常用英语格言
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.恶始必有恶终。
A bad bush is than the open field.林木稀疏也比空地好。/有胜于无。
A bad thing is dear at price.劣质商品卖什么价都算贵。/好货不便宜，便宜没好货。
A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.人笨怨刀钝。
A belly full of gluttony will never study willingly.吃得过饱，懒得学习。
A big wind can through a small hole.针大大的窟窿，斗大的风。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手胜于双鸟在林。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻声知鸟鸣，闻言见人心。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.上午有一点收获，总比全天无收获好。
A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation.人无知识犹如房屋没有地基。
A book that is shut is but a block.有书不读如藏木。
A book that remains shut is but a block.书本不去翻，犹如一块砖。
A burden one’s choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。
A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
A friend is easier lost than found.朋友易失去不易得。
A friend is need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。
A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。
A great man is always willing to be little.伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。
A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step.千里之外，始于足下。
A life without a friend is a life without sun.人生没有朋友，犹如人生没有太阳。
A little learning is a dangerous thing.一知半解是危险。
A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A mother’s love never changes.母爱永恒。
A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔。
A small leak will sink a great ship.小漏沉大船。
A sound mind in a sound body.有健全的体魄才有健全的精神。
A stitch in time saves nine.一针及时省九针。
A tree is known by its fruit.观其行而知其人。
Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。
After a storm comes a cale.风暴之后是宁静。
Al roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。
All is not gold that glitters.发光的未必都是金子。
All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。
All things are difficult before they are easy.万事开头难。
All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返。
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All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.只工作部玩耍，聪明杰克也变傻。
All’s well that ends well.结果好才算一切都好。
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。
Art is a lie that tells the truth.艺术是揭示真理的谎言。
Art is long, but life is short.人生有限，学问无涯。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Bad luck always comes in threes.祸不单行。
Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Bad times make a good man.艰难困苦出能人。
Bad workmen often blame their tools.拙匠常怪工具差。
Bare words make not the pot play.空谈无济于事。
Barking dogs seldom bite.朋友之间不分彼此。
Be hoisted with one’s own petard.搬起石头砸自己的脚。
Be honest rather than clever.与其聪明，不如诚实。
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.允诺宜缓，覆行宜速。
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.重诺守信。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.多听少说。
Bear this in mind: Scientific research costs a man his energies of a lifetime.要记住：科学需要一个人付出他毕生的精力。
Beat the dog before the lion.杀鸡给猴看。
Beauty is but skin deep.人不可貌相。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.观者觉得美就是美。
Bed is a medicine.睡眠也是一种治疗。
Beggars can’t be choosers.行乞者不得有选择。
Beginning is always difficult.万事开头难。
Believe well and have well.精诚所至，金石为开。
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.宁为鸡口，无为牛后。
Better die standing than live kneeling.宁愿站着死，不愿跪着生。
Better early than late.宁早勿迟。
Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。
Better to do well than to say well.说得好不如做得好。
Between two stools one falls to the ground.脚踏两只船，迟早要落水。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚。
Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。
Blood will have blood.血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友.，应求少而精。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.读书要精选，结友要慎重。
Brevity is the soul of wit.言以简洁为贵。
Burnt child dreads the fire.吃一堑，长一智。
Business before pleasure.先工作，后娱乐。
Business is business.公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind. Beware the man of one book.博览群籍知识广，精读一书受益深。 By reading we enrich the mind.博览群书长知识。
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.团结则存，分裂而亡。
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Calamity is man’s true touchstone.灾难是人生真正的试金石。
Call a spade a spade.直言不讳。
Care brings grey hair.愁一愁，白了头。
Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance.不要舍本逐末。
Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。
Charity begins at home.仁爱先施于亲友。
Children and fools cannot lie.小孩和傻瓜不会说谎话。
Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传。
Children have the qualities of the parents.什么样的父母，就有什么样的孩子。
Come with the wind, go with the water.来得容易取得快。
Coming events cast their shadows before.事发必有预兆。
Community of purpose makes friendship.目标一致生友谊。
Constant dropping wears the stone.滴水石穿。
Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。
Creep before you walk.先学爬，后学走。
Dare and diligence bring luck.大胆又能勤奋，定能交好运。
Deeds are fruits, but words are leaves.行动是果实，议论是叶子。
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.成功来自勤奋。
Discontent is the first step in progress.不满足是进步的开端。
Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。
Do as you would de done by.己所不欲，
Do it now.机不可失，时不再来。
Do not attend to two things at a time.一心不能二用。
Do not cast your pearls before swine.不要对牛弹琴。
Do not cry for the moon.无法得到的东西莫去要。
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.不要恩将仇报。
Do not keep all your eggs in one basket.不要把鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里。
Don’t judge by appearance.不可以貌取人。
Don’t put off till tomorrow what would be done today.今日事，今日毕。
Each man has his limitations. 人皆有其短。
Each one thinks in his way.仁者见仁，智者见智。
Early bird gets the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
Early sow, early mow.早耕耘，早收获。
Early start easy stages.早动身，易从容；早开始，造成功。‘
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.睡的早，起得早，富裕、聪明、身体好。 East or west, home is best.金窝银窝，不如自我的草窝。
Easy come, easy go.来得容易，去得快。
Enough is as good as a feast.知足常乐。
Envy has no holidays.忌妒之人无宁日。
Even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice.巧妇难为无米之炊。
Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千虑，必有一失。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.凡事有利皆有弊。
Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object.情人眼里出西施。
Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。
Everything comes to him who waits.坚持就是胜利。
Example is better than percept.说一遍，不如做一遍。
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Experience is the mother of wisdom.经验是智慧之母。
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
Eyes are bigger than one’s stomach..心有余力而不足。
Facts are stubborn things.事实都是顽强的。
Facts speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.失败乃成功之母。
Far water does not put out near fire.远水救不了近火。
Fearless courage is the foundation of victory.勇敢无畏是胜利的基础。
Fire and water have no mercy.水火无情。
First come, first served.先来后到。
First impressions are most lasting.最初的印象最难忘。
First think and then speak.先想后说。
Follow in order and advance step by step.循序渐进。
For man is man and master of his fate.人就是人。是自己命运的主人。
Forgive and forget.勿记前嫌。
Fortune favors fools.痴人有痴福。
Fortune never helps the man whose courage fails.运气永远不会帮助没有勇气的人。
Four eyes see more than two.人多智广。
Friends may meet but mountains never.山与山不相遇，人与人总相逢
From saving comes having.节俭出财富。
Genius is nothing but labour and diligence.天才无非是劳动和勤奋。
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.天才是百分之一的灵感和百分之九十九的勤奋。
Give him the dose of his own medicine.以其人之道还治其人之身。
Give losers leave to speak.要允许失败者讲话。
Glory is the shadow of virtue.荣誉是美德的影子。
Go down the ladder when you marry a wife; go up when you choose a friend.取其莫高攀，结交寻好友。 Go for wool and come home shorn.偷鸡不成蚀把米。
God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。
Gold will not buy everything.金钱并非万能。
Good advice is beyond all price.忠告无价宝。
Good children make glad parents.子女有出息，父母笑嘻嘻。
Good health is over wealth.健康是最大的财富。
Good wine needs no cries.酒香客自来。
Great barkers are no biters.好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.伟大理想造就伟大人物。
Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
Happiness lies, first of all, in health.身体健康方为福。
Happy is he who owes nothing.要想获得痛快，身上不能背债。
He is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。
He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.千里之行，始于足下。
Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。
History repeats itself.历史往往重演。
Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.城市与勤奋应成为你永远的伴侣。
Honesty is the best policy.诚实为上策。
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Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.存最好的希望，准备应付最坏的情况。
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?冬天来了，春天还会远吗？
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.贪多反无得。
If you want to understand today, you have to research yesterday.要想懂得今天，就必须研究昨天。 Industry is the parent of success.勤勉是成功之本。
It is hard to please all.众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。
It never rains but it pours.不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Kings have long arms.普天之下，莫非王土。
Know something of everything and everything of something.通百艺而精于一。
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
Learn not and know not.不学无术。
Least said soonest mended.少说为妙。
Let bygones by bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.泄露天机。
Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。
Life is not living, but living in health.生活不只是活着，而且要健康的活着。
Look before you leap.三思而后行。
Lookers see more than players.当局者迷，旁观者清。
Lost time never returns any more.光阴一去不复返。
Love is full of trouble.爱情充满烦恼。
Love makes one fit for any work.热爱令人胜任任何工作。
Love me, love me dog.爱屋及乌。
Make your enemy your friend.化敌为友。
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高/人多好办事。
Money isn’t everything钱不是万能的。
More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。
Nature is the glass reflecting truth.自然是反映真理的一面镜子。
Necessity is the mother of invention.需要乃发明之母。
Never do things by halves.做事不要半途而废。
Never judge by appearances.人不可貌相。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.进入时今日毕。
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。
No man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。
No man ever became thoroughly bad all at once.没有骤然变坏的人。
No man is born wise or learned.人非生而知之。
No man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时
No mill, no meal.谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。
No one is a fool always, every one sometimes.没有终身的傻瓜，也没有终身不当傻瓜的人。 No pains, no gains.不劳无获。
No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.世上没有十全十美的幸福。
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No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。
No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。/幸福来自汗水。
No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。
Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。
Nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干的最快。
Nothing is impossible, if you put your heart into it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。 Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。
Nothing succeeds like success.一事成功万事成。
Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴.焉得虎子。
Of nothing comes nothing.无中不能生有。
Offence is the best defence.进攻是最好的防守。
Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
Once on shore, we pray no more.好了伤疤忘了痛。
One can’t put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。
One false move lose the game.一着不慎.满盘皆输。
One false step will make a great difference.失之毫厘，谬以千里。
One good turn deserves another.行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。
One man’s fault is other man’s lesson.前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。
One tree does not make a forest.独木不成林。
One’s words reflect one’s thinking.言为心声。
Other men live to eat, while I eat to leave.别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。 Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。
Patience wears out stones.锲而不舍，金石可镂。
Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
Pride goes before a fall.骄傲使人落后。
Promise is debt.一诺千金。
Promise little, but do much.少允诺，多做事。
Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。
Reading without thinking makes me muddled. Thinking without reading makes me flighty. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
Riches do not always bring happiness.富有并不一定幸福。
Rome was not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。/罗马非一日建成。
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Saying and doing are two things.说与做是两码事。
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
Second thoughts are best.三思而后行。
Seeing is believing.眼见为实。
Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。
Self-trust is the first secret of success.自信是成功第一秘诀。
Shallow streams make most din.溪浅水声喧。
Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
Silence means consent.沉默即同意。
Something attempted, something done.有尝试就有收获。
Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。
Soon learnt, soon forgotten.学的快，忘的快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟的快，烂的快。
Sooner or later, the truth comes to light.真相迟早会大白。
Sow nothing, reap nothing.不播种，就无收获。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.静水常深。
Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering.胜利属于有毅力的人。
Success covers a multitude of blunders.成功包含了许许多多的过失。 Sweep before your own door.正人先正己。
Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。
Talking mends no holes.空谈无补。
Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。
Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。
The battle is to the strong.强者必胜。
The best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。
The best workman sometimes blunders.智者千虑，必有一失。
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。
The eyes have one language everywhere.无论何处，眼睛只有一种语言。 The more wit, the less courage.初生牛犊不怕虎。
The sauce is better than the fish.喧宾夺主。
The world is bound to no man.世界不受制于任何人。
There are more ways to the wood than one.此路不通彼路通。/天无绝人之路。There is no royal road to learning.学无坦途。
Things done can not be undone.覆水难收。
Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不待人。
Time cures all things.时间能治愈一切。
Time is life.时间就是生命。
Time works wonders.时间创造奇迹。
To choose time is to save time.合理安排时间就是节约时间。
To me, faith means not worrying.对我来说，信念意味着不用担心。 True love shows itself in time of need.患难见真情。
Truth is the daughter of time.真理是时间的女儿。
Truth needs not many words.真理不在话多。
Truth never grows old.真理永存。
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Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，顶一个诸葛亮/一个好汉三个帮。 Unity is strength.团结就是力量。
Use makes mastery.精通在于运用。
Walls have ears.隔墙有耳。
Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康，钱再多也没用。
Well begun is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。
What we do willingly is easy.愿者不难。
What’s lost is lost.失者不可复得。
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.凡是值得做的，就值得好好去做。 When there’s life, there’s hope.留得青山上，不怕没柴烧。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.酒后吐真言。
Where there is a will, there is a way .有志者,事竟成。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.事出有因。
Whom the gods love dies young.好人不长命。
Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.智慧比财富更令人羡慕。
Wit and will strive for the victory.智慧和一直是胜利的保证。
Without a friend, the world is wilderness.没有朋友，世界只是荒野一片。 Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。
Years bring wisdom.岁月为你添加智慧
You can not burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不可点两头，精力不可过分耗。 8