高考英語作文素材之：經(jīng)典諺語500句

　　英語諺語500句

　　A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

　　不善始者不善終。

　　A bad thing never dies.

　　遺臭萬年。

　　A bad workman always blames his tools.

　　不會(huì)撐船怪河彎。

　　A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.

　　一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。

　　A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.

　　吹牛與說謊本是同宗。

　　A bully is always a coward.

　　色厲內(nèi)荏。

　　A burden of one's choice is not felt.

　　愛挑的擔(dān)子不嫌重。

　　A candle lights others and consumes itself.

　　蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。

　　A cat has 9 lives.

　　貓有九條命。

　　A cat may look at a king.

　　貓也可以打量國王，意為人人平等。

　　A close mouth catches no flies.

　　病從口入。

　　A constant guest is never welcome.

　　常客令人厭。

　　Actions speak louder than words.

　　事實(shí)勝于雄辯。

　　Adversity leads to prosperity.

　　窮則思變。

　　Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

　　逆境出人才。

　　A fair death honors the whole life.

　　死得其所，流芳百世。

　　A faithful friend is hard to find.

　　知音難覓。

　　A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

　　吃一塹，長一智。

　　A fox may grow gray, but never good.

　　江山易改，本性難移。

　　A friend in need is a friend indeed.

　　患難見真情。

　　A friend is easier lost than found.

　　得朋友難，失朋友易。

　　A friend is never known till a man has need.

　　需要之時(shí)方知友。

　　A friend without faults will never be found.

　　沒有十全十美的朋友。

　　'After you' is good manners.

　　“您先請”是禮貌。

　　A good beginning is half done.

　　良好的開端是成功的一半。

　　A good beginning makes a good ending.

　　善始者善終。

　　A good book is a good friend.

　　好書如摯友。

　　A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

　　一本好書，相伴一生。

　　A good conscience is a soft pillow.

　　不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。

　　A good fame is better than a good face.

　　美名勝過美貌。

　　A good husband makes a good wife.

　　夫善則妻賢。

　　A good medicine tastes bitter.

　　良藥苦口。

　　A good wife health is a man's best wealth.

　　妻賢身體好是男人最大的財(cái)富。

　　A great talker is a great liar.

　　說大話者多謊言。

　　A hedge between keeps friendship green.

　　君子之交淡如水。

　　A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.

　　戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。

　　A leopard cannot change its spots.

　　積習(xí)難改。

　　A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

　　說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。

　　A light heart lives long.

　　靜以修身。

　　A little body often harbors a great soul.

　　濃縮的都是精品。

　　A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

　　一知半解，自欺欺人。

　　A little pot is soon hot.

　　狗肚子盛不得四兩油。

　　All are brave when the enemy flies.

　　敵人逃竄時(shí)，人人都成了勇士。

　　All good things come to an end.

　　天下沒有不散的筵席。

　　All rivers run into sea.

　　海納百川。

　　All roads lead to Rome.

　　條條大路通羅馬。

　　All that ends well is well.

　　結(jié)果好，就一切都好。

　　All that glitters is not gold.

　　閃光的不一定都是金子。

　　All things are difficult before they are easy.

　　凡事總是由難而易。

　　All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

　　只會(huì)用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。

　　A man becomes learned by asking questions.

　　不恥下問才能有學(xué)問。

　　A man can do no more than he can.

　　凡事都應(yīng)量力而行。

　　A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.

　　一心不能二用。

　　A man is known by his friends.

　　什么人交什么朋友。

　　A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

　　光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。

　　A man without money is no man at all.

　　一分錢難倒英雄漢。

　　A merry heart goes all the way.

　　心曠神怡，事事順利。

　　A miss is as good as a mile.

　　失之毫厘，差之千里。

　　A mother's love never changes.

　　母愛永恒。

　　An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

　　一天一蘋果，不用請醫(yī)生。

　　A new broom sweeps clean.

　　新官上任三把火。

　　An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

　　以眼還眼，以牙還牙。

　　An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

　　一日之計(jì)在于晨。

　　An old dog cannot learn new tricks.

　　老狗學(xué)不出新把戲。

　　An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.

　　聰明才智，不如運(yùn)氣。

　　An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

　　預(yù)防為主，治療為輔。

　　A rolling stone gathers no moss.

　　滾石不生苔，轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)不聚財(cái)。

　　As a man sows, so he shall reap.

　　種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

　　A single flower does not make a spring.

　　一花獨(dú)放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。

　　A snow year, a rich year.

　　瑞雪兆豐年。

　　A sound mind in a sound body.

　　健全的精神寓于健康的身體。

　　A still tongue makes a wise head.

　　寡言者智。

　　A stitch in time saves nine.

　　小洞不補(bǔ)，大洞吃苦。

　　A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

　　身正不怕影子斜。

　　A wise head makes a close mouth.

　　真人不露相，露相非真人。

　　A word spoken is past recalling.

　　一言既出，駟馬難追。

　　A year's plan starts with spring.

　　一年之計(jì)在于春。

　　A young idler, an old beggar.

　　少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

　　Bad news has wings.

　　好事不出門，壞事傳千里。

　　Barking dogs seldom bite.

　　吠犬不咬人。

　　Beauty lies in the love's eyes.

　　情人眼里出西施。

　　Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

　　聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。

　　Better late than never.

　　不怕慢，單怕站。

　　Better to ask the way than go astray.

　　問路總比迷路好。

　　Between friends all is common.

　　朋友之間不分彼此。

　　Birds of a feather flock together.

　　物以類聚，人以群分。

　　Blood is thicker than water.

　　血濃于水。

　　Blood will have blood.

　　血債血償。

　　Books and friends should be few but good.

　　讀書如交友，應(yīng)求少而精。

　　Business is business.

　　公事公辦。

　　Every day is not Sunday.

　　好景不常在。

　　Every dog has his day.

　　誰都有得意的時(shí)候。

　　Every door may be shut, but death's door.

　　人生在世，唯死難逃。

　　Every heart has its own sorrow.

　　各人有各人的苦惱。

　　Every little helps a mickle.

　　聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。

　　Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.

　　人不為己，天誅地滅。

　　Every man has his faults.

　　金無足赤，人無完人。

　　Every man has his hobbyhorse.

　　蘿卜青菜，各有所愛。

　　Every man has his weak side.

　　人人都有弱點(diǎn)。

　　Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

　　自己的命運(yùn)自己掌握。

　　Every minute counts.

　　分秒必爭。

　　Every mother's child is handsome.

　　孩子是自己的好。

　　Every potter praises hit pot.

　　王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸。

　　Everything is good when new, but friends when old.

　　東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。

　　Example is better then percept.

　　說一遍，不如做一遍。

　　Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

　　經(jīng)驗(yàn)是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。

　　Experience must be bought.

　　吃一塹，長一智。

　　Fact speak louder than words.

　　事實(shí)勝于雄辯。

　　Failure is the mother of success.

　　失敗是成功之母。

　　False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

　　明槍易躲，暗箭難防。

　　Far from eye, far from heart.

　　眼不見，心不煩。

　　Far water does not put out near fire.

　　遠(yuǎn)水救不了近火。

　　Faults are thick where love is thin.

　　一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。

　　Fear always springs from ignorance.

　　恐懼源于無知。

　　Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.

　　隔墻有耳。

　　Fire and water have no mercy.

　　水火無情。

　　Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

　　火是一把雙刃劍。

　　First come, first served.

　　先來后到。

　　First impressions are half the battle.

　　初次見面，印象最深。

　　First think and then speak.

　　先想后說。

　　Fools grow without watering.

　　朽木不可雕。

　　Fool's haste is no speed.

　　欲速則不達(dá)。

　　Fools has fortune.

　　呆人有呆福。

　　Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.

　　愚者不學(xué)無術(shù)，智者不恥下問。

　　Forbidden fruit is sweet.

　　禁果格外香。

　　Fortune favors those who use their judgement.

　　機(jī)遇偏愛善斷之人。

　　Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.

　　風(fēng)水輪流轉(zhuǎn)。

　　Four eyes see more than two.

　　集思廣益。

　　Friends agree best at distance.

　　朋友之間也會(huì)保持距離。

　　Friends are thieves of time.

　　朋友是時(shí)間的竊賊。

　　Friends must part.

　　再好的朋友也有分手的時(shí)候。

　　Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

　　天才不過是勤奮而已。

　　Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

　　眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。

　　God helps those who help themselves.

　　自助者天助。

　　Gold will not buy anything.

　　黃金并非萬能。

　　Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.

　　以德報(bào)德是常理，以德報(bào)怨大丈夫。

　　Good health is over wealth.

　　健康是最大的財(cái)富。

　　The leopard cannot change its spots.

　　本性難移。

　　The more noble, the more humble.

　　人越高尚，越謙虛。

　　The more wit, the less courage.

　　初生牛犢不怕虎。

　　The outsider sees the most of the game.

　　旁觀者清。

　　The pen is mightier than the sword.

　　筆能殺人。

　　The pot calls the kettle black.

　　五十步笑百步。

　　There are spots in the sun.

　　太陽也有黑點(diǎn)。

　　There are two sides to every question.

　　問題皆有兩面。

　　There is a skeleton in the cupboard.

　　家家有本難念的經(jīng)。

　　There is kindness to be found everywhere.

　　人間處處有溫情。

　　There is no general rule without some exception.

　　任何法規(guī)均有例外。

　　There is no medicine against death.

　　沒有長生不老藥。

　　There is no place like home.

　　金窩銀窩不如咱的狗窩。

　　There is no royal road to learning.

　　書山有路勤為徑，學(xué)海無涯苦作舟。

　　The style is the man.

　　字如其人。

　　The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.

　　人言可畏。

　　The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.

　　水能載舟，亦能覆舟。

　　The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.

　　清者自清，濁者自濁。

　　The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.

　　螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在后。

　　The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.

　　世界如階梯，有人上有人下。

　　The world is but a little place, after all.

　　海內(nèi)存知己，天涯若比鄰。

　　Think twice before you do.

　　三思而后行。

　　Things at the worst will mend.

　　否極泰來。

　　Time and tide wait for no man.

　　時(shí)不我待。

　　Time cures all things.

　　時(shí)間是醫(yī)治一切創(chuàng)傷的良藥。

　　Time flies.

　　光陰似箭。

　　Time is money.

　　時(shí)間就是金錢。

　　Time lost cannot be won again.

　　時(shí)光流逝，不可復(fù)得。

　　Time past cannot be called back again.

　　時(shí)間不能倒流。

　　Time tries all.

　　路遙知馬力，日久見人心。

　　Tit for tat is fair play.

　　人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。

　　To err is human.

　　人非圣賢，孰能無過。

　　To know everything is to know nothing.

　　什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。

　　To know oneself is true progress.

　　人貴有自知之明。

　　Tomorrow never comes.

　　我生待明日，萬事成蹉跎。

　　Too much familiarity breeds contempt.

　　過分熟悉會(huì)使人互不服氣。

　　Too much knowledge makes the head bald.

　　學(xué)問太多催人老。

　　Too much liberty spills all.

　　自由放任，一事無成。

　　Too much praise is a burden.

　　過多夸獎(jiǎng)，反成負(fù)擔(dān)。

　　To save time is to lengthen life.

　　節(jié)約時(shí)間就是延長生命。

　　Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.

　　常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋。

　　Troubles never come singly.

　　福無雙至，禍不單行。

　　Truth never grows old.

　　真理永存。

　　Turn over a new leaf.

　　洗心革面，改過自新。

　　Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

　　鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。

　　Two heads are better than one.

　　一個(gè)好漢三個(gè)幫。

　　Two of a trade seldom agree.

　　同行是冤家。

　　Two wrongs do not make a right.

　　別人錯(cuò)了，不等于你對了。 

　　Unity is strength.

　　團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量。

　　Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.

　　忠言逆耳利于行。

　　Until all is over one's ambition never dies.

　　不到黃河心不死。

　　Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

　　吃小虧占大便宜。

　　Virtue is fairer far than beauty.

　　美德遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)勝過美貌。

　　Walls have ears.

　　小心隔墻有耳。

　　Wash your dirty linen at home.

　　家丑不可外揚(yáng)。

　　Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.

　　滴水穿石。

　　Wealth is nothing without health.

　　失去健康，錢再多也沒用。

　　We know not what is good until we have lost it.

　　好東西，失去了才明白。

　　Well begun is half done.

　　好的開始，是成功的一半。

　　We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

　　井干方知水可貴。

　　We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.

　　欲求完美無缺的朋友必然成為孤家寡人。

　　We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.

　　自己的好事別去提，別人的恩惠要銘記。

　　Wet behind the ears.

　　乳臭未干。

　　Whatever you do, do with all your might.

　　不管做什么，都要一心一意。

　　What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.

　　兒時(shí)所學(xué)，終生難忘。

　　What's done cannot be undone.

　　生米煮成熟飯了。

　　What's lost is lost.

　　失者不可復(fù)得。

　　What we do willingly is easy.

　　愿者不難。

　　When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

　　入國問禁，入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。

　　When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.

　　人人都偉大，世間沒豪杰。

　　When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.

　　傷心舊事別重提。

　　When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

　　新仇舊恨，齊上心頭。

　　When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.

　　黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒安好心。

　　When wine is in truth, wit is out.

　　酒后吐真言。

　　Where there is a will, there is a way.

　　有志者事竟成。

　　Where there is life, there is hope.

　　留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。

　　Where there is smoke, there is fire.

　　事出有因。

　　While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.

　　道高一尺，魔高一丈。

　　Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

　　搬弄口舌者必是小人。

　　Whom the gods love die young.

　　好人不長命。

　　Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.

　　智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。

　　Work makes the workman.

　　勤工出巧匠。

　　You cannot burn the candle at both ends.

　　蠟燭不能兩頭點(diǎn)，精力不可過分耗。

　　You cannot eat your cake and have it.

　　魚與熊掌，不可得兼。 （衣人注：此翻譯不盡準(zhǔn)確，僅供參考。）

　　You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.

　　強(qiáng)扭的瓜不甜。

　　You may know by a handful the whole sack.

　　由一斑可知全貌。

　　You never know what you can till you try.

　　是驢子是馬，拉出來遛遛。