jacks-哈里斯堡
关于家乡的英文谚语
【篇一：关于家乡的英文谚语】
1.
a bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
海内存知己，
天涯若比邻。
2. a common danger causes common
action.
同舟共济。
3.
a contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.
知足常乐。
4. a fall
into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
5. a
guest should suit the convenience of the host.
客随主便。
6. a letter
from home is a priceless treasure.
家书抵万金。
7. all
rivers run into the sea.
殊途同归。
8. all time
is no time when it is past.
机不可失，时不再来。
9. an
apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一日一个苹果，身体健
康不求医。
10. as heroes think, so thought bruce.
英雄所见略同。
11. a
young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
12.
behind the mountains there are people to be found.
天外有
天，山外有山。
13. bad luck often brings good luck.
塞翁失马，安知非福。
14.
bread is the stall of life.
面包是生命的支柱。
(
民以食为天。
)
15. business is business.
公事公办。
16. clumsy
birds have to start flying early.
笨鸟先飞。
17.
courtesy costs nothing.
礼多人不怪。
18. custom
makes all things easy.
习惯成自然。
19. desire
has no rest.
人的欲望无止境。
20. difficult the first time, easy the
second.
一回生，二回熟。
21. do not change horses in mid-stream.
别在河流中间换马。
22. do
not have too many irons in the fire.
贪多嚼不烂。
23. do not
pull all your eggs in one basket.
别把所有的
蛋都放在
一个篮子里。
(
不要孤注一掷
。
)
24. do not
teach fish to swim.
不要班门弄斧。
25. east or west, home is the best.
东奔西跑，还是家里好。
26.
experience is the best teacher.
实践出真知。
27. fact
is stranger than fiction.
事实比虚构更离奇。
(
大千世界，
无奇不有。
)
28. faith can move
mountains.
信念能移山。
(
精诚所至，金石为
开。
)
29. first impressions are half the
battle.
先入为主。
30.
give as good as one gets.
一报还一报。
(
以德报德，以怨还
怨。
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/p>
31. give everyone his due.
一视同仁。
32. good
wine needs no bush.
酒香不怕巷子深。
33. haste makes waste.
欲速则不达
。
(
忙中常出错。
)
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34. he that promises too much means
nothing.
轻诺者寡信。
35. he who has an art has everywhere a
part.
一招鲜，吃遍天。
36. he would climb the ladder must
begin at the bottom.
千里之
行始于足下。
37. home is where the heart is.
心在哪里，哪里就是家。
38.
if you are not inside a house, you don not know
about its
leaking.
不在屋里，不知漏雨
。
(
亲身经历才有体会。
)
39. in peace prepare for war.
平时准备战时。
(
居安思危。
)
40. it is never too
late to mend.
亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。
41. it six of one and half a dozen of
the other.
彼此彼此。
42. just has long arms.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
43.
keep something for a rainy day.
未雨绸缪。
44. life is
a span.
人生如朝露。
45. man proposes, god disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
46.
meet plot with plot.
将计就计。
47. merry meet, merry part.
好聚好散。
48. mind
acts upon mind.
心有灵犀一点通。
49. never hit a man when he is down.
不要落井下石。
50. never
judge by appearances.
切莫以貌取人。
51. no
fire without smoke.
无风不起浪。
52. nurture passes nature.
教养胜过天性。
53. one
is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
54. one
swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。<
/p>
(
一花独
放不是春。
)
55. one who has seen the
ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.
曾经沧海难为水。
56. out
of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心不烦。
57.
practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
58. poverty
is stranger to industry.
勤劳之人不受穷。
59. rome
was not built in a day.
罗马不是一日建成的。
(
伟业非一
日之功。
)<
/p>
60. sense comes with age.
老马识途。
61. so many
men, so many minds.
人心各不同。
62. some thing is learned every time a
book is opened.
开卷有
益。
63. strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。
64. the car
will find its way round the hill when it gets
there.
车
到山前必有路。
65. the heart is seen in wine.
酒后吐真言。
66. the
older the wiser.
人老智多。
(
姜还是老的辣。
)
67. the worse luck now, the better
another time.
风水轮流转。
68. thoughts are free from toll.
思想不用交税。
(
人人都可以自由思
考。
)
69. time
tries all things.
时间检验一切。
70. use legs and have legs.
经常用腿，健步如飞。
71.
virtue never grows old.
美德常青。
72. walls
have ears.
隔墙有耳。
73. what is done cannot be undone.
覆水难收。
74. wine
in, truth out.
酒后吐真言。
75. you are only young once.
青春只有一次。
76. you
cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛
不可两头燃。
(
鱼和熊掌不可兼得。
)
77. you cannot have your
cake and eat it.
有得就有失。
(
事难两
全其美。
)
78. you never know till you have tried.
事非经过不知难。
79.
youth will be served.
青春好作乐。
80. zeal without knowledge is a runaway
horse.
无知的狂热是脱缰的野马。
【篇二：关于家乡的英文谚语】
篇一：英语谚语大全
proverbs
a fall
into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智
facts speak
louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩
money
can’t buy time.
寸金难
买寸光阴
failure is the mother of success.
失败乃成功之母。
the
visitor arrives, it is as if returning
home.
宾至如归。
a good
beginning is half the
battle.
良好的开端成功的一半。
to teach is to
learn.
教学相长。
like
father,like son.
有其父，必有其子。
pride goes before a
fall.
骄兵必败。
fish
in trouble water.
混水摸鱼。
business is
business.
公事公办。
the style is the
man.
文入其人。
more
haste,less speed.
欲速则不达。
great minds think
alike.
英雄所见略同。
misfortunes never come alone.
祸不单行。
hedges have
eyes,walls have
ears.
隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳。
man proposes,god
disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
beauty is in the eye of the
beholder.
情人眼里出西施。
time and tide wait for no man.
时不待我
/
岁月无情。
a young idlder,an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
out
of office,out of
danger.
无官一身轻。
in
time of peace prepare for
war.
居安思危。
the
tongue cuts the throat.
祸从口出。
/
言多必失。
out of
sight,out of mind./far from eye,far from
heart.
眼不见为净。
all
shall be well,jack shall be jill.
有情人终成眷属。
friends
must part.
聚散离合总有时。
/
天下无不散之宴席。
the remenbrance
of the past is the teacher of the
future.
前事不
忘，后世之师。
love me,love dog.
爱屋及乌。
kill two
birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
/<
/p>
一石双鸟。
speak the
devil(and he will appear).
说曹操，曹操到。
a new
broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
beat the dog before the
lion.
杀鸡儆猴。
let
sleeping dog lie.
勿打草惊蛇。
teach fish to
swim.
班门弄斧。
a word
spoken is past recallling.
一言既出，驷马难追。
once
beaten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
birds of a feather flock
together.
物以类分，人以群分。
in for a penny, in for a
pound.
一不做，二不休。
there is smoke without
fire.
无风不起浪。
h
ave a card up one’s
sleeve.
胸有成竹。
put
the cart before the
horse.
本末倒置。
fine
feathers make fine
birds.
佛要金装，人要衣装。
as a man
sows, so he shall
reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
much will have more.
得陇望蜀。
/
得寸进尺。
the sauce is better than the
fish.
喧宾夺主。
he
cries wine and sells
vinegar.
挂羊头，买狗肉。
good wine needs no
bush.
酒香不怕巷子深。
every potter praises his
pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
the pupil outdoes the
master.
青出于蓝而胜于蓝。
there are plenty of fish in the
sea.
天涯何处有芳草
diamond cut
diamont.
强中更有强中手。
he take a spear to kill a
fly.
杀鸡用牛刀。
gifts
blind the eyyes.
拿了手软，吃了嘴软。
don’t bite the hand that feeds
you.
不要将恩仇报。
dogs
bite in every
country.
天下乌鸦一般黑。
better an open enemy than a false
friend.
。明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
do one thing under cover of another.
明修栈道，暗度陈仓。
the
spirit is willing, but the flesh is
weak.
心有余而力不足。
little
strokes
fell
great
oaks.<
/p>
滴水穿石。
/
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
judge not a book by its
cover.
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
a straight foot is not afraid of
crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
the knife cuts bread and
fingers.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
it is better to be the head of a
dog/lizard than the tail of
lion.
宁
为鸡手，无为牛后。
it is better to die than to live when
life is a disgrace./better
hounor than
live with shame.
dogs bite
in every countries.
天下乌鸦一般黑。
a horse stumbles that has four
legs.
人非圣贤，熟能无过。
a
clear conscience is a sure card.
为人不做亏心事
，半夜不怕鬼敲
门。
a bad
conscience
is a snake in one’s
heart.
做贼心虚。
all
your swans are greese.
事与愿违。
justice has long
arms.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
late fruite keeps
well.
大器晚成。
take
things as they come.
既来之，则安之。
a hedge between keeps friendship
green.
君子之交淡如水。
rest breeds
rust.
生命在于运动。
names are
debts.
树大招风。
common fame is a
liar.
盛名之下，其实难附。
many kiss the baby for the nurse’s
sake.
醉翁之意不在酒。
nothing venture, nothing
have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
do in rome as the romans
do.
如乡随俗。
things
done cannot be done.
木已成舟。
/
覆水难收。
true blue
will never stain.
真金不怕火炼。
everybody’s business is nobody’s
busness.
三个和尚没水吃。
the moon is not seen when the sun
shines.
小巫见大巫。
penny wise and pound
foolish.
因小失大。
he
knows most who speaks least./still water runs
deep.
大智
若愚。
as you make
the bed, so you must lie in
it.
自食其果。
the pot
calls the kettle
black.
五十步笑百步。
short pleasure,long
lament.
一失足成千古恨。
don’t count the chichen before they are
hatched.
请勿盲目乐观。
what is done by night appears by day.
若要人不知，除非己莫为。
danger is next neighour to
security.
塞翁失马，安知非福。
misfortue might be a blessing in
disguise.
祸兮福所倚，福兮祸
所伏。
what we lose in hake we shall have in
herring.
失之东隅，收之
桑榆。
stick together through thick and
thin.
有福同享，有祸同当
/<
/p>
祸患与共。
/
风雨同舟。
save your breath to cool your
porridge.
个人自扫门前雪，莫管他
人瓦上霜。
a watched pot never boils.
<
/p>
心急吃不了热豆腐。
/
有心插花花不开，
无心插柳柳成阴。
a leopard cannot
change its spots./you cannot make a crab
walk
straight.
江山易改，本性难移。
don’t trouble touble until trouble
troubles
you.
车到山前必有路。
accidents will happen./every tide has
its ebb.
天有不测风云，人
有旦夕祸福。
even homer sometimes nods./the best
horse stumbles.
智者千
虑，必有一失。
rome was not built in a
day.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
the shephered would rather lose the
wool than the sheep.
留得
青山在，不怕没柴烧。
a little leak will sink a great ship./a
stitch in time saves
nine.
亡
羊补牢。
silence is
golden.
沉默是金。
all
is not gold that glitters.
闪闪发光物，并非皆金子。
a
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林，不如一鸟
在手。
safety and danger alternate with each
other. misfortune and
fortune generate
each other. slowness and promptness follow
each other. gathering and scatering
complement each other.
安
危相宜，祸
福相生，缓急相争，聚散相成。
the endless
river flows eastward, with its huge waves,gone are
all those gallant heroes of bygone
years.
大江东去，浪淘尽，千
古风流人物。
absorbed in paiting, you knnow not old
age is coming, indeed,
to me wealth and
rank are like clouds drifting away.
丹青不知
老
将至，富贵于我如浮云。
we
wish each other a long life so as to share the
beauty of this
graceful moonlight, even
though we are miles apart.
但愿
人长久，千里共婵娟。
a
lonely stranger in a strange land i am cast, i
miss my family
all the more on every
festive day.
独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思
亲。
if two people are of the
same mind, their sharpness can cut
through
metal.
二人同心，其利断金。
it is a true great amn whom no money
and rank can confuse,
no poverty and
hardship can shake, and no power and force
can suffocate.
富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武
不能屈，此之谓大夫
矣。
impartiality produces clarity and
partiality obscurity.
公生明，
偏生暗。
the noble takes the humble as its root,
the high takes the low
as its
base.
贵以贱为本，高以下为基。
a bosom friend afar brings distance
near.
海内存知己，天涯若比
临。
a huge tree that fills one’s arms grows
from a tiny seeding, a
nine sories
tower rises from a heap of earth, a thousand-li
journey
starts with
the
first
step.
合抱之木，生于毫末；九层之台，
起于垒土；千里之行，始于足下。
this land is so beautiful
that it has made countless heroes bow
in
homage.
江山如此多娇，引无数英雄竞折腰。
raising my head, i see the moon so
bright, withdrawing my
eyes my nostalgi
comes around.
举头望明月，低头思故乡。
all are past and gone;we look to this
age for truly great men.
俱
往昔，
数风流人物，还看今朝。
a man of virtue
helps others to achieve their moral perfection
but not their evil conduct.
君子成人之美，不成人之恶。
the
friendship between men of virtue is light like
water, yet
richly affectionate; the
friendship between men without virtue
is sweet like wine, yet easily broken.<
/p>
君子之交淡如水小人之交甘
如醴。君子淡以亲，小人甘于绝。
work diligently for the
country and frugally for the family.
克勤
于邦，克俭于家。
respect the aged in one’s own family as
well as the aged in
other families, and
love the young in one’s own family as well
as the young in other families.
< br>老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人
之幼。
when one rejoices in the joy of his
people, they will also rejoice
in his
joy; when one grieves at the sorrow of his people,
they
do the same. he who rules his
country is one one who
occupies himself
with concerns for the pleasure and sorrow of
all his people.
乐民之乐者，民亦乐其乐；
忧民之忧者，民亦忧其忧。
乐以天下，忧以天下，然而不王者未之有也。
propriety damands reciprocity. it
is not propriety to give but
not to
receive, or vice
visa.
礼尚往来。往而不来，非礼也；
来而不往，亦非礼也。
if
love between both sides can last for eye, why need
they stay
together night and
day.
两情若是长久时，有岂在朝朝暮暮。
act when orderd, and stop when
prohibited.
令则行，禁则止。
the way ahead is long and has no
ending;yet high and low i’ll
search
with my will
unbending
路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。
disorder brings peril to a country,
while order brings peace to
it.
乱则国危，治则国安。
the people are the most important
element in a state;next are
the goals
of land and grain;least is the ruler himself.
民为贵，社
稷次之，君为轻。
quick-minded and eager to learn, he is
never ashamed to
consult his
inferiors.
敏而好学，不耻下问。
nothing in the world excels in beauty
as simplicity
does.
朴素而
天下莫能与之争美。
a long dike will collapse because of an
ant-hole in it; a tall
building will be
burned down because of a spark from a
chmney’s
chink.
千里之堤，以蝼蚁之
溃；百尺之室，以突隙之烟
焚。
if you carve but give up half way, even
a decayed piece of
wood will not break;
if you carve without a break, even metal
and stone can be engraed.
锲而舍
之，朽木不折；锲而不舍，金石
可镂。
men have sorrow and joy; they part and
meet again. the moon
dims or shines; it
waxes or wanes. nothing is perfect, not even
in the old
days.
人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。
among any three men walking, i will
find something to learn for
sure. their
good qualities are to be followed, and their
shortcomings are to be avoided.
< br>三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者
而从之，其不善者而改之。
he who is keen in learning takes
other people’s fortes to make
up his
own defects.
善学者，假人之长以补其短。
he who is good at learning exhausts the
principles. he who is
good at
practising seeks to solve the most difficult
problems.
善学者尽其理，善行者究其难。
the passage of time is just like the
flow of water, which goes
on day and
night.
逝者如斯夫！不舍昼夜。
those who follow the
heav
en’s law will flourish and those
who
ga against it will
perish.
顺我者昌，逆我者亡。
man is the most valuble among all the
things that heaven
fosters.
天生万物，唯人为贵。
heaven
has endowed me with talents for eventual use.
天生我才
必有用。
opportunities vouchsafed by heaven are
outmatched by
terrestrial advantages,
which in turn are outmatched by the
harmony among people.
天时不如地利，地利不如人和。
words are to be judged from their
function; and deeds are to
be observed
from their
effects.
听其言必责其用，观其行必求其功。
he who is able to reach new
understanding by rviewing the old
knowledge
is
qualified
to
be
a
teacher.
温故而知新，可
以为师也。
don’t do what should
not be done; don’t desire what should
not be
desired.
无为其所不为，无欲其所不欲。
it is unbearable to meet as well as to
depart.
相见时难别亦难。
learning without thinking leads to
confusion; thinking without
learning
ends in danger.
学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
never be contented with your study.
never be impatient with
your
teaching.
学而不厌，诲人不倦。
learning is like rowing upstream: not
to advance is to drop
back.
学如逆水行舟，不进则退。
it is such a delight to have friends
coming so far.
有朋自远方来，
不亦乐乎。
as a jade without chiseling will not
become a useful object, a
man without
learning will not know the way.
玉不琢，不成器。
人
不学，不知道。
prosper
your country before you prosper your
family.
欲富尔家，
先富尔国。
we widen our views three hundred miles
by ascending one
flight of stairs.
/exhausting my eyes to a thousand li further, i
am ascending one more story of the towe
r.
欲穷千里目，更上一
层楼。
in heaven let us be two birds flying
ever together, and on earth
two trees
with branches interlocked forever.
在天愿做比
翼鸟，在
地愿为连理枝。
knowing both the enemy and yourself
,you are sure to win
every
battle;knowing yourself but not the enemy, you’ll
have
equal chance to win or to lose;
knowing neither your enemy
nor
yourself, you are destined to lose all battles.
知彼知己，百战
不殆；不知彼而知己，一胜一负；不知彼，不知己，每
战必殆。
one’s true knowledge
lies in recognizing what one knows and
what one does not
know.
知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。
谜语
1. what is the
longest word in the world?
key:smile.
谜语解析：因为两个
< br>s
隔了一里
(mile) 2. what
letter is
an animal? key --b(bee)
哪个字母是一个动物
答案：
b
3. what letter stands for the ocean?
key:c(sea)
哪个字母坐落在
海边
< br>?
答案：
c(sea)
4. what letter is a question? key:y 19.
where does afternoon
come before
morning in the
哪个字母是一个问题
?
英语谜语答
案
:y(why)
world
？世界上哪个地方下午比早上先到？
5.
what letter
is your eye? key:i
谜语答案：
in the
dictionary.
在字典里。
哪个字母是你的眼睛
?
答案
:i(eye) 20. what do you
know about
the kings of france?
你对法国
6. what letter is a
vegetable?
key:p
君主有什么了解？
哪个字母是一种蔬菜
答案
:p(pea)
豌豆谜语
答案：
< br>they are all dead.
他们都死了。
7. what stays hot even if put it in a
fridge? key
：
pepper 22.
how many sides does a circle have?
key:two
，
the
inside
and the outside
什么东西即使放到冰箱中也是热的
?
答案：
pepper(
胡椒粉
)
谜语解析：
hot
也有辣的意思
一个圆有几个
面
?
脑筋急转弯答案：两面，里面和外面
8.
what fruit is never
found singly?
key:pear 23. what tree is always very sad?
key:weeping willow
什么水果永远都不会
是单数
?
什么书树总是很
伤心
?
答案：垂柳
.
谜语解
析：
weeping
答案
:pear
(
梨
)
谜语解析
:pear
和
pair(
一双
)
读音相同
willow
的意思是垂柳，
weeping
是哭，
willow
是柳树
9. with which
hand do you write? key:neither,i
use a
pen! 24. what is full when it s used and empty
when it s
at rest?
你用哪只手写字呢
?
谜语答案：都不用，我用笔
key
：
a
shoe 10.
what man cannot live in a house?
什么东西在使
用它的
时候是满的，在他休息的时候是
什么人不能住在房子里
?
谜语答案：
snowman
（雪人）
空的。脑筋急转弯答案：鞋
11. what never
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