英文谚语500句
<p><font color="#0000cc"><font color="#000000">A bad beginning makes a bad ending. <br/>不善始者不善终。 <br/>A bad thing never dies. <br/>遗臭万年。 <br/>A bad workman always blames his tools. <br/>不会撑船怪河弯。 <br/>A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. <br/>一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 <br/>A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. <br/>吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 <br/>A bully is always a coward. <br/>色厉内荏。 <br/>A burden of one's choice is not felt. <br/>爱挑的担子不嫌重。 <br/>A candle lights others and consumes itself. <br/>蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 <br/>A cat has 9 lives. <br/>猫有九条命。 <br/>A cat may look at a king. <br/>人人平等。 <br/>A close mouth catches no flies. <br/>病从口入。 <br/>A constant guest is never welcome. <br/>常客令人厌。 <br/>Actions speak louder than words. <br/>事实胜于雄辩。 <br/>Adversity leads to prosperity. <br/>穷则思变。 <br/>Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. <br/>逆境出人才。 <br/>A fair death honors the whole life. <br/>死得其所，流芳百世。 <br/>A faithful friend is hard to find. <br/>知音难觅。 <br/>A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. <br/>吃一堑，长一智。 <br/>A fox may grow gray, but never good. <br/>江山易改，本性难移。 <br/>A friend in need is a friend indeed. <br/>患难见真情。 <br/>A friend is easier lost than found. <br/>得朋友难，失朋友易。 <br/>A friend is never known till a man has need. <br/>需要之时方知友。 <br/>A friend without faults will never be found. <br/>没有十全十美的朋友。 <br/>"After you" is good manners. <br/>“您先请”是礼貌。 <br/>A good beginning is half done. <br/>良好的开端是成功的一半。 <br/>A good beginning makes a good ending. <br/>善始者善终。 <br/>A good book is a good friend. <br/>好书如挚友。 <br/>A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. <br/>一本好书，相伴一生。 <br/>A good conscience is a soft pillow. <br/>不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 <br/>A good fame is better than a good face. <br/>美名胜过美貌。 <br/>A good husband makes a good wife. <br/>夫善则妻贤。 <br/>A good medicine tastes bitter. <br/>良药苦口。 <br/>A good wife health is a man's best wealth. <br/>妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 <br/>A great talker is a great liar. <br/>说大话者多谎言。 <br/>A hedge between keeps friendship green. <br/>君子之交淡如水。 <br/>A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. <br/>戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 <br/>A leopard cannot change its spots. <br/>积习难改。 <br/>A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. <br/>说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 <br/>A light heart lives long. <br/>静以修身。 <br/>A little body often harbors a great soul. <br/>浓缩的都是精品。 <br/>A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. <br/>一知半解，自欺欺人。 <br/>A little pot is soon hot. <br/>狗肚子盛不得四两油。 <br/>All are brave when the enemy flies. <br/>敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 <br/>All good things come to an end. <br/>天下没有不散的筵席。 <br/>All rivers run into sea. <br/>海纳百川。 <br/>All roads lead to Rome. <br/>条条大路通罗马。 <br/>All that ends well is well. <br/>结果好，就一切都好。 <br/>All that glitters is not gold. <br/>闪光的不一定都是金子。 <br/>All things are difficult before they are easy. <br/>凡事总是由难而易。 <br/>All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. <br/>只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 <br/>A man becomes learned by asking questions. <br/>不耻下问才能有学问。 <br/>A man can do no more than he can. <br/>凡事都应量力而行。 <br/>A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. <br/>一心不能二用。 <br/>A man is known by his friends. </font><br/><cc></cc></font></p> A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. <br/>光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 <br/>A man without money is no man at all. <br/>一分钱难倒英雄汉。 <br/>A merry heart goes all the way. <br/>心旷神怡，事事顺利。 <br/>A miss is as good as a mile. <br/>失之毫厘，差之千里。 <br/>A mother's love never changes. <br/>母爱永恒。 <br/>An apple a day keeps the doctor away. <br/>一天一苹果，不用请医生。 <br/>A new broom sweeps clean. <br/>新官上任三把火。 <br/>An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. <br/>以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 <br/>An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. <br/>一日之计在于晨。 <br/>An old dog cannot learn new tricks. <br/>老狗学不出新把戏。 <br/>An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. <br/>聪明才智，不如运气。 <br/>An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. <br/>预防为主，治疗为辅。 <br/>A rolling stone gathers no moss. <br/>滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。 <br/>As a man sows, so he shall reap. <br/>种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 <br/>A single flower does not make a spring. <br/>一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 <br/>A snow year, a rich year. <br/>瑞雪兆丰年。 <br/>A sound mind in a sound body. <br/>健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 <br/>A still tongue makes a wise head. <br/>寡言者智。 <br/>A stitch in time saves nine. <br/>小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 <br/>A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. <br/>身正不怕影子斜。 <br/>A wise head makes a close mouth. <br/>真人不露相，露相非真人。 <br/>A word spoken is past recalling. <br/>一言既出，驷马难追。 <br/>A year's plan starts with spring. <br/>一年之计在于春。 <br/>A young idler, an old beggar. <br/>少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 <br/>Bad news has wings. <br/>好事不出门，坏事传千里。 <br/>Barking dogs seldom bite. <br/>吠犬不咬人。 <br/>Beauty lies in the love's eyes. <br/>情人眼里出西施。 <br/>Be swift to hear, slow to speak. <br/>听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。 <br/>Better late than never. <br/>不怕慢，单怕站。 <br/>Better to ask the way than go astray. <br/>问路总比迷路好。 <br/>Between friends all is common. <br/>朋友之间不分彼此。 <br/>Birds of a feather flock together. <br/>物以类聚，人以群分。 <br/>Blood is thicker than water. <br/>血浓于水。 <br/>Blood will have blood. <br/>血债血偿。 <br/>Books and friends should be few but good. <br/>读书如交友，应求少而精。 <br/>Business is business. <br/>公事公办。 <br/>Business is the salt of life. <br/>事业是人生的第一需要。 <br/>By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. <br/>读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 <br/>Cannot see the wood for the trees. <br/>一叶障目，不见泰山。 <br/>Care and diligence bring luck. <br/>谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 <br/>Caution is the parent of safety. <br/>小心驶得万年船。 <br/>Cheats never prosper. <br/>骗人发不了财。 <br/>Children are what the mothers are. <br/>耳濡目染，身教言传。 <br/>Choose an author as you choose a friend. <br/>择书如择友。 <br/>Come what may, heaven won't fall. <br/>做你的吧，天塌不下来。 <br/>Complacency is the enemy of study. <br/>学习的敌人是自己的满足。 <br/>Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. <br/>自信是走向成功的第一步。 <br/>Constant dripping wears away a stone. <br/>水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 <br/>Content is better than riches. <br/>知足者常乐。 <br/>Count one's chickens before they are hatched. <br/>蛋未孵先数雏。 <br/>Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. <br/>来而不往非礼也。 <br/>Creep before you walk. <br/>循序渐进。 <br/>Cry for the moon. <br/>海底捞月。 <br/><cc></cc> Custom is a second nature. <br/>习惯是后天养成的。 <br/>Custom makes all things easy. <br/>有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 <br/>Diamond cuts diamond. <br/>强中自有强中手。 <br/>Do as the Romans do. <br/>入乡随俗。 <br/>Do as you would be done by. <br/>己所不欲，勿施于人。 <br/>Doing is better than saying. <br/>与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 <br/>Do it now. <br/>机不可失，时不再来。 <br/>Do nothing by halves. <br/>凡事不可半途而废。 <br/>Don't claim to know what you don't know. <br/>不要不懂装懂。 <br/>Don't have too many irons in the fire. <br/>不要揽事过多。 <br/>Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. <br/>不要小题大做。 <br/>Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. <br/>今日事，今日毕。 <br/>Don't put the cart before the horse. <br/>不要本末倒置。 <br/>Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. <br/>不要自找麻烦。 <br/>Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. <br/>不要班门弄斧。 <br/>Do well and have well. <br/>善有善报。 <br/>Each bird love to hear himself sing. <br/>孤芳自赏。 <br/>Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. <br/>早睡早起身体好。 <br/>Easier said than done. <br/>说得容易，做得难。 <br/>Easy come, easy go. <br/>来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 <br/>Eat to live, but not live to eat. <br/>人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 <br/>Empty vessels make the greatest sound. <br/>实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。 <br/>Envy has no holidays. <br/>忌妒之人无宁日。 <br/>Even Homer sometimes nods. <br/>智者千虑，必有一失。 <br/>Even reckoning makes long friends. <br/>亲兄弟，明算账。 <br/>Every advantage has its disadvantage. <br/>有利必有弊。 <br/>Everybody's business is nobody's business. <br/>人人负责，等于没人负责。 <br/>Every day is not Sunday. <br/>好景不常在。 <br/>Every dog has his day. <br/>谁都有得意的时候。 <br/>Every door may be shut, but death's door. <br/>人生在世，唯死难逃。 <br/>Every heart has its own sorrow. <br/>各人有各人的苦恼。 <br/>Every little helps a mickle. <br/>聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。 <br/>Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost. <br/>人不为己，天诛地灭。 <br/>Every man has his faults. <br/>金无足赤，人无完人。 <br/>Every man has his hobbyhorse. <br/>萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 <br/>Every man has his weak side. <br/>人人都有弱点。 <br/>Every man is the architect of his own fortune. <br/>自己的命运自己掌握。 <br/>Every minute counts. <br/>分秒必争。 <br/>Every mother's child is handsome. <br/>孩子是自己的好。 <br/>Every potter praises hit pot. <br/>王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。 <br/>Everything is good when new, but friends when old. <br/>东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。 <br/>Example is better then percept. <br/>说一遍，不如做一遍。 <br/>Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. <br/>经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。 <br/>Experience must be bought. <br/>吃一堑，长一智。 <br/>Fact speak louder than words. <br/>事实胜于雄辩。 <br/>Failure is the mother of success. <br/>失败是成功之母。 <br/>False friends are worse than bitter enemies. <br/>明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 <br/>Far from eye, far from heart. <br/>眼不见，心不烦。 <br/>Far water does not put out near fire. <br/>远水救不了近火。 <br/>Faults are thick where love is thin. <br/>一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。 <br/>Fear always springs from ignorance. <br/>恐惧源于无知。 <br/>Fields have eyes, and woods have ears. <br/>隔墙有耳。 <br/>Fire and water have no mercy. <br/>水火无情。 <br/>Fire is a good servant but a bad master. <br/>火是一把双刃剑。 <br/> <table class="wr" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gray14"><cc></cc>先来后到。 <br/>First impressions are half the battle. <br/>初次见面，印象最深。 <br/>First think and then speak. <br/>先想后说。 <br/>Fools grow without watering. <br/>朽木不可雕。 <br/>Fool's haste is no speed. <br/>欲速则不达。 <br/>Fools has fortune. <br/>呆人有呆福。 <br/>Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. <br/>愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。 <br/>Forbidden fruit is sweet. <br/>禁果格外香。 <br/>Fortune favors those who use their judgement. <br/>机遇偏爱善断之人。 <br/>Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate. <br/>风水轮流转。 <br/>Four eyes see more than two. <br/>集思广益。 <br/>Friends agree best at distance. <br/>朋友之间也会保持距离。 <br/>Friends are thieves of time. <br/>朋友是时间的窃贼。 <br/>Friends must part. <br/>再好的朋友也有分手的时候。 <br/>Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. <br/>天才不过是勤奋而已。 <br/>Give a dog a bad name and hang him. <br/>众口铄金，积毁销骨。 <br/>God helps those who help themselves. <br/>自助者天助。 <br/>Gold will not buy anything. <br/>黄金并非万能。 <br/>Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly. <br/>以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。 <br/>Good health is over wealth. <br/>健康是最大的财富。 <br/>Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. <br/>良药苦口利于病。 <br/>Good watch prevents misfortune. <br/>谨慎消灾。 <br/>Great barkers are no biters. <br/>好狗不挡道。 <br/>Great hopes make great man. <br/>伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 <br/>Great minds think alike. <br/>英雄所见略同。 <br/>Great men have great faults. <br/>英雄犯大错误。 <br/>Great men's sons seldom do well. <br/>富不过三代。 <br/>Great trees are good for nothing but shade. <br/>大树底下好乘凉。 <br/>Great wits have short memories. <br/>贵人多忘事。 <br/>Greedy folks have long arms. <br/>心贪手长。 <br/>Guilty consciences make men cowards. <br/>做贼心虚。 <br/>Habit cures habit. <br/>心病还需心药医。 <br/>Handsome is he who does handsomely. <br/>行为漂亮才算美。 <br/>Happiness takes no account of time. <br/>欢乐不觉时光过。 <br/>Happy is he who owes nothing. <br/>要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。 <br/>Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others. <br/>吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。 <br/>Harm set, harm get. <br/>害人害己。 <br/>Hasty love, soon cold. <br/>一见钟情难维久。 <br/>Health is better than wealth. <br/>健康胜过财富。 <br/>Health is happiness. <br/>健康就是幸福。 <br/>Hear all parties. <br/>兼听则明。 <br/>Heaven never helps the man who will not act. <br/>自己不动，叫天何用。 <br/>He is a fool that forgets himself. <br/>愚者忘乎所以。 <br/>He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. <br/>背后说好话，才是真朋友。 <br/>He is a wise man who speaks little. <br/>聪明不是挂在嘴上。 <br/>He is lifeless that is faultless. <br/>只有死人才不犯错误。 <br/>He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. <br/>正人先正己。 <br/>He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first. <br/>自嘲者不会让人见笑。 <br/>He is wise that is honest. <br/>诚实者最明智。 <br/>He knows most who speaks least. <br/>大智若愚。 <br/>He laughs best who laughs last. <br/>谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。 <br/>He sets the fox to keep the geese. <br/>引狼入室。 <br/>He that climbs high falls heavily. <br/>爬得越高，摔得越重。 <br/>He that will not work shall not eat. <br/>不劳动者不得食。 <br/>He who does not advance loses ground. <br/>逆水行舟，不进则退。 <br/>He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. <br/>经常诉苦，没人同情。 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wr" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gray14"><cc></cc>He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. <br/>想不犯错误，就一事无成。 <br/>He who risks nothing gains nothing. <br/>收获与风险并存。 <br/>History repeats itself. <br/>历史往往重演。 <br/>Honesty is the best policy. <br/>做人诚信为本。 <br/>Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. <br/>抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 <br/>I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. <br/>朋友不能阿谀奉承。 <br/>If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me. <br/>上当一回头，再多就可耻。 <br/>If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you. <br/>人善被人欺，马善被人骑。 <br/>If your ears glow, someone is talking of you. <br/>耳朵发烧，有人念叨。 <br/>If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. <br/>脚踏两条船，必定落空。 <br/>If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. <br/>杀鸡取卵。 <br/>If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. <br/>不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 <br/>If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. <br/>要想求知，就得吃苦。 <br/>Industry is the parent of success. <br/>勤奋是成功之母。 <br/>It is better to die when life is a disgrace. <br/>宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。 <br/>It is easier to get money than to keep it. <br/>挣钱容易攒钱难。 <br/>It is easy to be wise after the event. <br/>事后诸葛亮好当。 <br/>It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. <br/>创业容易守业难。 <br/>It is hard to please all. <br/>众口难调。 <br/>It is never too old to learn. <br/>活到老，学到老。 <br/>It is no use crying over spilt milk. <br/>覆水难收。 <br/>It is the first step that costs troublesome. <br/>万事开头难。 <br/>It is the unforeseen that always happens. <br/>天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。 <br/>It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. <br/>坐失良机，后悔已迟。 <br/>It never rains but it pours. <br/>不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。 <br/>It takes three generations to make a gentleman. <br/>十年树木，百年树人。 <br/>Jack of all trades and master of none. <br/>门门精通，样样稀松。 <br/>Judge not from appearances. <br/>人不可貌相，海不可斗量。 <br/>Justice has long arms. <br/>天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 <br/>Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. <br/>近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 <br/>Kill two birds with one stone. <br/>一箭双雕。 <br/>Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it. <br/>君王发狂，百姓遭殃。 <br/>Kings have long arms. <br/>普天之下，莫非王土。 <br/>Knowledge is power. <br/>知识就是力量。 <br/>Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. <br/>博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。 <br/>Learn and live. <br/>活着，为了学习。 <br/>Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. <br/>好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。 <br/>Learn not and know not. <br/>不学无术。 <br/>Learn to walk before you run. <br/>先学走，再学跑。 <br/>Let bygones be bygones. <br/>过去的就让它过去吧。 <br/>Let sleeping dogs lie. <br/>别惹麻烦。 <br/>Let the cat out of the bag. <br/>泄漏天机。 <br/>Lies can never changes fact. <br/>谎言终究是谎言。 <br/>Lies have short legs. <br/>谎言站不长。 <br/>Life is but a span. <br/>人生苦短。 <br/>Life is half spent before we know what it is. <br/>人过半生，方知天命。 <br/>Life is not all roses. <br/>人生并不是康庄大道。 <br/>Life without a friend is death. <br/>没有朋友，虽生犹死。 <br/>Like a rat in a hole. <br/>瓮中之鳖。 <br/>Like author, like book. <br/>文如其人。 <br/>Like father, like son. <br/>有其父必有其子。 <br/>Like for like. <br/>一报还一报。 <br/>Like knows like. <br/>惺惺相惜。 <br/>Like mother, like daughter. <br/>有其母必有其女。 </td></tr></tbody></table> Like teacher, like pupil. <br/>什么样的老师教什么样的学生。 <br/>Like tree, like fruit. <br/>羊毛出在羊身上。 <br/>Little things amuse little minds. <br/>小人无大志。 <br/>Look before you leap. <br/>摸清情况再行动。 <br/>Lookers-on see more than players. <br/>当局者迷，旁观者清。 <br/>Losers are always in the wrong. <br/>胜者为王，败者为寇。 <br/>Lost time is never found again. <br/>岁月既往，一去不回。 <br/>Love at first sight. <br/>一见钟情。 <br/>Love cannot be compelled. <br/>爱情不能强求。 <br/>Love is blind. <br/>爱情是盲目的。 <br/>Love is full of trouble. <br/>爱情充满烦恼。 <br/>Love is never without jealousy. <br/>没有妒忌就没有爱情。 <br/>Love me, love my dog. <br/>爱屋及乌。 <br/>Make hay while the sun shines. <br/>良机勿失。 <br/>Make your enemy your friend. <br/>化敌为友。 <br/>Man is the soul of the universe. <br/>人是万物之灵。 <br/>Man proposes, God disposes. <br/>谋事在人，成事在天。 <br/>Many hands make light work. <br/>众人拾柴火焰高。 <br/>Many heads are better than one. <br/>三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。 <br/>Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there. <br/>有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。 <br/>Measure for measure. <br/>针锋相对。 <br/>Misfortunes never come alone. <br/>祸不单行。 <br/>Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. <br/>患难见真情。 <br/>Money isn't everything. <br/>钱不是万能的。 <br/>Murder will out. <br/>纸包不住火。 <br/>My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life. <br/>儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。 <br/>Nature is the true law. <br/>天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。 <br/>Necessity is the mother of invention. <br/>需要是发明的动力。 <br/>Never fish in trouble water. <br/>不要混水摸鱼。 <br/>Never judge from appearances. <br/>不可以貌取人。 <br/>Never say die. <br/>永不言败。 <br/>Never too old to learn, never too late to turn. <br/>亡羊补牢，为时未晚。 <br/>New wine in old bottles. <br/>旧瓶装新酒。 <br/>No cross, no crown. <br/>不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。 <br/>No garden without its weeds. <br/>没有不长草的园子。 <br/>No living man all things can. <br/>世上没有万事通。 <br/>No man can do two things at once. <br/>一心不可二用。 <br/>No man is born wise or learned. <br/>没有生而知之者。 <br/>No man is content. <br/>人心不足蛇吞象。 <br/>No man is wise at all times. <br/>聪明一世，糊涂一时。 <br/>None are so blind as those who won't see. <br/>视而不见。 <br/>None are so deaf as those who won't hear. <br/>充耳不闻。 <br/>No news is good news. <br/>没有消息就是好消息。 <br/>No one can call back yesterday. <br/>昨日不会重现。 <br/>No pains, no gains. <br/>没有付出就没有收获。 <br/>No pleasure without pain. <br/>没有苦就没有乐。 <br/>No rose without a thorn. <br/>没有不带刺的玫瑰。 <br/>No sweet without sweat. <br/>先苦后甜。 <br/>No smoke without fire. <br/>无风不起浪。 <br/>Nothing brave, nothing have. <br/>不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 <br/>Nothing dries sooner than a tear. <br/>眼泪干得最快。 <br/>Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. <br/>世上无难事，只怕有心人。 <br/>Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. <br/>世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 <br/>Nothing seek, nothing find. <br/>没有追求就没有收获。 <br/>Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages. <br/>外出旅行，语言最要紧。 <br/>Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty. <br/>世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。 <br/>Not to advance is to go back. <br/>不进则退。 No way is impossible to courage. <br/>勇者无惧。 <br/>Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. <br/>军人以服从命令为天职。 <br/>Observation is the best teacher. <br/>观察是最好的老师。 <br/>Offense is the best defense. <br/>进攻是最好的防御。 <br/>Old friends and old wines are best. <br/>陈酒味醇，老友情深。 <br/>Old sin makes new shame. <br/>一失足成千古恨。 <br/>Once a man and twice a child. <br/>一次老，两次小。 <br/>Once a thief, always a thief. <br/>偷盗一次，做贼一世。 <br/>Once bitten, twice shy. <br/>一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 <br/>One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. <br/>一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。 <br/>One cannot put back the clock. <br/>时钟不能倒转。 <br/>One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. <br/>百闻不如一见。 <br/>One false move may lose the game. <br/>一着不慎，满盘皆输。 <br/>One good turn deserves another. <br/>行善积德。 <br/>One hour today is worth two tomorrow. <br/>争分夺秒效率高。 <br/>One man's fault is other man's lesson. <br/>前车之鉴。 <br/>One never loses anything by politeness. <br/>讲礼貌不吃亏。 <br/>One swallow does not make a summer. <br/>一燕不成夏。 <br/>One's words reflect one's thinking. <br/>言为心声。 <br/>Out of debt, out of danger. <br/>无债一身轻。 <br/>Out of office, out of danger. <br/>无官一身轻。 <br/>Out of sight, out of mind. <br/>眼不见，心为静。 <br/>Patience is the best remedy. <br/>忍耐是良药。 <br/>Penny wise, pound foolish. <br/>贪小便宜吃大亏。 <br/>Plain dealing is praised more than practiced. <br/>正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。 <br/>Please the eye and plague the heart. <br/>贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。 <br/>Pleasure comes through toil. <br/>苦尽甘来。 <br/>Pour water into a sieve. <br/>竹篮子打水一场空。 <br/>Practice makes perfect. <br/>熟能生巧。 <br/>Praise is not pudding. <br/>恭维话不能当饭吃。 <br/>Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. <br/>好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。 <br/>Prefer loss to unjust gain. <br/>宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 <br/>Prevention is better than cure. <br/>预防胜于治疗。 <br/>Pride goes before, and shame comes after. <br/>骄傲使人落后。 <br/>Promise is debt. <br/>一诺千金。 <br/>Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. <br/>谚语是日常经验的结晶。 <br/>Pull the chestnut out of fire. <br/>火中取栗。 <br/>Put the cart before the horse. <br/>本末倒置。 <br/>Put your shoulder to the wheel. <br/>鼎力相助。 <br/>Reading enriches the mind. <br/>开卷有益。 <br/>Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body. <br/>读书健脑，运动强身。 <br/>Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. <br/>要人尊敬，必须自重。 <br/>Rome is not built in a day. <br/>冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 <br/>Saying is one thing and doing another. <br/>言行不一。 <br/>Seeing is believing. <br/>眼见为实。 <br/>Seek the truth from facts. <br/>实事求是。 <br/>Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him. <br/>智者当差，不用交代。 <br/>Set a thief to catch a thief. <br/>以贼捉贼。 <br/>Short accounts make long friends. <br/>好朋友勤算账。 <br/>Something is better than nothing. <br/>聊胜于无。 <br/>Soon learn, soon forgotten. <br/>学得快，忘得快。 <br/>Soon ripe, soon rotten. <br/>熟得快，烂得快。 <br/>Speech is silver, silence is gold. <br/>能言是银，沉默是金。 <br/>Still water run deep. <br/>静水常深。 <br/>Strike the iron while it is hot. <br/>趁热打铁。 <br/>Success belongs to the persevering. <br/>坚持就是胜利。 <br/>Take things as they come. <br/>既来之，则安之。 <br/> Talk of the devil and he will appear. <br/>说曹操，曹操就到。 <br/>Tall trees catch much wind. <br/>树大招风。 <br/>Teach others by your example. <br/>躬亲示范。 <br/>The best hearts are always the bravest. <br/>无私者无畏。 <br/>The best man stumbles. <br/>伟人也有犯错时。 <br/>The cat shuts its eyes when stealing. <br/>掩耳盗铃。 <br/>The danger past and God forgotten. <br/>过河拆桥。 <br/>The darkest hour is nearest the dawn. <br/>黎明前的黑暗。 <br/>The darkest place is under the candlestick. <br/>烛台底下最暗。 <br/>The devil knows many things because he is old. <br/>老马识途。 <br/>The devil sometimes speaks the truth. <br/>魔鬼有时也会说真话。 <br/>The die is cast. <br/>木已成舟。 <br/>The early bird catches the worm. <br/>早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 <br/>The end justifies the means. <br/>只要目的正当，可以不择手段。 <br/>The end makes all equal. <br/>死亡面前，人人平等。 <br/>The eye is bigger than the belly. <br/>贪多嚼不烂。 <br/>The farthest way about is the nearest way home. <br/>抄近路反而绕远路。 <br/>The finest diamond must be cut. <br/>玉不琢，不成器。 <br/>The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man. <br/>烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。 <br/>The first step is the only difficulty. <br/>迈出第一步是最艰难的。 <br/>The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail. <br/>机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。 <br/>The fox preys farthest from home. <br/>兔子不吃窝边草。 <br/>The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. <br/>坐井观天。 <br/>The grass is greener on the other side. <br/>这山望着那山高。 <br/>The greatest talkers are always least doers. <br/>语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。 <br/>The higher up, the greater the fall. <br/>爬得高，摔得惨。 <br/>The leopard cannot change its spots. <br/>本性难移。 <br/>The more noble, the more humble. <br/>人越高尚，越谦虚。 <br/>The more wit, the less courage. <br/>初生牛犊不怕虎。 <br/>The outsider sees the most of the game. <br/>旁观者清。 <br/>The pen is mightier than the sword. <br/>笔能杀人。 <br/>The pot calls the kettle black. <br/>五十步笑百步。 <br/>There are spots in the sun. <br/>太阳也有黑点。 <br/>There are two sides to every question. <br/>问题皆有两面。 <br/>There is a skeleton in the cupboard. <br/>家家有本难念的经。 <br/>There is kindness to be found everywhere. <br/>人间处处有温情。 <br/>There is no general rule without some exception. <br/>任何法规均有例外。 <br/>There is no medicine against death. <br/>没有长生不老药。 <br/>There is no place like home. <br/>金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。 <br/>There is no royal road to learning. <br/>书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。 <br/>The style is the man. <br/>字如其人。 <br/>The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. <br/>人言可畏。 <br/>The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. <br/>水能载舟，亦能覆舟。 <br/>The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all. <br/>清者自清，浊者自浊。 <br/>The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. <br/>螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。 <br/>The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. <br/>世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。 <br/>The world is but a little place, after all. <br/>海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 <br/>Think twice before you do. <br/>三思而后行。 <br/>Things at the worst will mend. <br/>否极泰来。 <br/>Time and tide wait for no man. <br/>时不我待。 <br/>Time cures all things. <br/>时间是医治一切创伤的良药。 <br/>Time flies. <br/>光阴似箭。 <br/>Time is money. <br/>时间就是金钱。 <br/> Time past cannot be called back again. <br/>时间不能倒流。 <br/>Time tries all. <br/>路遥知马力，日久见人心。 <br/>Tit for tat is fair play. <br/>人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。 <br/>To err is human. <br/>人非圣贤，孰能无过。 <br/>To know everything is to know nothing. <br/>什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。 <br/>To know oneself is true progress. <br/>人贵有自知之明。 <br/>Tomorrow never comes. <br/>我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。 <br/>Too much familiarity breeds contempt. <br/>过分熟悉会使人互不服气。 <br/>Too much knowledge makes the head bald. <br/>学问太多催人老。 <br/>Too much liberty spills all. <br/>自由放任，一事无成。 <br/>Too much praise is a burden. <br/>过多夸奖，反成负担。 <br/>To save time is to lengthen life. <br/>节约时间就是延长生命。 <br/>Touch pitch, and you will be defiled. <br/>常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。 <br/>Troubles never come singly. <br/>福无双至，祸不单行。 <br/>Truth never grows old. <br/>真理永存。 <br/>Turn over a new leaf. <br/>洗心革面，改过自新。 <br/>Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. <br/>鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。 <br/>Two heads are better than one. <br/>一个好汉三个帮。 <br/>Two of a trade seldom agree. <br/>同行是冤家。 <br/>Two wrongs do not make a right. <br/>别人错了，不等于你对了。 <br/>Unity is strength. <br/>团结就是力量。 <br/>Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. <br/>忠言逆耳利于行。 <br/>Until all is over one's ambition never dies. <br/>不到黄河心不死。 <br/>Venture a small fish to catch a great one. <br/>吃小亏占大便宜。 <br/>Virtue is fairer far than beauty. <br/>美德远远胜过美貌。 <br/>Walls have ears. <br/>小心隔墙有耳。 <br/>Wash your dirty linen at home. <br/>家丑不可外扬。 <br/>Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. <br/>滴水穿石。 <br/>Wealth is nothing without health. <br/>失去健康，钱再多也没用。 <br/>We know not what is good until we have lost it. <br/>好东西，失去了才明白。 <br/>Well begun is half done. <br/>好的开始，是成功的一半。 <br/>We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. <br/>井干方知水可贵。 <br/>We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. <br/>欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。 <br/>We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. <br/>自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。 <br/>Wet behind the ears. <br/>乳臭未干。 <br/>Whatever you do, do with all your might. <br/>不管做什么，都要一心一意。 <br/>What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. <br/>儿时所学，终生难忘。 <br/>What's done cannot be undone. <br/>生米煮成熟饭了。 <br/>What's lost is lost. <br/>失者不可复得。 <br/>What we do willingly is easy. <br/>愿者不难。 <br/>When in Rome, do as the Romans do. <br/>入国问禁，入乡随俗。 <br/>When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody. <br/>人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。 <br/>When sorrow is asleep, wake it not. <br/>伤心旧事别重提。 <br/>When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. <br/>新仇旧恨，齐上心头。 <br/>When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. <br/>黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。 <br/>When wine is in truth, wit is out. <br/>酒后吐真言。 <br/>Where there is a will, there is a way. <br/>有志者事竟成。 <br/>Where there is life, there is hope. <br/>留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 <br/>Where there is smoke, there is fire. <br/>事出有因。 <br/>While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. <br/>道高一尺，魔高一丈。 <br/>Who chatters to you, will chatter of you. <br/>搬弄口舌者必是小人。 <br/>Whom the gods love die young. <br/>好人不长命。 <br/>Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths. <br/>智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。 <br/>Work makes the workman. <br/>勤工出巧匠。 <br/>You cannot burn the candle at both ends. <br/>蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。 <br/>You cannot eat your cake and have it. <br/>鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。 <br/>You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. <br/>强扭的瓜不甜。 <br/>You may know by a handful the whole sack. <br/>由一斑可知全貌。 <br/>You never know what you can till you try. <br/>是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。 <br/> <p>呵呵,很多嘛,不过有的时候用一下还是不错</p> <p></p>
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