杨方旭英语谚语500句

2021年1月20日发(作者：傅稚)
英语谚语
500
句

A.







A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

不善始者不善终。

A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。

A bad workman always blames his tools.

不会撑船怪河弯。

A
bad
bush
is
better
than
an
open
field.
/
Something
is
better
than
nothing.
/
A
bit
in
the
morning is better than nothing all day. / Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all. / Better a
small fish than an empty dish. / Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

聊胜于无。

A bad conscience is a snake in one
’
s heart.
做贼心虚。

A bad father has never a good son.
上梁不正下梁歪。







A
bad
penny
always
comes
back
/
turns up.

恶有恶报。


A bad woman is worse than a bad man.

最毒妇人心。


A bad worker quarrels with his tools.
/
A
bad
workman
always
blames
his
tools.

人笨怪刀钝。









A
baker’s
wife may bite of a bun.
近水楼台先得月。

A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.
铁杵磨成针。

A barking dog never bites. / A barking dog was never a good biter. / Barking dogs seldom bite.
会叫的狗不咬人。

A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.

以小人之心，度君子之腹。







A beard well lathered is half shaved.
磨刀不误砍柴功。

A beggar cannot be a chooser.
饥不择食。

A beggar pays a benefit with a louse. / bite the hand that feeds one.
以怨报德。
/
恩将仇报。


A begun work is half ended.

万事开头难。















A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.

吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

A bully is always a coward.

色厉内荏。

A burden of one's choice is not felt.

爱挑的担子不嫌重。

A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

A cat has 9 lives.

猫有九条命。


A cat may look at a king.


猫也可以打量国王（意为人人平
等）
。





A close mouth catches no flies.

病从口入。

A constant guest is never welcome.

常客令人厌。


Adversity
makes
a
man
wise,
not
rich.


逆境出人才。





A fair death honors the whole life.

死得其所，流芳百世。

A faithful friend is hard to find.

知音难觅。


A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. /
Experience
must
be
bought.
/
By
doing we learn. / By falling we learn
to go safely.

吃一堑，长一智。


A fox may grow gray, but never good.


江山易改，本性难移。


A friend in need is a friend indeed.


患难见真情。









A friend is easier lost than found.

得朋友难，失朋友易。

A friend is never known till a man has need.

需要之时方知友。

A friend without faults will never be found.

没有十全十美的朋友。

'After you' is good manners.

“您先请”是礼貌。


A good beginning is half done.


良好的开端是成功的一半。


A good beginning makes a good ending.


善始者善终。


A good book is a good friend.


好书如挚友。


A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.


一本好书，相伴一生。

















A good conscience is a soft pillow.

不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。

A good fame is better than a good face.

美名胜过美貌。

A good husband makes a good wife.

夫善则妻贤。

A good wife
’
s health is a man's best wealth.

妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。

A great talker is a great liar.

说大话者多谎言。

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

君子之交淡如水。

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。

A leopard cannot change its spots.

积习难改。


A
liar
is
not
believed
when
he
speaks the truth.


说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。

















A light heart lives long.

静以修身。

A little body often harbors a great soul.

浓缩的都是精华。

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

一知半解，自欺欺人。

A little pot is soon hot.

狗肚子盛不得四两油。

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

小别胜新婚。

The absent are always in the wrong.

谁人背后无人说。

Absent in body, but present ion spirit.

永垂不朽。

Accidents will happen.

天有不测风云。


Actions speak louder than words.


行动胜于言语。
/
事实胜于雄辩。
















Add a flower to a bouquet.

锦上添花。

Add frost to snow.

雪上加霜。

Add legs to the snake one has just painted.

画蛇添足。

Add oil to a fire.

火上加油。

Adversity is a good discipline.

苦难是磨练人的好机会。

Adversity leads to prosperity.

穷则思变。
/
危机就是转机。

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

身处逆境不择友。

Advice
is
a
stranger,
if
welcome
he
stays
for
the
night;
if
not
welcome
he
returns home
the
same day.


忠告是位陌生客，若受欢迎，就停留过夜；不受欢迎，当天就回家。


After
a
storm
comes
fair
weather;
after sorrow (comes) joy.


阳光总在风雨后。





















After a storm comes a calm.

雨过天晴。

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.

人生如戏，

到头来总要落幕。

After victory, tighten your helmet chord.

居安思危。

Aged ginger is more pungent.

姜是老的辣。

An aged steed confined to the stable still aspires after the glory of galloping a thousand li.

老骥伏枥，志在千里。

Ale will make a cat speak.

酒后吐真言。

All ask if a man be rich, none if he be good.

人情冷暖，世态炎凉。

All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。

All covet, all lose.

贪多必失。

All crows in the world are black.

天下乌鸦一般黑。

















All good things come to an end.

天下没有不散的筵席。

All gains are made at some sacrifice.

有所舍，方能有所得。
/
有得必有失。

All good things must come to an end.

天下无不散的筵席。
/
花无百日红。

All is fair in war.

兵不厌诈。

All men are mortal.

人皆有一死。

All one
’
s geese are swans.

自吹自擂。
/
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。

All rivers run into the sea.

海纳百川。

All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.

有情人终成眷属。


All roads lead to Rome.

条条大路通罗马。
/
殊途同归。







All sunshine makes the desert. / Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night.
过犹不及。

All the winning is in the first buying.

先下手为强。

All that ends well is well.
结果好，就一切都好。


All that glitters is not gold.

闪光的不一定都是金子。





All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。

All things are obedient to money. / Before gold, even kings take off their hats.
有钱能使鬼推磨。


All things come to him who waits.


成功属于有准备的人。


All things thrive at trice.


事不过三。


All
work
and
no
play
make
Jack
a
dull boy.

只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变
傻。

















All time is no time when it is past.

光阴一去不复返。

Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom.
坐吃山空。

Ambition never dies until there is no way out.
不到黄河心不死。

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
山中无老虎，猴子充霸王。

A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。

A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。

A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。

A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么朋友。


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。


A man without money is no man at all.

一分钱难倒英雄汉。


A
man
’
s
meat
is
another
man
’
s
poison.

萝卜白菜，各有所爱。

























A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。

A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。

A mother's love never changes.
母爱永恒。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。

A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。

Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
小不忍则乱大谋。

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.
一日之计在于晨。

An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。

An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智，不如运气。

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为主，治疗为辅。

Anser a fool according to his folly.
以其人之道，还治其人之身。


An
ant
may
well
destroy
an
entire
dam.

千里之堤，溃于蚁穴。


An army marches on its stomach.

兵马未动，粮草先行。


An ass in Germany is a professor in
Rome.
/
By
other
’
s
faults,
wise
men
correct their own.

他山之石，可以攻玉。


Any book you open will benefit your mind.

开卷有益。













Any sandpiper is great in his own swamp.
金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝。

Apparel makes the man.
人要衣装。

Appearances are deceitful / deceptive.
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。

Approach heaven with a single stride.
一步登天。

A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。

As a man lives, so he shall die.
有生必有死。


As
a
man
sows,
so
he
shall
reap.
/
As the tree, so the fruit. / As you sow,
so you reap.

种瓜得瓜，
种豆得豆。
/
一分耕耘，
一分收获。

















As a man
’
s heart is, so does he speak.
言为心声。

As a snipe and a clam are entangled in a fight, a fisherman catches them both.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

As many heads as many wits.
集思广益。

As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring. / The danger past and God
forgotten.
忘恩负义。
/
过河拆桥。

Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.
卸磨杀驴。
/
过河拆桥。

As the big hound is, so will the pup be. / As the old cock crows, so does the young.
有其父必有其子。

As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks.
一相情愿。

As the tree falls, so shall it be. / As you cooked the porridge, so must you eat it.
自作自受。


As we live, so we learn.

活到老，学到老。





























As you brew, so must you drink. / As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
自食其果。
/
搬石头砸自己的脚。

A single flower does not make a spring.

一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。

Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.
择邻而居。

A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。

A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。

A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。

A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。

A swallow makes no summer.
一燕不成夏。

At birth we bring nothing; at death we take away nothing.
生不带来，死不带去。

Avarice blinds our eyes.
财迷心窍。

A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。

A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马难追。

A year's plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春。


A young idler, an old beggar.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。


An able horse will never come back to feed in the same stable.

好马不吃回头草。

B.




Bad news has wings. / a bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。

Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。


Beauty lies in the lover's eyes. / Beauty is in the eye of the beholder/ gazer. / Beauty is the child
of love.

情人眼里出西施。


Beauty fades like a flower.

红颜易逝。


Behind an able man there are always other able men. / The blacksmith in one village becomes a
blacksmith
’
s apprentice in another.

山外有山，人外有人。


Behind bad luck comes good luck.

塞翁失马，焉知非福。


Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
/
敏于听而慎于言。


Be considerate to others and you will be treated likewise.

与人方便，自己方便。


Better late than never.

不怕慢，单怕站。


Better an open enemy than a false friend. / Better the devil you know than the devil you don
’
t
know.

明枪易躲，暗箭难防。


Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.

随遇而安。


Begin to dig a well only when one feels thirsty.

临渴掘井。


Better to ask the way than go astray.

问路总比迷路好。


Better be the head of a chicken than the tail of an ox.

宁为鸡首，不为牛后。


Better die a beggar than live a beggar.

宁死不食嗟来之食。


Better die with honors than live with shame.

与其忍辱偷生，不如慷慨就义。


Better early than late.

宁早勿迟。


Better good neighbors near than relations faraway.

远亲不如近邻。


Better is the
neighbor’s
hen than mine.

月亮是外国的圆。


Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。


Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.

功亏一篑。
/
煮熟的鸭子还可能会飞。


Between the devil and the deep blue sea.

进退两难。


Big mouthfuls often choke. / Bite off more than one can chew.





























贪多嚼不烂。

Bind the sack before it be full.
做事应适可而止。

Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。

Blessings are ever waiting on virtuous acts.
吉人自有天相。

Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。

Blood will have blood.
血债血偿。

Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。

Bread is the staff of life.
民以食为天。

Bring up a raven and he
’
ll pick out your eyes.
养虎为患。

Brothers are like arms and legs; husband and wife are like clothing.
兄弟如手足，夫妇如衣服。

Burn a forest to farm and drain a pound to fish.
焚林成田，竭泽而渔。

Business is business.
公事公办。

Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一需要。

By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。

By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn.
教学相长。

C.













Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目，不见泰山。

Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

Caution is the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船。

Cheats never prosper.
骗人发不了财。

Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言传。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.
择书如择友。

Come what may, heaven won't fall.





















做你的吧，天塌不下来。

Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。

Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。

Content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。

Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数雏。

Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。

Creep before you walk.
循序渐进。

Cry for the moon.
海底捞月。

Custom is a second nature.
习惯是后天养成的。

Custom makes all things easy.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。

D.





















Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。

Do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。

Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。

Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。

Do it now.
机不可失，时不再来。

Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。

Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂装懂。

Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事过多。

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做。

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。

Don't put the cart before the horse.







不要本末倒置。

Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻烦。

Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。

Do well and have well.
善有善报。

E.



































Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好。

Easier said than done. / Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
说得容易，做得难。

Easy come, easy go.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。

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。

Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。

Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无宁日。

Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失。

Even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明算账。

Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。

Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人负责，等于没人负责。

Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。

Every dog has his day.
谁都有得意的时候。

Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。

Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦恼。

Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。

Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。

Every man has his faults.



















金无足赤，人无完人。

Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。

Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱点。

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。

Every minute counts.
分秒必争。

Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。

Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。

Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。

Example is better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一遍。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。

F.























Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。

Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

Far from eye, far from heart.
眼不见，心不烦。

Far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近火。

Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。

Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知。

Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。

Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把双刃剑。

First come, first served.
先来后到。

First impressions are half the battle.

























初次见面，印象最深。

First think and then speak.
先想后说。

Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。

Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。

Fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。

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。

Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。

Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。

Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
风水轮流转。

Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。

Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之间也会保持距离。

Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时间的窃贼。

Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。

G
.













Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金，积毁销骨。

God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。

Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。

Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。

Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。

A good medicine tastes bitter. / Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. / Better
pills may have wholesome effects.

良药苦口。


Advice when most needed is least heeded.


忠言逆耳。