Englishproverbs英语谚语资料

English Proverbs (英文格言、谚语)

A bad penny always comes back.

恶有恶报。

A bad shearer never had a good sickle.

劣工尤器。

拙劣的割草工人用不出好镰刀。自己技术不好，再好的镰刀也没有用

A bad workman always blames his tools.

劣工尤器。

拙劣的工匠只会怪工具不好。

A bad workman quarrels with his tools

劣工尤器。

劣匠只会跟自己的工具吵架。

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

一鸟在手胜于两鸟在林。

拥有的才是最真实的。把握现在。及时行乐，有花堪折直须折。Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

小别胜新婚。

A burnt child dreads the fire.

受灼的小孩必怕火。

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳。

A cat may look at a king.

君王卿相于我何关。

猫也可以打量国王，暗喻人人平等。

人皆可为尧舜帝王。切勿因为别人的经验不如你多，就不让他发表想法。

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link."

链子的坚固是取决于最脆弱的连结处。

一步下错，满盘皆输。

A clear conscience is like a coat of mail.

良心如信纸之信封。

平生不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

A clear conscience laughs at false accusation.

只要问心无愧，无端的指责可以一笑置之。

A constant guess is never welcome.

常客难受欢迎.

A contented mind is a perpetual feast.

知足常乐。

A creaking gate hangs long.

会嘎嘎响的门反而用得久。

病夫命久；瑕不掩瑜。

Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。行动胜于言辞。

坐而言不如起而行。

Advice when most needed is least heeded.

忠言逆言。

A fair face may hide a foul heart. (Fair face, foul heart.) 人面兽心。

A fault confessed is half redressed.

肯认错是改过的一半。过则勿惮改

A fool and his money are easily parted.

愚人难聚财。

A fox smells its own lair first."

狐狸有臭己先闻。要刮别人鬍子前，先刮自己的。

严以律己。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.

朋友应该容忍朋友的缺点。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

= A friend to all is a friend to none.

人尽可友的人，不是真正朋友。滥交者无友。

After a storm comes a calm.

否极泰来。

After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

午餐后一坐，晚餐后一哩。

After rain comes sunshine.

雨过天晴。

A good beginning makes a good ending.

善始必善终，欲善终务先以善始。

A good conscience is a safe pillow.

行止清白，高枕无忧。

A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all.

众人皆醉我独醒。

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

作贼心虚；多行不义必自毙。

夜路走多了总会遇到鬼。千夫所指，不疾而死。

A handful of trade is a handful of gold.

一把贸易，一把黄金。

A honey tongue, a heart of gall.

口蜜腹剑；笑裡藏刀；佛口蛇心。

A hundred tricks are not so good as one well-learned trade.

百艺无如一艺精。

A jack of all trades is master of none.

杂而不精的三脚猫。万事通，无事精通。

A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.

开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。

A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.

穷人眼中的一隻羊，贵似富人的一头牛。物品在不同人的身上有不同的价值。

A leopard cannot change his spots.

豹的斑点是改不掉的。

牛牵到北京还是牛。江山易改，本性难移。