英语谚语大全汇总十篇

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篇（1）

水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

2、The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.

清者自清，浊者自浊。

3、The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.

螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。

4、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。

5、The world is but a little place, after all.

海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

6、Think twice before you do.

三思而后行。

7、Things at the worst will mend.

否极泰来。

8、Time and tide wait for no man.

时不我待。

9、Time cures all things.

时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

10、Time flies.

光阴似箭。

11、Time is money.

时间就是金钱。

12、Time lost cannot be won again.

时光流逝，不可复得。

13、Time past cannot be called back again.

时间不能倒流。

14、Time tries all.

路遥知马力，日久见人心。

15、Tit for tat is fair play.

人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。

16、To err is human.

人非圣贤，孰能无过。

17、To know everything is to know nothing.

什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。

18、To know oneself is true progress.

人贵有自知之明。

19、Tomorrow never comes.

我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。

20、Too much familiarity breeds contempt.

过分熟悉会使人互不服气。

21、Too much knowledge makes the head bald.

学问太多催人老。

22、Too much liberty spills all.

自由放任，一事无成。

23、Too much praise is a burden.

过多夸奖，反成负担。

24、To save time is to lengthen life.

节约时间就是延长生命。

25、Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.

常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。

26、Troubles never come singly.

福无双至，祸不单行。

27、Truth never grows old.

真理永存。

28、Turn over a new leaf.

洗心革面，改过自新。

29、Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

30、Two heads are better than one.

一个好汉三个帮。

31、Two of a trade seldom agree.

同行是冤家。

32、Two wrongs do not make a right.

别人错了，不等于你对了。

33、Unity is strength.

团结就是力量。

34、Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.

忠言逆耳利于行。

35、Until all is over one磗 ambition never dies.

不到黄河心不死。

36、Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

吃小亏占大便宜。

37、Virtue is fairer far than beauty.

美德远远胜过美貌。

38、Walls have ears.

小心隔墙有耳。

39、Wash your dirty linen at home.

家丑不可外扬。

40、Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.

滴水穿石。

41、Wealth is nothing without health.

失去健康 ，钱再多也没用。

42、We know not what is good until we have lost it.

好东西，失去了才明白。

43、Well begun is half done.

好的开始，是成功的一半。

44、We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

井干方知水可贵。

45、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。

46、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。

47、Wet behind the ears.

乳臭未干。

48、Whatever you do, do with all your might.

不管做什么，都要一心一意。

49、What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.

儿时所学，终生难忘。

50、What we do willingly is easy.

愿者不难。

51、When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

入国问禁，入乡随俗。

52、When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.

伤心旧事别重提。

53、When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

新仇旧恨，齐上心头。

54、When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.

黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。

55、When wine is in truth, wit is out.

酒后吐真言。

56、Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

57、Where there is life, there is hope.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

58、Where there is smoke, there is fire.

事出有因。

59、While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.

道高一尺，魔高一丈。

60、Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

搬弄口舌者必是小人。

61、Whom the gods love die young.

好人不长命。

62、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。

63、Work makes the workman.

勤工出巧匠。

64、You cannot burn the candle at both ends.

蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。

65、You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.

强扭的瓜不甜。()

66、You may know by a handful the whole sack.

篇（2）

3. Honesty is the best policy。诚实为上策。

4. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today。实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。

5. No cross， no crown。未经苦难，得不到荣冠。

6. Sweat is the lubricant of success。汗水是成功的剂。

7. A still tongue makes a wise head。 沉默者有智慧。

8. Speech is the image of actions。 语言是行动的反映。

9. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible ”。凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。

10. You can't eat your cake and have it also。世事两难全。

11. Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed。成功常常取决于知道需要多久才能成功。

12. Wasting time is robbing oneself。浪费时间就是掠夺自己。

13. Each man is the architect of his own fate。 每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。

14. Wealth is the test of a man's character。财富是对一个人品格的试金石。

15. Other men live to eat，while I eat to live。别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。

16. One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers。曾经沧海难为水。

17. The greater the man， the more restrained his anger。 人越伟大，越能克制怒火。

18. Out of sight， out of mind。眼不见，心不烦。

19. Beggars cannot be choosers。行乞者不得有选择。

20. The secret of success is constancy to purpose。成功的秘密在于始终如一地忠于目标。

21. Until you make peace with who you are，you’ll never be content with what you have。除非你能和真实的自己和平相处，否则你永远不会对已拥有的东西感到满足。

22. It takes two to make a quarrel。 一个巴掌拍不响。

23. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know。 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

24. Each man is the architect of his own fate。每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。

25. Mind acts upon mind。心有灵犀一点通。

26. A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate。强者能同命运的风暴抗争。

27. Time tries all things。时间检验一切。

篇（3）

All roads lead to Rome.　条条大路通罗马。

Art is long, but life is short.　人生有限，学问无涯。

No pains, no gains.不劳则无获。

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

Where there is life, there is hope.　生命不息，希望常在。

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

We must not lie down, and cry, 'God help us.'　求神不如求己。

A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.　花有重开日，人无再少年。

Stick to it, and you’ll succeed.　只要人有恒，万事都能成。

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.　早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。

A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。

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

Keeping is harder than winning.　创业不易，守业更难。

Let’s cross the bridge when we come to it.船到桥头自然直。

More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。

It is never too late to mend.　亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。

Light come, light go.来得容易，去得快。

Time is money.时间就是金钱。

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

Great hopes make great man.　远大的希望，造就伟大的人物。

After a storm comes a calm.　雨过天晴。

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

Well begun is half done.　好的开端是成功的一半。

East, west, home is best.　金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。

There is no royal road to learning.　学无坦途。

God helps those who help themselves.　自助者，天助之。

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.　明日待明日，明日不再来。

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

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

It never rains but it pours.祸不单行。

In doing we learn.经一事，长一智。

Easier said than done.　说起来容易做起来难。

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.　一分预防胜似十分治疗。

Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left.　勤勉是幸运的右手，节约是幸运的左手。

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.　天才一分来自灵感，九十九分来自勤奋。

Truth is the daughter of time.　时间见真理。

Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.　积少自然成多。

No man is wise at all times.　智者千虑，必有一失。

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天。

Live and learn.活到老，学到老。

Kill two birds with one stone.一石双鸟。

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

Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.　勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。

篇（4）

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

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

Business is business. 公事公办。

Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。(忙中常出错。)

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

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

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

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

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。)

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

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

篇（5）

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

4. Actions speak louder than words. 坐而言不如起而行

5. All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马

6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜于二鸟在林

7. A stitch in time saves nine. 及时行事/事半功倍

8. An eye for a eye; and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼， 以牙还牙

9. All that glitters is not gold. 人不可貌相/是金子总会发光

10. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足长乐

11. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见知己

12. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔

13. A Jack of all trades in master of none. 样样通，样样松

14. All good things come to an end. 天下无不散之宴席

15. Accidents will happen. 人有旦夕祸福

16. Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home. 在家日日好

17. Beauty is only skin deep. 美貌是肤浅的

18. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚

19. Better late than never. 宁迟勿缺/亡羊补牢

20. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水

21. Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石

22. Courtesy costs nothing. 礼多人不怪

篇（6）

Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety—nine percent persp i rat i on.天才是百分之一的灵感和百分之九十九的努力。

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime, j受人以鱼不雀口j受人以渔。

Good books need no boost.好书不需人吹口虛。

Half a tale is enough for a wise man.聪明人一听上文即知下文。

He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere.遇事多问，随处可行。

He that knows nothing, doubts nothing,无知就无疑。

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.书本如一座随行的花园。

A book is the same today as it a I ways was and it wi I I never change.好书经得起时代的考验。

A book that is / remains shut is but a block,束之高阁的书本，无异于木块。

A book tightly shut is but a block of paper,闭卷不读，书同废纸堆。

A good book is a good friend 好书如挚友。

A good book is a light to the soul.好书是人们的心灵明灯。

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.好书如良 友，可相伴一生。

A hundred tricks are not so good as one well-learned trade,百艺不如一艺精。

A library is a repository of medicine for the mind.图书馆是心灵的良药。 (repository:储藏所，知识宝库)。

A man becomes I earned by asking questions,不耻下问才能获得学问。

A nation’s treasure is in its scholars.文人是国家的财富。

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.与 君一席话，胜读十年书。

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a I earned fool the taste of wi sdom.汤匙不识热汤的滋味，博学的傻子无智慧。

A teacher is better than two books,两本书不如一位良师。

After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless,三曰不读书，便觉言语乏味。

An artist lives everywhere.艺术家四海为家。

An uncut gem goes not sparkle.玉不琢，不成器。

Any book you open wi I I benefit your mi nd.开卷有益。

Art is long, but life is short.生有涯，知无涯。

Art is the illusion of spontaneity.艺术是自发性的幻想。

Art lies in concealing art,隐而不露即艺术。

As we I i ve, so we I earn.活到老，学到老。

Ask a silly question and you，I I get a silly answer.提出愚蠢的问题，就会得到愚蠢的答案。

Ask the experienced rather than the I earned.向有经验者请教，不要向博学之人讨教。

Better wit than wealth,智慧强于财富。

Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，贵精不贵多。

Books are the ever-burning I amps of accumulated wisdom.书籍是积累智慧的明灯。

Brain is better than brawn.智慧胜过力量。(brawn:体力，肌肉)

By learning one I earns how to I earn.通过学习，人可以学会如何学习。

By not forgetting past events, we can take them as guides, in future events.记取前车之鉴。

By other’ s faults, wise men correct their own.他山之石，可以攻玉。

By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it 读书让人充实，交谈使人明智。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.选书如择友。

Doubt is the beginning，not the end, of wisdom,智慧始于疑问，而非终于疑问。

Doubt is the key of knowledge,怀疑乃知识之钥。

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald 经验是上天赐给老年人的礼物。

Experience is a precious gift, only given a man when his hair is gone.经验是一件珍贵的礼物，只献给上了年纪的人。

Experience is a schoo I from which one can never graduate.学无止境。

Experience is the best teacher,经验是良师。// 经一事，长一智。

Experience is the extract of suffering,经验是由痛苦中萃取出来的。

Experience is the father of wi sdom and memory the mother.经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。

Experience is the mi stress of fools.经验是愚人之师。

Experience is the mother of wisdom.智慧来自经验。

Experience is what a man does with what happens to him.经一事，长一智。

篇（7）

3、If you don't learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. 如果你年轻时没有学会思考，那就永远学不会思考。

4、Learning is the eye of the mind. 知识是心灵的慧眼。

5、Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win 不要认为取胜就是一切，更重要的是要有信念。倘若你没有信念，那胜利又有什么意义呢?

6、No success in life merely happens. 人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。

7、The shortest answer is doing. 最简单的回答就是干。

8、Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。

9、It takes a lot of thought and effort and downright determination to be agreeable. 要做到与人融洽相处，需要仔细地思考，认真地努力和痛下决心。

10、To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. -J.W.Gardner对聪明人来说，每一天的时间都是要精打细算的。

11、good is good, but better carries it. 精益求精

12、Relax! be patient and enjoy yourself. learning foreign languages should be fun. 放松点!要有耐性，并让自己快乐!学习外语应该是乐趣无穷的。

篇（8）

2. Safe bind, safe find.

3. Sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no man.驶船要乘风，风潮不等人。

4. Salt water and absence wash away love.远离久别爱情淡。久别情淡?

5. Satan always finds work for idle hands.懒汉总会干坏事。

6. Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you.放虎归山。

7. Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day.能节俭时就节俭，朝阳难照一整天。

8. Saving is getting.节约等于收入。

9. Say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear.莫道全所知，莫信全所闻。

10. Say well is good, but do well is better.说得漂亮固好，做得漂亮更佳。

11. Saying and doing are two things.说与做是两回事。

12. Saying is one thing, and doing 3lian.com/zlanother.说是一回事，做是另一回事。

13. Science is organized knowledge.科学是系统化的知识。

14. Score twice before you cut once.三思而行。

15. Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.神气的狗也会吃赃布丁的。

16. Scratch a Russsian, and you('ll) find a Tartar.文明不能改变本性。

17. Scratch me and I'll scratch you.朋比为奸。

18. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.朋比为奸。

19. Second thoughts are best.三思而行，再思可也。

20. See, listen, and be silent, and you will live in peace.多看多听少多嘴，你会太平过日子。

21. Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

22. Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning.见识多、遭难重，钻研深是学问的三大支持。

23. Seize (or Take) time by the forelock.撤热打铁。

24. Seldom seen, soon forgotten.见得少，忘得快。

25. Self do, self have.自食其果。

26. Self-confidence is the first requisite to human greatness.人类的伟大，首要的是要有自信。

27. Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure.我们的失败多数是由于缺乏自信。

28. Self-praise is no recommendation.自我吹嘘，决不可取。

29. Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power.只要自重、自觉、自制，人生就可达到至高无上的境地。

30. Self-trust is the first secret of success.自信是成功的首要秘诀。

31. Selt-trust is the essence of heroism.自信是英雄的本色。

32. Serve somebody with the same sauce.以其人之道还治其人之身。

33. Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.小人得意，忘乎所以。

34. Set a thief to catch a thief.以毒攻毒。

35. Shallow streams make most din.修养不深，高谈阔论。

36. Sharp stomachs make short graces.饿的肚子顾不到体面。

37. Short accounts make long friends.帐算清，交情深。

38. Short acquaintance brings repentance.浅交生后悔。

39. Short is my date, but deathless my renown.年寿短暂，声誉永存。

40. Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.谎言是做贼的第一步。

41. Sickness is everyman's master.英雄只怕病来磨。

42. Sickness is felt, but health not at all.疾病能够感觉到，健康全然不知晓。

43. Sickness shows us what we are.疾病使人亮出本来面目。

44. Silence gives consent.沈默等于同意。

45. Silence in times of suffering is the best.遭到不幸时，沈默是上策。

46. Silence is learnt by the may misfortunes of life.沈默是通过生活中的许多不幸而学会的。

47. Silence is more eloquent than words.沈默是更有说服力的言词。

篇（9）

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 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。

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。

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 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.

篇（10）

1.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

不善始者不善终。

2.A bad thing never dies.

遗臭万年。

3.A bad workman always blames his tools.

不会撑船怪河弯。

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

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

5.A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.

吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

6.A bully is always a coward.

色厉内荏。

7.A burden of one's choice is not felt.

爱挑的担子不嫌重。

8.A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

9.A cat has 9 lives.

猫有九条命。

10.A cat may look at a king.

人人平等。

11.A close mouth catches no flies.

病从口入。

12.A constant guest is never welcome.

常客令人厌。

13.Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

14.Adversity leads to prosperity.

穷则思变。

15.Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

逆境出人才。

16.A fair death honors the whole life.

死得其所，流芳百世。

17.A faithful friend is hard to find.

知音难觅。

18.A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

19.A fox may grow gray, but never good.

江山易改，本性难移。

20.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

21.A friend is easier lost than found.

得朋友难，失朋友易。

22.A friend is never known till a man has need.

需要之时方知友。

23.A friend without faults will never be found.

没有十全十美的朋友。

24."After you" is good manners.

“您先请”是礼貌。

25.A good beginning is half done.

良好的开端是成功的一半。

26.A good beginning is half done.

善始者善终。

27.A good book is a good friend.

好书如挚友。

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

一本好书，相伴一生。

29.A good conscience is a soft pillow.

不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。

30.A good fame is better than a good face.

美名胜过美貌。

31.A good husband makes a good wife.

夫善则妻贤。

32.A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口。

33.A good wife health is a man's best wealth.

妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。

34.A great talker is a great liar.