谚语小词典︱附录：常用英文谚语500句

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本英文谚语按字母顺序排列。 有两种及以上英文谚语或汉语解释者以/分隔。 　A bad beginning makes a bad ending.开头糟，结尾就糟。/开头没开好，结尾必定糟。 　A bad excuse is better than none. 蹩脚的解释，也比没有好。 /辩解总比不辩好。 　A bad husband makes a bad wife.有恶夫必有恶妻。 /夫恶妻不善。 　A bad life,a bad end.恶有恶报。/作恶无善终。 　A bad thing is dear at any price.劣质商品卖什么价也算贵。 /好货不便宜，便宜没好货。 　A bad workman always blames his tools. 蹩脚的工匠总责怪工具不好。 　A clean hand wants no washing.清洁之手无需洗涤。 /清白之人无需为自己洗刷。 　Actions speak louder than words. 行动比言语响亮。/百说不如一干。 　A danger foreseen is half avoided. 预见了危险就等于防备了一半。 　A fool always finds a greater fool than himself.愚人总以为旁人比自己更傻。 　A fool always rushes to the fore.傻瓜总爱往前冲。 /傻瓜爱出风头。 　A golden key can open any door./A golden key opens everydoor.金钥匙能打开任何一道门。/金钱万能。 /有钱能使鬼推磨。 　A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端，就是成功了一半。 　A hungry dog will not cry. if you beat him with a bone. 肉骨头打狗狗不吠。 /只要有好处，挨揍也不哭。 　A joke never gains over an enemy, but often loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，倒常使人失去朋友。 　A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有阳光。 　A little is better than none. 有一点总比没有好。 /聊胜于无。 　A little leak will sink a great ship.小漏沉大船。 /小患不治成大灾。 　A little pot is soon hot.壶小热得快。/量小易怒。/小人火气大。 　A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool. 一个人可能说话如智者，而行为像愚人。 　All are not friends that speak us fair.向我们说好话的并不都是好朋友。 　All are not saints that go to church.上教堂的未必都是圣徒。 　All bread is not baked in one oven.不是所有的面包都是一个炉子烤出来的。 　All cats are grey in the dark.黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。 　All is not gold that glitters. 发光的东西不一定都是金子。 /闪闪发光物，未必皆黄金。 　All is well that ends well.结果好，就一切都好。 　All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 　All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返。 　All things are difficult before they are easy.事情总是先难后易。 /万事开头难。 　All things fit not all persons.任何事情都难合众人之意。 　All things will come round to him who will but wait.只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。 　Always do to others as you would be done by.希望别人怎样待你，你就得怎样待人。 　A man becomes learned by asking questions.善问者终成学问。 /学问，学问，要学就得问。 　A man can die but once. 人生只死一次。 　A new broom sweeps clean. 新扫帚扫得净。 /新官上任三把火。 /新上任者急于除弊图变。 　An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 一盎司运气胜过一磅才气。 /有才气不如有运气。 　A pound in the purse is worth two in the book.钱包里的一英镑抵得上账簿上的两英镑。 /现钱一个抵俩。 /多得不如现得。 　A shoe too large trips one up.鞋子太大要摔跤。/贪大求多，终无所获。 　A small bird wants a small nest. 小鸟求小巢。 /小人无大志。 　A soft answer turns away wrath. 温和的回答可以息怒。 　A sound mind in a sound body. 健康的思想寓于健康的身体。 　A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that hethinks.聪明人想了才说，愚笨人想着就说。 　A word is enough to the wise. 对明智者一言已足。 　Away from the battle all are soldiers.离开战场，人人都是勇士。 　Bad news travels fast.好事不出门，坏事传千里。 　Bare words, no bargain. 空言不能成交易。 　Barking dogs seldom (do not) bite.狂吠之犬很少咬人。/吠犬不咬人。 　Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施。 　Beauty is potent, but money is more potent.美貌固有力，金钱力更大。 　Before gold, even kings take off their hats.在黄金面前，国王也要脱帽。 　Be just to all, but trust not all.要对一切人都公正，但不要对一切人都信任。 　Better an open enemy than a false friend. 宁要公开的敌人，不要虚伪的朋友。 　Better be alone than in bad company.结交坏友，不如无友。 　Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不可做坏人。 　Better die standing than live kneeling.宁可站着死，不可跪着生。 　Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。 　Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.与其说话不中肯，不如半句也莫吭。 　Better to do well than to say well. 说得好听不如做得出色。 /干得好胜过说得好。 　Better without gold than without friend. 宁可没有黄金，不可 　缺少友人。 /友情胜过黄金。 　Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。 　Books,like friends,should be few and well chosen. 书籍如朋友，宜少宜精选。 　Business before pleasure. 先工作，后娱乐。 　Business is the salt of life. 事业是生命之盐。 　Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。 　Call no man happy till he is dead.死前莫说谁幸福。 　Care is enemy to health. 忧虑乃健康之敌。 /忧虑有损健康。 　Children are the parents’ riches. 子女是父母的至宝。 　Children and fools cannot lie.孩子和愚人不会撒谎。 　Children are poor men’s riches. 孩子是穷人的财富。 　Children have the qualities of the parents.子女具有父母的品质。 /有什么样的父母，就有什么样的孩子。 　Choice of end covers choice of the means. 只问目的，不问手段。 /目的的正确往往掩盖了手段的选择。 　Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.选择妻子，最好用耳不用眼。 　Come light,go light.来得容易去得快。/来得轻巧，花得轻巧。 　Confidence is a plant of slow growth.信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。 　Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。 /信心是成功之始。 　Constant dropping wears the stone.滴水不绝可穿石。 　Content is better than riches. 富足不如知足。 　Creep before you walk.先学爬，后学走。 　Custom is a second nature./Custom is another nature. 习俗是人的第二天性。 　Custom makes all the things easy. 形成习惯，事事好办。/习惯成自然。 　Custom rules the law. 风俗约束法律。 　Custom without reason is but ancient error. 荒谬的风俗只不过是古老的错误而已。 　Dead men tell no tales. 死了的人不会告密。 　Death free us from ills.死亡使我们解脱不幸。 　Death meets us everywhere. 人生到处皆可死。 /死亡和我们到处相遇。 　Death pays all debts. 一死了百债。 　Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves. 行动是果实，言语只是叶子。 　Do business, but be not a slave to it. 要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。 　Doing nothing is doing ill.不干事就是干坏事。/游手好闲就是学坏。 　Do not run too fast after gain.不要见利便狂追。 　Do not throw the baby out with the bath water.不要将婴儿连同洗澡水一起泼掉。 　Do not wear out your welcome.做客不宜久留。 /久住招人嫌。 　Don’t have all your eggs in one basket.不要把所有的鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里。 　Don’t put off what you can do today till tomorrow.不要把今天能做完的事拖到明天。 /今日事，今日毕，千万不可待明日。 　Don’t trouble troubles until trouble troubles you. 麻烦不找你，莫去找麻烦。 　Don’t try to run before you walk.还没学走，不要学跑。 /不会走，莫学跑。 　Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad. 家里的干面包，也比外面的烤肉好。 /在家啃干面包，也强似在外面吃烤肉。 　Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿爱听自己唱。 /人皆欣赏自己之言。 　Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthyand wise.早睡早起，使人健康、富有而聪明。 　Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。 　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。 　Easy come, easy go.来得容易去得快。/易得则易失。 　Economy is itself a great income.节约本身便是一笔可观收入。 　Empty pots make the most noise. 空壶发出的响声最大。 　Even fools sometimes speak to the purpose.即使傻瓜有时也能说到点子上。 　Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。 　Everybody's business is nobody's business. 众人的事就是无人过问的事。 　Every man has a fool in his sleeve.人人都有糊涂的时候。 　Every man has his faults. 凡人都有缺点。 　Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱点。 　Experience is sometimes dangerous.经验有时有害。 　Experience is the best teacher. 经验是最好的教师。 　Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。 　Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.经 　验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。 　Experience without learning is better than learning without ex-perience.有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。 　False friends are worse than open enemies.假朋友比真敌人更坏。 　False with one can be false with two.对一个人虚假，就会对两个人虚假。 　Few words are best. 寡言为贵。 /少说为佳。 　First come, first served. 先到先招待。 　Folly and beauty walk hand in hand.愚蠢和美貌挽手而行。 　Folly is an incurable disease. 愚蠢是一种治不好的病。 /蠢人无可救药。 　Fools and their money are soon parted.蠢人和钱财，分手非常快。 /傻瓜有钱留不住。 　Fools learn nothing from wise men; but wise men learn muchfrom fools.愚人不能从智者那里学到什么，而智者却能从愚人那里学到很多。 　Fortune is made of glass. 运气是玻璃做的。 　Fortune knocks at least at every man’s door. 幸运之神至少敲每人一次门。/人人都有走运的一天。 　Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience towait for her. 耐心候好运，好运常会来。 　Four eyes see more than two. 两双眼睛比一双眼睛看得广。 /两个人比一个人看得全面。 　Fresh fish and new-come guests smell in three days.鲜鱼和客人三天就变臭。 　Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed tootight.朋友有如琴弦，不能上得太紧。 　Friends are thieves of time. 朋友是时间的盗贼。 　Friendless is the dead. 死者无友。 　Friendship is like wine-the older the better. 友谊如美酒，越陈越醇厚。 /老酒味醇，老友情深。 　From saving comes having.富有来自节俭。 　From words to deeds is a great space. 言行之间，大有距离。 　Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers.靠欺骗得利，准要吃亏。 　God builds the nest of the blind bird.上帝为盲鸟筑巢。 /天无绝人之路。 　Gold will not buy everything.黄金不能买尽一切。 　Good health is above wealth. 健康是最大的财富。 　Grasp all, lose all. 样样都要，样样失掉。 /贪多必失。 /欲尽得，必尽失。 　Great hopes make great man.远大的希望造就伟大的人物。 　Great men are not always wise. 伟人并非永远聪明。 　Great men have great faults. 伟大的人物也会有巨大的过失。 　Great honors are great burdens. 名气大，压力大。 　Half a loaf is better than no bread.半片面包总比没有好。 　Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.记得年轻时所做蠢事的人是幸福的。 　Happy is he that is happy in childhood.童年时快乐的人是幸福的。 　Happy is he who owes nothing.无债一身轻。 　Hard words break no bones. 难听话伤不了骨头。 /直言无害。 　Hard work never killed anybody. 工作勤奋，累不死人。 　Health is better than wealth. 健康胜于财富。 　Hatred is blind as well as love. 爱情和仇恨二者皆盲目。 　Health is happiness.健康便是幸福。 　He gives twice who gives quickly.及时相助等于助人两次。 　He is a fool who cannot be angry, but he is a wise man who willnot. 不会发怒是蠢人，不愿发怒是聪明人。 　He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后称我好，才算好朋友。 　He is lifeless that is faultless. 死人才不会有过失。 　He is not rich who is not satisfied. 人不知足，虽富犹贫。 　He is the wisest man who does not think himself so.不自作聪明便是最聪明。 　He is unworthy to live only for himself. 只为自己活着的人没价值。 　He is wise that knows when he's well enough. 知足为智者。 　He knows most who speaks least. 懂的最多的人说得最少。 /说得最少的是懂的最多的人。 　He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。 　He lives long that lives well. 活得有价值就是长寿。 /生活充实等于长寿。 　He lives twice who lives well. 活得有价值等于拥有两次生命。 /活得充实等于活了两次。 　He loses all who loses moment.错过机会便错过一切。 /抓不住机会便抓不住一切。 　He that climbs high falls heavily. 爬得高，跌得重。 　He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.今天跌倒的人，也许明天就会站起。 　He that is full of himself is very empty. 自满之人腹内空。 　He that marries for wealth, sells his liberty. 为财富而结婚的人，出卖了自己的自由。 　He that never rode never fell. 不骑马就不会落马。 　He that returns good for evil obtains the victory. 胜利属于以德报怨的人。 　He that talks much lies much. 说话多的人谎话也多。 　He that thinks his business below him will always be above hisbusiness. 自命大材小用，往往眼高手低。 　He that will not work shall not eat. 不工作不得食。 　He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first be-gin. 要想赢得女儿的欢心，必须先从她母亲着手。 　History repeats itself. 历史自身常重演。 　He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick.欲加之罪，何患无辞。 　Honest is the best policy. 诚实为上策。 　Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all. 老实的人早成婚，聪明的人不结婚。 　Honey in the mouth saves the purse.嘴巴甜，少花钱。 　Honor shows the man.荣誉使人现原形。 　Hope is the poor man’s bread. 希望是穷人的面包。 　Hot love is soon cold.爱得热，凉得快。 　Hunger knows no friend.饥饿不认朋友。 　Idleness is the root of all evil.懒惰是万恶之源。 　If lying paid a tax it would pay the national debt.要是说谎能纳税，国债早就能还清。 　If the eye won’t admire the heart won’t desire. 眼里看不上，心里就不会想。 　If the sky falls, we shall catch larks. 天垮正好抓云雀。 /不要杞人忧天。 　If you help everybody you help nobody.什么人的忙都帮，谁的忙也帮不上。 　If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.不经考验便信赖，不到瞑目就后悔。 　If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.若要求知识，须从勤苦得。 　If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself.想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。 　If you would make an enemy,lend a man money and ask it ofhim again.你若想与人结怨，只须先借钱给他，再向他催讨。 　Ill air slays booner than the sword. 污浊的空气杀人比刀还快。 　Ill news never comes too late. 坏消息总是来得快。 　In an enemy spots are soon seen.敌人身上求疵易。 　In choosing a wife and buying a sword, one cannot depend onanother. 选妻子如买剑，不能靠他人。 　In for a penny, in for a pound. 做事一开头，就要做到底。 /一不做，二不休。 　In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty. 走运时候朋友多。 　It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.信任一切人与不信任任何人，同样是弱点。 　It is a sad heart that never rejoices.再悲伤的人也有欢乐的时候。 　It is better to please a fool than to anger him.对愚人最好是使他高兴，而不是惹他发怒。 　It is easy to be wise after the event.事后的诸葛亮容易做。 　It is good to buy with other men’s cost.最好用别人的钱买智慧。 　It is good to have friends in trouble.在患难中能有朋友是好事。 　It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.天堂和地狱中都有几个朋友，这乃是一件好事。 　It is never too late to mend. 改过永远不嫌晚。 　It is never too old to learn. 为学不怕年高。 　it is no use crying over split milk.覆水难收。 　It is not work that kills, but worry. 工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。 　It is right to put everything in its proper use.凡事都应用得其所。 　It takes two to make a quarrel. 吵架要有两个人。 /一个巴掌拍不响。 　Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbors.快乐是忧愁的紧邻。 　Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.与人同乐，其乐无穷。 　Judge not a book by its cover.不能以书的封面来判断书的价值。 　Judge not of men and thing at first sight.观人论事不可凭第一眼印象。 　Judge not, that ye be not judged.莫对他人评头论足，免得人家对你也评头论足。 　Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.与君子交往，必成君子。 　Keeping is harder than winning.创业容易守业难。 　Kindness comes of will.好意来自自愿。 　Kings go mad,and the people suffer from it.国王发疯，百姓遭殃。 　Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。 　Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。 　Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud.知识使人谦逊，无知使人傲慢。 　Languages are the pedigrees of nations.语言是民族的家谱。 　Laugh and the world laughs with you,weep and you weepalone. 笑，世界与你同笑；哭，只好你一人哭。 　Law makers should not be law breakers. 立法者不应成为犯法者；立法应守法。 　Learn wisdom by the follies of others.从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。 　Learning is the eye of the mind. 学问是大脑的眼睛。 　Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。 　Learn young,learn fair. 为学趁年轻，即学须学好。 　Let beggars match with beggars.龙配龙，凤配凤。 　Let sleeping dogs lie.不要自找麻烦。 　Liars have need of good memories.说谎的人得记性好。 　Life is lifeless without health. 没有健康就没有生命。 　Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。 　Life without friend is death. 没有朋友的生活便等于死亡。 　Light come, light go.易得则易失；来得容易去得快。 　Like father, like son. 有其父，必有其子。 　Like mother,like daughter.有其母，必有其女。 　Like tree, like fruit.有什么样的树，就有什么样的果。 　Little wealth, little care. 钱财少，少烦恼。 　Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。 　Live and let live. 自己活也让别人活。 　Long absent,soon forgotten.久别易忘。 　Long looked for comes at last. 久久寻找，终会找到。 　Look for the old so as to learn the new. 温故而知新。 　Losers are always in the wrong.失败之人受咎多。 　Losses make us more cautious.损失使人更谨慎。 　Love and cough cannot be hid. 爱情和咳嗽都是遮掩不住的。 　Love cannot be compelled.爱情不能强迫。 　Love comes in at the window and goes out at the door.爱情来得难，去得易。 　Love is a sweet torment.爱情是一种甜蜜的痛苦。 　Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的。 　Love is full of trouble. 爱情充满了烦恼。 　Love is the reward of love. 爱情就是爱的报酬。 　Love is without reason. 爱情无理智。 　Love makes all hard hearts gentle. 爱情把一切冷酷之心变成温柔。 　Love needs no teaching.爱情不需教导。 　Love rules his kingdom without a sword. 爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。 　Love your neighbor,yet pull not down your fence.要爱你的邻居，但莫要拆掉你的篱笆。 /对他人不要没有戒心。 　Lying pays no tax.说谎不用上税。 　Maids want nothing but husbands,but when they have them theywant everything.未婚女子不要别的，只要丈夫，有了丈夫以后，就一切都要。 　Man cannot live by bread alone.人不能只靠面包活着。 　Man does what he can, and God what He will.人为其可为，神为所欲为。 /人尽力，神尽意。 　Man is to man either a God or a wolf.人对人不是上帝，就是豺狼。 　Many a good father has but a bad son. 父贤往往子不孝。 　Many hands make light work.人多好干活。Many hands make quick work.人多干活快。 　Many heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。 /几个脑袋总比一个脑袋强。 　Many men have many minds.人多意见多；人多口杂。 　Many words will not fill a bushel.言词再多也填不满一蒲式耳。 /空谈再多，于事无补。 　Medicine are not meant to live on. 不能靠吃药过生活。 　Might is right.强权即公理。 　Misfortune come at night. 祸常生于不测。 　Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良好的教师。 　Money does not grow on trees.钱来之不易。 　Money is a good servant,but a bad master.钱可为奴，不可为主。 　Money is the best passport.钱是最好的通行证。 　Money is the key that opens all doors.金钱是打开一切门户的钥匙。 　Money is the root of evil. 金钱是罪恶的根源。 　Most things have two handles. 多数事物有两种解释。 　Music is the eye of the ear. 音乐是耳朵的眼睛。 　My son is my son till he has got him a wife; but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.儿子娶妻后就不是自己的儿子，可是女儿终身都是自己的女儿。 　Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明之母。 　Never challenge a fool to do wrong.不要怂恿愚人干错事。 　Never do things by halves.做事不要半途而废。Never judge from appearances.不可以貌取人。 　Never look a gift horse in the mouth. 不要挑剔别人送的礼物。 　Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.今天要做的事不要拖到明天。 　Never spur a willing horse.对工作认真的人用不着鞭策。 　Never think yourself above your business. 勿自视过高。 /不要眼高手低。 /永远不要认为自己是大材小用。Never too much of a good thing. 好东西不宜过多。 　Never trust another what you should do yourself. 自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。 　Never trust to fine words.切勿轻信漂亮话。 　No answer is also an answer. 不回答也是一种回答。 　No man can do two things at once. 一个人不能同时做两件事。 /心无二用。 　No man is born wise. 聪明非天生。 　No man is content. 知足的人世上无。 　No man is wise at all times. 世上无一贯明智的人。 　No news is good news. 没消息，便是好消息。 　No one can call back yesterday. /Yesterday will not be calledagain. 昨日不复来。 　No pleasure without pain.没有无痛苦的欢乐。 　No root, no fruit. 无根就无果。 　No wisdom like silence.聪明莫过沉默。 　Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。 　Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.只有贫穷是可以不劳而获的东西。 　Nothing venture, nothing have.不冒险就无收获。 　Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的天职。 　Of evil grain, no good seed can come.坏谷无好种。 　Often and little eating makes a man fat. 多餐少吃，使人壮硕。 　Old love will not be forgotten. 旧情永难忘。/往日的爱情难以忘怀。 　Old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride.老柴好烧，老马好骑。 　Older and wiser.老而益精。 /越老越聪明。 　Once a devil, always a devil.一次做魔鬼，永远是魔鬼。 　Once bitten, twice shy. 一次被咬，下次胆小。 /一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 　One bird in the hand is worth two in the brush. 双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。 　One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.一个男孩比十二个女孩增添的麻烦还多。 　One enemy is too much. 一个敌人已太多。 　One evil breeds another. 一祸招百祸。 　One father can support ten children; ten children cannot sup-port one father.一个父亲可以供养十个孩子，十个孩子却不能供养一个父亲。 　One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.一父胜过百师。 　One good forewit is worth two afterwits.一个“早知道”胜过两个“马后炮”。 　One good turn deserves another.善行应有善报。/善良的行为应得善良行为的报答。 　One man’s meat is another man’s poison. 对甲方有利未必对乙方有利。 　One man’s wealth is often many men’s ruin.一人发财，万人破产。 　One never loses anything by politeness.礼多人不怪。 /礼多不吃亏。 　One tale is good till another is told. 一面之词总有理。 　One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。 　Only that which is honestly got is gain .正当的收入才是真正的收入。 　Other times, other manners. 时代不同，习俗各异。 　Our own actions are our security, not others’judgements.我们的行为是自己的保证，并不是旁人的鉴定。 　Out of debt,out of danger.脱债就是脱险。Out of sight,out of mind.眼不见，心不烦。 　Out of the mouth comes evil. 祸从口出。 　Pain is forgotten where gain follows.一朝得了利，痛苦便忘记。 　Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.原谅坏人即是伤害好人。 /隐恶败善。 　Patient man win the day. 能忍者胜。 　Pen and ink is wit's plough.笔墨是才智之犁。 　Pleasant hours fly past.快乐时光去如飞。 　Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.纵然装入金杯，毒药还是毒药。 　Politeness costs nothing. 礼貌无需代价。 /礼貌不花分文。 　Poor and content is rich and rich enough. 人能安贫就是富。 　Poverty is the mother of health. 贫穷是健康之母。 　Poverty makes a man mean. 贫困使人小气。 　Prefer loss to unjust gain. 宁可受损失，休取不义财。 　Poverty tries friends. 贫穷考验朋友。 /人贫见友情。 　Pride goes before a fall./Pride goes before destruction.骄傲在先，失败随后。 /骄者必败。 　Questioning is the door of knowledge.提问是通向知识宝库的大门。 　Quietness is best. 宁静最好。 　Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. 读书之于精神，犹如运动之于身体。 /读书增智，运动健身。 　Riches and virtue do not often keep each other company. 财富、美德不相伴。 /财富和德行无缘。 　Riches are the root of all evil. 金钱为万恶之源。 　Riches bring care and fear. 财富带来忧虑和恐惧。 　Riches do not always bring happiness.财富并不总是带来幸福。 /有钱未必有福。 　Riches serve a wise but command a fool. 财富侍奉智者，却指挥傻瓜。 　Rome was not built in a day. 罗马非一日建成。 　Saving is getting.省钱就等于挣钱。 　Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见。 　Set a thief to catch a thief. 以毒攻毒。 　Short pleasure, long lament. 眼前片刻欢，日后长悲痛。/欢乐一时，悲伤一世。 　Sickness shows us what we are.疾病使人显本相。 　Silence catches a mouse. 不声不响才能成大事。 　Silence is wisdom when speaking is folly.不该说话的时候，保持沉默就是明智。 　Skill is stronger than strength.技巧胜过力气。 　Small gains bring great wealth.积少成多。 　So got, so gone.怎么得来，怎么失去。 　Something is better than nothing. 有总比没有强。 　Sometimes gain is to lose. 有时得即是失。 　Sometimes words hurt more than swords. 言语能伤人，有时胜刀剑。 　Soon learnt,soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。 　Soon ripe, soon rotten. 早熟早烂。 /早慧早夭。 　Sooner or later, the truth comes to light. 真相迟早会大白。 　Sorrow comes unsent for. 悲哀来时不需邀。 　Sorrow is laughter's daughter.乐极生悲。 　Speech is silver, silence is golden.讲话是银，沉默是金。 　Still waters run deep. 静水流深。 　Study sickness while you are well. 无病应思有病时。 　Sweet things are bad for the teeth. 甜食伤牙。 　Take honour from me and my life is done. 没有名誉，就没有了生命。 　Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.讲着某人，某人就到。 /说起曹操，曹操就到。 　The back door robs the house. 后门的盗贼难防。 /家贼难防。 　The best fish keep the bottom. 好鱼游水底。 (指有价值之物不能轻易得到) 　The best mirror is an old friend.老朋友是一面最好的镜子。 　The best things in life are free. 生活中最好的东西是不需要花钱的。 　The bigger the lie the more it is believed.谎言越大，信的人越多。 　The bigger the moon, the more the dog howls.人怕出名，猪怕壮。 　The bigger they are,the harder they fall.爬得越高，摔得越狠。 　The brave man is daring enough to forgive an injury. 只有勇士，才敢于宽恕伤害过他的人。 　The bridge between joy and sorrow is not long.悲后是喜，喜后是忧。 　The burden of one’s own choice is not felt. 愿挑的担子不觉重。 　The cat that catches no mice does not earn his keep. 不捉耗子的猫没人养。 　The chief aim of man is not to get money.人的主要目的并不是赚钱。 　The course of true love never did run smooth. 真爱的道路绝不平坦。 　The devil is not always at one door.魔鬼不会总呆在一个家的门口。 /谁都有遇到灾难的时候。 　The devil takes the hindmost. 谁落后，谁倒霉。 　The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟才能捉到虫。/捷足先登。 　The eye is the window of the soul. 眼睛是心灵之窗。 　The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.最大的恨来自最大的爱。 　The greatest liars talk most of themselves. 最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。 　The greatest talkers are always the least doers.大言不惭的人总是行动最少的人。 　The heart's letter is read in the eyes. 观双眼便知心事。 　The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar. 正当得到的一分钱胜于偷来的一元钱。 　The human race has improved everything, except people.人类改善了一切，惟独没能改善自己。 　The longest way round is the nearest way home.本来想省事，到头来反而更费事。 　The man with the worst cause makes the most noise.越是理亏的人叫喊得就越凶。 　The more women look in their glass, the less they look to theirhouse. 妇女照镜越多，照管家务就越少。 　The morning sun never lasts a day. 朝阳虽好景不长。 　The pleasures of the mighty are tears of the poor.强者的欢乐弱者的悲。 　There are God's poor and the devil's poor.有人穷是因为运气不好，有人穷则是因为德行不好。 　There are two sides to every question. 每个问题都有两个方面。 　There is a black sheep in every flock.败类处处有。/害群之马处处有。 　There is many a fair thing full false.有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。 　There is no friend like a good book.好书在手，胜似朋友。 　There is no friend so faithful as a good book. 最忠实的朋友莫过于一本好书。 　There is no medicine again st death.人间哪有不死(回春)药。 　There is no place like home.没有比家更好的地方了。 /金窝银窝不如自家草窝。 　There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。 　There is nothing new under the sun.天底下没有什么全新的事。 　There’s no royal road to learning.学问无坦途。 　The seeds of great things are often small.伟大事业的种子往往很小。 /伟大的事业往往从小处开始。 　The sick soul must cure itself. 心灵创伤需自治。 　The thread breaks where it is weakest.线断常在最细处。 　The strongest evil is a weak government ruled by weak minds.最大的灾难莫过于庸人当政。 　The tongue ever turns to the aching teeth.舌头总是碰着疼牙。 　The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to ouradvantage to know.我们最不愿意听到的事实，往往是我们知道了会大有好处的事实。 /忠言逆耳。 　The white devil is worse than the black. 伪装的坏人比黑鬼更可怕。 　The wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家之钥。 /妻贤一家兴。 　The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks heknows all.聪明人自认一无所知，愚笨人自负无所不晓。 　The wish is father to the thought. 愿望为思想之父。 /所望之事，每易信之为真。 　The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下来。 　They that do nothing learn to do ill.游手好闲，容易学坏。They that know nothing fear nothing.无知则无畏。/初生牛犊不怕虎。 　They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can. 不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。 　They who live longest will see most.寿命最长的人见识也最广。 　Things done cannot be undone.事已定局，不能挽回。/覆水难收。 　Those who believe money can do everything are frequently pre-pared to do everything for money.相信金钱万能的人，往往会一切为了金钱。 　Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月无情。 /岁月不等人。Time cures all things. 时间能治愈一切。 　Time dresses the greatest wounds. 时间可以医治最重的伤口。 　Time is money. 一寸光阴一寸金。 　Time past cannot be called back again.光阴一去不复返。Time tries all. 时间检验一切。 　Time tries truth. 时间检验真理。 　Tomorrow comes never.切莫依赖明天。 　Too much liberty spoils all. 自由过了头，一切乱了套。 　Too much spoils,too little is nothing.过多会坏事，过少不济事。 　To save time is to lengthen life.节省时间就是延长生命。 　True love is giving, not taking.真挚的爱是给，不是取。 　Trust the ear less than the eye. 少相信耳朵，多相信眼睛。 /相信耳朵不如相信眼睛。/耳闻不如目睹。 　Truth and roses have thorns about them.真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。 　Truth is the daughter of time. 真理是时间的女儿。 　Two of a trade seldom agree. 同行是冤家。 /同行相妒。 　Two wrongs don't make a right.两个错加不出一个正确来 　Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. 戴皇冠的脑袋不得安宁。 /位高心不宁。 　United is strength./Union is strength. 团结就是力量。 　Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 令人不快的忠告犹如治病良药。 /忠言逆耳利于行。 　Use is everything. 实用便是一切。 　Use is (a) second nature. 习惯是人的第二天性。 /习惯成自然。 　Use makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 　Use others as you would have them use you.你愿意别人怎样待你，你就该怎样待人。 　Vanity is the food of fools. 虚荣心是傻瓜的食粮。 　Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter.美德和幸福是母女关系。 /没有美德便没有幸福。 　Virtue is beyond price.美德是无价之宝。 　Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远胜美貌。 　Virtue is the only true nobility. 万事不如美德高。 　Virtue never grows old. 美德永不老。 　Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。 　War is death’s feast. 战争是死亡的筵席。 　We are not born for ourselves.人生天地间，并非为自己。 　We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵。 　We shall lie all alike in our graves. 一朝进坟场，大家都一样。 　We shall never have friends if we expect to find them withoutfault. 指望朋友无缺点，永远休想交朋友。 　We should never remember the benefits we have offered,notforget the favor received.我有德于人不应记，人有德于我不可忘。 　Wealth makes worship. 财富能使人拜倒。 　Weeds want no sowing.杂草不需种。 　Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。 　When a father praises his son he flatters himself. 爸爸夸儿子，意在夸自己。 　When drink enters, memory departs.借酒消愁。 　When folly passes by, reason draws back.愚昧横行时，理智只好让路。 　When love puts in, friendship is gone. 爱情进入，友情完结。 /情场相争，没有友情。 　When the cat's away, the mice will play.猫儿不在，老鼠翻天。 　When the well is full, it will run over.水满自溢。 　When there is a will, there is a way.有志者，事竟成。 　When you are good to others you are best to yourself.对别人好，就等于对自己好。 　Where everyone is a master, the world goes to wrack.人人做主，天下大乱。 　Where there is life, there is hope.生命不息，希望长在。 　Where there is whispering, there is lying.耳语之处有谎言。 　Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow.在罪恶中游泳的人，必将在悲哀中沉没。 　Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。 　Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.知识可羡，胜于财富。 　Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. 知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体。 　Wise men learn by other men’s mistakes; fools by their own.聪明人从旁人的错误中吸取教训，愚笨人则从自身的错误中吸取教训。 　Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit. 没有学识的机智，犹如没有果实的树。 　Without a friend, the world is wilderness.没有朋友，世界成了荒野。 　Work makes the workman. 勤工出巧匠。 　Would you know your daughter,see her in company.你若想了解女儿，只要看她和什么样的人交往。 　Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like itnot at present.爱你的人的忠告，即使你当时并不喜欢也得把它记下。 　Years bring wisdom. 岁月增闻益智。 　Yesterday will not be called again .昨日之日不可追。/光阴一去不复返。 　You cannot eat your cake and have your cake. 饼子吃下肚，当然不再有。 /两者不可兼得。 　You cannot get blood out of a stone.石头是挤不出血来的。 　You cannot have it both ways. 你不能同时走两条路。 　You cannot judge a tree by its bark.不可根据树皮来评定树木。 /人不可貌相。 　You cannot lose what you never had.不曾拥有的，永远不会失去。 　You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.你不能让所有的脚都穿同一只鞋。 /适于此者未必适于彼。 　You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. 你不能既和野兔一起跑又和猎狗一起追。 /人不可能两面讨好。 　You can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make himdrink.牵马河边易，逼马饮水难。 /不要逼人做他不愿做的事。 　You have made your bed, you must lie in it. 自己铺的床得自己睡。 /喻自食其果。 　You may have too much of a good thing. 好事不可过了头。 /好事过了头，反成坏事。 /好物莫贪。 　You never know what you can do till you try. 不尝试就永远不知道自己能干什么。 /只有亲自试试，才知自己本事。 　Your father's honour is to you but a second-hand honour. 对一个人来说，父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉。 　Youth and white paper take any impression. 白纸和青春，最易留印痕。 　Youth is the season of hope. 青春是希望的季节。 　Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.热情而无知识犹如脱缰之马。 　Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 没有知识的热心，犹如有火而无光。