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英语谚语一 （此文已搬到新家）

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。
Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。
The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest. 别人的东西总比自己的要好。
The bait hides the hook. 耳中藏钩；笑里藏刀。
The beaten road is the safest. 众人常走之路最安全。
The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼总在水底游；好酒沉瓮底；珍贵的东西不易得。
The best of friends must part. 最好的朋友亦终须一别。
The biter is sometimes bit. 骗子有时反被骗。
The bull must be taken by the horns. 捉牛须先捉牛角；勇于面对困难。
The child is father of the man. 由小见大；江山易改，本性难移。
The course of true love never did run smooth. 爱情之路多坎坷。
The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明之前是最黑暗的时刻，否极泰来。
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. 魔鬼为达目的不惜引用圣经。
The devil finds work for idle hands to do. 魔鬼专找游手好闲者；无所事事者易作恶。
The devil is not so black as he is painted. 魔鬼并非如描绘的那样黑。
The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟有虫吃。
The end justifies the means. 为达目地，不择手段。
The exception proves the rule. 例外证明了规则的存在。
The fairest rose is at last withered. 最美的玫瑰也终会凋谢；花无百日红。
The first blow is half the battle. 先下手为强。
The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth. 事与愿违，造化弄人。
The grapes are sour. 吃不到的葡萄是酸的。
The greatest talkers are the least doers. 多言者少做事。
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. 推动摇篮的手可支配世界；母亲抚养孩子在未来掌管世界。
The highest branch is not the safest roost. 高枝非安全之所；爬得越高，摔得越重。
The longest day must have an end. 长日漫漫终须尽；否极泰来。
The love of money is the root of all evil. 贪财乃是万恶之起源。
The mills of God grind slowly. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
The more you have, the more you want. 拥有的越多就要求得越多。
The pen is mightier than the sword. 笔诛胜于剑伐；文胜于武。
The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有余而力不足。
The tailor makes the man. 人靠衣装，佛靠金装。
The truth will out. 真相终将大白。
The world is much the same everywhere. 天下乌鸦一般黑。
There are tricks in every trade. 每一行业皆有其窍门。
There are two sides to every question. 每一个问题都有两面。
There is a black sheep in every flock. 每个群体之中，总有害群之马。
There is a witness everywhere. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。
There is honour among thieves. 盗亦有道。
There is no disputing about tastes. 人的喜恶不一。
There is no royal road to learning. 求学无捷径。
There is no satiety in study. 学无止境。
There is no smoke without fire. 无火不起烟；无风不起浪。
There is nothing new under the sun. 太阳底下无新事。
There is nothing permanent except change. 变幻才是永恒。
There is nothing that costs less than civility. 世上没有比谦恭更便宜的东西了；礼多人不怪。
There is safety in numbers. 人多则无患。
There's no place like home. 在家千日好。
They brag most who can do least. 吹嘘最多的人能做到的事最少。
Things are seldom what they seem. 事物极少如其外表。
Think not on what you lack as much as on what you have. 少想你所缺乏的，多想你所拥有的；知足常乐。
Those whom the gods love die young. 好人不长寿。
Throw out a minnow to catch a whale. 以小博大；抛砖引玉。
Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不饶人。
Time flies. 光阴似箭。
Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
Time is the great healer. 时间是最好的治疗者。
Times change. 时代在变。
To err is human. 孰能无过。
Tomorrow is another day. 明天又是新的开始。
Tomorrow never comes. 明天永不再来。
Too many cooks spoil the broth. 人多坏事。
Two blacks do not make a white. 两黑不能合成一白；积非不能成是。
Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Two halves make a whole. 两个一半成为整个。
Two heads are better than one. 两个脑袋比一个脑袋强；集思广益。
Two of a trade can never agree. 同行相嫉。
Two wrongs do not make a right. 积非不能成是。
Union is strength. 团结就是力量。
Variety is the spice of life. 变化乃是生活的情趣。
Virtue is its own reward. 施恩莫望报。
Wake not a sleeping lion. 别自找麻烦。
Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。
Water far off will not quench a fire near at hand. 远水救不了近火。
Well begun is half done. 好的开始是成功的一半。
What is one man's meat is another man's poison. 人各有所好。
What must be must be. 是福不是祸，是祸躲不过；事实就是事实。
What's done cannot be undone. 覆水难收。
When the cat is away, the mice will play. 阎王不在，小鬼翻天。
Where there's a will there's a way. 有志者事竟成。
While there is life there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools by their own. 聪明人从别人的错误中学习；笨人则从自己的错误中记取教训。
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 can't have your cake and eat it. 鱼与熊掌无法兼得。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 不可过份透支体力。
You cannot catch old birds with chaff. 你无法用谷壳捕到老鸟；姜是老的辣。
You cannot have it both ways. 你不可能两面讨好。
You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs. 要做蛋卷就得打破鸡蛋；天下没有白吃的午餐。
You cannot make bricks without straw. 巧妇难为无米炊。
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. 老狗学不了新把戏。
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, divided 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。
The best mirror is an old friend. 老友乃是最好的镜子。
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile. 午饭后要座，晚饭后要走。
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. 做得漂亮才是真漂亮。

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