英语写作中常用到的英语谚语（四）
set a thief to catch a thief.
以贼捉贼。
short accounts make long friends.
好冤家勤算账。
something is better than nothing.
聊胜于无。
soon learn， soon forgotten.
学得快，忘得快。
soon ripe， soon rotten.
熟得快，烂得快。
speech is silver， silence is gold.
能言是银，缄默是金。
still water run deep.
静水常深。
strike the iron while it is hot.
连成一气。
success belongs to the persevering.
对峙便是乐成。
take things as they come.
既来之，则安之。
talking mends no holes.
空口说无补。
talk of the devil and he will appear.
说曹*，曹*就到。
tall trees catch much wind.
树大招风。
teach others by your example.
躬亲示范。
the best hearts are always the bravest.
无私者无畏。
the best man stumbles.
巨人也有犯错时。
the cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
掩耳盗铃。
the danger past and god forgotten.
不知恩义。
the darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的漆黑。
the darkest place is under the candlestick.
烛台底下最暗。
the devil knows many things because he is old.
乳臭未干。
the devil sometimes speaks the truth.
魔鬼偶尔也会说实话。
the die is cast.
木已成船。
the early bird catches the worm.
夙起的鸟儿有虫吃。
the end justifies the means.
只需目标合法，可以不择手腕。
the end makes all equal.
灭亡刻下，人人划一。
the eye is bigger than the belly.
贪多嚼不烂。
the farthest way about is the nearest way home.
抄近路反而绕远路。
the finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢，不可器。
the fire is the test of gold， adversity of strong man.
烈火验真金，艰巨磨意志。
the first step is the only difficulty.
迈出第一步是最艰巨的。
the fox knew too much， that‘s how he lost his tail.
构造算尽太伶俐，反误了卿卿人命。
the fox preys farthest from home.
兔子不吃窝边草。
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
管中窥豹。
the grass is greener on the other side.
这山看着那山高。
the greatest talkers are always least doers.
说话的巨人老是办法的矮子。
the higher up， the greater the fall.
爬得高，摔得惨。
the leopard cannot change its spots.
本性难移。
the more noble， the more humble.
人越高尚，越谦逊。
the more wit， the less courage.
初生牛犊不怕虎。
the outsider sees the most of the game.
不雅观察犹豫者清。
the pen is mightier than the sword.
笔能杀人。
the pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。
there are spots in the sun.
太阳也有黑点。
there are two sides to every question.
题目皆有两面。
there is a skeleton in the cupboard.
家家有本难念的经。
there is kindness to be found everywhere.
人世到处有温情。
there is no general rule without some exception.
任何法规均有例外。
there is no medicine against death.
没有天保九如药。
there is no place like home.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
there is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作船。
the style is the man.
字如其人。
the tongue is not steel， yet it cuts.
人言可畏。
the water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载船，亦能覆船。
the wise man knows he knows nothing， the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清，浊者自浊。
the wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。
the world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界如途径，有人上有人下。
the world is but a little place， after all.
海内存良知，海角若比邻。
think twice before you do.
三思尔先行。
things at the worst will mend.
枯木逢春。
time and tide wait for no man.
时不再来。
time cures all things.
时候是医治统统创伤的良药。
time flies.
年光似箭。
time is money.
时候便是款项。
time lost cannot be won again.
时光流逝，不可复得。
time past cannot be called back again.
时候不能倒流。
time tries all.
路远知马力，日久见人心。
tit for tat is fair play.
人不犯我，我不监犯；人若犯我，我必监犯。
to err is human.
人非圣贤，孰能无过。
to know everything is to know nothing.
什么都晓得，一如什么都不晓得。
to know oneself is true progress.
人贵有自知之明。
tomorrow never comes.
我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
too much familiarity breeds contempt.
过分认识会使人互不信服。
too much knowledge makes the head bald.
学问太多催人老。
too much liberty spills all.
自在听任，一事无成。
too much praise is a burden.
过多夸奖，反成承当。
to save time is to lengthen life.
节省时候便是耽误生命。
touch pitch， and you will be defiled.
常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
troubles never come singly.
福无双至，祸不但行。
truth never grows old.
真理永存。
turn over a new leaf.
改过改过，改过改过。
two dogs strive for a bone， and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
two heads are better than one.
一个豪杰三个帮。
two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。
two wrongs do not make a right.
他人错了，不等于你对了。
unity is strength.
团结便是力量。
unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠告顺耳利于行。
until all is over one‘s ambition never dies.
不到黄河心不去世。
venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占年夜廉价。
virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远远赛过仙颜。
walls have ears.
鉴戒隔墙有耳。
wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可传扬。
water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
滴水穿石。
wealth is nothing without health.
失落往康健，钱再多也没用。
we know not what is good until we have lost it.
好东西，失落往了才年夜白。
well begun is half done.
好的开始，是乐成的一半。
we never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水可贵。
we shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲求完竣完好的冤家肯定成为孤苦伶仃。
we should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the
favor received.
自己的功德别往提，他人的恩德要铭刻。
wet behind the ears.
乳臭未干。
whatever you do， do with all your might.
不论做什么，都要经心全意。
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
儿时所学，终生难忘。
what‘s done cannot be undone.
生米煮成熟饭了。
what‘s lost is lost.
失落者不可复得。
what we do willingly is easy.
愿者不难。
when in rome， do as the romans do.
进国问禁，进乡随俗。
when everybody‘s somebody then nobody’s anybody.
人人都庞年夜，凡间没豪杰。
when sorrow is asleep， wake it not.
悲伤旧事别重提。
when sorrows come， they come not single spies， but in battalions.
新仇宿恨，齐上心头。
when the fox preaches， take care of your geese.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安美意。
when wine is in truth， wit is out.
酒后吐真言。
where there is a will， there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
where there is life， there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
where there is smoke， there is fire.
事出有因。
while the priest climbs a post， the devil climbs ten.
道高一尺，魔高一丈。
who chatters to you， will chatter of you.
挑衅口舌者必是正人。
whom the gods love die young.
大好人不长寿。
wise man have their mouths in their hearts， fools have their hearts
in their mouths.
智者嘴在内心，愚者心在嘴里。
work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
you cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两端点，精神不可过分耗。
you cannot eat your cake and have it.
鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
you can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
强扭的瓜不甜。
you may know by a handful the whole sack.
由一斑可知全貌。
you never know what you can till you try.
是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。
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