英语谚语俗语

一、中国谚语160句英译0. Pain past is pleasure.过去的痛苦就是快乐。1. There there is a will, there is a way.有志者，事竟成。2. Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半。3. East, west, home is best.金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。4. There is no royal road to learning.学无坦途。5. Look before you leap. First think, then act.三思而后行。6. It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。7. Light come, light go.来得容易，去得快。8. Time is money.时间就是金钱。9. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真交。10. Great hopes make great man.远大的希望，造就伟大的人物。11. After a storm comes a calm.雨过天晴。12. All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。13. Art is long, but life is short.人生有限，学问无涯。14. Stick to it, and youll succeed.只要人有恒，万事都能成。15. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。16. A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。17. It is good to learn at another mans cost.前车之鉴。18. Keeping is harder than winning.创业不易，守业更难。19. Lets cross the bridge when we come to it.船到桥头自然直。20. More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。21. No pains, no gains.不劳则无获。22. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。23. Where there is life, there is hope.生命不息，希望常在。24. An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。25. We must not lie down, and cry, God help us.求神不如求己。26. A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.花有重开日，人无再少年。27. God helps those who help themselves.自助者，天助之。28. What may be done at any time will be done at no time.明日待明日，明日不再来。29. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。30. Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。31. Truth is the daughter of time.时间见真理。32. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.积少自然成多。33. No man is wise at all times.智者千虑，必有一失。34. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天。35. Live and learn.活到老，学到老。36. Kill two birds with one stone.一石双鸟。37. It never rains but it pours.祸不单行。38. In doing we learn.经一事，长一智。39. Easier said than done.说起来容易做起来难。40. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.一分预防胜似十分治疗。41. Industry is fortunes right hand, and frugality her left.勤勉是幸运的右手，节约是幸运的左手。42. Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.天才一分来自灵感，九十九分来自勤奋。43. He who laughs last laughs best.谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。44. He who pays the piper, calls the tune.2谁负担费用，谁加以控制。45. He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.身体健壮就有希望，有了希望就有了一切。46. No man is born wise or learned.人非生而知之。47. Action speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。48. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。49. United we stand, divided we fall.合即立，分即垮。50. There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪。51. Many hands make light work.人多好办事。52. Reading makes a full man.读书长见识。53. The best horse needs breeding, and the aptest child needs teaching.最好的马要驯，最伶俐的孩子要教。54. Learn young, learn fair.学习趁年轻，学就要学好。55. Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.胸中有知识，胜于手中有金钱。56. Once bitten, twice shy.一次被咬，下次胆小。57. Sound in body, sound in mind.有健全的身体才有健全的精神。58. Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。59. Dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread.狗摇尾巴，爱的是你的面包。60. Money is a good servant but a bad master.要做金钱的主人，莫作金钱的奴隶。61. Its hard sailing when there is no wind.无风难驶船。62. The path to glory is always rugged.通向光荣的道路常常是崎岖的。63. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.没有目标的生活如同没有罗盘的航行。64. Quality matters more than quantity.质重于量。65. The on-looker sees most of the game.旁观者清。66. Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it .为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。67. Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.与众同乐，其乐更乐。68. Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉日子长。69. Time and tide waits for no man.岁月不等人。70. If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.若要求知，必须刻苦。71. Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进。72. Knowing something of everything, and everything of something.通百艺而专一长。73. From words to deeds is a great space.言行之间，大有距离。74. Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.技能和信心是无敌的军队。75. Habit is a second nature.习惯成自然。76. Lifeless, faultless.只有死人才不会犯错误。77. A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.好书千载常如新。78. Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.读书如择友，宜少且宜精。79. A book that remains shut is but a block.书本不常翻，犹如一块砖。80. Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.君子在德不在衣。81. Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。82. Birth is much, but breeding is more.出身重要，教养更重要。83. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.世上无难事，只怕有心人。84. You cant make something out of nothing.巧妇难为无米之炊。85. Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。86. Nothing for nothing.不费力气，一无所得。87. Of nothing comes nothing.无中不能生有。88. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.不犯错误者一事无成。89. Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.话不中肯，不如不说。90. Nothing succeeds like success.一事如意，万事顺利。91. Nothing stake, nothing draw.不顶千里浪，哪来万斤鱼。92. Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.期待比现实更美好。93. Nothing is given so freely as advice.劝人最容易。94. Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。95. Nothing seek, nothing find.无所求则无所获。96. A little of every thing is nothing in the main.每事浅尝辄止，事事都告无成。97. A great ship asks deep waters.大船要走深水。（蛟龙要在海中游。）98. The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.节食博士、精心博士、快乐博士，三人都是最好的医生。99. He that once deceives is ever suspected.骗人一次，受疑一世。100. Empty wagons rattle loudest.空车响声大。101. Nothing so bad but might be a blessing.塞翁失马，焉知非福。102.Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人103.Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.宁可穷而有志，不可富而失节104.Better late than never.迟做总比不做好105.Between two stools you fall to the ground.脚踩两条凳，早晚要坠地(意同：脚踏两条船)106.Birds of a feather of lock together.物以类聚，人以群分107.Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水(意指：亲人总比外人亲）108.Beggarsbags are bottom less.乞丐永远不知足109.The most tragic blow for one is the death of his mind哀莫大于心死。110.He who does not have a strong will can never achieve high intelligence志不强者智不达。111.When Heaven is about to place a great burden on a man，it always tests his resolution first，exhausts his body and makes him suffer great hardships，frustrates his efforts to recover from mentallassitudeThen Heaven toughens his nature and makes good his deficiencies天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所以动心忍性，曾益其所不能。112.How can a sparrow know the will of a swan?燕雀安知鸿鹄之志哉!113.Among three people I meet on the way，there will be at least ont from whom I can learn somethingI may follow his goodness or correct my own mistakes by learning from him三人行必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。114.Education should be for all，irrespective of their social status.有教无类。115.Too many cooks spoil the broth厨师多坏一锅汤。116.We would rather be short of books than believe all that they say。尽信书则不如无书。I117.Long as the way is I will keep on searching above and below.路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。118.When a book is read a hundred times，its meanings will naturally become clear.读书百遍，其义自见。119.He owns a gifted pen，who reads tremendously.读书破万卷，下笔如有神。120.A gentleman would rather be quick in action than talk a lot.君子欲讷于言而敏于行。121.Do not do evil things though they may be insignincantDo not given up good things though they may be minor matters勿以恶小而为之，勿以善小而不为。122.One must stand by ones words and must not stop ones action until success is achieved言必信，行必果。123.Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you己所不欲，勿施于人。124.To surpass others，a person has to surpass himself first；to criticise others，he has to criticise himself first；to make comments upon others，he has to make comments on himself first.欲胜人者，必先自胜；欲论人者，必先自论；欲知人者，必先自知。125.Where theres smoke，theres fire无风不起浪。126.No fish can survive if the watert is too clean. For the same reason,no company can bear one whoserequirements are too critical水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒。127.He sits no sure that sits too high.高处不胜寒。128.He that respects not is not respected.欲受人敬，要先敬人。129.So said, so done.说到做到。言出必行。130.Haste makes waste.忙乱易错。欲速则不达。131.Better be envied than pitied.宁被人妒，不受人怜。132.Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.未雨绸缪。133.So the world wags.这就是人生。134.One can not be in two places at once.一心不可二用。135.No weal without woe.福兮祸所伏,祸兮福所倚。136.Little chips light great fires.星星之火，可以燎原。137.Like knows like.惺惺相惜。138.It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.狡兔三窟。139.Dreams are lies.梦不足信。140.Do not teach fish to swim.不要班门弄斧。141.A light heart live long.心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。142.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。143.Poverty is stranger to industry.勤劳之人不受穷。144.Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.考虑要仔细,行动要迅速.145.One sin opens the door for another. -German犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。146.One mans meat is another mans poison.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。147.We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水珍贵148.Less is more.简单就是美149.A blessing in disguise.因祸得福150.Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌151.Every dog has his day.凡人皆有得意日150.Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.磨刀不误砍柴功。153.Seeing is believing.眼见为实154.Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半155.Time flies never to be recalled.光阴一去不复返156.When in Rome, do as Roman do.入乡随俗157.He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后谁笑得最美158.Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道还治其人之身159.Look before you leap.三思而后行160.A friend in need is a friend in deed.患难见真情。二、英文俗语100句1. Waste not,want not.俭以防匮。2. From saving comes having.富有来自节俭。3. A penny saved is a penny gained.省一文是一文。4. Take care of the pence and the poundwill take care of themselves.金钱积少便成多。5. Frugality is an estate alone.节俭本身就是一宗财产。6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。7. Small gains bring great wealth.积小利，成巨富。8. Many a little makes a mickle.积少便成多。9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。10.Courage and resolution are the spiritand soul of virtue.勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。11.The path to glory is always rugged.光荣之路常坎坷。12.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要人肯试。13.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。14.Great hopes make great man.远大的希望造就伟大的人物。15.No way is impossible to courage.勇士面前无险路。16.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。17.The good seaman is known in bad weather.坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭坏天气。18.The best hearts are always the bravest.行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。19.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.求神不如求己。20.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。21.Rome was not built in a day.罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。22.Success belongs to the persevering.胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。23.We must repeat a thousand and one times thatperseverance is the only road to success.我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。24.Perseverance is failing nineteen timesand succeeding the twentieth.十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。25.Step by step the ladder is ascended.登梯需要逐级登。26.Adversity leads to prosperity.困苦通向昌盛。27.Patience and application will carry us through.忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。28.Fortune often rewards with interest thosethat have patience to wait for her.做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好运常会来。29.All things will come round to him who will but wait.只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。30.Constant dropping wears the stone.滴水不绝可穿石。31.Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果达不到。32.The world is a ladder for some to go upand others to go down.世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。33.There needs a long apprenticeship to understandthe mystery of the worlds trade.要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。34.Life is sweet.生活是可爱的；人无不好生(恶死)。35.Where there is life,there is hope.生命不息，希望长在。36.Life is not all beer and skittles.人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。37.Much water runs by the mill thatthe miller knows not of.眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。38.Fortune knocks once at least at every mans door.人人都有走运的一天。39.If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself;if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you.运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。40.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。41.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。42.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).祸不单行。43.Misfortune is a good teacher.不幸是良好的教师。44.Misfortunes come at night.祸常生于不测。45.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。46.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。47.Live and learn.活到老，学到老。48.It is never too old to learn.为学不怕年高。49.A man becomes learned by asking questions.要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。50.There is no royal road to learning.学问无坦途。51.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.畏问之人耻于学。52.What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。53.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。54.Soon learnt,soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。55.Learn young,learn fair.为学趁年青，既学须学好。56.A lazy youth,a lousy age.少时懒惰老来苦。57.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing.无知即无疑。58.A good name keeps its luster in the dark.良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光。59.Fame is a magnifying glass.名誉是放大镜。60.A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜于美貌。61.Fame like a river is narrowest at itssource and broadest afar off.名誉如河流，发源处最狭，愈远愈宽广。62.Take honour from me and my life is done.没有名誉，就没有了生命。63.Beware of him who regards not his reputation.要谨防不重名誉的人。64.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。65.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。66.Reputation is often got without meritand lost without fault.无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。67.Your fathers honour is to youbut a second-hand honour.对于你来说，父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉。68.Never trust another what you should do yourself.自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。69.It is an equal failing to trust everybody,and to trust nobody.信任一切与不信任任何人，同样是弱点。70.Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.在你信任一个人之前，先要深入了解他。71.If you trust before you try,you may repent before you die.不经考验就依赖，不到瞑目便的悔。72.Never trust to fine words.切勿轻信漂亮话。73.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.细线挂重物，终究不可靠。74.Be just to all,but trust not all.要对一切人都公正，但不要对一切人都信任。75.Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.只要信任你自己，旁人才不出卖你。76.Self-trust is the essence of heroism.自信为英雄品质之本。77.Confidence is a plant of slow growth.信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。78.Truth is the daughter of time.真理是时间的女儿。79.Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes.真理面目善良；但衣衫褴褛。80.Truth and roses have thorns about them.真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。81.Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed.真理可能会被责难，但绝不会受羞辱。82.Though malice may darken truth,it cannot put it out.恶意可以糟塌真理；但无法消灭真理。83.Truth will prevail.真理必胜。84.Truths best ornament is nakedness.不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰。85.Facts are stubborn things.事实是最顽强的东西。86.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light.真相迟早会大白。87.The truths we least like to hear are thosewhich it is most to our advantage to know.我们最不愿意听到的事实，往往是我们知道了会大有好处的事实。88.Falsehood like a nettle stings thosewho meddle with it.谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。89.There is many a fair thing full false.有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。90.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome.谎言装扮虽不错，到头总会被揭露。91.A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.谎言生谎言，谎言世代传。92.A false tongue will hardly speak truth.假舌不会吐真言。93.False with one can be false with two.对一个人虚假，也会对两个人虚假。94.He that will lie will steal.会说谎的人也就会偷窃。95.Gossiping and lying go together.流言常和谎话并行。96.Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.含糊其词是谎话的近亲。97.A great talker is a great liar.最会夸夸其谈的人也最会说谎。98.The greatest liars talk most of themselves.最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。99.Lying rides upon debts back.负债的人谎话多。100. Lying is the first step to the gallows.说谎是上断头台的第一步。三、俗语119句1. Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的教师。2. Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。3. Dexterity comes by experience.熟练来自经验。4. Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。5. Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。6. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。7. Wit once bought is worth twice taught.由经验而得的智慧，胜于学习而得的智慧；一次亲身的体会，胜过两次的教师教导。8. Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。9. Business is the salt of life.事业是生命之盐。10. Business before pleasure.事业在先，享乐在后。11. Business makes a man as well as tries him.事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。12. Business neglected is business lost.忽视职业便是放弃职业。13. Never think yourself above business.勿自视过高；不要眼高手低；永远不要认为自己是大才小用。14. Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。15. He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。16. Do business,but be not a slave to it.要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。17. Everybodys business is nobodys business.众人的事就是无人过问的事。18. Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。19. Better master one than engage with ten.会十事，不如精一事。20. A work ill done must be twice done.首次做不好，必须重新搞。21. They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。22. If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。23. He that doth most at once doth least.什么都想一次做完，结果一件也做不完；贪多嚼不烂。24. Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.照大多数人那样干，人们会把你称赞。25. What may be done at any time will be done at no time.在任何时候都可做的事情，总是在任何时候都不做的事情。26. Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。27. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。28. The shortest answer is doing the thing.最简短的回答就是一个“干”字。29. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识之佳果。30. Finished labours are pleasant.完成工作是一乐。31. It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。32. It is right to put everything in its proper use.凡事都应用得其所。33. Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.按部就班，事情很快就做完。34. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。35. Work bears witness who does well.工作能证明谁做的好。36. It is not work that kills,but worry.工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。37. He that will not work shall not eat.不工作者不得食。38. Business is business.公事公办。39. Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.慢慢酌量，快快行动。40. Put your shoulder to the wheel.努力工作。41. Never do things by halves.做事不要半途而废。42. In for a penny,in for a pound.做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。43. Many hands make quick work.人多干活快。44. Many hands make light work.众擎易举。45. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。46. Diligence is the mohter of success.勤奋是成功之母。47. Idleness is the root of all evil.懒惰乃万恶之源。48. Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋带来好运。49. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.勤勉是好运之母。50. Industry is fortunes right hand,and frugality her left.勤勉是幸运的右手，世俭是幸运的左手。51. Idleness is the key of beggary.懒惰出乞丐。52. No root,no fruit.无根就无果。53. Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).懒人做工作，越懒越费力。54. Sloth is the key of poverty.惰能致贫。55. Sloth turneth the edge of wit.懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。56. An idle brain is the devils workshop.懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。57. The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.节俭是致富的秘诀。58. An idle youth,a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。59. Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠顶一个诸葛亮。60. A good beginning makes a good ending.善始善终61. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友。62. First come, first served.先来先招待。63. No pains，no gains.不劳则无获64. Time and