1、英文諺語大全 A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡其始者必惡其終。 A bad bush is better than the open field. 有勝于無。 A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。 A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart. 做賊心虛。 A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。 A bad padlock

2、invites a picklock. 開門揖盜。 A bad penny always turns up. A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年。 A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)。 A bargain is a bargain. 達成的協議不可撕毀。 A beggars purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。 A bird is known by its no

3、te, and a man by his talk. 聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。 A bird may be known by its song. 什么鳥唱什么歌。 A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有勝于全無。 A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that its the boundary of the world. 坐井觀天。 A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白費癡情。 A bo

4、ok is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好書今天如此，將來也如此，永不改變。 A book that remains shut is but a block. 有書閉卷不閱讀，無異是一塊木頭。 A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借來的斗篷不暖身。 Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚愛益切，離別情更深。 A burden of ones choice is not felt. 自己選的擔子不嫌

5、重。 A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。 A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人。 A cat may look at a king. 貓也有權晉見國王。 A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命。 Accidents will happen. 天有不測風云。 A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 鏈條的堅固程度取決于它最薄弱的環節。 A change of work is as good as a re

6、st. 調換一下工作是很好的休息。 A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快樂的妻子是生活的樂事。 A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。 A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 問心無愧，高枕無憂。 A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，勝券在握。 A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。 A clear fast is better than a dirt

7、y breakfast. 寧為清貧，不為濁富。 A close mouth catches no flies. 病從口入，禍從口出。 A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大。 A common danger causes common action. 同仇敵愾。 A constant guest is never welcome. 久住非佳賓，常來不歡迎。 A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常樂。 A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.

8、貪婪的人對別人毫無好處，對自己卻壞處更大。 A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居間人。 A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 戶樞不蠹。 Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行動是知識的巧果。 Actions speak louder than words. 事實勝于雄辯。 A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不滿足者坐無寧時。 A disease known is half cured. 病情確診

9、斷，治病好一半。 Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。 A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨頭打狗狗不叫。 Adversity is a good discipline. 苦難是磨練人的好機會。 Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患難使人聰明，但不能致富。 Adversity makes

10、 strange bedfellows. 身處逆境不擇友。 Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 成功地克服困難是最大的光榮。 A fair death honours the whole life. 死得光明，終身榮耀。 A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友難得。 A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一塹，長一智。 After dinner sit a w

11、hile, after supper walk a while. 午飯后要坐，晚飯后要走。 A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。 A fault confessed is half redressed. 承認錯誤，等于改正一半。 Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 事情要安步就班地做，就會很快地做完。 A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若懸

12、河不能作為才智的證明。 A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算計。 A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜總愛強出頭。 A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋難聚財。 A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人裝聰明，實在最可憐。 A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚發問，七智結舌

13、。 A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所問，智者難答。 A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千慮，必有一得。 A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失，百智難回。 A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 一個蠢

14、材在他自己家里所知的事比一個聰明人在別人家里所知的事要多。 A fools bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千慮，必有一得。 A fools heart dances on his lips. 愚人心坦蕩，掛在嘴唇上。 A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐貍會變，但本性難移。 A friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人夸大人的罪過。 A friend in court is better than a penny in pu

15、rse. 曩中有錢，不如朝中有友。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難朋友才是真朋友。 A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一個我。 A friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真友。 A friend is never known till a man have need. 不到患難時，永遠不能認識真正的朋友。 A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。 A friend to everybody is a friend to nob

16、ody. 廣交友，無深交。 A friend without faults will never be found. 沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的。 After a storm comes a calm. 否極泰來。 After black clouds, clear weather. 否極泰來。 After death, the doctor. 放馬后炮。 After dinner comes the reckoning. 吃喝玩樂，該付代價。 After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. 午餐之后坐片刻，晚飯之后走一里。 After

17、 meat, mustard. 雨后送傘。 A full belly counsels well. 衣食足而后知榮辱。 A full cup must be carried steadily. 杯滿盈，須持穩。 A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 好砧不怕錘。 A good appetite is a good sauce. 饑不擇食。 A good beginning is half the battle. 首戰告捷等于一半勝利。 A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者必善其終。 A good book i

18、s a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好書，莫逆之交。 A good book is a light to the soul. 好書一本，照亮心靈。 A good conscience is a continual feast. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。 A good conscience is a soft pillow. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。 A good dog deserves a good bone. 有勞得獎。 A good example is the best sermon. 身教勝似言教。

19、A good face is a letter of recommendation. 好的相貌就是一封s:215的介紹信。 A good face needs no paint. 美貌無需擦脂抹粉。 A good fame is better than a good face. 好的名望勝于好的相貌。 A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近親。 A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land. 聰明腦袋勤勞手，走遍天下貴如金。 A good healthy body is

20、 worth more a crown in gold. 健康的身體貴于黃金鑄成的皇冠。 A good heart cants lie. 有仁心者不說謊話。 A good heart conquers ill fortune. 善心克厄運。 A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 良馬的毛色不會差。 A good horse often needs a good spur. 好馬常要好靴刺。 A good marksman may miss. 智者千慮，必有一失。 A good maxim is never out of season. 至理名言不會過時

21、。 A good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。 A good name is better than riches. 好名譽勝過有財富。 A good name is earlier lost than won. 失去美名易，得到美名難。 A good name is sooner lost than won. 美譽難得而易失。 A good name keeps lustre in the dark. 好的名聲在黑暗中也會光芒四射。 A good neighbour is better than a bother in the next village

22、. 遠親不如近鄰。 A good surgeon must have an eagles eye, a lions heart, and a ladys hand. 出色的外科醫生必須心明眼亮和有一雙靈巧的手。 A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 好故事百聽不厭。 A good tongue is a good weapon. 伶俐的口齒是一種銳利的武器。 A good wife makes a good husband. 有好妻子就有好丈夫。 A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆豐年

23、。 A great talker is a great liar. 最會饒舌的人也是最會說謊的人。 A great ship asks deep water. 巨輪尋深水而航行。 A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. 做賊心虛，良心自誅。 A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 賊膽心虛。 A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning. 一點小常識常勝過很多有價值的學問。 A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放

24、，笑逐顏開。 A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急難免出岔子。 A heavy purse makes a light heart. 腰包錢財足，心境自然寬。 A heavy snow promise a good harvest. 瑞雪兆豐年。 A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 時勢造英雄。 A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相馬不可憑馬的裝飾。 A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭內訌難維系。 A Jack of all trades and master of none. 三腳貓無所長。 A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 開玩笑總不能化敵為友，反而有時會失去朋友。 A journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step. 千里之行，始于足下。 A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to