有同学跟小E聊天，说平时中文的谚语说得溜溜的，可是想转换成英语，就得再脑子里过几遍，扎心的是翻译出来还总闹笑话，驴头不对马嘴.......
虽然都是表达某一个意思，不过在文化差异的作用下，你可能经常会发现谚语中的主体变化了，跟中文听起来还有点相似。
为了解决大家这份尴尬，小E找到了以下100条谚语，涵盖日常生活、各种英语考试的常见写作主题。建议你们收藏起来慢慢背，让你的口语和写作更出彩哦~~
1
学习方法与态度
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
读书健脑，运动强身。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。
Learn and live.
活着，为了学习。
Knowledge starts with practice.
实践出真知。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。
Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud.
知识使人谦虚，无知使人傲慢。
Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
2
勤奋、意志与成功
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
No pains, no gains.
没有付出就没有收获。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
No rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
There is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
No way is impossible to courage.
勇者无惧。
Success belongs to the persevering.
坚持就是胜利。
The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢，不成器。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
3
品行与操守
Honesty is the best policy.
诚实不欺为上策。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬，必须自重。
Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良药。
One good turn deserves another.
行善积德。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人须先正己。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
骄傲使人落后。
Please the eye and plague the heart.
贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
Penny wise, pound foolish.
贪小便宜吃大亏。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
经常诉苦，没人同情。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
4
择友与友谊
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么朋友。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
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 faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。
5
珍惜时光
Time flies.
光阴似箭。
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节约时间就是延长生命。
Time stays not the fool s leisure.
时间不等闲逛的傻瓜。
Lost years are worse than lost dollars.
失去时光金不换。
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
Time has wings.
光阴去如飞。
Time lost cannot be won again.
时光一去不复返。
6
金钱与财富
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金不能买尽一切。
The chief aim of man is not to get money.
人的主要目的并不是赚钱。
The money the miser hoards will do him no good.
守财奴积财，对自己毫无好处。
What is wealth good for,
if it brings melancholy?
财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？
Wealth makes worship.
财富能使人拜倒。
7
健康与心态
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。
Prevention is better than cure.
预防胜于治疗。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作, 不玩耍, 聪明小伙也变傻。
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
病时方知健康可贵。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。
Happiness lies first of all in health.
幸福首先在于健康。
Cheerfulness is health; its opposite,
melancholy, is disease.
欢乐就是健康, 忧郁就是病痛。
He is happy that thinks himself so.
自乐者常乐。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。
8
常理与法则
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
Don t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。
Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
Still water run deep.
静水流深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁热打铁。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Man proposes, god disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
Look before you leap.
摸清情况再行动。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。
Make hay while the sun shines.
良机勿失。
He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不进则退。
Easier said than done.
说得容易，做得难。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
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。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Every man has his faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
抄近路反而绕远路。
Take things as they come.
既来之，则安之。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
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。
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