英语谚语集锦.doc

English Proverbs1英 语 谚 语 集 锦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English Proverbs243. 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English Proverbs387. 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。