第一篇：英文谚语

英文谚语——英语教学中一道美丽的风景

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对于“谚语”，《现代汉语词典》是这样解释的：“在群众中间流传的固定语句，用简单通俗的话反映出深刻的道理。”英语中也有很多谚语，它们是流传于英、美等国人民群众口头上的一种较为定型的简练、生动的...对于“谚语”，《现代汉语词典》是这样解释的：“在群众中间流传的固定语句，用简单通俗的话反映出深刻的道理。”英语中也有很多谚语，它们是流传于英、美等国人民群众口头上的一种较为定型的简练、生动的语句,总结了人民大众生活斗争的经验,具有传授经验教训以及诲人劝诫的功能。在教学中，教师如果恰到好处地运用英语谚语，不仅有利于提高学生的学习兴趣和语言素养，而且有利于培养学生的欣赏能力和表达能力。巧借谚语，扩充词汇

《普通高中英语课程标准》中关于词汇的要求是很明确的。语言知识目标中的八级要求是：学会使用3300个左右的单词和400~500个习惯用语或固定搭配。九级要求更高：学会使用4500个左右的单词和一定数量额习惯用语或固定搭配，能根据交际话题、场合和人际关系等相关因素选择较为适当的词语进行交流或表达。[1]

可见，英语教学中有意或无意的渗透词汇，对于学生词汇的习得至关重要。教学中可以借助词汇的教学，补充一些谚语，使学生从朗朗上口的诵读中积累一些词汇。笔者在教《牛津高中英语》模块一第一单元时，就尝试给学生输出这些谚语：

Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.君须自敬，人乃敬之。

Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水穿石。

Many drops make a shower.积少成多。

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.作最好的希望，作最坏的打算。

A good marksman may miss.智者千虑，必有一失。

There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen;and in the end the former is always conquered by the latter.世界上只有两种力量：刀和笔；而其结果，后者总是战胜前者。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。

The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.赠予者的心意可使馈赠的东西增加价值而显得珍贵。

Speech is silver, silence is golden.雄辩是银，沉默是金。

Judge not a book by its cover.人不可貌相。

One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret.一念之错可铸终生之恨。

Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进。

Still waters run deep.大智若愚。/静水流深。

A wise head makes a close mouth.智者寡言。

Great designs require great consideration.宏伟的计划需要慎重考虑。

The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.江山易改，本性难易。

另外，有许多英语谚语短小精悍、音韵和谐、朗朗上口，非常适合于背诵。例如：No pains，no gains.（不劳无获。）Grasp all, lose all.（贪多必失。）Out of sight, out of mind.（眼不见，心不烦。）Health is better than wealth．（健康胜过财富。）Practice makes perfect.（熟能生巧。）Better early than late./ Better late than never.（早做比晚做好。/晚做比不做好。）A friend in need is a friend indeed.（患难见真情。）An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.（一日之计在于晨。）……学生如果能够每天记忆两三条谚语，哪怕一天一条，长期坚持，在内化过程中定能熟透于心，从而在特定的语言环境中脱口而出，在书面表达中也能信手拈来，收到贴切、生动、幽默、风趣等意想不到的语言效果。

2巧借谚语，熟悉语法

语法是高中学生学习英语的一大障碍，高中语法复杂难懂，是制约学生提高英语水平的一个瓶颈，教学中借用谚语可以使枯燥的语法讲解变得生动活泼，学生也学得兴趣盎然。

比如，在讲语法难点——非谓语动词时，笔者尝试借助谚语举了以下例子来分别说明其用法。

（1）现在分词用法

Let sleeping dogs lie.别弄醒睡着的狗。（别惹是生非。）

（2）过去分词用法

A penny saved is a penny earned(or gained).省钱就是赚钱。

It is good fishing in troubled waters.混水之中好摸鱼。

（3）动名词用法

Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

It’s no use crying over spilt milk.牛奶已洒，哭也没用。

（4）不定式用法

It’s better to give than to receive.施舍比索取更受人赞。

Be slow to promise and quick to perform.不轻诺，诺必果。

短小风趣的谚语一下子吸引了学生的兴趣，他们在细心地聆听、尽情地诵读中不知不觉悟出了非谓语动词的用法，轻轻松松突破了教学的难点。

从句也是高中语法的重点、难点，教学中，我采用谚语帮助理解，同样收到了很好的效果。

（1）定语从句

The man that suffers much knows much.磨难多，见识广。

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

He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.能主宰自己的人不久就可以主宰别人。

All is not gold that glitters.闪亮的不都是金子。

All is well that ends well.结果好才是真好。

Experience is a school from which one can never graduate.经验无止境。

（2）状语从句

A.时间状语从句

Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。

You make the failure complete when you stop trying.不再努力之时，就是完全失败之日。

All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返。

B.地点状语从句

Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。

Where there is smoke, there is fire.有烟必有火。（无风不起浪。）

C.条件状语从句

Life is long if you know how to use it.如果懂得好好利用，生命就长了。

We only live once, but if we work it right once is enough.我们生命只一次，好自为之一次足矣。

D.原因状语从句

As you sow, you shall mow.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed.知识是万物中最珍贵的财宝，丢不掉，偷不走，也不会损耗。

E.方式状语从句

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.看人看年少，看天看破晓。

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.读书养神，锻炼健身。

F.比较状语从句

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

Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.手里有钱财，不如胸中有文才。

G.让步状语从句

Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.谎言即使打扮得再好，到头来也会被揭穿。

Whatever you do, do with your might;Things done by halves are never done right.不论做什么事要尽力去做；事情做得不彻底，就不能算好。

（3）名词性从句

We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success.我们必须千百次地反覆说明，坚韧不拔是取得胜利的唯一道路。

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

What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.事既值得做，就把事做好。

What is lost is lost.失去的不可复得。

教师还可以借助谚语来让学生掌握一些较复杂的句型。比如，我在教强调句型时，用了这样的谚语：

It is not work that kills, but worry.劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。巧借谚语，解读文化

语言是文化的载体。语言深深地扎根于文化的土壤中，离开了特定文化背景的语言是不存在的，二者血肉相连，不可分割。学习英语就要了解英语国家的文化。英语谚语与英语国家特定的历史、经济、文化、生活、风俗习惯、宗教信仰、地理环境等有着密切关系;透过英语谚语的表层，便可了解所承载它的文化背景，可探究英语国家的生活内容和生活方式以及在此基础上所产生的思想内容和思维方式，这是深层次掌握英语的有效途径。此外，中外之间存在着文化差异，汉语中也有许多谚语，教师可以通过两种语言中谚语的比较，来更好地理解英语。例如：

Rats desert a sinking ship.船沉鼠儿逃。（汉语中有“树倒猢狲散。”）

Two heads are better than one.两人智慧胜一人。（汉语中有“三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。”）

When the cat is away, the mice will play.猫儿不在，鼠儿作怪。（汉语中有“老虎不在家，猴子称霸王。”）

Rome was not built in a day.罗马非一日建成。（汉语中有“冰冻三尺非一日之寒。”）

Every Jack must have his Jill.（相当于汉语“有情人终成眷属。”）

Jack of all trades，master of none.样样皆通，样样稀松。

以上最后两例中的Jack和Jill就相当于汉语的“张三”和“李四”，我们只有了解中、英两种语言的深刻内涵和文化差异，才能很好地把握谚语的真正意义，也才能在使用时收到意想不到的效果。巧借谚语，塑造心灵

在语言教学中，教师应积极有效地渗透品德教育，才能有助于形成健全的情感、态度、价值观。这也是中学英语课程标准的基本目标之一。教育的最终目标是使学生既成才又成人，我们在努力提高学生学业水平的同时，要时时处处注重对学生品德的培养，人格的塑造，使他们成为社会的有用人才。很多英语谚语可以引申出更深刻、更普遍的生活道理和人生哲理。它教人守德、惜时、为善和求真；劝人淡泊名利、志存高远和勇于进取，具有深刻的教育意义。[2]

教学中，笔者用“One today is worth two tomorrows.（一个今天胜过两个明天。）”告诫学生珍惜今日，发愤求学；用“A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder.（人生无目的，犹如船失去了舵。）”激励学生树立理想，勇于追求；用“All things are easy that are done willingly.（做事乐意，诸事容易。）”教育学生培养兴趣，主动学习；用“He who questions nothing learns nothing.（无所问者无所获。）”鼓励学生善于思考，勤于发问；用“He who laughs last laughs best.（谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。）”鼓励学生坚持到底，不懈追求；用“Honesty is the best policy.（诚实才是上策。）”告诉学生待人真诚，求真务实；用“It is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men.（造就人的，不是帮助，而是磨难，不是方便，而是困难。）”告诫学生不畏困难，迎头赶上；用“The first test of a truly great man is his humility.（一个真正伟大的人，对他的第一个考验就是看他是否谦逊。）”告诫学生不要骄傲，愈战愈勇；用“Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward.（幸运喜欢勇敢的人，而不喜欢怯懦的人。）”“No way is impossible to courage.（勇敢面前没有通不过的路。）”勉励学生学会自信，勇敢前进。[3]

毫无疑问，巧借英文谚语，能极大地激发学生学习英语的兴趣，有效地突破教学的难点；能帮助学生丰富词汇、培养语感；能使学生树立信心、不怕困难、乐于合作，形成积极向上的品格……只要运用恰当，英文谚语，必将成为英语教学中一道亮丽的风景！

非谓语动词作主语

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起，使人健康、富有又明智。

It takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred to rear people.十年树木，百年树人。

Doing everything is doing nothing.贪多嚼不烂。非谓语动词作表语

Deliberating is not delaying.慎思并非拖延。

Well begun is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。非谓语动词作宾语

We prefer to die a hero, rather than live a slave.宁为英雄死，不为奴隶生。

Never try to prove what nobody doubts.无人怀疑的事，无须去证实。

第二篇：英文谚语

1.A bosom friend afar a distant land near 海内存知己

天涯若比邻

2.A contented mind is a continual / perpetualfeast.知足常乐。

3.A fall into the pit，again in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。

4.A guest should suit the convenience of thehost.客随主便。

5.A letter from home is a priceless treasure.家书抵万金。

6.All rivers run into the sea.殊途同归。

7.All time is no time when it is past.机不可失，时不再来。

8.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一个苹果，医生不来找我。

9.As heroes think，sothought Bruce.英雄所见略同。

10.Do not teach fish to swim.不要班门弄斧。

11.Behind the mountains there are people to befound.天外有天，山外有山。

12.Bad luck often brings good luck.塞翁失马，安知非福。

13.Bread is the stall of life.面包是生命的支柱。(民以食为天。)

14.Business is business.公事公办。

15.Clumsy birds have to start flying early.笨鸟先飞。

16.Courtesy costs nothing.礼多人不怪。

17.Custom makes all things easy.习惯成自然。

18.Desire has no rest.人的欲望无止境。

19.Difficult the first time，easy the second.一回生，二回熟。

20.Do not put all your eggs in one basketball.不要孤注一掷。

21.Experience is the best teacher.实践出真知。

22.Fact is stranger than fiction.事实比虚构更离奇。(大千世界，无奇不有。)

23.Faith can move mountains.信念能移山。(精诚所至，金石为开。)

24.First impressions are half the battle.先入为主。

25.Give as good as one gets.一报还一报。(以德报德，以怨还怨。)

26.Give everyone his due.一视同仁。

27.Good wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深。

28.He that promises too much means nothing.轻诺者寡信。

29.He who has an art has everywhere a part.一招鲜，吃遍天。

30.He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.千里之行始于足下。

31.Home is where the heart is.心在哪里，哪里就是家。

32.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。)

33.In peace prepare for war.平时准备战时。(居安思危。)

34.It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

35.It six of one and half a dozen of the other.彼此彼此。

36.Just has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

37.Keep something for a rainy day.未雨绸缪。

38.Life is a span.人生如朝露。

39.Meet plot with plot.将计就计。

40.Merry meet，merry part.好聚好散。

41.Mind acts upon mind.心有灵犀一点通。

42.Never hit a man when he is down.不要落井下石。

43.Never judge by appearances.切莫以貌取人。

44.No fire without smoke.无风不起浪。

45.Nurture passes nature.教养胜过天性。

46.Out of sight，out of mind.眼不见，心不烦。

47.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

48.Poverty is stranger to industry.勤劳之人不受穷。

49.Rome was not built in a day.罗马不是一日建成的。(伟业非一日之功)

50.Sense comes with age.老马识途。

51.So many men，so many minds.人心各不同。

52.Some thing is learned every time a book is opened.开卷有益。

53.Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。

54.The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.车到山前必有路。

55.The heart is seen in wine.酒后吐真言。

56.The older the wiser.人老智多。(姜还是老的辣。)

57.The worse luck now，the better another time.风水轮流转。

58.Thoughts are free from toll.思想不用交税。(人人都可以自由思考。)

59.Time tries all things.时间检验一切。

60.Use legs and have legs.经常用腿，健步如飞。

61.Virtue never grows old.美德常青

62.Walls have ears.隔墙有耳。

63.What is done cannot be undone.覆水难收。

64.Wine in，truth out.酒后吐真言。

65.You are only young once.青春只有一次。

66.You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不可两头燃。(鱼和熊掌不可兼得。)

67.You cannot have your cake and eat it.有得就有失。(事难两全其美。)

68.You never know till you have tried.事非经过不知难。

69.Youth will be served.青春好作乐。

70.Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.无知的狂热是脱缰的野马

1.two wrongs don't make a right 以牙还牙行不通

2.the worm will turn 老实人逼急了也要反抗

3.all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy 只工作不玩耍 聪明的孩子也变傻

4.may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb 一不做 二不休

5.there's more than one way to skin a cat 方法不止一个 有的是办法

6.no

two ways about it 别无他途

7.watched pot never boils 心急水不开

8.waste not , want not 勤俭节约 吃穿不缺

9.walls have ears 隔墙有耳

10.virtue is its own reward 美德本身就是报酬

11.nothing ventured , nothing gained 不入虎穴 焉得虎子

12.variety is the spice of life 经历丰富多彩 才令生活充满乐趣

13.never the twain shall meet 泾渭分明

14.one good turn deserves another 以德报德

15.the truth wll out 纸包不住火

16.truth is stranger than fiction 现实比虚构更不可思议

17.a trouble shared is a trouble halved 烦恼可以分组

18.touch wood 继续走好运

19.it does exactly what it says on the tin 名副其实

20.time alone will tell 时间会证明一切

21.time is money 时间就是金钱

22.no time like present 现在不做更待何时

23.these things are sent to try us 这些都是对我们的考验

24.you can

never tell 谁也说不清

25.teach an old dog new tricks 老大不可教

26.one swallow doesn't make a summer 一燕不成复（好事可能纯属偶然）

27.nothing succeeds like success 一事成，百事顺

28.the streets are paved with gold 遍地都是黄金

29.a stitch in

time saves nine 小洞及时补 免遭大洞哭

30.still waters run deep 静水流深

31.one step forward , two steps back.进一步 退两步

32.the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.心有余而力不足

33.it takes all sorts to make a world 世界之大无奇不有

34.no smoke without fire 无火不生烟

35.let sleeping dogs lie 过去的事就不要再提了

36.it's six of one and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两

37.out of

sight, out of mind 眼不见心不烦

38.share and share alike 平均分享

39.you scratch

my back and I'll scratch yours 礼尚往来

40.least said soonest menged 只要没人再说 事情就会过去

41.what's scauce for the goose is scauce for the gander 一视同仁

42.there's safety in numbers 人多保险

43.rose by any other name would smell as sweet 玫瑰不叫玫瑰 依然芳香如故

44.rolling stone gathers no moss 滚石不生苔 频迁不聚财

45.rob Peter to pay Paul 拆东墙补西墙

1.a fool and his money are soon parted 蠢人不积财

2.if you've got it ,flaunt it 有什么能耐出来瞧瞧

3.first come , first served 先来后到

4.like father , like son 有其父必有其子

5.it's not until the fat lady sings 最后才能见输赢

6.so far , so good 到目前为止，一切还算顺利

7.famous last words 吹牛

8.what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve over 眼不见心不烦

9.enough is enough 行了

10.the end justifies the means 只要目的正当 可以不择手段

11.easy come , easy go 来得容易去得快

12.be easier said than done 谈何容易

13.the early bird catches the worm 捷足先登

14.why keep

a dog and bark yourself 既然有人代劳 何必自己操劳

15.give a dog a bad name 恶名难洗

16.every dog has its day 人人皆有得意时

17.discretion is the better part of valour 慎重为勇敢之本

18.the die is cast 木已成舟

19.the devil makes work for idle hands 人闲生是非

20.better the devil you know than the devil you don't 熟悉的环境比不熟悉的环境好

21.curiosity killed

the cat 好奇害死猫

22.don't count your chickens before they are hatched 别过早打如意算盘

23.too many cooks spoil the broth 人多手杂反坏事

24.two's company , three's a crowd 两人成伴

25.every cloud has a sliver lining 黑暗中总有一线光明

26.charity begains at home 博爱始于自家

27.when the cat's away the mice will play 猫儿不在 老鼠玩的自在28.boys will be boys 男孩总归是男孩

29.there's one born every minute 总有那种傻瓜

30.born with a sliver spoon in your mouth 出身富裕

31.absence makes the heart grow fonder 不相见 倍思念

32.there's no accounting for taste 人各有所好

33.actions speak louder than words 行动比言语更响亮

34.it'll be all right on the night 车到山前必有路

35.the apple doesn't fall from the tree 上行下效

36.if you can't beat them , join them

打不赢 就投靠

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

38.beauty is only skin-deep 貌美不如心灵美

39.you 've made your bed and you must lie in it 自己承担后果

40.beggars can't be choosers 要饭不能嫌馊 41.seeing is believing 眼见为实

42.a bied in the hand is worth two in the the bush

43.birds of a feather 同类人

44.blood is thicker than water 血浓于水

45.live and let live 宽以待人

.you reat what you sow 自食其果

2.it never rains but it pours 祸不单行

3.everyone has their price 有钱能使鬼推磨

4.the pot calling the kettle black 五十步笑百步

5.any port in a storm 慌不择路

6.people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones 殃

7.in for a penny , in for a pound 有始有终

8.the pen is mightier than the sword 笔诛胜于剑伐

9.he who pays the piper calls the tune 财大者气粗

10.you're only young once 青春只有一次

身居玻璃房 投石招祸

11.you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs 不花代价就难成大事（不入虎穴焉得虎子）

12.great oaks from little acorns grow 合抱之树

生于毫末

13.no news is good news 没有消息就是好消息

14.necessity is the mother of invention 需要是发明之母

15.needs must 不得已而为之

16.mud sticks 拦你沾身洗不清

17.where there's muck there's brass 哪活脏 哪有钱赚

18.out of the mouths of babes 童颜有道

19.money talks 有钱有势

20.a miss is as good as a mile 错误再小也是错误

21.the more the merrier 多多益善

22.you can't keep a good man down 有志者事竟成23.one man's meat another man's poison 兴趣爱好因人而异

24.every man for himself 人各为己

25.live to fight another day 卷土重来

26.live and let live 宽以待人

27.lightning never strikes twice 事不过二

28.the lights are on but nobody's home 心不在焉

29.a leopard cannot change its spots 本性难移

30.look before you leap 三思而后行

31.he who laughs last laughs longest 别高兴得太早

32.kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 竭泽而渔

33.don't

judge a book by its cover 勿以貌取人

34.you can lead a house to water , but you can't make it

drink 机会可以给 做不做由人

35.hope springs enternal 人生永远充满希望

36.home is where the heart is 家乃心所系

37.he who hesitates is lost 当断不断 反受其乱

38.many hands make light work 众人拾材火焰高

39.all hands on deck 全体出动

40.the grass is always greener on the other side 这山望着那山高

41.what goes around comes around 你怎么待人

人就怎么待你

42.two can play at that game 这一套你会我也会

43.out of the frying pan into the fire 每况愈下

44.forewarned is forearmed 有备无患

45.no fool like an old

fool

老糊涂最糊涂

第三篇：英文谚语

英文谚语500句

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 bird in the hand is worth than 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 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.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。

Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。

Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。

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.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 medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。

A good wife 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.浓缩的都是精品。

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。

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

All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。

All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。

All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。

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 work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

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 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。

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。

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

As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。

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 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。

Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。

Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。

Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。

Better late than never.不怕慢，单怕站。

Better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。

Between friends all is common.朋友之间不分彼此。

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

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。

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。

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。

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。

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.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。

Experience must be bought.吃一堑，长一智。

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。

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。

Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。

Good watch prevents misfortune.谨慎消灾。

Great barkers are no biters.好狗不挡道。

Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。

Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。

Great men have great faults.英雄犯大错误。

Great men's sons seldom do well.富不过三代。

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.大树底下好乘凉。

Great wits have short memories.贵人多忘事。

Greedy folks have long arms.心贪手长。

Guilty consciences make men cowards.做贼心虚。

Habit cures habit.心病还需心药医。

Handsome is he who does handsomely.行为漂亮才算美。

Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。

Happy is he who owes nothing.要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。

Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。

Harm set, harm get.害人害己。

Hasty love, soon cold.一见钟情难维久。

Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。

Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。

Hear all parties.兼听则明。

Heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不动，叫天何用。

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

He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后说好话，才是真朋友。

He is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。

He is lifeless that is faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。

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

He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.自嘲者不会让人见笑。

He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。

He knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。

He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。

He sets the fox to keep the geese.引狼入室。

He that climbs high falls heavily.爬得越高，摔得越重。

He that will not work shall not eat.不劳动者不得食。

He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟，不进则退。

He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.经常诉苦，没人同情。

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.想不犯错误，就一事无成。

He who risks nothing gains nothing.收获与风险并存。

History repeats itself.历史往往重演。

Honesty is the best policy.做人诚信为本。

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.朋友不能阿谀奉承。

If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.上当一回头，再多就可耻。

If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.人善被人欺，马善被人骑。

If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.耳朵发烧，有人念叨。

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.脚踏两条船，必定落空。

If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.杀鸡取卵。

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。

Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。

It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。

It is easier to get money than to keep it.挣钱容易攒钱难。

It is easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮好当。

It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.创业容易守业难。

It is hard to please all.众口难调。

It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。

It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。

It is the first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。

It is the unforeseen that always happens.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良机，后悔已迟。

It never rains but it pours.不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。

It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木，百年树人。

Jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通，样样稀松。

Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相，海不可斗量。

Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，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.一箭双雕。

Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.君王发狂，百姓遭殃。

Kings have long arms.普天之下，莫非王土。

Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

Learn and live.活着，为了学习。

Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。

Learn not and know not.不学无术。

Learn to walk before you run.先学走，再学跑。

Let bygones be bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。

Let sleeping dogs lie.别惹麻烦。

Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。

Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。

Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。

Life is but a span.人生苦短。

Life is half spent before we know what it is.人过半生，方知天命。

Life is not all roses.人生并不是康庄大道。

Life without a friend is death.没有朋友，虽生犹死。

Like a rat in a hole.瓮中之鳖。

Like author, like book.文如其人。

Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。

Like for like.一报还一报。

Like knows like.惺惺相惜。

Like mother, like daughter.有其母必有其女。

Like teacher, like pupil.什么样的老师教什么样的学生。

Like tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。

Little things amuse little minds.小人无大志。

Look before you leap.摸清情况再行动。

Lookers-on see more than players.当局者迷，旁观者清。

Losers are always in the wrong.胜者为王，败者为寇。

Lost time is never found again.岁月既往，一去不回。

Love at first sight.一见钟情。

Love cannot be compelled.爱情不能强求。

Love is blind.爱情是盲目的。

Love is full of trouble.爱情充满烦恼。

Love is never without jealousy.没有妒忌就没有爱情。

Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。

Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。

Make your enemy your friend.化敌为友。

Man is the soul of the universe.人是万物之灵。

Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。

Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高。

Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。

Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。

Measure for measure.针锋相对。

Misfortunes never come alone.祸不单行。

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。

Money isn't everything.钱不是万能的。

Murder will out.纸包不住火。

My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。

Nature is the true law.天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。

Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明的动力。

Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。

Never judge from appearances.不可以貌取人。

Never say die.永不言败。

Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。

No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。

No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。

No living man all things can.世上没有万事通。

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

No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。

No man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。

No man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时。

None are so blind as those who won't see.视而不见。

None are so deaf as those who won't hear.充耳不闻。

No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。

No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。

No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。

No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。

No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。

No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。

No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。

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

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。

Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行，语言最要紧。

Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。

Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。

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.勇者无惧。

Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。

Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。

Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。

Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，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，两次小。

Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。

Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。

One cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。

One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。

One false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。

One good turn deserves another.行善积德。

One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。

One man's fault is other man's lesson.前车之鉴。

One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。

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

One's words reflect one's thinking.言为心声。

Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。

Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。

Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。

Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。

Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。

Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。

Please the eye and plague the heart.贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。

Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。

Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。

Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。

Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。

Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。

Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。

Promise is debt.一诺千金。

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。

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.开卷有益。

Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。

Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。

Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。

Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。

Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。

Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。

Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。

Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。

Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。

Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。

Still water run deep.静水常深。

Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。

Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。

Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。

Talking mends no holes.空谈无补。

Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。

Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。

Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。

The best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。

The best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。

The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盗铃。

The danger past and God forgotten.过河拆桥。

The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。

The darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。

The devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。

The devil sometimes speaks the truth.魔鬼有时也会说真话。

The die is cast.木已成舟。

The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

The end justifies the means.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。

The end makes all equal.死亡面前，人人平等。

The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。

The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而绕远路。

The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。

The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。

The first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。

The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。

The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。

The grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。

The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。

The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得惨。

The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。

The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越谦虚。

The more wit, the less courage.初生牛犊不怕虎。

The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。

The pen is mightier than the sword.笔能杀人。

The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。

There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。

There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。

There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。

There is kindness to be found everywhere.人间处处有温情。

There is no general rule without some exception.任何法规均有例外。

There is no medicine against death.没有长生不老药。

There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。

There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

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.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，浊者自浊。

The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。

The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。

The world is but a little place, after all.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

Think twice before you do.三思而后行。

Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。

Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。

Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

Time flies.光阴似箭。

Time is money.时间就是金钱。

Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝，不可复得。

Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。

Time tries all.路遥知马力，日久见人心。

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.人非圣贤，孰能无过。

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.人贵有自知之明。

Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。

Too much familiarity breeds contempt.过分熟悉会使人互不服气。

Too much knowledge makes the head bald.学问太多催人老。

Too much liberty spills all.自由放任，一事无成。

Too much praise is a burden.过多夸奖，反成负担。

To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。

Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。

Troubles never come singly.福无双至，祸不单行。

Truth never grows old.真理永存。

Turn over a new leaf.洗心革面，改过自新。

Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

Two heads are better than one.一个好汉三个帮。

Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。

Two wrongs do not make a right.别人错了，不等于你对了。

Unity is strength.团结就是力量。

Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.忠言逆耳利于行。

Until all is over one's ambition never dies.不到黄河心不死。

Venture a small fish to catch a great one.吃小亏占大便宜。

Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远远胜过美貌。

Walls have ears.小心隔墙有耳。

Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬。

Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。

Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康，钱再多也没用。

We know not what is good until we have lost it.好东西，失去了才明白。

Well begun is half done.好的开始，是成功的一半。

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵。

We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。

We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。

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.儿时所学，终生难忘。

What's done cannot be undone.生米煮成熟饭了。

What's lost is lost.失者不可复得。

What we do willingly is easy.愿者不难。

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入国问禁，入乡随俗。

When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。

When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.伤心旧事别重提。

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.新仇旧恨，齐上心头。

When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。

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，不怕没柴烧。

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.好人不长命。

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.蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。

You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。

You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.强扭的瓜不甜。

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.是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.恶其始者必恶其终。

A bad bush is better than the open field.有胜于无。

A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

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

A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。

A bad padlock invites a picklock.开门揖盗。

A bad thing never dies.坏事传千年。

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差。

A bargain is a bargain.达成的协议不可撕毁。

A beggar's purse is bottomless.乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。

A bird may be known by its song.什么鸟唱什么歌。

A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.略有胜于全无。

A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.坐井观天。

A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.秋波送盲，白费痴情。

A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。

A book that remains shut is but a block.有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。

A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借来的斗篷不暖身。

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

A burden of one's choice is not felt.自己选的担子不嫌重。

A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十