谚语
[*]Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
[*]Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
[*]Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 好人越夸越好,坏人越夸越糟。
[*]Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏,不贪便宜。
[*]Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
[*]Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。
[*]Promise is debt.一诺千金。
[*]Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
[*]Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。
[*]Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
[*]Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。
[*]Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。
[*]Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑,运动强身。
[*]Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬,必须自重。
[*]Rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺,非一日之寒。
[*]Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
[*]Seeing is believing.眼见为实。
[*]Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。
[*]Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差,不用交代。
[*]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.说曹操,曹操就到。
[*]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。
[*]The devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。
[*]The devil sometimes speaks the truth魔鬼有时也会说真话。
[*]The die is cast.木已成舟。
[*]The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
[*]The end justifies the means.只要目的正当,可以不择手段。
[*]The end makes all equal.死亡面前,人人平等。
[*]The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。
[*]The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而绕远路。
[*]The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢,不成器。
[*]The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金,艰难磨意志。
[*]The first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。
[*]The fox knew too much, that‘s how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明,反误了卿卿 性命。
[*]The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。
[*]The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。
[*]The grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。
[*]The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
[*]The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高,摔得惨。
[*]The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。
[*]The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚,越谦虚。
[*]The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犊不怕虎。
[*]The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。
[*]The pen is mightier than the sword.笔能杀人。
[*]The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。
[*]There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。
[*]There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。
[*]There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。
[*]There is kindness to be found everywhere.人间处处有温情。
[*]There is no general rule without some exception.任何法规均有例外。
[*]There is no medicine against death.没有长生不老药。
[*]There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
[*]There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟。
[*]The style is the man.字如其人。
[*]The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。
[*]The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟,亦能覆舟。
[*]The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knowsall.清者自清,浊者自浊。
[*]The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后。
[*]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。
[*]The world is but a little place, after all.海内存知己,天涯若比邻。
[*]Think twice before you do.三思而后行。
[*]Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。
[*]Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。
[*]Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
[*]Time flies.光阴似箭。
[*]Time is money.时间就是金钱。
[*]Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝,不可复得。
[*]Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。
[*]Time tries all.路遥知马力,日久见人心。
[*]Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我,我不犯人;人若犯我,我必犯人。
[*]To err is human.人非圣贤,孰能无过。
[*]To know everything is to know nothing.什么都知道,一如什么都不知道。
[*]To know oneself is true progress.人贵有自知之明。
[*]Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日,万事成蹉跎。
[*]Too much familiarity breeds contempt.过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
[*]Too much knowledge makes the head bald.学问太多催人老。
[*]Too much liberty spills all.自由放任,一事无成。
[*]Too much praise is a burden.过多夸奖,反成负担。
[*]To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。
[*]Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河边走,哪有不湿鞋。
[*]Troubles never come singly.福无双至,祸不单行。
[*]Truth never grows old.真理永存。
[*]Turn over a new leaf.洗心革面,改过自新。
[*]Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。
[*]Two heads are better than one.一个好汉三个帮。
[*]Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。
[*]Two wrongs do not make a right.别人错了,不等于你对了。
[*]Unity is strength.团结就是力量。
[*]Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.忠言逆耳利于行。
[*]Until all is over one‘s ambition never dies.不到黄河心不死。
[*]Venture a small fish to catch a great one.吃小亏占大便宜。
[*]Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远远胜过美貌。
[*]Walls have ears.小心隔墙有耳。
[*]Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬。
[*]Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。
[*]Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康,钱再多也没用。
[*]We know not what is good until we have lost it.好东西,失去了才明白。
[*]Well begun is half done.好的开始,是成功的一半。
[*]We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵。
[*]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。
[*]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。
[*]Whatever you do, do with all your might.不管做什么,都要一心一意。
[*]What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.儿时所学,终生难忘。
[*]What‘s done cannot be undone.生米煮成熟饭了。
[*]What‘s lost is lost.失者不可复得。
[*]What we do willingly is easy.愿者不难。
[*]When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入国问禁,入乡随俗。
[*]When everybody‘s somebody then nobody‘s anybody.人人都伟大,世间没豪杰。
[*]When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.伤心旧事别重提。
[*]When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.新仇旧恨,齐上心头。
[*]When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,没安好心。
[*]When wine is in truth, wit is out.酒后吐真言。
[*]Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。
[*]Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。
[*]Where there is smoke, there is fire.事出有因。
[*]While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.道高一尺,魔高一丈。
[*]Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.搬弄口舌者必是小人。
[*]Whom the gods love die young.好人不长命。
[*]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。
[*]Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。
[*] Wet behind the ears.乳臭未干。
[*]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。
[*]You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 强扭的瓜不甜。
[*] You may know by a handful the whole sack.由一斑可知全貌。
[*]You never know what you can till you try.是驴子是马,拉出来遛遛。
[*]I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.朋友不能阿谀奉承。
[*]If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.上当一回头,再多就可耻。
[*]If you make yourself an ass, don‘t complain if people ride you.人善被人欺,马善被人骑。
[*]If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.耳朵发烧,有人念叨。
[*]If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.脚踏两条船,必定落空。
[*]If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.杀鸡取卵。
[*]If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
[*]If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.要想求知,就得吃苦。
[*]Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。
[*]It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎,不为瓦全。
[*]It is easier to get money than to keep it.挣钱容易攒钱难。
[*]It is easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮好当。
[*]It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.创业容易守业难。
[*]It is hard to please all.众口难调It is never too old to learn.活到老,学到老。
[*]It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。
[*]It is the first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。
[*]It is the unforeseen that always happens.天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
[*]It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良机,后悔已迟。
[*]It never rains but it pours.不鸣则已,一鸣惊人。
[*]It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木,百年树人。
[*]Jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通,样样稀松。
[*]Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相,海不可斗量。
[*]Justice has long arms.天网恢恢,疏而不漏。
[*]Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤近墨黑。
[*]Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
[*]Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it君王发狂,百姓遭殃。
[*]Kings have long arms.普天之下,莫非王土。
[*]Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
[*]Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊,无知使人骄傲。
[*] Learn and live.活着,为了学习。
[*]Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.好人越学越好,坏人越学越坏。
[*]Learn not and know not.不学无术。
[*]Let sleeping dogs lie.别惹麻烦。
[*]Learn to walk before you run.先学走,再学跑。
[*]Let bygones be bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。
[*]Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。
[*]Life is but a span.人生苦短。
[*]Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。
[*]Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。
[*]Life is half spent before we know what it is.人过半生,方知天命。
[*]Life is not all roses.人生并不是康庄大道。
[*]Life without a friend is death.没有朋友,虽生犹死。
[*]Like a rat in a hole.瓮中之鳖。
[*]Like author, like book.文如其人。
[*]Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
[*]Like for like.一报还一报。
[*] Like knows like.惺惺相惜。
[*]Like mother, like daughter.有其母必有其女。
[*]Like teacher, like pupil.什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
[*]Like tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。
[*]Little things amuse little minds.小人无大志。
[*]Look before you leap.摸清情况再行动。
[*]Lookers-on see more than players.当局者迷,旁观者清。
[*]Losers are always in the wrong.胜者为王,败者为寇。
[*]Lost time is never found again.岁月既往,一去不回。
[*]Love at first sight.一见钟情。
[*] Love cannot be compelled.爱情不能强求。
[*]Love is blind.爱情是盲目的。
[*] Love is full of trouble.爱情充满烦恼。
[*]Love is never without jealousy.没有妒忌就没有爱情。
[*]Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。
[*]Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。
[*]Make your enemy your friend.化敌为友。
[*]Man is the soul of the universe.人是万物之灵。
[*]Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人,成事在天。
[*]Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高。
[*]Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠,赛过诸葛亮。
[*]Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.有心栽花花不发,无心插柳柳成荫。
[*]Measure for measure.针锋相对。
[*]Misfortunes never come alone.祸不单行。
[*]Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。
[*]Money isn‘t everything.钱不是万能的。
[*]Murder will out. 纸包不住火。
[*]My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.儿子婚前是儿子,女儿终生是女儿。
[*]Nature is the true law.天行有常,不为尧存,不为桀亡。
[*]Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明的动力。
[*]Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。
[*]Never judge from appearances.不可以貌取人。
[*] Never say die.永不言败。
[*]Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢,为时未晚。
[*]New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。
[*] No cross, no crown.不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹。
[*]No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。
[*]No living man all things can.世上没有万事通。
[*]No man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。
[*]No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。
[*] No man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。
[*]No man is wise at all times.聪明一世,糊涂一时。
[*]None are so blind as those who won‘t see.视而不见。
[*]None are so deaf as those who won‘t hear.充耳不闻。
[*]No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
[*]No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。
[*]No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。
[*]No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。
[*]No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。
[*]No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。
[*] No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。
[*]Nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
[*]Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。
[*]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 seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。
[*]Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行语言最要紧。
[*]Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
[*]Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。
[*]Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故,幼稚可笑。
[*]No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。
[*]Don't make a fuss.不要小题大做。