收藏|100条常用英语谚语及汉译
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一、进修办法与立场

1. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
2. It is never too old to learn.
活到老,学到老。
3. Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
念书健脑,活动强身。
4. A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问能力有学问。
5. Learn and live.
在世,为了进修。
6. Knowledge starts with practice.
实践出真知。
7. Complacency is the enemy of study.
进修的仇人是本身的满意。
8. Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud.
常识使人谦善,蒙昧使人狂妄。
9. Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
常识只能循规蹈矩,不克不及跃进。
10. A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应实事求是。
11. Books and friends should be few but good.
念书如结交,应求少而精。
12. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
同心专心不克不及二用。
二、勤恳、意志与胜利
1. Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
2. No pains, no gains.
没有支付就没有劳绩。
3. Constant dripping wears away a stone.
磨铁成针,绳锯木断。
4. Care and diligence bring luck.
谨严和勤恳能力捉住机会。
5. Genius is nothing but labour and diligence.
天才不外是勤恳罢了。
6. Great hopes make great man.
巨大的理想培养巨大的人物。
7. Industry is the parent of success.
勤恳是胜利之母。
8. No rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
9. There is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟。
10. No way is impossible to courage.
勇者无惧。
11. Success belongs to the persevering.
保持便是成功。
12. The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢,不成器。
13. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
窘境出人才。
三、操行与操守
1. Honesty is the best policy.
诚笃不欺为上策。
2. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊重,必需自重。3. Patience is the best remedy. 忍受是良药。4. One good turn deserves another. 行善积善。5. He knows most who speaks least. 年夜智若愚。6. A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。7. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 烛炬照亮别人,却扑灭了本身。8. He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 君子须先正己。9. Pride goes before, and shame comes after. 自满使人后进。10. Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快乐,必然留下隐祸。11. Penny wise, pound foolish. 贪小廉价吃年夜亏。12. He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 常常诉苦,没人同情。13. Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲,勿施于人。
四、择友与交情
1. Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚,人以群分。
2. A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么同伙。
3. Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤,近墨者黑。
4. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
5. A friend is easier lost than found.
得同伙难,失同伙易。
6. A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
7. A friend is never known till a man has need.
必要之时方知友。
8. Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。
五、珍爱韶光
1. Time flies.
白驹过隙。
2. Time and tide wait for no man.
时不再来。
3. To save time is to lengthen life.
勤俭光阴便是延伸性命。
4. Time stays not the fool s leisure.
光阴不等闲逛的傻瓜。
5. Lost years are worse than lost dollars.
失去韶光金不换。
6. Time is money.
光阴便是金钱。
7. Time has wings.
时间去如飞。
8. Time lost cannot be won again.
韶光一去不复返。
六、金钱与财富
1. Gold will not buy anything.
黄金不克不及买尽统统。
2. The chief aim of man is not to get money.
人的主要目标并不是赢利。
3. The money the miser hoards will do him no good.
吝啬鬼积财,对本身毫无利益。
4. What is wealth good for, if it brings melancholy?
财富如带愁闷来,有了财富有何用。
5. Wealth makes worship.
财富能使人拜倒。
七、康健与心态
1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果,不消请大夫。
2. Prevention is better than cure.
预防胜于治疗。
3. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只事情, 不玩耍, 聪慧小伙也变傻。
4. Health is not valued till sickness comes.
病时方知康健难得。
5. A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
6. A good medicine tastes bitter.
忠言逆耳。
7. Good health is over wealth.
康健是最年夜的财富。
8. Happiness lies first of all in health.
幸福起首在于康健。
9. Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease.
欢畅便是康健, 愁闷便是病痛。
10. He is happy that thinks himself so.
自乐者常乐。
11. Content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。
八、常理与轨则
1. A good beginning is half done.
优越的开始是胜利的一半。
2. Don t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事,今日毕。
3. Fact speaks louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
4. Failure is the mother of success. 失败是胜利之母。
5. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手赛过双鸟在林。
6. Seeing is believing. 目击为实。
7. Still water runs deep. 静水流深。
8. Strike the iron while it is hot. 一气呵成。
9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡顺俗。
10. Man proposes, god disposes. 成事在人,成事在天。
11. Look before you leap. 摸清环境再行为。
12. Experience must be bought. 吃一堑,长一智。
13. Make hay while the sun shines. 良机勿失。
14. He who does not advance loses ground. 逆水行舟,不进则退。
15. Easier said than done. 说得容易,做得难。
16. Every day is not Sunday. 昙花一现在。
17. All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的纷歧建都是金子。
18. All things are difficult before they are easy. 老是由难而易。
19. Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。
20. Every man has his faults. 金无足赤,人无完人。
21. Four eyes see more than two. 群策群力。
22. He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到末了,谁笑得最好。
23. It is the first step that costs troublesome. 万事开首难。
24. The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 抄近路反而绕远路。
25. Take things as they come. 既来之,则安之。
26. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 本身的命运本身掌握。
27. The early bird catches the worm. 夙兴的鸟儿有虫吃。
28. It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。
29. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。
30. Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要布鼓雷门。