近几年江苏高考试题中经常出现一些谚语，其中大部分词都产生了“变意”，有的已变成了无法分解的固定搭配了，他们词义简练，形象生动，耐人寻味，我们在解题的时候不能想当然地去推断，更不能望文生义。笔者现把平时在教学中搜集的谚语摘录一些，与大家共享。
1. great minds think alike
英雄所见略同。
2. two heads are better than one
三个臭皮匠赛过诸葛亮。
3. it’s better to think twice before doing something
三思而后行。
4. there is no smoke without fire
无风不起浪。
5. practice makes perfect
熟能生巧。6. all roads lead to rome
条条大路通罗马。
7. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
8. no pains，no gains
不劳无获。以上谚语曾在江苏高考试题**现过）
9. many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高。
10. the early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
11. all things come to those who wait.
苍天不负有心人。
12. a thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.
千里之行，始于足下。
13. man struggles upwards； water flows downwards.
人往高处走，水往低处流。
14. nothing seek， nothing find.
无所求则无所获。
15. rome was not built in a day.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
16. all things in their being are good for something.
天生我才必有用。
17. every man has his faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。
18. failure is the mother of success.
失败乃成功之母。
19. keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
20. knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
21. man proposes， god disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
22. every mother’s child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
23. if you wish to be the best man， you must suffer the bitterest of the bitter.
吃得苦中苦， 方为人上人。
24. never say die.
永不言败。25. never too old to learn， never too late to turn.
亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
26. nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
27. the finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢，不成器。
28. there is no place like home.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
29. a bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
30. a good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
31. he laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
32. where there is a will， there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
33. it is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。34. no man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。
35. every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
36. the finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢，不成器。
37. not to advance is to go back.
不进则退。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. a friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
40. pride goes before， and shame comes after.
骄傲使人落后。
培根说过：“一个民族的特征，机智和精神，都可以在这个民族的谚语中发现。”proverbs are the daughters of daily experience（谚语是日常经验的结晶。
）在平时的教学和研究中，我们英语教师如果能够把谚语渗透到课文内容当中，不仅能够激发学生的学习兴趣，而且能够利用其哲理性达到对学生进行素质教育的目的。
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