英文谚语大全

erwind · 发表于 2009-10-30 10:49

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. 事情本无好与坏，全在自己怎么想。
There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe. 事情在成功前没有不艰苦的。
There is nothing worse than apathy. 哀莫大于心死。
There is no time like the present. 机不可失，时不再来。
There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it. 没有什么财富像知识那样保险，因为它偷不去，抢不走。
Thereis no wool so white but a dyer can make it black. 羊毛再白，也能染黑。
There is safety in numbers. 人多势众。
The remedy for injuries is not to remember them. 医治创伤的药方就是忘却创伤。
The remedy is worse than the disease. 医疗不得法，使病更糟糕。
The remembrance of past sorrow is joyful. 记住过去的不幸使人愉快。
There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。
There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. 老当益壮。
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip. 天有不测风云。
There's more knows Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows. 臭名气并不光彩。
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. 徒有良好的愿望而不去努力实现，后悔莫及。
The rotten apple injuries its neighbours. 一只死老鼠，弄赃粥一锅。
The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices. 损失时间是一切损失中代价最大的损失。
The scalded cat fears cold water. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
The sea complains it wants water. 大海总是抱怨水不够。
The sea refuses no river. 大海有能容之量。
The secret of a good momory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. -- We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds. 记忆力好的秘密在于专心，而对于一个问题的专心取决于对这个问题的兴趣。在我们心上留下深刻印象的东西，我们是不大会忘记的。
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportumity when it comes. 人生一生中成功的秘诀是在机会来临时要及时抓住。
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功的秘诀是目标坚定。
The shortest answer is doing the thing. 最简短的回答就是干。
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. 要想多做事情，最简单的办法是一次只做一件事。
The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. 天不会因瞎子看不见而减其蓝色。
The sleeping fox catches no poultry. 睡觉的狐狸抓不到鸡鸭。
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. 有点礼貌使生活愉快，多点礼貌使生活高尚。
The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse. 美女的微笑就是钱包的泪水。
The soul is not where it lives, but it loves. 心灵不在它生活的地方，而在它所爱的地方。
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有馀而力不足。
The still sow eats up all the draff. 不声不响的猪吃光全部的饲料。
The style is the man. 文如其人。
The sun shines all alike. 太阳同样地普照一切。
The surest way to be happy is to be busy. 要快乐，最可靠的办法是忙碌。
The sweetest grapes hang the highest. 最甜的葡萄挂在最高的地方。
The sweetest thing in life. Is the welocme of a wife. 人生最甜蜜的事情就是爱妻的欢迎。
The tail does often catch the fox. 狐狸常因尾巴而被捕。
The tailor makes the man. 人靠衣装。
The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. 成功没有其它办法，只有好好工作而不存名利思想。
The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. 求学的三个基本原则是∶多观察、多吃苦、多钻研。
The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of labour. 三件事最困难∶保守秘密，忘却伤害和善用精力。
The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it. 老虎一次尝到血，它的贪心就更大。
The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high. 舌头虽只三寸长，但能杀害六尺汉。
The tongue is not steel yet it cuts. 舌头不是钢，伤人似刀剑。
The tongue of idle persons is never idle. 懒汉的舌头并不闲。
The tortosis wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡大觉，乌龟才得胜。
The truest politeness comes from sincerity. 真正的殷勤出于真诚。
The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know. 我们最不喜欢听到的真实，总是我们知道了会大有好处的真实。
The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound. 不正当得来的便士会使正当得来的英镑受到污浊。
The used key is always bright. 常用的钥匙总是光亮的。
The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct. 人的品德不能看他一时格外卖力，而要看他的日常行为。
The voice is the best music. 说话声是最好的音乐。
The voice of one man is the voice of no one. 一个人的声音是没有力量的。
The voice of the people is the voice of God. 人民之声力大无比。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，也能覆舟。
The weakest goes to the wall. 适者生存。
The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. 精神财富是唯一的真正财富。
The wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家的钥匙。
The wine in the bolttle does not quench thirst. 瓶中之酒不解渴。
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. 国家智慧，寓于格言，它们精辟，而且简练。
The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds, by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes, by instinct. 聪明人循理智办事，平常人照经验办事，蠢人按需要办事，畜生凭本能办事。
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks. 聪明人的手不做愚笨人所说的事。
The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. 聪明人耳朵长，嘴巴短。
The wise man is always a good listener. 智者善听人言。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool thinks he knows it all. 聪明人知道自己不懂什么，蠢人则以为自己什么都懂。
The wise man's tongue is a shield, not a sword. 智者之言，是保卫而非攻击。
The wish is father to the thought. 有愿望就有信念。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature. 江山易改，本性难易。
The word "Impossible" is not in my dictionary. 我的词典里没有“不可能”一词的。
The word once spoken can never be realled. 一言既出，驷马难追。
The work shows the workman. 什么匠人出什么活。
The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. 世界对思惟著的人来说，是一出喜剧，而对凭感觉的人看来，只是一出悲剧。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and some down. 人间犹如一架梯，有人缘梯上升，有人顺梯下降。
The world is but a little place, after all. 有缘千里来相会。
The worst men often give the best advice. 最不行的人，往往能提出最好的意见。
The worst misfortunes are these that never hzppen. 最大的不幸是害怕不会发生的不幸。
The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it. 物以稀为贵。
They are never alone accompanied by noble thoughts. 思想高尚者决不会孤单。
They assume most who know the least. 懂得最少的人自以为最了不起。
They bray most that can do least. 说话最多的人，能做的事最少。
They die well that live well. 活著正常的人死也正常。
The years teach much which the days never know. 学问集年而成，而每日不自知也。
They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
They that live longest must die at last. 活得最久长，终难免一亡。
They that (or who) live longest see most. 活得最长，见识最广。
They that marry in green, their sorrow is soon seen. 过早地结婚，不久必悔恨。
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 泪水汪汪播种，得意洋洋收获。
They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can. 不能为所欲为者，也当尽力而为之。
They who live in a worry. Invite death in a hurry. 生活多愁，死亡必速。
Things done cannot be undone. 木已成舟。
Things of a kind come together; people of a kind fall into the same group. 物以类聚，人以群分。
Theings past cannot be recalled. 过去的事情无可挽回。
Theings present are judged by things past. 欲断今日事，须知往日情。
Things rashly taken end as ill. 草率从事没有好结果。
Things unreasonable are never durable. 不合理的事不会持久。
Think about the misforture of others that you may be satisfied with your own lot. 想想别人的不幸，你可以对自己的命运感到满足。
Think all you speak, but speak not all you think. 想想你所说的一切，不要全部说出你所想的。
Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well, wisest and best of all. 想得好，聪明；筹画得好，更聪明；做得好，最聪明最好。
Think much, speak little, and write less. 勤思考，寡发言，少落笔。
Think of the devil and he's looking over your shoulders. 说到曹操，曹操就到。
Think today and speak tomorrow. 三思而后行。
Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar. 同智者一起考虑，与俗人一起交谈。
This world belongs to the energetic. 世界属于精力旺盛的人。
Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself. 教学相长。
Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare. 能充分利用时间的人不会有时间多馀。
Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money. 认为有了钱就能办一切的人，往往准备为了钱而无所不为。
Those who climb high often have a fall. 爬得高往往跌得重。
Those who complain most are most to be complained of. 抱怨最多的人往往最招人怨。
Those who eat best and drink best often do worst. 吃得好喝得好的人往往干得最糟。
Thos who eat most are not always fattest; those who read most, not always wisest. 吃得最多的人不一定最肥胖，读书最多的人不一定最聪明。
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 自己有短处，不要揭别人的短处。
Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to starve. 劳动者该得食，不劳者该挨饿。
Though a lie be well dressd, it is ever overcome. 谎言即使打扮得不错，到头来总会被揭穿。
Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out. 恶意可以遮暗真理，但不能抹杀真理。
Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings. 狐狸虽会跑，小鸡有翅膀。
Though the wound be healed yet a scar remains. 创伤可愈合，伤疤犹留存。
Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion. 即使敌人小如鼠，也要防他如防虎。
Thought is the seed of action. 思想是行动的种子。
Though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return. 本性难移。
Three removes are as bad as a fire. 三次搬家犹如一次失火。
Three things soon pass away; the echo of the woods, the rainbow, and woman's beauty. 三样东西最易消逝∶树林的回响，彩虹和妇女的美貌。
Thrift is good revenue. 节约是个好收入。
Through obedience learn to command. 只有学会听命于人，方能学会向人发号施令。
Throw away the apple because of the core. 因噎废食。
Thy friend has a friend and thy friend's friend has a friend so be discreet. 你的朋友有朋友，朋友的朋友又有朋友，所以要谨慎小心。
Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月无情。
Time and words can never be recalled. 消逝的时间?*龅幕安荒茏坊亍?
Time cures all things. 时间可以医治一切创伤。
Time discloses (or reveals) all things. 时间会暴露一切。
Time does not bow to you,, you must bow to time. 必须抓紧时间。
Time flies. 时光易逝。
Time is great healer. 时间能够治好(感情上的)创伤。
Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
Time is money, but money is not time. 时间就是金钱，但金钱不是时间。
Time marches on. 时光流逝不回头。
Time past cannot be called back again. 光阴一去不复返。
Time past never returns, amoment lost, lost for ever. 过去的时间决不返回，浪费一点，永远消失。
Time reveals all things. 时间会揭露一切。
Time tames the strongest grief. 时间可以冲淡最强烈的悲伤。
Time tries all. 时间检验一切。
Time tries truth. 时间考验真理。
Time works great changes. 时间能产生巨大的变化。
Time works wonders. 时间可以创造奇迹。
Timid dogs bark most. 狗胆小，拼命叫。
To a boiling pot flies come not. 苍蝇不叮沸水壶。
To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all. 积财难，守财最难，而聪明地散财最难。
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary. 对于一只漫无目标的船来说，不论什么方向的风都是逆风。
To be angry with a weak man is a proof that you are not very strong yourself. 对弱者发脾气证明你自己并不很强。
To be of use in the world is the only way to be happy. 为善最乐。
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. 维护和平最有效的办法之一是备战。
To be virtuous is to do good. 行善是美德。
To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation. 获得智慧，寻求真理，并使心灵美好，要比追求金钱、荣誉和名声好得多。
To convert defeat into victoty. 反败为胜。
Today is the scholar of yesterday. 今天是昨天的学者。
To err is human. 人无完人。
To err is human; to forgive, divine. 人难免错误，宽恕别人是神圣的。
To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge. 饶恕敌人是一种巧妙的报复方法。
To gain teaches how to spend. 量入为出。
To have a stomach and lack meat; to have meat and lack a stomach; to lie in bed and cannot rest; are great miseries. 最大在痛苦在于胃口好而无肉食，有佳肴而无胃口，躺在床上而不能休息。
To have money is a fear, not to have it a grief. 有钱使人担心，没钱使人伤心。
To hear a hundred times is not so good as to see once. 百闻不如一见。
To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three. 办事不失时机，一天可抵三天用。
To know everything is to know nothing. 事事皆知，事事不懂。
To know how to wait is the great secret of success. 懂得如何等待是成功的秘诀。
To know one's self is true progress. 能有自知之明就是真正的进步。
To know the disease is half the cure. 找出病根等于治愈了一半。
To learn obeying is the fundamental art of governing. 学会顺从是管理的基本艺术。
To live in the hearts of those left behind is not to die. 活在后人心，虽死而犹生。
To live long is almost everyone's wish, but to live well is the ambitiion of a few. 活得长几乎是每个人的愿望，可是生活得好只是少数人的志气。
To lose a freind is the greatest of all loses. 失掉朋友是一切损失中最大的损失。
To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. 爱人和得到人爱是人生最大的幸福。
To make enemies, talk; to make friends, listen. 要成仇敌，多讲；要成朋友，多听。
To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint. 由于面貌美丽而娶妻，犹如油漆漂亮而买屋。
To mention the wolf's name is to see the same. 说到曹操，曹操就到。
Tomorrow comes never. 切莫依赖明天。
Tomorrow is another day. 明天有明天的事。
Too many cooks spoil the broth. 人多嘴杂。厨师多烧坏汤？
Too much humility is pride. 过分谦虚即骄傲。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald. 知识多，老得快。
Too much liberty spoils all. 太多的自由破坏了一切。
Too much spoils, too little is nothing. 过多反坏事，太少不济时。
Too much water drowned the miller. 过犹不及。
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. 欲速则不达。
To pay a person in his own way. 以其人之道还治其人之身。
To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities. 维持友谊需要三点∶当面尊重他，背后赞扬他，需要时帮助他。
To promise and give nothing is comfort to a fool. 允诺而不费什么是给愚蠢人的安慰。
To read without reflection is like eating without digestion. 学而不思，犹如食而不化。
To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune. 要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。
To save time is to lengthen life. 省节时间就是延长寿命。
To say little and perform much is the characteristic of great minds. 少讲多做是大智者的特性。
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. 要奋斗，要探索，要有所发现，而不要屈服。
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour. 怀著希望去旅行比抵达目的地更愉快；而真正的成功在于勤劳。
To travel through the world it is necessary to have the mouth of hog, the legs of a stag, the eyes of a falcon, the ears of an ass, shoulders of a camel, and the face of an ape, and overplus, a satchel full of money and patience. 周游世界须有猪嘴巴，鹿的腿，鹰的双眼，驴的耳，骆驼的肩膀和猿猴的脸，尤其需要的是要有满口袋的金钱和耐心。
Touch pitch and you will be defiled. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
To worry about tomorrow is to be unhappy today. 担心明天，今天就不愉快了。
To youth I have but words of counsel -- work, work, work. 对青年人，我要奉劝几句话∶工作，工作，再工作。
Travel east or travel west, a man's own home is still the best. 走到东，走到西，最好还是到家里。
Tread on a worm and it will turn. 困兽犹斗。
Troubles never come singly. 祸不单行。
True blue will never stain. 真金不怕火。
True coral needs no painter's brush. 真珊瑚无需刷油漆。
True friendship is a plant of slow growth. 真正的友谊像是生长缓慢的植物。
True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. 真诚的友谊犹如强健的身体，要到失去它时，才知它的可贵。
True love is giving not taking. 真正的爱情是给而不是取。
True love never grows old. 真爱永不老。
True love shows itself in time of need. 急需时见真情。
True praise roots and spreads. 表扬真实，根深传远。
True wisdom is know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing. 真正的智慧是知道最值得知道的事情和做最值得做的事情。
Trust not the praise of a friend, nor the contempt of an enemy. 不要信赖朋友的赞扬，也不要仇敌的轻蔑放在心上。
Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee. 只要信任你自己，别人不会辜负你。
Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood. 真理和爱情是世界上力量最强大的两样东西，当它们两者走在一起时，它们是很难抵挡的。
Truth and roses have thorns about them. 真理和玫瑰，身上都刺。
Truth fears not the flames of slander and injustice. 真金不怕火。
Truth hath a good face, but ill clothes. 真理相貌好，但衣衫褴褛。
Truth is (or lies) at the bottom of the decater. 酒后露真言。
Truth is honest, truth is sure; Truth is strong and must endure. 真理不会骗人，切实无假；真理的力量强大，永存不垮。
Truth is stranger than fiction. 真理比幻想更奇特。
Truth is the daughter of time. 真理是时间的女儿。
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.真理是一切知识的基础，是一切社团的纽带。
Truth lies at the bottom of a well. 事实真相往往不在表面，而在深层。
Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed. 真理可能被指责，但是决不蒙耻辱。
Truth needs no colour; beauty, no pencil. 真理不些要色彩，美丽不需涂饰。
Truth, once crushed, will rise again. 真理是打不倒的。
Truth's best ornament is nakedness. 不加装饰是真理的最好的装饰。
Truth will conquer. 真理必胜。
Truth will prevail. 真理必胜。
Truth will stand without a prop. 真理能树，不靠支持。
Try (your friend) before you trust him. 朋友要经考验，才能取得信任。
Turn your tongue seven times before speaking. 话到嘴边留三分。
Two blacks do not make a white.两个乌黑不等于一个清白。
Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one. 两猫伴一鼠，两妻居一屋，两狗肯一骨，万难同相处。
Two dogs over one bone seldom agree. 两狗啃一骨，相持难服输。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Two ears to one tongue, therefore hear twice as much as you speak. 两只耳朵对一舌，故应多听而少说。
Two heads are better than one. 集思广益。
Two in distress makes sorrow less.同病相怜。
Two is company, but three is none.两人成为伴，三人不结侣。
Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. 小过彼此不相谅，两人友谊难长久。
Two quarrel and a third profits by it.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement. 一穗两雀争，意见乱纷纷。
Two things doth prolong your life: a quiet heart and a loving wife. 心情平静妻贤淑，延年益寿多得福。
Two wrongs don't make a right. 两个错误不能构成一个正确。

erwind · 发表于 2009-10-30 10:49

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Union is strength. 团结就是力量。
Unkindness destroys love. 粗暴毁爱情。
Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit. 无益雄辩不济事，犹如柏树参天不结果。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies. 不到黄河心不死。
Use a book as a bee does flowers. 读书如蜜蜂采花，吸取其中之精华。
Use is a second nature. 习惯成自然。

erwind · 发表于 2009-10-30 10:49

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Vain glory blossoms but never bears. 虚荣能开花，但从不结果。
Velvet paws hide sharp claws. 笑里藏刀。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 吃小亏占大便宜。
Victory belongs to the m ost persevering. 胜利属于最坚强不屈的人。
Viture flies from the heart of a mercenary man. 人贪钱财，心无美德。
Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是无价之宝。
Virture is fairer far than beauty. 美德远比美丽更美好。
Virtue is her (or its) own reward. 为善最乐。
Virtue is the only true nobility. 唯有美德是真正高贵的。
Virtue never grows old. 美德永远不衰老。
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. 激动时所立的誓，平静时会忘记的。

erwind · 发表于 2009-10-30 10:50

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Wade not in unknown water. 不知水的深浅，不可粗心趟水过河。
Walk groundly; talk profoundly; drink roundly; sleep soundly. 行路踏实，言谈深刻，饮酒豪爽，睡眠酣畅。
Walls (or Pitchers) have ears. 隔墙有耳。
Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge. 粗心比无知更为有害。
War is death's feast. 战争是死亡的筵席。
War is the business of barbarians. 战争是野蛮人干的事。
War makes thieves, and peace hangs them. 战争造成盗贼，和平把他们吊死。
Wash a dog, comb a dog, Still a dog, remains a dog. 本性难移。
Waste not, want not. 俭以防匮。
Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses. 浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈豪华的费用。
Water afar quenches not fire. 远水难救近火。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 水滴天天滴不停，石头最坚也磨损。
Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it. 若者等待机会，强者创造机会。
We all do fade as a leaf. 我们都要像树叶一样枯萎。
Wealth is not his who has it, but his who enjoys it. 财富并不属于拥有的人，而是属于享用的人。
Wealth makes worship. 财富能使人拜倒。
Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, leisure, and liberty. 财富可能是一样好东西，因为它意味著权力，安逸和自由。
We are not born for ourselves. 人生非为己。
We can live without a brother, but not without a friend. 我们生活中可以没有兄弟，但不能没有朋友。
We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours. 生活可无友，邻居不能无。
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. 我们先养成习惯，然后习惯又左右我们。
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. 如果不创造财富，就没有权力享用财富；同样地，如果不能创造幸福，就没有权利享受幸福。
We hope to grow old, yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die. 我们希望长大，但怕年老；就是，愿意生，而害怕死。
We know not what is good until we have lost it. 有的时候不爱惜，失了以后空叹息。
We learn not at school, but in life. 学习不在校，而在生活中。
Well begun is half done. 良好开端，功成一半。
Well fed, wed bred. 衣食足，知荣辱。
We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success. 我们必须千百次地反覆说明，坚韧不拔是取得胜利的唯一道路。
We never know the worth (or value) of water till the well is dry. 井枯方知水可贵。
We only live once,, but if we work it right once is enough. 我们生命只一次，好自为之一次足矣。
We shall lie all alike in our graves. 一进坟墓，大家一样。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 欲找朋友无缺点，永远不会有朋友。
We should never remember the benefit we have offered nor forget the favour received. 施惠莫记，受恩莫忘。
We should push our work, the work should not push us. 我们要推动工作，不要让工作推动我们。
We should weep for men at their birth and not a t their death. 我们应在人降生时流泪，而不该在人死亡时哭泣。
We soon believe what we desire. 一厢情愿。
What a sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 不分畛域，一样对待。
What cannot be cured must be endured. 事已无法可救，只得耐心忍受。
What does the moon care if the dogs bark at her? 月亮岂怕狗来吠。
What do you expect from a pig but a grunt? 狗嘴里吐不出象牙。
Wahtever a man sow, that shall he also reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Whatever I do, I will do in my power. 无论我做什么事，我都尽力而为之。
Whatever man has done man may do. 天下无难事。
Whatever you do, do with your might; Things done by halves are never done right. 不论做什么事要尽力去搞；事情做得不彻底，就不能算好。
What good shall I do this day? What good have I done today? 我今天要做些什么好事？我今天做了些什么好事？
What I have done is due to patient thought. 我的成就是由于坚忍地思索。
What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh. 生于骨中者不会出肉外。
What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。
What is done cannot be undone. 木已成舟。
What is known to three is known to everybody. 一件事情三个人知道就人人知道。
What is learnt in the cradle lasts (or is carried) to the grave. 小时学会的事情到老不会忘记。
What is not wisdom is danger. 不智的事是危险的。
What is one man's cloud is another man's sunshine. 此人乌云盖顶，彼人艳阳满天。
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 适用于甲的，也适用于乙。
What is sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. 教育之于心灵，犹如雕刻之于大理石。
What is there sadder under the sun than a day that is gone and notyhing done. 世界上没有什么事情，较之虚度年华，一事无成，更使人痛心。
What is wealth good for, if it brings melancholy? 财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？
What is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 事既值得做，就把事做好。
What makes life dreary is the want of motive. 没有目的，人生就黯淡无光。
What must be must be. 该怎么样的就怎么样。
What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. 生就的本性，总会暴露的。
What's done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。
What's done can't be undone. 无可挽回。泼水难收？
What's learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb. 小时学过的，至死不忘记。
What's lost is lost. 流水落花春去也。
What's more miserable than discontent? 有什么比不知足更为痛苦？
What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals. 醉汉口里露真言。
Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye ever so to them. 己所欲，施于人。
What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over. 眼不见，心不烦。
What the eye sees not, the heart craves not. 目不瞬，心不乱。
What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks. 心直口快。
What we are ignorant of is immense. 我们不知道的东西多得不可胜数。
What we do willingly is easy. 世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
What we learn with pleasure we never forget. 乐意学的东西决不会忘记。
What we lose in hake we shall have in herring. 失之东隅，收之桑榆。
What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself. 别人身上你不喜欢的东西，自己身上的也要注意改正。
What you lose on the swings you gain (or get back) on the roundabouts. 失之东隅，收之桑榆。
What youth is used to, age remembers. 青年时经常做的事，老年时却能记得起。
When a dog is drowning everyone offers him drink. 落井下石。
When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow. 朋友的要求不要拖。
When ale (or drink or wine) is in wit is out. 贪杯丧智。
When all men speak no man hears. 人人都讲话，无人去听它。
When anger blinds the mind, truth disapears. 怒火中烧瞎心眼，真理在前看不见。
Whe angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. 怒时数十再说话，大怒数百方开言。
When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you. 机不可失，时不再来。
When stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. 蠢人做件羞愧事，总说义不容辞。
When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner. 马屁精会面，魔鬼去赴宴。
When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. 龙争虎斗。
When guns speak it is too late to argue. 待到炮声响，辩论已莫及。
When in doubt, play trumps. 举棋苟不定，何妨将一军。
When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
When love puts in, friendship is gone. 爱情入，友谊出。
When one is about to act, one must reason first. 凡事要先思而后行。
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. 贫穷进门来，爱情飞窗外。
When riches increase, the body decreases. 财多体衰。
When rogues (or thieves) fall out, honest men come by their own. 盗贼一内哄，好人就自在。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 祸不单行。
When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest. 饱暖图安逸。
When the belly is full the mind is among the maids. 逸则思淫。饱则思淫欲？
When the cat's away the mice will play. 猫儿不在，老鼠造反。
When the fight begins within himself a man's worth something, 内心开始斗争时，为人就会有价值。
When the ffish is caught the net is laid aside. 鱼获网弃。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 佛口蛇心。
When the fruit is scarcest, its taste is sweetest. 物以稀为贵。
When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out at the mouth. 心中发火，口吐妄言。
When the heart is full,, the tongue will speak. 胸有成竹，口若悬河。
When the sun comes in, the doctor goes out. 阳光入室，医生出屋。
When the well is full, it will run over. 井水满了要溢出。
When the wound is healed, the pain is forgotten. 好了伤疤忘了痛。
When three know it, all know it. 三人知，天下晓。
When two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps. 两友合用一钱包，一个悲来一个笑。
When two ride on one horse, one must sit behind. 两人共骑一匹马，总有一个背后跨。
When war begins then hell opens. 战争一开始，地狱门敞开。
When we have gold we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger. 手头有黄金，惶恐很担心；两手都空空，处在危急中。
When wine is in truth is out. 酒后露真言。
When you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears. 你去购买东西时，要用眼睛莫用耳。
Where drums beat, laws are silent. 战鼓一打，法律无声。
Where love fails we espy all faults. 恋爱一旦遭失败，缺点全都看出来。
Where love is there is faith. 有爱情就有忠诚。
Where might is master, justice is servant. 有强权，就没有正义。
Where passion is high there reason is low. 感情高涨处，理智就低落。
Where the knot is loose the string slips. 结子一松掉，绳子就滑脱。
Where there is a will,, there is a way(or skill). 有决心，就有办法。
Where (or While) there is life there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Where there is no good within, no good comes out. 没有内心的美，就没有外在的美。
Where there's reek there's heat. 无风不起浪。
Where the sun enterd, the doctor does not. 阳光照耀处，医生就不需。
Where they saw chance, we see law. 以前他们认为是偶然的，现在我们认为是必然的。
Wherever he is satisfied with what he does, he has reached his culminating point--he will progress no more. 一个人对所做的事感到自满的，就达到了顶点，不会再前进了。
Where your will is ready, your feet are light. 下定了决心，脚步就轻盈。决心一下，脚下生风？
While the grass grows the horse (or steed) starves. 远水救不了近火。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 道高一尺，魔高一丈。
While (or Where) there is life there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's. 话未出口属于己，话一出口属别人。
While we breathe, there is hope. 只要活著，就有希望。
Who answers suddenly knows little. 答得迅速，懂得不多。
Who are ready to believe are easy to deceive. 轻信的人容易受骗。
Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet. 不尝黄连苦，怎知蜂蜜甜。
Who has no haste in his business mountains to him seem valleys. 做事不急，履险如夷。
Who holds the purse rules the house. 钱可神通。
Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Who knows most speaks (or says) least. 大巧若拙。
Who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to live. 掩饰感情全不会，怎样生活必不知。
Who lives by hope will die by hunger. 靠希望而生，必因饥饿而死。
Who loses liberty loses all. 失去自由即失去一切。
Who makes everything right must rise early. 要把事事都做好，必须坚持起得早。
Whom God would ruin, he first deprives of reason. 伤天害理，天诛地灭。
Who minds his own business has no time to mind other folks. 为人只顾自己事，就无时间关心人。
Whom the gods love die young. 好人不长寿。
Whom we love best to them we can say least. 对我们的最爱的人，我们可说的话最少。
Who serves everybody gets thanks from nobody. 人人都侍候，个个不见好。
Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow. 在罪恶中游泳的人，必将在悲哀中沈没。
Who undertakes many things at once, seldom does anything well. 许多事情同时干，一件事也办不成。
Who will not keep a penny, shall never have many. 不积少，不会成多。
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love. 坏人服从出于怕，好人服从出于爱。
Wickedness does not go altogether unrequited. 恶有恶报。
Wilful waste makes woeful want. 浪费招致穷困。
Wine and judgement mature with age. 酒存放年代越久越香，判断力随年龄而增长。
Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst. 瓶中之酒不解渴。
Wine is mirror of the mind. 酒后吐真言。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 手里有钱财，不如胸中有文才。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it. 我们为了求知识，付出高价也值得。
Wisdom is better than gold or silver. 智慧胜过金银。
Wisdom is more to be envied than riches. 才智比财富，令人更可羡。
Wisdom is only found in truth. 只有在真理中才能找到智慧。
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. 知识之于心灵，犹如健康之于身体。
Wise care begets care. 谨慎小心会导致忧心忡忡。
Wise men chanbge their mind, fools never. 聪明人随机应变，愚蠢者固执己见。
Wise men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth. 智者嘴在心里，蠢人心在嘴上。
Wise men learn by other men's mistakes (or harms); fools by their own. 聪明人由别人的错误获得教训，蠢人由自己的错误获得教训。
Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it. 聪明人爱真理，蠢人背弃真理。
Wit bought is better than wit taught. 不经一事，不长一智。
Without a friend the world is a wilderness. 没有朋友，世界就等于一片荒野。
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger. 没有危险就不能解除危险。
Without health, life is not life, life is lifeless. 如无健康的身体，生活就不成为生活，人生也毫无生气。
Without hope, the heart would break. 如无希望，心就破碎。
Without method, little can be done to any good purpose. 不讲究方法，办事就没有成效。
Without practice, hopes will be reduced to zero. 没有实践，希望会化为乌有。
Without respect, love cannot go far. 如不相互尊重，爱情就难发展。
Without wisdom wealth is worthless. 如果没有智慧，财富就无价值。
With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin. 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
Wit once bought is worth twice taught. 亲身一次的经验，抵得上老师两次的教导。
Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit. 仅有机智而无真才实学，犹如一棵大树不结果。
Woe to him that is alone. 孤独的人最苦恼。
Women in mischief are wiser than men. 妇女在受危害时比男子机智。
Wonders are many, and nothing is more wonderful than man. 奇迹很多，但没有一件东西比人更为奇妙。
Words are but wind. 耳闻不如一见。
Words cut (or hurt) more than swords. 言语比刀剑伤人更厉害。
Words pay no debts. 空言无补。
Work bears witness who does well. 工作能证明谁人做得好。
Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit. 劳动根虽苦，然而果实甜。
Working without a plan is sailing without a compass. 工作没有打算，犹如航海没有罗盘。
Work makes the workman. 工作出工匠。
Work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. 今天有事今天做，明天可能事受阻。
Work will not kill a man but worry will. 累不死人愁死人。
Worry kills more men than work. 忧虑比劳累更伤人。
Would you know your daughter, see her in company. 若要知道你女儿，且看她和谁交往。
Write down the advice of him that loves you, though you like it not at present. 爱你的忠言且记下，即使你目前不爱它。
Write it on your heart every day is the best day of the year. 要记住，每天是一年中最好的一天。

erwind · 发表于 2009-10-30 10:52

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Years bring wisdom. 年长智也增。
Yesterday is dead, forget it; tomorrow does not exist, don't worry; today is here, use it. 昨天已经消逝，把它忘掉；明天还未来到，不必烦恼；今天就在眼前，把它用好。
Yesterday will not be called again. 光阴一去不复返。
You are the greatest enemy if you are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest friend. 如果你是胆小鬼，你就是自己最大的敌人；如果你是勇敢者，你就是自己最好的朋友。
You can do more than strike while the iron is hot; you can make the iron hot by striking. 铁热时，你能做的不止是锤打，而锤打可使铁热。
You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time. 你可以一直愚弄一些人，甚至可以在某个时期愚弄所有的人；但不能一直愚弄所有的人。
You cannot clap with one hand. 孤掌难鸣。
You cannot have two forenoons in the same day. 一日之中不可能有两个上午。
You cannot flay the same ox twice. 一头牛不能剥两次皮。
You cannot judge a tree by its bark. 人不可貌相。
You cannot make a crab walk straight. 江山易改，本性难移。
You (or One) cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 粗瓷碗雕不出细花来。
You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. 你不可能出售乳牛，同时又要喝牛奶。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 马到河边不喝水，逼马低头亦枉然。(不要逼人做他不愿做的事)
You can't eat your cake and have it. 不能既要吃饼，又要把饼保存。
You can't make bricks without straw. 没有稻草，制砖难搞。
You can't make omelets (or omeletts) without breaking eggs. 有失才有得。
You have no goats, and yet you sell kids. 你虽无老山羊，却出卖小山羊。
You make the failure complete when you stop strying. 不再努力之时，就是完全失败之日。
You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep. 你可以迫人闭眼，但不能使他睡觉。
You may go farther and fare worse. 一动不如一静。
You may know the horse by his harness. 欲知马如何，可看套马索。
You must not pledge your own health. 切不可把健康作孤注一掷。
You must reap what you have sown. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
You never know what you can do till you try. 事非经过不知难。
Young man may die but old men must die. 年轻人可能会死，老年人难免不亡。
You roll my log and I'll roll yours. 互相吹嘘。
Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle, old age a regret. 青年冒失莽撞；成年发奋图强；老年遗憾懊丧。
Youth is life's seed-time. 青年时代是人生的播种期。
Youth is the season of hope, enterprise, and energy, to a nation as well as an individual. 青年时期对国家和个人都是希望、创业和精力充沛的时期。
Youth looks forward and age backward. 青年人向前看，老年人向后看。
Youth means limitless possibilities. 年轻意味着无限希望。

erwind · 发表于 2009-10-30 10:52

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Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 有热情而无知识，犹如有火焰而无光芒。

learnEnglish · 发表于 2009-10-30 12:12

learnEnglish · 发表于 2009-10-30 12:13

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You are working hard

Thank you very much

Basil · 发表于 2009-10-31 19:05

楼主辛苦了，支持！

胡主席 · 发表于 2010-1-30 18:09

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