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1000句英语格言

 轻松号 2011-05-07

001.An idle youth,a needy age.

◎少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。

002.Time flies.

◎时光易逝。

003.Time is money.

◎一寸光阴一寸金。

004.Time and tide wait for no man.

◎岁月无情;岁月易逝;岁月不待人。

005.Time tries all.

◎时间检验一切。

006.Time tries truth.

◎时间检验真理。

007.Time past cannot be called back again.

◎光阴一去不复返。

008.All time is no time when it is past.

◎光阴一去不复返。

009.No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.

◎昨日不复来。

010.Tomorrow comes never.

◎切莫依赖明天。

011.One today is worth two tomorrows.

◎一个今天胜似两个明天。

012.The morning sun never lasts a day.

◎好景不常;朝阳不能光照全日。

013.Christmas comes but once a year.

◎圣诞一年只一度。

014.Pleasant hours fly past.

◎快乐时光去如飞。

015.Happiness takes no account of time.

◎欢娱不惜时光逝。

016.Time tames the strongest grief.

◎时间能缓和极度的悲痛。

017.The day is short but the work is much.

◎工作多,光阴迫。

018.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.

◎今日事须今日毕,切勿拖延到明天。

019.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.

◎明天如有事,今天就去做。

020.To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth

three.

◎事事及时做,一日胜三日。

021.To save time is to lengthen life.

◎节省时间就是延长生命。

022.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.

◎万物皆有时,时来不可失。

023.Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.

◎时来必须要趁时,不然时去无声息。

024.When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.

◎机不可失,时不再来;机会一过,永不再来。

025.Make hay while the sun shines.

◎晒草要趁太阳好。

026.Strike while the iron is hot.

◎趁热打铁。

027.Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.

◎今朝有事今朝做,明朝可能阻碍多。

028.Punctuality is the soul of business.

◎守时为立业之要素。

029.Procrastination is the thief of time.

◎因循拖延是时间的大敌;拖延就是浪费时间。

030.Every tide hath ist ebb.

◎潮涨必有潮落时。

031.Knowledge is power.

◎知识就是力量。

032.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.

◎知识可羡,胜于财富。

033.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.

◎知识胜过金银,

034.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

◎胸中有知识,胜于手中有钱。

035.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.

◎为了求知识,代价虽高也值得。

036.Doubt is the key of knowledge.

◎怀疑是知识之钥。

037.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.

◎若要求知识,须从勤苦得。

038.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

◎浅学误人。

039.A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.

◎少量的常识,当得大量的学问。

040.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.

◎知识只能循序渐进,不能跃进。

041.Learn wisdom by the follies of others.

◎从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。

042.It is good to learn at another man's cost.

◎前车可鉴。

043.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.

◎知识之于精神,一如健康之于肉体。

044.Experience is the best teacher.

◎经验是最好的教师。

045.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

◎经验是知识之父,记忆是知识之母。

046.Dexterity comes by experience.

◎熟练来自经验。

047.Practice makes perfect.

◎熟能生巧。

048.Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.

◎经验学校学费高,愚人旁处学不到。

049. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.

◎有经验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验。

050.Wit once bought is worth twice taught.

◎由经验而得的智慧,胜于学习而得的智慧;一次亲

身的体会,胜过两次的教师教导。

051.Seeing is believing.

◎百闻不如一见。

052.Business is the salt of life.

◎事业是生命之盐。

053.Business before pleasure.

◎事业在先,享乐在后。

054.Business makes a man as well as tries him.

◎事业可以考验人,也可以造就人。

055.Business neglected is business lost.

◎忽视职业便是放弃职业。

056.Never think yourself above business.

◎勿自视过高;不要眼高手低;永远不要认为自己是大才小用。

057.Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.

◎事业虽扰人,懒惰害更大。

058.He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.

◎自命大才小用,往往眼高手低。

059.Do business,but be not a slave to it.

◎要做事,但不要做事务的奴隶。

060.Everybody's business is nobody's business.

◎众人的事就是无人过问的事。

061.Work makes the workman.

◎勤工出巧匠。

062.Better master one than engage with ten.

◎会十事,不如精一事。

063.A work ill done must be twice done.

◎首次做不好,必须重新搞。

064.They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.

◎不能如愿而行,也须尽力而为。

065.If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.

◎想把事情来做好,就得亲自动手搞。

066.He that doth most at once doth least.

◎什么都想一次做完,结果一件也做不完;贪多嚼不烂。

067.Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.

◎照大多数人那样干,人们会把你称赞。

068.What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

◎在任何时候都可做的事情,总是在任何时候都不做的事情。

069.Better late than never.

◎迟做总比不做好。

070.Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

◎凡是值得做的事,就值得做好。

071.The shortest answer is doing the thing.

◎最简短的回答就是一个“干”字。

072.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

◎行动是知识之佳果。

073.Finished labours are pleasant.

◎完成工作是一乐。

074.It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.

◎没有土壤,播种也是徒劳。

075.It is right to put everything in its proper use.

◎凡事都应用得其所。

076.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.

◎按部就班,事情很快就做完。

077.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

◎只工作,不玩耍,聪明小孩也变傻。

078.Work bears witness who does well.

◎工作能证明谁做的好。

079.It is not work that kills,but worry.

◎工作不会伤身,伤身乃是忧虑。

080.He that will not work shall not eat.

◎不工作者不得食。

081.Business is business.

◎公事公办。

082.Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.

◎慢慢酌量,快快行动。

083.Put your shoulder to the wheel.

◎努力工作。

084.Never do things by halves.

◎做事不要半途而废。

085.In for a penny,in for a pound.

◎做事一开头,就要做到底;一不做,二不休。

086.Many hands make quick work.

◎人多干活快。

087.Many hands make light work.

◎众擎易举。

088.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

◎技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。

089.Diligence is the mohter of success.

◎勤奋是成功之母。

090.Idleness is the root of all evil.

◎懒惰乃万恶之源。

091.Care and diligence bring luck.

◎谨慎和勤奋带来好运。

092.Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

◎勤勉是好运之母。

093.Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.

◎勤勉是幸运的右手,世俭是幸运的左手。

094.Idleness is the key of beggary.

◎懒惰出乞丐。

095.No root,no fruit.

◎无根就无果。

096.Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).

◎懒人做工作,越懒越费力。

097.Sloth is the key of poverty.

◎惰能致贫。

098.Sloth turneth the edge of wit.

◎懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。

099.An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

◎懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。

100.The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.

◎节俭是致富的秘诀。

101. Lying is the first step to the gallows.

  ◎说谎是上断头台的第一步。

  102. Waste not,want not.

  ◎俭以防匮。

  103. From saving comes having.

  ◎富有来自节俭。

  104. A penny saved is a penny gained.

  ◎省一文是一文。

  105. Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves.

  ◎金钱积少便成多。

  106. Frugality is an estate alone.

  ◎节俭本身就是一宗财产。

  107. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.

  ◎小钱不知节省,大钱将滥花。

  108. Small gains bring great wealth.

  ◎积小利,成巨富。

  109. Many a little makes a mickle.

  ◎积少便成多。

  110. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.

  ◎试金之石可试金,正如黄金能试人。

  111.Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.

  ◎勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。

  112.The path to glory is always rugged.

  ◎光荣之路常坎坷。

  113.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

  ◎世上无难事,只要人肯试。

  114.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.

  ◎烈火试真金,困苦炼壮士。

  115.Great hopes make great man.

  ◎远大的希望造就伟大的人物。

  116.No way is impossible to courage.

  ◎勇士面前无险路。

  117.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

  ◎平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。

  118.The good seaman is known in bad weather.

  ◎坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员;要识好海员,须凭坏天气。

  119.The best hearts are always the bravest.

  ◎行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。

  120.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.

  ◎求神不如求己。

  121.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.

  ◎今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。

  122.Rome was not built in a day.

  ◎罗马并非一日可建成;坚持必成。

  123.Success belongs to the persevering.

  ◎胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。

  124.We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success.

  ◎我们要多次重申:不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。

  125.Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.

  ◎十九次失败,到第二十次获得成功,这就叫坚持。

  126.Step by step the ladder is ascended.

  ◎登梯需要逐级登。

  127.Adversity leads to prosperity.

  ◎困苦通向昌盛。

  128.Patience and application will carry us through.

  ◎忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。

  129.Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her.

  ◎做事只要有耐心,到头总会有好运;耐心候好运,好运常会来。

  130.All things will come round to him who will but wait.

  ◎只要肯等待,一切都会按时来。

  131.Constant dropping wears the stone.

  ◎滴水不绝可穿石。

  132.Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.

  ◎鸡蛋不打破,蛋卷做不成;不甘愿吃苦,则预期效果达不到。

  133.The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.

  ◎世界好似一把梯,有人上去有人下。

  134.There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade.

  ◎要知世事奥秘多,须要长期作学徒。

  135.Life is sweet.

  ◎生活是可爱的;人无不好生(恶死)

  136.Where there is life,there is hope.

  ◎生命不息,希望长在。

  137.Life is not all beer and skittles.

  ◎人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。

  138.Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of.

  ◎眼前发生许多事,有些我们并不知。

  139.Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.

  ◎人人都有走运的一天。

  140.If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you.

  ◎运气太好,见人不睬;运气太坏,无人理会。

  141.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

  ◎每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。

  142.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.

  ◎记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。

  143.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).

  ◎祸不单行。

  144.Misfortune is a good teacher.

  ◎不幸是良好的教师。

  145.Misfortunes come at night.

  ◎祸常生于不测。

  146.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

  ◎恶运临头后,才知幸运贵。

  147.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.

  ◎患难能使人聪明,但不能使人富有。

  148.Live and learn.

  ◎活到老,学到老。

  149.It is never too old to learn.

  ◎为学不怕年高。

  150.A man becomes learned by asking questions.

  ◎要长学问,就得多问;多问则业精。

  151.There is no royal road to learning.

  ◎学问无坦途。

  152.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.

  ◎畏问之人耻于学。

  153.What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.

  ◎婴孩时期学到的东西,老死不会忘记。

  154.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.

  ◎知识能使好人更好,坏人更坏。

  155.Soon learnt,soon forgotten.

  ◎学得快,忘得快。

  156.Learn young,learn fair.

  ◎为学趁年青,既学须学好。

  157.A lazy youth,a lousy age.

  ◎少时懒惰老来苦。

  158.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing.

  ◎无知即无疑。

  159.A good name keeps its luster in the dark.

  ◎良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光。

  160.Fame is a magnifying glass.

  ◎名誉是放大镜。

  161.A good fame is better than a good face.

  ◎美名胜于美貌。

  162.Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off.

  ◎名誉如河流,发源处最狭,愈远愈宽广。

  163.Take honour from me and my life is done.

  ◎没有名誉,就没有了生命。

  164.Beware of him who regards not his reputation.

  ◎要谨防不重名誉的人。

  165.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.

  ◎光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。

  166.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.

  ◎成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。

  167.Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.

  ◎无功得名是常事,无过失名也是常事。

  168.Your father's honour is to you but a second-hand honour.

  ◎对于你来说,父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉。

  169.Never trust another what you should do yourself.

  ◎自己该做的事,决不要委托给旁人做。

  170.It is an equal failing to trust everybody,and to trust nobody.

  ◎信任一切与不信任任何人,同样是弱点。

  171.Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.

  ◎在你信任一个人之前,先要深入了解他。

  172.If you trust before you try,you may repent before you die.

  ◎不经考验就依赖,不到瞑目便的悔。

  173.Never trust to fine words.

  ◎切勿轻信漂亮话。

  174.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.

  ◎细线挂重物,终究不可靠。

  175.Be just to all,but trust not all.

  ◎要对一切人都公正,但不要对一切人都信任。

  176.Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.

  ◎只要信任你自己,旁人才不出卖你。

  177.Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

  ◎自信为英雄品质之本。

  178.Confidence is a plant of slow growth.

  ◎信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。

  179.Truth is the daughter of time.

  ◎真理是时间的女儿。

  180.Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes.

  ◎真理面目善良;但衣衫褴褛。

  181.Truth and roses have thorns about them.

  ◎真理和玫瑰,身旁都有刺。

  182.Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed.

  ◎真理可能会被责难,但绝不会受羞辱。

  183.Though malice may darken truth,it cannot put it out.

  ◎恶意可以糟塌真理;但无法消灭真理。

  184.Truth will prevail.

  ◎真理必胜。

  185.Truth's best ornament is nakedness.

  ◎不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰。

  186.Facts are stubborn things.

  ◎事实是最顽强的东西。

  187.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light.

  ◎真相迟早会大白。

  188.The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know.

  ◎我们最不愿意听到的事实,往往是我们知道了会大有好处的事实。

  189.Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.

  ◎谎言似荨麻,玩弄会刺手。

  190.There is many a fair thing full false.

  ◎有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。

  191.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome.

  ◎谎言装扮虽不错,到头总会被揭露。

  192.A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.

  ◎谎言生谎言,谎言世代传。

  193.A false tongue will hardly speak truth.

  ◎假舌不会吐真言。

  194.False with one can be false with two.

  ◎对一个人虚假,也会对两个人虚假。

  195.He that will lie will steal.

  ◎会说谎的人也就会偷窃。

  196.Gossiping and lying go together.

  ◎流言常和谎话并行。

  197.Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.

  ◎含糊其词是谎话的近亲。

  198.A great talker is a great liar.

  ◎最会夸夸其谈的人也最会说谎。

  199.The greatest liars talk most of themselves.

  ◎最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。

  200.Lying rides upon debt's back.

  ◎负债的人谎话多。

201. All is not gold that glitters.

  ◎闪光未必尽黄金。

  202. Money is the root of evil.

  ◎金钱是罪恶的根源。

  203. Money makes the mare go.

  ◎有钱能使鬼推磨。

  204. All things are obedient to money.

  ◎一切事物都服从于金钱。

  205. Before gold,even kings take off their hats.

  ◎在黄金面前,国王也要脱帽。

  206. Money is the key that opens all doors.

  ◎金钱是打开一切门户的钥匙。

  207. Beauty is potent,but money is more potent.

  ◎美貌固有力,金钱力更大。

  208. Avarice increases with wealth.

  ◎越有钱,越贪钱。

  209. The money the miser hoards will do him no good.

  ◎守财奴积财,对自己毫无好处。

  210. What is wealth good for,If it brings melancholy?

  财富如带忧郁来,有了财富有何用?

  ######.Gold will not buy anything.

  ◎黄金不能买尽一切。

  212.The chief aim of man is not to get money.

  ◎人的主要目的并不是赚钱。

  213.Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.

  ◎相信金钱万能的人,往往会一切为了金钱。

  214.Wealth makes worship.

  ◎财富能使人拜倒。

  215.Little wealth,little care.

  ◎财富少,烦恼也少。

  216.A moneyless man goes fast through the market.

  ◎身上无钱过市快。

  217.Poverty is not a crime.

  ◎贫非罪。

  218.Poverty is not a disgrace,but theft is a disgrace.

  ◎贫穷不可耻,偷窃乃足羞。

  219.Better be poor than wicked.

  ◎宁可做穷人,不可做坏人。

  220.Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself, is a disgrace.

  ◎贫穷不足为耻,穷而不能自立方可耻。

  221.Poverty is the mother of health.

  ◎贫穷是健康之母。

  222.Be considerate toward the poor.

  ◎应常为穷人着想。

  223.Poor and content is rich and rich enough.

  ◎人能安贫就是富。

  224.Poverty parteth fellowship.

  ◎贫穷断友情。

  225.Poverty makes a man mean.

  ◎贫困使人小气。

  226.Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.

  ◎只有贫穷是可以不劳而获的东西。

  227.Do not through fear of poverty surrender liberty.

  ◎不要因为怕贫困而舍去自由。

  228.Poverty and love are hard to hide.

  ◎贫困与爱情,都难瞒过人。

  229.Poverty breeds strife.

  ◎贫困引起冲突。

  230.The poor man wants much,the miser everything.

  ◎穷人要求多,财迷则样样都要。

  231.The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor.

  ◎富人口中的美味是穷人眼中的泪水。

  232.Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden.

  ◎老而贫困,负担最沉。

  233.Beggars must (should) be no choosers.

  ◎行乞的<>哪能挑肥拣瘦;饥不择食。

  234.A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.

  ◎穷人眼中的一只羊,贵似富人一头牛。

  235.A light purse makes a heavy heart.

  ◎钱袋轻时心事重。

  236.Poor without debt is better than a prince.

  ◎穷人无债胜王子。

  237.Happy is he who owes nothing.

  ◎无债一身轻。

  238.Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.

  ◎借钱才到手,立刻便担忧。

  239.He that goes a borrowing,goes a sorrowing.

  ◎向人借债是自寻烦恼。

  240.Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

  ◎与其负债起身,不如空腹上床。

  241.Out of debt,out of danger.

  ◎脱债就脱险。

  242.A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

  ◎深忧偿不了小债。

  243.He is the wisest man who does not think himself so.

  ◎不自作聪明便是最聪明。

  244.Wise men have their mouth in their heart,fools their heart in their mouth.

  ◎聪明人嘴在心里,愚蠢人心在嘴边。

  245.Wise men learn by other men's mistakes;fools by their own.

  ◎聪明人从旁人的错误中吸取教训,愚笨人则从自身的错误中吸取教训。

  246.He is wise that knows when he's well enough.

  ◎知足为智者。

  247.A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

  ◎智者不强求。

  248.He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs.

  ◎明智者有足够的机智处理自己的事情。

  249.No man is born wise.

  ◎聪明非天生。

  250.A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.

  ◎能随机应变的人是聪明人。

  251.A word is enough to the wise.

  ◎对明智者一言已足。

  252.He is the wise man who is the honest man.

  ◎正直的人就是有见识的人。

  253.A wise man thinks all that he says,a fool says all that he thinks.

  ◎聪明人想了才说,愚笨的人想着就说。

  254.The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.

  ◎聪明的手不做愚蠢的嘴所说的事。

  255.A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.

  ◎口若悬河,不能证明真有才智。

  256.It is easy to be wise after the event.

  ◎事后的诸葛亮容易做。

  257.The wise man knows he knows nothing,the fool thinks the knows all.

  ◎聪明人自认一无所知,愚笨人自负无所不晓。

  258.Fools learn nothing from wise men;but wise men learn much from fools.

  ◎愚人不能从智者那里学到什么;而智者却能从愚人那里学到很多。

  259.A fool always comes short of his reckoning.

  ◎愚人常短于心计。

  260.A fool's heart dances on his lips.

  ◎愚人的心挂在唇边。

  261.A fool always finds a greater fool than himself.

  ◎愚人总以为旁人比自己更傻。

  262.A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool.

  ◎一个人可能说话如智者,而行为象愚人。

  263.The more riches a fool hath,the greater fool he is.

  ◎愚人越富越蠢。

  264.Never challenge a fool to do wrong.

  ◎不要怂恿愚人干错事。

  265.It is better to please a fool than to anger him.

  ◎对愚人最好是使他高兴,而不是惹他发怒。

  266.He is a fool who cannot be angry,but he is a wise man who will not.

  ◎不会发怒是蠢人,不愿发怒是聪明人。

  267.'Tis altogether vain to learn wisdom and yet live foolishly.

  ◎枉自学聪明,却做愚蠢事。

  268.Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.

  ◎没有学识的机智,犹如没有果实的树。

  269.No man is wise at all times.

  ◎世上无一贯明智的人。

  270.Many heads are better than one.

  ◎几个脑袋总比一个脑袋强;三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮。

  271.Virtue never grows old.

  ◎美德永不老。

  272.Virtue is the only true nobility.

  ◎万事不如美德高。

  273.Virtue is a jewel of great price.

  ◎美德乃是无价宝。

  274.He that soweth virtue shall reap fame.

  ◎播下美德,收获名望。

  275.To be virtuous is to do good.

  ◎行善即是有德。

  276.Glory is the shadow of virtue.

  ◎荣誉是美德的影子。

  277.There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not.

  ◎没有贫穷不能破坏的美德。

  278.The first step to virtue is to abstrain from vice.

  ◎不作恶是走向美德的第一步。

  279.No good building without a good foundation.

  ◎基础不良的好建筑物是没有的。

  280.One good turn deserves another.

  ◎善行应有善报;善良的行为应得善良行为的报答。

  281.He that returns good for evil obtains the victory.

  ◎胜利属于以德报怨的人。

  282.We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.

  ◎我有德于人不应记;人有德于我不可忘。

  283.If they say you are good,ask yourself if it be true.

  ◎若有人称赞,自问对不对。

  284.He who avoids temptation avoids the sin.

  ◎不受诱惑就免于罪恶。

  285.A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

  ◎问心无愧,打雷也能睡。

  286.Never be weary of well doing.

  ◎不要厌倦做好事。

  287.Of evil grain,no good seed can come.

  ◎坏谷无好种。

  288.That which is evil is soon learnt.

  ◎恶行易学。

  289.No vice goes alone.

  ◎恶事不单行。

  290.An evil lesson is soon learned.

  ◎恶习易染。

  291.A bad thing never dies.

  ◎坏事传千年。

  292.Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.

  ◎罪恶于人,尺进寸退。

  293.The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues.

  ◎保持一桩恶事的代价超过于十件好事。

  294.They that do nothing learn to do ill.

  ◎游手好闲,容易学坏。

  295.A wicked man is his own hell.

  ◎坏人作恶,自造地狱。

  296.Those who eat best and drink best often do worst.

  ◎吃得好,喝得好,坏事常常免不了。

  297.He who has done ill once will do it again.

  ◎一次干坏事,便有第二次。

  298.There is no going heaven in a sedan.

  ◎坐轿上天堂,从来无此事。

  299.An ill life,an ill end.

  ◎恶有恶报。

  300.A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.

  ◎不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。

301. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

  ◎没有知识的热心,犹如有火而无光。

  302. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.

  ◎隐恶败善;原谅坏人即是伤害好人。

  303. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.

  ◎重伤可治,恶名难去。

  304. Evil communications corrupt good manners.

  ◎不良的交往败坏良好的举止。

  305. No wrong without remedy.

  ◎有过皆可补。

  306. Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

  ◎唯利是图者,胸中无美德。

  307. First think,and then speak.

  ◎动口先动脑。

  308. A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled).

  ◎一言既出,驷马难追。

  309. While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's.

  ◎话在嘴里,属于自己;话一出口,人家所有。

  310. Speech is silver,silence is gold.

  ◎言语是银,沉默是金。

  311.Few words are best.

  ◎寡言为贵。

  312.No wisdom like silence.

  ◎聪明莫过沉默。

  313.Least said,soonest mended.

  ◎少说为妙。

  314.Second thoughts are best.

  ◎再思而后行。

  315.Look before you leap.

  ◎慎思而后行。

  316.He is a wise man who speaks little.

  ◎智多言语少。

  317.Fair words butter no parsnips.

  ◎美言无补实际。

  318.The tongue is not made of steel,yet it cuts.

  ◎舌头不是钢,一动把人伤。

  319.Sometimes words hurt more than swords.

  ◎言语能伤人,有时胜刀剑。

  320.A good tongue is a good weapon.

  ◎口齿伶俐,是件利器。

  321.A wise head makes a close mouth.

  ◎头脑灵,嘴巴紧。

  322.It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.

  ◎说得多是一回事,讲得中肯又是一回事。

  323.Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress,which is great and tall, but bears no fruit.

  ◎无益的雄辩犹如高大的柏树,不会结果。

  324.Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.

  ◎与其说话不中肯,不如半句也莫吭。

  325.Many a true word is spoken in jest.

  ◎笑语之中吐真言。

  326.Few words,many deeds.

  ◎少说话,多做事。

  327.Actions speak louder than words.

  ◎行动比言语响亮;百说不如一干。

  328.From words to deeds is a great space.

  ◎言行之间,大有距离。

  329.Deeds,not words.

  ◎要行动,不要言词。

  330.Bare words,no bargain.

  ◎空言不能成交易。

  331.Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves.

  ◎行动是果实,言语只是叶子。

  332.Ill deeds cannot honour.

  ◎坏行为不受尊敬。

  333.Fine words dress ill deeds.

  ◎漂亮的言词装饰着恶劣的行为。

  334.Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.

  ◎动听的话和坏行为同样欺骗聪明和愚人。

  335.Our own actions are our security,not others' judgements.

  ◎我们的行为是自己的保证,并不是旁人的鉴定。

  336.A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

  ◎空有言语而无行动的人,犹如杂草丛生的花园。

  337.A man is not good or bad for one action.

  ◎不能凭一件事判断人的好坏。

  338.A man apt to promise is apt to forget.

  ◎易于许诺的人也易于忘记。

  339.A man that breaks his word,bids others to be false to him.

  ◎人不守信,无异于叫旁人对他失信。

  340.Easier said than done.

  ◎说易行难。

  341.The greatest talkers are always the least doers.

  ◎大言不惭的总是行动最少的人。

  342.The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

  ◎布丁好坏,一尝便知;空谈不如实践。

  343.Pride goes before a fall.

  ◎骄者必败。

  344.Pride goes before destruction.

  ◎骄者必败。

  345.Pride goeth before,and shame cometh after.

  ◎骄傲走在前,羞耻跟在后。

  346.Pride and grace dwelt never in one place.

  ◎傲慢和温雅,永难住一处。

  347.He that climbs high falls heavily.

  ◎爬得高,跌得重。

  348.Pride must be pinched.

  ◎骄傲应收敛。

  349.The more noble the more humble.

  ◎越高贵,越应谦逊。

  350.Humility often gains more than pride.

  ◎谦逊常比傲慢受益更多。

  351.He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none.

  ◎自命万事通,腹中常空空。

  352.No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself.

  ◎人并不因为他自知很差就是很差。

  353.Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.

  ◎骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。

  354.It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride.

  ◎用慷慨激昂的言语攻击傲慢并不是谦逊的标志。

  355.He that is full of himself is very empty.

  ◎自满之人腹内空。

  356.Honesty is the best policy.

  ◎诚实为上策。

  357.An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

  ◎诚实人的诺言实际上就是他的保证书。

  358.Poor but honest.

  ◎虽贫穷,要诚实。

  359.Honesty may be dear bought,but can never be an ill pennyworth.

  ◎高价买诚实,永远也值得。

  360.Knavery may serve,but honesty is best.

  ◎欺诈可能有用,诚实却是上策。

  361.Every man has his weak side.

  ◎人人都有自己的弱点。

  362.He who has no shame has no conscience.

  ◎不知羞耻的人不知自疚。

  363.An honest look covereth many faults.

  ◎一副诚实的外表掩盖着许多缺点。

  364.Once a knave,ever a knave.

  ◎一次成无赖,永远是无赖。

  365.A crafty knave needs no broker.

  ◎狡猾的无赖不需要有中间人。

  366.The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.

  ◎正当得到的一分钱胜于偷来的一元钱。

  367.One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.

  ◎合法取得的一辨士,胜于非法取得的一千辨士。

  368.The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.

  ◎不正当得来的辨士使正当得来的英镑也受到沾污。

  369.Love is blind.

  ◎爱情是盲目的。

  370.Love is without reason.

  ◎爱情无理智。

  371.Love is full of trouble.

  ◎爱情充满了烦恼。

  372.Love cannot be compelled.

  ◎爱情不能强迫。

  373.Love begets love.

  ◎爱爱相生。

  374.Love needs no teaching.

  ◎爱情不需教导。

  375.Love at first sight.

  ◎一见倾心。

  376.Love asks faith,and faith firmness.

  ◎爱情要求信任,信任要求坚定。

  377.Love is the touchstone of virtue.

  ◎爱情是美德的试金石。

  378.Love not at the first look.

  ◎不要一见钟情。

  379.Hasty love,soon cold.

  ◎爱得匆忙冷得快。

  380.Love is a sweet torment.

  ◎爱情是一种甜蜜的痛苦。

  381.Love rules his kingdom without a sword.

  ◎爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。

  382.Love will find out the way.

  ◎爱情自会寻出路。

  383.Love is not to be found in the market.

  ◎爱情在市场上找不到。

  384.Lovers live by love,as larks live by leeks.

  ◎情侣靠爱情生活,正象云雀靠韭葱生活一样。

  385.Old love will not be forgotten.

  ◎旧情永难忘;往日的爱情难以忘怀。

  386.True love kythes(=shows itself)in time of need.

  ◎患难显真情。

  387.Sound love is not soon forgotten.

  ◎坚固的爱情不会顷刻忘怀。

  388.The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

  ◎最大的恨来自最大的爱。

  389.No love is foul,nor prison fair.

  ◎没有肮脏的爱情,也没有美丽的监狱。

  390.Labour is lihgt where love doth pay.

  ◎爱情付报酬,劳苦也轻松。

  391.Love is the reward of love.

  ◎爱就是爱的报酬。

  392.Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

  ◎爱情把一切冷酷之心变成温柔。

  393.When love puts in,friendship is gone.

  ◎爱情进入,友情完结。

  394.The course of true love never did run smooth.

  ◎真爱的道路绝不平坦。

  395.Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly.

  ◎爱情是可爱的虐政,情人们甘受它痛苦的折磨。

  396.True love is giving,not taking.

  ◎真挚的爱是给,不是取。

  397.Love makes obedience easy.

  ◎爱情使顺从成为易事。

  398.Love is sweet in the beginning,but sour in the end.

  ◎爱情先甜后来酸。

  399.Where love fails,we espy all faults.

  ◎爱情一失败,一切毛病都发现。

  400.Follow love and it will flee,flee love and it will follow thee.

  ◎追求爱情它高飞,逃避爱情它跟随。

401. When poverty comes in at the door,love flies out of the window.

  ◎贫穷一进门,爱情跳窗走。

  402. Faults are thick while love is thin.

  ◎一朝情义淡,样样不顺眼。

  403. Hatred is blind as well as love.

  ◎爱情和仇恨,二者皆盲目。

  404. Marriage is a lottery.

  ◎婚姻是一桩难于预测的事。

  405. Marry thy like.

  ◎跟你情投意合的人结婚。

  406. Marriage makes or mars a man.

  ◎婚姻成全人,也能损害人。

  407. It is good to marry late or never.

  ◎晚婚或不婚,都是好事情。

  408. Early wed,early dead.

  ◎早婚者早夭。

  409. They that marry in green,their sorrow is soon seen.

  ◎年纪轻轻就结婚,为时不久便悔恨。

  410. A young man married is a man that's marred.

  ◎男子早婚,种下祸根。

  411.Marry in haste,and repent at leisure.

  ◎匆匆结婚,时时悔恨。

  412.Marry in lent,and you'll live to repent.

  ◎借债结婚,一生悔恨。

  413.He that marries for wealth,sells his liberty.

  ◎为财富而结婚的人,出卖了自己的自由。

  414.An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune.

  ◎不良的婚姻是恶运的来源。

  415.Who marrieth for love without money,hath good nights and sorry days.

  ◎为了爱情,无钱结婚,夜来欢娱,白天悔恨。

  416.If you always say "NO",never be married.

  ◎常常说“不”字,永远难结婚。

  417.Honest men marry soon,wise men not at all.

  ◎老实的人早成婚,聪明的人不结婚。

  418.A good wife and health is a man's best wealth.

  ◎贤妻和健康是男子的至宝。

  419.A good wife makes a good husband.

  ◎有好妻子就有好丈夫;妻贤夫自良。

  420.Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

  ◎选择妻子,最好用耳不用眼。

  421.Better be half hanged than ill wed.

  ◎与其成怨偶,不如守单身。

  422.He who does not honour his wife,dishonours himself.

  ◎不尊重自己妻子的人,自己也不会受人尊重。

  423.The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.

  ◎有懦弱的丈夫,就有凶悍的妻子。

  424.It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.

  ◎母鸡司晨家不兴。

  425.The wife is the key of the house.

  ◎妻子是一家之钥;妻贤一家兴。

  426.The more women look in their glass,the less they look to their house.

  ◎妇女照镜越多,照管家务就越少。

  427.East or west,home is best.

  ◎东也好,西也好,还是家中最好;金窝银窝,不如家里的草窝。

  428.One father can support ten children; ten children cannot support one father.

  ◎一个父亲可以供养十个孩子,十个孩子却不能供养一个父亲。

  429.One father is more than a hundred school-masters.

  ◎一个父亲胜于一百个教师。

  430.Like father,like son.

  ◎有其父,必有其子。

  431.The father buys,the son bigs,the grandchild sells,and his son thigs.

  ◎父买、子修建、孙儿卖,重孙街上当乞丐。

  432.The mother's breath is aye sweet.

  ◎母亲的低语总是甜蜜的。

  433.Like mother,like daughter.

  ◎有其母,必有其女。

  434.Children are the parents' riches.

  ◎子女是父母的至宝。

  435.A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world.

  ◎孩童是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的东西。

  436.He that hath no children,knows not what is love.

  ◎没有孩子的人,不知道什么叫做爱。

  437.Children learn to creep ere they can go.

  ◎孩子要走路,先得学爬行。

  438.Silly(=good) child is soon ylered(=taught).

  ◎好小孩,学得快。

  439.Boys will be boys.

  ◎孩子终归是孩子。

  440.One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.

  ◎一个男孩比十二个女孩增添的麻烦还多。

  441.Spare the rod and spoil the child.

  ◎省了棍子,惯坏了孩子。

  442.Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

  ◎淘气的男孩有时会成为争气的孩子。

  443.The child is father of the man.

  ◎三岁定到老。

  444.Happy is he that is happy in childhood.

  ◎童年时快乐的人是幸福的。

  445.Children and fools cannot lie.

  ◎孩子和愚人不会扯谎。

  446.My son is my son till he hath got him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.

  ◎儿子娶妻后就不是自己的儿子,可是女儿终身都是自己的女儿。

  447.It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well.

  ◎养女容易嫁女难。

  448.A maid that laughs is half taken.

  ◎少女笑口开,婚事成一半。

  449.A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.

  ◎有许多人向她求婚的少女,往往选中最差的一个。

  450.Maids want nothing but husbands,but when they have them they want everything.

  ◎未婚女子不要别的,只要丈夫,有了丈夫以后,一切都要。

  451.Would you know your daughter,see her in company.

  ◎你若想了解女儿,只要看她和什么样的人交往。

  452.He that would the daughter win,must with the mother first begin.

  ◎要想赢得女儿的欢心,必须先从她母亲着手。

  453.Life without friend is death.

  ◎没有朋友的生活便等于死亡。

  454.Without a friend,the world is wilderness.

  ◎没有朋友,世界成了荒野。

  455.Friendless is the dead.

  ◎死者无友。

  456.A good friend is my nearest relation.

  ◎好友即至亲。

  457.A near friend is better than a fardwelling kinsman.

  ◎近友胜远亲。

  458.A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

  ◎和任何人都认朋友,结果和任何人都交不成朋友;友多无好友。

  459.In time of prosperity,friends will be plenty.

  ◎走运时候朋友多。

  460.It is good to have friends in trouble.

  ◎在患难中能有朋友是好事。

  461.Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them.

  ◎富裕招致朋友,困苦考验朋友。

  462.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

  ◎患难时的朋友才是真正的朋友。

  463.Poverty tries friends.

  ◎贫穷考验朋友;人贫见友情。

  464.Try your friend ere you trust him.

  ◎对朋友要先考验,后信任。

  465.Prove thy friend ere thou have need.

  ◎在你需要朋友帮助前,先要考验他们。

  466.A friend is never known till a man have need.

  ◎不到困窘时,永难识真友。

  467.A faithful friend is hard to find.

  ◎忠实朋友实难求。

  468.Friends are like fiddle-strings,they must not be screwed too tight.

  ◎朋友有如琴弦,不能上的太紧。

  469.Have but few frieds,though many acquaintances.

  ◎结交可以多,朋友应宜少。

  470.All are not friends that speak us fair.

  ◎向我们说好话的并不都是好朋友。

  471.He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend.

  ◎金钱满袋,朋友盈门;钱袋装得饱,朋友不会少。

  472.A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.

  ◎朝中有友,胜如囊中有钱。

  473.It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.

  ◎天堂上和地狱中都有几个朋友,这乃是一件好事。

  474.We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.

  ◎指望朋友无缺点,永远休想交朋友。

  475.A friend without faults will never be found.

  ◎没有缺点的朋友永不可得。

  476.A man without a friend is only half a man.

  ◎无友的人只能算半个人。

  477.A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.

  ◎失友快,交友慢。

  478.Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

  ◎友谊不能总是在一方。

  479.Old acquaintance will soon be remembered.

  ◎故人一见便相亲。

  480.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

  ◎背后称我好,才算好朋友。

  481.Friends (the best of friends) must part.

  ◎好友终有分手时。

  482.A friend is best found in adversity.

  ◎患难见真交。

  483.I will be thy friend,but not thy vices' friend.

  ◎我愿意做你的朋友,但不做你那些恶习的朋友。

  484.False friends are worse than open enemies.

  ◎假朋友比真敌人更坏。

  485.Short acquaintance brings repentance.

  ◎浅交致后悔。

  486.He that lies down (sleeps) with dogs must rise up with fleas.

  ◎与恶人交终会变恶;近朱者赤,近墨者黑。

  487.Better be alone than in bad company.

  ◎交损友不如无友。

  488.Write down the advice of him who loves you,though you like it not at present.

  ◎爱你的人的忠告,即使你当时并不喜欢,也得把它记下。

  489.Hunger knows no friend.

  ◎饥饿不认朋友。

  490.Misery makes strange bedfellows.

  ◎难中不择友。

  491.One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

  ◎一个敌人为害,胜过十个朋友行好。

  492.An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.

  ◎敌人嘴里无好话。

  493.Believe no tales from the enemy.

  ◎敌人之言不可信。

  494.One enemy is too much.

  ◎一个敌人已太多。

  495.Mickle power makes many enemies.

  ◎权高树敌多。

  496.Do not despise your enemy.

  ◎不可轻敌。

  497.Though thy enemy seem a mouse,yet watch him like a lion.

  ◎敌人即使小如鼠,防他也要如防狮。

  498.If we are bound to forgive an enemy,we are not bound to trust him.

  ◎即便我们决心宽恕敌人,也决不能相信敌人。

  499.He that dallies with enemy gives him leave to kill him.

  ◎把敌人看儿戏,无异于准许敌人杀害自己。

  500.In an enemy spots are soon seen.

  ◎敌人身上求疵易。

501. If you would make an enemy,lend a man money and ask it of him again.

  ◎你若想与人结怨,只须先借钱给他,再向他催讨。

  502. A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.

  ◎勇敢的敌人胜过懦怯的朋友。

  503. An enemy who lies at thy feet begging forgi-veness must not feel thy sword.

  ◎对俯伏在你脚下乞怜的敌人,绝不可使他触及你的剑。

  504. Make your enemy your friend.

  ◎要化敌为友。

  505. Live and let live.

  ◎自己活也让别人活。

  506. As a man lives,so shall he die.

  ◎有生必有死。

  507. We are not born for ourselves.

  ◎人生天地间,并非为自己。

  508. He that hath time hath life.

  ◎有时间就有生活。

  509. He that lives long suffers much.

  ◎寿长忧患多。

  510. They who live longest will see most.

  ◎寿命最长的人见识也最广。

  511.He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

  ◎他生在富贵人家。

  512.A man can die but once.

  ◎人生只有一回死。

  513.He that liveth in court dieth upon straw.

  ◎生于安乐者常死于贫贱。

  514.He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly.

  ◎过着邪恶生活的人不会正直地死去。

  515.Death pay all debts.

  ◎一死了百债。

  516.Six feet of earth makes all men equal.

  ◎墓穴之中,人人平等。

  517.Death is the grand leveller.

  ◎死亡面前,不分贵贱。

  518.Death meets us everywhere.

  ◎人生到处皆可死;死亡和我们到处相遇。

  519.Death frees us from ills.

  ◎死亡使我们解脱不幸。

  520.We shall lie all alike in our graves.

  ◎一朝进坟场,大家都一样。

  521.In the grave the rich and poor lie equal.

  ◎一朝入暮穴,贫富皆一律。

  522.Death defies the doctor.

  ◎死亡蔑视医生。

  523.There is no medicine against death.

  ◎人间哪有不死(回春)药。

  524.Light come,light go.

  ◎易得则易失;来得容易去得快。

  525.Sometimes gain is to lose.

  ◎有时得即是失。

  526.Merry is he that hath nought to lose.

  ◎无物可失的人最逍遥自在。

  527.Grasp all,lose all.

  ◎样样都要,全部失掉。

  528.What we lose in hake we shall have in herring.

  ◎失鳕得鲱;失之东隅,收之桑榆。

  529.What is lost in the hundred will be found in the shire.

  ◎在区里失去的可在州里找回来。

  530.For a lost thing care nothing.

  ◎一物已失,计较无益。

  531.He who does not gain loses.

  ◎不能得益,就是损失。

  532.Losses make us more cautious.

  ◎损失使人更谨慎。

  533.Who loseth liberty loseth all.

  ◎失去自由即失去一切。

  534.Either win the horse or lose the saddle.

  ◎不是全赢,就是全输;孤注一掷。

  535.All is not lost that is in danger.

  ◎在危险中的东西未必全会损失。

  536.Do not run too fast after gain.

  ◎不要见利便狂追。

  537.Prefer loss to unjust gain.

  ◎宁可受损失,休取不义财。

  538.Lightly gain,quickly lost.

  ◎来得容易去得快;不义之财,理无久享。

  539.Only that which is honestly got is gain.

  ◎正当的收入才是真正的收入。

  540.All is not gain that is put in the purse.

  ◎装进钱包里的不一定都是正当的收入。

  541.Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers.

  ◎靠欺骗得利,准要吃亏。

  542.One never loses anything by politeness.

  ◎礼多不吃亏;礼多人不怪。

  543.Hold fast when you have it.

  ◎手中之物应紧握。

  544.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

  ◎海中好鱼取不尽(意指虽然失去一个机会,还有很多机会)。

  545.Many a slip (many things fall) between the cup and the lip.

  ◎酒杯来到嘴唇边,得饮与否未可知;物未到手前,未能算己有;凡事难以十拿九稳。

  546.It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.

  ◎使人人倒霉的风才是恶风;此失则彼得;害于此则

  利于彼;没有使所有的人都受害的坏事。

  547.Health is better than wealth.

  ◎健康胜于财富。

  548.Health is happiness.

  ◎健康便是幸福。

  549.A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.

  ◎健全的身体比金冕更有价值。

  550.A sound mind in a sound body.

  ◎健康的思想寓于健康的身体。

  551.A light heart lives long.

  ◎心胸开朗,使人寿长。

  552.A happy heart makes a blooming visage.

  ◎心中快乐,容光焕发。

  553.He who hath good health is young,and he is rich who owes nothing.

  ◎健康葆青春,无债即富有。

  554.Study sickness while you are well.

  ◎无病应思有病时。

  555.The healthful man can give counsel to the sick.

  ◎健康的人可以对生病的人提出忠告。

  556.By the side of sickness health becomes sweet.

  ◎和疾病相比较,才能识得健康的可爱。

  557.Health is not valued till sickness comes.

  ◎有病方知健康贵。

  558.Feed by measure and defy physician.

  ◎饮食有节,医生绝迹。

  559.Often and little eating makes a man fat.

  ◎多餐少吃,使人壮硕。

  560.After dinner sit awhile,after supper walk a mile.

  ◎正餐以后,休息片刻;晚餐以后,步行一哩。

  561.Early to bed and early to rise,makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.

  ◎早睡早起,使人健康、富有而聪明。

  562.He that will thrive must rise at five.

  ◎五点起床,百事兴旺。

  563.He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.

  ◎忍渴上床,起身健康。

  564.He who does not rise early never does a good day's work.

  ◎起床不早,一天的工作干不好。

  565.Who makes everything right must rise early.

  ◎想把事事都做好,就得坚持起身早。

  566.Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.

  ◎随羔羊就寝,与云雀同起。

  567.Cover your head by day as much as you will,by night as much as you can.

  ◎白天戴帽可随意,夜里戴帽是必须。

  568.A little labour,much health.

  ◎适量的劳动大有益于健康。

  569.Enough is as good as a feast.

  ◎饱食有如赴宴。

  570.Many dishes,many diseases.

  ◎食多病多。

  571.Diseases are the Price of ill pleasures.

  ◎疾病是纵欲的代价。

  572.Desperate diseases must have desperate cures.

  ◎毒病要用毒药医。

  573.He who never was sick dies the first.

  ◎小病不生,一病致命。

  574.Sickness shows us what we are.

  ◎疾病使人显本相。

  575.What can't be cured must be endured.

  ◎不治之症,必须坚忍。

  576.Hide nothing from thy physician.

  ◎不要讳疾忌医。

  577.Medicines are not meant to live on.

  ◎不要靠吃药过生活。

  578.A disease known is half cured.

  ◎病情弄清楚,病根除一半。

  579.The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet,and Dr. Merryman.

  ◎节食博士,静心博士,欢喜博士,三者都是最好的医师;饮食少,休息好,快乐多是却病延年之方。

  580.A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye,a lion's heart,and a lady's hand.

  ◎良好的外科医生应具有鹰眼、狮心和女性的手。

  581.Feed sparingly and defy the physician.

  ◎饮食有节,医生绝迹。

  582.Prevention is better than cure.

  ◎预防胜于治疗。

  583.An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

  ◎一分预防胜似十分治疗。

  584.Bitter pills may have wholesome effect.

  ◎良药苦口利于病。

  585.A good medicine tastes bitter.

  ◎良药苦口。

  586.There is no friend so faithful as a good book.

  ◎最忠实的朋友莫过于一本好书。

  587.Books,like friends,should be few and well chosen.

  ◎书籍如朋友,宜少宜精选。

  588.A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.

  ◎好书千载常如新。

  589.A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.

  ◎好书如至友,永远不相负。

  590.In books,are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages.

  ◎伟大思想古今有,载入书中成不朽。

  591.Some books are to be tasted,others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested.

  ◎一些书可以品味,另外一些书可以吞食,少数的一些可以咀嚼、消化。

  592.Old wood is best to burn,old book to read.

  ◎老柴好烧,老书宜读。

  593.A book that remains shut is but a block.

  ◎书本不去翻,犹如一木块。

  594.Judge not a book by its cover.

  ◎评定一本书,不能凭封面。

  595.A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.

  ◎坏书因其不能改正错误而更坏。

  596.A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.

  ◎故事好,再讲一遍还是好。

  597.Law is a bottomless pit.

  ◎法律是无底的深渊。

  598.Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

  ◎对法律无知,不能成为任何人的借口。

  599.Law makers should not be law breakers.

  ◎立法者不应成为犯法者;立法应守法。

  600.Wrong laws make short governance.

  ◎不健全的法律统治时间不会长。

601. The law is not the same at morning and at night.

  ◎早上的法令跟晚上的不一样;朝令夕改。

  602. New lords,new laws.

  ◎新君立新法。

  603. Laws catch flies and let hornets go free.

  ◎法网只捕蝇,黄蜂由它去。

  604. Where drums beat,laws are silent.

  ◎战鼓一响,法律无声。

  605. An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men.

  ◎法官能公正,重法不重人。

  606. That trial is not fair where affection is the judge.

  ◎法官动感情,审判难公正。

  607. A good lawyer,an evil neighbour.

  ◎好律师不是好邻居。

  608. An old physician,and a young lawyer.

  ◎医生老的好,律师年轻的好。

  609. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

  ◎鸡蛋还未孵,先别数鸡雏;莫过早乐观。

  610. Though the fox run,the chicken hath wings.

  ◎狐狸虽会跑,小鸡有翅膀。

  611.Young cocks love no coops.

  ◎小公鸡不恋笼。

  612.A cock is bold on his dunghill.

  ◎站在粪堆上,公鸡也称王。

  613.A barley-corn is better than a diamond to a cock.

  ◎对一只公鸡来说,一颗麦粒优于一颗钻石。

  614.He that will have his farm full,must keep an old cock and a young bull.

  ◎想使农庄充裕,就得养一只老公鸡和一头小公牛。

  615.If the hen does not prate,she will not lay.

  ◎不叨叨的母鸡不下蛋。

  616.It is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays in another's.

  ◎这样的母鸡可不好:在你家里咯咯叫,却到别家去下蛋。

  617.Fat hens lay few eggs.

  ◎肥鸡下蛋稀。

  618.Grain by grain,and the hen fills her belly.

  ◎一颗接一颗,母鸡填饱肚。

  619.A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter.

  ◎一只鸭子不会常在同一条沟中玩水。

  620.It is a blind silly gooes that comes to the fox's sermon.

  ◎只有盲目的笨鹅才会去听狐狸讲道。

  621.What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

  ◎适用于甲的也适用于乙。

  622.All his geese are swans.

  ◎他喜欢夸大其词;敝帚自珍。

  623.All your swans are geese.

  ◎你的美好希望(或诺言),全部成了泡影。

  624.Each bird likes to hear himself sing.

  ◎每一只鸟都爱听自己歌唱。

  625.The bird loves her nest.

  ◎鸟爱自己的窝。

  626.Birds of a feather flock together.

  ◎物以类聚,人以群分。

  627.The bird that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing.

  ◎生来能唱的鸟,不愿唱也得叫它唱。

  628.The fowler's pipe sounds sweet until the bird is caught.

  ◎捕禽人笛声悠扬,直吹得鸟儿落网。

  629.He that will take the bird must not scare it.

  ◎捕鸟休惊鸟。

  630.The noisy fowler catches no bird.

  ◎捕禽人大肆声张,鸟儿就不会落网。

  631.Old birds are not caught with new nests.

  ◎新网难捕老鸟。

  632.'Tis the early bird that catches the worm.

  ◎早起的鸟先得虫;捷足先登。

  633.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

  ◎双鸟在林,不如一鸟在手;十赊不如一现。

  634.A bird is known by its note,and a man by his talk.

  ◎鸟以声闻,人以言知。

  635.It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.

  ◎家丑不可外扬。

  636.Eagles fly alone,but sheep flock together.

  ◎鹰爱独飞羊爱群。

  637.A kite will never be a good hawk.

  ◎鸢永不会变成隼。

  638.Empty hands no hawk allure.

  ◎空手不能诱鹰来。

  639.The crow thinks his own bird fairest.

  ◎乌鸦总以为自己的雏鸟最美。

  640.A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.

  ◎乌鸦不管怎样经常洗澡,也不会变白。

  641.Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the ravens be gathered together.

  ◎哪里有死尸,乌鸦就成群。

  642.One swallow does not make a summer.

  ◎一燕不能成夏天(不可仅凭一种现象而遽作判断)。

  643.The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth it sooner.

  ◎燕子一飞就上塔,蜗牛悄悄爬,最后也上塔。

  644.The cuckoo comes in April,and stays the month of May;sings a song at Midsummer,and then goes away.

  ◎布谷鸟,四月来,五月一直在,仲夏唱支歌,然后就离开。

  645.If the sky falls,we shall catch larks.

  ◎天垮正好抓云雀;不要杞人忧天。

  646.An owl is the king of the night.

  ◎猫头鹰是黑夜之王。

  647.When the owl sings,the nightingale will hold her peace.

  ◎枭鸟唱歌,夜莺屏息。

  648.Cats hide their paws.

  ◎猫儿不露爪。

  649.A gloved cat catches no mice.

  ◎戴手套的猫抓不到老鼠。

  650.When the cat's away,the mice will play.

  ◎猫儿不在家,老鼠就玩耍;猫儿不在耗子闹。

  651.Ale will make cat speak.

  ◎喝了淡啤酒,猫也会开口;酒后使人说话多。

  652.A blate cat makes a proud mouse.

  ◎猫儿腼腆,老鼠翻天。

  653.When the weasel and the cat make a marriage,it is a very ill presage.

  ◎黄鼠狼跟猫儿成亲,预兆不佳。

  654.The cat and dog may kiss,yet are none the better friends.

  ◎猫狗虽相吻,总难成好友。

  655.All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.

  ◎猫儿性爱鱼,却怕爪弄湿;想获得珍品的人不愿冒必要的风险。

  656.A cat may look at a king.

  ◎猫也有权看国王;小人物也该有些权利。

  657.It is said that "cat hath nine lives",yet care would wear them all out.

  ◎据说猫儿有九命,忧虑多时也伤身。

  658.An old dog bites sore.

  ◎老狗咬人咬得狠。

  659.Beware of a silent dog and still water.

  ◎哑狗和静水,二者都得防。

  660.Barking dogs seldom bite.

  ◎爱吠的狗不咬人。

  661.A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.

  ◎肉骨头打狗狗不叫。

  662.Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.

  ◎远处狗就叫,近身不会咬。

  663.If the old dog barks,he gives counsel.

  ◎老狗叫,是忠告。

  664.In every country dogs bite.

  ◎天下有狗都咬人。

  665.Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.

  ◎饿狗也吃脏布丁;饥不择食。

  666.Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread.

  ◎狗儿把尾摇,爱的是面包。

  667.All are not thieves that dogs bark at.

  ◎狗吠的人并非都是小偷。

  668.Every dog is valiant at his own door.

  ◎站在家门口,狗也雄纠纠。

  669.Every dog is a lion at home.

  ◎狗在家中,八面威风。

  670.While the dog gnaws bone,companions would be none.

  ◎狗啃骨头无同伴。

  671.Two dogs strive for a bone,the third runs away with it.

  ◎两狗相争一骨头,第三只狗衔起走。

  672.Mad dog bites his master.

  ◎疯狗咬主人。

  673.Too much pudding will choke dog.

  ◎布丁太多噎死狗。

  674.Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.

  ◎莫因狗尾摇,次次丢面包。

  675.A living dog is better than a dead lion.

  ◎活狗胜于死狮。

  676.Love me,love my dog.

  ◎爱屋及乌。

  677.Let sleeping dog lie.

  ◎勿惊卧狗;切莫惹是生非。

  678.Help the dog over the stile.

  ◎助人度过难关。

  679.Every dog has his day.

  ◎片瓦也有翻身日;人人都有得意时。

  680.Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

  ◎欲加之罪,何患无辞。

  681.He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.

  ◎有心打狗好找棍;欲加之罪,何患无辞。

  682.An old dog cannot alter its way of barking.

  ◎老狗难改常吠声。

  683.When a dog is drowning,every one offers him drink.

  ◎待到狗溺水,众人给水喝。

  684.A swine over fat is the cause of his own bane.

  ◎猪死都因身过肥;象以齿焚。

  685.Pigs may fly,but they are very unlikely birds.

  ◎猪儿纵会飞,终究不是鸟。

  686.Never cast your pearls before swine.

  ◎不要把珍贵之物送给不识货的人;勿明珠暗投;勿对牛弹琴。

  687.You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

  ◎猪耳朵做不成丝钱包;巧妇难为无米之炊。

  688.The cow that's first up gets the first of the dew.

  ◎早起母牛先得露。

  689.Not all butter that the cow yields.

  ◎母牛所产的未必全是黄油。

  690.Many good cows have evil calves.

  ◎很多好母牛,会生坏小犊。

  691.You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.

  ◎不能既要卖母牛,又想喝牛奶。

  692.Old oxen have stiff horns.

  ◎牛老角硬。

  693.The ox is never woe,till he to the harrow go.

  ◎挂耙去耕地,牛才知辛苦。

  694.An ox is taken by the horns,and the man by the tongue.

  ◎牛因角被执,人因舌陷身。

  695.If the ox falls,whet your knife.

  ◎牛一倒,快磨刀;人遭难,众人踩。

  696.The black ox has trod on his foot.

  ◎祸事临头。

  697.The ox when weariest treads surest.

  ◎牛困走得稳。

  698.The best horse needs breaking,and the aptest child needs teaching.

  ◎最好的马儿要人驯,最伶俐的孩子要人训。

  699.A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.

  ◎不愿加鞍的马,不得吃燕麦。

  700.A good horse oft needs a good spur.

  ◎好马常需好靴刺。

701. It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.

  ◎要把马练好,缰绳靴刺少不了。

  702. A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle.

  ◎烈马要套粗笼头。

  703. He is a gentle horse that never cast his rider.

  ◎驯良的马绝不会把骑手甩倒。

  704. 'Tis a good horse that never stumbles.

  ◎好马不失蹄。

  705. The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.

  ◎马劣动怪马鞍坏。

  706. Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse.

  ◎瞎马鼓勇气,正是危险事。

  707. Old wood is best to burn,old horse to ride.

  ◎老柴好烧,老马好骑。

  708. Every horse thinks his sack heaviest.

  ◎每匹马都认为自己驮的袋子最重。

  709. You may know the horse by his harness.

  ◎观马具可知马性。

  710. A galled horse will not endure the comb.

  ◎擦伤的马不耐梳。

  711.You can take a horse to the water,but you cannot make him drink.

  ◎牵马河边易,逼马饮水难;不要逼人做他不愿做的事。

  712.Don't swap horses when crossing a stream.

  ◎行至中流不换马;危难之时不宜作大变动。

  713.An ass endures his burden,but not more than his burden.

  ◎驴子能负重,过重也难负。

  714.Wherever an ass falleth,there will he never fall again.

  ◎驴子绝不会在同样的地点跌倒两次。

  715.The braying of an ass does not reach heaven.

  ◎驴子的叫声传不到天上。

  716.The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.

  ◎驴子不乖,休怪驮鞍。

  717.A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.

  ◎相马不可凭马饰。

  718.He who wants a mule without fault,must walk on foot.

  ◎指望驴子无缺点,只有自己徒步行。

  719.A colt you may break,but an old horse you never can.

  ◎小驹犹可练,老马最难驯。

  720.One sheep follows another.

  ◎一羊跟一羊(指盲从)。

  721.If one sheep leap o'er the dyke,all the rest will follow.

  ◎一羊跳过沟,众羊跟着跳。

  722.There is a black sheep in every flock.

  ◎败类处处有;害群之马处处有。

  723.One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.

  ◎一羊生癣,群羊受害。

  724.Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful.

  ◎羊每叫一次,就少吃一口。

  725.One butcher does not fear many sheep.

  ◎屠夫不怕羊多。

  726.It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.

  ◎蠢羊才向狼忏悔。

  727.The dust raised by the sheep does not choke the wolf.

  ◎羊踩起的灰尘挡不住狼。

  728.Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them.

  ◎乌鸦吃死羊,先要哭一场;猫哭老鼠假慈悲。

  729.The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb.

  ◎有活的狼就有死的羔羊。

  730.As soon goes the young lamb's skin to the market as the old ewe's.

  ◎老羊皮上了市,小羊皮也跟着来。

  731.You have no goats,and yet you sell kids.

  ◎没有老山羊,还把小羊卖。

  732.If the beard were all,the goat might preach.

  ◎如果长胡就好,山羊也可讲道。

  733.A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.

  ◎懒羊自觉羊毛重。

  734.He that will have a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight.

  ◎早餐想吃野兔肉,头晚就须去捕捉。

  735.If you run after two hares,you will catch neither.

  ◎同时追两兔,一只也难捕。

  736.One should not run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

  ◎不应两面讨好。

  737.The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.

  ◎兔子睡大觉,乌龟跑第一。

  738.First catch your hare then cook him.

  ◎要兔子肉,先要把兔捉;先抓兔子后烹调(勿谋之过早)。

  739.The fox is known by his brush.

  ◎狐狸只因尾巴大,所以人人认识他。

  740.The fox smells his own stink first.

  ◎狐狸有恶臭,自己先嗅出。

  741.The fox may grow grey, but never good.

  ◎狐狸活到老,永远难变好。

  742.The tail does often catch the fox.

  ◎狐狸被抓,都因尾巴。

  743.It is an evil sign to see a fox lick a lamb.

  ◎狐狸舔羔羊,不是好迹象。

  744.When the fox preacheth,then beware your geese.

  ◎每逢狐狸讲道,当心鹅儿遭殃。

  745.An old fox is not easily snared.

  ◎老狐狸难得陷罗网。

  746.Old foxes want no tutors.

  ◎老狐不须教师教。

  747.The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

  ◎睡着的狐狸捉不到鸡。

  748.You can have no more of the fox than the skin.

  ◎狐狸除了皮,旁的全无用。

  749.The fox that had lost its tail would persuade others out of theirs.

  ◎一条狐狸丢尾巴,就劝旁的也丢它。

  750.A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.

  ◎审鹅不应狐陪审。

  751.The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.

  ◎狐狸的诡计永远进不了狮子的头脑。

  752.The old goose plays not with foxes.

  ◎老鹅不跟狐狸耍。

  753.The wolf and fox are both privateers.

  ◎狐狸与狼,抢劫大王。

  754.The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.

  ◎狼牙会掉,狼性难改。

  755.A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.

  ◎小偷识小偷,正象狼识狼。

  756.Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods.

  ◎饥饿引狼出森林。

  757.Give never the wolf the wether.

  ◎莫把阉羊送给狼。

  758.Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.

  ◎与狼相结交,就会学狼嚎。

  759.The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf.

  ◎孤羊逢狼,必然遭殃。

  760.It is madness for a sheep to treat of peace with a wolf.

  ◎跟狼讲和平,此羊必癫狂。

  761.By little and little the wolf eateth the sheep.

  ◎狼吃羊,一只一只进肚肠。

  762.The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.

  ◎群狼一死众羊安。

  763.While you trust to the dog,the wolf slips into the sheepfold.

  ◎当你认为狗可信,狼已偷偷把羊圈进。

  764.When the wolf grows old, the crows ride him.

  ◎狼老被鸦欺。

  765.Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

  ◎人与人交往,不是上帝就是狼。

  766.A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.

  ◎青年成长时,食量大如狼。

  767.The lion is known by his claws (paw).

  ◎狮以爪闻名。

  768.The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.

  ◎狮子没有画上的凶猛。

  769.A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion.

  ◎吠犬胜于睡狮。

  770.It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.

  ◎睡狮莫惊。

  771.The lion's skin is never cheap.

  ◎狮皮从不贱。

  772.Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp.

  ◎杀狮应在幼小时。

  773.The tiger that has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.

  ◎一次尝到血,虎欲永难遏。

  774.He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.

  ◎骑虎难下。

  775.The leopard can never change its spots.

  ◎花豹永不能改变身上的斑点(指:本性难移)。

  776.Kings and bears oft worry keepers.

  ◎国王和熊,常使守护人忧心忡忡。

  777.He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it.

  ◎与熊分蜜糖,只得一点尝。

  778.Do not sell the bear's skin before you have caught the bear.

  ◎熊未到手休卖皮(勿过早乐观)。

  779.Where the deer is slain,some of her blood will lie.

  ◎鹿死总有血迹留。

  780.The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more than one wood.

  ◎野猪一怒毁树多。

  781.An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.

  ◎尽管衣绸穿红,猿猴还是猿猴,侍从还是侍从。

  782.An army of stags led by a lion would be more formidable than one of lions led by a stag.

  ◎一只狮子率领的一群鹿,比一只鹿率领的一头狮子更难对付。

  783.A bad custom is like a good cake, better broden than kept.

  ◎坏习惯象饼子,碎了比保存起来好。

  784.A bald head is soon shaven.

  ◎光脑袋,剃得快。

  785.A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.

  ◎瞎子不谢赠镜人。

  786.A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.

  ◎借来的大氅不暖身。

  787.A brave retreat is a brave exploit.

  ◎勇退即勇绩。

  788.Accidents will happen in the best regulated families.

  ◎即使家规严,丑事总难免。

  789.A candle lights others and consumes itself.

  ◎腊烛照亮了别人,毁灭了自己。

  790.A constant guest is never welcome.

  ◎常来之客不会受欢迎。

  791.A cracked bell can never sound well (is never sound).

  ◎破钟无好音。

  792.A crown is no cure for the headache.

  ◎王冠难治头痛。

  793.A drowning man will catch at a straw.

  ◎溺水者见草也要抓;急何能择。

  794.After a storm comes a calm.

  ◎暴风雨后天平静;雨过天晴。

  795.After death, the doctor.

  ◎人死医生来;雨后送伞。

  796.A good beginning is half done.

  ◎良好的开端,就是成功了一半。

  797.A good example is the best sermon.

  ◎良好的范例是最好的训诫。

  798.A great ship asks deep waters.

  ◎大船要在深水行;英雄要有用武之地。

  799.A horse stumbles that has four legs.

  ◎人有失手日,马有失蹄时。

  800.A little neglect may breed great mischief.

  ◎小失成大害;小误酿大祸。

801. A little pot is soon hot.

  ◎壶小易热,量小易怒。

  802. All are brave when the enemy flies.

  ◎敌人遁逃时,人人皆勇士。

  803. All is fish that comes to his net.

  ◎到了网中都是鱼;只要到手全都要。

  804. All is well that ends well.

  ◎结果好,就一切都好。

  805. All roads lead to Rome.

  ◎条条大路通罗马。

  806. Always taking out the meal-tub, and never putting in,soon comes to the bottom.

  ◎取粮不储粮,桶底粮也光;坐吃山空。

  807. A miss is as good as a mile.

  ◎失之毫厘,差以千里。

  808. An empty bag cannot stand upright.

  ◎空袋不能直立。

  809. A new broom sweeps clean.

  ◎新官上任三把火。

  810. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

  ◎滚石不粘青苔;转业不积财。

  811.Art is long, life is short.

  ◎艺术恒久,生命短暂。

  812.A small leak will sink a great ship.

  ◎小漏沉大船。

  813.A stitch in time saves nine.

  ◎一针及时省九针;一针不补,十针难缝。

  814.As the wind blows, you must set your sail.

  ◎趁风启帆。

  815.As we sow, so shall we reap.

  ◎种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。

  816.A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword.

  ◎勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑。

  817.A vaunter and a liar are near akin.

  ◎自诩和说谎,二者正相仿。

  818.Avarice blinds our eyes.

  ◎贪婪障人目。

  819.A watched pot(pan) is long in boiling.

  ◎心急水不沸;盼得越切,来得越迟。

  820.A wonder lasts but nine days.

  ◎新鲜事儿不久长。

  821.Beard the lion in his den.

  ◎老虎头上捉虱;太岁头上动土。

  822.Beauty is but skin deep.

  ◎美丽只是皮相(指:不能以貌取人)。

  823.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

  ◎宁为犬首,不作狮尾。

  824.Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.

  ◎宁作自由民之首,不为贵族之尾。

  825.Between two stools one goes the ground.

  ◎脚踩两只船,早晚要落水。

  826.Beware beginnings.

  ◎慎始为上。

  827.Blood is thicker than water.

  ◎血浓于水(指:亲人比外人亲)。

  828.Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

  ◎身为凯撒(罗马大将)妻,必须无可疑(指:与伟大的

  人物交往的人不可有秽名)。

  829.Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

  ◎施舍先及亲友,但不应限于亲友。

  830.Companions are odious.

  ◎人比人,气死人。

  831.Content is happiness.

  ◎知足常乐。

  832.Custom is a second nature.

  ◎习惯是第二天性。

  833.Cut your coat according to your cloth.

  ◎量布裁衣。

  834.Danger is next neighbour to security.

  ◎危险是安全的紧邻。

  835.Do as the Romans do.

  ◎入境要问俗。

  836.Do as you would be done by.

  ◎你愿别人怎样对待你,你就应该怎样对待别人;己所不欲,勿施于人。

  837.Do not hallo till you are out of the wood.

  ◎未出险境,先莫高兴。

  838.Don't put the cart before the horse.

  ◎勿本末倒置;勿倒果为因。

  839.Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.

  ◎切勿良莠不分一起抛。

  840.Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak.

  ◎位高遭人妒,峰高招风怒。

  841.Every advantage has its disadvantage.

  ◎有利必有弊。

  842.Every cloud has a silver lining.

  ◎黑暗之中总有一线光明;祸中有福。

  843.Every man has his liking.

  ◎人各有所好。

  844.Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.

  ◎人人有错,隐藏不露。

  845.Everything hath an end.

  ◎万物有始必有终。

  846.Everything must have a beginning.

  ◎凡事皆有始。

  847.Example is better than precept.

  ◎范例胜于教训。

  848.Fine feathers make fine birds.

  ◎好鸟要靠好羽毛;人要衣装,佛靠金装。

  849.Fire and water have no mercy.

  ◎水火无情。

  850.First come, first served.

  ◎先到先招待。

  851.Fish begins to stink at the head.

  ◎鱼腐头先臭(上梁不正下梁歪)。

  852.Forbidden fruit is sweet.

  ◎禁果味甜。

  853.Force can never destory right.

  ◎暴力决不能摧毁正义。

  854.God's mill grinds slow but sure.

  ◎天网恢恢,疏而不漏。

  855.Great designs require great consideration.

  ◎大计划要慎重考虑。

  856.Great men have great faults.

  ◎伟大的人物也会有巨大的过失。

  857.Great men's sons seldom do well.

  ◎大人物的子孙少出息。

  858.Half a loaf is better than no bread.

  ◎半片面包总比没有好;有胜于无。

  859.Haste makes waste.

  ◎欲速则不达。

  860.Hear all parties.

  ◎兼听则明。

  861.He laughs best who laughs last.

  ◎谁笑在最后,谁笑的最好(指:不要高兴得过早)。

  862.He measures another's corn by his own bushel.

  ◎用自己的标准衡量别人;以己度人。

  863.He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.

  ◎跟坏人打交道,要特别小心。

  864.He that never rode never fell.

  ◎不骑马就不会落马。

  865.He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut.

  ◎要把果仁吃,就得碎果壳。

  866.History repeats itself.

  ◎历史自身常重演。

  867.Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.

  ◎风顺便扯篷。

  868.Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.

  ◎蜜甜蜂螫人。

  869.Hunger is the best sauce.

  ◎饥者口中尽佳肴;饥饿之时,样样好吃。

  870.If the mountain will not come to Mahomet,Mahomet must go to the mountain.

  ◎大山从不向穆罕默德移来,穆罕默德只好向大山走去;他若不迁就你,你只好迁就他。

  871.If wishes were horses,beggars might ride.

  ◎愿望若是马,乞丐也可乘;愿望难成事实。

  872.Ill air slays sooner than the sword.

  ◎污浊的空气杀人比刀还快。

  873.Ill news never comes too late.

  ◎坏消息总是来得快。

  874.In the kingdom of blind men, the oneeyed is king.

  ◎生在盲人国,独眼也称王。

  875.It is better to be a martyr than a confessor.

  ◎与其做忏悔,不如做殉道者。

  876.It is too late to shut the stalbe door when the steed is stolen.

  ◎失马锁厩,为时已晚;贼去关门,为时已迟。

  877.It never rains but it pours.

  ◎不雨则已,一雨倾盆。

  878.It takes two to make a quarrel.

  ◎吵架要有两个人。

  879.Jack of all trades and master of none.

  ◎万事皆通,事事不精(指:杂而不精的人)。

  880.Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbours.

  ◎快乐是忧愁的紧邻。

  881.Keeping is harder than winning.

  ◎成功不易,保持更难。

  882.Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

  ◎杀鸡取金蛋;只图眼前需要,断绝将来财源。

  883.Kill two birds with one stone.

  ◎一石双鸟;一箭双雕。

  884.Kinsman helps kinsman, but woe to him that hath nothing.

  ◎亲人帮亲人,无亲来帮愁煞人。

  885.Like tree, like fruit.

  ◎有什么样的树,就有什么样的果。

  886.Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.

  ◎大贼脱身去,小贼被吊死。

  887.Long absent, soon forgotten.

  ◎久别易忘。

  888.Long looked for comes at last.

  ◎久久寻找,终会找到。

  889.Long tarrying takes all thands away.

  ◎耽搁太久,会把人家的谢意全送走。

  890.Losers are always in the wrong.

  ◎失败之人受咎多。

  891.Man is a god or a devil to his neighbour.

  ◎一个人对邻居来说,不是上帝,便是魔鬼。

  892.Many men have many minds.

  ◎人多意见多;人多口杂。

  893.Many wells, many buckets.

  ◎井多桶也多。

  894.Mercy to the eriminal may be eruelty to the people.

  ◎对罪犯的仁慈,就是对人民的残忍。

  895.Merry meet, merry part.

  ◎好聚好散。

  896.Messengers should neither be headed nor hanged.

  ◎两国相争,不斩来使。

  897.Might is right.

  ◎强权即公理。

  898.Might overcomes right.

  ◎强权压倒公理。

  899.Mischief has swift wings.

  ◎祸害长有飞翅。

  900.Misery loves company.

  ◎同病相怜。

901. Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs.

  ◎莫笑皮匠拇指黑。

  902. Most things have two handles.

  ◎多数事物有两种解释。

  903. Music is the eye of the ear.

  ◎音乐是耳朵的眼睛。

  904. Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant.

  ◎需要和机会,可使懦夫变勇敢。

  905. Necessity is the mother of invention.

  ◎需要是发明之母。

  906. Neither fish nor flesh (nor good red herring).

  ◎非驴非马;不伦不类。

  907. Never judge from appearances.

  ◎不可根据外貌判断;不可以貌取人。

  908. Never too late to mend.

  ◎补过不嫌晚。

  909. No cross, no crown.

  ◎没有十字架,就没有王冠;无苦即无乐。

  910. No man can do two things at once.

  ◎一人不能同时做两件事;心无二用。

  911.No man ever became thoroughly bad all at once.

  ◎从来没有骤然变得极坏的人。

  912.No man is content.

  ◎知足的人世上无。

  913.No mill, no meal.

  ◎不磨面就没有面包吃。

  914.No pleasure without pain.

  ◎没有无痛苦的欢乐。

  915.No rose without a thorn.

  ◎玫瑰皆有刺(没有尽善尽美的幸福)。

  916.No smoke without some fire.

  ◎无火不生烟;无风不起浪。

  917.Nothing venture, nothing have.

  ◎不入虎穴,焉得虎子。

  918.Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.

  ◎服从是军人的第一职责。

  919.Older and wiser.

  ◎老而益精;越老越聪明。

  920.Old bees yield no honey.

  ◎老蜂不产蜜。

  921.Old vessels must leak.

  ◎船旧必漏。

  922.Once a devil, always a devil.

  ◎一次做魔鬼,永远是魔鬼。

  923.One flower makes no garland.

  ◎一朵花做不成一个花环。

  924.One foot is better than two crutches.

  ◎一只脚胜过两条拐仗。

  925.Oppression maketh a wise man mad.

  ◎人处压迫下,聪明也会疯。

  926.Out of sitght, out of mind.

  ◎眼不见,心不想。

  927.Pain is forgotten where gain follows.

  ◎一朝得了利,痛苦便忘记。

  928.Patience is the plaster of all sores.

  ◎忍耐是一切痛苦的止痛膏。

  929.Patient men win the day.

  ◎能忍者胜。

  930.Peace with sword in hand, 'Tis safest making.

  ◎和平时期手执剑,这样做来最保险;有备无患。

  931.Pen and ink is wit's plough.

  ◎笔墨是才智之犁。

  932.Penny wise and pound foolish.

  ◎小事聪明,大事糊涂。

  933.Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.

  ◎纵然装入金杯,毒药还是毒药。

  934.Pouring oil on the fire is no way to quench it.

  ◎加油不是灭火法。

  935.Praise is not pudding.

  ◎恭维不等于布丁;恭维不是实惠。

  936.Promises are like piecrust, made to be broken.

  ◎诺言好似馅饼皮,做来便是为咬碎。

  937.Promise is debt.

  ◎许愿要还,欠债要清;许愿如欠债,欠了便要还。

  938.Public money is like holy water, every one helps himself to it.

  ◎公款如圣水,人人都要尝一嘴。

  939.Quietness is best.

  ◎宁静最好。

  940.Rain before seven: fine before eleven.

  ◎早雨不过午。

  941.Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an

  exact man.

  ◎阅读使人渊博,会谈使人机敏,写作使人严谨。

  942.Remember thou art but a man.

  ◎记住:你只不过是个“人”而已。

  943.Revolutions are not made with rosewater.

  ◎革命不是玫瑰香水做成的(指革命不能采用温和的办法)。

  944.Satan reproves sin.

  ◎魔鬼责人之罪(责备他人有罪过,自己同样有过失)。

  945.Scanderbeg's sword must have Scanderbeg's arm.

  ◎斯坎德培(阿尔巴尼亚15世纪民族英雄)的剑,必须要有斯坎德培的臂才能举;

  宝剑须由烈士擎。

  946.Shallow streams make most din.

  ◎浅流水声响。

  947.Short pleasure, long lament.

  ◎眼前片刻欢,日后长悲痛。

  948.Silence gives consent.

  ◎沉默表示同意。

  949.Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

  ◎技能和信心是无敌的军队。

  950.Something is better than nothing.

  ◎有总比没有强。

  951.Soon ripe, soon rotten.

  ◎早熟早烂;早慧早夭。

  952.Sorrow comes unsent for.

  ◎悲哀来时不须邀。

  953.Sport is sweetest when there be no spectators.

  ◎旁边无观众,运动最轻松。

  954.Still waters run deep.

  ◎静水流深。

  955.Straws show which way the wind blows.

  ◎草动示风向。

  956.Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.

  ◎讲着某人,某人就到;说起曹操,曹操就到。

  957.Teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

  ◎班门弄斧。

  958.Temperance is the best physic.

  ◎节欲是最好的药品。

  959.The best (greatest) fish keep (swim near) the bottom.

  ◎好鱼游水底(指:有价值之物不能轻易得到)。

  960.The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good.

  ◎要求过高,反难成功。

  961.The mountains have brought forth a mouse.

  ◎大山生小鼠(指:费力大而收效小)。

  962.The pot calls the kettle black.

  ◎锅子嫌罐黑;责人严而责己宽;自己有过失而申斥他人。

  963.There are two sides to every question.

  ◎每个问题都有两个方面。

  964.There is a crook(=affliction, trial) in the lot of every one.

  ◎人生总有倒楣事;人生总有不如意处。

  965.The swan sings when death comes.

  ◎死期来到,天鹅歌声美妙。

  966.The thread breaks where it is weakest.

  ◎线断常在最细处。

  967.The tongue ever turns to the aching teeth.

  ◎舌头总是碰着疼牙。

  968.The used key is always bright.

  ◎常用的钥匙常光亮。

  969.The weakest goes to the wall.

  ◎弱者败北。

  970.The wish is father to the thought.

  ◎愿望为思想之父;所望之事,每易信之为真。

  971.Things done cannot be undone.

  ◎事已定局,不能挽回;覆水难收。

  972.Things unreasonable are never durable.

  ◎不合理的事不会长久。

  973.Too many cooks spoil the broth.

  ◎厨子成群,煮坏肉羹。

  974.Too much liberty spoils all.

  ◎自由过了头,一切乱了套。

  975.Too much spoils, too little is nothing.

  ◎过多会坏事,过少不济事。

  976.Tread on a worm and it will turn.

  ◎蚯蚓被踩也会动(指被逼过甚,最温顺者也会反抗)。

  977.True praise roots and spreads.

  ◎赞词真实,根深传远。

  978.Two of a trade seldom agree.

  ◎同行是冤家;同行相妒。

  979.Two wrongs don't make a right.

  ◎两个错加不出一个正确来。

  980.Union is strength.

  ◎联合即是力量。

  981.Vain glory blossoms but never bears.

  ◎虚荣能开花,但不会结果。

  982.Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.

  ◎激动时的誓约,平静时便忘却。

  983.Walls have ears.

  ◎隔墙有耳。

  984.War is death's feast.

  ◎战争是死亡的筵席。

  985.War makes thieves, and peace hangs them.

  ◎战争造成窃贼,和平把他们吊死。

  986.Water afar quencheth not fire.

  ◎远水救不了近火。

  987.Weeds want no sowing.

  ◎杂草不需种。

  988.We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

  ◎井干方知水可贵。

  989.What youth is used to, age remembers.

  ◎少年惯为事,老时常记起。

  990.When Greek meets Greek, then comes the bug of war.

  ◎两雄相争,难解难分。

  991.When the tree is fallen, every one runs to it with his axe.

  ◎大树一倒下,人人持斧来。

  992.When the well is full, it will run over.

  ◎井满则水溢。

  993.When war begins, then hell openeth.

  ◎战争一开始,地狱便打开。

  994.Where there are reeds, there is water.

  ◎有芦苇处必有水。

  995.Where there is a will, there is a way.

  ◎有志者事竟成。

  996.Where the water is shallow, no vessel will ride.

  ◎水浅无船行。

  997.Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow.

  ◎在罪恶中游泳的人,必将在悲哀中沉没。

  998.Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.

  ◎瓶中之酒不解渴。

  999.Woe to him that is alone.

  ◎孤独的人最可悲。

  1000.You cannot see the wood for trees.

  ◎见树不见林。

 

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