常用英语成语、谚语
A bad man in office is a mischief to the public.
坏人当官，群众遭殃。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难识挚友。
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
学问浅薄，如履薄冰。
A man may usually be known by the company he keeps.
观人，观其友。
A man may usually be known by the books he reads.
看一个人所读的书，便知道他的为人。
A man without distant care must have near sorrow.
人无远虑，必有近忧。
A person who is always on time for his appointment shows real consideration for others.
严守时间才是真正的为他人着想。
All is not gold that glitters.
发光的并不都是金子。
All men are equal; it is not birth but virtue alone that makes the difference.
所有的人都是平等的；造就差别的不是出身，而是美德。
All of us wish for a bright future and hope to master a useful career.
我们都希望有光明的前途，并希望事业有成。
Among three, there is a teacher.
三人行，必有我师。
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
金窝银窝，不如自己的草窝。
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
每次争论的背后都有某人的无知。
Books are a guide in youth and an entertainment for age.
书籍是青年时期的指南，老年时期的娱乐。
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
美色中看，美德感人。
Competition is universal in human society.
竞争在人类社会普遍存在。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
Doing is better than saying.
做胜过讲。
Don't value money for its own sake, but for what you can do with it.
金钱的价值不在其本身，而在于你用它来做什么。
East or west, home is the best.
不管东方还是西方，家是最好的地方。
English is one of the most important and useful language in the world.
英语是世界上最重要、使用最广泛的语言。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
满瓶不响，空瓶叮当。
Every man is the master of his own fortune.
每个人都是他自己命运的主人。
Experience is the father of wisdom.
经验出智慧。
Facts speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
有勤勉与技术，没有做不成的事。
Fortune is easily found, but hard to be kept.
幸福易找，但却难保。
Friendship first, competition second.
友谊第一，比赛第二。
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
天才是一分灵感加九十九分汗水。
Good health is the best wealth.
健康是最好的财富。
Great hope makes great man.
远大的理想造就伟人。
Grasp all, lose all.
贪多必失。
Habit is second nature.
习惯成自然。
Handsome is that handsome does.
行为美才是真美。
Happiness consists in contentment.
知足常乐。
Happiness is nearly always a reward from hard work.
幸福几乎总是辛勤工作的回报。
Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
幸福首先在于健康。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己，自作自受。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
人孰无过。
He who knows most speaks least.
识多者寡言。
He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.
先正己，后正人。
He that loves to be flattered is worthy of the flatter.
喜欢受奉承的人，会被奉承他的人所欺。
History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort.
要想取得成功惟有三件事：努力、努力、再努力。
I like the dreams of future better than the history of the past.
与过去的历史相比，我更喜欢未来的梦想。
If courage is gone, then all is gone.
失去了勇气，就失去了一切。
If one had no confidence, there is little possibility that one would ever achieve.
如果一个人失去信心，他就没有获得成功的可能性。
If you have great talents, industry will improve them.
如果你很有天赋，勤奋会使天赋更加完美。
It is easier to fall into bad habits than to get into good ones.
染上坏习惯比养成好习惯容易得多。
It is never too late to learn.
活到老，学到老。
It is not the fine coat that makes the gentleman.
华丽的衣着造就不了君子风度。
It's better to have fought and lost than never to have fought at all.
奋斗而失败，胜于根本不奋斗。
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
冬天来了，春天还会远吗？
Knowledge will not be acquired without pain and application.
不花力气，不下功夫是得不到知识的。
Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.
只有知识而无实践，只能造就半瓢水的艺术家。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活没有目标，犹如航海没有指南针。
Live and let live.
自己活，也让人活。
Little strokes fell great oaks.
滴水穿石。
Live not to eat, but eat to live.
人吃饭是为了活着，但人活着并不是为了吃饭。
Lost time never returns.
光阴一去不复返。
Men are measured by what they do, not by what they possess.
衡量人的标准是凭其行为，而不是凭其财产。
Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.
人们喜欢对事物产生好奇，那便是科学的种子。
Misfortunes never come alone.
祸不单行。
Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
金钱是个好仆人，却是个坏主人。
Money makes the mare go.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
音乐可洗去日常生活中灵魂所沾染的污垢。
Never cackle till your egg is laid.
事未完成莫先吹。
No pains, no gains.
没有辛苦，就没有收获。
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
再富有的人，也买不回自己的过去。
No one can walk backward into the future.
谁也不能倒退着进入未来。
Only those who are not afraid of failure have the possibility to reach the peak of success.
只有那些不怕失败的人，才有可能到达成功的顶峰。
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
我们最大的光荣并不在于不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后能站起来。
People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.
腾不出时间娱乐的人，早晚会被迫腾出时间来生病。
Politeness costs nothing and gains everything.
礼貌无所失，却得到一切。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Rome was not built in a day.
罗马不是一天建成的。（伟业非一日可成。）
Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king.
春天，可爱的春天，是一年中最快乐的季节。
Students of today must learn how to accept the challenge from the future.
当代学生们必须学会如何迎接来自未来的挑战。
Success comes after many failures.
经过多次失败才获得成功。
Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.
成功来自克服困难的斗争。
Success is never final and failure never fatal.
没有最终的成功，也没有致命的失败。
The books which help you most are those which make you think most.
对你帮助最大的书，是那些最能引起你思考的书。
The greatest tragedy in life is not in falling, but in not trying to do one's best.
人生最大的悲剧，不是失败，而是没有竭尽所能。
The greater a man is, the less he is disposed to show his greatness.
一个人越伟大，越不喜欢显露他的伟大。
The important thing in life is to have a great aim and the determination to attain it.
人生最重要的事便是有伟大的目标以及达到这一目标的决心。
The longest way round is the shortest way home.
最长的路就是抵达目的地最短的捷径。
The more we do, the more we can do.
我们做得越多，便越会做。
The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest.
懂得越多，就会越谦虚。
The past has revealed to me the structure of future.
过去为我展示了未来的结构。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
舌头非剑，但可伤人。
The way to success is filled with various kinds of difficulties and obstacles.
成功路上充满了各种各样的困难和障碍。
That man is admired above all men, who is not influenced by money.
不为钱左右的人最受尊敬。
There is no darkness but ignorance.
除了无知之外，并无黑暗。
There is no friend as faithful as a good book.
一本好书是最好忠实的朋友。
There is no royal road to learning.
学习没有平坦的大道。
They who lay traps for others are often caught by their own.
给别人设圈套的人常常会落在自己的圈套里。
Time past never returns, a moment lost, lost for ever.
时间一去不复返，浪费一点，永远消失。
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
作好战争的准备是保持和平最有效的办法。
We receive three kinds of education, one from our parents, one from our schoolmasters, and one from the world.
我们接受三种教育：一种来自父母，一种来自教师，另一种来自社会。
We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
只有知道了通向今天的道路，我们才能清楚、明智地规划未来。
Well begun is half done.
好的开端等于成功的一半。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
With time and patience the leaf of mulberry becomes satin.
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
Without health, no pleasure can be tasted by man.
人无健康，便无乐趣。
Without hope, the heart would break.
没有希望，心灵就会衰竭。