英語中常見的諺語
1. A man becomes learned by asking questions.不恥下問才能有學問。
2. A man can do no more than he can.凡事都應量力而行。
3. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。
4. A man is known by his friends.什麼人交什麼朋友。
5. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。
6. A man without money is no man at all.一分錢難倒英雄漢。
7. A merry heart goes all the way.心曠神怡，事事順利。
8. A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫釐，差之千里。
9. A mother's love never changes.母愛永恆。
10. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一蘋果，不用請醫生。
11. A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。
12. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
13. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之計在於晨。
14. An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗學不出新把戲。
15. An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聰明才智，不如運氣。
16. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.預防為主，治療為輔。
17. A rolling stone gathers no moss.滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
18. As a man sows, so he shall reap.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
19. A single flower does not make a spring.一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。
20. A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆豐年。
21. A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓於健康的身體。
22. A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。
23. A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不補，大洞吃苦。
24. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。
25. A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。
26. A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，駟馬難追。
27. A year's plan starts with spring.一年之計在於春。
28. A young idler, an old beggar.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
29. Bad news has wings.好事不出門，壞事傳千里。
30. Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。
31. Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼裡出西施。
32. Be swift to hear, slow to speak.聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。
33. Better late than never.不怕慢，單怕站。
34. Better to ask the way than go astray.問路總比迷路好。
35. Between friends all is common.朋友之間不分彼此。
36. Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分。
37. Blood is thicker than water.血濃於水。
38. Blood will have blood.血債血償。
39. Books and friends should be few but good.讀書如交友，應求少而精。
40. Business is business.公事公辦。
41. Business is the salt of life.事業是人生的第一需要。
42. By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。
43. Cannot see the wood for the trees.一葉障目，不見泰山。
44. Care and diligence bring luck.謹慎和勤奮才能抓住機遇。
45. Caution is the parent of safety.小心駛得萬年船。
『貳』 求英語常用諺語
英語常用諺語薈萃
1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 開頭不好，結尾必糟。
2. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 蛋糕莫保留，壞習氣要除掉。
3. A bad workman always blames his tools. 劣工咎器。
4. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 兩鳥在林，不如一鳥在手。
5. A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人無知猶如房屋無基。
6. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 書是隨時攜帶的花園。
7. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蠟燭照亮了別人，燃盡了自己。
8. A door must be either shut or open. 門不關就得開，二者必居其一。 / 非此即彼。
9. A friend is a second self. 朋友是第二個自我。
10. A good beginning makes a good ending. 欲善其終 , 必先善其始。
11. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良葯苦口利於病，忠言逆耳利於行。
12. A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少年懶惰，老來貧苦。
13. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生沒有朋友，猶如生活沒有陽光。
14. A little help is worth a deal of pity. 一次行動勝過一筐空話。
15. A little is better than none. 有一點總比沒有好。
16. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，害已誤人。
17. A little labour, much health. 常常走動，無病無痛。
18. A little learning is a dangerous thing. 淺學寡識是件危險的事。
19. A little of everything, and nothing at all. 樣樣皆通，樣樣稀鬆。
20. A man is never too old to learn. 活到老，學到老。
21. A merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快，辦事痛快。
22. A picture is a poem without words. 畫為無言詩。
23. A snow year, a good year. 瑞雪兆豐年。
24. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. 美好的事物永遠是一種快樂。
25. A thousand mile trip begins with one step. 千里之行，始於足下。
26. A tree is known by its fruit. 觀其行而知其人。
27. A word spoken cannot be recalled. 一言說出，難以收回。
28. A word to the wise is enough. 聰明人不用細說。
29. A work ill done must be twice done. 工作未乾好，只得重返工。
30. Act fairly by all men. 一視同仁。
31. Actions speak louder than words. 事實勝於雄辯。
32. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 困難和不幸不能使人富有，卻能使人聰明。
33. After rain comes fair weather. 否極泰來。
34. After supper walk a mile. 飯後百步走，活到九十九。
35. All are not friends that speak us fair. 說好話的不一定都是朋友。
36. All beginnings are hard. 萬事開頭難。
37. All men can't be first. 並非所有的都能獲第一。
38. All roads lead to Rome. 處處有路通長安。
39. All things are difficult before they are easy. 萬事開頭難。
40. All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy. 只工作而無娛樂會使人愚鈍。
41. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一個蘋果，醫生不來找我。
42. An empty bag cannot stand upright. 空袋子放不真。
43. An evil lesson is soon learned. 學壞容易。
44. An honest man's word is as good as his bond. 君子一言，駟馬難追。
45. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之計在於晨。
46. An idle youth, a needy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
47. An ill workman quarrels with his tools. 不會撐船怪河彎。
48. Art is long, life is short. 生有涯而知無涯。
49. As a man sows, so shall he reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
50. As one door closes, another door opens. 天無絕人之路。
51. As the wind blows, you must set your sail. 趁風揚帆。
52. As you brew, so you must drink. 自作自受。
53. Bad luck always comes in threes. 禍不單行。
54. Bad news travels fast. 壞事傳千里。
55. Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. 擇友宜慎，棄之宜更慎。
56. Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 重諾守信。
57. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多聽少說。
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. 寧要小火暖身，不要大火灼人。
61. Better a little loss than a long sorrow. 寧可作點犧牲，不要長久悲痛。
62. Better ask twice than lose your way once. 問路兩次勝過迷路一次。
63. Better be sure than sorry. 要安全，不要危險。
64. Better early than late. 寧早勿遲。
65. Better late than never. 這到總比不到強。
66. Better lost than found. 寧可丟掉，不願找到。（常針對不喜歡的人或物。）
67. Better safe than sorry. 安全勝過遺憾。
68. Better small fish than empty dish. 盤中小魚勝無魚。
69. Better the last smile than the first laughter. 笑在前不如笑在後。
70. Better to ask the way than go astray. 多問不吃虧。
71. Better to be safe than sorry. 安全勝過遺憾。
72. Better to do well than to say well. 嘴勤不如手勤。
73. Better to have than wish. 現有勝過心想。
74. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。
75. Bite off more than one can chew. 貪多嚼不爛。
76. Blood is thicker than water. 血濃於水。
77. Books and friends should be few but good. 擇友如藏書，皆宜少而精。
78. Both together do best of all. 人心齊，泰山移。
79. Busiest men find the most time. 最忙的人時間最多。
80. Business before pleasure. 先工作，後娛樂。
81. Business is business. 生意是生意，交情歸交情。
82. By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 一閑生百邪。
83. By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. 教學相長。
84. By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 讀書益智，交談搏彩。
85. By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. 團結則存，分裂則亡。
86. Call a spade a spade. 直言不諱。
87. Care and diligence bring luck. 細心勤奮，帶來好運。
88. Care brings grey hair. 愁一愁，白了頭。
89. Care is enemy to health. 憂慮有損健康。
90. Care will kill a cat. 憂慮傷神。
91. Children and fools cannot lie. 小孩和傻瓜嘴裡沒謊話。
92. Children and fools speak the truth. 童子吐真言。
93. Children are what the mothers are. 有其母，必有其子。
94. Children have the qualities of the parents. 有什麼樣的父母，就有什麼樣的孩子。
95. Christmas comes but once a year. 聖誕節每年只有一次。
96. Clothes don't make the man. 好馬不在鞍，人美不在衫。
97. Clothes make the man. 人靠衣服馬靠鞍。
98. Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 信心為成功之始。
99. Content is better than riches. 知足常樂。
100. Content is happiness. 知足常樂。
101. Custom is a second nature. 習俗是人的第二天性。
102. Custom makes all the things easy. 形成習慣，事事好辦。
103. Cut your coat according to your cloth. 看布裁衣。
104. Deeds are males and words are females. 會說不如會干。
105. Delays are dangerous. 拖延誤事。
106. Diamond cut diamond. 勢均力敵。
107. Diligence is the mother of good luck. 幸運出自勤奮。
108. Diligence is the greatest of teachers. 勤奮是最偉大的導師。
109. Diligence is the mother of success. 成功來自勤奮。
110. Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom. 挫折哺育智慧。
111. Discontent is the first step in progress. 不滿足是進取的第一步。
112. Do as I say, not as I do. 照我說的做，不要照我乾的做。
113. Do as the Romans do. 入國問禁，入鄉隨俗。
114. Do it now. 說干就干，機不可失。
115. Do not attend to two things at a time. 一心不能二用。
116. Do not cry for the moon. 不要異想天開。
117. Do not try out before you are hurt. 不要沒碰到就叫。
118. Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不能過河拆橋。
119. Do nothing by halves. 不可半途而廢。
120. Do on the hill as you would do in the hall. 人前人後一個樣。
121. Do what you ought, and come what can. 但知行好事，莫要問前程。
122. Doing is better than saying. 空言無補。
123. Doing nothing is doing ill. 游手好閑就是學壞。
124. Don't bite off more than you can chew. 貪多嚼不爛。
125. Don't change horses in the middle of a stream. 病重不宜換郎中。
126. Don't climb a tree to look for fish. 不可緣木求魚。
127. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 不要高興太早。
128. Don't forget to cross your t's. 不要丟三落四。
129. Don't have too many irons in the fire. 貪多嚼不爛。
130. Don't judge a book by its cover. 書的價值不在封面。
131. Don't judge by appearance. 不可以貌取人。
132. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
133. True love never dies.
134. Where there is love, there is life.
135. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
136. Shoot fro the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars.
137. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with heart.
138. Eat bread with pleasure, drink wine by measure.
139. Love is a fruit in season at all times.
140. Nothing in the world has ever been accompolished without passion
『叄』 常見諺語（英語）
An idle youth,a needy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
Time flies.
時光易逝。
Time is money.
一寸光陰一寸金。
Time and tide wait for no man.
歲月無情；歲月易逝；歲月不待人。
Time tries all.
時間檢驗一切。
Time tries truth.
時間檢驗真理。
Time past cannot be called back again.
光陰一去不復返。
All time is no time when it is past.
光陰一去不復返。
No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.
昨日不復來。
Tomorrow comes never.
切莫依賴明天。
One today is worth two tomorrows.
一個今天勝似兩個明天。
The morning sun never lasts a day.
好景不常；朝陽不能光照全日。
Christmas comes but once a year.
聖誕一年只一度。
Pleasant hours fly past.
快樂時光去如飛。
Happiness takes no account of time.
歡娛不惜時光逝。
Time tames the strongest grief.
時間能緩和極度的悲痛。
The day is short but the work is much.
工作多，光陰迫。
Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.
今日事須今日畢，切勿拖延到明天。
Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.
明天如有事，今天就去做。
To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.
事事及時做，一日勝三日。
To save time is to lengthen life.
節省時間就是延長生命。
Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
萬物皆有時，時來不可失。
Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.
時來必須要趁時，不然時去無聲息。
When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.
機不可失，時不再來；機會一過，永不再來。
Make hay while the sun shines.
曬草要趁太陽好。
Strike while the iron is hot.
趁熱打鐵。
Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.
今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻礙多。
Punctuality is the soul of business.
守時為立業之要素。
Procrastination is the thief of time.
因循拖延是時間的大敵；拖延就是浪費時間。
Every tide hath ist ebb.
潮漲必有潮落時。
Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
知識可羨，勝於財富。
Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
知識勝過金銀，
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知識，勝於手中有錢。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
為了求知識，代價雖高也值得。
Doubt is the key of knowledge.
懷疑是知識之鑰。
If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.
若要求知識，須從勤苦得。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
淺學誤人。
A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.
少量的常識，當得大量的學問。
Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
知識只能循序漸進，不能躍進。
Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
從旁人的愚行中學到聰明。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前車可鑒。
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
知識之於精神，一如健康之於肉體。
Experience is the best teacher.
經驗是最好的教師。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。
Dexterity comes by experience.
熟練來自經驗。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.
經驗學校學費高，愚人旁處學不到。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
有經驗而無學問，勝於有學問而無經驗。
Wit once bought is worth twice taught.
由經驗而得的智慧，勝於學習而得的智慧；一次親
會，勝過兩次的教師教導。
Seeing is believing.
如一見。
Business is the salt of life.
事業是生命之鹽。
Business before pleasure.
事業在先，享樂在後。
Business makes a man as well as tries him.
事業可以考驗人，也可以造就人。
Business neglected is business lost.
忽視職業便是放棄職業。
Never think yourself above business.
勿自視過高；不要眼高手低；永遠不要認為自己是大才小用。
Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.
事業雖擾人，懶惰害更大。
He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.
自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。
Do business,but be not a slave to it.
要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
眾人的事就是無人過問的事。
Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
Better master one than engage with ten.
會十事，不如精一事。
A work ill done must be twice done.
首次做不好，必須重新搞。
They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.
不能如願而行，也須盡力而為。
If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.
想把事情來做好，就得親自動手搞。
He that doth most at once doth least.
什麼都想一次做完，結果一件也做不完；貪多嚼不
爛。
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.
照大多數人那樣干，人們會把你稱贊。
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
在任何時候都可做的事情，總是在任何時候都不
做的事情。
Better late than never.
遲做總比不做好。
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。
The shortest answer is doing the thing.
最簡短的回答就是一個「干」字。
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
行動是知識之佳果。
Finished labours are pleasant.
完成工作是一樂。
It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
沒有土壤，播種也是徒勞。
It is right to put everything in its proper use.
凡事都應用得其所。
Affairs that are done by e degrees are soon ended.
按部就班，事情很快就做完。
All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聰明小孩也變傻。
Work bears witness who does well.
工作能證明誰做的好。
It is not work that kills,but worry.
工作不會傷身，傷身乃是憂慮。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不工作者不得食。
Business is business.
公事公辦。
Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.
慢慢酌量，快快行動。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
努力工作。
Never do things by halves.
做事不要半途而廢。
In for a penny,in for a pound.
做事一開頭，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。
Many hands make quick work.
人多幹活快。
Many hands make light work.
眾擎易舉。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
技術拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。
Diligence is the mohter of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
Idleness is the root of all evil.
懶惰乃萬惡之源。
Care and diligence bring luck.
謹慎和勤奮帶來好運。
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
勤勉是好運之母。
Instry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸運的右手，世儉是幸運的左手。
Idleness is the key of beggary.
懶惰出乞丐。
No root,no fruit.
無根就無果。
Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).
懶人做工作，越懶越費力。
Sloth is the key of poverty.
惰能致貧。
Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
懶散能磨去才智的鋒芒。
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
懶漢的頭腦是魔鬼的工廠。
The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.
節儉是致富的秘訣。
『肆』 常用英語諺語
1.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
2.God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
3.Easier said than done. 說起來容易做起來難。
4.Where there is a will,there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
5.One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫釐，謬之千里。
6.Slow and steady wins the race. 穩扎穩打無往而不勝。
7.A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit. 吃一塹，長一智。
8.Experience is the mother of wisdom. 實踐出真知。
9.All work and no play makes jack a ll boy. 只工作不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
10.Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. 無德之美猶如沒有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。
11.More hasty,less speed. 欲速則不達。
12.It's never too old to learn. 活到老，學到老。
13.All that glitters is not gold. 閃光的未必都是金子。
14.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始於足下。
15.Look before you leap. 三思而後行。
16.Rome was not built in a day. 偉業非一日之功。
17.Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同。
18.well begun,half done. 好的開始等於成功的一半。
19.It is hard to please all. 眾口難調。
20.Out of sight,out of mind. 眼不見，心不念。
21.Facts speak plainer than words. 事實勝於雄辯。
22.Call back white and white back. 顛倒黑白。
23.First things first. 凡事有輕重緩急。
24.Ill news travels fast. 壞事傳千里。
25.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真情。
26.live not to eat,but eat to live. 活著不是為了吃飯，吃飯為了活著。
27.Action speaks louder than words. 行動勝過語言。
28.East or west,home is the best. 金窩銀窩不如自家草窩。
29.It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
30.Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能當飯吃。
31.Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。
32.The older, the wiser. 薑是老的辣。
33.Do as Romans do in Rome. 入鄉隨俗。
34.An idle youth,a needy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
35.As the tree,so the fruit. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
36.To live is to learn,to learn is to better live.活著為了學習，學習為了更好的活著。