英语常考英文谚语集锦

英语常考英文谚语集锦（1）

Better late than never. 迟做总比不

做好。（2）Easier said than

done. 说起来容易做起来难。（3）Something is better than nothing. 有总比没有好。

（4）Better safe than sorry. （事后追悔不如事

前稳妥。）

（5）Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。

（6）Actions speak louder than words. （事实胜于雄辩。）

（7）Health is better than wealth. 健康胜于财富。

（8）The sooner begun, the sooner done. 开始越早，完成得越早。

（9）Honesty is the best policy. 诚实总是上策。（10）The best fish are / swim near the bottom. 好鱼居水底。（有价值的东西不能轻易得到。）（注：以上谚语运用了形容词或副词的比较级、最高级。）

（11）Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。

（12）Saving is getting. （节约就是获得。）（13）It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。

（14）A rising tide lifts all boats. 水涨众船高。（15）Time lost cannot be recalled. 光阴一去不复返。

（16）One is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

（17）It 's never too late to mend（. 亡羊补牢，未为迟也。）

（18）To stand still is to move back. 逆水行舟，不进则退。

（19）To live is to learn, to learn is to better live. 活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。

（20）Live not to eat, but eat to live. 活着不是为

了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。

（注：以上谚语运用了非谓语动词。）

（21）All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作/学习不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。（22）Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

早起早睡使你健康、富裕、聪明。

（23）You may take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.

领马河边易，逼马饮水难。（不要逼人做不愿做的事。）

（24）Money makes the mare go. 有钱能使鬼推磨。

（25）An apple a day keeps the doctor away.（—天一苹果医生远离我。）

（注：以上谚语运用了“make/keep+ O.+ O.C. 结构。）

（26）All that glitters is not gold. / All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的并非都是金子。

（27）All that dogs bark at are not thieves. / All are not thieves that dogs bark at.

狗吠者未必是贼。（勿以貌取人。）

（28）Every couple is not a pair. / Not every couple is a pair. 成双未必能配对。

（注：以上谚语运用了部分否定结构。）

( 29)It is the early bird that catches the worm. 早出的鸟儿吃到虫。(疾足者先得。)

(30)It ' s a long lane that has no turning否极泰来。

路必有弯，事必有变。(没有弯曲的路真长。 ) / (不顺是暂时，转机定出现。)

(31)It is love that makes the world go round. 爱使世界更美好。

(32)It is a good horse that never stumbles, and

a good wife that never grumbles.

良马会失蹄，贤妻有牢骚。 (注：以上谚语运用了强调句型。)

( 33) Never put off till tomorrow. (今日事，今日毕。)

( 34) An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

( 35) A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一

堑，长一智。

( 36) Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。(一次上当，下次小心。)

（37）Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不想。（不见就忘。）/（离久情疏。）

（38）Waste not, want not. 不浪费，不愁缺。（39）No pains, no gains. 不劳无获。

（40）More hasty, less speed. 欲速则不达。（41）Like father, like son. 有其父，必有其子。（42）Well begun, half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。

（43）An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

（44）The older, the wiser. 姜是老的辣。

（45）As the tree, so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆

得豆。

（46）The sooner, the better. 越快越好。

（47）First come, first served. 先到者先受用。（先到先得。）

（48）Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴, 焉得虎子。