英文谚语和成语

1.要一些简单的英语谚语和成语

一.俚语和谚语是英语学习中的一大绊脚石。

我们不明白这些俗语的含义，是因为我们和英语国家的文化背景不同。如果能在汉语中为这些俗语找到对应的说法，问题就解决了。

我们向你介绍一些英汉合璧的俚语和谚语，帮助你的英语学习更上一层楼。 1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor . 雨后送伞 Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late. Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I had a promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death, the doctor. 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar. 挂羊头卖狗肉 Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be. Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar. 3. All is over but the shouting. 大势已去 Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed. Example: after Bill's touch down, the game is all over but shouting. 4. All lay load on the willing horse. 人善被人欺，马善被人骑 Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him. Examples: the trouble is you're too good-natured and people take advantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will have to learn to refuse people who ask too much. 5.anger and haste hinder good counsel. 小不忍则乱大谋 Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry. Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. 6. As poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon. Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse. Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food. 7. A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追 Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo. Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said, but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of that moment of harshness. 8.World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君 Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so. Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all. 9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗 Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls. 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts. 失之东隅，收之桑榆 Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed. Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts. 11.What are the odds so long as you are happy. 知足者常乐 Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy. Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What's the odd so long as you're happy. 12.Entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不识泰山 Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits. Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise 13.every dog has his day . 是人皆有出头日 Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming. 14.every potter praises his own pot. 王婆买瓜，自卖自夸 Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would rather hear it from his teacher's own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot 15. Pain past is pleasure. （过去的痛苦就是快乐。）

[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将来回忆起来一定甜蜜无比。] 16. While there is life, there is hope. （有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。）

17. Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. （脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）[从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。

] 18. Storms make trees take deeper roots. （风暴使树木深深扎根。）[感激敌人，感激挫折！] 19. Nothing is 。

2.英语成语和谚语 中英文对照

谚语：

⒈Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩.

⒉Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量.

⒊An idle youth,a needy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲.

⒋Better late than never.

晚做总比不做强.

⒌Better pills may have wholesome effects.

良药苦口.

⒍Easy come,easy go.

来得容易，去得容易.

⒎Look before you leap.

三思而后行.

⒏Well begin is half done.

好的开始是成功的一半.

⒐Speech is silver,silence is gold.

雄辩是银，缄默是金.

⒑All good things come to an end.

天下没有不散的宴席.

⒒Even Homer sometimes nods.

智者千虑，必有一失.

⒓It's dogged that does it.

世上无难事，只怕有心人.

⒔Live and learn.

活到老，学到老.

⒕All roads lead to Rome.

条条大路通罗马.

⒖Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

机不可失，失不再来.

成语：

⒈What's done can not be undone.

木已成舟.

⒉In prosperity think of adversity.

居安思危.

⒊Pride will have a fall.

骄者必败.

⒋Practise what you preach.

言行一致.

⒌Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧.

⒍Every man has his faults.

人孰无过.

⒎You cannot clap with one hand.

孤掌难鸣.

⒏No pain,no gain.

无劳不获.

⒐Where there is a will,there is a way.

有志者事竟成.

⒑Seeing is believing.

百闻不如一见.

⒒I am caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.

进退维谷.

⒓All corners of the land.

五湖四海.

⒔Blazing with colour.

五彩缤纷.

⒕Take in everything at a glance.

一览无余.

⒖Round the clock.

日以继夜.

⒗Justly and forcefully.

理直气壮.

⒘It rains cats and dogs.

大雨滂沱.

⒙Walls have ears.

隔墙有耳.

⒚Heart and soul.

一心一意.

⒛Do in Rome as the Romans do.

入乡随俗.

3.常见英语谚语、成语或俗语50条

经典英语谚语50句 1. Waste not,want not. 俭以防匮。

2. From saving comes having. 富有来自节俭。 3. A penny saved is a penny gained. 省一文是一文。

4. Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves. 金钱积少便成多。 5. Frugality is an estate alone. 节俭本身就是一宗财产。

6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound. 小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。 7. Small gains bring great wealth. 积小利，成巨富。

8. Many a little makes a mickle. 积少便成多。 9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man. 试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。

10. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。 11. The path to glory is always rugged. 光荣之路常坎坷。

12. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要人肯试。 13. The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. 烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。

14. Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望造就伟大的人物。 15. No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前无险路。

16. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。 17. The good seaman is known in bad weather. 坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭坏天气。

18. The best hearts are always the bravest. 行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。 19. We must not lie down,and cry,God help us. 求神不如求己。

20. He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。 21. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。

22. Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。 23. We must repeat a thousand and one times thatperseverance is the only road to success. 我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。

24. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。 25. Step by step the ladder is ascended. 登梯需要逐级登。

26. Adversity leads to prosperity. 困苦通向昌盛。 27. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。

28. Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好运常会来。 29. All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。

30. Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水不绝可穿石。 31. Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs. 鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果达不到。

32. The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. 世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。 33. There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade. 要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。

34. Life is sweet. 生活是可爱的；人无不好生（恶死）。 35. Where there is life,there is hope. 生命不息，希望长在。

36. Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。 37. Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of. 眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。

38. Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door. 人人都有走运的一天。 39. If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you. 运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。

40. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。 41. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. 记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。

42. Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single). 祸不单行。 43. Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良好的教师。

44. Misfortunes come at night. 祸常生于不测。 45. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。

46. Adversity makes a man wise,not rich. 患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。 47. Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。

48. It is never too old to learn. 为学不怕年高。 49. A man becomes learned by asking questions. 要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。

50. There is no royal road to learning. 学问无坦途。

4.英文谚语,名言,成语.

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

不善始者不善终。

A bad thing never dies.

遗臭万年。

A bad workman always blames his tools.

不会撑船怪河弯。

A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.

吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

A bully is always a coward.

色厉内荏。

A burden of one's choice is not felt.

爱挑的担子不嫌重。

A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

A cat has 9 lives.

猫有九条命。

A cat may look at a king.

人人平等。

A close mouth catches no flies.

病从口入。

A constant guest is never welcome.

常客令人厌。

Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

Adversity leads to prosperity.

穷则思变。

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

逆境出人才。

A fair death honors the whole life.

死得其所，流芳百世。

A faithful friend is hard to find.

知音难觅。

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

A fox may grow gray, but never good.

江山易改，本性难移。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

A friend is easier lost than found.

得朋友难，失朋友易。

A friend is never known till a man has need.

需要之时方知友。

A friend without faults will never be found.

没有十全十美的朋友。

'After you' is good manners.

“您先请”是礼貌。

A good beginning is half done.

良好的开端是成功的一半。

A good beginning makes a good ending.

善始者善终。

A good book is a good friend.

好书如挚友。

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

一本好书，相伴一生。

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。

A good fame is better than a good face.

5.用英语的谚语或成语

Look before you leap.

三思而后行。

Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.

有志者，事竟成。

Learning without thought is labour lost,

学而不思则罔。

Better later than never,

亡羊补牢，为时未晚，

In doing we learn.

实践出真知。

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

覆水难收。

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

今日事，今日毕。

Great minds think alike.

有英雄所见略同。

Constant dropping wears the stone.

水滴石穿。

Homer sometimes nods.

智者千虑必有一失。

More haste,less speed.

欲速则不达。

Do in Rome as the Romans do.

入乡随俗。

As you sow, so will you reap.

一份耕耘，一分收获。

No pains,no gains.

无劳则不获。

6.求常见英语谚语,俗语,成语50个

这个嘛

很多的

谚语俗语：

Saying is one thing and doing another.

言行不一。

Seeing is believing.

眼见为实。

Seek the truth from facts.

实事求是。

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.

智者当差，不用交代。

Set a thief to catch a thief.

以贼捉贼。

Short accounts make long friends.

好朋友勤算账。

Something is better than nothing.

聊胜于无。

Soon learn, soon forgotten.

学得快，忘得快。

Soon ripe, soon rotten.

熟得快，烂得快。

Speech is silver, silence is gold.

能言是银，沉默是金。

Still water run deep.

静水常深。

Strike the iron while it is hot.

趁热打铁。

Success belongs to the persevering.

坚持就是胜利。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

不善始者不善终。

A close mouth catches no flies.

病从口入。

A faithful friend is hard to find.

知音难觅。

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

A fox may grow gray, but never good.

江山易改，本性难移。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

A friend is easier lost than found.

得朋友难，失朋友易。

A friend is never known till a man has need.

需要之时方知友。

成语：

Actions speak louder than words.（事实胜于雄辩。）

Advice when most needed is least heeded.（忠言逆耳。）

Barking dogs seldom bite.（色厉内荏。）

All things are difficult before they are easy.（万事开头难。）

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.（今日事，今日做。）

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.（实践是最好的检验。）

In unity there is strength.（团结就是力量。）

Live and learn.（活到老学到老。）

Out of sight,out of mind.（不见就忘。）

Dead men tell no tales.（死无对证。）

Do as you would be done by.（已所不欲，勿施于人。）

First think, and then speak.（三思而后言。）

From words to deeds is a great space.（说来容易做到难。）

Experience is the mother of wisdom.实践出真知。

7.英文成语.谚语

As you sow, so shall you reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

Bad news travels fast. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。 Don't wash your dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外扬。

Dying is as natural as living. 生死由命，富贵在天。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早睡早起使人健康，富裕与聪明。

Easier said than done. 说比做容易。 Fortune knocks at least once at every man's gate. 人一生中总有机会降临之时。

Full of courtesy, full of craft. 礼多必诈。 Give a dog a bad name, and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患无辞；人言可畏。

Honesty is the best policy. 诚实乃上策。 Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. 抱最好的希望， 作最坏的打算。

I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 机会很少敲两次门，机会难逢。

Out of sight, out of mind. 久别情疏。 Paddle your own canoe. 自力更生。

Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一种美德。 Silence gives consent. 沉默表示同意。

Silence is golden. 沉默是金。 Spare the rod and spoil the child. 不打不成器。

Start off with a bang and end with a whimper. 虎头蛇尾。 Still waters run deep. 水深流静；大智若愚。

Strike while the iron is hot. 打铁趁热。 Take things as they come. 随遇而安。

Talk of the devil and he's sure to appear. 说曹操，曹操就到。 Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

Words cut more than swords. 话比剑更伤人。 Work while you work, play while you play. 工作的时候工作，游戏的时候游戏。

You may know by a handful the whole sack. 见一把就知整袋；一页知秋。 You never know what you can do till you try. 你不尝试就永远不知道自己能做些什么。

No pains, no gains. 不花力气，岂能成事。 Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

United we stand, pided we fall. 团结则存，分裂则亡。 No rule without an exception. 规律皆有例外。

False friends are worse than open enemies. 虚伪的朋友比公开的敌人还要坏。 True gold fears not the fire. 真金不怕火。

Force can never destroy right. 武力不能摧灭正义。 From saving comes having. 勤俭出财富。

One is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑的最后，笑的最好。

Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简捷为贵。 Waste not, want not. 不浪费，不愁缺。

No sweet without some sweat. 不流汗就没有幸福。 Handsome is that handsome does. 作的漂亮才是真漂亮。

8.英文成语.谚语

heart and soul 一心一意

accomplish something at one go 一气呵成

at sixs and sevens 乱七八糟

in twos and threes 三三两两

day and night 不分昼夜

reap without sowing 不劳而获

be at a loss 不知所措

agree by mere coincidence 不约而同

turn a deaf ear to 不闻不问

an uninvited guest 不速之客

pillar rock in midstream 中流砥柱

a bed of roses 美好的事物

a black-and-white occasion 正式的场合

a bump on a log 不好动/不喜欢外出的人

a close call 千钧一发

a pain in the neck 令人讨厌的人或事物，麻烦的事

a piece of cake 轻而易举，易如反掌

a run-in 起了一点小争执

Are you pulling my leg？ 你是在开玩笑吧？

as the saying goes 俗话说

be a big hit大受欢迎

be a know-it-all 自以为无所不知的人

be as mad as a wet hen很生气

be at one's wit's end 智穷才竭，无计可施

come down with sth 生病

cost an arm and a leg 价格昂贵

crack jokes 开玩笑

curiosity killed the cat. 好奇要了猫的命

day in and day out日复一日

Do you feel left out？ 你觉得被冷落了吗？

each his own 各有所好

get an audience with sb 会见某人

hang out with sb 和某人一起闲混

keep an eye out for 密切注意

lend sb. an ear 倾听某人说话

no pain, no gain.一分耕耘，一分收获

no sweat 小事一桩

not bat an eyelash 面不改色

one's best bet is to do 某人最好的办法就是

pass (sth.) with flying colors 考得很好

play tricks on sb. 骗别人

raise a glass or two 喝两杯

raise a hand to sb. 动手打人

roll with the punches 大事化小

save the day 转危为安

take a lot of guts 需要很有胆量

take a nap 小睡

Variety is the spice of life. 人生多样化才有意思.

You're pulling me on！ 别逗我了.

9.30条英语谚语或成语 要求翻译

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。 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。

One cannot 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 may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。 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 summ一燕不成夏。

One's words reflect one's thinking.言为心声。 Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。

Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。 Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。

Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。 Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。

Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。 Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。

Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。 Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。 Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。

Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。 Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。

Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。 Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。

Promise is debt.一诺千金。 Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。

Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。 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 is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。 Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。

Rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。

Seeing is believing.眼见为实。 Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。 Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。

Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。 Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。

Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。 Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。

Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。 Still water run deep.静水常深。

Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。 Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。

Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。 Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。

Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。 Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。

Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。 The best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。

The best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盗铃。

The danger past and God forgotten.过河拆桥。 The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。

The darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。 The devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。

The devil sometimes speaks the truth魔鬼有时也会说真话。 The die is cast.木已成舟。

The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 The end justifies the means.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。

The end makes all equal.死亡面前，人人平等。 The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。

The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而绕远路。 The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。

The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。 The first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。

The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿 性命。 The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。 The grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。

The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。 The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得惨。

The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。 The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越谦虚。

The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犊不怕虎。 The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。

The pen is mightier than the sword.笔能杀人。 The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。

There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。 There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。

There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。 。

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