關于英語的諺語
1、A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
惡其始者必惡其終。
2、A bad bush is better than the open field.
有勝于無。
3、A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。
4、A bad conscience is a snake in one''s heart.
做賊心虛。
5、A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.
壞習慣像鮮餡餅,分食要比保存好。
6、A bad padlock invites a picklock.
開門揖盜。
7、A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.
一本好書,莫逆之交。
8、A bad thing never dies.
壞事傳千年。
9、A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)。
10、A bargain is a bargain.
達成的協議不可撕毀。
11、A beggar''s purse is bottomless.
乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
12、A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
13、A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
聞其歌知其鳥,聽其言知其人。
14、A bird may be known by its song.
什么鳥唱什么歌。
15、A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.
略有勝于全無。
16、A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it''s the boundary of the world.
坐井觀天。
17、A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
秋波送盲,白費癡情。
18、A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
一本好書今天如此,將來也如此,永不改變。
19、A book that remains shut is but a block.
有書閉卷不閱讀,無異是一塊木頭。
20、A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
借來的斗篷不暖身。
21、Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
相聚愛益切,離別情更深。
22、A burden of one''s choice is not felt.
自己選的擔子不嫌重。
23、A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩。
24、A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蠟燭焚自身,光亮照別人。
25、A cat may look at a king.
貓也有權晉見國王。
26、A cat has nine lives.
貓有九條命。
27、Accidents will happen.
天有不測風云。
28、A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
鏈條的堅固程度取決于它最薄弱的環節。
29、A change of work is as good as a rest.
調換一下工作是很好的休息。
30、A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
快樂的妻子是生活的樂事。
31、A clean hand wants no washing.
身正不怕影子斜。
32、A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
問心無愧,高枕無憂。
33、A clear conscience is a sure card.
光明磊落,勝券在握。
34、A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
白日不做虧心事,夜半敲門心不驚。
35、A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
寧為清貧,不為濁富。
36、A close mouth catches no flies. 病從口入,
禍從口出。
37、A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
夜郎自大。
38、A common danger causes common action.
同仇敵愾。
39、A constant guest is never welcome.
久住非佳賓,常來不歡迎。
40、A contented mind is perpetual feast.
知足常樂。
41、A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
貪婪的人對別人毫無好處,對自己卻壞處更大。
42、A crafty knave needs no broker.
狡猾的流氓,不需居間人。
43、A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.
戶樞不蠹。
44、Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
行動是知識的巧果。
45、Actions speak louder than words.
事實勝于雄辯。
46、A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.
不滿足者坐無寧時。
47、A disease known is half cured.
病情確診斷,治病好一半。
48、Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
在私底下要忠告你的朋友,在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。
49、A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.
骨頭打狗狗不叫。
50、Adversity is a good discipline.
苦難是磨練人的好機會。
51、Adversity leads to prosperity.
逆境迎向昌盛。
52、Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
患難使人聰明,但不能致富。
53、Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
身處逆境不擇友。
54、Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
成功地克服困難是最大的光榮。
55、A fair death honours the whole life.
死得光明,終身榮耀。
56、A fair face may hide a foul heart.
人不可貌相。
57、A faithful friend is hard to find.
益友難得。
58、A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一塹,長一智。
59、After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while.
午飯后要坐,晚飯后要走。
60、A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.
父親是財富,兄弟是安慰,朋友兼而有之。
61、A fault confessed is half redressed.
承認錯誤,等于改正一半。
62、Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.
事情要安步就班地做,就會很快地做完。
63、A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.
口若懸河不能作為才智的證明。
64、A fool always comes short of his reckoning.
愚人常缺算計。
65、A fool always rushes to the fore.
傻瓜總愛強出頭。
66、A fool and his money are soon parted.
笨蛋難聚財。
67、A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.
蠢人裝聰明,實在最可憐。
68、A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.
一愚發問,七智結舌。
69、A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
愚者所問,智者難答。
70、A fool may give a wise man counsel.
愚者千慮,必有一得。
71、A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.
一愚所失,百智難回。
72、A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another.
一個蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一個聰明人在別人家里所知的事要多。
73、A fool''s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.
愚者千慮,必有一得。
74、A fool''s heart dances on his lips.
愚人心坦蕩,掛在嘴唇上。
75、A fox may grow grey, but never good.
狐貍會變,但本性難移。
76、A friend exaggerates a man''s virtue, an enemy his crimes.
朋友宣揚人的美德,敵人夸大人的罪過。
77、A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.
曩中有錢,不如朝中有友。
78、A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難朋友才是真朋友。
79、A friend is a second self.
朋友是另一個我。
80、A friend is best found in adversity.
患難見真友。
81、A friend is never known till a man have need.
不到患難時,永遠不能認識真正的朋友。
82、A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.
交友慢,失友快。
83、A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
廣交友,無深交。
84、A friend without faults will never be found.
沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的。
85、A good beginning is half the battle.
首戰告捷等于一半勝利。
86、After black clouds, clear weather.
否極泰來。
87、After death, the doctor.
放馬后炮。
88、After dinner comes the reckoning.
吃喝玩樂,該付代價。()
89、After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.
午餐之后坐片刻,晚飯之后走一里。