PROVERBS英语常用谚语.doc

AA bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终 A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林 A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏 A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入 /祸从口出Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩 Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变 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. /A leopard cannot change its spots.江山易改，本性难移 A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。

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 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 medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口 A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人 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 glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子 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 is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里 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 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 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 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 BBad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里 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. 亡羊补牢犹未晚 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 Business is business.公事公办 CCannot 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。

Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财 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 Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断 Content is better than riches.知足者常乐 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 DDiamond 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。

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 EEasier said than done.说得容易，做得难 Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千虑，必有一失 Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊 Everybody's business is nobody's business.人人负责，等于没人负责 Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在 Every dog has his day.谁都有得意的时候 Every heart has its own sorrow.各人有各人的苦恼 Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人 Every man has his hobbyhorse.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。

Every man has his weak side.人人都有弱点 Every man is the architect of his own fortune.自己的命运自己掌握 Every minute counts.分秒必争 Every potter praises hit pot.王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸 FFacts speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩 Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母 False friends are worse than bitter enemies.明枪易躲，暗箭难防 Far water does not put out near fire.远水救不了近火 Walls have ears.隔墙有耳 Fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕 Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.风水轮流转 Four eyes see more than two.集思广益 GGive a dog a bad name and hang him.众口铄金，积毁销骨。

God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助 Good health is over wealth./ Health is better than wealth.健康是最大的财富 Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同 HHe laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好 History repeats itself.历史往往重演 IIf you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴，焉得虎子 Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母 It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.创业容易守业难 It is hard to please all.众口难调 It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老 It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收 It never rains but it pours.不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。

JJudge not from appearances.人不可貌相，海不可斗量 Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏 KKill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕 Knowledge is power.知识就是力量 LLearn not and know not.不学无术 Learn to walk before you run.先学走，再学跑。