英语俗语 —— 按 A - Z 排列此生掌握这些足够了

1、俗语（按A-Z字母排列）A bold attempt is half success大胆的尝试等于一半成功。A contented mind is a perpetual feast知足常乐。A contented mind is always rich知足常富。A life without a friend is a life without a sun人生没有朋友，犹如人生没有太阳。Action speak louder than words行动比语言更响亮。行动胜于言词。Adversity is a good disciPline逆境成才。Adversity leads to prosp

2、erity逆境是通向成功之路。A good beginning is half the battle良好的开端等于成功的一半。A good example is the best sermon身教重于言教。A life without a purpose is a ship without s rudder人生无目的，犹如船失舵。A little(small)leak will sink a great ship千丈之堤溃于蚁穴。All are not friends that speak us fair说我们好话的未必都是朋友。All is not gold that glitters闪光的

3、未必皆是金子。All roads lead tO Rome条条道路通罗马。All things are difficult before they are easy万事开头难。All things are easy to industry；all things difficult to sloth勤劳诸事易，懒惰万事难。All things will come round to him who will but wait只要耐心等待，一切都会如期到来。An eye finds more truth than two ears百闻不如一见。An idle youth，a needy age少壮不

4、努力，老大徒伤悲。An inch in a miss is as good as an ell为山九仞，功亏一溃。A stitch in time saves nine亡羊补牢，贵在及时。A true friend is known in the day of adversity苦难才能看出真正的朋友。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 tha

5、n 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 fli

6、es.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。Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。A fox

7、 may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。'After you' is good manners.“您先请”是礼貌。A good beginning is h

8、alf done.良好的开端是成功的一半。A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。A good husband makes a good wife.夫善

9、则妻贤。A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。A good wife health is a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。A liar is n

10、ot believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。A light heart lives long.静以修身。A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。All good things come to an end.天下没有不

11、散的筵席。All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。A man becomes learned by asking questions.不

12、耻下问才能有学问。A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神

13、怡，事事顺利。A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。An old dog cannot learn

14、 new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。A snow year, a rich

15、year.瑞雪兆丰年。A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。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 year's plan starts with

16、 spring.一年之计在于春。A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。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 w

17、arm. 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。A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。Accidents wi

18、ll happen. 天有不测风云。A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息。A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧，高枕无忧。A clear conscience is a sure car

19、d. 光明磊落，胜券在握。A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 宁为清贫，不为浊富。A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，祸从口出。A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大。A common danger causes common action. 同仇敌忾。A constant guest is never welcome. 久住

20、非佳宾，常来不欢迎。A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 户枢不蠹。Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识的巧果。Actions speak louder than words.

21、事实胜于雄辩。A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不满足者坐无宁时。A disease known is half cured. 病情确诊断，治病好一半。Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨头打狗狗不叫。Adversity is a good discipline. 苦难是磨练人的好机会。Adversity l

22、eads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛。Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患难使人聪明，但不能致富。Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身处逆境不择友。Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。A fair death honours the whole life. 死得光明，终身荣耀。A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。A faithful friend is h

23、ard to find. 益友难得。A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午饭后要坐，晚饭后要走。A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误，等于改正一半。Affairs that are done by due d

24、egrees are soon ended. 事情要安步就班地做，就会很快地做完。A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算计。A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜总爱强出头。A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋难聚财。A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人装聪明

25、，实在最可怜。A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚发问，七智结舌。A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所问，智者难答。A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千虑，必有一得。A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚

26、所失，百智难回。A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 一个蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一个聪明人在别人家里所知的事要多。A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千虑，必有一得。A fool's heart dances on his lips. 愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸会变，但本性难移。A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, a

27、n enemy his crimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真朋友。A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一个我。A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友。A friend is never known till a man have need. 不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。A friend i

28、s not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 广交友，无深交。A friend without faults will never be found. 没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。After a storm comes a calm. 否极泰来。After black clouds, clear weather. 否极泰来。After death, the doctor. 放马后炮。After dinner comes the reckoning. 吃喝玩乐，该付代价。Af

29、ter dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. 午餐之后坐片刻，晚饭之后走一里。After meat, mustard. 雨后送伞。A full belly counsels well. 衣食足而后知荣辱。A full cup must be carried steadily. 杯满盈，须持稳。A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 好砧不怕锤。A good appetite is a good sauce. 饥不择食。A good beginning is half the battle. 首战告捷等于

30、一半胜利。A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者必善其终。A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好书，莫逆之交。A good book is a light to the soul. 好书一本，照亮心灵。A good conscience is a continual feast. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。A good conscience is a soft pillow. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。A good dog deserves a

31、good bone. 有劳得奖。A good example is the best sermon. 身教胜似言教。A good face is a letter of recommendation. 好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。A good face needs no paint. 美貌无需擦脂抹粉。A good fame is better than a good face. 好的名望胜于好的相貌。A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近亲。A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold i

32、n any land. 聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold. 健康的身体贵于黄金铸成的皇冠。A good heart cant's lie. 有仁心者不说谎话。A good heart conquers ill fortune. 善心克厄运。A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 良马的毛色不会差。A good horse often needs a good spur. 好马常要好靴刺。A good marksman may miss. 智者千虑，必

33、有一失。A good maxim is never out of season. 至理名言不会过时。A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口，忠言逆耳。A good name is better than riches. 好名誉胜过有财富。A good name is earlier lost than won. 失去美名易，得到美名难。A good name is sooner lost than won. 美誉难得而易失。A good name keeps lustre in the dark. 好的名声在黑暗中也会光芒四射。A good neighbour

34、is better than a bother in the next village. 远亲不如近邻。A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand. 出色的外科医生必须心明眼亮和有一双灵巧的手。A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 好故事百听不厌。A good tongue is a good weapon. 伶俐的口齿是一种锐利的武器。A good wife makes a good husband

35、. 有好妻子就有好丈夫。A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。A great talker is a great liar. 最会饶舌的人也是最会说谎的人。A great ship asks deep water. 巨轮寻深水而航行。A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. 做贼心虚，良心自诛。A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 贼胆心虚。A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning. 一点小常识常胜过很多有价值

36、的学问。A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放，笑逐颜开。A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急难免出岔子。A heavy purse makes a light heart. 腰包钱财足，心境自然宽。A heavy snow promise a good harvest. 瑞雪兆丰年。A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 时势造英雄。A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马的

37、装饰。A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭内讧难维系。A Jack of all trades and master of none. 三脚猫无所长。A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。A journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step. 千里之行，始于足下。A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.

38、 穷人的一只羔羊比富人的一头牛还要珍贵。A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊嫌毛重A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。Ale will make a cat speak. 酒后吐真言。A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 骗子说真话，也没人相信。A liar is worse than a thief. 撒谎比偷窃更可恶。A lie begets a lie till they come to generation. 谎言生谎言，谎言传万代。A life

39、 without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳。A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生无目的，犹如船失去了舵。A light purse is a heavy curse. 为人无钱处处难。A light purse makes a heavy heart. 曩中无钱心事重。A lion at home, a mouse abroad. 在家凶如狮，在外却如鼠。A little body often harbours a great soul. 莫道身躯

40、小，伟人寓其间。A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world. 幼儿是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的。A little fire is quickly trodden out. 小洞易补。A little is better than none. 聊胜于无。A little labour, much health. 适量劳动健身大有益。A little leak will sink a great ship. 千丈之堤溃于蚁穴。A little learning is a dangerous thing. 浅学误人。A lit

41、tle neglect may breed great mischief. 小不忍则乱大谋。A little of everything, nothing at all. 每事浅尝辄止，结果将一事无成。A little pot is soon hot. 壶小水易热。A little spark kindles a great fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. 适可而止，过犹不及。A living dog is better than a dead lion. 一条活狗胜过一头死狮。All are bra

42、ve when the enemy flies. 敌人逃跑时，个个都勇敢。All are not hunters that blow the horn. 吹号角的未必都是猎人。All are not merry that dance lightly. 表面高兴的，未必都快乐。All are not saints that go to church. 去做礼拜者，未必皆圣人。All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 犬之所吠，并非皆贼。All asses wag their ears. 傻子总爱装聪明。All bread is not baked in one

43、 oven. 人心不同，犹如其面。All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. 猫都爱吃鱼，却怕爪弄湿。All covet, all lose. 贪多必失。All good things came to an end. 天下无不散之宴席。All is fair in war. 兵不厌诈。All is fish that comes to one's net. 捉到网里都是鱼。All is flour that comes to his mill. 到他的磨里都能碾成粉。All is not at hand that helps. 有用的东

44、西并不都是垂手可得的。All is not gain that is put in the purse. 放入钱包的钱财，并非都是应得的。  Birds of a feather flock together一丘之貉。Oil and water don't mix水火不相容。Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear过耳之言，未可尽信。Better early than late宁早勿迟。Be slow choosing a friend；slower in chaning择友宜慎，弃友更宜慎。Better

45、 be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse宁为鸡头，不为凤尾。Out of sight，out of mind眼不见心不烦。Bitter pills may have wholesome effects良药苦口利于病。Business is business公事公办。Business before pleasure先苦后甜先办正事。By uniting we stand；by dividing we fall团结则昌，分裂则亡。Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬

46、不咬人。Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。Better late than never.不怕慢，单怕站。Better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。Between friends all is common.朋友之间不分彼此。Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。Blood will have blo

47、od.血债血偿。Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。Business is business.公事公办。Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。Care and diligence bring luck细心勤奋，幸福之本。Character iS the first and last word in the success品德是成功的决定因

48、素。Complacency is the root of loss,and modesty is the cause of gain.满招损，谦受益。Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success自信是向成功之路迈开的第一步。Conquer the desires，or they will conquer you人不克制欲望，欲望就克制人。 Constant dropping wears away a stone只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。水滴石穿。Cannot see the wood for the trees.一

49、叶障目，不见泰山。Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传。Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。Come what may, heaven won't fall.做你的吧，天塌不下来。Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的

50、满足。Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。Count one's chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。Creep before you walk.循序渐进。Cry fo

51、r the moon.海底捞月。Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯，事事皆不难。  Do as you would be done by己所不欲，勿施于人。Difficulties strengthen the mind，as labour does the boby.劳动锻炼身体，困难锻炼意志。Dont put off till tomorrowwhat should be done today今日事，今日毕。Dont put the cart before the h

52、orse不要本末倒置。Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。Do it now.机不可失，时不再来。Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。Don't claim to know what you don't know.不要不懂装懂。Don't have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。

53、Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。Don't put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。Do well and have

54、 well.善有善报。  Early start makes easy stages早点着手，事易成功。Easier said than done说起来容易做起来难。Error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future前车之覆，后车之鉴。Every man has his faults金无足赤，人无完人。Every little make a nickle积少成多积沙成塔。Example is bette rthan precept言传不如身教。Each bird love to hear himself sin

55、g.孤芳自赏。Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起身体好。Easier said than done.说得容易，做得难。Easy come, easy go.来也匆匆，去也匆匆。Eat to live, but not live to eat.人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。Empty vessels make the greatest sound.实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。Envy has no holidays.忌妒之人无宁日。Even Homer sometimes

56、nods.智者千虑，必有一失。Even reckoning makes long friends.亲兄弟，明算账。Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。Everybody's business is nobody's business.人人负责，等于没人负责。Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在。Every dog has his day.谁都有得意的时候。Every door may be shut, but death's door.人生在世，唯死难逃。Every heart has its own sorrow.各人有各人的苦恼。Every little helps a mickle.聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.人不为己，天诛地灭。Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。Every man