英语谚语40条经典20篇

1. Happiness lies first of all in health.

幸福首先在于健康。

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

欢乐就是健康, 忧郁就是病痛。

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

工作不损寿, 忧郁才伤身。

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

只工作, 不玩耍, 聪明小伙也变儍。

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

没有时间娱乐的人, 迟早得有时间生病。

----- J. Wanamaker 沃纳梅克

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

知足为智者。

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

终日怀旧催人老, 计划未来葆青春。

8. A good conscience is a continual feast.

问心无愧天天乐。

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

一分预防胜过十分治疗。

10. Diet cures more than doctors.

自己饮食有节, 胜过上门求医。

11. He is happy that thinks himself so.

自乐者常乐。

12. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

每天一只苹果, 无需医生进门。

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13. Better wear out shoes than sheets.

宁愿把鞋子穿漏, 不愿把床单磨破。

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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。

1、Time tries friends as fire tries gold.

时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金

2、Time cannot be won again.

时间一去不再来

3、Time tries truth.

时间校验真理。

4、Time flies.

光阴似箭，日月如梭

5、Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.

消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失

6、Time is, time was, and time is past.

现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返

7、Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.

光阴如锉，细磨无声

8、Take time by the forelock.

把握目前的实际。

9、To choose time is to save time.

选择时间就是节省时间

10、Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

今日事，今日毕

11、Time will tell.

时间能说明问题。

12、Time stays not the fools leisure.

时间不等闲逛的傻瓜

13、Time has wings.

光阴去如飞

14、Tomorrow never comes.

明天无尽头，明日何其多。

15、Time works great changes.

时间可以产生巨大的变化

16、Time and chance reveal all secrets.

时间与机会能提示一切秘密

17、Time works wonders.

时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议。

18、Time and tide wait for no man.

岁月不待人

19、Procrastination is the thief of time.

拖延为时间之窃贼

20、Time reveals （discloses） all things.

万事日久自明

21、Time brings the truth to light.

时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。

22、Time flies like an arrow, and time lost never returns.

光阴似箭，一去不返

23、Time and I against any two.

和时间携起手来，一人抵两人

24、Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.

时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰

25、Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.

消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失

26、One of these days is none of these days.

改天改天，不知哪天

27、Time tries truth.

时间检验真理

28、Tomorrow never comes.

明天无尽头，明日何其多

29、Time undermines us.

光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老。

30、Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

今日事，今日毕。

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

常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹。

32、Time lost can not be recalled.

光阴一去不复返。

33、There is no time like the present.

现在正是时候。

34、Time lost can not be recalled.

光阴一去不复返。

35、There is no time like the present.

现在正是时候。

36、Time is the father of truth.

时间是真理之父。

37、Take time by the forelock.

把握目前的时机。

38、Time will tell.

时间能说明问题。(.)

39、Times change.

时代正在改变。

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

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

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

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

5. A bad custom is like a good cake， better broken than kept. 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。

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

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

8. A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。

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

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

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

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

13. A bird is known by its note，and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。

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

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

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

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

18. A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。

27. Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。

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

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

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

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

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

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

04. Success has many friends. 成功者朋友多。

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

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

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

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

09. Sure bind, sure find. 捆得好，逃不了。

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. Take the world as it is. 随遇而安。

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

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

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

30. Take time by the forelock. 要抓住时机。

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

强者能同命运的风暴抗争。

2、cease to struggle and you cease to live.

生命不止，奋斗不息。

3、nothing seeks, nothing finds.

无所求则无所获。

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

我成功是因为我有决心，从不踌躇。

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

伟大的事业是通过不懈努力，一砖一瓦堆起来的。

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

一切痛苦都有助于我们奋发向上，不论我们当时是多么憎恨它。

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

奋战过而失败，强于根本未战。

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

世上无难事，只怕有心人。

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

只要有无限的热情，一个人几乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。

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

做一切事情都应尽力而为，不可半途而废。

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

幸运中并非不掺杂各种担心与烦恼，而厄运中也并非不存在欣慰与期望。

12、gods determine what youre going to be.

人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。

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

生活在顽强战斗中，只有每天不屈不挠奋勇向前的人才能取得胜利。

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

优雅地迎接成功，勇敢地面对挫折。

15、energy and persistence conquer all things.

能量加毅力可以征服一切。

16、no road of flowers leads to glory.

没有一条通往光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。

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

命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。

18、man errs so long as he strives.

人只要奋斗就会犯错误。

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

只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。

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

没有向命运抗争的明智准备，命运便会显示其威力。

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

大业成于百折不挠，不论力量大小。

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

天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。

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

不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。

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

一个人可以失败很多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。

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

只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。

26、failure is the mother of success.

失败乃成功之母。

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

困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。

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

"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.

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。

1.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way.

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2.Lost years are worse than lost dollars.

一寸光阴一寸金,寸今难买寸光阴。

3.One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.

台上一分钟,台下十年功。

4.The longest journey begins with the first step.

千里之行,始于足下。

5.Every little helps.

积少成多。

6.Pride hurts, modesty benefits.

满招损,谦受益。

7.Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.

世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。

8.Rome was not built in a day.

伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒。

9.God helps those who help themselves.

自助者天助。

10.More haste, less speed.

欲速则不达。

11.A rolling stone gathers no moss.

滚石不聚苔,转行不聚财。

12.When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

入乡随俗。

13.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。

14.Lost time is never found again.

光阴一去不复返。

15.Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.

劳动强体,磨难强智。

16.Behind bad luck comes good luck.

塞翁失马,焉知非福。

17.All for one, one for all.

我为人人,人人为我。

18.Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.

己所不欲,勿施于人。

19.Suspicion is the poison of friendship.

怀疑是对友谊所下的毒药。

20.He laughs best who laughs last.

谁笑到最后,谁笑得最美。

21.Follow your own course, and let people talk.

走自己的路,让别人说去吧.

22.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.

23.Think twice before acting.

三思而后行.

24.Adversity reveals genius, fortune conceals it.

苦难显才华,好运藏天知.

25.The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.

水能载舟,亦能覆舟.

26.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

宁为鸡头,不为凤尾.

27.A stitch in time saves nine.

防微杜渐.

28.Diamond cuts diamond.

强中更有强中手.

29.The early bird catches the worm.

捷足先登.

30.Whatever you go, go with all your heart.

无论做什么事,一定要全力以赴.

31.The world is but a little place, after all.

海内存知己,天涯若比邻.

32.It is better to be a head of dog than a tail of a lion.

宁为鸡头,不为凤尾.

33.A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口.

34.Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量.

35.Money is not everything.

金钱不是万能的.

36.Time and tide wait no man.

时不我待.

37.A young idler, an old beggar.

少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲.

38.Strike while the iron is hot.

趁热打铁.

39.Every man has his price.

天生我才必有用.

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

看破生死的人能成大事.

41.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

世上无难事,只要肯登攀.

42.Noting venture, noting gain.

不入虎穴,焉得虎子.

43.It never rains but it pours.

不鸣则已,一鸣惊人.

44.Losers are always in the wrong.

胜者为王,败者为寇.

45.Man proposes, God deposes.

谋事在人,成事在天.

46.Many hands make light work.

众人拾柴火焰高.

47.No cross, no crown.

不经风雨,怎能见彩虹.

48.No pain, no gain.

没有付出,就没有收获.

49.Not to advance is to go back.

不进则退.

50.No way is impossible to courage.

勇者无惧.

51. All is not gold that glitters./All that glitters is not gold.

闪光的不一定是黄金.

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.You get what you pay off.

一分价钱一分货.

55.Seeing is believing.

眼见为实.

56.Where theres smoke without fire.

无风不起浪.

57.Where theres oppression theres resistance.

哪里有压迫,哪里就有反抗.

58.All the Evils to be considered with the Good, that is in them, and with that worse attends them.

祸兮福所依,福兮祸所伏.

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.Details is the key to success.

细节决定成败.

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.Well begun is half done.

好的开端是成功的一半.

72.Good wine needs no bush.

酒好不怕巷子深.

73.Industry is the parent of success.

成功源于勤奋.

74.Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同.

75.Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧.

76.Still waters run deep.

静水流深.

77.Little stone fell great oaks.

滴水穿石.

78.The membrance of the past is the teacher of the future.

前事不忘,后事之师.

79.A hedge between keeps friendship green.

君子之交淡如水.

80.Take time while time is, for time will away.

机不可失,失不再来.

81.Two heads are better than one.

集思广益.

82.Provide for a rainy day.

未雨绸缪.

83.True blue will never strain.

真金不怕火炼.

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

必须相信自己,这是成功的秘诀.

85.A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志.

86.A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

身正不怕影子歪.

87.There is plenty of fish in the sea.

天涯何处无芳草.

88.Cats hind their paws.

大智若愚.

89.Judge not a book by its cover.(Never judge from appearances.)

人不可貌相,海水不可斗量.

90.All shall be well, Jack shall have jill.

有情人终成眷属.

91.The good seaman is known in bad weather.

惊涛骇浪,方显英雄本色.

92.Where there is life, there is hope.

留得青山在,不怕没柴少.

93.All thing are difficult before they are easy.

万事开头难.

94.Life is not all roses.

人生并不都是康庄大道.

95.Heaven never seals off all the exits.

天无绝人之路.

96.Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar?

有朋自远方来不亦乐乎？

97.Reading is always profitable.

开卷有益.

98.A gentleman acts on behalf of an understanding friend, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her lover.

士为知己者用,女为说悦己者容.

99.Actions speak louder that words.

事实胜于雄辩.

100.Mastery of work comes from diligent application, and success deponds on forethought.

业精于勤,行成于思

1.Pain past is pleasure.

2. While there is life, there is hope.

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

4. Storms make trees take deeper roots.

5. Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.

6. The shortest answer is doing.

7. All things are difficult before they are easy.

8. Great hopes make great man. (伟大的理想造就伟大的人。)

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

10. Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.

11. In doing we learn.(实践长才干。)

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

13. Two heads are better than one.(三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。)

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

15. Constant dropping wears the stone.(滴水穿石。)

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

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

18. Better late than never.(迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来好。)

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

20. If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.(如果事情值得做，就值得做好。)

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

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

23. Lifeless, faultless.(只有死人才不犯错误。)

24. From small beginning come great things.(伟大始于渺小。)

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

26. Truth never fears investigation.(事实从来不怕调查。)

27. The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.(舌无骨却能折断骨。)

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

29. Knowing something of everything and everything of something.

30. Good advice is beyond all price.(忠告是无价宝。)

1、A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

恶其始者必恶其终。

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

有胜于无。

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

吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

4、A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart.

做贼心虚。

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

坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。

6、A bad padlock invites a picklock.

开门揖盗。

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

一本好书，莫逆之交。

8、A bad thing never dies.

坏事传千年。

9、A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

拙匠常怨工具差（人笨怨刀钝）。

10、A bargain is a bargain.

达成的协议不可撕毁。

11、A beggars purse is bottomless.

乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

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

双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

13、A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.

闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。

14、A bird may be known by its song.

什么鸟唱什么歌。

15、A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.

略有胜于全无。

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

坐井观天。

17、A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.

秋波送盲，白费痴情。

18、A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.

一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。

19、A book that remains shut is but a block.

有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。

20、A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.

借来的斗篷不暖身。

21、Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

22、A burden of ones choice is not felt.

自己选的担子不嫌重。

23、A burnt child dreads the fire.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

24、A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。

25、A cat may look at a king.

猫也有权晋见国王。

26、A cat has nine lives.

猫有九条命。

27、Accidents will happen.

天有不测风云。

28、A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。

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

调换一下工作是很好的休息。

30、A cheerful wife is the joy of life.

快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。

31、A clean hand wants no washing.

身正不怕影子斜。

32、A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

问心无愧，高枕无忧。

33、A clear conscience is a sure card.

光明磊落，胜券在握。

34、A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.

白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

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

宁为清贫，不为浊富。

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

祸从口出。

37、A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.

夜郎自大。

38、A common danger causes common action.

同仇敌忾。

39、A constant guest is never welcome.

久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。

40、A contented mind is perpetual feast.

知足常乐。

41、A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.

贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。

42、A crafty knave needs no broker.

狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。

43、A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.

户枢不蠹。

44、Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

行动是知识的巧果。

45、Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

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

不满足者坐无宁时。

47、A disease known is half cured.

病情确诊断，治病好一半。

48、Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.

在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。

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

骨头打狗狗不叫。

50、Adversity is a good discipline.

苦难是磨练人的好机会。

51、Adversity leads to prosperity.

逆境迎向昌盛。

52、Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

患难使人聪明，但不能致富。

53、Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

身处逆境不择友。

54、Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.

成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。

55、A fair death honours the whole life.

死得光明，终身荣耀。

56、A fair face may hide a foul heart.

人不可貌相。

57、A faithful friend is hard to find.

益友难得。

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

吃一堑，长一智。

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

午饭后要坐，晚饭后要走。

60、A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.

父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。

61、A fault confessed is half redressed.

承认错误，等于改正一半。

62、Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.

事情要安步就班地做，就会很快地做完。

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

口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。

64、A fool always comes short of his reckoning.

愚人常缺算计。

65、A fool always rushes to the fore.

傻瓜总爱强出头。

66、A fool and his money are soon parted.

笨蛋难聚财。

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

蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。

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

一愚发问，七智结舌。

69、A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

愚者所问，智者难答。

70、A fool may give a wise man counsel.

愚者千虑，必有一得。

71、A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.

一愚所失，百智难回。

72、A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another.

一个蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一个聪明人在别人家里所知的事要多。

73、A fools bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

愚者千虑，必有一得。

74、A fools heart dances on his lips.

愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。

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

狐狸会变，但本性难移。

76、A friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy his crimes.

朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。

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

曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。

78、A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难朋友才是真朋友。

79、A friend is a second self.

朋友是另一个我。

80、A friend is best found in adversity.

患难见真友。

81、A friend is never known till a man have need.

不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。

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

交友慢，失友快。

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

广交友，无深交。

84、A friend without faults will never be found.

没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。

85、A good beginning is half the battle.

首战告捷等于一半胜利。

86、After black clouds, clear weather.

否极泰来。

87、After death, the doctor.

放马后炮。

88、After dinner comes the reckoning.

吃喝玩乐，该付代价。

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

A friend is a second self.

朋友是另一个我。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难之交才是真朋友

A friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy his crimes.

朋友宣扬人的美德,敌人夸大人的罪过。

A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.

父亲是财富, 兄弟是安慰,朋友兼而有之。

A faithful friend is hard to find.

挚友难寻

Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.

在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。

Friends must part.

天下无不散之筵席。

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

自然教我们爱朋友,宗教却教我们爱敌人。

Life without a friend is death without a witness.

在世无朋友，死后无证人。

In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty.

富在深山有远亲,穷在闹市无人问。

He is rich enough who has true friends.

有真朋友的人是富翁。

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

背后说好话,才是真朋友。

Have but few friends though many acquaintances.

结交可广,知己宜少。

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

防友靠天，防敌靠己。

Friends may meet, but mountains never greet.

朋友可相逢，高山永分离。

Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is.

友谊地久天长。

Friendship ---- one soul in two bodies.

友谊是两人一条心。

Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs.

友谊可以增添欢乐，可以分担忧愁。

Friendship is love with understanding.

友谊是爱加上谅解。

Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

来而不往非礼也。

Friends are thieves of time.

交朋友，费时间。

Everything is good when new, but friend when old.

物莫如新,友莫如故。

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

患难见真情。

Familiar paths and old friends are the best.

熟路好遵循,老友最可珍。

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

奉承惹人喜，直言招人仇。

Friendless is the dead.

没有朋友者，等于是死人。

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

朋友像琴弦，不能拧太紧。

Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.

交往过密过疏，都会失去朋友。

Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。

Better lose a jest than a friend.

宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。

Better an open enemy than a false friend.

明枪易躲,暗箭难防。

Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing.

择友宜慎,弃之更宜慎。

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

真正的朋友好似两个身子长著一颗心。直译为:一个真正的朋友是一个灵魂在两个身体内。 意义为:一个真正的朋友是如影随形的。

A true friend is known in the day of adversity.

疾风知劲草,患难知友情。

A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many.

朋友千人尚觉少,仇敌一人犹嫌多。

A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.

失友皆从借钱起。

An empty purse frightens many friends.

囊中无分文,亲友不上门。

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

远亲不如近友.

A man who has friend must show himself friendly.

与朋友交,必须友好相处。

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

人生没有朋友,犹如人生没有了太阳。

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

戏谑不能在化敌为友。意思是 开玩笑总不能化敌为友,反而有时会失去朋友。

A good friend is my nearest relation.

良友如近亲;

A friend without faults will never be found.

没有十全十美的朋友。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

广交友,无深交。

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.

失友易,交友难。

A friend is never known till a man have need.

需要之时方知友。

A friend is best found in adversity.

患难见真交。

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。

1、The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.

水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

2、The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.

清者自清，浊者自浊。

3、The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.

螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。

4、The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.

世界 如阶梯，有人上有人下。

5、The world is but a little place, after all.

海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

6、Think twice before you do.

三思而后行。

7、Things at the worst will mend.

否极泰来。

8、Time and tide wait for no man.

时不我待。

9、Time cures all things.

时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

10、Time flies.

光阴似箭。

11、Time is money.

时间就是金钱。

12、Time lost cannot be won again.

时光流逝，不可复得。

13、Time past cannot be called back again.

时间不能倒流。

14、Time tries all.

路遥知马力，日久见人心。

15、Tit for tat is fair play.

人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。

16、To err is human.

人非圣贤，孰能无过。

17、To know everything is to know nothing.

什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。

18、To know oneself is true progress.

人贵有自知之明。

19、Tomorrow never comes.

我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。

20、Too much familiarity breeds contempt.

过分熟悉会使人互不服气。

21、Too much knowledge makes the head bald.

学问太多催人老。

22、Too much liberty spills all.

自由放任，一事无成。

23、Too much praise is a burden.

过多夸奖，反成负担。

24、To save time is to lengthen life.

节约时间就是延长生命。

25、Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.

常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。

26、Troubles never come singly.

福无双至，祸不单行。

27、Truth never grows old.

真理永存。

28、Turn over a new leaf.

洗心革面，改过自新。

29、Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

30、Two heads are better than one.

一个好汉三个帮。

31、Two of a trade seldom agree.

同行是冤家。

32、Two wrongs do not make a right.

别人错了，不等于你对了。

33、Unity is strength.

团结就是力量。

34、Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.

忠言逆耳利于行。

35、Until all is over one磗 ambition never dies.

不到黄河心不死。

36、Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

吃小亏占大便宜。

37、Virtue is fairer far than beauty.

美德远远胜过美貌。

38、Walls have ears.

小心隔墙有耳。

39、Wash your dirty linen at home.

家丑不可外扬。

40、Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.

滴水穿石。

41、Wealth is nothing without health.

失去健康 ，钱再多也没用。

42、We know not what is good until we have lost it.

好东西，失去了才明白。

43、Well begun is half done.

好的开始，是成功的一半。

44、We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

井干方知水可贵。

45、We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.

欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。

46、We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.

自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。

47、Wet behind the ears.

乳臭未干。

48、Whatever you do, do with all your might.

不管做什么，都要一心一意。

49、What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.

儿时所学，终生难忘。

50、What we do willingly is easy.

愿者不难。

51、When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

入国问禁，入乡随俗。

52、When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.

伤心旧事别重提。

53、When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

新仇旧恨，齐上心头。

54、When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.

黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。

55、When wine is in truth, wit is out.

酒后吐真言。

56、Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

57、Where there is life, there is hope.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

58、Where there is smoke, there is fire.

事出有因。

59、While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.

道高一尺，魔高一丈。

60、Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

搬弄口舌者必是小人。

61、Whom the gods love die young.

好人不长命。

62、Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.

智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。

63、Work makes the workman.

勤工出巧匠。

64、You cannot burn the candle at both ends.

蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。

65、You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.

强扭的瓜不甜。

66、You may know by a handful the whole sack.

由一斑可知全貌。

67、You never know what you can till you try.

是驴子是马，拉出来遛

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。

很早以前我就懂得，永远不要与猪争斗。因为你会弄得很脏，而猪就喜欢你这样。

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

关于猪的谚语确实比较少：

我仔细想了一下，就有一句。

人怕出名猪怕胖。

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

还有一种翻译方法：

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

我觉得前面是个比较地道的说法，很多谚语书上都有。

助人为快乐之本。

Happiness lie in rendering help to others

助人为乐是一种美德。

Find in helping others is a virtue.

现代化建设需要助人为乐的精神。

Modernization need find in helping others spirit.

助人为乐是共-产主义世界观的体现。

Find in helping others is the embodiment of communism world outlook.

助人为乐是一种美德。

Find in helping others is a virtue.

众人拾柴火焰高。

Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire,

赠人玫瑰，手有余香。

When we lift people, we are likewise lifted

一个篱笆打三个桩，一个好汉要有三个帮。

As one fence needs three stakes, a good guy needs three fellows.

雪中送碳。

The snow to send carbon.

我帮别人的人，能得别人的帮助。

I help others, can get the help of others.

knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers 知识来了，智慧却迟迟不前。

knowledge is one thing, virtue is another知识是一回事，美德是另一回事。

learning without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without studying results in tardiness学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

life is short and art is long 人生短暂，学术无涯。

much learning shows how little mortals know博学而后始知人类所知有限。

no matter how much one has experienced, he can’t enrich his knowledge without reading books无论亲身经历如何丰富的人，如果不读书，知识不可能丰富起来的。

reading is not only beneficial to widen your horizon but also helpful to master the language读书不仅有益于开阔视野，也有助于我们驾驭语言。

reading make a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man阅读使人充实，交谈使人机智，写作使人精确。

reading ten thousand books is like traveling ten thousand miles读万卷书，行万里路。

the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook智慧就是懂得该忽略什么的技巧。

the three foundations of learning; seeing much, suffering much, and studying much 求学的三个基本条件是：多观察，多吃苦，多研究。

those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it想要收获自由之果的人，必须承受维护自由的劳苦。

time is a bird for ever on the wing时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。

a man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much既然无所事事亦难逃一死，何不奋斗终生。

after you have read more than ten thousand volumes, you will find it easy to write as if god were there helping you读书破万卷，下笔如有神。

all books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time一切书籍都可以分为二类：即：一时之书与永久之书。

books are the food for the hungry of great mind书籍是伟大的饥饿的粮食。

books are to mankind what memory is to the individuanl 书之于人类，犹如记忆于之个人。

books are treasure banks storing wisdom passed down from generation to generation书籍是贮存人类代代相传的智慧的宝库。

classic a book which people praise and don’t read “经典之作”是人人皆称赞却不愿去读的书。

coping with problems in our real life is the end, and reading is only one of the means to reach the end处理现实生活是目的，读书只是达到这个目的手段之一。

friends are not books, yet books are friends friends may betray you, while books are always loyal朋友不是书，书却是朋友。朋友可能背判你，书却永远忠实。

he that knows little soon repeats it知识浅薄者，很快就回重复他所知的话题。

if a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him如果一个人倾其所有以求学问，那么这些学问是没有人能拿走的。

ignorance is not innocence but sin无知并非纯真，而是罪恶。

isn’t it a happy thing if you review what you have learned on time 学而时习之，不亦乐乎?

it never will rain roses when we want to have more roses we must plant trees天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。

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.

高考在即，语文迷特地为大家整理了关于天气的谚语，供大家写作文的时候参考。

for a morning rain leave not your trip.

不要因为早晨下了一场雨就不去旅行。

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

"草上露珠闪，告别下雨天

fish bite best before a rain.

大鱼吃小鱼，天空要下鱼

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

蚂蚁搬家，天将雨

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

on cloud nine

飘飘然如上九重天

halo around the sun or moon ,rain or snowsoon.

日晕三更雨，月晕午时风

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

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。

save for a rainy day

未雨绸缪

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

月明星稀

mountains in the morning. fountains in the evening.

"早晨天上积雨云， 晚上地下降暴雨

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

早霞不出门，晚霞行千里

和风有关的谚语：

sail close to the wind

冒险

例句：If you believe what he said， you are sailing close to the wind。

know which way the wind blows

了解情况

例句：He never tells his thoughts until he knows which way the wind blows。

和雪有关的谚语：

be snowed down

工作太多做不过来

例句：Ive been snowed down by my work!

white as snow

纯洁无辜

例句：The accused didnt comitt the murder，he is as white as snow。

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