英语谚语 俗语

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope."

没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

大事化小，小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

好事不出门，恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

和气生财 Harmony brings wealth

活到老，学到老 One is never too old to learn.

既往不咎 let bygones be bygones

金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home

脚踏实地 be down-to-earth

脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché

礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope."

马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success

名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth

茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened

没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

每逢佳节倍思亲

On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.

It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

谋事在人，成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "

弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.

拿手好戏 masterpiece

赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad

抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat； burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities

巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw.

千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

前事不忘,后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

前人栽树,后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.

One sows and another reaps.

前怕狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something

强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

强强联手 win-win co-operation

瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.

人之初,性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.

人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.

人海战术 huge-crowd strategy

世上无难事，只要肯攀登 "Where there is a will, there is a way. "

世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

死而后已 until my heart stops beating

岁岁平安 Peace all year round

上有天堂，下有苏杭 "Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."

塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

三十而立 "A man should be independent at the age of thirty.

At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."

升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)

四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "

水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.

时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.

杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel

实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.

实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

山不在高，有仙则名 "No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "

韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time

糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets

天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

团结就是力量 Unity is strength.

“跳进黄河洗不清” "eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name "

歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.

往事如风 "The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."

望子成龙 hold high hopes for one's child

屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy

唯利是图 draw water to one's mill

无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

无中生有 make/create something out of nothing

无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.

徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean

虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

蓄势而发 accumulate strength for a take-off

心想事成 May all your wish come true

心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.

先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound

像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan

现身说法 warn people by taking oneself as an example

息事宁人 pour oil on troubled waters

喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear

循序渐进 step by step

一路平安，一路顺风 speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey

有情人终成眷属 "Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."

有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

有识之士 people of vision

有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain

有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

与时俱进 advance with times

以人为本 people oriented; people foremost

因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude

欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 "to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."

欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success.

优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest

英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.

冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies.

冤假错案 "cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"

一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words.

招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful

债台高筑 become debt-ridden

致命要害 Achilles' heel

众矢之的 target of public criticism

知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

1. Waste not,want not. 俭以防匮。

2. From saving comes having. 富有来自节俭。

3. A penny saved is a penny gained. 省一文是一文。

4. Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves. 金钱积少便成多。

5. Frugality is an estate alone. 节俭本身就是一宗财产。

6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound. 小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。

7. Small gains bring great wealth. 积小利，成巨富。

8. Many a little makes a mickle. 积少便成多。

9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man. 试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。

10. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。

11. The path to glory is always rugged. 光荣之路常坎坷。

12. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要人肯试。

13. The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. 烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。

14. Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望造就伟大的人物。

15. No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前无险路。

16. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。

17. 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。

18. The best hearts are always the bravest. 行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。

19. We must not lie down,and cry,God help us. 求神不如求己。

20. He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。

21. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。

22. Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。

23. We must repeat a thousand and one times thatperseverance 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。

24. 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。

25. Step by step the ladder is ascended. 登梯需要逐级登。

26. Adversity leads to prosperity. 困苦通向昌盛。

27. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。

28. 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。

29. All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。

30. Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水不绝可穿石。

31. 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。

32. 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。

33. 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。

34. Life is sweet. 生活是可爱的；人无不好生(恶死)。

35. Where there is life,there is hope. 生命不息，希望长在。

36. Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。

37. 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。

38. Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door. 人人都有走运的一天。

39. 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。

40. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。

41. 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。

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

祸不单行。

43. Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良好的教师。

44. Misfortunes come at night. 祸常生于不测。

45. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。

46. Adversity makes a man wise,not rich. 患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。

47. Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。

48. It is never too old to learn. 为学不怕年高。

49. A man becomes learned by asking questions. 要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。

50. There is no royal road to learning. 学问无坦途。

As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。
A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love‘s eyes.情人眼里出西施。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。

最美的十大精典爱情句子
1)
I
love
you
not
because
of
who
you
are,
but
because
of
who
I
am
when
I
am
with
you.
??
我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。
??
2)
No
man
or
woman
is
worth
your
tears,
and
the
one
who
is,
won‘t
make
you
cry.
??
没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。
3)
The
worst
way
to
miss
someone
is
to
be
sitting
right
beside
them
knowing
you
can‘t
have
them.
??
失去某人，最糟糕的莫过于，他近在身旁，却犹如远在天边。
????
??
4)
Never
frown,
even
when
you
are
sad,
because
you
never
know
who
is
falling
in
love
with
your
smile.
??
纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。
??
5)
To
the
world
you
may
be
one
person,
but
to
one
person
you
may
be
the
world.
??
对于世界而言，你是一个人；但是对于某个人，你是他的整个世界。
??
6)
Don‘t
waste
your
time
on
a
man/woman,
who
isn‘t
willing
to
waste
their
time
on
you.
??
不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。
??
7)
Just
because
someone
doesn‘t
love
you
the
way
you
want
them
to,
doesn‘t
mean
they
don‘t
love
you
with
all
they
have.
??
爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式来爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。
??
8)
Don‘t
try
so
hard,
the
best
things
come
when
you
least
expect
them
to.
??
不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
??
9)
Maybe
God
wants
us
to
meet
a
few
wrong
people
before
meeting
the
right
one,
so
that
when
we
finally
meet
the
person,
we
will
know
how
to
be
grateful.
??
在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别的人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。
??
10)
Don‘t
cry
because
it
is
over,
smile
because
it
happened.
??
不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。