1.最简单的英语谚语

there are spots on the sun

人无完人

You are never too old to learn.活到老，学到老

Time flies.光阴似箭.

Time is money.一寸光阴一寸金。

All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧

A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年

2.50句简单英语谚语

A 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。 A 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. 猫也可以打量国王，意为人人平等。 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. 善始者善终。 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 。

3.求30条简单英语谚语

A 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。 A 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.善始者善终。 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。 Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。

Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。 Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。

Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 Do it now.机不可失，时不再来Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途废。

Don't claim to know what you don't know.不要不懂装懂。 Don't have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。

Don't put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。 Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。

Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。 Do well and have well.善有善报。

Where there is a will there is a way.有志者事竟成。The brains don't lie in the beard.有志不在年高。

Late fruit keeps well. 大器晚成laughter is the best medicine .一日三笑，不用吃药。Half a loaf is bette than no bread.有总比没有好Speech is silver,but silence is golden.雄辩是银，沉默是金。

Like fater like son. 有其父必有其子。Like attracts like .物以类聚。

It is a good horse that never stumbles.金无足赤，人无完人。Dog does not eat dog.虎毒不食子。

In the end things will mend.船到桥头自然直。To fall in pit,to gain a wit.吃一堑，长一智。

Nothing venture, noting have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。You can not have it both ways.不能脚踏两只船。

A lazy youth, a lousy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不待人。

4.简短英文谚语大全

1. Accidents will happen. 意外事故在所难免。

2. Actions speak louder than words. 行动胜于空谈；事实胜于雄辩。3. Advice when most needed is least heeded. 忠言逆耳。

4. After a storm comes to a calm. 否极泰来。5. The aim and end of all education is the development of character. 教育的最终目的在于发展人的品格。

6. All good things come to an end. 花无百日红。（天下无不散之宴席）。

7. All men are created equal. 人人生而平等。8. All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马。

9. All that glitters is not gold. 不可仅以貌取人。= All is not gold that glitters.10. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只有工作不游戏使杰克变成笨孩子。

11. All's well that ends well. 善终为善。12. Ambition and love are the wings of great actions. 壮志与爱心为伟大行动之两翼.13. Ambition like a torrent never looks back. 大志如急流直前不返顾。

14. Art is long, life is short. 人生苦短，而学术无穷。15. The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and endure much. 生活的艺术就是要知道如何少享受，多忍耐。

16. As a man sows, so shall he reap.=As you sow, so shall you reap. （种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。17. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. 不要问你的国家能为你做什么事，要问你能为你的国家做什么。

18. Bad company is the devil's net. 坏朋友为魔鬼之网。19. Bad news travels fast. 恶事传千里。

20. A bad penny always comes back. 恶有恶报。21. A bad shearer never had a good sickle.=A bad workman always blames his tools. 劣工尤器。

22. The bait hides the hook. 饵里藏钩。23. Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠叫的狗不咬人。

24. Beauty is but (only) skin deep. 美色只是一层皮。24. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施。

25. Beggars must not be choosers. 饥者不得择食。26. The best fish swims near the bottom. 好鱼游溪底。

27. Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.=(Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.) 宁为驴（狗）首，不为马（狮）尾。28. Better late than never. 亡羊补牢犹未晚也。

29. Better to be alone than in bad company. 与其交坏朋友不如没有朋友。29. Between two tools you fall to the ground. 脚踏双凳必坠地。

30. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜于两鸟在林。31. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚。

32. Birth is much, but breeding is more. 教养重于家世。33. The biter is sometimes bit. 欺人反受欺，害人反害己。

34. Blessed is he who expressed nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 无奢者得福，因为他永无失望之时。35. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。

36. Books and friends should be few and good. 书与友贵精而不贵多。37. Books are by far the most lasting products of human effort. 书籍乃是人类努力成果中最能历久弥新的产物。

38. A burnt child dreads the fire. 受灼的小孩必怕火。39. The business of life is to go forward. 生命的要务是奋力向前。

40. By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 读书使心智丰富；交谈使心智增美。41. Care and diligence brings luck. 小心与勤劳， 福必随至。

42. Care killed a (the) cat. 忧虑致命（劳神丧命）。43. A cat may look at a king. 君王卿相于我何。

44. Character is destiny. 个性即命运。45. Charity begins at home. 修身齐家博爱天下。

46. The child is father of the man. 少年时代可决定一人之未来。47. Company in distress makes the sorrowless.在患难中有朋友可使愁苦减 少。

48. Comparisons are odious. 人比人气死人。49. Constant dripping/dropping wears away the stone/stones. 滴水穿石。

50. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐。

5.求一些简单的英语谚语

必然喂豺狼.

不能请羊管菜园，不能请狼管羊圈。

Don't trust a goat with the kitchen-garden，黄雀在后.

螳螂捕蝉，正如狼了解狼.

甘心做绵羊。

a wolf in sheep's clothing

披着羊皮的狼。

The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.

贼了解贼.

蠢羊才向狼忏悔。

He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf。

It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor,or a wolf with sheepfoldA thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf

6.常见英语谚语、成语或俗语50条

经典英语谚语50句 1. Waste not,want not. 俭以防匮。

2. From saving comes having. 富有来自节俭。 3. A penny saved is a penny gained. 省一文是一文。

4. Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves. 金钱积少便成多。 5. Frugality is an estate alone. 节俭本身就是一宗财产。

6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound. 小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。 7. Small gains bring great wealth. 积小利，成巨富。

8. Many a little makes a mickle. 积少便成多。 9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man. 试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。

10. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。 11. The path to glory is always rugged. 光荣之路常坎坷。

12. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要人肯试。 13. The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. 烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。

14. Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望造就伟大的人物。 15. No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前无险路。

16. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。 17. The good seaman is known in bad weather. 坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭坏天气。

18. The best hearts are always the bravest. 行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。 19. We must not lie down,and cry,God help us. 求神不如求己。

20. He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。 21. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。

22. Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。 23. We must repeat a thousand and one times thatperseverance is the only road to success. 我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。

24. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。 25. Step by step the ladder is ascended. 登梯需要逐级登。

26. Adversity leads to prosperity. 困苦通向昌盛。 27. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。

28. Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好运常会来。 29. All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。

30. Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水不绝可穿石。 31. Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs. 鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果达不到。

32. The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. 世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。 33. There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade. 要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。

34. Life is sweet. 生活是可爱的；人无不好生（恶死）。 35. Where there is life,there is hope. 生命不息，希望长在。

36. Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。 37. Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of. 眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。

38. Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door. 人人都有走运的一天。 39. If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you. 运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。

40. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。 41. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. 记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。

42. Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single). 祸不单行。 43. Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良好的教师。

44. Misfortunes come at night. 祸常生于不测。 45. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。

46. Adversity makes a man wise,not rich. 患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。 47. Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。

48. It is never too old to learn. 为学不怕年高。 49. A man becomes learned by asking questions. 要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。

50. There is no royal road to learning. 学问无坦途。

7.给我英语的50条谚语（要最简单的）

"Never" is a long word. 不要轻易说“决不”。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终. A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强. A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart. 做贼心虚. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好. A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗. A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年. A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。 A bad workman quarrels with his tools 拙匠常怨工具差. A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁. A beggar's purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人. A bird may be known by its song. 什麽鸟唱什麽歌. A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无. A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world. 坐井观天. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情. A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变. A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身. A bosom friend afar brings distant land near. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻. A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。

A burden of one's choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重. A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人. A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命；吉人天相。 A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王. A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息. A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事. A clean hand wants no washing. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门. A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧，高枕无忧. A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，胜券在握. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊. A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 宁为清贫，不为浊富. A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，祸从口出. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大. A common danger causes common action. 同仇敌忾. A constant guest is never welcome. 久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐. A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐. A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大. A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居间人. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 户枢不蠹. A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不满足者坐无宁时. A disease known is half cured. 病情确诊断，治病好一半. A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨头打狗狗不叫. A dog's mouth emits no ivory. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙. A fair death honors the whole life. 死得光明，终身荣耀. A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相. A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智. A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之. A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误，等于改正一半. A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若悬河不能作为才智的证明. A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算计. A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜总爱强出头. A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋难聚财. A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜. A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚发问，七智结舌. A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所问，智者难答. A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千虑，必有一得. A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失，百智难回. A fool's bolt is soon shot. 蠢人易于智穷力竭。 A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千虑，必有一得. A fool's heart dances on his lips. 愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上. A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。

A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸到老也不会变好. A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过. A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 囊中有钱，不如朝中有友. A friend in need is a friend 。

8.要一些简单的英语谚语和成语

一.俚语和谚语是英语学习中的一大绊脚石。

我们不明白这些俗语的含义，是因为我们和英语国家的文化背景不同。如果能在汉语中为这些俗语找到对应的说法，问题就解决了。

我们向你介绍一些英汉合璧的俚语和谚语，帮助你的英语学习更上一层楼。 1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor . 雨后送伞 Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late. Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I had a promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death, the doctor. 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar. 挂羊头卖狗肉 Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be. Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar. 3. All is over but the shouting. 大势已去 Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed. Example: after Bill's touch down, the game is all over but shouting. 4. All lay load on the willing horse. 人善被人欺，马善被人骑 Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him. Examples: the trouble is you're too good-natured and people take advantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will have to learn to refuse people who ask too much. 5.anger and haste hinder good counsel. 小不忍则乱大谋 Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry. Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. 6. As poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon. Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse. Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food. 7. A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追 Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo. Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said, but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of that moment of harshness. 8.World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君 Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so. Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all. 9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗 Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls. 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts. 失之东隅，收之桑榆 Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed. Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts. 11.What are the odds so long as you are happy. 知足者常乐 Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy. Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What's the odd so long as you're happy. 12.Entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不识泰山 Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits. Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise 13.every dog has his day . 是人皆有出头日 Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming. 14.every potter praises his own pot. 王婆买瓜，自卖自夸 Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would rather hear it from his teacher's own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot 15. Pain past is pleasure. （过去的痛苦就是快乐。）

[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将来回忆起来一定甜蜜无比。] 16. While there is life, there is hope. （有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。）

17. Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. （脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）[从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。

] 18. Storms make trees take deeper roots. （风暴使树木深深扎根。）[感激敌人，感激挫折！] 19. Nothing is 。

9.常用的英语谚语有哪些

先给你几个：1.有志者，事竟成.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way.

2.千里之行，始于足下.The longest journey begins with the first step.

3.积少成多 Every little helps.

4.满招损，谦受益.Pride hurts, modesty benefits

5.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获.Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.

6.伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒.Rome was not built in a day.

10.求几条简单的英文谚语

1. Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。

2. It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。

3. Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。

4. Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。

5. A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长，不恼不愁，活到白头。

6. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。

7. Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。

8. Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考虑要仔细，行动要迅速。

9. One sin opens the door for another.犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。

10. One man's meat is another man's poison. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。

11. He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。

12. He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬。要先敬人。

13. So said, so done. 说到做到，言出必行。

14. Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错，欲速则不达。

15. Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。

16. Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。

17. So the world wags. 这就是人生。

18. One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。

19. No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏，祸兮福所倚。

20. Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

21. Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半。

22. Time flies never to be recalled. 光阴一去不复返。

23. When in Rome, do as Roman do.入乡随俗。

24. Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。