的伟人既不大肆践踏小人物,也不会在皇帝面前奴颜卑膝。
Do me the favour to deny me at once.立即把我拒绝,以此给我恩惠。
You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous.如果你能多做善事,你会比王子还要幸福。
Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self? 欺骗你的莫过于自己。Nothing so popular as goodness.最的欢迎的是善行。
Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.别向医生和律师提供错误的消息。A good lawyar a bad neighbour.好律师坏邻居。
The excellency of hogs is fatness,of men virtue.猪的优点在于肥壮,人的优点在于美德。Don’t throw stones at your neightbours,if your own windows are glass.假如你家的窗户是玻璃做的,别用石头打你的邻居。
Keep flax from fire,youth from gaming.亚麻远离火苗,青年远离赌博。
One mend-fault is worth two find-faults,but one find-fault is better than two make-faults.一个改正之错相当于两个发现之错,但一个发现之错好
The sun never repents of the good he does,nor does he ever demand a recompence.太阳绝不为它所做的善事后悔,也从不指望任何报酬。
第五篇:英语格言警句
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻其歌知其鸟,听其言知其人。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.坐井观天。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切,离别情更深。A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。
A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.问心无愧,高枕无忧。A clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落,胜券在握。Bad workmen often blame their tools.拙匠常怪工具差。Beauty is but skin-deep.红颜易变。
Beauty is in the eye of the gazer.情人眼里出西施。Beauty lies in lover's eyes.情人眼里出西施。
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.口蜜腹剑。
Before gold, even kings take off their hats.有钱能使鬼推磨。Beggars cannot be choosers.饥不择食。Beggars must be no choosers.饥不择食。
Behind bad luck comes good luck.塞翁失马,焉知非福。Be honest rather clever.诚实比聪明更要紧。
Being on sea, sail;being on land, settle.随遇而安。
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。
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.眼见的不能全信,耳闻的也不能半信。
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 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。Time is money.Time is life.时间是金钱。
Everything hasits time and that time must be watched.时间是生命。万物皆有时,时不可失。
Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不待人 There is no end to Learning.学无止境 Live and learn.活到老,学到老 Knowledge is power.知识就是力量 Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者,事竟成。Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半。
East, west, home is best.金窝、银窝,不如自己的草窝。There is no royal road to learning.学无坦途。
Look before you leap.First think, then act.三思而后行。It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢,犹为未晚。Light come, light go.来得容易,去得快。
Keeping is harder than winning.创业不易,守业更难。
Let‘s cross the bridge when we come to it.船到桥头自然直。More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。No pains, no gains.不劳则无获。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事,只要肯登攀。Where there is life, there is hope.生命不息,希望常在。An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
We must not lie down, and cry, “God help us.” 求神不如求己。
A plant may produce new flowers;man is young but once.花有重开日,人无再少年。
God helps those who help themselves.自助者,天助之。
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.明日待明日,明日不再来。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作,不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。
Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。Kill two birds with one stone.一石双鸟。It never rains but it pours.祸不单行。In doing we learn.经一事,长一智。
Easier said than done.说起来容易做起来难。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.一分预防胜似十分治疗。
Industry is fortune‘s right hand, and frugality her left.勤勉是幸运的右手,节约是幸运的左手。
Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.天才一分来自灵感,九十九分来自勤奋。
He who laughs last laughs best.谁笑在最后,谁笑得最好。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.要做金钱的主人,莫作金钱的奴隶。
It‘s hard sailing when there is no wind.无风难驶船。
The path to glory is always rugged.通向光荣的道路常常是崎岖的。Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.没有目标的生活如同没有罗盘的航行。
Quality matters more than quantity.质重于量。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.若要求知,必须刻苦。Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进。
Knowing something of everything, and everything of something.通百艺而专一长。
From words to deeds is a great space.言行之间,大有距离。
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.技能和信心是无敌的军队。Habit is a second nature.习惯成自然。
Lifeless, faultless.只有死人才不会犯错误。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.好书千载常如新。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.读书如择友,宜少且宜精。
A book that remains shut is but a block.书本不常翻,犹如一块砖。It‘s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.君子在德不在衣。Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.出身重要,教养更重要。
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.世上无难事,只怕有心人。You can‘t make something out of nothing.巧妇难为无米之炊。Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。Nothing for nothing.不费力气,一无所得。Of nothing comes nothing.无中不能生有。
Nothing is given so freely as advice.劝人最容易。
Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。Nothing seek, nothing find.无所求则无所获。
He that once deceives is ever suspected.骗人一次,受疑一世。Empty wagons rattle loudest.空车响声大。In doing we learn.经一事,长一智。
No man is born wise or learned.人非生而知之。Action speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。Many hands make light work.人多好办事。Reading makes a full man.读书长见识。