英语谚语精选带翻译
1、a rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
2、as a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
3、a young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
4、bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
5、barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
6、beauty lies in the love’s eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
7、be swift to hear, slow to speak.
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
8、a single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
9、a snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
10、a sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
11、a still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
12、a stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
13、birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
14、blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
15、blood will have blood.
血债血偿。
16、books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。
17、a straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
18、a wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。
19、a word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马难追。
20、a year’s plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春。
21、better late than never.
不怕慢，单怕站。
22、better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好。
23、between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
24、There is no rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。世上没有十全的幸福。
25、An old dog will learn no new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。老顽固不能学新事物。
26、A good dog deserves a good bone.
好狗应该得好骨头。 有功者受奖。
27、the children from well-fed family.
膏粱子弟
28、pour water off a steep roof（operate from a strategically advantageous position）
高屋建筑
29、Bad workmen often blame their tools.
拙匠常怪工具差。（不会撑船怪河弯）。
30、He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.
己不正不正人（笑别人驼背的人得自己首先把身子挺直）
31、you should not cast the first stone.
欲责他人，先思己过
32、It’s a long lane that has no turning.
路必有弯。（事必有变）。（瓦片也有翻身日）。
33、Onw swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
34、No smoke without fire.
无火不起烟。（无风不起浪）。
35、Ill news comes apace.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
36、He sho keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
37、Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
山中无老虎，猴子称大王。
38、Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
39、Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。
40、Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
41、Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
42、The days of our years are three-score years and ten.
人生七十古来稀。
43、the apple of the eye.
掌上明珠。
44、hide one’s light under a bushel.
不露锋芒。
45、new wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。
46、a dead dog.
废物或无价值之物。
47、eye for eye, tooth for tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
48、between the devil and the deep sea.
进退两难 进退维谷。
49、escape by the skin of one’s teeeth.
死里逃生。 幸免于死。
50、hole and corner.
偷偷摸摸。 鬼鬼祟祟。
51、a broken reed.
压伤的苇杖。 不能依靠的东西或人。
52、entertain an angel unawares.
有眼不识泰山。
53、much cry and little wool.
雷声大，雨点小。
54、a lion in the way.
拦路虎。
55、everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
56、kick against the pricks.
以卵击石。 螳臂当车。
57、a fly in the ointment.
一只老鼠坏了一锅汤。
58、no respecter of persons.
一视同仁。
59、wash one’s hands of a thing.
洗手不干。 与某事无关。
60、cast pearls before swine.
对牛弹琴。 明珠暗投。
61、the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
心有余而力不足。
62、separate the sheep from the goats.
分辨良莠。
63、in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
聪明保险的办法是向大量谋士求计。
64、all the rivers run into the sea;yet the sea is not full.
百川归海而海不盈。
65、for we brought nothing into whis world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
因为我们没带什么到世界上来，也不能带什么去。
66、bay the moon.
干徒劳无益的事。
67、what’s done is done.
事情干了就算了。
68、murder will out.（truth will come to light.）
纸包不住火。真相终将大白。
69、strange bedfellows.
同床异梦。
70、be hoist with one’s own petard .
作法自毙。作茧自缚。
71、to paint the lily.
画蛇添足。实在是浪费而可笑的事。
72、much ado about nothing.
无事生非。(www.haocihaoju.cn)
73、love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。 情人眼里出西施。
74、a dog in the manger.
占着茅坑不拉屎。在其位不谋其政。
