英语常见谚语

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in their tails. • Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
• Happiness consists in contentment. • Despair gives courage to a coward. • Destruction pursues the great. • =Great winds blow upon high hills. • Diamond cut diamond. • The finest diamond must be cut. • Diligence is the mother of success. • Care and diligence bring luck. • Failure is the mother of success.
• No sweet without some sweat. • =No pains, no gains. • No rose without a thorn. • A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. • Love me, love my dog. • A cat has nines lives. • A close mouth catches no flies. • Actions speak louder than words. • Ambition never dies until there is no way out.
• He who makes constant complaint gets lit百度文库le compassion.
• It is no use crying over spilt milk. • Honesty is the best policy. • A still tongue makes a wise head. • Penny wise, pound foolish. • Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. • Every day is not Sunday. • All that glitters is not gold.
• False friends are worse than open enemies. • Fire proves gold, adversity proves men. • God never shuts one door but he opens
another. • Hardships never come alone. • It never rains but it pours. • Heaven helps those who help themselves. • Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent.
one proud.
• An idle youth, a needy age. • =A young idler, an old beggar • A good medicine tastes bitter. • A good conscience is a continual feast. • =A good conscience is a soft pillow. • A friend in need is a friend indeed. • A constant guest is never welcome. • Constant dripping wears away a stone.
• A miss is as good as a mile. • A new broom sweeps clean. • As a man sows, so he shall reap. • A smart coat is a good letter of introduction. • =Fine feathers make fine birds. • Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings
• A bad workman quarrels with his tools. • Champions are made while no one is watching. • When the going gets tough, the tough get going. • Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. • =Beauty lies in the lover's eyes. • Nothing will be got without pains but poverty. • Nothing succeeds like success. • Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
• Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
• Every dog has his day. • Every cloud has a silver lining. • Every man has his faults.=
He is lifeless that is faultless. • Everything has its seed. • Every man is the architect of his own fortune. • Faith will move mountains.
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. • Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. • Birds of a feather flock together. • Barking dogs seldom bite. • An old dog barks not in vain. • Bad news have wings. • Where there is a will, there is a way. • Knowledge makes one humble; ignorance makes
• There is no royal road to learning. • Absence makes the heart grow fonder. • When the cat is away, the mice will play. • No cross, no crown. • Experience is the mother of wisdom. • East or west, home is best. • Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.