英语常考英文谚语集锦

2023年12月25日发(作者：珍惜反义词)

英语常考英文谚语集锦

（ 1〕 Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。

（ 2〕 Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。

（ 3〕 Something is better than nothing. 有总比没有好。

（ 4〕 Better safe than sorry. 〔事后追悔不如事前稳妥。〕

（ 5〕 Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。

（ 6〕 Actions speak louder than words. 〔事实胜于雄辩。〕

（ 7〕 Health is better than wealth. 健康胜于财富。

（ 8〕 The sooner begun, the sooner done. 开始越早，完成得越早。

（ 9〕 Honesty is the best policy. 老实总是上策。

（ 10〕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。〕〔注：以上谚语运用了形容词或副词的比拟级、最高级。〕

（ 11〕 Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。

（ 12〕 Saving is getting. 〔节约就是获得。〕

〔13〕 It is no u crying over spilt milk.

覆水难收。

〔14〕 A rising tide lifts all boats.

水涨众船高。

（ 15〕 Time lost cannot be recalled. 光阴一去不复返。

（ 16〕 One is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

（ 17〕 It ’s never too late to mend〔.亡羊补牢，未为迟也。〕

（ 18〕 To stand still is to move back. 逆水行舟，不进那么退。

（ 19〕 To live is to learn, to learn is to better live. 活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。

（ 20〕 Live not to eat, but eat to live. 活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。〔注：以上谚语运用了非谓语动词。〕

（ 21〕 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。

（ 22〕 Early to bed and early to ri makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wi.

早起早睡使你健康、富裕、聪明。

（ 23〕 You may take a hor 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。〕

（ 24〕 Money makes the mare go. 有钱能使鬼推磨。

（ 25〕 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 〔一天一苹果医生远离我。〕

〔注：以上谚语运用了

“make/keep+ O.+ O.C. 〞结构。〕

〔26〕 All that glitters is not gold. / All is not gold that glitters.

闪光的并非都是金子。

（ 27〕 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。〕

（ 28〕 Every couple is not a pair. / Not every couple is a pair. 成双未必能配对。〔注：以上谚语运用了局部否认结构。〕

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（ 29〕 It is the early bird that catches the worm. 早出的鸟儿吃到虫。〔疾足者先得。〕

（ 30〕 It ’s a long lane that has no turning否.极泰来。

路必有弯，事必有变。〔没有弯曲的路真长。〕

/〔不顺是暂时，转机定出现。〕

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

（ 32〕 It is a good hor that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles.

良马会失蹄，贤妻有牢骚。

〔注：以上谚语运用了强调句型。〕

（ 33〕 Never put off till tomorrow. 〔今日事，今日毕。〕

（ 34〕 An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

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

（ 36〕 Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。〔一次上当，下次小心。〕

〔37〕 Out of sight, out of mind.

眼不见，心不想。〔不见就忘。〕

/〔离久情疏。〕

（ 38〕 Waste not, want not. 不浪费，不愁缺。

（ 39〕 No pains, no gains. 不劳无获。

（ 40〕 More hasty, less speed. 欲速那么不达。

（ 41〕 Like father, like son. 有其父，必有其子。

（ 42〕 Well begun, half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。

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

（ 44〕 The older, the wir. 姜是老的辣。

（ 45〕 As the tree, so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

（ 46〕 The sooner, the better. 越快越好。

（ 47〕 First come, first rved. 先到者先受用。〔先到先得。〕

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

（ 49〕 So said, so done. 说到做到 ,言出必行。

（ 50〕 Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。

〔注：以上谚语运用了 “省略 〞结构。〕

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

（ 52〕 All ’s well that ends well. 结果好就是一切好。

（ 53〕 God helps tho who help themlves. 天助自助者。

（ 54〕 Tho who live in glass hous should not throw stones.

家居玻璃房，切忌乱扔石。〔自己有弱点，勿揭他人短。〕

（ 55〕 He that corrects not small faults will not control great ones. 小错不纠，大错难控。〔注：以上谚语运用了定语从句。〕

（ 56〕 When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入境问俗。〔入乡随俗。〕

（ 57〕 Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。

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〔58〕 Where there ’s a will, there

’s 有a志way者.事竟成。

（ 59〕 Where there ’s smoke, there ’s无fire风.不起浪。

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

（ 61〕 If at first you don’eed,tsucctry, try, try again. 再接再厉，终会成功。

〔62〕 If a thing is worth doing, it

’s worth doing凡值well得.一做的都值得做好。

（ 63〕 Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。

（ 64〕 Look before you leap. 三思而后行。

（ 65〕 Don’t 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。〕

（ 66〕 East or west, home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

〔注：以上谚语运用了状语从句。〕

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

（ 68〕 No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。

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

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

（ 71〕 It never rains but it pours. 不雨那么已，一雨倾盆。〔祸不单行。〕

（ 72〕 Reading is to the mind what exerci 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：以上谚语运用了对称结构。〕

（ 73〕 Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

（ 74〕 Many hands make light work. 众人搭柴火焰高。

（ 75〕 Every minute counts. 分秒必争。

（ 76〕 Time and tide wait for no man.. 岁月不待人。

（ 77〕 A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始才有善终。

（ 78〕 All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马。

（ 79〕 Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一天建成的。〔冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。〕

（ 80〕 Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。

（ 81〕 Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。

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

（ 83〕 A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。

（ 84〕 Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。

（ 85〕 One fal step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。

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

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

（ 88〕 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 千里之行始于足下。

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(1) Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕；一举两得。

(2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。 (3) Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。

(4) It ’ s an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家丑不可外扬。

(5) Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍。

(6) A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟，闻言识人。

(7) Each bird loves to hear himlf sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱。〔自我欣赏〕

(8) You cannot catch old birds with chaff.( 粗糠 ). 用粗糠捉不住老鸟。 〔有经验的人难骗。〕

(9) Birds in their little nests agree.

同巢之鸟心儿齐。

(1) A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命；吉人天相。

(2) Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心。

(3) All cats are grey in the dark.. 〔人未知名时看起来都差不多。〕

(4) A gloved cat catches no mice. 〔不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。〕

(5) When the weal and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage. 黄鼠狼和猫结亲，不是好事情。〕

(7) The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 〔掩耳盗铃〕

(1) A crow is never the whiter for washing herlf often.

江山易改，本性难移。

(3) Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌 .

(5) Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。

(6) Barking dogs don ’ t (ldom) bite. 爱叫的狗很少咬人。

(7) (7) Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。

(8) (8) Dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人。

(9) All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 〔不要以貌取人。〕

(11) Don ’ t be a dog (lying) in the manger. 〔不要占着茅坑不拉屎。〕

(12) Dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残。

(14) A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner ’

s home however shabby it is. 儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。

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(1) The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。

(2) The fox preys farthest from his hole. 兔子不吃窝边草。

(1) The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼常在水底游。

(2) (2) Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。

(3) Go to the a, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

(6) If water is noisy, there are no fish in it. 夸夸其谈者无真才实学。〕。

(1) You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds( 猎狗 ). 〔人不应两面讨好。〕

(10) Hair by hair you will pull out the hor

’ s tail. 〔水滴石穿〕

(3) A speck of mou dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge.

一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。

(1) If one she

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