英語諺語500句

1、英語諺語500句A.l A bad beginning makes a bad ending. l 不善始者不善終。l A bad thing never dies.l 遺臭萬年。l A bad workman always blames his tools. l 不會撐船怪河彎。l A bad bush is better than an open field. / Something is better than nothing. / A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. / Better a mouse in the p

2、ot than no meat at all. / Better a small fish than an empty dish. / Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. l 聊勝于無。l A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart.l 做賊心虛。l A bad father has never a good son.l 上梁不正下梁歪。l A bad penny always comes back / turns up.l 惡有惡報。l A bad woman is worse than a bad

3、 man.l 最毒婦人心。l A bad worker quarrels with his tools. / A bad workman always blames his tools.l 人笨怪刀鈍。l A bakers wife may bite of a bun.l 近水樓臺先得月。l A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.l 鐵杵磨成針。l A barking dog never bites. / A barking dog was never a good biter. / Barking dogs seldom bite

4、.l 會叫的狗不咬人。l A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself. l 以小人之心，度君子之腹。l A beard well lathered is half shaved.l 磨刀不誤砍柴功。l A beggar cannot be a chooser.l 饑不擇食。l A beggar pays a benefit with a louse. / bite the hand that feeds one.l 以怨報德。/ 恩將仇報。l A begun work is half ended.l 萬事開頭難

5、。l A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. l 一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。l A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. l 吹牛與說謊本是同宗。l A bully is always a coward. l 色厲內(nèi)荏。l A burden of ones choice is not felt. l 愛挑的擔(dān)子不嫌重。l A burnt child dreads the fire.l 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。l A candle lights others and consumes itself. l 蠟燭照

6、亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。l A cat has 9 lives. l 貓有九條命。l A cat may look at a king. l 貓也可以打量國王（意為人人平等）。l A close mouth catches no flies. l 病從口入。l A constant guest is never welcome. l ?？土钊藚挕 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. l 逆境出人才。l A fair death honors the whole life. l 死得其所，流芳百世。l A faithful friend is hard t

7、o find. l 知音難覓。l A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. / Experience must be bought. / By doing we learn. / By falling we learn to go safely.l 吃一塹，長一智。l A fox may grow gray, but never good. l 江山易改，本性難移。l A friend in need is a friend indeed. l 患難見真情。l A friend is easier lost than found. l 得朋友難，失朋友易。l

8、 A friend is never known till a man has need. l 需要之時方知友。l A friend without faults will never be found. l 沒有十全十美的朋友。l After you is good manners. l “您先請”是禮貌。l A good beginning is half done. l 良好的開端是成功的一半。l A good beginning makes a good ending. l 善始者善終。l A good book is a good friend. l 好書如摯友。l A good b

9、ook is the best of friends, the same today and forever. l 一本好書，相伴一生。l A good conscience is a soft pillow. l 不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。l A good fame is better than a good face. l 美名勝過美貌。l A good husband makes a good wife. l 夫善則妻賢。l A good wifes health is a mans best wealth. l 妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。l A great talker is a gr

10、eat liar. l 說大話者多謊言。l A hedge between keeps friendship green. l 君子之交淡如水。l A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. l 戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。l A leopard cannot change its spots. l 積習(xí)難改。l A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. l 說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。l A light heart lives long. l 靜以修身。l A little b

11、ody often harbors a great soul. l 濃縮的都是精華。l A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. l 一知半解，自欺欺人。l A little pot is soon hot. l 狗肚子盛不得四兩油。l Absence makes the heart grow fonder. l 小別勝新婚。l The absent are always in the wrong. l 誰人背后無人說。l Absent in body, but present ion spirit. l 永垂不朽。l Accidents will ha

12、ppen. l 天有不測風(fēng)云。l Actions speak louder than words. l 行動勝于言語。/ 事實勝于雄辯。l Add a flower to a bouquet. l 錦上添花。l Add frost to snow. l 雪上加霜。l Add legs to the snake one has just painted. l 畫蛇添足。l Add oil to a fire. l 火上加油。l Adversity is a good discipline. l 苦難是磨練人的好機(jī)會。l Adversity leads to prosperity. l 窮則思變。

13、/ 危機(jī)就是轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)。l Adversity makes strange bedfellows. l 身處逆境不擇友。l Advice is a stranger, if welcome he stays for the night; if not welcome he returns home the same day. l 忠告是位陌生客，若受歡迎，就停留過夜；不受歡迎，當(dāng)天就回家。l After a storm comes fair weather; after sorrow (comes) joy. l 陽光總在風(fēng)雨后。l After a storm comes a calm. l 雨過天

14、晴。l After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. l 人生如戲， 到頭來總要落幕。l After victory, tighten your helmet chord. l 居安思危。l Aged ginger is more pungent. l 姜是老的辣。l An aged steed confined to the stable still aspires after the glory of galloping a thousand li. l 老驥伏櫪，志在千里。l Ale will make a cat

15、 speak. l 酒后吐真言。l All ask if a man be rich, none if he be good. l 人情冷暖，世態(tài)炎涼。l All are brave when the enemy flies.l 敵人逃竄時，人人都成了勇士。l All covet, all lose. l 貪多必失。l All crows in the world are black. l 天下烏鴉一般黑。l All good things come to an end. l 天下沒有不散的筵席。l All gains are made at some sacrifice. l 有所舍，方能有

16、所得。/ 有得必有失。l All good things must come to an end. l 天下無不散的筵席。/ 花無百日紅。l All is fair in war. l 兵不厭詐。l All men are mortal. l 人皆有一死。l All ones geese are swans. l 自吹自擂。/ 王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸。l All rivers run into the sea. l 海納百川。l All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill. l 有情人終成眷屬。l All roads lead to Rome.l 條條大路通羅馬

17、。/ 殊途同歸。l All sunshine makes the desert. / Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night.l 過猶不及。l All the winning is in the first buying. l 先下手為強。l All that ends well is well.l 結(jié)果好，就一切都好。l All that glitters is not gold.l 閃光的不一定都是金子。l All things are difficult before they are easy.l 凡事總

18、是由難而易。l All things are obedient to money. / Before gold, even kings take off their hats.l 有錢能使鬼推磨。l All things come to him who waits. l 成功屬于有準(zhǔn)備的人。l All things thrive at trice. l 事不過三。l All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.l 只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。l All time is no time when it is past. l 光陰一去不復(fù)返。l Alwa

19、ys taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom.l 坐吃山空。l Ambition never dies until there is no way out.l 不到黃河心不死。l Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.l 山中無老虎，猴子充霸王。l A man becomes learned by asking questions.l 不恥下問才能有學(xué)問。l A man can do no more than he can.l 凡事都應(yīng)量力而行

20、。l A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.l 一心不能二用。l A man is known by his friends.l 什么人交什么朋友。l A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.l 光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。l A man without money is no man at all.l 一分錢難倒英雄漢。l A mans meat is another mans poison.l 蘿卜白菜，各有所愛。l A merry heart goe

21、s all the way.l 心曠神怡，事事順利。l A miss is as good as a mile.l 失之毫厘，差之千里。l A mothers love never changes.l 母愛永恒。l An apple a day keeps the doctor away.l 一天一蘋果，不用請醫(yī)生。l A new broom sweeps clean.l 新官上任三把火。l Anger and haste hinder good counsel.l 小不忍則亂大謀。l An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.l 以眼還眼，以牙還牙。

22、l An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.l 一日之計在于晨。l An old dog cannot learn new tricks.l 老狗學(xué)不出新把戲。l An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.l 聰明才智，不如運氣。l An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.l 預(yù)防為主，治療為輔。l Anser a fool according to his folly.l 以其人之道，還治其人之身。l An ant m

23、ay well destroy an entire dam.l 千里之堤，潰于蟻穴。l An army marches on its stomach.l 兵馬未動，糧草先行。l An ass in Germany is a professor in Rome. / By others faults, wise men correct their own.l 他山之石，可以攻玉。l Any book you open will benefit your mind.l 開卷有益。l Any sandpiper is great in his own swamp.l 金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩。l Ap

24、parel makes the man.l 人要衣裝。l Appearances are deceitful / deceptive.l 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。l Approach heaven with a single stride.l 一步登天。l A rolling stone gathers no moss.l 滾石不生苔，轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)不聚財。l As a man lives, so he shall die.l 有生必有死。l As a man sows, so he shall reap. / As the tree, so the fruit. / As you sow, so y

25、ou reap.l 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。/ 一分耕耘，一分收獲。l As a mans heart is, so does he speak.l 言為心聲。l As a snipe and a clam are entangled in a fight, a fisherman catches them both.l 鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。l As many heads as many wits.l 集思廣益。l As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring. / The danger past and God for

26、gotten.l 忘恩負(fù)義。/ 過河拆橋。l Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.l 卸磨殺驢。/ 過河拆橋。l As the big hound is, so will the pup be. / As the old cock crows, so does the young.l 有其父必有其子。l As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks.l 一相情愿。l As the tree falls, so shall it be. / As you cooked the porri

27、dge, so must you eat it.l 自作自受。l As we live, so we learn.l 活到老，學(xué)到老。l As you brew, so must you drink. / As you make your bed so you must lie on it.l 自食其果。/ 搬石頭砸自己的腳。l A single flower does not make a spring. l 一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。l Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.l 擇鄰而居。l A snow year, a rich

28、year.l 瑞雪兆豐年。l A sound mind in a sound body.l 健全的精神寓于健康的身體。l A still tongue makes a wise head.l 寡言者智。l A stitch in time saves nine.l 小洞不補，大洞吃苦。l A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.l 身正不怕影子斜。l A swallow makes no summer.l 一燕不成夏。l At birth we bring nothing; at death we take away nothing.l

29、生不帶來，死不帶去。l Avarice blinds our eyes.l 財迷心竅。l A wise head makes a close mouth.l 真人不露相，露相非真人。l A word spoken is past recalling.l 一言既出，駟馬難追。l A years plan starts with spring.l 一年之計在于春。l A young idler, an old beggar.l 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。l An able horse will never come back to feed in the same stable.l 好馬不吃回頭草。

30、B.l Bad news has wings. / a bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.l 好事不出門，壞事傳千里。l Barking dogs seldom bite.l 吠犬不咬人。l Beauty lies in the lovers eyes. / Beauty is in the eye of the beholder/ gazer. / Beauty is the child of love.l 情人眼里出西施。l Beauty fades like a flower.l 紅顏易逝。l Behind an able man

31、there are always other able men. / The blacksmith in one village becomes a blacksmiths apprentice in another.l 山外有山，人外有人。l Behind bad luck comes good luck.l 塞翁失馬，焉知非福。l Be swift to hear, slow to speak.l 聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。/ 敏于聽而慎于言。l Be considerate to others and you will be treated likewise.l 與人方便，自己方便。l Bet

32、ter late than never.l 不怕慢，單怕站。l Better an open enemy than a false friend. / Better the devil you know than the devil you dont know.l 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。l Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.l 隨遇而安。l Begin to dig a well only when one feels thirsty.l 臨渴掘井。l Better to ask the way than go astray.l 問路總比迷路好。

33、l Better be the head of a chicken than the tail of an ox.l 寧為雞首，不為牛后。l Better die a beggar than live a beggar.l 寧死不食嗟來之食。l Better die with honors than live with shame.l 與其忍辱偷生，不如慷慨就義。l Better early than late.l 寧早勿遲。l Better good neighbors near than relations faraway.l 遠(yuǎn)親不如近鄰。l Better is the neighbor

34、s hen than mine.l 月亮是外國的圓。l Between friends all is common.l 朋友之間不分彼此。l Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.l 功虧一簣。/ 煮熟的鴨子還可能會飛。l Between the devil and the deep blue sea.l 進(jìn)退兩難。l Big mouthfuls often choke. / Bite off more than one can chew.l 貪多嚼不爛。l Bind the sack before it be full.l 做事應(yīng)適可而止

35、。l Birds of a feather flock together.l 物以類聚，人以群分。l Blessings are ever waiting on virtuous acts.l 吉人自有天相。l Blood is thicker than water.l 血濃于水。l Blood will have blood.l 血債血償。l Books and friends should be few but good.l 讀書如交友，應(yīng)求少而精。l Bread is the staff of life.l 民以食為天。l Bring up a raven and hell pick o

36、ut your eyes.l 養(yǎng)虎為患。l Brothers are like arms and legs; husband and wife are like clothing.l 兄弟如手足，夫婦如衣服。l Burn a forest to farm and drain a pound to fish.l 焚林成田，竭澤而漁。l Business is business.l 公事公辦。l Business is the salt of life.l 事業(yè)是人生的第一需要。l By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish i

37、t.l 讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。l By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn.l 教學(xué)相長。C.l Cannot see the wood for the trees.l 一葉障目，不見泰山。l Care and diligence bring luck.l 謹(jǐn)慎和勤奮才能抓住機(jī)遇。l Caution is the parent of safety.l 小心駛得萬年船。l Cheats never prosper.l 騙人發(fā)不了財。l Children are what the mothers are.l 耳濡目染，身教言

38、傳。l Choose an author as you choose a friend.l 擇書如擇友。l Come what may, heaven wont fall.l 做你的吧，天塌不下來。l Complacency is the enemy of study.l 學(xué)習(xí)的敵人是自己的滿足。l Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.l 自信是走向成功的第一步。l Constant dripping wears away a stone.l 水滴石穿，繩鋸木斷。l Content is better

39、than riches.l 知足者常樂。l Count ones chickens before they are hatched.l 蛋未孵先數(shù)雛。l Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.l 來而不往非禮也。l Creep before you walk.l 循序漸進(jìn)。l Cry for the moon.l 海底撈月。l Custom is a second nature.l 習(xí)慣是后天養(yǎng)成的。l Custom makes all things easy.l 有個好習(xí)慣，事事皆不難。D.l Diamond cuts diamond.l 強中自有

40、強中手。l Do as the Romans do.l 入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。l Do as you would be done by.l 己所不欲，勿施于人。l Doing is better than saying.l 與其掛在嘴上，不如落實在行動上。l Do it now.l 機(jī)不可失，時不再來。l Do nothing by halves.l 凡事不可半途而廢。l Dont claim to know what you dont know.l 不要不懂裝懂。l Dont have too many irons in the fire.l 不要攬事過多。l Dont make a mountain

41、out of a molehill.l 不要小題大做。l Dont put off till tomorrow what should be done today.l 今日事，今日畢。l Dont put the cart before the horse.l 不要本末倒置。l Dont trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.l 不要自找麻煩。l Dont try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.l 不要班門弄斧。l Do well and have well.l 善有善報。E.l Each bird

42、 love to hear himself sing.l 孤芳自賞。l Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.l 早睡早起身體好。l Easier said than done. / Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.l 說得容易，做得難。l Easy come, easy go.l 來也匆匆，去也匆匆。l Eat to live, but not live to eat.l 人吃飯是為了活著，但活著不是為了吃飯

43、。l Empty vessels make the greatest sound.l 實磨無聲空磨響，滿瓶不動半瓶搖。l Envy has no holidays.l 忌妒之人無寧日。l Even Homer sometimes nods.l 智者千慮，必有一失。l Even reckoning makes long friends.l 親兄弟，明算賬。l Every advantage has its disadvantage.l 有利必有弊。l Everybodys business is nobodys business.l 人人負(fù)責(zé)，等于沒人負(fù)責(zé)。l Every day is not

44、Sunday.l 好景不常在。l Every dog has his day.l 誰都有得意的時候。l Every door may be shut, but deaths door.l 人生在世，唯死難逃。l Every heart has its own sorrow.l 各人有各人的苦惱。l Every little helps a mickle.l 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。l Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.l 人不為己，天誅地滅。l Every man has his faults.l 金無足赤，人無完人。l

45、 Every man has his hobbyhorse.l 蘿卜青菜，各有所愛。l Every man has his weak side.l 人人都有弱點。l Every man is the architect of his own fortune.l 自己的命運自己掌握。l Every minute counts.l 分秒必爭。l Every mothers child is handsome.l 孩子是自己的好。l Every potter praises hit pot.l 王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸。l Everything is good when new, but friends

46、when old.l 東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。l Example is better then percept.l 說一遍，不如做一遍。l Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.l 經(jīng)驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。F.l Fact speak louder than words.l 事實勝于雄辯。l Failure is the mother of success.l 失敗是成功之母。l False friends are worse than bitter enemies.l 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。l Far fr

47、om eye, far from heart.l 眼不見，心不煩。l Far water does not put out near fire.l 遠(yuǎn)水救不了近火。l Faults are thick where love is thin.l 一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。l Fear always springs from ignorance.l 恐懼源于無知。l Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.l 隔墻有耳。l Fire and water have no mercy.l 水火無情。l Fire is a good servant but a bad

48、master.l 火是一把雙刃劍。l First come, first served.l 先來后到。l First impressions are half the battle.l 初次見面，印象最深。l First think and then speak.l 先想后說。l Fools grow without watering.l 朽木不可雕。l Fools haste is no speed.l 欲速則不達(dá)。l Fools has fortune.l 呆人有呆福。l Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much

49、from fools.l 愚者不學(xué)無術(shù)，智者不恥下問。l Forbidden fruit is sweet.l 禁果格外香。l Fortune favors those who use their judgement.l 機(jī)遇偏愛善斷之人。l Fortune knocks once at least at every mans gate.l 風(fēng)水輪流轉(zhuǎn)。l Four eyes see more than two.l 集思廣益。l Friends agree best at distance.l 朋友之間也會保持距離。l Friends are thieves of time.l 朋友是時間的竊

50、賊。l Friends must part.l 再好的朋友也有分手的時候。G.l Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.l 天才不過是勤奮而已。l Give a dog a bad name and hang him.l 眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。l God helps those who help themselves.l 自助者天助。l Gold will not buy anything.l 黃金并非萬能。l Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.l 以德報德是常理，以德報怨大丈夫。l G

51、ood health is over wealth.l 健康是最大的財富。l A good medicine tastes bitter. / Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. / Better pills may have wholesome effects.l 良藥苦口。l Advice when most needed is least heeded. l 忠言逆耳。l Good watch prevents misfortune.l 謹(jǐn)慎消災(zāi)。l Great barkers are no biters.l 好狗不擋

52、道。l Great hopes make great man.l 偉大的抱負(fù)造就偉大的人物。l Great minds think alike.l 英雄所見略同。l Great men have great faults.l 英雄犯大錯誤。l Great mens sons seldom do well.l 富不過三代。l Great trees are good for nothing but shade.l 大樹底下好乘涼。l Great wits have short memories.l 貴人多忘事。l Greedy folks have long arms.l 心貪手長。l Guil

53、ty consciences make men cowards.l 做賊心虛。H.l Habit cures habit.l 心病還需心藥醫(yī)。l Handsome is he who does handsomely.l 行為漂亮才算美。l Happiness takes no account of time.l 歡樂不覺時光過。l Happy is he who owes nothing.l 要想活得痛快，身上不能背債。l Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.l 吸取他人教訓(xùn)，自己才會走運。l Harm set,

54、 harm get.l 害人害己。l Hasty love, soon cold.l 一見鐘情難維久。l Health is better than wealth.l 健康勝過財富。l Health is happiness.l 健康就是幸福。l Hear all parties.l 兼聽則明。l Heaven never helps the man who will not act.l 自己不動，叫天何用。l He is a fool that forgets himself.l 愚者忘乎所以。l He is a good friend that speaks well of us behi

55、nd our backs.l 背后說好話，才是真朋友。l He is a wise man who speaks little.l 聰明不是掛在嘴上。l He is lifeless that is faultless.l 只有死人才不犯錯誤。l He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.l 正人先正己。l He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.l 自嘲者不會讓人見笑。l He is wise that is honest.l 誠實者最明智。l He knows most who speaks least.l 大智若愚。l He laughs best who laughs last.l 誰笑到最后，誰笑得最好。l He sets the fox to keep the geese.l 引狼入室。l He that climbs high falls heavily.l 爬得越高，摔得越重。l He that will not work shall