英语习语大全

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。

2. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

3. A bad thing never dies.坏事遗臭万年。

4. A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠常怨工具差，不会撑船怪河弯。

5. A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion.吠犬也比睡狮强。

6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

7. A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

8. A book that remains shut is but a block.有书不读，书变木头。

9. A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。

10.A burden of one's choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。

11. A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却奉献了自己。

12. A cat has nine lives.猫有九命。

13. A cat may look at a king.小人物也该有权利。

14. A closed mouth catches no flies.病从口入，祸从口出。

15. A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。

16. Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。

17. Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。多难兴邦

18. Adversity makes a man wise not rich.逆境出人才。

19. A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。

20. A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。

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

22. A fox may grow gray but never good.江山易改，本性难移。

23. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。急人急者乃真朋友。

24. A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。

25. A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。

26. A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。

27. “After you” is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌用语。

28. A good beginning is half done.良好的开端，成功的一半。

29. A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。

30. A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。

31. A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌

32. A good medicine tastes bitter.。良药苦口

33. A good wife's health is a man's best wealth.夫善则妻贤。妻子体健，丈夫少忧

34. A great talker is a great liar.良药苦口。大演说家被视为骗子

35. A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。

36. A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。谎言虽不树敌却失却朋友

37. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人信。

38. A light heart lives long.心情开朗寿命长。轻轻松松，命如青松

39. A litter body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精华。小个子，大境界

40. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解自欺欺人。无知危险

41. A little pot is soon hot.壶小水易热。小人物易满足

42. All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。

43. All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。美好难以长久

44. All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。百川归海

45. All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。

46. All that ends well is well.结果好就一切都好。/善始善终。

47. All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定是金子。

48. All things are difficult before they are easy.凡是总是由难而易。

49. A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。豹子脱不了斑色

50. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.只会用工不会玩耍，聪明的孩子也会变傻。只工作不休息，杰克也变呆。

51. A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。多问成才

52. A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应当量力而为。勿为己所不能量力而行

53. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。不能又传转子又卷线团

54. A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。

55. A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。无钱无以为人

56. A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。乐观者一往无前

57. A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，谬以千里。

58. A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。

59. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一个苹果，不用请医生。一日一苹果，健康无苦果。

60. A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

61. An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

62. An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。老年易因循守旧。

63. An old dog barks not in vain.老狗不乱吠。老者不妄言

64. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。

65. A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。

66. As a man sows so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。