常用英语谚语文档.doc

Pride goes before a fall 骄者必败
Fish in troubled waters 浑水摸鱼
Business is business 公事公办
The style is the man 文如其人
More haste,less speed 欲速则不达
Great minds think alike 英雄所见略同
Misfortunes never come alone 祸不单行
Hedges have eyes,walls have ears 隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳
Man proposes,God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天
Beauty is in the eye of beholder 情人眼里出西施
Time and tide wait for no man 时不待我/岁月无情
A young idler,an old beggar 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
A man should not bite the hand that feeds him 不要恩将仇报
Health is better than wealth 家有万贯财，不如一身健
Out of office,out of danger 无官一身轻
In time of peace prepare for war 居安当思危
The tongue cuts the throat 祸从口出/言多必失
Out of sight,out of mind /far from eye,far from heart 眼不见为净
All shall be well,Jack shall have Jill 有情人终成眷属
Friends must part 聚散离合总有时/天下无不散之宴席
The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future 前事不忘，后事之师/前车之覆，后车之鉴

A
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手
A blind man can’t judge colours 盲人不能判断颜色

A cracked bell can never sound well 破了的钟声音永远不会好听
Actions speak louder than words 行动胜过言辞，百说不如一干
A drowning man will catch at a straw 快要死的人连一根稻草也要抓
A fool may give a wise man counsel 傻子也可能给聪明的人出主意
A friend in need is a friend indeed 患难见真情
A friend to all is a friend to none 滥交者无友
After a stone comes a calm 风暴过后是一片宁静
After dinner sit a while ,after supper walk a mile 饭后百步走，活到九十九
A light heart lives long 无忧无虑的人长寿
All is fish that comes to net 进网的都是鱼
All roads lead to Rome 条条大路通罗马
All work and no play makes jack a dull 尽用功而不玩，孩子会变得很呆板
A miss is as good as a mile 毫末之错仍然是错
An apple a day keeps the doctor away 每天一个苹果，无需医生进门
An oak is not fallen at one stroke 橡树不是一下可以砍倒的
An old head on young shoulders 少年老成
A stith in time saves nine 及时缝一针顶十针
B
Barking dogs do not (seldom)bite 吠犬不咬人
Barking dogs seldom bite 爱叫的狗很少咬人
Beat the dog before the lion 杀鸡给猴看
Be wet behind the ears 乳臭未干
Birds of a feather 一丘之貉
Birds of a feather flock together 鸟以群分，物以类聚
C
Call white black 颠倒黑白
Care killed the cat 忧虑伤身
Constant dropping wears the stone 水滴石川
D
Die in one’s bed 寿终正寝
Diet cures more than the doctor 合理饮食胜过良医
Do in Rome as Rome does 入乡随俗
Don’t put the cart before the horse 不要本末倒置
Don't teach fish how to swim 切莫班门弄虎
E
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起使人健康、富有又聪明
Easy come, easy go 来得快去的快
Every bird likes his own nest best 金窝银窝不如自己的草窝
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business 人人都管等于没人管
Every dog has its day 每人都有得意的日子
F
Far from eye, far from heart 眼不看，心不想
Few words are best 少说话最好
Fine feathers make fine birds 人要衣装，佛要金装
G
Give sb .apiece of one’s mind 直言不讳
Good advice is beyond price 好意见是无价之宝
Grain time ,gain life 赢的时间就是赢的生命
Grasp all, lose all 什么都抓，什么都抓不住