经典谚语中英文对照

1.Children should be seen but not be heard. 大人说话，小孩别插嘴。  

2.If a man once fall, all will tread on him. 人倒众人踩。  3.Fool’s haste is no speed. 欲速则不达。  4.A fair death honours the whold life. 死得其所，流芳百世。  5.A straw will show which way the wind blows. 草动知风向。  6.Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清，当局者迷。  7.Fortune knocks once at everyone’s door. 人人都有走运的一天。  8.Every bean hath its black. 人孰无过。  9.Judge not of man and things at first sight. 初次印象，难得真相。  10.Diamond cut diamond. 棋逢对手，将遇良才。  11.A tale never loses in telling. 故事越传越长。  12.Ill news flies spaces. 恶事传千里。  13.Do not quarrel with your bread and butter. 不要自砸饭碗。  

14.He that travels far knows much. 远行者，见识广。

15.When one will not, two cannot quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响。 16.When wine sinks, words swim.    美酒一下肚，话匣关不住。  17.The cheap buyer takes bad meat.    便宜无好货。  18.Short pleasure, long lament.    痛快一时，痛苦一世。  19.Money is the root of all evil.    金钱是万恶之源。  20.Grasp all, lose all.    欲尽得，必尽失。  21.Friendship should not be all on one side.    友谊靠双方。  22.Empty vessels make the most noise.    满瓶子不响，空瓶子晃荡。  23.The day has eyes, the night has ears.    若要人不知，除非己莫为。  24.Go while the going is good.    此时不走，更待何时。  25.The best mirror is an old friend.    老友是明镜。  26.Teaching others teaches yourself.    教学相长。  27.Fortune favours those who use their judgement.    智才天助。  28.Merry meet, merry part.    好聚好散。  29.He is rich that has few wants.    无欲者为富。  30.No way is impossible to courage.    勇士面前，无路不通。

31.He that begins many things, finishes but few.    贪多嚼不烂。  32.He that is full of himself is very empty.    妄自尊大，腹中空空。  33.Do not cry for the moon.    海底捞月办不到。  34.Do not cry out before you are hurt.    没受伤，别乱叫。  35.Good council has no price.    忠言无价。  36.A good husband makes a good wife.    夫善则妻贤。  37.A still tongue makes a wise head.    寡言为智。  38.Least said, soonest mended.    少说为佳。  39.The fox may grow grey, but never good.    江山易改，本性难移。  40.Reason is the guide and light of life.    理智是人生的灯塔。  41.All roads lead to Rome.    条条大道通罗马。  42.Everything comes to him who waits.    耐心等待，万事皆成。  43.Love me, love my dog.    爱屋及乌。  44.A bad workman always blames his tools.    拙匠总怪工具差。  45.Virture is fairer far than beauty.    美德远胜于美貌。

46.Beauty and folly are often companions.    美貌常与愚蠢为伴。 47.Misfortunes never come singly.    祸不单行。  48.Clealiness is next to godliness.    整洁近于美德。  49.Absence makes the heart grow fonder.    别离情更深。  50.Practice makes perfect.    熟能生巧。  51.No fool like an old fool.    老糊涂，最糊涂。  52.Fortune favours fools.    傻子有傻福。  53.Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king.    山中无老虎，猴子称大王。  54.Never make a mountain of a molchill.    切勿小题大做。  55.Men make houses, women make homes.    男人盖房，女人持家。  56.If it were not for the hopej, the heart would break.    人若无希望，心碎肝肠断。  57.An evil lesson is soon learned.    恶习易染。  58.Hedge have eyes  and walls have ears.    篱笆有眼，隔墙有耳。  59.Let bygones be bygones.    既往不咎，多一事不如省一事。  60.What is done by night appears by day.    若要人不知，除非己莫为。  61.All lay loads on a willing horse.    好马负重。

62.Health is better than wealth.    健康胜于财富。  63.Look at the bright side.    满怀信心。  64.Hear all parties.    兼听则明，偏听则暗。  65.Where there is a will, there is a way.    有志者，事竞成。  66.Stolen fruit is sweetest.    偷来的果子分外甜。  67.Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.    乐极生悲。  68.All things are difficult before they are easy.    万事开头难。  69.Doing nothing is doing ill.    无所事事，必做坏事。  70.Once bitten, twice shy.    一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。  71.Better lose the saddle than the horse.    宁可失鞍，不可失马。  72.A useful trade is a mine of gold.    一技傍身，犹如金矿在手。  73.Still waters run deep.    大智若愚，大巧若拙。  74.Every bird likes its own nest the best.    金窝银窝，不如自家的狗窝。  75.Tall trees catch much wind.    树大招风。  76.Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.    耳听为虚，眼见为实。

77.A man who has friends must show himself friendly.    要想交朋友，就得有诚意。 78.Knowledge is power.    知识就是力量。  79.Fine feathers make fine birds.    佛靠金装，人靠衣装。  80.Cheats never prosper.    靠欺骗，难发财。  81.Soon got, soon spent.    来得容易，去得也快。  82.No pains, no gains.    不劳无获。  83.Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.    祸来如飞行，祸去似步行。  84.Fortune favours the brave.    天佑勇者。  85.Content is better than riches.    知足胜于财富。  86.A wonder lasts but nine days.    什么新奇事也新不了几天。  87.Better to wear out than rust out.    与其锈坏，不如用坏。  88.Home is where the heart is.    哪里最欢乐，哪里就是家。  89.Every man hath his weak side.    人皆有弱点。  90.Do not try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.    不要班门弄斧。  91.Bad excuses are worse than none.    狡辩比不辩还糟。  92.Half a loaf is better than no bread.    有总比没有好。

93.East or west, home is the best.    东也好西也好，还是家最好。  94.Experience must be bought.    要取得经验，须付出代价。  95.After dinner sit a while.    饭后坐一会。  96.A penny saved is a penny earned.    省一文就是得一文。  97.A man is known by his friends.    视其友，知其人。