英语谚语选粹　　谚语选粹　　east  ,  west   ,home's   best.   (在家千日好，出门朝朝难。）　　why     the     long    face ?(为什么拉长着脸呢？）　　he    worries      himself     over     nothing.     (他杞人忧天。）　　when     things     go     wrong    ,smile.    （遇事不顺利，也要处之泰然。）　　流行谚语　　things     have    a  way    of    working     out .  (风水轮流转，十年河西，十年河东。）　　after   all  ,   tomorrow    is    another    day. (不论事情有多糟，明天总是另一个新希望。）　　where   there's    life ,  there's   hope.(留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。）　　be   the   best  or  nothing  .(要做就做最好，不然拉倒。）　　谚语选粹　　time   and   tide    wait   for   no  man .(岁月不待人）　　time    is    money , but   money    can   never   buy   time.(一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。）　　a   book   remained    shut   is   but   a   block.(书本若不翻，犹如一块砖。）　　a  lazy   youth  ,a  lousy   age.(少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。）　　constant    dropping   can   wear   the   stone.(水滴石穿。）　　to  fall   in  pit   ,  to    gain   a   wit.(吃一堑，长一智。）　　a   single   spark   can   start   a   prairie   fire.(星星之火，可以燎原。）　　1. never say die.永不言败。­　　2.never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。 ­　　3.new wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。 ­　　4.no cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。­　　5.no garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。­　　6.no living man all things can.世上没有万事通。 ­　　7.no man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。­　　8.no man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。 ­　　9.no man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。 ­　　10.no man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时。 ­　　11.none are so blind as those who won't see.视而不见。­　　12.none are so deaf as those who won't hear.充耳不闻。 ­　　13.no news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。 ­　　14.no one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。­　　15.no pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。­　　16.no pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。 ­　　17.no rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。 ­　　18.no sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。 ­　　19.no smoke without fire.无风不起浪。 ­　　20.nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 ­　　21.nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。 ­　　22.nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。 ­　　23.nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 ­　　24.nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。 ­　　25.nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行，语言最要紧。­　　26.nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。­　　27.not to advance is to go back.不进则退。 ­　　28.not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故，幼稚可笑。 ­　　29.no way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。 ­　　30.obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。 ­　　31.observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。 ­　　32.offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。­　　33.old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。­　　34.old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。 ­　　35.once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。 ­　　36.once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。 ­　　37.once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 ­　　38.one boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。­　　39.one cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。 ­　　40.one eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。 ­　　41.one false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。 ­　　42.one good turn deserves another.行善积德。 ­　　43.one hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。­　　44.one man's fault is other man's lesson.前车之鉴。 ­　　45.one never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。­　　46.one swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。 ­　　47.one's words reflect one's thinking.言为心声。­　　48.out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。 ­　　49.out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。 ­　　50.out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。­　　51.patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。 ­　　52.penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。 ­　　53.plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。 ­　　54.please the eye and plague the heart.贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。 ­　　55.pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。 ­　　56.pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。 ­　　57.practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。 ­　　58.praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。 ­　　59.praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。 ­　　60.prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 ­　　61.prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。 ­　　62.pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。 ­　　63.promise is debt.一诺千金。 ­　　64.proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。 ­　　65.pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。 ­　　66.put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。 ­　　67.put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。 ­　　68.reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。 ­　　69.reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。­　　70.respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。­　　71.rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 ­　　72.saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。 ­　　73.seeing is believing.眼见为实。 ­　　74.seek the truth from facts.实事求是。 ­　　75.send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。­　　76.set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。 ­　　77.short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。­　　78.something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。­　　79.soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。 ­　　80.soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。 ­　　81.speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。 ­　　82.still water run deep.静水常深。 ­　　83.strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。 ­　　84.success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。 ­　　85.take things as they come.既来之，则安之。­　　86.talking mends no holes.空谈无补。 ­　　87.talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。­　　88.hasty love, soon cold.一见钟情难维久。 ­　　89.health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。 ­　　90.health is happiness.健康就是幸福。 ­　　91.hear all parties.兼听则明。 ­　　92.heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不动，叫天何用。 ­　　93.he is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。 ­　　94.he is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后说好话，才是真朋友。 ­　　95.he is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。 ­　　96.he is lifeless that is faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。 ­　　97.he is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。 ­　　98.he is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.自嘲者不会让人见笑。 ­　　99.he is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。 ­　　100.he knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。 ­