英文谚语 English Idiom Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。 Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事，今日毕。 Never too old to learn. 活到老学到老。 Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见。 Better late than never.（It's never too late to mend.） 亡羊补牢犹未晚。（迟做总比不做好）。 Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不待人。 Well begun is half done. 好的开始是成功的一半。 Honesty is the best policy. 诚实是上策。 A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐。 The early bird gets the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃；捷足先登。 In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. 比上不足，比下有余。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 A leopard cannot change his spots. 本性难移。 A little learning is a dangerous thing. 只知皮毛是件危险的事。 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔；转业不聚财。 A stitch in time saves nine. 及时一针省九针。及时行事，则事半功倍。 A tree is known by its fruit. 从所结的果子可以知道一棵果树的好坏。 Actions speak louder than words. 行动胜於言辞；事实胜於雄辩。 Advice when most needed is least heeded. 忠言逆耳。 After rain comes sunshine. 雨过天晴。 All good things come to an end. 花无百日红（天下无不散之筵席）。 All is well that ends well. 善终为善。 All that glitters is not gold. 金玉其外，未必皆善（不可仅以貌取人）。 Beauty is in the eye of beholder. 情人眼里出西施﹝各人审美观点不同﹞。 Beauty is only skin-deep. 人不可貌相﹝美貌不过是外表的﹞。 As you make your bed so you must lie on it. 自作自受；咎由自取。 Between two stools you fall to the ground. 脚踏双凳必坠地。 Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚。 Blood is thicker than water. 血浓於水。 Brevity is the soul of wit. 精简是智慧的真髓。 Business before pleasure. 工作先於玩乐。 Care killed a cat. 忧虑致命（劳神丧命）。 Charity begins at home. 仁爱从家中开始。齐家才能治国。 Comparisons are odious. 人比人气死人。 Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石。 Courtesy costs nothing. 礼多人不怪。 Death is the great leve1er. 死後万人皆平等（人皆有死）。 Diamond cut(s) diamond. 两虎相争必有一伤。 Discretion is the better part of valor. 勇敢贵审慎（冒不必要之险，只是匹夫之勇）。 Discretion is the better part of valor. 勿逞匹夫之勇；识时务者为俊杰。 Do as you would be done by. 己所欲施於人。 Dogs do not eat dog. 狗不咬狗（同类不相残）。 Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入境随俗。 Do not cast pearls before swine. 不要明珠暗投。不要对牛弹琴。 water off a duck's back 对牛弹琴。 cast [throw] (one's) pearls before swine 对牛弹琴。 cannot see the wood for the trees 见树不见林；因小失大。 Charity begins at home. 仁爱从家中开始。齐家才能治国。 Comparisons are odious. 人比人气死人。 Complete power corrupts completely. 绝对的权力使人绝对地腐化。 Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石。 Courtesy costs nothing. 礼多人不怪。 Cry over spilt milk. 做无益之悔恨。 Death is the great leve1er. 死後万人皆平等（人皆有死）。 Diamond cut(s) diamond. 两虎相争必有一伤。 Discretion is the better part of valor. 勇敢贵审慎（冒不必要之险，只是匹夫之勇）。 勇气贵在慎重；三十六计走为上策。勿逞匹夫之勇；识时务者为俊杰。 Do not kick against the pricks. 勿以螳臂挡车（勿作无谓之抵抗徒伤自己）。 Do not put the cart before the horse. 勿将本未倒置。 Do not wash your dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外扬。 Don't change horses in mid-stream. 临阵勿换将。 Don't count your chicken before they are hatched. 勿打如意算盘。 Don't quarrel with your bread and butter. 勿自砸饭碗。 Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 勿孤注一掷。 Don't speak ill of others behind their backs. 不要在背後说人坏话。 dose sb with his own physic (medicine) 以其人之道还治其人. Eat, drink, and be merry. 及时行乐。 Enough is as good as feast. 知足常乐。 Easier said than done. 说比做来得容易。 Easy come, easy go. 来得容易去得快。 East or west, home is best. 金窝银窝不如自家的狗窝。 Empty vessels make the most sound. 空桶响叮咚。 Even a worm will turn. 逼急了也会反抗。狗急跳墙。 Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑必有一失。 Every cloud has a silver lining. 天无绝人之路。人各有其福。 Every dog has his day. 三十年风水轮流转（狗也有走运的一天）。 Every man has his taste. 人各有所好。 Everybody's business is nobody's business. 众人之事乏人管。三个和尚没水喝。 Extremes meet. 物极必反。 Experience is the extract of suffering. 经验是受苦的结晶 Familiarity breeds contempt. 狎昵招侮（近庙欺神）。 Fail to see the wood for the trees (=not see the wood for the trees) 见树不见林；顾大不顾小。 Faint heart never won fair lady. 不入虎穴焉得虎子。胆怯者永远得不到美人的芳心。果敢能成事。 fair without and foul within 外表美而内心丑陋；绣花枕头。 finders keepers 谁找到便给谁。 Fine feathers make fine birds. 佛要金装。人要衣装。 First come first served. 先来先得；捷足先登。 Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 自不量力。 Forewarned is forearmed. 先知先戒备。 Fortune favors the brave (bold). 天助勇者。 Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 人言可畏。 God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。 God's mill grinds slow but sure. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 Grasp al1, lose al1. 贪多必失。样样都要，全部失掉。 Habit is second nature. 习惯成自然。 Half a loaf is better than none. 聊胜於无。 Handsome is as handsome does. 慷慨大方始为美。 Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。 Health is better than wealth. 健康胜於财富。 Heaven he1ps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。 He is poor but has a noble mind. 他人穷志不穷。 He who has hope has everything. 怀有希望者，便拥有一切。 History repeats itself. 历史会重演。 Honesty is the best policy. 诚实是最上策。 Hunger is the best sauce. 饥饿时样样都可口。 If you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the bitterest of the bitter. 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人。 It is no use crying over spilt milk. 打翻牛奶，哭也没用；覆水难收。 It is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill. 宁为善而斗，毋屈服於恶。 Kill two birds with one stone. 一石二鸟。一箭双鵰。一举两得。 Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. 杀鹅取卵(过份贪婪)；断绝财源。 Let bygones be bygones. 往者已矣；既往不咎。 Let every man skin his own skunk. 各人自扫门前雪。 Let sleeping dogs lie. 不惹鬼神不遭殃。敬而远之。 Like father, 1ike son. 有其父，必有其子。 Look before you leap. 三思而後行。 Man proposes and God disposes. 谋事在人成事在天。 Make hay while the sun shines. 把握时机。 Milk of human kindness 慈悲心肠；恻隐之心(出自Shakespeare)。 Milk the bull [ram]. 作没有希望的事；缘木求鱼。 Misfortunes never come single (alone). 祸不单行。 Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要为发明之母。 Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. 别杞人忧天。 New broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。 Nine tailors make [go to] a man. 九个裁缝当得一个人(挖苦裁缝师的话). No man can serve two masters. 一仆难事二主。 Not see the forest [wood] for the trees. 见树不见林(只注意小处而忽略大处)。 Nothing succeeds like success. 一事顺利，万事如意。 Nothing venture, nothing gain [win; have]. 不入虎穴；焉得虎子。 Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 One good turn deserves another. 好心有好报；投桃报李。 One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏；勿以偏概全(轻率推论易犯错误；一关渡过并非万事大吉)。 Penny wise and pound foolish. 因小失大。 Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜於治疗。 Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败。 Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. 富贵结朋友，患难见真情。 Put money aside for a rainy day. 储蓄以备不急之需；未雨绸缪。 Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一天造成的。 Self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信心是成功的首要关键。 set a thief to catch a thief 以其道制其人。 Silence is golden. 沉默是金。 Slow and steady wins the race. 从容不迫，胜券在握。 Smooth water runs deep. 深虑之士寡言笑；高谈阔论者常不足。 sow the wind and reap the whirlwind (劣行)遭受更坏的报应；恶有恶报。 Spare the rod and spoil the child. 玉不琢不成器；不打不成器。 Speak of the devil, and the devil comes! 说曹操，曹操就到。 Speech is si1ver, silence is gold. 雄辩为银，沈默是金。 Strike the iron while it is hot. 打铁趁热。 Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. 成功源於努力去克服困难 The secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功的秘绝在於目标坚定有恒。 The weakest goes to the wall. 优胜劣败。 throw good money after bad 已赔夫人又将折兵。 Tastes differ. 人各有所好。 The pot calls the kett1e b1ack. 五十步笑百步。 The remedy is worse than the evil. 饮鸩止渴；挖肉补疮。 The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有余而力不足。 The tailor makes the man. 佛要金装，人要衣装。 The secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功的秘绝在於目标坚定有恒。 The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. 女人获取男人的欢心最好先控制他的胃口。 There is no accounting for taste. 锺鼎山林，各有所好。 There is no royal road to learning. 学问无捷径。 There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪；无火不生烟。 to convert defeat into victory. 转败为胜。 to harp on the same string. 旧调重弹。 to kick against the pricks. 螳臂挡车。 to look one way and row another. 声东击西。 To be svere with oneself and lenient with others. 严以律己，宽以待人。 Too many cooks spoil the broth. 人多坏事。 Two heads are better than one. 集思广益。 Virtue is its own reward. 为善最乐。 Waste not, want not. 不虚掷者无匮乏。 Well begun is half done. 好的开始是成功的一半。 What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 有人那麽做，其他的人也可以这麽做；依样画葫芦。 Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 While there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 What's done cannot be undone. 覆水难收。 wise after the event 放马後炮。 You may go farther and fare worse. 贪多不得好；知足常乐。 You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 老狗学不了新把戏；枉费心机。 http://www.lhps.kh.edu.tw/lhps/learning/week_eng.htm --

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