常用的英语俗语大全（最全版）绝对好用

常用的英语俗语大全（最全版）绝对好用

Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者，事竟成。

Nothing is too difficult, if you put your

heart into it.

世上无难事，只怕有心人。

As every thread of gold is valuable, so

every moment of time.

一寸光阴一寸金。

All things in their being are good for

something.

天生我才必有用。

There is nothing permanent except

change.

唯有变化才是永恒的。

A crooked stick will have a crooked

shadow.

身不正，影必斜。

Wisdom is to the mind what health is to

the body.

知识之于心灵正如健康之于身体。

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Out of sight, out of mind.

魅力：102

旺币：102 眼不见，心不烦。

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Well fed, well bred.

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衣食足而后知廉耻。

In for a penny, in for a pound.

一不作，二不休。

A brave man risks his life, but not his

conscience.

勇敢的人可用生命冒险，但不以良心

冒险。

It is not the fine coat that makes the

gentleman.

使人成为君子的并不是讲究的衣着。

Pride hurts modesty benefits.

满招损，谦受益。

A man who fears suffering is already

suffering from what he fears.

害怕痛苦的人其实已经在承受他所

害怕的痛苦了。

Adversity is a good disciple.

逆境是锻炼人的最好场所。

Art is long, life is short.

人生有涯艺无涯。

Well begun, half done.

好的开始是成功的一半。

You can't eat your cake and have it also.

世事两难全。

Calamity is man's true touchstone.

患难是人的试金石。

Who keeps company with the wolf

will learn to howl.

近墨者黑。

Constant dropping wears away a stone.

滴水穿石。

The supreme happiness of life is the

conviction that we are loved.

生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我

们。

The first step is as good as half over.

第一步是最关键的一步。

You never know your luck.

命运好坏不由己。

Sow nothing, reap nothing.

春不播，秋不收。

The wealth of the mind is the only

wealth.

精神的财富是唯一的财富。

You can't judge a tree by its bark.

人不可貌相。

Clothes do not make the man.

人不在衣装。

To be both a speaker of words and a

doer of deeds.

既当演说家，又做实干家。

Variety is the spice of life.

变化是生活的调味品。

Little goods, little care.

钱财少，不烦恼。

Man struggles upwards; water flows

downwards.

人往高处走，水往低处流。

A little pot is soon hot.

壶小易沸，量小易怒。

No sweet without sweat.

幸福来自汗水。

Better the last smile than the first

laughter.

宁可最后微笑，不要首先狂喜。

One for all, all for one.

我为人人，人人为我。

Truth needs no color.

真理不需要打扮。

Every why has a wherefore.

凡事必有因。

Keeping is harder than winning.

创业难，守业更难。

Never do things by halves.

做事不可半途而废。

No cross, no crown.

未经苦难，得不到荣冠。

The fire is the test of gold; adversity is

the test of a strong man.

火对金子是考验，逆境对人是磨练。

Bad times make a good man.

艰难困苦出能人。

There is no royal road to learning.

求知无坦途。

Doubt is the key to knowledge.

怀疑是知识的钥匙。

Sharp tools make good work.

工欲善其事，必先利其器。

Wasting time is robbing oneself.

浪费时间就是掠夺自己。

Nurture passes nature.

教养胜过天性。

There is no garden without its weeds.

没有不长杂草的花园。

A man is only as good as what he

loves.

一个人要用他所爱的东西有多好来

衡量。

Wealth is the test of a man's character.

财富是对一个人品格的试金石。

The best hearts are always the bravest.

心灵最高尚的人，也总是最勇敢的

人。

Courtesy is the inseparable companion

of virtue.

礼貌和美貌是分不开的伴侣。

Plain living and high thinking.

生活要朴素，情操要高尚。

Good is good, but better carries it.

精益求精，善益求善。

Honesty is the best policy.

诚实为上策。

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

感恩是精神高尚的标志。

It is much more difficult to judge

oneself than to judge others.

判断自己比判断别人要难得多。

An optimist sees the rose; a pessimist

the thorn.

乐观的人看到玫瑰，悲观的人只看到

它的刺。

Delays are dangerous.

因拖出危险。

Let bygones be bygones.

既往宜不咎。

Look on both sides of the shield.

看问题要从两面看。

You cannot burn the candle at both

ends.

蜡烛不能两头点。

All men can't be first.

不可能人人得冠军。

Never is a long word.

不要轻易说“决不”。

The overturned cast ahead is a warning

to the carts behind.

前车之覆，后车之鉴。

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

不打不成器。

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

厨师太多烧坏汤。

Standers-by see more than gamesters.

旁观者清，当局者迷。

Self-praise is no recommendation.

自夸不足为自荐。

They brag most who can do least.

本领最小的人最会吹牛。

The good is the enemy of the best.

过得去是精益求精的敌人。

Politeness costs nothing and gains

everything.

礼貌不用花一分钱，却能赢得一切。

A man can't ride your back unless it is bent.

你的腰不弯，别人就不能骑在你的背

上。

Conceit is the quicksand of success.

自负是成功的流沙。

He that makes a good war makes a

good peace.

正义的战争创造持久的和平。

There is no disputing about tastes.

人各有所好。

It is easy to be wise after the event.

事后诸葛亮容易当。

Patience is the ability to put up with

people you'd like to put

down.

能容忍你想羞辱的人，便是忍耐。

Be able to be alone. Lose not the

advantage of solitude.

要有单独自处的能力，不要放过孤寂

的好处。

Great ideas need landing gear as well

as wings.

伟大的思想需要起落架，也需要双

翼。

Fair words make fools fain.

甜言蜜语会使愚者得意忘形。

Please all and you please none.

要面面俱到者，面面不到。

The noblest vengeance is to forgive.

最高尚的复仇是宽容。

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

温和的回答可以息怒。

Advice when most needed is least

heeded.

最容易忽视的建议往往是最重要的。

Be just before you are generous.

要慷慨必先求公正。

Make the best of a bad bargain.

已知吃亏，尽力而为。

He that makes a thing too fine, breaks

it.

做事过于苛求，反把事情弄坏。

When all else is lost the future still

remains.

就是失去了一切别的，也还有未来。

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The world is his who enjoys it.

魅力：102

旺币：102 活着感到快乐，世界就属于你。

门派：商英务实

A little labor, much health.

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适量的劳动有益于健康。

Laugh and grow fat.

心宽体胖。

Work won't kill but worry will.

劳动无害，忧愁伤身。

He is rich that has few wants.

寡欲者富。

Every man at forty is a fool or a

physician.

人到四十，如果不是傻子，就该

知道保养身体。

A bow long bent grows weak.

常拉满弓无力。

He is wise that knows when he is

well enough.

知足为智者。

A good conscience is a

continuous feast.

问心无愧天天乐。

Prevention is better than cure.

治病不如防病。

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

清洁仅次于圣洁。

An apple a day keeps the doctor

away.

一日一苹果，医生远离我。

In sports and journeys men are

known.

从体育和旅行中可以看出男子

的品德。

No man is happy but by

comparison.

人的幸福都是比较而言的。

There is no joy without alloy.

世界上没有十全十美的快乐。

Progress is the activity of today

and the assurance of tomorrow.

进步是今天的活动，明天的保

证。

Good order is the foundation of

all things.

良好的秩序是一切的基础。

He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

植树的人，不但爱己，而且爱人。

The world is but a little place,

after all.

天涯原咫尺，何处不相逢。

Kindness is the golden chain by

which society is bound together.

仁爱是联结社会的金链。

Where there is unity, there is

victory.

有团结就有胜利。

United we stand, divided we fall.

团结则存，分裂则亡。

Love is the mother of love.

情生情，爱生爱。

Love lives in cottages as well as

in courts.

爱情不分贵贱。

True love never grows old.

真正的爱永不衰老。

Hope is a lover's staff.

希望是爱者的手扶之杖。

It is better to give than to take.

施比受更有福。

There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

好友胜过亲兄弟。

Learning is the eye of mind.

学问是心灵的眼睛。

Blood is thicker than water.

血浓于水。

Wade not in unknown water.

不知水之深浅，不可粗心淌河。

In the end things will mend.

车到山前必有路。

Happiness is a form of courage.

愉快是勇气的一种形式。

No man was ever wise by chance.

任何人的聪明才智绝非得之偶

然。

Money is a good servant but a

bad master.

金钱可以成为很好的仆人，却绝

对是最坏的主人。

Stubbornness is the energy of

fools.

固执是愚人的能源。

Time is the fairest judge.

时间是最公正的法官。

Let's cross the bridge when we

come to it.

既来之，则安之。

Diffidence is the poison of true

friendship.

疑心是友谊的毒药。

No common goal, no common

cause to cooperate.

道不同，不相为谋。

Happiness lies in the

consciousness we have it.

幸福在于自知拥有幸福。

Industry is fortune's right hand,

and frugality her left.

勤劳是财富的右手，节俭是她的

左手。

To really understand a man we

must judge him in misfortune.

要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中

考察他。

When pleasure is the business of

life, it ceases to be pleasure.

当享受成为生活的主要事物时，

它就不再是一种享受。

If you do not think about the

future, you cannot have one.

如果你不考虑未来，那么你就不

能拥有未来。

Most folks are about as happy as

they make up their minds to be.

对于大多数人来说，他们认定自

己有多幸福，就有多幸福。

Let bygones be bygones.

过去的事情就让他过去吧。

Life is measured by thought and

action, not by time.

衡量生命的尺度是思想和行动，

而不是时间。

Never leave that until tomorrow,

which you can do today.

今天的事情不要拖到明天。

Time is a bird forever on the

wing.

时间是一只永远飞翔的鸟。

If you want to understand today,

you have to search yesterday.

想要懂得今天，就必须研究昨

天。

Time is a great judge, even in the

fields of morals.

时间是伟大的法官，即使在道德

领域也是如此。

It is not enough to do good; one

must do it the right way.

人不仅要做好事，更要以正确的

方式做好事。

Write it on your heart that every

day is the best of the year.

铭记在心：每一天都是一年中最

好的日子。

Among a people general corrupt,

liberty cannot long exist.

在一个普遍腐败的民族里，自由

是不可能长期存在的。

A good laugh is sunshine in a

house.

令人愉快的欢笑是房间里的阳

光。

All work and no play makes Jack

a dull boy.

只工作不娱乐使人愚钝。

It is a poor heart that never

rejoices.

永远不快乐的心很可悲。

Procrastination is the thief of

time.

拖延即偷窃时间。

Joys are our wings, sorrows are

our spurs.

欢乐是人们的双翼，哀愁是人们

发奋的动力

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魅力：102

旺币：102

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It is never too late to learn.

学不厌晚。

Kind hearts are more than

coronets.

善良的心地胜过桂冠。

Keep your mouth shut and your

eyes open.

少说话，多观察。

Knowledge is no burden.

艺多不压身。

Let a sleeping dog lie.

莫惹事生非。

Man does what he can, and God what He will.

人为其能为，神为所欲为。

Nothing is difficult to the man

who will try.

世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Offense is the best defense.

进攻是最有效的防御。

Save money against a rainy day.

平时存钱，防备雨天。

The apples on the other side of

the wall are the sweetest.

这山望着那山高。

The handsomest flower is not the

sweetest.

最美的花不一定最香。

The proof of the pudding is in the

eating.

布丁好不好，吃了才知道。

Better to wear out than to rust

out.

宁可用坏，不可锈坏。

Cast no dirt into the well that

gives you water.

过河莫拆桥。

He who teaches, learns.

教学相长。

Hear twice before you speak once.

多听少说。

A house divided against itself

cannot stand.

家不和，外人欺。

If winter comes, can spring be far

behind?

冬天来了，春天还会远吗？

In prosperity caution, in adversity

patience.

顺境中，小心；逆境中，耐心。

It is always safe to learn even

from our enemies.

即使向敌人学习也不会有危险。

It is better for the doer to undo

what he has done.

解铃还需系铃人。

It is easy to be wise after the

event.

事后聪明并不难。

Lack of work brings a thousand

diseases.

一闲生百病。

Men make houses; women make

home.

有男可建房，无妇不成家。

No man can call again yesterday.

昨日之日不可追。

One hour today is worth two

tomorrow.

今天一个钟头抵得上明天两个

小时。

Seeing is believing.

眼见为实。

Spare when you re young, and

spend when you re old.

少时俭省老来花。

The pen is the tongue of the

mind.

笔乃心灵之喉舌。

The years teach much which the

days never know.

学问积年而成，而每日不自知。

The more you study, the more

you will find yourself ignorant.

学，然后知不足。

The sooner you treat your son as

a man, the sooner he will be one.

越早把你的儿子当成男人，他就

越早成为男人。

All is not lost that is in danger.

生于忧患。

Science is the systematic

classification of experience.

科学是对经验有系统的分类。

Too much experience is a

dangerous thing.

经验过多反而危险。

Between grief and nothing I will

take grief.

在悲痛与虚无之间，我愿意选择

悲痛。

Tears are the silent language of

grief.

眼泪是无声的、悲伤的语言。

Prejudice is the child of

ignorance.

偏见来自愚昧。

There can be no economy where

there is no efficiency.

没有效率就没有经济。

Law can never be enforced unless

fear supports it.

如果法律没有恐惧支撑，它决不

能生效。

Education is the chief defense of nations.

教育是国家的主要防御力量。

The landscape belongs to the man

who looks at it.

风景属于看风景的人。

Economy is in itself a source of

great revenue.

节约本身就是最大的收入。

Beggars cannot be choosers.

乞丐不能挑肥拣瘦。

Without health no pleasure can

be tasted by man.

没有健康就没有乐趣。

Diseases of the soul are more

dangerous than those of the body.

心灵上的疾病比身体上的疾病

更危险。

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy.

早睡早起身体好。

I succeeded because I willed it; I

never hesitated.

我成功是因为我有决心，从不犹

豫。

You cannot build a reputation on

what you are going to do.

你不能靠你声称将要做的事情

来建立声誉。

Living without an aim is like

sailing without a compass.

生活没有目标就像航海没有指

南针。

Good health is a corollary of

having good habits.

健康的身体是良好生活习惯的

结果。

All the splendor in the world is

not worth a good friend.

人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一

个好朋友。

Creditors have better memories

than debtors.

放债的比借债的记性好。

Fish and visitors smell in three

days.

鱼放三天臭，客住三天嫌。

Sunday clears away the rust of

the whole week.

星期天能去掉一个星期的锈迹。

The principal thing in this world

is to keep one s soul aloft.

人生在世首要大事是保持灵魂

的高尚。

The only way to have a friend is

to be one.

唯一能获得朋友的办法就是自

己先有友道。

The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress.

每个人的家对他而言都是城堡

和要塞。

Education has for its object the

formation of character.

教育以造就人的品质为其目标。

First love is only a little

foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许

多多的好奇。

He that runs fastest gets the ring.

捷足先登。

He that spares the bad injures the

good.

放纵坏人就是伤害好人。

A bad shearer never had a good

sickle.

拙工匠常怪工具差。

A bad things never dies.

恶事传千古。

A bald head is soon shaven.

光头剃发不费时。

A barking dog is better than a

sleeping lion.

吠犬总比睡狮好。

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