500條英語諺語大全：

Industry is the parent of success.

勤奮是成功之母。

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。

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.

事后諸葛亮好當(dāng)。

It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.

創(chuàng)業(yè)容易守業(yè)難。

It is hard to please all.

眾口難調(diào)。

It is never too old to learn.

活到老，學(xué)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(fēng)云，人有旦夕禍福。

It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.

坐失良機(jī)，后悔已遲。

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，樣樣稀松。

Judge not from appearances.

人不可貌相，海不可斗量。

Justice has long arms.

天網(wǎng)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(fā)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(xué)使人謙遜，無知使人驕傲。

Learn and live.

活著，為了學(xué)習(xí)。

Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.

好人越學(xué)越好，壞人越學(xué)越壞。

Learn not and know not.

不學(xué)無術(shù)。

Learn to walk before you run.

先學(xué)走，再學(xué)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(jī)。

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.

人生并不是康莊大道。

Life without a friend is death.

沒有朋友，雖生猶死。

Like a rat in a hole.

甕中之鱉。

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.

什么樣的老師教什么樣的學(xué)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。

Lost time is never found again.

歲月既往，一去不回。

Love at first sight.

一見鐘情。

Love cannot be compelled.

愛情不能強(qiáng)求。

Love is blind.

愛情是盲目的。

Lookers-on see more than players.

當(dāng)局者迷，旁觀者清。

Losers are always in the wrong.

勝者為王，敗者為寇。

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(jī)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(fā)，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。

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(fā)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(bǔ)牢，為時未晚。

New wine in old bottles.

舊瓶裝新酒。

No cross, no crown.

不經(jīng)歷風(fēng)雨，怎么見彩虹。

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，糊涂一時。

None are so blind as those who won磘 see.

視而不見。

None are so deaf as those who won磘 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(xiàn)。

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.

先苦后甜。

No smoke without fire.

無風(fēng)不起浪。

Nothing brave, nothing have.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

眼淚干得最快。

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(jìn)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 duty 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(jìn)攻是最好的防御。

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.

時鐘不能倒轉(zhuǎn)。

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 never loses anything by politeness.

講禮貌不吃虧。

One swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。

One磗 words reflect one磗 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.

忍耐是良藥。

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(dāng)飯吃。

Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.

好人越夸越好，壞人越夸越糟。

Prefer loss to unjust gain.

寧可吃虧，不貪便宜。

Prevention is better than cure.

預(yù)防勝于治療。

Pride goes before, and shame comes after.

驕傲使人落后。

Promise is debt.

一諾千金。

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.

諺語是日常經(jīng)驗(yàn)的結(jié)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(yùn)動強(qiáng)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(shí)。

Seek the truth from facts.

實(shí)事求是。

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.

智者當(dāng)差，不用交代。

Set a thief to catch a thief.

以賊捉賊。

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。

Short accounts make long friends.

好朋友勤算賬。

Something is better than nothing.

聊勝于無。

Soon learn, soon forgotten.

學(xué)得快，忘得快。

Soon ripe, soon rotten.

熟得快，爛得快。

Success belongs to the persevering.

堅(jiān)持就是勝利。

Take things as they come.

既來之，則安之。

Talking mends no holes.

空談無補(bǔ)。

Talk of the devil and he will appear.

說曹操，曹操就到。

Tall trees catch much wind.

樹大招風(fēng)。

Teach others by your example.

躬親示范。

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.

燭臺底下最暗。

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(dāng)，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(yuǎn)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(yàn)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磗 how he lost his tail.

機(jī)關(guān)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(diǎn)。

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(jīng)。

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(guī)均有例外。

There is no medicine against death.

沒有長生不老藥。

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(xué)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，黃雀在后。

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(nèi)存知己，天涯若比鄰。

Think twice before you do.

三思而后行。

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.

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時間是醫(yī)治一切創(chuàng)傷的良藥。

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(fù)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.

人非圣賢，孰能無過。

To know everything is to know nothing.

什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。

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(xué)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.

過多夸獎，反成負(fù)擔(dān)。

To save time is to lengthen life.

節(jié)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，不等于你對了。

Unity is strength.

團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量。

Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.

忠言逆耳利于行。

Until all is over one磗 ambition never dies.

不到黃河心不死。

Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

吃小虧占大便宜。

Virtue is fairer far than beauty.

美德遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)勝過美貌。

Walls have ears.

小心隔墻有耳。

Wash your dirty linen at home.

家丑不可外揚(yáng)。

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.

乳臭未干。

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

不管做什么，都要一心一意。

What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.

兒時所學(xué)，終生難忘。

What磗 done cannot be undone.

生米煮成熟飯了。

What磗 lost is lost.

失者不可復(fù)得。

What we do willingly is easy.

愿者不難。

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

入國問禁，入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。

When everybody磗 somebody then nobody磗 anybody.

人人都偉大，世間沒豪杰。

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.

酒后吐真言。

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.

智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。

Work makes the workman.

勤工出巧匠。

You cannot burn the candle at both ends.

蠟燭不能兩頭點(diǎn)，精力不可過分耗。

You cannot eat your cake and have it.

魚與熊掌，不可得兼。 (注：此翻譯不盡準(zhǔn)確，僅供參考。)

You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.

強(qiáng)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