英漢諺語
A. 英漢諺語
A cat may look at a king.（貓咪也有權與國王對視）
人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.（蒼蠅不會飛進閉緊的嘴裡）
病從口入。
give a lark to catch a kite.（用雲雀來換風箏）
得不償失
bury the hatchet.（埋了斧頭吧）
化干戈為玉帛
the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.（只打一個洞的老鼠很快就能抓住）
狡兔三窟
a slow sparrow should make an early start. / E: a lame traveler should get out betimes.（陂子應該及早上路）
笨鳥先飛
if jack is in love, he is no judge of jill』s beauty.（要是JACK在戀愛，他就不是判斷他女友是否漂亮的合適人選）
情人眼裡出西施
A new broom sweeps clean.（新笤帚掃得干凈）
新官上任三把火。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分錢難倒英雄漢。
A little pot is soon hot.（小罐子熱得快）
狗肚子盛不得四兩油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敵人逃竄時，人人都成了勇士。
A leopard cannot change its spots.（豹子改不了身上的斑點）
積習難改。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.（樹籬相隔，友情常青）
君子之交淡如水。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善則妻賢。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.（好良心猶如一個舒服柔弱的枕頭）
不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。
Business is business.（公事就是公事）
公事公辦。
Business is the salt of life.（事業是鹽不可缺）
事業是人生的第一需要。
Birds of a feather flock together.（同樣毛色的鳥兒總是聚集在一起）
物以類聚，人以群分。
Bad news has wings.（壞消息總是長著翅膀）
好事不出門，壞事傳千里。
A young idler, an old beggar.（少壯不努力，老大討飯吃）
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.（直腳不怕鞋子歪）
身正不怕影子斜。
Every dog has his day.（每隻狗狗都有屬於自己的一天）
誰都有得意的時候。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人負責，等於沒人負責。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃飯是為了活著，但活著不是為了吃飯。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.（鳥兒總是愛聽自己歌唱）
孤芳自賞。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.（麻煩找上門之前，不要找麻煩）
不要自找麻煩。
Diamond cuts diamond.（鑽石切割鑽石）
強中自有強中手。
Do as the Romans do.（照羅馬人的樣子做）
入鄉隨俗。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.（傻瓜沒從聰明人處學到什麼，聰明人總是從傻瓜處學到了什麼）
愚者不學無術，智者不恥下問。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
機遇偏愛善斷之人。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.（火是好僕人，也是壞主人）
火是一把雙刃劍。
First come, first served.
先來後到。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.（地上有眼睛，森林有耳朵）
隔牆有耳。
Great men's sons seldom do well.（偉人的孩子很少有出息）
富不過三代。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.（給狗一個惡名，然後絞死它）
眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德報德是常理，以德報怨大丈夫。
Four eyes see more than two.（四隻眼睛比兩隻眼睛看得多，看來帶眼鏡很好，汗。。。）
集思廣益。
Great barkers are no biters.（叫得響，不咬人）
好狗不擋道。
Let sleeping dogs lie.（狗在睡覺，就讓它躺著吧）
別惹麻煩。
Let the cat out of the bag.（讓貓咪從袋子裡面爬出來）
泄漏天機。
Kings have long arms.（國王的手臂很長）
普天之下，莫非王土。
It never rains but it pours.（不下小雨，專下暴雨）
不鳴則已，一鳴驚人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.（三代人培養出一個紳士）
十年樹木，百年樹人。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.（跟在兩只兔子後面，必定一隻都抓不到）
腳踏兩條船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.（買了母牛，也就賣了牛奶）
殺雞取卵。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.（受騙一次，騙子可恥，受騙兩次，自己可恥）
上當一回頭，再多就可恥。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的願望，做最壞的打算。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.（貓咪閉眼偷東西）
掩耳盜鈴。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.（說魔鬼，魔鬼就會出現）
說曹操，曹操就到。
History repeats itself.
歷史往往重演。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.（讓狐狸看守鵝）
引狼入室。
Love me, love my dog.（愛我，那就愛我的狗）
愛屋及烏。
Make hay while the sun shines.（太陽出來，趕快曬乾草）
良機勿失。
Losers are always in the wrong.（失敗者總是錯的）
勝者為王，敗者為寇。
Put the cart before the horse.（車子拴在騾馬前面）
本末倒置。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.（牧羊狗吵架的時候，狼就贏了）
螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後。
The style is the man.
字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.（舌頭不是鐵做的，可是它能切割）
人言可畏。
There is no place like home.
金窩銀窩不如咱的狗窩。
The more wit, the less courage.（智慧越多，勇氣越少）
初生牛犢不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.
旁觀者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.（筆比劍有力）
筆能殺人。
The pot calls the kettle black.（罐子笑水壺黑）
五十步笑百步
The grass is greener on the other side.（山那邊的草總比這邊的好）
這山望著那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.
語言的巨人總是行動的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.
爬得高，摔得慘。
The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.（狐狸知道的太多了，所以他丟掉了自己的尾巴）
機關算盡太聰明，反誤了卿卿性命。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.（你可以把馬牽到河邊，但是你不能強迫它喝水）
強扭的瓜不甜。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蠟燭不能兩頭點，精力不可過分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.（吃掉蛋糕，就不能繼續擁有它）
魚與熊掌，不可得兼。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。
The end justifies the means.
只要目的正當，可以不擇手段。
The devil knows many things because he is old.（魔鬼知道很多事，因為它老）
老馬識途。
Wet behind the ears.（耳朵背後濕漉漉）
乳臭未乾。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠言逆耳利於行。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies.（生命不盡，野心不死）
不到黃河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.（小魚吊大魚）
吃小虧佔大便宜。
Turn over a new leaf.（翻開新一葉）
洗心革面，改過自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.（兩只小狗搶骨頭，第三隻狗狗乘機銜著骨頭跑了）
鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。
Two wrongs do not make a right.
別人錯了，不等於你對了。
Too much praise is a burden.（稱贊是負擔）
過多誇獎，反成負擔。
Tomorrow never comes.（明天永遠不會來）
我生待明日，萬事成蹉跎。
Time tries all.（歲月驗證一切）
路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼淚幹得最快。
No news is good news.
沒有消息就是好消息。
Murder will out.（謀殺總會讓人知道）
紙包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
兒子婚前是兒子，女兒終生是女兒。
Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.（牧師爬高一柱，惡棍爬高十柱）
道高一尺，魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.
搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.
好人不長命。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
新仇舊恨，齊上心頭。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.
酒後吐真言。
What's done cannot be undone.
生米煮成熟飯了。
What's lost is lost.
失者不可復得。
What we do willingly is easy.
願者不難。
When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.
人人都偉大，世間沒豪傑。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
傷心舊事別重提。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自己的好事別去提，別人的恩惠要銘記。
Troubles never come singly.
福無雙至，禍不單行。
Tit for tat is fair play.
人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
To err is human.
人非聖賢，孰能無過。
To know everything is to know nothing.
什麼都知道，一如什麼都不知道。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清，濁者自濁。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
魔鬼有時也會說真話。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.
燭台底下最暗。
Tall trees catch much wind.
樹大招風。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.
學得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快，爛得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
能言是銀，沉默是金。
Something is better than nothing.
聊勝於無。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者當差，不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以賊捉賊。
Promise is debt.
一諾千金。
Out of debt, out of danger.
無債一身輕。
Out of office, out of danger.
無官一身輕。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一個和尚挑水喝，兩個和尚抬水喝，三個和尚沒水喝。
Offense is the best defense.
進攻是最好的防禦。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲。
No sweet without sweat.（沒有汗水，沒有甘甜）
先苦後甜。
No smoke without fire.（無煙不起火）
無風不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人無大志。
Like mother, like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.
什麼樣的老師教什麼樣的學生。
Like author, like book.
文如其人。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人過半生，方知天命。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯錯誤。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一見鍾情難維久。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所見略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大錯誤。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之間也會保持距離。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是時間的竊賊。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速則不達。
Fools has fortune.
獃人有呆福。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不為己，天誅地滅。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死難逃。
Cry for the moon.
海底撈月。
Books and friends should be few but good.
讀書如交友，應求少而精。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗學不出新把戲
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
愛挑的擔子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
貓有九條命。
B. 英文諺語
short memories.
貴人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心貪手長。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做賊心虛。
Habit cures habit.
心病還需心葯醫。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行為漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
歡樂不覺時光過。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背債。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教訓，自己才會走運。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一見鍾情難維久。
Health is better than wealth.
健康勝過財富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼聽則明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不動，叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.
愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背後說好話，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
聰明不是掛在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯錯誤。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自嘲者不會讓人見笑。
He is wise that is honest.
誠實者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.
誰笑到最後，誰笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不勞動者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不進則退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
經常訴苦，沒人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯錯誤，就一事無成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收獲與風險並存。
History repeats itself.
歷史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人誠信為本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的願望，做最壞的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿諛奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上當一回頭，再多就可恥。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵發燒，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
腳踏兩條船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
殺雞取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。
Instry is the parent of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
掙錢容易攢錢難。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事後諸葛亮好當。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
創業容易守業難。
It is hard to please all.
眾口難調。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，學到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水難收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
萬事開頭難。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良機，後悔已遲。
It never rains but it pours.
不鳴則已，一鳴驚人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年樹木，百年樹人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
門門精通，樣樣稀鬆。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭雙雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王發狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博學使人謙遜，無知使人驕傲。
Learn and live.
活著，為了學習。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越學越好，壞人越學越壞。
Learn not and know not.
不學無術。
Learn to walk before you run.
先學走，再學跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
過去的就讓它過去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
別惹麻煩。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天機。
Lies can never changes fact.
謊言終究是謊言。
Lies have short legs.
謊言站不長。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人過半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生並不是康莊大道。
Life without a friend is death.
沒有朋友，雖生猶死。
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鱉。
Like author, like book.
文如其人。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
一報還一報。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.
什麼樣的老師教什麼樣的學生。
Like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人無大志。
Look before you leap.
摸清情況再行動。
Lookers-on see more than players.
當局者迷，旁觀者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
勝者為王，敗者為寇。
Lost time is never found again.
歲月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.
一見鍾情。
Love cannot be compelled.
愛情不能強求。
Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.
愛情充滿煩惱。
Love is never without jealousy.
沒有妒忌就沒有愛情。
Love me, love my dog.
愛屋及烏。
Make hay while the sun shines.
良機勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.
化敵為友。
Man is the soul of the universe.
人是萬物之靈。
Man proposes, God disposes.
謀事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.
眾人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭。
Measure for measure.
針鋒相對。
Misfortunes never come alone.
禍不單行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患難見真情。
Money isn't everything.
錢不是萬能的。
Murder will out.
紙包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
兒子婚前是兒子，女兒終生是女兒。
Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不為堯存，不為桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是發明的動力。
Never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸魚。
Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
Never say die.
永不言敗。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊補牢，為時未晚。
New wine in old bottles.
舊瓶裝新酒。
No cross, no crown.
不經歷風雨，怎麼見彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.
沒有不長草的園子。
No living man all things can.
世上沒有萬事通。
No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.
沒有生而知之者。
No man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.
聰明一世，糊塗一時。
None are so blind as those who won't see.
視而不見。
None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
充耳不聞。
No news is good news.
沒有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不會重現。
No pains, no gains.
沒有付出就沒有收獲。
No pleasure without pain.
沒有苦就沒有樂。
No rose without a thorn.
沒有不帶刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.
先苦後甜。
No smoke without fire.
無風不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼淚幹得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
沒有追求就沒有收獲。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行，語言最要緊。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲。
Not to advance is to go back.
不進則退。
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
No way is impossible to courage.
勇者無懼。
Obedience is the first ty of a soldier.
軍人以服從命令為天職。
Observation is the best teacher.
觀察是最好的老師。
Offense is the best defense.
進攻是最好的防禦。
Old friends and old wines are best.
陳酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child.
一次老，兩次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盜一次，做賊一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一個和尚挑水喝，兩個和尚抬水喝，三個和尚沒水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.
時鍾不能倒轉。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百聞不如一見。
One false move may lose the game.
一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。
One good turn deserves another.
行善積德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
爭分奪秒效率高。
One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前車之鑒。
One never loses anything by politeness.
講禮貌不吃虧。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
One's words reflect one's thinking.
言為心聲。
Out of debt, out of danger.
無債一身輕。
Out of office, out of danger.
無官一身輕。
Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不見，心為靜。
Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良葯。
Penny wise, pound foolish.
貪小便宜吃大虧。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，說到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart.
貪圖一時快活，必然留下隱禍。
Pleasure comes through toil.
苦盡甘來。
Pour water into a sieve.
竹籃子打水一場空。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.
恭維話不能當飯吃。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
好人越誇越好，壞人越誇越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.
寧可吃虧，不貪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure.
預防勝於治療。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
驕傲使人落後。
Promise is debt.
一諾千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
諺語是日常經驗的結晶。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind.
開卷有益。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
讀書健腦，運動強身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬，必須自重。
Rome is not built in a day.
冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.
言行不一。
Seeing is believing.
眼見為實。
Seek the truth from facts.
實事求是。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者當差，不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以賊捉賊。
Short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算賬。
Something is better than nothing.
聊勝於無。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.
學得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快，爛得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
能言是銀，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.
靜水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁熱打鐵。
Success belongs to the persevering.
堅持就是勝利。
Take things as they come.
既來之，則安之。
Talking mends no holes.
空談無補。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.
說曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.
樹大招風。
Teach others by your example.
躬親示範。
The best hearts are always the bravest.
無私者無畏。
The best man stumbles.
偉人也有犯錯時。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
掩耳盜鈴。
The danger past and God forgotten.
過河拆橋。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.
燭台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.
老馬識途。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
魔鬼有時也會說真話。
The die is cast.
木已成舟。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。
The end justifies the means.
只要目的正當，可以不擇手段。
The end makes all equal.
死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.
貪多嚼不爛。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
抄近路反而繞遠路。
The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢，不成器。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.
烈火驗真金，艱難磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.
邁出第一步是最艱難的。
The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
機關算盡太聰明，反誤了卿卿性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.
兔子不吃窩邊草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
坐井觀天。
The grass is greener on the other side.
這山望著那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.
語言的巨人總是行動的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.
爬得高，摔得慘。
The leopard cannot change its spots.
本性難移。
The more noble, the more humble.
人越高尚，越謙虛。
The more wit, the less courage.
初生牛犢不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.
旁觀者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
筆能殺人。
The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.
太陽也有黑點。
There are two sides to every question.
問題皆有兩面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
家家有本難念的經。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.
人間處處有溫情。
There is no general rule without some exception.
任何法規均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.
沒有長生不老葯。
There is no place like home.
金窩銀窩不如咱的狗窩。
There is no royal road to learning.
書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟。
The style is the man.
字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人言可畏。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能載舟，亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清，濁者自濁。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界如階梯，有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.
海內存知己，天涯若比鄰。
Think twice before you do.
三思而後行。
Things at the worst will mend.
否極泰來。
Time and tide wait for no man.
時不我待。
Time cures all things.
時間是醫治一切創傷的良葯。
Time flies.
光陰似箭。
Time is money.
時間就是金錢。
Time lost cannot be won again.
時光流逝，不可復得。
Time past cannot be called back again.
時間不能倒流。
Time tries all.
路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.
人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
To err is human.
人非聖賢，孰能無過。
To know everything is to know nothing.
什麼都知道，一如什麼都不知道。
To know oneself is true progress.
人貴有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes.
我生待明日，萬事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
過分熟悉會使人互不服氣。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
學問太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.
自由放任，一事無成。
Too much praise is a burden.
過多誇獎，反成負擔。
To save time is to lengthen life.
節約時間就是延長生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋。
Troubles never come singly.
福無雙至，禍不單行。
Truth never grows old.
真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.
洗心革面，改過自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.
一個好漢三個幫。
Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.
別人錯了，不等於你對了。
Unity is strength.
團結就是力量。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠言逆耳利於行。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
不到黃河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小虧佔大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德遠遠勝過美貌。
Walls have ears.
小心隔牆有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.
家醜不可外揚。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康，錢再多也沒用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好東西，失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.
好的開始，是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水可貴。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲求完美無缺的朋友必然成為孤家寡人。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自己的好事別去提，別人的恩惠要銘記。
Wet behind the ears.
乳臭未乾。
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
不管做什麼，都要一心一意。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
兒時所學，終生難忘。
What's done cannot be undone.
生米煮成熟飯了。
What's lost is lost.
失者不可復得。
What we do willingly is easy.
願者不難。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入國問禁，入鄉隨俗。
When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.
人人都偉大，世間沒豪傑。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
傷心舊事別重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
新仇舊恨，齊上心頭。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒安好心。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.
酒後吐真言。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.
道高一尺，魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.
搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.
好人不長命。
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
智者嘴在心裡，愚者心在嘴裡。
Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蠟燭不能兩頭點，精力不可過分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.
魚與熊掌，不可得兼。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
強扭的瓜不甜。
You may know by a handful the whole sack.
由一斑可知全貌。
You never know what you can till you try.
是驢子是馬，拉出來遛遛。
C. 經典的英文諺語
A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡其始者必惡其終。
A bad bush is better than the open field. 有勝於無。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。
A bad conscience is a snake in one''s heart. 做賊心虛。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。
A bad padlock invites a picklock. 開門揖盜。
A bad penny always turns up.
A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)。
A bargain is a bargain. 達成的協議不可撕毀。
A beggar''s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。
A bird may be known by its song. 什麼鳥唱什麼歌。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有勝於全無。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it''s the boundary of the world. 坐井觀天。
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白費痴情。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好書今天如此，將來也如此，永不改變。
D. 急求英文諺語！！！！
1. Waste not,want not. 儉以防匱。
2. From saving comes having. 富有來自節儉。
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. 金錢積少便成多。
5. Frugality is an estate alone. 節儉本身就是一宗財產。
6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound. 小錢不知節省，大錢將濫花。
7. Small gains bring great wealth. 積小利，成巨富。
8. Many a little makes a mickle. 積少便成多。
9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man. 試金之石可試金，正如黃金能試人。
10. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和堅決是美德的靈魂。
11. The path to glory is always rugged. 光榮之路常坎坷。
12. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上無難事，只要人肯試。
13. The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. 烈火試真金，困苦煉壯士。
14. Great hopes make great man. 遠大的希望造就偉大的人物。
15. No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前無險路。
16. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平靜的大海決不能造就出熟練的水手。
17. The good seaman is known in bad weather. 壞天氣下才能識得出良好的海員；要識好海員，須憑壞天氣。
18. The best hearts are always the bravest. 行為最勇敢的人心地總是最善良。
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. 今天跌倒的人也許明天就會站起。
21. Rome was not built in a day. 羅馬並非一日可建成；堅持必成。
22. Success belongs to the persevering. 勝利屬於堅忍不拔的人。
23. We must repeat a thousand and one times thatperseverance is the only road to success. 我們要多次重申：不屈不撓是取得勝利的唯一道路。
24. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 十九次失敗，到第二十次獲得成功，這就叫堅持。
25. Step by step the ladder is ascended. 登梯需要逐級登。
26. Adversity leads to prosperity. 困苦通向昌盛。
27. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和專心會使我們度過難關。
28. Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 做事只要有耐心，到頭總會有好運；耐心候好運，好運常會來。
29. All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要肯等待，一切都會按時來。
30. Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水不絕可穿石。
31. Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs. 雞蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘願吃苦，則預期效果達不到。
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. 要知世事奧秘多，須要長期作學徒。
34. Life is sweet. 生活是可愛的；人無不好生(惡死)。
35. Where there is life,there is hope. 生命不息，希望長在。
36. Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生並不全是吃喝玩樂。
37. Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of. 眼前發生許多事，有些我們並不知。
38. Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door. 人人都有走運的一天。
39. If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you. 運氣太好，見人不睬；運氣太壞，無人理會。
40. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一個人都是自身幸福的建築師。
41. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. 記得年輕時所作蠢事的人是幸福的。
42. Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).
禍不單行。
43. Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良好的教師。
44. Misfortunes come at night. 禍常生於不測。
45. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 惡運臨頭後，才知幸運貴。
46. Adversity makes a man wise,not rich. 患難能使人聰明，但不能使人富有。
47. Live and learn. 活到老，學到老。
48. It is never too old to learn. 為學不怕年高。
49. A man becomes learned by asking questions. 要長學問，就得多問；多問則業精。
50. There is no royal road to learning. 學問無坦途。
51.An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之計在於晨
52.Don`t judge a tree by its bark.別以貌取人
53.Try try try,never say die.永不言棄
54.An eye for an eye,a tooth for a tooth.以眼還眼，以牙還牙
55.As a man sows,so he shall reap.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆或善有善報，惡有惡報
56.As the tree,so the fruit.什麼樹結什麼果
57.Practice makes perfect熟能生巧
E. 英語諺語
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善終。
A bad thing never dies.
遺臭萬年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不會撐船怪河彎。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛與說謊本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厲內荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
愛挑的擔子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
貓有九條命。
A cat may look at a king.
貓也可以打量國王，意為人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病從口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厭。
Actions speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
窮則思變。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音難覓。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一塹，長一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性難移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友難，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之時方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
沒有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.
「您先請」是禮貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的開端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善終。
A good book is a good friend.
好書如摯友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好書，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名勝過美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善則妻賢。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良葯苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。
A great talker is a great liar.
說大話者多謊言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
積習難改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。
A light heart lives long.
靜以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
濃縮的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四兩油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敵人逃竄時，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.
天下沒有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海納百川。
All roads lead to Rome.
條條大路通羅馬。
All that ends well is well.
結果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
閃光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事總是由難而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy.
只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不恥下問才能有學問。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都應量力而行。
F. 經典的英文諺語
1.有志者,事竟成.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way.
2.千里之行,始於足下.The longest journey begins with the first step.
3.積少成多 Every little helps.
4.滿招損,謙受益.Pride hurts, modesty benefits.
5.世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲.Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.
6.偉業非一日之功/冰凍三尺非一日之寒.Rome was not built in a day.
7.一寸光陰一寸金,寸今難買寸光陰.Lost years are worse than lost dollars.
8.自助者天助.God helps those who help themselves.
9.欲速則不達.More haste, less speed.
10.台上一分鍾,台下十年功.One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.
11.好的開端是成功的一半.Well begun is half done.
12.酒好不怕巷子深.Good wine needs no bush.
13.成功源於勤奮.Instry is the parent of success.
14.英雄所見略同.Great minds think alike.
15.熟能生巧.Practice makes perfect.
16.靜水流深.Still waters run deep.
17.滴水穿石.Little stone fell great oaks.
18.前事不忘,後事之師.The membrance of the past is the teacher of the future.
19.君子之交淡如水.A hedge between keeps friendship green.
20.機不可失,失不再來.Take time while time is, for time will away.
21.集思廣益.Two heads are better than one.
G. 中英文諺語的相同點
1. A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做賊心虛。
2. Accidents will happen.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
3. A clear conscience is a sure card.
為人不做虧心事，半夜不怕鬼敲門。
4. A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
5. All your swans are geese.
事與願違。
6. As you make the bed, so you must lie in it.
自食其果。
7. A watched pot never boils.
心急吃不了熱豆腐。
8. Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
盲目樂觀。
9. Danger is next neighbor to security.
塞翁失馬，安知非福？
10. Do in Rome as Romans do.
入鄉隨俗。
11. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
順其自然。
12. Everybody's business is nobody's business.
三個和尚無水吃。
13. Justice has long arms.
天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
14. He knows most who speaks least./Still water runs deep.
大智若愚。
15. Late fruit keeps well.
大器晚成。
16. Many kiss the baby by the name of the nurse's sake.
醉翁之意不在酒。
17. Misfortune might be a blessing in disguises.
禍兮福所倚，福兮禍所伏。
18. Names are debts.
樹大招風。
19. Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
20. Rest breeds rust.
生命在於運動。
21. Rome was not built in a day.
冰凍三尺非一日之寒。
22. Save your breath to cool your porridge.
各人自掃門前雪，莫管他人瓦上霜。
23. Short pleasure, long lament.
一失足成千古恨。
24. Stick together through thick and thin.
患難與共。
25. Take things as they come.
既來之則安之。
26. The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑一百步。
27. The shepherd would rather lose the wool than the sheep.
留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。
28. Things done cannot be undone.
木已成舟。/覆水難收。
29. True blue will never stain.
真金不怕火煉。
30. You cannot make a crab walk straight.
江山易移，本性難改。
只看不練假把式，下面的諺語究竟是什麼意思呢？
Common fame is a liar.
The moon is not seen when the sun shines.
1. A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做賊心虛。
2. Accidents will happen.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
3. A clear conscience is a sure card.
為人不做虧心事，半夜不怕鬼敲門。
4. A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
5. All your swans are geese.
事與願違。
6. As you make the bed, so you must lie in it.
自食其果。
7. A watched pot never boils.
心急吃不了熱豆腐。
8. Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
盲目樂觀。
9. Danger is next neighbor to security.
塞翁失馬，安知非福？
10. Do in Rome as Romans do.
入鄉隨俗。
11. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
順其自然。
12. Everybody's business is nobody's business.
三個和尚無水吃。
13. Justice has long arms.
天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
14. He knows most who speaks least./Still water runs deep.
大智若愚。
15. Late fruit keeps well.
大器晚成。
16. Many kiss the baby by the name of the nurse's sake.
醉翁之意不在酒。
17. Misfortune might be a blessing in disguises.
禍兮福所倚，福兮禍所伏。
18. Names are debts.
樹大招風。
19. Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
20. Rest breeds rust.
生命在於運動。
21. Rome was not built in a day.
冰凍三尺非一日之寒。
22. Save your breath to cool your porridge.
各人自掃門前雪，莫管他人瓦上霜。
23. Short pleasure, long lament.
一失足成千古恨。
24. Stick together through thick and thin.
患難與共。
25. Take things as they come.
既來之則安之。
26. The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑一百步。
27. The shepherd would rather lose the wool than the sheep.
留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。
28. Things done cannot be undone.
木已成舟。/覆水難收。
29. True blue will never stain.
真金不怕火煉。
30. You cannot make a crab walk straight.
江山易移，本性難改。
只看不練假把式，下面的諺語究竟是什麼意思呢？
Common fame is a liar.
The moon is not seen when the sun shines.
1. A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做賊心虛。
2. Accidents will happen.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
3. A clear conscience is a sure card.
為人不做虧心事，半夜不怕鬼敲門。
4. A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
5. All your swans are geese.
事與願違。
6. As you make the bed, so you must lie in it.
自食其果。
7. A watched pot never boils.
心急吃不了熱豆腐。
8. Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
盲目樂觀。
9. Danger is next neighbor to security.
塞翁失馬，安知非福？
10. Do in Rome as Romans do.
入鄉隨俗。
11. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
順其自然。
12. Everybody's business is nobody's business.
三個和尚無水吃。
13. Justice has long arms.
天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
14. He knows most who speaks least./Still water runs deep.
大智若愚。
15. Late fruit keeps well.
大器晚成。
16. Many kiss the baby by the name of the nurse's sake.
醉翁之意不在酒。
17. Misfortune might be a blessing in disguises.
禍兮福所倚，福兮禍所伏。
18. Names are debts.
樹大招風。
19. Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
20. Rest breeds rust.
生命在於運動。
21. Rome was not built in a day.
冰凍三尺非一日之寒。
22. Save your breath to cool your porridge.
各人自掃門前雪，莫管他人瓦上霜。
23. Short pleasure, long lament.
一失足成千古恨。
24. Stick together through thick and thin.
患難與共。
25. Take things as they come.
既來之則安之。
26. The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑一百步。
27. The shepherd would rather lose the wool than the sheep.
留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。
28. Things done cannot be undone.
木已成舟。/覆水難收。
29. True blue will never stain.
真金不怕火煉。
30. You cannot make a crab walk straight.
江山易移，本性難改。
只看不練假把式，下面的諺語究竟是什麼意思呢？
Common fame is a liar.
The moon is not seen when the sun shines.
Ⅰ.beat the dog before the lion.殺雞給猴看
Ⅲ.survival of the fittest.適者生存
Ⅳ.borrow trouble.杞人憂天，自找麻煩
Ⅴ.a watched pot never boils.心急吃不了熱豆腐
Ⅵ.retort insult for insult.以牙還牙
Ⅶ.burn dayligt.白日點燈，徒勞無益
Ⅷ.burn one's boats.破釜沉舟，背水布陣
Ⅸ.burn oneself out.筋疲力盡
1.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
2.A friend indeed is known by sharing hardships. 患難是朋友的試金石。
3.Plain living and high thinking. 生活要樸素，情操要高尚。
4.What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫為。
5.Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 熱情而無知，猶如無光之火。
6.You never know till you have tried. 不嘗試，不知曉。
7.Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it. 世上無難事，只怕有心人。
8.Pay what you owe,and you'll know what's your own. 付清你所欠下的債，方知什麼是屬於自己的。
9.A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人若無友，猶如只有生命沒有太陽。
10.A good friend is my nearest relation. 好友如近親。
11.A hedge between keeps friendship green. 淡交使友誼長青。（君子之交淡如水）
12.All are not friends that speak us fair. 說我們好話的未必全是朋友。
13.Better an open enemy than a false friend. 虛偽的朋友比公開的朋友更可怕。
14.Better (be) alone than in bad company. 寧可獨處，勿交壞友。
15.One never notices what has been done;one can only see what remains to be done. ——Marie Curie 切不要注意已經做了哪些，而只能去考慮還有哪些有待去做。——居里夫人
16.Always aim for achievement and forget about success.——Helen Hayes 永遠要爭取去做出成就，別去多考慮成功。——海倫
17.Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 久別情深。
18.Actions speak louder than words. 事實勝於雄辯。
19.Accidents will happen in the best regulated families. 家規再嚴，事端難免。
20.All good things must come to an end. 天下沒有不散的宴席（好景不長）。
21.All shall be well,and Jack shall have jill. 有情人終成眷屬。
22.All that glitters is not gold. 閃光的未必都是金子。
23.All things are difficult before they are easy. 萬事開頭難。
24.Always prepare for a rainy day. 未雨綢繆。
25.As you sow,so shall you reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
26.Walls have ears. 隔牆有耳。
27.Waste not,want not. 不浪費，不愁缺。
28.What is done cannot be undone. 生米已成熟飯／木已成舟。
29.Where there's a will,there's a way. 有志者事竟成。
30.Where there's smoke,there's fire. 無風不起浪。
1.Like attracts（或 draws）like. 意思是：相同的人吸引相同的人。 (like 指 similar people）這與另一句謬語 「Birds of a feather flock together.」（相同羽毛的鳥在一起）意義相似。（a=same）也就是咱們常說的「物以類聚」或「同聲相應，同氣相求」。
2.(Too much) familiarity breeds contempt. 意思是說：相處過於親密，就會產生侮慢之心（不尊重）（即 low opinion）（breed = create）這句話又與另一句俗語「Too thick does not stick.」 （太稠或太濃反而黏不住）意思相近。 也就是說： 「closeness brings disagreement.」（親不敬，熟生蔑）; 就是勸人：「君子之交淡如水」或「保持距離，以策安全」。
3.Once bitten（或 bit），twice shy. 就是說：一次被咬，下次膽小。或是一次上當，下次小心。（shy = avoid）動詞時態：bite, bit, bitten（或 bit）這又與另一句俗語「A burnt child fears（或dreads）the fire.」（被灼傷的小孩怕火）相似。說白些，就是： When you have bad experience, you don't want to have the same experience again. 這不就是「一朝被蛇咬，見繩也心驚」或「一日被蛇咬，十年怕草繩」嗎？
4.A stitch in time save nine. 意思是：「一針及時省九針」。也是「一針不補，十針難縫」或「小洞不補，大洞叫苦」的味道。這句警語與「An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.」（一分的預防，勝於十分的治療）意義相近。此外，還有：「Don't wait for a rainy day to fix the roof.（不要等到下雨時才去修補屋頂）; 或「Always prepare for a rainy day.」或「Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.」（做最壞的打算和最好的希望）這些警語，說的都是「未雨綢繆」。
5.Old habits die hard. 意思是說：改掉老習慣很不容易。「It is difficult to break an old habit.」這與另一句諺語：「You can not teach an old dog new tricks.」（你不能教老狗新把戲）。這就是所謂「江山易改，本性難移」。
6.Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 意思是：一個人不在時，使人內心更想念。「When a person is absent, we may think of him／her more often.」與「久別情深」、「眼不見，心更念」、「人去情漸深」，或是「一日不見如隔三秋」的意味相近。
7.A penny saved is a penny earned. 據說這是Ben Franklin 的引語。照字面意義是：能存一分錢，就是賺了一分錢。後來有人改口說： Take care of your pennies（=pence）and the pounds (=dollars）will take care of themselves. 說白些，就是： If you save small amount of money, you will eventually have a large sum of money. 就是中國人所謂「積少成多，集腋成裘」。（這句話也可指小事謹慎，大事自成。）
8.When in Rome, do as the Romans do.意思是說：當在羅馬時，就照羅馬人的（生活）方式去做。所以有人也改口說： When in America, do as the Americans do. 就是「入國問禁，入鄉隨俗。」
9.What is done cannot be undone.意思是：做過的事，不能再還原。（動詞時態：undo, undid, undone）。這與另一句諺語 「Don't cry over spilt milk.」或「It is no use crying over spilt milk.」意義相似。也就是說：What is done is done或What has taken place, nothing can be done about it.（take place=happen）就是「覆水難收」、「往者已矣」。
10.Don't（或Never）cross a bridge till（或until）you come to it. 照字面的意義是：不等到橋邊，就不必過橋。也有人說：We have to go across the bridge when we come to it. （it 指橋；bridge也指問題或困難），換句話說：不必為將來顧慮太多「Don't worry too much in advance.」勸人當問題出現時再設法解決不遲。「You have to face the problem or difficulty when the time comes.」這與所謂「船到橋頭自然直」，頗有相似之處。
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I. 英語諺語大全
1.愛屋及烏 Love me, love my dog.
2.百聞不如一見 Seeing is believing.
3.比上不足比下有餘 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.
4.笨鳥先飛 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
5.不眠之夜 white night
6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
7.不遺餘力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.
9.拆東牆補西牆 rob Peter to pay Paul
10.辭舊迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
11.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to rece it to nothing at all
12.大開眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
13.國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
14.過猶不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
15.功夫不負有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.
16.好了傷疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more
17.好事不出門惡事傳千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
18.和氣生財 Harmony brings wealth.
19.活到老學到老 One is never too old to learn.
20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones
21.金無足赤人無完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
22.金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home.
23.腳踏實地 be down-to-earth
24.腳踩兩只船 sit on the fence
25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
26.老生常談陳詞濫調 cut and dried, cliché
27.禮尚往來 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
28.留得青山在不怕沒柴燒 Where there is life, there is hope.
29.馬到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success
30.名利雙收 gain in both fame and wealth
31.茅塞頓開 be suddenly enlightened
32.沒有規矩不成方圓 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 33.每逢佳節倍思親 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
34.謀事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.
35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself
36.拿手好戲 masterpiece
37.賠了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad
38.拋磚引玉 a modest spur to ince others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat；burn one『s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
40.搶得先機 take the preemptive opportunities
41.巧婦難為無米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist. One can't make bricks without straw.
42.千里之行始於足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
43.前事不忘後事之師 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 44.前人栽樹後人乘涼 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.
45.前怕狼後怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something
46.強龍難壓地頭蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
47.強強聯手 win-win co-operation
48.瑞雪兆豐年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.
49.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.
50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.
51.人海戰術 huge-crowd strategy
52.世上無難事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.
53.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
54.死而後已 until my heart stops beating
55.歲歲平安 Peace all year round.
56.上有天堂下有蘇杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
57.塞翁失馬焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
58.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
59.升級換代 updating and upgrading (of procts)
60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
61.誰言寸草心報得三春暉 Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. 62.水漲船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.
63.時不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
64.殺雞用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
65.實事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
66.說曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
67.實話實說speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
68.實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
69.山不在高，有仙則名'No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; '
70.韜光養晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
71.糖衣炮彈sugar-coated bullets
72.天有不測風雲Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
73.團結就是力量Unity is strength.
74.「跳進黃河洗不清」'eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name '
75.歪風邪氣unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
76.物以類聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
77.往事如風'The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas
78.望子成龍hold high hopes for one's child
79.屋漏又逢連陰雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
80.文韜武略military expertise; military strategy
81.唯利是圖draw water to one's mill
82.無源之水,無本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
83.無中生有make create something out of nothing
84.無風不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
87.虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落後Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
88. 蓄勢而發accumulate strength for a take-off
89.心想事成May all your wish come true
90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 91.先入為主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
92.先下手為強catch the ball before the bound
93.像熱鍋上的螞蟻like an ant on a hot pan
94.現身說法warn people by taking oneself as an example
95.息事寧人pour oil on troubled waters
96.喜憂參半mingled hope and fear
97.循序漸進step by step
98.一路平安，一路順風speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
99.嚴以律己,寬以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
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101.有情人終成眷屬'Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.'
102.有錢能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
103. 有識之士people of vision
104.有勇無謀use brawn rather than brain
105.有緣千里來相會Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
106.與時俱進advance with times
107.以人為本people oriented; people foremost
108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
109.欲窮千里目，更上一層樓'to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight.' a land of milk and honey
110.欲速則不達Haste does not bring success.
111. 優勝劣汰survival of the fittest
112.英雄所見略同Great minds think alike.
113.冤家宜解不宜結Better make friends than make enemies.
114.冤假錯案'cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases'
115.一言既出，駟馬難追A real man never goes back on his words.
116.招財進寶Money and treasures will be plentiful
117.債台高築become debt-ridden
118.致命要害Achilles' heel
119. 眾矢之的target of public criticism
120.知己知彼,百戰不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
121. 紙上談兵be an armchair strategist
122.紙包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
123.左右為難between the devil and the deep blue sea