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常用英语谚语200句
1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
2.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
3.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of thebest, but be better than the worst.
4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
5.不眠之夜 white night
6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.
9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul
10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring inthe new
11.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduceit to nothing at all
12.大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
14.过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as fallingshort; too much is as bad as too little
15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.
16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more
17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far andwide.
18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.
19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.
20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones
21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect
22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.
23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth
24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence
25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedgebetween keeps friendship green
26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliche
27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.
29.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success
30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth
31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened
32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear onesfar away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes,God disposes.
35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself
36.拿手好戏 masterpiece
37.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad
38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions;throw a sprat to catch a whale
39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
40.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities
41.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist. One can't make brickswithout straw.
42.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highesteminence is to be gained step by step
43.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
44.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the treesin whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.
45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doingsomething
46.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snakein its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect localbullies.
47.强强联手 win-win co-operation
48.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.
49.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.
50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.
51.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy
52.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.
53.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
54.死而后已 until my heart stops beating
55.岁岁平安 Peace all year round.
56.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhouon earth
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57.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
58.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should beable to think for himself.
59.升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)
60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass.
62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.
63.时不我待 Timeand tide wait for no man.
64.杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel
65.实事求是 seektruth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
66.说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.
67.实话实说 speakthe plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is{4500双解英语谚语}.
68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
69.山不在高,有仙则名 No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far andwide if there is a fairy
70.韬光养晦 hideone's capacities and bide one's time
71.糖衣炮弹 sugar-coatedbullets
72.天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
73.团结就是力量 Unity is strength.
74.“跳进黄河洗不清” eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneselfclean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name
75.歪风邪气 unhealthypractices and evil phenomena
76.物以类聚,人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.
77.往事如风 Thepast has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas
78.望子成龙 holdhigh hopes for one's child
79.屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
80.文韬武略 militaryexpertise; military strategy
81.唯利是图 drawwater to one's mill
82.无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
83.无中生有 makecreate something out of nothing
84.无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
85.徇私枉法 bendthe law for the benefit of relatives or friends
86.新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean
87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereasconceit makes one lag behind.
88. 蓄势而发 accumulate strength for a take-off
89.心想事成 Mayall your wish come true
90.心照不宣 havea tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
91.先入为主 Firstimpressions are firmly entrenched.
92.先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound
93.像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan
94.现身说法 warnpeople by taking oneself as an example
95.息事宁人 pouroil on troubled waters
96.喜忧参半 mingledhope and fear
97.循序渐进 stepby step
98.一路平安,一路顺风 speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
99.严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
100.鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey
101.有情人终成眷属 Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well. 102.有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
103. 有识之士 people of vision
104.有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain
105.有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as ifby predestination.
106.与时俱进 advance with times
107.以人为本 people oriented; people foremost
108.因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude
109.欲穷千里目,更上一层楼 to ascend another storey to see a
thousand miles further; Ascendfurther, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up,one flight.' a land of milk and honey 110.欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success.
111. 优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest
112.英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.
113.冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies.
114.冤假错案 cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged orsentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
115.一言既出,驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words. 116.招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful
117.债台高筑 become debt-ridden
118.致命要害 Achilles' heel
119. 众矢之的 target of public criticism
120.知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, andyou can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
121. 纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist
122.纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.
123.左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea
励志英语谚语
1、While there is life there is hope.
一息若存,希望不灭。
2、I am a slow walker,but I never walk backwards. ( America)
我走得很慢,但是我从来不会后退。(亚伯拉罕.林肯美国)
3、Never underestimate your power to change yourself!
永远不要低估你改变自我的能力!
4、Nothing is impossible!
没有什么不可能!
5、Nothing for nothing.
不费力气,一无所得。
6、The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ". (Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor )
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。( 法国皇帝 拿破仑. B.)
7、I will greet this day with love in my heart.
我要用全身心的爱来迎接今天
8、Do what you say,say what you do
做你说过的,说你能做的
9、I can make it through the rain. I can stand up once again on my own.
我可以穿越云雨,也可以东山再起
10、All things come to those who wait.
苍天不负有心人
11、A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.
千里之行,始于足下。
12、Never, never, never, never give up (Winston Churchill)
永远不要、不要、不要、不要放弃。(英国首相 丘吉尔)
13、A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. (J. Barrymore)
只要一个人还有追求,他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想,一个人才算老。(巴里摩尔)
14、You have to believe in yourself . That's the secret of success.(Charles Chaplin , American actor )
人必须相信自己,这是成功的秘诀。 (美国演员 卓别林. C.)
15、One's real value first lies in to what degree and what sense he set himself.(Einstein Germany)
一个人的真正价值首先决定于他在什么程度上和在什么意义上从自我解放出来。(爱因斯坦 德国)
16、One thing I know,that is I know nothing.(Socrates Greek)
我所知道的一件事就是我一无所知。(苏格拉底 古希腊)
17、Cease to struggle and you cease to live. -- Thomas Carlyle
生命不止,奋斗不息。 -- 卡莱尔
18、Victory won't come to me unless I go to it. --
胜利是不会向我们走来的,我必须自己走向胜利。 -- 穆尔
19、We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. -- Mattin Luther King
我们必须接受失望,因为它是有限的,但千万不可失去希望,因为它是无穷的。 -- 马丁· 路德 · 金
20、It's great to be great , but it's greater to be human. ---W. Rogers
成为伟人固然伟大,但成为真正的人更加伟大.
21、Never give up, Never lose the opportunity to succeed
不放弃就有成功的机会。
22、Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to. 不要着急,最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
23、Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life .( Thomas Edison , American inventor)
有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。( 美国发明家 爱迪生. T. )
24、Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
人往高处走,水往低处流。
25、Nothing seek, nothing find.
无所求则无所获。
26、One needs 3 things to be truly happy living in the world: some thing to do, some one to love, some thing to hope for.
在这个世界我们只需拥有三件事便可真正快乐:有自己向往的事业;有自己爱的人;还有希望.
27、I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ( Voltaire )
我不同意你说的话,但我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。(伏尔泰)
28、All things in their being are good for something.
天生我才必有用。
29、Failure is the mother of success.
失败乃成功之母。
30、Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things you did.--------Mark Twain
今后二十年你会因为没做某事,而不是做了某事而失望。--------马克*吐温
31、Truth needs no colour; beauty , no pencil. —— William Shakespeare 真理不需色彩,美丽不需涂饰。——W·莎士比亚
32、It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious about?( H.D. Thoreau)
光勤劳是不够的,蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳。(梭罗)
33、To err is human, to forgive, divine. -- Pope
人孰无过?心存宽恕,就是圣洁。--蒲柏
34、Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
抱最好的希望,做最坏的打算。
35、If you would go up high , then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads . (F. W . Nietzsche , German Philosopher)
如果你想走到高处,就要使用自己的两条腿!不要让别人把你抬到高处;不要坐在别人的背上和头上。(德国哲学家 尼采. F. W.)
36、If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. ( Edison )
如果你年轻时不学会思考,那就永远不会。(爱迪生)
37、The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. -- Thomas Carlyle
最严重的错误莫过于不觉得自己有任何错误。 -- 托马斯·卡莱尔
38、Even a great life is only a life until you make it.
美好生活,自己创造.
39、Do not know how high the sky is until one climbs up the tops of mountains,and do not know how thick the earth is until one comes to the deep river.(Xun Kuang China)
不登高山,不知天之高也;不临深溪,不知天之厚也。(荀况 中国)
40、There is only one success--- to be able to spend your life in your own way. --Morley
只有一种成功,那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生。 --莫利{4500双解英语谚语}.
41、Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. ( A. Einstein )
不要为成功而努力,要为作一个有价值的人而努力。(爱因斯坦)
42、The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. ( Bernard Shaw )
明白事理的人使自己适应世界;不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。(萧伯钠)
43、When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. ( A. J. Heschel )
少时喜欢聪明人,老来喜欢仁厚人。(赫歇尔)
44、The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. -- Henry David Thoreau{4500双解英语谚语}.
尽管失败和挫折等待着人们,一次次地夺走青春的容颜,但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严,这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的。——梭罗
45、The road of life is like a large river,because of the power of the currents,river courses appear unexpectedly where there is no flowing water.(Tagore India)
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A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。 A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏 A burden of one‘s choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。 A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人毁灭了自己。 Close mouth catches no flies.病从口入 A cat has 9 lives.猫有九条命。 A cat may look at a king.人人平等。 A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words事实胜于雄辩。 Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。 A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所,流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑,长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改,本性难移。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难,失朋友易。 A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的 ‘After you‘ is good manners.您先请”是礼貌。 A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。 A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。 A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书,
相伴一生。 A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。 A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。 A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。 A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。 A good wife health is a man‘s best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。 A light heart lives long.静以修身。 A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友,只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解,自欺欺人。 A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。 All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时,人人都成了勇士。 All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。 All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 All that ends well is well.结果好,就一切都好。 All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。 All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。 A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。 A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a
garden full of weeds. 光说空话不做事,犹如花园光长刺。 A man without money is no man at all一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡,事事顺利。 A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘,差之千里。 A mother‘s love never changes.母爱永恒。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果,不用请医生。 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。 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.一日之计在于晨。 An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智,不如运气。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主,治疗为辅。 A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。 As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。 A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。 A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。 A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补,大洞吃苦。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相,露相非真人。 A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出,驷马难追。 A year‘s plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。 A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings.好事不出门,坏事传千里。 Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。 Beauty lies in the love‘s eyes.情人眼里出西施。 Be swift to
hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷,言宜缓行。 Better late than never.不怕慢,单怕站。 Better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。 Between friends all is common.朋友之间不分彼此。 Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚,人以群分。 Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。Blood will have blood.血债血偿。 Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友,应求少而精。 Business is business.公事公办。Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。 Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。 By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实,交谈使人精明。 Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目,不见泰山。 Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。 Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染,身教言传。 Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。 Come what may, heaven won‘t fall.做你的吧,天塌不下来。 Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。 Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。Content is better than riches.知足者常乐 Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿,绳锯木断。 Count one‘s chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。 Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。 Creep before you walk.循序渐进。 Cry for the moon.海底捞月。 Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。 Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯,事事皆不难。 Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。Do as the
Romans do.入乡随俗。 Do as you would be done by.己所不欲,勿施于人。 Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上,不如落实在行动上。 Do it now.机不可失,时不再来Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途废。 Don‘t claim to know what you don‘t know.不要不懂装懂。 Don‘t have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。 Don‘t make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。 Don‘t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事,今日毕。 Don‘t put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。 Don‘t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。 Don‘t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。 Do well and have well.善有善报。A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨头打狗狗不叫。 Adversity is a good discipline. 苦难是磨练人的好机会。 Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患难使人聪明,但不能致富。 Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身处逆境不择友。Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。A fair death honours the whole life. 死得光明,终身荣耀。A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得。 A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑,长一智。
A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口,忠言逆耳。A good name is better than riches. 好名誉胜过有财富。A good name is earlier lost than won. 失去美名易,得到美名难。A good name is sooner lost than won. 美誉难得而易失。 A good name keeps lustre in the dark. 好的名声在黑
英语谚语50句
英语谚语50句{4500双解英语谚语}.
1、He knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。
2、Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
3、Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。
4、A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。
5、A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。
6、Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。
7、All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。
8、Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
9、A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补,大洞吃苦。
10、A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。
11、Let bygones be bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。
12、Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。
13、Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事今日毕。
14、Easier said than done.说得容易,做得难。
15、Every man has his faults.金无足赤,人无完人。
16、A bad workman always blames his tools.无能的工人常抱怨自己的工具。
17、A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人无知犹如房屋无基。
18、A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 书是随时携带的花园。
19、Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
20、Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。
21、A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解,害已误人。
22、A man is never too old to learn. 活到老,学到老。
23、A thousand mile trip begins with one step. 千里之行,始于足下。
24、All are not friends that speak us fair. 说好话的不一定都是朋友。
25、All men can't be first. 并非所有的都能获第一。
26、An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一个苹果,医生不来找我。
27、An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。
28、As a man sows, so shall he reap. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
29、Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。
30、 Better late than never. 迟到总比不到强。
31、Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚,人以群分。
32、Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。
33、Business before pleasure. 先工作,后娱乐。
34、By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. 教学相长。
35、Diligence is the mother of success. 成功来自勤奋。
36、Do as the Romans do. 入国问禁,入乡随俗。
37、Doing nothing is doing ill. 游手好闲就是学坏。
38、Every man has his weak side.人人都有弱点。
39、Every potter praises his pot.王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸。
40、Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。
41、Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
42、First come, first served.先来后到。
43、Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达。
44、Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤近墨者黑。
45、God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。
46、Gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。
47、Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
48、Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊,无知使人骄傲。
49、He is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。
50、He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后,谁笑得最好。
英语谚语大全
Proverbs
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑,长一智 Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩 Money can’t buy time. 寸金难买寸光阴
Failure is the mother of success. 失败乃成功之母。 The visitor arrives, it is as if returning home.宾至如归。 A good beginning is half the battle.良好的开端成功的一半。 To teach is to learn.教学相长。
Like father,like son.有其父,必有其子。 Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败。 Fish in trouble water.混水摸鱼。 Business is business.公事公办。 The style is the man.文入其人。
More haste,less speed.欲速则不达。 Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。 Misfortunes never come alone. 祸不单行。
Hedges have eyes,walls have ears.隔篱有眼,隔墙有耳。 Man proposes,God disposes.谋事在人,成事在天。 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼里出西施。 Time and tide wait for no man.时不待我/岁月无情。
A young idlder,an old beggar. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。 Out of office,out of danger.无官一身轻。 In time of peace prepare for war.居安思危。
The tongue cuts the throat.祸从口出。/言多必失。
Out of sight,out of mind./far from eye,far from heart.眼不见为净。
All shall be well,Jack shall be Jill. 有情人终成眷属。
Friends must part.聚散离合总有时。/天下无不散之宴席。 The remenbrance of the past is the teacher of the future.前事不忘,后世之师。
Love me,love dog. 爱屋及乌。
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。/一石双鸟。 Speak the devil(and he will appear). 说曹操,曹操到。 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。 Beat the dog before the lion.杀鸡儆猴。 Let sleeping dog lie.勿打草惊蛇。 Teach fish to swim.班门弄斧。{4500双解英语谚语}.
A word spoken is past recallling. 一言既出,驷马难追。 Once beaten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。 Birds of a feather flock together.物以类分,人以群分。 In for a penny, in for a pound.一不做,二不休。 There is smoke without fire.无风不起浪。 Have a card up one’s sleeve.胸有成竹。 Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要金装,人要衣装。 As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。 Much will have more.得陇望蜀。/得寸进尺。
The sauce is better than the fish.喧宾夺主。
He cries wine and sells vinegar.挂羊头,买狗肉。 Good wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深。
Every potter praises his pot.王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸。 The pupil outdoes the master.青出于蓝而胜于蓝。 There are plenty of fish in the sea.天涯何处有芳草 Diamond cut diamont.强中更有强中手。 He take a spear to kill a fly.杀鸡用牛刀。 Gifts blind the eyyes.拿了手软,吃了嘴软。
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.不要将恩仇报。 Dogs bite in every country.天下乌鸦一般黑。
Better an open enemy than a false friend.。明枪易躲,暗箭难防。
Do one thing under cover of another. 明修栈道,暗度陈仓。 The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.心有余而力不足。 Little strokes fell great oaks.滴水穿石。/只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针。
Judge not a book by its cover. 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量。 A straight foot is not afraid of crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。
The knife cuts bread and fingers.水能载舟,亦能覆舟。 It is better to be the head of a dog/lizard than the tail of lion.宁为鸡手,无为牛后。
It is better to die than to live when life is a disgrace./Better die.with hounor than live with shame.
Dogs bite in every countries.天下乌鸦一般黑。
A horse stumbles that has four legs.人非圣贤,熟能无过。 A clear conscience is a sure card.为人不做亏心事,半夜不怕鬼敲门。
A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart.做贼心虚。 All your swans are greese.事与愿违。
Justice has long arms.天网恢恢,疏而不漏。 Late fruite keeps well.大器晚成。
Take things as they come.既来之,则安之。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。 Rest breeds rust.生命在于运动。 Names are debts.树大招风。
Common fame is a liar.盛名之下,其实难附。
Many kiss the baby for the nurse’s sake.醉翁之意不在酒。 Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。 Do in Rome as the Romans do.如乡随俗。
Things done cannot be done.木已成舟。/覆水难收。 True blue will never stain.真金不怕火炼。
Everybody’s business is nobody’s busness.三个和尚没水吃。
The moon is not seen when the sun shines.小巫见大巫。 Penny wise and pound foolish.因小失大。
He knows most who speaks least./still water runs deep.大智
若愚。
As you make the bed, so you must lie in it.自食其果。 The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。 Short pleasure,long lament.一失足成千古恨。 Don’t count the chichen before they are hatched. 请勿盲目乐观。
What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知,除非己莫为。
Danger is next neighour to security.塞翁失马,安知非福。 Misfortue might be a blessing in disguise. 祸兮福所倚,福兮祸所伏。
What we lose in hake we shall have in herring. 失之东隅,收之桑榆。
Stick together through thick and thin.
有福同享,有祸同当/祸患与共。/风雨同舟。 Save your breath to cool your porridge. 个人自扫门前雪,莫管他人瓦上霜。 A watched pot never boils.
心急吃不了热豆腐。/有心插花花不开,无心插柳柳成阴。 A leopard cannot change its spots./you cannot make a crab walk straight.江山易改,本性难移。
Don’t trouble touble until trouble troubles you. 车到山前必有路。
Accidents will happen./Every tide has its ebb. 天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
Even Homer sometimes nods./The best horse stumbles. 智者千虑,必有一失。
Rome was not built in a day.冰冻三尺,非一日之寒。 The shephered would rather lose the wool than the sheep. 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。
A little leak will sink a great ship./a stitch in time saves nine.亡羊补牢。
Silence is golden.沉默是金。
All is not gold that glitters. 闪闪发光物,并非皆金子。 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林,不如一鸟在手。
Safety and danger alternate with each other. Misfortune and fortune generate each other. Slowness and promptness follow each other. Gathering and scatering complement each other.安危相宜,祸福相生,缓急相争,聚散相成。
The endless river flows eastward, with its huge waves,gone are all those gallant heroes of bygone years. 大江东去,浪淘尽,千古风流人物。
Absorbed in paiting, you knnow not old age is coming, indeed, to me wealth and rank are like clouds drifting away.丹青不知老将至,富贵于我如浮云。
We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though we are miles apart.但愿
人长久,千里共婵娟。
A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the more on every festive day.独在异乡为异客,每逢佳节倍思亲。
If two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can cut through metal.二人同心,其利断金。
It is a true great amn whom no money and rank can confuse, no poverty and hardship can shake, and no power and force can suffocate.富贵不能淫,贫贱不能移,威武不能屈,此之谓大夫矣。
Impartiality produces clarity and partiality obscurity. 公生明,偏生暗。
The noble takes the humble as its root, the high takes the low as its base.贵以贱为本,高以下为基。 A bosom friend afar brings distance near. 海内存知己,天涯若比临。
A huge tree that fills one’s arms grows from a tiny seeding, a nine sories tower rises from a heap of earth, a thousand-li journey starts with the first step.合抱之木,生于毫末;九层之台,起于垒土;千里之行,始于足下。
This land is so beautiful that it has made countless heroes bow in homage.江山如此多娇,引无数英雄竞折腰。
Raising my head, I see the moon so bright, withdrawing my eyes my nostalgi comes around.举头望明月,低头思故乡。 All are past and gone;we look to this age for truly great men.俱往昔,数风流人物,还看今朝。
A man of virtue helps others to achieve their moral perfection but not their evil conduct. 君子成人之美,不成人之恶。
The friendship between men of virtue is light like water, yet richly affectionate; the friendship between men without virtue is sweet like wine, yet easily broken.君子之交淡如水小人之交甘如醴。君子淡以亲,小人甘于绝。
Work diligently for the country and frugally for the family. 克勤于邦,克俭于家。
Respect the aged in one’s own family as well as the aged in other families, and love the young in one’s own family as well as the young in other families.老吾老以及人之老,幼吾幼以及人之幼。
When one rejoices in the joy of his people, they will also rejoice in his joy; when one grieves at the sorrow of his people, they do the same. He who rules his country is one one who occupies himself with concerns for the pleasure and sorrow of all his people. 乐民之乐者,民亦乐其乐;忧民之忧者,民亦忧其忧。乐以天下,忧以天下,然而不王者未之有也。
Propriety damands reciprocity. It is not propriety to give but not to receive, or vice visa.礼尚往来。往而不来,非礼也;
来而不往,亦非礼也。
If love between both sides can last for eye, why need they stay together night and day.两情若是长久时,有岂在朝朝暮暮。
Act when orderd, and stop when prohibited.令则行,禁则止。 The way ahead is long and has no ending;yet high and low I’ll search with my will unbending路漫漫其修远兮,吾将上下而求索。
Disorder brings peril to a country, while order brings peace to it.乱则国危,治则国安。
The people are the most important element in a state;next are the goals of land and grain;least is the ruler himself.民为贵,社稷次之,君为轻。
Quick-minded and eager to learn, he is never ashamed to consult his inferiors.敏而好学,不耻下问。
Nothing in the world excels in beauty as simplicity does.朴素而天下莫能与之争美。
A long dike will collapse because of an ant-hole in it; a tall building will be burned down because of a spark from a chmney’s chink.千里之堤,以蝼蚁之 溃;百尺之室,以突隙之烟焚。
If you carve but give up half way, even a decayed piece of wood will not break; if you carve without a break, even metal and stone can be engraed.锲而舍之,朽木不折;锲而不舍,金石可镂。
Men have sorrow and joy; they part and meet again. The moon dims or shines; it waxes or wanes. Nothing is perfect, not even in the old days.人有悲欢离合,月有阴晴圆缺,此事古难全。
Among any three men walking, I will find something to learn for sure. Their good qualities are to be followed, and their shortcomings are to be avoided.三人行,必有我师焉。择其善者而从之,其不善者而改之。
He who is keen in learning takes other people’s fortes to make up his own defects.善学者,假人之长以补其短。 He who is good at learning exhausts the principles. He who is good at practising seeks to solve the most difficult problems.善学者尽其理,善行者究其难。
The passage of time is just like the flow of water, which goes on day and night.逝者如斯夫!不舍昼夜。
Those who follow the Heaven’s law will flourish and those who ga against it will perish.顺我者昌,逆我者亡。
Man is the most valuble among all the things that heaven fosters. 天生万物,唯人为贵。
Heaven has endowed me with talents for eventual use. 天生我才必有用。
Opportunities vouchsafed by Heaven are outmatched by terrestrial advantages, which in turn are outmatched by the
harmony among people. 天时不如地利,地利不如人和。 Words are to be judged from their function; and deeds are to be observed from their effects.听其言必责其用,观其行必求其功。
He who is able to reach new understanding by rviewing the old knowledge is qualified to be a teacher.温故而知新,可以为师也。
Don’t do what should not be done; don’t desire what should not be desired.无为其所不为,无欲其所不欲。
It is unbearable to meet as well as to depart. 相见时难别亦难。
Learning without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without learning ends in danger. 学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。
Never be contented with your study. Never be impatient with your teaching.学而不厌,诲人不倦。
Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.学如逆水行舟,不进则退。
It is such a delight to have friends coming so far. 有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎。
As a jade without chiseling will not become a useful object, a man without learning will not know the way.玉不琢,不成器。人不学,不知道。
Prosper your country before you prosper your family.欲富尔家,先富尔国。
We widen our views three hundred miles by ascending one flight of stairs. /exhausting my eyes to a thousand li further, I am ascending one more story of the tower.欲穷千里目,更上一层楼。
In heaven let us be two birds flying ever together, and on earth two trees with branches interlocked forever.在天愿做比翼鸟,在地愿为连理枝。
Knowing both the enemy and yourself ,you are sure to win every battle;knowing yourself but not the enemy, you’ll have equal chance to win or to lose; knowing neither your enemy nor yourself, you are destined to lose all battles.知彼知己,百战不殆;不知彼而知己,一胜一负;不知彼,不知己,每战必殆。
One’s true knowledge lies in recognizing what one knows and what one does not know.知之为知之,不知为不知,是知也。
谜语
1. what is the longest word in the world?
key:smile. 谜语解析:因为两个S隔了一里(mile) 2. what