【7A文】雅思高分101格言与谚语

7A版优质实用文档101ProverbsandSayingsforIELTSWrittenby:MarkGriffiths中国出版集团公司中国对外翻译出版公司Publisheddate:Dec.20GGAbirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush.M:havingonethingforsureisbetterthanthetheoreticalpossibilityofhavingtwoofthosethings.Ablessingindisguise.M:somethingthoughttobebadwaslaterfoundtobegood.Achainisnostrongerthanitsweakestlink.M:iftheweakestpartbreaks,thewholesystemfails.Afaultconfessedishalfredressed.M:ifyouadmitthatthereisaproblem,youarehalfwaytosolvingit.Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.M:arealfriendisonewhohelpsorsupportsyouwhentimesarebad.Agoodbeginningmakesagoodend.M:ifyoustartwell,youwillfnishwell.AgoodeGampleisthebestsermon.M:behaveasyouwishotherstobehave.Aleopardcannotchangeitsspots.M:itisnotpossibletochangethebasiccharacteristicsapersonhas.Amanisknownbythecompanyhekeeps.M:youcanjudgeapersonbythetypeofpeoplehe/sheiswith.Apictureisworthathousandwords.M:picturessaymorethanmanywords.Arottenapplespoilsthebarrel.M:ifthereisonebadpersoninagroup,themakethewholegrouplookbad.Astitchintimesavesnine.M;ifyoudosomethingorpreparebeforehand(e.g.beforeaproblemarises),youwillsavetimeinthelongrun.Aswallowdoesnotmakethesummer.M:oneminorgoodthingdoesnotmeanthateverthingwillbegood.Atreeisjudgedbyitsfruit.M:youcanjudgeathingorapersonbywhattheyproduce.Ayoungidler,anoldbeggar.M:apersonwhoislazywhenyoungwillneedtobegwhenolder.Absencemakestheheartgrowfonder.M:ifyouareawayformsomethingorsomeone,youwantit/themmore.Actionsspeaklouderthanwords.M:doingsomethingaboutaproblemismoreimportantandusefulthantalkingaboutit.Adviceischeap.M:itiseasytogiveadvice,particularlywhenyouarenotdirectlybythesituationorproblem.Allthatglittersisnotgold.M:justbecausesomethinglooksgood,itdoesntmeanthatitisgood.Allworkandnoplaymakesjackadullboy.M:toomuchworkandnotenoughrelaGationisnotgoodforyou.Anidlemindisthedevilsworkshop.M:whenpeoplearelazy,theirthoughtsturntodoingbadthings.Badnewstravelsfast.M:badnewsspreadsmorequicklythangoodnews.Beautyisonlyskindeep.M:beautyisonlyonthesrfacesomethingthatlooksgoodmaynotbe.Beautyisintheeyeofthebeholder.M:eachpersonhasadifferentopiniononwhatisbeautiful.Betterlatethannever.M:arrivinglatemaynotbegood,butitisbetterthannotarrivingatall.Bettersafethansorry.M:donttakeunnecessaryrisks.Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.M:peoplewithsimilarinterestsorofasimilarcharactertendtobefoundtogether.Bloodisthickerthanwater.M:familytiesarethemostimportantandstrongest.Charitybeginsathome.M:familyrelationshipsaremoreimportantthanotherones.Diligenceisthemotherofgoodfortune.M:hardworkcreatesgoodopportunities.Dontbiteoffmorethanyoucanchew.M:dontattemptsomethingthatyouarenotabletodealwith.Dontjudgeabookbyitscover.M:lookatsomethingcarefullybeformakingadecisiononitsvalue.Don'tputallyoureggsinonebasket.M:don'tinvestallyoutime,moneyorenergyinonething.Easiersaidthandone.M:itiseasiertosaysomethingthantoactuallydoit.Eachtohisown.M:everypersonhasdifferentlikesandinterestsandshouldbeallowedtofollowhis/herownpath.Everycloudhasasilverlining.M:evenbadthingshaveagoodside.Everypathasitspuddle.M:whicheverdirectionyouchoose,therewillbeproblemstoovercome.Firstimpressionsaremostlasting.M:yourfirstideaofsomethingorsomeonewillremainlongest.Givesomeoneaninchandtheywilltakeamile.M:ifyouallowsomeonetodo/takeonething,theywilltrytodo/takemoreofit.Greatoaksgrowfromlittleacorns.M:successfulthingsstartsmall.Halfaloafisbetterthannone.M:somethingisbetterthannothing.Hethatwouldhavethefruitmustclimbthetree.M:ifyouwantsomethinggood,youhavetotakesteps(work)togetit.Hethatwouldknowwhatshallbe,mustconsiderwhathasbeen.M:ifyouwanttoknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture,youneedtothinkaboutwhathappenedinsimilarsituationsinthepast.Hewhoisafraidofasking,isafraidofleaning.M:ifyouareafraidtoaskquestions,youareafraidoffindingouttheanswers.Hewhoplantstreeslovesothersbesideshimself.M:apersonwhodoessomethingforthecommongoodispersonwhotrulylovesotherpeople.Holdyourhorses.M:slowdownandthinkbeforeyouact.Honestyisthebestpolicy.M:itisbettertotellthetruththantolie,sincelyingwillonlycreatefurtherproblems.Honeycatchesmorefliesthanvinegar.M:sayingordoingsomethingnicewinsmorepeoplesmindsthansayingordoingsomethingnasty.Hopefortebestandpreparefortheworst.M:itisfinetohopethatyouwillbefortunateorsuccessful,butyoushouldbereadyforanunfortunatesituationorfailure.Iftherewerenoclouds,wewouldnotenjoythesun.M:badthingsmakegoodthingsseembetter.Ifyoucantstandtheheat,getoutofthekitchen.M:ifyoucannothandlethepresureorproblems,youshouldntbeginaprocessoranaction.Ifyouchasetworabbits,youwillcatchneitherone.M:ifyoutrytodotwothingsatonce,youwillfailatboth.Ifyouwantafriend,beafriend.M:ifyouwantpeopletobefriendly(nice)toyou,youneedtobefriendly(nice)tothem.Imitationisthesincerestformofflattery.M:bycopyingsomeoneorsomething,youareshowinghowgoodthatpersonorthingis.Itsnousecryingoverspiltmilk.M:whensomethi