常用谚语一（英汉对照）
A1
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
A bosom friend afar brings distant land near.
海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools
拙匠常怨工具差。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Advice when most needed is least heeded.
忠言逆耳。
Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler.
好问是非者，恰是是非之人。
After rain comes the sunshine.
苦尽甘来。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真交。
A dog's mouth emits no ivory.
狗嘴里吐不出象牙。
A clean hand wants no washing.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark.
愚者千虑，必有一得。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
问心无愧，高枕无忧。
A fox may grow grey, but never good.
狐狸到老也不会变好。
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
害人反害已。
Dead men tell no tales．
死无对证。
Drumming is not the way to catch a hare.
空话连篇于事无补。
First think, and then speak．
三思而后言。
He that promises too much,means nothing.
轻诺必寡信。
He who denies all confesses all.
欲盖弥彰。
New brooms sweep clean.
新官上任三把火。
Happiness takes no account of time.
幸福不觉光阴过.
Pride comes before a fall．
骄兵必败。
Enough is asgood as a feast．
知足常乐。
Walls have ears．
隔墙有耳。
Two can play the game.
孤掌难鸣。
Putting the cart before the hOrse．
本未倒置。
Money is the root of all evil．
金钱是万恶之源。
Money talks．
钱能通神。
The grass is greener on the other side of the hill． 这山望着那山高。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
恶其始者必恶其终。
A bad bush is better than the open field.
有胜於无。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。
A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做贼心虚。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.
坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。
A bad padlock invites a picklock.
开门揖盗。
A bad thing never dies.
坏事传千年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常怨工具差。
A bargain is a bargain.
达成的协议不可撕毁。
A beggar's purse is bottomless.
乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。
A bird may be known by its song.
什麽鸟唱什麽歌。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.
略有胜於全无。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.
坐井观天。
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
秋波送盲，白费痴情。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。
A book that remains shut is but a block.
有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
借来的斗篷不暖身。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
相聚爱益切，离别情更深。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
自己选的担子不嫌重。
A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。
A cat may look at a king.
猫也有权晋见国王。
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