英语谚语

曾经沧海难为水

One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers. 人的欲望无止境

Desire has no rest.

金诚所至，金石为开。（信念移山）

Faith can move mountains.

美德常青

Virtue never grows old.

一报还一报（以德报德，以怨报怨）

Give as good as one gets.

礼多人不怪

Courtesy cost nothing.

趁热打铁

Strike while the iron is hot

覆水难收

Water is done can not be undone.

勤劳之人不受穷。

Poverty is stranger to industry.

轻诺者寡信

He that promises too much means nothing.

天网恢恢，疏而不漏

Just has long arms

先入为主

First impression

东奔西跑，还是家好。（金窝银窝，不如咱的狗窝）East or west, home is best.

别在河流中间换马

Do not change horses in mid-stream

贪多嚼不烂

Do not have too many irons in the fire

家书抵万金

The letter from home is a priceless treasure.

一回生，二回熟

Difficult the first time, easy the second.

殊途同归

All rivers run into the sea.

鲁班门前弄斧

Do not teach the fish to swim.

开卷有益

Something is learned every time when a book is opened. 孰能生巧

Practice makes perfect.

谋事在人，成事在天

Man proposes, god disposes.

同舟共济

A common danger causes common action.

罗马不是一日建成的（伟业非一日之功）

Rome was not built in a day.

风水轮流转

The worse luck now, the better another time.

别把所有鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里（不要孤注一掷）

Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

教养胜过天性

Nurture passes nature.

民以食为天

Bread is the stall of live

人生如朝露

Life is a span

人心各不同

So many men, so many minds.

有得就有失去（事难两全其美）

You can not have your cake and eat it.

海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near

眼不见，心不烦

Out of sight, out of mind.

酒香不怕巷子深

Good wine needs no bush

习惯成自然

Custom makes all things easy

未雨绸缪

Keep something for a rainy day.

青春好作乐

Youth will be served.

塞翁失马，焉知非福。

Bad luck often brings good luck.

不在屋里，不知漏雨（亲身经历才有体会）

If you are not inside a house, you do not know about its leaking. 一日一个苹果，健康不求医。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

知足常乐

A contented mind is a continual feast.

吃一堑长一智。

A fall in to the pit, a gain in your wit.

一招鲜，吃天下

He who has an art has everywhere a part.

鱼和熊掌不可兼得（蜡烛不可两头燃）

You can not burn the candle at both ends。

客随主便

A guest should suit the convenience of the host.

好聚好散

Merry meet, merry part.

经常用腿，健步如飞。

Use legs and have legs.

事实比虚构更离奇（大千世界，无奇不有。）Fact is stranger than fiction.

思想不用交税。（人人都可以自由思考）Thoughts are free from toll.

一燕不成夏（一花独放不是春）

One swallow doesn’t make a summer.

酒后吐真言。

The heart is seen in wine.

Wine in, truth out.

姜还是老的辣。

The older the wiser

隔墙有耳

Walls have ears

有得就有失（事事难两全）

You can not have your cake and eat it

千里之行始于足下

He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom