英语中常用歇后语大全

英文歇后语大全

A bird may be known by its song.

什么鸟唱什么歌。

A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.

略有胜于全无。

A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of

the world.

坐井观天。

A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.

秋波送盲，白费痴情。

A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.

一

本好书今天如此， 将来也如此，永不改变。

A

book

that

remains

shut

is

but

a

block.

有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。

A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.

借来的斗篷不暖身。

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

A burden of one's choice is not felt.

自己选的担子不嫌重。

A burnt child dreads the fire.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。

A cat may look at a king.

猫也有权晋见国王。

A cat has nine lives.

猫有九条命。

Accidents will happen.

天有不测风云。

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

链 条的坚固程度取决于它最

薄弱的环节。

A change of work is as good as a rest.

调换一下工作是很好的休息。

A cheerful wife is the joy of life.

快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。

A clean hand wants no washing.

身正不怕影子斜。

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

问心无愧，高枕无忧。

A clear conscience is a sure card.

光明磊落，胜券在握。

A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.

白日不做亏心事，夜半敲

门心不惊。

ke a beast who has done no good while he lived.

生时不做好事，死了像个

畜生。

He gives twice that gives in a trice.

即刻就给予，等于给两次。

He is a fool who cannot be angry, but he is a wise man who will not.

愚

笨人不会发怒，聪明人不愿发怒。

He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

背后说人好

话的够朋友。

He is a good man whom fortune makes better.

好人走运人更好。

He is a wise man who speaks little.

聪明的人话不多。

He is lifeless that is faultless.

人孰无过。

He is never alone that is in the company of noble thoughts.

思想崇高者，

绝不会孤独。

He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion.

不能偶而装疯

卖傻，就不是一个聪明人。

He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.

正人先正己。

He is rich enough who has true friends.

有真朋友的人是富翁。

He is rich enough who owes nothing.

无债就是富。

He is the wise man who is the honest man.

诚实的人就是聪明的人。

He is the wisest man who does not think himself so.

不自以为聪明的人是

最聪明的人。

He is truly happy who makes others happy.

真正幸福的是使人幸福的人。

He is unfortunate who cannot bear misfortune.

不能承受不幸的就是不幸。

He is unworthy to live who lives only for himself.

为己而生，生而可耻。

He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs.

聪明的人有足够的才

智处理自己的 事情。

He is wise that is honest.

诚实者明智。

He is wise that knows when he's well enough.

知足的人是聪明的人。

He jests at scars, that never felt a wound.

富人不知穷人苦。

He knocks boldly at the door who brings good news.

彼叩门声响，必来报佳

音。

He knows best what good is that has endured evil.

忍过痛受过苦，最知幸

福是何物。

He knows enough that can live and hold his peace.

见多识广者沈默寡言。

He knows most who speaks least.

大智者寡于言。

He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue.

懂得缄默的是明白人。

He laughs best who laughs last.

谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。

He lives long that lives well.

活得好等于活得长。

He lives twice who lives well.

生活得好的等于生活了两次。

He may well be contented who need neither borrow nor flatter.

一个既不

用借债又不用奉承人的人，可以称 得上心满意足。

He most lives who lives most for others.

活著对别人贡献最多的人，活得最< /p>

有意义。

He must needs go whom the devil drives.

势在必行。

He must needs swim that is held up by the chin.

身不由己，只得从命。

He preaches best who lives best.

言教不如身教。

He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims ignorance.

夸耀知识实乃无

知。

He that cannot ask cannot live.

不会求者不会生。

He that climbs high falls heavily.

爬得高，跌得重。

He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.

做贼心虚。

He that converses not knows nothing.

不和人交谈的人一无所知。

He that deceives me once, shame fall him, if he deceives me twice, shame

fall me.

受骗一次，别人可耻；受骗二次，自己该死。

He that doth lend, doth lose his friend.

失友都因借钱起。

He that doth most at once doth least. < /p>

想一次做完什么事，结果一件也做不

完。

He that doth what he will doth not what he ought.

为其所欲为者不为其所

当为。

He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.

今天跌倒的人也许明天会站

起来。

He that fears death lives not.

怕死者活不了。

He that fears every bush must never go a-birding.

疑神疑鬼，绝无收获。

He

that

fears

you

present,

will

hate

you

absent.

当面怕你的人背后会恨你。

He that gains time gains all things.

获得时间就是获得一切。

He that gains well and spends well needs no account book.

收支正当，无

须记帐。

He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.

忍渴上床，起身健康。

He that has a full purse never wants a friend.

只要袋里有，不愁没朋友。

He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.

做贼心虚。

He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere.

遇事多问，

随处可行。

He that has a wife has a master.

娶了妻娶了个主人。

He that has no children knows not what is love.

没有孩子的人，不懂什么

叫爱。

He that hath time hath life.

有时间，就有生活。

He that is angry is seldom at ease.

怒者寡宁。

He that is full of himself is very empty.

自满的人是很空虚的。

He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.

不知自爱的人也不会爱

别人。

He that is master must serve.

主人必须会服务。

He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.

能主宰自己

的人不久就可以主宰别人。

He that knows not how to hold his tongue knows not how to talk.

不知缄

口的不善言。

He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.

无知就无疑。

He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

He that lives long suffers much.

长寿的人多忧患。

He that lives well is learned enough.

生活好者，博学多才。

He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly.

生而缺德，死必寡诚。

He that marries for wealth sells his liberty.

为财富而结婚就是出卖自由。

He that never climbed never fell.

不向上爬的也不会下跌。

He that never rode never fell.

不骑马就永不会从马上跌下。

He that once deceived is never suspected.

一次行诈骗，永远遇疑嫌。

He

that

returns

good for

evil

obtains

the

victory.

以德报怨的人得到胜利。

He that runs fastest gets the ring.

捷足先登。

He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages.

求

财而供神者必倍求而敬鬼。

He that spares the bad injures the good.

饶恕坏人便是伤害好人。

He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon.

与恶人交往，须特别

提防。

He that talks much erre much.

言多必失。

He that talks much lies much.

多嘴的人说谎也多。

He that travels far knows much.

见多识广。

He that trusts in a lie shall perish in truth.

相信谎话的人必将在真理前

灭亡。

He that walks with wise men should be wise.

与智者行即得其智。

He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell.

欲所得，必先劳。

He that will have his farm full, must keep an old cock and a young bull.

要使农家富又足，必须养鸡又养牛。

He that will lie will steal.

说谎者必行窃。

He that will not work shall not eat.

不工作者不得食。

He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.

会偷蛋的，也会偷牛。

He that will swear will lie.

赌咒的人是说谎的人。

He that will take the bird must not scare it.

欲捉鸟莫惊鸟。

He that will thrive must rise at five.

五更起床，百事兴旺。

He that would command must serve.

欲做先生，先做学生。

He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.

不劳无获。

He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens.

欲图逸，得先

劳。

He that would know what shall be must consider what has been.

欲知未然，

须思已然。

He that would live in peace and rest must hear and see, and say the best.

要想太太平平，生活安定，必须耳聪目明，善言动听。

He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin.

欲得

女儿欢，先遂其母意。

He warms too near that burns.

取暖太近火，会被火灼伤。

He who avoids temptation avoids the sin.

避诱惑，免罪恶。

He

who

blames

one

to his

face

is

a

hero,

but

he

who

backbites

is

a

coward.

当面责人是英雄，背后中伤是懦夫。

He who buys what he does not need will often need what he cannot buy.

平

时随便买，需时无钱买。

He who cannot hold his peace will never live at ease.

嘴巴不紧，生活不

宁。

He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow.

能忍

一时气，可免一日优。

He who despises small things seldom grows rich.

小钱不计，大钱不聚。

He who does no good, does evil enough.

好事不做，坏事做绝。

He who does not advance falls backward.

不进则退。

He who does not gain loses.

无所得即有所失。

He

who

does

not

honour

his

wife,

dishonours

himself.

人不贵妻，自我丢脸。

He who does not rise early never does a good day's work.

起身不早，一天

的工作难做好。

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

怕吃败仗的就要打败仗。

He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

怕吃苦头的反因怕而吃苦头。

He who follows two hares is sure to catch neither.

追逐两只兔，两头都落

空。

He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.

与恶人交往而讲仁义，

必受其害。

He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick.

欲加之罪，

何患无辞。

He who has done ill once will do it again.

干了一次坏事的人会再干第二次。

He who has health, has hope, and he who has hope, everything.

身体好就

有希望，有希望就有一切。

He who has lost his good name is a dead man among the living.

丧失好名

誉，犹如活死人。

He who has lost shame is lost to all virtue.

没有廉耻心，没有好德行。

He who has no shame has no conscience.

没有廉耻的人，没有良心。

He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is.

不吃苦中苦，哪知

甜中甜。

He who hesitates is lost.

举棋不定，坐失良机。

He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none.

自以为学识丰富的

人是没有什么学问的人。

He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.

害怕问者耻于学。

He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.

耻于问者耻于学。

He who is born a fool is never cured.

生成的傻子总是治不好的。

He who knows most speaks least.

懂得多的说得少。

He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.

正人先正己。

He who likes borrowing dislikes paying.

爱借钱者不爱还钱。

He who lives by hope will die by hunger.

靠希望生活的人将饥饿而死。

He who lives in glass house should not throw stones.

正人先正己。

He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.

经常诉苦抱怨，

难以博得同情。

He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk.

弱肉强食。

He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

不犯错误，成不了事。

He who never was sick dics the first.

永不生病的人往往一病致命。

He who overcomes his anger subdues his greatest enemy.

克制火气就是克制

强敌。

He who plays with fire gets burned.

玩火者必自焚。

He who pleased everybody died before he was born.

众口难调。

He who purposes to be an author, should first be a student.

想当作家，

相当学生。

He

who

receives

a

benefit

should

never

forget

it;

he

who

bestows

one

should

never remember it.

受惠不忘，施恩不记。

He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.

骑虎者难下。

He who risks nothing, gains nothing.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like.

欢喜说他欢

喜的话者将要听到他不欢喜的话。

He who sees through life and death will meet with most success.

看破生

死者，大多会成功。

He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it.

与熊分蜜

糖，得不到多少。

He

who

sows

courtesy

reaps

friendship,

and

he

who

plants

kindness

gathers

love.

讲礼貌的得友情，好心肠的得感情。

He who spends more than he should, shall not have to spare when he would.

不该花的乱花，要花时没有花。

He who stands alone has no power.

孤掌难鸣。

He who touches pitch will be difiled.

近墨者黑

He who wants a mule without fault, must walk on foot.

如要骡子无缺点，

只有自己徒步行。

He who wills success is half way to it.

下定决心成功的人是成功了一半。

He who would catch fish mush not mind getting wet.

欲擒龙王，就得下海。

He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.

爬梯必须从底层

开始。

He who would search for pearls must dive below(or deep).

欲寻珍珠，须潜

水下。

He will always be a slave who knows not how to earn and save.

不懂挣钱

和积财，只能永远当奴才。

He works best who knows his trade.

内行的人做他的事一定会做得最好。

Hide nothing from thy physician.

切莫讳疾忌医。

Hide one's talents in a napkin.

埋没自己的才能。

His heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not clear.

嘴不净者心不纯。

History repeats itself.

历史本身常重演。

Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.

随机应变。

Hold fast when you have it.

紧握你手中之物。

Hold (or Run) with the hare and run (or hunt) with the hounds.

两面讨好。

Home is home, though never so homely.

不如归去。

Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all.

诚实的人马上 结婚，聪明的人

就不这样。

Honesty is the best policy.

诚实是上策。

Honesty may be dear bought, but can never be an ill penny- worth.

出高价

买来的诚实，不会永远没有价值。

Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.

蜜糖是甜的，但蜜蜂会螫人。

Honour and profit lie not in one sack.

荣誉和利益不能并存。

Honours change manners.

荣誉能改变人的礼貌。

Honour to whom honour is due.

荣誉归于应得荣誉的人。

Hope deferred makes the heart sick.

希望迟迟未实现，使人心烦意撩乱。

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

作最好的希望，作最坏的打

算。

Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.

希望是美味的早点，但又是难

咽的晚餐。

Hope is but the dream of those that wake.

希望是清醒者的梦想。

Hope is life and life is hope.

希望才有人生，人生要有希望。

Hope often deludes the foolish man.

希望常欺愚笨汉。

Hope springs eternal (in the human breast).

希望会产生，永远无穷尽。

How shall I do to love? Believe. How shall I do to believe? Love.

怎样

对待爱情？要相信。怎样 才能相信？要有爱情。

Human pride is human weakness.

骄傲是人类的弱点。

Humility is the foundation of all virtue.

谦逊是一切美德的基础。

Humility often gains more than pride.

谦逊往往比骄傲受益更多。

Hunger breaks stone wall.

饥饿不饶人。

Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods.

饥饿引狼出森林。

Hunger finds no fault with the cookery.

饥不择食。

Hunger is the best sauce.

饥者口中尽佳肴。

Hunger knows no friend.

饥难周友。

Hunger will relish the plainest fare.

饥不择食。

Hungry belies have no ears.

饥寒起盗心。

Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.

饥不择食。

I

系列：

I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea.

进退维谷。

I

am

not

a

slave,

I

am

not

a

captive,

and

by

energy

I

can

overcome

the

greater

obstacles.

我不是奴隶，也不是俘虏，我有力量可以克服更大的艰难险阻。

I am not now that which I have been. (I am not what I used to be.)

今日

之我已非昔日之我。

I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.

我

不仅要使自己有才智，而且也要使别人有才智。

I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility.

一个真正伟

大的 人，对他的第一个考验就是看他是否谦逊。

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.

我不能既是你的朋友，而

又对你阿谀奉承。

I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good

friends.

我认为，只有在脑海中想起好朋友时我才会那样快乐。

Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we

chart our course by them.

理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我们犹如水手 ，可借

它指引航向。

Idle folks have most labour.

懒汉总嫌活太多。

Idle folks lack no excuses.

懒汉辩解，何患无词。

Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil.

懒惰是行乞的

敲门砖，是万恶的根源。

Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice).

懒惰是万

恶之源。

Idleness is the rust of the mind.

懒惰使脑子生锈。

Idleness rusts the mind.

懒惰使人的头脑迟钝。

Idle young, needy old.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

傻瓜惹著你，你别跟他缠。

If

a

man

empties

his

purse

into

his

head,

no

man

can

take

it

away

from

him.

如果倒空钱袋，装入脑袋，那就无人能够把钱夺走。

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he

will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics.

如果

以肯定开始，必将以怀疑告终 ；如果愿以怀疑开始，必将以肯定告终。

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

初试不成功，努力勿懈怠。

If

doctors

fail

thee,

be

these

three

thy

doctors;

rest,

cheerful-ness,

and

moderate diet.

如果医药不能帮助，那么注意三件事∶休息，愉快，饮食调和。

If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city (or

street).

众擎易举。

I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts.

敌人献礼品，千万莫轻信。

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.

注意好品行，自有美名声。

If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. (If

it is not broken, do not fix it.)

不正确的事不做，不真实的话不说。

If it were not for hope, the heart would break.

人是靠希望活著的。

If matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.

重要的并不在于一个人怎

样死，而是在于 他怎样生。

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.

不做金钱的主人，就

会做金钱的奴隶。

If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault.

如果没有人爱你，肯定

是你自己有问题 。

If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price.

如果想做

成点事，就得付出代价一干。

If the beard were all, the goat might preach.

如果有了?需就什么都行，

那么山羊也可以说 教了。

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

问道于盲，

无益于事。

If the counsel be good no matter who gave it.

只要忠告中肯，谁提都行。

If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire.

眼不馋，心不贪。

If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.

如果老狗叫，他是给忠告。

If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded.

丸药不苦不会加糖

衣。

If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain.

雨雪不调，五谷价高。

If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.

吃得苦中苦，方知

甜中甜。

If the sky fll (or falls), we shall catch larks.

异想天开

If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture.

若有人称赞你，要

自问对不对。

If things were to be done twice all would be wise.

事事倘能做两次，人人

都可称明智。

If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind.

两人同骑一马，必有一

人在后。

If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him.

如果

我们决定宽恕一个敌人，但决不能相信他。

If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get.

随遇而

安。

If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance.

智者干傻事，愚

蠢到极点。

If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.

愿望不等于事实。

If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow.

得寸进

尺。

If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too

unfortunate,

nobody

will

know

you.

运气太好，得意忘形；运气太坏，无人理

会。

If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue.

如果