英语实用谚语

1.Little strokes fell great oaks.滴水石穿

2. Let sleeping dogs lie.勿打草惊蛇

3. Teach fish to swim.班门弄斧

4.Common fame is a liar. 盛名之下，其实难副。

5.A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出驷马难追

6.A young idler，an old beggar少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲

7.A stitch in time saves nine.亡羊补牢

8. A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火

9.In for a penny, in for a pound.一不做，二不休

10.There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪

11.Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置

12.Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要金装，人要衣装

13. As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜种豆得豆

14. Much will have more.得寸进尺

15.The sauce is better than the fish.喧宾夺主

16.He cries wine and sells vinegar. 挂羊头卖狗肉

17.Good wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深

18.Every potter praises his pot. 王婆卖瓜自卖自夸

19. There are plenty of fish in the sea. 天涯何处无芳草

20.Diamond cut diamond.强中更有强中手

21.Gifts blind eyes.拿了手短，吃了嘴软

22.Better an open enemy than a false friend.明枪易躲暗箭难防

23.Speak of the devil, and he will appear.说曹操，曹操到。

24.Judge not a book by its cover. 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量

25. Alls roads lead to Rome.殊途同归

26.It is better to die than to live when life is a disgrace./ Better die with honor than live with shame.宁可玉碎不为瓦全

27.A horse stumbles that has four legs.人非圣贤，孰能无过。

28.Rest breeds rust. 生命在于运动。

29.Names are debts. 树大招风。

30.Beat the dog before the lion.杀鸡儆猴

31.Pride goes before a fall骄者必败

32.A fall into the pit , a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智

33. Fish in troubled waters浑水摸鱼

34.Business is business公事公办

35.The style is the man文如其人

36.More haste，less speed欲速则不达

37.Great minds think alike英雄所见略同

38.Misfortunes never come alone祸不单行

39.Hedges have eyes，walls have ears隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳

40.Man proposes，God disposes。谋事在人，成事在天

41.Beauty is in the eye of beholder情人眼里出西施

42.Time and tide wait for no man时不待我/岁月无情

43.Once bit, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳

44.A man should not bite the hand that feeds him不要恩将仇报

45. Health is better than wealth家有万贯财，不如一身健

46.Out of office，out of danger无官一身轻

47.In time of peace prepare for war居安当思危

48.The tongue cuts the throat祸从口出/言多必失

49.Out of sight，out of mind /far from eye，far from heart眼不见为净

50.All shall be well，Jack shall have Jill有情人终成眷属

51. Friends must part聚散离合总有时/天下无不散之宴席

52.The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future前事不忘，后事之师/前车之覆，后车之鉴

53.Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌

54.Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕

55.Many kiss the baby for the nurse's sake. 醉翁之意不在酒。

56.Nothing venture, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

57. Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。

58.Things done cannot be undone.木已成舟

59.True blue will never stain. 真金不怕火炼

60.A bad conscience is a sure card.为人不做亏心事，半夜不怕鬼叫门

61. All your swans are geese. 事与愿违

62.Justice has long arms.天网恢恢疏而不漏

63.Late fruit keeps well. 大器晚成

64.Take things as they come.既来之则安之

65.A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水

66.The moon is not seen when the sun shines.小巫见大巫

67.Penny wise and pound foolish.因小失大

68.What we lose in hake we shall have in herring.失之东隅，收之桑榆。

69.Short pleasure , long lament.一失足成千古恨

70.Misfortunes might be a blessing in disguise.祸兮福所倚福兮祸所伏

71. Stick together through thick and thin.有福同享有难同当

72.Save your breath to cool your porridge.各人自扫门前雪莫管他人瓦上霜

73.A watched pot never boils.心急吃不了热豆腐

74.A leopard cannot change its spots. 江山易改本性难移

75. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.随遇而安

76. Accidents will happen.天有不测风云人有旦夕祸福

77.Rome was never built in a day. 冰冻三尺非一日之寒

78.Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分