英语谚语40条（经典20篇）

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

It’s never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢。

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

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。

Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.

心之所愿，无所不成。

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

Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。

Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

天才不过是勤奋而已。

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

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.四个简短的词汇概括了成功秘诀：多一点点!

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

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

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

New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。

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

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

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

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

Complacency is the enemy of study.

学习的敌人是自己的满足。

Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。

Books and friends should be few but good.

读书如交友，应求少而精。

All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。

A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。

By reading we enrich the mind， by conversation we

polish it.

读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。

Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

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

一本好书，相伴一生。

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

Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。

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

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

Many hands make light work. 人多力量大。

All things are difficult before they are easy.

凡事总是由难而易。

As a man sows， so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

Misfortunes never come alone/single.祸不单行。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。

No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。

No pains， no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。

All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。

A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。

Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。

Early to bed andearly to rise makes a man healthy，

wealthy and wise.

早睡早起身体好。

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

Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。

Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。

Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。

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。

Life is not all roses. 人生并不是康庄大道。

Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。

Fortune favors those who use their judgement. 机遇偏爱善断之人。

Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。

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

All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.自己的命运自己掌握。

Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。

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

He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟，不进则退。Knowledge makes humble， ignorance makes proud.

博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

Like father，like son.有其父必有其子。

Honesty is the best policy. 做人诚信为本。

Gold will not buy anything. 黄金并非万能。

Happiness takes no account of time. 欢乐不觉时光过。

Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。

A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。

He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。

He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。

Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。

Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。

Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。

Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。

No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。

Man proposes，God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。

No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。

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

The greatest talkers are always least doers.

语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。

Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。

Wise men love truth，whereas fools shun it.智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。

Money isn’t everything.钱不是万能的。

Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

Sharpening your axe will not delay your jobof cutting

wood.磨刀不误砍柴功。

Will is power. 意志就是力量。

Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明的动力。

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

Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远远胜过美貌。

Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半。

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

Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。

Reading makes a full man.读书使人完善。

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

You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。

You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。

Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

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

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

脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。

时间就像海绵里的水，只要愿挤，总还是有的。下面是语文迷为大家提供的关于时间的英语谚语，希望对你有帮助。

Time is money.

(时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金)

Time flies.

(光阴似箭，日月如梭)

Time has wings.

(光阴去如飞)

Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.

(时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰)

Time reveals(discloses) all things.

(万事日久自明)

Time tries all.

(时间检验一切)

There is no time like the present.

(现在正是时候)

Take time by the forelock.

(把握目前的时机)

Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.

(光阴如锉，细磨无声)

Time stays not the fools leisure.

(时间不等闲逛的傻瓜)

Time and I against any two.

(和时间携起手来，一人抵两人)

Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.

(时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命，节省时间，就是延长生命)

Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.

(消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失)

Time undermines us.

(光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老)

Time and tide wait for no man.

(岁月不待人)

Time cannot be won again.

(时间一去不再来)

Time brings the truth to light.

(时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。)

Time and chance reveal all secrets.

(时间与机会能提示一切秘密)

To choose time is to save time.

(选择时间就是节省时间)

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

(今日事，今日毕)

Procrastination is the thief of time.

(拖延为时间之窃贼)

One of these days is none of these days.

(拖延时日，终难实现。或：改天改天，不知哪天)

Tomorrow never comes.

(明天无尽头，明日何其多)

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

(常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹)

Time works wonders.

(时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议)

Time works great changes.

(时间可以产生巨大的变化)

Times change.

(时代正在改变)

Time is , time was , and time is past.

(现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返)

Time lost can not be recalled.

(光阴一去不复返)

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

(光阴似箭，一去不返)

Time tries friends as fire tries gold.

(时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金)

Time tries truth.

(时间检验真理)

Time is the father of truth.

(时间是真理之父)

Time will tell.

(时间能说明问题)

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

Custom is a second nature.

习惯是第二天性。

Habit is second nature.

习惯成自然。

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

坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。

Custom makes all things easy.

若照习惯办，万事皆不难。

Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

Dont leave todays work for tomorrow.

当日事，当日毕。

导语：When there is no hope there can be no endeavour.下面是yuwenmi小编为还在备考的同学整理的优秀英语素材，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

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 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 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 .

有志者事竟成。

Nothing is impossible 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。

导语：团结就是力量Unity is strength. 下面是小编为大家整理的适用于英文作文的英语谚语，欢迎大家阅读欣赏!

1.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets

2.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

3.团结就是力量Unity is strength.

4.“跳进黄河洗不清”eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--theres nothing one can do to clear ones name

5.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

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

7.往事如风The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas

8.望子成龙hold high hopes for ones child

9.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

10.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy

11.唯利是图draw water to ones mill

12.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

13.无中生有make create something out of nothing

14.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. Theres no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

16.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

17.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

18. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off

19.心想事成May all your wish come true

20.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

22.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound

23.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan

24.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example

25.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters

26.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear

27.循序渐进step by step

28.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

29.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

30鱼米之乡

31.有情人终成眷属Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.

32.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

33. 有识之士people of vision

34.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain

35.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

36.与时俱进advance with times

37.以人为本people oriented; people foremost

38.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude

39.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight. a land of milk and honey

40.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.

● Burn one’s bridges。

【中文对照】破釜沉舟。背水一战

● Do as the Romans do。

【中文对照】入乡随俗。

● Love me, love my dog。

【中文对照】爱屋及乌

● Clothes make the man。

【中文对照】人要衣装。佛要金装

● Look before you leap。

【中文对照】三思而后行

● No news is good news。

【中文对照】没有消息就是好消息

● Well begun, half done。

【中文对照】好的开始，成功了一半

● No sweet without sweat。

【中文对照】先苦后甜。

● History repeats itself。

【中文对照】历史会重演

● Better late than never。

【中文对照】迟做总比不做好。

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。

Life is not all roses. 人生并不是康庄大道。

Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。

Fortune favors those who use their judgement. 机遇偏爱善断之人。

Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。

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

All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。

Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。

Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。

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

He who does not advance loses ground. 逆水行舟，不进则退。

Knowledge makes humble， ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

Like father， like son. 有其父必有其子。

Honesty is the best policy. 做人诚信为本。

Gold will not buy anything. 黄金并非万能。

Happiness takes no account of time. 欢乐不觉时光过。

Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。

A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。

He is wise that is honest. 诚实者最明智。

He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。

Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。

Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。

Make hay while the sun shines. 良机勿失。

Many heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。

No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。

Man proposes， God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。

No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。

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

The greatest talkers are always least doers. 语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。

Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。

Wise men love truth， whereas fools shun it.智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理

Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。

Money isn‘t everything. 钱不是万能的。

Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.磨刀不误砍柴功。

Will is power. 意志就是力量。

Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。

Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明的动力。

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

Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远远胜过美貌。

Well begun is half done. 好的开端是成功的一半。

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

Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。

Reading makes a full man.读书使人完善。

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

You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。

You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。

Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

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

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

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

It‘s never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢。

Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。

Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. 心之所愿，无所不成。

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

Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。

A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.四个简短的词汇概括了成功秘诀：多一点点!

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

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

Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。

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

New wine in old bottles. 旧瓶装新酒。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

Hope for the best， but prepare for the worst.抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。

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

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

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

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

Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。

Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。

Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。

All that ends well is well. 结果好，就一切都好。

A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。

By reading we enrich the mind， by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。

Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

A good book is the best of friends， the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。

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

Caution is the parent of safety. 小心驶得万年船。

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

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

Many hands make light work. 人多力量大。

All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。

As a man sows， so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

Misfortunes never come alone/single. 祸不单行。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。

No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。

No pains， no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。

All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。

A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。

Don‘t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。

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

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

Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。

Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。

Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.书本如一座随行的花园。

A book is the same today as it a I ways was and it wi I I never change.好书经得起时代的考验。

A book that is / remains shut is but a block,束之高阁的书本，无异于木块。

A book tightly shut is but a block of paper,闭卷不读，书同废纸堆。

A good book is a good friend 好书如挚友。

A good book is a light to the soul.好书是人们的心灵明灯。

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.好书如良 友，可相伴一生。

A hundred tricks are not so good as one well-learned trade,百艺不如一艺精。

A library is a repository of medicine for the mind.图书馆是心灵的良药。 (repository:储藏所，知识宝库)。

A man becomes I earned by asking questions,不耻下问才能获得学问。

A nation’s treasure is in its scholars.文人是国家的财富。

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.与 君一席话，胜读十年书。

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a I earned fool the taste of wi sdom.汤匙不识热汤的滋味，博学的傻子无智慧。

A teacher is better than two books,两本书不如一位良师。

After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless,三曰不读书，便觉言语乏味。

An artist lives everywhere.艺术家四海为家。

An uncut gem goes not sparkle.玉不琢，不成器。

Any book you open wi I I benefit your mi nd.开卷有益。

Art is long, but life is short.生有涯，知无涯。

Art is the illusion of spontaneity.艺术是自发性的幻想。

Art lies in concealing art,隐而不露即艺术。

As we I i ve, so we I earn.活到老，学到老。

Ask a silly question and you，I I get a silly answer.提出愚蠢的问题，就会得到愚蠢的答案。

Ask the experienced rather than the I earned.向有经验者请教，不要向博学之人讨教。

Better wit than wealth,智慧强于财富。

Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，贵精不贵多。

Books are the ever-burning I amps of accumulated wisdom.书籍是积累智慧的明灯。

Brain is better than brawn.智慧胜过力量。(brawn:体力，肌肉)

By learning one I earns how to I earn.通过学习，人可以学会如何学习。

By not forgetting past events, we can take them as guides, in future events.记取前车之鉴。

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

By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it 读书让人充实，交谈使人明智。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.选书如择友。

Doubt is the beginning，not the end, of wisdom,智慧始于疑问，而非终于疑问。

Doubt is the key of knowledge,怀疑乃知识之钥。

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald 经验是上天赐给老年人的礼物。

Experience is a precious gift, only given a man when his hair is gone.经验是一件珍贵的礼物，只献给上了年纪的人。

Experience is a schoo I from which one can never graduate.学无止境。

Experience is the best teacher,经验是良师。// 经一事，长一智。

Experience is the extract of suffering,经验是由痛苦中萃取出来的。

Experience is the father of wi sdom and memory the mother.经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。

Experience is the mi stress of fools.经验是愚人之师。

Experience is the mother of wisdom.智慧来自经验。

Experience is what a man does with what happens to him.经一事，长一智。

Experience is/keeps a dear school, but fools I earn in no other.吃亏学乖代价高，笨汉非此学不好。

Experience without learning is better than learning wit experience.有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。

Genius is an aptitude for work.天赋就是具备工作的能力。

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.天赋即吃苦耐劳的无比能力。

Genius is boiling desire.天才乃强烈的欲望。

Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety—nine percent persp i rat i on.天才是百分之一的灵感和百分之九十九的努力。

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime, j受人以鱼不雀口j受人以渔。

Good books need no boost.好书不需人吹口虛。

Half a tale is enough for a wise man.聪明人一听上文即知下文。

He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere.遇事多问，随处可行。

He that knows nothing, doubts nothing,无知就无疑。

He that nothing questions, nothing I earns.什么都不问的人就什么都学不到。

He that teaches himself，has a fool for his master,学而不问，口 同以愚人为师。

He that travels far knows much.见多识广。

He that walks with wise men should be wise.与智者行即得其智。

He who asks is a fool for five minutes， but he who does not ask remains a fool forever,好问者只做一时的傻瓜，不问者永远都做傻瓜。

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

有志者,事竟成。 巴士英语www.xiao84.com

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

No road is long with good company.

与良友为伴，路遥不觉远。

Faith will move mountain.

精诚所至，金石为开。

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

与恶友交不如独处。

Fine feathers make fine birds.

小鸟需要美丽的羽毛衬托。

Judge not according to the appearance.

勿以貌取人。

It is not the coat that makes the gentleman.

衣服不能使人成为君子。

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.

我不能同时是你的朋友又为你的阿谀奉承者。

Without confidence there is no friendship.

没有信任就没有友谊。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

A good friend is my nearest relation.

好友即至亲。

Without a friend, the world is a wilderness.

没有朋友，世界成了荒野。

The best mirror is a friend’s eye.

朋友的眼睛是最好的镜子。

1、for a morning rain leave not your trip.

不要因为早晨下了一场雨就不去旅行。

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

草上露珠闪,告别下雨天

3、fish bite best before a rain.

大鱼吃小鱼,天空要下鱼

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

蚂蚁搬家,天将雨

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

蜜蜂迟归,雨来风吹

6、on cloud nine

飘飘然如上九重天

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

日晕三更雨,月晕午时风

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

太阳月亮镶银边,老天马上要下雨

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

"晚上天色红,水手乐呵呵；早晨天色红,水手急煞煞。

10、save for a rainy day

未雨绸缪

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

月明星稀

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

早晨天上积雨云, 晚上地下降暴雨

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

早霞不出门,晚霞行千里

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自信的英语谚语。

nothing is difficult to a man who wills

有志者事竟成。

All things are difficult before they are easy.

所有事在变得容易之前,都是困难的。

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.

自信是走向成功的第一步。

Confidence of success is almost success.

对成功抱有信心，就近乎成功。

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

世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

心志所愿，无事不成.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

Nothing is impossible (or difficult) to the man who will try.

世上无难事,只怕有心人。

Nothing is impossible to willing mind (or heart).

有志者事竟成。

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

幸福犹如香水，你不可能泼向别人而自己却不沾几滴。——Emerson

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

爱令智昏。——Francis Bacon

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

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

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

兄弟未必是朋友，而朋友总是兄弟。

——Benjamin Franklin

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

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

通向真爱的路从无坦途。——Shakespeare

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

真正的友人总是考虑别人的需要而不是提出自己的要求。——A.Maurois

Good company on the road is the shortest cut.

有了好的旅伴，路途就变得无比短暂。——Oliver Goldsmith

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

2. A woman’s strength is in her tongue. 能言善道

3. As a man sows, so shall he reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆

4. Actions speak louder than words. 坐而言不如起而行

5. All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马

6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜于二鸟在林

7. A stitch in time saves nine. 及时行事/事半功倍

8. An eye for a eye; and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼， 以牙还牙

9. All that glitters is not gold. 人不可貌相/是金子总会发光

10. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足长乐

11. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见知己

12. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔

13. A Jack of all trades in master of none. 样样通，样样松

14. All good things come to an end. 天下无不散之宴席

15. Accidents will happen. 人有旦夕祸福

16. Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home. 在家日日好

17. Beauty is only skin deep. 美貌是肤浅的

18. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚

19. Better late than never. 宁迟勿缺/亡羊补牢

20. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水

21. Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石

22. Courtesy costs nothing. 礼多人不怪

23. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. 勿打如意算盘

24. Do as you would be done by others. 己所不欲，勿施于人

25. Do in Rome As Roman does. 入乡随俗

He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。

He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。

So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。

Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。

Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。

Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。

So the world wags. 这就是人生。

One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。

No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏， 祸兮福所倚。

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

Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。

It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。

Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。

Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。

A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。

Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。

Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考虑要仔细，行动要迅速。

One sin opens the door for another.

犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。

One mans meat is another mans poison. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水珍贵

[英语优美谚语带翻译

读书可以使人更充实、丰富，有知识，使思想训练，境界提升。下面是小编为大家提供的读书的英语谚语，希望对你有帮助。

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。

Maosheng need of water; the growth of the juvenile need to learn.

茂盛的禾苗需要水分;成长的少年需要学习。

Stars so dazzling gorgeous sky; knowledge is their talent and abilities.

星星使天空绚烂夺目;知识使人增长才干。

Health food supplement， rich in the wisdom books.

粮食补身体，书籍丰富智慧。

Reading a book， by a gain in your wit.

读一书，增一智。

Do not eat the hungry， do not read the stupid.

不吃饭则饥，不读书则愚。

Too great an eagerneto discharge on obligation is a species of ingratitude.

急于逃避履行义务是一种忘恩负义的行为。

What one describes in the books is one’s thought in his mind. The personality of a book is that of the author.

书迹即心迹，书品即人品。

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。

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。

导语：As the tree，so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。下面是yuwenmi小编为还在备考的同学整理的优秀英语素材，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

1.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

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

3.Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。

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

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

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

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。

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

32.The older， the wiser. 姜是老的辣。

33.Do as Romans do in Rome. 入乡随俗。

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

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

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

时间就是生命,时间就是速度,时间就是力量。下面语文迷为大家提供了关于时间的英语谚语，欢迎参考。

.Time is money.

一寸光阴一寸今。

.Time flies.

日月如梭。

.Time stays not the fools leisure.

时间不等闲逛的傻瓜。

.Time is life when the idle man kills time,he kills himself!

时间就是生命，浪费时间就等于谋才害命!

.Time and I against any two!

和时间携手，一人可以抵两人!

.Time and tide wait for no man .

岁月不待人。

.Time undermines us .

人生易老。

.Procrastination is the thief of time.

拖延是时间之窃贼。

.Never put off till tomorrow what maybe done today.

今日事今日毕。

.what maybe done at any time will be done at no time!

当机立断。

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

现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返。

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

时间如锉，细磨无声。

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

光阴似箭，一去不返。

.Time lost can never be won again.

时间一去不返。

.Time tries friends as fire tries gold.

时间验朋友，烈火验真金。

.Time will tell.

时间可以说明一切。

.Time and chance reveal all secrets.

时间和机遇能揭示一切秘密。

.Time works wonders.

时间可以创造奇迹。

.Times change.

时代正在改变。

.Time brings truth to light.

时间会让真相大白。

有关时间的英语名言

time still, as he flies, brings increase to her truth, and gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.

edward moore, british dramatist 时间在飞逝中仍然带给她更多的真理，使她意识到青春 丢失的东西。

英国剧作家穆尔 . e

time tames strongest grief.

walt kelly.british picture story book painter 时间能冲淡巨大的悲伤。

英国连环画画家 凯利。 w.

todays today. tomorrow, we may be ourselves gone down the drain of eternity.

euripides ancient creek playwright 今天就是今天，明天我们就消失于永恒之中。

we always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

johann wolfgang von coethe.cerman poet

只要我们能善用时间，就永远不愁时间不够用。

weep no more, no sigh, nor groan. sorrow calls no time thats gone.

john fletcher, british dramalist 别哭泣，别叹息，别呻吟;悲伤唤 回流逝的时光。

英国剧作家 富莱奇 j

write it on your heart that every day is the best of the year.

ralph waldo emerson. american thinker 铭记在心：每一天都是一年中最好的日子。

youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

benjamin disraeli, british tatesman 青年鲁莽犯错，中年奋斗不止，老年后悔无穷。

英国政治家迪斯雷里。 b.

a generation without a cause in its youth has no legacy in its old age.

eeward kennedy. american plliticia 一代人如果年轻时候没有事业，老了就不会有遗产可以传下去。

美国政治家肯尼迪.e.

age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

george william crutis, american witer 年纪只是个感觉的问题，而不是岁月的问题。

美国作家柯蒂斯.g.w.

an energetic middle life is ,i think, the only safe precursor of a vitally happy old age.

vida drtton sucader, averycan educator and writer 我认为，精力旺盛的中年生活是生气勃勃的幸福晚年的唯一可靠预兆。

美国教育家、作家斯卡德.v.d.

导语：前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.下面是小编为大家整理的常用英语谚语，欢迎大家阅读欣赏!

1.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you cant make a fist. One cant make bricks without straw.

2.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

3.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

4.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.

5.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

6.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

7.强强联手 win-win co-operation

8.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.

9.人之初性本善 Mans nature at birth is good.

10.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.

11.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy

12.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.

13.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

14.死而后已 until my heart stops beating

15.岁岁平安 Peace all year round.

16.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth

17.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

18.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.

19.升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)

20.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

21.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, cant be repaid by grass. 62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.

23.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.

24.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel

25.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

26.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.

27.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

28.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

29.山不在高，有仙则名No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy;

30.韬光养晦hide ones capacities and bide ones time

A friend is easier lost than found.

朋友易失不易得.

A friend is known in necessity.

患难见友情.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

对一切人都是朋友,对哪一个也不是朋友.

A friends frown is better than a fools smile.

朋友对你皱眉,胜过傻瓜对你微笑.

A friennd in word is never friend of mine.

口头上的朋友决不是朋友.

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

好书如好友,友情永不渝.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

好友即至亲.

A good man terminates a friendship with out rancour.

君子绝交不记仇.

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

交友有度,友谊常青. / 君子之交淡如水.

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

远亲不如近友.

A real friend never gets in your way, unless you happen to be on the way down.

真正的朋友绝不会挡住你的去路,除非在你走下坡路时.

All are not friends that speak us fait.

当面说好话的并不都是朋友.

All theory, dear friend,is grey; but the precious tree of life is green.

亲爱的朋友,所有的理论都是灰色的;而宝贵的生活之树却是绿色的.

An open enemy is better than a hollow friend.

宁有公开的敌人,不要虚伪朋友.

Animals are such agreeable friends-they ask no questions,they pass no criticisms.

动物是极容易相处的朋友，它们从不提问，也从不会批评。

As devotion unites lovers so perfidy estranges friends.

忠诚是爱情的桥梁,欺诈是友谊的敌人.

At need one sees who his friend is.

处于困境时可以看出谁是自己的朋友.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

选择朋友要慢,换朋友更要慢.

Before friends all is common.

朋友之间应不分彼此.

Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him.

交友前先和他共吃一蒲式耳盐. /不深知,不结交.

Better drink the water given by a friend,than eat the honey offered by the enemy.

宁喝朋友水，不吃敌人蜜。

Better lose a jest than a friend.

宁可少说俏皮话,也不开罪朋友.

Better without gold than without friends.

宁可没有金钱,不可没有朋友.

Books and friends should be few but good.

书与友,贵精不贵多.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

择书如择友.

Community of purpose makes friendship.

目标一致生友谊.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

假如我们能预知何时何地重逢,和朋友话别时就会更情真.

Diffidence is the poison of friendship.

踌躇是友谊的毒药.

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

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

3. Pleasant hours fly past.快乐时光去如飞。

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. Every tide hath ist ebb.潮涨必有潮落时。

20. Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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