1、英语谚语 500 句, 俚语 俗语与谚语专题a heart of gold 道德高尚的人a heart of oak 果断的人a stitch in time saves nine 一劳永逸a bad workman quarrels with his tools 不会睡觉怪床歪a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 十鸟在树，不如一鸟在手a bit trying 有些苦恼a burnt child dreads the fire 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳a cat may look at a king 一视何伤a constant guest i
2、s never welcome 久住令人贱a contented mind is a perpetual feast 知足常乐a crooked stick will have a crooked shadow 上梁不正下梁歪a friend is easier lost than found 朋友易失不易得a good beginning is half done 能善其始，事已半成a good beginning makes a good ending 善始善终a good gain takes long pain 好事多磨a good lather is half a shave 良好的
3、开端等于成功的一半a good name is better than riches 名声好，胜金宝a good tale is none the worse for being told twice 好戏不厌百回看a jack of all trades is master of none 样样精通样样稀松a little learning is a dangerous thing 一知半解是危险的事。a man cannot whistle and drink at the same time 一心不能两用a man without a smiling face must not open
4、 a shop 人无笑脸不开店a miss is as good as a mile 失之毫厘，差之千里a near neighbor is better than a distant cousin 远亲不如近邻a necessary lie is harmless 必要的谎言无妨a pin a day is a groat a year 聚沙成塔a reformed rake makes the best husband 浪子回头金不换a rolling stone gathers no moss 转石不成苔，转业不聚财a stone in a wall is not lost 金簪掉在井里
5、头?有你的就是有你的a straw shows which way the wind blows 见微知著a white elephant 暴殄天珍a word is enough to the wise 快马一鞭a word spoken is past recalling 一言既出，驷马难追a work ill done must be twice done 首次做不好，必须重新做a young idler, an old beggar 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲absent-minded professor 无头苍蝇act ones age 适龄行为actions speak louder
6、than words 行动胜于言辞, 坐而言，不如起而行after a fashion 差劲at ones wits end 智穷才尽after a storm comes a calm 雨过天晴all good things come to an end 好花不常开，好景不常在all is fair in love and war 情场如战超不择手段all is fish that comes to the net 抓到篮里便是菜all lay loads on a willing horse 人善被人欺，马善被人骑all roads lead to roma 条条大道通罗马 殊途同归all
7、 that glitters is not gold 闪光的东西并非都是金子all things are difficult before they are easy 万事起头难alls well that ends well 结局好的就算好amiss is as good as a mile 差之毫厘，失之千里an ax to grind 图谋不轨an empty sack cannot stand upright 空袋立不直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
8、two in the evening 一日之间在于晨an onlooker sees most of the game 旁观者清appearances are deceptive 人不可貌相art is long, but life is short 人生有限，学海无涯art is long, life is short 人生朝露，艺业千秋as always 一如既往as poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗as red as a rose 艳如桃花as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb 一不做二不休as wet as a drowne
9、d rat 湿如落汤鸡as you brew so you must drink 自作自受as you make your bed, so you must lie in it 自食其果,自作自受as you sow, so shall you reap 种豆得豆，种瓜得瓜assess the situation, go with the tide 审时度势，顺应潮流a man who has friends must show himself friendly 要想交朋友，就得有诚意a hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt 百
10、镑愁难还一分债a good beginning is half done.,well begun is half done 良好的开端就是成功的一半a good book is the best friends, the same today and forever 好书如挚友，情谊永不an honest tale speeds best, being plainly told 诚实的故事，哪怕是平淡地讲，也传得最快a three-hundred-mile journey starts with the first step 千里之行,始于足下a fool may throw a stone
11、into a well which a hundred wise men cannot put out 一愚闯祸，百智难补a friend in need is a friend indeed, tested friends, share weal and woe 患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友,雪中送炭真君子a waterside pavilion gets the moonlight first.flowers and plants facing the sun grow better 近水楼台先得月，向阳花木早逢春。back and forth 前前后后bad news travels fa
12、st 坏事传千里barking dogs seldom bite 爱叫的狗很少咬人be careful with thing and merciful with people 对物要爱惜，对人要感恩be far-sighted 目光远大be in the same boat 同舟共济be kept waiting for some time 苦苦等候be open and aboveboard 光明磊落be true to ones name 名副其实be very ungrateful 以怨报德beauty is but skin deep 人不可貌相beauty is in the eye
13、 of the beholder 情人眼里出西施beauty is only skin-deep 人不可貌相beggars must not be choosers 饥不择食bell the cat 风险重重better late than never 迟做总比不做好better master one than engage with ten 会十事不如精一事birds of a feather flock together 鸟以群分，物以类聚bite the hand that feeds one 忘恩负义bitter pills may have wholesome effects 良药苦
14、口blood is thicker than water 疏不间亲,血浓于水bonkers 疯狂的both feet on the ground 实事求是boys will be boys 男孩子毕竟是男孩子brazen-faced 厚脸皮burn ones boats 破釜沉舟bury ones head in the sand 无视事实business comes before pleasure 正事在先，玩乐在后by george 的确by the grapevine 小道消息can of worms 一团糟cannot see the wood for the trees 只见树木不见
15、森林carry the can 面对责备,负起责任change with each passing day 日新月异chaos 乌烟瘴气clothes do not make the man 人不可貌相clothes make the man 人要衣装，佛要金装come across a tiger in the mountain 山中遇虎come straight to the point 开门见山coming events cast their shadows before 山雨欲来风满楼comparisons are odious 人比人，气死人constant dropping wea
16、rs away the stone 滴水穿石cool ones heels 坐冷板凳custom makes all things easy 熟能生巧custom reconciles us to everything 习惯成自然cut your coat according to your cloth 量入为出dead men tell no tales 死无对证deal with a man as he deals with you 以其人之道还治其人之身deli(delicatessen)熟食店deserve ones reputation 名不虚传diamond cut diamond
17、 强中更有强中手diligence is the mother of success 失败是成功之母disco(discotheque)迪斯科divi(dividend)红利do as i say, not as i do 照我说的做，别照我做的做do as you would be done by 己所不欲,勿施于人do evil that good may come 行恶以求善果do in rome as the romans do 入乡随俗dont count your chickens before they are hatched 别过早地乐观dont cross the bridg
18、e until you come to it 不要杞人忧天dont cry stinking fish 不要喊鱼腥 ,卖瓜不说瓜苦, 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸dont let the cat out of the bag 不要泄露机密dont meet trouble half-way 勿杞人忧天dont put all your eggs in one basket 勿孤注一掷dont put off till tomorrow what should be done today 今日事今日毕dont quarrel with your bread and butter 端人家碗，服人家管dont
19、 ride the high horse 勿摆架子dont teach your grandmother to suck egg 不要对着耶稣讲道理dont wash your dirty linen in public 家丑不外扬dont primet judge a person by the clothes he wears 不能以貌取人down-to-earth 平易近人draw worldwide attention 举世瞩目early to bed and early to rise 早睡早起easier said than done 说起来容易，做起来难east or west,
20、 home is best 管他东方或西方，家是最好的地方easy come, easy go 来的容易去的快easy meat 易辨的事empty vessels make the most sound 满瓶不响半瓶响叮当engage in speculation 投机倒把,买空卖空enjoy a happy get-together 欢聚一堂enjoy popular support 深入人心enough is as good as a feast 知足常乐equal pay for equal work 同工同酬even homer sometimes nods 智者千虑必有一失ever
21、y dog has his day 困龙也有上天时every family has a skeleton in the cupboard 家家有本难念的经every flow must have its ebb 人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺every little countshelps 积少成多every man is his own worst enemy 一个人最大的敌人就是他自己every now and then 时时刻刻everyone to his taste 人各有所好example is better than precept 身教重於言教experience is the b
22、est teacher 前事不忘後事之师experience is the mother of wisdom 不经一事，不长一智extremes meet 物极必反facts speak louder than words 事实胜于雄辩failure is the mother of success 失败为成功之母faint-hearted 胆小的familiarity breeds contempt 近之则不逊feel like an old friends at first sight 一见如故fine feathers make fine birds 人要衣装，马要鞍first come
23、, first served 先来先招待first impressions are most lasting 先入为主first time strangers, second time friends 一回生, 二回熟follow the river and you will get to the sea 顺藤摸瓜fools rush in where angels fear to tread 初生牛犊不怕虎foot the bill 付帐dont do unto others what you dont want others do unto you 己所不欲勿施于人be all finge
24、rs and thumbs(be very awkward and clumsy in handling things)做事笨手笨脚better the devil you know than the devil you do not know 明枪易躲，暗箭难防buyers want a hundred eyes; sellers，none 买东西的要有百只眼，卖东西的可以不长眼craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked 诡计需要伪装，真理喜欢阳光every dog has its,his day a man his hour,
25、and a dog has his day 人人均有得意empty talks would lead the country astray, and hard work can rejuvenate the nation 空谈误国,实干兴邦gather ye rosebuds while ye may 花开堪折直须折get the opposite of what one intended 事与愿违get the sack 炒鱿鱼give a dog a bad name and hang him 谗言可畏, 欲加之罪，何患无辞give a thief enough rope and he,
26、ll hang himself 多行不义必自毙give him an inch and hell take an ell 得寸进尺give knaves an inch and they will take a yard 得寸进尺go for broke 尽最大努力go while the going is good 三十六计,走为上计god helps those who help themselves 自助者天助之gold will not buy everything 金钱并非万能good things come in small packages 乡人不识货，尽捡大的摸good win
27、e needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深grasp all, lose all 样样都要，全都失掉great minds think alike 英雄所见略同great oaks from little acorns grow 万丈高楼从地起grow with every passingdayflourishing 蒸蒸日上half a loaf is better than no bread 聊胜於无hard and fast 一成不变hard-hearted 铁石心肠的haste makes waste 欲速则不达have ones wish fulfilled 如愿以偿he lau
28、ghs best who laughs last 最后笑的人笑得最得意he that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it 作贼心虚he that hath a full purse never wanted a friend 有钱有酒，必有朋友he that is full of himself is very empty 自满的人是空虚的he that touches pitch shall be defiled 近朱者赤，近墨者黑he who knows most speaks least 识多者寡言he who laughs last
29、, laughs best 谁笑在最后谁笑得最甜he who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount 骑虎难下heart and soul 全心全意地heart of stone 石头心肠heart-to-heart 坦白的heaven helps those who help themselves 天助自助者homer sometimes nods 圣贤也有缺失honesty is the best policy 诚实是上策how happy we are, to meet friends from afar!有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎!hunger is the
30、 beat sauce 饥不择食if the sky falls, we shall catch larks 杞人忧天if you kill one flea in march you kill a hundred 二月杀跳蚤，杀一少百if you run after two hares, youll catch neither 脚踏两头船摆渡难in a hundred and one thousand ways 千方百计in doing, we learn 经一事，长一智in fair weather prepare for the foul 未雨绸缪in for a penny, in f
31、or a pound 一不做，二不休in ones heart of heart 在内心深处in spite of oneself 不由自主in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king 比上不足，比下有余in wine there is truth 酒後吐真言issue ious 打白条it goes in one ear and out the other 左耳朵进，右耳朵出it is dogged that does it 天下无难事，只怕有心人it is easier to go up the hill than to run
32、down 上山容易，下山难it is easier to pull down than to build 百年成之不足，一旦毁之有余it is love that makes the world go round 情之一字，所以维持世界it is never too late to mend 亡羊补牢，时犹未晚it is no use crying over spilt milk 既坠釜甑，反顾无益it takes two to make a quarrel 一个巴掌不响its a deal 一言为定its a long story 一言难尽its never too late to lear
33、n 活到老，学到老its never too late to mend 亡羊补牢，未为晚也its of great urgency that 当务之急its self-evident that 不言而喻its the nature of beasts 本性难移it primes easy to be wise after the event 事后诸葛亮justice has long arms 天网恢恢,疏而不漏keep something for a rainy day 未雨绸缪kill two birds with one stone 一箭双雕,一石二鸟kind-hearted 心地慈祥的
34、knowledge is power 知识就是力量learn from others strong points and close the gap 取长补短learn to meet practical needs 学以致用learn to walk before you run 循序渐进let bygones be bygones 既往不究let sleeping dogs lie 莫惹是非, 一动不如一静let things run their course 听其自然life is but empty dream 浮生若梦like a lead balloon 毫无作用like fath
35、er, like son 有其父必有其子little and often fills the purse 集腋成裘live and learn 活到老学到老 ,学无止境look back to the old, if you would learn the new 温故而知新look before you leap 三思而后行lookers-on see most of the game 旁观者清lost time is never found again 光阴一去不复返love me, love my dog 爱屋及乌make great,rapid strides 突飞猛进make hay
36、 while the sun shines 打铁趁热make overall arrangements 统筹兼顾make spectacle of oneself 出洋相make yourself all honey and the files will devour you 招蜂引蝶man proposes, god disposes 谋事在人，成事在天many a little makes a mickle 积少成多many hands make light work 人多力量大,只要人手多，牌楼搬过河many men, many minds 百姓百姓，一百个心marble-hearted
37、 铁右心肠marriages are made in heaven 姻缘天注定men are blind in their own cause 人不知自丑，马不嫌脸长merchant of death 死亡贩子might is right 强权即公理misfortunes never come singly 祸不单行mod(modern)时髦的,摩登的money begets money 钱赚钱money burns a hole in his pocket 钱烧口袋漏，一有就不留money is everything 有钱能使鬼推磨money is the root of all evil
38、金钱是万恶之源money makes the mare go 有钱能使鬼推魔money talks 金钱万能,有钱能使鬼推磨more haste, less speed 欲速则不达murder will out 纸包不住火mutual understanding and mutual accommodation 互谅互让he who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom 千里之行,始于足下knowledge without practice makes half as artist 有知识无实践只是半个艺术家half the world
39、 knows not how the other half lives 一家不知一家事，神仙不知瓜里事good opportunity, favorable geographical location and support from the people 天时、地利、人和learning is like swimming upstream if you dont go forward, youll go back 学如逆水行舟，不进则退it takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred years to educate people 十年树木,百年树
40、人nat (mationalist)民族主义者necessity knows no law 饥寒起盗心neither fish nor flesh 非驴非马network of personal connections 关系网neut(neutron bomb)中子弹never cackle till your egg is laid 事未完成莫夸耀never do things by halves 凡事不要半途而废never judge by appearances 人不可貌相never mind trouble troubles you 明日愁来明日忧never put off till
41、tomorrow what may be done today 今日事，今日毕never put off what can be done today till tomorrow 今日之事今日毕new broom sweeps clean 新官上任三把火no cross, no crown 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人no gain without pain 舍不得儿子，套不了狼no pains, no gains 不劳则无获no work, no money 不劳无获not to wear your heart on your sleeve 不要太情绪化nothing is impossible
42、to a willing heart 世上无难事，只怕有心人null and void 空洞无物obedience is the first duty of a soldier 服从是军人的天职of two evils choose the lesser 两害相权取其轻off and on 断断续续old chap 老兄old friends and old wine are best 陈酒味纯，老友情深on ones last legs 日暮途穷once bitten, twice shy 一回遭蛇咬，二回不攒草one cannot be in two places at once 分身乏术
43、one cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs 有得必有失one cannot put back the clock 盛年不重来，一日难再晨one father is more than a hundred school masters 胜过师长百位one good turn deserves another 好心有好报one is never too old to learn 活到老，学到老one man sows and another reaps 东家种竹，西家生笋one must draw back in order to leap be
44、tter 以退为进one pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands 走为上策one swallow does not make a summer 单丝不成线，独木不成林ones pound of flesh 合理不合情之要求opportunity makes the thief 财不露白out of sight, out of mind 眼不见，心不想over shoes, over boots 一不做，二不休pell-mell development 盲目发展, 欲速则不达penny wise, pound foolish 小事精明，大事
45、糊涂people who live in glass houses should not throw stones 责人必先责己person of insight 有识之士play by ear 到时再看please give me a hand 请帮我一个忙posh 非常时髦的practice make perfect 熟能生巧present the facts and reason things out 摆事实讲道理pretty feathers make pretty birds 人要衣装pride comes,goes before a fall 骄兵必败reading makes a
46、 full man 读书使人完善red shy in the morning, shepherds warning 早霞不出门，晚霞晴千里remain fresh in ones memory 记忆犹新renew friendship 共叙旧谊rip off 宰客risk ones fortune in business 下海rome was not built in a day 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒,大器晚成rome was not built in a day 罗马不是一天造成的second to none 首屈一指seeing is believing 百闻不如一见 ,眼见为实seeki
47、ng increasing perfection 精益求精self-praise is no recommendation 自吹自擂并非推荐之道serve as a bridge 牵线搭桥short in weight 缺斤短两silly child is soon taught 要想孩子好，教育要趁早single-hearted devotion 专心致志six of one and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两so many countries, so many customs 各地各乡风sooner or later, the truth comes to
48、 light 真相迟早会大白spare the rod and spoil the child 不打不成器spend money like water 花钱大手大脚spick-and-span 焕然一新street gossip 街谈巷议strike the iron while it is hot strike while the iron is hot 打铁趁热strike while the iron is hot 趁热打铁stuff and nonserse 乱七八糟talk of the devil and hes sure to appear 说曹操，曹操就到tap new sou
49、rces of revenue and husband existing resources 开源节流tastes differ 羊羹虽美，众口难调the best fish swim near the bottom 好戏在後头, 好酒沈瓮底), 好鱼居水底the burnt child dreads the worm 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳the child is father of (,to)the man岁订到老the early bird gets(,catches) the worm 捷足先登the end justifies the means 为达目的不择手段the first step is as good as half over 第一步是最关键的一步the first step is the hardest 万事开头难the fist blow is half the battle 先下手为强the gift itself may be small, but the goodwill is deep 礼轻情意重the government functions well and the people live in harmony 政通人和the grass is gree
