英语谚语40条精品20篇

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

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

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

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

Business is business. 公事公办。

Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。(忙中常出错。)

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

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

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

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

If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking. 不在屋里，不知漏雨。(亲身经历才有体会。)

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

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

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

Just has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

Keep something for a rainy day. 未雨绸缪。

Guilty consciences make men cowards.

做贼心虚。

He is a wise man who speaks little.

聪明不是挂在嘴上。

Extremes meet.

物极必反。

Nothing comes of nothing.

事出必有因。

He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.

自嘲者不会让人见笑。

Walls have ears.

隔墙有耳。

If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

Failure is the mother of success.

失败是成功之母。

Good health is above wealth.

健康重于财富。

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心有余而力不足。

A leopard can not change his spots.

江山易改，本性难移。

Patience is a plaster for all sores.

忍耐是治疗一切伤痛的药膏。

Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜於雄辩。

Adversity leads to prosperity.

逆境迎向昌盛。

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

吃一堑，长一智。

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。

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

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。

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。

Education has for its object the formation of character.

教育的目的在於培养品德。

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。

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。

Industry if fortunes right hand, and frugality her left.

勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。

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。

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。

Nothing is really beautiful but truth.

只有真理才是真美。

No time like the present.

只争朝夕。

One cannot put back the clock.

光阴一去不复返。

Overdone is worse than undone.

过犹不及。

Paddle your own canoe.

自立更生，自食其力。

Perseverance is vital to success.

不屈不挠是成功之本。

Second thoughts are best.

三思而行，再思可也。

Selt-trust is the essence of heroism.

自信是英雄的本色。

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

自信是成功的首要秘诀。

Success belongs to the persevering.

坚持到底必获胜利。坚持就是胜利。

Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.

成功来自於克服困难的斗争。

The first element of success is the determination to succeed.

成功的首要因素是要有成功的决心。

The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows.

懂得越多，就越知道自己懂得不多。

Union is strength.

团结就是力量。

Virtue is a jewel of great price.

美德是无价之宝。

Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈豪华的费用。

When there is no hope there can be no endeavour.

没有希望就不会努力。

Without a friend the world is a wilderness.

没有朋友，世界就等於一片荒野。

You cannot judge a tree by its bark.

人不可貌相。

1. The (or A) beggar may sing before the thief (or footbad). 既是穷光蛋，何虑窃贼偷。

2. The abundance of money ruins youth. 钱多毁青年。

3. The ass wags his ears. 自鸣得意。

4. The bait hides the hook. 饵里藏钩;笑里藏刀。

5. The battle is to the strong. 强者必胜。

6. The beaten road is the safest. 踏过的路最安全。

7. The beginnings of all things are small. 万事开头小。

8. The belly has no ears. 食欲不长耳。

9. The best fish smell when they are three days old. 鱼过三天后，再鲜也变臭。

10. The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼游水底。

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

12. The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching. 玉不琢不成器。

13. The best is often the enemy of the good. 要求过高，反难成功。

14. The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. 要求过高反难成功。

15. The best is yet to come. 未来是最美好的。

16. The best man stumbles. 伟人也有犯错时。

17. The best mirror is a friends eye. 朋友的眼睛是最好的镜子。

18. The best mirror is an old friend. 老朋友是最好的镜子。

19. The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. 最好的政府是教导我们管理自己。

20. The best of friends must part. 莫逆至交，终有一别。

21. The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between. 敬而远之。

22. The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that of children. 面包的气味最香，食盐的滋味最鲜，儿童的情爱最纯。

23. The best teacher one can have is necessity. 我们能得到的最好教师是“需要”。

24. The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men. 启迪人性最好的导师是伟大人物的生活。

25. The better the day, the better the deed. 日子越美好，事业越顺当。

26. The bough that bears most, hangs lowest. 枝头结果越多，垂得越低。

27. The brave man hazards his life, but not his conscience. 英雄的人可以冒生命危险，但不冒良心危险。

28. The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots. 金无赤足，人无完人。

29. The burden on likes is cheerfully borne. 爱挑的担子，就愉快轻松。

30. The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time). 最忙的人时间最多。

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Labour is light where love doth pay. 爱情作酬报，劳苦必轻松。

Labour is often the father of pleasure. 勤劳常为快乐之源。

Labour is the capital of our working men. 劳动力是劳动人民的资本。

Lack of knowledge is darker than night. 没有知识比黑夜还要黑。

Late repentance is seldom true. 后悔少有诚意。

Laugh and grow fat. 心宽体胖。

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 你笑，人人陪你笑;你哭，惟独你自哭。

Laugh at your ills, And save doctors bills. 生病不忧虑，节省医药费。

Laugh before breakfast youll cry before supper. 乐极生悲。

Law makers should not be law breakers. 正人先正己。

Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. 法网只捉苍蝇，不捉黄蜂。

Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends. 诉讼将消耗时间、金钱、休息和失去朋友。

Lazy folks take the most pains. 懒汉多吃苦。

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. 学问在得意时是装饰品，失意时是庇护所，年老时是供应品。

Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. 学问是穷人的财富，是富人的荣誉，是青年的帮助，是老年的支持和安慰。

Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

Learn to creep before you leap. 循序渐进。

Learn to say before you sing. 按部就班。

Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you. 要学会受痛苦而不怨，这是我教你的至要之事。

Learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进。

Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 要从别人的愚行中学到聪明。

Learn young, learn fair. 学习趁年轻，既学就学好。

Least said, soonest mended. 多说反坏事。

Lend your money and lose your friend. 赔了夫人又折兵。

Let beggars match with beggars. 龙配龙，凤配凤。

Let bygones be bygones. 既往不昝。

Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage. 纵使困难重重，也不丧失勇气。

Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. 饮水思源。

Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over. 饮水思源。

Let every tub stand on its own bottom. 各人管各人自己。

Let not the cobbler go beyond his last. 安分守己。

Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath. 日落之前，平息你的怒火吧。

Let our object be our courtry, our whole country, and nothing but our country. 我们的心目中要有国家，要有整个国家，而且只有我们的国家别如其他。

Lets cross the bridge when we come to it. 既来之，则安之。

Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要惹事生非。

Let the cobbler stick to his last. 安分守己。

Let the dead bury the dead. 往事不重提。

Let the hands get busy, not the mouth. 手要勤劳，嘴莫多说。

Let things take their course. 听其自然。

Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. 是就是，非就非。

Liars have need of good memories. 谎言者要有好的记忆力。

Liars should have good memories. 说谎的人应有好的记性。

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law. 自由就是做法律许可做的事情的权力。

Liberty is not licence. 自由不是放纵。

Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness. 自由随便，经常堕落到无法无天。

Lie in (oron) the bed one has made. 自作自受。

Lies have short legs. 谎言是站不住脚的。

Life is a battle from cradle to grave. 人生是一场从生到死的战斗。

Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 对善思考者，人生为喜剧;对凭感觉者，人生为悲剧。

Life is a flower of which love is the honey. 人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。

Life is a shuttle 生活犹如梭子。

Life is but a span. 人生如朝露。

Life is compared to voyage. 人生好比是航海。

Life is half spent before we know what it is. 等到认识人生，已经一半过去了。

Life is long if you know how to use it. 如果懂得好好利用，生命就长了。

Life if made up of little things. 生活是由琐事构成的。

Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. 生命的价值是用思想和行为来衡量的，而不是寿命的长短。

Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。

Life is not so short but there is time enougn for courtesy. 人生虽短，但表示礼貌的时间还是足够的。

Life is short and time is fleeting 人生短暂，光阴易逝。

Life is sweet. 生命是甜美的。

Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression. 人生必须永远前进，才不愧为有理智的人。

Life without a friend is death without a witness. 在世无朋友，死后无证人。

Lightly come, lightly go. 易得易失。

Light troubles speak; great troubles are silent. 小困难，大声叫嚷;大困难，闷生不响。

Like attracts like. 物以类聚。

Like author, like book. 书如其人。

Like begets like. 有其父必有其子。

Like cow, like calf. 有其父必有其子。

Like cures like. 以毒攻毒。

Like draws to like. 物以类聚。

Like draws to like the whole world over. 物以类聚，世间皆如此。

Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。

Like knows like. 英雄识英雄。

Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。

Like teacher, like pupil. 有其师必有其徒。

Like tree, like fruit. 有其因必有其果。

Little boats must keep the shores. 小船不能航行远。

Little bodies may have great souls. 小小的躯体会有伟大的心灵。

Littel chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。

Little pigeons can carry great messages. 少年也可以成大事。

Little pitchers have great (or large) ears. 小孩子耳朵长。

Little strokes fell great oaks. 水滴石穿。

Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape. 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯。

Little things amuse little minds. 小人志卑。

Little wealth, little care. 财少寡忧。

Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。

Live and let live. 自己生活，也要让他人生活。

Live to learn and learn to live. 生而学之，学而生之。

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。

Lock the stable door before the steed is stolen. 马未偷走前，厩门先锁上。

Loftiest trees most dread the thunder. 树大招风。

Long absent, soon forgotten. 长久不在的人，很快被忘怀。

Long tarrying takes all the thanks away. 事情耽搁太久就没有人会感谢了。

Look at the world through rose-coloured glasses. 对万事要乐观。

Look before you leap; see before you go. 三思而行。

Lookers-on see more than players. 旁观者清。

Lookers-on see most of the games. 旁观者清。

Look for a needle in a bundle (or bottle) of hay. 海底捞月。

Look not for musk in dogs kennel. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙。

Lose not time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 不要浪费时间，做些有益的事情，停止一切不必要的行动。

Losers are always in the wrong. 失败者总是错的。

Losses make us more cautious 损失使人更谨慎。

Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. 时间一去不再来，我们常说时间充足，实际。总是不够。

Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever. 失去的财富可由勤奋而恢复，失去的知识可由学习而恢复，失去的健康可由节制或药物而恢复，但失去的时间却一去永不复返。

Love all, trust a few, be false to none. 要爱一切人，相信少数人，不要负于任何人。

Love and business teach eloquence. 爱情和买卖可以培养口才。

Love and cough cannot be hid. 爱情和咳嗽是不能掩饰的。

Love and poverty are hard to hide. 爱和穷难隐瞒。

Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness. 爱情要求忠诚，而忠诚要求坚贞。

Love begets love. 爱爱相生。

Love cannot be forced 爱情不强求。

Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace. 爱情可使茅屋成为金碧辉煌的宫殿。

Love comes by looking. 情人眼里出西施。

Love does much, money does everything (ormore). 爱情做许多事，金钱做任何事。

Love fears no danger. 爱情不怕危险。

Love grows with obstacles. 磨折越多，爱情越深。

Love is a sweet torment. 爱情是一种甜蜜的折磨。

Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly. 爱情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。

Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的。爱情使人对缺点视而不见。情人眼里出西施。

Love is full of trouble. 爱情多烦恼。

Love is like the moon; when it does not increase it decreases. 爱情像月亮，不营即亏。

Love is neither bought nor sold. 爱情不能买卖。

Love is never without jealousy. 爱情莫不忌妒。

Love is not to be found in the market. 爱情在市场上是找不到的。

Love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the ending. 爱情始甜而终苦。

Love is the mother oflove. 爱产生爱情。

Love is the reward of love. 爱情就是爱的报答。

Love is the touchstone of virtue. 爱情是美德的试金石。

Love is the true price of love. 爱情只能用爱情来报答。

Love is without reason. 爱情是没理智的。

Love laughs at locksmith 春闺锁不住。

Love lives in cottages as well as in courts. 爱情无贵贱，贫负皆有之。

Love looks with telescope; envy with microscope. 爱情大处著眼，忌妒吹毛求疵。

Love makes all equal. 恋爱不分贵贱。

Love makes all hard hearts gentle. 爱情把一切冷酷的心变得温柔。

Love makes obedience easy. 爱情使服从变为易事。

Love makes one fit for any work. 爱情使人适合任何工作。

Love makes the world go round. 爱情使世界运转。

Love me little and love me long. 不求情意浓，但愿情义长。

Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。

Love needs no teaching. 爱情无需教导。

Love not at the first look. 切莫一见钟情。

Lovers live by love, as larks live by leeks. 情侣靠爱情生活，正像云雀靠韭葱生活一样。

Love rules his kingdom without a word. 维持爱情，不用强力。

Love rules without a sword and bind without a cord. 爱的统治不用刀枪，捆绑不用绳索。

Love should not be all on one side. 爱情不应是单方面的。

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. 追求而得的爱情固然美好，但不经追求而得的爱情更为美好。

Love thy neighbours as thyself. 爱邻如爱己。

Love understands love; it needs no talk. 爱情可以意会，无需言传。

Love will find out the way. 爱情会自找出路。

Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge. 爱你的左邻右舍，但不要拆去你们之间的藩篱。

Lying is the first step to the gallows. 说谎是上断头台的第一步。

Lying rides upon debts back. 负债的人谎话多。

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

All roads lead to Roma.条条大道通罗马。

As you make your bed,so you must lie in it.自食其果。

Don′t count your chickens before they are hatched.切莫过于乐观。

Don′t judge a person by the clothes he wears.不能以貌取人。

Failure is the mother of success.失败是成攻之母。

It′s easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮。

Labour is lihgt where love doth pay. 爱情付报酬，劳苦也轻松。

Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进。

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。

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

Love makes obedience easy. 爱情使服从变为易事。

Love makes one fit for any work. 爱情使人适合任何工作。

Love makes the world go round. 爱情使世界运转。

Love me little and love me long. 不求情意浓，但愿情义长。

Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。

Love needs no teaching. 爱情无需教导。

Love not at the first look. 切莫一见钟情。

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

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

"草上露珠闪，告别下雨天when dew is on the grass,rain will never come to pass.

大鱼吃小鱼，天空要下鱼fish bite best before a rain.

蚂蚁搬家，天将雨——when ladybugs swarm,expect a day that’s warm.

蜜蜂迟归，雨来风吹——if bees stay at home,rain will soon come.if they fiy away ,fine will be the day

飘飘然如上九重天on cloud nine

日晕三更雨，月晕午时风——halo around the sun or moon ,rain or snowsoon. "

太阳月亮镶银边，老天马上要下雨when a halo rings around the moon or sun, rain is approaching on the run.

"晚上天色红，水手乐呵呵;早晨天色红，水手急煞煞。red sky at night, sailor’s delight.red sky in the morning, sailor’s warning.

未雨绸缪save for a rainy day

月明星稀——when the stars begin to huddle ,the earth will soon become a puddle.

"早晨天上积雨云， 晚上地下降暴雨mountains in the morning. fountains in the evening.

早霞不出门，晚霞行千里——red sky at night,sailor’sdelight.red sky in the morning,sailor take waring.

不要因为早晨下了一场雨就不去旅行。 for a morning rain leave not your trip.

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1. Wade not in unknown water.不知水的深浅，不可粗心趟水过河。

2. Wahtever a man sow, that shall he also reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

3. Walk groundly; talk profoundly; drink roundly; sleep soundly.行路踏实，言谈深刻，饮酒豪爽，睡眠酣畅。

4. Walls (or Pitchers) have ears.隔墙有耳。

5. Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge.粗心比无知更为有害。

6. War is deaths feast.战争是死亡的筵席。

7. War is the business of barbarians.战争是野蛮人干的事。

8. War makes thieves, and peace hangs them.战争造成盗贼，和平把他们吊死。

9. Wash a dog, comb a dog, Still a dog, remains a dog.本性难移。

10. Waste not, want not.俭以防匮。

11. Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈豪华的费用。

12. Water afar quenches not fire.远水难救近火。

13. Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.水滴天天滴不停，石头最坚也磨损。

14. We all do fade as a leaf.我们都要像树叶一样枯萎。

15. We are not born for ourselves.人生非为己。

16. 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。

17. We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours.生活可无友，邻居不能无。

18. We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.我们先养成习惯，然后习惯又左右我们。

19. We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.如果不创造财富，就没有权力享用财富;同样地，如果不能创造幸福，就没有权利享受幸福。

20. We hope to grow old, yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die.我们希望长大，但怕年老;就是，愿意生，而害怕死。

21. We know not what is good until we have lost it.有的时候不爱惜，失了以后空叹息。

22. We learn not at school, but in life.学习不在校，而在生活中。

23. We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success.我们必须千百次地反覆说明，坚韧不拔是取得胜利的唯一道路。

24. We never know the worth (or value) of water till the well is dry.井枯方知水可贵。

25. We only live once,, but if we work it right once is enough.我们生命只一次，好自为之一次足矣。

26. We shall lie all alike in our graves.一进坟墓，大家一样。

27. We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.欲找朋友无缺点，永远不会有朋友。

28. We should never remember the benefit we have offered nor forget the favour received.施惠莫记，受恩莫忘。

29. We should push our work, the work should not push us.我们要推动工作，不要让工作推动我们。

30. We should weep for men at their birth and not a t their death.我们应在人降生时流泪，而不该在人死亡时哭泣。

31. We soon believe what we desire.一厢情愿。

32. Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it.若者等待机会，强者创造机会。

33. Wealth is not his who has it, but his who enjoys it.财富并不属于拥有的人，而是属于享用的人。

34. Wealth makes worship.财富能使人拜倒。

35. Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, leisure, and liberty.财富可能是一样好东西，因为它意味著权力，安逸和自由。

36. Well begun is half done.良好开端，功成一半。

37. Well fed, wed bred.衣食足，知荣辱。

38. What a sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.不分畛域，一样对待。

39. What cannot be cured must be endured.事已无法可救，只得耐心忍受。

40. What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?.狗嘴里吐不出象牙。

41. What does the moon care if the dogs bark at her?.月亮岂怕狗来吠。

42. What good shall I do this day? What good have I done today?.我今天要做些什么好事?我今天做了些什么好事?

43. What I have done is due to patient thought.我的成就是由于坚忍地思索。

44. What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh.生于骨中者不会出肉外。

45. What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知，除非己莫为。

46. What is done cannot be undone.木已成舟。

47. What is known to three is known to everybody.一件事情三个人知道就人人知道。

48. What is learnt in the cradle lasts (or is carried) to the grave.小时学会的事情到老不会忘记。

49. What is not wisdom is danger.不智的事是危险的。

50. What is one mans cloud is another mans sunshine.此人乌云盖顶，彼人艳阳满天。

51. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.适用于甲的，也适用于乙。

52. What is sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.教育之于心灵，犹如雕刻之于大理石。

53. What is there sadder under the sun than a day that is gone and notyhing done.世界上没有什么事情，较之虚度年华，一事无成，更使人痛心。

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

55. What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.事既值得做，就把事做好。

56. What makes life dreary is the want of motive.没有目的，人生就黯淡无光。

57. What must be must be.该怎么样的就怎么样。

58. What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.醉汉口里露真言。

59. What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over.眼不见，心不烦。

60. What the eye sees not, the heart craves not.目不瞬，心不乱。

61. What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks.心直口快。

62. What we are ignorant of is immense.我们不知道的东西多得不可胜数。

63. What we do willingly is easy.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

64. What we learn with pleasure we never forget.乐意学的东西决不会忘记。

65. What we lose in hake we shall have in herring.失之东隅，收之桑榆。

66. What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself.别人身上你不喜欢的东西，自己身上的也要注意改正。

67. What you lose on the swings you gain (or get back) on the roundabouts.失之东隅，收之桑榆。

68. What youth is used to, age remembers.青年时经常做的事，老年时却能记得起。

69. Whatever I do, I will do in my power.无论我做什么事，我都尽力而为之。

70. Whatever man has done man may do.天下无难事。

71. Whatever you do, do with your might; Things done by halves are never done right.不论做什么事要尽力去搞;事情做得不彻底，就不能算好。

72. Whats bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.生就的本性，总会暴露的。

73. Whats done by night appears by day.若要人不知，除非己莫为。

74. Whats done cant be undone.无可挽回。 泼水难收?

75. Whats learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb.小时学过的，至死不忘记。

76. Whats lost is lost.流水落花春去也。

77. Whats more miserable than discontent?.有什么比不知足更为痛苦?

78. Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye ever so to them.己所欲，施于人。

79. Whe angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.怒时数十再说话，大怒数百方开言。

80. When a dog is drowning everyone offers him drink.落井下石。

81. When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow.朋友的要求不要拖。

82. When ale (or drink or wine) is in wit is out.贪杯丧智。

83. When all men speak no man hears.人人都讲话，无人去听它。

84. When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you.机不可失，时不再来。

85. When anger blinds the mind, truth disapears.怒火中烧瞎心眼，真理在前看不见。

86. When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner.马屁精会面，魔鬼去赴宴。

87. When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war.龙争虎斗。

88. When guns speak it is too late to argue.待到炮声响，辩论已莫及。

89. When in doubt, play trumps.举棋苟不定，何妨将一军。

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

91. When love puts in, friendship is gone.爱情入，友谊出。

92. When one is about to act, one must reason first.凡事要先思而后行。

93. When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.贫穷进门来，爱情飞窗外。

94. When riches increase, the body decreases.财多体衰。

95. When rogues (or thieves) fall out, honest men come by their own.盗贼一内哄，好人就自在。

96. When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.祸不单行。

97. When stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.蠢人做件羞愧事，总说义不容辞。

98. When the belly is full the mind is among the maids.逸则思淫。饱则思淫欲?

99. When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest.饱暖图安逸。

100. When the cats away the mice will play.猫儿不在，老鼠造反。

101. When the ffish is caught the net is laid aside.鱼获网弃。

102. When the fight begins within himself a mans worth something.内心开始斗争时，为人就会有价值。

103. When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.佛口蛇心。

104. When the fruit is scarcest, its taste is sweetest.物以稀为贵。

105. When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out at the mouth.心中发火，口吐妄言。

106. When the heart is full,, the tongue will speak.胸有成竹，口若悬河。

107. When the sun comes in, the doctor goes out.阳光入室，医生出屋。

108. When the well is full, it will run over.井水满了要溢出。

109. When the wound is healed, the pain is forgotten.好了伤疤忘了痛。

110. When three know it, all know it.三人知，天下晓。

111. When two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps.两友合用一钱包，一个悲来一个笑。

112. When two ride on one horse, one must sit behind.两人共骑一匹马，总有一个背后跨。

113. When war begins then hell opens.战争一开始，地狱门敞开。

114. When we have gold we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger.手头有黄金，惶恐很担心;两手都空空，处在危急中。

115. When wine is in truth is out.酒后露真言。

116. When you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears.你去购买东西时，要用眼睛莫用耳。

117. Where (or While) there is life there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

118. Where drums beat, laws are silent.战鼓一打，法律无声。

119. Where love fails we espy all faults.恋爱一旦遭失败，缺点全都看出来。

120. Where love is there is faith.有爱情就有忠诚。

121. Where might is master, justice is servant.有强权，就没有正义。

122. Where passion is high there reason is low.感情高涨处，理智就低落。

123. Where the knot is loose the string slips.结子一松掉，绳子就滑脱。

124. Where the sun enterd, the doctor does not.阳光照耀处，医生就不需。

125. Where there is a will,, there is a way(or skill).有决心，就有办法。

126. Where there is no good within, no good comes out.没有内心的美，就没有外在的美。

127. Where theres reek theres heat.无风不起浪。

128. Where they saw chance, we see law.以前他们认为是偶然的，现在我们认为是必然的。

129. Where your will is ready, your feet are light.下定了决心，脚步就轻盈。决心一下，脚下生风?

130. Wherever he is satisfied with what he does, he has reached his culminating point--he will progress no more.一个人对所做的事感到自满的，就达到了顶点，不会再前进了。

131. While (or Where) there is life there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

132. While the grass grows the horse (or steed) starves.远水救不了近火。

133. While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.道高一尺，魔高一丈。

134. While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when tis once spoken, tis anothers.话未出口属于己，话一出口属别人。

135. While we breathe, there is hope.只要活著，就有希望。

136. Who answers suddenly knows little.答得迅速，懂得不多。

137. Who are ready to believe are easy to deceive.轻信的人容易受骗。

138. Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet.不尝黄连苦，怎知蜂蜜甜。

139. Who has no haste in his business mountains to him seem valleys.做事不急，履险如夷。

140. Who holds the purse rules the house.钱可神通。

141. Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

142. Who knows most speaks (or says) least.大巧若拙。

143. Who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to live.掩饰感情全不会，怎样生活必不知。

144. Who lives by hope will die by hunger.靠希望而生，必因饥饿而死。

145. Who loses liberty loses all.失去自由即失去一切。

146. Who makes everything right must rise early.要把事事都做好，必须坚持起得早。

147. Who minds his own business has no time to mind other folks.为人只顾自己事，就无时间关心人。

148. Who serves everybody gets thanks from nobody.人人都侍候，个个不见好。

149. Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow.在罪恶中游泳的人，必将在悲哀中沈没。

150. Who undertakes many things at once, seldom does anything well.许多事情同时干，一件事也办不成。

151. Who will not keep a penny, shall never have many.不积少，不会成多。

152. Whom God would ruin, he first deprives of reason.伤天害理，天诛地灭。

153. Whom the gods love die young.好人不长寿。

154. Whom we love best to them we can say least.对我们的最爱的人，我们可说的话最少。

155. Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.坏人服从出于怕，好人服从出于爱。

156. Wickedness does not go altogether unrequited.恶有恶报。

157. Wilful waste makes woeful want.浪费招致穷困。

158. Wine and judgement mature with age.酒存放年代越久越香，判断力随年龄而增长。

159. Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.瓶中之酒不解渴。

160. Wine is mirror of the mind.酒后吐真言。

161. Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.手里有钱财，不如胸中有文才。

162. Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.我们为了求知识，付出高价也值得。

163. Wisdom is better than gold or silver.智慧胜过金银。

164. Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.才智比财富，令人更可羡。

165. Wisdom is only found in truth.只有在真理中才能找到智慧。

166. Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.知识之于心灵，犹如健康之于身体。

167. Wise care begets care.谨慎小心会导致忧心忡忡。

168. Wise men chanbge their mind, fools never.聪明人随机应变，愚蠢者固执己见。

169. Wise men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth.智者嘴在心里，蠢人心在嘴上。

170. Wise men learn by other mens mistakes (or harms); fools by their own.聪明人由别人的错误获得教训，蠢人由自己的错误获得教训。

171. Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.聪明人爱真理，蠢人背弃真理。

172. Wit bought is better than wit taught.不经一事，不长一智。

173. Wit once bought is worth twice taught.亲身一次的经验，抵得上老师两次的教导。

174. Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.仅有机智而无真才实学，犹如一棵大树不结果。

175. With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin.只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。

176. Without a friend the world is a wilderness.没有朋友，世界就等于一片荒野。

177. Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.没有危险就不能解除危险。

178. Without health, life is not life, life is lifeless.如无健康的身体，生活就不成为生活，人生也毫无生气。

179. Without hope, the heart would break.如无希望，心就破碎。

180. Without method, little can be done to any good purpose.不讲究方法，办事就没有成效。

181. Without practice, hopes will be reduced to zero.没有实践，希望会化为乌有。

182. Without respect, love cannot go far.如不相互尊重，爱情就难发展。

183. Without wisdom wealth is worthless.如果没有智慧，财富就无价值。

184. Woe to him that is alone.孤独的人最苦恼。

185. Women in mischief are wiser than men.妇女在受危害时比男子机智。

186. Wonders are many, and nothing is more wonderful than man.奇迹很多，但没有一件东西比人更为奇妙。

187. Words are but wind.耳闻不如一见。

188. Words cut (or hurt) more than swords.言语比刀剑伤人更厉害。

189. Words pay no debts.空言无补。

190. Work bears witness who does well.工作能证明谁人做得好。

191. Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.劳动根虽苦，然而果实甜。

192. Work makes the workman.工作出工匠。

193. Work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow.今天有事今天做，明天可能事受阻。

194. Work will not kill a man but worry will.累不死人愁死人。

195. Working without a plan is sailing without a compass.工作没有打算，犹如航海没有罗盘。

196. Worry kills more men than work.忧虑比劳累更伤人。

197. Would you know your daughter, see her in company.若要知道你女儿，且看她和谁交往。

198. Write down the advice of him that loves you, though you like it not at present.爱你的忠言且记下，即使你目前不爱它。

199. Write it on your heart every day is the best day of the year.要记住，每天是一年中最好的一天。

1、Fact speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

2、Empty vessels make the greatest sound.

实磨无声空磨响满瓶不动半瓶摇。

3、Fear always springs from ignorance.

恐惧源于无知。

4、Fools grow without watering.

朽木不可雕。

5、Don‘t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

不要班门弄斧。

6、Don‘t have too many irons in the fire.

不要揽事过多。

7、Good watch prevents misfortune.

谨慎消灾。

8、Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

天才不过是勤奋而已。

9、Habit cures habit.

心病还需心药医。

10、Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.

隔墙有耳。

11、He sets the fox to keep the geese.

引狼入室。

12、Friends agree best at distance.

朋友之间也会保持距离。

13、Easier said than done.

说得容易，做得难。

14、Example is better then percept.

说一遍，不如做一遍。

15、Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同。

16、God helps those who help themselves.

自助者天助。

17、Heaven never helps the man who will not act.

自己不动，叫天何用。

18、Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

大树底下好乘凉。

19、He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.

自嘲者不会让人见笑。

20、Honesty is the best policy.

做人诚信为本。

21、is good when new, but friends when old.

东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。

22、Each bird love to hear himself sing.

孤芳自赏。

23、Great hopes make great man.

伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。

24、Harm set, harm get.害人害己。Hear all parties.

兼听则明。

25、Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.

良药苦口利于病。

26、Eat to live, but not live to eat.

人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。

27、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。

28、Forbidden fruit is sweet.

禁果格外香。

29、Faults are thick where love is thin.

一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。

30、Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

31、He that will not work shall not eat.

不劳动者不得食。

32、Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。

33、Happy is he who owes nothing.

要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。

34、Fortune knocks once at least at every man‘s gate.

风水轮流转。

35、Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

火是一把双刃剑。

36、Fool‘s haste is no speed.

欲速则不达。

37、Happiness takes no account of time.

欢乐不觉时光过。

38、Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

众口铄金，积毁销骨。

39、Hasty love, soon cold.

一见钟情难维久。

40、Great men have great faults.

英雄犯大错误。

41、Experience must be bought.

吃一堑，长一智。

42、First think and then speak.

先想后说。

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、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。

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。

13、Better wear out shoes than sheets.

宁愿把鞋子穿漏， 不愿把床单磨破。

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。

16、He who has good health is young, and he is rich who owes nothing.

健康葆青春， 无债即富足。

17、Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

欢笑， 则世界与你同乐； 哭泣， 则独自悲伤。

18、Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too sleepy to worry at night.

白天忙得没有时间发愁， 夜里困得来不及发愁的人是真正幸福的。

19、Happy is he who only desires what he may and does what he ought.

不作非分之想又能尽本分的人是快乐的。()

20、There is no greater grief than to recall a time of happiness when in misery.

没有比在悲惨中回忆幸福的时刻更痛苦。

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

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

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

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

4. Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

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

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

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

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

9.Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。

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

[必备的10句谚语中考英语作文备考资料

cross your heart 你发誓

gate - crasher 不请自来的不速之客;

take it easy 凡事看开些, 不要太冲动, 不要看得那么重

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

you are all wet 你完全误会了

she is hangover 她昨夜喝醉了

it’s a matter of time 这是迟早的问题

she pulls out 她退出了

I have my limit 我的忍耐度有限

don’t brush me off 不要敷衍我

let’s get it straight 我们打开天窗说亮话吧

what you call this 你这算什么

how about a bite 随便吃些什么吧

you can count on me 你可以信得过我

he see things not people他论事不论人

we sang the same songs 我们志同道合

I hope you in the roll 我希望你也能来

let’s go Dutch 我们各付各的吧

speak of the devil 说曹操, 曹操就到

keep in touch 保持联络

don’t turn me down 不要拒绝我

don’t let me down 别叫我失望

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

the weakest goes to the wall.优胜劣败

to look one way and row another声东击西 .

in everyone’s mouth.脍炙人口

to kick against the pricks 螳臂挡车 .

to give the last measure of devotion 鞠躬尽瘁 .

to suffer for one’s wisdom. 聪明反被聪明误

to harp on the same string. 旧调重弹

what’s done cannot be undone 覆水难收 .

to convert defeat into victory. 转败为胜

beyond one’s grasp. 鞭长莫及

to be severe with oneself and lenient with others.

严以责己宽以待人

a heart of steel. 铁石心肠

to be guided by destiny.听天由命

pride goes before a fall 骄者必败 .

the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy

without 不战而屈人之兵

what is bugging you 什么事使你心烦

sworn brother 干兄弟, 盟兄弟

it’s dying art 这是已失传的手艺

gentlemen agreement 君子协定

Im trying to make ends meet 我尽力要使收支平衡

prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

富贵结朋友, 患难见真情

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

bitterest of the bitter.

吃得苦中苦, 方为人上人

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

宁为善而斗, 毋屈服于恶

he who has hope has everything.

怀有希望者, 便拥有一切

self-trust is the first secret of success.

自信心是成功的首要关键

the secret of success is constancy of purpose.

成功的秘绝在于目标坚定有恒

success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.

成功源于努力去克服困难

experience is the extract of suffering.

经验是受苦的结晶

不要因为早晨下了一场雨就不去旅行。 for a morning rain leave not your trip.

"草上露珠闪，告别下雨天when dew is on the grass,rain will never come to pass.

大鱼吃小鱼，天空要下鱼fish bite best before a rain.

蚂蚁搬家，天将雨——when ladybugs swarm,expect a day that’s warm.

蜜蜂迟归，雨来风吹——if bees stay at home,rain will soon come.if they fiy away ,fine will be the day

飘飘然如上九重天on cloud nine

日晕三更雨，月晕午时风——halo around the sun or moon ,rain or snowsoon. "

太阳月亮镶银边，老天马上要下雨when a halo rings around the moon or sun, rain is approaching on the run.

"晚上天色红，水手乐呵呵;早晨天色红，水手急煞煞。red sky at night, sailor’s delight.red sky in the morning, sailor’s warning.

未雨绸缪save for a rainy day

月明星稀——when the stars begin to huddle ,the earth will soon become a puddle.

"早晨天上积雨云， 晚上地下降暴雨mountains in the morning. fountains in the evening.

早霞不出门，晚霞行千里——red sky at night,sailor’sdelight.red sky in the morning,sailor take waring.

笨鸟先飞早入林

Clumsy birds have to start flying early。

冰冻三尺，非一日之寒

It takes more than one cold day for the river to freeze threefeet deep。

OR：

The ground is frozen three feet deep --a rather longprocess。

长江后浪推前浪

In the Changjiang River the waves behind drive on thosebefore。

滴水穿石

Constant dripping wears away a stone。

光阴似箭，日月如梭

Light travels like an arrow, and time like a shuttle。

老马识途

An old horse knows the way。

麻雀虽小，五脏俱全

The sparrow may be small but it has all the vital organs。

青出于蓝而胜于蓝

Indigo blue is estracted from the indigo plant, but is bluer thanthe plant it comes from。

山外有山，天外有天

There are mountains beyond mountains, and heavens beyondheavens。

山重水覆疑无路，柳暗花明又一村

A sudden glimpse of hope in the dark mist of bewilderment,it`s along lane that has no turning。

万事开头难

The first step is always difficult。

万丈高楼平地起

High buildings rise from the ground。

有利必有弊

Everything has its advantages as well as disadvantages。

机不可失，时不再来

Don`t lose a golden opportunity, it is never foud again。

谋事在人，成事在天

Man proposes, God disposes。

人逢喜事精神爽

People are in high spirits when involved in happy events。

人生如梦

Life is but like a passing dream。

仁者见仁，智者见智

A true man loves the mountains, a wise man loves the sea。

人非圣贤，孰能无过

All men but saints are apt to make mistakes。

失败是成功之母

Failure is the mother of success。

一失足成千古恨

A single slip can cause a lasting sorrow。

有所不为，而后有所为

You must be able to refrain yourself in some matters in order toaccomplish others。

饮水不忘挖井人

Don`t forget the well – diggers when you drink from thiswell

己所不欲，勿施于人

Don`t do to others what you don`t want others to do to you 。

[高考英语作文必备的谚语分享

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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。

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

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

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

A common danger causes common action. 同仇敌忾。

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

A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。

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。

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

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

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

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

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

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

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。

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

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

Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛。

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身处逆境不择友。

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

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

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

A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得。

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

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

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

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

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

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。

A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。

A bad penny always turns up.

A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。

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

A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。

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

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

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。

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

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

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

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

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。

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

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

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

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

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

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

A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王。

A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。

Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。

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。

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

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

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

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

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

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

今天小编为你带来的是英语关于狼（wolf）的谚语推荐，希望对你有帮助。

非常贪婪, 贪得无厌

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 who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl.

[谚]跟狼在一起, 就会学狼叫; 近墨者黑。

keep the wolf from the door

[口]免于挨饿; 勉强度日

One must howl with the wolves.

[谚]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

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

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

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

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”

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

A wolf in sheeps clothing 匹着羊皮的狼

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

keep the wolf from the door (拒狼门外)

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。

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。

A man becomes learned by asking questions.

不耻下问才能有学问。

A young idler, an old beggar.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Books and friends should be few but good.

读书如交友，应求少而精。

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

读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。

Complacency is the enemy of study.

学习的敌人是自己的满足。

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

愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。

Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量。

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.

博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

Learn and live.

活着，为了学习。

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

lifeless, faultless.(只有死人才不犯错误。)

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

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

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

nothing is impossible for a willing heart.(心之所愿，无所不成。)[坚持一个简单的信念就一定会成功。]

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

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

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

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

A bad workman always blames his tools.

不会撑船怪河弯。

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

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。