名美英语谚语500句-俚语-俗语与谚语专题

2021年1月18日发(作者：许道琦)

英语谚语
500
句
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俚语
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俗语与谚< br>语专题


英语谚语
500
句
,
俚语

俗语与谚语专题


a heart of gold
道德高尚的人

a heart of oak
果断的人

a stitch in time saves nine
一劳永逸

a bad workman quarrels with his
tools
不会睡觉怪床歪

a bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush
十鸟在树，不如一鸟在手

a bit trying
有些苦恼

a burnt child dreads the fire
一朝被蛇
咬，十年怕井绳

a cat may look at a king
一视何伤

a constant guest is never welcome
久
住令人贱

a contented mind is a perpetual feast
知足常乐

a crooked stick will have a crooked
shadow
上梁不正下梁歪


a friend is easier lost than found
朋友
易失不易得

a good beginning is half done
能善其始，
事已半成

a good beginning makes a good
ending
善始善终

a good gain takes long pain
好事多磨

a good lather is half a shave
良好的开端
等于成功的一半

a good name is better than riches
名声
好，胜金宝

a good tale is none the worse for
being told twice
好戏不厌百回看

a jack of all trades is master of none
样样精通样样稀松

a little learning is a dangerous thing
一知半解是危险的事。

a man cannot whistle and drink at the
same time
一心不能两用


a man without a smiling face must
not open a shop
人无笑脸不开店

a miss is as good as a mile
失之毫厘，差
之千里

a near neighbor is better than a
distant cousin
远亲不如近邻

a necessary lie is harmless
必要的谎言
无妨

a pin a day is a groat a year
聚沙成塔

a reformed rake makes the best
husband
浪子回头金不换

a rolling stone gathers no moss
转石不
成苔，转业不聚财

a stone in a wall is not lost
金簪掉在井
里头
?
有你的就是有你的

a straw shows which way the wind
blows
见微知著

a white elephant
暴殄天珍

a word is enough to the wise
快马一鞭


a word spoken is past recalling
一言既
出，驷马难追

a work ill done must be twice done
首
次做不好，必须重新做

a young idler, an old beggar
少壮不努
力，老大徒伤悲

absent-minded professor
无头苍蝇

act one's age
适龄行为

actions speak louder than words
行动
胜于言辞
,
坐而言，不如起而行

after a fashion
差劲

at one's wit's end
智穷才尽

after a storm comes a calm
雨过天晴

all good things come to an end
好花不
常开，好景不常在

all is fair in love and war
情场如战超不择
手段

all is fish that comes to the net
抓到篮
里便是菜


all lay loads on a willing horse
人善被
人欺，马善被人骑

all roads lead to roma
条条大道通罗马

殊途同归

all that glitters is not gold
闪光的东西并
非都是金子

all things are difficult before they are
easy
万事起头难

all's well that ends well
结局好的就算好

amiss is as good as a mile
差之毫厘，失
之千里

an ax to grind
图谋不轨

an empty sack cannot stand upright
空袋立不直

an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth
以眼还眼，以牙还牙

an hour in the morning is worth two
in the evening
一日之间在于晨

an onlooker sees most of the game
旁
观者清


appearances are deceptive
人不可貌相

art is long, but life is short
人生有限，学
海无涯

art is long, life is short
人生朝露，艺业千
秋

as always
一如既往

as poor as a church mouse
一贫如洗

as red as a rose
艳如桃花

as well be hanged for a sheep as a
lamb
一不做二不休

as wet as a drowned rat
湿如落汤鸡

as you brew so you must drink
自作自
受

as you make your bed, so you must
lie in it
自食其果
,
自作自受

as you sow, so shall you reap
种豆得豆，
种瓜得瓜

assess the situation, go with the tide
审时度势，顺应潮流


a man who has friends must show
himself friendly
要想交朋友，就得有诚意

a hundred pounds of sorrow pays not
one ounce of debt
百镑愁难还一分债

a good beginning is half done.,well
begun is half done
良好的开端就是成功的
一半

a good book is the best friends, the
same today and forever
好书如挚友，情
谊永不

an honest tale speeds best, being
plainly told
诚实的故事，哪怕是平淡地讲，
也传得最快

a three- hundred-mile journey starts
with the first step
千里之行
,
始于足下

a fool may throw a stone into a well
which a hundred wise men cannot
put out
一愚闯祸，百智难补

a friend in need is a friend indeed,
tested friends, share weal and woe
患
难中的朋友才是真正的朋友
,
雪中送炭真君子


a waterside pavilion gets the
moonlight s and plants
facing the sun grow better
近水楼台先得
月，向阳花木早逢春。

back and forth
前前后后

bad news travels fast
坏事传千里

barking dogs seldom bite
爱叫的狗很少
咬人

be careful with thing and merciful
with people
对物要爱惜，对人要感恩

be far-sighted
目光远大

be in the same boat
同舟共济

be kept waiting for some time
苦苦等候

be open and aboveboard
光明磊落

be true to one's name
名副其实

be very ungrateful
以怨报德

beauty is but skin deep
人不可貌相

beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里出西施


beauty is only skin-deep
人不可貌相

beggars must not be choosers
饥不择食

bell the cat
风险重重

better late than never
迟做总比不做好

better master one than engage with
ten
会十事不如精一事

birds of a feather flock together
鸟以群
分，物以类聚

bite the hand that feeds one
忘恩负义

bitter pills may have wholesome
effects
良药苦口

blood is thicker than water
疏不间亲
,
血
浓于水

bonkers
疯狂的

both feet on the ground
实事求是

boys will be boys
男孩子毕竟是男孩子

brazen-faced
厚脸皮

burn one's boats
破釜沉舟

bury one's head in the sand
无视事实


business comes before pleasure
正事
在先，玩乐在后

by george
的确

by the grapevine
小道消息

can of worms
一团糟

cannot see the wood for the trees
只见
树木不见森林

carry the can
面对责备
,
负起责任

change with each passing day
日新月异

chaos
乌烟瘴气

clothes do not make the man
人不可貌
相

clothes make the man
人要衣装，佛要金
装

come across a tiger in the mountain
山中遇虎

come straight to the point
开门见山

coming events cast their shadows
before
山雨欲来风满楼


comparisons are odious
人比人，气死人

constant dropping wears away the
stone
滴水穿石

cool one's heels
坐冷板凳

custom makes all things easy
熟能生巧

custom reconciles us to everything
习
惯成自然

cut your coat according to your cloth
量入为出

dead men tell no tales
死无对证

deal with a man as he deals with you
以其人之道还治其人之身

deli(delicatessen)
熟食店

deserve one's reputation
名不虚传

diamond cut diamond
强中更有强中手

diligence is the mother of success
失
败是成功之母

disco(discotheque)
迪斯科

divi(dividend)
红利


do as i say, not as i do
照我说的做，别照
我做的做

do as you would be done by
己所不欲
,
勿施于人

do evil that good may come
行恶以求善
果

do in rome as the romans do
入乡随俗

don't count your chickens before
they are hatched
别过早地乐观

don't cross the bridge until you come
to it
不要杞人忧天

don't cry stinking fish
不要喊鱼腥
,
卖瓜不
说瓜苦
,
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸

don't let the cat out of the bag
不要泄
露机密

don't meet trouble half- way
勿杞人忧天

don't put all your eggs in one basket
勿孤注一掷

don't put off till tomorrow what
should be done today
今日事今日毕


don't quarrel with your bread and
butter
端人家碗，服人家管

don't ride the high horse
勿摆架子

don't teach your grandmother to
suck egg
不要对着耶稣讲道理

don't wash your dirty linen in public
家丑不外扬

don't primet judge a person by the
clothes he wears
不能以貌取人

down-to-earth
平易近人

draw worldwide attention
举世瞩目

early to bed and early to rise
早睡早起

easier said than done
说起来容易，做起
来难

east or west, home is best
管他东方或西
方，家是最好的地方

easy come, easy go
来的容易去的快

easy meat
易辨的事

empty vessels make the most sound
满瓶不响半瓶响叮当


engage in speculation
投机倒把
,
买空卖空

enjoy a happy get-together
欢聚一堂

enjoy popular support
深入人心

enough is as good as a feast
知足常乐

equal pay for equal work
同工同酬

even homer sometimes nods
智者千虑
必有一失

every dog has his day
困龙也有上天时

every family has a skeleton in the
cupboard
家家有本难念的经

every flow must have its ebb
人有悲欢
离合，月有阴晴圆缺

every little countshelps
积少成多

every man is his own worst enemy
一
个人最大的敌人就是他自己

every now and then
时时刻刻

everyone to his taste
人各有所好

example is better than precept
身教重
於言教


experience is the best teacher
前事不忘
後事之师

experience is the mother of wisdom
不经一事，不长一智

extremes meet
物极必反

facts speak louder than words
事实胜
于雄辩

failure is the mother of success
失败为
成功之母

faint- hearted
胆小的

familiarity breeds contempt
近之则不逊

feel like an old friends at first sight
一
见如故

fine feathers make fine birds
人要衣装，
马要鞍

first come, first served
先来先招待

first impressions are most lasting
先入
为主

first time strangers, second time
friends
一回生
,
二回熟


follow the river and you will get to
the sea
顺藤摸瓜

fools rush in where angels fear to
tread
初生牛犊不怕虎

foot the bill
付帐

don't do unto others what you don't
want others do unto you
己所不欲勿施于
人

be all fingers and thumbs(be very
awkward and clumsy in handling
things)
做事笨手笨脚

better the devil you know than the
devil you do not know
明枪易躲，暗箭难
防

buyers want a hundred eyes; sellers
，
none
买东西的要有百只眼，卖东西的可以不长
眼

craft must have clothes, but truth
loves to go naked
诡计需要伪装，
真理喜欢
阳光


every dog has its,his day a man his
hour, and a dog has his day
人人均有得
意

empty talks would lead the country
astray, and hard work can rejuvenate
the nation
空谈误国
,
实干兴邦

gather ye rosebuds while ye may
花开
堪折直须折

get the opposite of what one
intended
事与愿违

get the sack
炒鱿鱼

give a dog a bad name and hang him
谗言可畏
,
欲加之罪，何患无辞

give a thief enough rope and he, ll
hang himself
多行不义必自毙

give him an inch and he'll take an ell
得寸进尺

give knaves an inch and they will
take a yard
得寸进尺

go for broke
尽最大努力


go while the going is good
三十六计
,
走
为上计

god helps those who help themselves
自助者天助之

gold will not buy everything
金钱并非万
能

good things come in small packages
乡人不识货，尽捡大的摸

good wine needs no bush
酒香不怕巷子
深

grasp all, lose all
样样都要，全都失掉

great minds think alike
英雄所见略同

great oaks from little acorns grow
万
丈高楼从地起

grow with every
passingdayflourishing
蒸蒸日上

half a loaf is better than no bread
聊胜
於无

hard and fast
一成不变

hard- hearted
铁石心肠的


haste makes waste
欲速则不达

have one's wish fulfilled
如愿以偿

he laughs best who laughs last
最后笑
的人笑得最得意

he that commits a fault thinks
everyone speaks of it
作贼心虚

he that hath a full purse never
wanted a friend
有钱有酒，必有朋友

he that is full of himself is very empty
自满的人是空虚的

he that touches pitch shall be defiled
近朱者赤，近墨者黑

he who knows most speaks least
识多
者寡言

he who laughs last, laughs best
谁笑在
最后谁笑得最甜

he who rides a tiger is afraid to
dismount
骑虎难下

heart and soul
全心全意地

heart of stone
石头心肠


heart-to-heart
坦白的

heaven helps those who help
themselves
天助自助者

homer sometimes nods
圣贤也有缺失

honesty is the best policy
诚实是上策

how happy we are, to meet friends
from afar!
有朋自远方来
,
不亦乐乎
!

hunger is the beat sauce
饥不择食

if the sky falls, we shall catch larks
杞
人忧天

if you kill one flea in march you kill a
hundred
二月杀跳蚤，杀一少百

if you run after two hares, you'll
catch neither
脚踏两头船摆渡难

in a hundred and one thousand ways
千方百计

in doing, we learn
经一事，长一智

in fair weather prepare for the foul
未
雨绸缪