中文谚语的英文翻译集锦.doc

中文谚语的英文翻译
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中文谚语
英语翻译
1． 见机行事。
2． 兵不厌诈。
3． 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
4． 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
5． 不问就听不到假话。
6． 情人眼里出西施。
7． 血浓于水。
8． 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
9． 简洁是智慧的灵魂。
10．公事公办。
11．车到山前必有路。
12．巧妇难为无米之炊。
13．笨鸟先飞。
14．精诚所至，金石为开。
15．置之死地而后生。
16．滴水穿石。
17．习惯成自然。
18．以其人之道，还治其人之身。
19．血债要用血来还。
20．隔行如隔山。
21．一回生，二回熟。
22．早动手，早收获。
23． 者千虑，必有一失。
24． 吃一堑，长一智。
25． 国家兴亡，匹夫有责。
26． 每一个人都有美中不足的地方。
27． 人各有所好。
28． 行行出状元。
29． 仁者见仁，智者见智。
30． 切莫错过良机。
31． 凡事总有一个开头。
32． 身教胜于言教。
33． 经验是智慧之母。
34． 经验是愚者之师。
35． 乐极生悲。
36． 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
37． 心有余而力不足（贪多嚼不烂）。
38． 吃一堑，长一智。
39． 人怕出名猪怕壮。
40． 少说为佳。
41． 寡不敌众。
42． 水火无情。
43． 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣。
44． 患难之交才是真正的朋友。
45． 君子之交淡如水。
46． 天才出自勤奋。
47． 礼轻情意重。
48． 好故事百听不厌。
49． 善有善报，恶有恶报。
50． 名师出高徒。
51． 习惯成自然。
52． 欲速则不达（忙中有错）。
53． 满招损，谦受益。
54． 时来运转百事顺。
55． 人人都有缺点。
56． 近墨者黑。
57． 人无远虑，必有近忧。

58． 来者不善，善者不来。
59． 与人方便，自己方便。
60． 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。
61． 健康胜于财富。
62． 心有灵犀一点通。
63． 历史总在重演。
64． 明人不做暗事。
65． 诚实是上上之策。
66． 态度随地位而变。
67． 上梁不正下梁歪。
68． 若要人不知，除非己莫为。

69． 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。

70． 病从口入，祸从口出。
71． 贵人多忘事。
72． 一不做，二不休。
73． 酒后吐真言。
74． 事后聪明很容易。
75． 得道多助，失道寡助。
76． 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
77． 活到老，学到老。
78． 知己知彼，百战不殆。

79． 前事不忘，后事之师。
80． 同类相吸。
81． 有其师必有其徒。
82． 学无止境。
83． 欲速则不达。
84． 养兵千日，用兵一时。
85． 大丈夫能屈能伸。

86． 人生一世，草木一春。
87． 大智若愚。
88． 祸不单行。
89． 一失足成千古恨。
90． 钱是万恶之源。
91． 跑了和尚跑不了庙。
92． 道高一尺，魔高一丈。
93． 多劳多得。
94． 需要是发明之母。
95． 不打不相识。
96． 天有不测风云。
97． 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
98． 一失足成千古恨。
99． 无事不登三宝殿。
100．钥匙开一把锁。
101．机会带来成功。
102．机不可失，时不再来。
103．时代不同，风尚不同（俗随时变）。
104．种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
105．熟能生巧。
106．言行一致。
107．皇天不负苦心人。
108．是非自有公论。
109．来得容易去得快。
110．兔子不吃窝边草。
111．读万卷书，行万里路。
112．开卷有益（阅读使人增长知识）。
113．读书总会有所收获（开卷有益）。
114．远亲不如近邻。
115．流水不腐，户枢不蠢。
116．说是一回事，而做又是另外一回事。
117．苦海无边，回头是岸。
118．沉默是金。
119．星星之火，可以燎原。
120．千里之堤，溃于蚁穴。
121．小洞不堵沉大船。
122．麻雀虽小，五脏俱全。
123．天有不测风云。
124．打铁趁热。
125．疾风知劲草，烈火见真金。
126．强将手下无弱兵。
127．天无绝人之路。
128．有利必有弊。
129．求学无坦途。
1. Act according to circumstances.
2. All is fair in war.
3. As long as the green hills last, there'll always be wood to burn.
4. As you sow, so shall you reap.
5. Ask no questions and be told no lies.
6. Beauty lies in lover's eye.
7. Blood is thicker than water.
8. A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
9. Brevity is the soul of wit.
10. Business is business.
11. The cart will find its way round the hill when it gets there.
12. he cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice.
13. Clumsy birds have to start flying early.
14. Complete sincerity can affect even metal and stone.
15. Confront a person with the danger of death and he will fight to live.
16. Constant dripping wears away the stone.
17. Custom is a second nature.
18. Deal with a man as he deals with you.
19. Debts of blood must be paid in blood.
20. Different trades are separated as by mountains.
21. Different the first time, easy the second.
22. Early sow, early mow.
23. Even the wise are not free from error.
24. Every failure one meets with adds to one's experience.
25. Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country.
26． Every man has the defects of his own virtues.
27． Every man to his taste.
28． Every profession produces its own leading authority.
29． Everyone thinks in his way.
30． Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
31． Everything must have a beginning.
32． Example is better than precept.
33． Experience is the mother of wisdom.
34． Experience is the teacher of fools.
35． Extreme joy begets sorrow.
36． An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
37． The eye is bigger than the belly.
38． A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
39． Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.
40． Few words are best.
41． A few are no match for the many.
42．Fire and water have no mercy.
43．Fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure.
44．A friend in need is a friend indeed.
45．The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water.
46．Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
47．The gift is trifling but the feeling is profound.
48．A good tale is not the worse for being told twice.
49．Good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil.
50．A great teacher produces a brilliant student.
51．Habit is second nature.
52．Haste makes waste.
53．Haughtiness invites disaster, humility receives benefit.
54．He dances well to whom fortune pipes.
55．He is lifeless that is faultless.
56．He that touches pitch shall be defiled.
57．He who gives no thought to difficulties in the future is sure to be beset by worries much closer at hand.
58. He who has come is surely strong or he'd never have come along.
59．He who helps others helps himself.
60．He who laughs last laughs longest.
61．Health is better than wealth.
62．Hearts which beat in unison are linked.
63．History repeats itself.
64．An honest man does nothing underhand.
65．Honesty is the best policy.
66．Honours change manners.
67．If the upper beam is not straight, the lower ones will go aslant.
68．If you do not wish anyone to know what you have done, it is better not to have done it in the first place.
69. If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron rod into a needle.
70．Illness comes from food and trouble from speech.
71．Important people have short memories.
72．In for a penny, in for a pound.
73．In wine there is truth.
74．It is easy to be wise after the event.
75. A just cause enjoys abundant support while an unjust cause finds little.
76．Justice has long arms.
77．Keep on learning as long as you live.
78．Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.
79．Lessons learned from the past can guide one in the future.
80．Like attracts like.
81．Like teacher, like pupil.
82．Live and learn.
83．The longest way round is the nearest way home.
84．Maintain an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour.
85．A man among men is he who knows when to eat humble pie and when to hold his head high.
86．Man has but one life, grass sees but one spring.
87．A man of great wisdom often seems slowwitted.
88．Misfortunes never come singly.
89．A moment's error can bring a lifelong regret.
90．Money is the root of all evil.
91．The monk may run away, but the temple can't run with him.
92．The more illumination, the more temptation.
93．More pay for more work.
94．Necessity is the mother of invention.
95．No discord, no concord.
96．Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.
97．Nothing venture, nothing have.
98．One false step brings everlasting grief.
99．One never goes to the temple for no reason.
100．Open different locks with different keys.
101．Opportunity brings success.
102．Opportunity knocks but once.
103．Other times, other manners.
104．Plant melons and you get melons, sow beans and you get beans.
105．Practice makes perfect.
106．Practise what you preach.
107．Providence does not let down a man who does his best.
108．Public opinion is the best judge.
109．Quickly come, quickly go.
110．A rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its own hole.
111．Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles.
112．Reading enriches the mind.
113．Reading is always profitable.
114．A relative far off is less help than a neighbour close by.
115．Running water is never stale and a door-hinge never gets worm-eaten.
116．Saying is one thing and doing another.
117．The sea of bitterness has no bounds, repent and the shore is athand.
118．Silence is golden.
119．A single spark can start a prairie fire.
120．Slight negligence may lead to great disaster.
121．A small leak will sink a great ship.
122．A sparrow may be small but it has all the vital organs.
123．A storm may arise from a clear sky.
124．Strike while the iron is hot.
125．Sturdy grass withstands high winds; true gold stands the test of fire.
126．There are no poor soldiers under a good general.
127．There is always a way out.
128．There is no fire without smoke.
129．There is no royal road to learning.

常用中文谚语的英文翻译

He sits no sure that sits too high.高处不胜寒。
He that respects not is not respected.欲受人敬，要先敬人。
So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。
Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。
Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。
So the world wags. 这就是人生。
* One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。
Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。
Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。
*Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。
Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考虑要仔细,行动要迅速.
One sin opens the door for another. ---German 犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。
*One man‘s meat is another man‘s poison. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水珍贵
*Less is more. 简单就是美　
A blessing in disguise. 因祸得福
*Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌
Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日　
Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. 磨刀不误砍柴功。 　
Seeing is believing. 眼见为实
Well begun is half done. 好的开端是成功的一半
Time flies never to be recalled. 光阴一去不复返　 　
When in Rome, do as Roman do. 入乡随俗
He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后谁笑得最美
Deal with a man as he deals with you. 以其人之道还治其人之身
Look before you leap. 三思而后行
Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠顶一个诸葛亮。
A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始善终
* A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友。
First come, first served. 先来先招待。
Where there is s will，there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
No pains，no gains. 不劳则无获
Time and tide wait for no man. 时不待人
Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁
It‘s never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢
There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪
Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕
East or west，home is best. 走东串西，还是家里好
Equal pay for equal work. 同工同酬
Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置
Pride goes before a fall. 骄兵必败
Reading makes a full man. 读书使人完善
Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量
Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成攻之母
Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧
All roads lead to Roma. 条条大道通罗马
*Don′t judge a person by the clothes he wears. 不能以貌取人
Don′t count your chickens before they are hatched. 切莫过于乐观
Learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进
It′s easy to be wise after the event. 事后诸葛亮
As you make your bed,so you must lie in it. 自食其果
All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的东西并非都是金子
Many hands make light work. 人多力量大
Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it. 世上无难事只要肯登攀
Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。
Many hands make light work. 人多力量大。
Grasp all, lose all. 样样都要，全都失掉。
Better master one than engage with ten. 会十事不如精一事。
Silly child is soon taught. 要想孩子好，教育要趁早。
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。
Easier said than done. 说起来容易，做起来难。
The first step is the hardest. 万事开头难。
Who knows most says least. 懂的最多的人，说的最少。
Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不待人。
Don‘t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事今日毕。
Diligence is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
It‘s never too late to learn. 活到老，学到老。
Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳
Wash your dirty linen at home. 家丑不可外扬
Waste not, want not. 俭则不匮
Weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁
Wealth is best known by want. 人穷方知钱可贵
We can‘t judge a person by what he says but by what he does. 判断一个人，不听言语看行动
We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough. 年华没虚度，一生也足矣。
What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非已莫为
When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push. 墙倒众人推
When children stand quiet, they have done some harm. 孩子不吭声，一定闯了祸
When one will not, two cannot quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. 贫穷进门来，爱情越窗飞
When the cat is away, the mice will play. 猫儿不在，鼠儿成精
When wine sinks, words swim. 美酒一下肚，话匣关不住
Where there‘s life there‘s hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
Will is power. 意志就是力量
Wise men are silent; fools talk. 智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝
Wise men change their minds; fools never do. 智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用
Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it. 智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理
*Words are but wind, but seeing is believing. 耳听为虚，眼见为实 　
A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。 　

英语翻译中文谚语

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一着不慎,满盘皆输.
· All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的未必都是金子。
· A child is better unborn than untaught. 养不教，父之过。
· Art is long, life is short. 生命短暂，艺术长存。
· A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真情。
· Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。
· A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。
· An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。
· All covet, all lose. 样样垂涎，样样失落。贪多嚼不烂。
· A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。
· All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。
· A small leak will sink a great ship. 千里之堤溃于蚁穴。
· All time is no time when it is past. 机不可失，时不再来。
· A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.近水楼台先得月。
· A short cut is often a wrong cut.欲速则不达。
· A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.欲加之罪，何患无辞。
· A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 远来的和尚好念经。
· All feet tread not in one shoe. 众口难调。
· A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
· A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
· A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改，本性难移。
· A little spark may kindle a great fire.星星之火，可以燎原。　　　　　　　　　　
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· Beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了
· Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵
· Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。 A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
· Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。
· Better die standing than live kneeling 宁愿站着死，也不跪着生。
· Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。
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· Cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心。
· Cast an anchor to windward.未雨绸缪。
· Care and diligence bring luck.
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· Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行。谨慎勤奋，带来好运。
· Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢对手，将遇良才。
· Danger past, God forgotten. 飞鸟尽，良弓藏。
· Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。
· Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
· Do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。
· Do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿失于人。
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· Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。
· Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune. 自己幸福自己创。
· Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day. 晚霞行千里。
· Every bean has its black. 金无足赤，人无完人。