常见英语谚语与习语Proverb and famous sayings

Proverb and famous sayings

While there is life, there is hope.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

Great hopes make great man.

伟大的理想造就伟大的人。

God helps those who help themselves.

天助自助者。

In doing we learn.

实践长才干。

Two heads are better than one.

三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。

Constant dropping wears the stone.

滴水穿石。

Better late than never.

迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来好。

Lifeless, faultless.

只有死人才不犯错误。

A bold attempt is half success.

勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。

Never say die.

永不言败。

Never judge from appearances.

不可以貌取人。

Promise is debt.

一诺千金。

Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

脑中有知识，胜过手中有金

钱。

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

风暴使树木深深扎根。

Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.

心之所愿，无所不成。

Good company on the road is the shortest cut.

行路有良伴就是捷径。

Misfortunes never come alone/single.

祸不单行。

Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

不经灾祸不知福。

It's never too late to mend.

过而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

无热情成就不了伟业。

Actions speak louder than words.

行动比语言更响亮。

One today is worth two tomorrows.

一个今天胜似两个明天。

Knowing something of everything and everything of something.

通百艺而专一长。

Good advice is beyond all price.

忠告是无价宝。

Man proposes and god disposes.

谋事在人成事在天。

Pride goes before a fall.

骄者必败。

If you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the bitterest of the bitter.

吃得苦中苦

,

方为

人上人。

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

自信心是成功的首要关键。

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

成功的秘绝在于目标坚定有恒。

Small gains bring great wealth.

小益聚大财，薄利成巨富。

Suspicion is the poison of true friendship.

猜疑伤害莫逆之交。

Sloth is the key of poverty

。惰能致贫

.

Among the blind the one eyed man is the king.

山中无老虎，猴子称大王。

To err is human.

犯错是人之常情。

/

人谁无过。

You can't judge a book by its cover.

不能以外表来判断本质。

/

不要以貌取人。

It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.

君子在德不在衣。

The older, the wiser.

姜是老的辣。

An idle youth,a needy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲

.As the tree,so the fruit.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

To live is to learn,to learn is to better live

。活着为了学习，学习为了更好的

活着。

Sometimes, we gotta shut up, swallow our pride and accept that we're wrong. It's not

giving up, it's growing up.

有 时候，

我们必须闭上嘴，

放下骄傲，

承 认是自己错了，

这不是认输，而是成长。

Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

天才是一分

灵感加

九十九分血汗。

——

Edison

爱迪生

Human pride is human weakness.

骄傲乃人类之弱点。

——

M. B. Eddy

艾迪

It is better to be faithful than famous.

守信用胜过有名气。

——

T. Roosevelt

罗斯

福

If

winter

comes,

can

spring

be

far

behind

？

冬天来了

,

春天还会远吗？

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P.

B.

Shelley

雪莱

Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量。

——

F. Bacon

培根

Life is like a box of chocolate.

生活就像一盒巧克力。

——

《阿甘正传》

Money is a good servant and a bad master.

金钱是善仆

,

也是恶 主。

——

F. Bacon

培

根

Speech is silver, but silence is gold.

雄辩是银

,

沉默是金。

——

T. Carlyle

卡莱尔

When in

Rome, do as the Romans do.

入乡随俗。

（

Explanation:

conform

to

the

manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.

）

What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.

失之东隅，

收之桑榆。

（

Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one

day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may

succeed.

）

What are the odds so long as you are happy.

知足者常乐。

（

Explanation: what does

anything else matter if a person is happy.

）

Entertain

an

angel

unawares.

有眼不识泰山。

（

Explanation:

to

receive

a

great

personage as a guest without knowing his merits.

）

Every dog has his day .

是人皆有出头日。

（

Explanation: fortune comes to each in

turn.

）

Every potter praises his own pot.

王婆买瓜，自卖自夸。

（

Explanation: people are

loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members.

）

A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

1. Waste not,want not.

俭以防匮。

2. From saving comes having.

富有来自节俭。

3. A penny saved is a penny gained.

省一文是一文。

4. Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves.

金钱积少便

成

多。

5. Frugality is an estate alone.

节俭本身就是一宗财产。

6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.

小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。

7. Small gains bring great wealth.

积小利，成巨富。

8. Many a little makes a mickle.

积少便成多。

9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.

试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试

人。

10. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.

勇敢和坚决是美德的

灵

魂。

11. The path to glory is always rugged.

光荣之路常坎坷。

12. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

世上无难事，只要人肯试。

13. The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.

烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。

14. Great hopes make great man.

远大的希望造就伟大的人物。

15. No way is impossible to courage.

勇士面前无险路。

16. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水

手。

17. The good seaman is known in bad weather.

坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；

要识好

海员，须凭坏天气。

18. The best hearts are always the bravest.

行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。

19. We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.

求神不如求己。

20. He that falls today

may be

up again

tomorrow.

今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站

起。

21. Rome was not built in a day.

罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。

22. Success belongs to the persevering.

胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。

23.

We

must

repeat

a

thousand

and

one

times

thatperseverance

is

the

only

road

to

success.

我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。

24.

Perseverance

is

failing

nineteen

times

and

succeeding

the

twentieth.

十九次失

败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。

25. Step by step the ladder is ascended.

登梯需要逐级登。

26. Adversity leads to prosperity.

困苦通向昌盛。

27. Patience and application will carry us through.

忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。

28. Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her.

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只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好运常会来。

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29. All things will come round to him who will but wait.

只要肯等待，

一切都会按时

来。

30. Constant dropping wears the stone.

滴水不绝可穿石。

31. Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.

鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不

甘愿

吃苦，则预期效果达不到。

32. The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.

世界好似一把

梯，

有人上去有人下。

33. There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade.

要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。

34. Life is sweet.

生活是可爱的；人无 不好生

(

恶死

)

。

35. Where there is life,there is hope.

生命不息，希望长在。

36. Life is not all beer and skittles.

人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。

37. Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of.

眼前发生许多事，有

些我们并不知。

38. Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.

人人都有走运的一天。

39.

If

you

are

too

fortunate,you

will

not

know

yourself;

if

you

are

too

unfortunate,nobody will know you.

运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。

40.

Every

man

is

the

architect

of

his

own

fortune.

每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑

师。

41. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.

记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸

福

的。

42. Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).

祸不单行。

43. Misfortune is a good teacher.

不幸是良好的教师。

44. Misfortunes come at night.

祸常生于不测。

45. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。

46. Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.

患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。

47. Live and learn.

活到老，学到老。

48. It is never too old to learn.

为学不怕年高。

49. A man becomes learned by asking questions.

要长学问，

就得多问；

多问则业精。

50. There is no royal road to learning.

学问无坦途。

1. A bad beginning makes a bad

ending.

开头不好，结尾必糟。

2. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.

蛋糕莫保留，坏习气

要除掉。

3. A bad workman always blames his tools.

劣工咎器。

4. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

两鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。

5. A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation.

人无知犹如房屋

无基。

6. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

书是随时携带的花园。

7. A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛照亮了别人，燃尽了自己。

8. A door must be either shut or open.

门不关就得开，

二者必居其一。

/

非此即彼。

9. A friend is a second self.

朋友是第二个自我。

10. A good beginning makes a good ending.

欲善其终

,

必先善其始。

11. A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。

12. A lazy youth, a lousy age.

少年懒惰，老来贫苦。

13. A life without a friend is a life without a sun.

人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有阳

光。

14. A little help is worth a deal of pity.

一次行动胜过一筐空话。

15. A little is better than none.

有一点总比没有好。

16. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

一知半解，害已误人。

17. A little labour, much health.

常常走动，无病无痛。

18. A little learning is a dangerous thing.

浅学寡识是件危险的事。

19. A little of everything, and nothing at all.

样样皆通，样样稀松。

20. A man is never too old to learn.

活到老，学到老。

21. A merry heart goes all the way.

心情愉快，办事痛快。

22. A picture is a poem without words.

画为无言诗。

23. A snow year, a good year.

瑞雪兆丰年。

24. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

美好的事物永远是一种快乐。

25. A thousand mile trip begins with one step.

千里之行，始于足下。

26. A tree is known by its fruit.

观其行而知其人。

27. A word spoken cannot be recalled.

一言说出，难以收回。

28. A word to the wise is enough.

聪明人不用细说。

29. A work ill done must be twice done.

工作未干好，只得重返工。

30. Act fairly by all men.

一视同仁。

31. Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

32. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

困难和不幸不能使人富有，却能使人聪

明。

33. After rain comes fair weather.

否极泰来。

34. After supper walk a mile.

饭后百步走，活到九十九。

35. All are not friends that speak us fair.

说好话的不一定都是朋友。

36. All beginnings are hard.

万事开头难。

37. All men can't be first.

并非所有的都能获第一。

38. All roads lead to Rome.

处处有路通长安。

39. All things are difficult before they are easy.

万事开头难。

40. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只工作而无娱乐会使人愚钝。

41. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

一天一个苹果，医生不来找我。

42. An empty bag cannot stand upright.

空袋子放不真。

43. An evil lesson is soon learned.

学坏容易。

44. An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

君子一言，驷马难追。

45. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

一日之计在于晨。

46. An idle youth, a needy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

47. An ill workman quarrels with his tools.

不会撑船怪河弯。

48. Art is long, life is short.

生有涯而知无涯。

49. As a man sows, so shall he reap.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

50. As one door closes, another door opens.

天无绝人之路。

51. As the wind blows, you must set your sail.

趁风扬帆。

52. As you brew, so you must drink.

自作自受。

53. Bad luck always comes in threes.

祸不单行。

54. Bad news travels fast.

坏事传千里。

55. Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

择友宜慎，弃之宜更慎。

56. Be slow to promise and quick to perform.

重诺守信。

57. Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

多听少说。

58. Beauty is but skin-deep.

不可以貌取人。

59. Beauty is truth, truth beauty.

美即是真，真即是美。

60. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great fire to burn us.

宁要小火暖身，

不要

大火灼人。

61. Better a little loss than a long sorrow.

宁可作点牺牲，不要长久悲痛。

62. Better ask twice than lose your way once.

问路两次胜过迷路一次。

63. Better be sure than sorry.

要安全，不要危险。

64. Better early than late.

宁早勿迟。

65. Better late than never.

这到总比不到强。

66. Better lost than found.

宁可丢掉，不愿找到。

（常针对不喜欢的人或物。

）

67. Better safe than sorry.

安全胜过遗憾。

68. Better small fish than empty dish.

盘中小鱼胜无鱼。

69. Better the last smile than the first laughter.

笑在前不如笑在后。

70. Better to ask the way than go astray.

多问不吃亏。