美国的民间谚语
美国的民间谚语
Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。Life is but a span.人生苦短。
Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.文如其人。
Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
Like for like.一报还一报。 Like knows like.惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.小人无大志。
Look before you leap.摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.一见钟情。 Love cannot be compelled.爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.爱情是盲目的。 Love is full of trouble.爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。
One false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One good turn deserves another.行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。
One man‘s fault is other man‘s lesson.前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summ一燕不成夏。
One‘s words reflect one‘s thinking.言为心声。
Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。
Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。
Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。
Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。
Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。
Promise is debt.一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
Measure for measure.针锋相对。
Misfortunes never come alone.祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。
Money isn‘t everything.钱不是万能的。 Murder will out. 纸包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
Nature is the true law.天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.不可以貌取人。 Never say die.永不言败。
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. 天不会因盲人看不见而减其蓝色。
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。
Sadness and gladness succeed each other. 悲喜互继，哀乐相续。
Safe bind， safe find. Sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no man. 驶船要乘风，风潮不等人。
Salt water and absence wash away love. 远离久别爱情淡。久别情淡?
Satan always finds work for idle hands. 懒汉总会干坏事。
Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you. 放虎归山。
Save while you may， no morning sun lasts a whole day. 能节俭时就节俭，朝阳难照一整天。
Saving is getting. 节约等于收入。
Saying and doing are two things. 说与做是两回事。
Saying is one thing， and doing another. 说是一回事，做是另一回事。
Say not all that you know， believe not all that you hear. 莫道全所知，莫信全所闻。
Say well is good， but do well is better， 说得漂亮固好，做得漂亮更佳。
Science is organized knowledge. 科学是系统化的知识。
Score twice before you cut once. 三思而行。
Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 神气的狗也会吃赃布丁的。
Scratch a Russsian， and you('ll) find a Tartar. 文明不能改变本性。
Scratch me and I'll scratch you 朋比为奸。
Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 朋比为奸。
Second thoughts are best. 三思而行，再思可也。
Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
Seeing much， suffering much， and studying much are the three pillars of learning. 见识多、遭难重，钻研深是学问的三大支持。
See， listen， and be silent， and you will live in peace. 多看多听少多嘴，你会太平过日子。
Seize (or Take) time by the forelock. 撤热打铁。
Seldom seen， soon forgotten. 见得少，忘得快。
Self-confidence is the first requisite to human greatness. 人类的伟大，首要的是要有自信。
Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. 我们的失败多数是由于缺乏自信。
Self do， self have. 自食其果。
Self-praise is no recommendation. 自我吹嘘，决不可取。
Speak clearly if you speak at all， Carve every word before you let it fall. 要说就索性说得一清二楚，说出前每句话要字斟句酌。
Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim. 讲话不思考犹如射击不对准目标。
Speak less and listen more. 要少说多听。
Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of your good luck. 少说失意事，莫夸好运道。
Speak of angels and you will hear their wings. 说到曹操，曹操就到。
Speak well of your friend， of your enemy say nothing. 要赞美朋友，莫提及敌人。
Speech is silver (or silvern)， silence is golden. 雄辩是银，沈默是金。
Speech is the picture of the mind. 言为心声。
Speech shows what a man is. 言如其人。
Speed is the soldier's asset. 兵贵神速。
Spend money like water. 挥金如土。
Spoil (or Lose) the ship for half penny worth of tar. 因小失大。
Step after step the ladder is ascended. 按部就班，循序渐进。
Still waters have deep bottoms. 静水常深。
Still waters run deep. 大智若愚。静水流深。
Straight trees have crooked roots. 直树也有曲根。
Strike while the iron is hot. 见机行事。称热打铁。
Strong reasons make strong actions. 理由充足，行动就坚决。
Study sickness while you are well. 居安思危。
Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持到底必获胜利。坚持就是胜利。
Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. 成功来自于克服困难的斗争。
Such beginning， such ending. 有怎样的开始，就有怎样的结束。
Such carpenters， such chips. 什么样的木匠，出什么活。
Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. 一天的不幸已够人受的了，别再自寻烦恼。
Suit the action to the word. 怎么说就怎么做。
Sure bind， sure find. 捆得好，逃不了。
Suspicion is the poison of true friendship. 猜疑伤害莫逆之交。
Sweep before your own door. 先律己，后律人。
Sweet discourse makes short days and nights. 言语投机恨时短。
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。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.众口难调It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木，百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤近墨黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。 Learn and live.活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.不学无术。Let sleeping dogs lie.别惹麻烦
Learn to walk before you run.先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。 ;