英语谚语必备60句

1、Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

没有知识的热心，犹如有火而无光。

2、Evil communications corrupt good manners.

不良的交往败坏良好的举止。

3、Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

唯利是图者，胸中无美德。

4、A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled).

一言既出，驷马难追。

5、No wisdom like silence.

聪明莫过沉默。

6、It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. 说得多是一回事，讲得中肯又是一回事。

7、Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress,which is great and tall ,but bars no fruit.

无益的雄辩犹如高大的柏树，不会结果。

8、Actions speak louder than words.

行动比言语响亮；百说不如一干。

9、Our own actions are our security,not others' judgments.

我们的行为是自己的保证，并不是旁人的鉴定。

10、A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

空有言语而无行动的人，犹如杂草丛生的花园。

11、The greatest talkers are always the least doers.

大言不惭的总是行动最少的人。

12、Pride goes before destruction.

骄者必败。

13、Knavery may serve,but honesty is best.

欺诈可能有用，诚实却是上策。

14、Every man has his weak side.

人人都有自己的弱点。

15、Love is a sweet tyranny,because the lover endures his torment wil lingly.

爱情是可爱的虐政，情人们甘受它痛苦的折磨。

16、East or west,home is best.

东也好，西也好，还是家中最好；金窝银窝，不如家

里的草窝。

17、Like father,like son.

有其父，必有其子。

18、Without a friend,the world is wilderness.

没有朋友，世界成了荒野。

19、A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

和任何人都认朋友，结果和任何人都交不成朋友；

20、A near friend is better than a fardwelling kinsman.

近友胜远亲。

21、A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难时的朋友才是真正的朋友。

22、Death is the grand leveler.

死亡面前，不分贵贱。

23、What we lose in hake we shall have in herring.

失鳕得鲱；失之东隅，收之桑榆。

24、Books,like friends,should be few and well chosen.

书籍如朋友，宜少宜精选。

25、A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口。

26、Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.

饿狗也吃脏布丁；饥不择食。

27、Love me,love my dog.

爱屋及乌。

28、Every dog has his day.

片瓦也有翻身日；人人都有得意时。

29、.Let sleeping dog lie.

勿惊卧狗；切莫惹是生非。

30、You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

猪耳朵做不成丝钱包；巧妇难为无米之炊。

31、The black ox has trod on his foot.

祸事临头。

32、You can take a horse to the water,but you cannot make him drink. 牵马河边易，逼马饮水难；不要逼人做他不愿做的事。

33、Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them.

乌鸦吃死羊，先要哭一场；猫哭老鼠假慈悲。

34、He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.

骑虎难下。

35、A candle lights others and consumes itself.

腊烛照亮了别人，毁灭了自己。

36、A good beginning is half done.

良好的开端，就是成功了一半。

37、A horse stumbles that has four legs.

人有失手日，马有失蹄时。

38、A little neglect may breed great mischief.

小失成大害；小误酿大祸。

39、 All roads lead to Rome.

条条大路通罗马。

40、A miss is as good as a mile.

失之毫厘，差以千里。

41、A new broom sweeps clean.

新官上任三把火。

42、A stitch in time saves nine.

一针及时省九针；一针不补，十针难缝。