英语6级谚语作文模板（优秀20篇）

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 good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.

一本好书，莫逆之交。

8、A bad thing never dies.

坏事传千年。

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.

达成的协议不可撕毁。

11、A beggars purse is bottomless.

乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

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

双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

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。

31、A clean hand wants no washing.

身正不怕影子斜。

32、A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

问心无愧，高枕无忧。

33、A clear conscience is a sure card.

光明磊落，胜券在握。

34、A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.

白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

35、A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.

宁为清贫，不为浊富。

36、A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，

祸从口出。

37、A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.

夜郎自大。

38、A common danger causes common action.

同仇敌忾。

39、A constant guest is never welcome.

久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。

40、A contented mind is perpetual feast.

知足常乐。

41、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。

42、A crafty knave needs no broker.

狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。

43、A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.

户枢不蠹。

44、Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

行动是知识的巧果。

45、Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

46、A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.

不满足者坐无宁时。

47、A disease known is half cured.

病情确诊断，治病好一半。

48、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。

49、A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.

骨头打狗狗不叫。

50、Adversity is a good discipline.

苦难是磨练人的好机会。

51、Adversity leads to prosperity.

逆境迎向昌盛。

52、Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

患难使人聪明，但不能致富。

53、Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

身处逆境不择友。

54、Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.

成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。

55、A fair death honours the whole life.

死得光明，终身荣耀。

56、A fair face may hide a foul heart.

人不可貌相。

57、A faithful friend is hard to find.

益友难得。

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

吃一堑，长一智。

59、After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while.

午饭后要坐，晚饭后要走。

60、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。

61、A fault confessed is half redressed.

承认错误，等于改正一半。

62、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。

63、A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.

口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。

64、A fool always comes short of his reckoning.

愚人常缺算计。

65、A fool always rushes to the fore.

傻瓜总爱强出头。

66、A fool and his money are soon parted.

笨蛋难聚财。

67、A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.

蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。

68、A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.

一愚发问，七智结舌。

69、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。

70、A fool may give a wise man counsel.

愚者千虑，必有一得。

71、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。

72、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。

73、A fools bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

愚者千虑，必有一得。

74、A fools heart dances on his lips.

愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。

75、A fox may grow grey, but never good.

狐狸会变，但本性难移。

76、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。

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

曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。

78、A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难朋友才是真朋友。

79、A friend is a second self.

朋友是另一个我。

80、A friend is best found in adversity.

患难见真友。

81、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。

82、A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.

交友慢，失友快。

83、A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

广交友，无深交。

84、A friend without faults will never be found.

没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。

85、A good beginning is half the battle.

首战告捷等于一半胜利。

86、After black clouds, clear weather.

否极泰来。

87、After death, the doctor.

放马后炮。

88、After dinner comes the reckoning.

吃喝玩乐，该付代价。

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

Custom is a second nature.

习惯是第二天性。

Habit is second nature.

习惯成自然。

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

坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。

Custom makes all things easy.

若照习惯办，万事皆不难。

Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

Dont leave todays work for tomorrow.

当日事，当日毕。

1.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

不善始者不善终。

2.A bad thing never dies.

遗臭万年。

3.A bad workman always blames his tools.

不会撑船怪河弯。

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

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

5.A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.

吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

6.A bully is always a coward.

色厉内荏。

7.A burden of ones choice is not felt.

爱挑的担子不嫌重。

8.A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

9.A cat has 9 lives.

猫有九条命。

10.A cat may look at a king.

人人平等。

11.A close mouth catches no flies.

病从口入。

12.A constant guest is never welcome.

常客令人厌。

13.Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

14.Adversity leads to prosperity.

穷则思变。

15.Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

逆境出人才。

16.A fair death honors the whole life.

死得其所，流芳百世。

17.A faithful friend is hard to find.

知音难觅。

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

吃一堑，长一智。

19.A fox may grow gray, but never good.

江山易改，本性难移。

20.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

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

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

1. You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

1. 你可能不能控制所有发生在你身上的事，但是你可以决定不被它们所累。

2. Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

2. 每件事都会变，问题在于前进还是后退。

3. Be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

3. 做人生的主角，而不是受害者。

4. We spend most of our lives cutting down our ambitions because the world has told us to think small. Dreams express what your soul is telling you, so as crazy as your dream might seem—even to you—I don’t care: You have to let that out.

4. 我们一生中的大部分时间都在缩小壮志雄心，因为这个世界告诉我们别想的太大。梦想表现了灵魂告诉你的事，所以即使你的梦想对你自己来说也是天方夜谭，也没有关系：你必须释放自己的梦想。

5. As long as we dare to dream and dont get in the way of ourselves, anything is possible--theres truly no end to where our dreams can take us.

5. 只要我们敢梦想，并不被自己所阻，一切都有可能——梦想无止境。

6. You have to speak your dream out loud.

6. 你要大声说出自己的梦想。

7. It’s not about how to achieve your dreams. It’s about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the dreams will come to you.

7. 如何实现梦想并不是关键，关键在于如何生活。如果你将自己的生活带入正确方向，梦想终会实现。

8. If you cannot hear the sound of the genuine in you, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.

8. 如果你听不见内心真实的声音，你一生的时间都会花在别人要求你做的事情上。

9. When youre always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness.

9. 当你总是想依循旧例时，你就失去了自己的独特之处，而独特就是成就你伟大的基础。

10. Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without courage, you cannot practice any of the other virtues consistently.

10. 勇气是所有品质中最重要的。因为没有勇气，你就无法去保持其他的品质了。

11、The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him.

一个人越伟大，对表扬和奉承就越反感。

——John Burroughs(美国博物学家巴勒斯)

12、I might say that success is won by three things:

first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort.

可以说成功要靠三件事才能赢得：努力，努力，再努力。

——Thomas Hardy(英国诗人小说家哈代)

13、Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

成功常常取决于知道需要多久才能成功。

——Charles Montesquieu(法国思想家孟德斯鸠)

14、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，才能够轻而易举的完成困难的事。

——Friedrich Schiller(德国剧作家诗人席勒)

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

你必须相信自己，这是成功的关键。

——Charles Chaplin(美国演员卓别林)

16、A man can succeed at almost anything for which

he has unlimited enthusiasm.

无论何事，只要对它有无限的热情你就能取得成功。

——C. M. Schwab(美国实业家施瓦布)

17、The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible”.

凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。

——Bonapart Napoleon(法国皇帝拿破仑)

18、Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.

进步是今天的活动，明天的保证。

——Emerson(美国思想家爱默生)

20、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。

——Richard Nixon(美国总统尼克松)

1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.

2.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.

3.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.

4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow make an early start.

5.不眠之夜 whe night

6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do ones best

8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.

9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

11.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

12.大开眼界 open ones eyes; broaden ones horizon; be an eye-opener

13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

14.过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.

19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.

20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones

21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold cant be pure and man cant be perfect.

22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.

23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth

24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché

27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.

29.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success

30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth

31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened

32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of ones dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.

35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself

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成功的英语谚语。

Diligence is the mother of success.

勤奋是成功之母。

Diligence is near success.

勤奋近乎成功。

Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.

成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。

I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated.

我成功是因为我有决心,从不踌躇。

I have no secret of success but hard work.

成功无秘诀,只是努力干。

Nothing succeeds like success.

一是成，百事顺。

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 at first you dont succeed, try, try again.

初试不成功，努力勿懈怠。

He who wills success is half way to it.

伟大的理想造就伟大的人物。

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

看破生死者，大多会成功。

Failure is the mother of success.

失败是成功之母。

No pain, no gain一份耕耘一份收获.

There is no end to learning.学无止境

Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。

The way to learn a language is to practice speaking it as often as possible.

学习一门语言的方法就是要尽量多地练习说。

If you dont learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.

如果你年轻时没有学会思考，那就永远学不会思考。

Learning is the eye of the mind.

知识是心灵的慧眼。

Relax! be patient and enjoy yourself. learning foreign languages should be fun.

放松点!要有耐性，并让自己快乐!学习外语应该是乐趣无穷的。

Great hopes make great man.

伟大的理想造就伟大的人。

God helps those who help themselves.

天助自助者。

if you want to be happy, make yourself useful.

让自己做一个有用的人，这样才能获得幸福。

Growth in wisdom may be exactlyi measured by decrease in bitterness.

智慧的增长可用痛苦的减少来精确衡量。

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。

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。

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。]

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。]

All things are difficult before they are easy.

(凡事必先难后易。)[放弃投机取巧的幻想。]

Great hope smake great man.

(伟大的理想造就伟大的人。)

God helps those who help themselves.

(天助自助者。)

Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd:a little bit more.(四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘诀：多一点点!)[比别人多一点努力、多一点自律、多一点决心、多一点反省、多一点学习、多一点实践、多一点疯狂，多一点点就能创造奇迹!]

In doing we learn.

(实践长才干。)

East or west,home is best.

(东好西好，还是家里最好。)

Two heads are better than one.

(三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。)

Good company on the road is the shortest cut.

(行路有良伴就是捷径。)

Constant dropping wears the stone.

(滴水穿石。)

Misfortunes never come alone/single.

(祸不单行。)

Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

(不经灾祸不知福。)

Better late than never.

(迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来好。)

Its never too late to mend.

(过而能改，善莫大焉;亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。)

If a thing is worth doing，it is worth doing well.

(如果事情值得做，就值得做好。)

No pain, no gain.

一份耕耘一份收获。

There is no end to learning.

学无止境。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

A man becomes learned by asking questions.

不耻下问才能有学问。

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。

gods determine what youre going to be.

人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。

genius only means hard-working all ones life.

天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。

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。

Learn and live.

活着，为了学习。

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。]

While there is life,there is hope.

(有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。)

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。]

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

(风暴使树木深深扎根。)[感激敌人，感激挫折!]

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

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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。

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。

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。

1、A cat has nine lives.

猫有九条命。

2、Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

3、A bad bush is better than the open field.

有胜于无。

4、A bad padlock invites a picklock.

开门揖盗。

5、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。

6、A bird may be known by its song.

什么鸟唱什么歌。

7、Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.

成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。

8、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。

9、A disease known is half cured.

病情确诊断，治病好一半。

10、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。

11、A burden of ones choice is not felt.

自己选的担子不嫌重。

12、A common danger causes common action.

同仇敌忾。

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

吃一堑，长一智。

14、A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.

白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

15、A burnt child dreads the fire.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

16、A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

问心无愧，高枕无忧。

17、Experience is the mother of wisdom.

实践出真知。

18、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。

19、A faithful friend is hard to find.

益友难得。

20、A close mouth catches no flies.

病从口入，祸从口出。

21、A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.

吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

22、A constant guest is never welcome.

久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。

23、Accidents will happen.

天有不测风云。

24、A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.

户枢不蠹。

25、A contented mind is perpetual feast.

知足常乐。

26、A change of work is as good as a rest.

调换一下工作是很好的休息。

27、A cheerful wife is the joy of life.

快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。

28、A fair death honours the whole life.

死得光明，终身荣耀。

29、A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that its the boundary of the world.

坐井观天。

30、Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

患难使人聪明，但不能致富。

31、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。

32、Adversity leads to prosperity.

逆境迎向昌盛。

33、A cat may look at a king.

猫也有权晋见国王。

34、A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.

不满足者坐无宁时。

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

双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

36、A beggars purse is bottomless.

乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

37、A bargain is a bargain.

达成的协议不可撕毁。

38、Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

行动是知识的巧果。

39、A clear conscience is a sure card.

光明磊落，胜券在握。

40、A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.

借来的斗篷不暖身。

[英语小谚语四十句

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、No news is good news.

没有消息就是好消息。

2、Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.

世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。

3、Never say die.

永不言败。

4、No garden without its weeds.

没有不长草的园子。

5、No way is impossible to courage.

勇者无惧。

6、None are so deaf as those who wont hear.

充耳不闻。

7、Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.

军人以服从命令为天职。

8、Offense is the best defense.

进攻是最好的防御。

9、Once bitten, twice shy.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

10、One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.

一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。

11、Nothing brave, nothing have.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

12、Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.

外出旅行，语言最要紧。

13、Observation is the best teacher.

观察是最好的老师。

14、Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.

亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

15、Out of office, out of danger.

无官一身轻。

16、Out of debt, out of danger.

无债一身轻。

17、No man can do two things at once.

一心不可二用。

18、No smoke without fire.

无风不起浪。

19、Not to advance is to go back.

不进则退。

20、No rose without a thorn.

没有不带刺的玫瑰。

21、No man is wise at all times.

聪明一世，糊涂一时。

22、No one can call back yesterday.

昨日不会重现。

23、No sweet without sweat.

先苦后甜。

24、One hour today is worth two tomorrow.

争分夺秒效率高。

25、Once a man and twice a child.

一次老，两次小。

26、Once a thief, always a thief.

偷盗一次，做贼一世。

27、No living man all things can.

世上没有万事通。

28、Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

29、New wine in old bottles.

旧瓶装新酒。

30、One swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。

31、Ones words reflect ones thinking.

言为心声。

32、Old friends and old wines are best.

陈酒味醇，老友情深。

33、No pains, no gains.

没有付出就没有收获。

34、No man is content.

人心不足蛇吞象。

35、One false move may lose the game.

一着不慎，满盘皆输。

36、None are so blind as those who wont see.

视而不见。

37、One mans fault is other mans lesson.

前车之鉴。

38、One good turn deserves another.

行善积德。

39、Out of sight, out of mind.

眼不见，心为静。

40、Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

世上无难事，只怕有心人。

41、Old sin makes new shame.

一失足成千古恨。

42、One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.

百闻不如一见。

43、One never loses anything by politeness.

讲礼貌不吃亏。

44、Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.

不懂世故，幼稚可笑。

45、Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

眼泪干得最快。

46、No cross, no crown.

不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。

47、No man is born wise or l

earned.

没有生而知之者。

48、One cannot put back the clock.

时钟不能倒转。

49、No pleasure without pain.

没有苦就没有乐。

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

1.There is no rose without a thorn.

没有不带刺的玫瑰。世上没有十全的幸福。

2.An old dog will learn no new tricks.

老狗学不出新把戏。老顽固不能学新事物。

3.A good dog deserves a good bone.

好狗应该得好骨头。 有功者受奖。

4.the children from well-fed family.

膏粱子弟

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

高屋建筑

6.Bad workmen often blame their tools.

拙匠常怪工具差。(不会撑船怪河弯)。

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

己不正不正人(笑别人驼背的人得自己首先把身子挺直)

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

8.Its a long lane that has no turning.

路必有弯。(事必有变)。(瓦片也有翻身日)。

9.Onw swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。

10.No smoke without fire.

无火不起烟。(无风不起浪)。

11.Ill news comes apace.

好事不出门，坏事传千里。

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

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

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

山中无老虎，猴子称大王。

14.Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同。

15.Strike while the iron is hot.

趁热打铁。

16.Like father, like son.

有其父必有其子。

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

有志者，事竟成。

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

人生七十古来稀。

19.the apple of the eye.

掌上明珠。

20.hide ones light under a bushel.

不露锋芒。

21.new wine in old bottles.

旧瓶装新酒。

22.a dead dog.

废物或无价值之物。

23.eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

24.between the devil and the deep sea.

进退两难 进退维谷。

25.escape by the skin of ones teeeth.

死里逃生。 幸免于死。

26.hole and corner.

偷偷摸摸。 鬼鬼祟祟。

27.a broken reed.

压伤的苇杖。 不能依靠的东西或人。

28.entertain an angel unawares.

有眼不识泰山。

29.much cry and little wool.

雷声大，雨点小。

30.a lion in the way.

拦路虎。

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

人不为己，天诛地灭。

32.kick against the pricks.

以卵击石。 螳臂当车。

33.a fly in the ointment.

一只老鼠坏了一锅汤。

34.no respecter of persons.

一视同仁。

35.wash ones hands of a thing.

洗手不干。 与某事无关。

36.cast pearls before swine.

对牛弹琴。 明珠暗投。

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

心有余而力不足。

38.separate the sheep from the goats.

分辨良莠。

39.in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

聪明保险的办法是向大量谋士求计。

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

百川归海而海不盈。

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

因为我们没带什么到世界上来，也不能带什么去。

42.bay the moon.

干徒劳无益的事。

43.whats done is done.

事情干了就算了。

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

纸包不住火。真相终将大白。

45.strange bedfellows.

同床异梦。

46.be hoist with ones own petard .

作法自毙。作茧自缚。

47.to paint the lily.

画蛇添足。实在是浪费而可笑的事。

48.much ado about nothing.

无事生非。

49.love is blind.

爱情是盲目的。 情人眼里出西施。

50.a dog in the manger.

占着茅坑不拉屎。在其位不谋其政。

2018研究生考试的复习已经进入春季加速突破阶段。这段时间英语复习的重心是在巩固阅读做题方法的同时，要开始认真备考写作了。要想在考场上快速成文，必须要有完全的模板。除此之外，还需要一些话题素材，以便灵活应对。在考研英语大作文中，如果能用到谚语或一些经典的语句，往往能给人眼前一亮的印象，自然会给阅卷老师带来好的印象，为考生增分不少。今天，老师整理了一些常用的英语谚语或经典语句，考生可以根据作文话题的要求随机选用。

1.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.知识胜过金银，知识就是力量。

2.Tomorrow comes never.切莫依赖明天。

3.Time past cannot be called back again.光阴一去不复返。

4.One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。

5.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.胸中有知识，胜于手中有金钱。

6.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.为了获得知识，纵使代价过高也值得。

7.Never think yourself above business.勿自视过高;不要眼高手低;永远不要认为自己是大才小用。

8.Christmas comes but once a year.圣诞一年只一度。即：珍惜当下的意思

9.Pleasant hours fly past.快乐时光往往是短暂的。

10.Time tames the strongest grief.时间是治愈伤口的最好良药，时间能缓和极度的悲痛。

11.The day is short but the work is much.工作繁重，时间紧迫。

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

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

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

15.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。

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

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

18.Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。

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

20.A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

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

22. He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人须先正己。

[考研英语必备谚语句子摘抄

1. No rose without a thorn.

没有不带刺的玫瑰。

2. Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

3. Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

4. An apple a day, keep the doctor away.

每日一苹果，医生远离我。

5. No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.

没有人可以做任何事，但是每个人可以做一些事。

6. Character------It’s what you do when nobody’s looking

品质——就是当你在无人看着时的所为。

7. Reading a book is like opening a window to life.

读一本书，像对生活开了一扇窗。

8. A good book is a light to your soul.

一本好书，照亮心灵。

9. Respect yourself Respect others Respect your school

尊重自己 尊重他人 尊重学校

10. It is better to be faithful than famous.

守信用胜过有名气。

11. No cross, no crown.

不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。

12. No garden without its weeds.

没有不长草的园子。

13. No living man all things can.

世上没有万事通。

14. No man can do two things at once.

一心不可二用。

15. No smoke without fire.

无风不起浪。

16. No man is wise at all times.

聪明一世，糊涂一时。

17. No news is good news.

没有消息就是好消息。

18. No sweet without sweat.

先苦后甜。

19. No pains, no gains.

没有付出就没有收获。

20. No pleasure without pain.

没有苦就没有乐。

1. Happiness lies first of all in health.

幸福首先在于健康。

2. Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease.

欢乐就是健康, 忧郁就是病痛。

3. It is not work that kills, but worry.

工作不损寿, 忧郁才伤身。

4. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只工作, 不玩耍, 聪明小伙也变儍。

5. People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

没有时间娱乐的人, 迟早得有时间生病。

----- J. Wanamaker 沃纳梅克

6. He is wise that knows when he is well enough.

知足为智者。

7. He who lives with his memories becomes old. He who lives with plans for the future remains young.

终日怀旧催人老, 计划未来葆青春。

8. A good conscience is a continual feast.

问心无愧天天乐。

9. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

一分预防胜过十分治疗。

10. Diet cures more than doctors.

自己饮食有节, 胜过上门求医。

11. He is happy that thinks himself so.

自乐者常乐。

12. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

每天一只苹果, 无需医生进门。

-----英语谚语

13. Better wear out shoes than sheets.

宁愿把鞋子穿漏, 不愿把床单磨破。

----- 英语谚语

14. Health is not valued till sickness comes.

病时方知健康可贵。

15. Leave off with an appetite.

吃得七分饱, 就该离餐桌。

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。

Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.有志者，事竟成。

Wellbegunishalfdone.好的开端是成功的一半。

East,west,homeisbest.金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。

Practicemakesperfect.熟能生巧。

Godhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves.天助自助者。

Easiersaidthandone.说起来容易做起来难。

Wherethereisawill，thereisaway.有志者事竟成。

Onefalsestepwillmakeagreatdifference.失之毫厘，谬之千里。

Slowandsteadywinstherace.稳扎稳打无往而不胜。

Afallintothepit，againinyourwit.吃一堑，长一智。

Experienceisthemotherofwisdom.实践出真知。

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

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

Morehasty，lessspeed.欲速则不达。

Itsnevertoooldtolearn.活到老，学到老。

Allthatglittersisnotgold.闪光的未必都是金子。

Ajourneyofathousandmilesbeginswithasinglestep.千里之行始于足下。

Lookbeforeyouleap.三思而后行。

Romewasnotbuiltinaday.伟业非一日之功。

Greatmindsthinkalike.英雄所见略同。

wellbegun，halfdone.好的开始等于成功的一半。

Itishardtopleaseall.众口难调。

Outofsight，outofmind.眼不见，心不念。

Factsspeakplainerthanwords.事实胜于雄辩。

Callbackwhiteandwhiteback.颠倒黑白。

Firstthingsfirst.凡事有轻重缓急。

Illnewstravelsfast.坏事传千里。

Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.患难见真情。

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

Actionspeakslouderthanwords.行动胜过语言。

Eastorwest，homeisthebest.金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

Itsnotthegaycoatthatmakesthegentleman.君子在德不在衣。

Beautywillbuynobeef.漂亮不能当饭吃。

Likeandlikemakegoodfriends.趣味相投。

Theolder，thewiser.姜是老的辣。

DoasRomansdoinRome.入乡随俗。

Anidleyouth，aneedyage.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Asthetree，sothefruit.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

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

Wherethereisawill，thereisaway.有志者事竟成。

Nothingistoodifficultintheworldifyousetyourmindintoit.世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Everycoinhastwosides.每枚硬币都有两面;凡事皆有好坏。

Donttroublestroubleuntiltroubletroublesyou.不要自找麻烦。

Nopains，nogains.不劳无获

Thereisnoroyalroadtolearning.学无坦途。

Lookbeforeyouleap.Firstthink,thenact.三思而后行。

Itisnevertoolatetomend.亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。

Lightcome,lightgo.来得容易，去得快。

Timeismoney.时间就是金钱。

Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.患难见真交。

Greathopesmakegreatman.远大的希望，造就伟大的人物。

Afterastormcomesacalm.雨过天晴。

AllroadsleadtoRome.条条大路通罗马。

Artislong,butlifeisshort.人生有限，学问无涯。

Sticktoit,andyoullsucceed.只要人有恒，万事都能成。

Earlytobedandea

rlytorisemakesamanhealthy,wealthy,andwise.早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。

Agoodmedicinetastesbitter.良药苦口。

Itisgoodtolearnatanothermanscost.前车之鉴。

Keepingisharderthanwinning.创业不易，守业更难。

Letscrossthebridgewhenwecometoit.船到桥头自然直。

Morehaste,lessspeed.欲速则不达。

Nopains,nogains.不劳则无获。

Nothingisdifficulttothemanwhowilltry.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

Wherethereislife,thereishope.生命不息，希望常在。

Anidleyouth,aneedyage.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Wemustnotliedown,andcry,"Godhelpus."求神不如求己。

Aplantmayproducenewflowers;manisyoungbutonce.花有重开日，人无再少年。

Godhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves.自助者，天助之。

Whatmaybedoneatanytimewillbedoneatnotime.明日待明日，明日不再来。

AllworkandnoplaymakesJackadullboy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

Diligenceisthemotherofsuccess.勤奋是成功之母。

Truthisthedaughteroftime.时间见真理。

Takecareofthepence,andthepoundswilltakecareofthemselves.积少自然成多。

Nomaniswiseatalltimes.智者千虑，必有一失。

Neverputofftilltomorrowwhatyoucandotoday.今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天。

Liveandlearn.活到老，学到老。

Killtwobirdswithonestone.一石双鸟。

Itneverrainsbutitpours.祸不单行。

Indoingwelearn.经一事，长一智。

Easiersaidthandone.说起来容易做起来难。

Anounceofpreventionisworthapoundofcure.一分预防胜似十分治疗。

Industryisfortunesrighthand,andfrugalityherleft.勤勉是幸运的右手，节约是幸运的左手。

Geniusisonepercentinspirationand99percentperspiration.天才一分来自灵感，九十九分来自勤奋。

Hewholaughslastlaughsbest.谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。

Hewhopaysthepiper,callsthetune.谁负担费用，谁加以控制。

Hewhohashealthhashope,andhewhohashopehaseverything.身体健壮就有希望，有了希望就有了一切。

Nomanisbornwiseorlearned.人非生而知之。

Actionspeaklouderthanwords.事实胜于雄辩。

Courageandresolutionarethespiritandsoulofvirtue.勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。

Unitedwestand,dividedwefall.合即立，分即垮。

Thereisnosmokewithoutfire.无风不起浪。

Manyhandsmakelightwork.人多好办事。

Readingmakesafullman.读书长见识。

Thebesthorseneedsbreeding,andtheaptestchildneedsteaching.最好的马要驯，最伶俐的孩子要教。

Learnyoung,learnfair.学习趁年轻，学就要学好。

Wisdominthemindisbetterthanmoneyinthehand.胸中有知识，胜于手中有金钱。

Oncebitten,twiceshy.一次被咬，下次胆小。

Soundinbody,soundinmind.有健全的身体才有健全的精神。

Seeingisbelieving.百闻不如一见。

Dogswavetheirtailsnotsomuchin,lovetoyouasyourbread.狗摇尾巴，爱的是你的面包。

Moneyisagoodservantbutabadmaster.要做金钱的主人，莫作金钱的奴隶。

Itshardsailingwhenthereisnowind.无风难驶船。

Thepathtogloryisalwaysrugged.通向光荣的道路常常是崎岖的。

Livingwithoutanaimislikesailingwithoutacompass.没有目标的生活如同没有罗盘的航行。

Qualitymattersmorethanquantity.质重于量。

Theon-lookerseesmostofthegame.旁观者清。

Wisdomisagoodpurchasethoughwepaydearforit.为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。

Joyssharedwithothersaremoreenjoyed.与众同乐，其乐更乐。

Happinesstakesnoaccountoftime.欢乐不觉日子长。

Timeandtidewaitsfornoman.岁月不等人。

Ifyouwantknowledge,youmusttoilforit.若要求知，必须刻苦。

Learntowalkbeforeyourun.循序渐进。

Knowingsomethingofeverything,andeverythingofsomething.通百艺而专一长。

Fromwordstodeedsisagreatspace.言行之间，大有距离。

Skillandconfidenceareanunconqueredarmy.技能和信心是无敌的军队。

Habitisasecondnature.习惯成自然。

Lifeless,faultless.只有死人才不会犯错误。

Abookisthesametodayasitalwayswasanditwillneverchange.好书千载常如新。

Books,likefriends,shouldbefewandwellchosen.读书如择友，宜少且宜精。

Abookthatremainsshutisbutablock.书本不常翻，犹如一块砖。

Itsnotthegaycoatthatmakesthegentleman.君子在德不在衣。

Twoheadsarebetterthanone.三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。

Birthismuch,butbreedingismore.出身重要，教养更重要。

Nothingisimpossibletoawillingmind.世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Youcantmakesomethingoutofnothing.巧妇难为无米之炊。

Nothingventure,nothinghave.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

Nothingfornothing.不费力气，一无所得。

Ofnothingcomesnothing.无中不能生有。

Hewhomakesnomistakesmakesnothing.不犯错误者一事无成。

Bettersaynothingthannothingtothepurpose.话不中肯，不如不说。

Nothingsucceedslikesuccess.一事如意，万事顺利。

Nothingstake,nothingdraw.不顶千里浪，哪来万斤鱼。

Nothingisasgoodasitseemsbeforehand.期待比现实更美好。

Nothingisgivensofreelyasadvice.劝人最容易。

Nothingissocertainastheunexpected.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

Nothingseek,nothingfind.无所求则无所获。

Alittleofeverythingisnothinginthemain.每事浅尝辄止，事事都告无成。

Agreatshipasksdeepwaters.大船要走深水。（蛟龙要在海中游。）

ThebestphysiciansareDr.Diet,Dr.Quiet,andDr.Merryman.节食博士、精心博士、快乐博士，三人都是最好的医生。

Hethatoncedeceivesiseversuspected.骗人一次，受疑一世。

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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