励志故事 点击： 2018-09-22
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。
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 letter is an animal? key --B(Bee) 哪个字母是一个动物 答案：B
3. What letter stands for the ocean? key:C(sea) 哪个字母坐落在海边?答案：C(sea)
4. what letter is a question? key:Y 19. Where does afternoon come before morning in the 哪个字母是一个问题? 英语谜语答案:Y(why) world？世界上哪个地方下午比早上先到？ 5. what letter is your eye? key:I 谜语答案：In the dictionary.在字典里。 哪个字母是你的眼睛? 答案:I(eye) 20. What do you know about the kings of France? 你对法国6. what letter is a vegetable? key:P 君主有什么了解？ 哪个字母是一种蔬菜 答案:P(pea)豌豆 谜语答案：They are all dead. 他们都死了。 7. what stays hot even if put it in a fridge? key：pepper 22. how many sides does a circle have? key:Two，the inside
and the outside 什么东西即使放到冰箱中也是热的?
答案：pepper(胡椒粉) 谜语解析：hot也有辣的意思 一个圆有几个面?脑筋急转弯答案：两面，里面和外面 8. what fruit is never found singly? key:pear 23. what tree is always very sad? key:weeping willow 什么水果永远都不会是单数? 什么书树总是很伤心?答案：垂柳.谜语解析：weeping 答案:pear(梨) 谜语解析:pear和pair(一双)读音相同 willow的意思是垂柳，weeping是哭，willow是柳树 9. With which hand do you write? key:neither,i use a pen! 24. what is full when it's used and empty when it's at rest? 你用哪只手写字呢? 谜语答案：都不用，我用笔 key：a shoe 10. what man cannot live in a house? 什么东西在使用它的时候是满的，在他休息的时候是 什么人不能住在房子里? 谜语答案：snowman（雪人） 空的。脑筋急转弯答案：鞋 11. What never asks questions but gets a lot of answers? 25. when can you get water with a net? key:when water is
turned into ice 什么东西永远不问问题但是却能得到很多答案?
谜语答案：dictionary （字典） 什么时候你可以用用网拿到水呢？ 英语脑筋急转弯12. What question can you never answer "Yes" to? 答案：当水变成冰的时候
26. why are people tired on April Fool's Day? key:Because 什么问题你永远也不能回答"是"谜语答案：Are you
they have just had a long March. dead?（你死了吗?）Are you asleep?(你睡着了吗)
13. You have it．You read it．There're some pictures in it? 为什么在四月一日愚人节人们都很累？答案：因为他 你拥有它，你可以阅读它，它有些图片在里面，它是们刚度过了一个很长的三月(行军).march除了三月以外还什么? 谜语答案：book（书） 有行军的意思。
27. what's the poorest bank in the world? key:the river bank 14. A mouse has a large pocket． What is it?{乐观英语谚语}.
一种鼠有一个大袋子，它是什么? 世界上最贫穷的银行是什么？答案：河岸。bank还有 谜语答案：a kangaroo（袋鼠） 河岸的意思
29. what can pierce one's ears without a hole? 15. It has a head ，but no neck．It has a body，but no
key:Noise,voice warmth．NO feet，but can travel?
它有头，但没有脖子，有身体，但不温暖，没有脚， 什么东西能穿透一个人的耳朵而不留下一个洞？答却能旅行。 谜语答案：a car（汽车） 案：噪音，声音。
30. what's too much for two and just right for one? 16. What gets larger，the more you take away?
什么东西你拿走越多，反而越大？ 谜语答案：Ahole.洞 key:A secret什么东西对两个人来说太多，一个人刚刚好? 17. What goes on four legs in the morning，on two at noon，答案：秘密，因为两个知道就是不是秘密了。 and on three in the evening? 31. what tree letters turn a girl into a woman? key:age 什么走路开始用四条腿，后来用两条腿，最后用三条 哪三个字母把一个女孩变成了妇女？ 答案：年龄
32. what has two legs but cann't walk? key:compass 腿？谜语答案：People.They crawled when they were babies
and walked with two legs before they had to rely on a crutch 什么东西有两条腿却不能走路 答案:圆规 in old age. 33. what is pronounced like one letter,written with three
letters,and belongs to all animals? key:eye 是人，他们刚生下来的时候用四肢爬行，后来用双腿
走路，老年时又不得不依靠拐杖走。 什么东西读起来像是一个字母，写起来是三个字母，18. What do we get if we cross a woodpecker with a homing 并且所有动画都有它呢？ 答案：eye(眼睛)
34. what bird lifts heavy things? key:crane pigeon？
把一只啄木鸟和一只识途的鸽子融合在一起，会得到 什么鸟可以举起来很重的东西？ 答案：crane(鹤，另什么？ 外一个意思是举重机)
35. what always goes up and never goes down? key:your age 谜语答案：A bird that knocks on the door when
delivering messages. 将得到一只送信时会敲门的鸟。 什么东西永远只升不降 答案：你的年龄
36. what will you break once you say it? key:silence 什么东西你说出来就打破了它? 答案：沉默
39. what word is pronounced wrong,even by the best of scholars? key:wrong
哪个单词即使是最好的学者来念都念错? 答案：wrong(错)
40. what animal is taller sitting down than standing up? key:A dog 什么动物坐着比站着高? 答案：狗
41. what is black when it's clean and white when it's dirty? key:a blackboard
什么东西干净的时候是黑色的，脏的时候是白色的。 答案：黑板
42. what 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away? key:sixth哪个五个字母的单词当你去掉两个单词后还剩6个?答案：sixth，去掉后是six
43. A big Indian and a little Indian are walking down the street ,the little Indian is the son of the big Indian ,but the big Indian is not the father of the little Indian ,how is this possible?
key：the big Indian is the mother of the little Indian 这个英语很简单，就不带翻译了，看不懂的话，英语要再努力了。
45. What's the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space; the beginning of end, and the end of every place? key:The letter "e"
什么是永恒的开始，是时间的结束，是结局的开始，是每一个地方的结束? 答案：字母e,看这四个单词的结尾就明白了。
45. What can you catch but cannot throw? key ：a cold
什么东西你能抓住但是不能扔掉? 答案：感冒(catch a cold),英文中感冒为catch a cold
46. What is deaf and dumb but always tells the truth? key:mirror 什么是聋哑的，但是却总是告诉我们真相? 答案：镜子
47. What has a tongue but cannot talk? key: a shoe 什么东西有舌头但是却不会说话? 答案：鞋 48. What has teeth but cannot eat? key：corn 什么东西有牙齿却不能吃东西? 答案：玉米
49. What is yours but is used by others more than by yourself? key:your name
什么东西是你的但是别人却用的比你多? 答案：你的名字
50. What goes through a door but never comes in or goes out? key:keyhole
什么东西穿过门，但是从来也没有进去或者出来? 答案：锁眼
经典英语谚语
经典英语谚语50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 pound will 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。{乐观英语谚语}.
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 spirit and 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 times and 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 those that 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。{乐观英语谚语}.
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 up and 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 understand the mystery of the world's 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 that the 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 man's 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。
劝诫篇：
Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。
It’s never too old to learn. / Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。 Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。
Saying and doing are two different things.说和做是迥然不同的两回事。 Saying is one thing, and doing another.说是一回事，做是另一回事。 Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。 Better early than late.宁早勿迟 / 早做比迟做好。
Better late than never. 迟到总比不到强；迟做总比不做好。 A man can’t be robbed of his learning.学问是偷不走的。 Ask much, know much.问得多，懂得多。
He who questions nothing learns nothing.不提问，没学问。（不提问题者学不到任何东西。）
A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问 Discontent is the first step in progress.不满足是进步的开端。 Seldom seen, soon forgotten.少见易忘
A little learning is a dangerous thing.一知半解是危险的。 By reading we enrich the mind. 博览群书长见识。
All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易 Think twice before we leap.三思而后行。
Pride goes/comes before a fall. 骄傲使人失败。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 同时追二免，必将无所获/脚踏两条船，必定落空
Business comes before pleasure. 事业在先，享受在后
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.鸡蛋未孵出，不要先数鸡。（不要过早乐观）
You can's judge a book by it's cover. 人不可貌相
Grasp all, lose all. / Better master one than engage with ten.样样都要，全都失掉。
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足长乐。
Words are but wind, but seeing is believing / to see is to believe. 耳听为虚，眼见为实
A man can do no more than he can.量力而行。
Do not teach fish to swim. / Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠常怪工具差/ 不会撑船怪河弯。 When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。 Honesty is the best policy.诚实为上策。 勤学篇：
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 You reap what you sow. 一分耕耘，一分收获 Work makes the workman. 勤工出巧匠。
Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。
Genius is nothing but labour and diligence.天才无非是劳动和勤勉。 Early birds catch worms.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 No pains , no gains.不劳无获。 No sweet without sweat.苦尽甘来。
God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者/天道酬勤。
There is no royal road to learning. 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。/学无坦途
Only by working hard can we reap a bumper harvest.只有通过辛勤的劳动，才能收获丰硕的成果。
Idleness is the root of all evils.懒惰是万恶之源。
Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity. 勤劳是事业的灵魂, 是成功的基石。
朋友篇：
There is no friend so faithful as a good book.
好书是最忠诚的朋友。
A good book is your best friend.好书如挚友。 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
Books and friends should be few but good.书和朋友不在于多而在于精。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.读书要精选，结友要审慎。
Without a friend, the world is wilderness.没有朋友，世界是荒野一片。
A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅 A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
A friend to all is a friend to none. 滥交友者无友。
A friend is easier lost than found.朋友易失不易得。
Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。 A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
He who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。 Good advice is beyond all price.忠告无价宝。 Good medicine tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。（忠言逆耳利于行。）
Joy shared with others is more enjoyed.与人分享的快乐更快乐。
United we stand, divided we fall.团结则存，分裂则亡。
We are not born for ourselves.人生在世不光为己。
We are in the same boat. 同病相怜 / 我们的处境相同
其它： Beauty is but skin deep. 美貌不能持久/红颜易变/有美貌未必有美德
Life is not a bed of roses.生活并不是玫瑰花床；人生并不是到处鸟语花香。
There's no rose without a thorn. 玫瑰皆有刺(人
英语谚语集锦
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1. A burden of one’s choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。
2. A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。
3. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
4. A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
5. A good dog deserves a good bone. 好狗应啃好骨头 / 有功者受赏。
6. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 浅学误人。
7. A living dog is better than a dead lion. 死狮不如活狗。
8. A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。
9. A stick is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪, 何患无辞。
10. A wolf in sheep’s clothing. 披着羊皮的狼/口蜜腹剑的人。
11. A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。
12. A work ill done must be twice done. 首次做不好，必须重新搞。
13. A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
14. A willing helper does not wait until he is asked. 助人者总是主动帮助别人。
15. Actions speak louder than words. 行动比语言更响亮。.
16. All cats are grey in the dark. 猫在暗中都是灰色 / 黑暗中难分丑妍。
17. All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。
18. All time is no time when it is past. 光阴一去不复返。
19. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。
20. All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
21. All’s well that ends well. 结果好，万事好。
22. Among the blind the one-eyed man is the king. 山中无老虎猴子称大王。
23. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。
24. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
25. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。
26. An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
27. An old dog barks not in vain. 老狗不乱吠 / 老狗一吠, 就得小心。
28. As poor as a church mouse. 一贫如洗。
29. As you have made the bed, you must lie on it. 自作自受。
30. Bad news travels fast. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。
31. Barking dogs seldom bite. 爱叫的狗不咬人 / 咬人的狗不露齿。
32. Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。
33. Better master one than engage with ten. 会十事，不如精一事。
34. Beware of a silent dog and still water. 提防不吠的狗 / 小心静止的水。
35. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚。
36. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。
37. Bring down the house. 博得满堂喝彩 / 引起哄堂大笑。
38. Business before pleasure. 事业在先，享乐在后。
39. Business is business. 公事公办。
40. Business is the salt of life. 事业是生命之盐。
41. Call somebody names. 辱骂某人。
42. Christmas comes but once a year. 圣诞一年只一度。
43. Come like a dog at a whistle 一呼即来。
44. Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。
45. Diligence is the mother of good fortune. 勤勉是好运之母。
46. Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 照多数人那样干，人们会把你称赞。
47. Doing everything is doing nothing. 样样都做等于不做。
48. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. 切莫过于乐观。
49. Doubt is the key of knowledge. 怀疑是知识之钥。
50. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起，使人健康、富裕和聪颖。
51. Easier said than done. 说来容易做起来难。
52. East or west, home is best. 出门五里，不如家里。
53. Easy come, easy go. 来得容易去得快。
54. Enough to make a horse laugh 极其可笑 / 让人笑掉大牙
55. Enough to make a cat speak. 令人惊讶 / 事情太出奇
56. Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日。
57. Every dog is a lion at home. 狗是百步王 / 只在门前凶。
58. Everybody’s business is nobody’s business. 三个和尚没水吃。
59. Experience is the best teacher. 经验是最好的教师。
60. Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
61. 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。
62. Faith will move mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。
63. Fat cat 有钱有势的人。
64. Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，佛要金装。
65. Fire is a good servant but a bad master. 火是忠实的朋友，却是残酷的主人。
66. First come, first served. 捷足先登。
67. Give a dog an ill name and hang him. 一旦给人加一个坏名声, 他就永远洗刷不掉 / 人言可畏。
68. Give him an inch and he will take a yard. 得寸进尺。
69. Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失。
70. Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
71. Has the cat got your tongue? 猫把你的舌头叼去了吗? / 为什么不吭声?
72. Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。
73. Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today. 明天如有事，今天就去做。
74. He is a lucky dog. 他是个幸运儿。
75. He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后谁笑得最好。
76. 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。
77. He that knows nothing, doubts nothing. 什么都不知，什么都不疑。
78. 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。
79. He that will not work shall not eat. 不工作者不得食。
80. He who hesitates is lost. 踌躇不决必失败。
81. He who does not advance loses ground. 不进则退。
82. He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man. 不到长城非好汉。
83. He who rides on a tiger can never dismount. 骑虎难下。
84. Health is not valued till sickness comes. 有病方知无病福。
85. Idle folks take the most pains. 懒人做工作，越懒越费力。
86. Idleness is the key of beggary. 懒惰出乞丐。
87. Idleness is the root of all evil. 懒惰乃万恶之源。
88. If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. 值得做的工作就值得做好。
89. 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。
90. Ill news travels fast. 恶事传千里。
91. Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸运的右手，节俭是幸运的左手。
92. It is good to learn at another man’s cost. 前车可鉴。
93. It is ill to waken sleeping dogs./Let sleeping dogs lie./Don’t wake a sleeping dog. 别多事 / 别惹麻烦。
94. It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil. 没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。
95. It is not work that kills, but worry. 工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。
96. It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都应用得其所。
97. It never rains, but it pours. 不雨则已，一雨倾盆 / 祸不单行。
98. It rains cats and dogs. 下倾盆大雨 / 大雨滂沱
99. It is no use crying over the spilt milk. 覆水难收
100. It takes two to make a quarrel. 一只碗不响。
101. Jack of all trades, master of none. 样样皆通，样样稀松。通百艺即无一长。
102. Keep your mouth shut and your ears open. 少说为佳，多听为妙。
103. Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕
104. Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps. 知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。
105. Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
106. Laughter is the best medicine. 笑是良药。
107. Lead a dog’s life 过着牛马不如的生活。
108. Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
109. Let the cat out of the bag 说走了嘴 / (无意中)泄露秘密。
110. Like a cat on hot bricks 局促不安 / 如热锅上的蚂蚁。
111. Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。
112. Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。
113. Live and learn. 活到老学到老。
114. Live a cat and dog life（夫妻）过着不和谐的生活。
115. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标等于航行没有指南针。
116. Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
117. Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清。
118. Love me, love my dog. 你若把我当朋友, 也要把我的朋友当朋友; 爱屋及乌。
119. Make hay while the sun shines. 晒草要趁太阳好。
120. Many hands make light work. 众擎易举。
121. Many hands make quick work. 人多干活快。
122. Many a little makes a mickle. 积少成多。
123. Many hands makes light work. 人多好办事。
124. Mind your own business. 自管自吧。
125. Money isn’t everything. 钱不是万能的。
126. More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。
127. Move heaven and earth 想尽一切办法 / 竭尽全力（误：翻天覆地）。
128. Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today. 今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。
129. Never do things by halves. 做事不要半途而废。
130. Never judge from appearances. 不要以貌取人。
131. 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材小用。 132. Never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢未为晚也。
133. No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。
134. No one can call back yesterday; Yesterday will not be called again. 昨日不复来。
135. No one is wise at all time. 智者千虑，必有一失。
136. No pains, no gains. 不劳无获。
137. No root, no fruit. 无根就无果。
138. No sweet wi