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花开花谢 2007-9-29 17:26:00

英语谚语精选



 

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。

A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。

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 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。


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花开花谢 2007-9-29 17:29:00
Money isn't everything.
钱不是万能的。

Murder will out.
纸包不住火。

My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子,女儿终生是女儿。

Nature is the true law.
天行有常,不为尧存,不为桀亡。

Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力。

Never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸鱼。

Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。

Never say die.
永不言败。

Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊补牢,为时未晚。

New wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。

No cross, no crown.
不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹。

No garden without its weeds.
没有不长草的园子。

No living man all things can.
世上没有万事通。

No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。

No man is born wise or learned.
没有生而知之者。

No man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。

No man is wise at all times.
聪明一世,糊涂一时。

None are so blind as those who won't see.
视而不见。

None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
充耳不闻。

No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息。

No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不会重现。

No pains, no gains.
没有付出就没有收获。

No pleasure without pain.
没有苦就没有乐。

No rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。

No sweet without sweat.
先苦後甜。

No smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。

Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼泪干得最快。

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事,只怕有心人。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事,只要肯登攀。

Nothing seek, nothing find.
没有追求就没有收获。

Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行,语言最要紧。

Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。

Not to advance is to go back.
不进则退。

Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故,幼稚可笑。

No way is impossible to courage.
勇者无惧。

Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
军人以服从命令为天职。

Observation is the best teacher.
观察是最好的老师。

Offense is the best defense.
进攻是最好的防御。

Old friends and old wines are best.
陈酒味醇,老友情深。

Old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。

Once a man and twice a child.
一次老,两次小。

Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盗一次,做贼一世。

Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。

One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝,两个和尚抬水喝,三个和尚没水喝。

One cannot put back the clock.
时钟不能倒转。

One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百闻不如一见。

One false move may lose the game.
一著不慎,满盘皆输。

One good turn deserves another.
行善积德。

One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
争分夺秒效率高。

One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前车之鉴。

One never loses anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。

One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。

One's words reflect one's thinking.
言为心声。

Out of debt, out of danger.
无债一身轻。

Out of office, out of danger.
无官一身轻。

Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见,心为静。

Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良药。

Penny wise, pound foolish.
贪小便宜吃大亏。

Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者,说到的多,做到的少。

Please the eye and plague the heart.
贪图一时快活,必然留下隐祸。

Pleasure comes through toil.
苦尽甘来。

Pour water into a sieve.
竹篮子打水一场空。

Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。

Praise is not pudding.
恭维话不能当饭吃。

Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
好人越夸越好,坏人越夸越糟。

Prefer loss to unjust gain.
宁可吃亏,不贪便宜。

Prevention is better than cure.
预防胜於治疗。

Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
骄傲使人落後。

Promise is debt.
一诺千金。

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
谚语是日常经验的结晶。

Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。

Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置。

Put your shoulder to the wheel.
鼎力相助。

Reading enriches the mind.
开券有益。

Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
读书健脑,运动强身。

Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬,必须自重。

Rome is not built in a day.
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒。

Saying is one thing and doing another.
言行不一。

Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。

Seek the truth from facts.
实事求是。

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者当差,不用交代。

Set a thief to catch a thief.
以贼捉贼。

Short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算账。


花开花谢 2007-9-29 17:29:00
There is no place like home.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。

There is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟。

The style is the man.
字如其人。

The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人言可畏。

The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟,亦能覆舟。

The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清,浊者自浊。

The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在後。

The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界如阶梯,有人上有人下。

The world is but a little place, after all.
海记忆体知己,天涯若比邻。

Think twice before you do.
三思而後行。

Things at the worst will mend.
否极泰来。

Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。

Time cures all things.
时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

Time flies.
光阴似箭。

Time is money.
时间就是金钱。

Time lost cannot be won again.
时光流逝,不可复得。

Time past cannot be called back again.
时间不能倒流。

Time tries all.
路遥知马力,日久见人心。

Tit for tat is fair play.
人不犯我,我不犯人;人若犯我,我必犯人。

To err is human.
人非圣贤,孰能无过。

To know everything is to know nothing.
什么都知道,一如什么都不知道。

To know oneself is true progress.
人贵有自知之明。

Tomorrow never comes.
我生待明日,万事成蹉跎。

Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
过分熟悉会使人互不服气。

Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
学问太多催人老。

Too much liberty spills all.
自由放任,一事无成。

Too much praise is a burden.
过多夸奖,反成负担。

To save time is to lengthen life.
节约时间就是延长生命。

Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
常在河边走,哪有不湿鞋。

Troubles never come singly.
福无双至,祸不单行。

Truth never grows old.
真理永存。

Turn over a new leaf.
洗心革面,改过自新。

Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹤蚌相争,渔翁得利。

Two heads are better than one.
一个好汉三个帮。

Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。

Two wrongs do not make a right.
别人错了,不等於你对了。

Unity is strength.
团结就是力量。

Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠言逆耳利於行。

Until all is over one"s ambition never dies.
不到黄河心不死。

Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占大便宜。

Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远远胜过美貌。

Walls have ears.
小心隔墙有耳。

Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬。

Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
滴水穿石。

Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康,钱再多也没用。

We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好东西,失去了才明白。

Well begun is half done.
好的开始,是成功的一半。

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水可贵。

We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。

We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自己的好事别去提,别人的恩惠要铭记。

Wet behind the ears.
乳臭未乾。

Whatever you do, do with all your might.
不管做什么,都要一心一意。

What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
儿时所学,终生难忘。

What's done cannot be undone.
生米煮成熟饭了。

What's lost is lost.
失者不可复得。

What we do willingly is easy.
愿者不难。

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入国问禁,入乡随俗。

When everybody"s somebody then nobody"s anybody.
人人都伟大,世间没豪杰。

When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
伤心旧事别重提。

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
新仇旧恨,齐上心头。

When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,没安好心。

When wine is in truth, wit is out.
酒後吐真言。

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

Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。

Where there is smoke, there is fire.
事出有因。

While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.
道高一尺,魔高一丈。

Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.
搬弄口舌者必是小人。

Whom the gods love die young.
好人不长命。

Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
智者嘴在心?Y,愚者心在嘴?Y。

Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。

You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两头点,精力不可过分耗。

You cannot eat your cake and have it.
鱼与熊掌,不可得兼。

You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
强扭的瓜不甜。

You may know by a handful the whole sack.
由一斑可知全貌。

You never know what you can till you try.
是驴子是马,拉出来遛遛


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