英语谚语大全

英语谚语大全

• I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea 进退维谷。
• I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles 我不是奴隶，也不是俘虏，我有力量可以克服更大的艰难险阻。
• I am not now that which I have been (I am not what I used to be.) 今日之我已非昔日之我。
• I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men 我不仅要使自己有才智，而且也要使别人有才智。
• I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility 一个真正伟大的人，对他的第一个考验就是看他是否谦逊。
• I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too 我不能既是你的朋友，而又对你阿谀奉承。
• I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends 我认为，只有在脑海中想起好朋友时我才会那样快乐。
• Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them 理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我们犹如水手，可借它指引航向。
• Idle folks have most labour 懒汉总嫌活太多。
• Idle folks lack no excuses 懒汉辩解，何患无词。
• Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil 懒惰是行乞的敲门砖，是万恶的根源。
• Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice) 懒惰是万恶之源。
• Idleness is the rust of the mind 懒惰使脑子生锈。
• Idleness rusts the mind 懒惰使人的头脑迟钝。
• Idle young, needy old 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
• If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him 傻瓜惹著你，你别跟他缠。
• If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him 如果倒空钱袋，装入脑袋，那就无人能够把钱夺走。
• If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics 如果以肯定开始，必将以怀疑告终；如果愿以怀疑开始，必将以肯定告终。
• If at first you don't succeed, try, try again 初试不成功，努力勿懈怠。
• If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors; rest, cheerful-ness, and moderate diet 如果医药不能帮助，那么注意三件事∶休息，愉快，饮食调和。
• If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city (or street) 众擎易举。
• I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts 敌人献礼品，千万莫轻信。
• If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself 注意好品行，自有美名声。
• If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it (If it is not broken, do not fix it.) 不正确的事不做，不真实的话不说。
• If it were not for hope, the heart would break 人是靠希望活著的。
• If matters not how a man dies, but how he lives 重要的并不在于一个人怎样死，而是在于他怎样生。
• If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master 不做金钱的主人，就会做金钱的奴隶。
• If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault 如果没有人爱你，肯定是你自己有问题。
• If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price 如果想做成点事，就得付出代价一干。
• If the beard were all, the goat might preach 如果有了需就什么都行，那么山羊也可以说教了。
• If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch 问道于盲，无益于事。
• If the counsel be good no matter who gave it 只要忠告中肯，谁提都行。
• If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire 眼不馋，心不贪。
• If the old dog barks, he gives counsel 如果老狗叫，他是给忠告。
• If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded 丸药不苦不会加糖衣。
• If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain 雨雪不调，五谷价高。
• If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun 吃得苦中苦，方知甜中甜。
• If the sky fll (or falls), we shall catch larks 异想天开
• If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture 若有人称赞你，要自问对不对。
• If things were to be done twice all would be wise 事事倘能做两次，人人都可称明智。
• If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind 两人同骑一马，必有一人在后。
• If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him 如果我们决定宽恕一个敌人，但决不能相信他。
• If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get 随遇而安。
• If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance 智者干傻事，愚蠢到极点。
• If wishes were horses, beggars might ride 愿望不等于事实。
• If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow 得寸进尺。
• If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you 运气太好，得意忘形；运气太坏，无人理会。
• If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue 如果不健康而能强强壮壮，那么无美德也可快快乐乐。
• If you cannot bite, never show your teeth 不能打仗，切莫出兵。
• If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have 如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你现有的吧。
• If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully 倘君指挥有方，人人欣然听命。
• If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always 施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。
• If you dance you must pay the fiddler 要想寻欢作乐，代价非付不可。
• If you don't aim high you will never hit high 不立大志，难攀高峰。
• If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist 巧妇难为无米之炊。
• If you lie upon roses when young, you'll lie upon thorns when old 年青时躺在玫瑰上，老年时就会躺在荆棘上。
• If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp 远朱者赤，近墨者黑。
• If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled 一块一块把石移，高山也可变平地。
• If you run after two heares, you will catch neither 两头落空。
• If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too 蚀了本也输了利。
• If you swear you will catch no fish 咒骂无益，于事无济。
• If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die 不试就相信，死前要悔恨。
• If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam 欲加之罪，何患无辞。
• If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself 要想做好事情，就要自己动手。
• If you want knwledge, you must toil for it 若要求知识，必须刻苦学习。
• If you wish for peace, be prepared for war 想要和平，必须备战。
• If you wish good advice, consult an old man 如要忠告向老人请教。
• If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation 若想为快乐奠立可靠的基础，美好的名声便是奠基的石头。
• If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter 想得贤妻子，须娶好女儿。
• If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself 如要是情做得好，你须亲自动手搞。
• If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing 欲知金钱价，不妨把钱借；借钱味难尝，使人心悲伤。
• If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again 你若想与人成仇结怨，只要借钱给人再催还。
• Ignorance is the mother of impudence 厚颜无耻由于愚昧无知。
• Ignorance is the mother of suspicions 无知会多疑。
• Ignorance of the law excuses no man 对法律不知不能免罪。
• I hate to see things done by halves-- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone. 事情不要做一半；对的，就做下去，不对，就丢开。
• I have no secret of success but hard work 成功无秘诀，只是努力干。
• I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish 酒肉之交非朋友。
• I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence 是上无天才，勤学加苦练。
• Ill air slays sooner thant the sword 污浊的空气杀人比刀还要快。
• Ill-gotten goods never prosper 发横财，家不发
• Ill-gotten wealth never thrives 悖入悖出。
• Ill news comes space 恶事传千里。
• Ill news flies fast 恶事传千里。
• Ill news never comes too late 坏消息来得快。
• Ill news travels fast 坏事传千里。
• Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent 悖入悖出。
• Imagination is more important than knowledge 想像力比知识更重要。
• Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality 想像有时比现实生动得多。
• Imagination is the source of creation 想象是创作之源。
• I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort 成功之道唯三点∶努力、努力、再努力。
• Improve your time and your time will improve you 珍惜时间，时间才会珍惜你。
• In a calm sea, every man is a pilot 平静的海上易驶船。
• In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned 发现大河有大鱼，可得注意别溺毙。
• In all things, it is better to hope than to despair 凡事抱希望为佳，不应悲观而失望。
• In an enemy spots are soon seen 敌人的缺点容易找。
• In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages 历代最伟大的思想都载入史册而不朽。
• In doing we learn 行而知。
• Industry if fortune's right hand, and frugality her left 勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。
• Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full 勤奋使身体健康，使心情开朗，使思想专注，使经济充裕。
• In every beginning think of the end 思前顾后。
• In every country dogs bite 天下的狗都要咬人。
• In every rank, great or small, 'Tis industry supports us all 不论高的低的各级人士，所持的都是勤劳。
• In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做，二不休。
• In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn 丰年五谷贱如草，荒年稻草贵如粮。
• In life, as in chess, forethought wins 人生如下棋，多谋得胜利。
• In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail 在人生的搏斗中，只有日日前进不甘失败的人，才能获胜。
• In moderating, not satisfying, desires, lies peace 节欲不纵情，心情得安宁。
• I now know that wars do not end wars 如今我才弄明白，干戈不能化玉帛。
• In prosperity caution, in adversity patience 处顺境时要小心，处逆境时要耐心。
• In prosperity think of adversity 居安思危。
• Interest will not lie 兴趣不会说谎。
• In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider 顺利时要快乐，不利时要思索。
• In the deepest water is the best fishing 绝处能逢生。
• In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever 选择妻子也象策画战争，一时之错将成终身之恨。
• In the end things will mend 船到桥头自会直。
• In the evening one may praise the day 入夜方能赞美白昼。
• In the grave the rich and poor lie equal 人到黄泉，贫富同眠。
• In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed man is king 盲人国里，独眼称王。
• In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart 明镜照容颜，醇酒见人心。
• In the multitude of counsellors there is safety 谋士多，保安全。
• In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom 处世似游泳，不会即下沉。
• In time of peace prepare for war 居安思危。
• In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty 富在深山有远亲，穷在闹市无人问。
• In water you may see your own face; in wine, the heart of another 水中可见自己的脸，酒中可见别人的心。
• In wine there is truth 酒后吐真言。
• In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden 青年时代是黄金的，壮年时代是白银的，老年时代是灰铅的。
• I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country 我抱憾的是，只有一次生命能献给祖国。
• I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame 我认为，人丧失了廉耻就完了。
• I say little but I think the more 我说得少，但我想得多。
• I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty 睡时梦觉生活是美事，醒来发现生活是责任。
• I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated 我成功是因为有决心，从不犹豫。
• It is a good horse that never stumbles 良马不失蹄。
• It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none 善心不想坏事，好舌不出恶声。
• It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune 对己之不幸付之一笑，这是一门伟大的艺术。
• It is a long lane that has no turning 路必有弯。
• It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody 信任任何人和不信任任何人，同样是缺点。
• It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb 狐狸舔羔羊，这是凶迹象。
• It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest 家丑不可外扬。
• It is a poor heart that never rejoices 不知世间有乐者最可怜。
• It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait 蠢人才吃两次亏。
• It is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon 只有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。
• It is a small flock that has not a black sheep 家家难免有败类。
• It is as well to know which way the wind blows 识时务者为俊杰。
• It is a wise father that knows his own child 父贤知其子。
• It is better to be alone than in bad company 无友要比交坏友好。
• It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame 宁可穿破衣，不可蒙羞耻。
• It is better to be safe than sorry 事后追悔不如事前稳妥。
• It is better to do well than to say well 理论好不如实际好。
• It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill 与其抱怨，不如积善。
• It is better to please a fool than to anger him 惹得傻瓜发火，不如使他快活。
• It is better to wear out than to rust out 与其锈掉，不如用坏。
• It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips 骄傲的心碰上献媚的嘴，是最危险不过的。
• It is dogged (that) does it 天下无难事，只怕有心人。
• It is easier to descend than to ascend 下降容易上升难。
• It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it 提出忠告易，照著办事难。
• It is easier to pull down than build 败事容易成事难。
• It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him 养虎易，驯虎难。
• It is easy to be wise after the event 当事后诸葛亮容易。
• It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything 对每一件事知道一些是容易的，对任何一件事详细知道是困难的。
• It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open 开设店铺易，维持常开难。
• It is easy to prophesy after the event 事后诸葛亮，预言顶便当。
• It is good fishing in troubled waters 混水之中好摸鱼。
• It is good to be merry at meal 席间心情愉快是为上策。
• It is good to have friends in trouble 在患难时得到朋友是幸运的。
• It is good to learn at another man's cost 前车之覆，后车之鉴。
• It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well 养女容易嫁女难。
• It is hard to please all parties 取悦各方，谈何容易。
• It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country 对朋友不义，不可能对国家效忠。
• It is more blessed to give than to receive 施恩比受惠更有福。
• It is more pain to do nothing than something 什么都不做要比做一点更不好受。
• It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice 在同一个人那里上两次当只能怪自己。
• It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove 老鹰胜鸽，不足为荣。
• It is not every couple that is a pair 成双并非皆配偶。
• It is not good to make a sleeping lion 弄醒睡狮不是好事。
• It is not helps, but obstaceles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men 造就人的，不是帮助，而是磨难，不是方便，而是困难。
• It is not how long but how well we live 问题不是活得长不长而是活得好不好。
• It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age 一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习不懂的东西，这不是羞耻。
• It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman 君子在德不在衣。
• It is not work that kills, but worry 劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。
• It is no use crying over spilt milk 泼水难收。
• It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently 话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。
• It is right to put everything in its proper use 凡事都应该用得其所。
• It is the first step that costs 万事开头难。
• It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements ofsuperiority from their mother 一切优秀的人通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。
• It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the error 人总不免要犯错误，只有蠢人才坚持不改。
• It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own 愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错处而忘却了自己的过失。
• It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it 只要真正渴求知识，都能得到，这是知识的特点。
• It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock 船触礁后在抛锚，为时已经太晚了。
• It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down 马后炮。
• It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen 贼出关门。
• It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool 大智若愚。
• It matters not how long we live but how 问题不是活得多么长，而是活得怎么样。
• It never rains but it pours 祸不单行。(不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。)
• It's a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles 良马不失蹄，贤妻不聒絮。
• It's a poor heart that never rejoices 不知人间有乐趣者最可怜。
• It's a poor mouse that has only on hole 鼠只有一洞，必先把命送。
• It's earier to run down the hill than go up 下山容易上山难。
• It's easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again 堕入陷阱易，脱离陷阱难。
• It's hard sailing when there is no wind 没有风难航行。
• It's no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure 高价卖不为过，短斤少两才有罪。
• It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman 君子重德不重衣。
• It's no use pumping a dry well 徒劳无益。
• It takes all sorts to make a world 万千事物，形成世界。
• It takes two to make a quarrel 要有两个人才吵得起来。
• I was born anAmerican; I live an American; I shall die an American 我生下来是美国人，活著是美国人，死时也是美国人。
• I wept when I was born,, and every day shows why 我生下时啼哭，后来每天的生活说明了为什么。
• I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading 宁为穷汉住搁楼，拥有好书任我读，不愿身居帝王位，纵有好书不爱读。
• I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines of gold 我宁愿得到人们的深情至爱，而不愿黄金成雄。

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