英语谚语（英汉比较版）
A bad thing never dies.大好人不长寿，祸患遗千年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.笨工匠老是怪工具差。
A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion.人急上吊，垂死挣扎。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.两鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
A bully is always a coward.欺凌强大者永久是畏惧鬼。
A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命；良士自有天相。
A cat may look at a king.大人物也有些权益。
A clear conscience can bear any trouble.平常不做亏苦衷，夜半拍门心不惊。
A cook is bold on his own dunghill.狗仗人势。
A constant guest is never welcome.常客惬意接待。
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.满意常乐。
A cracked bell can never sound well.狗嘴里长不出象牙来。
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.上梁不正下梁歪。
A deceitful peace is more hurtful than an open war.暗箭易躲，暗箭难防。
A door must be either shut or open.门非关即开；二者择其一。
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.溺水之人不放过一根稻草；病急乱投医。
A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the farther of the two.巨人肩上的侏儒看得远；借重他人的履历利益多。
A fault confessed is half redressed.知错能改，善莫年夜焉。
A fool and his money are soon parted.笨人难聚财。
A fool's mouth is his destruction.祸发齿牙。
A forced kindness deserves no thanks.勉强的善行不值得感谢感动。
A fox may grow grey but never good.江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.磨难见真情。
A full purse never lacks friend.有钱有酒，必有冤家。
A golden key opens every door.钱能通神。
A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.忠告顺耳。
A good name is sooner lost than won.美誉易失落可贵。
A good tale is none the worse for being told twice.动人的故事令人百听不厌。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.正人之交淡如水。
A honey tongue， a heart of gall.嘴甜如蜜，心黑如漆。
A house divided against itself cannot stand.和睦之家难长存。
A Jack of all trades is master of none.样样皆通者样样不精。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.万丈高楼平地起。
A lazy youth， a lousy age.少壮不勉力，老年夜徒伤悲。
A leopard cannot change his spots.江山易改，本性难移。
A liar is not believed when he tells the truth.常说假话的人就算是说实话也没人信。
A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse.强者亦有求助于弱者的时候。
A little fire burns up a great deal of corn.星星之火可以燎原。
A little gall spoils a great deal of honey.一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。
A little leak will sink a great ship.牵一发而动全身。
A little learning is a dangerous thing.一孔之见最危险。
A little neglect may breed great mischief.一出错成千古恨，再回首转头已百年身。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget.轻诺者，信必寡。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.同心专心不可二用。
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.和睦生财。
A miss is as good as a mile.失落之毫厘，谬之千里。
A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.近亲不如隔壁。
A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔。
A slow fire makes sweet malt.慢工出粗活。
A sound mind in a sound body.有健全的身段，才有健全的心智。
A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言为智。
A stitch in time saves nine.及时行事，事半功倍。
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.美的事物是永久的高兴。
A word is enough to the wise.伶俐人一点就通。
A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，四马难追。
A young idler， an old beggar.少壮不勉力，老年夜徒伤悲。
A-day-old puppy doesn't know to be afraid of the tiger.初生之犊不畏虎。
Able men are always busy.能者多劳。
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.小别塍新婚。
Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families.家规再严也难免会出题目。
According to your purse govern your mouth.量进为出。
Actions speak louder than words.办法胜于空口说。
Advice when most needed is least heeded.忠告顺耳。
After a storm comes a calm.雨过晴和；枯木逢春；枯木逢春。
All are not thieves that dogs bark at.狗所吠之人未必皆为贼；勿以貌取人。
All cats are grey in the dark.全部的猫在漆黑中皆为灰色；仙颜是不重要的。
All good things come to an end.世界无不散的筵席。
All is vanity.四年夜皆空。
All lay loads on a willing horse.良驹负重担；马善被人骑。
All roads lead to Rome.条条年夜路通罗马；行行出壮元。
All that glitters is not gold.闪闪发光者未必都是金。
All the winning is in the first buying.先动手为强。
All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事必先难尔后易。
All things are easy that are done willingly.世界无难事，只怕存心人。
All things in their being are good for something.生成我才必有效。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只义务而不玩乐，会使人变得迟钝。
All's fair in love and war.情场如疆场，任何手腕皆可行。
All's fish that comes to the net.进网的无不是鱼；来者不拒。
All's well that ends well.终局好的就算好。
An eye for an eye， and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以眼还眼。
An old man's sayings are seldom untrue.不听白叟言，亏损在刻下。
Any port is a good port in a storm.暴风雨中，任何口岸皆是好的流亡所。
Anybody can make mistakes.人非圣贤，熟能无过。
Appearances are deceptive.表面欺人；勿以貌取人。
Art is long， life is short.人生长久，而学问无穹。
As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.偷小羊与偷年夜羊同为绞刑；一不做，二不断。
As you brew， so you must drink.作法自毙。
As you make your bed， so you must lie on it.自己办事，自己当。
As you sow， so shall you reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Ask no questions and be told no lies.不问题目就听不到假话；小孩有耳无嘴。
Avoid a questioner， for he is also a tattler.防止与好探人隐私，挑拨诽谤之人在一同。
Bad news travels fast.功德不出门，好事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.会叫的狗不会咬人。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.恋人眼里出西施。
Beauty is only skin deep.美只是表面的；不可以貌取人。
Beggars can't be choosers.托钵人尽无遴选的权益；有求于人者无权抉剔。
Best is cheapest.最好的等于最划算的。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.今日一只鸡蛋赛过明日一支母鸡；掌握现在。
Better be a fool than a knave.宁为傻瓜，不做恶棍。
Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.宁为老头的爱人，也不愿成为小伙子的仆从。
Better be sure than sorry.宁求平安亦不做年夜概会陷于险境之事。
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.宁为鸡首，不为牛后。
Better bend than break.宁曲勿折；年夜丈夫能屈能伸。
Better late than never.晚做总比不做好；亡羊捕牢，未为晚也。
Better master one than engage with ten.学多不如学精。
Better one eye witness than two hearsay witnesses.耳闻不如目见。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.暗箭易躲，暗箭难防。
Better to ask the way than go astray.问道于人总比迷失落于途要强。
Between two stools you fall to the ground.脚踏两条船，迟早会落水。
Birds in their little nests agree.同巢之鸟相处好；家和万事兴。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚。
Blessed is he who expects nothing， for he shall never be disappointed.一无所求者无失落看之虞。
Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。
Books and friends should be few but good.书与冤家，贵精而不贵多。
Bread is the staff of life.夷易近以食为天。
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.莫为灭鼠而焚屋；勿小题年夜作。
Business is business.私事公办。
Call a spade a spade.称黑桃为黑桃；有话直说。
Care killed a cat.烦末路能杀九命猫。
Cast never a clout till May is out.蒲月前莫收冬衣；勿步步为营。
Cast not the first stone.莫丢第一块石头；责人之前先自剩
Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance.勿本末倒置。
Catch your bear before you sell its skin.卖熊皮前先捉熊；凡事件墨守成规，不要过于悲不雅观。
Charity begins at home.仁爱始于家。
Children should be seen and not heard.年夜人说话，小孩别插嘴。
Christmas comes but once a year.圣诞节一年才一次；好日子不能每天过。
Circumstances alter cases.此临时，彼临时。
Clothes do not make the man.衣冠楚楚者，未必便是正直人物。
Coming events cast their shadows before.即来之事必有前兆。
Comparisons are odious.人比人，气去世人。
Conscience does make cowards of us all.良心令人不敢随心所欲。
Constant dripping wears away the stone.滴水可穿石。
Courtesy costs nothing.礼多人不怪。
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.渡溪当自浅处过。
Custom makes all things easy.习尚整天然；游刃有余。
Custom reconciles us to everything.习尚使人适应统统。
Cut your coat according to your cloth.量进为出。
Dead men tell no tales.去世人不会泄秘。
Death is the great leveller.灭亡使统统划一。
Deeds， not words.办法胜于空口说。
Desert and reward seldom keep company.功与赏尽少结伴而行；奖惩不明乃习以为常。
Desires are nourished by delays.渴看越久的就越希看获得。
Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.尽症须用烈药医。
Diamond cuts diamond.半斤八两。
Discontent is the first step in progress.不满意是提高的劈头。
Discretion is the better part of valour.大胆贵乎谨慎。
Distance lends enchantment to the view.隔断让景致增加魅力。
Do as I say， not as I do.照我所说的做，别照我所做的来做。
Do as most men do， then most men will speak well of you.随俗而行，世人赞颂。
Do as you would be done by.己所欲施于人。
Do in Rome as the Romans do.进乡随俗。
Do not cast your pearls before swine.莫把珍珠丢猪前；莫对牛抚琴。
Do not halloo till you are out of the wood.未真正分开险境前，勿作出险之庆。
Do not kick against the pricks.勿踢刺棍；勿以卵击石。
Do not put new wine into old bottles.莫用旧瓶装新酒。
Do not wear out your welcome.作客不久留；不要使人厌倦对你的接待。
Dog does not eat dog.同类不相残。
Don't change horses in mid-stream.河中勿换骑；临阵换将非下策。
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。
Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.勿庸人自扰；船到桥头天然直。
Don't cry before you are hurt.受伤前先别哭；祸未临头，别先屈从。
Don't cry stinking fish.不要叫卖臭鱼；别拆自己的台；不要自贬身价。
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.不要因意气用事而危险自己。
Don't cut the bough you are standing on.勿胆年夜妄为，自断生路。
Don't empty the baby out with the bath water.办事勿漫不经心，把婴儿与沐浴水一同给倒了。
Don't have too many irons in the fire.勿步步为营。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.勿小题年夜作。
Don't make a rod for your own back.勿自讨苦吃。
Don't make yourself a mouse， or the cat will eat you.勿自贬身价；自辱者，人皆辱之。
Don't meet trouble half-way.别自找费事。
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.不要把蛋全放在一个篮子里；勿背注一掷。
Don't put the cart before the horse.勿本末倒置。
Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.别跟自己的饭碗过不往。
Don't ride the high horse.不要摆臭架子；莫得意洋洋。
Don't speak ill of others behind their backs.不要在面前说人浮名。
Don't take your harp to the party.别老生常谈；别对一事喋年夜言不惭。
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.勿班门弄斧。
Don't tell tales out of school.莫挑拨诽谤，揭人隐私。
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.家丑不可传扬。
Dying is as natural as living.生去世由命，贫贱在天。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy， wealthy， and wise.早睡夙起使人康健，富裕与伶俐。
Easier said than done.说比做随便。
East or west， home is best.金窝银窝，不如自己的狗窝。
Easy come， easy go.来得随便往得快。
Empty vessels make the most sound.满瓶不会响，半瓶响叮当。
Enough is as good as a feast.知所控制，恰到好处。
Even a worm will turn.人急上吊，垂死挣扎。
Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千虑，必有一失落。
Every ass likes to hear himself bray.马不知脸长，蠢人老是自叫得意。
Every bullet has its billet.生去世有命，贫贱在天。
Every cloud has a silver lining.漆黑中总有一线光明。
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。
Every dog has his day.任何人都有风景的时候。
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。
Every flow must have its ebb.潮水有涨有退；人生变幻无常。
Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.人皆自认义务承当最重。
Every law has a loophole.每种法则皆有马脚。
Every man for himself， and the devil take the hindmost.人不为己，不得善终。
Every man has his ill day.人无千日好。
Every man has his price.人皆可被收买。
Every man has the defects of his own virtues.人人皆有其十全十美之处。
Every man is his own worst enemy.人类最年夜的朋友是自己。
Every medal has two sides.每个奖章都有两面；题目皆有正反两面。
Every minute seems like a thousand.度日如年。
Every oak must be an acorn.万丈高楼平地起。
Every why has a wherefore.事出必有因。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.巨匠的义务没人做。
Everyone to his taste.人各有所好。
Everything comes to him who waits.耐心期待之人，必能如愿以偿。
Everything must have a beginning.凡事必有劈头。
Evil be to him who evil thinks.存恶念者必遭恶报。
Example is better than precept.身教重于身教。
Exchange is no robbery.不公的交换并不算抢劫。
Expectation is better than realization.期待总比理想美。
Experience is the mother of wisdom.履历为伶俐之母。
Experience is the teacher of fools.愚人自履历中获取教导。
Extremes meet.相对的事变每每是可互通的。
Faint heart never won fair lady.畏惧鬼可贵美人心。
Familiarity breeds contempt.熟稔易生蔑视之心。
Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要金装，人要衣装。
First come， first served.先到先得。
First impressions are most lasting.第一个印象是令人最难忘怀的。
First thrive and then wive.先立业，后立室。
Fling dirt enough and some will stick.众口可铄金，稽非足成是；人言可畏。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.天使皆为之却步而傻瓜确横冲直撞；笨人有愚勇。
Forbidden fruit is sweetest.禁果最甜。
Forewarned is forearmed.事后告诫可先作提防。
Forgive and forget.既往不咎，尽释前嫌。
Fortune favours the bold.幸运之神老是眷雇有勇气尝试的人。
Fortune knocks at least once at every man's gate.人生平中总无机遇到临之时。
Full of courtesy， full of craft.礼多必诈。
Give a dog a bad name， and hang him.欲加之罪，何患无辞；人言可畏。
Give a lie twenty-four hours' start， and you can never overtake it.若不及时遏止假话，将会耳食之言，被人信以为真。
Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.多行不义必自弊。
Give and take.有施必有受。
Give credit where credit is due.回功于有功者；要有雅量供认他人的利益。
Give one an inch， and one will take a mile.得陇望蜀。
God helps those who help themselves.天佑自助者。
God never shuts one door without opening another.天无尽人之路。
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.上天眷雇弱者。
God's mill grinds slow but sure.天道好还，疏而不漏。
Good advice is harsh to the ear.忠告顺耳。
Good company on the road is the shortest cut.偕随同行不觉路远。
Grasp all， lose all.贪多必失落。
Great minds think alike.豪杰所见略同。
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