熟练掌握英语中的谚语,有助于提升写作能力。英语谚语以其令人们熟知的形象和比喻体现了人们世代积累的经验和形成的价值观,它们作为社会共享的口头文学的袖珍版本,被成百上千次地引用,成为说服他人的论据,并用以指导日常生活。
there is no royal road to learning.
学问无坦途。/书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟。
a man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。
it is never too old to learn.
活到老,学到老。
don't put the cart before the horse.
套车之前先备好马。
better the devil you know than the one you don't.
明枪易躲,暗箭难防。
if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
如果愿望都能实现,乞丐早就发财了。
don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk.
不要说一套做一套。
a light heart lives long.
豁达者长寿;静以修身;心胸开朗,使人寿长;
fortune f**ors the bold.
幸运眷顾勇敢者。
two wrongs don’t make a right.
两个错误不等于一个正确。
champions are made when no one is watching.
十年寒窗无人问,一朝夺冠(夺魁)天下知。
the pen is mightier than the sword.
笔尖胜过干戈。
when the going gets tough, the tough get going.
遇到逆境,顽强者逆流而上;艰难之路,唯勇者行。
people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
自己住在玻璃屋,不要向别人扔石头。
keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
亲近你的朋友,更要亲近你的敌人。
a picture is worth a thousand words.
一张**胜过千言万语。
never look a gift horse in the mouth.
别人送的马,不要看马齿。意思是不要挑剔得到的礼物。
lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
与狗同眠,醒来一身虱。
if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
如果你不是解决方案的一部分,你就是问题的一部分。
beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
情人眼里出西施。
absence makes the heart grow fonder.
小别胜新婚; 距离产生美; 久别情更深。
when the cat is away, the mice will play.
山中无老虎,猴子称大王。
nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘,一份收获。
nothing succeeds like success.
一是成,百事顺。
nothing so necessary for tr**ellers as languages.
旅行者最需要的是几种语言。
nothing so bad, as not to be good for something.
塞翁失马,安知非福。
nothing seek, nothing find.
无所求则无所获。
nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas.
除非捉跳蚤, 做事不用急。
nothing is stolen without hands.
无风不起浪。
nothing is really beautiful but truth.
只有真理才是真美。
nothing is impossible (or difficult) to the man who will try.
世上无难事,只怕有心人。
nothing is impossible to willing mind (or heart).
有志者事竟成。
nothing is difficult to a man who wills
有志者事竟成。
nothing for nothing and very little for a half penny.
一分钱,一分货。
nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.
饥不择食。nothing cr**e, nothing h**e.
无所求,无所有。
nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it.
无风不起浪。
nothing comes from (or of) nothing.
无风不起浪。
nothing comes amiss to a hungry man.
饥不择食。nothing br**e, nothing h**e.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
no sweet without some sweat.
苦尽甘来。no sweat,no sweet.
一分耕耘,一分收获。
no sunshine but bath some shadow.
有明必有暗。
no sooner said than done.
说到做到。no song, no supper.
不出力,不得食。
no smoke without some fire.
无火不冒烟。
no safe wading in an unknown water.
未知水深浅,涉水有危险。
no rule without an exception.
有规则必有例外。
no rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
no root, no fruit.
无根就无果。
no road is long with good company.
旅途有好伴,千里不觉长。
nor fame i slight, nor for her f**ours call; she come unlooked for, if she comes at all.
我不轻蔑名誉,也不需要她的青睐;如果她竟来的话,也是不求而自来的。
no practice, no gain in one's wit.
吃一堑,长一智。
no possession, but use, is the only riches.
真正的财富不是占有,而是使用。
no pleasure without alloy (or pain or repentance).
乐中有悲。no piper can please all ears.
众口难调。no pains, no gains.
不劳则无获。
no pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
没有劳动没有收获。
no one is wise at all times.
聪明一世,糊涂一时。
no one is a fool always, every one sometimes.
无人总是当傻瓜。
no one (or man) is born wise or learned.
人非生而知之者。
no one can h**e all he desires.
无人能有所欲有。
no one can disgrace us but ourselves.
除非羞耻自由取,他人岂能辱吾?
no one can call back yesterday.
光阴一去不复返。
no one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectlymoral till all are moral; no
所有的人自由后,才能完全自由;所有的人都有道德,才能完全合乎道德;所有的人都幸福了,才能真正幸福。
no news is good news.
没有消息也许就是最好的消息。
none so deaf as those that won't hear.
置若罔闻。none so blind as those who won't see.
最瞎莫如视而不见。
none preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.
蚂蚁不说话,但最善于说教。
none knows the weight of another's burden.
看人挑担不吃力。
none but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
只有那个穿鞋人,才知**鞋轧脚。
none but the br**e deserve the fair.
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