英语谚语荟萃精选

英语谚语荟萃精选2014-8-101. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. (SAYING) it is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more: 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

2. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

3. A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。

4. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 千里之行始于足下。

5. Achievement is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to go after. 成就不是等来的，是争取来的。

6. Actions speak louder than words. (SAYING) what a person actually does means more than what they say they will do: 行动比言语更有说服力（事实胜于雄辩）。

7. All that glitters is not gold. (SAYING) not everything that seems good, attractive, etc. is actually good, etc. 闪光的并非都是金子。

8. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. (SAYING) it is not healthy to spend all your time working; you need to relax too: 只工作(学习)不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

9. All's well that ends well (= used when something has ended happily, even though you thought it might not).结果好就是一切好。

10. Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

11. Better late than never. (SAYING) used especially when you, or somebody else, arrive/arrives late, or when something such as success happens late, to say that this is better than not coming or happening at all: 迟做总比不做好。

12. Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。

13. Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。

14. Don’t let failures define you. Let failures teach you.不要让失败定义你。

让失败教会你该学习的功课。

15. Don’t try to run before you can walk. 三思而后行。

16. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。

17. be easier said than done (SAYING) to be much more difficult to do than to talk about: ‘Why don't you get yourself a job?’ ‘That's easier said than done.’说得容易，做得难。

18. Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。

19. God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者（自助者天助之）。

20. He who laughs last laughs longest / He laughs best who laughs last. (SAYING) used to tell somebody not to be too proud of their present success; in the end another person may be more successful: 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。

21. God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into its nest. 上帝给每只鸟食物,但他不会把食物丢到它的巢里。

22. Great minds think alike (INFORMAL, HUMOROUS) used to say that you and another person must both be very clever because you have had the same idea or agree about something: 英雄所见略同。

23. Honesty is the best policy. 诚实才是上策。

24. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

25. If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. 凡值得一做的都值得做好。

26. It is love that makes the world go round. 爱使世界更美好。

27. In everything, do to others what you would have others do to you. 你愿意人怎样待你, 你就要怎样待人。

28. It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

29. It is no use crying over spilt milk. 为溅出的牛奶哭也没用（覆水难收，悔恨无益）。

30. Look before you leap (SAYING) used to advise somebody to think about the possible results or dangers of something before doing it: 三思而后行。

31. Many hands make light work (SAYING) used to say that a job is made easier if a lot of people help：人多好办事; 众人拾柴火焰高。

32. Misfortunes never come alone. 祸不单行。

33. Mistakes show us what we still need to learn. 从错误中我们知道该学什么。

34. Money isn’t everything. 金钱不是万能的。

35. More haste, less speed (B RITISH E NGLISH, SAYING) you will finish doing something sooner if you do not try to do it too quickly because you will make fewer mistakes: 欲速则不达。

36. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. [谚]今日事今日毕。

37. Necessity is the mother of invention (SAYING) a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it：需要是发明之母。

38. Never too old to learn, never too late to turn. 亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

39. No pain, no gain. (SAYING) used to say that you need to suffer if you want to achieve something: 不劳则无获/不努力就没收获/一分耕耘一分收获。

40. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 世上无难事，只怕有心人/心之所愿，无事不成。

41. Once bitten, twice shy (SAYING) after an unpleasant experience you are careful to avoid something similar：一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

（一次上当，下次小心。

）42. Out of sight, out of mind. (SAYING) used to say somebody will quickly be forgotten when they are no longer with you: 眼不见，心不想。

（不见就忘。

）（离久情疏。

）43. Pride comes/goes before a fall. (SAYING) if you have too high an opinion of yourself or your abilities, something will happen to make you look stupid: 骄者必败。

44. Practice makes perfect. (SAYING) a way of encouraging people by telling them that if you do an activity regularly and try to improve your skill, you will become very good at it: 熟能生巧。