英语谚语40条（汇总20篇）

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

幸福犹如香水，你不可能泼向别人而自己却不沾几滴。——Emerson

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

爱令智昏。——Francis Bacon

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

想被人爱，就要去爱别人，并让自己可爱。——Benjamin Franklin

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

兄弟未必是朋友，而朋友总是兄弟。

——Benjamin Franklin

Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

爱情、友谊和尊敬都不如对某物的共同的恨那样能把人们团结起来。——Chekhow

The course of true love never did run smooth.

通向真爱的路从无坦途。——Shakespeare

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

有没有爱情的婚姻，就会有没有婚姻的爱情。——Benjamin Franklin

If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

如果不想让你的敌人得知你的秘密，就不要把秘密告诉你的朋友。——Benjamin Franklin

To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.

在爱过和恨过一个人之后才能真正了解他。——Marcel Jouhandeau

True friendship foresees the needs of other rather than proclaim its own.

真正的友人总是考虑别人的需要而不是提出自己的要求。——A.Maurois

Good company on the road is the shortest cut.

有了好的旅伴，路途就变得无比短暂。——Oliver Goldsmith

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、for a morning rain leave not your trip.

不要因为早晨下了一场雨就不去旅行。

2、when dew is on the grass,rain will never come to pass.

草上露珠闪,告别下雨天

3、fish bite best before a rain.

大鱼吃小鱼,天空要下鱼

4、when ladybugs swarm,expect a day that’s warm.

蚂蚁搬家,天将雨

5、if bees stay at home,rain will soon come.if they fiy away ,fine will be the day

蜜蜂迟归,雨来风吹

6、on cloud nine

飘飘然如上九重天

7、halo around the sun or moon ,rain or snowsoon.

日晕三更雨,月晕午时风

8、when a halo rings around the moon or sun, rain is approaching on the run.

太阳月亮镶银边,老天马上要下雨

9、red sky at night, sailor’s delight.red sky in the morning, sailor’s warning.

"晚上天色红,水手乐呵呵；早晨天色红,水手急煞煞。

10、save for a rainy day

未雨绸缪

11、when the stars begin to huddle ,the earth will soon become a puddle.

月明星稀

12、mountains in the morning. fountains in the evening.

早晨天上积雨云, 晚上地下降暴雨

13、red sky at night,sailor’sdelight.red sky in the morning,sailor take waring.

早霞不出门,晚霞行千里

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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

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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。

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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。

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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。

（as）greedy as a wolf （非常贪婪， 贪得无厌）

cry wolf （喊“狼来了”， 发假警报）

eat like a wolf （贪婪地吃， 狼吞虎咽）

have [hold] a wolf by ears （骑虎难下）

have a wolf in the stomach （饿极了 ）

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

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

the wolf at the door 比喻家庭面临的财政问题。

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

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

The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep。（狼死羊安）

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

wolf—call （色鬼调戏妇女时的怪叫 wolffish ）

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

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

Man is a wolf to man。 人对人是狼。（人心狠，人吃人）

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

A wolf in sheeps clothing 匹着羊皮的狼。

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

wolf in sheeps clothing （披着羊皮的狼 ）

cry wolf （虚张声势;报谎喊“狼来了” ）

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

sea wolf （狼; 任何贪食的大海鱼。海盗; 私掠船。潜艇。）

see[have seen]a wolf （张口结舌， 说不出话来。）

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

the big bad wolf （令人恐怖的人或物。）

throw to the wolves （送入虎口; 置。。。于险境）

wake a sleeping wolf （自找麻烦）

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

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

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

have a wolfish appetite 是“有狼一般的食欲”。

to wolf down ones food 是“狼吞虎咽的吃东西”。

Keep the wolf from the door 是“得免饥寒”。

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

Set great store by friendship.

情意重千斤。

Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。

Old friends and old wine are best.

陈酒味醇, 老友情深。

The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water.

君子之交淡如水。

A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.

海内存知己, 天涯若比邻。

Most mens friendships are too inarticulate.

人的友谊是无法言喻的。

Friendship is like a plant of slow growth.

友谊像生长着的植物, 是慢慢地建立起来的。

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

好书如挚友, 情谊永不渝。

A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.

路遥知马力, 日久见人心。

I like a simple friend, who holds my faults like a looking glass before my face.

我喜欢这样的朋友, 他对我的缺点就像照镜子一样直言不讳。

It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world .

世界上没有不犯错误的人. 想交没有错误的朋友, 你就没有朋友。

It is only the greathearted who can be true friends; the mean and the cowardly can never know what true friendship is.

只有伟大胸怀的人才是真正的朋友; 平庸和怯懦之辈决不可能了解真正友谊的含义。

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

没有朋友的人不会幸福，不处逆境不能识别朋友。

Nothing makes the earth seem to spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

远方的朋友能使世界变得非常宽阔; 他们组成了经纬度。

Of our mixed life two quests are given control: food for the body, friendship for the soul.

在复杂的生命中, 有两点要牢记:为生存需要吃饭, 而心灵需要友谊。

The best that we find in our travel is an honest friend. He is a fortunate voyager who finds many.

旅行中最愉快的事是交到一个真诚的朋友。

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a mans success in life.

能交到真正的朋友是人生中最成功的事。

The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them.

对朋友爱得越深, 奉承得就越少。

The smell of coin is often the knell of friendship.

铜臭味浓往往是友谊的不祥之兆。

The true friendship seeks to give, not take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.

真正的友谊追求的是给予, 而不是索取; 是帮助别人, 而不是被人帮助; 是为人服务, 而不是被人服务。

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

维护朋友, 有三件事情要做到：当面要尊重他, 不在场时要表扬他, 苦难时要帮助他。

Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice.

选择朋友要像选书那样, 数量要少, 但质量要精。

My friend is not perfect—nor am I—and so we suit each other admirably.

朋友不会十全十美，你自己也一样，双方要互相尊敬。

For a congenial friend a thousand toasts are too few; in a disagreeable conversation one word more is too many.

酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多。

完成伟大的事业不在于体力，而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。下面是小编整理的英语谚语励志，欢迎阅读。

1. Do one thing at a time, and do well 一次只做一件事，做到最好!

2. Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow 今日事今日毕!

3. Youre uinique, nothing can replace you 你举世无双，无人可以替代。

4. Winners do what losers dont want to do 胜利者做失败者不愿意做的事!

5. Live well, love lots, and laugh often 善待生活，热爱一切，经常开怀大笑。

6. Quitters never win and winners never quit 退缩者永无胜利，胜利者永不退缩。

7. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well 任何值得做的事就值得把它做好!

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

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

10. He that can have patience, can have what he will 唯坚韧者始能遂其志。

11. All things are difficult before they are easy 凡事必先难后易。

12. Every man is his own worst enemy 一个人最大的敌人就是他自己。

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

14. The voice of one man is the voice of no one 一个人的声音没有力量。

15. All things in their being are good for something 天生我才必有用。

16. For man is man and master of his fate 人就是人，是自己命运的主人。

17. All things in their being are good for something 天生我才必有用。

18. All things are difficult before they are easy 凡事必先难后易。

19. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart 心之所愿，无事不成。

20. For man is man and master of his fate 人就是人，是自己命运的主人。

21. Winners do what losers dont want to do 胜利者做失败者不愿意做的事!

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

23. Keep flax from fire,youth from gaming 亚麻远离火苗，青年远离赌博。

24. Virtue and happiness are mother and daugher 美德和幸福犹如母女。

25. Youre uinique, nothing can replace you 你举世无双，无人可以替代。

26. Winners do what losers dont want to do 胜利者做失败者不愿意做的事!

27. Those who turn back never reach the summit 回头的人永远到不了最高峰!

28. What a man needs most is appreciated 人性最深切的需求就是渴望别人的欣赏。

29. I am a slow walker,but I never walk backwards 我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。

30. My philosophy of life is work ——Edison我的人生哲学就是工作。——爱迪生

31. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going 到任何值得去的地方都没有捷径。

32. I have no secret of success but hard work 除辛勤工作之外，我别无成功的秘诀。

[英语谚语励志

导语：恰到好处的谚语不仅能体现考生扎实的英语语言功底，丰富的英文知识，灵活的语言表达能力，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!

cross your heart 你发誓

gate - crasher 不请自来的不速之客;

take it easy 凡事看开些， 不要太冲动， 不要看得那么重

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

you are all wet 你完全误会了

she is hangover 她昨夜喝醉了

it’s a matter of time 这是迟早的问题

she pulls out 她退出了

I have my limit 我的忍耐度有限

don’t brush me off 不要敷衍我

let’s get it straight 我们打开天窗说亮话吧

what you call this 你这算什么

how about a bite 随便吃些什么吧

you can count on me 你可以信得过我

he see things not people他论事不论人

we sang the same songs 我们志同道合

I hope you in the roll 我希望你也能来

let’s go Dutch 我们各付各的吧

speak of the devil 说曹操， 曹操就到

keep in touch 保持联络

don’t turn me down 不要拒绝我

don’t let me down 别叫我失望

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

the weakest goes to the wall。优胜劣败

to look one way and row another声东击西 。

in everyone’s mouth。脍炙人口

to kick against the pricks 螳臂挡车 。

to give the last measure of devotion 鞠躬尽瘁 。

to suffer for one’s wisdom。 聪明反被聪明误

to harp on the same string。 旧调重弹

what’s done cannot be undone 覆水难收 。

to convert defeat into victory。 转败为胜

beyond one’s grasp。 鞭长莫及

to be severe with oneself and lenient with others。

严以责己宽以待人

a heart of steel。 铁石心肠

to be guided by destiny。听天由命

pride goes before a fall 骄者必败 。

the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy

without 不战而屈人之兵

what is bugging you 什么事使你心烦

sworn brother 干兄弟， 盟兄弟

it’s dying art 这是已失传的手艺

gentlemen agreement 君子协定

I‘m trying to make ends meet 我尽力要使收支平衡

prosperity makes friends， adversity tries them。

富贵结朋友， 患难见真情

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

bitterest of the bitter。

吃得苦中苦， 方为人上人

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

宁为善而斗， 毋屈服于恶

he who has hope has everything。

怀有希望者， 便拥有一切

self-trust is the first secret of success。

自信心是成功的首要关键

the secret of success is constancy of purpose。

成功的秘绝在于目标坚定有恒

success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties。

成功源于努力去克服困难

experience is the extract of suffering。

经验是受苦的结晶

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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。

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。

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。

1. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.

隐恶败善;原谅坏人即是伤害好人。

2. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.

重伤可治，恶名难去。

3. Evil communications corrupt good manners.

不良的交往败坏良好的举止。

4. No wrong without remedy. 有过皆可补。

5. Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

唯利是图者，胸中无美德。

6. First think, and then speak. 动口先动脑。

7. A word spoken is past recalling (The words once spoken can never be recalled).

一言既出，驷马难追。

8. While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when tis once spoken, tis anothers.

话在嘴里，属于自己;话一出口，人家所有。

9. Speech is silver, silence is gold. 言语是银，沉默是金。

10. Few words are best. 寡言为贵。

11.好的开端是成功的一半.Well begun is half done.

12.酒好不怕巷子深.Good wine needs no bush.

13.成功源于勤奋.Industry is the parent of success.

14.英雄所见略同.Great minds think alike.

15.熟能生巧.Practice makes perfect.

16.静水流深.Still waters run deep.

17.滴水穿石.Little stone fell great oaks.

18.前事不忘,后事之师.The membrance of the past is the teacher of the future.

19.君子之交淡如水.A hedge between keeps friendship green.

20.机不可失,失不再来.Take time while time is, for time will away.

21.集思广益.Two heads are better than one.

22.未雨绸缪.Provide for a rainy day.

23.真金不怕火炼.True blue will never strain.

24.必须相信自己,这是成功的秘诀.You have to believe in yourself. Thats the secret of success.

25.燕雀安知鸿鹄之志.A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.

26.身正不怕影子歪.A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

27.天涯何处无芳草.There is plenty of fish in the sea.

28.大智若愚.Cats hind their paws.

29.人不可貌相,海水不可斗量.Judge not a book by its cover.(Never judge from appearances.)

30.有情人终成眷属.All shall be well, Jack shall have jill.

31.海内存知己,天涯若比邻.The world is but a little place, after all.

32.宁为鸡头,不为凤尾.It is better to be a head of dog than a tail of a lion..

33.良药苦口.A good medicine tastes bitter.

34.知识就是力量.Knowledge is power.

35.金钱不是万能的.Money is not everything.

36.时不我待.Time and tide wait no man.

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

38.趁热打铁.Strike while the iron is hot.

39.天生我才必有用.Every man has his price.

40.看破生死的人能成大事.He who sees through life and death will meet with most success.

41.世上无难事,只要肯登攀.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

42不入虎穴,焉得虎子.Noting venture, noting gain.

43.不鸣则已,一鸣惊人.It never rains but it pours.

44.胜者为王,败者为寇.Losers are always in the wrong.

45.谋事在人,成事在天.Man proposes, God deposes.

46.众人拾柴火焰高.Many hands make light work.

47.不经风雨,怎能见彩虹. No cross, no crown.

48.没有付出,就没有收获.No pain, no gain.

49.不进则退.Not to advance is to go back.

50.No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧.

51. 闪光的不一定是黄金.All is not gold that glitters./All that glitters is not gold.

52.The strong pass of the enemy is like a wall of iron, yet with firm strides we are conquring its summit.雄关漫道真如铁,而今迈步从头越.

53.My journey is long and winding, I will keep on exploring my way far and wide.路漫漫其修远兮,我将上下而求索.

54.一分价钱一分货.You get what you pay off.

55.眼见为实.Seeing is believing.

56.无风不起浪.Where theres smoke without fire.

57.哪里有压迫,哪里就有反抗.Where theres oppression theres resistance.

58. 祸兮福所依,福兮祸所伏.All the Evils to be considered with the Good, that is in them, and with that worse attends them.

59.Make your whole years plan in the spring and the whole days plan in the morning.一年之计在于春,一天之计在于晨.

60.细节决定成败.Details is the key to success.

61.A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.男人对他的情人最爱,对他的妻子最好,而对他母亲的爱最长久.

62.A big tree falls not at the first stroke.一斧子砍不倒大树.

63.Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起身体好.

64.Ask not what your country can do for you; Ask what you can do for your country.不要问你的国家能为你做什么,而要问你能为你的国家做什么.

65.Repent,for the kingdom of heaven is near.忏悔吧,因为天国已经不远了.

66.Rejoicing in hope, patienting in trabulation.从希望中得到快乐,在磨难中保持坚韧.

67.Never put off until tomorrow what may be done today.今日事今日毕.

68.Something attempted, something done.

没有尝试,就没有成功.

69.Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.好处着想,坏处准备.

70.Great hope makes great man. 伟大的思想造就伟大的人.

71.A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不聚苔,转行不聚财.

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

73.Knowledge is a measure, but practise is the key to it.知识是珍宝,而实践是获取它的钥匙.

74.Lost time is never found again.光阴一去不复返.

75.Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.劳动强体,磨难强智.

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

77.All for one, one for all.我为人人,人人为我.

78.Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.己所不欲,勿施于人.

79.Suspicion is the poison of friendship.怀疑是对友谊所下的毒药.

80.He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后,谁笑得最美.

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

82.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.

83.Think twice before acting.三思而后行.

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

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

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

87.A stitch in time saves nine.防微杜渐.

88.Diamond cuts diamond.强中更有强中手.

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

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

91. Love makes all hard hearts gentle. 爱情把一切冷酷之心变成温柔。

92. When love puts in, friendship is gone. 爱情进入，友情完结。

93. The course of true love never did run smooth. 真爱的道路绝不平坦。

94. Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly.

爱情是可爱的虐政，情人们甘受它痛苦的折磨。

95. True love is giving, not taking. 真挚的爱是给，不是取。

96. Love makes obedience easy. 爱情使顺从成为易事。

97. Love is sweet in the beginning, but sour in the end. 爱情先甜后来酸。

98. Where love fails, we espy all faults. 爱情一失败，一切毛病都发现。

99. Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

追求爱情它高飞，逃避爱情它跟随。

100. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

没有知识的热心，犹如有火而无光。

1.Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。

2.The older， the wiser. 姜是老的辣。

3.Do as Romans do in Rome. 入乡随俗。

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

5.As the tree，so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

6.To live is to learn，to learnistobetterlive.活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。

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

8.Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。

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

10.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。

11.More hasty，less speed. 欲速则不达。

12.Its never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

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

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

15.Look before you leap. 三思而后行。

16.Rome was not built in a day. 伟业非一日之功。

17.Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。

18.well begun，half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。

19.It is hard to please all. 众口难调。

20.Out of sight，out of mind. 眼不见，心不念。

21.Facts speak plainer than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

22.Call back white and white back. 颠倒黑白。

23.First things first. 凡事有轻重缓急。

24.Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。

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

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

27.Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。

28.East or west，home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

29.Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。

30.Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。

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

谚语是广泛流传于民间的言简意赅的短语，多数反映了劳动人民的生活实践经验，而且一般都是经过口头传下来的。它多是口语形式的通俗易懂的短句或韵语。下面是语文迷小编精心整理的英语考试中常用的谚语，希望你喜欢。

1.Asking costs nothing 问人不费分文。

2.Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies你不问我，我就不会说谎话。

3.The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones 舌无骨却折断骨。

4.A good name is easier lost than won名誉失之易，而得之难。

5. Every coin has two sides 每个硬币都有两面，比喻事物的两面性。

6. The winter is coming and the spring is not far 冬天已经临近了,春天还会远吗?

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

8. Practice makes perfect 熟能生巧。

9.Every profession produces its own best行行出状元。

10.Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow 今日事今日毕。

11.Constant dropping wears the stone 滴水穿石。

12.Experience is the mother of wisdom经验是智慧之母。

13.Actions speak louder than words 行动比语言更响亮。

14.From small beginnings comes great things 伟大始于渺小。

15.Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain 智力投资绝不会白花。

16.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。

17.The voice of one man is the voice of no one 一个人的声音没有力量。

18.A great ship asks for deep waters大船要走深水。

19.While there is life, there is hope有生命便有希望/留得青山在，哪怕没柴烧

20.Two heads are better than one 一人不及二人智;三个臭皮匠，胜个过一个诸葛亮。

21.Wise men learn by other mens mistakes; fools by their own聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训;笨人则自己付出代价。他山之石可以攻玉。

22.Good company on the road is the shortest cut 行路有良伴就是捷径。

23.It takes all sorts to make a world 世界是由各种不同的人所组成的。

24.If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well如果事情值得做，就值得好好做。

25.Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm无热情成就不了伟业。

26.Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。

27.It is never too late to learn 活到老，学到老。

28.It is never too late to mend 亡羊补牢，犹时未晚。

29.The secret of success is constancy of purpose成功的秘诀在于持之于恒。

30.Misfortunes never come alone/single祸不单行。

31.Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot遭祸容易脱祸难。

32.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is不经灾难不知福。

33.To an optimist every change is a change for the better对于乐观者总是越变越好。

34.Truth never fears investigation事实从来不怕调查。

35.A good medicine tasks bitter良药苦口。

36.Great minds think alike 英雄所见略同。

37.Storms make trees take deeper roots风暴使树木深深扎根。

38.Live and let live 自己生活也让别人生活。

39.Better late than never 迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来强。

40.A bold attempt is half success勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。

41.All things are difficult before they are easy 凡事必先难后易。

42.What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret得之不费力，弃之不可惜。

43.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart只要有一颗意志坚强的心，没事不成。

44.Work makes the workman勤工出巧匠。

45.Constant dropping wears the stone 滴水穿石。

46.He that can have patience, can have what he will唯坚韧者始能遂其志。

47.Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures我们绝大多数的失败都是因为缺乏自信之故。

48.The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of time成功之路没它，唯全力投入工作，而不稍存沽名钓誉之心。

49.To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting读书不思考，犹如吃饭不消化。

50.The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it人生之要事在于确立伟大的目标与实现这目标的决心。

51.One of these days is none of these days有这么一天就是没有这么一天。/吾生待明日，万事成蹉跎。

52.Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest每匹马都认为自己所负的背包最重。

53.Nothing down, nothing up 无下则无上。/不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹?

54.A good book is your best friend 好书如挚友。

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

56. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit 吃一堑，长一智。

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

58. Dont put off till tomorrow what should be done today 今日事，今日毕。

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

set a thief to catch a thief. 以贼捉贼。

short accounts make long friends. 好朋友勤算账。

something is better than nothing. 聊胜于无。

soon learn, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得快。

soon ripe, soon rotten. 熟得快，烂得快。

speech is silver, silence is gold. 能言是银，沉默是金。

still water run deep. 静水常深。

strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。

success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。

take things as they come. 既来之，则安之。

talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。

talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹，曹就到。

tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。

teach others by your example. 躬亲示范。

the best hearts are always the bravest. 无私者无畏。

the best man stumbles. 伟人也有犯错时。

the cat shuts its eyes when stealing. 掩耳盗铃。

the danger past and god forgotten. 过河拆桥。

the darkest hour is nearest the dawn. 黎明前的黑暗。

the darkest place is under the candlestick. 烛台底下最暗。

导语：海内存知己, 天涯若比邻。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的关于友谊的谚语，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

1.Set great store by friendship. 情意重千斤。

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

3.Old friends and old wine are best. 陈酒味醇, 老友情深。

4.The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water. 君子之交淡如水。

5.A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海内存知己, 天涯若比邻。

6.Most mens friendships are too inarticulate. 人的友谊是无法言喻的。

7.Friendship is like a plant of slow growth. 友谊像生长着的植物, 是慢慢地建立起来的。

8.A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 好书如挚友, 情谊永不渝。

9.A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力, 日久见人心。

10.I like a simple friend, who holds my faults like a looking glass before my face.我喜欢这样的朋友, 他对我的缺点就像照镜子一样直言不讳。

11.It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world .世界上没有不犯错误的人. 想交没有错误的朋友, 你就没有朋友。

12.It is only the greathearted who can be true friends; the mean and the cowardly can never know what true friendship is. 只有伟大胸怀的人才是真正的朋友; 平庸和怯懦之辈决不可能了解真正友谊的含义。

13.No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.没有朋友的人不会幸福，不处逆境不能识别朋友。

14.Nothing makes the earth seem to spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. 远方的朋友能使世界变得非常宽阔; 他们组成了经纬度。

15.Of our mixed life two quests are given control: food for the body, friendship for the soul. 在复杂的生命中, 有两点要牢记:为生存需要吃饭, 而心灵需要友谊。

16.The best that we find in our travel is an honest friend. He is a fortunate voyager who finds many.旅行中最愉快的事是交到一个真诚的朋友。

17.The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a mans success in life.能交到真正的朋友是人生中最成功的事。

18.The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them. 对朋友爱得越深, 奉承得就越少。

19.The smell of coin is often the knell of friendship. 铜臭味浓往往是友谊的不祥之兆。

20.The true friendship seeks to give, not take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.真正的友谊追求的是给予, 而不是索取; 是帮助别人, 而不是被人帮助; 是为人服务, 而不是被人服务。

21.To prepare a friend, three things are required: to honor him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities. 维护朋友, 有三件事情要做到：当面要尊重他, 不在场时要表扬他, 苦难时要帮助他。

22.Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice. 选择朋友要像选书那样, 数量要少, 但质量要精。

23.My friend is not perfect—nor am I—and so we suit each other admirably.朋友不会十全十美，你自己也一样，双方要互相尊敬。

24.For a congenial friend a thousand toasts are too few; in a disagreeable conversation one word more is too many. 酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多。

1、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。

2、Other peoples interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself. 别人对你工作的干扰与你自己无数次地打断自己相比，微不足道。

3、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。

4、Learning is the eye of the mind. 知识是心灵的慧眼。

5、Dont believe that winning is really everything. Its more important to stand for something. If you dont stand for something, what do you win 不要认为取胜就是一切，更重要的是要有信念。倘若你没有信念，那胜利又有什么意义呢?

6、No success in life merely happens. 人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。

7、The shortest answer is doing. 最简单的回答就是干。

8、Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。

9、It takes a lot of thought and effort and downright determination to be agreeable. 要做到与人融洽相处，需要仔细地思考，认真地努力和痛下决心。

10、To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. -J.W.Gardner对聪明人来说，每一天的时间都是要精打细算的。(www.yuwenmi.com)

11、good is good, but better carries it. 精益求精

12、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。

13、Great hopes make great man. 伟大的理想造就伟大的人。

14、God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。

15、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。、It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. 不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。

16、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。

17、A great man once said it is necessary to dill as much as possible, and the more you apply it in real situations, the more natural it will become. 一位伟人曾说，反复操练是非常必要的，你越多地将所学到的东西运用到实际生活中，他们就变得越自然。

18、Only the selfless can be fearless. 无私才能无畏。

19、When work is a pleasure, life is joy! When work is duty, life is slavery. 工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受!工作是一种义务时，生活则是一种苦役。

20、A man should keep his friendship in constant repair. 只有经常“浇灌”，方能保持友谊长地久