英语格言及谚语

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1.Actions speak louder than words.行动胜于空谈。
2.Advice when most needed is least heeded.忠言逆耳。
3.After a storm comes a calm.否极泰来。
4.All good things come to and end.花无百日红（天下无不散之筵席）。
5.All roads lead to Rome.条条大道通罗马。
6.All that glitters is not gold.闪烁者未必都是金（不可仅以貌取人）。
7.All's well that ends well.善终为善。
8.Art is long, life is short.人生苦短，而学术无穷。
9.As you sow, so shall you reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
10. Bad news travels fast.恶事传千里。
11.A bad penny always comes back. 恶有恶报。
12.A bad shearer never had a good sickle. {A bad workman always blames his tools.}劣工尤器。
13.The bait hides the hook.饵里藏钩。
14.Barking dogs seldom bite.吠叫的狗不咬人。
15.Beauty is but skin deep.美色只是一层皮。
16.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼里出西施。
17.Beggars must not be choosers.饥者不得择食。
18.The best fish swims near the bottom.好鱼游溪底。
19.Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. {Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.}宁为驴头不为马尾；宁为狗头不为狮尾。
20.Better late than never.宁迟勿缺；只要开始，虽晚不迟。
21.Between two stools you fall to the ground.脚踏双凳必坠地。
22.A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手胜于两鸟在林。
23.Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚。
24.The biter is sometimes bit.欺人反受欺（害人及害己）。
25.Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。
26.A burnt child dreads the fire.受灼的小孩必怕火。
27.Care killed a cat.忧虑致命（劳神丧命）。
28.A cat may look at a king.君王卿相于我何。
29.Charity begins at home.修身齐家博爱天下。
30.The child is father of the man.少年时代可决定一人之未来。
31.Comparisons are odious.人比人气死人。
32.Constant dripping wears away the stone.滴水穿石。
33.A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足常乐。
34.Death is the great leveler.死后万人皆平等。
35.The devil finds work for idle hands to do.小人闲居做歹事。
36.Diamond cut diamond.两虎相争必有一伤。
37.Do as you would be done by.己所欲施于人。
38.Do in Rome as the Romans do.入境随俗。
39.Don't change horses in mid-stream.临阵勿换将。
40.Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.勿打如意算盘。
41.Do not kick against the pricks.勿以螳臂当车。
42.Don't put the cart before the horse.勿本未倒置。
43.Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.勿自砸饭碗。
44.Don't wash your dirty linen in public.家丑不可外扬。
45.Dog does not cat dog.狗不咬狗（同类不相残）。
46.Easier said than done.说来容易做来难。
47.Easy come easy go.徼幸之财难久留（赚得容易花得快）。
48.Empty vessels make the most sound.空桶响叮当。
49.Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千虑必有一失。
50.Everybody's business is nobody’s business.众人之事乏人管。
51.Every dog has his day.三年风水轮流转(狗也有走运的一天)。
52. Every man has his taste. 人各有所好。
53.Extremes meet. 物极必反。
54. Familiarity breed contempt.过份熟稔易滋侮蔑;近庙欺神。
55.A fault confessed is half redressed. 肯认错是改过的一半。
56.First come first served.捷足先登。
57.The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait. 贪吃的鱼儿易上钩。
58.Forewarned is forearmed. 先知先戒备。
59.A friend in need is a friend indeed.救难之友乃为友。
60.Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.小人得寸便进尺。
61.God's mill grinds slow but sure. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
62.Grasp all, lose all. 贪者必失。
63.Handsome is as handsome does.慷慨大方始为美。
64.He that touches pitch shall be defiled.近墨者黑。
65.Heaven helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。
66.Health is better than wealth.健康胜于财富。
67.Hide not your light under a bushel.勿过份谦冲以致隐没才能。
68.History repeats itself.历史会重演。
69.Hoist your sail when the wind is fair见机行事。.
70.Honesty is the best policy.诚实为上策。
71.Idle folk have the least leisure.懒惰人才说没空闲。
72.If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.同时追两免，两头都落空。
73.In wine there is truth.酒后吐真言。
74.It is easy to be wise after the event.经一事长一智。
75.It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢犹末晚也。
76.It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。
77.A Jack of all trades is master of none. 样样通样样稀松。
78.Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
79.The last straw breaks the camel's neck凡事宜节制，过则必败事。.
80.Least said, soonest mended.少说少错(多言惹祸)。
81.The leopard cannot change his spots.江山易改，本性难移。
82.Let sleeping dogs lie.别自找麻烦。
83.Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
84.A little learning is a dangerous thing.一知半解最危险。
85.A little pot is soon hot.小人物易发怒。
86.Live and learn. 活到学到老。
87.Look before you leap.三思而后行。
88.Lookers-on see most of the game.旁观者清。
89.Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的。
90.Love me little. love me long.爱情要细水长流。
91.Make hay while the sun shines. 末雨绸缪。
92.Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。
93.Many a little makes a mickle. =Every little makes a mickle.积少成多(聚沙成塔、集腋成裘)。
94.Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.        匆匆结婚，慢慢后悔。
95.Men are not to be measured in inches.人不可以貌相。
96.Might is right.强权即是公理。
97.Money makes the mare go. 强权能使鬼推磨。
98.Much would have more. 贪得无餍。
99.Murder will out. 如欲人不知，除非已莫为。
100.Necessity is the mother of invention.需要为发明之母。
101.Never do things by halves.做事切莫半途而废。
102.Never look a gift horse in the mouth.馈赠之物切莫挑剔。
103.No man can serve two masters.一人不能事二君。
104.No man is content with his lot.无人能满意于自己的命运。
105.No news is good news.无消息即是好消息。
106.No pains, no gains.不劳则无获。
107.None so blind as those who won’t see.有眼不看者为盲。
108.Nothing comes of nothing.事出必有因（无中不能生有）。
109.Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
110.Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳。
111.One swallow does not make a summer.勿以一概全。
112.Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。
113.Out of sight, out of mind.久离则疏远。
114.The pot called the kettle black.五十步笑百步。
115.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
116.Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
117.The proof of pudding is in the eating.欲知布丁味，亲尝便可晓。
118.Put the saddle on the right horse.责备得当（冤有头、债有主）。
119.The road to hell is paved with good intentions.手抱菩萨操屠刀。
120.Rome was not built in a day.罗马不是一天造成的。
121Second thoughts are best.退一步想最稳当。
122.Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见（眼见为真）。
123.Share and share alike.有苦同当，有福共享。
124.Slow and steady wins the race.稳健扎实必致胜。
125.A soft answer turned away wrath.和言足以息怒（柔足以克刚）。
126.Some people cannot see the wood for the trees.见木不见林，逐末而忘本。
127.A sound mind in a sound body.健全的头脑寓于健全的身体。
128.Spare the rod and spoil the child.孩子不打不成器（玉不琢不成器）。
129.Stil water runs deep.水深流静。
130.A stitch in time saves nine.及时缝一针，省得日后缝九针（防微杜渐）。
131.Strike while the iron is hot.打铁趁热。
132.Take the rough with the smooth.逆来则顺受。
133.Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.说曹操曹操就到。
134.There are two sides to every question.公说公有理，婆说婆有理。
135.There's a black sheep in every flock.每一个团体中都难免有害群之马。
136.There is no rose without a thorn.朵朵玻瑰皆有刺。
137.There is on smoke without fire.有烟必有火（无风不起浪）。
138.Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.投鼠忌器。
139.The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.舌头虽非铁却可伤人。
140.Too many cooks spoil the broth.七手八脚必败事。
141.Turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone.化绊脚石为垫脚路。
142.Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，胜过诸葛亮（集思广益）。
143.Two of a trade can never than one. 同行相嫉。
144.Virtue is its own reward.为善自得其乐。
145.Walls have ears.壁上有耳。
146.Well begun is half done.好的开始是成功的一半。
147.What can't be cured must be endured.无能为力之事只得忍耐。
148.Whatever a man sow, that shall he also reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
149.Where there is a will there is a way.有志者事竟成。
150.Words cut more than swords.舌剑利于刀剑。
151.You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不能两头烧（勿过份消耗体力）。
152.You cannot get blood out of a stone.石头挤不出血来（铁石心肠那有泪）。
153.You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.鱼与能掌不可兼得。
154.You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.老狗学不来新花样（人老则守旧）。
155.Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.缺乏知识之热心，犹如脱缰之马。
156.When you judge others you condemn yourself.批评别人，就是责备自己。
157.There is more pleasure in loving than in being loved.爱别人比被别人爱的乐趣多。
158.Cunning is no burden.艺多不压人。
159.He stands not surely that never slips.从不滑倒的人是站不稳的人。
160.He that loses his honesty has nothing else to lose.丢了诚实，就是丢了一切。
161.He that may not do as he would, must do as he may.不能做想做的事，就该做可做的事。
162.Heaven is at the feet of mothers.慈母的膝下就是天堂。
163.There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. ( ~~~Cicero ) 没有时间不能减轻与缓和的哀伤。
164.Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. ( ~~~Aldous Huxley )事实并不仅仅因为受到忽略而停止存在。
165.The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. ( ~~~Edmund Burke )权力愈大，愈有滥用的危险。
166.Art is a lie that enables us to realize the truth. ( ~~~Pablo Picasso )艺术是一种使我们能够实现真实的谎言。
167.Love is forgiving even if you can't forget.爱就是不能忘怀，也要原谅。
168.Love is sharing a hard day's leisure hour before dinner.爱就是在晚餐前，共享辛劳一天后的片刻闲暇。
169.He has no friend who has many friends. ~~~ by Aristotle(1)有很多朋友的人，是没有知己的。(2)广交者无友。
170.He will not have true friends who is afraid of making enemies. ~~~ by William Hazlitt
171.He who is not impatient is not in love. ~~~ by Aretino
172.I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. ~~~ by Montesquieu 我总是发现，要成功于世，就必须大智若愚。（孟德斯鸠）
173.Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ~~~ by Samuel Butle人生的艺术是从不充分的前提，引出充分的结论。
174.Love means not ever having to say you're sorry. ~~~ by Erich Segal (1)爱的意义是永远不必说你很抱歉。(2)爱是用不着说对不起的

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