英语谚语精选.doc

英语谚语精选1A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手，胜于两鸟在林。2A cat may look at a king.猫也有权瞧国王。位卑之人也应有些权利。3A drowning man will catch at a straw.病急乱投医。4A fault denied is twice committed.不承认错误就是再犯错误。5A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。6A good beginning is half done.良好的开端，就是成功了一半。7A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。8A man is known by the company he keeps.观其友，知其人。9A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。10A stitch in time saves nine.一针不补，十针难缝。11A tree is known by its fruit.观其行知其人。12Adversity leads to prosperity.逆境通向成功路。13All is well that ends well.结果好，就一切都好。14All men must die. / Men are mortal. /As a man lives, so shall he die.人皆有一死。15All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。16All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。17An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一个苹果医生远离我。18An empty barrel makes more noise than a full one.一桶不响，半捅晃荡。19An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。20As a mans heart is, so does he speak.言为心声。21As we sow, so shall we reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。22Beggars must should be no choosers.饥不择食。23Better be alone than in bad company.交损友不如不交友。24Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。25Better to do well than to say well.说得好不如做得好。26Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。27Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。28Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.鸡蛋未孵，别数鸡雏。不要过早乐观。29Dont throw out the baby with the bath water.切勿良莠不分一齐扔。30Doubt is the key of knowledge.怀疑是打开知识宝库的钥匙。31Easier said than done.说起来容易，做起来难。32East or west, home is best. / Home is home, be it never so homely.金窝银窝，不如自家的草窝。33Easy come, easy go.钱财来得快，去得也快。34Every dog has his day.人人皆有得意时。片瓦也有翻身日。35Every man is the architect of his own fortune.每个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。36Every rose has its thorn.玫瑰皆有刺。37Everybodys business is nobodys business.人人负责，结果无人负责。38Experience must be bought.不吃一堑，不长一智。39Facts speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。40Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水火是忠仆，用之不慎成灾主。41First come, first served.先到先招待。42Give a dog a bad name and hang him.欲加之罪，何患无辞。43Give him an inch and hell take a yard.得寸进尺。44God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。45Gods mill grinds slow but sure.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。46Grasp all, lose all.样样都要，全部失掉。47He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。48He that talks much, errs much.言多必失。49He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.欲加之罪，何患无辞。50Honesty is the best policy.诚实为上策。51If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.同时追两兔，一只也难捕。52In wine there is truth.酒后吐真言。53It is a wise father that knows his own child.再聪明的父亲都不见得完全知道自己的儿子。54It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.害于此则利于彼。/不管事情有多坏，不会人人都受害。55It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。56It never rains but it pours.不雨则已，一雨倾盆。57It takes two to make a quarrel.一个巴掌拍不响。58Its no good use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。59Kill two birds with one stone.一石双鸟。一箭双雕。60Knowledge (itself) is power.知识就是力量。61Laugh, and the world will laugh with you.你如果乐观，世界也会陪你欢笑。62Let sleeping dogs lie.勿扰睡狗。莫惹是生非。63Like father, like son.有其父，必有其子。64Look before you leap.慎思而后行。65Losers are always in the wrong.成者为王，败为寇。66Love is blind. /Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼里出西施。67Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.爱情不分贫富。68Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。69Love will find a way.爱之所至，金石为开。70Many hands make quick/light work.人多干活快/好干活。71Marry in haste, repent at leisure.匆匆结婚姻，闲来悔不尽。72Misfortune is a good teacher.不幸是位好老师。73More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。74Never offer to teach fish to swim.别班门弄斧。75Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.别自找麻烦。76No pains, no gains.不劳则无获。77None so deaf as those who wont hear.不愿倾听意见者最聋。78Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.有志者，事竟成。79Nothing ventured, nothing gained.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。80Once a use, for ever a custom.习惯成自然。81One good turn deserves another.善行应有善报。82One lie makes calls for many.一次撒谎装得像，就得多次假话帮。83One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。84Opportunity seldom knocks twice.机不可失，时不再来。85Out of sight, out of mind. / Far from eye, far from heart.眼不见，心不想。86Patience wears away stones.水滴石穿87People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.自己有弱点就别说别人的坏话。88Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。89Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。90Pride goes before a fall.骄者必败。91Rome was not built in a day.罗马并非一日建成。92Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。93Spare the rod and spoil the child.小孩不打不成器。94Still waters run deep.静水流深。95Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。96The child is father of the man.三岁看小，七岁看老。97The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿先得虫。捷足先登。98The end justifies the means.成败论英雄。99The first wealth is health.健康是第一财富。100The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.狼会掉牙，本性难改。101There are two sides to every question.每个问题都有两个方面。102There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.该说话的时候说话，该沉默的时候沉默。103There is no accounting for tastes.人各有所爱。104There is no man but errs. / To err is human. / Even Homer Nods.人非圣贤，孰能无过。105There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪。106Time and tide wait for no man.岁月无情。/时不待人。107Truth will prevail conquer.真理必胜。108Two is company, (but) three is none.两人成伴，三人不欢。109Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter.美德是幸福之源。110Walls have ears.隔墙有耳。111Well begun is half done.良好的开端就等于成功的一半。112What may be done at any time will be done at no time.随时可做之事，恰是没时间所做之事。113Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.凡是值得做的事情，就值得做好。114When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。115When the cats away, the mice will play.猫儿不在家，耗子就玩耍。116Where there