1、常见英语谚语和格言1. Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩2. After a storm comes a calm.暴风雨后是宁静3. All good things must come to an end.天下没有不散的宴席。好景无常。4. Alls well than ends well.结果好就是一切好5. All things are difficult before they are easy.万事开头难6. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也会变傻7. Alwa
2、ys prepare for a rainy day.未雨绸缪8. Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.盲人国里，独眼称王山中无老虎，猴子称大王9. The apple does not fall far from the tree.苹果落地，离树不远10. As the tree, so the fruit.什么树结什么果11. As you sow, so shall you reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆善有善报，恶有恶报12. A bad workman always blames his tool.拙匠常怨工具差13.Beauty is b
3、ut skin-deep.外表美是肤浅短暂的14.A beggars purse is bottomless.乞丐的口袋填不满。15.The best fish are near the bottom.好鱼游水底。16.Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.宁为驴头，不做马尾。17.Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。18.Better safe than sorry.宁可预防在先，以免倒楣后悔。19.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不
4、如一鸟在手。20.Birds of a feather flock together.鸟以群分，物以类聚。21.Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良药苦口。22.Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。23.Brevity is the soul of wit.言贵简洁。24.A cat has nine lives.猫有九命25A burnt child fears the fire.一朝被烧伤，见火就害怕。26.The child is father of the man.三岁看到老。27.A close mouth
5、catches no flies.嘴唇紧闭，苍蝇难进。口紧不招祸。28.The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明之前最黑暗。29.Do not bite off more than you can chew.贪多嚼不烂。30.Do not change horses in midstream.行到河中不换马。紧要关头不宜做大变动31.Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵出莫数小鸡。别指望的太早。32.Do not kill the goose that laid the golden
6、eggs.切莫杀鸡取蛋。33.Do not put all your eggs in one basket.别把所有鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里。34.Do not try to run before you can walk.还不会走，就别忙着跑。35.Do not wait for a rainy day to fix the roof.别等到雨天才去修补屋顶。36.Drops of water outwear the stone.滴水穿石。37.The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟有虫吃。疾足者先得。38.Easier said than done.说时容易做
7、时难。39Easy come, easy go.来得容易去得快。Mother of 40.Every dog has his day.人人都有得意的日子。41.Every little makes.积少成多，聚沙成塔。42.Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的老师。43.Experience is the mother of wisdom.经验是智慧之母。44.An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。45.Facts are facts.事实就是事实。46.Fire and water may be
8、 good servants, but bad masters.水火可成为忠实的奴仆，但用之不慎会成为祸害。47.Fools haste is no speed.瞎忙反而不快。48.Fortune favors the brave.勇者事成。49.A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真朋友。50. Give me liberty. Or give me death! 没有自由宁可死。51.God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。52.Good health is above wealth.健康比财富更重
9、要。53.Grasp all, lose all.贪多必失。54.Graet talkers are little doers.说话的巨人，行动的矮子。55.Habit is second nature.习惯成自然。56.Half a loaf is better than none.有半个面包总比没有好。57.Harm set, harm get.害人反害己。58.Haste makes waste.欲速则不达。59.He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑在最后，谁就笑得最好。60.He that will thrive must rise at five.五更起
10、床，事业兴旺。61.He who does not no work, neither should he eat.不劳动者不得食。62.He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.欲加之罪，何患无辞。63.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.什么事情也不干，错误当然不会犯。64.Honesty is the best policy.诚实总是上策。65.An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。66.If
11、a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.凡值得一做的事情都值得做好。67.If at first you do not succeed, try, try, try again.如果第一次不成功，那就一试二试再试。68.If you want peace, prepare for war.要求和平必先备战。69.Illgotton wealth never thrives.不义之财发不了家。70.In unity there is strength.团结就是力量。71.It never rains but it pours.不雨则已，雨则倾
12、盆。72.It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，未为晚也。73.Judge not according to appearances.不要只凭外表来判断。74.Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。75.Laugh and grow fat.笑能发福。76.A leopard can not change its spots.豹改不了身上的斑本性难改77.Light come, light go.来得容易去得快。78.Like attracts like.同声相应，同气相求。79.Like cures like.以毒攻毒。80.A lit
13、tle learning is a dangerous thing.一知半解很危险。81.A little pot is soon hot.壶小易热。量小易怒。82.Live and learn.活到老，学到老。83Look before you leap.三思而后行。84.Love is blind.爱情是盲目的情人眼里出西施。85.Love me, love my dog.爱屋及屋。86.Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.爱情不分富贵和贫贱。87.Love makes the world go round.爱使世界更美好。88.Make
14、 hay while the sun shines.晒草要趁太阳好。89.Man does not live by bread alone.人不能光靠面包生活。90.Many men, many minds.人多心不齐。91.Money is the root of all evil.金钱乃万恶之源。92.More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。93.The more, the merrier.人越多越开心。94.Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明之母。95.Never do things by halves凡事切勿半途而废。
15、96.Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.今日事，今日毕。97.Never say never.永不说不。98.Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.麻烦没来找你，别去自找麻烦。99.A new broom sweeps clean.新扫帚扫的干净新官上任三把火。100.No gain without pain.没有辛苦就没有收获。101. No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。102.Nothing is impossible to willin
16、g heart.世上无难事，只怕有心人。103. Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有成就。104.Nothing ventured, nothing gained.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。105.Old habits die hard.积习难改。106. Oil and water do not mix. 油和水不相容。107.One cannot put back the clock.历史的时针不能倒拔。108. One man, no man. 孤掌难鸣109.One swallow does not make a summer孤雁不成夏。110.The on
17、looker sees most of the game.旁观者清。111.Opportunity knocks at the door only once.机不可失，时不再来。112.An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.一分预防胜过十分治疗。113. Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不想。114.The pen is mightier than the sword.笔伐胜过刀枪。115.A penny saved is a penny earned.积少成多，集腋成裘。116.The pot call
18、s the kettle black.罐子闲锅黑五十步笑百步。117.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。118.Praise is not pudding.恭维不能当饭吃。119.Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.做最坏的准备，报最好的希望。120.Prevention is better than cure.防病胜于治病。121.Prade goes before a fall.骄者必败122. Promise little. but do much.少许诺，多做事。 123.The proof of the pud
19、ding is in the eating.欲知布丁味，就先尝一尝。124.Arising tide lifts all boats.水涨众船高。125.A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔。126.Second thoughts are best.再思而后行。127.Seeing is believing.眼见为实。128.Set a thief to catch a thief.让贼抓贼。以毒攻毒。129.Slow but steady wins the race.稳抓稳打，无往不胜。130.A sound mind in a sound body.有
20、健全的身体才有健全的心智。131.Spare the rod and spoil the child.孩子不打不成器。132.Speak of angels and you will hear their wings.说到某人，某人就到。133.Speech is silver, silence is golden.雄辩是银 ，沉默是金。134. The spirit is willing , but the flesh is weak.心有余而力不足。135.Still waters run deep.静水流深沉默者深谋。136.A stitch in time saves nine.一针及
21、时省九针小洞不补，大洞吃苦。137.Stones will cry out.石头也会喊冤。138.A straw shows which way the wind blows.草动知风向。139.Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。140.Swift to hear, slow to speak.多听少讲。141.The tailor makes the man.人靠衣装。142. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.金钱积少自然成多。143.There is n
22、one so blind as those that will not see.拒而不见者最瞎。144.There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪。145.There is no royal road to learning.做学问无捷径可走。146.There is nothing new under the world.世上无新事。147.These who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.忘记过去必将重蹈覆辙。148.Wait and tide wait for no man.岁月不待人
23、。149.Time heals all wounds.时间能治愈一切创伤。150.Time is money.时间就是金钱。151.Time will tell时间会证明一切。152.Tomorrow is another day.明天还会有希望。153.Tomorrow never comes.切莫依赖明天。154.The tree is known by its fruit.观其果而知其树观其行而知其人。155.Truth lies at the bottom of a well.真理藏井底。156.Two heads are better than one.两人智慧胜一人。157.Two
24、 of a trade never agree.同行是冤家。158.Twos company. threes none.两人成伴，三人不欢。159.Two wrongs do not makes a right.两错相加不等于正确。160.United we stand, divided we fall.团结则存，分裂则亡。161.Walls have ears.隔墙有耳。162.Waste not, want not.不浪费，不愁缺。163.A watched pot never boils.心急水不开。164.We know not what is good until we have l
25、ost it.拥有之时不珍惜，失去以后空叹息。165.Well begun is half done.好的开始是成功的一半。166.We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水珍惜。167. What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。168.What is done cannot be undone.生米已成熟饭。覆水难收。169.When the cats away. The mice will play.猫儿不在，老鼠称王。170.Where there is
26、 a will, there is a way.有志者是竟成。171.Where there is life, there is hope.有生命就有希望。172.Who holds the purse rules the house。有钱就有势。173.Wit once bought is worth twice taught.付出代价长一智，胜过别人教两次。174.Wonders never cease.世界真奇妙。175.A word to the wise is sufficient.明白人不用细说。176.A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。 177.You can not judge a tree by its bark.不要根据树皮判断树木。人不可貌相。178. You can not fit a square peg into a round hole.方头插不进圆卯眼。179.You can not teach an old dog new tricks.你不能教老狗学把戏。180.You have to crawl before you can walk.人要学走，先要学爬。15
