谚语英语
He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。So the world wags. 这就是人生。One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考虑要仔细,行动要迅速.One sin opens the door for another. ---German 犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。One man's meat is another man's poison. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水珍贵Less is more. 简单就是美
谚语英语
谚语英语 After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午饭后要坐，晚饭后要走。 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 fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误，等于改正一半。 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 flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。 A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算计。 A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜总爱强出头。 A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋难聚财。 A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。 A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚发问，七智结舌。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。 Better a bachelor''s life than a slovenly wife. 过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。 Better ask twice than lose you way once. 宁愿问路两次胜过迷路一次。 Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱贪生不如死得光荣。 Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。 Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。 Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。 Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜于无。 Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。 Better be out of the world than out of fashion. 不合潮流不如脱离尘世。 Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。 Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 宁为犬首，不作狮尾。 Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 宁为驴头，不为马尾。 Call a spade a spade. 据实而言。 Call me not olive till thou see me gathered. 盖棺论定。 Call no man happy until he dies. 盖棺才能定论。 Can the leopard change his spots? 江山易改，本性难移。 Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋，带来好运气。 Care brings grey hair. 忧虑催人老。 Care killed the cat. 忧虑伤身。 Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未来，莫泼赃水。 Cast not your pearls before swine. 明珠莫投暗。 Catch the bear before you sell his skin. 大事未成时，莫开庆功宴。 Cats hide their paws. 大智若愚，大巧若拙。 Danger is next neighbour to security. 危险是安全的近邻。 Danger itself is the best remedy for danger. 危险本身就是对付危险的最好办法。 Dead men tell no tales. 死人不会搬弄是非。 Death is the grand leveller. 凡人都要死，大家都一样。 Death meets us everywhere. 死亡到处和我门相遇。 Death pays all debts. 人死百债了。 Death when it comes will have no denial. 死亡来临时，无可抗拒之。 Deeds, no words. 不要光说不练。 Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱歌。 Each day brings its own bread. 天无绝人之路。 Each man is the architect of his own fate. 命运掌握在自己手中。 Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不计较小事情。 Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 鹰单飞，羊群集。 Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble. 早期的`错误可以酿成日后的麻烦。 Early sow, early mow. 播种早的收获早。 Early start makes easy stages. 早开始是成功的保证。 Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起，令人健康、富有而且聪明。 Facts are stubborn things. 事实是不容改变的东西。 Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。 Faint heart never wins fair lady. Fair and softly go far in a day. 谦和稳重，前程远大。 Fair faces need no paint. 貌美毋须修饰。 Faith will move mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。 Fall sick and you will see who is your friend and who is not. 困难见友情。 False friends are worse than open enemies. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 False tongue will hardly speak truth. 虚伪者不肯说真话。 False with one can be false with two. 对一个人虚伪，也会对两个人虚伪。 Gain got by a lie will burn one''s fingers. 靠欺骗得来的利益会使自己受害。 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. 有花堪折直须折。 Genius often betrays itself into great errors. 天才常被天才误。 Gifts from enemies are dangerous. 敌人礼，藏危险。 Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患无词。 Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself. 授绳与愚，愚能自傅。 Give a lark to catch a kite. 得不偿失。 Give as good as one gets. 以其人之道，还治其人之身。 Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself. 多行不义必自毙。 Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice. 要多听少说。 Habit is second nature. 习惯成自然。 Half a tale is enough for a wise man. 聪明人凡事只须听一半，就会明白究竟。 Half a loaf is better then no bread. 半块面包亦胜无。 Half the world knows not how the other half lives. 富人不知穷人苦。 Hang up one''s fiddle when one comes home. 在外谈笑风生，在家闷闷不乐。 Hang up one''s hat in another''s house. 在别人家里久留不去，长期居住。 Happiness consists in contentment. 知足常乐。 Happiness takes no account of time. 幸福不觉光阴过。 I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea. 进退维谷。 I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles. 我不是奴隶，也不是俘虏，我有力量可以克服更大的艰难险阻。 I am not now that which I have been. (I am not what I used to be.) 今日之我已非昔日之我。 I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. 我不仅要使自己有才智，而且也要使别人有才智。 I believe the first test of 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。 I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 我不能既是你的朋友，而又对你阿谀奉承。 I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends. 我认为，只有在脑海中想起好朋友时我才会那样快乐。 Jack of all trades and master of none. 什么都会，样样不精。 Jack of all trades is of no trade. 万事皆通，一无所长。 Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail. 你跟驴子开玩笑，将被驴尾打耳光。