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L 共 155 条
Labour is light where love doth pay.爱情作酬报，劳苦必轻松。Labour is often the father of pleasure.勤劳常为快乐之源。
Labour is the capital of our working men.劳动力是劳动人民的资本。Lack of knowledge is darker than night.没有知识比黑夜还要黑。Late repentance is seldom true.后悔少有诚意。Laugh and grow fat.心宽体胖。
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;weep, and you weep alone.你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟独你自哭。
Laugh at your ills, And save doctors' bills.生病不忧虑，节省医药费。Laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper.乐极生悲。Law makers should not be law breakers.正人先正己。
Laws catch flies but let hornets go free.法网只捉苍蝇，不捉黄蜂。
Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends.诉讼将消耗时间、金钱、休息和失去朋友。
Lazy folks take the most pains.懒汉多吃苦。
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.学问在得意时是装饰品，失意时是庇护所，年老时是供应品。
Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged.学问是穷人的财富，是富人的荣誉，是青年的帮助，是老年的支持和安慰。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。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 creep before you leap.循序渐进。Learn to say before you sing.按部就班。
Learn to suffer without complaining;that is the best thing I can teach you.要学会受痛苦而不怨，这是我教你的至要之事。
Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进。
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Let the hands get busy, not the mouth.手要勤劳，嘴莫多说。Let things take their course.听其自然。
Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay.是就是，非就非。Liars have need of good memories.谎言者要有好的记忆力。Liars should have good memories.说谎的人应有好的记性。
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law.自由就是做法律许可做的事情的权力。
Liberty is not licence.自由不是放纵。
Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness.自由随便，经常堕落到无法无天。Lie in(oron)the bed one has made.自作自受。Lies have short legs.谎言是站不住脚的。
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Life is a flower of which love is the honey.人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。Life is a shuttle 生活犹如梭子。Life is but a span.人生如朝露。
Life is compared to voyage.人生好比是航海。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.等到认识人生，已经一半过去了。Life is long if you know how to use it.如果懂得好好利用，生命就长了。Life if made up of little things.生活是由琐事构成的。
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 not all beer and skittles.人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。
Life is not so short but there is time enougn for courtesy.人生虽短，但表示礼貌的时间还是足够的。
Life is short and time is fleeting 人生短暂，光阴易逝。Life is sweet.生命是甜美的。
Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression.人生必须永远前进，才不愧为有理智的人。
Life without a friend is death without a witness.在世无朋友，死后无证人。Lightly come, lightly go.易得易失。
Light troubles speak;great troubles are silent.小困难，大声叫嚷；大困难，闷生不响。Like attracts like.物以类聚。Like author, like book.书如其人。Like begets like.有其父必有其子。Like cow, like calf.有其父必有其子。Like cures like.以毒攻毒。Like draws to like.物以类聚。
Like draws to like the whole world over.物以类聚，世间皆如此。
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Long absent, soon forgotten.长久不在的人，很快被忘怀。
Long tarrying takes all the thanks away.事情耽搁太久就没有人会感谢了。Look at the world through rose-coloured glasses.对万事要乐观。Look before you leap;see before you go.三思而行。Lookers-on see more than players.旁观者清。Lookers-on see most of the games.旁观者清。
Look for a needle in a bundle(or bottle)of hay.海底捞月。
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Love does much, money does everything(ormore).爱情做许多事，金钱做任何事。Love fears no danger.爱情不怕危险。
Love grows with obstacles.磨折越多，爱情越深。Love is a sweet torment.爱情是一种甜蜜的折磨。
Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly.爱情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。
Love is blind.爱情是盲目的。爱情使人对缺点视而不见。情人眼里出西施。Love is full of trouble.爱情多烦恼。
Love is like the moon;when it does not increase it decreases.爱情像月亮，不营即亏。Love is neither bought nor sold.爱情不能买卖。
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Love is never without jealousy.爱情莫不忌妒。
Love is not to be found in the market.爱情在市场上是找不到的。Love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the ending.爱情始甜而终苦。Love is the mother oflove.爱产生爱情。Love is the reward of love.爱情就是爱的报答。Love is the touchstone of virtue.爱情是美德的试金石。Love is the true price of love.爱情只能用爱情来报答。Love is without reason.爱情是没理智的。Love laughs at locksmith 春闺锁不住。
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.爱情无贵贱，贫负皆有之。
Love looks with telescope;envy with microscope.爱情大处著眼，忌妒吹毛求疵。Love makes all equal.恋爱不分贵贱。
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.爱情把一切冷酷的心变得温柔。Love makes obedience easy.爱情使服从变为易事。Love makes one fit for any work.爱情使人适合任何工作。Love makes the world go round.爱情使世界运转。
Love me little and love me long.不求情意浓，但愿情义长。Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。Love needs no teaching.爱情无需教导。Love not at the first look.切莫一见钟情。
Lovers live by love, as larks live by leeks.情侣靠爱情生活，正像云雀靠韭葱生活一样。Love rules his kingdom without a word.维持爱情，不用强力。
Love rules without a sword and bind without a cord.爱的统治不用刀枪，捆绑不用绳索。Love should not be all on one side.爱情不应是单方面的。
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.追求而得的爱情固然美好，但不经追求而得的爱情更为美好。
Love thy neighbours as thyself.爱邻如爱己。
Love understands love;it needs no talk.爱情可以意会，无需言传。Love will find out the way.爱情会自找出路。
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Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge.爱你的左邻右舍，但不要拆去你们之间的藩篱。
Lying is the first step to the gallows.说谎是上断头台的第一步。Lying rides upon debt's back.负债的人谎话多。
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第二篇：谚语L 共 155 条
Labour is light where love doth pay.爱情作酬报，劳苦必轻松。Labour is often the father of pleasure.勤劳常为快乐之源。Labour is the capital of our working men.劳动力是劳动人民的资本。Lack of knowledge is darker than night.没有知识比黑夜还要黑。Late repentance is seldom true.后悔少有诚意。Laugh and grow fat.心宽体胖。Laugh, and the world laughs with you;weep, and you weep alone.你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟独你自哭。Laugh at your ills, And save doctors' bills.生病不忧虑，节省医药费。Laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper.乐极生悲。Law makers should not be law breakers.正人先正己。Laws catch flies but let hornets go free.法网只捉苍蝇，不捉黄蜂。Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends.诉讼将消耗时间、金钱、休息和失去朋友。Lazy folks take the most pains.懒汉多吃苦。Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.学问在得意时是装饰品，失意时是庇护所，年老时是供应品。Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged.学问是穷人的财富，是富人的荣誉，是青年的帮助，是老年的支持和安慰。Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。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 creep before you leap.循序渐进。Learn to say before you sing.按部就班。Learn to suffer without complaining;that is the best thing I can teach you.要学会受痛苦而不怨，这是我教你的至要之事。Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进。Learn wisdom by the follies of others.要从别人的愚行中学到聪明。Learn young, learn fair.学习趁年轻，既学就学好。Least said, soonest mended.多说反坏事。Lend your money and lose your friend.赔了夫人又折兵。Let beggars match with beggars.龙配龙，凤配凤。Let bygones be bygones.既往不昝。Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage.纵使困难重重，也不丧失勇气。Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.饮水思源。Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over.饮水思源。Let every tub stand on its own bottom.各人管各人自己。Let not the cobbler go beyond his last.安分守己。Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath.日落之前，平息你的怒火吧。Let our object be our courtry, our whole country, and nothing but our country.我们的心目中要有国家，要有整个国家，而且只有我们的国家别如其他。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。Let the cobbler stick to his last.安分守己。Let the dead bury the dead.往事不重提。Let the hands get busy, not the mouth.手要勤劳，嘴莫多说。Let things take their course.听其自然。Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay.是就是，非就非。Liars have need of good memories.谎言者要有好的记忆力。Liars should have good memories.说谎的人应有好的记性。Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law.自由就是做法律许可做的事情的权力。Liberty is not licence.自由不是放纵。Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness.自由随便，经常堕落到无法无天。Lie in(oron)the bed one has made.自作自受。Lies have short legs.谎言是站不住脚的。Life is a battle from cradle to grave.人生是一场从生到死的战斗。Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels.对善思考者，人生为喜剧；对凭感觉者，人生为悲剧。Life is a flower of which love is the honey.人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。Life is a shuttle 生活犹如梭子。Life is but a span.人生如朝露。Life is compared to voyage.人生好比是航海。Life is half spent before we know what it is.等到认识人生，已经一半过去了。Life is long if you know how to use it.如果懂得好好利用，生命就长了。Life if made up of little things.生活是由琐事构成的。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 not all beer and skittles.人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。Life is not so short but there is time enougn for courtesy.人生虽短，但表示礼貌的时间还是足够的。Life is short and time is fleeting 人生短暂，光阴易逝。Life is sweet.生命是甜美的。Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression.人生必须永远前进，才不愧为有理智的人。Life without a friend is death without a witness.在世无朋友，死后无证人。Lightly come, lightly go.易得易失。Light troubles speak;great troubles are silent.小困难，大声叫嚷；大困难，闷生不响。Like attracts like.物以类聚。Like author, like book.书如其人。Like begets like.有其父必有其子。Like cow, like calf.有其父必有其子。Like cures like.以毒攻毒。Like draws to like.物以类聚。Like draws to like the whole world over.物以类聚，世间皆如此。Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。Like knows like.英雄识英雄。Like mother, like daughter.有其母必有其女。Like teacher, like pupil.有其师必有其徒。Like tree, like fruit.有其因必有其果。Little boats must keep the shores.小船不能航行远。Little bodies may have great souls.小小的躯体会有伟大的心灵。Littel chips light great fires.星星之火，可以燎原。Little pigeons can carry great messages.少年也可以成大事。Little pitchers have great(or large)ears.小孩子耳朵长。Little strokes fell great oaks.水滴石穿。Little thieves are hanged, but great one's escape.窃钩者诛，窃国者侯。Little things amuse little minds.小人志卑。Little wealth, little care.财少寡忧。Live and learn.活到老，学到老。Live and let live.自己生活，也要让他人生活。Live to learn and learn to live.生而学之，学而生之。Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。Lock the stable door before the steed is stolen.马未偷走前，厩门先锁上。Loftiest trees most dread the thunder.树大招风。Long absent, soon forgotten.长久不在的人，很快被忘怀。Long tarrying takes all the thanks away.事情耽搁太久就没有人会感谢了。Look at the world through rose-coloured glasses.对万事要乐观。Look before you leap;see before you go.三思而行。Lookers-on see more than players.旁观者清。Lookers-on see most of the games.旁观者清。Look for a needle in a bundle(or bottle)of hay.海底捞月。
Look not for musk in dog's kennel.狗嘴里吐不出象牙。Lose not time;be always employed in something useful;cut off all unnecessary actions.不要浪费时间，做些有益的事情，停止一切不必要的行动。Losers are always in the wrong.失败者总是错的。Losses make us more cautious 损失使人更谨慎。Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough.时间一去不再来，我们常说时间充足，实际。总是不够。Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever.失去的财富可由勤奋而恢复，失去的知识可由学习而恢复，失去的健康可由节制或药物而恢复，但失去的时间却一去永不复返。Love all, trust a few, be false to none.要爱一切人，相信少数人，不要负于任何人。Love and business teach eloquence.爱情和买卖可以培养口才。Love and cough cannot be hid.爱情和咳嗽是不能掩饰的。Love and poverty are hard to hide.爱和穷难隐瞒。Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness.爱情要求忠诚，而忠诚要求坚贞。Love begets love.爱爱相生。Love cannot be forced 爱情不强求。Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace.爱情可使茅屋成为金碧辉煌的宫殿。Love comes by looking.情人眼里出西施。Love does much, money does everything(ormore).爱情做许多事，金钱做任何事。Love fears no danger.爱情不怕危险。Love grows with obstacles.磨折越多，爱情越深。Love is a sweet torment.爱情是一种甜蜜的折磨。Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly.爱情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。Love is blind.爱情是盲目的。爱情使人对缺点视而不见。情人眼里出西施。Love is full of trouble.爱情多烦恼。Love is like the moon;when it does not increase it decreases.爱情像月亮，不营即亏。Love is neither bought nor sold.爱情不能买卖。Love is never without jealousy.爱情莫不忌妒。Love is not to be found in the market.爱情在市场上是找不到的。Love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the ending.爱情始甜而终苦。Love is the mother oflove.爱产生爱情。Love is the reward of love.爱情就是爱的报答。Love is the touchstone of virtue.爱情是美德的试金石。Love is the true price of love.爱情只能用爱情来报答。Love is without reason.爱情是没理智的。Love laughs at locksmith 春闺锁不住。Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.爱情无贵贱，贫负皆有之。Love looks with telescope;envy with microscope.爱情大处著眼，忌妒吹毛求疵。Love makes all equal.恋爱不分贵贱。Love makes all hard hearts gentle.爱情把一切冷酷的心变得温柔。Love makes obedience easy.爱情使服从变为易事。Love makes one fit for any work.爱情使人适合任何工作。Love makes the world go round.爱情使世界运转。Love me little and love me long.不求情意浓，但愿情义长。Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。Love needs no teaching.爱情无需教导。Love not at the first look.切莫一见钟情。Lovers live by love, as larks live by leeks.情侣靠爱情生活，正像云雀靠韭葱生活一样。Love rules his kingdom without a word.维持爱情，不用强力。Love rules without a sword and bind without a cord.爱的统治不用刀枪，捆绑不用绳索。Love should not be all on one side.爱情不应是单方面的。Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.追求而得的爱情固然美好，但不经追求而得的爱情更为美好。Love thy neighbours as thyself.爱邻如爱己。Love understands love;it needs no talk.爱情可以意会，无需言传。Love will find out the way.爱情会自找出路。Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge.爱你的左邻右舍，但不要拆去你们之间的藩篱。Lying is the first step to the gallows.说谎是上断头台的第一步。Lying rides upon debt's back.负债的人谎话多。
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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