常用英语谚语名言

常用英语谚语名言（精选6篇）

篇1：常用英语谚语名言

1.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.开头不好，结尾必糟。

2.A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.蛋糕莫保留，坏习气要除掉。

3.A bad workman always blames his tools.劣工咎器。

4.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.两鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。

5.A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation.人无知犹如房屋无基。

6.A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.书是随时携带的花园。

7.A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮了别人，燃尽了自己。

8.A door must be either shut or open.门不关就得开，二者必居其一。/非此即彼。

9.A friend is a second self.朋友是第二个自我。

10.A good beginning makes a good ending.欲善其终, 必先善其始。

11.A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。

12.A lazy youth, a lousy age.少年懒惰，老来贫苦。

13.A life without a friend is a life without a sun.人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有阳光。

14.A little help is worth a deal of pity.一次行动胜过一筐空话。

15.A little is better than none.有一点总比没有好。

16.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，害已误人。

17.A little labour, much health.常常走动，无病无痛。

18.A little learning is a dangerous thing.浅学寡识是件危险的事。

19.A little of everything, and nothing at all.样样皆通，样样稀松。

20.A man is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。

21.A merry heart goes all the way.心情愉快，办事痛快。

22.A picture is a poem without words.画为无言诗。

23.A snow year, a good year.瑞雪兆丰年。

24.A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.美好的事物永远是一种快乐。

25.A thousand mile trip begins with one step.千里之行，始于足下。

26.A tree is known by its fruit.观其行而知其人。

27.A word spoken cannot be recalled.一言说出，难以收回。

28.A word to the wise is enough.聪明人不用细说。

29.A work ill done must be twice done.工作未干好，只得重返工。

30.Act fairly by all men.一视同仁。

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

32.Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.困难和不幸不能使人富有，却能使人聪明。

33.After rain comes fair weather.否极泰来。

34.After supper walk a mile.饭后百步走，活到九十九。

35.All are not friends that speak us fair.说好话的不一定都是朋友。

36.All beginnings are hard.万事开头难。

37.All men can’t be first.并非所有的都能获第一。

38.All roads lead to Rome.处处有路通长安。

39.All things are difficult before they are easy.万事开头难。

40.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作而无娱乐会使人愚钝。

41.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一个苹果，医生不来找我。

42.An empty bag cannot stand upright.空袋子放不真。

43.An evil lesson is soon learned.学坏容易。

44.An honest man’s word is as good as his bond.君子一言，驷马难追。

45.An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。

46.An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

47.An ill workman quarrels with his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。48.Art is long, life is short.生有涯而知无涯。

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

50.As one door closes, another door opens.天无绝人之路。

51.As the wind blows, you must set your sail.趁风扬帆。

52.As you brew, so you must drink.自作自受。

53.Bad luck always comes in threes.祸不单行。

54.Bad news travels fast.坏事传千里。

55.Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.择友宜慎，弃之宜更慎。

56.Be slow to promise and quick to perform.重诺守信。

57.Be swift to hear, slow to speak.多听少说。

58.Beauty is but skin-deep.不可以貌取人。

59.Beauty is truth, truth beauty.美即是真，真即是美。

60.Better a little fire to warm us, than a great fire to burn us.宁要小火暖身，不要大火灼人。

61.Better a little loss than a long sorrow.宁可作点牺牲，不要长久悲痛。

62.Better ask twice than lose your way once.问路两次胜过迷路一次。

63.Better be sure than sorry.要安全，不要危险。

64.Better early than late.宁早勿迟。

65.Better late than never.这到总比不到强。

66.Better lost than found.宁可丢掉，不愿找到。（常针对不喜欢的人或物。）

67.Better safe than sorry.安全胜过遗憾。

68.Better small fish than empty dish.盘中小鱼胜无鱼。

69.Better the last smile than the first laughter.笑在前不如笑在后。

70.Better to ask the way than go astray.多问不吃亏。

71.Better to be safe than sorry.安全胜过遗憾。

72.Better to do well than to say well.嘴勤不如手勤。

73.Better to have than wish.现有胜过心想。

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

75.Bite off more than one can chew.贪多嚼不烂。

76.Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。

77.Books and friends should be few but good.择友如藏书，皆宜少而精。

78.Both together do best of all.人心齐，泰山移。

79.Busiest men find the most time.最忙的人时间最多。

80.Business before pleasure.先工作，后娱乐。

81.Business is business.生意是生意，交情归交情。

82.By doing nothing we learn to do ill.一闲生百邪。

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

84.By reading we enrich the mind;by conversation we polish it.读书益智，交谈搏彩。

85.By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.团结则存，分裂则亡。

86.Call a spade a spade.直言不讳。

87.Care and diligence bring luck.细心勤奋，带来好运。

88.Care brings grey hair.愁一愁，白了头。

89.Care is enemy to health.忧虑有损健康。

90.Care will kill a cat.忧虑伤神。

91.Children and fools cannot lie.小孩和傻瓜嘴里没谎话。

92.Children and fools speak the truth.童子吐真言。

93.Children are what the mothers are.有其母，必有其子。

94.Children have the qualities of the parents.有什么样的父母，就有什么样的孩子。95.Christmas comes but once a year.圣诞节每年只有一次。

96.Clothes don’t make the man.好马不在鞍，人美不在衫。

97.Clothes make the man.人靠衣服马靠鞍。

98.Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.信心为成功之始。

99.Content is better than riches.知足常乐。

100.Content is happiness.知足常乐。

101.Custom is a second nature.习俗是人的第二天性。

102.Custom makes all the things easy.形成习惯，事事好办。

103.Cut your coat according to your cloth.看布裁衣。

104.Deeds are males and words are females.会说不如会干。

105.Delays are dangerous.拖延误事。

106.Diamond cut diamond.势均力敌。

107.Diligence is the mother of good luck.幸运出自勤奋。

108.Diligence is the greatest of teachers.勤奋是最伟大的导师。

109.Diligence is the mother of success.成功来自勤奋。

110.Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.挫折哺育智慧。

111.Discontent is the first step in progress.不满足是进取的第一步。

112.Do as I say, not as I do.照我说的做，不要照我干的做。

113.Do as the Romans do.入国问禁，入乡随俗。

114.Do it now.说干就干，机不可失。

115.Do not attend to two things at a time.一心不能二用。

116.Do not cry for the moon.不要异想天开。

117.Do not try out before you are hurt.不要没碰到就叫。

118.Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.不能过河拆桥。

119.Do nothing by halves.不可半途而废。

120.Do on the hill as you would do in the hall.人前人后一个样。

121.Do what you ought, and come what can.但知行好事，莫要问前程。

122.Doing is better than saying.空言无补。

123.Doing nothing is doing ill.游手好闲就是学坏。

124.Don’t bite off more than you can chew.贪多嚼不烂。

125.Don’t change horses in the middle of a stream.病重不宜换郎中。

126.Don’t climb a tree to look for fish.不可缘木求鱼。

127.Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.不要高兴太早。

128.Don’t forget to cross your t’s.不要丢三落四。

129.Don’t have too many irons in the fire.贪多嚼不烂。

130.Don’t judge a book by its cover.书的价值不在封面。

131.Don’t judge by appearance.不可以貌取人。

篇2：常用英语谚语名言

A fool always comes short of his reckoning.愚人常缺算计。· A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。· Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.事情要安步就班地做，就会很快地做完。· A fault confessed is half redressed.承认错误，等於改正一半。· A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。· A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。· A faithful friend is hard to find.益友难得。· A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。· A fair death honours the whole life.死得光明，终身荣耀。· Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。· Adversity makes strange bedfellows.身处逆境不择友。· Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.患难使人聪明，但不能致富。· Adversity leads to prosperity.逆境迎向昌盛。· Adversity is a good discipline.苦难是磨练人的好机会。· A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.骨头打狗狗不叫。· Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。· A disease known is half cured.病情确诊断，治病好一半。· A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.不满足者坐无宁时。· Actions speak louder than words.事实胜於雄辩。· Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识的巧果。· A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.户枢不蠹。· A crafty knave needs no broker.狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。· A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。· A contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常乐。· A constant guest is never welcome.久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。· A common danger causes common action.同仇敌忾。· A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。· A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入，祸从口出。· A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.宁为清贫，不为浊富。· A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。· A clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落，胜券在握。· A clear conscience is a soft pillow.问心无愧，高枕无忧。· A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜。· A cheerful wife is the joy of life.快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。· A change of work is as good as a rest.调换一下工作是很好的休息。· Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。· A cat may look at a king.猫也有权晋见国王。· A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。· A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。· A burden of one′s choice is not felt.自己选的担子不嫌重。· Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切，离别情更深。· A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借来的斗篷不暖身。· A book that remains shut is but a block.有书闭卷不阅读，无异是

一块木头。· 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 faithful friend is hard to find.益友难得。· A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。· A fair death honours the whole life.死得光明，终身荣耀。· Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。· Adversity makes strange bedfellows.身处逆境不择友。· Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.患难使人聪明，但不能致富。· Adversity leads to prosperity.逆境迎向昌盛。· Adversity is a good discipline.苦难是磨练人的好机会。· A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.骨头打狗狗不叫。· Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。· A disease known is half cured.病情确诊断，治病好一半。· A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.不满足者坐无宁时。· Actions speak louder than words.事实胜於雄辩。· Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识的巧果。· A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.户枢不蠹。· A crafty knave needs no broker.狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。· A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。· A contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常乐。· A constant guest is never welcome.久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。· A common danger causes common action.同仇敌忾。· A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。· A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入，祸从口出。· A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.宁为清贫，不为浊富。· A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。· A clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落，胜券在握。· A clear conscience is a soft pillow.问心无愧，高枕无忧。· A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜。· A cheerful wife is the joy of life.快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。· A change of work is as good as a rest.调换一下工作是很好的休息。· Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。· A cat may look at a king.猫也有权晋见国王。· A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。· A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。· A burden of one′s choice is not felt.自己选的担子不嫌重。· Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切，离别情更深。· A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借来的斗篷不暖身。· A book that remains shut is but a block.有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。· 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 blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.秋波送盲，白费痴情。· A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it′s the boundary of the world.坐井观天。· A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.略有胜於全无。· A bird may be known

篇3：常用英语谚语名言

原型理论认为原型或典型性成员构成了范畴中最具代表性的特征。范畴围绕原型作为认知参照点建构, 原型是最具有典型性的实例。而在语法教学中, 教师举的例句不典型、没文采、老生常谈、索然无味。加上枯燥的语法规则令学生望而却步, 听而生厌。根据原型理论, 在语法教学中, 教师可以把一些经典谚语、名言作为典型性实例来吟诵并且运用之。我们知道英语谚语是语言的精华, 是西方文化的重要组成部分, 它内容精辟, 寓意深刻。把一些英语谚语、名言作为典型性的实例熟读、熟记, 可以帮助学生深刻了解英语的句子结构及其变化规律, 学会基本的地地道道的表达方式。在英语语法教学实践中, 教师恰当地运用英语谚语、名言除了能帮助学生扩展课外知识、了解西方文化;更能激发学习英语的兴趣, 更好地学习语法, 培养英语语感, 在教学中受到学生们的普遍欢迎。下面仅以定语从句教学活动为例。

2 定语从句教学活动实例

定语从句是语法教学中比较难教、学生难学的知识, 教师通过下面一系列由浅入深、可操作性强的教学活动, 把枯燥无味的语法上成活泼、有趣的课堂。

2.1 活动1说我——闪亮登场

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

在学习人教版高一Unit 1, 通过“头脑风暴”让全班学生集思广益, 以互补的形式收集与品质有关的形容词如active, brave, careful, clever, honest, helpful, humorous, kind, smart, wise, hard-working, generous, selfless, easy-going, reliable, considerate, patient, sincere, responsible。

T:Let me introduce myself.I am an active teacher or I am a teacher that is active.

S1:I am an active boy or I am a boy that is active.

S2:I am a careful girl or I am a girl that is careful.

S3:I am an easy-going boy or I am a boy that is easy-going.

Sn:

设计意图:此环节通过单个的形容词作定语修饰boygirlstudent等名词, 置于被修饰名词之前, 换成一个句子作定语置于被修饰名词之后的进行比较过渡, 学生明白了定语从句的作用——-形容词作用;又进行发散思维, 既扩大了学生的词汇量, 又通过模仿, 造出含有定语从句的句子, 进行生生互动的交流。师生之间的心灵沟通, 教师更好地了解了学生, 真正做到教书育人。

2.2 活动2手拉手成为家中一成员

1) He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。

2) God helps those who help themselves天助自助者

He has never been to the Great Wall.He is not a true man.→He who he has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.

Love is a rose.It makes life beautiful.→Love is a rose that It makes life beautiful

Love is a joke.It brings readers delight.→Love is a joke that It brings readers delight.

设计意图:此环节让师生共同诵读来感悟定语从句中关系词的三个作用:1、thatwho起连接作用—把两个句子拉起来;2、指代前面的名词 (先行词) ;3、在从句中充当一定成分, 这样就成为从句家庭中的一员, 换一句话说, 要把重复的词省去。通过诵读观察归纳出它的结构:名词代词+关系词 (whothat) +句子。

2.3 活动3说你——心目中的真心英雄

Question:He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.

What kind of person do you think is a true man?Answers:S1:He who is helpful is a true man.

S2:He who is responsible is a true man.S3:He who is selfless is a true man.

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Sn:Mr.Xia, What kind of person do you think is a true man?T:He who is honest, kind-hearted, responsible is a true man设计意图:此环节让学生通过对英语谚语的复习, 更进一步了解和领悟定语从句的语法规则——先行词 (人) 和关系词 (who) , 再用它去指导语言实践如创设情境, 创造出属于自己的“凡人名句”等等, 做到“在用中学, 在学中用”。又进行了师生互动和生生互动的交流, 摆脱了传统教学中“满堂灌”的做法, 改变语法课堂中的沉闷气氛, 让语法课充满生机。

2.4 活动4家乡美——人杰地灵

1) Thought is the key which unlocks the doors of the world.思考是打开世界门户的钥匙。

2) Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.失败是一所学校, 真理总是强劲增长.

T:Zhu Zhi wen, who is famous for as“Brother Coat”, comes from Heze, which is famous for peony, which represents rich and elegant.He likes singing songs, one of which is called Rolling in the Yangtze River eastward (滚滚长江东逝水)

S1:I live in Cui Village, which is near Fang shan Hill, which is famous for a fairy tale

S2:I live in Shi Village, which is near King Liang platform, on which he trained soldiers

Sn:

设计意图:此环节通过接龙比赛, 让学生定语从句的语法规则:先行词 (物、地方的名词) 和关系词 (which) 。了解定语从句的补充解释作用, 注重语法课的互动性。语法教学之所以乏味, 某种程度上关键是缺乏能引起师生互动和生生互动的交流, 英语语法教学的宗旨是为了培养学生准确地运用语言的能力, 因此, 教师在教学过程中要自始至终地体现语法教学以运用为前提, 以运用为目的, 以运用为核心的教学理念。这样通过模仿谚语, 实现由传统静态式教学向动态式教学的转变。

2.5 活动5金色年华

Spring is a time when youth dreams and old age remembers.春天是青年人梦想将来和老年人缅怀过去的季节.

T:Yesterday is my favorite day.My class won the School Basketball Game yesterday.That is to say, Yesterday is my favorite day when my class won the School Basketball Game.Which dayweekyear is your favorite?And why?Who can try?

S1:Jan.2 is my favorite day when my parents celebrate my birthday.

S2:April Fool’s Day is my favorite day when I can play a joke on someone or even my teacher.

S3:My favorite season is spring when the earth is born again.

S4:I’ll never forget the day when I first went to Heze to visit The Peony Garden

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设计意图:此环节教师创设情境, 让学生回忆在某一天、某一季节、某一年里所做、所见、所听有趣、欢乐的事这一活动, 参与度高, 同时也明白了结构:名词 (dayweekyear) +when+句子.

2.6 活动6感悟庐山全貌

“先见树木再见森林”, 局部学好了再总揽定语从句的全局, 这样有完整的整体语感。而引导定语从句的关系词共计9个:that、who、which、whose、whom、as、where、when、why等, 可借助下列谚语进行总结。

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

He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.智者是其心灵一直盯着自己的人。

A original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.有独创性的作家不是不模仿人, 而是谁也模仿不了他。

Love is the master key which opens the gate of happiness.爱是开启幸福之门的万能钥匙。

Don't expect people to do things (which) you would not do yourself.己所不欲勿施于人。

Life is a flower of which love is the honey.人生是花朵, 爱情是花蜜。 (雨果)

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.勇气是一架梯子, 其他美德全靠它爬上去。

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.成功先于工作的唯一情况是在字典里。

Spring is a time when youth dreams and old age remembers.春天是青年人梦想将来和老年人缅怀过去的季节。

The reason why we think life is so ugly is that we imagine it to be too beautiful in the past.我们觉得现在的生活是那么丑恶的原因是把我们过去的生活想象得太美好了。

All is not gold that glitters.所有发光的东西并不都是金子。 (分隔式定语从句)

As is often said, a fly even has its anger.狗急跳墙 (非限制性下同)

He, who knows nothing but pretends to know everything, is indeed a good-for-nothing.不懂装懂, 永世饭桶。

He who learns but does not think which is lost;He who thinks but does not learn, which is in great danger.学而不思则罔, 思而不学则殆

设计意图:此环节师生共同诵读含有定语从句的谚语、名言, 这不是单纯传授、讲解的做法。而让学生采用主动观察、分析、归纳、对比、总结和运用等步骤。把教师“规则——例证”的传授变为学生“语料——规则”的探索, 这种以“学生为主体, 教师为主导”的探究式的任务型语法教学模式, 改变了传统英语教学中灌输式的教学方法, 由学生自己积极主动诵读、归纳、总结出语法规则, 增强了学生的自信心和自主性, 更能对语法进行灵活的运用。

2.7 活动7超越自我——借他山之石攻己之玉

句能表意, 段能传情。有的教师将含有谚语且很地道的语篇引入语法课, 更加有助于语法形式、意义与运用三者有机的结合。如:When three men are walking together, there is one who can be my teacher.I pick out people’s good and follow it.When I see their bad points, I correct them in myself.三人行, 必有我师焉:择其善者而从之, 其不善者而改之。

有的老师或学生对一些谚语进行加工改编, 融入到语篇之中, 提高语言运用能力。如:In my opinion, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone in our society, but only those who are adequately prepared and highly qualified can make use of them.In the end, they enable themselves to take the strong position in their life我的观点是:在我们的社会里, 人人都有许多机遇, 但是只有那些做好充分准备并且高度称职的人才能利用好机遇。最终, 他们一定成为生活的强者。

设计意图:此环节让学生诵读这些语篇, 优美的句子不但陶冶学生的心灵, 而且促使学生形成积极向上的心态。起到“一举三得”的作用:不仅有助于学生掌握定语从句等语法, 而且有利于学生心灵美的塑造, 还能提升学生的英语写作能力。

2.8 活动8小试牛刀——谚语运用于语法题案例之定语从句

回眸历年高考真题, 感觉岁岁年年题不同, 年年岁岁题相似。下面仅以山东卷为例:

23.Maria has written two novels, both of____have been made into television series. (12’山东)

A.them B.that C.which D.what

设计意图:此环节让学生运用谚语实战演练。在做这类试题时, 许多学生可能是把四个答案分析了半天, 再用什么排除法进行排除掉错误答案。而学生通过诵读谚语, 不难感受到上面考查的都是定语从句, 这些题与平常诵读含有定语从句的谚语如出一辙。上面题的答案就会脱口而出:C。不仅是山东卷的单选题, 几乎各省依然。而教师讲讲讲, 其结果很可能正确的没有记住, 错误的反而记住了, 因为四个选项中, 有三个是错误答案!75%的时间都在复习错误的答案啊!

借用谚语可以用于任何一个语言点的学习, 在讲授语法的时候, 恰当地引用相应的谚语进行知识讲解, 并要求学生诵读这些谚语, 学生既学得兴趣盎然, 重点和难点又得到了突破。让学生通过谚语掌握语法规则, 无疑是一种快捷有效的学习途径。

3 结束语

篇4：常用英语谚语辑录

1. Actions speak louder than words. 行动比言语更有说服力。（事实胜于雄辩）

2. Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。

3. Honesty is the best policy. 诚实总是上策。

4. The best fish are / swim near the bottom. 好鱼居水底。（有价值的东西不能轻易得到）

5. The more you get, the more you want. 拥有越多，想要越多。

注：以上五句谚语运用了形容词、副词比较级或最高级。

6. A rising tide lifts all boats. 水涨船高。

7. Time lost cannot be recalled. 光阴一去不复返。

8. To stand still is to move back. 逆水行舟，不进则退。

9. Saving is getting. 节约而后有。（节约就是获得）

10. It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。（打翻牛奶，哭也没用）

注：以上五句运用了非谓语动词。

11. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作（学习）不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

12. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早起早睡使你健康、富裕、聪明。

13. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.多吃水果利健康。（一天一苹果，医生远离我）

14. A bsence makes the heart grow fonder. 久别情深。

15. Money makes the mare(母马，母驴) go. 有钱能使鬼推磨。

16. You may take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink. 领马河边易，逼马饮水难。（不要逼人做不愿做的事）

注：以上六句运用了“vt. + 宾语+ 宾语补足语”句型。

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

18. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。

19. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. 抱最好的希望，作最坏的准备。

20. Its never too late to mend. 改过迁善从不嫌晚。（亡羊补牢，未为晚也）

21. One is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

22. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. 阅读对于我们心灵之重要，犹如运动对于身体一样。

注：以上六句运用了be worth..., hope for..., prepare for..., too... to..., A is to B what C is to D等固定结构。

23. All that glitters(闪烁) is not gold. / All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的并非都是金子。

24. All that dogs bark at are not thieves. / All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗吠者未必是贼。（勿以貌取人）

25. Every couple is not a pair. / Not every couple is a pair. 成双未必能配对。

注：以上三句运用了部分否定结构。

26. It is a good horse that never stumbles(绊倒), and a good wife that never grumbles(牢骚).良马会失蹄，贤妻有牢骚。

27. Its a long lane(小巷)that has no turning. 路必有弯，事必有变。

28. It is love that makes the world go round. 爱使世界更美好。

29. It is the early bird that catches the worm. 早出的鸟儿吃到虫。（捷足先登）

注：以上四句运用了强调句型。

30. A fall into the pit(陷井), a gain in your wit(才智). 吃一堑，长一智。

31. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

32. Never put off till tomorrow. 今日事，今日毕。

33. Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

34. Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不想。

35. Waste not, want not. 不浪费，不愁缺。

注：以上六句运用了“省略”，表达精练，语言生动。

36. Alls well that ends well. 结果好就是一切好。

37. He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。

38. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 家居玻璃房，切忌乱扔石。（自己有弱点，勿揭他人短）

注：以上三句运用了定语从句。

39. Dont count your chickens before they are hatched.小鸡孵出前，先别忙点数。（办事尚未果，不把成功言）（不要过早乐观）

40. When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入乡从俗。

41. Where there is life there is hope. 有生命就有希望。（留得青山在，不怕没柴烧）

42. Where theres a will, theres a way. 有志者事竟成。

43. Where theres smoke, theres fire. 无风不起浪。

44. If at first you dont succeed, try, try, try again. 再接再厉，终会成功。

45. If a thing is worth doing, its worth doing well. 凡值得一做的都值得做好。

注：以上各句分别运用了时间状语从句、方式状语从句、地点状语从句和条件状语从句。

46. Whats learnt in the cradle(摇篮) lasts till the tomb. 摇篮中所学，受用到墓穴。（孩提时代学到的东西，至死不忘）

注：以上这句运用了主语从句。

篇5：作文中常用的英文谚语及名人名言

一．英文名人名言（90个）（1）“创造”题材（6个）

1.All work is empty save when there is no love.(Gibran)

没有爱，所有的工作都空洞无物（纪伯伦）

2.Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.(John Locke)

哪里缺乏热情，哪里就不会有勤奋（约翰.洛克）

3.Darkness closes two eyes, but darkness opens a thousand others within us.Those unseen eyes are sometime troublesome.Yes, night brings strange fears and longings.(Louis Dens)

黑暗使我们闭上双眼，然而却又打开了我们内心的无数双眼睛，这些看不见的眼睛有时令人烦恼；的确，夜晚带来稀奇谷关的恐惧和渴望（路易斯.但泽）

4.It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most.(Homer)

常常是最后一首歌赢得的掌声最多（荷马）

5.The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything;it is he that gets the most out of life.(Chesterton)初生牛犊是一切事物中的最终胜利者，正是它赢取并饱尝了生活的精华（切斯特顿）

6.Nobody sees with his eyes alone;we see with our souls.(Henry Miller)

没有人只用眼睛看，我们用心灵去看（亨利.米勒）

（2）“事业”题材（42个）

1.Change as change is mere flux and lapse;it insults intelligence.Genuinely to know is to grasp a permanent end that realizes itself through changes.(John Dewey)

如果仅仅就变化论变化，则只是变动不羁，倏忽即逝；这是低能的表现，真正列哦接变化在于把握住在变化中完成自身的永恒目标（约翰.杜威）

2.Change is the law of life.And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.(John F.Kennedy).变化是生活的法则，只盯着过去或眼前的人注定失去未来（约翰.弗.肯尼迪）

3.Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life.(Goethe)

天才消无声息地诞生，性情却在生命之河里逐渐形成（歌德）

4.With a character both proud and timid, one never amounts to anything.(Joseph Roux)

一个人既自然又胆怯，将永远一事无成（约瑟夫.鲁）

5.If there is anything that we wish to change the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.(Jung)

加入我们想让孩子在某个方面有所发展，我们应首先检验一下，看看我们自己是否最好在这一方面变一变（荣格）

6.The finest inheritance you can five to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.(Isadora Duncan)

你能留给孩子的最好的财产莫过于允许他完全独立自主地摸索自己的道路（伊莎多拉.邓肯）

7.Man’s highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.(Goethe)

人最大的优点是尽可能多地驾驭外部环境，尽可能少地让环境约束自己（歌德）

8.Don’t wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.(Janet Erskine Stuart)

不要等候最好的条件或者最佳的时机，它们永远不会降临（珍妮特.厄斯金.斯图亚特）

9.Some people will never learn anything for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.(Alexander pope)

有些人永远学不到什么东西，原因在于它们什么都理解的太快（亚历山大.蒲柏）

10.To think justly, we must understand what others mean;to know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds.要正确的思考，我们须领悟别人的意思；想知道自己讲解的价值，我们须检验它们对别人有何影响（威廉.黑兹利特）

11.No men is an island, entire of itself;every man is a piece of the continent.(John Donne)

没有人是完全孤独的岛屿，每个人都是构成大陆的一小块（约翰.邓恩）

12.No man can have society upon his own terms.If he seeks it, he must serve it too.(Emerson)

没有人能让社会服从个人的意志，倘若他想寻求符合心意的社会，也必须服务于它（爱默生）

13.Customary use of artifice is the sign of a small mind, and it almost always happens that ht who uses it to cover one spot uncovers himself in another.(La Rochefoucauld)

习惯做假是小人的特点，但常常是某人作假遮住了一个污点，却在另一处露了马脚（拉.罗什福科）

14.Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.(Mark Twain)

每个人都是一轮月亮，都有黑暗的、从不示人的一面（马克.吐温）

15.The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.(Aesop)

思想月狭隘，自负越膨胀（伊索）

16.What is the first business of philosophy? To part with self-conceit.For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows.(Epictetus)

哲学的首要任务是什么？是同自负决裂。因为任何人都不能着手去学自以为已经掌握的东西（爱比克泰德）

17.Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be;for without victory there is no survival.(Sir Winston Churchill)

不惜一切代价夺取胜利，不畏任何恐怖夺取胜利。不论道路多么漫长，多么崎岖，一定要夺取胜利！因为没有胜利就不能生存（温斯顿.丘吉尔）

18.The God of Victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory to both sides.(Emerson)

胜利之神据说是独臂的，和平却将胜利赋予双方（爱默生）

19.To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.(William Hazlitt)

稳固的友谊和持久的爱情，这两者是善良和睿智的证明（威廉.黑兹利特）

20.Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.(George Bernard Shaw)

沉默是蔑视的最好表达（肖伯纳）

21.If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.(Democrit)

倘若你心满意足，你将无所建树（德谟克利特）

22.Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.(Mark Twain)

拥有良书、益友和一颗宁静的心：这就是理想的生活（马克.吐温）

23.Only if we can restrain ourselves is conversation possible;good talk rises upon much self-discipline.(John Erskine)

我们唯有约束自己，对话才能进行；友好的交谈是依赖于良好的自我克制得以产生（约翰.尼斯金）

24.The unluckiest insolvent in the world is the man whose expenditure of speech is too great for his income of ideas.(Christopher Morley)

世界上最不幸的破产者摸过于言语消耗过大而思想无力支付的人（克里斯托弗.莫里）

25.Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.(Benjamin Franklin)

阅读培养学问丰富的人，思考培养见识深刻的人，演讲培养思路清晰的人（本杰明.富兰克林）

26.I ought to be no more than one mirror, in which my reader can see his own thinking with all its deformities so that, helped in this way, he can put it right.(Wittgenstein)

我应该只是一面镜子，我的读者可以通过这面镜子看到他思想的全部缺陷，从而借助这个途径将思想端正（维特根斯坦）

27.Perhaps at bottom I’m … a country man.The warm earth feelings gets me hardest.It’s land love, ground love.(Sherwood Anderson)

或许在内心深处我是——属于乡村的，那温暖的土壤的感觉让我最难释怀，这是对乡村和土地的眷恋（谢伍德.安德森）

28.It is a brave act of valor to contemn death;but where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.(Thomas Browne)

蔑视死亡是一种英勇的行为，但是当或着比死亡更加可怕的时候，那么敢于生活下去才是至高无上的勇气（托马斯.布朗）

29.Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead.(Rollo May)

勇气是每个人首要的美德，只要他还在成长，还在前进（罗洛.梅）

30.The imagination imitates.It is the critical spirit that creates.(Oscar Wilde)

想象是模仿，判断的精神才具有创造力（奥斯卡.王尔德）

31.The greater one’s love for a person, the less room for flattery.The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.(Moliere)

爱一个人爱的越深就越少恭维他，毫无保留的批评才验证真的感情（莫里哀）

32.Cruelty ever proceeds from a vile mind, and often from a cowardly heart.(Lodovico Ariosto)

残忍永远处于卑劣之性，而且往往源于胆怯之心（路.阿里奥斯托）

33.Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit.(Matthew Arnold)

文化令我们知悉世界上最好的知识和话语，从而了解人类精神的历史（马修.阿诺德）

34.It is vain to find faults with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.(John Locke)

当人们心甘情愿受骗上当，抱怨骗术实属徒劳无益（约翰.洛克）

35.It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.(Publilius Syrus)

被人拒绝也比被人欺骗好受（普布里利亚斯.西拉斯）

36.The passing years steal from us one thing after another.(Horace)

逝去的年华从我们这偷走一样有一样东西（贺拉斯）

37.All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single action.(James Russell Lowell)

世间所有美丽的情感抵不过一次可爱的行动（詹姆斯.罗素.洛威尔）

38.It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.(Publilius Syrus)

假如你不注重实践，满腹经纶也是狂妄（普布里利亚斯.西拉斯）39.Isn’t the best defense always a good attack?(Ovid)

最佳的防御难道不是绝妙的攻击吗？（奥维德）

40.A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.(Schopenhauer)

一个人可以干他想干的一切，却不能要求得到他想要的一切（叔本华）

41.Difficulties in crease, the nearer one comes to the goal.(Goethe)

困难增加于是这距离目标更远（歌德）

42.If a sense of duty tortures an man, it also enables him to achieve prodigies.(H.L.Mencken)

如果责任感令人痛苦，那它也是人创造奇迹（亨.路.门肯）

（3）“实践”题材（34个）

1.As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man.(Emerson)

竭尽全力掌握各种语言，结交各式朋友，精通各类技艺及行业，如此努力方能成为一个完整的人（爱默生）

2.In a world as empirical as ours, a youngster who does not know what he is good at will not be sure what he is good for.(Edgar Friedenberg)

在我们这个经验的世界里，一个不懂得自己精通什么的青年不会确切地知道他的价值所在（埃德加.弗里登伯格）

3.Skills vary with the man.We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.(Pindar)

技能因人而异，我们必须凭借天生的资质引导我们执著前行，奋斗不息（品达）

4.The spirit of rejection finds its support in the consciousness of separateness;the spirit of acceptance finds its base in the consciousness of unity.(Tagore)

拒人千里源于分裂的意识；宽容大度源于统一和谐的意识（泰戈尔）

5.A men dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.(Homer)

无所事事亦难逃一死，不如奋斗终生（荷马）

6.Seek not proud riches, but such as thou may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.(Bacon)

不要寻求令人称美的财富，应当追求这样的境界：对财富正当地获取，清醒地使用，愉快地施舍并能知足地放弃（培根）

7.A life will be successful or not according to as the power of accommodation is equal to or unequal to the strain of fusing and adjusting internal and external changes.(Samuel Butler)

生活是否成功以来于一个人的适应能力能否胜任融合和调节内部及外界变化这一重任（塞缪尔.小巴特勒）8.If you want to slip into a round hole, you must make a ball of yourself.(George Eliot)

你想要钻入一个圆洞，你就必须将自己变为球形（乔治.爱略特）

9.The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.(Aristotle)

人们泰然自若地承受接踵而来的灾难，并不是由于感觉迟钝，而是具有崇高个英勇的品质，这是，尽管在厄运中，心灵美仍放射出灿烂辉煌（亚里士多德）

10.In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man’s affliction is to remember that he once was happy.(Boethius)

在各种逆境中，人们感受到得最大痛苦莫过于回忆起曾经拥有过的幸福（波伊提乌斯）

11.Adversity is the first path to truth.(Byron)

逆境是通往真理的第一条路（拜伦）

12.Advice is like snow, the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind.(Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

忠告就像雪花，飘落得越轻柔，就越能持久，也越能深深地潜入人心（塞缪尔.泰勒.柯勒律治）

13.To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder: but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.(William Thackeray)

看见一对年轻人相亲相爱不足为奇，然而看到一对咋样的老人却是人间最美丽的景致（威廉.萨克雷）

14.It is not be who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy, but he who has shown the most forbearance and the better temper.(Samuel Butler)

辩论中得分最高的并非一语中的的人，二十显出最大耐心，更具涵养的人（谁缪尔.巴特勒）

15.The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.(Joseph Joubert)

争辩或讨论理应着眼于从中获益二不是非分出胜负不可（约瑟夫.尧伯）

16.The business of every art is to bring something into existence, and the practice of an art involves the study of how to bring into existence something which is capable of having such an existence and has its efficient cause in the maker and not in itself.(Aristotle)

一切技艺都与创造有关，运用技艺就是研究如何创造某种可以创造的东西。创造这种东西的始点在创制者中，而不是在被创制物中（亚里士多德）

17.Art and science create a balance to material life and enlarge the world of living experience.Art leads to a more profound concept of life, because art itself is a profound expression of feeling.(Hans Hofmann)

艺术与科学在物质生活领域构成平衡，并且拓宽经验世界。艺术导致对生活更为深刻的思考，因为它本身乃是情感的深层表现（汉斯.霍夫曼）

18.You use a glass mirror to see your face: you use works of art to see your soul.(George Bernard Shaw)

你在镜中看到自己的容貌；在艺术作品中见到自己的灵魂（肖伯纳）

19.It constantly happens that the arts influence one another, that they, or that, as a result of their natural evolution, they overflow their boundaries and invade the domains of neighboring arts.Now it is music that would become painting, now painting that would become music.(Roman Rolland)

各种艺术形式经常互相影响，互相融合，或者作为自然演化的结果，它们超越各自的边界，侵入邻近的艺术形式的领域，时而音乐变成绘画，时而绘画变成音乐（罗曼.罗兰）

20.Painting is a blind man’s profession.He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.(Pablo Picasso)

绘画是盲人的职业，他不画所见之物，而画所感之物，画他就看到的事物向自己倾吐的感受（巴勃罗.毕加索）

21.The ideal artist is he who knows everything, feels everything, experiences everything, and retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds upon it with creative lust.(George Bellows)

理想的艺术家通晓一切，感知一切，经历一切。他怀着惊讶获取经验，并以创作欲来满足他的惊奇（乔治.贝洛斯）

22.First, say to yourself what you would be;and then do what you have to do.(Epictetus)

首先默默告诉自己想成为什么样的人，然后再着手必须做的事情（爱比克泰德）

23.People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can’t do.(Edgar Waston Howe)

人们致力于力所不及的事情的同时，往往忽略了力所能及的事情（埃德加.沃斯顿.豪）

24.Beauty hath no true glass, except it be/ In the sweet privacy of loving eyes.(James Russell Lowell)

美不在镜前显现/ 只隐于含情脉脉的眉目之间（詹姆斯.罗素.洛威尔）

25.Such is beauty ever,--neither in Rome nor in Athens, but whenever there is a soul to admire.(Thoreau)

美既不在罗马也不在雅典，而是深藏于每一颗欣赏美的心灵，这才是永恒的美（梭罗）

26.Learn to foster an ardent imagination;so shall you descry beauty which others passed unheeded,(Norman Douglas)

学会培养富有激情的想象，如此你将发现别人忽视而错过的美（诺曼.道格拉斯）

27.The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.(Seneca)

赋予我们生命的那一刻又开始将生命带走（塞内加）

28.In difficult situations when hope seems feeble, the boldest plans are safest.(Livy)

处于希望渺茫的困境中，最大胆的计划反而最可靠（利维）

29.Yield not thy neck/ To fortune’s yoke, but let thy dauntless mind/ Still ride in triumph over all mischance.(Shakespeare)

切勿屈服命运的奴役/ 振作你勇敢无畏的精神/ 以胜利者的姿态压倒所有的不幸（莎士比亚）

30.The easiest books are generally the best, for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.(Lord Chesterfield)

最通俗易懂的书籍往往最优秀。因为无论什么作者如果他用自己的语言都表述的晦涩而艰难，可以断定其思考亦不会清晰（切斯特菲尔德）

31.It is with books as with men –a very small number play a great part;the rest are lost in the multitude.(Voltaire)

书和人有相通之处——极少数人举足轻重，其他则淹没在芸芸众生之中（伏尔泰）

32.The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.(Katherine Mansfield)

当你和一个人住在一起，共享相同的书籍，一切快乐将会加倍（凯瑟琳.曼斯菲尔德）

33.A book is part of life, a manifestation of life, just as much as a tree or a horse or a star.It obeys its own rhythms, its own laws, whether it be a novel, a play or a diary.The deep, hidden rhythm of life is always there – that of the pulse, the heart beat.(Henry Miller)

书构成生命的一部分，是生命的表现，正如一棵树，一匹马，一颗星。无论是小说、戏剧还是日记，它遵循自己的节奏和规律。在书里总有着深沉、隐秘的生命节奏——那是脉搏的跳动，心脏的起伏（亨利.米勒）

34.Promise is most given when the least is said.(George Chapman)

最深的承诺是用最少的言语作出的（乔治.查普曼）

（4）“教育”题材（8个）

1.Who neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.(Euripides)

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲（欧里庇得斯）

2.Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.(Plato)

强灌的知识记不牢（柏拉图）

3.From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery.(Alfred North Whitehead)

在儿童教育的初级阶段，应让他体味到发现的快乐（阿尔弗雷德.诺斯.怀特海）4.Nothing can come of nothing.(Shakespeare)

无中不能生有（莎士比亚）

5.The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.(Elbert Hubbard)

失败与成功的界限如此微妙，我们跨过它时极少察觉，以至我们往往意识不到自己就处在这条线上（艾尔伯特.哈伯德）

6.When we can begin to take our failures no seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them.It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.(Katherine Mansfield)

当我们不把失败当回事，这意味着我们不再畏惧它，学会自嘲是至关重要的一步（凯瑟琳.曼斯菲尔德）

7.Happy families are all alike;every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.(Leo Tolstoy)

幸福的家庭几近一致；不幸的家庭各有不幸（列夫.托尔斯泰）

8.Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor ii freedom.(Einstein)

自由无拘、努力奋斗的人创造一切真正伟大而激动人心的事件（爱因斯坦）

二、英语谚语（59个）

1.Virtue and a trade are the best portion for children.德行和一门技能是孩子最好的遗产

2.Better early than late.宁早勿迟

3.A man can do no more than he can

量力而行

4.Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.诚实和勤奋应成为你永远的伴侣

5.Early birds catch worms.早起的鸟儿有虫吃

6.Every coin has its tow sides.有利有弊

7.Every man has his hobby-horse.Every man has his taste.人各有所好

8.Every one is born equal.人人生而平等

9.Every rose has its thorn.每朵玫瑰都有刺

10.Good things stay indoors while bad things will go far away.好事不出门，恶事行千里

11.Gossip is a fearing thing.人言可畏

12.He who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.近朱者赤，近墨者黑

13.It is never too late to learn.学习永远不嫌晚

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

15.Health is better than wealth.健康胜于财富

16.A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足常乐

17.A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情

18.Every advantage has its disadvantages.有利有弊

19.Every little makes a nickel.积少成多

20.Self-trust is the first secret of success.自信是成功的第一秘诀

21.Example is better than precept.言传不如身教

22.No pains, no gains.不劳无获

23.Throw the baby out with the bath water.把洗澡水连同婴儿遗弃倒掉

24.One man’s meat is another man’s poison.百人有百好

25.If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.不听老人言，吃亏在眼前

26.Parents are the first teacher of the children.父母是孩子的第一任老师

27.Different strokes for different folks.各有所好

28.An old man is treasure of a family.家有老人便是宝

29.You live with a lame, you will learn a limp.He that lives with cripples learns to limp.近朱者赤，近墨者黑

30.It is good to learn at another man’s cost.前车之鉴

31.The devil knows many things because he is old.人老见识广

32.All bread is not baked in one oven.人与人不同，花有几样红/ 不能强求一致

33.There is a good side and bad side to everything

任何事情都有利有弊

34.Forgetting history means betrayal.忘记历史意味着背叛

35.Strictness helps, indulgence spoils.严是爱，松是害

36.Father is one hundred headmasters.一个父亲胜过一百个老师

37.All work without play makes Jack a dull boy.只干活不玩耍，聪明的孩子会变傻 38.Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today.今天的事情今天干

39.If you want to understand today, you have to research yesterday.要想懂的今天，就必须研究昨天

40.Each man has his limitation.人各有极限

41.They that live longest see most.人越老越有智慧

42.Think thrice before we leap.三思而后行

43.Too much liberty spoils all.自由过了头，一切乱了套

44.A wise man and a fool together know more than a wise man.Tow heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠赛过诸葛亮

45.The older, the wiser.年岁增长，智慧增长

46.The onlooker sees the game best.The spectator sees most clearly.旁观者清

47.Years bring wisdom.年岁增长智慧

48.A friend is easier lost than found.朋友易失不易结

49.Time waits for no man.时不待人

50.Look before you leap.三思而后行

51.Every man has his liking.人各有所好

52.Variety is the spice of life.多样化是生活的调味品

53.It is a two-edged sword.他是双刃剑

54.Ill news travels fast.坏事传千里

55.Knowledge is power.知识就是力量

56.Life is irreversible.生命只有一次

57.More gain for more pay.多劳多得

58.No garden is without weeds.没有花园无杂草

59.No sweet without sweat.苦尽甘来

篇6：英语常用谚语素材

英语常用谚语素材

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

It’s never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢。

Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。

Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.

心之所愿，无所不成。

One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。

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

Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

天才不过是勤奋而已。

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

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.四个简短的词汇概括了成功秘诀：多一点点!

It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

From small beginning come great things.伟大始于渺小。

A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。

New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。

A fall into a pit，a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。

Better late than never.迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来好。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。

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

Complacency is the enemy of study.

学习的敌人是自己的满足。

Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。

Books and friends should be few but good.

读书如交友，应求少而精。

All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。

A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。

By reading we enrich the mind， by conversation we

polish it.

读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。

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

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

一本好书，相伴一生。

A young idler，an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

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

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

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

Many hands make light work. 人多力量大。

All things are difficult before they are easy.

凡事总是由难而易。

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

Misfortunes never come alone/single.祸不单行。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。

No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。

No pains， no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。

All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。

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

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

Early to bed andearly to rise makes a man healthy，

wealthy and wise.

早睡早起身体好。

East or west，home is best.东好西好，还是家里最好。

Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。

Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。

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

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。

Life is not all roses. 人生并不是康庄大道。

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

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

Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。

A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。

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

Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

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

Good advice is beyond all price.忠告是无价宝。

He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟，不进则退。Knowledge makes humble， ignorance makes proud.

博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

Like father，like son.有其父必有其子。

Honesty is the best policy. 做人诚信为本。

Gold will not buy anything. 黄金并非万能。

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

Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。

A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。

He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。

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

Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。

Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。

Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。

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

No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。

Man proposes，God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。

No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。

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

The greatest talkers are always least doers.

语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。

Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。

Wise men love truth，whereas fools shun it.智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

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

Money isn’t everything.钱不是万能的。

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

Sharpening your axe will not delay your jobof cutting

wood.磨刀不误砍柴功。

Will is power. 意志就是力量。

Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

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

Truth never fears investigation.事实从来不怕调查。

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

Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半。

Where there is life，there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。

Reading makes a full man.读书使人完善。

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

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。

Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

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

Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.