Proverbs(英语格言或谚语)

Proverbs谚语A friend in need is a friend in deed.患难之交才是真正的朋友。A little learning is a dangerous thing.只知皮毛是件危险的事。A three-hundred-mile journey starts with the first step.千里之行，始于足下。A slow sparrow should make an early start.笨鸟先飞。A good gain takes long pain.好事多磨。All that glitters is not gold.闪闪发光物，未必尽黄金。As you sow, so shall you reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。A boaster and a liar are cousins.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。A tall tree catches the wind.树大招风。A light purse is a heavy curse.为人无钱处处难。A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。A little pot is soon hot.壶小易热，量小易怒。A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。A good name is better than a good face.好名声胜过好容貌。All good things came to an end.天下无不散之筵席。A penny saved is a penny gained.省一文是一文。An apple a day keeps the doctor away.每日食一个苹果，身体健康不求医。A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不长苔。A merry heart goes all the way.生性乐天，终身受用。A straw will show which way the wind blows.草动知风向。A sound mind is in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。April showers bring forth May flowers.四月之雨带来五月之花。A friend is easier lost than found.朋友失去容易，获得难。A good beginning makes a good ending.善始善终。A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber.偷多偷少都是贼。An occasion lost cannot be redeemed.机不可失，时不再来。An onlooker sees most of the game.旁观者清。All shall be well; Jack shall be Jill.有情人终成眷属。A stitch in time saves nine.及时行事，事半功倍。A man can do no more than he can.凡是应量力而行。A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。A tree is known by its fruit.观其行而知其人。A real man never goes back on his words.一言既出，驷马难追。Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚。Brevity is the soul of wit.精简是智慧的真髓。Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。Beggars must not be choosers.饥不择食。Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良药苦口利于病。Better an empty purse than an empty head.宁可一文不名，不可胸中无墨。Better to do well than to say well.说得好不如做得好。Beware of a silent dog and still water.提放不叫的狗，小心静止的水。Better make friends than make enemies.冤家宜解不宜结。Beware beginnings.慎始为上。Beauty is true and true is beauty.美即是真，真即是美。Beauty lies in lovers eyes.情人眼里出西施。Better be poor than be wicked.宁可做穷人，不可做坏人。Birth is much, but breeding is more.教养比出身更重要。Be slow in choosing a friend and slower in changing.择友宜慎，弃之则更宜慎。Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.随遇而安。Cut your coat according to your cloth.量体裁衣。Creditors have better memories than debtors.债主的记性比债户好。Can the leopard change his spots?秉性难移。Constant effort brings success.持之以恒，终将取胜。Dont trouble trouble, till trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。Dont let the cat out of the bag.天机不可泄露。Dont judge a person by the clothes he wears.不能以貌取人。Do not cut the tree that gives you shade.遮荫之树不可砍。Dont count your chickens before they are hatched.别高兴得太早。Dont cross the bridge till you get to it.不要杞人忧天。Devil must be driven out with devils.以毒攻毒。Easier said than done.说来容易做来难。Easy come, easy go.来得快，去得快。Every cloud has a silver lining.守得云开见月明（天无绝人之路）。Everyones business is nobodys business.三个和尚没水喝。Everything comes to him who waits.功夫不负有心人。East or west, home is the best.金窝还是银窝，不如自己的草窝。Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。Every couple is not a pair.天下夫妻多，珠联璧合少。Every man is the master of his own.每个人都是自己命运的主人。Experience is the mother of wisdom.经验是智慧之母。Even the walls have ears.隔墙有耳。Even Homer sometimes nods.人非圣贤，孰能无过。Fortune favors the bold.天助勇者。Far from eye, far from heart.眼不见，心不乱。First time strangers, second time friends.一回生，二回熟。Friendship multiplies joys and divides grieves.友谊可以增添欢乐，可以分担忧愁。Fairest gems lie deepest.真宝难求。Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.智者裹足不前，愚人铤而走险。Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。Good health is above wealth.健康就是财富。Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失。Gold cant be pure and man cant be perfect.金无赤足，人无完人。Habit is second nature.习惯成自然。Haste makes waste.欲速则不达。He laughs best who laughs last.别高兴的太早。Heaven helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。Health is not valued till sickness comes.有病方知无病福。He who loses credit can lose nothing further.人无信不立。He who avoids temptation avoids the sin.避诱惑，免罪恶。Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other.健康愉快，相生相成。Heavens vengeance is slow but sure.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。He that has an ill name is half-hanged.坏了名声就等于失去半条命。He that talks much errs much.言多比失。He who stands alone has no power.势单力孤。It never rains but pours.不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。If you dont aim high you will never hit high.不立大志，难攀高峰。It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收，后悔无益。It takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred years to educate people.十年树木，百年树人。Joy shared with others are more enjoyed.与人同乐，其乐无穷。Kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.杀鸡取卵。Look before you leap.三思而后行。Life is short, but art is long.人生短暂，艺术长久。Like father, like sun.有其父必有其子。Little strokes fell great oaks.滴水穿石。Little by little and bit by bit.坚持就是胜利。Let bygones be bygones。既往不咎。Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.生命的价值是用思想和行动来衡量，而不是寿命的长短。Loftiest trees most dread the thunder.树大招风。Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。Many drops make a shower.积少成多。Many receive advice, only the wise profit by it.聆忠言者众，智者独获益。Misfortune may be an actual blessing.塞翁失马，焉知非福。Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。Never give up hope until it give you up.永不言弃。Nothing comes from nothing.万事皆有因。No joy without being annoyed.没有无忧之快乐。Never judge by appearances.人不可貌相。Nothing venture, nothing gain.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。One tree cannot make a forest.独木不成林。Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心不烦。One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。One mans fault is another mans lesson.前车之鉴。Old people shall dream dreams; young people shall see visions.老年人做梦，年轻人憧憬。One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.坐享其成。Penny wise and pound foolish.因小失大。Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。Poor but honest.虽贫穷，但要诚实。Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。Reading is to the while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。Slow and steady wins the race.从容不迫，胜券在握。Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。Spare the rod, spoil the child.不打不成材。Self-help is the best help.自力更生最保险。Teach fish to swim.班门弄斧。The darkest hour is that before the dawn.黎明之前天色最暗。The devil finds work for idle hands to do.无所事事最易为恶。The pot calls the kettle back.五十步笑百步。Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不待人。There is no rose without a thorn.世上没有无刺的玫瑰。Tomorrow is another day.明天又是崭新的一天。To kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。Take things as they come.逆来顺受。The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。To put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。Too many cooks spoil the broth.厨师多了难烧汤。Time will tell when the truth will be told.路遥知马力，日久见人心。There is none without a fault.人孰无过。The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。The great fish eat up the small.弱肉强食。The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves.心灵不在其所居之处，而在其所爱之处。There are no birds of this year in last years nests.时过境迁。The past has vanished from memory like wind.往事如风。Unity is strength.团结就是力量。Virtue is its own reward.为善最乐。Vice will not vanquish virtue.邪不胜正。Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者，事竟成。When the Lord closes a door, somewhere he opens a window.当上帝关掉一扇门时，又在另一处打开一扇窗。Well begun is half done.好的开始是成功的一半。Wise men learn by other mens mistakes, fool by their own.智者以他人错误为借鉴，愚者则等自己犯了错误才知改进。Whats done cannot be undone.覆水难收。What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知，除非己莫为。When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。When the cat is away, the mice will play.山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。You must learn to crawl before you can walk.先学会爬再学走。You cant make something out of something.巧妇难为无米之炊。You cannot clap with one hand.孤掌难鸣。You cant hold a man down without staying down with him.你贬低别人的同时也贬低了自己。