正确用英语表达谚语

1.A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。

2. A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。

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

4. A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart. 做贼心虚。

8. A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。

9. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。

10. A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。

11. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

12. A beggar’s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

13. A bird is known by its note and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。

14. A bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。

15. A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无。

16. A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it’s the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。17. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情。

18. A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。

19. A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。

20. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身。

21. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

22. A burden of one’s choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重。

23. A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

24. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。

25. A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王。

26. A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。

27. Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。

28. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。

29. A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息。

30. A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。

Knowledge is power. (Francis Bacon 培根)

Knowledge is the food of the soul. (Plato 柏拉图)

A little learning is a dangerous thing. (Alexander Pope 蒲柏)

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. (William Yeats 叶芝)

He is the happiest, be he is King or peasant, who finds peace in his home. (J. W. Goethe 歌德) Prevention is better than cure. (Charles Dickens 狄更斯)

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. (Clare Luce 卢斯，美国剧作家) Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. (Alexandre Dumas 大仲马)

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today. (Franklin Roosevelt 罗斯福) A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. (J. Barrymore 巴里摩尔，美国演员) Necessity is the mother of invention. (Plato 柏拉图)

Punishment is justice for the unjust. (Augustine 奥古斯丁，英国作家)

Discontent is the first step in progress of a man or a nation. (Oscar Wild 王尔德)

Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. (Horace 贺拉斯，古罗马诗人)

The Chinese word for crisis is divided into two characters, one meaning danger and the other meaning opportunity. (Burejer 布莱杰，英国作家)