谚语 摘自英文诵典

1.You never know what you can do until you try.(在尝试之前你不会知道自

己能做什么。)

2.So said ,so done.（言必行，行必果。）

3.Better be envied than pitied.(宁为人妒，不受人怜。)

4.Deliberate in counsel, prompt in actions.(考虑要仔细，行动要迅速。)

5.He laughs best who laughs last.(谁笑到最后谁笑得最美。)

6.Deal with a man as he deals with you.(以其人之道还治其人之身。)

7.It’s never too late to mend.(亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。)

8.Pride goes before a fall.(骄兵必败。)

9.Wise men are silent; fools talk.(智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝。)

10.A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.(一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。)

11.Business is the salt of life.(事业如同人生之盐；事业是人生的第一需要。)

12.Care and diligence bring luck.(谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。)

13.A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.(身正不怕影子斜。)

placency is the enemy of study.(满足是求知的大敌。)

15.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.(每个人是其自身命运的建筑

师。)

16.If you want knowledge ,you must toil for it.(要想求知，就得吃苦。)

17.Make hay while the sun shines.(趁热打铁。)

18.Good health is over wealth.(健康是最大的财富。)

19.Judge not from appearance.(人不可貌相。)

20.One false move may lose the game.(一着不慎，满盘皆输。)

21.Observation is the best teacher.(观察是最好的老师。)

22.Rome wasn’t built in a day.(冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。)

23.It is no use crying over spilt milk.(覆水难收。)

24.Nature is the true law.(天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。)

25.If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.(不入虎穴，焉得虎子。)

26.The end justifies the means.(只要目的正当，可以不折手段。)

27.Out of sight,out of mind.(眼不见，心不烦。)

28.Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.(良药苦口利于病。)

29.A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.(吃一堑，长一智。)

30.The world is but a little place, after all.(海内存知己，天涯若比邻。)

31.Patience is the best remedy.(忍耐是良药。)

32.Heaven never helps the man who will not act.(自己不动，叫天何用。)

33.Honesty is the best policy.(做人以诚信为本。)

34.Pleasure comes through toil.(苦尽甘来。)

35.Tomorrow never comes.(我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。)

36.A good beginning is half done.(良好的开端是成功的一半。)

37.Example is better than percept.(说一遍，不如做一遍。)

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

39.The fox knew too much, that’s how he lost his tail.(机关算尽太聪明，反

误了卿卿性命。)

40.It is better to die when life is disgrace.(宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。)

41. Hope for the best, but prepare the worst.(抱最好的期望，做最坏的打算。)

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

43.Please the eye and plague the heart.(贪图一时快活，必然留下隐患。)

44.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.(经验是智慧

的父亲，记忆是智慧的母亲。)

45.To err is human.(人非圣贤，孰能无过。)

46.Still water run deep.(静水流深。)