英语格言与谚语

英語格言與諺語

1.Actions speak louder than words.行動勝於空談。

2.Advice when most needed is least heeded.忠言逆耳。

3.After a storm comes a calm.否極泰來。

4.All good things come to an end.花無百日紅（天下無不散之筵席）。

5.All roads lead to Rome.條條大道通羅馬。

6.All that glitters is not gold.閃爍者未必都是金（不可僅以貌取人）。

7.All's well that ends well.善終為善。

8.Art is long, life is short.人生苦短，而學術無窮。

9.As you sow, so shall you reap.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

10. Bad news travels fast.惡事傳千里。

11. A bad penny always comes back. 惡有惡報。

12. A bad shearer never had a good sickle. {A bad workman always blames his tools.}劣工尤器。

13. The bait hides the hook.餌裏藏鉤。

14. Barking dogs seldom bite.吠叫的狗不咬人。

15. Beauty is but skin deep.美色只是一層皮。

16. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼裏出西施。

17. Beggars must not be choosers.饑者不得擇食。

18. The best fish swims near the bottom.好魚游溪底。

19. Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. {Better be the head of

a dog than the tail of a lion.}寧為驢頭不為馬尾；寧為狗頭不為獅尾。

20. Better late than never.寧遲勿缺；只要開始，雖晚不遲。

21. Between two stools you fall to the ground.腳踏雙凳必墜地。

22. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.一鳥在手勝於兩鳥在林。

23. Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚。

24. The biter is sometimes bit.欺人反受欺（害人及害己）。

25. Blood is thicker than water.血濃於水。

26. A burnt child dreads the fire.受灼的小孩必怕火。

27.Care killed a cat.憂慮致命（勞神喪命）。

28.A cat may look at a king.君王卿相於我何。

29.Charity begins at home.修身齊家博愛天下。

30.The child is father of the man.少年時代可決定一人之未來。

parisons are odious.人比人氣死人。

32.Constant dripping wears away the stone.滴水穿石。

33.A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足常樂。

34.Death is the great leveler.死後萬人皆平等。

35.The devil finds work for idle hands to do.小人閑居做歹事。

36.Diamond cut diamond.兩虎相爭必有一傷。

37.Do as you would be done by.己所欲施於人。

38.Do in Rome as the Romans do.入境隨俗。

39.Don't change horses in mid-stream.臨陣勿換將。

40.Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.勿打如意算盤。

41.Do not kick against the pricks.勿以螳臂當車。

42.Don't put the cart before the horse.勿本未倒置。

43.Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.勿自砸飯碗。

44.Don't wash your dirty linen in public.家醜不可外揚。

45.Dog does not cat dog.狗不咬狗（同類不相殘）。

46.Easier said than done.說來容易做來難。

47.Easy come easy go.徼倖之財難久留（賺得容易花得快）。

48.Empty vessels make the most sound.空桶響叮噹。

49.Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千慮必有一失。

50.Everybody's business is nobody’s business.眾人之事乏人管。

51.Every dog has his day.三年風水輪流轉(狗也有走運的一天)。

52. Every man has his taste. 人各有所好。

53.Extremes meet. 物極必反。

54. Familiarity breed contempt.過份熟稔易滋侮蔑;近廟欺神。

55.A fault confessed is half redressed. 肯認錯是改過的一半。

56.First come first served.捷足先登。

57.The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait. 貪吃的魚兒易上鉤。

58.Forewarned is forearmed. 先知先戒備。

59.A friend in need is a friend indeed.救難之友乃為友。

60.Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.小人得寸便進尺。

61.God's mill grinds slow but sure. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。

62.Grasp all, lose all. 貪者必失。

63.Handsome is as handsome does.慷慨大方始為美。

64.He that touches pitch shall be defiled.近墨者黑。

65.Heaven helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。

66.Health is better than wealth.健康勝於財富。

67.Hide not your light under a bushel.勿過份謙沖以致隱沒才能。

68.History repeats itself.歷史會重演。

69.Hoist your sail when the wind is fair見機行事。.

70.Honesty is the best policy.誠實為上策。

71.Idle folk have the least leisure.懶惰人才說沒空閑。

72.If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.同時追兩免，兩頭都落空。