英语成语谚语

英语成语谚语
英语成语谚语

英语成语谚语

Proverbs are the people’s wisdom.

谚语是人民的智慧。

Proverbs are common sayings.

谚语是通俗的格言。

Proverbs are the daughter of daily experience.

谚语是日常经验的产物。

Proverbs are well-spoken words.

谚语是精释的言辞。

There is something wise in every proverb.

每条谚语都有一些哲理。

Proverbs are so called because they are proved.

谚语是经过检验,证明有道理的话。

A good maxim is never out of season.

好笺言永远不会过时。

The old sayings cannot be excelled.

经久的谚语无法逾越。

He is wise that is honest.

诚实者明智。

Pride goes before a fall.

骄必败.

Bold men have generous hearts.

勇者心胸宽广。

Look before you leap(Think twice before you act).

三思而后行。

Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

Drops excavate rocks.

水滴石穿。

Now or never.

机不可失,时不再来。

Men’s ears are less reliable than their eyes.

耳听为虚,眼见为实。

Hearing a hundred times is not so good as seeing once. 百闻不如一见。

All that glitters is not gold.

放光的不都是金子。

Never judge people by their appearance.

人不可貌相。

What ever a man sows that shall he also reap. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友。

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以类聚。

A near neighbor is better than distant relatives. 远亲不如近邻。

A lazy youth, a lousy age.

少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。

There’s no royal road to learning.

学无坦途。

Every beginning is difficult.

万事开头难。

Never to late to mend.

亡羊补牢,犹未为晚。

A thousand mile trip begins with on step.

千里之行始于足下。

One today is worth two tomorrows.

一个今天顶两个明天。

Two heads are better than one.

两人智慧胜一人。

A little know ledge is a dangerous thing.

一知半解是危险的。

Time and tide wait for no man.

岁月不待人。

An inch of gold will not buy an inch of time. 寸金难买寸光阴。

A word spoken is post recalling.

一言既出,驷马难追。

Facts speak plainer than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

It’s easier said than done.

说比做容易。

Action speaks louder than words.

行动胜过语言。

Union is strength.

团结就是力量。

With men of one mind even the sea might be dried up. 人心齐,泰山移。

If two hearts are on , a strawbin becomes a palace.

终人一条心,黄土变成金。

Failure is the mother of success.

失败是成功之母。

A man is never too old to learn.

活到老学到老。

There is no satiety in study(There is no end learning). 学无止境。

Learning is like rowing upstream, not to advance is to drop back.

学如逆水行舟,不进则退。

Men learn while they teach.

教学相长。

Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量。

There is no friend so faithful as a good book.

好书是忠实的朋友。

Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

Well begun is half done.

好的开头是成功的一半。

No pain, no gains.

不劳无获。Diligence is the parent of success.

勤劳是成功的根源。

Penny and penny laid up will be many.

积少成多。

When you drink from the stream, remember its source. 饮水思源。

Don’t cut down the tree that gives you shad.

不要过河拆桥。

Example is better than percept.

身教重于言教。

He who digs a pit for others, falls in himself.

害人终害己。

Never offer to teach fish to swim.

不要班门弄斧。

It takes two hands to clap.

一个巴掌拍不响。

Diseases enter by the mouth.

病从口入。

Good medicine always tastes bitter.

良药苦口。

It is better to die on your foot than to live on your knees.

宁可站着死,绝不跪着生。

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

天下无难事,只怕有心人。

There is a lesson in every perplerity.

吃一堑长一智。

Work is the mother of life.

劳动是生活之母。

Work is the true source of human welfare.

咯董事幸福的真正源泉。

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