英语习语谚语(3)

Misfortunes never come singly. 祸不单行 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难识知交 Money breeds money. 钱生钱，利滚利 Money is the root of all evil. 金钱是万恶之源 More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达 N

Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明之母 Need makes the old wife trot. 事急老妪跑

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. 别借债，莫放债 Never buy a pig in a poke. 东西没看清，不要急着买

Never cross a bridge till you come to it. 还没到桥头，别为过桥愁 Never do things by halves. 凡事不可半途而废 Never hit a man when he's down. 不要落井下石 Never judge from appearances. 人不可貌相

Never light your candle at both ends. 蜡烛切莫两头点（意指：不可过分消耗体力） Never make a mountain of a molehill. 切勿小题大做

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今天能够做的事，切莫拖延到明天 Never say \千难万险不灰心，昂首阔步向前进 New brooms sweep clean. 新官上任三把火

No bees, no honey; no work, no money. 无蜂则无密，不劳则无酬 No cross, no crown. 没有苦难，就没有快乐 Nobody's enemy but his own. 自寻苦恼 No fool like an old fool. 老糊涂，最糊涂 No gains without pains. 不劳则无获

No man is born wise or learned. 人非生而知之，乃学而知之 No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息 No pains, no gains. 不劳则无获

No road is long with good company. 旅途有好伴，千里不觉长 Nothing is cheap if you don't want it. 不要的东西，再便宜也贵

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只怕有心人 Nothing venture, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前，无路不通 O

Of nothing comes nothing. 巧妇难为无米之炊 Of two evils choose the less. 两害相权取其轻 Once a thief, always a thief. 一次做贼，永远做贼 Once bitten, twice shy. 一次被咬，下次胆小

One beats the bush, and another catches the birds. 人竭其力，汝享其成 One flower makes no garland. 一朵鲜花，难做花环。 One man's fault is another man's lesson. 前车之覆，后车之鉴 One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏

One today is worth two tomorrow. 把握一个今天，胜似两个明天 Other times, other manners. 时移俗易 Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不念 P

Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 一朝得了利，痛苦便忘记 Pain past is pleasure. 苦尽甘来

Pardon all men, but never thyself. 严以律已，宽以待人

Penny wise, pound foolish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂（意同：抓了芝麻，丢了西瓜） Plenty is no plague. 多多益善

Poverty is the mother of health. 贫穷是健康之母 Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧

Practise what you preach. 躬行已说，身体力行

Prevention is better than cure. 与其补救于已然，不如防止于未然 R

Ragged colts may make fine horses. 别看小狗现在丑，长大可能成骏马 Reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的灯塔

Remove an old tree and it will wither to death. 老树移栽活不了，老人迁居命不长 Rome was not build in a day. 罗马非朝夕建成 Roses have thorns. 玫瑰好看却有刺 S

Sadness and gladness succeed one another. 乐极生悲，苦尽甘来 Satan always finds work for idle hands. 魔鬼专坑懒鬼 Saving is getting. 节约等于增加收入

Saying and doing are two things. 说是一回事，做又是一回事 Say nothing, think the more. 多思寡言

Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 你帮我，我帮你 Second thoughts are best. 三思而后行 Seeing is believing. 眼见为实 Self do, self have. 自作自受

Share and share alike. 有福同享，有难同当 Short pleasure, long lament. 痛快一时，痛苦一世 Silence gives consent. 沉默不许，就是默许 Slow and steady wins the race. 慢而稳，赛必胜

Soft fire makes sweet malt. 文火煮饴糖，香甜又可口（意指：慢工出细活） So many countries, so many customs. 国家不一，风俗各异 So many men, so many minds. 人心不同，各如其面 Soon got, soon spent. 来得容易，去得快 Soon learnt, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得快 Spare the rod and spoil the child. 孩子不打不成器 Speech is silver; silence is golden. 雄辩是银，沉默是金 Speech is the picture of the mind. 言为心声

Standers-by see more than gamesters. 当局者迷，旁观者清

Still waters run deep. 流静水深，人静心深 Stolen fruit is sweetest. 偷来的果子分外甜 Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁 Sweet are the uses of adversity. 祸兮福之所倚

Sweet discourse makes short days and nights. 话若投机嫌日短 T

Take away my good name, take away my life. 夺去了美名也就夺去了生命 Take honour from me and my life is done. 没有了名誉也就没有了生命

Take not a musket to kill a butterfly. 用枪打蝴蝶，小题大做（意同：杀鸡焉用牛刀） Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操就到 Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风 Teaching others teaches yourself. 教学相长 The bait hides the hook. 饵中必有诈 The best mirror is an old friend. 老友是明镜 The cheap buyer takes bad meat. 便宜无好货

The course of true love never did run smooth. 爱情之路，崎岖不平 The day has eyes, the night has ears. 若要人不知，除非已莫为 The early bird catches the worm. 鸟儿起得早，蚯蚓吃得到 The end makes all equal. 死神面前，人人平等

The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong men. 烈火炼真金，逆境炼壮士 The fox may grow grey, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，所见不广

\狐狸吃不到葡萄，就说葡萄酸 The great thieves punish the little ones. 大贼罚小贼（意同：大鱼吃小鱼） The higher up, the greater the fall. 爬得越高，跌得越重 The lazy man's the beggar's brother. 懒鬼是乞丐的兄弟 The leopard cannot change its spots. 江山易改，本性难移 The longest day must have an end. 天虽长，必有尽 The love of money is the root of all evil. 贪财是万恶之源

The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance. 知识越广博，越感已无知 The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is. 傻瓜越富越蠢 The more you have, the more you want. 越有钱，越贪心

The nearer the church, the farther from God. 离教堂越近，离上帝越远 U

Under water, famine; under snow, bread. 洪水造饥馑，瑞雪兆丰年 Union is strength. 团结就是力量 Use makes perfectness. 熟能生巧 V

Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 欲钓大鱼，先舍小鱼 Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是无价之宝 Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远胜于美貌

Virtue is its own reward. 善有善报（意指：德行的酬报就是德行本身） W

Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳

Wash your dirty linen at home. 家丑不可外扬 Waste not, want not. 俭则不匮

Weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁 Wealth is best known by want. 人穷方知钱可贵

We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does. 判断一个人，不听言语看行动 Well begun is half done. 良好的开端，是成功的一半

We never know the value of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水可贵

We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough. 年华没虚度，一生也足矣。 What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非已莫为

When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push. 墙倒众人推

When children stand quiet, they have done some harm. 孩子不吭声，一定闯了祸 When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗 When one will not, two cannot quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响

When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. 贫穷进门来，爱情越窗飞 When the cat is away, the mice will play. 猫儿不在，鼠儿成精 When wine sinks, words swim. 美酒一下肚，话匣关不住 Where there is a will there is a way. 有志者，事竟成 Where there's life there's hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 Will is power. 意志就是力量

Wise men are silent; fools talk. 智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝

Wise men change their minds; fools never do. 智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用 Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it. 智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理 Words are but wind, but seeing is believing. 耳听为虚，眼见为实 Y

You are never too old to learn. 学习不嫌老

You cannot see the wood for the trees. 见树不见林，问题难看清 You enver know till you have tried. 不尝试，不知晓 Youth and age will never agree. 老少难相投 Z

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 热情而无知，犹如无光之火 Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. 无知的热情近乎愚蠢

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