[分享]英文谚语500句

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<LI>A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
<LI>A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。
<LI>A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。
<LI>A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
<LI>A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
<LI>A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。
<LI>A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。
<LI>A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
<LI>A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。
<LI>A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。
<LI>A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
<LI>A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。
<LI>Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
<LI>Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。
<LI>Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。
<LI>A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。
<LI>A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。
<LI>A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
<LI>A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。
<LI>A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
<LI>A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。
<LI>A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。
<LI>A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。
<LI>"After you" is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。
<LI>A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
<LI>A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。
<LI>A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
<LI>A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。
<LI>A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
<LI>A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。
<LI>A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤。
<LI>A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。
<LI>A good wife health is a man's best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
<LI>A great talker is a great liar. 说大话者多谎言。
<LI>A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
<LI>A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
<LI>A leopard cannot change its spots. 积习难改。
<LI>A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
<LI>A light heart lives long. 静以修身。
<LI>A little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。
<LI>A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。
<LI>A little pot is soon hot. 狗肚子盛不得四两油。
<LI>All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
<LI>All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席。
<LI>All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。
<LI>All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
<LI>All that ends well is well. 结果好，就一切都好。
<LI>All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。
<LI>All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。
<LI>All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
<LI>A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。
<LI>A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。
<LI>A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。
<LI>A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。
<LI>A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
<LI>A man without money is no man at all. 一分钱难倒英雄汉。
<LI>A merry heart goes all the way. 心旷神怡，事事顺利。
<LI>A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。
<LI>A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。
<LI>An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。
<LI>A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
<LI>An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
<LI>An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。
<LI>An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗学不出新把戏。
<LI>An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聪明才智，不如运气。
<LI>An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防为主，治疗为辅。
<LI>A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
<LI>As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
<LI>A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
<LI>A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。
<LI>A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
<LI>A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。
<LI>A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
<LI>A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。
<LI>A wise head makes a close mouth. 真人不露相，露相非真人。
<LI>A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。
<LI>A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。
<LI>A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
<LI>Bad news has wings. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。
<LI>Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人。
<LI>Beauty lies in the love's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。
<LI>Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
<LI>Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。
<LI>Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好。
<LI>Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。
<LI>Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
<LI>Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。
<LI>Blood will have blood. 血债血偿。
<LI>Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。
<LI>Business is business. 公事公办。
<LI>Business is the salt of life. 事业是人生的第一需要。
<LI>By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
<LI>Cannot see the wood for the trees. 一叶障目，不见泰山。
<LI>Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
<LI>Caution is the parent of safety. 小心驶得万年船。
<LI>Cheats never prosper. 骗人发不了财。
<LI>Children are what the mothers are. 耳濡目染，身教言传。
<LI>Choose an author as you choose a friend. 择书如择友。
<LI>Come what may, heaven won't fall. 做你的吧，天塌不下来。
<LI>Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。
<LI>Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。
<LI>Constant dripping wears away a stone. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
<LI>Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。
<LI>Count one's chickens before they are hatched. 蛋未孵先数雏。
<LI>Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 来而不往非礼也。
<LI>Creep before you walk. 循序渐进。
<LI>Cry for the moon. 海底捞月。
<LI>Custom is a second nature. 习惯是后天养成的。
<LI>Custom makes all things easy. 有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
<LI>Diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手。
<LI>Do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
<LI>Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。
<LI>Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
<LI>Do it now. 机不可失，时不再来。
<LI>Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。
<LI>Don't claim to know what you don't know. 不要不懂装懂。
<LI>Don't have too many irons in the fire. 不要揽事过多。
<LI>Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. 不要小题大做。
<LI>Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。
<LI>Don't put the cart before the horse. 不要本末倒置。
<LI>Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。
<LI>Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要班门弄斧。
<LI>Do well and have well. 善有善报。
<LI>Each bird love to hear himself sing. 孤芳自赏。
<LI>Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。
<LI>Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。
<LI>Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
<LI>Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
<LI>Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
<LI>Envy has no holidays. 忌妒之人无宁日。
<LI>Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑，必有一失。
<LI>Even reckoning makes long friends. 亲兄弟，明算账。
<LI>Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。
<LI>Everybody's business is nobody's business. 人人负责，等于没人负责。
<LI>Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在。
<LI>Every dog has his day. 谁都有得意的时候。
<LI>Every door may be shut, but death's door. 人生在世，唯死难逃。
<LI>Every heart has its own sorrow. 各人有各人的苦恼。
<LI>Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
<LI>Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost. 人不为己，天诛地灭。
<LI>Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。
<LI>Every man has his hobbyhorse. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
<LI>Every man has his weak side. 人人都有弱点。
<LI>Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。
<LI>Every minute counts. 分秒必争。
<LI>Every mother's child is handsome. 孩子是自己的好。
<LI>Every potter praises hit pot. 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
<LI>Everything is good when new, but friends when old. 东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
<LI>Example is better then percept. 说一遍，不如做一遍。
<LI>Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
<LI>Experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。
<LI>Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
<LI>Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
<LI>False friends are worse than bitter enemies. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
<LI>Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不见，心不烦。
<LI>Far water does not put out near fire. 远水救不了近火。
<LI>Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
<LI>Fear always springs from ignorance. 恐惧源于无知。
<LI>Fields have eyes, and woods have ears. 隔墙有耳。
<LI>Fire and water have no mercy. 水火无情。
<LI>Fire is a good servant but a bad master. 火是一把双刃剑。
<LI>First come, first served. 先来后到。
<LI>First impressions are half the battle. 初次见面，印象最深。
<LI>First think and then speak. 先想后说。
<LI>Fools grow without watering. 朽木不可雕。
<LI>Fool's haste is no speed. 欲速则不达。
<LI>Fools has fortune. 呆人有呆福。
<LI>Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. 愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
<LI>Forbidden fruit is sweet. 禁果格外香。
<LI>Fortune favors those who use their judgement. 机遇偏爱善断之人。
<LI>Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate. 风水轮流转。
<LI>Four eyes see more than two. 集思广益。
<LI>Friends agree best at distance. 朋友之间也会保持距离。
<LI>Friends are thieves of time. 朋友是时间的窃贼。
<LI>Friends must part. 再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
<LI>Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 天才不过是勤奋而已。
<LI>Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 众口铄金，积毁销骨。
<LI>God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。
<LI>Gold will not buy anything. 黄金并非万能。
<LI>Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly. 以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
<LI>Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。
<LI>Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. 良药苦口利于病。
<LI>Good watch prevents misfortune. 谨慎消灾。
<LI>Great barkers are no biters. 好狗不挡道。
<LI>Great hopes make great man. 伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
<LI>Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
<LI>Great men have great faults. 英雄犯大错误。
<LI>Great men's sons seldom do well. 富不过三代。
<LI>Great trees are good for nothing but shade. 大树底下好乘凉。
<LI>Great wits have short memories. 贵人多忘事。
<LI>Greedy folks have long arms. 心贪手长。
<LI>Guilty consciences make men cowards. 做贼心虚。
<LI>Habit cures habit. 心病还需心药医。
<LI>Handsome is he who does handsomely. 行为漂亮才算美。
<LI>Happiness takes no account of time. 欢乐不觉时光过。
<LI>Happy is he who owes nothing. 要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。
<LI>Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others. 吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。
<LI>Harm set, harm get. 害人害己。
<LI>Hasty love, soon cold. 一见钟情难维久。
<LI>Health is better than wealth. 健康胜过财富。
<LI>Health is happiness. 健康就是幸福。
<LI>Hear all parties. 兼听则明。
<LI>Heaven never helps the man who will not act. 自己不动，叫天何用。
<LI>He is a fool that forgets himself. 愚者忘乎所以。
<LI>He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 背后说好话，才是真朋友。
<LI>He is a wise man who speaks little. 聪明不是挂在嘴上。
<LI>He is lifeless that is faultless. 只有死人才不犯错误。
<LI>He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 正人先正己。
<LI>He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first. 自嘲者不会让人见笑。
<LI>He is wise that is honest. 诚实者最明智。
<LI>He knows most who speaks least. 大智若愚。
<LI>He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
<LI>He sets the fox to keep the geese. 引狼入室。
<LI>He that climbs high falls heavily. 爬得越高，摔得越重。
<LI>He that will not work shall not eat. 不劳动者不得食。
<LI>He who does not advance loses ground. 逆水行舟，不进则退。
<LI>He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 经常诉苦，没人同情。
<LI>He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. 想不犯错误，就一事无成。
<LI>He who risks nothing gains nothing. 收获与风险并存。
<LI>History repeats itself. 历史往往重演。
<LI>Honesty is the best policy. 做人诚信为本。
<LI>Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
<LI>I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 朋友不能阿谀奉承。
<LI>If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me. 上当一回头，再多就可耻。
<LI>If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you. 人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
<LI>If your ears glow, someone is talking of you. 耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
<LI>If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 脚踏两条船，必定落空。
<LI>If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 杀鸡取卵。
<LI>If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
<LI>If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 要想求知，就得吃苦。
<LI>Industry is the parent of success. 勤奋是成功之母。
<LI>It is better to die when life is a disgrace. 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
<LI>It is easier to get money than to keep it. 挣钱容易攒钱难。
<LI>It is easy to be wise after the event. 事后诸葛亮好当。
<LI>It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 创业容易守业难。
<LI>It is hard to please all. 众口难调。
<LI>It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
<LI>It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。
<LI>It is the first step that costs troublesome. 万事开头难。
<LI>It is the unforeseen that always happens. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
<LI>It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. 坐失良机，后悔已迟。
<LI>It never rains but it pours. 不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
<LI>It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 十年树木，百年树人。
<LI>Jack of all trades and master of none. 门门精通，样样稀松。
<LI>Judge not from appearances. 人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
<LI>Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
<LI>Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
<LI>Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕。
<LI>Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it. 君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
<LI>Kings have long arms. 普天之下，莫非王土。 </LI></OL>

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[分享]英文谚语500句

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<LI>Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
<LI>Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
<LI>Learn and live. 活着，为了学习。
<LI>Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
<LI>Learn not and know not. 不学无术。
<LI>Learn to walk before you run. 先学走，再学跑。
<LI>Let bygones be bygones. 过去的就让它过去吧。
<LI>Let sleeping dogs lie. 别惹麻烦。
<LI>Let the cat out of the bag. 泄漏天机。
<LI>Lies can never changes fact. 谎言终究是谎言。
<LI>Lies have short legs. 谎言站不长。
<LI>Life is but a span. 人生苦短。
<LI>Life is half spent before we know what it is. 人过半生，方知天命。
<LI>Life is not all roses. 人生并不是康庄大道。
<LI>Life without a friend is death. 没有朋友，虽生犹死。
<LI>Like a rat in a hole. 瓮中之鳖。
<LI>Like author, like book. 文如其人。
<LI>Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。
<LI>Like for like. 一报还一报。
<LI>Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
<LI>Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。
<LI>Like teacher, like pupil. 什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
<LI>Like tree, like fruit. 羊毛出在羊身上。
<LI>Little things amuse little minds. 小人无大志。
<LI>Look before you leap. 摸清情况再行动。
<LI>Lookers-on see more than players. 当局者迷，旁观者清。
<LI>Losers are always in the wrong. 胜者为王，败者为寇。
<LI>Lost time is never found again. 岁月既往，一去不回。
<LI>Love at first sight. 一见钟情。
<LI>Love cannot be compelled. 爱情不能强求。
<LI>Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的。
<LI>Love is full of trouble. 爱情充满烦恼。
<LI>Love is never without jealousy. 没有妒忌就没有爱情。
<LI>Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
<LI>Make hay while the sun shines. 良机勿失。
<LI>Make your enemy your friend. 化敌为友。
<LI>Man is the soul of the universe. 人是万物之灵。
<LI>Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。
<LI>Many hands make light work. 众人拾柴火焰高。
<LI>Many heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
<LI>Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there. 有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
<LI>Measure for measure. 针锋相对。
<LI>Misfortunes never come alone. 祸不单行。
<LI>Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。
<LI>Money isn't everything. 钱不是万能的。
<LI>Murder will out. 纸包不住火。
<LI>My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life. 儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
<LI>Nature is the true law. 天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
<LI>Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明的动力。
<LI>Never fish in trouble water. 不要混水摸鱼。
<LI>Never judge from appearances. 不可以貌取人。
<LI>Never say die. 永不言败。
<LI>Never too old to learn, never too late to turn. 亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
<LI>New wine in old bottles. 旧瓶装新酒。
<LI>No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
<LI>No garden without its weeds. 没有不长草的园子。
<LI>No living man all things can. 世上没有万事通。
<LI>No man can do two things at once. 一心不可二用。
<LI>No man is born wise or learned. 没有生而知之者。
<LI>No man is content. 人心不足蛇吞象。
<LI>No man is wise at all times. 聪明一世，糊涂一时。
<LI>None are so blind as those who won't see. 视而不见。
<LI>None are so deaf as those who won't hear. 充耳不闻。
<LI>No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。
<LI>No one can call back yesterday. 昨日不会重现。
<LI>No pains, no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。
<LI>No pleasure without pain. 没有苦就没有乐。
<LI>No rose without a thorn. 没有不带刺的玫瑰。
<LI>No sweet without sweat. 先苦后甜。
<LI>No smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。
<LI>Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
<LI>Nothing dries sooner than a tear. 眼泪干得最快。
<LI>Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。
<LI>Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
<LI>Nothing seek, nothing find. 没有追求就没有收获。
<LI>Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages. 外出旅行，语言最要紧。
<LI>Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty. 世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
<LI>Not to advance is to go back. 不进则退。
<LI>Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child. 不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
<LI>No way is impossible to courage. 勇者无惧。
<LI>Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 军人以服从命令为天职。
<LI>Observation is the best teacher. 观察是最好的老师。
<LI>Offense is the best defense. 进攻是最好的防御。
<LI>Old friends and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇，老友情深。
<LI>Old sin makes new shame. 一失足成千古恨。
<LI>Once a man and twice a child. 一次老，两次小。
<LI>Once a thief, always a thief. 偷盗一次，做贼一世。
<LI>Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
<LI>One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. 一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
<LI>One cannot put back the clock. 时钟不能倒转。
<LI>One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 百闻不如一见。
<LI>One false move may lose the game. 一着不慎，满盘皆输。
<LI>One good turn deserves another. 行善积德。
<LI>One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 争分夺秒效率高。
<LI>One man's fault is other man's lesson. 前车之鉴。
<LI>One never loses anything by politeness. 讲礼貌不吃亏。
<LI>One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
<LI>One's words reflect one's thinking. 言为心声。
<LI>Out of debt, out of danger. 无债一身轻。
<LI>Out of office, out of danger. 无官一身轻。
<LI>Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心为静。
<LI>

atience is the best remedy. 忍耐是良药。
<LI>

enny wise, pound foolish. 贪小便宜吃大亏。
<LI>

lain dealing is praised more than practiced. 正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
<LI>Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
<LI>Pleasure comes through toil. 苦尽甘来。
<LI>Pour water into a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空。
<LI>Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
<LI>Praise is not pudding. 恭维话不能当饭吃。
<LI>Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
<LI>Prefer loss to unjust gain. 宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
<LI>Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。
<LI>Pride goes before, and shame comes after. 骄傲使人落后。
<LI>Promise is debt. 一诺千金。
<LI>Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. 谚语是日常经验的结晶。
<LI>Pull the chestnut out of fire. 火中取栗。
<LI>Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。
<LI>Put your shoulder to the wheel. 鼎力相助。
<LI>Reading enriches the mind. 开卷有益。
<LI>Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body. 读书健脑，运动强身。
<LI>Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 要人尊敬，必须自重。
<LI>Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
<LI>Saying is one thing and doing another. 言行不一。
<LI>Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
<LI>Seek the truth from facts. 实事求是。
<LI>Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him. 智者当差，不用交代。
<LI>Set a thief to catch a thief. 以贼捉贼。
<LI>Short accounts make long friends. 好朋友勤算账。
<LI>Something is better than nothing. 聊胜于无。
<LI>Soon learn, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得快。
<LI>Soon ripe, soon rotten. 熟得快，烂得快。
<LI>Speech is silver, silence is gold. 能言是银，沉默是金。
<LI>Still water run deep. 静水常深。
<LI>Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。
<LI>Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。
<LI>Take things as they come. 既来之，则安之。
<LI>Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。
<LI>Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操就到。
<LI>Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。
<LI>Teach others by your example. 躬亲示范。
<LI>The best hearts are always the bravest. 无私者无畏。
<LI>The best man stumbles. 伟人也有犯错时。
<LI>The cat shuts its eyes when stealing. 掩耳盗铃。
<LI>The danger past and God forgotten. 过河拆桥。
<LI>The darkest hour is nearest the dawn. 黎明前的黑暗。
<LI>The darkest place is under the candlestick. 烛台底下最暗。
<LI>The devil knows many things because he is old. 老马识途。
<LI>The devil sometimes speaks the truth. 魔鬼有时也会说真话。
<LI>The die is cast. 木已成舟。
<LI>The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
<LI>The end justifies the means. 只要目的正当，可以不择手段。
<LI>The end makes all equal. 死亡面前，人人平等。
<LI>The eye is bigger than the belly. 贪多嚼不烂。
<LI>The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 抄近路反而绕远路。
<LI>The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢，不成器。
<LI>The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man. 烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。
<LI>The first step is the only difficulty. 迈出第一步是最艰难的。
<LI>The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail. 机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。
<LI>The fox preys farthest from home. 兔子不吃窝边草。
<LI>The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 坐井观天。
<LI>The grass is greener on the other side. 这山望着那山高。
<LI>The greatest talkers are always least doers. 语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
<LI>The higher up, the greater the fall. 爬得高，摔得惨。
<LI>The leopard cannot change its spots. 本性难移。
<LI>The more noble, the more humble. 人越高尚，越谦虚。
<LI>The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犊不怕虎。
<LI>The outsider sees the most of the game. 旁观者清。
<LI>The pen is mightier than the sword. 笔能杀人。
<LI>The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。
<LI>There are spots in the sun. 太阳也有黑点。
<LI>There are two sides to every question. 问题皆有两面。
<LI>There is a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有本难念的经。
<LI>There is kindness to be found everywhere. 人间处处有温情。
<LI>There is no general rule without some exception. 任何法规均有例外。
<LI>There is no medicine against death. 没有长生不老药。
<LI>There is no place like home. 金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
<LI>There is no royal road to learning. 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
<LI>The style is the man. 字如其人。
<LI>The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 人言可畏。
<LI>The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
<LI>The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all. 清者自清，浊者自浊。
<LI>The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。
<LI>The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. 世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
<LI>The world is but a little place, after all. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
<LI>Think twice before you do. 三思而后行。
<LI>Things at the worst will mend. 否极泰来。
<LI>Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。
<LI>Time cures all things. 时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
<LI>Time flies. 光阴似箭。
<LI>Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
<LI>Time lost cannot be won again. 时光流逝，不可复得。
<LI>Time past cannot be called back again. 时间不能倒流。
<LI>Time tries all. 路遥知马力，日久见人心。
<LI>Tit for tat is fair play. 人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
<LI>To err is human. 人非圣贤，孰能无过。
<LI>To know everything is to know nothing. 什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。
<LI>To know oneself is true progress. 人贵有自知之明。
<LI>Tomorrow never comes. 我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
<LI>Too much familiarity breeds contempt. 过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
<LI>Too much knowledge makes the head bald. 学问太多催人老。
<LI>Too much liberty spills all. 自由放任，一事无成。
<LI>Too much praise is a burden. 过多夸奖，反成负担。
<LI>To save time is to lengthen life. 节约时间就是延长生命。
<LI>Touch pitch, and you will be defiled. 常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
<LI>Troubles never come singly. 福无双至，祸不单行。
<LI>Truth never grows old. 真理永存。
<LI>Turn over a new leaf. 洗心革面，改过自新。
<LI>Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
<LI>Two heads are better than one. 一个好汉三个帮。
<LI>Two of a trade seldom agree. 同行是冤家。
<LI>Two wrongs do not make a right. 别人错了，不等于你对了。
<LI>Unity is strength. 团结就是力量。
<LI>Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。
<LI>Until all is over one's ambition never dies. 不到黄河心不死。
<LI>Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 吃小亏占大便宜。
<LI>Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远远胜过美貌。
<LI>Walls have ears. 小心隔墙有耳。
<LI>Wash your dirty linen at home. 家丑不可外扬。
<LI>Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 滴水穿石。
<LI>Wealth is nothing without health. 失去健康，钱再多也没用。
<LI>We know not what is good until we have lost it. 好东西，失去了才明白。
<LI>Well begun is half done. 好的开始，是成功的一半。
<LI>We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水可贵。
<LI>We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。
<LI>We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. 自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。
<LI>Wet behind the ears. 乳臭未干。
<LI>Whatever you do, do with all your might. 不管做什么，都要一心一意。
<LI>What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. 儿时所学，终生难忘。
<LI>What's done cannot be undone. 生米煮成熟饭了。
<LI>What's lost is lost. 失者不可复得。
<LI>What we do willingly is easy. 愿者不难。
<LI>When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗。
<LI>When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody. 人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。
<LI>When sorrow is asleep, wake it not. 伤心旧事别重提。
<LI>When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 新仇旧恨，齐上心头。
<LI>When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。
<LI>When wine is in truth, wit is out. 酒后吐真言。
<LI>Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
<LI>Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
<LI>Where there is smoke, there is fire. 事出有因。
<LI>While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 道高一尺，魔高一丈。
<LI>Who chatters to you, will chatter of you. 搬弄口舌者必是小人。
<LI>Whom the gods love die young. 好人不长命。
<LI>Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths. 智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。
<LI>Work makes the workman. 勤工出巧匠。
<LI>You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。
<LI>You cannot eat your cake and have it. 鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
<LI>You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 强扭的瓜不甜。
<LI>You may know by a handful the whole sack. 由一斑可知全貌。
<LI>You never know what you can till you try. 是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。</LI></OL>

mengxxx911 发表于 2006-4-5 14:21:21