經(jīng)典的英語諺語
1、Each day brings its own bread.
天無絕人之路。
2、Cut the coat according to the cloth.
量布裁衣。
3、Destruction pursues the great.
樹大招風(fēng)。
4、As the old cock crows, so doth the young.
有其父必有其子。
5、East or west, home is best.
在家千日好,出門時時難。
6、Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
7、Avarice blinds our eyes.
財迷心竅。
8、Enough is as good as a feast.
知足常樂。
9、As they sow, so let them reap.
種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。
10、A straw shows which way the wind blows.
一葉便知秋。
11、Kind words butter no parsnips.
畫餅充饑。
12、Judge not according to the appearance.
不要以貌取人。
13、A still tongue makes a wise head.
智者寡言。
14、As you sow you shall mow.
種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。
15、Joy put heart into a man.
人逢喜事精神爽。
16、Many heads are better than one.
集思廣益。
17、Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.
酒后露真言。
18、Like cow, like calf.
有其父必有其子。
19、Let not the cobbler go beyond his last.
安分守己。
20、Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
21、Like begets like.
有其父必有其子。
22、No news is good news.
沒有消息就是好消息。
23、Misery loves company.
同病相憐。
24、Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在,好花不常開。
25、Conversation makes one what he is.
言如其人。
26、One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.
一葉可障目。
27、Every cook praises his own broth.
自吹自擂。
28、Comparisons are odious.
人比人,氣死人。
29、A sow, when washed; returns to the muck.
江山易改,本性難移。
30、A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
31、Every bullet has its billet.
無風(fēng)不起浪。
32、A tree is known by its fruit.
觀其行而知其人。
33、Can the leopard change his spots.
江山易改,本性難移。
34、Despair gives courage to a coward.
人急造反,狗急跳墻。
35、Do in Rome as the Romans do.
入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。
36、Devil must be driven out with devils.
以毒攻毒。
37、Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all youknow.
不要為所能為,不要花盡所有,不要全信所聞,不要言盡所知。
38、Even Homer sometimes nods.
人非圣賢,孰能無過。
39、Many kiss the baby for the nurse's sake.
醉翁之意不在酒。
40、Cry up wine and sell vinegar.
掛羊頭,賣狗肉。
41、Cheek brings success.
和氣生財。
42、Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.
既來之,則安之。
43、Money is the root of all evil.
金錢是萬惡之源。
44、It is the first step that costs.
萬事開頭難。
45、Draw water with a sieve.
竹籃子打水一場空。
46、Christmas comes but once a year.
佳節(jié)良辰,機會難得。
47、Every couple is not a pair.
同床異夢,貌合神離。
48、A wise head makes a close mouth.
智者寡言。
49、Never do things by halves.
做事情不要半途而廢。
50、Every cock crows on its own dunghill.
夜郎自大。
51、It's no use pumping a dry well.
徒勞無益。
52、It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.
養(yǎng)虎易,馴虎難。
53、Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something.
塞翁失馬,安知非福。
54、One wrong (or false) move can lose the whole game.
棋錯一著,全盤皆輸。
55、Justice has long arms.
天網(wǎng)恢恢,疏而不漏。
56、It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
家丑不可外揚。
57、It is dogged (that) does it.
天下無難事,只怕有心人。
58、No sweet without some sweat.
不勞則無獲。
59、Each man is the architect of his own fate.
命運掌握在自己手中。
60、Cats hide their paws.
大智若愚,大巧若拙。
61、A single spark can start a prairie fire.
星星之火,可以燎原。
62、Every cloud has a silver lining.
山窮水盡疑無路,柳暗花明又一村。
63、Do not wash dirty linen in public.
家丑不可外揚。
64、One man makes a chair and another man sits in it.
坐享其成。
65、One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret.
一念之錯可鑄終生之恨。
66、One man may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge.
只許州官放火,不許百姓點燈。
67、One woe doth tread upon another's heels.
禍不單行。
68、Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.
勿孤注一擲。
69、Jack of all trades is of no trade.
萬事皆通,一無所長。
70、Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime durnk.
不要過河拆橋。
71、Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons.
閑話少說,言歸正傳。
72、Clothes make the man.
人要衣裝,佛要金裝。
73、experience is the extract of suffering.
經(jīng)驗是受苦的結(jié)晶。
74、Merry is he that hath nought to lose.
人無所失,不亦樂乎。
75、Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man.
饑不擇食。
76、Overdone is worse than undone.
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77、Measure for measure.
以牙還牙。