英语谚语100句【20篇】

很早以前我就懂得，永远不要与猪争斗。因为你会弄得很脏，而猪就喜欢你这样。

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it

关于猪的谚语确实比较少：

我仔细想了一下，就有一句。

人怕出名猪怕胖。

A famed person and a fattened pig are alike in danger.

还有一种翻译方法：

People are afraid of being famed just as the pig is afraid of being fat.

我觉得前面是个比较地道的说法，很多谚语书上都有。

A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。

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

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。

A man without money is no man at all 一分钱难倒英雄汉。

A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。

A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。

A mother‘s love never changes.母爱永恒。

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

A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。

An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。

An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。

[有关交朋友的英语谚语

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E开头的英语谚语，希望对你有帮助!

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。

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。

● Burn one’s bridges。

【中文对照】破釜沉舟。背水一战

● Do as the Romans do。

【中文对照】入乡随俗。

● Love me, love my dog。

【中文对照】爱屋及乌

● Clothes make the man。

【中文对照】人要衣装。佛要金装

● Look before you leap。

【中文对照】三思而后行

● No news is good news。

【中文对照】没有消息就是好消息

● Well begun, half done。

【中文对照】好的开始，成功了一半

● No sweet without sweat。

【中文对照】先苦后甜。

● History repeats itself。

【中文对照】历史会重演

● Better late than never。

【中文对照】迟做总比不做好。

1. The morning sun never lasts a day.好景不常;朝阳不能光照全日。

2. Christmas comes but once a year.圣诞一年只一度。

3. Pleasant hours fly past.快乐时光去如飞。

4. Happiness takes no account of time.欢娱不惜时光逝。

5. Time tames the strongest grief.时间能缓和极度的悲痛。

6. The day is short but the work is much.工作多，光阴迫。

7. Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。

8. Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today.明天如有事，今天就去做。

9. To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.事事及时做，一日胜三日。

10. To save time is to lengthen life.节省时间就是延长生命。

11. Everything has its time and that time must be watched.万物皆有时，时来不可失。

12. Take time when time cometh, lest time steal away.时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。

13. When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back toyou.机不可失，时不再来;机会一过，永不再来。

14. Make hay while the sun shines.晒草要趁太阳好。

15. Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。

16. Work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻碍多。

17. Punctuality is the soul of business.守时为立业之要素。

18. Procrastination is the thief of time.因循拖延是时间的大敌;拖延就是浪费时间。

19. Every tide hath ist ebb.潮涨必有潮落时。

20. Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。

21. Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.知识可羡，胜于财富。

22. Wisdom is better than gold or silver.知识胜过金银。

23. Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。

24. Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。

25. Doubt is the key of knowledge.怀疑是知识之钥。

26. If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.若要求知识，须从勤苦得。

27. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.浅学误人。

28. A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.少量的常识，当得大量的学问。

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

30. Learn wisdom by the follies of others.从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。

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。

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹。

Tomorrow never comes.明天无尽头，明日何其多。

To save time is to lengthen life.节省时间就是延长生命。

To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.事事及时做，一日胜三日。

To choose time is to save time.选择时间就是节省时间。

Times change.时代正在改变。

Time works wonders.时间可以创造奇迹。

Time works great changes.时间可以产生巨大的变化。

Time tries friends as fire tries gold. 时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金。

Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。

Time tames the strongest grief.时间能缓和极度的悲痛。

Time is like the water sucked in sponge, if you squeeze, you can always get some. 时间象水，只要去挤总是有的。

Time heals all wounds. 时间能够治疗一切创伤。

Time flies! 光阴似箭。

Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不等人。

there is time for everything. 凡事皆有时。

The day is short but the work is much 工作多，光阴迫。

Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。

Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。

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

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。）

友谊地久天长，小编教你用高大上的英语谚语来描述友情。

1、A friend is easier lost than found.

得朋友难， 失朋友易。

2、A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

3、Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。

4、Life without a friend is death.

没有朋友， 虽生犹死。

5、Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.

患难见真情。

6、Old friends and old wines are best.

陈酒味醇， 老友情深。

7、A friend is never known till a man has need.

需要之时方知友。

8、Set great store by friendship.

情意重千斤。

9、Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。

10、Old friends and old wine are best.

陈酒味醇， 老友情深。

11、The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water.

君子之交淡如水。

12、A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.

海内存知己， 天涯若比邻。

13、Most mens friendships are too inarticulate.

人的友谊是无法言喻的。

14、A friend without faults will never be found.

没有十全十美的朋友。

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

背后说好话， 才是真朋友。

16、What is a friend? A single soul dewlling in two bodies.

朋友是什么？两幅躯壳拥有同一个灵魂。

17、Without a friend, the world is a wilderness.

没有朋友，世界成了荒野。

18、A friend is a second self.

朋友乃第二之自我。

19、No road is long with good company.

与良友为伴，路遥不觉远。

20、Faith will move mountain.

精诚所至，金石为开。

21、It is better to be alone than in bad company.

与恶友交不如独处。

22、Fine feathers make fine birds.

小鸟需要美丽的羽毛衬托。

23、Judge not according to the appearance.

勿以貌取人。

24、It is not the coat that makes the gentleman.

衣服不能使人成为君子。

25、I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.

我不能同时是你的朋友又为你的阿谀奉承者。

26、Without confidence there is no friendship.

没有信任就没有友谊。

27、A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

28、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。

29、a true friend is known in the day of adversity.

疾风知劲草，患难见真情。

30、better lose a jest than a friend.

宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。

31、a near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.

远亲不如近邻。

32、a friend without faults will never be found.

没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。

33、a friend in court is better than a penny in purse.

囊中有钱，不如朝中有友。

34、when a friend asks, there is no tomorrow.

朋友的要求不要拖。

35、a faithful friend is hard to find.

益友难得。

36、a friend is never known till a man has need.

不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。

37、thy friend has a friend and thy friend’s friend has a friend so be discreet.

你的朋友有朋友，朋友的朋友又有朋友，所以要谨慎小心。

38、he that has a full purse never wants a friend.

Time and I against any two.和时间携起手来，一人抵两人

Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命，节省时间，就是延长生命

Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失

Time undermines us.光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老

Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不待人

Time cannot be won again.时间一去不再来

Time is , time was , and time is past.现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返

Time lost can not be recalled.光阴一去不复返

Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.光阴似箭，一去不返

Time tries friends as fire tries gold.时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金

Time tries truth.时间检验真理

Time is the father of truth.时间是真理之父

Time will tell.时间能说明问题

Time brings the truth to light.时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。

Time and chance reveal all secrets.时间与机会能提示一切秘密

Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰

Time reveals(discloses) all things.万事日久自明

Time tries all.时间检验一切

There is no time like the present.现在正是时候

Take time by the forelock.把握目前的时机

To choose time is to save time.选择时间就是节省时间

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.今日事，今日毕

Procrastination is the thief of time.拖延为时间之窃贼

One of these days is none of these days.拖延时日，终难实现。或：改天改天，不知哪天

Tomorrow never comes.明天无尽头，明日何其多

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹

Time works wonders. 时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议

Time works great changes.时间可以产生巨大的变化

Times change.时代正在改变

Time is money.时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金

Time flies.光阴似箭，日月如梭

Time has wings.光阴去如飞

Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.光阴如锉，细磨无声

Time stays not the fools leisure.时间不等闲逛的傻瓜

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毅力的英语谚语。

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。

Pride goes before a fall 骄者必败

Fish in troubled waters 浑水摸鱼

Business is business 公事公办

The style is the man 文如其人

More haste，less speed 欲速则不达

Great minds think alike 英雄所见略同

Misfortunes never come alone 祸不单行

Hedges have eyes，walls have ears 隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳

Man proposes，God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天

Beauty is in the eye of beholder 情人眼里出西施

Time and tide wait for no man 时不待我/岁月无情

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

A man should not bite the hand that feeds him 不要恩将仇报

Health is better than wealth 家有万贯财，不如一身健

Out of office，out of danger 无官一身轻

In time of peace prepare for war 居安当思危

The tongue cuts the throat 祸从口出/言多必失

Out of sight，out of mind /far from eye，far from heart 眼不见为净

All shall be well，Jack shall have Jill 有情人终成眷属

[高考英语语法:形同意合的谚语口译

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B开头的英语谚语，希望对你有帮助!

Bacchus has drowned more men than Nepture. 酒神淹死的人比海神多。

Bad news has wings. 坏事传千里。

Bad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。

Bare words, no bargain. 空言不能成交易。

Barking dogs seldom bite. 善吠的狗很少咬人。

Be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man. 务请心情常欢畅，只因无人喜忧伤。

Beauty is but a blossom. 美丽只是盛开的花朵。

Beauty is but skin-deep. 红颜易变。

Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼里出西施。

Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent. 美丽是有力量的，但金钱更有权威。

Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美就是真，真就是美。

Beauty lies in lovers eyes. 情人眼里出西施。

Beauty may have fair leaves, but bitter fruit. 美丽的花或许长好叶，结苦果。

Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. 美而无德犹如花之无香。

Be considerate towards the poor. 要为穷人著想。

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹剑。

Bed is a midicine. 睡好觉，如服药。

Before gold, even kings take off their hats. 有钱能使鬼推磨。

Beg from beggers and youll never be rich. 向乞丐乞讨，永远发不了财。

Beggars cannot be choosers. 饥不择食。

Beggars must be no choosers. 饥不择食。

Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。

Be honest rather clever. 诚实比聪明更要紧。

Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle. 随遇而安。

Be just to all, but trust not all. 要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。

Believe no tales from the enemy. 切莫轻信敌人。

Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。

Believe somebody on his bare word. 人言无据，切勿轻信。

Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh. 恩泽让人欣喜，犹如鲜花使人心醉。

Be prepared to put ones hand in ones pocket. 准备慷慨解囊。

Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. 选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。

Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 不轻诺，诺必果。

Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。

Better a bachelors life than a slovenly wife. 过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。

Better ask twice than lose you way once. 宁愿问路两次胜过迷路一次。

Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱贪生不如死得光荣。

Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。

Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。

Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜于无。

Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。

Better be out of the world than out of fashion. 不合潮流不如脱离尘世。

Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 宁为犬首，不作狮尾。

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 宁为驴头，不为马尾。

Better deny at once than promise long. 轻诺必寡信。

Better die with honour than live with shame. 与其忍辱偷生，不如光荣而死。

better early than late. 宁早勿迟。

Better eye sore than all blind. 眼痛总比瞎眼好。

Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 远亲不如近邻。

Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 宁可饿肚子，切莫去借债。

Better half an egg than empty shell. 半只蛋也比空壳好。

Better is the neighbours hen than mine. 人莫知其苗之硕。

Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。

Better lose a jest than a friend. 宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。

Better lose the saddle than the horse. 吃小亏占大便宜。

Better master one than engage with ten. 精通一事胜于会十事。

Better one-eyed than stone-blind. 独眼总比全瞎好。

Better poor with honour than rich with shame. 穷得光荣，胜过富得可耻。

Better pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口。

Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 与其说话不中肯，不如一言不发好。

Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 聊胜于无。

Better the foot slip than the tongue trip. 宁可滑跤，不可失言。

Better to do well than to say well. 说得好不如做得好。

Better wear out shoes than sheets. 宁可(经常运动)穿破鞋子，也不(因病长卧)磨破床单。

Better wear out than rust out. 与其闲散不如忙碌。

Better wit than wealth. 智力胜于财富。

Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。

Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功亏一篑。

Between two stools one falls to the ground. 脚踏两头要落空。

Beware beginnings. 慎始为上。

Beware of a man of one book. 不要与一个有专业知识的人争论。

Beware of a silent dog and still water. 警惕无声之狗会咬人，平静之水会覆舟。

Beware of him who regards not his reputation. 要谨防不重自己名誉的人。

Big mouthfuls ofter choke. 贪多嚼不烂。

Bind the sack before it be full. 做事应适可而止。

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

Birth is much, but breeding is more. 出身固然重要，教养更且重要。

Bite off more than one can chew. 贪多咽不下。

Bite the hand that feeds one. 恩将仇报。

Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口利于病。

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 人无所求最享福，因他不为失望苦。

Blind men can judge no colours. 不宜问道于盲。

Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。

Blood will have blood. 血债要用血来还。

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. 书籍如朋友，应该少而精。

Borrowed garments never fit well. 借来的衣服不合身。

Brave actions never want a trumpet. 勇敢的行为不须要吹号。

Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。

Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵。

Bring up a raven and hell pick out your eyes. 养虎贻患。

Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 投鼠忌器。

Burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

Business before pleasure. 事业在先，享乐在后。

Business is business. 公事公办。

Business is the salt of life. 事业事人生之盐。

Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事业既考验人，也造就人。

Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious. 事业虽扰烦，懒惰更害人。

Business neglected is business lost. 玩忽事业等于丢失事业。

Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest. 工作后消遣更愉快，劳动后休息更舒畅。

Butter to butter is no relish. 千篇一律的东西令人生厌。

By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 懒散学为非。

By doing we learn. 经一事，长一智。

By falling we learn to go safely. 吃一堑，长一智。

By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man. 赌博使我们丢失时间和金钱，这两样人生最珍贵的东西。

By others faults, wise men correct their own. 他山之石，可以攻玉。

By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。

By the hands of many a great work made light. 众擎易举。

By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. 和疾病相比较，才显得健康的可贵。

By the street of "Bye and bye" one arrives at the house of "Never". 迁延因循，一事无成。

By writing you learn to write. 从写作

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交友的英语谚语。

A friend is a second self.

朋友是另一个我。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难之交才是真朋友

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 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。

A faithful friend is hard to find.

挚友难寻

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。

Friends must part.

天下无不散之筵席。

Nature teaches us to love our friends but religion our enemies.

自然教我们爱朋友,宗教却教我们爱敌人。

Life without a friend is death without a witness.

在世无朋友，死后无证人。

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。

He is rich enough who has true friends.

有真朋友的人是富翁。

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

背后说好话,才是真朋友。

Have but few friends though many acquaintances.

结交可广,知己宜少。

God defend me from my friends; form my enemy I can defend myself.

防友靠天，防敌靠己。

Friends may meet, but mountains never greet.

朋友可相逢，高山永分离。

Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is.

友谊地久天长。

Friendship ---- one soul in two bodies.

友谊是两人一条心。

Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs.

友谊可以增添欢乐，可以分担忧愁。

Friendship is love with understanding.

友谊是爱加上谅解。

Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

来而不往非礼也。

Friends are thieves of time.

交朋友，费时间。

Everything is good when new, but friend when old.

物莫如新,友莫如故。

Fall sick and you will see who is your friend and who is not.

患难见真情。

Familiar paths and old friends are the best.

熟路好遵循,老友最可珍。

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

奉承惹人喜，直言招人仇。

Friendless is the dead.

没有朋友者，等于是死人。

Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight.

朋友像琴弦，不能拧太紧。

Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.

交往过密过疏，都会失去朋友。

Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。

Better lose a jest than a friend.

宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。

Better an open enemy than a false friend.

明枪易躲,暗箭难防。

Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing.

择友宜慎,弃之更宜慎。

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。直译为:一个真正的朋友是一个灵魂在两个身体内。 意义为:一个真正的朋友是如影随形的。

A true friend is known in the day of adversity.

疾风知劲草,患难知友情。

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 ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.

失友皆从借钱起。

An empty purse frightens many friends.

囊中无分文,亲友不上门。

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

远亲不如近友.

A man who has friend must show himself friendly.

与朋友交,必须友好相处。

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

人生没有朋友,犹如人生没有了太阳。

A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.

戏谑不能在化敌为友。意思是 开玩笑总不能化敌为友,反而有时会失去朋友。

A good friend is my nearest relation.

良友如近亲;

A friend without faults will never be found.

没有十全十美的朋友。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

广交友,无深交。

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.

失友易,交友难。

A friend is never known till a man have need.

需要之时方知友。

A friend is best found in adversity.

患难见真交。

在我们的英语写作过程中，如果能够很好的运用英语谚语，能给我们的作文带来亮点。下面是语文迷整理的高频谚语，一起来看看吧。

(一) Where there is a will，there is a way. 有志者事竟成。

(二) One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。

(三) Slow and steady wins the race. 稳扎稳打无往而不胜。

(四) A fall into the pit，a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。

(五) Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。

(六) All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

(七) Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

(八) More hasty，less speed. 欲速则不达。

(九) Its never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

(十) All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。

(十一) Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

(十二) God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。

(十三) Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。

(十四) A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。

(十五) Look before you leap. 三思而后行。

(十六) Rome was not built in a day. 伟业非一日之功。

(十七) Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。

(十八) well begun，half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。

(十九) It is hard to please all. 众口难调。

(二十) Out of sight，out of mind. 眼不见，心不念。

(二十一) Do as Romans do in Rome. 入乡随俗。

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

(二十三) As the tree，so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

(二十四) To live is to learn，to learnistobetterlive.活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。

(二十五) Facts speak plainer than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

(二十六) Call back white and white back. 颠倒黑白。

(二十七) First things first. 凡事有轻重缓急。

(二十八) Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。

(二十九) A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

(三十) live not to eat，but eat to live. 活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。

(三十一) Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。

(三十二) East or west，home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

(三十三) Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。

(三十四) Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。

(三十五) Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。

(三十六) The older， the wiser. 姜是老的辣。

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

导语：走自己的路,让别人说去吧。Follow your own course, and let people talk.下面是小编为大家整理的励志英语谚语精选，欢迎大家阅读欣赏!

1.Follow your own course, and let people talk.走自己的路,让别人说去吧.

2.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.

3.Think twice before acting.三思而后行.

4.Adversity reveals genius, fortune conceals it.苦难显才华,好运藏天知.

5.The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟,亦能覆舟.

6.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.宁为鸡头,不为凤尾.

7.A stitch in time saves nine.防微杜渐.

8.Diamond cuts diamond.强中更有强中手.

9.The early bird catches the worm.捷足先登.

10.Whatever you go, go with all your heart.无论做什么事,一定要全力以赴.

11.The good seaman is known in bad weather.惊涛骇浪,方显英雄本色.

12.Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在,不怕没柴少.

13.All thing are difficult before they are easy.万事开头难.

14.Life is not all roses.人生并不都是康庄大道.

15.Heaven never seals off all the exits.天无绝人之路.

16.Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar?有朋自远方来不亦乐乎?

17.Reading is always profitable.开卷有益.

18.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.

19.Actions speak louder that words.事实胜于雄辩.

20.Mastery of work comes from diligent application, and success deponds on forethought.业精于勤,行成于思

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。

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

一日之计在于晨。

Few words,many deeds.

少说话，多做事。

no song，no supper.

不劳无获。

practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

Heaven never helps the man who will not act.

自己不动，叫天何用。

No pains, no gains.

没有付出就没有收获。

Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.

世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。

He that will not work shall not eat.

不劳动者不得食

A work ill done must be twice done.

未做好的活，需要重新做。

As you sow you shall mow.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

As is the workman so is the work.

什么工人出什么活。

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)

The early bird catches the worm.

早起的鸟有虫吃。

Food given by another person is only a throat tickler, but food gained by the labour of one’s own hand is the food which satisfies.(Australian proverb)

人家给的食物只能使嗓子眼舒服，而亲手劳动得来的食物则使人心满意足。(澳大利亚谚语)

Labour is often the father of pleasure.

勤劳常为快乐之源。

Little strokes fell great oaks.

水滴石穿。

He that will not work shall not eat.

不劳动者不得食。

上当一回头，再多就可耻。

If you make yourself an ass, dont complain if people ride you.

人善被人欺，马善被人骑。

If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.

耳朵发烧，有人念叨。

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.

脚踏两条船，必定落空。

If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.

杀鸡取卵。

If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.

要想求知，就得吃苦。

Industry is the parent of success.

勤奋是成功之母。

It is better to die when life is a disgrace.

宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。

It is easier to get money than to keep it.

挣钱容易攒钱难。

It is easy to be wise after the event.

事后诸葛亮好当。

It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.

创业容易守业难。

Learn not and know not.

不学无术。

Learn to walk before you run.

先学走，再学跑。

Let bygones be bygones.

过去的就让它过去吧。

Let sleeping dogs lie.

别惹麻烦。

Let the cat out of the bag.

泄漏天机。

Lies can never changes fact.

谎言终究是谎言。

Lies have short legs.

谎言站不长。

Life is but a span.

人生苦短。

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

人过半生，方知天命。

Life is not all roses.

人生并不是康庄大道。

Life without a friend is death.

没有朋友，虽生犹死。

It is hard to please all.

众口难调。

It is never too old to learn.

活到老，学到老。

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

覆水难收。

It is the first step that costs troublesome.

万事开头难。

It is the unforeseen that always happens.

天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.

坐失良机，后悔已迟。

It never rains but it pours.

不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。

It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

十年树木，百年树人。

Jack of all trades and master of none.

门门精通，样样稀松。

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

想不犯错误，就一事无成。

He who risks nothing gains nothing.

收获与风险并存。

History repeats itself.

历史往往重演。

Honesty is the best policy.

做人诚信为本。

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.

朋友不能阿谀奉承。

If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

Judge not from appearances.

人不可貌相，海不可斗量。

Justice has long arms.

天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

Kill two birds with one stone.

一箭双雕。

Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.

君王发狂，百姓遭殃。

Kings have long arms.

普天之下，莫非王土。

Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量。

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.

博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

Learn and live.

活着，为了学习。

Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.

好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。

A man becomes learned by asking questions.

不耻下问才能有学问。

A young idler, an old beggar.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Books and friends should be few but good.

读书如交友，应求少而精。

By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.

读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。

Complacency is the enemy of study.

学习的敌人是自己的满足。

Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.

愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。

Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量。

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.

博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

Learn and live.

活着，为了学习。

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

four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the cro from small beginning come great things.(伟大始于渺小。)

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

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

great hopes make great man. (伟大的理想造就伟大的人。)3lian.com

if a thing is worth doing it is worth d in doing we learn.(实践长才干。)

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

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

lifeless, faultless.(只有死人才不犯错误。)

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

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

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

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。]

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

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

all things are difficult before they are easy.(凡事必先难后易。)[放弃投机取巧的幻想。] better late than never.(迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来好。)

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

A bad workman always blames his tools.

不会撑船怪河弯。

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

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。