美丽的英语谚语课后习题.doc

谚语（Proverbs）
1.A bad bush is better than the open field (林木稀疏也比空地好/有胜于无。)
2. A bad life, a bad end.(恶有恶报。)
3. A bad thing is dear at any price. (好货不便宜，便宜没好货。)
4. A marksman may miss. (智者千虑，必有一失)
5. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. (两鸟在林不如一鸟在手)
6. A bird is known by its note ,and a man by his talk/words.(鸟以声闻，人以言知)
7. A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. (人无知识犹如房屋没有地基)
8. A book is a mirror: if an ass peers into it , you cannot expect an apostle to look out (书是一面镜子，如果一头毛驴往里照，谁也不指望能照出个圣徒来)
9. A burnt child dreads the fire (一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳)
10. A carper will cavil at anything (爱挑剔的人总是有话可说)
11.A cat in gloves/mittens catches no mice (四肢不勤，一事无成)
12. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.(千里之堤，毁于蚁穴)
13. A fears clean conscience not false accusations (身正不怕影子斜)
14. A cold hand and a warm heart (刀子嘴，豆腐心)
15. A colt you may break ,but an old horse you never can (小马可训，老马难服)
16. A constant guest is never welcome (常客招人厌)
17. A contented mind is a perpetual/continual feast (知足者常乐)
18. A contended person is happy with his status quo (拉丁语，“现状”。知足常乐)
19. A cracked bell can never sound well/A cracked bell is never sound/A cracked bell never sound well (朽木不可雕也)
20.A dog has his/a day (人人都有走运的一天)
21. A drowning man will catch/clutch at a straw (病急乱投医)
22. A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the farther/further of the two (矮子站在巨人肩上，比两个人看的都远)
23. A fault confessed is half redressed (承认错误等于改正了一半)
24. A fool may give a wise man counsel (愚者千虑亦有一得)
25. A foul foot makes a full wame (人勤不受穷)
26. A fox may grow grey ,but never good (江山易改，本性难移)
27. A friend in court is better than a penny in purse (囊中有钱，不如朝中有人)
28. A friend in need is a friend indeed (患难见真情)
29. A friend is a second self (朋友是第二个自我)
30. A friend is easier lost than found (朋友易失不易得)
31. A friend to all is a friend to none/A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody (滥交者无友)
32. A friend without faults will never be found (世上没有十全十美的朋友)
33. A full cup must be carried steadily (器满则溢)
34. A golden key can open any door /A golden key opens every door (有钱能使鬼推磨)
35. A good beginning is half done /A good beginning is half the battle (良好的开端是成功的一半)
36. A good conscience knows no fear (没做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门)
37. A good medicine tastes bitter (良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行)
38. A good name is better than (great)riches (好名声胜过巨额财富)
39. A good reputation sits still; a bad one runs about (美名不出门，恶名传四方)
40. A good tale ill told is marred in the telling (歪嘴和尚念不出好经)
41. A good tale is none the worse for being twice told (好戏不厌百回看)
42. A good tree is a good shelter (大树底下好乘凉)
43. A great man cannot brood a rival (一山难容二虎)
44. A great ship asks deep waters (人往高处走)
45. A guilty conscience never feels secure (做贼心虚)
46. A high building a low foundation (冰冻三尺非一日之寒)
47. A honey tongue a heart of gall (口蜜腹剑)
48. A horse may stumble on four feet /A horse stumbles that has four legs (马有失蹄，人有失足)
49. A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats (不劳无获)
50. A jack of trades is master of none (通百艺即无一长)
51. A kind word is never lost (善言长存)
52. A lame traveler should get out betimes (笨鸟先飞)
53. A lazy youth a lousy age (少年懒惰，老来贫苦)
54. A leopard cannot change its spots (江山易改本性难移)
55. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth (撒谎的人即使说了真话也没有人相信)
56. A lion among sheep and a sheep among lions (欺软怕硬)
57. A little body often harbors a great soul (人不可貌相，海水不可斗量)
58. A little is better than none (聊胜于无)
59. A little straw shows which way the wind blows (草动和风向)
60. A man becomes learned by asking questions (善问者终成学问)
61. A man cannot serve two masters (一仆不事二主)
62. A man has his hour and a dog his day (人有称心时，狗有得意日)
63. A man is as old as he feels (老不老，自己晓)
64. A man is known by his friends /by the company he keeps (观其友，知其人)
65. A man is never too old to learn (活到老，学到老)
66. A man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him (日久见人心)
67. A man who has friends must show himself friendly(交友之人需友善)
68. A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman (远亲不如近邻)
69. A good neighbor is better than a brother in the next village (远亲不如近邻)
70. A new broom sweeps clean (新官上任三把火)
71. A nod is as good as a wink to a blind house (瞎子点灯白费蜡)
72. A penny soul never came to two pence (气量狭小难成大事)
73. A proverb is true word (谚语乃箴言)
74. A ragged coat may cover an honest man (人穷未必志短)
75. A ragged colt may make a good horse (后生可畏)
76. A rolling eye a roving heart (眼睛是心灵的窗户)
77. A rolling stone gathers no moss (滚石不生苔，转行不聚财)
78. A rotten apple injures its companions (一只老鼠坏了一锅汤)
79. A secret between more than two is no secret (三人知晓，秘密难保)
80. A shoe too large trips one up (贪大求多，中无所获)
81. A single spark can start a prairie fire (星星之火可以燎原)
82. A snow year a good /rich year (瑞雪兆丰年)
83. A stick is soon found to beat a dog with (欲加之罪何患无辞)
84. A still tongue makes a wise head (智者寡言)
85. A table friend is a variable friend (酒肉朋友靠不住)
86. A tale never loses in the telling (话越传越多)
87. A thousand mile trip begins with one step (千里之行始于足下)
88. A tree is known by its fruit (观其行而知其人)
89. A wicked man is his own hell (恶有恶报)
90. A willful man will /must have his way (有志者事竟成)
91. A wise fox will never rob his neighbor’s hen roost (兔子不吃窝边草)
92. A woman’s tongue is the last thing about her that dies (女人身上最后死去的是舌头)
93. A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled (一言既出驷马难追)
94. A word spoken cannot be recalled /A word spoken is an arrow let fly (一言既出驷马难追)
95. A worm may /will turn (兔子急了也会咬人一口)
96. Absence makes the heart fonder (离别情更浓，不见思念切)
97. Accidents will happen (天有不测风云人有旦夕祸福)
98. Actions speak louder than words (行胜于言)
99. Adversity is a good /great schoolmaster (逆境磨练人)
100. Advice is like medicine the better it is the nastier to take (良药苦口忠言逆耳)
101. After a storm a calm (风雨过后是平静)
102. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar (挂羊头卖狗肉)
103. After supper walk a mile (饭后百步走，活到九十九)
104. Ale in truth out (酒后吐真言)
.105. All came from and will go to others (人人为我，我为人人)
106. All good things come to an end (没有不散的宴席)
107. All his geese are swans (王婆卖瓜自卖自夸)
108. All meat pleases not mouths (众口难调)
109. All men are created equal (人人生来平等)
110. All men are mortal /must die (人生自古谁无死)
111. All rivers run into the sea (百川归海)
112. All roads lead to Rome (条条大路通罗马)
113. All shall be well Jack shall have Jill (有情人终成眷属)
114. All swans are turned to geese (竹篮打水一场空)
115. All things whatever ye would that men should not do to ye do ye even not to them (己所不欲勿施于人)
116. All time is no time when it is past (光阴一去不复返)
117. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy (只工作而无娱乐，会使人愚钝)
118. Among the blind the one-eyed man is king (山中无老虎猴子称大王)
119. An apple a day keeps the doctor away (一天一个苹果，医生不来找我)
120. An empty barrel makes more noise than full one (一桶不响，半桶晃荡)
121. An evil chance seldom comes alone (祸不单行)
122. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth (以眼还眼以牙还牙)
123. An ill life an ill end (恶有恶报)
124. An inch is as good as an ell (小错打错都是错)
125. An old man in a house is a good sign (家有老是个宝)
126. An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom (有才气不如有运气)
127. Anger punishes itself (气大伤身)
128. Any port in a storm (病不择医)
129. Appearance often deceives (不可以貌取人)
130. Art is long life is short (生有涯而知无涯)
131. As a man is so is his company (物以类聚人以群分)
132. As a man sows so does he reap (种瓜得瓜种豆得豆)
133. As is the husband so is the wife (不是一家人不进一家门)
134. As the twig is bent so the tree is inclined (苗歪树不直)
135. As you salute you will be saluted (敬人者，人敬之)
136. Bad luck always comes in threes (祸不单行)
137. Bad news had wings (坏事传千里)
138. Bare words make not the pot play (空谈无济于事)
139. Barking dogs seldom /do not bite (吠犬不咬人)
140. Be a friend to thyself and others will be friend thee (自爱者，人爱之)
141. Be it ever so humble there is no place like home (金窝银窝比不上自己的草窝)
142. Be slow to promise and quick to perform (重诺守信)
143. Be swift to hear slow to speak (多听少说)
144. Beat the dog before the lion (杀鸡给猴看)
145. Beauty lies in lover’s eyes(情人眼里出西施)
146. Bed is a medicine (睡眠是一种治疗)
147. Beginning is always difficult (万事开头难)
148. Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image (观其行知其人)
149. Best is cheapest (最好的东西最便宜)
150. Better a finger off as aye wagging (长痛不如短痛)
151.Better a glorious death than a shameful life (宁可光荣死，也不屈辱生)
152. Better a witty fool than a foolish wit (宁可做聪明的傻子，也不做愚蠢的聪明人)
153. Better an empty house than an ill tenant (钱袋空空胜过脑袋空空)
154. Better die standing than live kneeling (宁为玉碎，不为瓦全)
155. Better early than late (宁早勿迟)
156. Better late than never (迟到总比不到强)
157. Better to ask the way than go astray (多问不吃亏)
158. Better to die in glory than live in dishonor (宁为玉碎不为瓦全)
159. Better to do well than to say well (干得好胜过说的好)
160. Better without gold than without friend (友情胜过黄金)
161. Beware beginning (凡事开头应谨慎)
162. Beware of the man of one book (意味只读一本书的人容易偏狭)
163. Big fish eat little fish (弱肉强食)
164. Birds of a feather flock together (物以类聚，人以群分)
165. Bite off more than one can chew (贪多嚼不烂)
166. Bitter pills may have sweet /blessed /wholesome effects (良药苦口利于病)
167. Blood is thicker than water (血浓于水)
168. Books and friends should be few but good /books like friend should be few and well chosen (书籍与朋友，宜少却需好)
169. Boys will be boys (男孩免不了淘气)
170. Busiest men find the most time (最忙的人时间最多)
171. Business before pleasure (先工作后娱乐)
172. Business is business (公事公办三)
173.By doing nothing we learn to do ill (游手好闲就是学坏)
174. By uniting we stand by dividing we fall (团结则存，分裂则亡)
175. Calamity is man’s true touchstone (灾难时人生真正的试金石)
176. Call a spade a spade (直言不讳)
177. Can the leopard change his spots (本性难移)
178. Care brings grey hair (愁一愁白了头)
179. Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance (不要舍本逐末)
180. Children and fools cannot lie (小孩和傻瓜，不会说谎话)
181. Children have the qualities of the parents (有什么样的父母就有什么样的孩子)
182. Clothes make the man (人靠衣服马靠鞍)
.183. Come with the wind go with the water (来得容易去的快)
184. Coming events cast their shadows before them (事发必有预兆)
185. Conquer the desires or they will conquer you (战胜欲念，否则欲念将战胜你)
186. Constant dripping will wear away a stone /constant dropping wears a stone (水落石出)
187. Content is better than riches (知足常乐)
188. Content is happiness (知足常乐)
189. Covetousness is the root of all evil /wickedness (贪婪乃万恶之源)
190. Cowards are cruel (胆小鬼总是残忍的)
191. Credit keeps the crown of the causeway (讲信用的人走遍天下)
192. Creep before you walk (先学爬，在学走)
193. Cut your coat /clock according to your cloth (量入为出)
194. Death is common /sure to all (人必有一死)
195. Death levels all men (黄泉路上无贵贱)
196. Deeds are males and words are females (会说不如会干)
197. Deeds not words (要行动，不要空言)
198. Detraction pursues the great (树大招风)
199. Diamond cut diamond (棋逢敌手将遇良才)
200. Diet cures more than doctors /pills (食疗胜过医疗)
201. Distant water cannot quench a fire nearby (远水救不了近渴)
202. Do as I say not as I do (照我说的做，不要照我做的干)
203. Do as the Romans do (入乡随俗)
204. Do it now (说干就干)
205. Do not attend to two things at a time (一心不能二用)
206. Do not cast your pearls before swine (不要对牛弹琴)
207. Do not cry for the moon (无法得到的东西莫要去要)
208. Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade (不要忘恩负义)
209. Do not keep all your eggs in one basket (不要孤注一掷)
210. Do not quarrel with Providence (不要怨天)
211. Do nothing by halves (凡事不可半途而废)
212. Dogs that bark at a distance never bite (远吠之犬不咬人)
213. Don’t count your chickens before /until they are hatched (不要高兴早了)
214. Don’t climb a tree to look for fish (不可缘木求鱼)
215. Don’t judge people by appearance (不可以貌取人)
216. Do not kick away the ladder by which one rose (不要过河拆桥)
217. Do not let the cat out of the bag (不可泄露秘密)
218. Do not make a mountain of a molehill (不要小题大做)
219. Do not put the cart before the horse (不要本末倒置)
220. Do not ride the high horse (不要趾高气扬)
221. Do not tell tales out of school (莫打小报告)
222. Do not use an elephant to crack a nut (不要大材小用)
223. Doubt is the key of knowledge (学贵有疑)
224. Drunken days have all their tomorrows (今朝大鱼大肉明日必吃苦头)
225. Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals (酒后吐真言)
226. Each man has his limitations (人皆有其短)
227. Each one thinks in his way (仁者见仁智者见智)
228. Early sow early mow (早耕耘，早收获)
229. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise (早早起，早早睡，聪明，健康又富贵)
230. Easier said than done (说起来容易，做起来难)
231. East or west home is best (金窝银窝不如自己的草窝)
232. Easy come easy go (来得容易去得快)
233. Eat to live but not live to eat (人吃放是为了活着，而人活着不是为了吃饭)
234. Envy ceaseth after death (人不死，妒不止)
235. Even Homer sometimes nods (智者千虑必有一失)
236. Even woods have ears (隔墙有耳)
237. Every advantage has its disadvantage (凡事皆有利有弊)
238. Every ill man has his ill day (恶有恶报)
239. Every little makes a mickle (积少成多)
240. Every man for his own trade (人皆有其业)
241. Every man has a fool in his sleeve (人非聪明一世)
242. Every man has his faults (金无足赤人无完人)
243. Every man has his weak side (人皆有其短)
244. Every man is the master of his own fortune (人人都是自己命运的主宰)
245. Every man knows his own business best (自己的事自己最清楚)
246. Every man to his own taste (人各有所好)
247. Every mother’s child is handsome (孩子都是自己的最好)
248. Every path has a puddle (凡事皆有其难处)
249. Every potter praises his own pot (王婆卖瓜自卖自夸)
250. Every road leads to Rome (条条大路通罗马)
251. Every why has a /its wherefore (事出有因)
252. Everybody has his merits and faults (人有所长，亦有所短)
253. Everyone thinks in his way (仁者见仁智者见智)
254. Example is better /more powerful than precept (身教胜于言教)
255. Experience teaches (经验诲人)
256. Eye for eye tooth for tooth (以眼还眼以牙还牙)
257. Eyes are bigger than the belly /stomach (眼馋肚子饱)
258. Facts speak louder than word (事实胜于雄辩)
259. Failure is the mother of success (失败是成功之母)
260. Fame is a magnifying flass (道听其说，夸大其词)
261. Fat paunches have /make lean pates (大腹便便，头脑空空)
262. Few desires –happy life (无所求乐悠悠)
263. Fire and water have no mercy (水火无情)
264. First think then speak (三思而后言)
265. Forced love does not last (强扭的瓜不甜)
266. Forgive and forget (默念旧怨)
267. Fortune favors fools (痴人有痴福)
268. Four eyes see more than two (人多智广)
269. Friend must part (天下没有不散的宴席)
270. Friendship is like wine –the older the better (老酒味醇，老友情深)
271.From nothing ,nothing can come (无中生有)
272. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety—nine percent perspiration (天才是一分灵感加上九十九分汗水)
273. Give an inch and take a mile (得寸进尺)
274. Give and take (有来有往)
275. Give every man you ear ,but few your voice (多听少说)
276. Give me liberty ,or give me death (不自由，毋宁死)
277. Go down the ladder when you marry a wife ;go up when you choose a friend (聚妻莫高攀，结交寻好友)
278. God helps those who help themselves (自助者天助)
279. Gold will not buy everything (金钱并非万能)
280. Good advice is beyond price (良方胜金玉)
281. Good children make glad parents (子女有出息，父母笑嘻嘻)
282. Good boys to their books apply ,will all be great men by and by (少年好学将成大器)
283. Good counsel does no harm (忠言无害)
284. Good fame is better than a good face (美名胜过美貌)
285. Good medicine always tastes bitter /good medicine is bitter in the mouth (良药苦口)
286. Good travels at a snail’s pace –but evil has wings (好事不出门坏事行千里)
287. Good wine needs no cries (酒香客自来)