英语谚语集锦-English proverb collection.

[]A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 开头不好，结尾必糟。 [/]

[]A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 蛋糕莫保留，坏习气要除掉。 [/]

[]A bad workman always blames his tools. 劣工咎器。 [/]

[]A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.两鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。 [/]

[]A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人无知犹如房屋无基。 [/]

[]A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.书是随时携带的花园。 [/]

[]A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮了别人，燃尽了自己。 [/]

[]A door must be either shut or open.门不关就得开，二者必居其一。/非此即彼。 [/]

[]A friend is a second self. 朋友是第二个自我。 [/]

[]A good beginning makes a good ending.欲善其终, 必先善其始。 [/]

[]A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。 [/]

[]A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少年懒惰，老来贫苦。 [/]

[]A life without a friend is a life without a sun.人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有阳光。 [/]

[]A little help is worth a deal of pity. 一次行动胜过一筐空话。 [/]

[]A little is better than none. 有一点总比没有好。 [/]

[]A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，害已误人。 [/]

[]A little labour, much health. 常常走动，无病无痛。 [/]

[]A little learning is a dangerous thing. 浅学寡识是件危险的事。 [/]

[]A little of everything, and nothing at all.样样皆通，样样稀松。 [/]

[]A man is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 [/]

[]A merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快，办事痛快。 [/]

[]A picture is a poem without words. 画为无言诗。 [/]

[]A snow year, a good year. 瑞雪兆丰年。 [/]

[]A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. 美好的事物永远是一种快乐。 [/]

[]A thousand mile trip begins with one step.千里之行，始于足下。 [/]

[]A tree is known by its fruit. 观其行而知其人。 [/]

[]A word spoken cannot be recalled. 一言说出，难以收回。 [/]

[]A word to the wise is enough. 聪明人不用细说。 [/]

[]A work ill done must be twice done. 工作未干好，只得重返工。 [/]

[]Act fairly by all men. 一视同仁。 [/]

[]Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 [/]

[]Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.困难和不幸不能使人富有，却能使人聪明。 [/]

[]After rain comes fair weather. 否极泰来。 [/]

[]After supper walk a mile. 饭后百步走，活到九十九。 [/]

[]All are not friends that speak us fair. 说好话的不一定都是朋友。 [/]

[]All beginnings are hard. 万事开头难。 [/]

[]All men can’t be first. 并非所有的都能获第一。 [/]

[]All roads lead to Rome. 处处有路通长安。 [/]

[]All things are difficult before they are easy.万事开头难。 [/]

[]All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作而无娱乐会使人愚钝。 [/]

[]An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一个苹果，医生不来找我。 [/]

[]An empty bag cannot stand upright.　空袋子放不真。 [/]

[]An evil lesson is soon learned. 学坏容易。 [/]

[]An honest man’s word is as good as his bond.君子一言，驷马难追。 [/]

[]An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。 [/]

[]An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 [/]

[]An ill workman quarrels with his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。 [/]

[]Art is long, life is short. 生有涯而知无涯。 [/]

[]As a man sows, so shall he reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 [/]

[]As one door closes, another door opens. 天无绝人之路。 [/]

[]As the wind blows, you must set your sail. 趁风扬帆。 [/]

[]As you brew, so you must drink. 自作自受。 [/]

[]Bad luck always comes in threes. 祸不单行。 [/]

[]Bad news travels fast.坏事传千里。 [/]

[]Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.择友宜慎，弃之宜更慎。 [/]

[]Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 重诺守信。 [/]

[]Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。 [/]

[]Beauty is but skin-deep. 不可以貌取人。 [/]

[]Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美即是真，真即是美。 [/]

[]Better a little fire to warm us, than a great fire to burn us. 宁要小火暖身，不要大火灼人。 [/]

[]Better a little loss than a long sorrow.宁可作点牺牲，不要长久悲痛。 [/]

[]Better ask twice than lose your way once.问路两次胜过迷路一次。 [/]

[]Better be sure than sorry. 要安全，不要危险。 [/]

[]Better early than late. 宁早勿迟。 [/]

[]Better late than never. 这到总比不到强。 [/]

[]Better lost than found. 宁可丢掉，不愿找到。（常针对不喜欢的人或物。） [/]

[]Better safe than sorry. 安全胜过遗憾。 [/]

[]Better small fish than empty dish. 盘中小鱼胜无鱼。 [/]

[]Better the last smile than the first laughter.笑在前不如笑在后。 [/]

[]Better to ask the way than go astray. 多问不吃亏。 [/]

[]Better to be safe than sorry. 安全胜过遗憾。 [/]

[]Better to do well than to say well. 嘴勤不如手勤。 [/]

[]Better to have than wish. 现有胜过心想。 [/]

[]Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。 [/]

[]Bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂。 [/]

[]Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。 [/]

[]Books and friends should be few but good.择友如藏书，皆宜少而精。 [/]

[]Both together do best of all. 人心齐，泰山移。 [/]

[]Busiest men find the most time. 最忙的人时间最多。 [/]

[]Business before pleasure. 先工作，后娱乐。 [/]

[]Business is business. 生意是生意，交情归交情。 [/]

[]By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 一闲生百邪。 [/]

[]By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. 教学相长。 [/]

[]By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 读书益智，交谈搏彩。 [/]

[]By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. 团结则存，分裂则亡。 [/]

[]Call a spade a spade. 直言不讳。 [/]

[]Care and diligence bring luck. 细心勤奋，带来好运。 [/]

[]Care brings grey hair. 愁一愁，白了头。 [/]

[]Care is enemy to health. 忧虑有损健康。 [/]

[]Care will kill a cat. 忧虑伤神。 [/]

[]Children and fools cannot lie. 小孩和傻瓜嘴里没谎话。 [/]

[]Children and fools speak the truth. 童子吐真言。 [/]

[]Children are what the mothers are. 有其母，必有其子。 [/]

[]Children have the qualities of the parents.有什么样的父母，就有什么样的孩子。 [/]

[]Christmas comes but once a year. 圣诞节每年只有一次。 [/]

[]Clothes don’t make the man. 好马不在鞍，人美不在衫。 [/]

[]Clothes make the man. 人靠衣服马靠鞍。 [/]

[]Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 信心为成功之始。 [/]

[]Content is better than riches. 知足常乐。 [/]

[]Content is happiness. 知足常乐。 [/]

[]Custom is a second nature. 习俗是人的第二天性。 [/]

[]Custom makes all the things easy. 形成习惯，事事好办。 [/]

[]Cut your coat according to your cloth. 看布裁衣。 [/]

[]Deeds are males and words are females. 会说不如会干。 [/]

[]Delays are dangerous. 拖延误事。 [/]

[]Diamond cut diamond. 势均力敌。 [/]

[]Diligence is the mother of good luck. 幸运出自勤奋。 [/]

[]Diligence is the greatest of teachers. 勤奋是最伟大的导师。 [/]

[]Diligence is the mother of success. 成功来自勤奋。 [/]

[]Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom. 挫折哺育智慧。 [/]

[]Discontent is the first step in progress.不满足是进取的第一步。 [/]

[]Do as I say, not as I do. 照我说的做，不要照我干的做。 [/]

[]Do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗。 [/]

[]Do it now. 说干就干，机不可失。 [/]

[]Do not attend to two things at a time. 一心不能二用。 [/]

[]Do not cry for the moon. 不要异想天开。 [/]

[]Do not try out before you are hurt. 不要没碰到就叫。 [/]

[]Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.不能过河拆桥。 [/]

[]Do nothing by halves. 不可半途而废。 [/]

[]Do on the hill as you would do in the hall.人前人后一个样。 [/]

[]Do what you ought, and come what can. 但知行好事，莫要问前程。 [/]

[]Doing is better than saying. 空言无补。 [/]

[]Doing nothing is doing ill. 游手好闲就是学坏。 [/]

[]Don’t bite off more than you can chew. 贪多嚼不烂。 [/]

[]Don’t change horses in the middle of a stream.病重不宜换郎中。 [/]

[]Don’t climb a tree to look for fish. 不可缘木求鱼。 [/]

[]Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.不要高兴太早。 [/]

[]Don’t forget to cross your t’s. 不要丢三落四。 [/]

[]Don’t have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。 [/]

[]Don’t judge a book by its cover. 书的价值不在封面。[/]