英语谚语精选.doc

大家学习网英语谚语精选1000句(English Proverb Collection)1.Lying is the first step to the gallows. 说谎是上断头台的第一步。 2.Waste not,want not. 俭以防匮。 3.From saving comes having. 富有来自节俭。 4.A penny saved is a penny gained. 省一文是一文。 5.Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves. 金钱积少便成多。 6. Small gains bring great wealth. 积小利，成巨富。 7.As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man. 试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。 8.Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。 9.The path to glory is always rugged. 光荣之路常坎坷。 10.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要人肯试。 11.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. 烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。 12.Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望造就伟大的人物。 13.No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前无险路。 14.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。 15.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us. 求神不如求己。 16.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。 17.Rome was not built in a day. 罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。 18.Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。 19.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。 20.Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。 21.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。 22.Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水不绝可穿石。 23.There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the worlds trade. 要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。 24.Where there is life,there is hope. 生命不息，希望长在。 25.Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。 26.Fortune knocks once at least at every mans door. 人人都有走运的一天。 27.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。 28.Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。 29.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single). 祸不单行。 30.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。 31.It is never too old to learn. 为学不怕年高。 32.There is no royal road to learning. 学问无坦途。 33.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。 34.Learn young,learn fair. 为学趁年青，既学须学好。 35.A lazy youth,a lousy age. 少时懒惰老来苦。 36.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing. 无知即无疑。 37.A good name keeps its luster in the dark. 良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光。 38.Fame is a magnifying glass. 名誉是放大镜。 39.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy. 光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。 40.It is an equal failing to trust everybody,and to trust nobody. 信任一切与不信任任何人，同样是弱点。 41.Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him. 在你信任一个人之前，先要深入了解他。 42.Never trust to fine words. 切勿轻信漂亮话。 43.Be just to all,but trust not all. 要对一切人都公正，但不要对一切人都信任。 44.Truth and roses have thorns about them. 真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。 45.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light. 真相迟早会大白。 46.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome. 谎言装扮虽不错，到头总会被揭露。 47.A great talker is a great liar. 最会夸夸其谈的人也最会说谎。 48.All is not gold that glitters. 闪光未必尽黄金。 49.Money is the root of evil. 金钱是罪恶的根源。 50.Money makes the mare go. 有钱能使鬼推磨。 51.Avarice increases with wealth. 越有钱，越贪钱。 52.Gold will not buy anything. 黄金不能买尽一切。 53.Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money. 相信金钱万能的人，往往会一切为了金钱。 54.Poverty is not a crime. 贫非罪。 55.Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace,but poverty without resolution to help onself,is a disgrace. 贫穷不足为耻，穷而不能自立方可耻。 56.Beggars must (should) be no choosers. 行乞的哪能挑肥拣瘦；饥不择食。 57.A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 穷人眼中的一只羊，贵似富人一头牛。 58.A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若悬河，不能证明真有才智。 59.It is easy to be wise after the event. 事后的诸葛亮容易做。 60.No man is wise at all times. 世上无一贯明智的人。 61.Many heads are better than one. 几个脑袋总比一个脑袋强；三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。 62.Virtue never grows old. 美德永不老。 63.No good building without a good foundation. 基础不良的好建筑物是没有的。 64.One good turn deserves another. 善行应有善报；善良的行为应得善良行为的报答。 65.We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. 我有德于人不应记；人有德于我不可忘。 66.A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 问心无愧，打雷也能睡。 67.Never be weary of well doing. 不要厌倦做好事。 68.Of evil grain,no good seed can come. 坏谷无好种。 69.That which is evil is soon learnt. 恶行易学。 70.The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues. 保持一桩恶事的代价超过于十件好事。 71.An ill life,an ill end. 恶有恶报。 72.Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 隐恶败善；原谅坏人即是伤害好人。 73.The evil wound is cured but not the evil name. 重伤可治，恶名难去。 74.First think,and then speak. 动口先动脑。 75.A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled). 一言既出，驷马难追。 76.While the word is in your mouth,it is your own;when tis once spoken, tis anothers. 话在嘴里，属于自己；话一出口，人家所有。 77.Speech is silver,silence is gold. 言语是银，沉默是金。 78. Second thoughts are best. 再思而后行。 79.Sometimes words hurt more than swords. 言语能伤人，有时胜刀剑。 80.Few words,many deeds. 少说话，多做事。 81.Actions speak louder than words. 行动比言语响亮；百说不如一干。 82.Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves. 行动是果实，言语只是叶子。 83.A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 空有言语而无行动的人，犹如杂草丛生的花园。 84.A man is not good or bad for one action. 不能凭一件事判断人的好坏。 85.A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 易于许诺的人也易于忘记。 86.A man that breaks his word,bids others to be false to him. 人不守信，无异于叫旁人对他失信。 87.Easier said than done. 说易行难。 88.Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败。 89.He that climbs high falls heavily. 爬得高，跌得重。 90.Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱点。 91.The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar. 正当得到的一分钱胜于偷来的一元钱。 92.Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的。 93.Love is without reason. 爱情无理智。 94.Love cannot be compelled. 爱情不能强迫。 95.Love at first sight. 一见倾心。 96.Love is not to be found in the market. 爱情在市场上找不到。 97.True love kythes(=shows itself)in time of need. 患难显真情。 98.No love is foul,nor prison fair. 没有肮脏的爱情，也没有美丽的监狱。 99.The course of true love never did run smooth. 真爱的道路绝不平坦。 100.They that marry in green,their sorrow is soon seen. 年纪轻轻就结婚，为时不久便悔恨。 101.An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune. 不良的婚姻是恶运的来源。 102.A good wife and health is a mans best wealth. 贤妻和健康是男子的至宝。 103.The wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家之钥；妻贤一家兴。 104.East or west,home is best. 东也好，西也好，还是家中最好；金窝银窝，不如家里的草窝。 105. Like father,like son. 有其父，必有其子。 106.A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world. 孩童是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的东西。 107.Spare the rod and spoil the child. 省了棍子，惯坏了孩子。 108.Happy is he that is happy in childhood. 童年时快乐的人是幸福的。 109.Life without friend is death. 没有朋友的生活便等于死亡。 110.A near friend is better than a fardwelling kinsman. 近友胜远亲。 111.A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 和任何人都认朋友，结果和任何人都交不成朋友；友多无好友。 112.It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患难中能有朋友是好事。 113.Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. 富裕招致朋友，困苦考验朋友。 114.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难时的朋友才是真正的朋友。 115.A faithful friend is hard to find. 忠实朋友实难求。 116. A friend without faults will never be found. 没有缺点的朋友永不可得。 117.Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。 118.Write down the advice of him who loves you,though you like it not at present. 爱你的人的忠告，即使你当时并不喜欢，也得把它记下。 119.Do not despise your enemy. 不可轻敌。 120.Make your enemy your friend. 要化敌为友。 121. Death is the grand leveller. 死亡面前，不分贵贱。 122.Sometimes gain is to lose. 有时得即是失。 123.Grasp all,lose all. 样样都要，全部失掉。 124.Either win the horse or lose the saddle. 不是全赢，就是全输；孤注一掷。 125.One never loses anything by politeness. 礼多不吃亏；礼多人不怪。 126.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海中好鱼取不尽（指：虽然失去一个机会，还有很多机会）。 127.Many a slip (many things fall) between the cup and the lip. 酒杯来到嘴唇边，得饮与否未可知；物未到手前，未能算己有；凡事难以十拿九稳。 128.Health is better than wealth. 健康胜于财富。 129.Health is not valued till sickness comes. 有病方知健康贵。 130.Hide nothing from thy physician. 不要讳疾忌医。 131.The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet,and Dr. Merryman. 节食博士，静心博士，欢喜博士，三者都是最好的医师；饮食少，休息好，快乐多是却病延年之方。 132.Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。 133.Bitter pills may have wholesome effect. 良药苦口利于病。 134.A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 There is no friend so faithful as a good book. 最忠实的朋友莫过于一本好书。 Books,like friends,should be few and well chosen. 书籍如朋友，宜少宜精选。 A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 好书千载常如新。 A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 好书如至友，永远不相负。 In books,are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 伟大思想古今有，载入书中成不朽。 Some books are to be tasted,others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested. 一些书可以品味，另外一些书可以吞食，少数的一些可以咀嚼、消化。 Old wood is best to burn,old book to read. 老柴好烧，老书宜读。 A book that remains shut is but a block. 书本不去翻，犹如一木块。 Judge not a book by its cover. 评定一本书，不能凭封面。 A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent. 坏书因其不能改正错误而更坏。 A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 故事好，再讲一遍还是好。 Law is a bottomless pit. 法律是无底的深渊。 Ignorance of the law excuses no man. 对法律无知，不能成为任何人的借口。 Law makers should not be law breakers. 立法者不应成为犯法者；立法应守法。 Wrong laws make short governance. 不健全的法律统治时间不会长。 The law is not the same at morning and at night. 早上的法令跟晚上的不一样；朝令夕改。 New lords,new laws. 新君立新法。 Laws catch flies and let hornets go free. 法网只捕蝇，黄蜂由它去。 Where drums beat,laws are silent. 战鼓一响，法律无声。 An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men. 法官能公正，重法不重人。 That trial is not fair where affection is the judge. 法官动感情，审判难公正。 A good lawyer,an evil neighbour. 好律师不是好邻居。 An old physician,and a young lawyer. 医生老的好，律师年轻的好。 Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. 鸡蛋还未孵，先别数鸡雏；莫过早乐观。 Though the fox run,the chicken hath wings. 狐狸虽会跑，小鸡有翅膀。 Young cocks love no coops. 小公鸡不恋笼。 A cock is bold on his dunghill. 站在粪堆上，公鸡也称王。 A barley-corn is better than a diamond to a cock. 对一只公鸡来说，一颗麦粒优于一颗钻石。 He that will have his farm full,must keep an old cock and a young bull. 想使农庄充裕，就得养一只老公鸡和一头小公牛。 If the hen does not prate,she will not lay. 不叨叨的母鸡不下蛋。 It is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays in anothers. 这样的母鸡可不好：在你家里咯咯叫，却到别家去下蛋。 Fat hens lay few eggs. 肥鸡下蛋稀。 Grain by grain,and the hen fills her belly. 一颗接一颗，母鸡填饱肚。 A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter. 一只鸭子不会常在同一条沟中玩水。 It is a blind silly gooes that comes to the foxs sermon. 只有盲目的笨鹅才会去听狐狸讲道。 What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 适用于甲的也适用于乙。 All his geese are swans. 他喜欢夸大其词；敝帚自珍。 All your swans are geese. 你的美好希望（或诺言），全部成了泡影。 Each bird likes to hear himself sing. 每一只鸟都爱听自己歌唱。 The bird loves her nest. 鸟爱自己的窝。 Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。 The bird that can sing and wont sing must be made to sing. 生来能唱的鸟，不愿唱也得叫它唱。 The fowlers pipe sounds sweet until the bird is caught. 捕禽人笛声悠扬，直吹得鸟儿落网。 He that will take the bird must not scare it. 捕鸟休惊鸟。 The noisy fowler catches no bird. 捕禽人大肆声张，鸟儿就不会落网。 Old birds are not caught with new nests. 新网难捕老鸟。 Tis the early bird that catches the worm. 早起的鸟先得虫；捷足先登。 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手；十赊不如一现。 A bird is known by its note,and a man by his talk. 鸟以声闻，人以言知。 It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外扬。 Eagles fly alone,but sheep flock together. 鹰爱独飞羊爱群。 A kite will never be a good hawk. 鸢永不会变成隼。 Empty hands no hawk allure. 空手不能诱鹰来。 The crow thinks his own bird fairest. 乌鸦总以为自己的雏鸟最美。 A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 乌鸦不管怎样经常洗澡，也不会变白。 Wheresoever the carcase is,there will the ravens be gathered together. 哪里有死尸，乌鸦就成群。 One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不能成夏天（不可仅凭一种现象而遽作判断）。 The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth it sooner. 燕子一飞就上塔，蜗牛悄悄爬，最后也上塔。 The cuckoo comes in April,and stays the month of May;sings a song at Midsummer,and then goes away. 布谷鸟，四月来，五月一直在，仲夏唱支歌，然后就离开。 If the sky falls,we shall catch larks. 天垮正好抓云雀；不要杞人忧天。 An owl is the king of the night. 猫头鹰是黑夜之王。 When the owl sings,the nightingale will hold her peace. 枭鸟唱歌，夜莺屏息。 Cats hide their paws. 猫儿不露爪。 A gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套的猫抓不到老鼠。 When the cats away,the mice will play. 猫儿不在家，老鼠就玩耍；猫儿不在耗子闹。 Ale will make cat speak. 喝了淡啤酒，猫也会开口；酒后使人说话多。 A blate cat makes a proud mouse. 猫儿腼腆，老鼠翻天。 When the weasel and the cat make a marriage,it is a very ill presage. 黄鼠狼跟猫儿成亲，预兆不佳。 The cat and dog may kiss,yet are none the better friends. 猫狗虽相吻，总难成好友。 All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. 猫儿性爱鱼，却怕爪弄湿；想获得珍品的人不愿冒必要的风险。 A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权看国王；小人物也该有些权利。 It is said that cat hath nine lives,yet care would wear them all out. 据说猫儿有九命，忧虑多时也伤身。 An old dog bites sore. 老狗咬人咬得狠。 Beware of a silent dog and still water. 哑狗和静水，二者都得防。 Barking dogs seldom bite. 爱吠的狗不咬人。 A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 肉骨头打狗狗不叫。 Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. 远处狗就叫，近身不会咬。 If the old dog barks,he gives counsel. 老狗叫，是忠告。 In every country dogs bite. 天下有狗都咬人。 Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings. 饿狗也吃脏布丁；饥不择食。 Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 狗儿把尾摇，爱的是面包。 All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗吠的人并非都是小偷。 Every dog is valiant at his own door. 站在家门口，狗也雄纠纠。 Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家中，八面威风。 While the dog gnaws bone,companions would be none. 狗啃骨头无同伴。 Two dogs strive for a bone,the third runs away with it. 两狗相争一骨头，第三只狗衔起走。 Mad dog bites his master. 疯狗咬主人。 Too much pudding will choke dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。 Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. 莫因狗尾摇，次次丢面包。 A living dog is better than a dead lion. 活狗胜于死狮。 Love me,love my dog. 爱屋及乌。 Let sleeping dog lie. 勿惊卧狗；切莫惹是生非。 Help the dog over the stile. 助人度过难关。 Every dog has his day. 片瓦也有翻身日；人人都有得意时。 Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。 He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick. 有心打狗好找棍；欲加之罪，何患无辞。 An old dog cannot alter its way of barking. 老狗难改常吠声。 When a dog is drowning,every one offers him drink. 待到狗溺水，众人给水喝。 A swine over fat is the cause of his own bane. 猪死都因身过肥；象以齿焚。 Pigs may fly,but they are very unlikely birds. 猪儿纵会飞，终究不是鸟。 Never cast your pearls before swine. 不要把珍贵之物送给不识货的人；勿明珠暗投；勿对牛弹琴。 You cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear. 猪耳朵做不成丝钱包；巧妇难为无米之炊。 The cow thats first up gets the first of the dew. 早起母牛先得露。 Not all butter that the cow yields. 母牛所产的未必全是黄油。 Many good cows have evil calves. 很多好母牛，会生坏小犊。 You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. 不能既要卖母牛，又想喝牛奶。 Old oxen have stiff horns. 牛老角硬。 The ox is never woe,till he to the harrow go. 挂耙去耕地，牛才知辛苦。 An ox is taken by the horns,and the man by the tongue. 牛因角被执，人因舌陷身。 If the ox falls,whet your knife. 牛一倒，快磨刀；人遭难，众人踩。 The black ox has trod on his foot. 祸事临头。 The ox when weariest treads surest. 牛困走得稳。 The best horse needs breaking,and the aptest child needs teaching. 最好的马儿要人驯，最伶俐的孩子要人训。 A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats. 不愿加鞍的马，不得吃燕麦。 A good horse oft needs a good spur. 好马常需好靴刺。 It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse. 要把马练好，缰绳靴刺少不了。 A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle. 烈马要套粗笼头。 He is a gentle horse that never cast his rider. 驯良的马绝不会把骑手甩倒。 Tis a good horse that never stumbles. 好马不失蹄。 The fault of the horse is put on the saddle. 马劣动怪马鞍坏。 Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse. 瞎马鼓勇气，正是危险事。 Old wood is best to burn,old horse to ride. 老柴好烧，老马好骑。 Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 每匹马都认为自己驮的袋子最重。 You may know the horse by his harness. 观马具可知马性。 A galled horse will not endure the comb. 擦伤的马不耐梳。 You can take a horse to the water,but you cannot make him drink. 牵马河边易，逼马饮水难；不要逼人做他不愿做的事。 Dont swap horses when crossing a stream. 行至中流不换马；危难之时不宜作大变动。 An ass endures his burden,but not more than his burden. 驴子能负重，过重也难负。 Wherever an ass falleth,there will he never fall again. 驴子绝不会在同样的地点跌倒两次。 The braying of an ass does not reach heaven. 驴子的叫声传不到天上。 The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle. 驴子不乖，休怪驮鞍。 A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马饰。 He who wants a mule without fault,must walk on foot. 指望驴子无缺点，只有自己徒步行。 A colt you may break,but an old horse you never can. 小驹犹可练，老马最难驯。 One sheep follows another. 一羊跟一羊（指盲从）。 If one sheep leap oer the dyke,all the rest will follow. 一羊跳过沟，众羊跟着跳。 There is a black sheep in every flock. 败类处处有；害群之马处处有。 One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock. 一羊生癣，群羊受害。 Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful. 羊每叫一次，就少吃一口。 One butcher does not fear many sheep. 屠夫不怕羊多。 It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor. 蠢羊才向狼忏悔。 The dust raised by the sheep does not choke the wolf. 羊踩起的灰尘挡不住狼。 Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them. 乌鸦吃死羊，先要哭一场；猫哭老鼠假慈悲。 The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb. 有活的狼就有死的羔羊。 As soon goes the young lambs skin to the market as the old ewes. 老羊皮上了市，小羊皮也跟着来。 You have no goats,and yet you sell kids. 没有老山羊，还把小羊卖。 If the beard were all,the goat might preach. 如果长胡就好，山羊也可讲道。 A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊自觉羊毛重。 He that will have a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight. 早餐想吃野兔肉，头晚就须去捕捉。 If you run after two hares,you will catch neither. 同时追两兔，一只也难捕。 One should not run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. 不应两面讨好。 The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡大觉，乌龟跑第一。 First catch your hare then cook him. 要兔子肉，先要把兔捉；先抓兔子后烹调（勿谋之过早）。 The fox is known by his brush. 狐狸只因尾巴大，所以人人认识他。 The fox smells his own stink first. 狐狸有恶臭，