第一篇：四级英文谚语(中英对照)
Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者，事竟成。
Nothing is too difficult, if you put your heart into it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。
As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time.一寸光阴一寸金。
All things in their being are good for something.天生我才必有用。
There is nothing permanent except change.唯有变化才是永恒的。
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.身不正，影必斜。
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.知识之于心灵正如健康之于身体。
A word once spoken cannot be taken back even by a team of four horses.一言既出，驷马难追。
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。
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。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.今日一只蛋，胜过明天一只鸡。
There is no friend so faithful as a good book.最忠实的朋友莫过于一本好书。
Brevity is the soul of wit.言贵简。
Deliberate slowly, execute promptly.谋虑要慢，行动要快。
Friendship cannot stand always on one side.友谊是双方的事。
One tree does not make a forest.独木不成林。
Barking dogs don't bite.吠狗不咬人。
What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知，除非已莫为。
It's never too late to mend.改过不嫌晚。
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。
Running water does not get stale;a door-hinge is never worm-eaten.流水不腐，户枢不蠹。
Sweep before your own door.正人先正已。
A hero is nothing but a product of his time.时势造英雄。
It is better to trust to valour than to luck.靠运气不如靠勇气。
Ignorance is the mother of impudence.无知是鲁莽之源。
One careless move may lose the whole game.一步不慎，满盘皆输。
Words are like bees, they have honey and a sting.言语象蜜蜂，有蜜也有刺。
It's only the idle will be tired.只有闲人才会感到疲倦。
There are two tragedies in life.One is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.失去心中所欲的和得到心中所欲的，是人生的两大悲剧。
Strong in action, gentle in method.行动要坚强，方式要温和。
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.最不信任别人的人最不应该得到信任。
Idleness is the root of all evils.懒惰是万恶之源。
Diligence redeems stupidity.勤能补拙。
Beware beginning.以谨慎开始。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。
Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
It takes two to make a quarrel.一个巴掌拍不响。
When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
A single spark can start a prairie fire.星星之火，可以燎原。
One's sin will find one out.坏事终归要败露。
A good name is better than riches.声誉胜于财富。Haste trips over its own heels.忙易出错。
A watched pot never boils.心急喝不了热粥。
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger.人越伟大，越能克制怒火。
Speech is the image of actions.语言是行动的反映。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Each man is the architect of his own fate.每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。
Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation.天才在于勤奋，知识在于积累。
An open enemy is better than a hollow friend.宁有公开的敌人，不要虚伪的朋友。
A still tongue makes a wise head.沉默者有智慧。
It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.从崇高到荒谬只有一步之遥。
Ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of intellect tries to use it.常人只想如何消磨时间，智者则努力利用时间。
Anger begins with folly, and ends in repentance.愤怒以愚蠢开始，以后悔告终。
All lay load on the willing horse.人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
He who commences many things finishes but a few.样样都搞，完成者少。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.勇气和坚定是美德的精神与灵魂。
Fish begins to stink at the head.上梁不正下梁歪。
First come, first served.先来先招待。
Easy come, easy go.来得容易去得快。
More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。
No pains, no gains.不劳无获。
Nothing venture, nothing gain.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Once bit, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳。
Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心不烦。
Well fed, well bred.衣食足而后知廉耻。
In for a penny, in for a pound.一不作，二不休。
A brave man risks his life, but not his conscience.勇敢的人可用生命冒险，但不以良心冒险。
It is not the fine coat that makes the gentleman.使人成为君子的并不是讲究的衣着。
Pride hurts, modesty benefits.满招损，谦受益。
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.害怕痛苦的人其实已经在承受他所害怕的痛苦了。
Adversity is a good disciple.逆境是锻炼人的最好场所。
Art is long, life is short.人生有涯艺无涯。
Well begun, half done.好的开始是成功的一半。
You can't eat your cake and have it also.世事两难全。
Calamity is man's true touchstone.患难是人的试金石。
Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.近墨者黑。
Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水穿石。
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。
The first step is as good as half over.第一步是最关键的一步。
You never know your luck.命运好坏不由己。
Sow nothing, reap nothing.春不播，秋不收。
The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.精神的财富是唯一的财富。
You can't judge a tree by its bark.人不可貌相。
Clothes do not make the man.人不在衣装。
To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.既当演说家，又做实干家。
Variety is the spice of life.变化是生活的调味品。
Little goods, little care.钱财少，不烦恼。
Man struggles upwards;water flows downwards.人往高处走，水往低处流。
A little pot is soon hot.壶小易沸，量小易怒。
No sweet without sweat.幸福来自汗水。
Better the last smile than the first laughter.宁可最后微笑，不要首先狂喜。
One for all, all for one.我为人人，人人为我。
Truth needs no color.真理不需要打扮。
Every why has a wherefore.凡事必有因。
Keeping is harder than winning.创业难，守业更难。
Never do things by halves.做事不可半途而废。
No cross, no crown.未经苦难，得不到荣冠。
The fire is the test of gold;adversity is the test of a strong man.火对金子是考验，逆境对人是磨练。
Bad times make a good man.艰难困苦出能人。
There is no royal road to learning.求知无坦途。
Doubt is the key to knowledge.怀疑是知识的钥匙。
Sharp tools make good work.工欲善其事，必先利其器。
Wasting time is robbing oneself.浪费时间就是掠夺自己。
Nurture passes nature.教养胜过天性。
There is no garden without its weeds.没有不长杂草的花园。
A man is only as good as what he loves.一个人要用他所爱的东西有多好来衡量。
Wealth is the test of a man's character.财富是对一个人品格的试金石。
The best hearts are always the bravest.心灵最高尚的人，也总是最勇敢的人。
Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue.礼貌和美貌是分不开的伴侣。
Plain living and high thinking.生活要朴素，情操要高尚。
Good is good, but better carries it.精益求精，善益求善。
Honesty is the best policy.诚实为上策。
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.感恩是精神高尚的标志。
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.判断自己比判断别人要难得多。
An optimist sees the rose;a pessimist the thorn.乐观的人看到玫瑰，悲观的人只看到它的刺。
Delays are dangerous.因拖出危险。
Let bygones be bygones.既往宜不咎。
Look on both sides of the shield.看问题要从两面看。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不能两头点。
All men can't be first.不可能人人得冠军。
Never is a long word.不要轻易说“决不”。
The overturned cast ahead is a warning to the carts behind.前车之覆，后车之鉴。
Spare the rod and spoil the child.不打不成器。
Too many cooks spoil the broth.厨师太多烧坏汤。
Standers-by see more than gamesters.旁观者清，当局者迷。
Self-praise is no recommendation.自夸不足为自荐。
They brag most who can do least.本领最小的人最会吹牛。
The good is the enemy of the best.过得去是精益求精的敌人。
Politeness costs nothing and gains everything.礼貌不用花一分钱，却能赢得一切。
A man can't ride your back unless it is bent.你的腰不弯，别人就不能骑在你的背上。
Conceit is the quicksand of success.自负是成功的流沙。
He that makes a good war makes a good peace.正义的战争创造持久的和平。
There is no disputing about tastes.人各有所好。
It is easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮容易当。
Patience is the ability to put up with people you'd like to put down.能容忍你想羞辱的人，便是忍耐。
Be able to be alone.Lose not the advantage of solitude.要有单独自处的能力，不要放过孤寂的好处。
Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.伟大的思想需要起落架，也需要双翼。
Fair words make fools fain.甜言蜜语会使愚者得意忘形。
Please all and you please none.要面面俱到者，面面不到。
The noblest vengeance is to forgive.最高尚的复仇是宽容。
A soft answer turneth away wrath.温和的回答可以息怒。
Advice when most needed is least heeded.最容易忽视的建议往往是最重要的。
Be just before you are generous.要慷慨必先求公正。
Make the best of a bad bargain.已知吃亏，尽力而为。
He that makes a thing too fine, breaks it.做事过于苛求，反把事情弄坏。
When all else is lost the future still remains.就是失去了一切别的，也还有未来。
The world is his who enjoys it.活着感到快乐，世界就属于你。
A little labor, much health.适量的劳动有益于健康。
Laugh and grow fat.心宽体胖。
Work won't kill but worry will.劳动无害，忧愁伤身。
He is rich that has few wants.寡欲者富。
Every man at forty is a fool or a physician.人到四十，如果不是傻子，就该知道保养身体。
A bow long bent grows weak.常拉满弓无力。
He is wise that knows when he is well enough.知足为智者。
A good conscience is a continuous feast.问心无愧天天乐。
Prevention is better than cure.治病不如防病。
Cleanliness is next to godliness.清洁仅次于圣洁。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一苹果，医生远离我。
In sports and journeys men are known.从体育和旅行中可以看出男子的品德。
No man is happy but by comparison.人的幸福都是比较而言的。
There is no joy without alloy.世界上没有十全十美的快乐。
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.进步是今天的活动，明天的保证。
Good order is the foundation of all things.良好的秩序是一切的基础。
He that plants trees loves others besides himself.植树的人，不但爱己，而且爱人。
The world is but a little place, after all.天涯原咫尺，何处不相逢。
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.仁爱是联结社会的金链。
Where there is unity, there is victory.有团结就有胜利。
United we stand, divided we fall.团结则存，分裂则亡。
Love is the mother of love.情生情，爱生爱。
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.爱情不分贵贱。
True love never grows old.真正的爱永不衰老。
Hope is a lover's staff.希望是爱者的手扶之杖。
It is better to give than to take.施比受更有福。
Example is better than precept.身教胜于言传。
Diligence is the mother of success.勤勉是成功之母。
From saving comes having.富有来自勤俭。
Cut your coat according to your cloth.看布裁衣。
Human pride is human weakness.人类的骄傲即是人类的弱点。
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。
No one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.穿鞋的人自己知道哪里夹脚。
Vainglory blossoms but never bears.虚荣光开花，永远不结果。
Anger is the wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.愤怒是吹灭心中之灯的风。
Every cloud has a silver lining.乌云背后有阳光。
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.有时吃亏就是最大的便宜。
Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.麻烦没有来找你，不要去找麻烦。
You cannot step twice into the same river.你不能两次踏入同一条河流。
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.真正的勇气是：无所畏惧地接受上天给你的一切。
It is always morning somewhere in the world.世界上总是有某个地方可以看到阳光。
You cannot step twice into the same river.你不能两次踏入同一条河流。
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.真正的勇气是：无所畏惧地接受上天给你的一切。
It is always morning somewhere in the world.世界上总是有某个地方可以看到阳光。
Life is a roller coaster, you have your ups and downs unless you fall off.人生就像坐过山车，只要不掉下来，就会有起有伏。
At 20 years of age the will reigns;at 30 the wit;at 40 the judgement.20岁我们按意愿做事；30岁我们凭智慧做事；40岁我们靠判断做事。
Adversity is the first path to truth.逆境是通向真理的第一条道路。
Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.爱你的敌人吧，因为他们让你知道自己的缺点。
We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.维持现状不能让我们有所进步。
Behind an able man there are always other able men.山外有山，人外有人。
Well done is better than well said.说得好不如做得好。
We must either find a way or make one.找到一条路，否则走出一条路。
There is no substitute for victory.胜利没有替代品。
Honesty is the best image.诚实是最好的形象。
There are things in life that money can't buy.金钱并非万能。
Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.学习学习的方法是人生最重要的技巧。
Power tends to corrupt;absolute power corrupts absolutely.权力往往导致腐败；绝对的权力导致绝对的腐败。
The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.快乐的真正源泉是行善。
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.有智慧而无志向，正如鸟儿没有翅膀。
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.宽恕不能改变过去，但能拓宽未来。
It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.花二十年建立起来的声誉可以在五分钟之内完全摧毁。
Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.人生应该树立目标，否则你的精力会白白浪费。
If winter comes, can spring be far behind.冬天来了，春天还会远吗？
It is great to be great, but it is greater to be human.成为伟人是美好的，做一个真正的人更难得。
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。
Genius only means hard-working all one's life.天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。
Ideal is the beacon.理想是指路明灯。
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.我所能奉献的没有其它，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。
It never will rain roses.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。
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.要向射中靶，必须瞄准比靶略微高些。
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命地努力。
Ask not what your country can do for you;ask what you can do for your country.不要问国家能为你们做些什么，而要问你们能为国家做些什么。
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。
It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.为原则而斗争比实践该原则要容易。
You never know what you can do till you try.除非亲自尝试，否则你不会知道自己能做什么。
Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life.有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。
Bitter pills may have blessed effects.良药苦口利于病。
To strive to seek, to find and not to yield.要奋斗、要探索、要有所发现而不要屈服。
Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.权力永远意味着责任和危险。
As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.一旦你觉得做某件事年纪太大了，赶紧去做。
Success grows out of struggle to overcome difficulties.成功来之于克服困难的斗争。
Victory won't come to me unless I go to it.胜利不会向我走来，我必须自己走向胜利。
Success covers a multitude of blunders.成功由大量的失误铸造。
A light heart lives long.豁达者长寿。
Cheerfulness is the promoter of health.心情愉快是健康的增进剂。
Happiness lies, first of all, in health.幸福首先在于健康。
A penny saved is a penny gained.省下一分钱等于得到一分钱。
An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of gold.一盎司谨慎抵得上一磅黄金。
To fill the hour----that is happiness.让时间过得充实些，那才是幸福。
The first wealth is health.健康是人生第一财富。
Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.年纪只是个感觉的问题，而不是岁月的问题。
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.好友胜过亲兄弟。
Learning is the eye of mind.学问是心灵的眼睛。
Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。
Wade not in unknown water.不知水之深浅，不可粗心淌河。
In the end things will mend.车到山前必有路。
Happiness is a form of courage.愉快是勇气的一种形式。
No man was ever wise by chance.任何人的聪明才智绝非得之偶然。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.金钱可以成为很好的仆人，却绝对是最坏的主人。
Stubbornness is the energy of fools.固执是愚人的能源。
Time is the fairest judge.时间是最公正的法官。
Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.既来之，则安之。
Diffidence is the poison of true friendship.疑心是友谊的毒药。
No common goal, no common cause to cooperate.道不同，不相为谋。
Happiness lies in the consciousness we have it.幸福在于自知拥有幸福。
Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality her left.勤劳是财富的右手，节俭是她的左手。
To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。
When pleasure is the business of life, it ceases to be pleasure.当享受成为生活的主要事物时，它就不再是一种享受。
If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.如果你不考虑未来，那么你就不能拥有未来。
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.对于大多数人来说，他们认定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。
Let bygones be bygones.过去的事情就让他过去吧。
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.衡量生命的尺度是思想和行动，而不是时间。
Never leave that until tomorrow, which you can do today.今天的事情不要拖到明天。
Time is a bird forever on the wing.时间是一只永远飞翔的鸟。
If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.想要懂得今天，就必须研究昨天。
Time is a great judge, even in the fields of morals.时间是伟大的法官，即使在道德领域也是如此。
It is not enough to do good;one must do it the right way.人不仅要做好事，更要以正确的方式做好事。
Write it on your heart that every day is the best of the year.铭记在心：每一天都是一年中最好的日子。
Among a people general corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.在一个普遍腐败的民族里，自由是不可能长期存在的。
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.令人愉快的欢笑是房间里的阳光。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作不娱乐使人愚钝。
It is a poor heart that never rejoices.永远不快乐的心很可悲。
Procrastination is the thief of time.拖延即偷窃时间。
Joys are our wings, sorrows are our spurs.欢乐是人们的双翼，哀愁是人们发奋的动力。
Labor is often the father of pleasure.劳动常常是快乐之父。
Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.休息是件好事，无聊却是其兄弟。
The foundation of true happiness is in the conscience.真正的愉快之根本在于良心。
Envy is a most terrible thing, and would spoil anybody's nature.嫉妒是很可怕的东西，它会毁坏人的天性。
Anticipating pleasure is also a pleasure.预期快乐本身也是一种快乐。
Character is what you are in the dark.暗处最能反映一个人的真正品格。
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.勇气是一架梯子，其它美德全靠它爬上去。
Beauty lives with kindness.美寓于善。
Distrust can be contagious.But, so can trust.不信任有传染性。但是信任亦然。
If you would convince others, you seem open to conviction yourself.要说服别人，先得说服自己。
Mutual forgiveness of each vice, such are the gates of Paradise.相互宽容对方的缺点，乃是通向天堂之门。
Don t gild the lily.不要画蛇添足。
It is no use doing what you like;you have got to like what you do.不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。
A friend is, as it were, a second self.可以说，朋友是另一个自我。
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.选择朋友要谨慎，换朋友更要谨慎。
My philosophy of life is work.我的人生哲学就是工作。
Suspicion is the poison of friendship.怀疑是对友谊所下的毒药。
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.建立在美貌基础上的爱情，会与美貌一样很快消失。
Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty.工作撵走三个魔鬼：无聊、堕落和贫穷。
Love is a kind of warfare.情场如战场。
A man should keep his friendship in constant repair.只有经常“浇灌”，方能保持友谊天长地久。
There is a skeleton in every house.家家都有一本难念的经。
Too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.过分喜欢权力就会不择手段。
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.怕吃败仗的人必然要打败仗。
Activity is the only road to knowledge.行动是通往知识的唯一道路。
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.所有的人都是无知的，只是对不同的科目无知而已。
In war, there is no second prize for the runner-up.在战争中，第二名是没有奖的。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是智能之父，记忆是知识之母。
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.知识是一座宝库，而实践是开启宝库的钥匙。
Mistakes are an essential part of education.从错误中吸取教训是教育极为重要的一部分。
Something attempted, something done.有所尝试，就有所作为。
There is no time like the present.时不我待，没有比现在更宝贵的了。
Light troubles speak;great troubles keep silent.小困难，大声叫嚷；大困难，闷声不响。
All is but lip-wisdom that wants experience.凡是没有实际经验的，都只是口头智慧。
Where there is a flatterer, there is also a fool.哪里有拍马屁的人，那里就有傻瓜。
Good order is the foundation of all things.良好的秩序是一切的基础。
It is better to fight for justice than to rail at the ill.与其责骂罪恶，不如伸张正义。
Example is always more efficacious than precept.身教胜于言教。
Time tames strongest grief.时间能冲淡巨大的悲伤。
He that travels far knows much.远行者见闻多。
Beauty is like a rich stone, best plain set.美貌就像宝石，不用装饰最好。
Plain living and high thinking.生活要朴素，情操要高尚。
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.愤怒是吹灭心灵之灯的风。
To choose time is to save time.合理安排时间就是节约时间。
Temperance is the greatest of virtues.自我节制是最大的美德。
He who nothing questions, nothing learns.什么也不问的人什么也学不到。
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.道德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。
The family is one of the nature s masterpieces.家庭是大自然创造的杰作之一。
He that sips of many arts, drinks none.什么都学的人，什么也学不到。
Learning is the enterprise of a lifetime.学习是终身的事业。
You can learn from everyone.三人行必有我师。
All are not saints that go to church.去朝拜的不全是圣徒。
Imagination is more important than knowledge.想象力比知识更重要。
The empty vessels make the greatest sound.满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。
Follow your own course, and let people talk.让人家去说吧，走你自己的路。
Strong reasons make strong actions.强有力的理由产生强有力的行动。
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.困难只是穿上工作服的机遇。
Only the educated are free.只有受过教育的人才是自由的。
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.能处处寻求快乐的人才是最富有的人。
Variety is the mother of enjoyment.变化为快乐之母。
All for one, one for all.人人为我，我为人人。
Better a frank denial than unwilling compliance.勉强应允不如坦诚拒绝。
Man is the artificer of his own happiness.人是自己幸福的设计者。
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.美色中看，美德感人。
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.沉默是藐视最完美的表达方式。
Energy is eternal delight.精力充沛是永恒的快乐。
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.要私下告诫朋友，但是要公开夸奖朋友。
What we love to do we find time to do.我们喜欢做的事，总能找到时间去做。
A fool at forty is a fool indeed.人到四十还愚蠢，那就真是愚蠢了。
Too much cleverness is folly.过分聪明反而愚蠢。
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。
A man is only as good as what he loves.一个人要用他所爱的东西来衡量他的品格。
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.学而不思，犹如食而不化。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.开头没开好，结尾必定遭。
A bad life, a bad end.恶有恶报。
A bird may be known by its song.听音识鸟。
Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳。
A courtesy is a flower.礼貌犹如鲜花。
Credit keeps the crown of the causeway.讲信用的人走遍天下。
Cunning is no burden.艺多不压身。
Deeds, not words.要行动，不要空言。
Delays are dangerous.拖延误事。
Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。
Hot love is soon cold.爱的热，冷得快。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.真正的朋友决不阿谀奉承。
Idle young, needy old.少时闲混，到老穷困。
It is better to trust the eye than the ear.百闻不如一见。
It is lawful to learn even from an enemy.即使向敌人学习也是合法的。
It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.君子不在衣装。
Leopards never shed their spots.江山易改，本性难移。
The danger past and God forgotten.遇难求上帝，过后全忘记。
The eye that sees all things else sees not itself.眼睛能看见一切，唯独看不见自己。
The sweetest grapes hang the highest.最甜美的葡萄挂得最高。
The used key is always bright.常用的钥匙闪闪亮。
There are wheels within wheels.轮中有轮，幕后有人。
Questioning is the door of knowledge.善问者博学。
Two blacks do not make a white.两个错误不等于一个正确。
What is learned in the cradle lasts till the tomb.幼年时学的东西，终身受用。
It is better to play with the ears than the tongue.多听少说。
One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.只手遮天。
The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice.向善的第一步是不作恶。
The higher standing, the lower fall.爬得越高，摔得越狠。
The leopard cannot change its spots.江山易改，本性难移。
The voice of the people is the voice of God.人民之声即为上帝之声。
There is no garden without its weeds.金无足赤，人无完人。
Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。
Wisdom is better than gold or silver.智慧胜过金银。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不能两头点。
Forced love does not last.强扭的瓜不甜。
Give and take.有来有往。
He who would search for pearls must dive below.欲求珍珠，必潜水底。
A secret between more than two is no secret.三人知晓，秘密难保。
A snow year, a good year.瑞雪兆丰年。
Better wait on the cook than on the doctor.药补不如食补。
Diligence is the mother of fortune.幸运出自勤奋。
It is never too late to learn.学不厌晚。
Kind hearts are more than coronets.善良的心地胜过桂冠。
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.少说话，多观察。
Knowledge is no burden.艺多不压身。
Let a sleeping dog lie.莫惹事生非。
Man does what he can, and God what He will.人为其能为，神为所欲为。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Offense is the best defense.进攻是最有效的防御。
Save money against a rainy day.平时存钱，防备雨天。
The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.这山望着那山高。
The handsomest flower is not the sweetest.最美的花不一定最香。
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.布丁好不好，吃了才知道。
Better to wear out than to rust out.宁可用坏，不可锈坏。
Cast no dirt into the well that gives you water.过河莫拆桥。
He who teaches, learns.教学相长。
Hear twice before you speak once.多听少说。
A house divided against itself cannot stand.家不和，外人欺。
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
冬天来了，春天还会远吗？
In prosperity caution, in adversity patience.顺境中，小心；逆境中，耐心。
It is always safe to learn even from our enemies.即使向敌人学习也不会有危险。
It is better for the doer to undo what he has done.解铃还需系铃人。
It is easy to be wise after the event.事后聪明并不难。
Lack of work brings a thousand diseases.一闲生百病。
Men make houses;women make home.有男可建房，无妇不成家。
No man can call again yesterday.昨日之日不可追。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.今天一个钟头抵得上明天两个小时。
Seeing is believing.眼见为实。
Spare when you re young, and spend when you re old.少时俭省老来花。
The pen is the tongue of the mind.笔乃心灵之喉舌。
The years teach much which the days never know.学问积年而成，而每日不自知。
The more you study, the more you will find yourself ignorant.学，然后知不足。
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.越早把你的儿子当成男人，他就越早成为男人。
All is not lost that is in danger.生于忧患。
Science is the systematic classification of experience.科学是对经验有系统的分类。
Too much experience is a dangerous thing.经验过多反而危险。
Between grief and nothing I will take grief.在悲痛与虚无之间，我愿意选择悲痛。
Tears are the silent language of grief.眼泪是无声的、悲伤的语言。
Prejudice is the child of ignorance.偏见来自愚昧。
There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.没有效率就没有经济。
Law can never be enforced unless fear supports it.如果法律没有恐惧支撑，它决不能生效。
Education is the chief defense of nations.教育是国家的主要防御力量。
The landscape belongs to the man who looks at it.风景属于看风景的人。
Economy is in itself a source of great revenue.节约本身就是最大的收入。
Beggars cannot be choosers.乞丐不能挑肥拣瘦。
Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man.没有健康就没有乐趣。
Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.心灵上的疾病比身体上的疾病更危险。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy.早睡早起身体好。
I succeeded because I willed it;I never hesitated.我成功是因为我有决心，从不犹豫。
You cannot build a reputation on what you are going to do.你不能靠你声称将要做的事情来建立声誉。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。
Good health is a corollary of having good habits.健康的身体是良好生活习惯的结果。
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。
Creditors have better memories than debtors.放债的比借债的记性好。
Fish and visitors smell in three days.鱼放三天臭，客住三天嫌。
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.星期天能去掉一个星期的锈迹。
The principal thing in this world is to keep one s soul aloft.人生在世首要大事是保持灵魂的高尚。
The only way to have a friend is to be one.唯一能获得朋友的办法就是自己先有友道。
The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress.每个人的家对他而言都是城堡和要塞。
Education has for its object the formation of character.教育以造就人的品质为其目标。
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多的好奇。
He that runs fastest gets the ring.捷足先登。
He that spares the bad injures the good.放纵坏人就是伤害好人。
A bad shearer never had a good sickle.拙工匠常怪工具差。
A bad things never dies.恶事传千古。
A bald head is soon shaven.光头剃发不费时。
A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion.吠犬总比睡狮好。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.——eastern Proverb 患難見真情。
A life without a friend is a life without sun.—— French proverb 人生無友，猶如生活中無太陽。
Books and friends should be few but good.—— Western Proverb 書與朋友，貴精而不貴多。
Everything is better when new, but friendship when old.—— English Proverb 東西是新鮮的好，朋友是老的好。
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.——Publius Syrus 富貴交朋友，患難見知己
To find a friend one must close one eye—to keep them, two.——Western Proverb 交朋友要睜一隻眼閉一隻眼—維持友誼則要閉上雙眼。
Treasure is not always a friend, but a friend is always a treasure.——Francis Bacon 財富不是永遠的朋友，朋友才是永遠的財富。
—————————————--------------------------A young idler, an old beggar.——Proverb 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。Behind bad luck comes good luck.——Gypsy Proverb 否極泰來。
Don’t waste life in doubts and fears.——Ralph Waldo Emerson 不要將生命浪費在疑慮和恐懼之中。
Eat to live, and do not live to eat.——Benjamin Franklin 為生活而吃，不是為吃而生活。
Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay.—— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 青春易逝莫虛度。
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.——Condorcer 安於自己的生活，不要與他人比較。
Every man is the master of his own fortune.——Richard Steele 人人都是自我命運的主宰。
Expectation is better that realization.——Western Proverb 期待總比現實美。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s door.——Western Proverb 人總有時來運轉的一天。
Have an aim in life, or your energies will be wasted.——Western Proverb 人生要有目標，否則便會白白浪費精力。
Heaven never closes its road against a man.——Chinese Saying 天無絕人之路。
He stands not surely that never slips.——Western Proverb 從未滑倒的人站不穩。
I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever.Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years.People grow old only by deserting their ideals.—— Douglas MacArthur
我發誓要抱著長生不老的心情一直活下去，沒有人會因為活了一些歲數就變老，只有放棄理想的人才會老。
He who seeks for pleasure must sweat for it first.——Erasmus 先苦後甘。
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps the chief happiness which this world affords.——Samuel Johnson
希望本身就是一種幸福，而且或許是世間最重要的幸福。
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant;if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.——Anne Bradstreet
如果沒有冬天，春天不會如此怡人；如果不偶爾遭逢不幸，幸福就不會如此甜蜜。
Leave everything to Fate and Providence.——Chinese Saying 聽天由命。
Let us look to the future and not the past.——Western Proverb 展望未來，莫戀過去。
Life is a bowl of cheery.—— Western Proverb 人生多樂趣。
Life is a flower of which love is the honey.——Victor Hugo 生命如花朵，愛是花中蜜。
Life is a sweet and joyful thing for one who has a pure conscience.——Leo Tolstoy 心靈純淨的人，人生充滿著甜蜜和喜悅。
Life is like moon;now dark, now full.——Western Proverb 人生如月，有時缺，有時圓。
Make the most of life you may—life is short and wears away.——Western Proverb 善用人生—人生苦短，稍縱即逝。
Man is the artificer of his own happiness.——Henry David Thoreau 人是自身幸福的創造者。
No bed for roses.——Western Proverb 天下沒有全然安逸的事。
That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.——Western Proverb 難忍的痛苦，或將成為甜蜜的回憶。
The dream of yesterday is the hope of today and reality of tomorrow.——Robert H.Goddard 昨日的夢想乃今日的希望、明日的現實。
The good life is one inspired by love and guided of knowledge.——Bertrand Russell 美好的人生是由愛來激發，由知識所引導。
The world is a comedy to those who thinks, a tragedy to those who feels.——Horace Walpole 對於深思熟慮的人來說，世界是一齣喜劇；
對於重視感覺的人來說，世界是一齣悲劇。
To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.——Samuel Johnson 培養仁慈之心乃人生中最有價值的事。
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Beauty is truth, truth is beauty.——Keats 美即是真，真即是美。
Goodness often charms more than mere beauty.——Proverb 美德比徒具美貌更迷人。
To beauty is like the beauty of mind.——Jay Cooke 心地美最美。
To do good is the greatest joy.——Chinese Saying 為善最樂。
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A place for everything, and everything in its place.——Western Proverb 凡事包容，萬物各得其所。
Character must be kept bright as well as clean.——Philip Chesterfield 品行必須保持光輝無暇。
Comparison are odious.——Proverb 人比人，氣死人。
Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.——Western Proverb 時時刻刻抵抗誘惑，就是一種勝利。
Forgive and forget.——Western Proverb 寬恕之，遺忘之。
Forgive others whenever you can.——Chinese Saying 得饒人處且饒人。Good mind, good find.——Chinese Saying 好心有好報。
Happiness lies in the consciousness we have of it.——George Sand 知足常樂。
He laughs best that laughs last.——Western Proverb 最後笑的人笑得最好。
It is more blessed to give than to receive.——Jesus 施比受更有福。
It is no use to blame the looking if your face is awry.——Nkolai Vasilievich Gigol 如果你的臉歪斜，責怪鏡子也無用。
Kindness is nobler than revenge.——Western Proverb 仁慈比報復可貴。
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.——Charles Lamb
最愉快的事乃默默行善而偶然被發現。
The more noble, the more humble.——Proverb 人愈高尚愈謙虛。
There is no education like adversity.——Proverb 逆境乃最佳之教育。
To err is human, to forgive, divine.——Alexander Pope 犯錯人之常情，寬恕則非凡。
Toleration is the best religion.——Victor Hugo 寬容是最好的信念。
Virtue us fairer than beauty.——Italian Proverb 美德勝於美貌。
Virtue is its own reward.——Western Proverb 美德本身就是一種報償。
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;when health is lost, something is lost;when character is lost, all is lost.——German Proverb
失去財富，沒什麼；失去健康，有點什麼；但喪失品德，則失去一切。
You are your greatest enemy if you are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest friend.——Glenn Frank
如果你是懦夫，你就是自己最大的敵人；如果你是勇者，你就是自己最好的朋友。
You must not lose faith in humanity.Humanity is an ocean;if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.——Mahatma Gandhi
不要對人性失去信心。人性好比大海，它雖然有幾滴髒水，但大海卻不會變髒
第二篇：谚语中英对照
1.Burn one's bridges.破釜沉舟.背水一战 2.Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同
3.No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息
4.One picture is worth a thousand words.(One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.)百闻不如一见
5.Nothing ventured, nothing gained.(Nothing brave, nothing have.)不入虎穴,焉得虎子 6.Life is full of ups and downs.生活充满起伏 7.It's no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收 8.Hunger is the best sauce.饥饿是最好的调味品 9.Better late than never.迟做总比不做好.10.God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者.11.Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌
12.Don't count your chickens before they hatch.小鸡孵出之后才算数
13.He bites off than her can chew.(The eye is bigger than the belly.)贪多嚼不烂 14.Everyone has a skeleton in his closet.人人都有不可告人之事 15.To teach a fish how to swim.班门弄斧.16.Rome wasn't built in a day.伟业非一日建成 17.Well begun, half done.好的开始,成功了一半 18.Every cloud has a silver lining.乌云背后是银边 19.Look before you leap.三思而后行
谚语大全天气谚语季节谚语英语谚语生活谚语养生谚语 20.Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚
21.A little knowledge is dangerous.一知半解最危险 22.Clothes make the man.人要衣装.佛要金装 23.A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口.24.History repeats itself.历史会重演 25.strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁
26.as poor as a church mouse.穷得一文不名
27.Where there's smoke, there's fire.无风不起浪.事出必有因
28.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下 29.A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔.转业不聚财 30.Many hands make light work.人多好做事.31.A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘,差之千里.32.A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情.33.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终.34.A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲.35.Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗.36.Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.有心栽花花不发,无心插柳柳成荫.37.Misfortunes never come alone.祸不单行.38.Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢,为时未晚.39.No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现.40.No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜.41.Still water run deep.静水流深.42.The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步.43.The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟,亦能覆舟.44.Think twice before you do.三思而后行.45.Time tries all.路遥知马力,日久见人心.46.To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命.47.Troubles never come singly.福无双至,祸不单行.48.Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石.49.When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入国问禁,入乡随俗.50.Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在,不怕没柴烧.51.Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.未雨绸缪.52.So said, so done.说到做到,言出必行.53.No weal without woe.福兮祸所伏,祸兮福所倚.54.We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水珍贵
55.Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.磨刀不误砍柴功.56.Where there is s will，there is a way.有志者事竟成.57.The weather and the life are both unpredictable.天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福.58.There is not any advantage without disadvantage.有一利必有一弊.59.You cannot have your cake and eat it too.鱼与熊掌,不可得兼.60.Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.看人看年少,看天看破晓.
第三篇：英文谚语
0.It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.要把马练好，缰绳靴刺少不了。
1.A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle.烈马要套粗笼头。
2.He is a gentle horse that never cast his rider.驯良的马绝不会把骑手甩倒。
3.'Tis a good horse that never stumbles.好马不失蹄。
4.The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.马劣动怪马鞍坏。
5.Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse.瞎马鼓勇气，正是危险事。
6.Old wood is best to burn,old horse to ride.老柴好烧，老马好骑。
7.Every horse thinks his sack heaviest.每匹马都认为自己驮的袋子最重。8.You may know the horse by his harness.观马具可知马性。
9.A galled horse will not endure the comb.擦伤的马不耐梳。
10.You can take a horse to the water,but you cannot make him drink.牵马河边易，逼马饮水难；不要逼人做他不愿做的 事。
11.Don't swap horses when crossing a stream.行至中流不换马；危难之时不宜作大变动。
12.An ass endures his burden,but not more than his burden.驴子能负重，过重也难负。
13.Wherever an ass falleth,there will he never fall again.驴子绝不会在同样的地点跌倒两次。
14.The braying of an ass does not reach heaven.驴子的叫声传不到天上。
15.The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.驴子不乖，休怪驮鞍。16.A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.相马不可凭马饰。
17.He who wants a mule without fault,must walk on foot.指望驴子无缺点，只有自己徒步行。
18.A colt you may break,but an old horse you never can.小驹犹可练，老马最难驯。19.One sheep follows another.一羊跟一羊（指盲从）。
20.If one sheep leap o'er the dyke,all the rest will follow.一羊跳过沟，众羊跟着跳。
21.There is a black sheep in every flock.败类处处有；害群之马处处有。
22.One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.一羊生癣，群羊受害。
23.Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful.羊每叫一次，就少吃一口。
24.One butcher does not fear many sheep.屠夫不怕羊多。
25.It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.蠢羊才向狼忏悔。
26.The dust raised by the sheep does not choke the wolf.羊踩起的灰尘挡不住狼。
27.Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them.乌鸦吃死羊，先要哭一场；猫哭老鼠假慈悲。
28.The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb.有活的狼就有死的羔羊。
29.As soon goes the young lamb's skin to the market as the old ewe's.老羊皮上了市，小羊皮也跟着来。
30.You have no goats,and yet you sell kids.没有老山羊，还把小羊卖。
31.If the beard were all,the goat might preach.如果长胡就好，山羊也可讲道。
32.A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.懒羊自觉羊毛重。33.He that will have a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight.早餐想吃野兔肉，头晚就须去捕捉。
34.If you run after two hares,you will catch neither.同时追两兔，一只也难捕。
35.One should not run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.不应两面讨好。
36.The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.兔子睡大觉，乌龟跑第一。
37.First catch your hare then cook him.要兔子肉，先要把兔捉；先抓兔子后烹调（勿谋之 过早）。
38.The fox is known by his brush.狐狸只因尾巴大，所以人人认识他。39.The fox smells his own stink first.狐狸有恶臭，自己先嗅出。
40.The fox may grow grey, but never good.狐狸活到老，永远难变好。
41.The tail does often catch the fox.狐狸被抓，都因尾巴。
42.It is an evil sign to see a fox lick a lamb.狐狸舔羔羊，不是好迹象。
43.When the fox preacheth,then beware your geese.每逢狐狸讲道，当心鹅儿遭殃。44.An old fox is not easily snared.老狐狸难得陷罗网。
45.Old foxes want no tutors.老狐不须教师教。
46.The sleeping fox catches no poultry.睡着的狐狸捉不到鸡。
47.You can have no more of the fox than the skin.狐狸除了皮，旁的全无用。
48.The fox that had lost its tail would persuade others out of theirs.一条狐狸丢尾巴，就劝旁的也丢它。
49.A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.审鹅不应狐陪审。
50.The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.狐狸的诡计永远进不了狮子的头脑。51.The old goose plays not with foxes.老鹅不跟狐狸耍。
52.The wolf and fox are both privateers.狐狸与狼，抢劫大王。
53.The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.狼牙会掉，狼性难改。
54.A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.小偷识小偷，正象狼识狼。
55.Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods.饥饿引狼出森林。
56.Give never the wolf the wether.莫把阉羊送给狼。
57.Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.与狼相结交，就会学狼嚎。
58.The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf.孤羊逢狼，必然遭殃。
59.It is madness for a sheep to treat of peace with a wolf.跟狼讲和平，此羊必癫狂。
60.By little and little the wolf eateth the sheep.狼吃羊，一只一只进肚肠。
61.The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.群狼一死众羊安。
62.While you trust to the dog,the wolf slips into the sheepfold.当你认为狗可信，狼已偷偷把羊圈进。
63.When the wolf grows old, the crows ride him.狼老被鸦欺。
64.Man is to man either a god or a wolf.人与人交往，不是上帝就是狼。
65.A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.青年成长时，食量大如狼。
66.The lion is known by his claws(paw).狮以爪闻名。
67.The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.狮子没有画上的凶猛。
68.A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion.吠犬胜于睡狮。
69.It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.睡狮莫惊。
70.The lion's skin is never cheap.狮皮从不贱。
71.Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp.杀狮应在幼小时。
72.The tiger that has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.一次尝到血，虎欲永难遏。
73.He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.骑虎难下。
74.The leopard can never change its spots.花豹永不能改变身上的斑点（指：本性难移）。75.Kings and bears oft worry keepers.国王和熊，常使守护人忧心忡忡。
76.He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it.与熊分蜜糖，只得一点尝。
77.Do not sell the bear's skin before you have caught the bear.熊未到手休卖皮（勿过早乐观）。
78.Where the deer is slain,some of her blood will lie.鹿死总有血迹留。
79.The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more than one wood.野猪一怒毁树多。
80.An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.尽管衣绸穿红，猿猴还是猿猴，侍从还是侍从。
81.An army of stags led by a lion would be more formidable than one of lions led by a stag.一只狮子率领的一群鹿，比一只鹿率领的一头狮子 更难对付。
82.A bad custom is like a good cake, better broden than kept.坏习惯象饼子，碎了比保存起来好。83.A bald head is soon shaven.光脑袋，剃得快。
84.A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.瞎子不谢赠镜人。
85.A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借来的大氅不暖身。
86.A brave retreat is a brave exploit.勇退即勇绩。
87.Accidents will happen in the best regulated families.即使家规严，丑事总难免。
88.A candle lights others and consumes itself.腊烛照亮了别人，毁灭了自己。
89.A constant guest is never welcome.常来之客不会受欢迎。
90.A cracked bell can never sound well(is never sound).破钟无好音。
91.A crown is no cure for the headache.王冠难治头痛。
92.A drowning man will catch at a straw.溺水者见草也要抓；急何能择。93.After a storm comes a calm.暴风雨后天平静；雨过天晴。94.After death, the doctor.人死医生来；雨后送伞。
95.A good beginning is half done.良好的开端，就是成功了一半。
96.A good example is the best sermon.良好的范例是最好的训诫。
97.A great ship asks deep waters.大船要在深水行；英雄要有用武之地。98.A horse stumbles that has four legs.人有失手日，马有失蹄时。
99.A little neglect may breed great mischief.小失成大害；小误酿大祸。
第四篇：英文谚语
英文谚语——英语教学中一道美丽的风景
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对于“谚语”，《现代汉语词典》是这样解释的：“在群众中间流传的固定语句，用简单通俗的话反映出深刻的道理。”英语中也有很多谚语，它们是流传于英、美等国人民群众口头上的一种较为定型的简练、生动的...对于“谚语”，《现代汉语词典》是这样解释的：“在群众中间流传的固定语句，用简单通俗的话反映出深刻的道理。”英语中也有很多谚语，它们是流传于英、美等国人民群众口头上的一种较为定型的简练、生动的语句,总结了人民大众生活斗争的经验,具有传授经验教训以及诲人劝诫的功能。在教学中，教师如果恰到好处地运用英语谚语，不仅有利于提高学生的学习兴趣和语言素养，而且有利于培养学生的欣赏能力和表达能力。巧借谚语，扩充词汇
《普通高中英语课程标准》中关于词汇的要求是很明确的。语言知识目标中的八级要求是：学会使用3300个左右的单词和400~500个习惯用语或固定搭配。九级要求更高：学会使用4500个左右的单词和一定数量额习惯用语或固定搭配，能根据交际话题、场合和人际关系等相关因素选择较为适当的词语进行交流或表达。[1]
可见，英语教学中有意或无意的渗透词汇，对于学生词汇的习得至关重要。教学中可以借助词汇的教学，补充一些谚语，使学生从朗朗上口的诵读中积累一些词汇。笔者在教《牛津高中英语》模块一第一单元时，就尝试给学生输出这些谚语：
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.君须自敬，人乃敬之。
Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水穿石。
Many drops make a shower.积少成多。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.作最好的希望，作最坏的打算。
A good marksman may miss.智者千虑，必有一失。
There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen;and in the end the former is always conquered by the latter.世界上只有两种力量：刀和笔；而其结果，后者总是战胜前者。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.赠予者的心意可使馈赠的东西增加价值而显得珍贵。
Speech is silver, silence is golden.雄辩是银，沉默是金。
Judge not a book by its cover.人不可貌相。
One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret.一念之错可铸终生之恨。
Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进。
Still waters run deep.大智若愚。/静水流深。
A wise head makes a close mouth.智者寡言。
Great designs require great consideration.宏伟的计划需要慎重考虑。
The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.江山易改，本性难易。
另外，有许多英语谚语短小精悍、音韵和谐、朗朗上口，非常适合于背诵。例如：No pains，no gains.（不劳无获。）Grasp all, lose all.（贪多必失。）Out of sight, out of mind.（眼不见，心不烦。）Health is better than wealth．（健康胜过财富。）Practice makes perfect.（熟能生巧。）Better early than late./ Better late than never.（早做比晚做好。/晚做比不做好。）A friend in need is a friend indeed.（患难见真情。）An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.（一日之计在于晨。）……学生如果能够每天记忆两三条谚语，哪怕一天一条，长期坚持，在内化过程中定能熟透于心，从而在特定的语言环境中脱口而出，在书面表达中也能信手拈来，收到贴切、生动、幽默、风趣等意想不到的语言效果。
2巧借谚语，熟悉语法
语法是高中学生学习英语的一大障碍，高中语法复杂难懂，是制约学生提高英语水平的一个瓶颈，教学中借用谚语可以使枯燥的语法讲解变得生动活泼，学生也学得兴趣盎然。
比如，在讲语法难点——非谓语动词时，笔者尝试借助谚语举了以下例子来分别说明其用法。
（1）现在分词用法
Let sleeping dogs lie.别弄醒睡着的狗。（别惹是生非。）
（2）过去分词用法
A penny saved is a penny earned(or gained).省钱就是赚钱。
It is good fishing in troubled waters.混水之中好摸鱼。
（3）动名词用法
Seeing is believing.眼见为实。
It’s no use crying over spilt milk.牛奶已洒，哭也没用。
（4）不定式用法
It’s better to give than to receive.施舍比索取更受人赞。
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.不轻诺，诺必果。
短小风趣的谚语一下子吸引了学生的兴趣，他们在细心地聆听、尽情地诵读中不知不觉悟出了非谓语动词的用法，轻轻松松突破了教学的难点。
从句也是高中语法的重点、难点，教学中，我采用谚语帮助理解，同样收到了很好的效果。
（1）定语从句
The man that suffers much knows much.磨难多，见识广。
Heaven helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.能主宰自己的人不久就可以主宰别人。
All is not gold that glitters.闪亮的不都是金子。
All is well that ends well.结果好才是真好。
Experience is a school from which one can never graduate.经验无止境。
（2）状语从句
A.时间状语从句
Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
You make the failure complete when you stop trying.不再努力之时，就是完全失败之日。
All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返。
B.地点状语从句
Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.有烟必有火。（无风不起浪。）
C.条件状语从句
Life is long if you know how to use it.如果懂得好好利用，生命就长了。
We only live once, but if we work it right once is enough.我们生命只一次，好自为之一次足矣。
D.原因状语从句
As you sow, you shall mow.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed.知识是万物中最珍贵的财宝，丢不掉，偷不走，也不会损耗。
E.方式状语从句
Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.看人看年少，看天看破晓。
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.读书养神，锻炼健身。
F.比较状语从句
A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.手里有钱财，不如胸中有文才。
G.让步状语从句
Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.谎言即使打扮得再好，到头来也会被揭穿。
Whatever you do, do with your might;Things done by halves are never done right.不论做什么事要尽力去做；事情做得不彻底，就不能算好。
（3）名词性从句
We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success.我们必须千百次地反覆说明，坚韧不拔是取得胜利的唯一道路。
Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。
What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.事既值得做，就把事做好。
What is lost is lost.失去的不可复得。
教师还可以借助谚语来让学生掌握一些较复杂的句型。比如，我在教强调句型时，用了这样的谚语：
It is not work that kills, but worry.劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。巧借谚语，解读文化
语言是文化的载体。语言深深地扎根于文化的土壤中，离开了特定文化背景的语言是不存在的，二者血肉相连，不可分割。学习英语就要了解英语国家的文化。英语谚语与英语国家特定的历史、经济、文化、生活、风俗习惯、宗教信仰、地理环境等有着密切关系;透过英语谚语的表层，便可了解所承载它的文化背景，可探究英语国家的生活内容和生活方式以及在此基础上所产生的思想内容和思维方式，这是深层次掌握英语的有效途径。此外，中外之间存在着文化差异，汉语中也有许多谚语，教师可以通过两种语言中谚语的比较，来更好地理解英语。例如：
Rats desert a sinking ship.船沉鼠儿逃。（汉语中有“树倒猢狲散。”）
Two heads are better than one.两人智慧胜一人。（汉语中有“三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。”）
When the cat is away, the mice will play.猫儿不在，鼠儿作怪。（汉语中有“老虎不在家，猴子称霸王。”）
Rome was not built in a day.罗马非一日建成。（汉语中有“冰冻三尺非一日之寒。”）
Every Jack must have his Jill.（相当于汉语“有情人终成眷属。”）
Jack of all trades，master of none.样样皆通，样样稀松。
以上最后两例中的Jack和Jill就相当于汉语的“张三”和“李四”，我们只有了解中、英两种语言的深刻内涵和文化差异，才能很好地把握谚语的真正意义，也才能在使用时收到意想不到的效果。巧借谚语，塑造心灵
在语言教学中，教师应积极有效地渗透品德教育，才能有助于形成健全的情感、态度、价值观。这也是中学英语课程标准的基本目标之一。教育的最终目标是使学生既成才又成人，我们在努力提高学生学业水平的同时，要时时处处注重对学生品德的培养，人格的塑造，使他们成为社会的有用人才。很多英语谚语可以引申出更深刻、更普遍的生活道理和人生哲理。它教人守德、惜时、为善和求真；劝人淡泊名利、志存高远和勇于进取，具有深刻的教育意义。[2]
教学中，笔者用“One today is worth two tomorrows.（一个今天胜过两个明天。）”告诫学生珍惜今日，发愤求学；用“A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder.（人生无目的，犹如船失去了舵。）”激励学生树立理想，勇于追求；用“All things are easy that are done willingly.（做事乐意，诸事容易。）”教育学生培养兴趣，主动学习；用“He who questions nothing learns nothing.（无所问者无所获。）”鼓励学生善于思考，勤于发问；用“He who laughs last laughs best.（谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。）”鼓励学生坚持到底，不懈追求；用“Honesty is the best policy.（诚实才是上策。）”告诉学生待人真诚，求真务实；用“It is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men.（造就人的，不是帮助，而是磨难，不是方便，而是困难。）”告诫学生不畏困难，迎头赶上；用“The first test of a truly great man is his humility.（一个真正伟大的人，对他的第一个考验就是看他是否谦逊。）”告诫学生不要骄傲，愈战愈勇；用“Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward.（幸运喜欢勇敢的人，而不喜欢怯懦的人。）”“No way is impossible to courage.（勇敢面前没有通不过的路。）”勉励学生学会自信，勇敢前进。[3]
毫无疑问，巧借英文谚语，能极大地激发学生学习英语的兴趣，有效地突破教学的难点；能帮助学生丰富词汇、培养语感；能使学生树立信心、不怕困难、乐于合作，形成积极向上的品格……只要运用恰当，英文谚语，必将成为英语教学中一道亮丽的风景！
非谓语动词作主语
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起，使人健康、富有又明智。
It takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred to rear people.十年树木，百年树人。
Doing everything is doing nothing.贪多嚼不烂。非谓语动词作表语
Deliberating is not delaying.慎思并非拖延。
Well begun is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。非谓语动词作宾语
We prefer to die a hero, rather than live a slave.宁为英雄死，不为奴隶生。
Never try to prove what nobody doubts.无人怀疑的事，无须去证实。
第五篇：英文谚语
1.引言
谚语是成语的一种特殊类型。但它不同于其他种类的成语。谚语是语义相对完整的固定句子，通俗简练、生动活泼，使用时可作为句子成分，也可作为独立的交际单位，表达完整的思想。有传授经验教训的作用。
在一个民族的语言中，谚语扮演着不可或缺的角色，它具有重要的使用价值，用的好能使语言增色，文笔增辉。然而，作为一定文化背景下的产物，谚语可以启迪人生、指导人们的行为、传授经验、进行道德教育、宣传鼓动等社会功能。谚语的价值不仅仅囿于此，通过它还能了解一个民族的文化。那么英语谚语的文化价值表现在哪些方面呢？本文就此作简要论述。
2.谚语的文化价值
2.1 谚语反映大不列颠民族的历史
社会历史的发展对语言的影响是巨大的，随着时代的变迁，旧的语言逐渐衰亡，新的语言不断产生。在语言的发展过程中，历史文化的痕迹主要残留在习语当中，翻开一本中型英语词典，在 “Rome”（罗马）的词条下就会找到至少三条与“罗马”有关的谚语：
Do in Rome as the Romans do.（在罗马就要像罗马人一样生活。比喻：入乡随俗）
Rome was not built in a day.（罗马不是一天建成的。比喻：伟业非一日之功）
All roads lead to Rome（条条道路通罗马。比喻：殊途同归）
公元前六世纪，罗马人征服不列颠岛，其后占领不列颠岛长达400年之久罗马文化与风俗逐渐渗入不列颠，形成一个不列颠拉丁文化。罗马人走后，他们的文化及其对不列颠的影响仍然留在不列颠岛上，以上三条谚语可见罗马帝国昔日的辉煌。
大不列颠岛除了被罗马帝国侵占过以外，还曾先后被日耳曼部落、诺曼底族侵占过，所以，英语中有很多来自拉丁语、法语、西班牙语等欧洲语言的谚语。
来自拉丁语语的谚语有：
Fortune favors the brave.（勇敢者交好运）
There is no rule without an exception.（没有一条规则没有例外）
来自法语的谚语有:
Don’t put the cart before the horse.(不要本末倒置)
Once is no custom.（一次不是习惯）
Nurture is above nature.（教育生于天赋）
来自西班牙语的谚语有：
A cold April the barn will fill.（四月寒冷谷满仓）
He has two stomachs to eat and one to work.（他有两个肚子吃，只有一个肚子做工作。意为“好吃懒做”）
2.2 谚语反映大不列颠的地理位置
英国是一个岛国，位于欧洲西部大西洋中的不列颠诸岛上，英国所处的这样一个岛多的位置，对其自身的发展具有重要的意义。在这样的地理环境中，海上运输在英国运输业中占有特殊位置，因此许多英国谚语与航海有关。这些谚语大部分都是水手在长期航海生活中创造和使用的，既是水手们的经验之谈，直接适用于航海，又具有广泛的意义。例如：If the rain comes before the wind, lower your topsails, and take them in;if the wind comes before the rain, lower you topsails, and hoist them again.（如果先下雨后刮风，就收下你的中桅帆；如果先刮风后下雨，就把中桅帆再扬起。）这条谚语不仅指导水手何时扬帆，收帆而且是一种普遍的气象常识，它告诉人们，雨后刮风，雨要不停地下，而雨前刮风，雨下不长。
再如Hoist sail when the wind is fair.（趁着好风扬起帆）具有普遍的指导意义，它教育人们，要利用好机会干事情，趁热打铁，乘风破浪，机不可失，时不再来。A good sailor may mistake in a dark night.（好水手在黑夜航行也会出错）The good seaman is known in bad weather.（坏天气才能使出好水手）等。
捕鱼业在英国经济中占有相当重要的地位，为英语留下不少与渔业有关的谚语
All is fish that comes to his net.（进到网里的都是鱼）这条谚语的比喻意义是“任何有用的东西或有好处的事都来者不拒”，含有贬义。The best fish smell when they are three days old.（再好的鱼三天也变臭）比喻“在一起相处得太久，再好的朋友都会生厌。
The best fish swim near the bottom.（好鱼居水底）比喻“有价值的东西不会轻易得到”.Fish begins to stink at the head.（鱼要腐烂头先臭。比喻意义与汉语谚语“上梁不正下梁歪”相似）
He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.（要像抓鱼就不能怕弄湿衣。比喻意义与汉语谚语“要吃龙肉，就得亲自下海”相似）
Never offer to teach fish to swim.（不要教鱼儿游泳。比喻“不要再内行人面前卖弄自己”。相当于汉语谚语“不要班门弄斧”）
2.3 谚语反映不列颠民族的风俗习惯
风俗习惯是一个地区的人的生活方式，它包括很多、很广，涉及社会生活的各个方面。它既受到一个民族的政治、经济、宗教、文学艺术等方面的影响，又反过来影响这些方面。一个民族的语言作为这个民族的文化的一个特殊组成部分，必然反映出该民族的风俗习惯，谚语更是与民族的风俗习惯紧密相关。
任何一个民族都有自己喜爱的动物，宠物文化有鲜明的地域性、民族性。中英两国人民都有养狗的习惯，但两国人对狗有不同的传统看法。英国人对狗有好感，认为狗是忠实可靠的朋友。因此，英语中有许多关于狗的谚语：Let the sleeping dogs lie(让睡觉的狗躺着。比喻“莫惹事生非；别自找麻烦”)Every dog has his day(每只狗都有它的好时光。比喻“人人皆有得意日”。)Love me, love my dog(爱屋及乌)等等。而中国人一般厌恶鄙视这种动物，常常用狗来形容和比喻坏人坏事，比如：狗拉耗子，多管闲事；狗掀门帘全凭一张嘴；狗眼看人低；好狗不挡道等。
2.4 谚语反映不列颠岛多雨多雾的气候
大不列颠地处欧洲大陆西部的中纬度，是典型的温带海洋性气候。气候特点是雨量充沛，风大雾多。英国不仅经常下雨，而且雨下得很大。因此产生谚语It never rains but it pours.（不雨则已，一雨倾盆）。这条谚语的比喻意义是“倒霉的事情总是一起发生的”相当于汉语成语“祸不单行”的意思。Small rain lays great dust.（小雨压大尘）比喻“小的东西也可派上用场“。另外，雨过天晴，天空会格外美丽：After rain comes fair weather.这条谚语告诉人们：“困难过后，胜利就会到来。”
大不列颠岛不仅雨多，而且雾多。过去伦敦素有“雾都”之称。多雾的天气也给英语留下不少谚语。When the mist comes from the hill, then good weather it doth spill;when the mist comes from the sea, then good weather it will be.(雾从山上来，好天要变坏；雾从海上来，好天气会来).气象对农业生产至关重要，农民在长期与天奋斗的实践中，总结了关于气象的经验，也反映在有关的谚语中，A snow year, a rich year.(下雪的一年，丰收的一年)Cast not a clout till May be out.（到了五月末，才把棉衣脱）For a morning rain leave not your journey.（早雨不耽搁旅行）.Evening red and morning grey, are the signs of a fine day.（晚霞和晨雾是晴天的征兆）A misty morning may have a fine day.（有雾的早晨可能是晴天）When the wind is in the east, it’s neither good for man nor beast.（风起东方，人畜不安）When the wind is in the west, the weather’s at the best.（风起西方，气候最佳）。
2.5 谚语反映大不列颠的币制和度量衡制
反映大不列颠币制的谚语有：in for a penny, in for a pound.（一旦开始就干到底；一不做，二不休）Penny wise and pound foolish.（小事聪明，大事糊涂）Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.（小事谨慎，大事自成）Give him an inch and he’ll take an ell.（他得寸进尺）这几条谚语中的penny, pound, inch是大不列颠的货币单位和度量衡。
3.结束语
综上所述，可以看出英语谚语中的文化印迹是很明显的，可以通过对谚语的溯源分析和分类研究来考察大不列颠文化。当然并非每条谚语都有它的文化含义，但是确实有不少谚语能够反映出大不列颠文化的面貌及其发展过程，因此可以说，英语谚语具有重要的文化价值，是研究大不列颠文化的重要材料，虽然不是唯一的材料。
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