精选优质文档-----倾情为你奉上英语谚语（1）Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好2）Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难3）Something is better than nothing. 有总比没有好4）Better safe than sorry. 安全比遗憾好事后追悔不如事前稳妥5）Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮6）Actions speak louder than words. 行动比言语更有说服力事实胜于雄辩7）Health is better than wealth. 健康胜于财富8）The sooner begun, the sooner done. 开始越早，完成得越早9）Honesty is the best policy. 诚实总是上策10）The best fish are / swim near the bottom.好鱼居水底有价值的东西不能轻易得到注：以上谚语运用了形容词或副词的比较级、最高级11）Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
12）Saving is getting. 节约而后有节约就是获得13）It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收打翻牛奶，哭也没用14）A rising tide lifts all boats. 水涨众船高15）Time lost cannot be recalled. 光阴一去不复返16）One is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老17）It’s never too late to mend. 改过迁善从不嫌晚亡羊补牢，未为迟也18）To stand still is to move back. 逆水行舟，不进则退19）To live is to learn, to learn is to better live. 活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着20）Live not to eat, but eat to live. 活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着注：以上谚语运用了非谓语动词21）All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作/学习不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻22）Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.早起早睡使你健康、富裕、聪明。
23）You may take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.领马河边易，逼马饮水难不要逼人做不愿做的事24）Money makes the mare go. 有钱能使鬼推磨25）An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 多吃水果利健康一天一苹果医生远离我注：以上谚语运用了“make/keep+ O.+ O.C.”结构26）All that glitters is not gold. / All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的并非都是金子27）All that dogs bark at are not thieves. / All are not thieves that dogs bark at.狗吠者未必是贼勿以貌取人28）Every couple is not a pair. / Not every couple is a pair. 成双未必能配对注：以上谚语运用了部分否定结构29）It is the early bird that catches the worm. 早出的鸟儿吃到虫。
疾足者先得30）It’s a long lane that has no turning.否极泰来路必有弯，事必有变没有弯曲的路真长/（不顺是暂时，转机定出现31）It is love that makes the world go round. 爱使世界更美好32）It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles.良马会失蹄，贤妻有牢骚注：以上谚语运用了强调句型33）Never put off till tomorrow. 今日事，今日做今日事，今日毕34）An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙35）A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智36）Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳一次上当，下次小心37）Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不想不见就忘/（离久情疏38）Waste not, want not. 不浪费，不愁缺。
39）No pains, no gains. 不劳无获40）More hasty, less speed. 欲速则不达41）Like father, like son.有其父，必有其子42）Well begun, half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半43）An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲44）The older, the wiser. 姜是老的辣45）As the tree, so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆46）The sooner, the better. 越快越好47）First come, first served. 先到者先受用先到先得48）Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子49）So said, so done. 说到做到,言出必行50）Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆注：以上谚语运用了“省略”结构51）He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好52）All’s well that ends well. 结果好就是一切好。
53）God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者54）Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.家居玻璃房，切忌乱扔石自己有弱点，勿揭他人短55）He that corrects not small faults will not control great ones. 小错不纠，大错难控注：以上谚语运用了定语从句56）When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入境问俗入乡随俗57）Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁58）Where there’s a will, there’s a way. 有志者事竟成59）Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. 无风不起浪60）Where there is life, there is hope. 有生命就有希望留得青山在，不怕没柴烧61）If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again. 再接再厉，终会成功。
62）If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. 凡值得一做的都值得做好63）Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦64）Look before you leap. 三思而后行65）Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.小鸡孵出前，先别忙点数办事尚未果，不把成功言/（不要过早乐观66）East or west, home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝注：以上谚语运用了状语从句67）A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情68）No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息69）A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手70）An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨71）It never rains but it pours. 不雨则已，一雨倾盆。
祸不单行72） Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.阅读对于我们心灵之重要，犹如运动对于身体一样注：以上谚语运用了对称结构73）Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧74）Many hands make light work. 众人搭柴火焰高75）Every minute counts. 分秒必争76）Time and tide wait for no man.. 岁月不待人77）A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始才有善终78）All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马79）Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一天建成的冰冻三尺，非一日之寒80）Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知81）Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同82）Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. 抱最好的希望，作最坏的准备。
83）A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口84）Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊85）One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里86）You cannot have your cake and eat it too. 鱼与熊掌,不可得兼87）Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分88）A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single ste。