《常见谚语中英翻译》.doc

常见谚语中英翻译
A Jack of all trades and master of none.三脚猫无所长。
• A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。
• A house divided against itself cannot stand.家庭内讧难维系。
• A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.相马不可凭马的装饰。
• A hero is known in the time of misfortune.时势造英雄。
• A heavy purse makes a light heart.腰包钱财足，心境自然宽。
• A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.性急难免出岔子。
• A happy heart makes a blooming visage.心花怒放，笑逐颜开。
• A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning.一点小常识常胜过很多有价值的学问。
• A guilty conscience needs no accuser.贼胆心虚。
• A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.做贼心虚，良心自诛。
• A great talker is a great liar.最会饶舌的人也是最会说谎的人。
• A good winter brings a good summer.瑞雪兆丰年。
• A good tongue is a good weapon.伶俐的口齿是一种锐利的武器。
• A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.好故事百听不厌。
• A good name keeps lustre in the dark.好的名声在黑暗中也会光芒四射。

• A good name is sooner lost than won.美誉难得而易失。
• A good name is earlier lost than won.失去美名易，得到美名难。
• A good name is better than riches.好名誉胜过有财富。
• A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口，忠言逆耳。
• A good maxim is never out of season.至理名言不会过时。
• A good marksman may miss.智者千虑，必有一失。
• A good horse often needs a good spur.好马常要好靴刺。
• A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.良马的毛色不会差。
• A good heart conquers ill fortune.善心克厄运。
• A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.健康的身体贵於黄金铸成的皇冠。
• A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land.聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。
• A good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近亲。
• A good fame is better than a good face.好的名望胜於好的相貌。
• A good face is a letter of recommendation.好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。
• A good dog deserves a good bone.有劳得奖。
• A good example is the best sermon.身教胜似言教。
• A good conscience is a continual feast.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
• A good book is a light to the soul.好书一本，照亮心灵。
• A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.一本好书，莫逆之交。
• A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者必善其终。
• A good beginning is half the battle.首战告捷等於一半胜利。
• A good appetite is a good sauce.饥不择食。
• A good anvil does not fear the hammer.好砧不怕锤。

• A full cup must be carried steadily.杯满盈，须持稳。
• A full belly counsels well.衣食足而後知荣辱。
• After meat, mustard.雨後送伞。
• After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.午餐之後坐片刻，晚饭之後走一里。
• After dinner comes the reckoning.吃喝玩乐，该付代价。
• After death, the doctor.放马后炮。
• After black clouds, clear weather.否极泰来。
• After a storm comes a calm.否极泰来。
• A friend without faults will never be found.没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。
• A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.广交友，无深交。
• A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.交友慢，失友快。
• A friend is never known till a man have need.不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。
• A friend is best found in adversity.患难见真友。
• A friend is a second self.朋友是另一个我。
• A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真朋友。
• A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。
• A friend exaggerates a man′s virtue, an enemy his crimes.朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。
• A fox may grow grey, but never good.狐狸会变，但本性难移。
• A fool′s heart dances on his lips.愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。
• A fool′s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.愚者千虑，必有一得。
• A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.一愚所失，百智难回。
• A fool may give a wise man counsel.愚者千虑，必有一得。
• A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.愚者所问，智者难答。
• A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.一愚发问，七智结舌。
• A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。
• A fool and his money are soon parted.笨蛋难聚财。
• A fool always rushes to the fore.傻瓜总爱强出头。
• A fool always comes short of his reckoning.愚人常缺算计。
• A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。
• Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.事情要按部就班地做，就会很快地做完。
• A fault confessed is half redressed.承认错误，等於改正一半。
• A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
• A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
• A faithful friend is hard to find.益友难得。
• A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。
• A fair death honours the whole life.死得光明，终身荣耀。
• Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。
• Adversity makes strange bedfellows.身处逆境不择友。
• Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.患难使人聪明，但不能致富。
• Adversity leads to prosperity.逆境迎向昌盛。
• Adversity is a good discipline.苦难是磨练人的好机会。
• A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.骨头打狗狗不叫。
• Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。
• A disease known is half cured.病情确诊断，治病好一半。
• A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.不满足者坐无宁时。
• Actions speak louder than words.事实胜於雄辩。
• Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识的巧果。
• A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.户枢不蠹。
• A crafty knave needs no broker.狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。
• A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。
• A contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常乐。
• A constant guest is never welcome.久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。
• A common danger causes common action.同仇敌忾。
• A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。
• A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入，祸从口出。
• A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.宁为清贫，不为浊富。
• A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
• A clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落，胜券在握。
• A clear conscience is a soft pillow.问心无愧，高枕无忧。
• A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜
• A cheerful wife is the joy of life.快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。
• A change of work is as good as a rest.调换一下工作是很好的休息。
• Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。
• A cat may look at a king.猫也有权晋见国王。
• A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。
• A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
• A burden of one′s choice is not felt.自己选的担子不嫌重。
• Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切，离别情更深。
• A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借来的斗篷不暖身。
• A book that remains shut is but a block.有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
• A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变
• A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.秋波送盲，白费痴情。
• A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it′s the boundary of the world.坐井观天。
• A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.略有胜於全无。
• A bird may be known by its song.什麽鸟唱什麽歌。
• A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
• A beggar′s purse is bottomless.乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。
• A bargain is a bargain.达成的协议不可撕毁。
英语谚语精选
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A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
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.
事实胜於雄辩。
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。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。
"After you" is good manners.
"您先请"是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man"s best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。

A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.
静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well.
结果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can
凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什?N人交什?N朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫??，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes.
母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在於晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马难追。
A year's plan starts with spring.
一年之计在於春。
A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼?Y出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
Better late than never.
不怕慢，单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓於水。
Blood will have blood.
血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。
Business is business.
公事公办
Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船。
Cheats never pr
骗人发不了财。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
择书如择友。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.
做你的吧，天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.

循序渐进。

Cry for the moon.

海底捞月。

Custom is a second nature.

习惯是後天养成的。

Custom makes all things easy.

有个好习惯，事事皆不难。

Diamond cuts diamond.

强中自有强中手。

Do as the Romans do.

入乡随俗。

Do as you would be done by.

己所不欲，勿施於人。

Doing is better than saying.

与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。

Do it now.

机不可失，时不再来。

Do nothing by halves.

凡事不可半途而废。

Don't claim to know what you don't know.

不要不懂装懂。

Don"t have too many irons in the fire.

不要揽事过多。

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.

不要小题大做。

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事，今日毕。

Don"t put the cart before the horse.

不要本末倒置。

Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

不要自找麻烦。

Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,
wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好。
Easier said than done.
说得容易，做得难。
Easy come, easy go.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活著，但活著不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人负责，等於没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.
谁都有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。
Every minute counts.
分秒必争。
Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Eerything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。
Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜於雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲暗箭难防
Far from eye, far from heart.
眼不见，心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源於无知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served.
先来後到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次见面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想後说。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn
much from fools.
愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金，积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德报德是