第一篇：英语名句集锦
中国古典名句英语集锦
1、但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。
We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moon light, even though miles apart.2、独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。
A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the more on every festive day.3、大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。
The endless river eastward flows;with its huge waves are gone all those gallant heroes of bygone years.4、二人同心，其利断金。
If two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can cut through metal.5、富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能曲，此之谓大丈夫。
It is a true great man whom no money and rank can confuse, no poverty and hardship can shake, and no power and force can suffocate.6、海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
A bosom friend afar brings distance near.7、合抱之木，生于毫末，九层之台，起于累土；千里之行始于足下。A huge tree that fills one’s arms grows from a tiny seedling;a nine-storied tower rises from a heap of earth;a thousand li journey starts with the first step.8、祸兮，福之所依；福兮，祸之所伏。Misfortune, that is where happiness depends;happiness, that is where misfortune underlies.9、见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。
On seeing a man of virtue, try to become his equal;on seeing a man without virtue, examine yourself not to have the same defects.10、江山如此多娇，引无数英雄尽折腰。
This land so rich in beauty has made countless heroes bow in homage.11、举头望明月，低头思故乡。
Raising my head, I see the moon so bright;withdrawing my eyes, my nostalgia comes around.12、俱往矣，数风流人物，还看今朝。
All are past and gone;we look to this age for truly great men.13、君子成人之美，不成人之恶。
The gentleman helps others to achieve their moral perfection but not their evil conduct.14、君子独立不惭于影，独寝不愧于魂。
A righteous man never feels ashamed to face his shadow when standing alone and to face his soul when sleeping alone.15、君子之交淡如水，小人之交甘如醴。君子淡以亲，小人甘以绝。The friendship between men of virtue is light like water, yet affectionate;the friendship between men without virtue is sweet like wine, yet easily broken.16、老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人之幼。Expend the respect of the aged in one’s family to that of other families;expend the love of the young ones in one’s family to that of other families.17、礼尚往来。往而不来，非礼也；来而不往，亦非礼也。
Propriety suggests reciprocity.It is not propriety not to give out but to receive, or vice versa.18、两情若是长久时，又岂在朝朝暮暮。
If love between both sides can last for aye, why need they stay together night and day?
19、路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。
The way ahead is long;I see no ending, yet high and low I’ll search with my will unbending.20、民为贵，社稷次之，君为轻。
The people are the most important element in a state;next are the gods of land and grain;least is the ruler himself.21、千丈之堤，以蝼蚁之穴溃；百尺之屋，以突隙之烟焚。
A long dike will collapse because of an ant-hole in it;a tall building will be burned down by a spark from a chimney’s chink.22、锲而舍之，朽木不折，锲而不舍，金石可镂。
Carve but give up half way, even a decayed piece of wood will not break;carve without stop, even metal and stone can be engraved.23、人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。
People have sorrow and joy;they part and meet again.The moon dims or shines;it waxes or wanes.Nothing is perfect, not even in the olden days.24、人之于文学也，犹玉之于琢磨也。
Learning the culture is to a person what polished and grinding are to jade.2、让你保持积极进取的十个英语句子
1.The first step is always the hardest
有时候要开始新的事物可能有些难度。（如果你以前从没有学过英语的话，你可能会面对恐惧感。然而，一旦你开始了学习，你就一定不会后悔！）
2.If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
有时在没有成功的时候放弃而不是继续坚持是非常简单的。（但不要失去学习英语的信心！每个人都有各自的学习方式，只要付出一点努力学习，你就能找到适合你的学习方式。）
3.No pain, no gain
不劳无获。（学习英语看起来象是个艰巨的任务，但是只要付出一点，你就会得到相当大的收获！）
4.Don't cry over spilled milk
覆水难收。（可能你还在后悔过去浪费了许多时间而没有学习英语，但是取而代之，更着眼于你的将来－一个讲英语的将来。）
5.Make hay while the sunshines
你应该把握时间和机遇去做你想做的事。（难道现在还不是从Englishtown课程中得到最大收获的时间吗？）
6.Practice makes perfect
不要因为不能马上成为某事物的专家而失望。（有时你可能并没有感觉到英语的进步，但是只要你更多的操练，你的英语就一定能更流利。）
7.There's more than one way to skin a cat
条条大陆通罗马。（你可能是因为没有时间去上课而放弃了英语学习。如果是这样的话，看一下Englishtown的在线学习课程－你可以在任何时间任何地点获得同样好的学习效果。）
8.You reap what you sow
一份耕耘，一份收获。（每个人都希望获得成功，但是要确定你是否付出了努力并认真的学习了英语！）
9.Two heads are better than one
两个人一起比单打独斗要有效的的多。（为什么不参加一堂口语课或找一位学习伙伴共同操练英语呢？）
10.Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today
不要把今天的事留到明天。（对于职场上的成功人士，英语从来没有象现在这样至关重要过，现在就是学习英语的最佳时间！）
第二篇：英语名句
1.往往在逃避命运的路上，却与之不期而遇。
One meets its destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.2.你的思想就如同水，我的朋友，当水波摇曳时，很难看清，不过当它平静下来，答案就清澈见底了。
Your mind is like this water, my friend, when it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see, but if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.3.退出，不退出。做面条，不做面条。
Quit don't quit.Noodles don't noodles.4.昨天是历史，明天是谜团，只有今天是天赐的礼物。
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that is why it's called the present(the gift).5.从来没有什么意外。
There are no accidents.6.师傅：但有些事情我们可以控制，我可以控制果实何时坠落，我还可以控制在何处播种。
But there are things we can control, I can control when the fruit will fall,...And I can control what time to seed.7.乌龟：是啊 不过无论你做了什么，那个种子还是会长成桃树，你可能想要苹果或桔子，可你只能得到桃子，那个种子还是会长成桃树。
Yes, but no matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree, you may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.师傅：可桃子不能打败大龙。
But peach can not defeate Tai Long.乌龟：也许它可以的 ,如果你愿意引导它、滋养它、相信它。
Maybe it can if you are willing to guide it, to nuture it, to believe in it.8.你不能走，真的武士决不会退却。
You cannot leave, real warrior never quits.师傅：那你为什么不退出呢? 你知道我一直想把你赶走，可你还是留下来了。
Why didn't you quit? you know I was trying to get rid of you, but you stayed.阿宝：是啊，我留下来了。
我留下来是因为每次你往我头上丢砖头，或说我难闻，这很伤我的心。
可最伤我心的是，我每天努力练习，却还是这个我。
我留下来，因为我以为，如果还有人能改变我，能让我焕然一新，那就是你--
中国最伟大的功夫师父！
Yes, I stayed.I stayed, because every time you threw up brick on the head or said I smelled, it hurts.But it could never hurt more than I did everyday in my life just being me.I stayed, because I thought...If anyone could change me，could make me not me ，it was you
the greatest Kong Fu teacher in the whole of China!
9.阿宝，天不遂人愿，况且这本不是天意，阿宝，忘了其它的事情，你的使命一直都在向你召唤。
我们是面条家族，血管中流着面汤。
I'm sorry things didn't work out, it's just what it's meant to be.Paul, forget everything else, your destiny still awaits.We are Noodle folk, broth runs deep through our veins.10.我私家汤的绝密食材，就是……什么都没有。
认为它特别，它就特别了。
The secret ingredient of my secret ingredient soup is...nothing.To make something special, you just have to believe it's special
第三篇：英语名句
A Language Teacher's Personal Opinion 一名语言教师的个人看法
【1】Every day I see advertisements in the newspapers and on the buses claiming that it is easy to learn English.我每天都会在报纸上、公共汽车上看到各种广告，声称轻轻松松就能学好英语。According to these advertisements, with very little effort on the student's part, he will be able to speak the language fluently in three months or even ten days.这些广告称，学生不必费什么力气，要说一口流利的英语只需短短3个月，甚至10天就行。
There is often a reference to William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens to encourage him even more.广告还常常提到威廉.莎士比亚和查尔斯.狄更斯等英语文学大师的名号来增强吸引力。When I see advertisements like this, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.每当看到诸如此类的广告时，我真是哭笑不得
If it were as easy to learn English as they say, I would have to look for another job, because very few qualified teachers would be needed.如果学英语真像这些广告所说的那么轻松，我恐怕得另谋出路了，因为不需要那么多合格的英语教师了。
But a large number of people must believe these ridiculous claims, or else the advertisements would not appear.但是肯定有许多人相信这些可笑的噱头，不然的话这些广告也不可能出现。
【2】It is natural for students to be attracted to methods that will teach them as quickly and efficiently and cheaply as possible, but it is difficult for anyone to explain in simple language why one method is better than another, and it is no use pretending that anyone has discovered a perfect way of teaching English in every possible situation.学生们喜欢实惠的速成学习方法也在情理之中，但要用浅显易懂的语言去解释为什么某一方法比另一方法更有效并不是一件简单的事，而且也无需装模作样地声称有什么人已经找到了一个万能的适合所有学习环境的教学方法。
Some experts even argue that there are as many good methods of teaching a language as there are good teachers, because every teacher is an individual with his own personality.一些专家甚至认为，有多少个好老师就有多少种好的教学方法，因为每一个老师都有其自身的特点。No doubt this is true to a certain extant,but it is not very helpful to students.这种说法无疑是有几分道理的，但对学生来说不是很有帮助。
【3】For a long time people believe that the only way to learn a language was to spend a great deals of time in a country where it was spoken.有很长一段时间，人们认为要学好一门语言，只有去使用那种语言的国家呆上一段时间。
Of course it is clear that students who go to England, America, or Australia to learn English have a great advantage over others, but a large number of students cannot afford to do so.当然去英国、美国或者澳大利亚等国家学英语的学生肯定比那些不能去的学生有很大优势，但是很多学生支付不起那笔费用。
Some students go to the opposite extreme and think they can teach themselves at home with dictionaries, but it is wrong to assume that each word in English has a precise equivalent in another language and vice versa, and it is impossible for any translation method to provide students with the natural forms of a language in speech, let alone produce good pronunciation and intonation.有些学生走向另一极端：他们认为可以借助词典在家自学。如果你认为英语中的每一个词在另一语言中都有完全对等的词，或者反之亦然，那就错了。通过翻译法来给学生讲解口语的自然形式是不可能的，更不要说做到语音、语调地道了。
【4】 A great deal of teaching is still based on behaviourist psychology.现在大量的教学活动还是建立在行为主义心理学的基础之上。
Behaviourists are fond of making students repeat phrases and making them do exercises where they continually have to change one word in a sentence.行为主义者热衷于让学生复述短语，不断做一些只需更换句中某个词的练习。
If we were parrots or chimpanzees, these methods might be successful.假如我们是鹦鹉或黑猩猩，那这些方法或许能奏效。
A large number of theorists seem to think it is a pity we aren't, because it would make it easier to use their methods.可惜我们不是鹦鹉或者猩猩，这似乎让很多理论家引以为憾，否则他们提出的那些方法用起来就会容易多了。
【5】 In my opinion, no one can ever learn to speak English or any other language unless he is interested in it.我个人认为，假如没有兴趣，任何人都不可能学好英语或其他任何语言。Human beings, unlike parrots or chimpanzees, do not like making noises unless they understand what the noise mean and can relate them to their lives.与鹦鹉或黑猩猩不同，人类不会无缘无故地发出噪音，除非他们明白这些声音是什么意思，并且能将其与自己的生活联系起来。
It is worth remembering that language is a means of communication.值得牢记的是：语言是一种交际手段。
What people want to say and write in another language is probably very similar to what they want to say and write in their own.人们在母语中怎么说怎么写，用另一种语言表达时也大同小异。人们所听所读的不应该是程式化的东西。What they listen to and read cannot be a formula.It must be real.听的读的材料必须真实自然。
【6】 There is another relevant point worth mentioning here.还有一个相关的问题值得一提：
We need other people to talk to and listen to when we communicate.在交际时我们需要有交谈或倾听的对象。
If what we are learning is strange to us, it will be helpful if there are other students around us who can work with us and practice the unfamiliar forms with us in real situations, talking to each other about real life in real language.在学习较生疏的内容时，如果有其他学生和我们一起学习来练习那些陌生的语言形式，并用真实的语言去谈论真实的生活，那一定会受益匪浅。
第四篇：英语名句
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what American will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.(John Kennedy)
Few things are impossible in themselves;and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.(La Rocheforcauld)
Victory won't come to me unless I go to it.(M.Moore)
We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine cases out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.(John Lubbock)
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “ impossible”.(Napoleon)
And gladly would learn, and gladly teach.(Chaucer)
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.(Victor Hugo)
Jovons saw the kettle boil and cried out with the delighted voice of a child;Marshal too had seen the kettle boil and sat down silently to build an engine.(John Maynard Keynes)
If you put out your hands, you are a laborer;if you put out your hands and mind, you are a craftsperson;if you put out your hands, mind, heart and soul, you are an artist.(American Heart and Soul)
Today is the first day of my rest life, I wake as a child to see the world begin.On monarch wings and birthday wonderings, want to put on faces, walk in the wet and cold.And look forward to my growing old, to grow is to change, to change is to be new, to be new is to be young again, I barely remember when.(John Denver)
Man errs so long as he strives.(Johann Wolfgang Goethe)
Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time;a man of talent tries to use it.(Arthur Schopenhauer)
In order that people may be happy in their work, these things are needed: they must be fit for it;they must not do much of it;and they must have a sense of success in it.(John Ruskin)
Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.(Albert Einstein)A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.(J.Barrymore)
You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success.(Charles Chaplin)
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.(H.J.Kaiser)
If you would go up high, then use your own legs!Do not let yourselves carried aloft;do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads.(F.W.Nietasche)
When an end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable means to it are also lawful and obligatory.(Abraham Lincoln)
第五篇：英语名句
A bad bush is better than the open field.有胜于无。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.做贼心虚。
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 bird may be known by its song.什么鸟唱什么歌。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.略有胜于全无。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.坐井观天。A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.秋波送盲，白费痴情。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。
A book that remains shut is but a block.有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。Absence makes the heart grow fonder.不见心更想;离别情愈深。A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.不满足者坐无宁时。A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.骨头打狗狗不叫。Adversity is a good discipline.苦难是磨练人的好机会。A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.愚者所问，智者难答。
A fool may give a wise man counsel.愚者千虑，必有一得。A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark.愚者千虑，必有一得。
A journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step.千里之行，始于足下。A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.懒羊嫌毛重。
A lazy youth,a lousy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
A little neglect may breed great mischief.小不忍则乱大谋。
A little wind kindles,much puts out the fire.适可而止，过犹不及。All good things come to an end.没有不散的宴席。
All roads lead to Rome.条条道路通罗马。/殊途同归。
All that glitters is not gold.发亮的东西不一定都是金子。/中看未必中用。
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 difficult before they are easy.一切事情都是先难后易。/万事开头难。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，聪明孩子也变傻。An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.白日不做亏心事，夜半不怕鬼敲门。Art is long,life is short.人生短暂，学问无涯。/生有涯而知无涯。As you make your bed,so you must lie in it.自作自受，咎由自取。
As you sow,so shall you reap.人种什么，收的也是什么。/种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。/自食其果。Bad news travels fast.坏消息传得快。/好事不出门，恶事传千里。Beauty is only skin deep.美貌不过是皮相之物。/人不可貌相。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.美丽存在于观看者的心目中。/情人眼里出西施。Beggars cannot be choosers.饥不择食。Behind bad luck comes good luck.塞翁失马，焉知非福。Be slow to promise and quick to perform.不轻诺，诺必果。The best is often the enemy of the good.过于求全，适得其反。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。Better an open enemy than a false friend.明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Better be the head of a dog than tail of a lion.宁做狗头，不做狮尾。/宁为鸡头，勿为牛后。Better late than never.迟做总比不做要好。/迟来总比不来强。
Better to wear out than to rust out.(一个人)宁肯磨损光，也不要让自己锈成废铁。Better pills may have wholesome effects.良药苦口。Better to do well than to say well.说得好不如做得好。Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良药苦口利于病。Blood is thicker than water.血比水浓，远朋不如近亲。
By other's faults,wise men correct their own.他山之石，可以攻玉。Call a spade a spade.据实而言。/直言不讳。Cast not your pearls before swine.明珠莫投暗。
Catch not at the shadow and lost the substance.不要捉住虚影丢掉实体。/不要舍本逐末。/不要抓了芝麻，丢了西瓜。
Cats hide their paws.大智若愚，大巧若拙。Cheek brings success.和气生财。
Circumstances are therulers of the weak,instrument of the wise.弱者困于环境，智者利用环境。Comparisons are odious.人比人，气死人。
A contended mind is a perpetual feast.精神上的满足使人永远快乐。/知足常乐。
The course of true love never did run smooth.纯真爱情的道路并不是平坦的，好事多磨。Cross the stream where it is shallowest.过河应从浅处过。/干活应找巧方法。Curiosity killed the cat.好奇也要有分寸。
Cut your coat according to your cloth.量体裁衣。/量入为出。Deeds,no words.不要光说不练。
Deeds,not words.重在行动，不在言论。/为人在于行，而不在于言。Despair gives courage to a coward.人急造反，狗急跳墙。Destruction pursues the great.树大招风。
Diamond cut diamond.精明鬼碰上精明鬼。/强中自有强中手。Discontent is the first step in progress.不满足是进步的开始。
Discretion is the better part of valour.谨慎是勇敢的要素。/真勇士不轻易冒险。Diseases come on horseback,but go away on foot.病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。Do as you would be done by.己所欲，施于人。/己所不欲，勿施于人。
Do not cast your pearls before swine.莫要把明珠投给猪。/勿将珍贵的东西送给不识货的人。/莫要对牛弹琴。
Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.清水未来，莫泼赃水。
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵出别数鸡。/不要高兴得太早。Don't cry before you are hurt.未受伤不要先哭叫。/未痛不要先喊叫。/不要过早惊慌。Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.切莫临时抱佛脚。
Don't kick against the picks.勿做无益的抵抗。/不要以卵击石。/不要螳臂当车。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.不要用鼹鼠窝造山。/不要小题大做。/不要言过其实。Don't put all your eggs in one basket.不要把所有的鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里。/勿孤注一掷。Don't put new wine into old bottles.莫用旧瓶装新酒。/莫用旧布补新装。Don't put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。
Don't take your harp to the party.旧调莫重弹，话说三遍使人烦。
A door must be either shut or open.房门或关或开，二者必居其一。/非此即彼，不能脚踏两只船。
Downy lips make thoughtless slips.嘴上没毛，办事不牢。Draw water with a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。
Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.酒后露真言。Each day brings its own bread.天无绝人之路。
The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿能捉到虫。/捷足先登。Easier said than done.说起来容易，做起来难。
East or west,home is best.东好西好，还是家里最好。/金窝银窝，不如自己的草窝。Easy come,easy go.来得容易去得快。/易得则易失。
Eat one's cake and have it.又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草。
Empty vessels make the most sound.中空的容器响声大。/满瓶不响，半瓶哐 Elbow grease gives the best polish.只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。The end justifies the means.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。Enough is as good as a feast.知足常乐。
Even Homer sometimes nods.即便是荷马有时也会打盹。/智者千虑，必有一失。/老虎也有打盹的时候。
Even the walls have ears.隔墙有耳。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。
Every cloud has a silver lining.朵朵乌云衬白底，黑暗过去有光明。/祸中有福。Every cloud has a silver lining.山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村。Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在，好花不常开。Every Jack has his Jill.有情人终成眷属。Every little helps.积少成多。/聚沙成塔。
Every mother's child is handsome.老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.知人知面不知心。Every tree is known by its own fruit.观其言行，知其为人。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.人人负责等于无人负责。/三个和尚没水吃。Example is better than precept.榜样胜于训诫。/以身作则胜于口头训诲。/身教胜于言教。Expectation is better than realization.期待比实现更好。
Experience is the mother of wisdom.经验为智慧之母。/经验出智慧。Extremes are dangerous.物极必反。
An eye for an eye,and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。Faith will move mountains.精诚所至，金石为开。
False friends are worse than open enemies.明枪易躲，暗箭难防。A fault confessed is half redressed.承认错误等于改正错误的一半。Fear is often greater than the danger.杞人忧天。Fine feathers do not make fine birds.人不可貌相。Fine feathers make fine birds.人靠衣裳马靠鞍。Fine words butter no parsnips.画饼充饥。
Fire proves gold,adversity proves men.烈火显真金，逆境识英雄。The first blow is half the battle.先来一拳，等于胜了一半。
First come,first served.先来的先招待。/先到的先供应。/先到先买。
First impressions are most lasting.最初的印象历时最久。/最初印象最深刻。First thrive and then wife.事业成功再娶妻。/先立业，后成家。Fish begins to stink at the head.上梁不正下梁歪。Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达。
Forewarned is forearmed.预先警告就是预先武装。/有备无患。/凡事预则立。
Forget others' faults by remembering your own.想想自己的错，就会忘却别人的过。Fortune is fickle.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真正的朋友。/患难见真情。Friendship cannot stand always on one side.来而不往非礼也。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.一旦给人加个坏名声，他就永远洗刷不掉。/谤言可畏。Give a lark to catch a kite.得不偿失。
Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself.多行不义必自毙。Give as good as one gets.以其人之道，还治其人之身。Give someone an inch and he'll take a mile.得寸进尺。
God help those who help themselves.天助自助者，皇天不负苦心人。God never shuts one door but he opens another.天无绝人之路。
A golden key opens every door.金钥匙能开每一个门。/金钱万能。/有钱能使鬼推磨。A good name is sooner lost than won.美名难得而易失。
Good wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深。/酒好客自来。/货好不用广告。The grapes are sour.葡萄是酸的。/吃不上葡萄说葡萄酸。
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.这山望着那山高。Grasp all,lose all.样样都要，全都失掉。/欲尽得，必尽失。/贪多必失。Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.困难像弹簧，你硬它就软。Grasp the shadow and let go the substance.舍本逐末。Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。Great winds blow upon high hills.树大招风。Greatest genius often lies concealed.大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。He travels the fastest who travels alone.单身上路，走得快。
He who goes against the fashion is himself its slave.与时代背道而驰的人，他自己就是时代的奴隶。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.不犯错误的人，一事无成。/谨小慎微，难成大器。Health is better than wealth.健康胜于财富。
Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。A hedge between keeps friendship green.淡交使友谊长青。He that climbs high falls heavily.爬得高，跌得重。
He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.做贼心虚。
He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。He that runs fastest gets the ring.捷足先登。He that talks much erre much.言多必失。
He that would command must serve.欲做先生，先做学生。He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.不劳无获。He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.正人先正己。He who plays with fire gets burned.玩火者必自焚。
He who risks nothing,gains nothing.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。He who stands alone has no power.孤掌难鸣。
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.抱最好的希望，作最坏的准备。Hunger is the best sauce.饥饿是最好的调味品。/饥者口中尽佳肴。
Idleness is the root(or mother)of all evil(or sin or vice).懒惰是万恶之源。Idle young,needy old.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
If money be not thy servant,it will be thy master.不做金钱的主人，就会做金钱的奴隶。
If there were no clouds,we should not enjoy the sun.如果没有阴云，就不觉得太阳有多可爱。/不知道苦，就不知道甜。
If you run after two hares you will catch neither.同时追两只兔子，一只也捉不到。/两头都抓，全部抓瞎。/一心不能二用。
If you want peace,prepare for war.欲求和平，必先备战。I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts.十拿九稳。In for a penny,in for a pound.一不做，二不休。
In the country of the blind,the one-eyed man is king.盲人国里，独眼称王。/山中无老虎，猴子称大王。
In prosperity think of adversity.居安思危。In the end things will mend.船到桥头自会直。In wine there is truth.酒醉吐真情。
It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.养虎易，驯虎难。It is easy to prophesy after the event.事后诸葛亮，预言顶便当。
It is easier to pull down than to build.拆房容易修房难。/破坏容易建设难。It is good to learn at another man's cost.前车之覆，后车之鉴。It is never too late to mend.改过不嫌迟。/亡羊补牢，未为晚也。
It is no use crying over split milk.牛奶泼地，哭也无用。/事已至此，徒悲无益。It never rains but pours.不雨则已，一雨倾盆。/一波未平，一波又起。/祸不单行。It takes two to make a quarrel.吵架得两张嘴。/一个巴掌拍不响。It's no use pumping a dry well.徒劳无益。
A jack of all trades is master of none.无所不通，就是一无所精。/样样皆通，样样稀松。Jadge not a book by its cover.人不可貌相。Joy put heart into a man.人逢喜事精神爽。
Joy shared with others are more enjoyed.与人同乐，其乐无穷。
Judge not,that ye be not judged.你希望别人如何待你，你就该如何待人。Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。Keep one's nose clean.规规矩矩。
Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.不要杀鸡取卵。/勿竭泽而渔。Kind words butter no parsnips.画饼充饥。
Knowledge comes from experience alone.知识来自经验。Knowledge is long,life is short.吾生有涯，而知无涯。Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
Know something like the palm of one's hand.熟知其事，了如指掌。Labour is often the father of pleasure.勤劳常为快乐之源。Laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper.乐极生悲。
Learning without thought is labour lost;thought without learning is perilous.学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
Learn to walk before you run.先学走，后学跑。/要循序渐进。Lend your money and lose your friend.赔了夫人又折兵。
The leopard cannot change his sports.豹不能改变他身上的斑纹。/江山易改，本性难移。Let bygones be bygones.过去的事，就让他过去了吧。/既往不咎。Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.饮水思源。Let the cobbler stick to his last.鞋匠管好鞋样。
Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.既来之，则安之。Let sleeping dogs lie.不要惹事生非。
Lie in(oron)the bed one has made.自作自受。
Life is a flower of which love is the honey.人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。Life is compared to voyage.人生好比是航海。
Life is measured by thought and action,not by time.生命的价值是用思想和行为来衡量的，而不是寿命的长短。
Life is short and time is fleeting.人生短暂，光阴易逝。Lightly come,lightly go.易得易失。Like attracts like.物以类聚。Like cures like.以毒攻毒。
Like father,like son.有其父，必有其子。
A little deed is worth a deal of pity.微小的帮助，胜过大量怜悯。Live and learn.活到老，学到老。
Live and let live.自己活，也让别人活。/待人宽容如待己。
Live not to eat,but eat to live.活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭是为了活着。Live to learn and learn to live.生而学之，学而生之。Loftiest trees most dread the thunder.树大招风。
Look before you leap.三思而后行。/深思熟虑而后行。Lookers-on see more than players.旁观者清。
Love is blind.爱情是盲目的。/情人眼里出西施。Love me,love my dog.爱屋及乌。/打狗看主人。
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.爱情无贵贱，贫负皆有之。Make hay while the sun shines.趁热打铁。
Make the best of a bad business(or job or bargain).身处山穷水尽，力争柳暗花明。Make the best of a bad bargain.恪守信用。A man can only die once.人固有一死。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话啥不搞，就像花园尽长草。
Man is mortal.人生谁无死。
Man proposes,God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。Man will conquer nature.人定胜天。
Many hands make light work.人多好办事。/众人拾柴火焰高。
Men are known by the company they keep.以其交友，知其为人。/见其友，知其人。/不知其人视其友。Men are not to be measured in inches.人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。Mills of God grind slowly but sure.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。Misfortunes never come singly.祸不单行。
A miss is as good as a mile.错无大小，其错一也。/差之毫厘，谬以千里。Money begets money.钱能生钱。/多财善贾。Money is the root of all evil.金钱乃万恶之源。
Money often unmakes the men who make it.为富不仁。Money talks.金钱万能。
More haste,less speed.欲速则不达。
More than enough is too much.适可而止。
The more you have,the more you want.越富越贪。Muck and money go together.富者不洁，洁者不富。
Nature,time,and patience are the three great physicians.自然，时间和耐心，是三大伟大的医生。Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明之母。Necessity knows no law.铤而走险。
Need makes the old wife trot.人急造反，狗急跳墙。
Never buy a pig in a poke.不要隔着口袋买猫。/不要未见实物就瞎买东西。Never do things by halves.切勿半途而废。
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.今日事，今日毕。No answer is also an answer.沉默也是一种回答。No man can serves two masters.一仆难侍二主。
No man(or one)is wise at all times.聪明一世糊涂一时。No man is infallible.人无完人。/人非圣贤，孰能无过。No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
None so blind as those who won't see.瞎子不算瞎，有眼不看才算瞎。Nothing comes from(or of)nothing.无风不起浪。
Nothing stake,nothing draw.不下赌注，不得其利。/不顶千里浪，哪来万斤鱼。No one(or man)is born wise or learned.人非生而知之者。
Nothing succeeds like success.一事成则万事成。/一事如意，万事顺利。Older and wiser.越老越聪明。
One must draw back in order to leap better.退才能进。/欲进则退。Opportunity seldom knocks twice.机不可失，失不再来。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.一分预防等于十分治疗。Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Prosperity makes friends,adversity tries them.富贵交朋友，患难见真情。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚动的石头不长青苔。/滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。/见异思迁者终无所获。
Rome was not built in a day.罗马不是一天建成的。/冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Some people cannot see the wood for the trees.见树不见林。/见小不见大。/只见细节不见全面。Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.肠满今朝愁，莫添他日忧。Talk of the devil and he's sure to appear.说到曹操，曹操就到。Tastes differ.口味各不相同。/人各有所好。That's a piece of cake.小菜一碟！
There are tricks in every trade.行行有窍门，事事有秘诀。There's no place like home.没有比家更好的地方了。/金窝银窝，不如自己的草窝。Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不等人。Time is of the essence.一寸光阴一寸金。
Well begin is half done.良好的开端等于成功的一半。
What's done cannot be undone.事已定局，无可挽回。/泼水难收。/木已成舟。Where there's smoke there's fire.无风不起浪。Where there's a will there's a way.有志者事竟成。A wonder lasts but nine days.新鲜事儿，昙花一现。
You buy land and you buy stones,you buy meat and you buy bones.买地带石头，买肉带骨头。You cannot have your cake and eat it.两者不能兼得。
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