英语常用谚语
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常见谚语(英语)
An idle youth,a needy age.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。Time flies.时光易逝。Time is money.一寸光阴一寸金。Time and tide wait for no man.岁月无情;岁月易逝;岁月不待人。Time tries all.时间检验一切。Time tries truth. 时间检验真理。Time past cannot be called back again. 光阴一去不复返。All time is no time when it is past. 光阴一去不复返。No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again. 昨日不复来。Tomorrow comes never. 切莫依赖明天。One today is worth two tomorrows. 一个今天胜似两个明天。The morning sun never lasts a day. 好景不常;朝阳不能光照全日。Christmas comes but once a year. 圣诞一年只一度。Pleasant hours fly past. 快乐时光去如飞。Happiness takes no account of time. 欢娱不惜时光逝。Time tames the strongest grief. 时间能缓和极度的悲痛。The day is short but the work is much. 工作多,光阴迫。Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today. 今日事须今日毕,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. 事事及时做,一日胜三日。To save time is to lengthen life. 节省时间就是延长生命。Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 万物皆有时,时来不可失。Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away. 时来必须要趁时,不然时去无声息。When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you. 机不可失,时不再来;机会一过,永不再来。Make hay while the sun shines. 晒草要趁太阳好。Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow. 今朝有事今朝做,明朝可能阻碍多。Punctuality is the soul of business. 守时为立业之要素。Procrastination is the thief of time. 因循拖延是时间的大敌;拖延就是浪费时间。Every tide hath ist ebb. 潮涨必有潮落时。Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。Wisdom is more to be envied than riches. 知识可羡,胜于财富。Wisdom is better than gold or silver. 知识胜过金银, Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 胸中有知识,胜于手中有钱。Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it. 为了求知识,代价虽高也值得。Doubt is the key of knowledge. 怀疑是知识之钥。If you want knowledge,you must toil for it. 若要求知识,须从勤苦得。A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 浅学误人。A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning. 少量的常识,当得大量的学问。Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps. 知识只能循序渐进,不能跃进。Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。It is good to learn at another man's cost. 前车可鉴。Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. 知识之于精神,一如健康之于肉体。Experience is the best teacher. 经验是最好的教师。Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是知识之父,记忆是知识之母。Dexterity comes by experience. 熟练来自经验。Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other. 经验学校学费高,愚人旁处学不到。Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有经验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验。Wit once bought is worth twice taught. 由经验而得的智慧,胜于学习而得的智慧;一次亲 会,胜过两次的教师教导。Seeing is believing. 如一见。Business is the salt of life. 事业是生命之盐。Business before pleasure. 事业在先,享乐在后。Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事业可以考验人,也可以造就人。Business neglected is business lost. 忽视职业便是放弃职业。Never think yourself above business. 勿自视过高;不要眼高手低;永远不要认为自己是大才小用。Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious. 事业虽扰人,懒惰害更大。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,但不要做事务的奴隶。Everybody's business is nobody's business. 众人的事就是无人过问的事。Work makes the workman. 勤工出巧匠。Better master one than engage with ten. 会十事,不如精一事。A work ill done must be twice done. 首次做不好,必须重新搞。They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can. 不能如愿而行,也须尽力而为。If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself. 想把事情来做好,就得亲自动手搞。He that doth most at once doth least. 什么都想一次做完,结果一件也做不完;贪多嚼不 烂。Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 照大多数人那样干,人们会把你称赞。What may be done at any time will be done at no time. 在任何时候都可做的事情,总是在任何时候都不 做的事情。Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。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. 最简短的回答就是一个“干”字。Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识之佳果。Finished labours are pleasant. 完成工作是一乐。It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil. 没有土壤,播种也是徒劳。It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都应用得其所。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,聪明小孩也变傻。Work bears witness who does well. 工作能证明谁做的好。It is not work that kills,but worry. 工作不会伤身,伤身乃是忧虑。He that will not work shall not eat. 不工作者不得食。Business is business. 公事公办。Deliberate slowly,execute promptly. 慢慢酌量,快快行动。Put your shoulder to the wheel. 努力工作。Never do things by halves. 做事不要半途而废。In for a penny,in for a pound. 做事一开头,就要做到底;一不做,二不休。Many hands make quick work. 人多干活快。Many hands make light work. 众擎易举。A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。Diligence is the mohter of success. 勤奋是成功之母。Idleness is the root of all evil. 懒惰乃万恶之源。Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋带来好运。Diligence is the mother of good fortune. 勤勉是好运之母。Instry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸运的右手,世俭是幸运的左手。Idleness is the key of beggary. 懒惰出乞丐。No root,no fruit. 无根就无果。Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains). 懒人做工作,越懒越费力。Sloth is the key of poverty. 惰能致贫。Sloth turneth the edge of wit. 懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。An idle brain is the devil's workshop. 懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE. 节俭是致富的秘诀。
英语里有哪些谚语
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 久别情深。Actions speak louder than words. 行动比言语更有说服力。/ 事实胜于雄辩。Accidents will happen in the regulated families. 家规再严,事端难免。After a storm comes a calm. 风暴之后是宁静。After rain comes fair weather. 雨过天晴。/ 否极泰来。All good things must come to an end. 天下没有不散的宴席。/ 好景无常。All his geese are swans. 他的都鹅是天鹅。/ 他老是言过其实。Alls fish that comes to his net. 抓到网里的便是鱼。/ 来者不拒。All shall be well,and Jack shall have Jill. 有情人终成眷属。Alls well that ends well. 结果好就是一切好。All that glitters is not gold. All is not gold that glitters. 发亮的东西不一定都是金子。/ 好看的东西不一定都有用处。All things are difficult before they are easy. 万事开头难。All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy. 只工作不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。All your swans are geese. 诺言全部落空。/ 希望成为泡影。/ 牛皮吹破。Always prepare for a rainy day. 未雨绸缪。Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. 盲人国里,独眼称王。/ 山中无虎猴称王。The apple does not fall far from the tree. 苹果落地,离树不远。As the tree,so the fruit. 什么树结什么果。As you brew, so must you drink. 自作自受。/ 自食其果。As you sow, so shall you reap./ As a man sows, soo he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。/ 善有善报,恶有恶报。A bad workman always blames his tool. 拙匠常怪工具差。Beauty is but skin-deep. 外表美是肤浅短暂的。Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 观者觉得美就是美。Beggars can not be choosers. 要饭的那能挑肥拣瘦。/ 饥不择食。A beggar’s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的口袋填不满。The best fish are (swim) near the bottom. 好鱼居水底。/ 有价值的东西不能轻易得到。The best fish are smell when they are three days old. 再好的鱼三天也要变臭。/ 久住招人嫌。Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 宁为鸡口,无为牛后。Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。Better safe than sorry. 采取预防措施以免倒大霉。Better to light one little candle than to curse the darkness. 与其诅咒黑暗不如点上蜡烛。A bird in hand is better than two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。Birds of a feather flock together. 鸟以群分,物以类聚。Bitter pill s may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口。Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。Brevity is the soul of wit. 言贵简洁。A burnt child fears(or dreads) the fire. 一朝被灼伤,见火就害怕。Butter to butter is no relish. 奶油加奶油不成美味。/ 千篇一律的东西令人生厌。By their fruits shall ye know them. 看树看果实,看人看作为。Care killed a cat. 忧虑伤身。Carry coals to Newcastle. 向煤区运煤,多此一举。A cat has nine lives. 猫有九命。A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权看国王。/ 小人物也该有些权利。A (or The) chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一环薄弱,全局必垮。Charity begins at home. 施舍先及亲友。The child is father of (or to) the man. 三岁看到老。Claw me and I will claw thee. 你帮我,我帮你。/ 投之以桃,报之以李。A close mouth catches no flies. 嘴唇紧闭,苍蝇难进。/ 中紧不招祸。The cobbler should stick to his last. 补鞋匠应守本行。/ 各守各业。/ 各守本分。Coming events cast their shadows before. 未来之事先有朕兆。Curiosity killed the (or a) cat. 好奇伤身。The darkest hour is nearest the dawn. / The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明之前最黑暗。/ 接近成功时最艰苦。The darkest place is under the candlestick. 灯台照人不照已。/ 当局者迷。The devil can cite Scripture for his own purpose. 魔鬼也会引证《圣经》来为自己辩护。Discretion is the better part of valour. 谨慎即大勇。Do not halloo until you are out of the woods. 未出危险境,切莫先高兴。Do not bite off more than you can chew. 贪多嚼不烂。/ 别不自量力。Do not change horses in midstream. 行到河中不换马。/ 紧要关头不宜作大变动。Do not (or Never) cross a bridge (un)till you come to it. 船到桥头自然直。Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. 蛋未孵出莫数小鸡。/ 不要指望过早。Do not kill the goose that laid the golden eggs. 切莫杀鸡取蛋。Do not put all your eggs in one basket. 莫把一切希望寄托在一件事情上。/ 勿孤注一掷。Do not take any wooden nickels. (告别时用语)多加小心,别上当受骗。Do not try to run before you can walk. 在学会走路之前别试图奔跑。Do not wait for a rainy day to fix the roof. 不要等到下雨时才去修补屋顶。Drops of water outwear the stone. 滴水穿石。