英語諺語選粹

諺語選粹

east  ,  west ,home's best. (在家千日好,出門朝朝難。)

why the long  face ?(為什麼拉長著臉呢?)

he  worries  himself over nothing. (他杞人憂天。)

when things go wrong  ,smile.  (遇事不順利,也要處之泰然。)

流行諺語

things have  a  way  of  working out .  (風水輪流轉,十年河西,十年河東。)

after all  , tomorrow  is  another  day. (不論事情有多糟,明天總是另一個新希望。)

where there's  life ,  there's hope.(留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒。)

be the best  or  nothing  .(要做就做最好,不然拉倒。)

諺語選粹

time and tide  wait for no  man .(歲月不待人)

time  is  money , but money  can never buy time.(一寸光陰一寸金,寸金難買寸光陰。)

a book remained  shut is but a block.(書本若不翻,猶如一塊磚。)

a  lazy youth  ,a  lousy age.(少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲。)

constant  dropping can wear the stone.(水滴石穿。)

to  fall in  pit ,  to  gain a wit.(吃一塹,長一智。)

a single spark can start a prairie fire.(星星之火,可以燎原。)

1. never say die.永不言敗。­

2.never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊補牢,為時未晚。 ­

3.new wine in old bottles.舊瓶裝新酒。 ­

4.no cross, no crown.不經歷風雨,怎么見彩虹。­

5.no garden without its weeds.沒有不長草的園子。­

6.no living man all things can.世上沒有萬事通。 ­

7.no man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。­

8.no man is born wise or learned.沒有生而知之者。 ­

9.no man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。 ­

10.no man is wise at all times.聰明一世,糊塗一時。 ­

11.none are so blind as those who won't see.視而不見。­

12.none are so deaf as those who won't hear.充耳不聞。 ­

13.no news is good news.沒有訊息就是好訊息。 ­

14.no one can call back yesterday.昨日不會重現。­

15.no pains, no gains.沒有付出就沒有收穫。­

16.no pleasure without pain.沒有苦就沒有樂。 ­

17.no rose without a thorn.沒有不帶刺的玫瑰。 ­

18.no sweet without sweat.先苦後甜。 ­

19.no smoke without fire.無風不起浪。 ­

20.nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。 ­

21.nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼淚乾得最快。 ­

22.nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上無難事,只怕有心人。 ­

23.nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上無難事,只要肯登攀。 ­

24.nothing seek, nothing find.沒有追求就沒有收穫。 ­

25.nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行,語言最要緊。­

26.nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲。­

27.not to advance is to go back.不進則退。 ­

28.not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故,幼稚可笑。 ­

29.no way is impossible to courage.勇者無懼。 ­

30.obedience is the first duty of a soldier.軍人以服從命令為天職。 ­

31.observation is the best teacher.觀察是最好的老師。 ­

32.offense is the best defense.進攻是最好的防禦。­

33.old friends and old wines are best.陳酒味醇,老友情深。­

34.old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。 ­

35.once a man and twice a child.一次老,兩次小。 ­

36.once a thief, always a thief.偷盜一次,做賊一世。 ­

37.once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩。 ­

38.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。­

39.one cannot put back the clock.時鐘不能倒轉。 ­

40.one eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百聞不如一見。 ­

41.one false move may lose the game.一著不慎,滿盤皆輸。 ­

42.one good turn deserves another.行善積德。 ­

43.one hour today is worth two tomorrow.爭分奪秒效率高。­

44.one man's fault is other man's lesson.前車之鑑。 ­

45.one never loses anything by politeness.講禮貌不吃虧。­

46.one swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。 ­

47.one's words reflect one's thinking.言為心聲。­

48.out of debt, out of danger.無債一身輕。 ­

49.out of office, out of danger.無官一身輕。 ­

50.out of sight, out of mind.眼不見,心為靜。­

51.patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良藥。 ­

52.penny wise, pound foolish.貪小便宜吃大虧。 ­

53.plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者,說到的多,做到的少。 ­

54.please the eye and plague the heart.貪圖一時快活,必然留下隱禍。 ­

55.pleasure comes through toil.苦盡甘來。 ­

56.pour water into a sieve.竹籃子打水一場空。 ­

57.practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。 ­

58.praise is not pudding.恭維話不能當飯吃。 ­

59.praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好,壞人越夸越糟。 ­

60.prefer loss to unjust gain.寧可吃虧,不貪便宜。 ­

61.prevention is better than cure.預防勝於治療。 ­

62.pride goes before, and shame comes after.驕傲使人落後。 ­

63.promise is debt.一諾千金。 ­

64.proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.諺語是日常經驗的結晶。 ­

65.pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。 ­

66.put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。 ­

67.put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。 ­

68.reading enriches the mind.開卷有益。 ­

69.reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.讀書健腦,運動強身。­

70.respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬,必須自重。­

71.rome is not built in a day.冰凍三尺,非一日之寒。 ­

72.saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。 ­

73.seeing is believing.眼見為實。 ­

74.seek the truth from facts.實事求是。 ­

75.send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者當差,不用交代。­

76.set a thief to catch a thief.以賊捉賊。 ­

77.short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算賬。­

78.something is better than nothing.聊勝於無。­

79.soon learn, soon forgotten.學得快,忘得快。 ­

80.soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快,爛得快。 ­

81.speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是銀,沉默是金。 ­

82.still water run deep.靜水常深。 ­

83.strike the iron while it is hot.趁熱打鐵。 ­

84.success belongs to the persevering.堅持就是勝利。 ­

85.take things as they come.既來之,則安之。­

86.talking mends no holes.空談無補。 ­

87.talk of the devil and he will appear.說曹操,曹操就到。­

88.hasty love, soon cold.一見鍾情難維久。 ­

89.health is better than wealth.健康勝過財富。 ­

90.health is happiness.健康就是幸福。 ­

91.hear all parties.兼聽則明。 ­

92.heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不動,叫天何用。 ­

93.he is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。 ­

94.he is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背後說好話,才是真朋友。 ­

95.he is a wise man who speaks little.聰明不是掛在嘴上。 ­

96.he is lifeless that is faultless.只有死人才不犯錯誤。 ­

97.he is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。 ­

98.he is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.自嘲者不會讓人見笑。 ­

99.he is wise that is honest.誠實者最明智。 ­

100.he knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。 ­