英语习语谚语
1、There is no smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。
2、While there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在不愁没柴烧。
3、Let the cat out of the bag.
露出马脚。
4、Fine feathers do not make fine birds.
表里不一。
5、It’s never too late to mend.
亡羊补牢为时不晚。
6、As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
自作自受。
7、A closed mouth catches no flies.
病从口入,祸从口出。
8、For all I care!
我才不在乎。
9、Half a loaf is better than none.
百鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
10、A merry heart makes a long life.
笑一笑,十年少。
11、Before one can say Jack Robinson.
说时迟那时快。
12、Rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔。
13、A word to the wise is sufficient.
名人不可重说;响鼓不可重敲。
14、Don ’ t put all your eggs in one basket.
别孤注一掷。
15、Don ’ t have too many irons in the fire.
贪多嚼不烂。
16、Like a drowned cat.
落汤鸡。
17、A fool may give a wise man counsel.
愚者千虑,必有一得。
18、Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
初生牛犊不怕虎。
19、East or West ,home is the best.
金窝银窝,不如自己的草窝。
20、Eat to live,not live to sieve.
吃饭为了活着,活着不是为了吃饭。
21、No man can play the fool as well as the wise man .
大智如愚。
22、Roman is not built in one day.
冰冻三尺非一日之寒。
23、Beyond debate.
无可争议。
24、Cut your coat according to your cloth.
量入为出。
25、Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
良药苦口利于病;忠言逆耳利于行。
26、Fish in the air.
缘木求鱼。
27、Like knows like.
英雄所见略同。
28、Old friends and old plough shares.
姜是老的辣,酒是陈的香。
29、No morning sun lasts a whole day.
人无千日好花无百日红。
30、A dog in the manger.
狗展马槽,占着茅坑不拉屎。
31、No man is wise at all times.
智者千虑必有一失。
32、An idle youth, a needy age.
少壮不努力老大徒伤悲
33、He who hesitates is lost.
机不可失,时不再来
34、Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
欲加之罪何患无辞
35、Off color.
精神不好
36、There will be hell to pay .
后果不堪设想。 / 后果堪忧
37、A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补,大洞吃苦
38、Beggars can ’ t be choosers.
饥不择食
39、Cowards die many times ,but a brave man only dies once.
懦者易死,勇者易活。
40、A fox may grow but never good.
江山易改本性难移
41、An old hand is a good guide.
老马识途
42、A creaking gate hangs long .
流水不腐户枢不蠧
43、Give him an inch and he will take an ell.
得寸进尺
44、Beat swords into plough shares.
偃武修文。(或:罢兵歇刃)
45、Too many cooks spoil the broth.
人多不洗碗
46、First-handed .
第一手的
47、Tit for tat.
一报还一报。或:你做初一我做十五
48、It ’ s anyone ’ s guess.
这事谁也不清楚。
49、be at the pains of learning
刻苦学习。
50、Don ’ t put the cart before the house.
别本末倒置
51、Two heads are better than one.
一人不及两人智
52、The first in danger as the first in fame.
吃苦在前,享乐也应在前
53、Beyond control.
无法控制
54、It is dogged that does it.
天下无难事,只怕有心人
55、Past repair.
无法修补
56、Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧
57、Learn to walk before you run.
循序渐进
58、Again and again.
一而再再而三
59、Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 。
情人眼里出西施
60、Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.
说曹操曹操到。
61、Many hands make light work.
人多力量大(www.lizhi.com)
62、No weal without woe.
有祸必有福。 / 祸兮福所倚福兮祸所伏。
63、A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火
64、Don ’ t make a mountain out of a molehill.
别小题大做