词汇英译汉

A bad custom is like a good cake ,better broken than kept. 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。

A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身.

A clear conscience is a soft pillow问心无愧 高枕无忧。

A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 宁为清贫，不为浊富。

A close mouth catches no flies . 病从口入，祸从口出。

A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨头打狗狗不叫。

A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit./by falling

A fool always rushes. 傻瓜总该强出头。

A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 一个蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一个聪明人在别人家里所知道的多。

A full belly counsels well. 衣食足而后知荣辱。

A full cup must be carried steadily.被满盈，须持满。

A good appetite is a good sauce饥不择食.

A good conscience is a continual feast . 安分守己。

A good conscience is a soft pillow. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

A good dog deserves a good bone有劳得奖。

A good face needs no paint. 美貌无需擦脂抹粉

A good horse cannot be of a bad color. 良马的毛色不会差。

A good horse often needs a good spur. 好马常要好靴刺。

A good medicine tastes bitter . 良药苦口忠言逆耳

A great ship asks deep water. 巨轮寻深水而航行

A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马的装饰。

A house divided against itself cannot stand家庭内讧难维系。

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. / A road of a thousand miles begins with one

step. 千里之行始于足下。

A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊嫌毛重

A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生无目的犹如船失去了舵。

A little body often harbours a great soul. 莫道身躯小伟人寓其间。

A little leak will sink a great ship. 千丈之地溃于蚁穴。

A little leak will sink a great ship一个小漏洞可能弄沉一艘大轮船：千丈之堤溃于蚁穴。

A little put is soon hot . 壶小水易热。

A living dog is better than a dead lion一条活狗剩过一条死狮。

A man can not whistle and drink at the same time一心不能二用。

A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable. 人并不因为生在马厩里就成了马。

A man knows his companion in a long

A man may lead a horse to the water,but

A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge. 有宝何必人前夸。

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds . 讲而不做，犹如菜园里长满了荒草

A match will set fire to a large building. 星星之火可以燎原。

A moneyless man goes fast through the market一个没钱的人很快穿过市场。

A new broom sweeps clean新官上任三把火。

A ragged coat may cover an honest man. 不能以衣着取人。

A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.

A stitch in time saves time. 小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。

A straw shows which way the wind blows一叶便知秋.

A stumble may prevent a fall小惩大诫

A tree is known by its fruit . 观其行而知其人。 A watched put is long in boiling. 心急水不沸。

Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识的巧果。

Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身处逆境不择友

After a storm comes a calm./ After black clouds,clean

After dinner comes the reckoning . 吃喝玩乐，该付代价。

After dinner sit a while ;after supper walk a mile. 晚餐之后坐片刻，晚饭之后走一里。

After meat ,mustard.

against famine养儿防老。

Ale will make a cat speak . 酒后吐真言。

All are not hunters that blow the horn . 吹号角的未必都是猎人

All are not saints that go to church. 去做礼拜者未必皆圣人。

All bread is not baked in one oven. 人心不同，犹如其面。

All is flour that comes to his mill . 到他的磨里都能碾成粉

All rivers run into the sea百川入海

All You can take a horse to water but you cannot make him drink马到河边不喝水，逼马低头亦惘然。

An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden . 驴子能负重，但不堪超过力之所及

An empty hand is no lure for a hawk.空手诱不来老鹰

An old poacher makes the best keeper老偷猎者是最好的看守

An open door may tempt a saint一个开着的大门可诱惑一个圣徒。

Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter . 好药不苦不会加糖衣。

Appareal makes the man. 马到河边不喝水，逼马低头亦惘然

Appareal makes the man. 马靠鞍装，人靠衣装

Appearance are deceitful. 人不可貌相，海不可斗量。

Appetite comes with eating. 食欲越吃越旺。

As soon as you have drunk ,you turn your back upon the spring. 忘恩负义。

As the tree ,so the fruit . 长什么树，结什么果。

At open doors dogs come in . 狗从开着的门中进来

At the house of never. 迁延因循，一事无成。

Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptre . 酒神淹死的人比海神多

Be dear all sorts of grain.You may know the horse by his harness.

Beauty may have fair leaves ,but bitter fruit .

Bed is a medicine. 睡好觉，如服药。

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails . 口蜜腹剑。

Beggars can not be choosers ./beggers must be no choosers . 饥不择食

Being on sea ,sail ;being on land ,settle. 随遇而安。

Better lose the saddle than the horse吃小亏可以占大便宜。

Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜于无。

Better ask twice than lose you way once the farmers are the founders of civilization and prosperity.

宁为清贫，不为浊富。

Better ask twice than lose you way once. 宁愿问路两次胜过迷路一次。

Better go to bed spperless than rise in debt. 宁可饿肚子，切莫去借债。

Better pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口

Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 聊胜于无

Better the foot slip than the tougue trip. 宁可滑跤不可失言。

Better wear out shoes than sheets. 宁可穿破鞋子，也不磨破床单。