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無論是身處學校還是步入社會,大家都知道一些經典的諺語吧,諺語類似成語,但口語性更強,更通俗易懂。你知道經典的諺語有哪些嗎?以下是小編爲大家整理的最簡單的英語諺語480句,歡迎大家分享。

最簡單的英語諺語480句

1、Dont count your chicken before they are hatched. 不要過早樂觀。

2、Dont climb a tree to look for fish. 勿緣木求魚。

3、Dont cross the bridge till you get to it. 不要杞人憂天。

4、Dont fly till you wings are feathered. 羽毛未豐不要飛。

5、Dont cry out before you are hurt. 還沒受苦,就別叫苦。

6、Dont teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班門弄斧。

7、Do not swap horses when crossing a stream. 處在危難中,不宜大更動。

8、Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty. 不要因爲怕貧苦而放棄自由。

9、Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you. 己所不欲,勿施於人。

10、Do not wash dirty linen in public. 家醜不可外揚。

11、Dont cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未來,莫潑贓水。

12、Dont halloo till you are out of the wood. 沒有脫離危險不要先歡呼。

13、Dont have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. 切莫臨時抱佛腳。

14、Dont keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤注一擲。

15、Dont put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事,今日畢。

16、Dont throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh. 清水未打來,贓水莫倒掉。

17、Dont trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自尋煩惱。

18、Dont whistle until you are out of the wood. 沒有脫離險境,不要過早高興。

19、Do ones level best. 盡力而爲。

20、Dont speak all you know, but know all you speak. 不要盡言所知,而要盡知所言。

21、Dot the is and cross the ts. 一點一劃,循規蹈矩。

22、Draw water with a sieve. 竹籃子打水一場空。

23、Dream are lies. 夢不足信。

24、Dreams go by contraries. 夢想總與現實相反。

25、Drive your business, do not let it drive you. 要推動事業,不要讓事業來推動你。

26、Drowning man will catch at a straw. 溺水的人一根草也要抓。

27、Drunken days have all their tomorrows. 今日花天酒地,明日潦倒窮途。

28、Doubt is the key of knowledge. 懷疑乃知識的鑰匙。

29、Do well is better than say well. 說得好不如做得好。

30、Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上沒毛,辦事不牢。

31、Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. 事未齊備,切莫妄動。

32、Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒後露真言。

33、Dumb dogs are dangerous. 啞犬最兇惡。

34、Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 鷹單飛,羊羣集。

35、Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble. 早期的錯誤可以釀成日後的麻煩。

36、Early sow, early mow. 播種早的收穫早。

37、Early start makes easy stages. 早開始是成功的保證。

38、Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起,令人健康、富有而且聰明。

39、Early wed, early dead. 早婚早夭。

40、Dying is as natural as living. 死亡與生存一樣自然。

41、Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鳥兒都愛聽自己唱歌。

42、Each day brings its own bread. 天無絕人之路。

43、Each man is the architect of his own fate. 命運掌握在自己手中。

44、Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不計較小事情。

45、Easier said than done. 說話容易做事難。

46、East or west, home is best. 在家千日好,出門時時難。

47、Easy come, easy go. 易得易失。

48、Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 隨意吃飯,適度飲酒。

49、Eat ones cake and have it. 又要馬兒好,又要馬兒不吃草。

50、Eat to live, but not live to eat. 吃飯是爲了生存,但生存不是爲了吃飯。

51、Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. 吃是使自己受用,穿是使別人受用。

52、Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. 人的教養始於教育,成於社交。

53、Education has for its object the formation of character. 教育的目的在於培養品德。

54、Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深,鐵杵磨成針。

55、Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 空桶響聲大。

56、Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常樂。

57、Even Homer sometimes nods. 人非聖賢,孰能無過。

58、Even the walls have ears. 隔牆有耳。

59、Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。

60、Every bean has its black. 人人有其缺點。

61、Every bird likes its own nest. 人愛其家。

62、Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 高位遭人妒,高峯招風吹。

63、Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾,其言必詐。

64、Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below. 錯誤像稻草,漂浮在水面。欲覓珍珠者,須往水下潛。

65、Everybodys business is nobodys business. 人人都管,大家不管。

66、Every brave man is a man of his word. 勇敢的人都是信守諾言的人。

67、Every bullet has its billet. 無風不起浪。

68、Every cloud has a silver lining. 山窮水盡疑無路,柳暗花明又一村。

69、Every cock crows on its own dunghill. 夜郎自大。

70、Every cook praises his own broth. 自吹自擂。

71、Every country has its customs. 鄉有鄉俗。

72、Every couple is not a pair. 同牀異夢,貌合神離。

73、Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在,好花不常開。

74、Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history. 生命中的一天就是你歷史上的一頁。

75、Every dog has his day. 凡人都有得意之日。

76、Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. 人人都有得意的日子。

77、Every dog is a lion at home. 夜郎自大。

78、Every dog is valiant at his won door. 狗在家門前條條都兇悍。

79、Every door may be shut but deaths door. 除了死門外,每門都可關。

80、Every extremity is a fault. 萬事過分都差誤。

81、Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼裏出西施。

82、Every man has a fool in his sleeve. 聰明一世,糊塗一時。

83、Every man has his faults. 人孰無過。

84、Every man has his hobby-horse. 人各有所好。

85、Every man has his liking. 人各有所好。

86、Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱點。

87、Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy. 蠢人也能找出聰明人無法彌補的岔子來的。

88、Every heart has its own sorrow. 人人都有傷心處。

89、Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 每疋馬認爲自己馱的袋子重。

90、Every Jack has his Jill. 有情人終成眷屬。

91、Every little makes a mickle. 積少成多。

92、Eat to please thyself,but dress to please others.吃是使自我受用,穿是使別人受用.

93、Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.勇敢和決心是美德的靈魂.

94、Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy,wealthy and wise.早睡早起,令人健康富有並且聰明.

95、Every man has a fool in his sleeve.聰明一世,糊塗一時.

96、A little neglect may breed great mischief.小不忍則亂大謀.

97、Do in Rome as the Romans do.入鄉隨俗.

98、Money talks.有錢能講話.

99、Friends may meet,but mountains never greet.朋友可相逢,高山永分離.

100、Friendship is love with understanding.友誼是愛加上諒解.

101、Never fry a fish till its caught.捉到魚,才煎魚.

102、Better a little fire to warm us,than a great one to burn us.適量的火好取暖,熊熊烈火能焚身.

103、He who has done ill once will do it again.幹了一次壞事的人會再幹第二次.

104、A wise head makes a close mouth.智者寡言.

105、A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.失友都因借錢起.

106、Bad workmen often blame their tools.拙匠常怪工具差.

107、Far from eye,far from heart.離遠而情疏.

108、Nothing venture,nothing win (or have or gain).不入虎穴,焉得虎子.

109、Every extremity is a fault.萬事過分都差誤.

110、If you would make an enemy,lend a man money and ask it of him again.你若想與人成仇結怨,只要借錢給人再催還.

111、He who wills success is half way to it.下定決心成功的人是成功了一半.

112、He lives long that lives well.活得好等於活得長.

113、Lookers-on see more than players.旁觀者清.

114、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.

115、All is not gold that glitters.閃光的東西並不都是黃金.

116、A lie begets a lie till they e to generation.謊言生謊言,謊言傳萬代.

117、Love grows with obstacles.磨折越多,感情越深.

118、Keep good men pany,and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤.

119、A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.一本好書今日如此,將來也如此,永不改變.

120、Every cook praises his own broth.自吹自擂.

121、Great talkers are little doers.人好說大話,並非實幹家.

122、Friendless is the dead.沒有朋友者,等於是死人.

123、Lovers live by love,as larks live by leeks.情侶靠感情生活,正像雲雀靠韭蔥生活一樣.

124、Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.音樂有撫兇暴心靈的魅力.

125、He who does not gain loses.無所得即有所失.

126、Justice has long arms.天網恢恢,疏而不漏.

127、All are not saints that go to church.去做禮拜者,未必皆聖人.

128、Ill air slays sooner thant the sword.污濁的空氣殺人比刀還要快.

129、It is not work that kills,but worry.勞動不傷人,憂慮才傷人.

130、He is unworthy to live who lives only for himself.爲己而生,生而可恥.

131、Money is the key that opens all doors.金錢是打開一切門戶的鑰匙.

132、Dont cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.清水未來,莫潑贓水.

133、Eat to live,but not live to eat.吃飯是爲了生存,但生存不是爲了吃飯.

134、It is too late to e with the water when the house is burnt down.馬後炮.

135、Custom makes all things easy.若照習慣辦,萬事皆不難.

136、He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere.遇事多問,隨處可行.

137、He who plays with fire gets burned.玩火者必自焚.

138、Mills of God grind slowly but sure.天網恢恢,疏而不漏.

139、Never too late to mend.過則勿憚改.

140、Nothing so necessary for travellers as languages.旅行者最需要的是幾種語言.

141、Joy put heart into a man.人逢喜事精神爽.

142、A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.一本好書,莫逆之交.

143、A good conscience is a continual feast.白日不做虧心事,夜半敲門心不驚.

144、First e,first served.先來先賣.

145、Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage.縱使困難重重,也不喪失勇氣.

146、Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object.情人眼裏出西施.

147、A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫釐,差之千里.

148、Everything has its time and that time must be watched.任何事情都有好的時機,不要隨意放過.

149、Depend on others and you always repent.依靠別人總要後悔.

150、No safe wading in an unknown water.未知水深淺,涉水有危險.

151、A stumble may prevent a fall.小懲大誡.

152、Be prepared to put ones hand in ones pocket.準備慷慨解囊.

153、From saving es having.富有來自節儉.

154、Love is blind.感情是盲目的.感情使人對缺點視而不見.情人眼裏出西施.

155、All is fish that es to ones net.捉到網裏都是魚.

156、He that knows nothing,doubts nothing.無知就無疑.

157、Cry up wine and sell vinegar.掛羊頭,賣狗肉.

158、I know no such thing as genius,it is nothing but labour and diligence.是上無天才,勤學加苦練.

159、Fasting es after feasting.今日有酒今日醉,明日無錢不揭鍋.

160、None so blind as those who wont see.最瞎莫如視而不見.

161、A good face needs no paint.美貌無需擦脂抹粉.

162、Circumstances are therulers of the weak,instrument of the wise.弱者困於環境,智者利用環境.

163、Every man has his weak side.人人都有自我的弱點.

164、Money begets (or breeds or gets) money.錢產生錢.

165、In the end things will mend.船到橋頭自會直.

166、If you cannot have the best,make the best of what you have.如果你不能有最好的,你就充分利用你現有的吧.

167、In prosperity caution,in adversity patience.處順境時要細心,處逆境時要耐心.

168、An empty purse frightens many friends.曩中無分文,親友不上門.

169、An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.對牛彈琴.

170、Be just to all,but trust not all.要公正對待所有的人,但不要輕信所有的人.

171、Love sought is good,but given unsought is better.追求而得的感情固然完美,但不經追求而得的感情更爲完美.

172、By gambling we lose both time and treasure,two things most precious to the life of man.賭博使我們丟失時光和金錢,這兩樣人生最珍貴的東西.

173、In all things,it is better to hope than to despair.凡事抱期望爲佳,不應悲觀而失望.

174、Dot the is and cross the ts.一點一劃,循規蹈矩.

175、In an enemy spots are soon seen.敵人的缺點容易找.

176、He that marries for wealth sells his liberty.爲財富而結婚就是出賣自由.

177、Money has no smell.金錢無所謂香臭.

178、Friends are like fiddle-strings,they must not be screwed too tight.朋友像琴絃,不能太擰緊.

179、Men love to hear well of themselves.阿諛奉承話,人們皆愛聽.

180、Fine words butter no parsnips.畫餅充飢.

181、Between two stools one falls to the ground.腳踏兩頭要落空.

182、New brooms sweep clean.新官上任三把火.

183、If they say you are good,ask yourself if it be ture.若有人稱讚你,要自問對不對.

184、Hang up ones hat in anothers house.在別人家裏久留不去,長期居住.

185、I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.我不能既是你的朋友,而又對你阿諛奉承.

186、Creditors have better memories than debtors.放債人的記性比借債人好.

187、Nothing es from (or of) nothing.無風不起浪.

188、A little of everything,nothing at all.每事淺嘗輒止,結果將一事無成.

189、Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law.自由就是做法律許可做的事情的權力.

190、Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水穿石.

191、Choose an author as you choose a friend.選書如擇友.

192、Glory is the shadow of virtue.光榮是美德的影子.

193、As you brew,so must you drink.自搬石頭自壓腳.

194、Evil gotten,evil spent.悖入悖出.

195、No joy without annoy.喜中有憂.

196、Beauty is but a blossom.美麗只是盛開的花朵.

197、Forgive and forget.不念舊惡.

198、He is wise that is honest.誠實者明智.

199、Good wine needs no cries.好酒無需叫賣.

200、He gives twice that gives in a trice.即刻就給予,等於給兩次.

201、Man is a tool-using animal.人是用器之獸.

202、Happy is he that is happy in childhood.童年時代歡樂的人是幸福的.

203、A crafty knave needs no broker.狡猾的流氓,不需居間人.

204、A little fire is quickly trodden out.小洞易補.

205、In the world,who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.處世似游泳,不會即下沉.

206、Envy assails the noblest,the winds howl around the highest peak.高位遭人妒,高峯招風吹.

207、It matters not how long we live but how.問題不是活得多麼長,而是活得怎樣樣.

208、A wilful man will have his way.有志者是竟成.

209、Lawsuits consume time,and money,and rest,and friends.訴訟將消耗時光金錢休息和失去朋友.

210、Labour is the capital of our working men.勞動力是勞動人民的資本.

211、He may well be contented who need neither borrow nor flatter.一個既不用借債又不用奉承人的人,能夠稱得上心滿意足.

212、Never say of another what you would not have him hear.莫說不想讓人聽見的話.

213、No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectlymoral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.所有的人自由後,才能完全自由;所有的人都有道德,才能完全合乎道德;所有的人都幸福了,才能真正幸福.

214、Blessed is he who expects nothing,for he shall never be disappointed.人無所求最享福,因他不爲失望苦.

215、A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.戶樞不蠹.

216、Do business,but be not a slave to it.要做事,但不要做事務的奴隸.

217、A living dog is better than a dead lion.一條活狗勝過一頭死獅.

218、Keep your eyes wide open before marriage,and half shut afterwards.婚前張開眼,婚後半閉月.

219、Never trust of fine words.切勿輕信漂亮的言詞.

220、Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble.早期的錯誤能夠釀成日後的麻煩.

221、A good dog deserves a good bone.有勞得獎.

222、Coming events cast their shadows before them.山雨欲來風滿樓.

223、All things will e round to him who will but wait.只要耐心肯等待,一切都會按時來.

224、Misforunes e on horseback and go away on foot.遭災易,消災難.

225、It is a long lane that has no turning.路必有彎.

226、A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.講而不做,猶如花園裏長滿了荒草.

227、All the wit in the world is not in one head.世界上所有的智慧不可能集中於一個腦袋.

228、A straw shows which way the wind blows.一葉便知秋.

229、Hatred is blind as well as love.感情與仇恨同樣是盲目的.

230、A good heart cants lie.有仁心者不說謊話.

231、It is easier to descend than to ascend.下降容易上升難.

232、If the eye do no admire,the heart will not desire.眼不饞,心不貪.

233、Beauty lies in lovers eyes.情人眼裏出西施.

234、I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading寧爲窮漢住擱樓,擁有好書任我讀,不願身居帝王位,縱有好書不愛讀.

235、It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it.只要真正渴求知識,都能得到,這是知識的特點.

236、All is flour that es to his mill.到他的磨裏都能碾成粉.

237、It is not every couple that is a pair.成雙並非皆配偶.

238、Love makes obedience easy.感情使服從變爲易事.

239、He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.做賊心虛.

240、Fortune is fickle.天有不測風雲,人有旦夕禍福.

241、Live and let live.自我生活,也要讓他人生活.

242、Drunken days have all their tomorrows.今日花天酒地,明日潦倒窮途.

243、Fine words dress ill deeds.漂亮的言詞能夠掩飾惡劣的行爲.

244、It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.君子在德不在衣.

245、All is not gain that is put in the purse.放入錢包的錢財,並非都是應得的.

246、Money is often lost for want of money.往往由於缺乏金錢而喪失金錢.

247、If you trust before you try,you may repent before you die.不試就相信,死前要悔恨.

248、Liars should have good memories.說謊的人應有好的記性.

249、Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.眼見的不能全信,耳聞的也不能半信.

250、Every mothers child is handsome.老王賣瓜,自賣自誇.

251、Clothes make the man.人要衣裝,佛要金裝.

252、A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.性急難免出岔子.

253、A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.欲加之罪,何患無辭.

254、Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath.日落之前,平息你的怒火吧.

255、Dog does not eat dog.物不傷其類.

256、An empty hand is no lure for a hawk.空手誘不來老鷹.

257、Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.不要忘恩負義.

258、A secret between more than two is no secret.兩人以上明白的祕密就不算祕密.

259、Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.經過災難方知福.

260、Misfortunes e at night.災禍常生於不測.

261、No man knows when he shall die,although he knows he must die.縱然知其難免一死,人卻難料何時身亡.

262、Fine feathers make fine birds.人要衣裝,佛要金裝.

263、A heavy snow promise a good harvest.瑞雪兆豐年.

264、A bird is known by its note,and a man by his talk.聞其歌知其鳥,聽其言知其人.

265、A beggars purse is bottomless.乞丐的錢袋是無底洞.

266、Man is mortal.人生誰無死.

267、Fire and water are good servants,but bad masters.水火是忠僕,造災成元兇.

268、Never trust another what you should do yourself.自我應當做的事,決不要委託別人做.

269、If things were to be done twice all would be wise.事事倘能做兩次,人人都可稱明智.

270、Its no use pumping a dry well.徒勞無益.

271、In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.謀士多,保安全.

272、Experience is the mother of wisdom.智慧來自經驗.

273、Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime durnk.不要過河拆橋.

274、God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助之.

275、He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour.吃過苦頭,才配享受.

276、Laugh before breakfast youll cry before supper.樂極生悲.

277、He that is angry is seldom at ease.怒者寡寧.

278、Dumb dogs are dangerous.啞犬最兇惡.

279、A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍).

280、He who knows most speaks least.懂得多的說得少.

281、Fast bind,fast find.保存得好,東西好找.

282、All men are mortal.人孰無死.

283、A heavy purse makes a light heart.腰包錢財足,心境自然寬.

284、It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb.狐狸舔羔羊,這是兇跡象.

285、If wishes were horses,beggars might ride.願望不等於事實.

286、God never shuts one door but he opens another.天無絕人之路.

287、Everything hath an end.任何事物都有它的結果.

288、No possession,but use,is the only riches.真正的財富不是佔有,而是使用.

289、It is more blessed to give than to receive.施恩比受惠更有福.

290、A man knows his panion in a long journey and a little inn.路遙知馬力,日久見人心.

291、In lifes earnest battle they only prevail,who daily march onward and never say fail.在人生的搏鬥中,僅有日日前進不甘失敗的人,才能獲勝.

292、It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice.在同一個人那裏上兩次當只能怪自我.

293、Kindness is the sunshine of social life.仁慈是社會生活中的陽光.

294、He who does not rise early never does a good days work.起身不早,一天的工作難做好.

295、Be swift to hear,slow to speak.多聽少說.

296、Habit cures habit.新風移舊俗.

297、If you dance you must pay the fiddler.要想尋歡作樂,代價非付不可.

298、Absence sharpens love,presence strengthens it.相聚愛益切,離別情更深.

299、免責聲明

300、A friend without faults will never be found.沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的.

301、He who pleased everybody died before he was born.衆口難調.

302、Keep your breath to cool your porridge.少管閒事.

303、Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.爲衆之所爲,受衆之所誇.

304、Cats hide their paws.大智若愚,大巧若拙.

305、More haste,less speed.欲速則不達.

306、Early sow,early mow.播種早的收穫早.

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308、Bind the sack before it be full.做事應適可而止.

309、Nothing is really beautiful but truth.僅有真理纔是真美.

310、Learn wisdom by the follies of others.要從別人的愚行中學到聰明.

311、Many heads are better than one.集思廣益.

312、Nor fame I slight,nor for her favours call; she e unlooked for,if she es at all.我不輕蔑名譽,也不需要她的青睞;如果她竟來的話,也是不求而自來的.

313、Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.飢不擇食.?

314、Its earier to run down the hill than go up.下山容易上山難.

315、He that lives well is learned enough.生活好者,博學多才.

316、Like begets like.有其父必有其子.

317、Better eye sore than all blind.眼痛總比瞎眼好.

318、He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.怕吃敗仗的就要打敗仗.

319、Happiness consists in contentment.知足常樂.

320、It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country.對朋友不義,不可能對國家效忠.

321、It is easy to be wise after the event.當事後諸葛亮容易.

322、Great boast,small roast.說得天花亂墜,成事微乎其微.

323、Feed a pig and youll have a hog.種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆.

324、Now or never.機不可失,失不再來.

325、Crows do not pick crows eyes.同室不操戈.

326、Grasp all,lose all.貪多必失.

327、Better be alone than in bad pany.交損友不如無友.

328、Eat ones cake and have it.又要馬兒好,又要馬兒不吃草.

329、Better master one than engage with ten.精通一事勝於會十事.

330、No man is a hero to his valet.僕從目中無英雄.

331、Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean.清水未來,莫潑贓水.

332、Manners make the man.禮貌造就人.

333、No man is so old,but thinks he may yet live another year.人越活越想活.

334、He that mits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.做賊心虛.

335、Hide ones talents in a napkin.埋沒自我的才能.

336、It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody.信任任何人和不信任任何人,同樣是缺點.

337、Lie in (oron) the bed one has made.自作自受.

338、Great men are not always wise.偉大的人物未必總是英明的.

339、A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool.一個人可能說話像個聰明人,而行爲像個大笨蛋.

340、Confession is the first step to repentance.悔罪先須認罪.

341、A still tongue makes a wise head.智者寡言.

342、A bad promise is better than a good lawsuit.吃虧的和解也比勝訴強.

343、In every country dogs bite.天下的狗都要咬人.

344、Many ants kill the horse.蟻多可殺馬.

345、Every brave man is a man of his word.勇敢的人都是信守諾言的人.

346、He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.正人先正己.

347、He who cannot hold his peace will never live at ease.嘴巴不緊,生活不寧.

348、In the grave the rich and poor lie equal.人到黃泉,貧富同眠.

349、Its a good horse that never stumbles,A good wife that never grumbles.良馬不失蹄,賢妻不聒絮.

350、Every man thinks his own geese swans.每個人都以爲自我的東西了不起.

351、Discretion is the better part of valour.細心即大勇.

352、Great barkers are no biters.吠犬不咬.

353、Humility often gains more than pride.謙遜往往比驕傲受益更多.

354、A word is enough to the wise.對明智者一言已足.

355、A thousand probabilities do not make one truth.一千個“或有”不能造成一個事實.

356、A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.一本壞書危害無窮.

357、Honour and profit lie not in one sack.榮譽和利益不能並存.

358、Love and poverty are hard to hide.愛和窮難隱瞞.

359、An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驢子能負重,但不堪超過力之所及.

360、Ill-gotten wealth never thrives.悖入悖出.

361、Art lies in concealing art.隱而不露即藝術.

362、A lion at home,a mouse abroad.在家兇如獅,在外卻如鼠.

363、An old dog cannot alter its way of barking.老狗難改吠聲.

364、Anger is a short madness.發火是短暫的瘋狂.

365、Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.有花堪折直須折.

366、As is the workman so is the work.什麼工人出什麼活.

367、He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.害怕問者恥於學.

368、Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.早睡早起.

369、Govern your thoughts when alone,and your tongue when in pany.一人獨處慎于思,與人相處慎於言.

370、If the beard were all,the goat might preach.如果有了?需就什麼都行,那麼山羊也能夠說教了.

371、Charity begins at home,but should not end there.仁愛須由近及遠.

372、Four eyes see more than two.人多識廣.

373、He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.不知自愛的人也不會愛別人.

374、An evil lesson is soon learned.學壞容易.

375、Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.君子重德不重衣.

376、Give a lark to catch a kite.得不償失.

377、A good wife makes a good husband.有好妻子就有好丈夫.

378、Good for good every man can do,good for bad only a noble man can do.以德報德,人人都能做到;以德報怨僅有高尚的人才能辦到.

379、At night,all cats are grey.貓在夜晚皆灰色(醜妍暗中難分辨).

380、Hard words break no bones,fine words butter no parsnips.粗話無害,甘言無益.

381、Every man is best know to himself.自我最瞭解自我.

382、Marry your son when you will,your daughter when you .給兒子娶親,想在什麼時候皆可;把女兒嫁人要在有力量時才行.

383、Improve your time and your time will improve you.珍惜時光,時光纔會珍惜你.

384、He that converses not knows nothing.不和人交談的人一無所知.

385、Mans best plans often miscrarry.神機妙算,常常失算.

386、Haste makes waste.拔苗助長.

387、Hunger knows no friend.飢難周友.

388、A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.蠢人裝聰明,實在最可憐.

389、Death is the grand leveller.凡人都要死,大家都一樣.

390、False tongue will hardly speak truth.虛僞者不肯說真話.

391、He must needs swim that is held up by the chin.身不由己,只得從命.

392、Let not the cobbler go beyond his last.安分守己.

393、As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar,so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hatred.美酒可製成烈醋,熱愛能變爲深仇.

394、By writing you learn to write.從寫作?

395、Feed by measure and defy physician.飲食有節制,醫生無用處.

396、If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.如要是情做得好,你須親自動手搞.

397、An idle brain is the devils workshop.遊手好閒是萬惡之源.

398、Learn to suffer without plaining; that is the best thing I can teach you.要學會受痛苦而不怨,這是我教你的至要之事.

399、It is not good to make a sleeping lion.弄醒睡獅不是好事.

400、A mon danger causes mon action.同仇敵愾.

401、A bad penny always turns up.

402、An artist lives everywhere.藝人處處可安家.

403、Many men,many minds.人多意見多.

404、A wise man will make tools of what es to hand.聰明的人能隨機應變.

405、Adversity successfully overe is the highest glory.成功地克服困難是最大的光榮.

406、Habit is second nature.習慣成自然.

407、Love is neither bought nor sold.感情不能買賣.

408、Loftiest trees most dread the thunder.樹大招風.

409、A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜.

410、Before gold,even kings take off their hats.有錢能使鬼推磨.

411、As the fool thinks,so the bell clinks.一廂情願.

412、An occasion lost cannot be redeemed.時機失了無法挽回.

413、Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter.好藥不苦不會加糖衣.

414、As you make your bed so you must lie on it.自食其果.

415、Friendship should not be all on one side.友誼不該只是單方面的事.

416、A tree is known by its fruit.觀其行而知其人.

417、Despair gives courage to a coward.人急造反,狗急跳牆.

418、None knows the weight of anothers burden.看人挑擔不吃力.

419、Kindness will creep where it may not go.仁慈可進入任何禁地.

420、He is never alone that is in the pany of noble thoughts. 思想崇高者,絕不會孤獨.

421、A cat may look at a king.貓也有權晉見國王.

422、Make all you can,save all you can,give all you can.盡力而爲,盡力節儉,盡力施捨.

423、No piper can please all ears.衆口難調.

424、Beauty,unacpanied by virtue,is as a flower without perfume.美而無德猶如花之無香.

425、Better a bachelors life than a slovenly wife.過光棍生活,勝過有一個邋遢老婆.

426、Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.交往過密過疏,都會失去朋友.

427、Love is the mother oflove.愛產生感情.

428、Everything must have a beginning.凡是都有起源.

429、Diligence is near success.勤奮近乎成功.

430、In time of prosperity,friends will be plenty; In time of adversity,not one amongst twenty.富在深山有遠親,窮在鬧市無人問.

431、A fault confessed is half redressed.承認錯誤,等於改正一半.

432、A bad padlock invites a picklock.開門揖盜.

433、Bad news has wings.壞事傳千里.

434、Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward.幸運喜歡勇敢的人,而不喜歡怯懦的人.

435、A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder.人生無目的,猶如船失去了舵.

436、No man (or one) is wise at all times.聰明一世糊塗一時.

437、Civility costs nothing.禮貌不須什麼代價.

438、He warms too near that burns.取暖太近火,會被火灼傷.

439、注:搜狗與該網頁annote作者無關,不對其資料負責.

440、Blind men can judge no colours.不宜問道於盲.

441、Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.愚者設筵,智者赴宴.

442、Money is a bottomless sea,in which honour,conscience,and truth may be drowned.金錢是無底的海洋,榮譽良心和真理都能夠淹沒在其中.

443、Man is the artificer of his own happiness.人之幸福,自我創造.

444、A penny saved is a penny earned(or gained).省錢就是賺錢.

445、Better wit than wealth.智力勝於財富.

446、A good name is earlier lost than won.失去美名易,得到美名難.

447、Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.智力投資,決非虛擲.

448、Fish begins to stink at the head.上樑不正下樑歪.

449、He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.不勞無獲.

450、Maidens should (or must) be mild and meek,swift to hear and slow to speak.少女應溫良謙恭,敏於聽而慎於言.

451、Method will teach you to win time方法可教會你贏得時光.

452、Nature has given us two ears,two eyes,and but one tongue,to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.天賦我們兩耳,兩眼,一張嘴巴,歸根到底該多聽,多看,少說話.

453、A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出,駟馬難追.

454、Alls fish that es to his net.到了網中都是魚.

455、In the deepest water is the best fishing.絕處能逢生.

456、He laughs best who laughs last.誰笑在最終,誰笑得最好.

457、Empty vessels make the greatest sound.空桶響聲大.

458、As a mans heart is,so does he speak.言爲心聲.

459、Diet cures more than the doctor.藥補不如食補.

460、He that walks with wise men should be wise.與智者行即得其智.

461、If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter.想得賢妻子,須娶好女兒.

462、Bite the hand that feeds one.恩將仇報.

463、Make the best of a bad business (or job or bargain)身處山窮水盡,力爭柳暗花明.

464、Grain by grain and hen fills her belly.一粒一粒啄米,母雞填飽肚皮.

465、Nothing is difficult to a man who wills.世上無難事,只怕有心人.

466、He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.今日跌倒的人也許明天會站起來.

467、Lies have short legs.謊言是站不住腳的.

468、It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not,whatever be his age.一個人不論年齡多大,都要學習不懂的東西,這不是羞恥.

469、A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者必善其終.

470、Great winds blow upon high hills.樹大招風.?

471、Eat at pleasure,drink with measure.隨意吃飯,適度飲酒.

472、Little boats must keep the shores.小船不能航行遠.

473、Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.前程雖遠大,現實尤可貴.

474、I hate to see things done by halves. -- If it be right,do it boldly,--if it be wrong,leave it undone.事情不要做一半;對的,就做下去,不對,就丟開.

475、Every potter praises his own pot.老王賣瓜,自賣自誇.

476、Nothing crave,nothing have.有求才有應.

477、Like teacher,like pupil.有其師必有其徒.

478、Hunger will relish the plainest fare.飢不擇食.

479、He dies like a beast who has done no good while he lived.生時不做好事,死了像個畜生.

480、Beware of a silent dog and still water.警惕無聲之狗會咬人,平靜之水會覆舟.