四六级作文常用格言谚语.doc

六级作文谚语（一）
(一) 品格行为
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
As they brew, so let they drink.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil.
恶有恶报，善有善报。
Diligence redeems stupidity.
勤能补拙。
Like father, like son.
有其父，必有其子。
A man must take the consequences of his own deeds.
一个人必须为自己的行为负责。
Who pleasure gives, shall joy receive.
予人以快乐者，自己会获得快乐。
(二) 友情友谊
If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty.
情人眼里出西施。
A true friend is best possession.
真诚的朋友是最宝贵的财富。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音觅。
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。
Love, and be loved.
爱，然后被爱。
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
选友要慎重，换友须更慎。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
A man is known by the company he keeps.
物与类聚，人以群分。
A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
海内存自己，天涯若比邻。
As distance tests a horse’s strength, so time reveals a person’s heart.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Beauty lies in the lover’s eye.
情人眼里出西施。
It is merry when friends meet.
朋友相聚不亦乐乎。
(三) 金钱财富
Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.
小小开支不可随意，小小漏洞会沉大船。
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
量入为出。
A light purse makes a heavy heart.
囊中羞涩烦事多。
A heavy purse makes a light heart.
囊中有钱心舒畅。
Money makes the mare go.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money talks.
金钱万能。
(四) 勤劳发奋
The early bird catches the worm.
捷足先登。（早起的鸟儿有虫吃。）
Laziness travels so early, that poverty overtakes him.
懒惰甩不掉贫困。
God gives all things to industry.
上帝对勤劳者慷慨。
Speak little, do much.
少说多做。
Well done is better than well said.
说得好不如做得好。
He that can have patience can have what he will.
有志者事竟成。
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
勤奋为幸运之母。
Genius is one percent of inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
天才是1%的灵感加上99%的汗水。
Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。
More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达。
(五) 处世方法
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
A good beginning is half done.
好的开头是成功的一半。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
The proof of pudding is in the eating.
亲尝方知布丁味。
There are tricks in every trade.
行行有秘诀。
The first blow is half the battle.
先下手为强。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能上巧。
All water runs into the sea.
百川归海。
If you want to get the honey, you must bear the stings of bees.
不吃苦中苦，没有甜中甜。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞难堵。
(六) 智慧与心态
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
Call a spade a spade.
实事求是。
Don’t teach the fish to swim.
不要班门弄斧。
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
宁为鸡头，不为凤尾。
Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日之事今日毕。
Experience is the father of the wisdom.
经验乃智慧之父。
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后笑得最好。
Where there’s will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成
Two heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮。
Where there is life, there is hope.
有生命就有希望。
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
人孰无过，宽恕为上。
Pride goes before a fall.
骄兵必败。
Honesty is the best policy.
诚为上策。
Never do things by halves.
不可半途而废。
A man of great wisdom often seems slow witted
大智若愚。
Big mouthfuls often choke.
贪多嚼不烂。
Do in Rome as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Judge not according to appearance.
不可以貌取人。
Look before you leap.
三思而后行。
Don’t gild the lily.
勿画蛇添足。
Learning without thought is labor lost.
学而不思则罔。
(七) 生活境遇
Adversity makes a man wise.
逆境增智慧。
Adversity reveals virtue.
逆境显本色。
Every dog has its day.
人人皆有得意时。
Blessings never come in pairs; misfortunes never come singly.
福无双至，祸不单行。
After suffering is happiness.
苦尽甘来。
East or west, home is best.
东西南北跑，只要家最好。
(八) 书籍与知识
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
想象重于知识。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
(九) 事业与成功
Nothing is impossible to a wiling mind.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon the recklessness.
业精于勤而荒于嬉。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者，天帮助。
Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Opportunity knocks only once.
机不可失，时不再来。
Constant dripping wears away the stone.
水滴石穿。
Different trades are separated by mountains.
隔行如隔山。
Early sow, early mow.
早种早收。
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind iron rod into a needle.
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
No pains, no gain.
不劳而获。
There is no rose without thorns.
没有玫瑰不带刺。
Chances favor the minds that are prepared.
机会青睐有准备的人。
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
爬梯须从第一步起。
(十) 时间
Time lost cannot be won again.
时光不复返。
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不待人。
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
Lost years are worse than lost dollars.
失去时光金不换。
Time flies.
光阴似箭。
(十一) 教育
Spare the rod, spoil the child.
孩子不打不成器。
Rome was not built in a day.
罗马非一日建成。
True love is giving.
真爱在于奉献。
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
未受教育的天才，犹如未雕之玉。
A great teacher produces a brilliant student.
名师出高徒。
A teacher for one day is a father for a lifetime.
一日为师，终身为父。
Habit (Custom) is the (a) nature.
习惯成自然。
Example is better than precept.
榜样胜于规则。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。