Question

征求英语的谚语

越多越好。。。。。。。。。。。。

Answer 1

爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.

比上不足，比下有余 "worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst

笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.

不眠之夜 white night
· 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。

· 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。 An 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。

· 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.
· 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。
· 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。
· Even woods have ears.隔墙有耳。
· Enough is better than too much. 过犹不及。
· Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 人贵自立。
· Experience teaches. 吃一堑，长一智。
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· Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。
· First impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。
· Faith moves mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。
· Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界，无奇不有。
· Fire proves gold, adversity proves man. 烈火识真金，逆境识英雄。
· Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
· Give everyone his due. 一视同仁。
· Good (or Great) wits jump. 英雄所见略同。
· Go while the going is good. 三十六计，走为上计。
· Great weights hang on small wires.千钧一发。
· Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。
· Greatest genius often lies concealed.大智若愚。
· Grasp all, lose all.贪多必失。
· Go to the sea, if you would fish well.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
· Honour to whom honour is due.论功行赏。
· He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。
· Heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己。
· He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。
· He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。
· He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。
· He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行，始于足下
· He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。
· It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次当
· Humility often gains more than pride.满招损，谦受益。
· He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.事实胜于雄辩。
· He that promises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。
· He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。
· Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行。
· Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
· He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
· It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。
· If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是
无穷的。
· It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
· Ill news never comes too late. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。
· It is the first step that is troublesome. 万事开头难。
· Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
· Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it. 实践得真知。
· Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易，守业更难。
· Knowledge is no burden. 艺不压身。
· Kiss and be friends. 握手言和。
· Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕
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· Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.既来之，则安之。
· Love is blind. 情人眼里出西施。
· Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。
· Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
· Live and learn. 学无止境。
· Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
· Mind acts upon mind. 心有灵犀一点通。
· Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.饥不择食
· No cross, no crown.不吃苦中苦，难为人上人。
· Nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站着说话不腰痛。
· No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。
· No work, no money. 不劳无获。
· Never too late (or old) to learn. 活到老，学到老。
· Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。
· No fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。

· One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.一叶障目，不见泰山。
· One swallow does not make a summer.一花独放不是春。
· One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
· Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的天职。
· One lark does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春。
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· Practice is better than precept. 身教重于言教。
· Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。
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· Riches have wings. 富贵无常。
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· Score twice before you cut once. 三思而后行。
· Sense comes with age. 老马识途。
· So the world wags. 这就是人生。
· So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。
· Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大业，自信第一。
· Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操就到。
· Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风 。
· The reasons of the poor weight not. 人微言轻。
· The shortest way round is the longest way home.欲速则不达。
· Those are in the same boat should row together.同舟共济。
· Too much pudding will choke a dog.布丁太多噎死狗。
· The heart's letter is read in the eyes.眼睛是心灵的窗户。
· The deed proves the man.观其行而知其人。
· True gold fears not the fire.真金不怕火炼。
· Take time while time is, for time will away.机不可失，时不在来。
· The battle is to the strong.两强相遇勇者胜。
· The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。
· The best of friends must part. 天下没有不散的宴席。
· Time is money. 时间就是金钱
· Through obedience learn to command. 先当学生，后当先生。
· Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。
· There is no fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。
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· Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。
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· Wealth is nothing without health. 健康胜于财富。
· We begun is half done. 良好的开端等于成功的一半。
· Work makes the workman.熟能生巧。
· You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。事难两全其美。
· Youth's a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。
· You are never too old to learn. 活到老学到老。
· You never know till you have tired.事非经过不知难。

· Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 热情而无知，犹如无光之火
· Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. 无知的热情近乎愚蠢

不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

不打不成交 "No discord, no concord.

拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

大事化小，小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

好事不出门，恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

和气生财 Harmony brings wealth

活到老，学到老 One is never too old to learn.

既往不咎 let bygones be bygones

金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home

脚踏实地 be down-to-earth

脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché

礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope."

马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success

名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth

茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened

没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

每逢佳节倍思亲

On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.

It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

谋事在人，成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "

弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.

拿手好戏 masterpiece

赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad

抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat； burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities

巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw.

千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

前事不忘,后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

前人栽树,后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.

One sows and another reaps.

前怕狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something

强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

强强联手 win-win co-operation

瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.

人之初,性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.

人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.

人海战术 huge-crowd strategy

世上无难事，只要肯攀登 "Where there is a will, there is a way. "

世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

死而后已 until my heart stops beating

岁岁平安 Peace all year round

上有天堂，下有苏杭 "Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."

塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

三十而立 "A man should be independent at the age of thirty.

At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."

升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)

四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "

水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.

时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.

杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel

实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.

实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

山不在高，有仙则名 "No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "

韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time

糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets

天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

团结就是力量 Unity is strength.

“跳进黄河洗不清” "eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name "

歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.

往事如风 "The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."

望子成龙 hold high hopes for one's child

屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy

唯利是图 draw water to one's mill

无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

无中生有 make/create something out of nothing

无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.

徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean

虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

蓄势而发 accumulate strength for a take-off

心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.

先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound

像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan

现身说法 warn people by taking oneself as an example

息事宁人 pour oil on troubled waters

喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear

循序渐进 step by step

一路平安，一路顺风 speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey

有情人终成眷属 "Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."

有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

有识之士 people of vision

有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain

有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

与时俱进 advance with times

以人为本 people oriented; people foremost

因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude

欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 "to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."

欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success.

优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest

英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.

冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies.

冤假错案 "cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"

一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words.

招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful

债台高筑 become debt-ridden

致命要害 Achilles' heel

众矢之的 target of public criticism

知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist

纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.

Answer 2

Brevity is the soul of wit.

言以简洁为贵。

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

After dinner sit a while,after supper walk a mile.

午饭后要坐，晚饭后要走。

The pot calls the kettle black.

五十步笑百步。

Empty vessels make the greatest noise.

一瓶不响，半瓶叮当。

Waste not,want not.

不浪费，不愁缺。

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

怕犯错误的人必将一事无成。

Unity is strength.

团结就是力量。

Never say die.

不要气馁。

Speak of the devil,and he is sure to come.

说到曹操，曹操就到。

Knowledge is power.

知识即力量。

No sweet without some sweat.

不流汗就没有幸福。

Handsome is that handsome does.

做得漂亮才是漂亮。

Hope for the best,prepare for the worst.

抱最好的希望，做最坏的打算。

Many a little makes a mickle.

积少成多。

The best fish swim near the bottom.

好鱼居水底。

Answer 3

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