英语俚语

An empty sack cannot stand upright．
有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行。
Deeds，not words．
行动胜于雄辩。
A hero is nothing hut a product of his time．
时势造英雄。
He lives unsafely that looks too near no things，
人无远虑，必有近忧。
Anything for a quiet life．
悠然自在最难求。
He laughs best who laughs last．
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最甜。
Man may meet but mountains never．．．
人生何处不相逢。
Seeing is believed．
百闻不如一见。
All that glitters is no gold．
闪光的未必都是金子。
Everything comes to him who waits．
只要耐心等待，一切都会到来。
Calamity is man''s true touchstone．
逆境是真正的试金石。
Clothes do not make the man．
人不在衣装。
Do wrong once and you''ll never hear the end of it.
一失足成千古恨。
Knowledge is long，life is short．
吾生也有涯，而知也无涯。
God gives the milk，but not the pail．
上帝赐牛奶，桶要自己买。
There is no royal road to learning．
学无坦途。
All roads lead to Rome．
条条大路通罗马。
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step．
荒谬离伟大只有一步之遥。
it is as well to know which way the wind blows．
识时务者为俊杰。
Opportunity seldom knocks twice．
机不可失，时不再来。
People do not lack strength，they lack will．
人不缺少力量，缺少的是意志。
Where there is a will，there is away．
有志者事竟成。
All good things come to an end．
天下没有不散的宴席。
Man proposes，God disposes．
谋事在人，成事在天。
Even Homer sometimes nods．
智者千虑，必有一失。
No competition，no progress．
没有竞争，就没有进步。
It''s dogged that does it．
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Judge not，that ye be not judged．
不要议论他人，免遭他人议论。
A friend in need is a friend indeed．
患难见真情。
A miss is as good as a mile．
差之毫厘，失之千里。
Actions speak louder than words．
事实胜于雄辩。
Knowledge is power．
知识就是力量。
An idle youth，a needy age．
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Better late than never．
亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects．
良药苦口。
Do not halloo till you are out of the wood。
没走出森林先不要欢呼。
Look before you leap．
三思而后行。
TO pay a person in his own coin．
以其人之道，还治其人之身
Pride will have a fall．
骄兵必败。
Well begin is half done．
好的开端是成功的一半。
In prosperity think Of adversity．
居安思危。
Speech is silver, silence is gold．
雄辩是银，沉默是金。
Whatever a man sow, that shall he also reap．
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
He who would search pearls dive below．
不潜深水不得珠。
The wish is farther to the thought．
心有所欲

，脑有所思。
Only the selfless can be fearless．
无私才能无畏。
A famed person and a fattened pig are alike in danger.
人怕出名猪怕壮。
Cornered beasts will still you give Up．
困兽犹斗，狗急跳墙。
Failure teaches success．
失败乃成功之母。
He that never climbed never fell．
只有不攀登的人才不会跌跤。
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers．
初生牛犊不怕虎。
Little Chips light great fires．
星星之火可以燎原。
After a storm comes calm．
雨过天晴(苦尽甘来)
Misfortunes tell us what fomme is．
不经灾难不知福。
He goes far，that never turns．
不回头的人走得远。
Learning without thought is labor lost．
学而不思，白费力气。
Wasting time is robbing oneself．
浪费时间就是掠夺自己。
He thinks not wall that thinks not again．
事不三思，必有所失。
Many a little makes a mickle．
涓涓溪流汇江河。
Once bitten，twice shy．
吃一堑长一智。
Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom．
书籍是智慧积累的长明灯。
April and May is the key of the year．
一年之计在于春。
Times do not wait．
时不我待。
The fairest rose is last withered．
好花总有凋谢时。
Every flow has its ebb．
潮有涨落日，人有盛衰时。
Rome Was not built in a day．
冰冻三尺非一日之寒。
Nothing seek，nothing find．
无所求必无所获。
Nothing venture，nothing have．
不入虎穴焉得虎子。
Ninety percent of inspiration is perspiration．
百分之九十的灵感是汗水浇出来的。
Nothing so bad but might have been worse．
塞翁失马，焉知非福。
Like father, like son．
有其父，必有其子。
A burnt child dreads the fire．
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A good conscience is a soft pillow．
为人不做亏心事，半夜不怕鬼敲门。
A heavy purse makes a light heart．
囊中有钱心中爽。
A word spoken is past recalling．
一言既出，驷马难追。
Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness．
业精于勤荒于嬉。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects．
良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。
Debt is better than death．
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Example is better than percept．
言教不如身教。
God helps those who help themselves．苍天不负有心人。