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 h** tools.不会撑船怪河弯。a bird in the hand ** 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 ** always a coward.色厉内荏。a burden of one's choice ** 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 ** 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 w**e,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 ** 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 ** a friend indeed.患难见真情
a friend ** easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。a friend ** 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' ** good manners."您先请"是礼貌。a good beginning ** 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 ** a good friend.好书如挚友。a good book ** the best of friends,the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。a good conscience ** a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。a good fame ** better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。a good hu**and makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。a good medicine tastes bitter.良**苦口。a good wife health ** a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。a great talker ** 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 ** 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 ** a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。a little pot ** soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。all are br**e 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 ** well.结果好，就一切都好。all that glitters ** 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 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 ** known by h** friends.什么人交什么朋友。a man of words and not of deeds ** like a garden full of **s.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光**。a man without money ** 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 m**s ** 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**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 ** 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 ** better than a pound of w**dom.聪明才智，不如运气。an ounce of prevention ** 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 w**e head.寡言者智。a stitch in time s**es nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。a straight foot ** not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。a w**e head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。a word spoken ** 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。ba**ng 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，言宜缓行。better late than never.不怕慢，单怕站。better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。between friends all ** common.朋友之间不分彼此。birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。blood ** thicker than water.血浓于水。blood will h**e blood.**偿。books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。business ** business.公事公办。business ** the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。by reading we enrich the mind,by conversation we pol**h it.读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目，不见泰山。care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。caution ** the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传。choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。come what may,he**en won't fall.做你的吧，天塌不下来。complacency ** the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。confidence in yourself ** the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。content ** better than riches.知足者常乐。count one's chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。creep before you walk.循序渐进。cry for the moon.海底捞月。custom ** a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯，事事皆不难。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 ** 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.凡事不可半途而废。don't claim to know what you don't know.不要不懂装懂。don't h**e 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 ** eggs.不要班门弄斧。do well and h**e well.善有善报。each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自赏。early to bed and early to r**e makes a man healthy,wealthy and w**e.早睡早起身体好。easier said than done.说得容易，做得难。easy come,easy go.来也匆匆，去也匆匆。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。empty vessels make the greatest sound.实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。envy has no holidays.忌妒之人无宁日。even homer sometimes nods.智者千虑，必有一失。even reckoning makes long friends.亲兄弟，明算账。every advantage has its d**advantage.有利必有弊。everybody's business ** nobody's business.人人负责，等于没人负责。every day ** not sunday.好景不常在。every dog has h** day.谁都有得意的时候。every door may be shut,but death's door.人生在世，唯死难逃。every heart has its own sorrow.各人有各人的苦恼。every little helps a mickle.聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。every man for himself,and the devil takes the hindmost.人不为己，天诛地灭。every man has h** faults.金无足赤，人无完人。every man has h** hobbyhorse.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。every man has h** weak side.人人都有弱点。every man ** the architect of h** own fortune.自己的命运自己掌握。every minute counts.分秒必争。every mother's child ** handsome.孩子是自己的好。every potter pra**es hit pot.王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。everything ** good when new,but friends when old.东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。example ** better then percept.说一遍，不如做一遍。experience ** the father of w**dom and memory the mother.经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。experience must be bought.吃一堑，长一智。fact speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。failure ** the mother of success.失败是成功之母。false friends are worse than bitter enemies.明**易躲，暗箭难防。far from eye,far from heart.眼不见，心不烦。far water does not put out near fire.远水救不了近火。faults are thick where love ** thin.一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。fear always springs from ignorance.恐惧源于无知。fields h**e eyes,and woods h**e ears.隔墙有耳。fire and water h**e no mercy.水火无情。fire ** a good servant but a bad master.火是一把双刃剑。first come,first served.先来后到。first impressions are half the battle.初次见面，印象最深。first think and then speak.先想后说。fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕。fool's haste ** no speed.欲速则不达。fools has fortune.呆人有呆福。fools learn nothing from w**e men,but w**e men learn much from fools.愚者不学无术，智者不耻.forbidden fruit ** sweet.**格外香。fortune f**ors those who use their judgement.机遇偏爱善断之人。fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.风水轮流转。four eyes see than two.集思广益。friends agree best at d**tance.朋友之间也会保持距离。friends are thieves of time.朋友是时间的窃贼。friends must part.再好的朋友也有分手的时候。genius ** nothing but labor and diligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。give a dog a bad name and hang him.众口铄金，积毁销骨。god helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。good for good ** natural,good for evil ** manly.以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。good health ** over wealth.健康是最大的财富。good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良**苦口利于病。good watch prevents m**fortune.谨慎消灾。great barkers are no biters.好狗不挡道。great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。great men h**e great faults.英雄犯大错误。great men's ... 20210311