常见英语谚语-习语

英语谚语和习语

1.look on with folded arms 袖手旁观

2.call white black 颠倒黑白

3.speak like a book 咬文嚼字

4.make a noise in a world 名噪一时

5.an old head on your shoulders 少年老成

6.take to one's heels 逃之夭夭

7.in a class by itself 独一无二

8.do in Rome as Rome does 入乡随俗

9.be wet behind the ears /smell of the baby

乳臭未干

10.not a feather to fly with 一贫如洗

11.give sb.a piece of one's mind 直言不讳

12.Many a little makes a mickle.积少成多

13.No one wise at all times.智者千虑，必有一失

14.Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败

15.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧

16.No pains,no gains. 不劳无获

17.It's never too late to learn.活到老，学到老

18.One today is worth two tomorrow.

一个今天等于两个明天。

19.No one can do two things at once.

一心不可二用。

20.There is no friend so faithful as

a good book. 好书胜好友。

21.Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。

22.Something attempted,something done.

有所尝试，就有所作为。

23.Never judge from appearance.

不要以貌取人。

24.To choose time is to save time.

选择时间就是节省时间。

25.Time is a bird forever on wing .

时间就是一只永远飞翔的鸟。

26.take trouble 吃苦

27.be at the pains of learning 刻苦学习

28.be in pain 在痛苦中

29.dream away one's life 虚度一生

30.live on the fat of the land 过奢侈的生活

31.have a thin /good time 过的不舒坦

32.a rich joke 逗人的笑话

33.look hard at 死盯着

34.work on the land 务农

35.pull oneself together 振奋精神

36.have the pull of sb. 胜过某人

37.keep cool 保持镇静

38.out of question 毫无疑问

39.cry up 夸张

40.cry for the moon 想要上天

41.make believe 假装

42.drop a brick 出言不慎

43.drop aross a person 碰见某人

43.a bank of snow 一堆雪

44.the family circle 家族

45.as yet 直到现在

46.call cousins with 同......攀亲

47.the Tropic of Cancer 北回归线

48.care for 喜爱

49.a sad sack 不中用的人

50.fight to the death 战斗到底

51.a palace hotel 豪华旅馆

52.worth one's while 值得的

53.on the whole 基本上

54.once again / more 再来一次

55.I've heard so much about you. 久仰大名

56.Two heads are better than one.

二人智慧胜一人。

57.We reap what we sow.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

58.You can not get blood out of stone.铁石心肠

59.Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。

60.Learning without though means labour lost,

though without learning is perilous.

学而不思则网，思而不学则殆。

1.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

2.God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。

3.Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。

4.Where there is a will,there is a way. 有志者事竟成。

5.One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。

6.Slow and steady wins the race. 稳扎稳打无往而不胜。

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

8.Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。

9.All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

10.Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. 无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒

有其表。

11.More hasty,less speed. 欲速则不达。

12.It's never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

13.All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。

14.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。