英語諺語500句

1、英語諺語500句,俚語 俗語與諺語專題a heart of gold道德高尚的人a heart of oak果斷的人a stitch in time saves nine一勞永逸a bad workman quarrels with his tools不會睡覺怪床歪a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush十鳥在樹，不如一鳥在手a bit trying有些苦惱a burnt child dreads the fire一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩a cat may look at a king一視何傷a constant guest is never wel

2、come久住令人賤a contented mind is a perpetual feast知足常樂a crooked stick will have a crooked shadow上梁不正下梁歪a friend is easier lost than found朋友易失不易得a good beginning is half done能善其始，事已半成a good beginning makes a good ending善始善終a good gain takes long pain好事多磨a good lather is half a shave良好的開端等于成功的一半a good nam

3、e is better than riches名聲好，勝金寶a good tale is none the worse for being told twice好戲不厭百回看a jack of all trades is master of none樣樣精通樣樣稀松a little learning is a dangerous thing一知半解是危險的事。a man cannot whistle and drink at the same time一心不能兩用a man without a smiling face must not open a shop人無笑臉不開店a miss is

4、as good as a mile失之毫厘，差之千里a near neighbor is better than a distant cousin遠(yuǎn)親不如近鄰a necessary lie is harmless必要的謊言無妨a pin a day is a groat a year聚沙成塔a reformed rake makes the best husband浪子回頭金不換a rolling stone gathers no moss轉(zhuǎn)石不成苔，轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)不聚財a stone in a wall is not lost金簪掉在井里頭?有你的就是有你的a straw shows which wa

5、y the wind blows見微知著a white elephant暴殄天珍a word is enough to the wise快馬一鞭a word spoken is past recalling一言既出，駟馬難追a work ill done must be twice done首次做不好，必須重新做a young idler, an old beggar少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲absent-minded professor無頭蒼蠅act one's age適齡行為actions speak louder than words行動勝于言辭,坐而言，不如起而行after a f

6、ashion差勁at one's wit's end智窮才盡after a storm comes a calm雨過天晴all good things come to an end好花不常開，好景不常在all is fair in love and war情場如戰(zhàn)超不擇手段all is fish that comes to the net抓到籃里便是菜all lay loads on a willing horse人善被人欺，馬善被人騎all roads lead to roma條條大道通羅馬殊途同歸all that glitters is not gold閃光的東西并非都是金

7、子all things are difficult before they are easy萬事起頭難all's well that ends well結(jié)局好的就算好amiss is as good as a mile差之毫厘，失之千里an ax to grind圖謀不軌an empty sack cannot stand upright空袋立不直an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth以眼還眼，以牙還牙an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening一日之間在于晨an onlooker s

8、ees most of the game旁觀者清appearances are deceptive人不可貌相art is long, but life is short人生有限，學(xué)海無涯art is long, life is short人生朝露，藝業(yè)千秋as always一如既往as poor as a church mouse一貧如洗as red as a rose艷如桃花as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb一不做二不休as wet as a drowned rat濕如落湯雞as you brew so you must drink自作自受as y

9、ou make your bed, so you must lie in it自食其果,自作自受as you sow, so shall you reap種豆得豆，種瓜得瓜assess the situation, go with the tide審時度勢，順應(yīng)潮流a man who has friends must show himself friendly要想交朋友，就得有誠意a hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt百鎊愁難還一分債a good beginning is half done.,well begun is ha

10、lf done良好的開端就是成功的一半a good book is the best friends, the same today and forever好書如摯友，情誼永不an honest tale speeds best, being plainly told誠實的故事，哪怕是平淡地講，也傳得最快a three-hundred-mile journey starts with the first step千里之行,始于足下a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot put out一愚闖禍，百智

11、難補a friend in need is a friend indeed, tested friends, share weal and woe患難中的朋友才是真正的朋友,雪中送炭真君子a waterside pavilion gets the moonlight first.flowers and plants facing the sun grow better近水樓臺先得月，向陽花木早逢春。back and forth前前后后bad news travels fast壞事傳千里barking dogs seldom bite愛叫的狗很少咬人be careful with thing a

12、nd merciful with people對物要愛惜，對人要感恩be far-sighted目光遠(yuǎn)大be in the same boat同舟共濟be kept waiting for some time苦苦等候be open and aboveboard光明磊落be true to one's name名副其實be very ungrateful以怨報德beauty is but skin deep人不可貌相beauty is in the eye of the beholder情人眼里出西施beauty is only skin-deep人不可貌相beggars must no

13、t be choosers饑不擇食bell the cat風(fēng)險重重better late than never遲做總比不做好better master one than engage with ten會十事不如精一事birds of a feather flock together鳥以群分，物以類聚bite the hand that feeds one忘恩負(fù)義bitter pills may have wholesome effects良藥苦口blood is thicker than water疏不間親,血濃于水bonkers瘋狂的both feet on the ground實事求是bo

14、ys will be boys男孩子畢竟是男孩子brazen-faced厚臉皮burn one's boats破釜沉舟bury one's head in the sand無視事實business comes before pleasure正事在先，玩樂在后by george的確by the grapevine小道消息can of worms一團糟cannot see the wood for the trees只見樹木不見森林carry the can面對責(zé)備,負(fù)起責(zé)任change with each passing day日新月異chaos烏煙瘴氣clothes do no

15、t make the man人不可貌相clothes make the man人要衣裝，佛要金裝come across a tiger in the mountain山中遇虎come straight to the point開門見山coming events cast their shadows before山雨欲來風(fēng)滿樓comparisons are odious人比人，氣死人constant dropping wears away the stone滴水穿石cool one's heels坐冷板凳custom makes all things easy熟能生巧custom rec

16、onciles us to everything習(xí)慣成自然cut your coat according to your cloth量入為出dead men tell no tales死無對證deal with a man as he deals with you以其人之道還治其人之身deli(delicatessen)熟食店deserve one's reputation名不虛傳diamond cut diamond強中更有強中手diligence is the mother of success失敗是成功之母disco(discotheque)迪斯科divi(dividend)紅利

17、do as i say, not as i do照我說的做，別照我做的做do as you would be done by己所不欲,勿施于人do evil that good may come行惡以求善果do in rome as the romans do入鄉(xiāng)隨俗don't count your chickens before they are hatched別過早地樂觀don't cross the bridge until you come to it不要杞人憂天don't cry stinking fish不要喊魚腥,賣瓜不說瓜苦,老王賣瓜，自賣自夸don&#

18、39;t let the cat out of the bag不要泄露機密don't meet trouble half-way勿杞人憂天don't put all your eggs in one basket勿孤注一擲don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today今日事今日畢don't quarrel with your bread and butter端人家碗，服人家管don't ride the high horse勿擺架子don't teach your grandmother

19、 to suck egg不要對著耶穌講道理don't wash your dirty linen in public家丑不外揚don't primet judge a person by the clothes he wears不能以貌取人down-to-earth平易近人draw worldwide attention舉世矚目early to bed and early to rise早睡早起easier said than done說起來容易，做起來難east or west, home is best管他東方或西方，家是最好的地方easy come, easy go來的容

20、易去的快easy meat易辨的事empty vessels make the most sound滿瓶不響半瓶響叮當(dāng)engage in speculation投機倒把,買空賣空enjoy a happy get-together歡聚一堂enjoy popular support深入人心enough is as good as a feast知足常樂equal pay for equal work同工同酬even homer sometimes nods智者千慮必有一失every dog has his day困龍也有上天時every family has a skeleton in the

21、cupboard家家有本難念的經(jīng)every flow must have its ebb人有悲歡離合，月有陰晴圓缺every little countshelps積少成多every man is his own worst enemy一個人最大的敵人就是他自己every now and then時時刻刻everyone to his taste人各有所好example is better than precept身教重於言教experience is the best teacher前事不忘後事之師experience is the mother of wisdom不經(jīng)一事，不長一智extre

22、mes meet物極必反facts speak louder than words事實勝于雄辯failure is the mother of success失敗為成功之母faint-hearted膽小的familiarity breeds contempt近之則不遜feel like an old friends at first sight一見如故fine feathers make fine birds人要衣裝，馬要鞍first come, first served先來先招待first impressions are most lasting先入為主first time stranger

23、s, second time friends一回生,二回熟follow the river and you will get to the sea順藤摸瓜fools rush in where angels fear to tread初生牛犢不怕虎foot the bill付帳don't do unto others what you don't want others do unto you己所不欲勿施于人be all fingers and thumbs(be very awkward and clumsy in handling things)做事笨手笨腳better t

24、he devil you know than the devil you do not know明槍易躲，暗箭難防buyers want a hundred eyes; sellers，none買東西的要有百只眼，賣東西的可以不長眼craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked詭計需要偽裝，真理喜歡陽光every dog has its,his day a man his hour, and a dog has his day人人均有得意empty talks would lead the country astray, and har

25、d work can rejuvenate the nation空談?wù)`國,實干興邦gather ye rosebuds while ye may花開堪折直須折get the opposite of what one intended事與愿違get the sack炒魷魚give a dog a bad name and hang him讒言可畏,欲加之罪，何患無辭give a thief enough rope and he, ll hang himself多行不義必自斃give him an inch and he'll take an ell得寸進(jìn)尺give knaves an i

26、nch and they will take a yard得寸進(jìn)尺go for broke盡最大努力go while the going is good三十六計,走為上計god helps those who help themselves自助者天助之gold will not buy everything金錢并非萬能good things come in small packages鄉(xiāng)人不識貨，盡撿大的摸good wine needs no bush酒香不怕巷子深grasp all, lose all樣樣都要，全都失掉great minds think alike英雄所見略同great oa

27、ks from little acorns grow萬丈高樓從地起grow with every passingdayflourishing蒸蒸日上half a loaf is better than no bread聊勝於無hard and fast一成不變hard-hearted鐵石心腸的haste makes waste欲速則不達(dá)have one's wish fulfilled如愿以償he laughs best who laughs last最后笑的人笑得最得意he that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it作賊心虛he

28、 that hath a full purse never wanted a friend有錢有酒，必有朋友he that is full of himself is very empty自滿的人是空虛的he that touches pitch shall be defiled近朱者赤，近墨者黑he who knows most speaks least識多者寡言he who laughs last, laughs best誰笑在最后誰笑得最甜he who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount騎虎難下heart and soul全心全意地heart of s

29、tone石頭心腸heart-to-heart坦白的heaven helps those who help themselves天助自助者h(yuǎn)omer sometimes nods圣賢也有缺失honesty is the best policy誠實是上策h(yuǎn)ow happy we are, to meet friends from afar!有朋自遠(yuǎn)方來,不亦樂乎!hunger is the beat sauce饑不擇食if the sky falls, we shall catch larks杞人憂天if you kill one flea in march you kill a hundred二

30、月殺跳蚤，殺一少百if you run after two hares, you'll catch neither腳踏兩頭船擺渡難in a hundred and one thousand ways千方百計in doing, we learn經(jīng)一事，長一智in fair weather prepare for the foul未雨綢繆in for a penny, in for a pound一不做，二不休in one's heart of heart在內(nèi)心深處in spite of oneself不由自主in the country of the blind the one-

31、eyed man is king比上不足，比下有余in wine there is truth酒後吐真言issue ious打白條it goes in one ear and out the other左耳朵進(jìn)，右耳朵出it is dogged that does it天下無難事，只怕有心人it is easier to go up the hill than to run down上山容易，下山難it is easier to pull down than to build百年成之不足，一旦毀之有余it is love that makes the world go round情之一字，所以

32、維持世界it is never too late to mend亡羊補牢，時猶未晚it is no use crying over spilt milk既墜釜甑，反顧無益it takes two to make a quarrel一個巴掌不響it's a deal一言為定it's a long story一言難盡it's never too late to learn活到老，學(xué)到老it's never too late to mend亡羊補牢，未為晚也it's of great urgency that當(dāng)務(wù)之急it's self-evident

33、that不言而喻it's the nature of beasts本性難移it primes easy to be wise after the event事后諸葛亮justice has long arms天網(wǎng)恢恢,疏而不漏keep something for a rainy day未雨綢繆kill two birds with one stone一箭雙雕,一石二鳥kind-hearted心地慈祥的knowledge is power知識就是力量learn from other's strong points and close the gap取長補短learn to mee

34、t practical needs學(xué)以致用learn to walk before you run循序漸進(jìn)let bygones be bygones既往不究let sleeping dogs lie莫惹是非,一動不如一靜let things run their course聽其自然life is but empty dream浮生若夢like a lead balloon毫無作用like father, like son有其父必有其子little and often fills the purse集腋成裘live and learn活到老學(xué)到老,學(xué)無止境look back to the ol

35、d, if you would learn the new溫故而知新look before you leap三思而后行l(wèi)ookers-on see most of the game旁觀者清lost time is never found again光陰一去不復(fù)返love me, love my dog愛屋及烏make great,rapid strides突飛猛進(jìn)make hay while the sun shines打鐵趁熱make overall arrangements統(tǒng)籌兼顧make spectacle of oneself出洋相make yourself all honey and

36、 the files will devour you招蜂引蝶man proposes, god disposes謀事在人，成事在天many a little makes a mickle積少成多many hands make light work人多力量大,只要人手多，牌樓搬過河many men, many minds百姓百姓，一百個心marble-hearted鐵右心腸marriages are made in heaven姻緣天注定men are blind in their own cause人不知自丑，馬不嫌臉長merchant of death死亡販子might is right強權(quán)

37、即公理misfortunes never come singly禍不單行mod(modern)時髦的,摩登的money begets money錢賺錢money burns a hole in his pocket錢燒口袋漏，一有就不留money is everything有錢能使鬼推磨money is the root of all evil金錢是萬惡之源money makes the mare go有錢能使鬼推魔money talks金錢萬能,有錢能使鬼推磨more haste, less speed欲速則不達(dá)murder will out紙包不住火mutual understanding

38、 and mutual accommodation互諒互讓he who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom千里之行,始于足下knowledge without practice makes half as artist有知識無實踐只是半個藝術(shù)家half the world knows not how the other half lives一家不知一家事，神仙不知瓜里事good opportunity, favorable geographical location and support from the people天時、地利、人

39、和learning is like swimming upstream if you don't go forward, you'll go back學(xué)如逆水行舟，不進(jìn)則退it takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred years to educate people十年樹木,百年樹人nat (mationalist)民族主義者necessity knows no law饑寒起盜心neither fish nor flesh非驢非馬network of personal connections關(guān)系網(wǎng)neut(neutron bomb)

40、中子彈never cackle till your egg is laid事未完成莫夸耀never do things by halves凡事不要半途而廢never judge by appearances人不可貌相never mind trouble troubles you明日愁來明日憂never put off till tomorrow what may be done today今日事，今日畢never put off what can be done today till tomorrow今日之事今日畢new broom sweeps clean新官上任三把火no cross, n

41、o crown吃得苦中苦，方為人上人no gain without pain舍不得兒子，套不了狼no pains, no gains不勞則無獲no work, no money不勞無獲not to wear your heart on your sleeve不要太情緒化nothing is impossible to a willing heart世上無難事，只怕有心人null and void空洞無物obedience is the first duty of a soldier服從是軍人的天職of two evils choose the lesser兩害相權(quán)取其輕off and on斷斷

42、續(xù)續(xù)old chap老兄old friends and old wine are best陳酒味純，老友情深on one's last legs日暮途窮once bitten, twice shy一回遭蛇咬，二回不攢草one cannot be in two places at once分身乏術(shù)one cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs有得必有失one cannot put back the clock盛年不重來，一日難再晨one father is more than a hundred school masters勝過師長百位on

43、e good turn deserves another好心有好報one is never too old to learn活到老，學(xué)到老one man sows and another reaps東家種竹，西家生筍one must draw back in order to leap better以退為進(jìn)one pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands走為上策one swallow does not make a summer單絲不成線，獨木不成林one's pound of flesh合理不合情之要求opportunity ma

44、kes the thief財不露白o(hù)ut of sight, out of mind眼不見，心不想over shoes, over boots一不做，二不休pell-mell development盲目發(fā)展,欲速則不達(dá)penny wise, pound foolish小事精明，大事糊涂people who live in glass houses should not throw stones責(zé)人必先責(zé)己person of insight有識之士play by ear到時再看please give me a hand請幫我一個忙posh非常時髦的practice make perfect熟能生

45、巧present the facts and reason things out擺事實講道理pretty feathers make pretty birds人要衣裝pride comes,goes before a fall驕兵必敗reading makes a full man讀書使人完善red shy in the morning, shepherd's warning早霞不出門，晚霞晴千里remain fresh in one's memory記憶猶新renew friendship共敘舊誼rip off宰客risk one's fortune in busin

46、ess下海rome was not built in a day冰凍三尺，非一日之寒,大器晚成rome was not built in a day羅馬不是一天造成的second to none首屈一指seeing is believing百聞不如一見,眼見為實seeking increasing perfection精益求精self-praise is no recommendation自吹自擂并非推薦之道serve as a bridge牽線搭橋short in weight缺斤短兩silly child is soon taught要想孩子好，教育要趁早single-hearted de

47、votion專心致志six of one and half a dozen of the other半斤八兩so many countries, so many customs各地各鄉(xiāng)風(fēng)sooner or later, the truth comes to light真相遲早會大白spare the rod and spoil the child不打不成器spend money like water花錢大手大腳spick-and-span煥然一新street gossip街談巷議strike the iron while it is hot strike while the iron is h

48、ot打鐵趁熱strike while the iron is hot趁熱打鐵stuff and nonserse亂七八糟talk of the devil and he's sure to appear說曹操，曹操就到tap new sources of revenue and husband existing resources開源節(jié)流tastes differ羊羹雖美，眾口難調(diào)the best fish swim near the bottom好戲在後頭,好酒沈甕底),好魚居水底the burnt child dreads the worm一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩the child

49、is father of (,to)the man歲訂到老the early bird gets(,catches) the worm捷足先登the end justifies the means為達(dá)目的不擇手段the first step is as good as half over第一步是最關(guān)鍵的一步the first step is the hardest萬事開頭難the fist blow is half the battle先下手為強the gift itself may be small, but the goodwill is deep禮輕情意重the government f

50、unctions well and the people live in harmony政通人和the grass is greener on the other side of the hill這山望著那山高the greater the truth, the greater the libel真理越明，誹謗越兇the leopard cannot change its spots江山易改，本性難移,狗改不了吃屎the longest day must have an end天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏the miles of god grind slowly人心節(jié)節(jié)高於天，越是有錢越愛錢the mo

51、re you have, the more you want人心節(jié)節(jié)高于天，越富越愛錢the tailor makes the man人要衣裝，佛要金裝the used key is always bright常用的鑰匙常光亮there is no smoke without fire無風(fēng)不起浪thick-kinned厚臉皮think carefully before leaping三思而後行this is beyond dispute毫無疑問time and tide wait (s) for no man時間不等人,歲月不饒人time and tide wait for no man歲月不

52、饒人time flies never to be recalled光陰一去不復(fù)返time is money時間就是金錢,一寸光陰一寸金time is the father of truth時間是真理之父time tries all things時間考驗一切time tries truth時間檢驗真理tit for tat一報還一報to add fuel to the flame火上加油to and fro來來往往to be put on the shelf束之高閣to be shattered to pieces落花流水to beat the air捕風(fēng)捉影to come out in one

53、's true colours顯出真面目to cry one's heart out傷心欲絕to dilly dally吊兒朗當(dāng)to eat one's heart out憂傷過度to end in a smojke終成泡影to fish in the air水底撈月to hang by a thread千鈞一發(fā)to have one's heart in one's mouth嚇了一跳to have one's heart in the right place好心好意to have one's heart in the wrong place心懷叵測to learn by heart銘記于心to let bygones be bygones既往不咎to lock the stable door after the horse is stolen亡羊補牢to look for a needle in a haystack海底撈針to lose heart意氣沮喪to