英語諺語精選.doc

大家學(xué)習(xí)網(wǎng)英語諺語精選1000句(English Proverb Collection)1.Lying is the first step to the gallows. 說謊是上斷頭臺的第一步。 2.Waste not,want not. 儉以防匱。 3.From saving comes having. 富有來自節(jié)儉。 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. 金錢積少便成多。 6. Small gains bring great wealth. 積小利，成巨富。 7.As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man. 試金之石可試金，正如黃金能試人。 8.Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和堅決是美德的靈魂。 9.The path to glory is always rugged. 光榮之路?？部?。 10.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上無難事，只要人肯試。 11.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. 烈火試真金，困苦煉壯士。 12.Great hopes make great man. 遠(yuǎn)大的希望造就偉大的人物。 13.No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前無險路。 14.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平靜的大海決不能造就出熟練的水手。 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. 今天跌倒的人也許明天就會站起。 17.Rome was not built in a day. 羅馬并非一日可建成；堅持必成。 18.Success belongs to the persevering. 勝利屬于堅忍不拔的人。 19.Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 十九次失敗，到第二十次獲得成功，這就叫堅持。 20.Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和專心會使我們度過難關(guān)。 21.Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 做事只要有耐心，到頭總會有好運；耐心候好運，好運常會來。 22.Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水不絕可穿石。 23.There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the worlds trade. 要知世事奧秘多，須要長期作學(xué)徒。 24.Where there is life,there is hope. 生命不息，希望長在。 25.Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩樂。 26.Fortune knocks once at least at every mans door. 人人都有走運的一天。 27.If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself;if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you. 運氣太好，見人不睬；運氣太壞，無人理會。 28.Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一個人都是自身幸福的建筑師。 29.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single). 禍不單行。 30.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 惡運臨頭后，才知幸運貴。 31.It is never too old to learn. 為學(xué)不怕年高。 32.There is no royal road to learning. 學(xué)問無坦途。 33.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知識能使好人更好，壞人更壞。 34.Learn young,learn fair. 為學(xué)趁年青，既學(xué)須學(xué)好。 35.A lazy youth,a lousy age. 少時懶惰老來苦。 36.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing. 無知即無疑。 37.A good name keeps its luster in the dark. 良好的名聲在黑暗中也能閃閃發(fā)光。 38.Fame is a magnifying glass. 名譽是放大鏡。 39.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy. 光榮的死勝于羞辱的生。 40.It is an equal failing to trust everybody,and to trust nobody. 信任一切與不信任任何人，同樣是弱點。 41.Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him. 在你信任一個人之前，先要深入了解他。 42.Never trust to fine words. 切勿輕信漂亮話。 43.Be just to all,but trust not all. 要對一切人都公正，但不要對一切人都信任。 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. 真相遲早會大白。 46.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome. 謊言裝扮雖不錯，到頭總會被揭露。 47.A great talker is a great liar. 最會夸夸其談的人也最會說謊。 48.All is not gold that glitters. 閃光未必盡黃金。 49.Money is the root of evil. 金錢是罪惡的根源。 50.Money makes the mare go. 有錢能使鬼推磨。 51.Avarice increases with wealth. 越有錢，越貪錢。 52.Gold will not buy anything. 黃金不能買盡一切。 53.Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money. 相信金錢萬能的人，往往會一切為了金錢。 54.Poverty is not a crime. 貧非罪。 55.Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace,but poverty without resolution to help onself,is a disgrace. 貧窮不足為恥，窮而不能自立方可恥。 56.Beggars must (should) be no choosers. 行乞的哪能挑肥揀瘦；饑不擇食。 57.A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 窮人眼中的一只羊，貴似富人一頭牛。 58.A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若懸河，不能證明真有才智。 59.It is easy to be wise after the event. 事后的諸葛亮容易做。 60.No man is wise at all times. 世上無一貫明智的人。 61.Many heads are better than one. 幾個腦袋總比一個腦袋強；三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮。 62.Virtue never grows old. 美德永不老。 63.No good building without a good foundation. 基礎(chǔ)不良的好建筑物是沒有的。 64.One good turn deserves another. 善行應(yīng)有善報；善良的行為應(yīng)得善良行為的報答。 65.We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. 我有德于人不應(yīng)記；人有德于我不可忘。 66.A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 問心無愧，打雷也能睡。 67.Never be weary of well doing. 不要厭倦做好事。 68.Of evil grain,no good seed can come. 壞谷無好種。 69.That which is evil is soon learnt. 惡行易學(xué)。 70.The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues. 保持一樁惡事的代價超過于十件好事。 71.An ill life,an ill end. 惡有惡報。 72.Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 隱惡敗善；原諒壞人即是傷害好人。 73.The evil wound is cured but not the evil name. 重傷可治，惡名難去。 74.First think,and then speak. 動口先動腦。 75.A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled). 一言既出，駟馬難追。 76.While the word is in your mouth,it is your own;when tis once spoken, tis anothers. 話在嘴里，屬于自己；話一出口，人家所有。 77.Speech is silver,silence is gold. 言語是銀，沉默是金。 78. Second thoughts are best. 再思而后行。 79.Sometimes words hurt more than swords. 言語能傷人，有時勝刀劍。 80.Few words,many deeds. 少說話，多做事。 81.Actions speak louder than words. 行動比言語響亮；百說不如一干。 82.Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves. 行動是果實，言語只是葉子。 83.A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 空有言語而無行動的人，猶如雜草叢生的花園。 84.A man is not good or bad for one action. 不能憑一件事判斷人的好壞。 85.A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 易于許諾的人也易于忘記。 86.A man that breaks his word,bids others to be false to him. 人不守信，無異于叫旁人對他失信。 87.Easier said than done. 說易行難。 88.Pride goes before a fall. 驕者必敗。 89.He that climbs high falls heavily. 爬得高，跌得重。 90.Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱點。 91.The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar. 正當(dāng)?shù)玫降囊环皱X勝于偷來的一元錢。 92.Love is blind. 愛情是盲目的。 93.Love is without reason. 愛情無理智。 94.Love cannot be compelled. 愛情不能強迫。 95.Love at first sight. 一見傾心。 96.Love is not to be found in the market. 愛情在市場上找不到。 97.True love kythes(=shows itself)in time of need. 患難顯真情。 98.No love is foul,nor prison fair. 沒有骯臟的愛情，也沒有美麗的監(jiān)獄。 99.The course of true love never did run smooth. 真愛的道路絕不平坦。 100.They that marry in green,their sorrow is soon seen. 年紀(jì)輕輕就結(jié)婚，為時不久便悔恨。 101.An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune. 不良的婚姻是惡運的來源。 102.A good wife and health is a mans best wealth. 賢妻和健康是男子的至寶。 103.The wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家之鑰；妻賢一家興。 104.East or west,home is best. 東也好，西也好，還是家中最好；金窩銀窩，不如家里的草窩。 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. 孩童是世界上最可愛和最純潔的東西。 107.Spare the rod and spoil the child. 省了棍子，慣壞了孩子。 108.Happy is he that is happy in childhood. 童年時快樂的人是幸福的。 109.Life without friend is death. 沒有朋友的生活便等于死亡。 110.A near friend is better than a fardwelling kinsman. 近友勝遠(yuǎn)親。 111.A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 和任何人都認(rèn)朋友，結(jié)果和任何人都交不成朋友；友多無好友。 112.It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患難中能有朋友是好事。 113.Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. 富裕招致朋友，困苦考驗朋友。 114.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難時的朋友才是真正的朋友。 115.A faithful friend is hard to find. 忠實朋友實難求。 116. A friend without faults will never be found. 沒有缺點的朋友永不可得。 117.Better be alone than in bad company. 交損友不如無友。 118.Write down the advice of him who loves you,though you like it not at present. 愛你的人的忠告，即使你當(dāng)時并不喜歡，也得把它記下。 119.Do not despise your enemy. 不可輕敵。 120.Make your enemy your friend. 要化敵為友。 121. Death is the grand leveller. 死亡面前，不分貴賤。 122.Sometimes gain is to lose. 有時得即是失。 123.Grasp all,lose all. 樣樣都要，全部失掉。 124.Either win the horse or lose the saddle. 不是全贏，就是全輸；孤注一擲。 125.One never loses anything by politeness. 禮多不吃虧；禮多人不怪。 126.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海中好魚取不盡（指：雖然失去一個機(jī)會，還有很多機(jī)會）。 127.Many a slip (many things fall) between the cup and the lip. 酒杯來到嘴唇邊，得飲與否未可知；物未到手前，未能算己有；凡事難以十拿九穩(wěn)。 128.Health is better than wealth. 健康勝于財富。 129.Health is not valued till sickness comes. 有病方知健康貴。 130.Hide nothing from thy physician. 不要諱疾忌醫(yī)。 131.The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet,and Dr. Merryman. 節(jié)食博士，靜心博士，歡喜博士，三者都是最好的醫(yī)師；飲食少，休息好，快樂多是卻病延年之方。 132.Prevention is better than cure. 預(yù)防勝于治療。 133.Bitter pills may have wholesome effect. 良藥苦口利于病。 134.A good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口。 There is no friend so faithful as a good book. 最忠實的朋友莫過于一本好書。 Books,like friends,should be few and well chosen. 書籍如朋友，宜少宜精選。 A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 好書千載常如新。 A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 好書如至友，永遠(yuǎn)不相負(fù)。 In books,are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 偉大思想古今有，載入書中成不朽。 Some books are to be tasted,others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested. 一些書可以品味，另外一些書可以吞食，少數(shù)的一些可以咀嚼、消化。 Old wood is best to burn,old book to read. 老柴好燒，老書宜讀。 A book that remains shut is but a block. 書本不去翻，猶如一木塊。 Judge not a book by its cover. 評定一本書，不能憑封面。 A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent. 壞書因其不能改正錯誤而更壞。 A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 故事好，再講一遍還是好。 Law is a bottomless pit. 法律是無底的深淵。 Ignorance of the law excuses no man. 對法律無知，不能成為任何人的借口。 Law makers should not be law breakers. 立法者不應(yīng)成為犯法者；立法應(yīng)守法。 Wrong laws make short governance. 不健全的法律統(tǒng)治時間不會長。 The law is not the same at morning and at night. 早上的法令跟晚上的不一樣；朝令夕改。 New lords,new laws. 新君立新法。 Laws catch flies and let hornets go free. 法網(wǎng)只捕蠅，黃蜂由它去。 Where drums beat,laws are silent. 戰(zhàn)鼓一響，法律無聲。 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. 法官動感情，審判難公正。 A good lawyer,an evil neighbour. 好律師不是好鄰居。 An old physician,and a young lawyer. 醫(yī)生老的好，律師年輕的好。 Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. 雞蛋還未孵，先別數(shù)雞雛；莫過早樂觀。 Though the fox run,the chicken hath wings. 狐貍雖會跑，小雞有翅膀。 Young cocks love no coops. 小公雞不戀籠。 A cock is bold on his dunghill. 站在糞堆上，公雞也稱王。 A barley-corn is better than a diamond to a cock. 對一只公雞來說，一顆麥粒優(yōu)于一顆鉆石。 He that will have his farm full,must keep an old cock and a young bull. 想使農(nóng)莊充裕，就得養(yǎng)一只老公雞和一頭小公牛。 If the hen does not prate,she will not lay. 不叨叨的母雞不下蛋。 It is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays in anothers. 這樣的母雞可不好：在你家里咯咯叫，卻到別家去下蛋。 Fat hens lay few eggs. 肥雞下蛋稀。 Grain by grain,and the hen fills her belly. 一顆接一顆，母雞填飽肚。 A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter. 一只鴨子不會常在同一條溝中玩水。 It is a blind silly gooes that comes to the foxs sermon. 只有盲目的笨鵝才會去聽狐貍講道。 What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 適用于甲的也適用于乙。 All his geese are swans. 他喜歡夸大其詞；敝帚自珍。 All your swans are geese. 你的美好希望（或諾言），全部成了泡影。 Each bird likes to hear himself sing. 每一只鳥都愛聽自己歌唱。 The bird loves her nest. 鳥愛自己的窩。 Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。 The bird that can sing and wont sing must be made to sing. 生來能唱的鳥，不愿唱也得叫它唱。 The fowlers pipe sounds sweet until the bird is caught. 捕禽人笛聲悠揚，直吹得鳥兒落網(wǎng)。 He that will take the bird must not scare it. 捕鳥休驚鳥。 The noisy fowler catches no bird. 捕禽人大肆聲張，鳥兒就不會落網(wǎng)。 Old birds are not caught with new nests. 新網(wǎng)難捕老鳥。 Tis the early bird that catches the worm. 早起的鳥先得蟲；捷足先登。 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林，不如一鳥在手；十賒不如一現(xiàn)。 A bird is known by its note,and a man by his talk. 鳥以聲聞，人以言知。 It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外揚。 Eagles fly alone,but sheep flock together. 鷹愛獨飛羊愛群。 A kite will never be a good hawk. 鳶永不會變成隼。 Empty hands no hawk allure. 空手不能誘鷹來。 The crow thinks his own bird fairest. 烏鴉總以為自己的雛鳥最美。 A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 烏鴉不管怎樣經(jīng)常洗澡，也不會變白。 Wheresoever the carcase is,there will the ravens be gathered together. 哪里有死尸，烏鴉就成群。 One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不能成夏天（不可僅憑一種現(xiàn)象而遽作判斷）。 The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth it sooner. 燕子一飛就上塔，蝸牛悄悄爬，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. 布谷鳥，四月來，五月一直在，仲夏唱支歌，然后就離開。 If the sky falls,we shall catch larks. 天垮正好抓云雀；不要杞人憂天。 An owl is the king of the night. 貓頭鷹是黑夜之王。 When the owl sings,the nightingale will hold her peace. 梟鳥唱歌，夜鶯屏息。 Cats hide their paws. 貓兒不露爪。 A gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套的貓抓不到老鼠。 When the cats away,the mice will play. 貓兒不在家，老鼠就玩耍；貓兒不在耗子鬧。 Ale will make cat speak. 喝了淡啤酒，貓也會開口；酒后使人說話多。 A blate cat makes a proud mouse. 貓兒靦腆，老鼠翻天。 When the weasel and the cat make a marriage,it is a very ill presage. 黃鼠狼跟貓兒成親，預(yù)兆不佳。 The cat and dog may kiss,yet are none the better friends. 貓狗雖相吻，總難成好友。 All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. 貓兒性愛魚，卻怕爪弄濕；想獲得珍品的人不愿冒必要的風(fēng)險。 A cat may look at a king. 貓也有權(quán)看國王；小人物也該有些權(quán)利。 It is said that cat hath nine lives,yet care would wear them all out. 據(jù)說貓兒有九命，憂慮多時也傷身。 An old dog bites sore. 老狗咬人咬得狠。 Beware of a silent dog and still water. 啞狗和靜水，二者都得防。 Barking dogs seldom bite. 愛吠的狗不咬人。 A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 肉骨頭打狗狗不叫。 Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. 遠(yuǎn)處狗就叫，近身不會咬。 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. 餓狗也吃臟布?。火嚥粨袷?。 Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 狗兒把尾搖，愛的是面包。 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. 站在家門口，狗也雄糾糾。 Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家中，八面威風(fēng)。 While the dog gnaws bone,companions would be none. 狗啃骨頭無同伴。 Two dogs strive for a bone,the third runs away with it. 兩狗相爭一骨頭，第三只狗銜起走。 Mad dog bites his master. 瘋狗咬主人。 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. 莫因狗尾搖，次次丟面包。 A living dog is better than a dead lion. 活狗勝于死獅。 Love me,love my dog. 愛屋及烏。 Let sleeping dog lie. 勿驚臥狗；切莫惹是生非。 Help the dog over the stile. 助人度過難關(guān)。 Every dog has his day. 片瓦也有翻身日；人人都有得意時。 Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患無辭。 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，何患無辭。 An old dog cannot alter its way of barking. 老狗難改常吠聲。 When a dog is drowning,every one offers him drink. 待到狗溺水，眾人給水喝。 A swine over fat is the cause of his own bane. 豬死都因身過肥；象以齒焚。 Pigs may fly,but they are very unlikely birds. 豬兒縱會飛，終究不是鳥。 Never cast your pearls before swine. 不要把珍貴之物送給不識貨的人；勿明珠暗投；勿對牛彈琴。 You cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear. 豬耳朵做不成絲錢包；巧婦難為無米之炊。 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. 母牛所產(chǎn)的未必全是黃油。 Many good cows have evil calves. 很多好母牛，會生壞小犢。 You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. 不能既要賣母牛，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. 掛耙去耕地，牛才知辛苦。 An ox is taken by the horns,and the man by the tongue. 牛因角被執(zhí)，人因舌陷身。 If the ox falls,whet your knife. 牛一倒，快磨刀；人遭難，眾人踩。 The black ox has trod on his foot. 禍?zhǔn)屡R頭。 The ox when weariest treads surest. 牛困走得穩(wěn)。 The best horse needs breaking,and the aptest child needs teaching. 最好的馬兒要人馴，最伶俐的孩子要人訓(xùn)。 A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats. 不愿加鞍的馬，不得吃燕麥。 A good horse oft needs a good spur. 好馬常需好靴刺。 It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse. 要把馬練好，韁繩靴刺少不了。 A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle. 烈馬要套粗籠頭。 He is a gentle horse that never cast his rider. 馴良的馬絕不會把騎手甩倒。 Tis a good horse that never stumbles. 好馬不失蹄。 The fault of the horse is put on the saddle. 馬劣動怪馬鞍壞。 Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse. 瞎馬鼓勇氣，正是危險事。 Old wood is best to burn,old horse to ride. 老柴好燒，老馬好騎。 Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 每匹馬都認(rèn)為自己馱的袋子最重。 You may know the horse by his harness. 觀馬具可知馬性。 A galled horse will not endure the comb. 擦傷的馬不耐梳。 You can take a horse to the water,but you cannot make him drink. 牽馬河邊易，逼馬飲水難；不要逼人做他不愿做的事。 Dont swap horses when crossing a stream. 行至中流不換馬；危難之時不宜作大變動。 An ass endures his burden,but not more than his burden. 驢子能負(fù)重，過重也難負(fù)。 Wherever an ass falleth,there will he never fall again. 驢子絕不會在同樣的地點跌倒兩次。 The braying of an ass does not reach heaven. 驢子的叫聲傳不到天上。 The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle. 驢子不乖，休怪馱鞍。 A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相馬不可憑馬飾。 He who wants a mule without fault,must walk on foot. 指望驢子無缺點，只有自己徒步行。 A colt you may break,but an old horse you never can. 小駒猶可練，老馬最難馴。 One sheep follows another. 一羊跟一羊（指盲從）。 If one sheep leap oer the dyke,all the rest will follow. 一羊跳過溝，眾羊跟著跳。 There is a black sheep in every flock. 敗類處處有；害群之馬處處有。 One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock. 一羊生癬，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. 蠢羊才向狼懺悔。 The dust raised by the sheep does not choke the wolf. 羊踩起的灰塵擋不住狼。 Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them. 烏鴉吃死羊，先要哭一場；貓哭老鼠假慈悲。 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，小羊皮也跟著來。 You have no goats,and yet you sell kids. 沒有老山羊，還把小羊賣。 If the beard were all,the goat might preach. 如果長胡就好，山羊也可講道。 A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懶羊自覺羊毛重。 He that will have a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight. 早餐想吃野兔肉，頭晚就須去捕捉。 If you run after two hares,you will catch neither. 同時追兩兔，一只也難捕。 One should not run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. 不應(yīng)兩面討好。 The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡大覺，烏龜跑第一。 First catch your hare then cook him. 要兔子肉，先要把兔捉；先抓兔子后烹調(diào)（勿謀之過早）。 The fox is known by his brush. 狐貍只因尾巴大，所以人人認(rèn)識他。 The fox smells his own stink first. 狐貍有惡臭，