英語常用諺語
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常見諺語(英語)
An idle youth,a needy age.少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲。Time flies.時光易逝。Time is money.一寸光陰一寸金。Time and tide wait for no man.歲月無情;歲月易逝;歲月不待人。Time tries all.時間檢驗一切。Time tries truth. 時間檢驗真理。Time past cannot be called back again. 光陰一去不復(fù)返。All time is no time when it is past. 光陰一去不復(fù)返。No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again. 昨日不復(fù)來。Tomorrow comes never. 切莫依賴明天。One today is worth two tomorrows. 一個今天勝似兩個明天。The morning sun never lasts a day. 好景不常;朝陽不能光照全日。Christmas comes but once a year. 圣誕一年只一度。Pleasant hours fly past. 快樂時光去如飛。Happiness takes no account of time. 歡娛不惜時光逝。Time tames the strongest grief. 時間能緩和極度的悲痛。The day is short but the work is much. 工作多,光陰迫。Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today. 今日事須今日畢,切勿拖延到明天。Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today. 明天如有事,今天就去做。To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three. 事事及時做,一日勝三日。To save time is to lengthen life. 節(jié)省時間就是延長生命。Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 萬物皆有時,時來不可失。Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away. 時來必須要趁時,不然時去無聲息。When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you. 機不可失,時不再來;機會一過,永不再來。Make hay while the sun shines. 曬草要趁太陽好。Strike while the iron is hot. 趁熱打鐵。Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow. 今朝有事今朝做,明朝可能阻礙多。Punctuality is the soul of business. 守時為立業(yè)之要素。Procrastination is the thief of time. 因循拖延是時間的大敵;拖延就是浪費時間。Every tide hath ist ebb. 潮漲必有潮落時。Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量。Wisdom is more to be envied than riches. 知識可羨,勝于財富。Wisdom is better than gold or silver. 知識勝過金銀, Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 胸中有知識,勝于手中有錢。Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it. 為了求知識,代價雖高也值得。Doubt is the key of knowledge. 懷疑是知識之鑰。If you want knowledge,you must toil for it. 若要求知識,須從勤苦得。A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 淺學(xué)誤人。A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning. 少量的常識,當(dāng)?shù)么罅康膶W(xué)問。Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps. 知識只能循序漸進(jìn),不能躍進(jìn)。Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 從旁人的愚行中學(xué)到聰明。It is good to learn at another man's cost. 前車可鑒。Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. 知識之于精神,一如健康之于肉體。Experience is the best teacher. 經(jīng)驗是最好的教師。Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 經(jīng)驗是知識之父,記憶是知識之母。Dexterity comes by experience. 熟練來自經(jīng)驗。Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other. 經(jīng)驗學(xué)校學(xué)費高,愚人旁處學(xué)不到。Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有經(jīng)驗而無學(xué)問,勝于有學(xué)問而無經(jīng)驗。Wit once bought is worth twice taught. 由經(jīng)驗而得的智慧,勝于學(xué)習(xí)而得的智慧;一次親 會,勝過兩次的教師教導(dǎo)。Seeing is believing. 如一見。Business is the salt of life. 事業(yè)是生命之鹽。Business before pleasure. 事業(yè)在先,享樂在后。Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事業(yè)可以考驗人,也可以造就人。Business neglected is business lost. 忽視職業(yè)便是放棄職業(yè)。Never think yourself above business. 勿自視過高;不要眼高手低;永遠(yuǎn)不要認(rèn)為自己是大才小用。Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious. 事業(yè)雖擾人,懶惰害更大。He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business. 自命大才小用,往往眼高手低。Do business,but be not a slave to it. 要做事,但不要做事務(wù)的奴隸。Everybody's business is nobody's business. 眾人的事就是無人過問的事。Work makes the workman. 勤工出巧匠。Better master one than engage with ten. 會十事,不如精一事。A work ill done must be twice done. 首次做不好,必須重新搞。They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can. 不能如愿而行,也須盡力而為。If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself. 想把事情來做好,就得親自動手搞。He that doth most at once doth least. 什么都想一次做完,結(jié)果一件也做不完;貪多嚼不 爛。Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 照大多數(shù)人那樣干,人們會把你稱贊。What may be done at any time will be done at no time. 在任何時候都可做的事情,總是在任何時候都不 做的事情。Better late than never. 遲做總比不做好。Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 凡是值得做的事,就值得做好。The shortest answer is doing the thing. 最簡短的回答就是一個“干”字。Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行動是知識之佳果。Finished labours are pleasant. 完成工作是一樂。It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil. 沒有土壤,播種也是徒勞。It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都應(yīng)用得其所。Affairs that are done by e degrees are soon ended. 按部就班,事情很快就做完。All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy. 只工作,不玩耍,聰明小孩也變傻。Work bears witness who does well. 工作能證明誰做的好。It is not work that kills,but worry. 工作不會傷身,傷身乃是憂慮。He that will not work shall not eat. 不工作者不得食。Business is business. 公事公辦。Deliberate slowly,execute promptly. 慢慢酌量,快快行動。Put your shoulder to the wheel. 努力工作。Never do things by halves. 做事不要半途而廢。In for a penny,in for a pound. 做事一開頭,就要做到底;一不做,二不休。Many hands make quick work. 人多干活快。Many hands make light work. 眾擎易舉。A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 技術(shù)拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。Diligence is the mohter of success. 勤奮是成功之母。Idleness is the root of all evil. 懶惰乃萬惡之源。Care and diligence bring luck. 謹(jǐn)慎和勤奮帶來好運。Diligence is the mother of good fortune. 勤勉是好運之母。Instry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸運的右手,世儉是幸運的左手。Idleness is the key of beggary. 懶惰出乞丐。No root,no fruit. 無根就無果。Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains). 懶人做工作,越懶越費力。Sloth is the key of poverty. 惰能致貧。Sloth turneth the edge of wit. 懶散能磨去才智的鋒芒。An idle brain is the devil's workshop. 懶漢的頭腦是魔鬼的工廠。The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE. 節(jié)儉是致富的秘訣。
英語里有哪些諺語
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 久別情深。Actions speak louder than words. 行動比言語更有說服力。/ 事實勝于雄辯。Accidents will happen in the regulated families. 家規(guī)再嚴(yán),事端難免。After a storm comes a calm. 風(fēng)暴之后是寧靜。After rain comes fair weather. 雨過天晴。/ 否極泰來。All good things must come to an end. 天下沒有不散的宴席。/ 好景無常。All his geese are swans. 他的都鵝是天鵝。/ 他老是言過其實。Alls fish that comes to his net. 抓到網(wǎng)里的便是魚。/ 來者不拒。All shall be well,and Jack shall have Jill. 有情人終成眷屬。Alls well that ends well. 結(jié)果好就是一切好。All that glitters is not gold. All is not gold that glitters. 發(fā)亮的東西不一定都是金子。/ 好看的東西不一定都有用處。All things are difficult before they are easy. 萬事開頭難。All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy. 只工作不玩耍,聰明孩子也變傻。All your swans are geese. 諾言全部落空。/ 希望成為泡影。/ 牛皮吹破。Always prepare for a rainy day. 未雨綢繆。Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. 盲人國里,獨眼稱王。/ 山中無虎猴稱王。The apple does not fall far from the tree. 蘋果落地,離樹不遠(yuǎn)。As the tree,so the fruit. 什么樹結(jié)什么果。As you brew, so must you drink. 自作自受。/ 自食其果。As you sow, so shall you reap./ As a man sows, soo he shall reap. 種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。/ 善有善報,惡有惡報。A bad workman always blames his tool. 拙匠常怪工具差。Beauty is but skin-deep. 外表美是膚淺短暫的。Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 觀者覺得美就是美。Beggars can not be choosers. 要飯的那能挑肥揀瘦。/ 饑不擇食。A beggar’s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的口袋填不滿。The best fish are (swim) near the bottom. 好魚居水底。/ 有價值的東西不能輕易得到。The best fish are smell when they are three days old. 再好的魚三天也要變臭。/ 久住招人嫌。Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 寧為雞口,無為牛后。Better late than never. 遲做總比不做好。Better safe than sorry. 采取預(yù)防措施以免倒大霉。Better to light one little candle than to curse the darkness. 與其詛咒黑暗不如點上蠟燭。A bird in hand is better than two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。Birds of a feather flock together. 鳥以群分,物以類聚。Bitter pill s may have wholesome effects. 良藥苦口。Blood is thicker than water. 血濃于水。Brevity is the soul of wit. 言貴簡潔。A burnt child fears(or dreads) the fire. 一朝被灼傷,見火就害怕。Butter to butter is no relish. 奶油加奶油不成美味。/ 千篇一律的東西令人生厭。By their fruits shall ye know them. 看樹看果實,看人看作為。Care killed a cat. 憂慮傷身。Carry coals to Newcastle. 向煤區(qū)運煤,多此一舉。A cat has nine lives. 貓有九命。A cat may look at a king. 貓也有權(quán)看國王。/ 小人物也該有些權(quán)利。A (or The) chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一環(huán)薄弱,全局必垮。Charity begins at home. 施舍先及親友。The child is father of (or to) the man. 三歲看到老。Claw me and I will claw thee. 你幫我,我?guī)湍恪? 投之以桃,報之以李。A close mouth catches no flies. 嘴唇緊閉,蒼蠅難進(jìn)。/ 中緊不招禍。The cobbler should stick to his last. 補鞋匠應(yīng)守本行。/ 各守各業(yè)。/ 各守本分。Coming events cast their shadows before. 未來之事先有朕兆。Curiosity killed the (or a) cat. 好奇?zhèn)?。The darkest hour is nearest the dawn. / The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明之前最黑暗。/ 接近成功時最艱苦。The darkest place is under the candlestick. 燈臺照人不照已。/ 當(dāng)局者迷。The devil can cite Scripture for his own purpose. 魔鬼也會引證《圣經(jīng)》來為自己辯護(hù)。Discretion is the better part of valour. 謹(jǐn)慎即大勇。Do not halloo until you are out of the woods. 未出危險境,切莫先高興。Do not bite off more than you can chew. 貪多嚼不爛。/ 別不自量力。Do not change horses in midstream. 行到河中不換馬。/ 緊要關(guān)頭不宜作大變動。Do not (or Never) cross a bridge (un)till you come to it. 船到橋頭自然直。Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. 蛋未孵出莫數(shù)小雞。/ 不要指望過早。Do not kill the goose that laid the golden eggs. 切莫殺雞取蛋。Do not put all your eggs in one basket. 莫把一切希望寄托在一件事情上。/ 勿孤注一擲。Do not take any wooden nickels. (告別時用語)多加小心,別上當(dāng)受騙。Do not try to run before you can walk. 在學(xué)會走路之前別試圖奔跑。Do not wait for a rainy day to fix the roof. 不要等到下雨時才去修補屋頂。Drops of water outwear the stone. 滴水穿石。