谚语警句英文版

1.学习求知类：

A slow sparrow should make an early start. 笨鸟先飞。

Facts speak louder than words. 事实善于雄辩。

Don’t bite off more than you can chew. 贪多勿得。

Early sow, early mow. 早耕耘，早收获。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。

Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. 磨刀不误砍柴工。 Time and tide wait for no man. 时不待我。

A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

A bird in hand is worth than two in the brush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪，不可脑袋空。

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。

A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人装聪明，是在最可怜。 By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 Constant dripping wears away a stone. 水滴石穿。

Never put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。

Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来好。

Bad workmen always blame their tools. 拙匠总怪工具差。

Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自满。

Every little makes mickle. 积少成多；积水成流。

Great oaks from little acorns grow. 万丈高楼平地起。

He who does not advance loses ground. 逆水行舟，不进则退。

More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。

Wisdom in the mind is better than money in hand. 脑袋中中有智慧，胜于手中有金钱。

A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻。 It’s never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

No pains, no gains. 不劳无获。

As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。（一分耕耘，一分收获。） God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。

Make hay while the sun shines. 良机务失。

Reading makes a full man. 读书使人充实。

Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

A man becomes learned by asking question. 不耻下问才能有学问。

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

Cannot see the wood for the trees. 一叶障目，不见泰山。

Confidence is the first step on the road to the success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 I you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 要想求知，就得吃苦。

Learn not and know not. 不学无术。

No man is born wise or learned. 没有生而知之者。

Work makes workman. 勤工出巧匠。

2.品德修养类：

A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。

A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。

Every potter praises his own pot. 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。

Grasp more, lose more. 贪多必失。

Beauty is but skin deep. 外表美是肤浅美。

Beauty is but a blossom. 美丽只是盛开的花朵。

Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 不轻诺，诺必果。

Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。

A leopard cannot change its spots. 江山易改，本性难移。

From saving comes the having. 富有来自节约。

He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。

Cats hide their paws. 大智若愚，大巧若拙。

Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。

He that will thrive must rise at five. 五更起床，百事兴旺。

One takes on the color of one’s company. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。 Fasting comes after feasting. 今日有酒今日醉，明日无钱不揭锅。

Fear is often greater than the danger. 杞人忧天。

Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。

He is lifeless that is faultless. 人孰能无过。

Life is nit all roses. 人生并不是一帆风顺的。

Speech is silver, silence is gold. 能言是银，沉默是金。

The greatest talkers are always least doers. 语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。

Character is what you are in the dark. 暗处最能反映一个人的真正品格。

Personality is to man what a perfume is to a flower. 品格之于人，犹如芳香之于花。 Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. 美德是勇敢的，善良无所畏惧。

Honesty is the best policy. 做人诚信为本。

Virtue is fairer than beauty. 美德远远胜过美貌。

Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。

A candle lights others and consume itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

One good turn deserves another. 善有善报。（礼尚往来。）

The more noble, the more humble. 越高尚，越谦虚。

To know oneself is true progress. 人贵有自知之明。

Turn over a new leaf. 洗心革面。

Still water run deep. 静水常深。

The best hearts are always the bravest. 行为最勇敢的人心地最善良。（无私者无畏。）

The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he know all. 智者知不足，愚人多自负。

3.人际关系类：

All good things must come to an end. 天下无不散之筵席。

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

Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。

East or west, home is the best. 金窝银窝，不如自己家草窝。

Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

Every bird loves its own nest. 人爱其家。

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹剑。

Better good neighbors near than relations far away. 远亲不如近邻。

Cheek brings success. 和气生财。

Children are the parents’ riches. 孩子是父母最大的财富。

Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。

Forgive others but not yourself. 待人宽，待己言。

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. 吃是使自己受用，穿是使别人受用。 Friendship cannot stand always on one side. 来而不往非礼也。

Hares may pull dead lions by the beard. 虎落平阳被犬欺。

We never know the love of the parents until we become parents ourselves. 养儿方知父母恩。

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

Many hands make light work. 人多力量大。

Be just to all, but not trust all. 要公正的对待所有人，但不要轻信所有人。

A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。

Everything is good when new, but friends when old. 东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。

A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。

A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。

The world is but a little place, after all. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠赛过诸葛亮。

A joke never gains an enemy but lose a friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。

Even reckoning makes long friends. 亲兄弟，明算账。

The danger past and God forgotten. 过河拆桥。

Every man for himself and the devil takes the hindmost. 人不为己天诛地灭。

He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our back. 背后说好话，才是真朋友。 I cannot be your friend and your flatter too. 朋友不能阿谀奉承。

Life without a friend is death. 没有朋友虽生犹死。

A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。

Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。

A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知朋友。

Like teacher, like pupil. 有其师必有其徒。

4.人生哲理

After rain comes fair weather. 雨过天晴。（否极泰来。）

A burnt child fears the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

You cannot eat your cake and have it. 鱼与熊掌不可兼得。

Take things as they come. 既来之则安之。

A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. . 吃一堑，长一智。

Fortune is fickle. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。

All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。

A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。

Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口利于病。

Coming events cast their shadows before. 山雨欲来风满楼。

A good appetite is a good sauce. 饥不择食。

Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功亏一篑。

Between two stools one falls to the ground. 脚踏两头要落空。

Caution the parent of safety. 小心驶得万年船。

Disease come on horseback, but go away on foot. 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。

Do not run too fast after gain. 不要见利就拼命追。

Fine feathers make fine birds. 人靠衣装，佛靠金装。

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. 不要孤注一掷。

Danger is next neighbor to security. 危险时安全的近邻。

Each day brings its own bread. 天无绝人之路。

Everyday is not Sunday. 好景不长在，好花不常开。

Good news goes on crutches. 好事不出门。

Great winds blow upon high hills. 树大招风。

Habit is the second nature. 习惯成自然。

Misfortunes never come alone/single. 祸不单行。

No smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。

The darkest hour is nearest to the dawn. 黎明之前最黑暗。

The child is the father of the man. 三岁看老。

Who holds the purse rules the house. 有钱就有势。

What is done can’t be undone. 生米已成熟饭。（木已成舟；覆水难收。）

Don’t cast out the foul water till you bring the clean. 清水未来，莫泼脏水。

Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。（一息尚存，希望不灭。） The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. 这山望着那山高。

We know not what is good until we have lost it. 拥有知识不珍惜，失去之后空叹息。 You cannot judge a tree by its bark. 不要根据树皮判断树木。（人不可貌相。）

When wine is in truth, wit is out. 酒后吐真言。

5. 理想追求：

Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱贪生不如死的光荣。

Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者，事竟成。

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 宁为驴头，部位马尾。（宁为鸡头，不为凤

尾。）

If winter comes, can spring be far behind. 冬天来了，春天还会远吗？

Ideal is the beacon. 理想是灯塔。

If you would go up high, then use your own legs! 如果你想走到高处，你就要使用自己的双腿。 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。 All things in their being are good for something. 天生我材必有用。

One should eat to live, not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但或者不是为了吃饭。

Man struggles upwards, water flows downwards. 人往高处走，水往低处流。

High expectations are the key to everything. 远大理想是开启万物的钥匙。

What makes life dreary is the want of motive. 没有了目的，生活变郁闷无光。

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. 希望是顿美好的早餐，但却顿糟糕的晚餐。 To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. 要奋斗，要探索，要有所发现，但不要屈服。

The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。

Nothing seek, nothing find. 无所求则无所获。

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to do it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。 An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. 生活的目标，是唯一值得寻找的财富。 No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。

No way is impossible to courage. 勇者无畏。

Little things amuse little minds. 小人无大志。

The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犊不怕虎。

Until all is over one’s ambition never dies. 不到黄河心不死。

What we do willingly is easy. 愿者不难。

Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

Never say die. 永不言败。

Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. 与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。 For man is man and master of his life. 人就是人，是自己命运的主人。

The unexamined life is not worth living. 浑浑噩噩的生活不值得过。

A strong man will struggle with the storm of fate. 强者能同命运的风暴抗争。

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。

Business before pleasure. 事业在先，享乐在后。

Diamond cut diamond. 强中自有强中手。

Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。

Fair and softly go far in a day. 谦和稳重，前程远大。

Fire proves gold, adversity proves a man. 烈火显真金，逆境识英雄。

Great hopes make great man. 伟大的理想造就伟大的人。

Hasty climbers have sudden falls. 大起者有大落。