諺語精選（漢英雙語對照）
    A
    · A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.　 一著不慎,滿盤皆輸.
    · All is not gold that glitters.　 閃光的未必都是金子。
    · A child is better unborn than untaught.　 養(yǎng)不教，父之過。
    · Art is long, life is short.　 生命短暫，藝術(shù)長存。
    · A friend is best found in adversity.　 患難見真情。
    · Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.　 未雨綢繆。
    · A light heart live long.　 心情開朗壽命長。不惱不愁，活到白頭。
    · An apple a day keeps the doctor away.　 日吃蘋果一只，身體健康不求醫(yī)。
    · All covet, all lose.　 樣樣垂涎，樣樣失落。貪多嚼不爛。
    · A good winter brings a good summer.　 瑞雪兆豐年。
    · All rivers run into the sea.　 殊途同歸。
    · A small leak will sink a great ship.　 千里之堤潰于蟻穴。
    · All time is no time when it is past.　 機不可失，時不再來。
    · A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.　近水樓臺先得月。
    · A short cut is often a wrong cut.　欲速則不達(dá)。
    · A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.　欲加之罪，何患無辭。
    · A prophet is not without honor save in his own country.　 遠(yuǎn)來的和尚好念經(jīng)。
    · All feet tread not in one shoe.　 眾口難調(diào)。
    · A uncut gem does not sparkle.　 玉不琢，不成器。
    · A young idler, an old beggar.　 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
    · A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.　江山易改，本性難移。
    · A little spark may kindle a great fire.　星星之火，可以燎原。
    B
    · Beauty is but skin-deep.　 美麗只是外表罷了
    · Brevity is the soul of wit.　 言以簡潔為貴
    · Bread is the staff of life.　 民以食為天。 A uncut gem does not sparkle.　 玉不琢，不成器。
    · Behind the mountains there are people to be found.　天外有天，山外有山。
    · Better die standing than live kneeling 寧愿站著死，也不跪著生。
    · Better be envied than pitied.　 寧被人妒，不受人憐。
    C
    · Cats hide their claws.　知人知面不知心。
    · Cast an anchor to windward.　未雨綢繆。
    · Care and diligence bring luck.
    D
    · Deliberate slowly, execute promptly.　 慎于思而敏于行。謹(jǐn)慎勤奮，帶來好運。
    · Diamonds cut diamonds.　 棋逢對手，將遇良才。
    · Danger past, God forgotten.　 飛鳥盡，良弓藏。
    · Dreams are lies.　 夢不足信。
    · Do not teach fish to swim.　 不要班門弄斧。
    · Do not have too many irons in the fire.　 貪多嚼不爛。
    · Do unto others as you would be done by.　 己所不欲，勿失于人。
    E
    · Experience is the best teacher.　 實踐出真知。
    · Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune.　 自己幸福自己創(chuàng)。
    · Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day.　 晚霞行千里。
    · Every bean has its black.　 金無足赤，人無完人。
    · Even woods have ears.　隔墻有耳。
    · Enough is better than too much.　 過猶不及。
    · Every tub must stand on its own bottom.　 人貴自立。
    · Experience teaches.　 吃一塹，長一智。
    F
    · Full vessels sound least.　 大智若愚。
    · First impressions are half the battle.　 先入為主。
    · Faith moves mountains.　 精誠所至，金石為開。
    · Fact is stranger than fiction.　 大千世界，無奇不有。
    · Fire proves gold, adversity proves man.　 烈火識真金，逆境識英雄。
    · Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.　水能載舟，亦能覆舟。
    G
    · Give everyone his due.　 一視同仁。
    · Good (or Great) wits jump.　 英雄所見略同。
    · Go while the going is good.　 三十六計，走為上計。
    · Great weights hang on small wires.　千鈞一發(fā)。
    · Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。
    · Greatest genius often lies concealed.　大智若愚。
    · Grasp all, lose all.　貪多必失。
    · Go to the sea, if you would fish well.　不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
    H
    · Honour to whom honour is due.　論功行賞。
    · He travels the fastest who travels alone.　 曲高和寡。
    · Heaven helps those who help themselves.　 求人不如求己。
    · He sits no sure that sits too high.　 高處不勝寒。
    · He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad.　 欲加之罪，何患無詞。
    · He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.　 正人先正己。
    · He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.　 千里之行，始于足下
    · He that respects not is not respected.　 欲受人敬，要先敬人。
    · It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.　 智者不上兩次當(dāng)
    · Humility often gains more than pride.　滿招損，謙受益。
    · He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.　事實勝于雄辯。
    · He that promises too much means nothing.　 輕諾者寡信。
    · He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad.　 欲加之罪，何患無詞。
    · Hard words break no bones.　 忠言逆耳利于行。
    · Haste makes waste.　 忙亂易錯。欲速則不達(dá)。
    · He that runs fastest gets the ring.　 捷足先登。
    I
    · It is six of one and half a dozen of the other.　 彼此彼此。
    · If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow.　 榜樣的力量是無窮的。
    · It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.　 狡兔三窟。
    · Ill news never comes too late.　 好事不出門，壞事傳千里。
    · It is the first step that is troublesome.　 萬事開頭難。
    J
    · Justice has long arms.　 天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏。
    K
    · Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it.　 實踐得真知。
    · Keeping is harder than winning.　 創(chuàng)業(yè)不易，守業(yè)更難。
    · Knowledge is no burden.　 藝不壓身。
    · Kiss and be friends.　 握手言和。
    · Kill two birds with one stone.　 一箭雙雕
    L
    · Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.　既來之，則安之。
    · Love is blind.　 情人眼里出西施。
    · Little chips light great fires.　 星星之火，可以燎原。
    · Like knows like.　 惺惺相惜。
    · Live and learn.　 學(xué)無止境。
    M
    · Merry meet, merry part.　 好聚好散。
    · Mind acts upon mind.　 心有靈犀一點通。
    N
    · Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.　饑不擇食
    · No cross, no crown.　不吃苦中苦，難為人上人。
    · Nothing is easier than fault-finding.　 站著說話不腰痛。
    · No weal without woe.　 福兮禍所伏, 禍兮福所倚。
    · No work, no money.　 不勞無獲。
    · Never too late (or old) to learn.　 活到老，學(xué)到老。
    · Never judge by appearances.　 切莫以貌取人。
    · No fire without smoke.　 無風(fēng)不起浪。
    O
    · One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.　一葉障目，不見泰山。
    · One swallow does not make a summer.　一花獨放不是春。
    · One can not be in two places at once.　 一心不可二用。
    · Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.　 服從是軍人的天職。
    · One lark does not make a spring.　 一花獨放不是春。
    P
    · Practice is better than precept.　 身教重于言教。
    · Poverty is stranger to industry.　 勤勞之人不受窮。
    R
    · Riches have wings.　 富貴無常。
    S
    · Score twice before you cut once.　 三思而后行。
    · Sense comes with age.　 老馬識途。
    · So the world wags.　 這就是人生。
    · So said, so done.　 說到做到。言出必行。
    · Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.　 要成大業(yè)，自信第一。
    T
    · Talk of the devil and he will appear.　 說曹操，曹操就到。
    · Tall trees catch much wind.　 樹大招風(fēng) 。
    · The reasons of the poor weight not.　 人微言輕。
    · The shortest way round is the longest way home.　欲速則不達(dá)。
    · Those are in the same boat should row together.　同舟共濟。
    · Too much pudding will choke a dog.　布丁太多噎死狗。
    · The heart's letter is read in the eyes.　眼睛是心靈的窗戶。
    · The deed proves the man.　觀其行而知其人。
    · True gold fears not the fire.　真金不怕火煉。
    · Take time while time is, for time will away.　機不可失，時不在來。
    · The battle is to the strong.　兩強相遇勇者勝。
    · The heart is seen in wine.　 酒后吐真言。
    · The best of friends must part.　 天下沒有不散的宴席。
    · Time is money.　 時間就是金錢
    · Through obedience learn to command.　 先當(dāng)學(xué)生，后當(dāng)先生。
    · Time tries all things.　 時間檢驗一切。
    · There is no fire without smoke.　 無風(fēng)不起浪。
    U
    · Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.　 忠言逆耳利于行。
    W
    · Wealth is nothing without health.　 健康勝于財富。
    · We begun is half done.　 良好的開端等于成功的一半。
    · Work makes the workman.　熟能生巧。
    Y
    · You cannot have your cake and eat it.　 有得就有失。事難兩全其美。
    · Youth's a stuff will not endure.　 青春易逝。
    · You are never too old to learn.　 活到老學(xué)到老。
    · You never know till you have tired.　事非經(jīng)過不知難。
    Z
    · Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.　 熱情而無知，猶如無光之火。
    · Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. 無知的熱情，近乎愚蠢。