不可不知的80句英语谚语

1. A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海内存挚友，天际若比邻。

2. A common danger causes common action. 志同道合。

3. A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast. 满足常乐。

4. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。

5. A guest should suit the convenience of the host. 客随主便。

6. A letter from home is a priceless treasure. 家信抵万金。

7. All rivers run into the sea. 异曲同工。

8. All time is no time when it is past. 机不可失，时不我待。

9. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一日一个苹果，身材健康不求医。

10. As heroes think, so thought Bruce. 豪杰所见略同。

11. A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不尽力，老大徒伤悲。

12. Behind the mountains there are people to be found. 天外有天，山外有山。

13. Bad luck often brings good luck. 塞翁失马，安知非福。

14. Bread is the stall of life. 面包是生命的支柱。(民以食为天。)

15. Business is business. 公务公办。

16. Clumsy birds have to start flying early. 笨鸟先飞。

17. Courtesy costs nothing. 礼多人不怪。

18. Custom makes all things easy. 习惯成自然。

19. Desire has no rest. 人的欲望无止境。

20. Difficult the first time, easy the second. 一复生，二回熟。

21. Do not change horses in mid-stream. 别在河流中心换马。

22. Do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。

23. Do not pull all your eggs in one basket. 别把一切的蛋都放在一个篮子里。(不要背注一掷。)

24. Do not teach fish to swim. 不要布鼓雷门。

25. East or west, home is the best. 东奔西跑，还是家里好。

26. Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。

27. Fact is stranger than fiction. 事实比虚拟更瑰异。(大千世界，无奇不有。)

28. Faith can move mountains. 信心能移山。(精诚所至，无动于衷。)

29. First impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。

30. Give as good as one gets. 一报还一报。(以德报德，以怨还怨。)

31. Give everyone his due. 厚此薄彼。

32. Good wine needs no bush. 酒香不怕巷子深。

33. Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。(忙中常失足。)

34. He that promises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。

35. He who has an art has everywhere a part. 一招鲜，吃遍天。

36. He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行始于足下。

37. Home is where the heart is. 心在哪里，哪里就是家。

38. If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking. 不在屋里，不知漏雨。(亲自经历才有领会。)

39. In peace prepare for war. 平常打算战时。(安不忘危。)

40. It is never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

41. It six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。

42. Just has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

43. Keep something for a rainy day. 有备无患。

44. Life is a span. 人生如朝露。

45. Man proposes, God disposes. 找事在人，成事在天。

46. Meet plot with plot. 将计就计。

47. Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。

48. Mind acts upon mind. 心心相印。

49. Never hit a man when he is down. 不要雪上加霜。

50. Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。

51. No fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。

52. Nurture passes nature. 修养胜过本性。

53. One is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

54. One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。(一花独放不是春。)

55. One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers. 曾经沧海难为水。

56. Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不烦。

57. Practice makes perfect. 游刃有余。

58. Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤奋之人不受穷。

59. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一日建成的。(伟业非一日之功。)

60. Sense comes with age. 谙熟门路。

61. So many men, so many minds. 人心各不一样。

62. Some thing is learned every time a book is opened. 开卷有益。

63. Strike while the iron is hot. 一气呵成。

64. The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there. 车到山前必有路。

65. The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。

66. The older the wiser. 人老智多。(姜还是老的辣。)

67. The worse luck now, the better another time. 风水轮番转。

68. Thoughts are free from toll. 思惟不需求交税。(人人都能够自在思考。)

69. Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。

70. Use legs and have legs. 经常常应用腿，大步流星。

71. Virtue never grows old. 美德常青。

72. Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。

73. What is done cannot be undone. 反水不收。

74. Wine in, truth out. 酒后吐真言。

75. You are only young once. 青春只有一次。

76. You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 烛炬不可两端燃。(鱼和熊掌不可兼得。)

77. You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。(事难分身其美。)

78. You never know till you have tried. 事非通过不知难。

79. Youth will be served. 青春好作乐。

80. Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. 蒙昧的狂热是脱缰的野马。

但在玻璃画的品种中，许多人都不爱好买残器。原邮电部直属的长春邮电学院则并入了吉林大学。