英语谚语荟萃
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The Cream of English Proverbs 生活家庭篇
1.It takes all sorts to make a world.大千世界，无奇不有。
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.天地间的奇事，你有？ Live and let live.Variety is the spice of life.多样化是生活的调味品。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.2.The golden age was never the present age.黄金时代绝不在当今。 Seize the day, seize the hour.3.Follow your own course, and let people talk.
走自己的路，让人家去说吧。 Alghieri Dante（意大利诗人但丁） We are all slaves of opinions. 我们都是舆论之奴。 What ill Mrs.Grundy say? Look before you leap.4.He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.有妻室之人已将自己押给了命运。 Francis Bacon Wedlock is a padlock.婚姻是枷锁。 5.Marriages are made in heaven.
姻缘天定。
Marriage comes by destiny. Marriage is a lottery.6.Don’t cro a bridge till you come to it.人未到桥头别想过桥事。 Don’t cry before you are hurt.Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.7.It’s the thought that counts.难得一份心。
8.There is no such thing as free lunch.没有白吃的午餐。 You cannot get something for nothing.9.A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.手中一鸟胜过林中的两只。
A pound in he purse is worth two in the book.Don’t count the chicken till they are hatched.10.Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。 Small ones never differ.小人之见亦无异。
11.Little by little and bit by bit.一点一滴，造就恒心。 Constant dripping wears away stone.滴水穿石。
Little strokes fell great oaks. 一斧一斧来，砍倒大橡树。 Slow but sure wins the race.毅力在赛跑中能战胜速度。
12.We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井枯方知水贵重。
13.What must be must be.要来的一定会来。 What can’t be cured must be endured.Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。 Man proposes and God disposes.14.To err is human, and to forgive, divine.人犯错，神宽恕。、犯错者， 宽恕者神。/人孰无过,赎过者神.Let bygones be bygones.Forgive and forget.15.A hedge between keeps friendship green.一墙之隔，友谊常青。 Good fences make good neighbors.Friends agree best at a distance.汉语：君子之交淡如水。
16.A man is known by the company he keeps.什么样的让你就有什么样的朋友。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。
17.Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.早睡早起让人拥有健康、财富和智慧。 Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.It’s the early bird that catches the worm.18.God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。 19.A house divided against itself cannot stand.家和万事兴。 United, we stand; divided, we fall.
Birds in the same little nest tend to agree.20.Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. 婚前睁大眼，婚后闭一只眼。 言行举止篇
1.A Jack of all trades is master of none.什么都懂，什么都不精通。 2.A rolling stone gathers no stone.滚动的石头不长苔。 3.Practice makes perfect.多练乃精。
4.Rome is not built in a day.罗马不是一日建成的。
5.It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.满怀希望地走胜过最终的到达。
6.One man’s meat is another man’s poison.一个人的美食是另一个人的毒药。
One man’s breath is another man’s death.7.The darkest hour is that before the dawn.黎明前是最黑暗的时刻。 If winter comes, can spring be far behind? 8.There is not rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。
9.The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.链条的力度取决于它最薄弱的环节。
10.When one door shuts another opens.一扇门关上了，另一扇门会敞开。
God never shuts one door but (he) opens another.11.A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.男人的
年龄是他的感觉，女人的年龄是她的容貌。
12.A stitch in time saves nine.一针及时补，可省九针活。 Who repairs not his gutters repairs his whole house.13.Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.宁愿今日作鸡蛋，不愿明朝作母鸡。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.A pound in the purse is worth two in the book.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.14.Better late than never, but better never late.迟到要比不到好，但最好还是别迟到。
15.Everybody’s busine is nobody’s busine.大家的事没人管。 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy and three boys no boy at all.16.Many a little makes a mickle.涓涓细流汇成江河。 Little by little and bit by bit.Constant dripping wears away stone.Little strokes fell great oaks.17.Many hands make light work.人多使活轻。众人拾柴火焰高。 Too many cooks spoil the broth.(汤) Everybody’s busine is nobody’s busine.18.The last straw breaks the camels back.最后一根稻草压折了骆驼的背。
You must draw a line somewhere.
Everything has a limit.The last drop makes the cup run over.19.Even Homer sometimes nods.即使荷马也有过失。 No man is infallible.Too err is human.Lifele, faultle.A horse stumbles that has four legs.马有四条腿，仍有失蹄时。 20.After a storm comes a calm.总有雨过天晴时。 Every cloud has a silver lining. The darkest hour is that before the dawn.21.Who laughs last laughs best.谁笑到最后谁笑的最好。 All is well that ends well.22.Lay it up for a rainy day.多储备，防雨天。 Prevention is better than cure.Keep something for rainy days.23.Actions speak louder than words.行动胜过言辞。 Deeds, but not words.A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weed.24.Empty veels make the greatest sound.空罐响声大。 They brag most who can do least.He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue.Still water runs deep.水静深莫测。
25.Example is better than precept.言传不如身教。 Practice what you preach.26.Judge not, that ye be not judged.不要议论他人，以免遭他人议论。 Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.指责别人先看清自己。
27.Look before you leap.跳以前先看一看。 Think today and speak tomorrow.Discretion is the better part of valor.A full rushes to the fore.28.Seeing is believing.眼见为实。 29.Wine in, truth out.酒后吐真言。
In wine there is truth.What soberne conceals, drunkenne reveal.Wine in, wit out.30.An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼以牙还牙。 31.One good turn deserves another.要知恩图报。 Virtue is reward in itself.32.Wit once bought is worth twice taught.买来的智慧比学来的更有价值。 道德修养篇
1.A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.骗子说真话时也没有人相信。
The boy who cried wolf.Liars should have good memories.Honesty is the best policy.The truth will out.2.Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.美在人眼中。
Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.无德之美犹如玫瑰无香。
Handsome is as handsome does.3.Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.家丑不可外扬。 Don’t wash your dirty linen in public.4.The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.墙那边的苹果是最甜的。
The gra is greener on the other side of the fence.Forbidden fruit is sweetest.5.The grapes are sour.葡萄是酸的。 Sour grapes, sweet melons.6.Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.抱最好的希望，做最坏的准备。
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He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.不犯错误的人一事无成。
If you don’t make mistakes you don’t make anything.A man who never makes mistakes never makes anything.
8.Easy come, easy go.来的容易去的快。 Lightly come, lightly go.9.Grasp all, lose all.样样要，样样掉。 Covetousne bursts the sack.Bind the sack before it be full.扎袋不能等它满。 Do not take more than you can chew.The eye is bigger than the belly.10.If you run after two hares you will catch neither.同时追俩兔，一只也逮不着。
Between two stools you fall to the ground.11.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.有海何患无鱼。
When one door shuts another opens.12.All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 13.Tomorrow is another day.明天又是新的一天。 The longest day has an end.14.Misfortune come on wings and depart on foot.厄运飞着来，走着去。
Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.Mischief comes by pound and goes away by ounce.15.An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a peimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.乐观者在每次危难中都看到了机会，
二悲观的人在每个机会中看到了困难。
16.When fortune knocks, be sure to open the door.当幸运敲门时一定要把门打开。
When fortune smiles, embrace her.Make hay while the sun shines.Strike while the iron is hot.Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.17.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 Wit once bought is worth twice taught.18.It is comparison that makes men happy or miserable.对比使人欢乐使人忧。
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