80条英语谚语

Question

按英语字母排好

Answer 1

Obedience is the first duty of a soldier军人以服从命令为天职。
Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。
Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。
Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。
One false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One good turn deserves another.行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。
One man‘s fault is other man‘s lesson.前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summ一燕不成夏。
One‘s words reflect one‘s thinking.言为心声。
Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。
Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。
Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。
Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。
Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。
Promise is debt.一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。
Rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
Seeing is believing.眼见为实。 Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者当差，不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。
Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.静水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。
Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。
Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。
Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。
The best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盗铃。
The danger past and God forgotten.过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The die is cast.木已成舟。 The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。
The end makes all equal.死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。
The fox knew too much, that‘s how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿 性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。
The grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得惨。
The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。
The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越谦虚。
The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.人间处处有温情。
There is no general rule without some exception.任何法规均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.没有长生不老药。
There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
The style is the man.字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，浊者自浊。 The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
Think twice before you do.三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。
Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。
Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies.光阴似箭。 Time is money.时间就是金钱。
Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝，不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。
Time tries all.路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
To err is human.人非圣贤，孰能无过。
To know everything is to know nothing.什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。
To know oneself is true progress.人贵有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.学问太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.自由放任，一事无成。
Too much praise is a burden.过多夸奖，反成负担。
To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
Troubles never come singly.福无双至，祸不单行。
Truth never grows old.真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.洗心革面，改过自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.一个好汉三个帮。
Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.别人错了，不等于你对了。
Unity is strength.团结就是力量。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.忠言逆耳利于行。
Until all is over one‘s ambition never dies.不到黄河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.吃小亏占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远远胜过美貌。
Walls have ears.小心隔墙有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康，钱再多也没用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.好东西，失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.好的开始，是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault
.欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。
Whatever you do, do with all your might.不管做什么，都要一心一意
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.儿时所学，终生难忘。
What‘s done cannot be undone.生米煮成熟饭了。
What‘s lost is lost.失者不可复得。What we do willingly is easy.愿者不难。When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入国问禁，入乡随俗。
When everybody‘s somebody then nobody‘s anybody.人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.伤心旧事别重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
新仇旧恨，齐上心头。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.酒后吐真言。
Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.道高一尺，魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.好人不长命。
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。
Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。 Wet behind the ears.乳臭未干。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 强扭的瓜不甜
。 You may know by a handful the whole sack.由一斑可知全貌。
You never know what you can till you try.是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛

500句，够么？

Answer 2

a heart of gold道德高尚的人

a heart of oak果断的人

a stitch in time saves nine一劳永逸

a bad workman quarrels with his tools不会睡觉怪床歪

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush十鸟在树，不如一鸟在手

a bit trying有些苦恼

a burnt child dreads the fire一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳

a cat may look at a king一视何伤

a constant guest is never welcome久住令人贱

a contented mind is a perpetual feast知足常乐

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善始善终

a good gain takes long pain好事多磨

a good lather is half a shave良好的开端等于成功的一半

a good name is better than riches名声好，胜金宝

a good tale is none the worse for being told twice好戏不厌百回看

a jack of all trades is master of none样样精通样样稀松

a little learning is a dangerous thing一知半解是危险的事。

a man cannot whistle and drink at the same time一心不能两用

a man without a smiling face must not open a shop人无笑脸不开店

a miss is as good as a mile失之毫厘，差之千里

a near neighbor is better than a distant cousin远亲不如近邻

a necessary lie is harmless必要的谎言无妨

a pin a day is a groat a year聚沙成塔

a reformed rake makes the best husband浪子回头金不换

a rolling stone gathers no moss转石不成苔，转业不聚财

a stone in a wall is not lost金簪掉在井里头?有你的就是有你的

a straw shows which way the wind blows见微知著

a white elephant暴殄天珍

a word is enough to the wise快马一鞭

a word spoken is past recalling一言既出，驷马难追

a work ill done must be twice done首次做不好，必须重新做

a young idler, an old beggar少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲

absent-minded professor无头苍蝇

act one's age适龄行为

actions speak louder than words行动胜于言辞,坐而言，不如起而行

after a fashion差劲

at one's wit's end智穷才尽

after a storm comes a calm雨过天晴

all good things come to an end好花不常开，好景不常在

all is fair in love and war情场如战超不择手段

all is fish that comes to the net抓到篮里便是菜

all lay loads on a willing horse人善被人欺，马善被人骑

all roads lead to roma条条大道通罗马\殊途同归

all that glitters is not gold闪光的东西并非都是金子

all things are difficult before they are easy万事起头难

all's well that ends well结局好的就算好

amiss is as good as a mile差之毫厘，失之千里

an ax to grind图谋不轨

an empty sack cannot stand upright空袋立不直

an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth以眼还眼，以牙还牙

an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening一日之间在于晨

an onlooker sees most of the game旁观者清

appearances are deceptive人不可貌相

art is long, but life is short人生有限，学海无涯

art is long, life is short人生朝露，艺业千秋

as always一如既往

as poor as a church mouse一贫如洗

as red as a rose艳如桃花

as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb一不做二不休

as wet as a drowned rat湿如落汤鸡

as you brew so you must drink自作自受

as you make your bed, so you must lie in it自食其果,自作自受

as you sow, so shall you reap种豆得豆，种瓜得瓜

assess the situation, go with the tide审时度势，顺应潮流

a man who has friends must show himself friendly要想交朋友，就得有诚意

a hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt百镑愁难还一分债

a good beginning is half done.,well begun is half done良好的开端就是成功的一半

a good book is the best friends, the same today and forever好书如挚友，情谊永不

an honest tale speeds best, being plainly told诚实的故事，哪怕是平淡地讲，也传得最快

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一愚闯祸，百智难补

a friend in need is a friend indeed, tested friends, share weal and woe患难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近水楼台先得月，向阳花木早逢春。

back and forth前前后后

bad news travels fast坏事传千里

barking dogs seldom bite爱叫的狗很少咬人

be careful with thing and merciful with people对物要爱惜，对人要感恩

be far-sighted目光远大

be in the same boat同舟共济

be kept waiting for some time苦苦等候

be open and aboveboard光明磊落

be true to one's name名副其实

be very ungrateful以怨报德

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 not be choosers饥不择食

bell the cat风险重重

better late than never迟做总比不做好

better master one than engage with ten会十事不如精一事

birds of a feather flock together鸟以群分，物以类聚

bite the hand that feeds one忘恩负义

bitter pills may have wholesome effects良药苦口

blood is thicker than water疏不间亲,血浓于水

bonkers疯狂的

both feet on the ground实事求是

boys will be boys男孩子毕竟是男孩子

brazen-faced厚脸皮

burn one's boats破釜沉舟

bury one's head in the sand无视事实

business comes before pleasure正事在先，玩乐在后

by george的确

by the grapevine小道消息

can of worms一团糟

cannot see the wood for the trees只见树木不见森林

carry the can面对责备,负起责任

change with each passing day日新月异

chaos乌烟瘴气

clothes do not make the man人不可貌相

clothes make the man人要衣装，佛要金装

come across a tiger in the mountain山中遇虎

come straight to the point开门见山

coming events cast their shadows before山雨欲来风满楼

comparisons are odious人比人，气死人

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 reconciles us to everything习惯成自然

cut your coat according to your cloth量入为出

dead men tell no tales死无对证

deal with a man as he deals with you以其人之道还治其人之身

deli(delicatessen)熟食店

deserve one's reputation名不虚传

diamond cut diamond强中更有强中手

diligence is the mother of success失败是成功之母

disco(discotheque)迪斯科

divi(dividend)红利

do as i say, not as i do照我说的做，别照我做的做

do as you would be done by己所不欲,勿施于人

do evil that good may come行恶以求善果

do in rome as the romans do入乡随俗

don't count your chickens before they are hatched别过早地乐观

don't cross the bridge until you come to it不要杞人忧天

don't cry stinking fish不要喊鱼腥,卖瓜不说瓜苦,老王卖瓜，自卖自夸

don't let the cat out of the bag不要泄露机密

don't meet trouble half-way勿杞人忧天

don't put all your eggs in one basket勿孤注一掷

don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today今日事今日毕

don't quarrel with your bread and butter端人家碗，服人家管

don't ride the high horse勿摆架子

don't teach your grandmother to suck egg不要对着耶稣讲道理

don't wash your dirty linen in public家丑不外扬

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举世瞩目

early to bed and early to rise早睡早起

easier said than done说起来容易，做起来难

east or west, home is best管他东方或西方，家是最好的地方

easy come, easy go来的容易去的快

easy meat易辨的事

empty vessels make the most sound满瓶不响半瓶响叮当

engage in speculation投机倒把,买空卖空

enjoy a happy get-together欢聚一堂

enjoy popular support深入人心

enough is as good as a feast知足常乐

equal pay for equal work同工同酬

even homer sometimes nods智者千虑必有一失

every dog has his day困龙也有上天时

every family has a skeleton in the cupboard家家有本难念的经

every flow must have its ebb人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺

every little countshelps积少成多

every man is his own worst enemy一个人最大的敌人就是他自己

every now and then时时刻刻

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前事不忘后事之师

experience is the mother of wisdom不经一事，不长一智

extremes meet物极必反

facts speak louder than words事实胜于雄辩

failure is the mother of success失败为成功之母

faint-hearted胆小的

familiarity breeds contempt近之则不逊

feel like an old friends at first sight一见如故

fine feathers make fine birds人要衣装，马要鞍

first come, first served先来先招待

first impressions are most lasting先入为主

first time strangers, second time friends一回生,二回熟

follow the river and you will get to the sea顺藤摸瓜

fools rush in where angels fear to tread初生牛犊不怕虎

foot the bill付帐

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)做事笨手笨脚

better the devil you know than the devil you do not know明枪易躲，暗箭难防

buyers want a hundred eyes; sellers，none买东西的要有百只眼，卖东西的可以不长眼

craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked诡计需要伪装，真理喜欢阳光

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 hard work can rejuvenate the nation空谈误国,实干兴邦

gather ye rosebuds while ye may花开堪折直须折

get the opposite of what one intended事与愿违

get the sack炒鱿鱼

give a dog a bad name and hang him谗言可畏,欲加之罪，何患无辞

give a thief enough rope and he, ll hang himself多行不义必自毙

give him an inch and he'll take an ell得寸进尺

give knaves an inch and they will take a yard得寸进尺

go for broke尽最大努力

go while the going is good三十六计,走为上计

god helps those who help themselves自助者天助之

gold will not buy everything金钱并非万能

good things come in small packages乡人不识货，尽捡大的摸

good wine needs no bush酒香不怕巷子深

grasp all, lose all样样都要，全都失掉

great minds think alike英雄所见略同

great oaks from little acorns grow万丈高楼从地起

grow with every passingday\flourishing蒸蒸日上

half a loaf is better than no bread聊胜於无

hard and fast一成不变

hard-hearted铁石心肠的

haste makes waste欲速则不达

have one's wish fulfilled如愿以偿

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作贼心虚

he that hath a full purse never wanted a friend有钱有酒，必有朋友

he that is full of himself is very empty自满的人是空虚的

he that touches pitch shall be defiled近朱者赤，近墨者黑

he who knows most speaks least识多者寡言

he who laughs last, laughs best谁笑在最后谁笑得最甜

he who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount骑虎难下

heart and soul全心全意地

够吗？

Answer 3

这里有500条 常用的英语谚语 算是很全了吧。。

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希望对你有用。。：）

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