英语谚语500句,俚语俗语与谚语专题a heart of gold道德高尚的人a heart of oak果断的人a stitch in time saves nine一劳永逸a bad workman quarrels with his tools不会睡觉怪床歪a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush十鸟在树，不如一鸟在手a bit trying有些苦恼a burnt child dreads the fire一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳a cat may look at a king一视何伤a constant guest is never welcome久住令人贱a contented mind is a perpetual feast知足常乐a crooked stick will have a crooked shadow上梁不正下梁歪a friend is easier lost than found朋友易失不易得a good beginning is half done能善其始，事已半成a good beginning makes a good ending善始善终a good gain takes long pain好事多磨a good lather is half a shave良好的开端等于成功的一半a good name is better than riches名声好，胜金宝a good tale is none the worse for being told twice好戏不厌百回看a jack of all trades is master of none样样精通样样稀松a little learning is a dangerous thing一知半解是危险的事。
a man cannot whistle and drink at the same time一心不能两用a man without a smiling face must not open a shop人无笑脸不开店a miss is as good as a mile失之毫厘，差之千里a near neighbor is better than a distant cousin远亲不如近邻a necessary lie is harmless必要的谎言无妨a pin a day is a groat a year聚沙成塔a reformed rake makes the best husband浪子回头金不换a rolling stone gathers no moss转石不成苔，转业不聚财a stone in a wall is not lost金簪掉在井里头?有你的就是有你的a straw shows which way the wind blows见微知著a white elephant暴殄天珍a word is enough to the wise快马一鞭a word spoken is past recalling一言既出，驷马难追a work ill done must be twice done首次做不好，必须重新做a young idler, an old beggar少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲absent-minded professor无头苍蝇act one's age适龄行为actions speak louder than words行动胜于言辞,坐而言，不如起而行after a fashion差劲at one's wit's end智穷才尽after a storm comes a calm雨过天晴all good things come to an end好花不常开，好景不常在all is fair in love and war情场如战超不择手段all is fish that comes to the net抓到篮里便是菜all lay loads on a willing horse人善被人欺，马善被人骑all roads lead to roma条条大道通罗马\殊途同归all that glitters is not gold闪光的东西并非都是金子all things are difficult before they are easy万事起头难all's well that ends well结局好的就算好amiss is as good as a mile差之毫厘，失之千里an ax to grind图谋不轨an empty sack cannot stand upright空袋立不直an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth以眼还眼，以牙还牙an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening一日之间在于晨an onlooker sees most of the game旁观者清appearances are deceptive人不可貌相art is long, but life is short人生有限，学海无涯art is long, life is short人生朝露，艺业千秋as always一如既往as poor as a church mouse一贫如洗as red as a rose艳如桃花as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb一不做二不休as wet as a drowned rat湿如落汤鸡as you brew so you must drink自作自受as you make your bed, so you must lie in it自食其果,自作自受as you sow, so shall you reap种豆得豆，种瓜得瓜assess the situation, go with the tide审时度势，顺应潮流a man who has friends must show himself friendly要想交朋友，就得有诚意a hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt百镑愁难还一分债a good beginning is half done.,well begun is half done良好的开端就是成功的一半a good book is the best friends, the same today and forever好书如挚友，情谊永不an honest tale speeds best, being plainly told诚实的故事，哪怕是平淡地讲，也传得最快a three-hundred-mile journey starts with the first step千里之行,始于足下a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot put out 一愚闯祸，百智难补a friend in need is a friend indeed, tested friends, share weal and woe患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友,雪中送炭真君子a waterside pavilion gets the moonlight first.flowers and plants facing the sun grow better近水楼台先得月，向阳花木早逢春。
back and forth前前后后bad news travels fast坏事传千里barking dogs seldom bite爱叫的狗很少咬人be careful with thing and merciful with people对物要爱惜，对人要感恩be far-sighted目光远大be in the same boat同舟共济be kept waiting for some time苦苦等候be open and aboveboard光明磊落be true to one's name名副其实be very ungrateful以怨报德beauty is but skin deep人不可貌相beauty is in the eye of the beholder情人眼里出西施beauty is only skin-deep人不可貌相beggars must not be choosers饥不择食bell the cat风险重重better late than never迟做总比不做好better master one than engage with ten会十事不如精一事birds of a feather flock together鸟以群分，物以类聚bite the hand that feeds one忘恩负义bitter pills may have wholesome effects良药苦口blood is thicker than water疏不间亲,血浓于水bonkers疯狂的both feet on the ground实事求是boys will be boys男孩子毕竟是男孩子brazen-faced厚脸皮burn one's boats破釜沉舟bury one's head in the sand无视事实business comes before pleasure正事在先，玩乐在后by george的确by the grapevine小道消息can of worms一团糟cannot see the wood for the trees只见树木不见森林carry the can面对责备,负起责任change with each passing day日新月异chaos乌烟瘴气clothes do not make the man人不可貌相clothes make the man人要衣装，佛要金装come across a tiger in the mountain山中遇虎come straight to the point开门见山coming events cast their shadows before山雨欲来风满楼comparisons are odious人比人，气死人constant dropping wears away the stone滴水穿石cool one's heels坐冷板凳custom makes all things easy熟能生巧custom reconciles us to everything习惯成自然cut your coat according to your cloth量入为出dead men tell no tales死无对证deal with a man as he deals with you以其人之道还治其人之身deli(delicatessen)熟食店deserve one's reputation名不虚传diamond cut diamond强中更有强中手diligence is the mother of success失败是成功之母disco(discotheque)迪斯科divi(dividend)红利do as i say, not as i do照我说的做，别照我做的做do as you would be done by己所不欲,勿施于人do evil that good may come行恶以求善果do in rome as the romans do入乡随俗don't count your chickens before they are hatched别过早地乐观don't cross the bridge until you come to it不要杞人忧天don't cry stinking fish不要喊鱼腥,卖瓜不说瓜苦,老王卖瓜，自卖自夸don't let the cat out of the bag不要泄露机密don't meet trouble half-way勿杞人忧天don't put all your eggs in one basket勿孤注一掷don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today今日事今日毕don't quarrel with your bread and butter端人家碗，服人家管don't ride the high horse勿摆架子don't teach your grandmother to suck egg不要对着耶稣讲道理don't wash your dirty linen in public家丑不外扬don't primet judge a person by the clothes he wears不能以貌取人down-to-earth平易近人draw worldwide attention举世瞩目early to bed and early to rise早睡早起easier said than done说起来容易，做起来难east or west, home is best管他东方或西方，家是最好的地方easy come, easy go来的容易去的快easy meat易辨的事empty vessels make the most sound满瓶不响半瓶响叮当engage in speculation投机倒把,买空卖空enjoy a happy get-together欢聚一堂enjoy popular support深入人心enough is as good as a feast知足常乐equal pay for equal work同工同酬even homer sometimes nods智者千虑必有一失every dog has his day困龙也有上天时every family has a skeleton in the cupboard家家有本难念的经every flow must have its ebb人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺every little countshelps积少成多every man is his own worst enemy一个人最大的敌人就是他自己every now and then时时刻刻everyone to his taste人各有所好example is better than precept身教重於言教experience is the best teacher前事不忘後事之师experience is the mother of wisdom不经一事，不长一智extremes meet物极必反facts speak louder than words事实胜于雄辩failure is the mother of success失败为成功之母faint-hearted胆小的familiarity breeds contempt近之则不逊feel like an old friends at first sight一见如故fine feathers make fine birds人要衣装，马要鞍first come, first served先来先招待first impressions are most lasting先入为主first time strangers, second time friends一回生,二回熟follow the river and you will get to the sea顺藤摸瓜fools rush in where angels fear to tread初生牛犊不怕虎foot the bill付帐don't do unto others what you don't want others do unto you己所不欲勿施于人be all fingers and thumbs(be very awkward and clumsy in handling things)做事笨手笨脚better the devil you know than the devil you do not know明枪易躲，暗箭难防buyers want a hundred eyes; sellers，none买东西的要有百只眼，卖东西的可以不长眼craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked诡计需要伪装，真理喜欢阳光every dog has its,his day a man his hour, and a dog has his day人人均有得意empty talks would lead the country astray, and hard work can rejuvenate the nation空谈误国,实干兴邦gather ye rosebuds while ye may花开堪折直须折get the opposite of what one intended事与愿违get the sack炒鱿鱼give a dog a bad name and hang him谗言可畏,欲加之罪，何患无辞give a thief enough rope and he, ll hang himself多行不义必自毙give him an inch and he'll take an ell得寸进尺give knaves an inch and they will take a yard得寸进尺go for broke尽最大努力go while the going is good三十六计,走为上计god helps those who help themselves自助者天助之gold will not buy everything金钱并非万能good things come in small packages乡人不识货，尽捡大的摸good wine needs no bush酒香不怕巷子深grasp all, lose all样样都要，全都失掉great minds think alike英雄所见略同great oaks from little acorns grow万丈高楼从地起grow with every passingday\flourishing蒸蒸日上half a loaf is better than no bread聊胜於无hard and fast一成不变hard-hearted铁石心肠的haste makes waste欲速则不达have one's wish fulfilled如愿以偿he laughs best who laughs last最后笑的人笑得最得意he that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it作贼心虚he that hath a full purse never wanted a friend有钱有酒，必有朋友he that is full of himself is very empty自满的人是空虚的he that touches pitch shall be defiled近朱者赤，近墨者黑he who knows most speaks least识多者寡言he who laughs last, laughs best谁笑在最后谁笑得最甜he who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount骑虎难下heart and soul全心全意地heart of stone石头心肠heart-to-heart坦白的heaven helps those who help themselves天助自助者homer sometimes nods圣贤也有缺失honesty is the best policy诚实是上策how happy we are, to meet friends from afar!有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎! hunger is the beat sauce饥不择食if the sky falls, we shall catch larks杞人忧天if you kill one flea in march you kill a hundred二月杀跳蚤，杀一少百if you run after two hares, you'll catch neither脚踏两头船摆渡难in a hundred and one thousand ways千方百计in doing, we learn经一事，长一智in fair weather prepare for the foul未雨绸缪in for a penny, in for a pound一不做，二不休in one's heart of heart在内心深处in spite of oneself不由自主in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king比上不足，比下有余in wine there is truth酒後吐真言issue ious打白条it goes in one ear and out the other左耳朵进，右耳朵出it is dogged that does it天下无难事，只怕有心人it is easier to go up the hill than to run down上山容易，下山难it is easier to pull down than to build百年成之不足，一旦毁之有余it is love that makes the world go round情之一字，所以维持世界it is never too late to mend亡羊补牢，时犹未晚it is no use crying over spilt milk既坠釜甑，反顾无益it takes two to make a quarrel一个巴掌不响it's a deal一言为定it's a long story一言难尽it's never too late to learn活到老，学到老it's never too late to mend亡羊补牢，未为晚也it's of great urgency that当务之急it's self-evident that不言而喻it's the nature of beasts本性难移it primes easy to be wise after the event事后诸葛亮justice has long arms天网恢恢,疏而不漏keep something for a rainy day未雨绸缪kill two birds with one stone一箭双雕,一石二鸟kind-hearted心地慈祥的knowledge is power知识就是力量learn from other's strong points and close the gap取长补短learn to meet practical needs学以致用learn to walk before you run循序渐进let bygones be bygones既往不究let sleeping dogs lie莫惹是非,一动不如一静let things run their course听其自然life is but empty dream浮生若梦like a lead balloon毫无作用like father, like son有其父必有其子little and often fills the purse集腋成裘live and learn活到老学到老,学无止境look back to the old, if you would learn the new温故而知新look before you leap三思而后行lookers-on see most of the game旁观者清lost time is never found again光阴一去不复返love me, love my dog爱屋及乌make great,rapid strides突飞猛进make hay while the sun shines打铁趁热make overall arrangements统筹兼顾make spectacle of oneself出洋相make yourself all honey and the files will devour you招蜂引蝶man proposes, god disposes谋事在人，成事在天many a little makes a mickle积少成多many hands make light work人多力量大,只要人手多，牌楼搬过河many men, many minds百姓百姓，一百个心marble-hearted铁右心肠marriages are made in heaven姻缘天注定men are blind in their own cause人不知自丑，马不嫌脸长merchant of death死亡贩子might is right强权即公理misfortunes never come singly祸不单行mod(modern)时髦的,摩登的money begets money钱赚钱money burns a hole in his pocket钱烧口袋漏，一有就不留money is everything有钱能使鬼推磨money is the root of all evil金钱是万恶之源money makes the mare go有钱能使鬼推魔money talks金钱万能,有钱能使鬼推磨more haste, less speed欲速则不达murder will out纸包不住火mutual understanding and mutual accommodation互谅互让he who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom千里之行,始于足下knowledge without practice makes half as artist有知识无实践只是半个艺术家half the world knows not how the other half lives一家不知一家事，神仙不知瓜里事good opportunity, favorable geographical location and support from the people 天时、地利、人和learning is like swimming upstream if you don't go forward, you'll go back学如逆水行舟，不进则退it takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred years to educate people十年树木,百年树人nat (mationalist)民族主义者necessity knows no law饥寒起盗心neither fish nor flesh非驴非马network of personal connections关系网neut(neutron bomb)中子弹never cackle till your egg is laid事未完成莫夸耀never do things by halves凡事不要半途而废never judge by appearances人不可貌相never mind trouble troubles you明日愁来明日忧never put off till tomorrow what may be done today今日事，今日毕never put off what can be done today till tomorrow今日之事今日毕new broom sweeps clean新官上任三把火no cross, no crown吃得苦中苦，方为人上人no gain without pain舍不得儿子，套不了狼no pains, no gains不劳则无获no work, no money不劳无获not to wear your heart on your sleeve不要太情绪化nothing is impossible to a willing heart世上无难事，只怕有心人null and void空洞无物obedience is the first duty of a soldier服从是军人的天职of two evils choose the lesser两害相权取其轻off and on断断续续old chap老兄old friends and old wine are best陈酒味纯，老友情深on one's last legs日暮途穷once bitten, twice shy一回遭蛇咬，二回不攒草one cannot be in two places at once分身乏术one cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs有得必有失one cannot put back the clock盛年不重来，一日难再晨one father is more than a hundred school masters胜过师长百位one good turn deserves another好心有好报one is never too old to learn活到老，学到老one man sows and another reaps东家种竹，西家生笋one must draw back in order to leap better以退为进one pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands走为上策one swallow does not make a summer单丝不成线，独木不成林one's pound of flesh合理不合情之要求opportunity makes the thief财不露白out of sight, out of mind眼不见，心不想over shoes, over boots一不做，二不休pell-mell development盲目发展,欲速则不达penny wise, pound foolish小事精明，大事糊涂people who live in glass houses should not throw stones责人必先责己person of insight有识之士play by ear到时再看please give me a hand请帮我一个忙posh非常时髦的practice make perfect熟能生巧present the facts and reason things out摆事实讲道理pretty feathers make pretty birds人要衣装pride comes,goes before a fall骄兵必败reading makes a full man读书使人完善red shy in the morning, shepherd's warning早霞不出门，晚霞晴千里remain fresh in one's memory记忆犹新renew friendship共叙旧谊rip off宰客risk one's fortune in business下海rome was not built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒,大器晚成rome was not built in a day罗马不是一天造成的second to none首屈一指seeing is believing百闻不如一见,眼见为实seeking increasing perfection精益求精self-praise is no recommendation自吹自擂并非推荐之道serve as a bridge牵线搭桥short in weight缺斤短两silly child is soon taught要想孩子好，教育要趁早single-hearted devotion专心致志six of one and half a dozen of the other半斤八两so many countries, so many customs各地各乡风sooner or later, the truth comes to light真相迟早会大白spare the rod and spoil the child不打不成器spend money like water花钱大手大脚spick-and-span焕然一新street gossip街谈巷议strike the iron while it is hot strike while the iron is hot打铁趁热strike while the iron is hot趁热打铁stuff and nonserse乱七八糟talk of the devil and he's sure to appear说曹操，曹操就到tap new sources of revenue and husband existing resources开源节流tastes differ羊羹虽美，众口难调the best fish swim near the bottom好戏在後头,好酒沈瓮底),好鱼居水底the burnt child dreads the worm一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳the child is father of (,to)the man３岁订到老the early bird gets(,catches) the worm捷足先登the end justifies the means为达目的不择手段the first step is as good as half over第一步是最关键的一步the first step is the hardest万事开头难the fist blow is half the battle先下手为强the gift itself may be small, but the goodwill is deep礼轻情意重the government functions well and the people live in harmony政通人和the grass is greener on the other side of the hill这山望着那山高the greater the truth, the greater the libel真理越明，诽谤越凶the leopard cannot change its spots江山易改，本性难移,狗改不了吃屎the longest day must have an end天网恢恢，疏而不漏the miles of god grind slowly人心节节高於天，越是有钱越爱钱the more you have, the more you want人心节节高于天，越富越爱钱the tailor makes the man人要衣装，佛要金装the used key is always bright常用的钥匙常光亮there is no smoke without fire无风不起浪thick-kinned厚脸皮think carefully before leaping三思而後行this is beyond dispute毫无疑问time and tide wait (s) for no man时间不等人,岁月不饶人time and tide wait for no man岁月不饶人time flies never to be recalled光阴一去不复返time is money时间就是金钱,一寸光阴一寸金time is the father of truth时间是真理之父time tries all things时间考验一切time tries truth时间检验真理tit for tat一报还一报to add fuel to the flame火上加油to and fro来来往往to be put on the shelf束之高阁to be shattered to pieces落花流水to beat the air捕风捉影to come out in one's true colours显出真面目to cry one's heart out伤心欲绝to dilly dally吊儿朗当to eat one's heart out忧伤过度to end in a smojke终成泡影to fish in the air水底捞月to hang by a thread千钧一发to have one's heart in one's mouth吓了一跳to have one's heart in the right place好心好意to have one's heart in the wrong place心怀叵测to learn by heart铭记于心to let bygones be bygones既往不咎to lock the stable door after the horse is stolen亡羊补牢to look for a needle in a haystack海底捞针to lose heart意气沮丧to pick and choose挑来挑去to pluck up one's heart鼓起勇气to put all cards on the table打开天窗说亮话to put the cart before the horse本末倒置to seek common ground while reserving differences求同存异to show one's true colours原形毕露to sit in thorns如坐针毡to take heart振作精神tom it逆来顺受too much water drowned the miller过多反而有害troubles bake at home后顾之忧true praise roots and spreads赞词真实才能生根和传播truth and roses have thorns about them真相和玫瑰，身旁都有刺truth is the daughter of time真理是时间的女儿truth needs no color真理不需用花言巧语装饰truth will prevail真理必胜truth's best ornament is nakedness不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰try to help the shoots grow by pulling拔苗助长twists and turns迂回曲折two can play the game孤掌难鸣two heads are better than one三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮two is company，but three is none两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚无水吃wall of bronzl铜墙铁壁walls have ears隔墙有耳warm-hearted热情的well begun is half done好的开端是成功的一半when in rome do as the romans do入乡随俗where there is a will, there is a way有志者事竟成while there is a life, there is hope留得青山在，那怕没柴烧who knows most says least懂的最多的人，说的最少。
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