Question

10句英语谚语，加上汉语翻译。

Answer 1

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 开头不好，结尾必糟。
2. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 蛋糕莫保留，坏习气要除掉。
3. A bad workman always blames his tools. 劣工咎器。
4. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 两鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。
5. A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人无知犹如房屋无基。
6. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 书是随时携带的花园。
7. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮了别人，燃尽了自己。
8. A door must be either shut or open. 门不关就得开，二者必居其一。 / 非此即彼。
9. A friend is a second self. 朋友是第二个自我。
10. A good beginning makes a good ending. 欲善其终 , 必先善其始。
11. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。
12. A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少年懒惰，老来贫苦。
13. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有阳光。
14. A little help is worth a deal of pity. 一次行动胜过一筐空话。
15. A little is better than none. 有一点总比没有好。
16. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，害已误人。
17. A little labour, much health. 常常走动，无病无痛。
18. A little learning is a dangerous thing. 浅学寡识是件危险的事。
19. A little of everything, and nothing at all. 样样皆通，样样稀松。
20. A man is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
21. A merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快，办事痛快。
22. A picture is a poem without words. 画为无言诗。
23. A snow year, a good year. 瑞雪兆丰年。
24. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. 美好的事物永远是一种快乐。
25. A thousand mile trip begins with one step. 千里之行，始于足下。
26. A tree is known by its fruit. 观其行而知其人。
27. A word spoken cannot be recalled. 一言说出，难以收回。
28. A word to the wise is enough. 聪明人不用细说。
29. A work ill done must be twice done. 工作未干好，只得重返工。
30. Act fairly by all men. 一视同仁。
31. Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
32. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 困难和不幸不能使人富有，却能使人聪明。
33. After rain comes fair weather. 否极泰来。
34. After supper walk a mile. 饭后百步走，活到九十九。
35. All are not friends that speak us fair. 说好话的不一定都是朋友。
36. All beginnings are hard. 万事开头难。
37. All men can't be first. 并非所有的都能获第一。
38. All roads lead to Rome. 处处有路通长安。
39. All things are difficult before they are easy. 万事开头难。
40. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作而无娱乐会使人愚钝。
41. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一个苹果，医生不来找我。
42. An empty bag cannot stand upright. 空袋子放不真。
43. An evil lesson is soon learned. 学坏容易。
44. An honest man's word is as good as his bond. 君子一言，驷马难追。
45. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。
46. An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
47. An ill workman quarrels with his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。
48. Art is long, life is short. 生有涯而知无涯。
49. As a man sows, so shall he reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
50. As one door closes, another door opens. 天无绝人之路。
51. As the wind blows, you must set your sail. 趁风扬帆。
52. As you brew, so you must drink. 自作自受。
53. Bad luck always comes in threes. 祸不单行。
54. Bad news travels fast. 坏事传千里。
55. Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. 择友宜慎，弃之宜更慎。
56. Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 重诺守信。
57. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。
58. Beauty is but skin-deep. 不可以貌取人。
59. Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美即是真，真即是美。
60. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great fire to burn us. 宁要小火暖身，不要大火灼人。
61. Better a little loss than a long sorrow. 宁可作点牺牲，不要长久悲痛。
62. Better ask twice than lose your way once. 问路两次胜过迷路一次。
63. Better be sure than sorry. 要安全，不要危险。
64. Better early than late. 宁早勿迟。
65. Better late than never. 这到总比不到强。
66. Better lost than found. 宁可丢掉，不愿找到。（常针对不喜欢的人或物。）
67. Better safe than sorry. 安全胜过遗憾。
68. Better small fish than empty dish. 盘中小鱼胜无鱼。
69. Better the last smile than the first laughter. 笑在前不如笑在后。
70. Better to ask the way than go astray. 多问不吃亏。
71. Better to be safe than sorry. 安全胜过遗憾。
72. Better to do well than to say well. 嘴勤不如手勤。
73. Better to have than wish. 现有胜过心想。
74. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
75. Bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂。
76. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。
77. Books and friends should be few but good. 择友如藏书，皆宜少而精。
78. Both together do best of all. 人心齐，泰山移。
79. Busiest men find the most time. 最忙的人时间最多。
80. Business before pleasure. 先工作，后娱乐。
81. Business is business. 生意是生意，交情归交情。
82. By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 一闲生百邪。
83. By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. 教学相长。
84. By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 读书益智，交谈搏彩。
85. By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. 团结则存，分裂则亡。
86. Call a spade a spade. 直言不讳。
87. Care and diligence bring luck. 细心勤奋，带来好运。
88. Care brings grey hair. 愁一愁，白了头。
89. Care is enemy to health. 忧虑有损健康。
90. Care will kill a cat. 忧虑伤神。
91. Children and fools cannot lie. 小孩和傻瓜嘴里没谎话。
92. Children and fools speak the truth. 童子吐真言。
93. Children are what the mothers are. 有其母，必有其子。
94. Children have the qualities of the parents. 有什么样的父母，就有什么样的孩子。
95. Christmas comes but once a year. 圣诞节每年只有一次。
96. Clothes don't make the man. 好马不在鞍，人美不在衫。
97. Clothes make the man. 人靠衣服马靠鞍。
98. Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 信心为成功之始。
99. Content is better than riches. 知足常乐。
100. Content is happiness. 知足常乐。
101. Custom is a second nature. 习俗是人的第二天性。
102. Custom makes all the things easy. 形成习惯，事事好办。
103. Cut your coat according to your cloth. 看布裁衣。
104. Deeds are males and words are females. 会说不如会干。
105. Delays are dangerous. 拖延误事。
106. Diamond cut diamond. 势均力敌。
107. Diligence is the mother of good luck. 幸运出自勤奋。
108. Diligence is the greatest of teachers. 勤奋是最伟大的导师。
109. Diligence is the mother of success. 成功来自勤奋。
110. Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom. 挫折哺育智慧。
111. Discontent is the first step in progress. 不满足是进取的第一步。
112. Do as I say, not as I do. 照我说的做，不要照我干的做。
113. Do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗。
114. Do it now. 说干就干，机不可失。
115. Do not attend to two things at a time. 一心不能二用。
116. Do not cry for the moon. 不要异想天开。
117. Do not try out before you are hurt. 不要没碰到就叫。
118. Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不能过河拆桥。
119. Do nothing by halves. 不可半途而废。
120. Do on the hill as you would do in the hall. 人前人后一个样。
121. Do what you ought, and come what can. 但知行好事，莫要问前程。
122. Doing is better than saying. 空言无补。
123. Doing nothing is doing ill. 游手好闲就是学坏。
124. Don't bite off more than you can chew. 贪多嚼不烂。
125. Don't change horses in the middle of a stream. 病重不宜换郎中。
126. Don't climb a tree to look for fish. 不可缘木求鱼。
127. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 不要高兴太早。
128. Don't forget to cross your t's. 不要丢三落四。
129. Don't have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。
130. Don't judge a book by its cover. 书的价值不在封面。
131. Don't judge by appearance. 不可以貌取人。

1.Do as I say, not as I do.
照我所说的做，别照我所做的来做。
2.Do as most men do, then most men will speak well of you.
随俗而行，众人称颂。
3.Do as you would be done by. 己所欲施于人。
4.Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
5.Do not cast your pearls before swine.
莫把珍珠丢猪前；莫对牛弹琴。
6.Do not halloo till you are out of the wood.
未真正脱离险境前，勿作脱险之庆。
7.Do not kick against the pricks.
勿踢刺棍；勿以卵击石。
8.Do not put new wine into old bottles.
莫用旧瓶装新酒。
9.Do not wear out your welcome.
作客不久留；不要使人厌倦对你的欢迎。
10.Dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残。
11.Don't change horses in mid-stream.
河中勿换骑；临阵换将非上策。
12.Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
小鸡未孵出前，数也没用；别打如意算盘。
13.Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.
勿杞人忧天；船到桥头自然直。
14. Don't cry before you are hurt.
受伤前先别哭；祸未临头，别先屈服。
15. Don't cry stinking fish.
不要叫卖臭鱼；别拆自己的台；不要自贬身价。
16.Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
不要因意气用事而伤害自己。
17.Don't cut the bough you are standing on.
勿轻举妄动，自断生路。
18.Don't empty the baby out with the bath water.
做事勿掉以轻心，把婴儿与洗澡水一起给倒了。
19.Don't have too many irons in the fire.
勿操之过急。
20.Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
勿小题大作。
21.Don't make a rod for your own back. 勿自讨苦吃。
22.Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you.
勿自贬身价；自辱者，人皆辱之。
23.Don't meet trouble half-way. 别自找麻烦。
24.Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
不要把蛋全放在一个篮子里；勿孤注一掷。
25.Don't put the cart before the horse.勿本末倒置。
26.Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.
别跟自己的饭碗过不去。
27.Don't ride the high horse.
不要摆臭架子；莫趾高气扬。
28.Don't speak ill of others behind their backs.
不要在背后说人坏话。
29.Don't take your harp to the party.
别旧调重弹；别对一事喋喋不休。
30.Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
勿班门弄斧。
31.Don't tell tales out of school.
莫搬弄是非，揭人隐私。
32.Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
家丑不可外扬。
33.Dying is as natural as living.
生死由命，富贵在天。
34.Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起使人健康，富裕与聪明。
35.Easier said than done. 说比做容易。
36.East or west, home is best.
金窝银窝，不如自己的狗窝。
37.Easy come, easy go. 来得容易去得快。
38.Empty vessels make the most sound.
满瓶不会响，半瓶响叮当。
39.Enough is as good as a feast.
知所节制，适可而止。
40.Even a worm will turn. 人急悬梁，狗急跳墙。
41.Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑，必有一失。
42.Every ass likes to hear himself bray.
马不知脸长，蠢人总是自鸣得意。
43.Every bullet has its billet.
生死有命，富贵在天。
44.Every cloud has a silver lining.
黑暗中总有一线光明。
45.Every cock crows on his own dunghill.
公鸡总在自己草堆上称雄；在家一条龙，出外一条虫。
46.Every dog has his day. 任何人都有风光的时候。
47.Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.
家家有本难念的经。
48.Every flow must have its ebb.
潮水有涨有退；人生变幻无常。
49.Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.
人皆自认工作负担最重。
50.Every law has a loophole. 每种法律皆有漏洞。

Answer 2

1 A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。
2 A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。
3 A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火
4 Cannot see the wood for the trees. 一叶障目，不见泰山。
5 Cry for the moon. 海底捞月。
6 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。
7 Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难
8 Experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。
9 Fields have eyes, and woods have ears. 隔墙有耳。
10 Habit cures habit.心病还需心药医。