谚语精选（汉英双语对照）

谚语精选（汉英双语对照）

　　A

　　· A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.　 一着不慎,满盘皆输.

　　· All is not gold that glitters.　 闪光的未必都是金子。

　　· A child is better unborn than untaught.　 养不教，父之过。

　　· Art is long, life is short.　 生命短暂，艺术长存。

　　· A friend is best found in adversity.　 患难见真情。

　　· Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.　 未雨绸缪。

　　· A light heart live long.　 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。

　　· An apple a day keeps the doctor away.　 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。

　　· All covet, all lose.　 样样垂涎，样样失落。贪多嚼不烂。

　　· A good winter brings a good summer.　 瑞雪兆丰年。

　　· All rivers run into the sea.　 殊途同归。

　　· A small leak will sink a great ship.　 千里之堤溃于蚁穴。

　　· All time is no time when it is past.　 机不可失，时不再来。

　　· A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.　近水楼台先得月。

　　· A short cut is often a wrong cut.　欲速则不达。

　　· A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.　欲加之罪，何患无辞。

　　· A prophet is not without honor save in his own country.　 远来的和尚好念经。

　　· All feet tread not in one shoe.　 众口难调。

　　· A uncut gem does not sparkle.　 玉不琢，不成器。

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

　　· A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.　江山易改，本性难移。

　　· A little spark may kindle a great fire.　星星之火，可以燎原。

　　B

　　· Beauty is but skin-deep.　 美丽只是外表罢了

　　· Brevity is the soul of wit.　 言以简洁为贵

　　· Bread is the staff of life.　 民以食为天。 A uncut gem does not sparkle.　 玉不琢，不成器。

　　· Behind the mountains there are people to be found.　天外有天，山外有山。

　　· Better die standing than live kneeling 宁愿站着死，也不跪着生。

　　· Better be envied than pitied.　 宁被人妒，不受人怜。

　　C

　　· Cats hide their claws.　知人知面不知心。

　　· Cast an anchor to windward.　未雨绸缪。

　　· Care and diligence bring luck.

　　D

　　· Deliberate slowly, execute promptly.　 慎于思而敏于行。谨慎勤奋，带来好运。

　　· Diamonds cut diamonds.　 棋逢对手，将遇良才。

　　· Danger past, God forgotten.　 飞鸟尽，良弓藏。

　　· Dreams are lies.　 梦不足信。

　　· Do not teach fish to swim.　 不要班门弄斧。

　　· Do not have too many irons in the fire.　 贪多嚼不烂。

　　· Do unto others as you would be done by.　 己所不欲，勿失于人。

　　E

　　· Experience is the best teacher.　 实践出真知。

　　· Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune.　 自己幸福自己创。

　　· Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day.　 晚霞行千里。

　　· Every bean has its black.　 金无足赤，人无完人。

　　· Even woods have ears.　隔墙有耳。

　　· Enough is better than too much.　 过犹不及。

　　· Every tub must stand on its own bottom.　 人贵自立。

　　· Experience teaches.　 吃一堑，长一智。

　　F

　　· Full vessels sound least.　 大智若愚。

　　· First impressions are half the battle.　 先入为主。

　　· Faith moves mountains.　 精诚所至，金石为开。

　　· Fact is stranger than fiction.　 大千世界，无奇不有。

　　· Fire proves gold, adversity proves man.　 烈火识真金，逆境识英雄。

　　· Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.　水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

　　G

　　· Give everyone his due.　 一视同仁。

　　· Good (or Great) wits jump.　 英雄所见略同。

　　· Go while the going is good.　 三十六计，走为上计。

　　· Great weights hang on small wires.　千钧一发。

　　· Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。

　　· Greatest genius often lies concealed.　大智若愚。

　　· Grasp all, lose all.　贪多必失。

　　· Go to the sea, if you would fish well.　不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

　　H

　　· Honour to whom honour is due.　论功行赏。

　　· He travels the fastest who travels alone.　 曲高和寡。

　　· Heaven helps those who help themselves.　 求人不如求己。

　　· He sits no sure that sits too high.　 高处不胜寒。

　　· He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad.　 欲加之罪，何患无词。

　　· He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.　 正人先正己。

　　· He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.　 千里之行，始于足下

　　· He that respects not is not respected.　 欲受人敬，要先敬人。

　　· It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.　 智者不上两次当

　　· Humility often gains more than pride.　满招损，谦受益。

　　· He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.　事实胜于雄辩。

　　· He that promises too much means nothing.　 轻诺者寡信。

　　· He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad.　 欲加之罪，何患无词。

　　· Hard words break no bones.　 忠言逆耳利于行。

　　· Haste makes waste.　 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。

　　· He that runs fastest gets the ring.　 捷足先登。

　　I

　　· It is six of one and half a dozen of the other.　 彼此彼此。

　　· If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow.　 榜样的力量是无穷的。

　　· It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.　 狡兔三窟。

　　· Ill news never comes too late.　 好事不出门，坏事传千里。

　　· It is the first step that is troublesome.　 万事开头难。

　　J

　　· Justice has long arms.　 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

　　K

　　· Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it.　 实践得真知。

　　· Keeping is harder than winning.　 创业不易，守业更难。

　　· Knowledge is no burden.　 艺不压身。

　　· Kiss and be friends.　 握手言和。

　　· Kill two birds with one stone.　 一箭双雕

　　L

　　· Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.　既来之，则安之。

　　· Love is blind.　 情人眼里出西施。

　　· Little chips light great fires.　 星星之火，可以燎原。

　　· Like knows like.　 惺惺相惜。

　　· Live and learn.　 学无止境。

　　M

　　· Merry meet, merry part.　 好聚好散。

　　· Mind acts upon mind.　 心有灵犀一点通。

　　N

　　· Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.　饥不择食

　　· No cross, no crown.　不吃苦中苦，难为人上人。

　　· Nothing is easier than fault-finding.　 站着说话不腰痛。

　　· No weal without woe.　 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。

　　· No work, no money.　 不劳无获。

　　· Never too late (or old) to learn.　 活到老，学到老。

　　· Never judge by appearances.　 切莫以貌取人。

　　· No fire without smoke.　 无风不起浪。

　　O

　　· One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.　一叶障目，不见泰山。

　　· One swallow does not make a summer.　一花独放不是春。

　　· One can not be in two places at once.　 一心不可二用。

　　· Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.　 服从是军人的天职。

　　· One lark does not make a spring.　 一花独放不是春。

　　P

　　· Practice is better than precept.　 身教重于言教。

　　· Poverty is stranger to industry.　 勤劳之人不受穷。

　　R

　　· Riches have wings.　 富贵无常。

　　S

　　· Score twice before you cut once.　 三思而后行。

　　· Sense comes with age.　 老马识途。

　　· So the world wags.　 这就是人生。

　　· So said, so done.　 说到做到。言出必行。

　　· Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.　 要成大业，自信第一。

　　T

　　· Talk of the devil and he will appear.　 说曹操，曹操就到。

　　· Tall trees catch much wind.　 树大招风 。

　　· The reasons of the poor weight not.　 人微言轻。

　　· The shortest way round is the longest way home.　欲速则不达。

　　· Those are in the same boat should row together.　同舟共济。

　　· Too much pudding will choke a dog.　布丁太多噎死狗。

　　· The heart's letter is read in the eyes.　眼睛是心灵的窗户。

　　· The deed proves the man.　观其行而知其人。

　　· True gold fears not the fire.　真金不怕火炼。

　　· Take time while time is, for time will away.　机不可失，时不在来。

　　· The battle is to the strong.　两强相遇勇者胜。

　　· The heart is seen in wine.　 酒后吐真言。

　　· The best of friends must part.　 天下没有不散的宴席。

　　· Time is money.　 时间就是金钱

　　· Through obedience learn to command.　 先当学生，后当先生。

　　· Time tries all things.　 时间检验一切。

　　· There is no fire without smoke.　 无风不起浪。

　　U

　　· Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.　 忠言逆耳利于行。

　　W

　　· Wealth is nothing without health.　 健康胜于财富。

　　· We begun is half done.　 良好的开端等于成功的一半。

　　· Work makes the workman.　熟能生巧。

　　Y

　　· You cannot have your cake and eat it.　 有得就有失。事难两全其美。

　　· Youth's a stuff will not endure.　 青春易逝。

　　· You are never too old to learn.　 活到老学到老。

　　· You never know till you have tired.　事非经过不知难。

　　Z

　　· Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.　 热情而无知，犹如无光之火。

　　· Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. 无知的热情，近乎愚蠢。