第一篇：经典英文谚语100句,很好的座右铭
经典英文谚语100句，很好的座右铭
1． Pain past is pleasure.（过去的痛苦就是快乐。）[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将来回忆起来一定甜蜜无比。]
2． While there is life, there is hope.（有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。）
3． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.（脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）[从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。] 4． Storms make trees take deeper roots.（风暴使树木深深扎根。）[感激敌人，感激挫折！] 5． Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.（心之所愿，无所不成。）[坚持一个简单的信念就一定会成功。] 6． The shortest answer is doing.（最简单的回答就是干。）[想说流利的英语吗？那么现在就开口！心动不如嘴动。]
7． All things are difficult before they are easy.（凡事必先难后易。）[放弃投机取巧的幻想。] 8． Great hopes make great man.（伟大的理想造就伟大的人。）
9． God helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。）
10． Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals
above the crowd: a little bit more.（四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘诀：多一点点！）[比别人多一点努力、多一点自律、多一点决心、多一点反省、多一点学习、多一点实践、多一点疯狂，多一点点就能创造奇迹！11． In doing we learn.（实践长才干。)
12． East or west, home is best.（东好西好，还是家里最好。)13． Two heads are better than one.（三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。）
14． Good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有良伴就是捷径。）
15． Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石。）
16． Misfortunes never come alone/single.（祸不单行。）
17． Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不经灾祸不知福。)18． Better late than never.（迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来好。）
19． It's never too late to mend.（过而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。）
20． If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事情值得做，就值得做好。）
21． Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（无热情成就不了伟业。）
22． Actions speak louder than words.（行动比语言更响亮。）
23． Lifeless, faultless.（只有死人才不犯错误。）
24． From small beginning come great things.（伟大始于渺小。）
25． One today is worth two tomorrows.（一个今天胜似两个明天。）
26． Truth never fears investigation.（事实从来不怕调查。）
27． The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.（舌无骨却能折断骨。）
28． A bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。）
29． Knowing something of everything and everything of something.（通百艺而专一长。）[疯狂咬舌头] 30． Good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是无价宝。）
31.Actions speak louder than words.行动胜于言辞。
32.All good things come to an end.一切美好的事物皆有终结之时。
33.All‘s well that ends well.结局好的就算好。
34.All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。
35.Art is long, life is short.人生朝露，艺业千秋。
36.Bad news travels fast.坏事传千里。
37.The bait hides the hook.饵里藏钩；笑里藏刀。
38.Barking dogs seldom bite.爱叫的狗很少咬人。
39.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼里出西施。
40.The best fish swim near the bottom.好鱼常在水底游。
41.Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。
42.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.多得不如现得。
43.Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚。
44.Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。
45.Boys will be boys.男孩子毕竟是男孩子。
46.A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命；吉人天相。
47.Catch as catch can.能捉尽管捉；能拿多少算多少。
48.Diamond cut diamond.强中更有强中手。
49.Do as I say, not as I do.照我说的做，别照我做的做。
50.Don‘t meet trouble half-way.勿杞人忧天。
51.Don‘t put all your eggs in one basket.勿孤注一掷。
52.Don‘t ride the high horse.勿摆架子。
53.Easier said than done.说比做容易。
54.East or west, home is best.管他东方或西方，家是最好的地方。
55.Easy come, easy go.来得容易，去得也容易。
56.Every man is his own worst enemy.一个人最大的敌人就是他自己。
57.Everyone to his taste.人各有所好。
58.An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
59.Fine feathers make fine birds.人要衣装，马要鞍。
60.A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难之交才是真正的朋友。
61.The grapes are sour.葡萄是酸的。
62.Grasp all, lose all.样样都要，全都失掉。
63.Haste makes waste.欲速则不达。
64.He laughs best who laughs last.最后笑的人笑得最得意。
65.He travels the fastest who travels alone.单独旅行的人走得最快。
66.He who denies all confesses all.否认一切的人就等于承认了一切。
67.He who hesitates is lost.踌躇不决者必然失败。
68.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.不犯错的人必将一事无成。
69.Health is better than wealth.健康胜于财富。
70.Healven helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。
81.History repeats itself.历史总重演。
82.Honesty is the best policy.诚实是上上之策。
83.Hunger is the best sause.饥饿是最好的调味汁。
84.If the cap fits, wear it.帽子若适合你，就戴上吧。
85.If you want peace, prepare for war.欲求和平必先备战。
86.Things done can not be undone.木已成舟。
87.Take a pain for a pleasure all wise man can.智者能视苦为乐。
88.Take one‘s courage in both hands.勇往直前，敢作敢为。
89.Take the rough with the smooth.即能享乐，也能吃苦。
90.Take the world as it is.随遇而安。/听其自然。
91.Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。
92.Take time by the forelock.要抓住时机。
93.Take time while time is, for time will be away.机不可失，时不再来。
94.Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。
95.Tastes differ.众口难调。/人各有所好。
96.Teaching others teaches yourself.教学相长。
97.Tears are the silent language of grief.眼泪是悲哀的无声言辞。
98.Telling your troubles is swelling your troubles.诉说烦恼等于增加烦恼。
99.Temperance is the best physic.克制乃是最好的治疗。
100.Temperance is the greatest of virture.自我节制是最大的美德。
第二篇：经典英文谚语30句,很好的座右铭
经典英文谚语30句,很好的座右铭.txt珍惜生活——上帝还让你活着，就肯定有他的安排。雷锋做了好事不留名，但是每一件事情都记到日记里面。经典英文谚语30句，很好的座右铭.1． Pain past is pleasure.（过去的痛苦就是快乐。）[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将来回忆起来一定甜蜜无比。] 2． While there is life, there is hope.（有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。）
3． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.（脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）[从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。] 4． Storms make trees take deeper roots.（风暴使树木深深扎根。）[感激敌人，感激挫折！] 5． Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.（心之所愿，无所不成。）[坚持一个简单的信念就一定会成功。] 6． The shortest answer is doing.（最简单的回答就是干。）[想说流利的英语吗？那么现在就开口！心动不如嘴动。] 7． All things are difficult before they are easy.（凡事必先难后易。）[放弃投机取巧的幻想。] 8． Great hopes make great man.（伟大的理想造就伟大的人。）
9． God helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。）
10． Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.（四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘诀：多一点点！）[比别人多一点努力、多一点自律、多一点决心、多一点反省、多一点学习、多一点实践、多一点疯狂，多一点点就能创造奇迹！] 11． In doing we learn.（实践长才干。)12． East or west, home is best.（东好西好，还是家里最好。)13． Two heads are better than one.（三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。）
14． Good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有良伴就是捷径。）15． Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石。）16． Misfortunes never come alone/single.（祸不单行。）17． Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不经灾祸不知福。)18． Better late than never.（迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来好。）19． It's never too late to mend.（过而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。）
20． If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事情值得做，就值得做好。）21． Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（无热情成就不了伟业。）
22． Actions speak louder than words.（行动比语言更响亮。）
23． Lifeless, faultless.（只有死人才不犯错误。）
24． From small beginning come great things.（伟大始于渺小。）
25． One today is worth two tomorrows.（一个今天胜似两个明天。）
26． Truth never fears investigation.（事实从来不怕调查。）
27． The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.（舌无骨却能折断骨。）28． A bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。）
29． Knowing something of everything and everything of something.（通百艺而专一长。）[疯狂咬舌头] 30． Good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是无价宝。）
第三篇：英文谚语
1.A bosom friend afar a distant land near 海内存知己
天涯若比邻
2.A contented mind is a continual / perpetualfeast.知足常乐。
3.A fall into the pit，again in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
4.A guest should suit the convenience of thehost.客随主便。
5.A letter from home is a priceless treasure.家书抵万金。
6.All rivers run into the sea.殊途同归。
7.All time is no time when it is past.机不可失，时不再来。
8.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一个苹果，医生不来找我。
9.As heroes think，sothought Bruce.英雄所见略同。
10.Do not teach fish to swim.不要班门弄斧。
11.Behind the mountains there are people to befound.天外有天，山外有山。
12.Bad luck often brings good luck.塞翁失马，安知非福。
13.Bread is the stall of life.面包是生命的支柱。(民以食为天。)
14.Business is business.公事公办。
15.Clumsy birds have to start flying early.笨鸟先飞。
16.Courtesy costs nothing.礼多人不怪。
17.Custom makes all things easy.习惯成自然。
18.Desire has no rest.人的欲望无止境。
19.Difficult the first time，easy the second.一回生，二回熟。
20.Do not put all your eggs in one basketball.不要孤注一掷。
21.Experience is the best teacher.实践出真知。
22.Fact is stranger than fiction.事实比虚构更离奇。(大千世界，无奇不有。)
23.Faith can move mountains.信念能移山。(精诚所至，金石为开。)
24.First impressions are half the battle.先入为主。
25.Give as good as one gets.一报还一报。(以德报德，以怨还怨。)
26.Give everyone his due.一视同仁。
27.Good wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深。
28.He that promises too much means nothing.轻诺者寡信。
29.He who has an art has everywhere a part.一招鲜，吃遍天。
30.He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.千里之行始于足下。
31.Home is where the heart is.心在哪里，哪里就是家。
32.If you are not inside a house，you don not know about its leaking.不在屋里，不知漏雨。(亲身经历才有体会。)
33.In peace prepare for war.平时准备战时。(居安思危。)
34.It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。
35.It six of one and half a dozen of the other.彼此彼此。
36.Just has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
37.Keep something for a rainy day.未雨绸缪。
38.Life is a span.人生如朝露。
39.Meet plot with plot.将计就计。
40.Merry meet，merry part.好聚好散。
41.Mind acts upon mind.心有灵犀一点通。
42.Never hit a man when he is down.不要落井下石。
43.Never judge by appearances.切莫以貌取人。
44.No fire without smoke.无风不起浪。
45.Nurture passes nature.教养胜过天性。
46.Out of sight，out of mind.眼不见，心不烦。
47.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
48.Poverty is stranger to industry.勤劳之人不受穷。
49.Rome was not built in a day.罗马不是一日建成的。(伟业非一日之功)
50.Sense comes with age.老马识途。
51.So many men，so many minds.人心各不同。
52.Some thing is learned every time a book is opened.开卷有益。
53.Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。
54.The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.车到山前必有路。
55.The heart is seen in wine.酒后吐真言。
56.The older the wiser.人老智多。(姜还是老的辣。)
57.The worse luck now，the better another time.风水轮流转。
58.Thoughts are free from toll.思想不用交税。(人人都可以自由思考。)
59.Time tries all things.时间检验一切。
60.Use legs and have legs.经常用腿，健步如飞。
61.Virtue never grows old.美德常青
62.Walls have ears.隔墙有耳。
63.What is done cannot be undone.覆水难收。
64.Wine in，truth out.酒后吐真言。
65.You are only young once.青春只有一次。
66.You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不可两头燃。(鱼和熊掌不可兼得。)
67.You cannot have your cake and eat it.有得就有失。(事难两全其美。)
68.You never know till you have tried.事非经过不知难。
69.Youth will be served.青春好作乐。
70.Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.无知的狂热是脱缰的野马
1.two wrongs don't make a right 以牙还牙行不通
2.the worm will turn 老实人逼急了也要反抗
3.all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy 只工作不玩耍 聪明的孩子也变傻
4.may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb 一不做 二不休
5.there's more than one way to skin a cat 方法不止一个 有的是办法
6.no
two ways about it 别无他途
7.watched pot never boils 心急水不开
8.waste not , want not 勤俭节约 吃穿不缺
9.walls have ears 隔墙有耳
10.virtue is its own reward 美德本身就是报酬
11.nothing ventured , nothing gained 不入虎穴 焉得虎子
12.variety is the spice of life 经历丰富多彩 才令生活充满乐趣
13.never the twain shall meet 泾渭分明
14.one good turn deserves another 以德报德
15.the truth wll out 纸包不住火
16.truth is stranger than fiction 现实比虚构更不可思议
17.a trouble shared is a trouble halved 烦恼可以分组
18.touch wood 继续走好运
19.it does exactly what it says on the tin 名副其实
20.time alone will tell 时间会证明一切
21.time is money 时间就是金钱
22.no time like present 现在不做更待何时
23.these things are sent to try us 这些都是对我们的考验
24.you can
never tell 谁也说不清
25.teach an old dog new tricks 老大不可教
26.one swallow doesn't make a summer 一燕不成复（好事可能纯属偶然）
27.nothing succeeds like success 一事成，百事顺
28.the streets are paved with gold 遍地都是黄金
29.a stitch in
time saves nine 小洞及时补 免遭大洞哭
30.still waters run deep 静水流深
31.one step forward , two steps back.进一步 退两步
32.the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.心有余而力不足
33.it takes all sorts to make a world 世界之大无奇不有
34.no smoke without fire 无火不生烟
35.let sleeping dogs lie 过去的事就不要再提了
36.it's six of one and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两
37.out of
sight, out of mind 眼不见心不烦
38.share and share alike 平均分享
39.you scratch
my back and I'll scratch yours 礼尚往来
40.least said soonest menged 只要没人再说 事情就会过去
41.what's scauce for the goose is scauce for the gander 一视同仁
42.there's safety in numbers 人多保险
43.rose by any other name would smell as sweet 玫瑰不叫玫瑰 依然芳香如故
44.rolling stone gathers no moss 滚石不生苔 频迁不聚财
45.rob Peter to pay Paul 拆东墙补西墙
1.a fool and his money are soon parted 蠢人不积财
2.if you've got it ,flaunt it 有什么能耐出来瞧瞧
3.first come , first served 先来后到
4.like father , like son 有其父必有其子
5.it's not until the fat lady sings 最后才能见输赢
6.so far , so good 到目前为止，一切还算顺利
7.famous last words 吹牛
8.what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve over 眼不见心不烦
9.enough is enough 行了
10.the end justifies the means 只要目的正当 可以不择手段
11.easy come , easy go 来得容易去得快
12.be easier said than done 谈何容易
13.the early bird catches the worm 捷足先登
14.why keep
a dog and bark yourself 既然有人代劳 何必自己操劳
15.give a dog a bad name 恶名难洗
16.every dog has its day 人人皆有得意时
17.discretion is the better part of valour 慎重为勇敢之本
18.the die is cast 木已成舟
19.the devil makes work for idle hands 人闲生是非
20.better the devil you know than the devil you don't 熟悉的环境比不熟悉的环境好
21.curiosity killed
the cat 好奇害死猫
22.don't count your chickens before they are hatched 别过早打如意算盘
23.too many cooks spoil the broth 人多手杂反坏事
24.two's company , three's a crowd 两人成伴
25.every cloud has a sliver lining 黑暗中总有一线光明
26.charity begains at home 博爱始于自家
27.when the cat's away the mice will play 猫儿不在 老鼠玩的自在28.boys will be boys 男孩总归是男孩
29.there's one born every minute 总有那种傻瓜
30.born with a sliver spoon in your mouth 出身富裕
31.absence makes the heart grow fonder 不相见 倍思念
32.there's no accounting for taste 人各有所好
33.actions speak louder than words 行动比言语更响亮
34.it'll be all right on the night 车到山前必有路
35.the apple doesn't fall from the tree 上行下效
36.if you can't beat them , join them
打不赢 就投靠
37.beauty is in the eye of the beholder 情人眼里出西施
38.beauty is only skin-deep 貌美不如心灵美
39.you 've made your bed and you must lie in it 自己承担后果
40.beggars can't be choosers 要饭不能嫌馊 41.seeing is believing 眼见为实
42.a bied in the hand is worth two in the the bush
43.birds of a feather 同类人
44.blood is thicker than water 血浓于水
45.live and let live 宽以待人
.you reat what you sow 自食其果
2.it never rains but it pours 祸不单行
3.everyone has their price 有钱能使鬼推磨
4.the pot calling the kettle black 五十步笑百步
5.any port in a storm 慌不择路
6.people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones 殃
7.in for a penny , in for a pound 有始有终
8.the pen is mightier than the sword 笔诛胜于剑伐
9.he who pays the piper calls the tune 财大者气粗
10.you're only young once 青春只有一次
身居玻璃房 投石招祸
11.you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs 不花代价就难成大事（不入虎穴焉得虎子）
12.great oaks from little acorns grow 合抱之树
生于毫末
13.no news is good news 没有消息就是好消息
14.necessity is the mother of invention 需要是发明之母
15.needs must 不得已而为之
16.mud sticks 拦你沾身洗不清
17.where there's muck there's brass 哪活脏 哪有钱赚
18.out of the mouths of babes 童颜有道
19.money talks 有钱有势
20.a miss is as good as a mile 错误再小也是错误
21.the more the merrier 多多益善
22.you can't keep a good man down 有志者事竟成23.one man's meat another man's poison 兴趣爱好因人而异
24.every man for himself 人各为己
25.live to fight another day 卷土重来
26.live and let live 宽以待人
27.lightning never strikes twice 事不过二
28.the lights are on but nobody's home 心不在焉
29.a leopard cannot change its spots 本性难移
30.look before you leap 三思而后行
31.he who laughs last laughs longest 别高兴得太早
32.kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 竭泽而渔
33.don't
judge a book by its cover 勿以貌取人
34.you can lead a house to water , but you can't make it
drink 机会可以给 做不做由人
35.hope springs enternal 人生永远充满希望
36.home is where the heart is 家乃心所系
37.he who hesitates is lost 当断不断 反受其乱
38.many hands make light work 众人拾材火焰高
39.all hands on deck 全体出动
40.the grass is always greener on the other side 这山望着那山高
41.what goes around comes around 你怎么待人
人就怎么待你
42.two can play at that game 这一套你会我也会
43.out of the frying pan into the fire 每况愈下
44.forewarned is forearmed 有备无患
45.no fool like an old
fool
老糊涂最糊涂
第四篇：英文谚语
英文谚语500句
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.“您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。
A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。
A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
Better late than never.不怕慢，单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。
Blood will have blood.血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。
Business is business.公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。
Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.做你的吧，天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.循序渐进。
Cry for the moon.海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。
Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
Do it now.机不可失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。
Don't claim to know what you don't know.不要不懂装懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。
Don't put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起身体好。
Easier said than done.说得容易，做得难。
Easy come, easy go.来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
Envy has no holidays.忌妒之人无宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千虑，必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.亲兄弟，明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.人人负责，等于没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.谁都有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.自己的命运自己掌握。
Every minute counts.分秒必争。
Every mother's child is handsome.孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.吃一堑，长一智。
Fact speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Far from eye, far from heart.眼不见，心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.远水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.恐惧源于无知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served.先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.初次见面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.众口铄金，积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.英雄犯大错误。
Great men's sons seldom do well.富不过三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.做贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.兼听则明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不动，叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后说好话，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.自嘲者不会让人见笑。
He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟，不进则退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.经常诉苦，没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.想不犯错误，就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.上当一回头，再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木，百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.文如其人。
Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
Like for like.一报还一报。
Like knows like.惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.小人无大志。
Look before you leap.摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.一见钟情。
Love cannot be compelled.爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.爱情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。
Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
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。
Measure for measure.针锋相对。
Misfortunes never come alone.祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。
Money isn't everything.钱不是万能的。
Murder will out.纸包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
Nature is the true law.天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.不可以貌取人。
Never say die.永不言败。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。
No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。
No living man all things can.世上没有万事通。
No man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。
No man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时。
None are so blind as those who won't see.视而不见。
None are so deaf as those who won't hear.充耳不闻。
No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。
No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。
No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行，语言最要紧。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。
Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。
Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。
Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。
One false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One good turn deserves another.行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。
One man's fault is other man's lesson.前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。
One's words reflect one's thinking.言为心声。
Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。
Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。
Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。
Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart.贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。
Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。
Promise is debt.一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。
Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
Seeing is believing.眼见为实。
Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。
Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.静水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。
Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。
Talking mends no holes.空谈无补。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。
Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。
The best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盗铃。
The danger past and God forgotten.过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth.魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The die is cast.木已成舟。
The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。
The end makes all equal.死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。
The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。
The grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得惨。
The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。
The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越谦虚。
The more wit, the less courage.初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.人间处处有温情。
There is no general rule without some exception.任何法规均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.没有长生不老药。
There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
The style is the man.字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，浊者自浊。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
Think twice before you do.三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。
Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。
Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies.光阴似箭。
Time is money.时间就是金钱。
Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝，不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。
Time tries all.路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
To err is human.人非圣贤，孰能无过。
To know everything is to know nothing.什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。
To know oneself is true progress.人贵有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.学问太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.自由放任，一事无成。
Too much praise is a burden.过多夸奖，反成负担。
To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
Troubles never come singly.福无双至，祸不单行。
Truth never grows old.真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.洗心革面，改过自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.一个好汉三个帮。
Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.别人错了，不等于你对了。
Unity is strength.团结就是力量。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.忠言逆耳利于行。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies.不到黄河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.吃小亏占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远远胜过美貌。
Walls have ears.小心隔墙有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康，钱再多也没用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.好东西，失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.好的开始，是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。
Wet behind the ears.乳臭未干。
Whatever you do, do with all your might.不管做什么，都要一心一意。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.儿时所学，终生难忘。
What's done cannot be undone.生米煮成熟饭了。
What's lost is lost.失者不可复得。
What we do willingly is easy.愿者不难。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入国问禁，入乡随俗。
When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.伤心旧事别重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.新仇旧恨，齐上心头。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.酒后吐真言。
Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.道高一尺，魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.好人不长命。
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。
Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.强扭的瓜不甜。
You may know by a handful the whole sack.由一斑可知全貌。
You never know what you can till you try.是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.恶其始者必恶其终。
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 bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。
A bad padlock invites a picklock.开门揖盗。
A bad thing never dies.坏事传千年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差。
A bargain is a bargain.达成的协议不可撕毁。
A beggar's purse is bottomless.乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。
A 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。
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借来的斗篷不暖身。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切，离别情更深。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.自己选的担子不嫌重。
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 cat may look at a king.猫也有权晋见国王。
Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。
A change of work is as good as a rest.调换一下工作是很好的休息。
A cheerful wife is the joy of life.快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。
A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.问心无愧，高枕无忧。
A clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落，胜券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.宁为清贫，不为浊富。
A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入，祸从口出。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action.同仇敌忾。
A constant guest is never welcome.久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。
A contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常乐。
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。
A crafty knave needs no broker.狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.户枢不蠹。
常用英语谚语
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He sits no sure that sits too high.高处不胜寒。
He that respects not is not respected.欲受人敬，要先敬人。
So said, so done.说到做到。言出必行。
Haste makes waste.忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
Better be envied than pitied.宁被人妒，不受人怜。
Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.未雨绸缪。
So the world wags.这就是人生。
One can not be in two places at once.一心不可二用。
No weal without woe.福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。
Little chips light great fires.星星之火，可以燎原。
Like knows like.惺惺相惜。
It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.狡兔三窟。
Dreams are lies.梦不足信。
Do not teach fish to swim.不要班门弄斧。
A light heart live long.心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。
Poverty is stranger to industry.勤劳之人不受穷。
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.考虑要仔细,行动要迅速.One sin opens the door for another.---German 犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。
One man's meat is another man's poison.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水珍贵
Less is more.简单就是美
A blessing in disguise.因祸得福
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌
Every dog has his day.凡人皆有得意日
Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.磨刀不误砍柴功。
Seeing is believing.眼见为实
Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半
Time flies never to be recalled.光阴一去不复返
When in Rome, do as Roman do.入乡随俗
He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后谁笑得最美
Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道还治其人之身
Look before you leap.三思而后行
Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠顶一个诸葛亮。
A good beginning makes a good ending.善始善终
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友。
First come, first served.先来先招待。
Where there is s will，there is a way.有志者事竟成。
No pains，no gains.不劳则无获
Time and tide wait for no man.时不待人
Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁
It's never too late to mend.亡羊补牢
There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕
East or west，home is best.走东串西，还是家里好
Equal pay for equal work.同工同酬
Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置
Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败
Reading makes a full man.读书使人完善
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量
Failure is the mother of success.失败是成攻之母
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧
All roads lead to Roma.条条大道通罗马
Don′t judge a person by the clothes he wears.不能以貌取人
Don′t count your chickens before they are hatched.切莫过于乐观
Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进
It′s easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮
As you make your bed,so you must lie in it.自食其果
All that glitters is not gold.闪光的东西并非都是金子
Many hands make light work.人多力量大
Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.世上无难事只要肯登攀
Time is money.时间就是金钱。
Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
Many hands make light work.人多力量大。
Grasp all, lose all.样样都要，全都失掉。
Better master one than engage with ten.会十事不如精一事。
Silly child is soon taught.要想孩子好，教育要趁早。
More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。
Easier said than done.说起来容易，做起来难。
The first step is the hardest.万事开头难。
Who knows most says least.懂的最多的人，说的最少。
Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不待人。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事今日毕。
Diligence is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。
It's never too late to learn.活到老，学到老。
Walls have ears.隔墙有耳
Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬
Waste not, want not.俭则不匮
Weak things united become strong.一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁
Wealth is best known by want.人穷方知钱可贵
We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.判断一个人，不听言语看行动
We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.年华没虚度，一生也足矣。
What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知，除非已莫为
When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.墙倒众人推
When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.孩子不吭声，一定闯了祸
When one will not, two cannot quarrel.一个巴掌拍不响
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.贫穷进门来，爱情越窗飞
When the cat is away, the mice will play.猫儿不在，鼠儿成精
When wine sinks, words swim.美酒一下肚，话匣关不住
Where there's life there's hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
Will is power.意志就是力量
Wise men are silent;fools talk.智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝
Wise men change their minds;fools never do.智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用
Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理
Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.耳听为虚，眼见为实
名 言 警 句
1、It is defeat that turns bone to flint;it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle;it is defeat that makes men invincible.----Henry Ward Beecher
是挫折使骨头坚如燧石；是挫折使软骨变成肌肉；是挫折使人战无不胜。--H.W.比彻（1813-1887）美国作家、牧师
2、We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.-----Martin Luther King
我们必须接受有限的失望，但是千万不可失去无限的希望。--马丁· 路德·金（1929-1968），美国传教士、民权领袖
3、Humility is the foundation of glory.---Charles Hodges
谦卑是荣誉的基础。--C．霍奇（1797-1878）美国神学教授
4、Goodness blows no trumpet, nor desires to have it blown.-----Charles Lamb
美德不自吹自擂，也不愿被吹捧。--C.兰姆（1775-1834）英国作家 The cpuntenance is the portrait of the mind,the eyes are its informers.表情是思想的写照，眼睛是心灵的穿窗户。Education makes a people easy to lead,but difficult to drive;easy to govern,but impossible to enslave.教育使一个民族易于引导，难于驾御；易于管理，但不能奴役。
7.The roots of education is bitter,but the fruit is sweet.求知道路千辛万苦，知识硕果芬芳香甜。A good book is the best of friends,the same today and forever.好书乃挚友，情谊永不渝。Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.书籍是积累智慧的明灯。Reading maketh a full man;conference a ready man;and writing an exact man.读书使人完美，交谈使人机敏，写作使人严谨。If you steal from one auther,it's plagarism;If you steal from many,it's research.如果你抄袭一个作家，这是剽窃；如果你能博采众家，这是研究。Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.A.Hunt 音乐是医治心灵创伤的良药。All those man have their price.Robert Walpole 人人都有自己的价值。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。Men are always sincere.They change sincerities,that's all.人总是真诚的,只是表现形式有所不同。Everything comes in time to those who can wait.只要能等待，心想事会成。Patience is bitter,but its fruit is sweet.忍耐是痛苦的,但它的果实是甜蜜的。If at first you don't succeed,Try.try again.初试不成功，努力勿懈怠。There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.十全十美的美从来就是不存在的。
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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