经典英语谚语500句（优秀20篇）

导语：团结就是力量Unity is strength. 下面是小编为大家整理的适用于英文作文的英语谚语，欢迎大家阅读欣赏!

1.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets

2.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

3.团结就是力量Unity is strength.

4.“跳进黄河洗不清”eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--theres nothing one can do to clear ones name

5.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

6.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.

7.往事如风The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas

8.望子成龙hold high hopes for ones child

9.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

10.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy

11.唯利是图draw water to ones mill

12.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

13.无中生有make create something out of nothing

14.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. Theres no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

16.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

17.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

18. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off

19.心想事成May all your wish come true

20.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

22.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound

23.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan

24.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example

25.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters

26.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear

27.循序渐进step by step

28.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

29.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

30鱼米之乡

31.有情人终成眷属Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.

32.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

33. 有识之士people of vision

34.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain

35.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

36.与时俱进advance with times

37.以人为本people oriented; people foremost

38.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude

39.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight. a land of milk and honey

40.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.

谚语是一门语言的精华，是一个民族智慧的结晶。玩味谚语能够让人变聪明，使用谚语能让作文多加分!下面，英语老师将为大家整理一些常用的谚语，并加以内力引导，点穴你的写作命脉，给高中英语作文增色。

1. Happiness takes no account of time.

【翻译】欢乐不觉时光过。

【解释】

这句话在写各种记叙文时都能用得上，一般放在最后一段的开头，常见于北京卷情景作文的“外出活动”类话题。一旦出现“大家一起出门，做了个什么事儿，然后回家或回学校”这样的话题时，就可以在文章的最后一段写上这样一句话：

As the saying goes， happiness takes no account of time. After 3 hours‘ work， talk and laugh， a gorgeous sunset reminded us that it‘s time to return. Exhausted as we were， we felt our time and effort extremely worthwhile，for 。。。(此处写上活动的意义，如“we devoted the whole afternoon to environmental protection.”)。

正如谚语有云，欢乐不觉时光过。经过了三个小时的辛劳与欢笑，壮丽的夕阳告诉我们，该回家了。尽管很疲惫，我们仍然觉得这些时间、精力花的很值，因为。。。(此处写上活动的意义，如“我们把整个下午都贡献给了环保事业。”)。

北京卷08年考“外出捡垃圾”，09年考“外出种树”，两年的真题都能用到这个谚语和上述表达，大家一定要认真掌握，活学活用!

2. Time and tide wait for no man.

【翻译】时光如潮水，奔腾不待人。

【解释】

这句话是“珍惜时间”话题的必备表达。既可以放在文章开头，又可以放在最后一段第一句。

“Time and tide wait for no man." What a truth it is! If the tide has receded， how can a sailor sail away for his voyage in the sea? Similarly， if the time has gone，how can we enrich our journey in our life?

”时光如潮水，奔腾不待人”，这是何等的真理!潮水退去，水手如何能继续海中的航行?时光流逝，你我如何再灿烂生命的旅程?

【注解】

1、为了体现充沛的情绪，这里用了两个反问句，形成了颇为严格的对仗结构。

2、这句话的汉语和英语同样精彩，值得玩味：在翻译过程中，使用了一个汉语写作中的重量级技巧：形容词当动词用。看出在哪儿了吗?对，就是这个“灿烂生命的旅程”。这着着实实是一个技巧!相似的表达还有很多，老师当场写首诗教给你们：

寂寞我的冬夜

去温柔你的黎明

湿润我的眼眶

去多彩你的黄昏

不安了生命的轨道

又渺小了宇宙的星辰

只期待与你相遇

是沧桑不变的真诚

哈哈，教了几年的英语作文，没想到中文文采也有提高啊，看来语言果然是相通的!同学们赶紧奋起直追吧，期待早日被你超越!

时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金，谚语给予我们很多的启发，大家不妨来看看小编推送的珍惜时间的英语谚语，希望给大家带来帮助！

1．The use of time is a very advanced law.

2．As long as we can make good use of time, we will never worry about the lack of time.

3．An idle youth, a needy age.

4．Time is the development of ability and so on.

5．The plan of the day is in the morning, and the plan of the year lies in the spring, and the plan of life lies in diligence.

6．When many people wandering in a way, they had to move a road, let the people cherish the time to their front.

7．To arrange time properly means to save time.

8．If we are to live on their own for the construction of a full sense of thinking and action of the clock, use it to replace the dull gloom to kill the soul, reproachful and coldly tick the time.

9．Time is my property, my field is time.

10．Time is the most impartial, to any person is twenty-four hours; time is also selfish, to anyone not twenty-four hours.

11．Time is a great writer. It will write perfect endings for everyone.

12．He who has never wasted time has no time to complain.

13．Dont sigh too much; it will not come back; improve it wisely. We should invest in the bewildering future with the firm will of fear and fear.

14．Time is money, Time is money.

15．Dont wait till tomorrow what you do today; dont wait for others to do what you do.

16．Tomorrow will be tomorrow, and tomorrow will be many!

17．Never sigh for the years that have gone, but must face the time that slips away.

18．All mans power is nothing but a mixture of patience and time.

19．Do you love life? Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

20．The golden age is before us, not behind us.

21．He who deserts time, abandons time.

22．In delay there lies no more than twenty, Li Shu, come kiss me, energy-saving, youth easy.

23．Time is like water in a sponge. As long as you are willing to squeeze it, there is always.

24．Of all criticism, the greatest, the most correct, the most gifted is the time.

25．The coming day is even longer than the year before.

26．Any economy is ultimately a matter of time saving.

27．We only live once in the world, so we should cherish the time. You must live a real life and live a worthy life.

28．He who forgets today will be forgotten tomorrow.

29．No matter how time devouring all we need in this time when alive, and strive to win our reputation, so that time can not hurt our sickle.

30．Industrious bees never have time for sorrow.

31．What should be done today is not done, and tomorrow will be delayed.

32．He who gives up time, also gives up.

33．He who dares to waste even an hour shows that he does not appreciate the full value of life.

34．Success = hard work + right method + less empty talk.

35．Wasting time is a great crime.

36．He who abandons today will not have tomorrow, but yesterday will be the running water.

37．Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.

38．The way to finish work is to love every minute.

39．Time is the soil of all the achievements in the world. Time makes the dreamer miserable and makes the maker happy.

40．Time is great teacher.

41．Ten thousand years too long, seize the day.

42．Live each day as if it were your last.

43．All the savings, in the final analysis, are attributed to time savings.

44．There is no way to make when I knocked over, for hour.

45．Life is short, if the wasted years, it would be too long.

46．Spring is not retained, no wonder the east wind evil.

47．A, many littles make a mickle. A few seconds, though not long, constitute a great age in the eternal river.

[珍惜时间的英语谚语

1、Believe in yourself.

相信你自己！

2、Like father, like son.

有其父必有其子。

3、Life is not all roses.

人生并不是康庄大道。

4、Learn to walk before you run.

先学走，再学跑。

5、The good or ill of man lies within his own will.

人的善良或邪恶都存在于他。

6、Dont aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

如果你想要成功，不要去追求成功；尽管做你自己热爱的事情并且相信它，成功自然到来。

7、You cannot improve your past, but you can improve your future. Once time is wasted, life is wasted.

你不能改变你的过去，但你可以让你的未来变得更美好。一旦时间浪费了，生命就浪费了。

8、The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

对明天做好的准备就是今天做到最好！

9、Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow.

今日事今日毕！

10、Jack of all trades and master of none.

门门精通，样样稀松。

11、Behind every successful man theres a lot u unsuccessful years.

每个成功者的后面都有很多不成功的岁月。

12、Genius only means hard-working all ones life.

天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。

13、Great works are performed not by strengh, but by perseverance.

完成伟大的事业不在于体力，而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。

14、Constant dripping wears away the stone.

锲而不舍，金石可镂。

15、The first blow is half the battle.

良好的开端是成功的一半。

16、The good seaman is known in bad weather.

惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。

17、Cease to struggle and you cease to live.

生命不止，奋斗不息。

18、I feel strongly that I can make it.

我坚信我一定能成功。

19、Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.

困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。

20、For man is man and master of his fate.

人就是人，是自己命运的主人。

谚语是一种熟语，是在群众中广泛流传的固定语句，用简单通俗的话语反映深刻的道理。英语谚语也将成为英语学习的重要内容，在英语学习中发挥重要的作用。本文将主要探讨英语谚语在英语教育中的作用。

1.There is no rose without a thorn.

没有不带刺的玫瑰。世上没有十全的幸福。

2.An old dog will learn no new tricks.

老狗学不出新把戏。老顽固不能学新事物。

3.A good dog deserves a good bone.

好狗应该得好骨头。 有功者受奖。

4.the children from well-fed family.

膏粱子弟

5.pour water off a steep roof(operate from a strategically advantageous position)

高屋建筑

6.Bad workmen often blame their tools.

拙匠常怪工具差。(不会撑船怪河弯)。

7.He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.

己不正不正人(笑别人驼背的人得自己首先把身子挺直)

you should not cast the first stone.欲责他人，先思己过

8.Its a long lane that has no turning.

路必有弯。(事必有变)。(瓦片也有翻身日)。

9.Onw swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。

10.No smoke without fire.

无火不起烟。(无风不起浪)。

11.Ill news comes apace.

好事不出门，坏事传千里。

12.He sho keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

13.Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.

山中无老虎，猴子称大王。

14.Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同。

15.Strike while the iron is hot.

趁热打铁。

16.Like father, like son.

有其父必有其子。

17.Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者，事竟成。

18.The days of our years are three-score years and ten.

人生七十古来稀。

19.the apple of the eye.

掌上明珠。

20.hide ones light under a bushel.

不露锋芒。

21.new wine in old bottles.

旧瓶装新酒。

22.a dead dog.

废物或无价值之物。

23.eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

24.between the devil and the deep sea.

进退两难 进退维谷。

25.escape by the skin of ones teeeth.

死里逃生。 幸免于死。

26.hole and corner.

偷偷摸摸。 鬼鬼祟祟。

27.a broken reed.

压伤的苇杖。 不能依靠的东西或人。

28.entertain an angel unawares.

有眼不识泰山。

29.much cry and little wool.

雷声大，雨点小。

30.a lion in the way.

拦路虎。

31.everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost.

人不为己，天诛地灭。

32.kick against the pricks.

以卵击石。 螳臂当车。

33.a fly in the ointment.

一只老鼠坏了一锅汤。

34.no respecter of persons.

一视同仁。

35.wash ones hands of a thing.

洗手不干。 与某事无关。

36.cast pearls before swine.

对牛弹琴。 明珠暗投。

37.the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

心有余而力不足。

38.separate the sheep from the goats.

分辨良莠。

39.in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

聪明保险的办法是向大量谋士求计。

40.all the rivers run into the sea;yet the sea is not full.

百川归海而海不盈。

41.for we brought nothing into whis world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

因为我们没带什么到世界上来，也不能带什么去。

42.bay the moon.

干徒劳无益的事。

43.whats done is done.

事情干了就算了。

44.murder will out.(truth will come to light.)

纸包不住火。真相终将大白。

45.strange bedfellows.

同床异梦。

46.be hoist with ones own petard .

作法自毙。作茧自缚。

47.to paint the lily.

画蛇添足。实在是浪费而可笑的事。

48.much ado about nothing.

无事生非。

49.love is blind.

爱情是盲目的。 情人眼里出西施。

50.a dog in the manger.

占着茅坑不拉屎。在其位不谋其政。

谚语是广泛流传于民间的言简意赅的短语，多数反映了劳动人民的生活实践经验，而且一般都是经过口头传下来的。接下来是小编为你带来的励志英语谚语大全。

1.Pride hurts, modesty benefits.

满招损,谦受益。

2.Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.

劳动强体,磨难强智。

3.One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.

台上一分钟,台下十年功。

4.The longest journey begins with the first step.

千里之行,始于足下。

5.Every little helps.

积少成多。

6.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way.

有志者,事竟成。

7.Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.

世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。

8.Rome was not built in a day.

伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒。

9.God helps those who help themselves.

自助者天助。

10.More haste, less speed.

欲速则不达。

11.A rolling stone gathers no moss.

滚石不聚苔,转行不聚财。

12.When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

入乡随俗。

13.Knowledge is a measure, but practise is the key to it.

知识是珍宝,而实践是获取它的钥匙。

14.Lost time is never found again.

光阴一去不复返。

15.Lost years are worse than lost dollars.

一寸光阴一寸金,寸今难买寸光阴。

16.Behind bad luck comes good luck.

塞翁失马,焉知非福。

17.All for one, one for all.

我为人人,人人为我。

18.Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.

己所不欲,勿施于人。

19.Suspicion is the poison of friendship.

怀疑是对友谊所下的毒药。

20.He laughs best who laughs last.

谁笑到最后,谁笑得最美。

21.Follow your own course, and let people talk.

走自己的路,让别人说去吧.

22.Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

主动性就是在没有人告诉时做正确的事情.

23.Think twice before acting.

三思而后行.

24.Adversity reveals genius, fortune conceals it.

苦难显才华,好运藏天知.

25.The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.

水能载舟,亦能覆舟.

26.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

宁为鸡头,不为凤尾.

27.A stitch in time saves nine.

防微杜渐.

28.Diamond cuts diamond.

强中更有强中手.

29.The early bird catches the worm.

捷足先登.

30.Whatever you go, go with all your heart.

无论做什么事,一定要全力以赴.

31.The world is but a little place, after all.

海内存知己,天涯若比邻.

32.It is better to be a head of dog than a tail of a lion.

宁为鸡头,不为凤尾.

33.A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口.

34.Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量.

35.Money is not everything.

金钱不是万能的.

36.Time and tide wait no man.

时不我待.

37.A young idler, an old beggar.

少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲.

38.Strike while the iron is hot.

趁热打铁.

39.Every man has his price.

天生我才必有用.

40.He who sees through life and death will meet with most success.

看破生死的人能成大事.

41.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

世上无难事,只要肯登攀.

42.Noting venture, noting gain.

不入虎穴,焉得虎子.

43.It never rains but it pours.

不鸣则已,一鸣惊人.

44.Losers are always in the wrong.

胜者为王,败者为寇.

45.Man proposes, God deposes.

谋事在人,成事在天.

46.Many hands make light work.

众人拾柴火焰高.

47.No cross, no crown.

不经风雨,怎能见彩虹.

48.No pain, no gain.

没有付出,就没有收获.

49.Not to advance is to go back.

不进则退.

50.No way is impossible to courage.

勇者无惧.

51. All is not gold that glitters./All that glitters is not gold.

闪光的不一定是黄金.

52.The strong pass of the enemy is like a wall of iron, yet with firm strides we are conquring its summit.

雄关漫道真如铁,而今迈步从头越.

53.My journey is long and winding, I will keep on exploring my way far and wide.

路漫漫其修远兮,我将上下而求索.

54.You get what you pay off.

一分价钱一分货.

55.Seeing is believing.

眼见为实.

56.Where theres smoke without fire.

无风不起浪.

57.Where theres oppression theres resistance.

哪里有压迫,哪里就有反抗.

58.All the Evils to be considered with the Good, that is in them, and with that worse attends them.

祸兮福所依,福兮祸所伏.

59.Make your whole years plan in the spring and the whole days plan in the morning.

一年之计在于春,一天之计在于晨.

60.Details is the key to success.

细节决定成败.

61.A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.

男人对他的情人最爱,对他的妻子最好,而对他母亲的爱最长久.

62.A big tree falls not at the first stroke.

一斧子砍不倒大树.

63.Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早睡早起身体好.

64.Ask not what your country can do for you; Ask what you can do for your country.

不要问你的国家能为你做什么,而要问你能为你的国家做什么.

65.Repent,for the kingdom of heaven is near.

忏悔吧,因为天国已经不远了.

66.Rejoicing in hope, patienting in trabulation.

从希望中得到快乐,在磨难中保持坚韧.

67.Never put off until tomorrow what may be done today.

今日事今日毕.

68.Something attempted, something done.

没有尝试,就没有成功.

69.Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

好处着想,坏处准备.

70.Great hope makes great man.

伟大的思想造就伟大的人.

71.Well begun is half done.

好的开端是成功的一半.

72.Good wine needs no bush.

酒好不怕巷子深.

73.Industry is the parent of success.

成功源于勤奋.

74.Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同.

75.Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧.

76.Still waters run deep.

静水流深.

77.Little stone fell great oaks.

滴水穿石.

78.The membrance of the past is the teacher of the future.

前事不忘,后事之师.

79.A hedge between keeps friendship green.

君子之交淡如水.

80.Take time while time is, for time will away.

机不可失,失不再来.

81.Two heads are better than one.

集思广益.

82.Provide for a rainy day.

未雨绸缪.

83.True blue will never strain.

真金不怕火炼.

84.You have to believe in yourself. Thats the secret of success.

必须相信自己,这是成功的秘诀.

85.A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志.

86.A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

身正不怕影子歪.

87.There is plenty of fish in the sea.

天涯何处无芳草.

88.Cats hind their paws.

大智若愚.

89.Judge not a book by its cover.(Never judge from appearances.)

人不可貌相,海水不可斗量.

90.All shall be well, Jack shall have jill.

有情人终成眷属.

91.The good seaman is known in bad weather.

惊涛骇浪,方显英雄本色.

92.Where there is life, there is hope.

留得青山在,不怕没柴少.

93.All thing are difficult before they are easy.

万事开头难.

94.Life is not all roses.

人生并不都是康庄大道.

95.Heaven never seals off all the exits.

天无绝人之路.

96.Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar?

有朋自远方来不亦乐乎?

97.Reading is always profitable.

开卷有益.

98.A gentleman acts on behalf of an understanding friend, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her lover.

士为知己者用,女为说悦己者容.

99.Actions speak louder that words.

事实胜于雄辩.

100.Mastery of work comes from diligent application, and success deponds on forethought.

业精于勤,行成于思

1、(as)greedy as a wolf (非常贪婪， 贪得无厌)

2、cry wolf (喊“狼来了”， 发假警报)

3、eat like a wolf (贪婪地吃， 狼吞虎咽)

4、have [hold] a wolf by ears (骑虎难下)

5、have a wolf in the stomach (饿极了 )

6、He sets the fox to keep the geese、引狼入室。

7、When the fox preaches， take care of your geese、黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。

8、the wolf at the door 比喻家庭面临的财政问题。

9、He holds a wolf by the ears、拧狼耳，即骑虎难下。

10、The wolf may lose his teeth，but never his nature.狼的牙齿会掉，本性却改不了。

11、The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.(狼死羊安)

12、a lone wolf (不喜欢与人来往的人， 喜欢独居的人; 独自作案的罪犯 )

13、wolf-call (色鬼调戏妇女时的怪叫 wolffish )

14、Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden，or a wolf with sheepfold、不能请羊管菜园，不能请狼管羊圈。

15、Who keeps company with wolves， will learn to howl、和狼在一起，就会学狼叫。

16、Man is a wolf to man、人对人是狼。(人心狠，人吃人)

17、A growing youth has a wolf in his belly、年轻人，在成长，吃起饭来像饿狼。

18、A wolf in sheeps clothing 匹着羊皮的狼。

19、The wolf may lose his teeth，but never his nature.(狼的牙齿会掉，本性却改不了。)

20、wolf in sheeps clothing (披着羊皮的狼 )

21、cry wolf (虚张声势;报谎喊“狼来了” )

22、One must howl with the wolves、(跟狼在一起， 就得学狼叫; 入乡随俗。)

23、sea wolf (狼; 任何贪食的大海鱼。海盗; 私掠船。潜艇。)

24、see[have seen]a wolf (张口结舌， 说不出话来。)

25、set the wolf to keep the sheep (叫狼看守羊; 引狼入室。)

26、the big bad wolf (令人恐怖的人或物。)

27、throw to the wolves (送入虎口; 置...于险境)

28、wake a sleeping wolf (自找麻烦)

29、He who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl、(跟狼在一起， 就会学狼叫; 近墨者黑。)

30、keep the wolf from the door (拒狼门外。也可翻译成“免于挨饿，勉强度日”)。

31、have a wolf in ones stomach (肚里有狼)是指“饥肠辘辘”。

32、have a wolfish appetite 是“有狼一般的食欲”。

33、to wolf down ones food 是“狼吞虎咽的吃东西”。

34、Keep the wolf from the door 是“得免饥寒”。

35、We were in those days very poor，and keeping the wolf from the door proved no easy task 那时，我们很穷，求温饱很不容易。

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I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea. 进退维谷。

I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles. 我不是奴隶，也不是俘虏，我有力量可以克服更大的艰难险阻。

I am not now that which I have been. (I am not what I used to be.) 今日之我已非昔日之我。

I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. 我不仅要使自己有才智，而且也要使别人有才智。

I believe the first test of 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。

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 我不能既是你的朋友，而又对你阿谀奉承。

I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends. 我认为，只有在脑海中想起好朋友时我才会那样快乐。

Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. 理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我们犹如水手，可借它指引航向。

Idle folks have most labour. 懒汉总嫌活太多。

Idle folks lack no excuses. 懒汉辩解，何患无词。

Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. 懒惰是行乞的敲门砖，是万恶的根源。

Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice). 懒惰是万恶之源。

Idleness is the rust of the mind. 懒惰使脑子生锈。

Idleness rusts the mind. 懒惰使人的头脑迟钝。

Idle young, needy old. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

If a donkey bray at you, dont bray at him. 傻瓜惹著你，你别跟他缠。

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. 如果倒空钱袋，装入脑袋，那就无人能够把钱夺走。

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics. 如果以肯定开始，必将以怀疑告终;如果愿以怀疑开始，必将以肯定告终。

If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. 初试不成功，努力勿懈怠。

If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors; rest, cheerful-ness, and moderate diet. 如果医药不能帮助，那么注意三件事∶休息，愉快，饮食调和。

If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city (or street). 众擎易举。

I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts. 敌人献礼品，千万莫轻信。

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. 注意好品行，自有美名声。

If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. (If it is not broken, do not fix it.) 不正确的事不做，不真实的话不说。

If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人是靠希望活著的。

If matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. 重要的并不在于一个人怎样死，而是在于他怎样生。

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. 不做金钱的主人，就会做金钱的奴隶。

If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault. 如果没有人爱你，肯定是你自己有问题。

If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price. 如果想做成点事，就得付出代价一干。

If the beard were all, the goat might preach. 如果有了?需就什么都行，那么山羊也可以说教了。

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 问道于盲，无益于事。

If the counsel be good no matter who gave it. 只要忠告中肯，谁提都行。

If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不馋，心不贪。

If the old dog barks, he gives counsel. 如果老狗叫，他是给忠告。

If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. 丸药不苦不会加糖衣。

If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain. 雨雪不调，五谷价高。

If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 吃得苦中苦，方知甜中甜。

If the sky fll (or falls), we shall catch larks. 异想天开

If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture. 若有人称赞你，要自问对不对。

If things were to be done twice all would be wise. 事事倘能做两次，人人都可称明智。

If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind. 两人同骑一马，必有一人在后。

If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him. 如果我们决定宽恕一个敌人，但决不能相信他。

If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 随遇而安。

If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 智者干傻事，愚蠢到极点。

If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 愿望不等于事实。

If you agree to carry the calf, theyll make you carry the cow. 得寸进尺。

If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you. 运气太好，得意忘形;运气太坏，无人理会。

If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue. 如果不健康而能强强壮壮，那么无美德也可快快乐乐。

If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. 不能打仗，切莫出兵。

If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你现有的吧。

If you command wisely, youll be obeyed cheerfully. 倘君指挥有方，人人欣然听命。

If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. 施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。

If you dance you must pay the fiddler. 要想寻欢作乐，代价非付不可。

If you dont aim high you will never hit high. 不立大志，难攀高峰。

If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist. 巧妇难为无米之炊。

If you lie upon roses when young, youll lie upon thorns when old. 年青时躺在玫瑰上，老年时就会躺在荆棘上。

If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 远朱者赤，近墨者黑。

If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled. 一块一块把石移，高山也可变平地。

If you run after two heares, you will catch neither. 两头落空。

If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 蚀了本也输了利。

If you swear you will catch no fish. 咒骂无益，于事无济。

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 不试就相信，死前要悔恨。

If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。

If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情，就要自己动手。

If you want knwledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知识，必须刻苦学习。

If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. 想要和平，必须备战。

If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 如要忠告向老人请教。

If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation. 若想为快乐奠立可靠的基础，美好的名声便是奠基的石头。

If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得贤妻子，须娶好女儿。

If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. 如要是情做得好，你须亲自动手搞。

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. 欲知金钱价，不妨把钱借;借钱味难尝，使人心悲伤。

If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想与人成仇结怨，只要借钱给人再催还。

Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 厚颜无耻由于愚昧无知。

Ignorance is the mother of suspicions. 无知会多疑。

Ignorance of the law excuses no man. 对法律不知不能免罪。

I hate to see things done by halves. -- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone. 事情不要做一半;对的，就做下去，不对，就丢开。

I have no secret of success but hard work. 成功无秘诀，只是努力干。

I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish. 酒肉之交非朋友。

I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 是上无天才，勤学加苦练。

Ill air slays sooner thant the sword. 污浊的空气杀人比刀还要快。

Ill-gotten goods never prosper. 发横财，家不发

Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent. 悖入悖出。

Ill-gotten wealth never thrives. 悖入悖出。

Ill news comes space. 恶事传千里。

Ill news flies fast. 恶事传千里。

Ill news never comes too late 坏消息来得快。

Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。

Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想像力比知识更重要。

Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality. 想像有时比现实生动得多。

Imagination is the source of creation. 想象是创作之源。

I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. 成功之道唯三点∶努力、努力、再努力。

Improve your time and your time will improve you. 珍惜时间，时间才会珍惜你。

In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. 平静的海上易驶船。

In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned. 发现大河有大鱼，可得注意别溺毙。

In all things, it is better to hope than to despair. 凡事抱希望为佳，不应悲观而失望。

In an enemy spots are soon seen. 敌人的缺点容易找。

In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 历代最伟大的思想都载入史册而不朽。

In doing we learn. 行而知。

Industry if fortunes right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。

Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full. 勤奋使身体健康，使心情开朗，使思想专注，使经济充裕。

In every beginning think of the end. 思前顾后。

In every country dogs bite. 天下的狗都要咬人。

In every rank, great or small, Tis industry supports us all. 不论高的低的各级人士，所持的都是勤劳。

In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做，二不休。

In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn. 丰年五谷贱如草，荒年稻草贵如粮。

In life, as in chess, forethought wins 人生如下棋，多谋得胜利。

In lifes earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. 在人生的搏斗中，只有日日前进不甘失败的人，才能获胜。

In moderating, not satisfying, desires, lies peace. 节欲不纵情，心情得安宁。

I now know that wars do not end wars. 如今我才弄明白，干戈不能化玉帛。

In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. 处顺境时要小心，处逆境时要耐心。

In prosperity think of adversity. 居安思危。

Interest will not lie. 兴趣不会说谎。

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. 顺利时要快乐，不利时要思索。

In the deepest water is the best fishing. 绝处能逢生。

In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever. 选择妻子也象策画战争，一时之错将成终身之恨。

In the end things will mend. 船到桥头自会直。

In the evening one may praise the day. 入夜方能赞美白昼。

In the grave the rich and poor lie equal. 人到黄泉，贫富同眠。

In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed man is king. 盲人国里，独眼称王。

In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart. 明镜照容颜，醇酒见人心。

In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 谋士多，保安全。

In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom. 处世似游泳，不会即下沉。

In time of peace prepare for war. 居安思危。

In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty. 富在深山有远亲，穷在闹市无人问。

In water you may see your own face; in wine, the heart of another 水中可见自己的脸，酒中可见别人的心。

In wine there is truth. 酒后吐真言。

In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden. 青年时代是黄金的，壮年时代是白银的，老年时代是灰铅的。

I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. 我抱憾的是，只有一次生命能献给祖国。

I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame. 我认为，人丧失了廉耻就完了。

I say little but I think the more. 我说得少，但我想得多。

I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty. 睡时梦觉生活是美事，醒来发现生活是责任。

I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated. 我成功是因为有决心，从不犹豫。

It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips 骄傲的心碰上献媚的嘴，是最危险不过的。

It is a good horse that never stumbles. 良马不失蹄。

It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none. 善心不想坏事，好舌不出恶声。

It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune. 对己之不幸付之一笑，这是一门伟大的艺术。

It is a long lane that has no turning. 路必有弯。

It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody. 信任任何人和不信任任何人，同样是缺点。

It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb. 狐狸舔羔羊，这是凶迹象。

It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外扬。

It is a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知世间有乐者最可怜。

It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait. 蠢人才吃两次亏。

It is a silly goose that comes to the foxs sermon. 只有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。

It is a small flock that has not a black sheep. 家家难免有败类。

It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 识时务者为俊杰。

It is a wise father that knows his own child. 父贤知其子。

It is better to be alone than in bad company. 无友要比交坏友好。

It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame. 宁可穿破衣，不可蒙羞耻。

It is better to be safe than sorry. 事后追悔不如事前稳妥。

It is better to do well than to say well. 理论好不如实际好。

It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill. 与其抱怨，不如积善。

It is better to please a fool than to anger him. 惹得傻瓜发火，不如使他快活。

It is better to wear out than to rust out. 与其锈掉，不如用坏。

It is dogged (that) does it. 天下无难事，只怕有心人。

It is easier to descend than to ascend. 下降容易上升难。

It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it. 提出忠告易，照著办事难。

It is easier to pull down than build. 败事容易成事难。

It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. 养虎易，驯虎难。

It is easy to be wise after the event. 当事后诸葛亮容易。

It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. 对每一件事知道一些是容易的，对任何一件事详细知道是困难的。

It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 开设店铺易，维持常开难。

It is easy to prophesy after the event. 事后诸葛亮，预言顶便当。

It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸鱼。

It is good to be merry at meal. 席间心情愉快是为上策。

It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患难时得到朋友是幸运的。

It is good to learn at another mans cost. 前车之覆，后车之鉴。

It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 养女容易嫁女难。

It is hard to please all parties. 取悦各方，谈何容易。

It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country. 对朋友不义，不可能对国家效忠。

It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施恩比受惠更有福。

It is more pain to do nothing than something. 什么都不做要比做一点更不好受。

It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice. 在同一个人那里上两次当只能怪自己。

It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove. 老鹰胜鸽，不足为荣。

It is not every couple that is a pair. 成双并非皆配偶。

It is not good to make a sleeping lion. 弄醒睡狮不是好事。

It is not helps, but obstaceles, 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。

It is not how long but how well we live. 问题不是活得长不长而是活得好不好。

It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age. 一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习不懂的东西，这不是羞耻。

It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。

It is not work that kills, but worry. 劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。

It is no use crying over spilt milk. 泼水难收。

It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. 话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。

It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都应该用得其所。

It is the first step that costs. 万事开头难。

It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements ofsuperiority from their mother. 一切优秀的人通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。

It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the error. 人总不免要犯错误，只有蠢人才坚持不改。

It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own. 愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错处而忘却了自己的过失。

It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it. 只要真正渴求知识，都能得到，这是知识的特点。

It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock. 船触礁后在抛锚，为时已经太晚了。

It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down. 马后炮。

It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. 贼出关门。

It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. 大智若愚。

It matters not how long we live but how. 问题不是活得多么长，而是活得怎么样。

It never rains but it pours. 祸不单行。(不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。)

Its a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles. 良马不失蹄，贤妻不聒絮。

Its a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知人间有乐趣者最可怜。

Its a poor mouse that has only on hole. 鼠只有一洞，必先把命送。

Its earier to run down the hill than go up. 下山容易上山难。

Its easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again. 堕入陷阱易，脱离陷阱难。

Its hard sailing when there is no wind. 没有风难航行。

Its no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure. 高价卖不为过，短斤少两才有罪。

Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子重德不重衣。

Its no use pumping a dry well. 徒劳无益。

It takes all sorts to make a world. 万千事物，形成世界。

It takes two to make a quarrel. 要有两个人才吵得起来。

I was born anAmerican; I live an American; I shall die an American. 我生下来是美国人，活著是美国人，死时也是美国人。

I wept when I was born,, and every day shows why. 我生下时啼哭，后来每天的生活说明了为什么。

I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading 宁为穷汉住搁楼，拥有好书任我读，不愿身居帝王位，纵有好书不爱读。

I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines of gold. 我宁愿得到人们的深情至爱，而不愿黄金成雄。

谚语是广泛流传于民间的言简意赅的短语，多数反映了劳动人民的生活实践经验，而且一般都是经过口头传下来的。接下来是小编为你带来的关于习惯的英语谚语。

Custom is a second nature.

习惯是第二天性。

Habit is second nature.

习惯成自然。

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。

Custom makes all things easy.

若照习惯办，万事皆不难。

Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

Dont leave todays work for tomorrow.

当日事，当日毕。

1、A man is never too old to learn.

活到老，学到老。

2、Beauty is but skin-deep.

不可以貌取人。

3、After rain comes fair weather.

否极泰来。

4、A bad custom is like a good cake， better broken than kept.

蛋糕莫保留，坏习气要除掉。

5、An ill workman quarrels with his tools.

不会撑船怪河弯。

6、A lazy youth， a lousy age.

少年懒惰，老来贫苦。

7、Adversity makes a man wise， not rich.

困难和不幸不能使人富有，却能使人聪明。

8、As you brew， so you must drink.

自作自受。

9、Better a little loss than a long sorrow.

宁可作点牺牲，不要长久悲痛。

10、Be slow in choosing a friend， slower in changing.

择友宜慎，弃之宜更慎。

11、All things are difficult before they are easy.

万事开头难。

12、A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

一知半解，害已误人。

13、Bad luck always comes in threes.

祸不单行。

14、A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

美好的事物永远是一种快乐。

15、Better early than late.

宁早勿迟。

16、An empty bag cannot stand upright.

空袋子放不真。

17、After supper walk a mile.

饭后百步走，活到九十九。

18、Better late than never.

这到总比不到强。

19、Be swift to hear， slow to speak.

多听少说。

20、All beginnings are hard.

万事开头难。

21、A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛照亮了别人，燃尽了自己。

22、Act fairly by all men.

一视同仁。

23、Be slow to promise and quick to perform.

重诺守信。

24、A little is better than none.

有一点总比没有好。

25、An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

一日之计在于晨。

26、A picture is a poem without words.

画为无言诗。

27、A little labour， much health.

常常走动，无病无痛。

28、All are not friends that speak us fair.

说好话的不一定都是朋友。

29、A little learning is a dangerous thing.

浅学寡识是件危险的事。

30、An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

一天一个苹果，医生不来找我。

31、An idle youth， a needy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

32、An evil lesson is soon learned.

学坏容易。

33、An honest man‘s word is as good as his bond.

君子一言，驷马难追。

34、Better be sure than sorry.

要安全，不要危险。

35、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只工作而无娱乐会使人愚钝。

36、A door must be either shut or open.

门不关就得开，二者必居其一。

37、Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

38、A merry heart goes all the way.

心情愉快，办事痛快。

39、Bad news travels fast.

坏事传千里。

40、A snow year， a good year.

瑞雪兆丰年。

41、A work ill done must be twice done.

工作未干好，只得重返工。

42、Better a little fire to warm us， than a great fire to burn us.

宁要小火暖身，不要大火灼人。

43、A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation.

人无知犹如房屋无基。

44、A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

开头不好，结尾必糟。

45、A tree is known by its fruit.

观其行而知其人。

46、Art is long， life is short.

生有涯而知无涯。

47、A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

两鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。

48、A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。

49、A little help is worth a deal of pity.

一次行动胜过一筐空话。

50、Beauty is truth， truth beauty.

美即是真，真即是美。

51、A life without a friend is a life without a sun.

人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有阳光。

52、As a man sows， so shall he reap.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

53、As one door closes， another door opens.

天无绝人之路。

54、As the wind blows， you must set your sail.

趁风扬帆。

55、A bad workman always blames his tools.

劣工咎器。

56、A thousand mile trip begins with one step.

千里之行，始于足下。

57、A word to the wise is enough.

聪明人不用细说。

58、All roads lead to Rome.

处处有路通长安。

59、A good beginning makes a good ending.

欲善其终，必先善其始。

60、A little of everything， and nothing at all.

样样皆通，样样稀松。

附加阅读：谚语“天要下雨，娘要嫁人”的来源

传说古时候有个名叫朱耀宗的书生，天资聪慧，满腹经纶，进京赶考高中状元。皇上殿试见他不仅才华横溢，而且长得一表人才， 便将他招为驸马。

“春风得意马蹄疾”，循惯例朱耀宗一身锦绣新贵还乡。临行前，朱耀宗奏明皇上，提起他的母亲如何含辛茹苦，如何从小将他培养成人，母子俩如何相依为命，请求皇上为他多年守寡一直不嫁的母亲树立贞节牌坊。皇上闻言甚喜，心中更加喜爱此乘龙快婿，准允所奏。

朱耀宗喜滋滋地日夜兼程，回家拜见母亲。当朱耀宗向娘述说了树立贞节牌坊一事后，原本欢天喜地的朱母一下子惊呆了，脸上露出不安的神色，欲言又止，似有难言之隐。

朱耀宗大惑不解，惊愕地问：

“娘，您老哪儿不舒服？”

“心口痛着哩。”

“怎么说痛就痛起来了？”

“儿呀，”朱母大放悲声，

“你不知道做寡妇的痛苦，长夜秉烛，垂泪天明，好不容易将你熬出了头！娘现在想着有个伴儿安度后半生，有件事我如今告诉你，娘要改嫁，这贞节牌坊我是无论如何不能接受的。”

“娘，您要嫁谁？”

“你的恩师张文举。”

听了娘的回答，好似晴天一声炸雷，毫无思想准备的朱耀宗顿时被击倒了，“扑通”一下跪在娘的面前：

“娘，这千万使不得。您改嫁叫儿的脸面往哪儿搁？再说，这‘欺君之罪’难免杀身之祸啊！”

朱母一时语塞，在儿子和恋人之间无法做到两全其美。

原来，朱耀宗八岁时丧父，朱母陈秀英强忍年轻丧夫的悲痛，她见儿子聪明好学，读书用功，特意聘请有名的秀才张文举执教家中。由于张文举教育有方，朱耀宗学业长进很快。

朱母欢喜，对张文举愈加敬重。朝夕相处，张文举的人品和才华深深打动了陈秀英的芳心，张文举对温柔贤惠的陈秀英也产生了爱慕之情，两人商定，待到朱耀宗成家立业后正式结婚，白首偕老。

殊不料，这桩姻缘却要被蒙在鼓里的朱耀宗无意中搅黄了，出现了这样尴尬的局面。

解铃还须系铃人。正值左右为难之际，朱母不由长叹一声：

“那就听天由命吧。”

她说着随手解下身上一件罗裙，告诉朱耀宗说：

“明天你替我把裙子洗干净，一天一夜晒干，如果裙子晒干，我便答应不改嫁；如果裙子不干，天意如此，你也就不用再阻拦了。”

这一天晴空朗日，朱耀宗心想这事并不难做。便点头同意。谁知当夜阴云密布，天明下起暴雨，裙子始终是湿漉漉的，朱耀宗心中叫苦不迭，知是天意。

陈秀英则认认真真地对儿子说：

“孩子，天要下雨，娘要嫁人，天意不可违！”

事已至此，多说无益。朱耀宗只得将母亲和恩师的婚事如实报告皇上，请皇上治罪。皇上连连称奇，降道御旨：“不知者不怪罪，天作之合，由她去吧。”

从此，人们便把“天要下雨，娘要嫁人”这句话，用来形容天意如此，谁也逆转不了的事情。

A friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy his crimes.

朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。

A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.

囊中有钱，不如朝中有友。

A friend is a second self.

朋友是另一个我。

A friend is best found in adversity.

患难见真友。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

广交友，无深交。

A friend without faults will never be found.

没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。

He that has a full purse never wants a friend.

只要袋里有，不愁没朋友。

Life without a friend is death without a witness.

在世无朋友，死后无证人。

To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.

维持友谊需要三点∶当面尊重他，背后赞扬他，需要时帮助他。

We can live without a brother, but not without a friend.

我们生活中可以没有兄弟，但不能没有朋友。

Without a friend the world is a wilderness.

没有朋友，世界就等於一片荒野。

A bosom friend afar brings distant land near.

海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.

在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合要表扬你的朋友。

An empty purse frightens many friends.

囊中无分文，亲友不上门。

A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.

失友皆从借钱起。

A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many.

朋友千人尚觉少，仇敌一人犹嫌多。

A true friend is known in the day of adversity.

疾风知劲草，患难见真情。

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

书籍如朋友，应该少而精。

Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

来而不往非礼也。

Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is.

友谊地久天长。

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

真正的朋友好似两个身子长著一颗心。

Better an open enemy than a false friend.

明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。

Better deny at once than promise long.

轻诺必寡信。

knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.

知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

Better be out of the world than out of fashion.

不合潮流不如脱离尘世。

learn wisdom by the follies of others.

从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。

to him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.

事事及时做，一日胜三日。

Bed is a midicine.

睡好觉，如服药。

to save time is to lengthen life.

节省时间就是延长生命。

when an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.

机不可失，时不再来;机会一过，永不再来。

A work ill done must be twice done.

未做好的活，需要重新做。

make hay while the sun shines.

晒草要趁太阳好。

Constant dropping wears away a stone. 滴水穿石。

Content is better than riches. 知足常乐。

Content is happiness. 知足常乐。

Conversation makes one what he is. 言如其人。

Councils of war never fight. 主战者不打仗。

Counsel after action is like rain after harvest. 放马后炮。

Counsel must be followed, not praised. 忠告必须照办，而不是赞美。

Count not your chickens before they are hatched. 不要过早乐观。

Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和决心是美德的灵魂。

Courtesy costs nothing. 谦虚恭敬，不用分文。

Cowards are cruel. 懦夫不仁。

You cannot catch old birds with chaff.用粗糠捉不住老鸟。

you can lead a horse to water , but you cannot make him drink牵马到河易，逼马饮水难。

Unable to fly ,in vain the bird flaps his wings. 鸟儿不会飞，拍翅也枉然。

Trusted aids are eliminated when they have outlived their usefulness. 兔死狗烹。

The fox mourns the death of the hare. 兔死狐悲。

Pigs may fly,but they are very unlikely birds. 猪儿纵会飞，终究不是鸟。

One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。

One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不报春。

Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍。

Early bird catches the worm。早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱。

Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟心儿齐。

Better be a free bird than a captive king. 宁为自由鸟，不作被困王。

A running horse needs no spur. 奔马无需鞭策。

A rabbit isn’t to be harnessed. 兔子驾不了辕。

A horse may stumble on four feet. 马有四条腿，亦有失蹄时。

A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 好马不会毛色差。

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟，闻言识人。

导语：谚语是广泛流传于民间的言简意赅的短语，多数反映了劳动人民的生活实践经验，而且一般都是经过口头传下来的。下面由小编为大家整理的鼓励别人的英语谚语，欢迎大家阅读与借鉴！

1.great hopes make great man. （伟大的理想造就伟大的人。）

2.god helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。）

3.Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.

4.in doing we learn.（实践长才干。）

5.Never underestimate your power to change yourself! 永远不要低估你改变自我的能力！

6.Nothing is impossible! 没有什么不可能！

7.Nothing for nothing. 不费力气，一无所得。

8.The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ". (Bonapar te Napoleon ,French emperor ) 凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。( 法国皇帝 拿破仑. B.)

9.I will greet this day with love in my heart. 我要用全身心的爱来迎接今天

10.Do what you say,say what you do 做你说过的，说你能做的

11.I can make it through the rain. I can stand up once again on my own. 我可以穿越云雨，也可以东山再起(Mariah Carey-through the rain)

12.All things come to those who wait. 苍天不负有心人

13.from small beginning come great things.（伟大始于渺小。）

14.one today is worth two tomorrows.（一个今天胜似两个明天。）

15.truth never fears investigation.（事实从来不怕调查。）

16.the tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.（舌无骨却能折断骨。）

17.a bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。）

18.knowing something of everything and everything of something. （通百艺而专一长。）

19.good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是无价宝。）

20.A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step. 千里之行，始于足下。

21.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。]

22.while there is life, there is hope. （有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。）

23.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。]

24.storms make trees take deeper roots. （风暴使树木深深扎根。）[感激敌人，感激挫折！]

25.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。]

26.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。]

27.all things are difficult before they are easy. （凡事必先难后易。）[放弃投机取巧的幻想。]

28.east or west, home is best.（东好西好，还是家里最好。）

29.two heads are better than one.（三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。）

30.good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有良伴就是捷径。）

31.constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石。）

32.misfortunes never come alone/single.（祸不单行。）

33.misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不经灾祸不知福。）

34.better late than never.（迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来好。）

35.its never too late to mend.（过而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。）

36.if a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事情值得做，就值得做好。）

37.nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（无热情成就不了伟业。）

38.actions speak louder than words.（行动比语言更响亮。）

39.lifeless, faultless.（只有死人才不犯错误。）

1.A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。

2.A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。

3.No pain，no gain. 不劳而获。

4.A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。

5.Every little helps . 积少成多 。

6.Tomorrow never comes. 明日不再来。

7.A lie has no leg . 谎言是站不住脚的。

8.A tooth for tooth .以牙还牙。

9.First come, first served. 先来后到。

10.A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。

谚语是广泛流传于民间的言简意赅的短语，多数反映了劳动人民的生活实践经验，而且一般都是经过口头传下来的。它多是口语形式的通俗易懂的短句或韵语。今天小编为你带来的是初中常用英语谚语大全，希望对你有帮助。

Look before you leap. First think, then act.三思而后行。

All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。

Art is long, but life is short. 人生有限，学问无涯。

No pains, no gains.不劳则无获。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

Where there is life, there is hope. 生命不息，希望常在。

An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

We must not lie down, and cry, God help us. 求神不如求己。

A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once. 花有重开日，人无再少年。

Stick to it, and you’ll succeed. 只要人有恒，万事都能成。

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。

A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。

It is good to learn at another man’s cost.前车之鉴。

Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易，守业更难。

Let’s cross the bridge when we come to it.船到桥头自然直。

More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。

It is never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。

Light come, light go.来得容易，去得快。

Time is money.时间就是金钱。

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真交。

Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望，造就伟大的人物。

After a storm comes a calm. 雨过天晴。

Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者，事竟成。

Well begun is half done. 好的开端是成功的一半。

East, west, home is best. 金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。

There is no royal road to learning. 学无坦途。

God helps those who help themselves. 自助者，天助之。

What may be done at any time will be done at no time. 明日待明日，明日不再来。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。

It never rains but it pours.祸不单行。

In doing we learn.经一事，长一智。

Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 一分预防胜似十分治疗。

Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸运的右手，节约是幸运的左手。

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. 天才一分来自灵感，九十九分来自勤奋。

Truth is the daughter of time. 时间见真理。

Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. 积少自然成多。

No man is wise at all times. 智者千虑，必有一失。

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天。

Live and learn.活到老，学到老。

Kill two birds with one stone.一石双鸟。

He who laughs last laughs best. 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。

Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。

United we stand, divided we fall. 合即立，分即垮。

There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。

Many hands make light work. 人多好办事。

cross your heart 你发誓

gate - crasher 不请自来的不速之客;

take it easy 凡事看开些, 不要太冲动, 不要看得那么重

make yourself comfortable 不用约束 (招待客人时说的话)

you are all wet 你完全误会了

she is hangover 她昨夜喝醉了

it’s a matter of time 这是迟早的问题

she pulls out 她退出了

I have my limit 我的忍耐度有限

don’t brush me off 不要敷衍我

let’s get it straight 我们打开天窗说亮话吧

what you call this 你这算什么

how about a bite 随便吃些什么吧

you can count on me 你可以信得过我

he see things not people他论事不论人

we sang the same songs 我们志同道合

I hope you in the roll 我希望你也能来

let’s go Dutch 我们各付各的吧

speak of the devil 说曹操, 曹操就到

keep in touch 保持联络

don’t turn me down 不要拒绝我

don’t let me down 别叫我失望

man proposes and god disposes 谋事在人成事在天 .

the weakest goes to the wall.优胜劣败

to look one way and row another声东击西 .

in everyone’s mouth.脍炙人口

to kick against the pricks 螳臂挡车 .

to give the last measure of devotion 鞠躬尽瘁 .

to suffer for one’s wisdom. 聪明反被聪明误

to harp on the same string. 旧调重弹

what’s done cannot be undone 覆水难收 .

to convert defeat into victory. 转败为胜

beyond one’s grasp. 鞭长莫及

to be severe with oneself and lenient with others.

严以责己宽以待人

a heart of steel. 铁石心肠

to be guided by destiny.听天由命

pride goes before a fall 骄者必败 .

the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy

without 不战而屈人之兵

what is bugging you 什么事使你心烦

sworn brother 干兄弟, 盟兄弟

it’s dying art 这是已失传的手艺

gentlemen agreement 君子协定

Im trying to make ends meet 我尽力要使收支平衡

prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

富贵结朋友, 患难见真情

if you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the

bitterest of the bitter.

吃得苦中苦, 方为人上人

it is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill.

宁为善而斗, 毋屈服于恶

he who has hope has everything.

怀有希望者, 便拥有一切

self-trust is the first secret of success.

自信心是成功的首要关键

the secret of success is constancy of purpose.

成功的秘绝在于目标坚定有恒

success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.

成功源于努力去克服困难

experience is the extract of suffering.

经验是受苦的结晶

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Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱歌。

Each day brings its own bread. 天无绝人之路。

Each man is the architect of his own fate. 命运掌握在自己手中。

Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不计较小事情。

Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 鹰单飞，羊群集。

Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble. 早期的错误可以酿成日后的麻烦。

Early sow, early mow. 播种早的收获早。

Early start makes easy stages. 早开始是成功的保证。

Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起，令人健康、富有而且聪明。

Early wed, early dead. 早婚早夭。

Easier said than done. 说话容易做事难。

East or west, home is best. 在家千日好，出门时时难。

Easy come, easy go. 易得易失。

Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 随意吃饭，适度饮酒。

Eat ones cake and have it. 又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草。

Eat to live, but not live to eat. 吃饭是为了生存，但生存不是为了吃饭。

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. 吃是使自己受用，穿是使别人受用。

Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. 人的教养始于教育，成于社交。

Education has for its object the formation of character. 教育的目的在于培养品德。

Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。

Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 空桶响声大。

Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常乐。

Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 高位遭人妒，高峰招风吹。

Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾，其言必诈。

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below. 错误像稻草，漂浮在水面。欲觅珍珠者，须往水下潜。

Even Homer sometimes nods. 人非圣贤，孰能无过。

Even the walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。

Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。

Every bean has its black. 人人有其缺点。

Every bird likes its own nest. 人爱其家。

Everybodys business is nobodys business. 人人都管，大家不管。

Every brave man is a man of his word. 勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人。

Every bullet has its billet. 无风不起浪。

Every cloud has a silver lining. 山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村。

Every cock crows on its own dunghill. 夜郎自大。

Every cook praises his own broth. 自吹自擂。

Every country has its customs. 乡有乡俗。

Every couple is not a pair. 同床异梦，貌合神离。

Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在，好花不常开。

Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history. 生命中的一天就是你历史上的一页。

Every dog has his day. 凡人都有得意之日。

Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. 人人都有得意的日子。

Every dog is a lion at home. 夜郎自大。

Every dog is valiant at his won door. 狗在家门前条条都凶悍。

Every door may be shut but deaths door. 除了死门外，每门都可关。

Every extremity is a fault. 万事过分都差误。

Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy. 蠢人也能找出聪明人无法弥补的岔子来的。

Every heart has its own sorrow. 人人都有伤心处。

Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 每疋马认为自己驮的袋子重。

Every Jack has his Jill. 有情人终成眷属。

Every little makes a mickle. 积少成多。

Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼里出西施。

Every man has a fool in his sleeve. 聪明一世，糊涂一时。

Every man has his faults. 人孰无过。

Every man has his hobby-horse. 人各有所好。

Every man has his liking. 人各有所好。

Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱点。

Every man is best know to himself. 自己最了解自己。

Every man has the defects of his qualities. 一个人的好品质上也有不足之处。

Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每个人都是他自己命运的建诛师。

Every man is the master of his own fortune. 每个人都是他自己的命运的主宰。

Every man is the son of his own works. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

Every man thinks his own geese swans. 每个人都以为自己的东西了不起。

Every medal has its reverse. 事物都有它的反面。

Every mothers child is handsome. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。

Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. 人对自己的命运总不感满足。

Every ones faults are not written in their foreheads. 知人知面不知心。

Every pleasure has a pain. 乐中必有苦。

Every potter praises his own pot. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。

Every salesman boasts of his own wares. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。

Every shoe fits not every foot. 不能以己度人。

Everything comes to him who waits. 安心等待必有好处。

Everything has its seed. 无风不起浪。

Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 任何事情都有好的时机，不要随意放过。

Everything hath an end. 任何事物都有它的结果。

Everything is good in its season. 万物逢时皆美好。

Everything is good when new, but friend when old. 东西新的好，朋友老的好。

Everything is nice in your garden. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。

Everything must have a beginning. 凡是都有起源。

Everything new is fine. 新事物总是美好的。

Every tide hath its ebb. 兴盛之日必有衰退之时。

Every tree is known by its own fruit. 观其言行，知其为人。

Every why has a wherefore. 事出有因。

Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches. 罪恶来时，尺进寸退。

Evil communications corrupt good manners. 交往恶劣，有损风度。

Evil gotten, evil spent. 悖入悖出。

Example is better than precept. 言教不如身教。

Exchange is no robbery. 公平交易并非强行夺取。

Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians. 锻链、节制、新鲜空气和必要的休息是最好的医生。

Experience is a school from which one can never graduate. 经验无止境。

Experience is the best teacher. 经验是良师。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。

Experience is the mother of wisdom. 智慧来自经验。

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other. 吃亏学乖代价高，笨汉非此学不好。

Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly. 亲身经验，才是经验。

Experience must be bought. 若要得经验，必须化代价。

Experience teaches. 经验给人教训。

Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。

Extremes are dangerous. 物极必反。

Extremes meet. 否极泰来。

Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. 以牙还牙，以眼还眼。

A friend is easier lost than found

得朋友难，失朋友易。

A friend without faults will never be found.

没有十全十美的朋友。

Life without a friend is death.

没有朋友，虽生犹死。

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.

患难见真情。

Old friends and old wines are best.

陈酒味醇，老友情深。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。

He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

背后说好话，才是真朋友。

A friend is never known till a man has need.

需要之时方知友。