英语常见谚语和习语
●as black as crow /raven/ sloe/ coal/ jet/ midnight / pitch/ the devil‘s nutting-bag = very black
●I want to see that agreement in black and white.=in writing or print; in written form
●His business and domestic affairs are in confusion, and everything looks to him black
ink.=very gloomy
●If you continue in this fashion, you will be in my black books.=in disfavor of someone
●Shake the black dog from your back.
=melancholy; dispondency
●These slums are black eye to our city.
=a mark of shame; dishonor
●He swore himself black in the face.
=extremely angry
The letter which he received was an attempt at black mail.
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●=extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation or censure
●The witches sat at a table with the black man.
=The devil
●He blacked out at the sight of blood.
=suffer temporary loss of consciousness
●When it came to war experiences, he blacked out completely.
=suffer temporary loss of memory
●Their first decision was to black out today‘s discussion.
=not allow sth. to be released
English idioms can be short or long: e.g.
T hat old man is a bear; he’s always grumbling. =a bad-tempered or bad-mannered person
W hat’s wrong with you today? You’re like a bear with a sore head. =angry
Y ou say his fiancée is also a poet? Well, birds of a feather flock together.
=people of similar tastes, characters etc. seek each other’s company
I f you invest this money you might make a fortune; but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.=a thing which is
certain is worth more than a risk which might be profitable
Irregular and illogical structure with clear meaning: e.g.
I am good friends with him.
The angel told Mary she was with child.
Regular structure with unclear meaning: e.g.
I had butterflies in my stomach for an hour or so before I was due to make my speech.
=have a feeling of nervousness
?All the man’s kith and kin came to his wedding.
=orig. country and kindred; later, friends and kindred; now, relations
?He’s walking to and fro in the room. =back and forth
?He learn s his lessons by rote.=memorize by constant repetition
?Bob wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate. =here and there
?She went hither and yon to search for an answer.=from here to over there, especially to a
farther place, or to a great many places
?H e always hits the nail when he talks on financial subjects. =understand the matter
?J ane’s father hit the nail on the head when he said that her chief fault was vanity.
=get something exactly right
?H e packed his car and hit the road for New York. =leave, especially in a car
?S he was struck by a hit-and-run driver.
=one who leaves the scene of an accident without stopping to identify
himself or assist the injured
●First and foremost they needed food. =as the most important thing (alliteration)
●The sailors hauled in the rope with might and main.=with all one’s strength(alliteration)
●This pair of shoes can withstand the wear and tear of a couple of years. =loss by use(rhyme)
●Plenty of all the requisites for “a rough and round dinner”…were always at Duncan of Knock”s command.
=simple but bumper(alliteration)
●Couldn’t you get somebody better about you than a blundering young rough-and-tough boy like me? = troublesome
(rhyme)
●He has become rich little by little. =gradually, slowly by degrees (repetition)
●Mary was hurt through and through by Betty’s remarks.
●=completely, thoroughly(repetition)
●A stitch in time saves nine.
=Slight repairs made in season will save great ones afterwards.(euphony)
●The rule in the restaurant is First come, first served.
=The people who come first will have their turn first.(euphony)
His death at the age of 31 was a bolt from the blue. =something completely unexpected
His father and grandfather were Conservatives, and he too is a true blue.
=a loyal member of a political party, especially the British Conservative Party
I am in the pink, and hope you are too.=be very well in health
Sales began to drop and the company was soon in the red.=owe money, especially to a bank
H e blacked out at the sight of blood.= suffering temporary loss of consciousness
D uring the war we had to make sure windows were carefully blacked out completely.
=make invisible from air at night
W ithin seconds of going on the air, London Weekend Television was blacked out.
=bring television transmission to a halt by striking action
H e went on holiday to Monte Carlo and blued all his money. =spend recklessly
?He gave me such a black look that I decided not to mention the subject again.
?=look angrily at someone
?If you’re feeling blue, a couple of drinks may cheer you up=sad
?Her sister has been given a wristwatch and she is green with envy. =be very envious
?I didn’t want to offend him, so I told a white l ie and said I didn’t know.
?=a lie which is regarded as harmless and excusable
?The shop detective caught him red-handed as he was slipping a packet of cigarettes into his pocket. =catch someone in the act of committing a crime
?The police played cat and mouse with the gang in the hope of catching them at once.
=leave someone in a position of uncertainty before taking action
?Their engagement was to be a secret but the ring on her finger l et the cat out of the bag.
?=give away a secret
?They have led a cat-and-dog life ever since they were married.
?= (of a husband and wife) a life full of quarrels
?Since his wife left him, he has gone to the dogs and spends his time in dirty b ars.
?= (of people) become morally, mentally or physically bad
?Be fore his marriage he was tied to his mother’s apron-strings, and after it to his wife’s.
?=be under someone’s control
?We all got the boo t when the firm was taken over by a big company.
?=be dismissed from a job
?He asked me, cap in hand, if I could help him out of his financial difficulties. =respectfully
?Several members of the party turned their coats and joined the opposition.
?= change sides in a dispute or in war; change one’s opinion
?One of the secretaries was getting married, so we passed the hat round for her.
?=make a collection of money
Several lines in the new play were blue-penciled. =censor
He’s still rather green, but a couple of years in the army will make him wiser.=inexperienced
The company was bled white by her foreign rulers. = Deprived of wealth
I was about to invest money in the company but I saw the red light when their annual report was published.=realize that
danger is near
He is at the top of the tree.
A. In a difficult position
B. The oldest man of the family
C. The highest man in his profession
Key: C
He took the leaf out of his brother’s book. He
A. did what he did
B. read what he read
C. copied what he wrote
D. said what he said
Key: A
A bread-and-butter letter is sent
A. by a guest to his host
B. by an employee to his boss
C. by a shop-keeper to his customer
D. by a bank-manager to his client
Key: A
He knows which side his bread is buttered. He knows
A. his own interests
B. what is good for him
C. how to make sandwiches
D. where he can ear a lot of money
Key: A
He has gone the way of all flesh. He has
A. fallen ill
B. grown old
C. grown fat
D. died
Key: D
A brain-wave is A. an illness of the brain
B. a sudden good idea
C. a fit of passion
D. a stupid mistake
Key: B
A grass widow is a woman
A. whose husband gardens too much
B. whose husband is newly buried
C. whose husband is away
D. whose husband plays too much cricket
Key: C
She sees everything through rose-colored spectacles. She
A. is sentimental
B. thinks only of her garden
C. is color-blind
D. is optimistic
Key: D
He has some good ideas, but he doesn’t know how to put them into practice. He has
A. his nose in the air
B. his head in the clouds
C. his heart in the right place
D. his head above water
Key: B
He said it with his tongue in his cheek. He said it
A. indistinctly
B. while eating
C. seriously
D. jokingly
Key: D
Examples of Proverbs
1. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A thing which is certain is worth more than a risk which might be profitable.
2. Birds of a feather flock together.
People of similar tastes, characters etc. seek each other‘s company
3. Kill two birds with one stone.
Achieve two aims at once.
4. A cat may look at a king.
Even the most humble person may criticize his superiors.
5. Count one‘s chickens before they are hatched.
Be over-confident of success.
6. Love me, love my dog.
If you want me to be your friend, you must accept my friends as well.
7. Let sleeping dogs lie.
Not disturb someone or something which may give trouble; not look for trouble
8. Neither fish, flash nor good red herring
Of an uncertain nature, neither one thing nor the other.
9. What‘s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
What is fair for one person is fair for the other.
10. Pigs might fly.
The impossible might happen.
11. One swallow does not make a summer.
Something which starts well may not continue to go well.
12. If the cap fits, wear it.
If someone thinks that an accusation is true, he should admit it.
13. Make hay while the sun shines.
Take opportunities as soon as they appear.
14. There is no rose without a thorn.
Complete happiness, perfection etc. cannot be found.
15. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Too much help only hinders
16. Teach one‘s grandmother to suck eggs.
Give advice to someone who is more experienced.
19. Put all one‘s eggs in one basket.
risk everything, put all one‘s money, spend all one‘s time etc. on only one thing
20. It‘s no use crying over spi lt milk.
It is no use regretting or complaining about a mistake that has been made and cannot be corrected.
21. The pot calls the kettle black.
The person who accuses another of a fault has the same fault himself.
22. There‘s no accounting for tastes.
It is impossible to explain why different people like different things.
23. Blood is thicker than water.
Family ties are strong.
24. An eye for an eye.
Punishment similar to the crime; retaliation; revenge
25. Two heads are better than one.
Two people are better than one at giving advice, solving problems etc.
26. A square peg in round hole.
A person who is not suited to the situation in which he finds himself
27. Every dog has its day.
Everyone has good luck, success etc. at some time.
28. Where there is will, there‘s a way.
Anything is possible if it is desired strongly enough.
29. More haste, less speed.
The more you hurry, the less real progress you are likely to make.
30. Once bitten, twice shy.
A person who has been tricked will be more careful in the future.
31. Out of sight, out of mind.
It is easy to forget someone or something not seen regularly.
32. Easy come, easy go.
What we get without difficulty is quickly lost.
33. Easier said than done.
It is harder to do than to talk about.
34. Better late than never,
It is better to do something late than not to do it at all.
1.No man is content. 知足的人世上无。
2.No mill, no meal.不磨面就没有面包吃。
3.No pleasure without pain. 没有无痛苦的欢乐。
4.No rose without a thorn.没有尽善尽美的幸福。
5.No smoke without some fire. 无风不起浪
6.Nothing venture, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
7.Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.服从是军人的第一职责。
8.Older and wiser. 老而益精；越老越聪明。
9.Old bees yield no honey. 老蜂不产蜜。
10.Old vessels must leak. 船旧必漏。
11.Once a devil, always a devil. 一次做魔鬼，永远是魔鬼。
12.One flower makes no garland.一朵花做不成一个花环。
13.One foot is better than two crutches. 一只脚胜过两条拐仗。
14.Oppression maketh a wise man mad.人处压迫下，聪明也会疯。
15.Out of sitght, out of mind. 眼不见，心不想。
16.Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 一朝得了利，痛苦便忘记。
17.Patience is the plaster of all sores. 忍耐是一切痛苦的止痛膏。
18.Patient men win the day. 能忍者胜。
19.Peace with sword in hand, ?Tis safest making. 有备无患。
20.Pen and ink is wit's plough. 笔墨是才智之犁。
21.Penny wise and pound foolish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂。
22.Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup. 纵然装入金杯，
毒药还是毒药。
23.Pouring oil on the fire is no way to quench it. 加油不是灭火法。
24.Praise is not pudding. 恭维不是实惠。
25.Promise is debt. 许愿要还，欠债要清。
26.Public money is like holy water, every one helps himself to it. 公款如圣水，人人都要尝一嘴。
27.Quietness is best. 宁静最好。
28.Rain before seven: fine before eleven.早雨不过午。
29. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man. 阅读使人渊博，会谈使人机敏，写作使人严谨。
Idioms expressing positive people
apple of someone‘s eye
–someone‘s favorite person or thing
ball of fire
– very active and energetic person who always succeeds
diamond in the rough
– a valuable or potentially excellent person or thing hidden by an unpolished or rough exterior life of the party
– the type of person who is lively and helps make a party fun and exciting
none other than someone
– the very person
prime mover
– the force that sets something going
salt of the earth
-- the most worthy of people
some new blood
– new members brought into a group to revive it
Idioms expressing negative people
a cold fish
-- a person who is distant and unfeeling
black sheep of the family
-- the worst member of the family
bull in a china shop
-- a thoughtless and tactless person
copycat
-- a person who copies or mimics what someone else does
e.g. Sally wor e a pink dress just like Mary‘s. Mary called Sally a copycat.
dirty old man
-- an older man who is excessively interested in sex
dog in the manger
-- one who prevents other people from doing or what one does not wish them to do or have
good-for-nothing
-- a worthless person
hail-fellow-well-met
-- friendly to everyone; falsely friendly to everyone
hard/tough nut to crack
-- a difficult person or thing to deal with
Jekyll and Hyde
-- someone with both an evil and a good personality
e.g. Bill thinks Mary is so soft and gentle, but she can be very cruel --- she is a real Jekyll and Hyde. small fry
-- unimportant people
so-and-so
-- a despised person
son of a bitch
-- a very horrible person
son of a gun
-- a horrible person
square peg in a round hole
-- a misfit
stick-in-the-mud
-- someone who is stubbornly old-fashioned
e.g. Tom is no stick-in-the-mud. He‘s really up-to-date.
villain of the piece
-- someone or something that is responsible for something bad or wrong
wet blanket
-- a dull or depress ing person who spoils other people‘s enjoyment
e.g. Jack‘s fun at parties, but his brother‘s a wet blanket.
e.g. expressing death
to decease to loose
to join the majority to join one‘s ancestor
to pass away to pay the debt of nature
to breath one‘s last to go west
to go to heaven to be in heaven
to yield up the ghost to expire
to go the way of nature to go hence
to go to a better world to go out of this world
to go to the better to depart from life
to be taken or called to be gone
to succumb to to pay Saint Peter a visit
to come to an untimely end
to come to a sticky end to cross the bar
to go to one‘s last reckoning
to go the way of all the flesh
e.g. expressing dying
The dog is old and sick. He is on his last leg.
The young lady has married that old bookseller who has one foot in the grave.
They went to see a man in extremis in a hospital bed.
In the moribund patient deepening comas are the usual prelude to death.
I wonder why he can be so cheerful when he knows he has notice to quit.
What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep,you were not bothered by things like that. (R. Chandler ―The Big Sleep‖)
e.g. expressing old persons
distinguished gentleman
golden ager
grande dame
the longer living
seasoned man
senior citizen
well-preserved man
sunset years
third age
e.g. expressing killing
Two masked intruders were accounted for by security men.
Hoodlums in a speeding car bumped him off with tommy guns.
An attack of fever carried him off.
He dispatched the scoundrel with his sword.
Our scouts quietly disposed of the enemy sentry.
The wound would do fo r a man of flimsier constitution.
Such criminals ought to be got rid of.
Someone had given him the works and thrown his body into the river.
They are liable to knock him off if he talks.
Last Sunday he went hunting and laid low several rabbits.
He tried to make away with himself by drinking poison.
Common examples
1. a love of musical theatre, light in the loafers, good fashion sense or confirmed bachelor for male homosexuality
2. abattoir, for slaughterhouse
3. acting like rabbits, making love to, getting it on, cheeky time, doing it, making the beast with two backs, or sleeping with for having sex with
4. adult entertainment, adult material, or erotica for pornograph
5. alcohol-related, single-car crash for drunk driver
6. an intestinal release of pressure for fart
7. bathroom tissue, t.p., or bath tissue for toilet paper (usually used by toilet paper manufacturers)
8. big, fluffy, "thick-boned", full-figured or heavy-set instead of fat
9. chemical dependency for drug addiction (though these technically describe distinct conditions)
10. co-morbidity for simultaneous existence of related mental and physical health issues (when morbidity is used as a medical term for illness), although in the regular medical use of this term it simply means the presence of one or more mental or physical diseases apart from the primary one and as such is not a euphemism.
11. correctional facility for prison
12. custodian or caretaker for janitor (Also originally a euphemism — in Latin, it means doorman. In the British secret service, it may still carry the ancient meaning. It does in the novels of Lohn le Carré.)
13. discontinuation syndrome for withdrawal
14. dual-diagnosed for having both mental illness and drug problems
15. economically depressed neighborhood or culturally-deprived environment for ghetto or slum
16. enhanced interrogation technique for torture
17. fee for fine
18. feeling no pain (and dozens of others) for drunk
19. fertility center for infertility center
20. force, police action, peace process or conflict for war
21. gaming for gambling
22. gender reassignment for sex change
23. gentlemen‘s club for go-go bar or strip club.
24. getting smashed or hammered instead of drinking or being drunk
25. gravitationally challenged for clumsy
26. haem or heme for blood, often used in medical settings ("severe heme loss")
27. held back: a student being held back a grade level for having failed or flunked the grade level
28. ill-advised for very poor or bad
29. intellectually challenged for being mentally retarded, which replaced feeble minded, which had itself succeeded halfwit
30. it's snowin' down south for your slip is showing
31. legal capital for stated capital
32. lost their lives for were killed
33. mature or been around the block for old or elderly
34. mental health center for mental illness center
35. misspeak for lie
36. motivation for bribe
37. peer homework help or comparing answers for cheating
38. persuasion for torture
39. pre-owned vehicles or even pre-loved for used cars
40. products of pregnancy for fetus (in the context of abortion)
41. powder room for toilet (U.S)
42. mentally challenged for stupid
43. restroom for toilet room in American English (the word toilet was itself originally a euphemism)
44. sanitary landfill for garbage dump (and a temporary garbage dump is a transfer station), also often called a Civic Amenity in the UK
45. sanitation worker (or, sarcastically, sanitation officer or sanitation engineer), or garbologist, for bin man or garbage man
46. specific about what one eats for being a picky eater
47. a State Electrician for an executioner, in cases where an electric chair is used
48. take legal action for sue
49. the big C for cancer (in addition, some people whisper the word when they say it in public, and doctors euphemistically use technical terminology when discussing cancer in front of patients, e.g., "c.a." or "neoplasia"/"neoplastic process", "carcinoma" for "tumor"); euphemisms for cancer are used even more so in the Netherlands, because the Dutch word for cancer can be used as a curse word
50. the north of Ireland for Northern Ireland, which is seen by many Irish people as a term imposed by the British and therefore a profanity; however, saying the north of Ireland may be primarily a way of identifying oneself with the Irish Nationalist cause, rather than a euphemism
51. And, it being low water, he went out with the tide.
52. He fed his family on bowls of sunshine.
53. In private I should merely call him a liar. In the Press you should use the words: ―reckless disregard for truth‖ and in Parliament –that you regret that he ―s hould have been misinformed‖.
54. He and Truth are not on very intimate terms.
55. After three days in Japan, the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexibl e.
最新初中英语习语谚语
英语习语谚语 a piece of cake 轻松的事 a wet blanket 枯燥，让人扫兴 all thumbs 笨拙 as bright as a button 聪明极了 as cool as a cucumber 极其冷静 as easy as ABC 非常容易 as easy as pie 易如反掌 as hard as nails 冷酷无情，铁石心肠 as hungry as a lion 极其渴望得到 as light as a feather 很轻盈 as poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 as proud as a peacock 十分骄傲 as sharp as a spear 聪明，思路敏捷 as sly as a fox 非常狡猾 as tall as a tree 非常高 be a weed 软弱，懦弱 be at odds 有矛盾，合不来 be blessed with brains 很聪明 be green with envy 嫉妒 be in the same boat 处于同样境地 be tickled pink 非常开心 be white as a sheet 惨白如纸 black and blue 青一块紫一块 then and there 立即 black is white and white is black. 黑白颠倒 burn the midnight oil 开夜车，挑灯夜战 call black white 颠倒黑白
cast iron nerves 坚定的意志 dark horse 黑马 down in the dumps 气馁，沮丧 eat like a bird 食量很小 feel blue 忧郁 feet of clay 内在缺陷 fly off the handle/ hit the roof/ceiling 勃然大怒 green fingers 擅长 hand and foot 完全，周到，全方位 hot under the collar 愤怒的，恼火的 have butterflies in your stomach 心慌，紧张 in the black有盈余 in the red 财政赤字 kill the fatted calf 设宴欢迎 laugh one’s head off 大笑 off the top of your head 不假思索 make a mountain out of a molehill/ make a fuss of 小题大做on cloud nine狂喜 on its last legs 奄奄一息，濒于台 once and for all 永远，彻底地 one’s cu p of tea 投合脾性的事 over the moon 欣喜若狂，兴高采烈 pull one’s leg 开某人玩笑 rain cats and dogs 倾盆大雨 senior citizen 老人 to sleep like a log 酣睡 twists and turns 曲折 wear and tear 磨损 the man in the street 平常百姓
英语作文常用谚语、俗语
英语作文常用谚语、俗语 1、A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 2、A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。 3、All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。 4、All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 5、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 6、A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。 7、Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 8、A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。 9、A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 10、A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。 11、A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。 12、A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。 13、A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。 14、A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 15、A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。 16、An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。 17、A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 18、A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。 19、A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 20、Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。 21、By reading we enrich the mind.读书使人充实， 22、Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 23、Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 24、Custom is a second nature. 习惯是后天养成的。 25、Custom makes all things easy. 有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 26、Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 27、Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。 28、Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。 29、Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。 30、Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。 31、Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。 32、Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 33、Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 34、Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。 35、Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。 36、Every minute counts. 分秒必争。 37、Each coin has two sides. 38、Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 39、Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。 40、God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。 41、Health is better than wealth. 健康胜过财富。 42、Honesty is the best policy. 做人诚信为本。 43、Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 44、It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 45、Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量 46、Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。 47、No pain，no gain.（不劳无获。） 48、You never know till you have tried. 不尝试，不知晓。。 49、An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 50、Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。 51、Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起，使人健康、富裕和聪颖。 52、Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的教师。
常用英语谚语
常用英语谚语学习 A A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性难移；狗改不了吃屎。 （讽刺那些恶习难改的人或是提醒他人注意防范坏人。） A fault confessed is half redressed. 知过能改，善莫大焉。 （关于原谅、宽容。） A fool’s haste is no speed. 急急忙忙，想快反慢；欲速则不达。 （不可急功近利，做事要稳妥。） A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 多行不义必自毙；做贼心虚。 （用于规劝他人向善。） A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。 （自己喜欢的、感兴趣的事做起来很轻松愉快。） A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林；到手的才实在；把握现在，不要空想未来。（珍惜自己所拥有的，不要去强求自己无法得到的东西） A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 （比喻有牺牲、奉献精神的人，如老师。） Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。 （讲逆境、困难。） A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。 （对伟人评价。） A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 (劝告的话不中听，但往往是正确的。) A word spoken is past recalling. / A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，驷马难追。 （信守诺言。） Although the sun shines, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。 （事前做好准备、防范措施。） All good things come to an end. 好景不常；天下没有不散的筵席。 （离别时互相劝慰的话语。） A crooked stick throws a crooked shadow. 上梁不正下梁歪；曲杖生曲影。 （说明榜样的重要性。）
初中英语作文常用谚语
初中英语作文常用谚语推荐 古老的谚语是文化的沉淀和结晶~来学学下面这些高频谚语~让它为咱们的作文增加闪光点~ （一）关于勤奋 1. No pains，no gains. 一分耕耘，一分收获。 2. Rome was not built in a day. 伟业非一日之功。 3. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 4. Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.天才一分来自灵感，九十九分来自勤奋。 5. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 6. Success only means working hard all one's life .成功只意味着终身不懈的努力。 (俄国化学家门捷列耶夫) 7. I have nothing to offer but blood , hard work and tears .我所能奉献的没有其它，只有热血、辛劳和眼泪。 (英国政治家丘吉尔 . W.) （二）关于学习方法 1. Learning without thinking is a dangerous thing. 学而不思则罔。 He who learns but does not think is lost; he who thinks but does not learn is in danger. 学而不思者罔，思而不学则殆。 2. It’s never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 3. Well begun is half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。 4. Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。 5. Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。 6. Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。 7. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。 Little by little one goes far. 千里之行，始于足下。 8. Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 9. He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后笑得最好。 10.Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。 11. One tree can’t make a forest. 独木不成林。 12. Habit is a second nature. 习惯成自然。 13. Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。 14. All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马 15. No man can do two things at once. 一心不可二用。 （三）关于自强自信 1. Where there is a will, there is a way . ( Thomas Edison , American inventor ) 有志者，事竟成。 (美国发明家爱迪生. T.) 2. God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。 3. Nothing is too difficult in the world if you set your mind into it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.世上无难事，只怕有心人。 4. Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。 5. Confidence doesn't need any reason. If you're alive , you should feel
英语-习语-谚语
趁火打劫plundering a burning house 声东击西making a feint to the east and attacking in the west 李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing 顺手牵羊picking up something in passing 混水摸鱼muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters 空城计presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness 馋得流口水make someone’s mouth water 牵线搭桥 pull the strings 钱能生钱 Money begets money 白费力气 plough the air neither fish nor flesh 非驴非马 paint the lily 画蛇添足 no point 没理由 mark time 原地踏步；停顿 make a clean breast of….忏悔 make somebody’s blood boil 使……极度愤怒 Put on an act 装腔作势 Make much ado about nothing无中生有 Make good time 快速行进；有效利用运行时间 Mother hen 婆婆妈妈地担心他人遭遇意外的人 Nasty piece of work 下流坯；讨厌的家伙 New broom 刚上任的新官 No account 没用的人 Pull one’s leg 开某人的玩笑 Make a night of it 欢闹一夜 Old wives’tale 荒诞故事 Move in on 夺走 Play along （暂时）与某人合作 Penny pincher 吝啬鬼；小气鬼 Nurse a viper in one’s bosom 姑息养奸 Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。 Make your enemy your friend.化敌为友。 Man is the soul of the universe.人是万物之灵。 Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。 Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高。 Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。 Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。Measure for measure.针锋相对。 Misfortunes never come alone.祸不单行。 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。 Money isn't everything.钱不是万能的。 Murder will out.纸包不住火。 My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life. 儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
常用英语谚语
常用英语谚语 ◆Actions speak louder than words. 行动胜于语言。 ◆Don’t judge a man’s actions at first sight; give them a second look. 乍看难评人，再看认得清。 ◆Art is long, life is short. 人生短暂，技艺无涯。 ◆Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施。 ◆Life isn’t a bed of roses. 人生不是开满玫瑰的温床，不会事事称心如意。 ◆You have made your bed and you must lie on it. 事情是你犯下的，后果必须由你来承担。 ◆A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜于两鸟在林。 ◆Birds of the same feather flock together. 羽毛相同的鸟会结群在一起。（人与类聚，物与群分） ◆The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟有虫吃。 ◆Kill two birds with one stone. One stone kills two birds. 用一个石头打死两只鸟。（一石二鸟，一箭双雕） ◆It’s the mind that ennobles, not the blood. 使人崇高的是心灵而不是血统。 ◆Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水；近客不如远亲。 ◆Blood will have blood. 血债要用血来还；杀人者偿命。
日常常用的英语谚语大全
日常常用的英语谚语大全 我们在英语课上学习到的谚语，有的和汉语有异曲同工之妙，虽然表达可能有点差别。下面是给大家整理的日常常用的英语谚语，供大家参阅! 常用英语谚语1. 好的开端是成功的一半.Well begun is half done. 2. 酒好不怕巷子深.Good wine needs no bush. 3. 成功源于勤奋.Industry is the parent of success. 4. 英雄所见略同.Great minds think alike. 5. 熟能生巧.Practice makes perfect. 6. 静水流深.Still waters run deep. 7. 滴水穿石.Little stone fell great oaks. 8. 前事不忘,后事之师.The membrance of the past is the teacher of the future. 9. 君子之交淡如水.A hedge between keeps friendship green. 10. 机不可失,失不再来.T ake time while time is, for time will away. 经典英语谚语1. A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马的装饰。
2. A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭内讧难维系。 3. A Jack of all trades and master of none. 三脚猫无所长。 4. A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。 5. A journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step. 千里之行，始于足下。 6. A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 穷人的一只羔羊比富人的一头牛还要珍贵。 7. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊嫌毛重 8. A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 9. Ale will make a cat speak. 酒后吐真言。 10. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 骗子说真话，也没人相信。 11. A liar is worse than a thief. 撒谎比偷窃更可恶。 12. A lie begets a lie till they come to generation. 谎言生谎言，谎言传万代。 13. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳。 14. A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生无目的，犹如船失去了舵。 15. A light purse is a heavy curse. 为人无钱处处难。
(完整word版)常用英语谚语大全
常用英语谚语大全 1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 开头不好，结尾必糟。 2. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 蛋糕莫保留，坏习气要除掉。 3. A bad workman always blames his tools. 劣工咎器。 4. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 两鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。 5. A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人无知犹如房屋无基。 6. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 书是随时携带的花园。 7. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮了别人，燃尽了自己。 8. A door must be either shut or open. 门不关就得开，二者必居其一。/ 非此即彼。 9. A friend is a second self. 朋友是第二个自我。 10. A good beginning makes a good ending. 欲善其终, 必先善其始。 11. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。 12. A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少年懒惰，老来贫苦。 13. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有阳光。 14. A little help is worth a deal of pity. 一次行动胜过一筐空话。 15. A little is better than none. 有一点总比没有好。 16. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，害已误人。 17. A little labour, much health. 常常走动，无病无痛。 18. A little learning is a dangerous thing. 浅学寡识是件危险的事。 19. A little of everything, and nothing at all. 样样皆通，样样稀松。 20. A man is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 21. A merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快，办事痛快。
英语习语俗语大全
英语习语俗语大全 TPMK standardization office【 TPMK5AB- TPMK08- TPMK2C- TPMK18】
1Time flies. 时光易逝. 2. Time is money. 一寸光阴一寸金. *3. Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月无情;岁月易逝;岁月不待人. 4. Time tries all. 时间检验一切. 5. Time tries truth. 时间检验真理. *6. Time past cannot be called back again. 光阴一去不复返. 7. All time is no time when it is past. 光阴一去不复返. 8. No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again. 昨日不复来. *9. Tomorrow comes never. 切莫依赖明天. *10.One today is worth two tomorrows. 一个今天胜似两个明天. 11.The morning sun never lasts a day. 好景不常;朝阳不能光照全日. 12.Christmas comes but once a year. 圣诞一年只一度. *13.Pleasant hours fly past. 快乐时光去如飞. 14.Happiness takes no account of time. 欢娱不惜时光逝. 15.Time tames the strongest grief. 时间能缓和极度的悲痛. 16.The day is short but the work is much. 工作多,光阴迫.
常见英语谚语-习语
英语谚语和习语 1.look on with folded arms 袖手旁观 2.call white black 颠倒黑白 3.speak like a book 咬文嚼字 4.make a noise in a world 名噪一时 5.an old head on your shoulders 少年老成 6.take to one's heels 逃之夭夭 7.in a class by itself 独一无二 8.do in Rome as Rome does 入乡随俗 9.be wet behind the ears /smell of the baby 乳臭未干 10.not a feather to fly with 一贫如洗 11.give sb.a piece of one's mind 直言不讳 12.Many a little makes a mickle.积少成多 13.No one wise at all times.智者千虑，必有一失 14.Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败 15.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧 16.No pains,no gains. 不劳无获 17.It's never too late to learn.活到老，学到老 18.One today is worth two tomorrow. 一个今天等于两个明天。 19.No one can do two things at once. 一心不可二用。 20.There is no friend so faithful as a good book. 好书胜好友。 21.Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。 22.Something attempted,something done. 有所尝试，就有所作为。 23.Never judge from appearance. 不要以貌取人。 24.To choose time is to save time. 选择时间就是节省时间。 25.Time is a bird forever on wing . 时间就是一只永远飞翔的鸟。 26.take trouble 吃苦 27.be at the pains of learning 刻苦学习 28.be in pain 在痛苦中 29.dream away one's life 虚度一生 30.live on the fat of the land 过奢侈的生活 31.have a thin /good time 过的不舒坦 32.a rich joke 逗人的笑话 33.look hard at 死盯着 34.work on the land 务农 35.pull oneself together 振奋精神
英语常用谚语
1. A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠总怪工具差。 2. Actions speak louder than words. 说到不做到。 3. A friend in need is a friend in indeed. 患难识知已 4. A good beginning is half the battle. 好的开端等于成功一半 5. A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒悲伤 6. A little is better than none. 聊胜于无 7. All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马 8. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. 只用功，不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻 9. An eye finds more truth than two ears.百闻不如一见。 10. A watched pot never boils.欲速则不达。 11. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 12. A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。 13. A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。 14. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。 15. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。 16. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。 17. An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。
常用英语谚语
1. A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里 2. A woman’s strength is in her tongue. 能言善道 3. As a man sows, so shall he reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆 4. Actions speak louder than words. 坐而言不如起而行 5. All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马 6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜于二鸟在林 7. A stitch in time saves nine. 及时行事/事半功倍 8. An eye for a eye; and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙 9. All that glitters is not gold. 人不可貌相/是金子总会发光 10. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足长乐 11. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见知己 12. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔 13. A Jack of all trades in master of none. 样样通，样样松 14. All good things come to an end. 天下无不散之宴席 15. Accidents will happen. 人有旦夕祸福 16. Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home. 在家日日好 17. Beauty is only skin deep. 美貌是肤浅的 18. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚 19. Better late than never. 宁迟勿缺/亡羊补牢 20. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水 21. Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石 22. Courtesy costs nothing. 礼多人不怪
初中英语习语谚语
英语习语谚语a piece of cake 轻松的事 a wet blanket 枯燥，让人扫兴 all thumbs 笨拙 as bright as a button 聪明极了 as cool as a cucumber 极其冷静 as easy as ABC 非常容易 as easy as pie 易如反掌 as hard as nails 冷酷无情，铁石心肠 as hungry as a lion 极其渴望得到 as light as a feather 很轻盈 as poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 as proud as a peacock 十分骄傲 as sharp as a spear 聪明，思路敏捷 as sly as a fox 非常狡猾 as tall as a tree 非常高 be a weed 软弱，懦弱 be at odds 有矛盾，合不来 be blessed with brains 很聪明 be green with envy 嫉妒 be in the same boat 处于同样境地 be tickled pink 非常开心 be white as a sheet 惨白如纸 black and blue 青一块紫一块 then and there 立即 black is white and white is black. 黑白颠倒 burn the midnight oil 开夜车，挑灯夜战 call black white 颠倒黑白 cast iron nerves 坚定的意志 dark horse 黑马 down in the dumps 气馁，沮丧 eat like a bird 食量很小 feel blue 忧郁 feet of clay 内在缺陷 fly off the handle/ hit the roof/ceiling 勃然大怒 green fingers 擅长 hand and foot 完全，周到，全方位 hot under the collar 愤怒的，恼火的 have butterflies in your stomach 心慌，紧张 in the black有盈余 in the red 财政赤字 laugh one’s h ead off 大笑 off the top of your head 不假思索
高中英语常用谚语
1. A true friend is the best possession. 真正的朋友是最好的财产。 2. A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。 3.All things are difficult before they are easy. 万事开头难。 4.Bitter pills may have wholesome together. 良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。 5.Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. 书籍是智慧积累的长明 灯。 6.Confidence of success is almost success. 相信成功，你就接近成功 7.Diligence redeems stupidity. 勤能补拙。 8.Failure is the mother of success. 失败乃成功之母。 9.It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收 10.He laughs best who laughs last.笑到最后才是笑的最好的 11.Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。 12.Live and learn. 活到老学到老。学无止境 13.No road of flowers leads to glory. 没有一条通往光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的 14.Pride goes before a fall. 骄兵必败。 15.The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。、 16.Well begun is half done. 好的开端是成功的一半。 17.Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 18.Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤,近墨者黑 20. All for one, one for all. 人人为我，我为人人。 21. Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。 22. Easy come, easy go. 易得者亦易失。 23. The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明前的时分是最黑暗的 24. The longest day has an end. 最难过的日子也有尽头。without an aim is like sailing without a compass.生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。 26. There is no rose without a thorn. 没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。 27. Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清。 won’t come to me unless I go to it. 胜利是不会向我走来的，我必须自己走向胜利29. Goals determine what you are going to be. 目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。
常用英语谚语名言
英语常用谚语名言警句 1. Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者，事竟成。 2. Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半。 3. East, west, home is best.金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。 4. First think, then act.三思而后行。 5. It is never too late to learn. 活到老，学到老 6. Practice makes perfect 熟能生巧 7. Stick to it, and you’ll succeed.只要人有恒，万事都能成。 8. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真交。 9. No pains, no gains.不劳则无获。 10. Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。 11.Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量 12.Failure is the mother of success. 失败乃成功之母 13. Every man has his price。天生我才必有用 14.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 15. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事，今日毕。 16. No man is born wise but learned. 人非生而知之。 17.Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不待人 18.Never do things by halves 做事不能半途而废 19. Pride goes before a fall. 骄兵必败。 20. Kill two birds with one stone.一石双鸟。一举两得 21.Time and tide waits for no man. 岁月不等人。