美国谚语

1. 美国谚语

bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。

A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。

A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。Boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命 A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。

A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。

A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。

A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。 After you' is good manners."您先请"是礼貌。

A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。

A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。 A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。

A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。 A good wife health is a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。

A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。

A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。A light heart lives long.静以修身。

A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。

A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。

All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。

All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。

All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。

A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。

A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。

A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。

A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。 A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。

An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。 A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。

As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。

A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。 A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。

A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。 A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。

A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。 A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。

A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。

Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷，言宜。

2. 外国的谚语

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All work an dno play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻。 [注]相似的谚语有： Variety is the spice of life. 多彩是生活的乐趣。

2。Any port in a storm. 风暴中能停泊的地方都是避风港。

[注]在困难或危险时刻有个避难的地方总比没有的强。 3。

Half a loaf is better than no bread. 聊胜于无。 4。

The apple on the other side of the wall are the sweetest. 墙那边的苹果是最甜的。 [注] 我们得不到的东西似乎总比我们可以得到的东西要好。

参见另一句： Forbidden fruit is sweetest. 禁果最甜。 5。

As you make your bed,so you must lie in it . 自己铺的床自己睡，自己酿的苦酒自己喝。 6。

As you sow , so shall you reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 7。

A bed penny always comes back. 不想看到的东西总会重新出现。（或：要想摆脱的人总会再次回来。）

8。The beaten road is the safest. 大家都走的路最安全。

[注] 另一句相似的谚语是： The longest way round is the nearest way home. 回家路上无捷径。（或：绕道反而近，捷径常误人。）

9。The best is often the enemy of the good. 凡事过于求全，有时反无成就。

[注] 这句谚语的意思是：要求过高往往难以成功。当我们试图把一件东西做的尽善尽美时，我们往往反倒把本来已经够好的东西损坏了。

另一句相反的谚语是： If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well. 如果一件事值得去做，就得尽力把它做好。 10。

Between two stools you fall to the ground. 不当机立断，必两头落空。 [注] 另一句相似的谚语是： If you run after two hares,you will catch neither. 如果追赶两只兔子，一只也捉不到。

11。Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟不相斗。

12。Call no man happy till he is dead. 人活着不可能幸福。

[注] 这句谚语悲观地告诉人们人生注定不幸福。 13。

Don't tell tales out of school. 不要揭露他人的隐私。 14。

A door must be either shut or open. 非开即闭，非此即彼。 [注] 一扇门不可能既开着有关着，你必须在开与关之间做出选择。

其他类似谚语： You can't burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点。 You can't sell the cow and drink the milk. 卖了奶牛就喝不到牛奶。

You can't serve the God and the Mammon. 不能即侍奉上帝有侍奉财神。 15。

Enough for today is the evil thereof. 满足今日，后必有祸。 16。

Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有丑事。 [注] 与此相关的中国谚语有：家丑不可外扬。

/家家都有本难念的经。 17。

Every flow must have its ebb. 潮涨自有潮落时。 18。

Every man for himself,and the devil take the hindmost. 人人顾自己，落后者遭殃。 [注]参见另一句谚语： Self-preservation is the first law of nature. 自我保存乃自然第一法则。

19。Every man has his price. 人人都能被买通。

（或：人各有其价。） [注] 这句谚语指：在紧要关头没有一个人是绝对正直的，如果出个好价，也就是说巨额贿赂能使每个人做出不体面的事情。

他所接受的贿赂就是他被买通的价格。（price） 20。

Fools go in throngs. 傻瓜总是成群结队。你可以去这里看看：。

3. 美国名人名言有哪些

All for one, one for all. 人人为我，我为人人。

—— [法] Dumas pére大仲马 Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。—— Socrates 苏格拉底 Easy come, easy go. 易得者亦易失。

—— Hazlitt赫斯特 Love rules his kingdom without a sword. 爱，统治了他的王国，不用一枝利剑。—— Herbert 赫伯特 We soon believe what we desire. 我们欲望中的东西，我们很快就信以为真。

—— Chaucer乔叟 The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。—— Fuller 富勒 The longest day has an end. 最难过的日子也有尽头。

—— Howell 贺韦尔 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。—— J. Ruskin 鲁斯金 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。

—— Heywood 希伍德 One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。—— Taverner 泰维纳 A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink. 一个人可以把马带到河边，但他不能令它饮水。

—— Heywood 希伍德 One cannot eat one's cake and have it. 一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。 —— Davies 戴维斯 Time is money. 时间就是金钱。

—— Benjamin Franklin富兰克林 Time and tide wait for no man. 时间不等人。—— Scott 斯科特 There is no rose without a thorn. 没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。

—— Ray 雷 Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清。—— Smedley 斯密莱 Beggars cannot be choosers. 行乞者不得有选择。

—— Heywood 希伍德 First catch your hare. 首先必须捕获兔子，然后才能宰之。—— Thackeray 萨克雷 Victory 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。

—— M. Moore 穆尔 A great man is always willing to be little. 伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。—— R. W. Emerson 爱默生 Cowards die many times before their deaths. 懦夫在未死之前，已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。

—— Julius Caesar 凯撒 Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real. 但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能将它实现。 —— Jules Verne 凡尔纳 Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。

—— Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林 Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. 生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。—— T. Fuller 富勒 Goals determine what you are going to be. 目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。

—— Julius Erving欧文 All human wisdom is summed up in two words ?C wait and hope. 人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词 — 等待和希望。—— Alexandre Dumas Pére大仲马（法国作家） It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for？光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。

要看你为什么而勤劳。—— H. D. Thoreau梭罗 You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. 人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。

—— Charles Chaplin卓别林 Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom. 没有什么比独立自由更可宝贵的了。—— [越南] Ho Chi Minh胡志明 I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. 我不缅怀过去的历史，而致力于未来的梦想。

—— T. Jefferson 杰弗逊（美国第3任总统） Money is round. It rolls away. 圆圆钱币，滚走容易。—— S. Aleichen 阿雷钦 We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it. 我们要尽可能为生活增加一些东西，而不是从中索取什么。

—— William Osler 奥斯勒 Life itself, without the assistance of colleges and universities, is becoming an advanced institution of learning. 没有学院和大学的帮助，人生本身也正在变成一所高等学府。 —— Thomas Alva Edison 爱迪生 Work while you work; Play while you play; This is the way; To be cheerful and gay. 工作时工作，玩乐是玩乐，依此方法做，轻松与欢乐。

—— A. D. Stoddart 斯道达特。

4. 外国的谚语

Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how we are to be worthy of happiness. (Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher)道德确实不是指导人们如何使自己幸福的教条，而是指导人们如何配享有幸福的学说。

（德国哲学家康德.I.）Morality is the custom of one's country ;cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country. (Samuel Brttler, British writer)道德是一个人所在国家的风俗习惯：在吃人的国家里，吃人是合乎道德的。（英国作家勃特勒.S.）Morality is the herd instinct in the individual. (German Philosopher)道德是个人心目中的群居本能。

（德国哲学家尼采.F.）Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. (Leon Nlum, French statesman)道德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。（法国政治家布鲁姆.L.）Mutual forgiveness of each vice, such are the gates of Paradise. (William Black, British poet)相互宽容对方的缺点，乃是通向天堂之门。

（英国诗人布莱克.W.）No mourality can be founded on authority, even if the authouity were divine. (A. J. Ayer. USA writer)道德不可能建立在权威的基础上，即使这种权威是至高无上的。（美国作家艾尔.A.J.）Nothing is easier than to deceive one's self. (Demothenes, Ancient Greek statesman)再没有什么比欺骗自己更容易的了。

（古然希腊政治家德摩西尼）Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower. (C C Schwab. US A Businessman)品格之于人，犹如芳香之于花。（美国实业家施瓦布 C .C.）Plain living and high thinking. (william Wordsworth, British poet)生活要朴素，情操要高尚。

（英国诗人德莱顿.， J）Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. (william shakewspeare British dramalist)如果送礼的人不是出于真心，再贵重的礼物也会失去它的价值。（英国剧作家莎士比亚. W）There is , however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. (E Burke, British statesman)克制也有个限度，超过了限度就不再是美德。

（美国政治家伯克 . E.）Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. (William shakespeare, British dramatist)美德是勇敢的，善良从来无所畏惧。（英国剧作家莎士比亚. W.）We all tell lies——little lies, big lies, necessity lies in order to insure social and psychological peace and comfort. (Howard Mel, USA writer)所有的人说的谎——小谎、大谎、善意的谎——都是为确保社会安宁、心理舒适采取的必要手段。

（美国作家梅尔， H.）We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement. To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. (Euripides , ancient Creek dramatist.)我们懂得善，我们理解善，但是我们无法实现善。人的勇气就是坚信自己的希望能够实现，并为之进行不屈不挠的努力。

（法国作家赖奇特 J. P）Wherever true valor is found, true modesty will there abound. (William Gillbert, British dramatist and poet)真正的勇敢，都包含谦虚。（英国剧作家、诗人吉尔伯特.W.）Words may be false and full of arts ,sighs are the natural language of the heart. (Thomas Shadwell, British dramatist)言语可以是谎言并带有技巧；叹息才是心灵的自然流露。

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