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英语习语谚语
I
Idleness is
the root of all evil.
懒惰是万恶之源
If a man once fall, all will tread on
him.
人倒众人踩
If it were not for hope, the heart
would break.
人若无希望，心碎肝肠断
If we dream, everything is
possible.
敢于梦想，一切都将成为可能。
If you run after two hares,
you will catch neither.
同时追两兔，全都抓不住
Ill news flies apace.
恶事传千里
In for a penny, in for a pound.
一不做，二不休
In the deepest water is the best
fishing.
水深好钓鱼
In the end, things will mend.
车到山前必有路
It is a foolish sheep that makes the
wolf his confessor.
蠢羊才向狼忏悔
It is better to be alone
than in bad company.
宁可孤独，不交恶友
It is better to do well than to say
well.
与其夸夸其谈，不如埋头苦干
It is easier to get money than to keep
it..
挣钱容易，积钱难
It is good fishing in troubled waters.
混水好摸鱼
It is never too late to learn.
活到老，学到老
It is never too late to mend.
改过不嫌晚
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
牛奶打泼，哭也无用（意同：覆水难收）
It is the first step that
is troublesome.
万事起头难
It is too late to shut the
stable door after the horse has been stolen.
失马锁慨，
为时已
晚
It never rains but it
pours.
不下则已，一下倾盆
It takes two to make a quarrel.
一个巴掌拍不响
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J
Jack of
all trades, master of none.
样样皆通，样样稀松
Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.
乐极生悲
Judge not a book by its cover.
评价一本书，不能凭封面
Judge not from appearance.
人不可貌相
Judge not of men and things at first
sight.
初次印象，难得真相
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏
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K
Keep your
mouth shut and your ears open.
少说为佳，多听为妙
Kill not the goose that lays the golden
eggs.
杀鸡取蛋，愚蠢荒唐
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕
Kiss and be
friends.
吵嘴后，和为贵
Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
少时有知识，老来有智慧
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice
is the key to it.
知识是宝库，实践是钥匙
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量
Knowledge makes humble; ignorance make
proud.
知识使人谦虚，无知使人骄傲
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L
Laugh,
and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep
alone.
欢笑，整个世界
伴你欢笑。哭泣，只有你独自向
隅而泣
Lay things
by, they many come to use.
蓄物必有其用
Learning makes a good man better, and
an ill man worse.
好人越学越好，坏人越学
越糟
Learn not, and know not.
不学则无术
Learn to
say before you sing.
先学说，后学唱
Least said, soonest mended.
少说为佳
Let beggars match with beggars.
龙配龙，凤配凤
Let bygones be bygones.
既往不咎
Lies have short legs.
谎言终究要败露
Life is
not all beer and skittles.
人生并非尽是乐事
Lightly come, lightly go.
来得容易，去得快
Like father, like son.
有其父，必有其子
Little
and often fills the purse.
小钱积成万，粒粮堆成山
Little drops of water make the mighty
ocean.
涓滴之水汇成洋
Long absent, soon forgotten.
别久情疏
Look at the bright side.
满怀信心
Look before you leap.
三思而后行
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清，当局者迷
Lost
time is never found again.
光阴一去不复返
Love can neither be bought nor sold;
its only prices is love.
爱情不能买和卖，只能
以爱来报答
Love is blind.
爱情是盲目的
Love me little, love me long.
细水长流，淡交长久
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌
Lovers' quarrels are soon mended.
夫妻无隔宿之仇
Love thy neighbor, but pull not down
thy hedge.
邻居无论多好，围篱不可推倒
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M
Make hay
while the sun shines.
趁晴晒草（意同：趁热打铁）
Manners make the man.
观其待人而知其人
Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天
Many drops make a shower.
涓涓清泉汇成流，滴滴水珠聚成雨
Many hands make light work.
人多好办事
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
结婚太急，后悔莫及（意指：草率结婚必后悔）
Men make houses, women make
homes.
男人盖房，女人持家
Merry meet, merry part.
好聚好散
Mischiefs
come by the pound, and go away by the ounce.
灾来如山倒，灾去如抽丝
Misfortunes come on wings and depart on
foot.
祸来如飞行，祸去似步行
Misfortunes never come
singly.
祸不单行
Misfortune tests the sincerity of
friends.
患难识知交
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Money breeds money.
钱生钱，利滚利
Money is the root of all evil.
金钱是万恶之源
More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达
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N
Necessity
is the mother of invention.
需要是发明之母
Need makes the old wife trot.
事急老妪跑
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
别借债，莫放债
Never buy a pig in a poke.
东西没看清，不要急着买
Never cross a bridge till you come to
it.
还没到桥头，别为过桥愁
Never do things by halves.
凡事不可半途而废
Never hit a man when he's down.
不要落井下石
Never judge from appearances.
人不可貌相
Never light your candle at both ends.
蜡烛切莫两头点（意指：不可过分消耗体力）
Never make a mountain of a
molehill.
切勿小题大做
Never put off till tomorrow what you
can do today.
今天能够做的事，
切莫拖延到明
天
Never say
千难万险不灰心，昂首阔步向前进
New brooms sweep clean.
新官上任三把火
No bees, no honey; no work, no money.
无蜂则无密，不劳则无酬
No
cross, no crown.
没有苦难，就没有快乐
Nobody's enemy but his own.
自寻苦恼
No fool like an old fool.
老糊涂，最糊涂
No gains without pains.
不劳则无获
No man is born wise or learned.
人非生而知之，乃学而知之
No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息
No pains, no gains.
不劳则无获
No road is long with good company.
旅途有好伴，千里不觉长
Nothing is cheap if you don't want it.
不要的东西，再便宜也贵
Nothing is difficult to the man who
will try.
世上无难事，只怕有心人
Nothing venture, nothing
have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
No way is impossible to courage.
勇士面前，无路不通
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A bad workman always blames
his tools.
拙匠总怪工具差。
Absence makes the heart
grow fonder.
别离情更深
A burnt child dreads the
fire.
烧伤过的孩子怕见火。
（意同：一朝被蛇咬，三年
怕
草绳）
A constant
guest is never welcome.
常客招人嫌。
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
知足长乐。
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A cracked bell
can never sound well.
破钟敲不响。
Actions speak louder than
words.
百说不如一干。
A drowning man will catch at a straw.
人快淹死时，稻草也要抓。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境增才干，并不增财富
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
A friend in need is a friend in indeed.
患难识知已
A friend is easier lost than found.
失友容易，交友难。
After a storm comes a calm.
雨过天晴（意指：否极泰来）
After dinner sit a while; after supper
walk a mile.
饭后百步，延年益寿
A good beginning is half
the battle.
好的开端等于成功一半
A good book is the best of
friends, the same today and forever.
好书如挚友，情谊永
不渝
A good husband makes a good
wife.
夫善则妻贤
A good name is sooner lost than won.
美名易失，不易得
A good wife is a good prize.
贤妻赛宝石
A good winter brings a good summer.
好冬必有好夏
A house divided against itself cannot
stand.
家庭不睦，万事不兴
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少
时懒惰，
老来虱咬
（意指：
少壮不努力
，
老大徒悲伤）
A little is better than none.
聊胜于无
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
浅学误人
A little pot is soon hot.
壶小易热，量小易怒
A living dog is better than a dead
lion.
死狮不如活狗
All his geese are swans.
敝帚自珍
All lay loads on a willing horse.
好马重负
All roads lead to Rome.
条条道路通罗马
All's well that ends well.
结果好，一切都好
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的东西不一定是金子
All things are difficult before they
are easy.
凡事起头难
All work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy.
只用功，不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻
A man can only die once.
人生只有一回死
A man is
known by his friends.
视其友，知其人
A man who
has friends must show himself friendly.
要想交朋友，就得有诚意
A
merry heart goes all the way.
心情愉快，万事顺利
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里
Among the blinds the one-eyed man is
king.
盲人国里，独眼称王。（意同：山中
无老虎，猴子
称大王）
An apple a
day keeps the doctor away.
一日一苹果，胜过找医生
An empty sack cannot stand upright.
空袋子，立不直
An Englishman's house is his castle.
英国人的家是独立王国。（意指：非经许可，
不得进入）
An evil lesson is soon learned.
恶习易染
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火
An eye for eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙
A penny saved is a penny earned.
省一文就得一文
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A rolling stone gathers no
moss.
滚石不生苔
A secret between more than two is no
secret.
三人知，天下晓
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言为智
A stitch in time saves nine.
一针及时省九针
A straw will show which way the wind
blows.
草动知风向
A tale never loses in the telling.
故事越传越长
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
美好的事物，回味无穷
A thing you don't want is dear at any
price.
不需要的东西最贵
A true jest is no jest.
真笑话并非笑话
A useful trade is amine of gold.
一技在身犹如金矿在手
A
willful man must have his way.
只要人有恒，万事皆可成
A woman's work is never done.
妇女的家务事，永远也做不完
A
wonder lasts but nine days.
什么新奇的事，也新不了几天
A word to the wise is enough.
聪明人一点即明
A work ill done must be twice done.
马虎干活，准得返工
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B
Bad excuses are worse than none.
狡辩比不辩护还糟
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人
Beauty and
folly are often companions.
美貌和愚蠢常结伴
Beauty is but skin-deep.
美丽只是外表罢了
Beggars' bags are bottomless.
乞丐不知足
Be just before you are generous.
先还债，后慷慨
Best is cheapest.
好货最便宜
Better buy than borrow.
买比借好
Better early than late.
宁早勿晚
Better go to heaven in rags than to
hell in embroidery.
宁可空而有志，不可富而失
节
Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好
Better
lose the saddle than the horse.
宁可丢鞍，不可失马
Better to wear out than rust out.
与其锈坏，不如用坏
Between two stools you fall to the
ground.
脚踩两条凳，早晚要坠地（意同：脚踏
两条船
，两头要落空）
Birds of
a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分
Blessed
is
he that expects
nothing,
for he shall
never be disappointed.
无奢望者有
福，因其永不失望。
Blood is thicker than
water.
血比水浓（意指：亲人总比外人亲）
Books and friends should be few but
good.
买书如交友，必须少而精
Brevity is the soul of wit.
言以简洁为贵
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C
Cheats never prosper.
靠欺骗，难发财
Children and fools tell the truth.
孩子和傻子，口中无诈语
Children should be seen but not be
heard.
大人在讲话，小孩别插嘴
Choose a wife by your ear
rather than by your eye.
择妻靠耳，不靠眼
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Circumstances
alter cases.
具体情况具体分析
Cleanliness is next to
godliness.
整洁近于美德
Cloudy mornings give way to
clear evenings.
早晨云遮日，晚上星满天
Comfort is better than
pride.
舒适胜于虚荣
Coming events cast their shadows
before.
未来之事，必有前兆
Constant dropping wears
away a stone.
滴水穿石
Content is better than
riches.
知足胜于财富
Courtesy costs nothing.
彬彬有礼，惠而不费
Cowards die many times before their
deaths.
胆小鬼在真正断气之前要死许多次。
Custom rules the law.
风俗左右法律
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
量布裁衣。（意指：量入为出）
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D
Dead men tell
no tales.
死人不会告密
Death is the great leveler.
死亡面前人人平等
Death pays all debts.
一死了百债
Delays are
dangerous.
事怕延误
Diamond cut diamond.
棋逢对手，将遇良才
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
勤力佳运之母
Dog does not eat dog.
同类不相残
Doing nothing is doing ill.
无所事事，必干坏事
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）
Do
not cry for the moon.
海底捞月办不到
Do not cry out before you are hurt.
没受伤，别乱喊
Do not cut down the tree that gives you
shade.
遮荫之树不可砍
Do
not cut off your nose to spite your face.
不要做害人害已的蠢事
Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.
不要孤注一掷
Do not quarrel with your bread and
butter.
不要砸自己的
“
饭碗
”
Do not rob
Peter to pay Paul.
不要挖肉补疮
Do not try to teach your
grandmother to such eggs.
不要班门弄斧
Don't put the cart before the horse.
勿本末倒置
Dreams go by contraries.
梦与现实常相反
Dumb dogs are dangerous.
哑巴狗最危险
Dying is as natural as living.
有生必有死
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E
Early sow, early mow.
早种早收
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
Easier said than done.
说来容易，做来难
East or west, home is best.
东也好，西也好，还是家最好
Easy come, easy go. Eat to live, but
not live to eat.
人为生而食，不为食而生
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