常用英語諺語

1、常用英語諺語學(xué)習(xí)AA crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改，本性難移；狗改不了吃屎。（諷刺那些惡習(xí)難改的人或是提醒他人注意防范壞人。）A fault confessed is half redressed.知過能改，善莫大焉。（關(guān)于原諒、寬容。）A fools haste is no speed.急急忙忙，想快反慢；欲速則不達(dá)。（不可急功近利，做事要穩(wěn)妥。）A guilty conscience needs no accuser.多行不義必自斃；做賊心虛。（用于規(guī)勸他人向善。）A burden of one's

2、choice is not felt.愛挑的擔(dān)子不嫌重。（自己喜歡的、感興趣的事做起來很輕松愉快。）A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林；到手的才實(shí)在；把握現(xiàn)在，不要空想未來。（珍惜自己所擁有的，不要去強(qiáng)求自己無法得到的東西）A candle lights others and consumes itself.蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。（比喻有犧牲、奉獻(xiàn)精神的人，如老師。）Adversity leads to prosperity.窮則思變。（講逆境、困難。）A fair death honors the wh

3、ole life.死得其所，流芳百世。（對偉人評價。）A good medicine tastes bitter.良藥苦口。(勸告的話不中聽，但往往是正確的。)A word spoken is past recalling. / A word spoken is an arrow let fly.一言既出，駟馬難追。 （信守諾言。）Although the sun shines, leave not your cloak at home.未雨綢繆。 （事前做好準(zhǔn)備、防范措施。）All good things come to an end.好景不常；天下沒有不散的筵席。（離別時互相勸慰的話語。）

4、A crooked stick throws a crooked shadow.上梁不正下梁歪；曲杖生曲影。（說明榜樣的重要性。）A man can lead a horse to the water but he cannot make him drink.師傅領(lǐng)進(jìn)門，修行在個人。（表明個人在學(xué)習(xí)中的重要性。）A cat may look at a king. 貓也有權(quán)晉見國王。 （人人平等。）A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常樂。 （知足的人能保有愉悅的心情。）Admonish your friends in private, praise t

5、hem in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合又表揚(yáng)你的朋友。（交友之道，朋友間相處的方式。）A good example is the best sermon. 身教勝似言教。 （行動是最具有說服力的。）A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急難免出岔子。 （做事要沉穩(wěn)，要保持冷靜的頭腦。）A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. / A man cannot whistle and drink at the same time.一心不能二用。 （要專一、專心。）An optimist

6、sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 樂觀的人在災(zāi)難中看到希望；悲觀的人在希望中看到災(zāi)難。 （心態(tài)的重要性，好的心態(tài)是成功的關(guān)鍵。）A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 千里之行始于足下。 （要腳踏實(shí)地，一切都要從頭開始。）BBetter give than take.施比受有福。（學(xué)會付出，不要一味的索取。）Beauty is but a blossom. 美麗只是盛開的花朵。 （美麗只是瞬間，

7、不要以貌取人。）Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. 美而無德猶如花之無香。 （高尚的道德勝過外表的美麗。）Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹劍。 （形容表里不一。）Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失馬，焉知非福。 （勸慰他人的話。）Be just to all, but trust not all. 要公正對待所有的人，但不要輕信所有的人。 （對人要保有戒心，切不

8、可輕信于人。）Be prepared to put one's hand in one's pocket. 準(zhǔn)備慷慨解囊。 （要有一顆及時行善的心。）Better an empty purse than an empty head. 寧可錢袋癟，不要腦袋空。 （知識就是力量，擁有知識勝過一切。）Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以簡潔為貴。 （說話要抓重點(diǎn)，不要啰嗦。）CConstant dropping wears the stone. / Constant dripping wears away the stone.滴水穿石；鐵杵磨成針。（持久的努力

9、會有成效。）Call a spade a spade.直言不諱；有話直說；說一是一，說二是二。（做人要誠實(shí)、坦率。）Cast not the first stone.欲譴責(zé)別人前，先捫心自問是否無罪。（批評別人前，先反省自己。）Care brings grey hair. /Care killed the cat.憂慮催人老。/憂慮傷身。 （心態(tài)與健康的關(guān)系密切。）Come what may, heaven won't fall. 船到橋頭自會直。 （事情一定會有結(jié)果。）Coming events cast their shadows before them. 山雨欲來風(fēng)滿樓。 （事情

10、發(fā)生前的征兆。）Children are what the mothers are. 耳濡目染，身教言傳。 （人與人之間的影響是潛移默化的。）Creep before you walk. 循序漸進(jìn)。 （做事要按一定的順序，不可冒進(jìn)。）DDeliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考慮要仔細(xì) , 行動要迅速 .（思考與效率的重要性。）Do not teach fish to swim. /Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班門弄斧。（不要做不自量力的事。）Don't bite

11、 off more than you can chew.貪多嚼不爛；不要自不量力。（凡事要適度，切不可貪多。）Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 （不要把自己的意愿強(qiáng)加于人。）Doing is better than saying. 與其掛在嘴上，不如落實(shí)在行動上。 （行動是最重要的，凡事都需要親身體驗(yàn)。）Do it now. 機(jī)不可失，時不再來。 （不要總把希望寄托于明天。）Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而廢。 （做事要有毅力。）EEvery man has his faults.金無足赤，人無完人。（人都有缺點(diǎn)，不要過度追

12、求完美。）Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。 （事物的兩面性。）Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在。 （所有的事物都會有消亡的那一天。）Every man has his hobbyhorse. 蘿卜青菜，各有所愛。 （每個人的興趣不同，志向不同。）Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命運(yùn)自己掌握。 （自己的未來是自己創(chuàng)造的。）Every minute counts. 分秒必爭。 （珍惜時間。）Experience must be bought. 吃一

13、塹，長一智。（經(jīng)驗(yàn)讓人獲得成長。）FFortune helps him that's willing to help himself. / God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。（人最靠得住的就是自己。）Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。 （感情破滅之后，一切都不再美好。）Fear always springs from ignorance. 恐懼源于無知。 （知識的重要性。）First think and then speak. 先想后說。 （說話前要經(jīng)過思考。）Fools

14、grow without watering. 朽木不可雕。 （人或事物無藥可救，無法挽回。）Four eyes see more than two. 集思廣益。 （群眾的智慧是無窮的、聽取大眾的意見。）Friends agree best at distance. 朋友之間也會保持距離。 （要給人留以空間。）GGrasp all, lose all. 樣樣都要，全都失掉。貪多嚼不爛。（要懂得取舍。）Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。 （流言的殺傷力巨大。）Great hopes make great man. 偉大的抱負(fù)造就偉大的人物。

15、 （理想之于人格塑造的重要性。）HHope for the best and prepare for the worst.做最好的打算，做最差的準(zhǔn)備。（做事要周全或是以積極的心態(tài)面對困境。）Handsome is he who does handsomely. / Beauty is as beauty does.行為漂亮才算美。（內(nèi)心美才重要。）Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others. 吸取他人教訓(xùn)，自己才會走運(yùn)。 （要從別人的身上學(xué)習(xí)獲得知識。）Hear all parties. 兼聽則明。 （不可偏聽一面之詞。

16、）Heaven never helps the man who will not act. 自己不動，叫天何用。 （自己要采取補(bǔ)救的措施。）He is lifeless that is faultless. 只有死人才不犯錯誤。 （人都會犯錯，錯誤不可避免。）History repeats itself. 歷史往往重演。 （事情不斷的重復(fù)。）Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 懷抱最好的愿望，做最壞的打算。（以積極的心態(tài)面對最壞的結(jié)果。）IIt is no use crying over spilt milk.打翻牛奶，哭也沒用；覆水難收

17、。（失去的東西追不回來。）It never rains but pours.不雨則已，一雨傾盆；屋漏偏逢連夜雨；禍不單行。（形容不好的事接連發(fā)生。）If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you. 人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。 （善良總會遭到欺負(fù)。）If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 （做任何事都要冒一定風(fēng)險。）It is the unforeseen that always happens. 天有不測風(fēng)云，人有旦夕禍福。 （每個人都

18、會有不順利的時候，可用于勸慰他人。）JJustice has long arms. 天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏。（壞人終會遭到懲罰。）Jack of all trades and master of none.門門精通，樣樣稀松；學(xué)百藝而無一精。（學(xué)習(xí)與經(jīng)驗(yàn)。）KKeep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 （關(guān)于擇友。）Keep something for a rainy day.未雨綢繆，有備無患。（事先做好準(zhǔn)備。）King goes mad, and the people suffer for it.君主發(fā)狂，百姓

19、遭殃。（用于政治。）LLet bygones be bygones. 過去的就讓它過去吧。 （不要停留在過去。）Like teacher, like pupil. 什么樣的老師教什么樣的學(xué)生。 （言傳身教的重要性。）Lookers-on see more than players. 當(dāng)局者迷，旁觀者清。 （從不同的角度看問題。）Little by little and bit by bit.聚沙成塔。（成功不是一蹴而就的。）Love your neighbors, yet pull not down your hedge.要與鄰居維持友誼，就不可干涉他的私事。（與人相處之道。）MMany he

20、ads are better than one.眾人的主意，總比一個人的好；三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。（人多力量大。）Murder will come out.惡事必?cái)÷?；天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏。（法律是公正的，壞人壞事終會得到懲罰。）Man proposes, God disposes.謀事在人，成事在天。（命運(yùn)掌握在自己手中。）NNothing attempted, nothing gained.不試則一事無成；不入虎穴，焉得虎子。（凡事都要嘗試一下。）Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. / Nothing in the world is diff

21、icult for one who sets his mind to it. 天下無難事，只怕有心人。（關(guān)于堅(jiān)持、毅力。）Never say die. 永不言敗。 （不要屈服于失敗。）No cross, no crown. 不經(jīng)歷風(fēng)雨，怎么見彩虹。 （成功不是那么容易的。）No way is impossible to courage. 勇者無懼。（有勇氣就可以面對一切。）OOne sin opens the door for another. 犯了一次罪惡就會犯另一次罪；不以惡小而為之。（不要姑息小錯誤。）Old friends and old wines are best. 陳酒味醇，老友

22、情深。 （友情越久越深厚。）One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. 一個和尚挑水喝，兩個和尚抬水喝，三個和尚沒水喝。 （要學(xué)會合作。）One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 百聞不如一見。 （親身體會才會了解。）One false move may lose the game. 一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。 （做事要謹(jǐn)慎，不可粗心大意。）One man's fault is other man's lesson. 前車之鑒。 （前人的經(jīng)驗(yàn)、教訓(xùn)可為后人所學(xué)習(xí)。）P

23、Practice what you preach.實(shí)行你所講的道理；躬行己說；言行一致。（要實(shí)踐，而不是空口說白話。）Pretty is as pretty does.行為善者始為美；心美貌亦美。（心靈美更重要。）Pull the chestnut out of fire. 火中取栗。 （冒險為別人做吃力不討好的事。）QQuiet people are well able to look after themselves.沉默的人才有能力照顧自己。（行為與態(tài)度。）Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth.勤勞才有飯吃。（關(guān)于勤勞。）Quickly / E

24、asy come, quickly / easy go.易得易失。（事物本質(zhì)。）RRespect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 要人尊敬，必須自重。 (要重視自己，別人才會重視你。)Rome is not built in a day. 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。(事出必有因。)SSharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. 磨刀不誤砍柴功。 （準(zhǔn)備工作是必要的。）Seek the truth from facts. 實(shí)事求是。 （要誠實(shí)的做人行事。）Success

25、belongs to the persevering.勝利屬于不屈不撓的人。（關(guān)于成功、堅(jiān)持。）TThere is no royal road to learning.書山有路勤為徑，學(xué)海無涯苦作舟。 （學(xué)習(xí)是一個漫長而又艱苦的過程。）The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.千里之行，始于足下；萬丈高樓平地起。（凡事不能一蹴而就。）The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，濁者自濁。（不要不懂裝懂。）Time cures all things.時間是醫(yī)治一切創(chuàng)傷的良藥。（時間能帶走傷痛。）To err is human.人非圣賢，孰能無過。（人都會犯錯誤。）The die is cast. 木已成舟。 （事情已成定局，無法改變。）The grass is greener on the other side of the hill. 這山望著那山高。 （人的欲望是無止盡的。）The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 人言可畏。 (流言的力量驚人。)UUnpleasant advice is a go