英文谚语大全

A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。
A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。
A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart. 做贼心虚。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。
A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。
A bad penny always turns up.
A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。
A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。
A beggar’s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。
A bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it’s the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。
A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深
A burden of one’s choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重。
A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。
A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王。
A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。
Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。
A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息。
A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。
A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧，高枕无忧。
A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，胜券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 宁为清贫，不为浊富。
A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，祸从口出。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action. 同仇敌忾。
A constant guest is never welcome. 久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。
A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。

A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 户枢不蠹。
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识的巧果。
Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不满足者坐无宁时。
A disease known is half cured. 病情确诊断，治病好一半。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。
A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨头打狗狗不叫。
Adversity is a good discipline. 苦难是磨练人的好机会。
Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛。

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One must draw the line somewhere. 人之所为，总有限度。
One must drink as one brews. 自作自受。
One must howl with the wolves. 入乡随俗。
One never loses anything by politeness. 有礼貌对自己不会吃亏。
One never loses by doing a good turn. 行善者决无一失。
One penny witgh right is better than a thousand without right. 合法得来一个钱，胜过非法钱一千。
One ploughs, another sow; who will reap no one knows. 有的耕，有的播，谁来收获很难说。
One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. 一只烂苹果烂一萝苹果。
One should eat to live, not live to eat. 人为生而食，非为食而生。
One sin opens the door for another. 一个罪恶常为另一个罪恶开门。

One’s mantle falls on somebody. 春风化雨。
One sows another reaps. 不劳而获。
One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. 一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。
One today is worth two tomorrows. 今天一天抵明天两天。
One who can do everything can do nothing. 什么都能做，什么都不行。
One woe doth tread upon another’s heels. 祸不单行。
One wrong (or false) move can lose the whole game. 棋错一著，全盘皆输。
One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret. 一念之错可铸终生之恨。
Only that which is honestly got is gain. 正当的收入才是真正的收入。

One honest word is better than two oaths. 两句誓言不如一句实话。
One hour’s sleep before midnight is worth three after. 午夜前睡一小时抵得上午夜后睡三小时。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 今天的一个小时抵得上明天的两个小时。
One love drives out another. 新爱逐旧欢。
One man makes a chair and another man sits in it. 坐享其成。
One man may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge. 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯。
One man’s meat is another man’s poison. 一个人的佳肴常为另一人的毒药。
One may sooner fall than rise. 跌倒容易爬起难。
One may think that dares not speak. 人可思其不敢言者。
One misfortune comes on the neck of another. 祸不单行。

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. 一个父亲胜于一百个教师。
One flower makes no garland. 一木不能成林。
One foe is too many; and a hundred friends too few. 朋友成百犹觉少，仇敌一人已嫌多。
One fool makes many. 一人傻，傻大家。
One foot is better than two crutches. 一只脚胜过两根拐杖。
One good head is better than a hundred strong hands. 上百双有力的手，不如一个聪明的头脑。
One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. 一个好的母亲顶得上一百个教师。
One good turn deserves another. 以德报德。
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives. 贫富不相知。
One has lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls. 深知底蕴，不以为怪。

One cannot put back the clock. 光阴一去不复返。
One chick keeps a hen busy. 一只小鸡已够母鸡辛忙。
One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun. 一叶可障目。
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name. 光辉生活中忙迫的一个小时抵得上无为的一世。
One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine. 一滴之毒，毒染整桶之酒。
One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. 十个朋友做的好事抵不上一个敌人造成的危害。
One enemy is too much. 一个敌人也太多。
One false move may lose the game. 一著不慎，满盘皆输。
One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬以千里。
One father can support ten children, ten children cannot support one father. 一个父亲能扶养十个孩子，十个孩子却不能赡养一个父亲。

One barking dog sets all street a-barking. 一狗吠声响，狗吠满街坊。
One beats the bush, and another catches the birds. 坐享其成。
One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls. 一个男孩比十二个女孩还要麻烦。
One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man. 人难一世称雄，但可一生为人。
One cannot be in two place at once.
One cannot do a foolish thing once in one’s life, but one must hear of it a hundred times. 为人一生一件蠢事也不做，但要听到上百遍蠢事。
One cannot eat one’s cake and have it. 事难两全其美。
One cannot get blood from a stone. 石头里抽不出血。
One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. 朽木不可雕。
One cannot make bricks without straw. 巧妇难为无米之炊。

Old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride. 老柴好烧，老马好骑。
O liberty, how many crimes have been committed in thy name! 自由啊！假你的名义犯了多少罪啊！
Omelets are not made without breaking eggs. 有失才有得。
Once a devil, always a devil. 一次做魔鬼，永远是魔鬼。
Once a knave, ever a knave. 一朝失足，铸成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child. 一次为成人，两度当小孩。
Once bit, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草绳。
Once is no custom. 一次不成例。
Once on shore, we pray no more. 一旦上了岸，就不再祈祷。
On earth there is nothing great but man, in man there is nothing great but mind. 在世界上没有一件东西有如人那样伟大，在人之内没有一件东西有如人心那么伟大。

Old bees yield no honey. 老蜂不酿蜜。
Old birds are not caught with new nests. 新巢捉不到老鸟。
Old birds are not to be caught with shaff. 老谋是不会失算的。
Older and wiser. 越老越聪明。
Old foxes want no tutors. 老狐狸不需要教师。
Old friends and old wine are best. 古交友情深，陈酒香味醇。
Old love will not be forgotten. 旧情永难忘。
Old vessels must leak. 旧船必漏。
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. 老柴最好烧，陈酒最好饮，老友最可靠，老作家的书最好读。
Old wood is best to burn, old book to read. 老柴好烧，老书宜读。