习惯的英文谚语

习惯的英文谚语篇一

常用英语谚语

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 开头不好结尾必糟。

2. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 蛋糕莫保留坏习气要除掉。

3. A bad workman always blames his tools. 劣工咎器。

4. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 两鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

5. A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人无知犹如房屋无基。

6. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 书是随时携带的花园。

7. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮了别人燃尽了自己。

8. A door must be either shut or open. 门不关就得开二者必居其一。 / 非此即彼。

9. A friend is a second self. 朋友是第二个自我。

10. A good beginning makes a good ending. 欲善其终 , 必先善其始。

11. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口利于病忠言逆耳利于行。

12. A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少年懒惰老来贫苦。

13. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生没有朋友犹如生活没有阳光。

14. A little help is worth a deal of pity. 一次行动胜过一筐空话。

15. A little is better than none. 有一点总比没有好。

16. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解害已误人。

17. A little labour, much health. 常常走动无病无痛。

18. A little learning is a dangerous thing. 浅学寡识是件危险的事。

19. A little of everything, and nothing at all. 样样皆通样样稀松。

20. A man is never too old to learn. 活到老学到老。

21. A merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快办事痛快。

22. A picture is a poem without words. 画为无言诗。

23. A snow year, a good year. 瑞雪兆丰年。

24. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. 美好的事物永远是一种快乐。

25. A thousand mile trip begins with one step. 千里之行始于足下。

26. A tree is known by its fruit. 观其行而知其人。

27. A word spoken cannot be recalled. 一言说出难以收回。

28. A word to the wise is enough. 聪明人不用细说。

29. A work ill done must be twice done. 工作未干好只得重返工。

30. Act fairly by all men. 一视同仁。

31. Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

32. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 困难和不幸不能使人富有却能使人聪明。

33. After rain comes fair weather. 否极泰来。

34. After supper walk a mile. 饭后百步走活到九十九。

35. All are not friends that speak us fair. 说好话的不一定都是朋友。

36. All beginnings are hard. 万事开头难。

37. All men can't be first. 并非所有的都能获第一。

38. All roads lead to Rome. 处处有路通长安。

39. All things are difficult before they are easy. 万事开头难。

40. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作而无娱乐会使人愚钝。

41. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一个苹果医生不来找我。

42. An empty bag cannot stand upright. 空袋子放不真。

43. An evil lesson is soon learned. 学坏容易。

44. An honest man's word is as good as his bond. 君子一言驷马难追。

45. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。

46. An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力老大徒伤悲。

47. An ill workman quarrels with his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。

48. Art is long, life is short. 生有涯而知无涯。

49. As a man sows, so shall he reap. 种瓜得瓜种豆得豆。

50. As one door closes, another door opens. 天无绝人之路。

51. As the wind blows, you must set your sail. 趁风扬帆。

52. As you brew, so you must drink. 自作自受。

53. Bad luck always comes in threes. 祸不单行。

54. Bad news travels fast. 坏事传千里。

55. Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. 择友宜慎弃之宜更慎。

56. Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 重诺守信。

57. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。

58. Beauty is but skin-deep. 不可以貌取人。

59. Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美即是真真即是美。

60. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great fire to burn us. 宁要小火暖身不要大火灼人。

61. Better a little loss than a long sorrow. 宁可作点牺牲不要长久悲痛。

62. Better ask twice than lose your way once. 问路两次胜过迷路一次。

63. Better be sure than sorry. 要安全不要危险。

64. Better early than late. 宁早勿迟。

65. Better late than never. 这到总比不到强。

66. Better lost than found. 宁可丢掉不愿找到。常针对不喜欢的人或物。

67. Better safe than sorry. 安全胜过遗憾。

68. Better small fish than empty dish. 盘中小鱼胜无鱼。

69. Better the last smile than the first laughter. 笑在前不如笑在后。

70. Better to ask the way than go astray. 多问不吃亏。

71. Better to be safe than sorry. 安全胜过遗憾。

72. Better to do well than to say well. 嘴勤不如手勤。

73. Better to have than wish. 现有胜过心想。

74. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚人以群分。

75. Bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂。

76. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。

77. Books and friends should be few but good. 择友如藏书皆宜少而精。

78. Both together do best of all. 人心齐泰山移。

79. Busiest men find the most time. 最忙的人时间最多。

80. Business before pleasure. 先工作后娱乐。

81. Business is business. 生意是生意交情归交情。

82. By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 一闲生百邪。

83. By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. 教学相长。

84. By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 读书益智交谈搏彩。

85. By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. 团结则存分裂则亡。

86. Call a spade a spade. 直言不讳。

87. Care and diligence bring luck. 细心勤奋带来好运。

88. Care brings grey hair. 愁一愁白了头。

89. Care is enemy to health. 忧虑有损健康。

90. Care will kill a cat. 忧虑伤神。

91. Children and fools cannot lie. 小孩和傻瓜嘴里没谎话。

92. Children and fools speak the truth. 童子吐真言。

93. Children are what the mothers are. 有其母必有其子。

94. Children have the qualities of the parents. 有什么样的父母就有什么样的孩子。

95. Christmas comes but once a year. 圣诞节每年只有一次。

96. Clothes don't make the man. 好马不在鞍人美不在衫。

97. Clothes make the man. 人靠衣服马靠鞍。

98. Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 信心为成功之始。

99. Content is better than riches. 知足常乐。

100. Content is happiness. 知足常乐。

101. Custom is a second nature. 习俗是人的第二天性。

102. Custom makes all the things easy. 形成习惯事事好办。

103. Cut your coat according to your cloth. 看布裁衣。

104. Deeds are males and words are females. 会说不如会干。

105. Delays are dangerous. 拖延误事。

106. Diamond cut diamond. 势均力敌。

107. Diligence is the mother of good luck. 幸运出自勤奋。

108. Diligence is the greatest of teachers. 勤奋是最伟大的导师。

109. Diligence is the mother of success. 成功来自勤奋。

110. Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom. 挫折哺育智慧。

111. Discontent is the first step in progress. 不满足是进取的第一步。

112. Do as I say, not as I do. 照我说的做不要照我干的做。

113. Do as the Romans do. 入国问禁入乡随俗。

114. Do it now. 说干就干机不可失。

115. Do not attend to two things at a time. 一心不能二用。

116. Do not cry for the moon. 不要异想天开。

117. Do not try out before you are hurt. 不要没碰到就叫。

118. Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不能过河拆桥。

119. Do nothing by halves. 不可半途而废。

120. Do on the hill as you would do in the hall. 人前人后一个样。

121. Do what you ought, and come what can. 但知行好事莫要问前程。

122. Doing is better than saying. 空言无补。

123. Doing nothing is doing ill. 游手好闲就是学坏。

124. Don't bite off more than you can chew. 贪多嚼不烂。

125. Don't change horses in the middle of a stream. 病重不宜换郎中。

126. Don't climb a tree to look for fish. 不可缘木求鱼。

127. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 不要高兴太早。

128. Don't forget to cross your t's. 不要丢三落四。

129. Don't have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。

130. Don't judge a book by its cover. 书的价值不在封面。

131. Don't judge by appearance. 不可以貌取人。

132. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

133. True love never dies. 真爱永远不死

134. Where there is love, there is life. 有爱的地方就有生命。 爱与生命同在。

135. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. 借鉴过去，活在当下，展望未来 136. Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars.

向月亮射击，即没有击中，你总能击落星星吧。

137. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with heart. 世界上最好和最美的东西看不见,甚至感动。他们必须用心去感受。 138. Eat bread with pleasure, drink wine by measure. 天知道这么多要背到什么时候! 139. Love is a fruit in season at all times.爱情是一年四季每个人都能得到的果实。

140. Nothing in the world has ever been accompolished without passion. 世上的事都是靠激情成就的。

1. 时光易逝 Time flies.

2. 一个今天胜似两个明天 One today is worth two tomorrows.。

3. 机不可失，时不再来 When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you.

4. 趁热打铁 Strike while the iron is hot.

5. 知识可羡，胜于财富 Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.

6. 前车可鉴 It is good to learn at another man’s cost.。

7. 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.

8. 熟能生巧 Practice makes perfect.

10.说的比做的容易 Easier said than done.

11.有志者，事竟成 Where there is a will, there is a way.

12.差之毫厘，谬以千里 One false step will make a great difference.

13.稳扎稳打无往不胜 Slow and steady wins the race.

14.吃一堑，长一智 A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

15.实践出真知 Experience is the mother of wisdom.

16.工作不休息，聪明孩子也变傻 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.。

17.无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰 Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.

18.欲速则不达 More hasty, less speed.

19.活到老，学到老 It’s never too old to learn.

20.千里之行，始于足下 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

21.三思而后行 Look before you leap.

22.伟业非一日之功 Rome was not built in a day.

23.英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.

24.好的开始等于成功的一半 Well begun, half done.

25.眼不见心不烦 Out of sight, out of mind.

26.事实胜于雄辩 Facts speak plainer than words.

27.凡事有轻重缓急 First things first.

28.患难见真情 A friend in need is a friend indeed.

29.坏事传千里 Ill news travels fast.

30.不会很久的 It won’t be long before….

习惯的英文谚语篇二

实用英语谚语

常用口语

cross your heart 你发誓

gate - crasher 不请自来的不速之客;

take it easy 凡事看开些, 不要太冲动, 不要看得那么重

make yourself comfortable 不用约束 (招待客人时说的话)

you are all wet 你完全误会了

she is hangover 她昨夜喝醉了

it’s a matter of time 这是迟早的问题

she pulls out 她退出了

I have my limit 我的忍耐度有限

don’t brush me off 不要敷衍我

let’s get it straight 我们打开天窗说亮话吧

what you call this 你这算什么

how about a bite 随便吃些什么吧

you can count on me 你可以信得过我

he see things not people他论事不论人

we sang the same songs 我们志同道合

I hope you in the roll 我希望你也能来

let’s go Dutch 我们各付各的吧

speak of the devil 说曹操, 曹操就到

keep in touch 保持联络

don’t turn me down 不要拒绝我

don’t let me down 别叫我失望

it’s dying art 这是已失传的手艺

I'm trying to make ends meet 我尽力要使收支平衡

中国成语，谚语

man proposes and god disposes 谋事在人成事在天 .

the weakest goes to the wall.优胜劣败

to look one way and row another声东击西 .

in everyone’s mouth.脍炙人口

to kick against the pricks 螳臂挡车 .

to give the last measure of devotion 鞠躬尽瘁 .

to suffer for one’s wisdom. 聪明反被聪明误

to harp on the same string. 旧调重弹

what’s done cannot be undone 覆水难收 .

to convert defeat into victory. 转败为胜 beyond one’s grasp. 鞭长莫及

to be severe with oneself and lenient with others. 严以责己,宽以待人

a heart of steel. 铁石心肠

to be guided by destiny.听天由命

gentlemen agreement 君子协定

pride goes before a fall 骄者必败 .

the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without 不战而屈人之兵

what is bugging you 什么事使你心烦 sworn brother 干兄弟, 盟兄弟

prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them富贵结朋友, 患难见真情

if you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the bitterest of the bitter.

吃得苦中苦, 方为人上人

it is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill. 宁为善而斗, 毋屈服于恶

he who has hope has everything. 怀有希望者, 便拥有一切

self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信心是成功的首要关键

the secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功的秘绝在于目标坚定有恒

success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. 成功源于努力去克服困难 experience is the extract of suffering. 经验是受苦的结晶

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 .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。

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。

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。

Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。

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。

Close mouth catches no flies.病从口入

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。

值得记住的名言

Love is ever the beginning of knowledge as fire is of light.

知识总是从爱好开始，犹如光总是从火开始一样。－Thomas Carlyle（英国历史学家卡莱尔） People need to know one another to be at their honest best.

人们需要相互了解才能达到最诚实的境界。 －(Robbins Staca（英国作家斯达卡） Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

要私下告诫朋友，但是要公开夸奖朋友。 －Publius Syrus（叙利亚作家西拉丁） All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. 所

有幸福的家庭都相似，而每个不幸的家庭各不同。 －Leo Tolstoy（俄国文学家托尔斯泰） Friendship is both a source of pleasure and a component of good health.

友谊既是快乐之源泉，又是健康之要素。 －Ralph Waldo Emerson（美国思想家爱默生） If you don’t learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.

如果你年轻时没有学会思考，那就永远学不会思考。－Thomas Edison（美国发明家爱迪生） Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.

不管是谁，匆匆忙忙只能说明他不能从事他所从事的工作。－Philip Dormer Chesterfield

习惯的英文谚语篇三

英文谚语大全

英文谚语大全------A

A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。

A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。

A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart. 做贼心虚。

A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。

A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。

A bad penny always turns up.

A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。

A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。

A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。

A beggar's purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。

A bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。

A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无。

A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。

A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情。

A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。

A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。

A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身。

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

A burden of one's choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重。

A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。

A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王。

A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。

Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。

A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息。

A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。

A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。

A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧，高枕无忧。{习惯的英文谚语}.

A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，胜券在握。

A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 宁为清贫，不为浊富。

A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，祸从口出。

A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大。

A common danger causes common action. 同仇敌忾。

A constant guest is never welcome. 久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。

A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。

A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。

A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。

A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 户枢不蠹。

Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识的巧果。

Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不满足者坐无宁时。

A disease known is half cured. 病情确诊断，治病好一半。

Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。

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。

After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午饭后要坐，晚饭后要走。

A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。

A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误，等于改正一半。

Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 事情要安步就班地做，就会很快地做完。

A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。

A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算计。

A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜总爱强出头。

A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋难聚财。

A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。

A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚发问，七智结舌。

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所问，智者难答。

A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千虑，必有一得。

A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失，百智难回。

A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 一个蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一个聪明人在别人家里所知的事要多。

A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千虑，必有一得。

A fool's heart dances on his lips. 愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。

A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸会变，但本性难移。

A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。

A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真朋友。

A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一个我。

A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友。

A friend is never known till a man have need. 不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 广交友，无深交。

A friend without faults will never be found. 没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。

After a storm comes a calm. 否极泰来。

After black clouds, clear weather. 否极泰来。

After death, the doctor. 放马后炮。

After dinner comes the reckoning. 吃喝玩乐，该付代价。

After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. 午餐之后坐片刻，晚饭之后走一里。 After meat, mustard. 雨后送伞。

A full belly counsels well. 衣食足而后知荣辱。

A full cup must be carried steadily. 杯满盈，须持稳。

A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 好砧不怕锤。

A good appetite is a good sauce. 饥不择食。

A good beginning is half the battle. 首战告捷等于一半胜利。

A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者必善其终。

A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好书，莫逆之交。

A good book is a light to the soul. 好书一本，照亮心灵。

A good conscience is a continual feast. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

A good conscience is a soft pillow. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

A good dog deserves a good bone. 有劳得奖。

A good example is the best sermon. 身教胜似言教。

A good face is a letter of recommendation. 好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。

A good face needs no paint. 美貌无需擦脂抹粉。

A good fame is better than a good face. 好的名望胜于好的相貌。

A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近亲。

A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land. 聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。

A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold. 健康的身体贵于黄金铸成的皇冠。

A good heart cant's lie. 有仁心者不说谎话。

A good heart conquers ill fortune. 善心克厄运。

A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 良马的毛色不会差。

A good horse often needs a good spur. 好马常要好靴刺。

A good marksman may miss. 智者千虑，必有一失。

A good maxim is never out of season. 至理名言不会过时。

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. 好的名声在黑暗中也会光芒四射。

A good neighbour is better than a bother in the next village. 远亲不如近邻。

A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand. 出色的外科医生必须心明眼亮和有一双灵巧的手。{习惯的英文谚语}.

A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 好故事百听不厌。

A good tongue is a good weapon. 伶俐的口齿是一种锐利的武器。

A good wife makes a good husband. 有好妻子就有好丈夫。

A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。

A great talker is a great liar. 最会饶舌的人也是最会说谎的人。

A great ship asks deep water. 巨轮寻深水而航行。

A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. 做贼心虚，良心自诛。

A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 贼胆心虚。

A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning. 一点小常识常胜过很多有价值的学问。

A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放，笑逐颜开。

A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急难免出岔子。

A heavy purse makes a light heart. 腰包钱财足，心境自然宽。

A heavy snow promise a good harvest. 瑞雪兆丰年。

A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 时势造英雄。

A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马的装饰。

A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭内讧难维系。

A Jack of all trades and master of none. 三脚猫无所长。

A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。

A journey of a thousand miles begains with