英语作文应试备用谚语

英语作文应试备用谚语
一、道德与修养
1. A bird may be known by its song.
闻其言而知其人。

2. A clean hand wants no washing. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门。

3. A good conscience is a constant feast.
心安理得，吃什么都香。

问心无愧，永远愉快。

4. A leopard can’t change its spots.
豹不改其斑，人难移本性。

5.Character is the first and the last word in the success circle.
人品是事业成功的决定条件。

6.Diamond cuts diamond. For every capable man, there is always one still more capable.
强中自有强中手，能人背后有能人。

7.Do right and fear no man.
行为端，不畏人。

8.False friends are worse than open enemies.
虚假的朋友比明处的敌人更可怕。

9.Fish begins to stink at the head.
上梁不正下梁歪。

10.Glory is the shadow of virtue.
荣誉是美德的影子。

11.He that prays harm for his neighbour begs a curse upon himself.
多行不义必自毙。

12.He that walks with wise men shall be wise. He who touches pitch will be defiled.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

13.Honest advice, though unpleasant to the ear, induces good conduct.
忠言逆耳利于行。

14.Humility is the foundation of all virtues.
谦逊乃一切美德之本。

15.Humility often gains more than pride.
谦受益，满招损。

16.Kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the flowers, kind
deeds are the fruits.
善良的心灵是园地，圣洁的思想是根茎，美好的语言是花朵，高尚的行为是果实。

17.Manners make the man.
举止言行显人品。

观仪态而知其人。

18.Men of character like to hear of their faults.
君子闻过则喜。

19.Misfortune is the touchstone of virtue.
逆境是美德的试金石。

20.None so blind as those won’t see. None so deaf as those who won’t hear.
视而不见为最瞎，充耳不闻为最聋。

21.Soft and fair goes far.
公平和气成大事。

22.The body is sooner dressed than the soul.
打扮外表易，改变灵魂难。

23.The fox knew too much. That’s how he lost his tail.
机关算尽，苦果自尝。

24.There is nothing lost by civility.
礼貌待人不吃亏。

25.They are never alone accompanied with noble thoughts.
思想崇高的人不会感到寂寞。

26.Thus it happens that men are blind to their own faults, but never lose sight of their
neighbour’s.
自己错误看不见，别人错误一大片。

27.To err is human, to forgive divine.
犯错乃人之常情，宽恕乃圣人之行。

28.Virtue and a trade are the best portion for children.
美德和技艺是留给孩子的最佳遗产。

29.Virtue is its own reward.
美德的报偿即其自身。

善有善报。

30.Virtue never grows old.
美德常在永不老。

二、时间与机会
1. A hundred years can’t repair a moment’s loss of honour.
一失足成千古恨。

2. A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒悲伤。

3.All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。

好景不长。

4.An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之际在于晨。

5.Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好。

6.By timely mending saves much spending.
小洞不补，大洞受苦。

亡羊补牢未为晚。

7.Defer not till tomorrow what may be done today.
今日事，今日毕。

8.Every second counts.
分秒必争。

一寸光阴一寸金。

9.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
万物有其时，机来不可失。

10.Good counsel never comes too late.
好建议再晚也不迟。

11.A good opportunity is seldom presented and is easily lost.
好机会难得易失。

12.He that gains time gains all things.
赢得时间者，赢得一切。

13.Lost time is never found again.
光阴一去不复返。

14.The morning sun never lasts a day.
朝阳虽好，难以长留。

15.No wonder lasts but nine days.
事无几日新。

好景不长。

16.One cannot put back the clock.
光阴一去不复返。

17.Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
机不可失，时不再来。

18.Punctuality is the soul of business.
守时是事业的根本。

19.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。

趁机行事。

20.Things past cannot be recalled.
过去的事情不可挽回。

21.Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare.
充分利用时间的人总是没有时间。

22.Time and chance reveal all secrets.
时机一到，真相大白。

23.Time cures all things.
时间能医治一切创伤。

24.Time is the father of truth and experience is the mother of science.
时间是真理之父，经验是科学之母。

25.Time tries truth.
时间检验真理。

26.Truth is the daughter of time.
真理是时间的女儿。

27.Work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow.
今日事今日毕，明日可能有阻力。

28.Years know more than books.
岁月比书本知道得多。

29.Yesterday cannot be called back.
昨日一去不复返。

30.Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
青春一生只有一次。

三、知识与技能
1. A little learning is a dangerous thing.
一知半解是一件危险的事情。

2. A smooth sea never makes a skillful mariner.
风平浪静的大海练不出好水手。

3. A useful trade is a mine of gold.
家财万贯，不如一技在身。

4.All men can’t be first, but any one should strive for it.
虽非人人都第一，但可人人争第一。

5.Art is long, but life is short.
学海无涯，人生有限。

6.By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn.
我们因无知而犯错，因犯错而增长见识。

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

8.He that boasts of his knowledge proclaims his own ignorance.
吹嘘自己的学问等于宣布自己的无知。

9.He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue.
智者慎言。

10.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of anything.
耻于发问即耻于求知。

11.In doing we learn.
实践出真知。

12.Jack of all trades and a master of none.
样样通，样样松。

13.Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits.
求知艰苦，硕果甘甜。

14.Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
知识是宝库，实践是钥匙。

15.Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
知识使人谦虚，无知使人骄傲。

16.Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.
脱离实践的知识没有什么价值。

17.Learning without thought is useless, and thought without learning is dangerous.
学而不思无用，思而不学危险。

18.Observation is the best teacher.
观察是最好的老师。

19.Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
光读书不思考，食而不化受益少。

20.Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
技能和信心是无敌的力量。

21.Skill is no burden.
技不压身。

22.The more you know, the more you find you don’t know.
知识越多，越觉得知识不够。

23.The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth.
知识是无价之宝。

24.There are trades in every trade.
三百六十行，行行有诀窍。

25.There is no royal road to learning.
求学之路无坦途。

26.They that know nothing fear nothing.
无知者无畏。

初生牛犊不怕虎。

27.Who has a trade, has a share everywhere.
身怀一技，到哪里都有饭吃。

28.Who learns young forgets not when he is old.
年轻时学的东西，到老也不会忘记。

29.Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.
有才气无学识，犹如大树不结果。

30.Work and patience will perform wonders.
努力和耐心能创造奇迹。

四、言谈与行动
1. A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.
口若悬河不表明有智慧。

2. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说不练的人，就像长满杂草的花园。

3. A wise man thinks all that he says. A fool says all that he thinks.
智者三思而后语，愚人信口而开合。

4.Actions speak louder than words.
空谈不如实干。

5.Barking dogs do no bite.
吠犬不咬人。

爱咋呼者不干实事。

6.Better to do well than to say well.
说得好不如做得好。

7.Blame not the speaker but he warned by his words.
言者无罪，闻者足戒。

8.Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves.
言是叶，行是果。

9.Empty wagons rattle loud. Deep water runs still.
空车动静大，深水淌无声。

10.Example is better than precept.
身教胜于言传。

11.Every potter praises his own pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。

12.From words to deeds is a great space.
言行之间，距离遥远。

13.Good words without deeds are rushes and weeds.
空洞的漂亮话分文不值。

14.Great talkers are little doers.
语言的巨人，行动的矮子。

15.Hunger cannot be appeased with a painted cake.
画饼不能充饥。

16.Men are judged by what they do.
观其行而知其人。

17.Promise little, but do much.
少许愿，多做事。

18.Put your shoulder to the wheel.
做事要实实在在。

19.Saying and doing are two different things.
说和做是两码事。

20.Speech is the picture of the mind.
言为心声。

21.The deed proves the man.
观其行而知其人。

22.The shortest answer is doing.
最简单的回答是行动。

23.Thought is the seed of action.
思想是行动的种子。

24.To carry fire in one hand and water in the other.
阳奉阴违，口是心非。

25.To say all the finest things while doing all the vilest.
好话说尽，坏事做绝。

26.Virtue is praised by all but practiced by few.
人人齐声赞美德，身体力行却寥寥。

27.When a word is out, it belongs to another.
一言既出，驷马难追。

28.Wise men have their mouth in their heart. Fools their heart in their mouth.
嘴在心里聪明人，心在嘴边愚蠢人。

29.Words hurt more than swords.
言语伤人胜利剑。

30.Words pay no debt.
空话不抵债。

空言无益。

五、运动与健康
1. A light heart lives long.
心胸开朗，健康长寿。

2. A little labor, much health.
干些体力活，健康得益多。

3.After dinner sit a while. After supper walk a mile.
午饭之后坐一坐，晚饭之后走一走。

4.Agues come on horse, but go away on foot.
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。

得病容易去病难。

5.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只学习不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。

6.The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet and Dr. Merryman.
节食、静心加快乐，医生不用再罗嗦。

7.Better pay the butcher than the doctor.
药疗不如食疗。

8.Better wear out shoes than sheets.
与其久卧而得病，不如运动求健康。

9.Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.
良药苦口利于病。

10.By the side of sickness health becomes sweet.
置身病榻，方知健康的可贵。

11.Care brings gray hair.
愁一愁，白了头。

12.Diseases are the price of ill pleasures.
疾病是放纵的代价。

13.Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
睡得早，起得早，健康富裕脑子好。

14.Good health is better than wealth.
健康胜过财富。

15.Health is not valued till sickness comes.
病了才知道健康的可贵。

身在福中要知福。

16.Hide nothing from the physician.
勿讳疾忌医。

17.It is hidden wrath that harms.
内火伤身。

ughter is the best medicine.
笑一笑，十年少。

ughter makes good blood.
笑口常开，健康常在。

20.Measure is medicine.
适度为良药。

21.Music helps not the toothache.
应对症下药。

22.Prevention is better than cure.
预防胜于治疗。

23.Sickness is felt, but health not at all.
疾病可以察觉，健康则会在不知不觉中失去。

24.Sports and games are helpful for character-training.
体育运动有助于品格培养。

25.Sports make our bodies strong, keep us healthy, and prevent us from getting too fat.
运动使人变强壮，身体健康不变胖。

26.Sound in body, sound in mind.
身体健康，神清气爽。

27.Study is doubtless important, but sports and games are also indispensable.
学业当然是重要的，但体育运动也是不可缺少的。

28.Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康，枉有家当。

29.Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.
不管疾病的父亲是谁，饮食无度肯定是它的母亲。

病从口入。

30.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
智慧之于精神，犹如健康之于躯体。

六、财富与人生
1. A good friend is the best possession.
挚友乃最好的财富。

2. A good name is better than riches.
美名胜过财富。

3.Alms never make poor.
施舍不会致贫。

4.Better go to heaven in rags than to hell embroidery.
宁可穷而有德，不可富而不义。

5.Content is better than riches.
知足胜过财富。

6.Do not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
切勿杀鸡取卵。

7.Great wealth, great care.
财产越多，忧虑越大。

8.He is not poor that has not much, but he that desires much.
缺少财富不是穷，贪心不足才是穷。

9.He is rich enough that wants nothing.
无所求者最富有。

10.He who has good health is young, and he is rich who owes nothing.
健康即年青，无债即富有。

11.Ill goods never prosper.
不义之财不发家。

12.Plenty breeds pride.
富足滋生骄傲。

13.Poor and liberal, rich and covetous.
贫穷者多慷慨，有钱者多贪婪。

14.Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.
贫穷不可耻，耻于贫穷才可耻。

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

16.Poverty tries friends.
贫穷考验友情。

17.Riches bring care and fear.
钱财带来忧虑和恐惧。

18.Riches do not always bring happiness.
有钱未必幸福。

19.Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
钱财要么受主人支配，要么支配主人。

20.Riches have wings.
钱财易散，富贵无常。

21.Saving is getting.
勤俭节约是致富之道。

22.Small gains bring great wealth.
积少成多。

集腋成裘。

23.The abundance of money ruins youth.
钱财太多毁少年。

24.The more riches a fool has, the greater fool he is.
傻瓜的钱财越多，做的傻事越大。

25.The rich never want for kindred.
富在深山有远亲。

26.Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for
money.
相信金钱万能者，为攫取金钱往往不择手段。

27.Want of wit is worse than want of wealth.
没有智慧比没有钱财更糟糕。

28.Waste makes want.
浪费造成短缺。

29.Wealth is the test of a man’s character.
财富考验一个人的品行。

30.What is wealth good for if it brings melancholy?
如果财富带给人的是忧郁，财富有何用处？。