常用英文諺語匯總 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. 世上無難事，只怕有心人。 As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time. 一寸光陰一寸金。 All things in their being are good for something. 天生我才必有用。 There is nothing permanent except change. 唯有變化才是永恆的。 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. 知識之於心靈正如健康之於身體。 A word once spoken cannot be taken back even by a team of four horses. 一言既出，駟馬難追。 Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. 改變自己往往比改變環境更為需要。 A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. 只要一個人還有所追求，他就沒有老。直到後悔取代了夢想，一個人才算老。 Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 今日一隻蛋，勝過明天一隻雞。 There is no friend so faithful as a good book. 最忠實的朋友莫過於一本好書。 Brevity is the soul of wit. 言貴簡。
Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 謀慮要慢，行動要快。 Friendship cannot stand always on one side. 友誼是雙方的事。 One tree does not make a forest. 獨木不成林。 Barking dogs don't bite. 吠狗不咬人。 What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非已莫為。 It's never too late to mend. 改過不嫌晚。 Man proposes, God disposes. 謀事在人，成事在天。 Running water does not get stale; a door-hinge is never worm-eaten. 流水不腐，戶樞不蠹。 Sweep before your own door. 正人先正已。 A hero is nothing but a product of his time. 時勢造英雄。 It is better to trust to valour than to luck. 靠運氣不如靠勇氣。 Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 無知是魯莽之源。 One careless move may lose the whole game. 一步不慎，滿盤皆輸。 Words are like bees, they have honey and a sting. 言語象蜜蜂，有蜜也有刺。 It's only the idle will be tired. 只有閒人才會感到疲倦。
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it. 失去心中所欲的和得 到心中所欲的，是人生的兩大悲劇。 Strong in action, gentle in method. 行動要堅強，方式要溫和。 He who mistrusts most should be trusted least. 最不信任別人的人最不應該得到信任。 Idleness is the root of all evils. 懶惰是萬惡之源。 Diligence redeems stupidity. 勤能補拙。 Beware beginning. 以謹慎開始。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真情。 Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁熱打鐵。 It takes two to make a quarrel. 一個巴掌拍不響。 When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game. 鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。 A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。 One's sin will find one out. 壞事終歸要敗露。 A good name is better than riches. 聲譽勝於財富。 Haste trips over its own heels. 忙易出錯。
A watched pot never boils. 心急喝不了熱粥。 The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. 人越偉大，越能克制怒火。 Speech is the image of actions. 語言是行動的反映。 Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。 Each man is the architect of his own fate. 每個人都是自己命運的建築師。 Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。 Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation. 天才在於勤奮，知識在於積累。 An open enemy is better than a hollow friend. 寧有公開的敵人，不要虛偽的朋友。 A still tongue makes a wise head. 沉默者有智慧。 It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 從崇高到荒謬只有一步之遙。 Ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of intellect tries to use it. 常人只想如何消 磨時間，智者則努力利用時間。 Anger begins with folly, and ends in repentance. 憤怒以愚蠢開始，以後悔告終。 All lay load on the willing horse. 人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。 He who commences many things finishes but a few. 樣樣都搞，完成者少。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇氣和堅定是美德的精神與靈魂。 Fish begins to stink at the head. 上樑不正下樑歪。 First come, first served. 先來先招待。 Easy come, easy go. 來得容易去得快。 More haste, less speed. 欲速則不達。 No pains, no gains. 不勞無獲。 Nothing venture, nothing gain. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Once bit, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。 Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不見，心不煩。 Well fed, well bred. 衣食足而後知廉恥。 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險，但不以良心冒險。 It is not the fine coat that makes the gentleman. 使人成為君子的並不是講究的衣著。 Pride hurts, modesty benefits. 滿招損，謙受益。 A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. 害怕痛苦的人其實已經在承受他所害怕的痛苦
了。 Adversity is a good disciple. 逆境是鍛煉人的最好場所。 Art is long, life is short. 人生有涯藝無涯。 Well begun, half done. 好的開始是成功的一半。 You can't eat your cake and have it also. 世事兩難全。 Calamity is man's true touchstone. 患難是人的試金石。 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堅信有人愛我們。 The first step is as good as half over. 第一步是最關鍵的一步。 You never know your luck. 命運好壞不由己。 Sow nothing, reap nothing. 春不播，秋不收。 The wealth of the mind is the only wealth. 精神的財富是唯一的財富。 You can't judge a tree by its bark. 人不可貌相。 Clothes do not make the man. 人不在衣裝。
To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds. 既當演說家，又做實幹家。 Variety is the spice of life. 變化是生活的調味品。 Little goods, little care. 錢財少，不煩惱。 Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. 人往高處走，水往低處流。 A little pot is soon hot. 壺小易沸，量小易怒。 No sweet without sweat. 幸福來自汗水。 Better the last smile than the first laughter. 寧可最後微笑，不要首先狂喜。 One for all, all for one. 我為人人，人人為我。 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. 創業難，守業更難。 Never do things by halves. 做事不可半途而廢。 No cross, no crown. 未經苦難，得不到榮冠。 常用英文諺語匯總（2）加入收藏夾 New 夢尚 @ 2006-03-01 10:14 晴朗 分類：英語文摘
The fire is the test of gold; adversity is the test of a strong man. 火對金子是考驗，逆境對人是磨練。 Bad times make a good man. 艱難困苦出能人。 There is no royal road to learning. 求知無坦途。 Doubt is the key to knowledge. 懷疑是知識的鑰匙。 Sharp tools make good work. 工欲善其事，必先利其器。 Wasting time is robbing oneself. 浪費時間就是掠奪自己。 Nurture passes nature. 教養勝過天性。 There is no garden without its weeds. 沒有不長雜草的花園。 A man is only as good as what he loves. 一個人要用他所愛的東西有多好來衡量。 Wealth is the test of a man's character. 財富是對一個人品格的試金石。 The best hearts are always the bravest. 心靈最高尚的人，也總是最勇敢的人。 Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue. 禮貌和美貌是分不開的伴侶。 Plain living and high thinking. 生活要樸素，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. 誠實為上策。
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. 感恩是精神高尚的標誌。 It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. 判斷自己比判斷別人要難得多。 An optimist sees the rose; a pessimist the thorn. 樂觀的人看到玫瑰，悲觀的人只看到它的刺。 Delays are dangerous. 因拖出危險。 Let bygones be bygones. 既往宜不咎。 Look on both sides of the shield. 看問題要從兩面看。 You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蠟燭不能兩頭點。 All men can't be first. 不可能人人得冠軍。 Never is a long word. 不要輕易說「決不」。 The overturned cast ahead is a warning to the carts behind. 前車之覆，後車之鑒。 Spare the rod and spoil the child. 不打不成器。 Too many cooks spoil the broth. 廚師太多燒壞湯。 Standers-by see more than gamesters. 旁觀者清，當局者迷。 Self-praise is no recommendation. 自誇不足為自薦。 They brag most who can do least. 本領最小的人最會吹牛。
The good is the enemy of the best. 過得去是精益求精的敵人。 Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. 禮貌不用花一分錢，卻能贏得一切。 A man can't ride your back unless it is bent. 你的腰不彎，別人就不能騎在你的背上。 Conceit is the quicksand of success. 自負是成功的流沙。 He that makes a good war makes a good peace. 正義的戰爭創造持久的和平。 There is no disputing about tastes. 人各有所好。 It is easy to be wise after the event. 事後諸葛亮容易當。 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. 要有單獨自處的能力，不要放過孤寂的好處。 Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings. 偉大的思想需要起落架，也需要雙翼。 Fair words make fools fain. 甜言蜜語會使愚者得意忘形。 Please all and you please none. 要面面俱到者，面面不到。 The noblest vengeance is to forgive. 最高尚的復仇是寬容。 A soft answer turneth away wrath. 溫和的回答可以息怒。 Advice when most needed is least heeded. 最容易忽視的建議往往是最重要的。
Be just before you are generous. 要慷慨必先求公正。 Make the best of a bad bargain. 已知吃虧，盡力而為。 He that makes a thing too fine, breaks it. 做事過於苛求，反把事情弄壞。 When all else is lost the future still remains. 就是失去了一切別的，也還有未來。 The world is his who enjoys it. 活著感到快樂，世界就屬於你。 A little labor, much health. 適量的勞動有益於健康。 Laugh and grow fat. 心寬體胖。 Work won't kill but worry will. 勞動無害，憂愁傷身。 He is rich that has few wants. 寡慾者富。 Every man at forty is a fool or a physician. 人到四十，如果不是傻子，就該知道保養身體。 A bow long bent grows weak. 常拉滿弓無力。 He is wise that knows when he is well enough. 知足為智者。 A good conscience is a continuous feast. 問心無愧天天樂。 Prevention is better than cure. 治病不如防病。 Cleanliness is next to godliness. 清潔僅次於聖潔。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一日一蘋果，醫生遠離我。 In sports and journeys men are known. 從體育和旅行中可以看出男子的品德。 No man is happy but by comparison. 人的幸福都是比較而言的。 There is no joy without alloy. 世界上沒有十全十美的快樂。 Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 進步是今天的活動，明天的保證。 Good order is the foundation of all things. 良好的秩序是一切的基礎。 He that plants trees loves others besides himself. 植樹的人，不但愛己，而且愛人。 The world is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，何處不相逢。 Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. 仁愛是聯結社會的金鏈。 Where there is unity, there is victory. 有團結就有勝利。 United we stand, divided we fall. 團結則存，分裂則亡。 Love is the mother of love. 情生情，愛生愛。 Love lives in cottages as well as in courts. 愛情不分貴賤。 True love never grows old. 真正的愛永不衰老。 Hope is a lover's staff. 希望是愛者的手扶之杖。
It is better to give than to take. 施比受更有福。 Example is better than precept. 身教勝於言傳。 Diligence is the mother of success. 勤勉是成功之母。 From saving comes having. 富有來自勤儉。 Cut your coat according to your cloth. 看布裁衣。 Human pride is human weakness. 人類的驕傲即是人類的弱點。 Man proposes, God disposes. 謀事在人，成事在天。 No one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. 穿鞋的人自己知道哪裡夾腳。 Vainglory blossoms but never bears. 虛榮光開花，永遠不結果。 Anger is the wind which blows out the lamp of the mind. 憤怒是吹滅心中之燈的風。 Every cloud has a silver lining. 烏雲背後有陽光。 Sometimes the best gain is to lose. 有時吃虧就是最大的便宜。 Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. 麻煩沒有來找你，不要去找麻煩。 You cannot step twice into the same river. 你不能兩次踏入同一條河流。 This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends. 真正的勇氣是：無所畏懼地接受上天給你的
一切。 It is always morning somewhere in the world. 世界上總是有某個地方可以看到陽光。 You cannot step twice into the same river. 你不能兩次踏入同一條河流。 This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends. 真正的勇氣是：無所畏懼地接受上天給你的 一切。 It is always morning somewhere in the world. 世界上總是有某個地方可以看到陽光。 Life is a roller coaster, you have your ups and downs unless you fall off. 人生就像坐過山車，只要不掉下來，就 會有起有伏。 At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement. 20 歲我們按意願做事；30 歲我們憑智慧 做事；40 歲我們靠判斷做事 He who would search for pearls must dive below. 欲求珍珠，必潛水底。 A secret between more than two is no secret. 三人知曉，秘密難保。 常用英文諺語匯總（3）加入收藏夾 New 夢尚 @ 2006-03-01 10:15 晴朗 分類：英語文摘 A snow year, a good year. 瑞雪兆豐年。
Better wait on the cook than on the doctor. 藥補不如食補。 Diligence is the mother of fortune. 幸運出自勤奮。 It is never too late to learn. 學不厭晚。 Kind hearts are more than coronets. 善良的心地勝過桂冠。 Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. 少說話，多觀察。 Knowledge is no burden. 藝多不壓身。 Let a sleeping dog lie. 莫惹事生非。 Man does what he can, and God what He will. 人為其能為，神為所欲為。 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上無難事，只怕有心人。 Offense is the best defense. 進攻是最有效的防禦。 Save money against a rainy day. 平時存錢，防備雨天。 The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest. 這山望著那山高。 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. 寧可用壞，不可銹壞。
Cast no dirt into the well that gives you water. 過河莫拆橋。 He who teaches, learns. 教學相長。 Hear twice before you speak once. 多聽少說。 A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家不和，外人欺。 If winter comes, can spring be far behind? 冬天來了，春天還會遠嗎？ In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. 順境中，小心；逆境中，耐心。 It is always safe to learn even from our enemies. 即使向敵人學習也不會有危險。 It is better for the doer to undo what he has done. 解鈴還需繫鈴人。 It is easy to be wise after the event. 事後聰明並不難。 Lack of work brings a thousand diseases. 一閒生百病。 Men make houses; women make home. 有男可建房，無婦不成家。 No man can call again yesterday. 昨日之日不可追。 One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 今天一個鐘頭抵得上明天兩個小時。 Seeing is believing. 眼見為實。 Spare when you re young, and spend when you re old. 少時儉省老來花。
The pen is the tongue of the mind. 筆乃心靈之喉舌。 The years teach much which the days never know. 學問積年而成，而每日不自知。 The more you study, the more you will find yourself ignorant. 學，然後知不足。 The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one. 越早把你的兒子當成男人，他就越早成為男 人。 All is not lost that is in danger. 生於憂患。 Science is the systematic classification of experience. 科學是對經驗有系統的分類。 Too much experience is a dangerous thing. 經驗過多反而危險。 Between grief and nothing I will take grief. 在悲痛與虛無之間，我願意選擇悲痛。 Tears are the silent language of grief. 眼淚是無聲的、悲傷的語言。 Prejudice is the child of ignorance. 偏見來自愚昧。 There can be no economy where there is no efficiency. 沒有效率就沒有經濟。 Law can never be enforced unless fear supports it. 如果法律沒有恐懼支撐，它決不能生效。 Education is the chief defense of nations. 教育是國家的主要防禦力量。 The landscape belongs to the man who looks at it. 風景屬於看風景的人。
Economy is in itself a source of great revenue. 節約本身就是最大的收入。 Beggars cannot be choosers. 乞丐不能挑肥揀瘦。 Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man. 沒有健康就沒有樂趣。 Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body. 心靈上的疾病比身體上的疾病更危險。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy. 早睡早起身體好。 I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated. 我成功是因為我有決心，從不猶豫。 You cannot build a reputation on what you are going to do. 你不能靠你聲稱將要做的事情來建立聲譽。 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活沒有目標就像航海沒有指南針。 Good health is a corollary of having good habits. 健康的身體是良好生活習慣的結果。 All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend. 人世間所有的榮華富貴不如一個好朋友。 Creditors have better memories than debtors. 放債的比借債的記性好。 Fish and visitors smell in three days. 魚放三天臭，客住三天嫌。 Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. 星期天能去掉一個星期的銹跡。 The principal thing in this world is to keep one s soul aloft. 人生在世首要大事是保持靈魂的高尚。 The only way to have a friend is to be one. 唯一能獲得朋友的辦法就是自己先有友道。
The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress. 每個人的家對他而言都是城堡和要塞。 Education has for its object the formation of character. 教育以造就人的品質為其目標。 First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. 初戀就是一點點笨拙外加許許多多的好奇。 He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。 He that spares the bad injures the good. 放縱壞人就是傷害好人。 A bad shearer never had a good sickle. 拙工匠常怪工具差。 A bad things never dies. 惡事傳千古。 A bald head is soon shaven. 光頭剃髮不費時。 A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion. 吠犬總比睡獅好。 Example is always more efficacious than precept. 身教勝於言教。 Time tames strongest grief. 時間能沖淡巨大的悲傷。 He that travels far knows much. 遠行者見聞多。 Beauty is like a rich stone, best plain set. 美貌就像寶石，不用裝飾最好。 Plain living and high thinking. 生活要樸素，情操要高尚。 Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind. 憤怒是吹滅心靈之燈的風。
To choose time is to save time. 合理安排時間就是節約時間。 Temperance is the greatest of virtues. 自我節制是最大的美德。 He who nothing questions, nothing learns. 什麼也不問的人什麼也學不到。 Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. 道德可能僅僅在於有勇氣作出抉擇。 The family is one of the nature s masterpieces. 家庭是大自然創造的傑作之一。 He that sips of many arts, drinks none. 什麼都學的人，什麼也學不到。 Learning is the enterprise of a lifetime. 學習是終身的事業。 You can learn from everyone. 三人行必有我師。 All are not saints that go to church. 去朝拜的不全是聖徒。 Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想像力比知識更重要。 The empty vessels make the greatest sound. 滿瓶不響，半瓶咣當。 Follow your own course, and let people talk. 讓人家去說吧，走你自己的路。 Strong reasons make strong actions. 強有力的理由產生強有力的行動。 Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. 困難只是穿上工作服的機遇。 Only the educated are free. 只有受過教育的人才是自由的。
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. 能處處尋求快樂的人才是最富有的人。 Variety is the mother of enjoyment. 變化為快樂之母。 All for one, one for all. 人人為我，我為人人。 Better a frank denial than unwilling compliance. 勉強應允不如坦誠拒絕。 Man is the artificer of his own happiness. 人是自己幸福的設計者。 Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. 美色中看，美德感人。 Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. 沉默是藐視最完美的表達方式。 Energy is eternal delight. 精力充沛是永恆的快樂。 Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly. 要私下告誡朋友，但是要公開誇獎朋友。 What we love to do we find time to do. 我們喜歡做的事，總能找到時間去做。 A fool at forty is a fool indeed. 人到四十還愚蠢，那就真是愚蠢了。 Too much cleverness is folly. 過分聰明反而愚蠢。 A novel is a mirror walking along a main road. 一部小說猶如一面在大街上走的鏡子。 A man is only as good as what he loves. 一個人要用他所愛的東西來衡量他的品格。 To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. 學而不思，猶如食而不化。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 開頭沒開好，結尾必定遭。 A bad life, a bad end. 惡有惡報。 A bird may be known by its song. 聽音識鳥。 Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。 A courtesy is a flower. 禮貌猶如鮮花。 Credit keeps the crown of the causeway. 講信用的人走遍天下。 Cunning is no burden. 藝多不壓身。 Deeds, not words. 要行動，不要空言。 Delays are dangerous. 拖延誤事。 Tall trees catch much wind. 樹大招風。 Hot love is soon cold. 愛的熱，冷得快。 I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 真正的朋友決不阿諛奉承。 Idle young, needy old. 少時閒混，到老窮困。 It is better to trust the eye than the ear. 百聞不如一見。 It is lawful to learn even from an enemy. 即使向敵人學習也是合法的。
It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子不在衣裝。 Leopards never shed their spots. 江山易改，本性難移。 The danger past and God forgotten. 遇難求上帝，過後全忘記。 The eye that sees all things else sees not itself. 眼睛能看見一切，唯獨看不見自己。 The sweetest grapes hang the highest. 最甜美的葡萄掛得最高。 The used key is always bright. 常用的鑰匙閃閃亮。 There are wheels within wheels. 輪中有輪，幕後有人。 Questioning is the door of knowledge. 善問者博學。 Two blacks do not make a white. 兩個錯誤不等於一個正確。 What is learned in the cradle lasts till the tomb. 幼年時學的東西，終身受用。 It is better to play with the ears than the tongue. 多聽少說。 One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun. 隻手遮天。 The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice. 向善的第一步是不作惡。 The higher standing, the lower fall. 爬得越高，摔得越狠。 The leopard cannot change its spots. 江山易改，本性難移。
The voice of the people is the voice of God. 人民之聲即為上帝之聲。 There is no garden without its weeds. 金無足赤，人無完人。 Time and tide wait for no man. 時不我待。 Wisdom is better than gold or silver. 智慧勝過金銀。 You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蠟燭不能兩頭點。 Forced love does not last. 強扭的瓜不甜。
