英语常用谚语

1. A bad workman always blames his tools.

拙匠总怪工具差。

2. Actions speak louder than words.

说到不做到。

3. A friend in need is a friend in indeed.

患难识知已

4. A good beginning is half the battle.

好的开端等于成功一半

5. A lazy youth, a lousy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒悲伤

6. A little is better than none.

聊胜于无

7. All roads lead to Rome.

条条道路通罗马

8. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

只用功，不玩耍，

聪明的孩子也变傻

9. An eye finds more truth than two ears.

百闻不如一见。

10. A watched pot never boils.

欲速则不达。

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

吃一堑，长一智。

12. A good fame is better than a good face.

美名胜过美貌。

13. A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口。

14. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.

一心不能二用。

15. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

一天一苹果，不用请医

生。

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

一日之计

在于晨。

17. An old dog cannot learn new tricks.

老狗学不出新把戏。

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

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

19. All good things must come to an end.

天下没有不散的宴席

20. Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the

overcoming of it.

虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的

21. All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family

is unhappy in its own way.

所有幸福的家庭都十分相似；而每< /p>

个不幸的家庭各有各自的不幸。

22.

All things in their being are good for something.

天生我才必

有用。

23. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

千里

之行，始于足下。

24. All things are difficult before they are easy.

凡事必先难后易。

25. After a storm comes a calm.

雨过天晴（意指：否极泰来）

26. A man is known by his friends.

视其友，知其人

27. Better early than late.

宁早勿晚

28. Better late than never.

迟做总比不做好

29. Birds of a feather flock together.

物以类聚，人以群分

30. Blood is thicker than water.

血比水浓

31. Books and friends should be few but good.

买书如交友，

必须

少而精

32. Bad news has wings.

好事不出门，坏事传千里。

33. Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

与其诅

咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。

34. Bitter pills may have blessed effects.

良药苦口利于病。

35. Constant dropping wears away a stone.

滴水穿石

36. Cut your coat according to your cloth.

量布裁衣。

（意指：量

入为出）

37. Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.

自信是走向成功的第一步。

38. Don't put the cart before the horse.

勿本末倒置

39. Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.

不要孤注一掷

40. Diligence is the mother of good luck.

勤力佳运之母

41. Don

’

t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

不要自找麻

烦。

42. Do what you say, say what you do.

做你说过的，说你能做的

43. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

鸡蛋尚

未孵，别先数鸡雏（意指：不要过早 打如意算盘）

44. Everybody's business is nobody's business.

众人的事儿没人

管

45. Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and

wise.

睡得早，起得早，聪明、富裕、身体好

46. Every man hath his weak side.

人皆有弱点

47. Easier said than done.

说来容易，做来难

48. East or west, home is best.

东也好，西也好，还是家最好

49. Every cook praises his own broth.

王婆买瓜，自卖自夸

50. Every dog has its day.

凡人皆有得意日

51. Every little makes a mickle.

积少成多，滴水成流

52. Example is better than precept.

身教胜过言教

53. Facts speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩

54. Failure teaches success.

失败是成功之母

55. First impressions are most lasting.

最初的印象最深刻

56. Fool's haste is no speed.

欲速则不达

57. Fish begins to stink at the head.

上梁不正下梁歪

58. Failure is the mother of success.

失败乃成功之母。

59. God helps those who help themselves.

自助者天助

60. Gold will not buy everything.

金钱并非万能

61. Good advice is harsh to the ear.

忠言逆耳

62. Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同

63. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to

fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.

授人以鱼，

不如

授人以渔。

64. Grasp all, lose all.

欲尽得，必尽失

65. Hear all parties.

兼听则明，偏听则暗

66. He laughs best who laughs last.

谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好

67. Honesty is the best policy.

诚实乃上策

68. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

抱最好的希望，

作最坏的准备

69. He who seize the right moment, is the right man.

谁把握机

遇，谁就心想事成。

70. He is a wise man who speaks little.

智者寡言。

71. He who plays with fire gets burnt.

玩火者必自焚

72. If we dream, everything is possible.

敢于梦想，

一切都将成为

可能。

73. It is better to do well than to say well.

与其夸夸其谈，

不如埋

头苦干

74. It is easier to get money than to keep it.

挣钱容易，积钱难

75. In the end, things will mend.

车到山前必有路

76. It is better to be alone than in bad company.

宁可孤独，不交

恶友

77. It is easier to get money than to keep it..

挣钱容易，积钱难

78. It is never too late to learn.

活到老，学到老

79. It is no use crying over spilt milk.

牛奶打泼，哭也无用（意

同：覆水难收）