篇一：英语谚语大全
Proverbs
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智 Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩 Money can’t buy time. 寸金难买寸光阴
Failure is the mother of success. 失败乃成功之母。 The visitor arrives, it is as if returning home.宾至如归。 A good beginning is half the battle.良好的开端成功的一半。 To teach is to learn.教学相长。
Like father,like son.有其父，必有其子。 Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败。 Fish in trouble water.混水摸鱼。 Business is business.公事公办。 The style is the man.文入其人。
More haste,less speed.欲速则不达。 Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。 Misfortunes never come alone. 祸不单行。
Hedges have eyes,walls have ears.隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳。 Man proposes,God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼里出西施。 Time and tide wait for no man.时不待我/岁月无情。
A young idlder,an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Out of office,out of danger.无官一身轻。 In time of peace prepare for war.居安思危。
The tongue cuts the throat.祸从口出。/言多必失。
Out of sight,out of mind./far from eye,far from heart.眼不见为净。
All shall be well,Jack shall be Jill. 有情人终成眷属。
Friends must part.聚散离合总有时。/天下无不散之宴席。 The remenbrance of the past is the teacher of the future.前事不忘，后世之师。
Love me,love dog. 爱屋及乌。
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。/一石双鸟。 Speak the devil(and he will appear). 说曹操，曹操到。 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。 Beat the dog before the lion.杀鸡儆猴。 Let sleeping dog lie.勿打草惊蛇。 Teach fish to swim.班门弄斧。
A word spoken is past recallling. 一言既出，驷马难追。 Once beaten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 Birds of a feather flock together.物以类分，人以群分。 In for a penny, in for a pound.一不做，二不休。 There is smoke without fire.无风不起浪。 Have a card up one’s sleeve.胸有成竹。 Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要金装，人要衣装。As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 Much will have more.得陇望蜀。/得寸进尺。
The sauce is better than the fish.喧宾夺主。
He cries wine and sells vinegar.挂羊头，买狗肉。 Good wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深。
Every potter praises his pot.王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。 The pupil outdoes the master.青出于蓝而胜于蓝。 There are plenty of fish in the sea.天涯何处有芳草 Diamond cut diamont.强中更有强中手。 He take a spear to kill a fly.杀鸡用牛刀。 Gifts blind the eyyes.拿了手软，吃了嘴软。
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.不要将恩仇报。 Dogs bite in every country.天下乌鸦一般黑。
Better an open enemy than a false friend.。明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Do one thing under cover of another. 明修栈道，暗度陈仓。 The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.心有余而力不足。 Little strokes fell great oaks.滴水穿石。/只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
Judge not a book by its cover. 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。 A straight foot is not afraid of crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。
The knife cuts bread and fingers.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。 It is better to be the head of a dog/lizard than the tail of lion.宁为鸡手，无为牛后。
It is better to die than to live when life is a disgrace./Better die.with hounor than live with shame.
Dogs bite in every countries.天下乌鸦一般黑。
A horse stumbles that has four legs.人非圣贤，熟能无过。 A clear conscience is a sure card.为人不做亏心事，半夜不怕鬼敲门。
A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart.做贼心虚。 All your swans are greese.事与愿违。
Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 Late fruite keeps well.大器晚成。
Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。 Rest breeds rust.生命在于运动。 Names are debts.树大招风。
Common fame is a liar.盛名之下，其实难附。
Many kiss the baby for the nurse’s sake.醉翁之意不在酒。 Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Do in Rome as the Romans do.如乡随俗。
Things done cannot be done.木已成舟。/覆水难收。 True blue will never stain.真金不怕火炼。
Everybody’s business is nobody’s busness.三个和尚没水吃。
The moon is not seen when the sun shines.小巫见大巫。 Penny wise and pound foolish.因小失大。
He knows most who speaks least./still water runs deep.大智
若愚。
As you make the bed, so you must lie in it.自食其果。 The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。 Short pleasure,long lament.一失足成千古恨。 Don’t count the chichen before they are hatched. 请勿盲目乐观。
What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。
Danger is next neighour to security.塞翁失马，安知非福。 Misfortue might be a blessing in disguise. 祸兮福所倚，福兮祸所伏。
What we lose in hake we shall have in herring. 失之东隅，收之桑榆。
Stick together through thick and thin.
有福同享，有祸同当/祸患与共。/风雨同舟。 Save your breath to cool your porridge. 个人自扫门前雪，莫管他人瓦上霜。 A watched pot never boils.
心急吃不了热豆腐。/有心插花花不开，无心插柳柳成阴。 A leopard cannot change its spots./you cannot make a crab walk straight.江山易改，本性难移。
Don’t trouble touble until trouble troubles you. 车到山前必有路。
Accidents will happen./Every tide has its ebb. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
Even Homer sometimes nods./The best horse stumbles. 智者千虑，必有一失。
Rome was not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 The shephered would rather lose the wool than the sheep. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
A little leak will sink a great ship./a stitch in time saves nine.亡羊补牢。
Silence is golden.沉默是金。
All is not gold that glitters. 闪闪发光物，并非皆金子。 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。
Safety and danger alternate with each other. Misfortune and fortune generate each other. Slowness and promptness follow each other. Gathering and scatering complement each other.安危相宜，祸福相生，缓急相争，聚散相成。
The endless river flows eastward, with its huge waves,gone are all those gallant heroes of bygone years. 大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。
Absorbed in paiting, you knnow not old age is coming, indeed, to me wealth and rank are like clouds drifting away.丹青不知老将至，富贵于我如浮云。
We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though we are miles apart.但愿
人长久，千里共婵娟。
A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the more on every festive day.独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。
If two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can cut through metal.二人同心，其利断金。
It is a true great amn whom no money and rank can confuse, no poverty and hardship can shake, and no power and force can suffocate.富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈，此之谓大夫矣。
Impartiality produces clarity and partiality obscurity. 公生明，偏生暗。
The noble takes the humble as its root, the high takes the low as its base.贵以贱为本，高以下为基。 A bosom friend afar brings distance near. 海内存知己，天涯若比临。
A huge tree that fills one’s arms grows from a tiny seeding, a nine sories tower rises from a heap of earth, a thousand-li journey starts with the first step.合抱之木，生于毫末；九层之台，起于垒土；千里之行，始于足下。
This land is so beautiful that it has made countless heroes bow in homage.江山如此多娇，引无数英雄竞折腰。
Raising my head, I see the moon so bright, withdrawing my eyes my nostalgi comes around.举头望明月，低头思故乡。 All are past and gone;we look to this age for truly great men.俱往昔，数风流人物，还看今朝。
A man of virtue helps others to achieve their moral perfection but not their evil conduct. 君子成人之美，不成人之恶。
The friendship between men of virtue is light like water, yet richly affectionate; the friendship between men without virtue is sweet like wine, yet easily broken.君子之交淡如水小人之交甘如醴。君子淡以亲，小人甘于绝。
Work diligently for the country and frugally for the family. 克勤于邦，克俭于家。
Respect the aged in one’s own family as well as the aged in other families, and love the young in one’s own family as well as the young in other families.老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人之幼。
When one rejoices in the joy of his people, they will also rejoice in his joy; when one grieves at the sorrow of his people, they do the same. He who rules his country is one one who occupies himself with concerns for the pleasure and sorrow of all his people. 乐民之乐者，民亦乐其乐；忧民之忧者，民亦忧其忧。乐以天下，忧以天下，然而不王者未之有也。
Propriety damands reciprocity. It is not propriety to give but not to receive, or vice visa.礼尚往来。往而不来，非礼也；
来而不往，亦非礼也。
If love between both sides can last for eye, why need they stay together night and day.两情若是长久时，有岂在朝朝暮暮。
Act when orderd, and stop when prohibited.令则行，禁则止。 The way ahead is long and has no ending;yet high and low I’ll search with my will unbending路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。
Disorder brings peril to a country, while order brings peace to it.乱则国危，治则国安。
The people are the most important element in a state;next are the goals of land and grain;least is the ruler himself.民为贵，社稷次之，君为轻。
Quick-minded and eager to learn, he is never ashamed to consult his inferiors.敏而好学，不耻下问。
Nothing in the world excels in beauty as simplicity does.朴素而天下莫能与之争美。
A long dike will collapse because of an ant-hole in it; a tall building will be burned down because of a spark from a chmney’s chink.千里之堤，以蝼蚁之 溃；百尺之室，以突隙之烟焚。
If you carve but give up half way, even a decayed piece of wood will not break; if you carve without a break, even metal and stone can be engraed.锲而舍之，朽木不折；锲而不舍，金石可镂。
Men have sorrow and joy; they part and meet again. The moon dims or shines; it waxes or wanes. Nothing is perfect, not even in the old days.人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。
Among any three men walking, I will find something to learn for sure. Their good qualities are to be followed, and their shortcomings are to be avoided.三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。
He who is keen in learning takes other people’s fortes to make up his own defects.善学者，假人之长以补其短。 He who is good at learning exhausts the principles. He who is good at practising seeks to solve the most difficult problems.善学者尽其理，善行者究其难。
The passage of time is just like the flow of water, which goes on day and night.逝者如斯夫！不舍昼夜。
Those who follow the Heaven’s law will flourish and those who ga against it will perish.顺我者昌，逆我者亡。
Man is the most valuble among all the things that heaven fosters. 天生万物，唯人为贵。
Heaven has endowed me with talents for eventual use. 天生我才必有用。
Opportunities vouchsafed by Heaven are outmatched by terrestrial advantages, which in turn are outmatched by the
harmony among people. 天时不如地利，地利不如人和。 Words are to be judged from their function; and deeds are to be observed from their effects.听其言必责其用，观其行必求其功。
He who is able to reach new understanding by rviewing the old knowledge is qualified to be a teacher.温故而知新，可以为师也。
Don’t do what should not be done; don’t desire what should not be desired.无为其所不为，无欲其所不欲。
It is unbearable to meet as well as to depart. 相见时难别亦难。
Learning without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without learning ends in danger. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
Never be contented with your study. Never be impatient with your teaching.学而不厌，诲人不倦。
Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.学如逆水行舟，不进则退。
It is such a delight to have friends coming so far. 有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎。
As a jade without chiseling will not become a useful object, a man without learning will not know the way.玉不琢，不成器。人不学，不知道。
Prosper your country before you prosper your family.欲富尔家，先富尔国。
We widen our views three hundred miles by ascending one flight of stairs. /exhausting my eyes to a thousand li further, I am ascending one more story of the tower.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。
In heaven let us be two birds flying ever together, and on earth two trees with branches interlocked forever.在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿为连理枝。
Knowing both the enemy and yourself ,you are sure to win every battle;knowing yourself but not the enemy, you’ll have equal chance to win or to lose; knowing neither your enemy nor yourself, you are destined to lose all battles.知彼知己，百战不殆；不知彼而知己，一胜一负；不知彼，不知己，每战必殆。
One’s true knowledge lies in recognizing what one knows and what one does not know.知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。
谜语
1. what is the longest word in the world?
key:smile. 谜语解析：因为两个S隔了一里(mile) 2. what letter is an animal? key --B(Bee) 哪个字母是一个动物 答案：B
3. What letter stands for the ocean? key:C(sea) 哪个字母坐落在海边?答案：C(sea)
4. what letter is a question? key:Y 19. Where does afternoon come before morning in the 哪个字母是一个问题? 英语谜语答案:Y(why) world？世界上哪个地方下午比早上先到？ 5. what letter is your eye? key:I 谜语答案：In the dictionary.在字典里。 哪个字母是你的眼睛? 答案:I(eye) 20. What do you know about the kings of France? 你对法国6. what letter is a vegetable? key:P 君主有什么了解？ 哪个字母是一种蔬菜 答案:P(pea)豌豆谜语答案：They are all dead. 他们都死了。 7. what stays hot even if put it in a fridge? key：pepper 22. how many sides does a circle have? key:Two，the inside
and the outside 什么东西即使放到冰箱中也是热的?
答案：pepper(胡椒粉) 谜语解析：hot也有辣的意思 一个圆有几个面?脑筋急转弯答案：两面，里面和外面 8. what fruit is never found singly? key:pear 23. what tree is always very sad? key:weeping willow 什么水果永远都不会是单数?什么书树总是很伤心?答案：垂柳.谜语解析：weeping 答案:pear(梨) 谜语解析:pear和pair(一双)读音相同 willow的意思是垂柳，weeping是哭，willow是柳树 9. With which hand do you write? key:neither,i use a pen! 24. what is full when it's used and empty when it's at rest? 你用哪只手写字呢? 谜语答案：都不用，我用笔 key：a shoe 10. what man cannot live in a house? 什么东西在使用它的时候是满的，在他休息的时候是 什么人不能住在房子里? 谜语答案：snowman（雪人） 空的。脑筋急转弯答案：鞋 11. What never asks questions but gets a lot of answers? 25. when can you get water with a net? key:when water is
turned into ice 什么东西永远不问问题但是却能得到很多答案?
谜语答案：dictionary （字典） 什么时候你可以用用网拿到水呢？ 英语脑筋急转弯12. What question can you never answer "Yes" to? 答案：当水变成冰的时候
26. why are people tired on April Fool's Day? key:Because 什么问题你永远也不能回答"是"谜语答案：Are you
they have just had a long March. dead?（你死了吗?）Are you asleep?(你睡着了吗)
13. You have it．You read it．There're some pictures in it? 为什么在四月一日愚人节人们都很累？答案：因为他 你拥有它，你可以阅读它，它有些图片在里面，它是们刚度过了一个很长的三月(行军).march除了三月以外还什么?谜语答案：book（书） 有行军的意思。
27. what's the poorest bank in the world? key:the river bank 14. A mouse has a large pocket． What is it?
一种鼠有一个大袋子，它是什么? 世界上最贫穷的银行是什么？答案：河岸。bank还有 谜语答案：a kangaroo（袋鼠） 河岸的意思
29. what can pierce one's ears without a hole? 15. It has a head ，but no neck．It has a body，but no
key:Noise,voice warmth．NO feet，but can travel?
它有头，但没有脖子，有身体，但不温暖，没有脚， 什么东西能穿透一个人的耳朵而不留下一个洞？答却能旅行。 谜语答案：a car（汽车） 案：噪音，声音。
30. what's too much for two and just right for one? 16. What gets larger，the more you take away?
什么东西你拿走越多，反而越大？ 谜语答案：Ahole.洞 key:A secret什么东西对两个人来说太多，一个人刚刚好? 17. What goes on four legs in the morning，on two at noon，答案：秘密，因为两个知道就是不是秘密了。 and on three in the evening? 31. what tree letters turn a girl into a woman? key:age 什么走路开始用四条腿，后来用两条腿，最后用三条 哪三个字母把一个女孩变成了妇女？ 答案：年龄
32. what has two legs but cann't walk? key:compass 腿？谜语答案：People.They crawled when they were babies
and walked with two legs before they had to rely on a crutch 什么东西有两条腿却不能走路 答案:圆规 in old age. 33. what is pronounced like one letter,written with three
letters,and belongs to all animals? key:eye 是人，他们刚生下来的时候用四肢爬行，后来用双腿
走路，老年时又不得不依靠拐杖走。 什么东西读起来像是一个字母，写起来是三个字母，18. What do we get if we cross a woodpecker with a homing 并且所有动画都有它呢？ 答案：eye(眼睛)
34. what bird lifts heavy things? key:crane pigeon？
把一只啄木鸟和一只识途的鸽子融合在一起，会得到 什么鸟可以举起来很重的东西？ 答案：crane(鹤，另什么？ 外一个意思是举重机)
35. what always goes up and never goes down? key:your age 谜语答案：A bird that knocks on the door when
delivering messages. 将得到一只送信时会敲门的鸟。 什么东西永远只升不降 答案：你的年龄
36. what will you break once you say it? key:silence 什么东西你说出来就打破了它? 答案：沉默
39. what word is pronounced wrong,even by the best of scholars? key:wrong
哪个单词即使是最好的学者来念都念错? 答案：wrong(错)
40. what animal is taller sitting down than standing up? key:A dog 什么动物坐着比站着高? 答案：狗
41. what is black when it's clean and white when it's dirty? key:a blackboard
什么东西干净的时候是黑色的，脏的时候是白色的。 答案：黑板
42. what 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away? key:sixth哪个五个字母的单词当你去掉两个单词后还剩6个?答案：sixth，去掉后是six
43. A big Indian and a little Indian are walking down the street ,the little Indian is the son of the big Indian ,but the big Indian is not the father of the little Indian ,how is this possible?
key：the big Indian is the mother of the little Indian 这个英语很简单，就不带翻译了，看不懂的话，英语要再努力了。
45. What's the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space; the beginning of end, and the end of every place? key:The letter "e"
什么是永恒的开始，是时间的结束，是结局的开始，是每一个地方的结束? 答案：字母e,看这四个单词的结尾就明白了。
45. What can you catch but cannot throw? key ：a cold
什么东西你能抓住但是不能扔掉? 答案：感冒(catch a cold),英文中感冒为catch a cold
46. What is deaf and dumb but always tells the truth? key:mirror 什么是聋哑的，但是却总是告诉我们真相?答案：镜子
47. What has a tongue but cannot talk? key: a shoe 什么东西有舌头但是却不会说话? 答案：鞋 48. What has teeth but cannot eat? key：corn 什么东西有牙齿却不能吃东西? 答案：玉米
49. What is yours but is used by others more than by yourself? key:your name
什么东西是你的但是别人却用的比你多? 答案：你的名字
50. What goes through a door but never comes in or goes out? key:keyhole
什么东西穿过门，但是从来也没有进去或者出来? 答案：锁眼
篇二：经典英语谚语50句
经典英语谚语50句
1. Waste not,want not. 俭以防匮。
2. From saving comes having. 富有来自节俭。
3. A penny saved is a penny gained. 省一文是一文。
4. Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves. 金钱积少便成多。
5. Frugality is an estate alone. 节俭本身就是一宗财产。
6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound. 小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。
7. Small gains bring great wealth. 积小利，成巨富。
8. Many a little makes a mickle. 积少便成多。
9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man. 试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。
10. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
11. The path to glory is always rugged. 光荣之路常坎坷。
12. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要人肯试。
13. The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. 烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。
14. Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望造就伟大的人物。
15. No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前无险路。
16. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。
17. The good seaman is known in bad weather. 坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭坏天气。经典英语谚语50句。
12. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要人肯试。
13. The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. 烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。
14. Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望造就伟大的人物。
15. No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前无险路。
16. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。
17. The good seaman is known in bad weather. 坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭坏天气。
18. The best hearts are always the bravest. 行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。
19. We must not lie down,and cry,God help us. 求神不如求己。
20. He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。
21. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。
22. Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。
23. We must repeat a thousand and one times thatperseverance is the only road to success. 我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。
24. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。
25. Step by step the ladder is ascended. 登梯需要逐级登。
26. Adversity leads to prosperity. 困苦通向昌盛。
27. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。
28. Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好运常会来。
29. All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。
30. Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水不绝可穿石。
31. Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs. 鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果达不到。
32. The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. 世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。
33. There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade. 要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。
34. Life is sweet. 生活是可爱的；人无不好生(恶死)。
35. Where there is life,there is hope. 生命不息，希望长在。
36. Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。
37. Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of. 眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。
38. Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door. 人人都有走运的一天。
39. If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you. 运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。
40. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。
41. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. 记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。
42. Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).
祸不单行。
43. Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良好的教师。
44. Misfortunes come at night. 祸常生于不测。
45. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。
46. Adversity makes a man wise,not rich. 患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。
47. Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。
48. It is never too old to learn. 为学不怕年高。
49. A man becomes learned by asking questions. 要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。
50. There is no royal road to learning. 学问无坦途。
高考英语作文引用频率最高的36句谚语、格言
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.Rome was not built in a day. 伟业非一日之功。
16.Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
17.well begun,half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。
20.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。
.As the tree,so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
To live is to learn,to learnistobetterlive.活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着
Waste not,want not. 俭以防匮。
. From saving comes having. 富有来自节俭。
A penny saved is a penny gained. 省一文是一文。
Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves. 金钱积少便成多。
Frugality is an estate alone. 节俭本身就是一宗财产。
He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound. 小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。
Small gains bring great wealth. 积小利，成巨富。
Many a little makes a mickle. 积少便成多。
As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man. 试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
The path to glory is always rugged. 光荣之路常坎坷。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要人肯试。
The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. 烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。
篇三：英语俗语
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1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
2.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
3.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.
4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
5.不眠之夜 white night
6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.
9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul
10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
11.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
12.大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
14.过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.
16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more
17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.
19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.
20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones
21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.
23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth
24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence
25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché
27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.
29.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success
30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth
31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened
32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.
35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself
36.拿手好戏 masterpiece
37.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad
38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
40.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities
41.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist. One can't make bricks without straw.
42.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
43.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 44.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.
45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something
46.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.
47.强强联手 win-win co-operation
48.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.
49.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.
50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.
51.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy
52.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.
53.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
54.死而后已 until my heart stops beating
55.岁岁平安 Peace all year round.
56.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
57.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
58.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
59.升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)
60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. 62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.
63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
66.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
67.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
69.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; '
70.韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
73.团结就是力量Unity is strength.
74.“跳进黄河洗不清”'eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name '
75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
77.往事如风'The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas
78.望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
80.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
81.唯利是图draw water to one's mill
82.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
83.无中生有make create something out of nothing
84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
88. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
89.心想事成May all your wish come true
90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
97.循序渐进step by step
98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
99.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
100鱼米之乡
101.有情人终成眷属'Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.'
102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
103. 有识之士people of vision
104.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
106.与时俱进advance with times
107.以人为本people oriented; people foremost
108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
109.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
110.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
111. 优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
112.英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
114.冤假错案'cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases'
115.一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
116.招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
117.债台高筑become debt-ridden
118.致命要害Achilles' heel
119. 众矢之的target of public criticism
120.知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
121. 纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
122.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
123.左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea
1.Bird
(1) Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕；一举两得。
(2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
(3) Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
(4) It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家丑不可外扬。
(5) Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍。
(6) A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟，闻言识人。
(7) Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱。（自我欣赏）
(8) You cannot catch old birds with chaff.(粗糠). 用粗糠捉不住老鸟。（有经验的人难骗。）
(9) Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟心儿齐。
2. Cat
(1) A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命；吉人天相。
(2) Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心。
(3) All cats are grey in the dark.. 黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。（人未出名时看起来都差不多。）
(4) A gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套的猫，老鼠抓不到。（不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。）
(5) When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage. 黄鼠狼和猫结亲，不是好事情。）
(6) Who will bwll the cat? 谁去给猫系铃？（谁愿意为大家冒风险？）
(7) The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 帽偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。（掩耳盗铃）
(8) There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter. 杀猫的办法很多。（达到目的的途径很多。）
(9) Care kill a cat. 忧虑愁死猫。
3. Chicken
(1) Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡。（不要过早乐观。）
4. Crow
(1) A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性难移。
5. Dog
(1) He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词.
(2) A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患无词.
(3) Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌.
(4) Too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。
(5) Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。
(6) Barking dogs don’t (seldom) bite. 爱叫的狗很少咬人。
(7) Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。
(8) Dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人。
(9) All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。（不要以貌取人。）
(10) Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家门口就成了狮子。
(11) Don’t be a dog (lying) in the manger. 莫学狗占马槽不吃草。（不要占着茅坑不拉屎。）
(12) Dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残。
(13) Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。
(14) A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。
6. Frog
(1) The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。
7. Fox
(1) The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸毛色可变灰，但是本性难移。
(2) The fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐狸捕食，远离洞府。（兔子不吃窝边草。）
(3) When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese. 每当狐狸说教，当心鹅群被盗。
(4) When the fox says he is a vegetarian, it’s time for the hen to look out. 狐狸说它吃素的时候，母鸡就得注意。
1.熟能生巧：Practice makes perfect
2.天助自助者: God help those who help themselves
3. 说起来容易做起来难: Easier said than done.
4.有志者事竟成: Where there is a will, there is a way.
5.失之毫厘，谬之千里: One false step will make a great difference.
6.稳扎稳打无往而不胜:Slow and steady wins the race.
7.吃一堑，长一智: A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit
8. 实践出真知: Experience is the mather of wisdom.
9.只工作不休息，聪明孩子也变傻: All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.
10. 无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰， 徒有其表: Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.
11.欲速则不达: More hasty, less speed。
12.活到老，学到老: It's never too old to learn
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