中文谚语英译

1．见机行事。Act according to circumstances.

2．兵不厌诈All is fair in war.

3．兵不厌诈留得青山在，不怕没柴烧As long as the green hills last, there'll always be wood to burn.

4．种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。As you sow, so shall you reap. 2

5．不问就听不到假话。Ask no questions and be told no lies.

6．情人眼里出西施。Beauty lies in lover's eye.

7．血浓于水。Blood is thicker than water.

8．海内存知己，天涯若比邻。A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.

9．简洁是智慧的灵魂。Brevity is the soul of wit.

10．公事公办。Business is business.

11．车到山前必有路。The cart will find its way round the hill when it gets there.

12．巧妇难为无米之炊。he cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice.

13．笨鸟先飞。Clumsy birds have to start flying early.

14．精诚所至，金石为开。Complete sincerity can affect even metal and stone.

15．置之死地而后生。Confront a person with the danger of death and he will fight to live.

16．滴水穿石。Constant dripping wears away the stone.

17．习惯成自然。Custom is a second nature.

18．以其人之道，还治其人之身。Deal with a man as he deals with you. 19．血债要用血来还。Debts of blood must be paid in blood.

20．隔行如隔山。Different trades are separated as by mountains. 21．一回生，二回熟。．Different the first time, easy the second. 22．早动手，早收获。Early sow, early mow.

23．者千虑，必有一失。Even the wise are not free from error. 24．吃一堑，长一智。Every failure one meets with adds to one's experience.

25．国家兴亡，匹夫有责。Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country

26．每一个人都有美中不足的地方。Every man has the defects of his own virtues.

27．人各有所好。Every man to his taste.

28．行行出状元。Every profession produces its own leading authority. 29．仁者见仁，智者见智。Everyone thinks in his way.

30．切莫错过良机。Everything has its time and that time must be watched.

31．凡事总有一个开头。Everything must have a beginning.

32．身教胜于言教。Example is better than precept.

33．经验是智慧之母。Experience is the mother of wisdom.

34．经验是愚者之师。Experience is the teacher of fools.

35．乐极生悲。Extreme joy begets sorrow.

36．以眼还眼，以牙还牙。An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 37．心有余而力不足（贪多嚼不烂）。The eye is bigger than the belly. 38．吃一堑，长一智。A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

39．人怕出名猪怕壮。Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.

40．少说为佳。Few words are best

41．寡不敌众。A few are no match for the many.

42．水火无情。Fire and water have no mercy.

43．看菜吃饭，量体裁衣。Fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure.

44．患难之交才是真正的朋友。A friend in need is a friend indeed. 45．君子之交淡如水。The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water 46．天才出自勤奋。Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. 47．礼轻情意重。The gift is trifling but the feeling is profound. 48．好故事百听不厌。A good tale is not the worse for being told twice. 49．善有善报，恶有恶报。Good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil.

50．名师出高徒。A great teacher produces a brilliant student.

51．习惯成自然。Habit is second nature.

52．欲速则不达（忙中有错）。Haste makes waste.

53．满招损，谦受益。Haughtiness invites disaster, humility receives