英语写作文的谚语(20篇)

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和时间有关的英语谚语。

Time is the greatest teacher.

时间是最好的老师。

Time tries friends as fire tries gold.

时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金。

Time means life,time means speed,time means strength.

时间就是生命，时间就是速度，时间就是力量。

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

常将今日推明日，推到后来无足迹。

Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.

光阴如锉，细磨无声。

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today!

切勿将今日能干完的事推到明日;明日复明日，明日何其多

To save time is to lengthen life.

时间就是生命，节省时间就是延长生命!

One of these days is none of these days.

拖延时日，终难实现。

1、A cat has nine lives。猫有九条命。

2、A bad thing never dies。坏事传千年。

3、Accidents will happen。天有不测风云。

4、After death， the doctor。放马后炮。

5、A bargain is a bargain。达成的协议不可撕毁。

6、A cat may look at a king。猫也有权晋见国王。

7、A friend is a second self。朋友是另一个我。

8、Adversity leads to prosperity。逆境迎向昌盛。

9、A bad padlock invites a picklock。开门揖盗。

10、A clean hand wants no washing。身正不怕影子斜。

11、Actions speak louder than words。事实胜于雄辩。

12、A faithful friend is hard to find。益友难得。

13、After black clouds， clear weather。否极泰来。

14、A bird may be known by its song。什么鸟唱什么歌。

15、A fair face may hide a foul heart。人不可貌相。

16、A contented mind is perpetual feast。知足常乐。

17、A fool always rushes to the fore。傻瓜总爱强出头。

18、A beggars purse is bottomless。乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

19、A burnt child dreads the fire。一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

20、A close mouth catches no flies。 病从口入，祸从口出。

21、A common danger causes common action。同仇敌忾。

22、A disease known is half cured。病情确诊断，治病好一半。

23、Adversity is a good discipline。苦难是磨练人的好机会。

24、A friend is best found in adversity。患难见真友。

25、A cock is valiant on his own dunghill。夜郎自大。

26、A crafty knave needs no broker。狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。

27、Adversity makes strange bedfellows。身处逆境不择友。

28、A fool and his money are soon parted。笨蛋难聚财。

29、After dinner comes the reckoning。吃喝玩乐，该付代价。

30、A bad beginning makes a bad ending。恶其始者必恶其终。

31、A clear conscience is a sure card。光明磊落，胜券在握。

32、A fool may give a wise man counsel。愚者千虑，必有一得。

33、A bad bush is better than the open field。有胜于无。

34、A clear conscience is a soft pillow。问心无愧，高枕无忧。

35、A constant guest is never welcome。久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。

36、A creaking door hangs long on its hinges。户枢不蠹。

37、A fair death honours the whole life。死得光明，终身荣耀。

38、A friend in need is a friend indeed。患难朋友才是真朋友。

39、A cheerful wife is the joy of life。快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。

40、A fools heart dances on his lips。愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。

41、A fox may grow grey， but never good。狐狸会变，但本性难移。

42、A friend is not so soon gotten as lost。交友慢，失友快。

43、A good beginning is half the battle。首战告捷等于一半胜利。

44、A burden of ones choice is not felt。自己选的担子不嫌重。

45、A fall into the pit， a gain in your wit。吃一堑，长一智。

46、A fault confessed is half redressed。承认错误，等于改正一半。

47、A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart。做贼心虚。

48、A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm。借来的斗篷不暖身。

49、Action is the proper fruit of knowledge。行动是知识的巧果。

50、Adversity makes a man wise， not rich。患难使人聪明，但不能致富。

51、A fool always comes short of his reckoning。愚人常缺算计。

52、A change of work is as good as a rest。调换一下工作是很好的休息。

53、A flow of words is no proof of wisdom。口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。

54、A fools bolt may sometimes hit the mark。愚者千虑，必有一得。

55、A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody。广交友，无深交。

56、A bad workman quarrels with his tools。拙匠常怨工具差。

57、A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush。双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

58、A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another。一个蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一个聪明人在别人家里所知的事要多。

59、A book that remains shut is but a block。有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。

60、A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast。宁为清贫，不为浊富。

61、A discontented man knows not where to sit easy。不满足者坐无宁时。

62、A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone。骨头打狗狗不叫。

63、A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit。吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

64、A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day。略有胜于全无。

65、Absence sharpens love， presence strengthens it。相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

66、A friend without faults will never be found。没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。

67、A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass。秋波送盲，白费痴情。

68、A friend in court is better than a penny in purse。曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。

69、A chain is no stronger than its weakest link。链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。

70、A clear conscience laughs at false accusations。白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

71、A friend is never known till a man have need。不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。

72、After dinner sit a while， after supper walk a while。午饭后要坐，晚饭后要走。

73、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。

74、Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory。成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。

75、After dinner sit a while； after supper walk a mile。午餐之后坐片刻，晚饭之后走一里。

76、Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended。事情要安步就班地做，就会很快地做完。

77、A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer。一愚发问，七智结舌。

78、A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us。一本好书，莫逆之交。

79、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。

80、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。

81、A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity。蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。

82、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。

83、Admonish your friends in private， praise them in public。在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。

84、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。

85、A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that its the boundary of the world。坐井观天。

86、A father is a treasure， a brother is a comfort， but a friend is both。父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。

87、A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out。一愚所失，百智难回。

88、A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years。愚者所问，智者难答。

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.Practicemakesperfect.熟能生巧。

2.Godhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves.天助自助者。

3.Easiersaidthandone.说起来容易做起来难。

4.Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.有志者事竟成。

5.Onefalsestepwillmakeagreatdifference.失之毫厘，谬之千里。

6.Slowandsteadywinstherace.稳扎稳打无往而不胜。

7.Afallintothepit,againinyourwit.吃一堑，长一智。

8.Experienceisthemotherofwisdom.实践出真知。

9.Allworkandnoplaymakesjackadullboy.只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

10.Beautywithoutvirtueisarosewithoutfragrance。无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

11.Morehasty,lessspeed.欲速则不达。

12.It’snevertoooldtolearn.活到老，学到老。

13.Allthatglittersisnotgold.闪光的未必都是金子。

14.Ajourneyofathousandmilesbeginswithasinglestep。千里之行始于足下。

15.Lookbeforeyouleap.三思而后行。

16.Romewasnotbuiltinaday.伟业非一日之功。

17.Greatmindsthinkalike.英雄所见略同。

18.wellbegun,halfdone.好的开始等于成功的一半。

19.Itishardtopleaseall.众口难调。

20.Outofsight,outofmind.眼不见，心不念。

21.Factsspeakplainerthanwords.事实胜于雄辩。

22.Callbackwhiteandwhiteback.颠倒黑白。

23.Firstthingsfirst.凡事有轻重缓急。

24.Illnewstravelsfast.坏事传千里。

25.Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.患难见真情。

26.livenottoeat,buteattolive.活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。

27.Actionspeakslouderthanwords.行动胜过语言。

28.Eastorwest,homeisthebest.金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

29.It’snotthegaycoatthatmakesthegentleman.君子在德不在衣。

30.Beautywillbuynobeef.漂亮不能当饭吃。

31.Likeandlikemakegoodfriends.趣味相投。

32.Theolder,thewiser.姜是老的辣。

33.DoasRomansdoinRome.入乡随俗。来源：考试大

34.Anidleyouth,aneedyage.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

35.Asthetree,sothefruit.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

36.Toliveistolearn,tolearnistobetterlive。活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着

A light heart lives long.( William Shakespeare, British dramatist )

豁达者长寿。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.(Benjamin Franklin, American president )

早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.(Benjamin Franklin, American president)

懒惰像生锈一样，比操劳更能消耗身体。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

The first wealth is health.( Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker )

健康是人生第一财富。 (美国思想家 爱默生. R. W.)

导语：写作文的时候适当运用一些格言警句也可让我们的作文给人眼前一亮哦，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

1.Practicemakesperfect.熟能生巧。

2.Godhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves.天助自助者。

3.Easiersaidthandone.说起来容易做起来难。

4.Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.有志者事竟成。

5.Onefalsestepwillmakeagreatdifference.失之毫厘，谬之千里。

6.Slowandsteadywinstherace.稳扎稳打无往而不胜。

7.Afallintothepit,againinyourwit.吃一堑，长一智。

8.Experienceisthemotherofwisdom.实践出真知。

9.Allworkandnoplaymakesjackadullboy.只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

10.Beautywithoutvirtueisarosewithoutfragrance。无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

11.Morehasty,lessspeed.欲速则不达。

12.It’snevertoooldtolearn.活到老，学到老。

13.Allthatglittersisnotgold.闪光的未必都是金子。

14.Ajourneyofathousandmilesbeginswithasinglestep。千里之行始于足下。

15.Lookbeforeyouleap.三思而后行。

16.Romewasnotbuiltinaday.伟业非一日之功。

17.Greatmindsthinkalike.英雄所见略同。

18.wellbegun,halfdone.好的开始等于成功的一半。

19.Itishardtopleaseall.众口难调。

20.Outofsight,outofmind.眼不见，心不念。

21.Factsspeakplainerthanwords.事实胜于雄辩。

22.Callbackwhiteandwhiteback.颠倒黑白。

23.Firstthingsfirst.凡事有轻重缓急。

24.Illnewstravelsfast.坏事传千里。

25.Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.患难见真情。

26.livenottoeat,buteattolive.活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。

27.Actionspeakslouderthanwords.行动胜过语言。

28.Eastorwest,homeisthebest.金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

29.It’snotthegaycoatthatmakesthegentleman.君子在德不在衣。

30.Beautywillbuynobeef.漂亮不能当饭吃。

31.Likeandlikemakegoodfriends.趣味相投。

32.Theolder,thewiser.姜是老的辣。

33.DoasRomansdoinRome.入乡随俗。来源：考试大

34.Anidleyouth,aneedyage.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

35.Asthetree,sothefruit.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

36.Toliveistolearn,tolearnistobetterlive。活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着

1. Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不待人

2. Reading enriches the mind. 开卷有益

3. A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。

4.The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. 人生重要的是在于确立一个伟大的目标，并有决心使其实现。

5. The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them. 生命的价值不在于能活多少天，而在于我们如何使用这些日子。

6.You should ,like a candle, burn yourself out to give light to others. 要像蜡烛一样燃烧自己，照亮别人。

7. The highest towers begin from the ground. 万丈高楼从地起。

8. There is no end to learning. 学无止境

9. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.没有目标的生活， 如同没有罗盘的航行

10. One of the days is none of these days.吾生待明日，万事成蹉跎

11. Every minutes count.分秒必争

12. Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow.今日事今日毕

13. To choose time is to save time.合理安排时间就是节约时间

14. Better late than never.迟做总比不做好

15. All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返

16. A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲

17. Time is money, but money is not time.一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴

18. One today is worth two tomorrow.一个今天胜似两个明天

导语：运用一些谚语可以给我们的英语作文加分哦，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文素材，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

Like tree, like fruit.

有其因必有其果。

Manners make the man.

礼貌造就人。

Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.

抓住大好时机，切莫等闲错过。

Never too old (or late) to learn.

学到老，学不了。

No great loss without some small gain.

塞翁失马，安知非福。

No one can call back yesterday.

往日不复返。

No sooner said than done.

言而必行。

No sweet without some sweat.

不劳则无获。

Nothing is difficult to a man who wills.

世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Nothing is impossible to willing mind (or heart).

有志者事竟成。

Nothing is impossible (or difficult) to the man who will try.

天下无难事，只怕不努力。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难朋友才是真朋友。

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。

All time is no time when it is past.

光阴一去不复返。

Education has for its object the formation of character.

教育的目的在於培养品德。

An idle youth, a needy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Business before pleasure.

事业在先，享乐在後。

Diligence is near success.

勤奋近乎成功。

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

刻苦是成功之母。

Diligence is the mother of success.

勤奋是成功之母。

Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜於雄辩。

Adversity leads to prosperity.

逆境迎向昌盛。

Every brave man is a man of his word.

勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人。

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。

Failure is the mother of success.

失败是成功之母。

Faith will move mountains.

精诚所至，金石为开。

Friendship ---- one soul in two bodies.

友谊是两人一条心。

Grasp all, lose all.

贪多必失。

He alone is poor who does not possess knowledge.

没有知识，才是贫穷。

Health is above wealth.

健康胜於财富。

Health is better than wealth.

健康胜於财富。

He who does not advance falls backward.

不进则退。

Honesty is the best policy.

诚实是上策。

Hope is life and life is hope.

希望才有人生，人生要有希望。

Idle young, needy old.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

If you dont aim high you will never hit high.

不立大志，难攀高峰。

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。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy. www.yyzw.com

只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子要变傻;尽玩耍，不学习，聪明孩子没出息。

A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.

远亲不如近邻。

Improve your time and your time will improve you.

珍惜时间，时间才会珍惜你。

In doing we learn.

行而知。

Industrry if fortunes right hand, and frugality her left.

勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。

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。

It is dogged (that) does it.

天下无难事，只怕有心人。

Judge not according to the appearance.

不要以貌取人。

Labour is often the father of pleasure.

勤劳常为快乐之源。

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Behind the mountains there are people to be found. 天外有天，山外有山。

Bad luck often brings good luck. 塞翁失马，安知非福。

Bread is the stall of life. 面包是生命的支柱。(民以食为天。)

Business is business. 公事公办。

Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。(忙中常出错。)

He that promises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。

He who has an art has everywhere a part. 一招鲜，吃遍天。

He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行始于足下。

Home is where the heart is. 心在哪里，哪里就是家。

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。)

In peace prepare for war. 平时准备战时。(居安思危。)

It is never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

It six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。

Just has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

Keep something for a rainy day. 未雨绸缪。

A friend is easier lost than found.

朋友易失不易得.

A friend is known in necessity.

患难见友情.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

对一切人都是朋友,对哪一个也不是朋友.

A friends frown is better than a fools smile.

朋友对你皱眉,胜过傻瓜对你微笑.

A friennd in word is never friend of mine.

口头上的朋友决不是朋友.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.

好书如好友,友情永不渝.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

好友即至亲.

A good man terminates a friendship with out rancour.

君子绝交不记仇.

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

交友有度,友谊常青. / 君子之交淡如水.

A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.

远亲不如近友.

A real friend never gets in your way, unless you happen to be on the way down.

真正的朋友绝不会挡住你的去路,除非在你走下坡路时.

All are not friends that speak us fait.

当面说好话的并不都是朋友.

All theory, dear friend,is grey; but the precious tree of life is green.

亲爱的朋友,所有的理论都是灰色的;而宝贵的生活之树却是绿色的.

An open enemy is better than a hollow friend.

宁有公开的敌人,不要虚伪朋友.

Animals are such agreeable friends-they ask no questions,they pass no criticisms.

动物是极容易相处的朋友，它们从不提问，也从不会批评。

As devotion unites lovers so perfidy estranges friends.

忠诚是爱情的桥梁,欺诈是友谊的敌人.

At need one sees who his friend is.

处于困境时可以看出谁是自己的朋友.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

选择朋友要慢,换朋友更要慢.

Before friends all is common.

朋友之间应不分彼此.

Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him.

交友前先和他共吃一蒲式耳盐. /不深知,不结交.

Better drink the water given by a friend,than eat the honey offered by the enemy.

宁喝朋友水，不吃敌人蜜。

Better lose a jest than a friend.

宁可少说俏皮话,也不开罪朋友.

Better without gold than without friends.

宁可没有金钱,不可没有朋友.

Books and friends should be few but good.

书与友,贵精不贵多.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

择书如择友.

Community of purpose makes friendship.

目标一致生友谊.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

假如我们能预知何时何地重逢,和朋友话别时就会更情真.

Diffidence is the poison of friendship.

踌躇是友谊的毒药.

导语：前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.下面是小编为大家整理的常用英语谚语，欢迎大家阅读欣赏!

1.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you cant make a fist. One cant make bricks without straw.

2.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

3.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

4.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.

5.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

6.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

7.强强联手 win-win co-operation

8.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.

9.人之初性本善 Mans nature at birth is good.

10.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.

11.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy

12.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.

13.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

14.死而后已 until my heart stops beating

15.岁岁平安 Peace all year round.

16.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth

17.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

18.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.

19.升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)

20.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

21.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, cant be repaid by grass. 62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.

23.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.

24.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel

25.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

26.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.

27.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

28.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

29.山不在高，有仙则名No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy;

30.韬光养晦hide ones capacities and bide ones time

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经典英语谚语大全。

1.a dead dog.

废物或无价值之物。

2.a broken reed.

压伤的苇杖。 不能依靠的东西或人。

3.A good dog deserves a good bone.

好狗应该得好骨头。 有功者受奖。

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

山中无老虎，猴子称大王。

5.a dog in the manger.

占着茅坑不拉屎。在其位不谋其政。

6.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。

7.a lion in the way.

拦路虎。

8.a fly in the ointment.

一只老鼠坏了一锅汤。

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

高屋建筑

10.Bad workmen often blame their tools.

拙匠常怪工具差。(不会撑船怪河弯)。

11.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)

12.you should not cast the first stone.

欲责他人，先思己过

13.Its a long lane that has no turning.

路必有弯。(事必有变)。(瓦片也有翻身日)。

14.On swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。

15.No smoke without fire.

无火不起烟。(无风不起浪)。

16.Ill news comes apace.

好事不出门，坏事传千里。

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

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

18.Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同。

19.Strike while the iron is hot.

趁热打铁。

20.hide ones light under a bushel.

不露锋芒。

21.new wine in old bottles.

旧瓶装新酒。

22.eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

23.between the devil and the deep sea.

进退两难 进退维谷。

24.escape by the skin of ones teeeth.

死里逃生。 幸免于死。

25.hole and corner.

偷偷摸摸。 鬼鬼祟祟。

26.entertain an angel unawares.

有眼不识泰山。

27.much cry and little wool.

雷声大，雨点小。

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

人不为己，天诛地灭。

29.kick against the pricks.

以卵击石。 螳臂当车。

30.no respecter of persons.

一视同仁。

31.wash ones hands of a thing.

洗手不干。 与某事无关。

32.cast pearls before swine.

对牛弹琴。 明珠暗投。

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

心有余而力不足。

34.separate the sheep from the goats.

分辨良莠。

35.in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

聪明保险的办法是向大量谋士求计。

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

百川归海而海不盈。

37.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。

38.bay the moon.

干徒劳无益的事。

39.whats done is done.

事情干了就算了。

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

纸包不住火。真相终将大白。

41.strange bedfellows.

同床异梦。

42.be hoist with ones own petard .

作法自毙。作茧自缚。

43.to paint the lily.

画蛇添足。实在是浪费而可笑的事。

44.much ado about nothing.

无事生非。

45.love is blind.

爱情是盲目的。 情人眼里出西施。

46.Like father, like son.

有其父必有其子。

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

有志者，事竟成。

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

人生七十古来稀。

49.the apple of the eye.

掌上明珠。

50.There is no rose without a thorn.

没有不带刺的玫瑰。世上没有十全的幸福。

51.the children from well-fed family.

膏粱子弟

1、a strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.

强者能同命运的风暴抗争。

2、cease to struggle and you cease to live.

生命不止，奋斗不息。

3、nothing seeks, nothing finds.

无所求则无所获。

4、i succeeded because i willed it; i never hesitated.

我成功是因为我有决心，从不踌躇。

5、if you should put even a little on a little, and should do this often, soon this too would become big.

伟大的事业是通过不懈努力，一砖一瓦堆起来的。

6、for all pain helps to make us rise, however much we may hate it at the time.

一切痛苦都有助于我们奋发向上，不论我们当时是多么憎恨它。

7、its better to have fought and lost, than never to have fought at all.

奋战过而失败，强于根本未战。

8、nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind on it.

世上无难事，只怕有心人。

9、a man can succeed at almost anything for which he was unlimited enthusiasm.

只要有无限的热情，一个人几乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。

10、all that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.

做一切事情都应尽力而为，不可半途而废。

11、prosperity is not without many fears and disasters; adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

幸运中并非不掺杂各种担心与烦恼，而厄运中也并非不存在欣慰与期望。

12、gods determine what youre going to be.

人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。

13、on lifes earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.

生活在顽强战斗中，只有每天不屈不挠奋勇向前的人才能取得胜利。

14、meet success like a gentleman and disaster like a man.

优雅地迎接成功，勇敢地面对挫折。

15、energy and persistence conquer all things.

能量加毅力可以征服一切。

16、no road of flowers leads to glory.

没有一条通往光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。

17、our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.

命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。

18、man errs so long as he strives.

人只要奋斗就会犯错误。

19、only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。

20、fortune shows her power when there is no wise preparation for resisting her.

没有向命运抗争的明智准备，命运便会显示其威力。

21、great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

大业成于百折不挠，不论力量大小。

22、genius only means hard-working all ones life.

天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。

23、pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.

不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。

24、a man can fail many times, but he isnt a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

一个人可以失败很多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。

25、none is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew.

只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。

26、failure is the mother of success.

失败乃成功之母。

27、difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.

困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。

英语谚语指流传于英国和美国的比较简练而且言简意赅的话语。小编为你整理了I开头的英语谚语，希望对你有帮助!

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。

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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。

Doing is better than saying.

行胜于言。

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以类聚，人以群分。

Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠犬不咬人;爱叫的狗很少咬人;善吠的狗很少咬人;

Bad news has wings.

坏消息总是不胫而走,坏事传千里。

As the tree, so the fruit.

长什么树,结什么果。

An idle youth, a needy age.

少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲

A good wife makes a good husband.

有好妻子就有好丈夫。

A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口,忠言逆耳。

A good fame is better than a good face.

美名胜于美貌。

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。

A good conscience is a continual feast.

白天不做亏心事,夜半敲门心不惊

A good beginning makes a good ending.

良好的开端就是成功的一半。 善始者善终

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

逆境出人才。

A constant guest is never welcome.

久住非佳宾,常来不欢迎。

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

一鸟在手，胜似二鸟在林

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)

Ill news travels fast.

坏事传千里。

From saving comes having.

富有来自节约。

No cross, no crown.

不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难之交才是真朋友

He that climbs high falls heavily.

爬得越高,摔得越重。

Experience is the mother of wisdom.

实践出真知。

East or west, home is best.

在家千日好，出门时时难。

Dont trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

不要自寻烦恼。

Dont teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

休要班门弄斧。

01. Study to be what you wish to seem.学习可成为你所理想的人物。

02. Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。

03. Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. 成功来自于克服困难的斗争。

04. Success has many friends. 成功者朋友多。

05. Such beginning, such ending. 有怎样的开始，就有怎样的结束。

06. Such carpenters, such chips. 什麽样的木匠，出什麽活。

07. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. 一天的不幸已够人受的了，别再自寻烦恼。

08. Suit the action to the word. 怎麽说就怎麽做。

09. Sure bind, sure find. 捆得好，逃不了。

10. Suspicion is the poison of true friendship. 猜疑伤害莫逆之交。

11. Sweep before your own door. 先律己，后律人。

12. Sweet discourse makes short days and nights. 言语投机恨时短。

13. Take a hair of the dog that bit you. 以毒攻毒。

14. Take a pain for a pleasure all wise man can. 智者能视苦为乐。

15. Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can. 智者皆能视苦为乐。

16. Take away my good name and take away my life. 夺了我的名誉等于夺了我的生命。

17. Take care of small sums and the large will take care of themselves. 省小钱才能积大财。

18. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. 积少成多。

19. Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves. 注意你的理智，声调自会小心。

20. Take honour from me and my life is undone. 夺我名声，我命即亡。

21. Take little, but give much. 应少索取，而多奉献。

22. Take one thing with another. 由此及彼。

23. Take ones courage in both hands. 勇往直前，敢作敢为。

24. Take something by the best handle. 理解某事物，乘其好机会。

25. Take the rough with the smooth. 既能享乐也能吃苦。

26. Take the world as it is. 随遇而安。

27. Take the world as one finds it. 听之任之。

28. Take things as they come (or are). 既来之，则安之。

29. Take things as they come. 既来之，则安之。

30. Take time by the forelock. 要抓住时机。

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一、勤奋、意志与成功

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

2. No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。

3. Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。

4. Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

5. Genius is nothing but labor anddiligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。

6. Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。

7. Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。

8. No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。

9. There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

10. No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。

11. Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。

12. The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。

13. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。

二、学习方法与态度

14. Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

15. It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。

16. Readingis to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。

17. A man becomes learned by askingquestions.不耻下问才能有学问。

18. Learn and live.活着，为了学习。

19. Knowledge starts with practice.实践出真知。

20. Books and friends should be few butgood.读书如交友，应求少而精。

21. Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。

22. Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makesproud.知识使人谦虚，无知使人傲慢。

23. Knowledge advances by steps and not byleaps.知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

24. A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。

25. A man cannot spin and reel at the sametime.一心不能二用。

三、健康与心态

26. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。

27. Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。

28. All work and no play makes Jack a dullboy.只工作,不玩耍,聪明小伙也变傻。

29. Health is not valued till sicknesscomes.病时方知健康可贵。

30. A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。

31. A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。

32. Good health is over wealth.健康是最大的财富。

33. Happiness lies first of all in health.幸福首先在于健康。

34. Cheerfulness is health; its opposite,melancholy, is disease.欢乐就是健康,忧郁就是病痛。

35. He is happy that thinks himself so.自乐者常乐。

36. Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。

四、品行与操守

37. Honesty is the best policy.诚实不欺为上策。

38. Respect yourself, or no one else willrespect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。

39. Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。

40. One good turn deserves another.行善积德。

41. He knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。

42. A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。

43. A candle lights others and consumesitself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

44. He is not fit to command others thatcannot command himself.正人须先正己。

45. Pride goes before, and shame comesafter.骄傲使人落后。

46. Please the eye and plague the heart.贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。

47. Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。

48. He who makes constant complaint getslittle compassion.经常诉苦，没人同情。

49. Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。

五、金钱与财富

50. Gold will not buy anything.黄金不能买尽一切。

51. The chief aim of man is not to getmoney.人的主要目的并不是赚钱。

52. The money the miser hoards will do himno good.守财奴积财，对自己毫无好处。

53. What is wealth good for, if it bringsmelancholy?财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用?

54. Wealth makes worship.财富能使人拜倒。

六、珍惜时光

55. Time flies.光阴似箭。

56. Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。

57. To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。

58. Time stays not the fool’s leisure.时间不等闲逛的傻瓜。

59. Lost years are worse than lost dollars.失去时光金不换。

60. Time is money.时间就是金钱。

61. Time has wings.光阴去如飞。

62. Time lost cannot be won again.时光一去不复返。

七、择友与友谊

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

64. A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。

65. Keep good men company and you shall beof the number.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

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

67. A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。

68. A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。

69. A friend is never known till a man hasneed.需要之时方知友。

70. Misfortune tests the sincerity offriends.患难见真情。

八、常理与法则

71. A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。

72. Don’t put off till tomorrow what shouldbe done today.今日事，今日毕。

73. Fact speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。

74. Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。

75. A bird in the hand is worth than two inthe bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

76. Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

77. Still water run deep.静水流深。

78. Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。

79. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。

80. Man proposes, god disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。

81. Look before you leap.摸清情况再行动。

82. Experience must be bought.吃一堑，长一智。

83. Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。

84. He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟，不进则退。

85. Easier said than done.说得容易，做得难。

86. Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在。

87. All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。

88. All things are difficult before theyare easy.凡事总是由难而易。

89. Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。

90. Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。

91. Four eyes see more than two.集思广益。

92. He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。

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

94. The farthest way about is the nearestway home.抄近路反而绕远路。

95. Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。

96. Every man is the architect of his ownfortune.自己的命运自己掌握。

97. The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

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

99. Don’t trouble trouble until troubletroubles you.不要自找麻烦。

100. Don’t try to teach your grandmother tosuck eggs.不要班门弄斧。

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。

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.恶其始者必恶其终。

2. A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。

3. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

4. A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart. 做贼心虚。

5. 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。

6. A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。

7.A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息。

8. A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。

9. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差（人笨怨刀钝）。

10. A bargain is a bargain. 君子一言，驷马难追。

11. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

12. A beggars purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

13. 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。

14. A bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。

15. A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无。

16. A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that its the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。

17. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情。

18. 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。

19. A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。

20. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身。

21. Absence sharpens love， presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

22. A burden of ones choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重。

23. A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

24. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。

25. A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王。

26. A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。

27. Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。

28. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。

29. A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息。

30. A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。

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Everything comes to him who waits.

坚持就是胜利。

Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.

胜利不会向我走来，我必须自己走向胜利。

Slow and steady wins the race.

锲而不舍事竟成

A thousand mile trip begins with one step.

千里之行，始于足下

He who had never been to the Great Wall isnt a true man.

不到长城非好汉。

Great hopes make great man.

伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。

Boy’s, be ambitious.

年轻人应胸怀大志。

Do your work with your whole heart and you will succeed.

全力以赴，你就会成功。

Man struggles upward, water flows downwards.

人往高处走水往低处流。