俗语的英文翻译

 Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 
相聚爱益切，离别情更深。 
A burnt child dreads the fire. 
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 
Accidents will happen. 
天有不测风云。 
A clean hand wants no washing. 
身正不怕影子斜。 
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 
问心无愧，高枕无忧。 
A clear conscience is a sure card. 
光明磊落，胜券在握。 
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 
白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。 
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 
宁为清贫，不为浊富。 
A close mouth catches no flies. 
病从口入，祸从口出。 
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 
夜郎自大。 
A common danger causes common action. 
同仇敌忾。 
A contented mind is perpetual feast. 
知足常乐。 
Actions speak louder than words. 
事实胜於雄辩。 
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 
在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。 
A fair face may hide a foul heart. 
人不可貌相。 
A faithful friend is hard to find. 
益友难得。 
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 
吃一堑，长一智。 
After a storm comes a calm. 
否极泰来。 
After black clouds, clear weather. 
否极泰来。 
After death, the doctor. 
放马后炮。 
A good appetite is a good sauce. 
饥不择食。 
A good example is the best sermon. 
身教胜似言教。 
A good face is a letter of recommendation. 
好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。 
A good fame is better than a good face. 
好的名望胜於好的相貌。 
A good friend is my nearest relation. 
良友如近亲。 
A good marksman may miss. 
智者千虑，必有一失。 
A good maxim is never out of season. 
至理名言不会过时。 
A good medicine tastes bitter. 
良药苦口，忠言逆耳。 
A good winter brings a good summer. 
瑞雪兆丰年。 
A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 



心花怒放，笑逐颜开。 
A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 
时势造英雄。 
A lazy youth, a lousy age. 
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 
Ale will make a cat speak. 
酒后吐真言。 
A little is better than none. 
聊胜於无。 
A little leak will sink a great ship. 
千丈之堤溃於蚁穴。 
A little neglect may breed great mischief. 
小不忍则乱大谋。 
A little spark kindles a great fire. 
星星之火，可以燎原。 
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. 
适可而止，过犹不及。 
All covet, all lose. 
贪多必失。 
All is fair in war. 
兵不厌诈。 
All is not gold that glitters. 
闪光的东西并不都是黄金。 
All roads lead to Rome. 
条条道路通罗马。 
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill. 
有情人终成眷属。 
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment. 
机会失去不再来，千贯万贯难赎回。 
All things are easy that are done willingly. 
做事乐意，诸事容易。 
All things are obedient to money. 
有钱能使鬼推磨。 
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. 
少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。 
A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 
轻诺者易忘。 
A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 
一心不能二用。 
A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time. 
一心不能二用。 
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little. 
人有两只耳朵一张嘴，就是为了多听少说话。 
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 
路遥知马力，日久见人心。 
A man may dig his grave with his teeth. 
祸从口出。 
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. 
牵马到河易，强马饮水难。 
A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge. 
有宝何必人前夸。 
A match will set fire to a large building. 



星星之火，可以燎原。 
Ambition never dies until there is no way out. 
不到黄河心不死 
A miss is as good as a mile. 
失之毫厘，差之千里。 
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. 
山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。 
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 
远亲不如近邻。 
An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well. 
狗嘴里吐不出象牙。 
An evil chance seldom comes alone. 
祸不单行。 
A new broom sweeps clean. 
新官上任三把火。 
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 
一日之计在於晨。 
An old physician, and a young lawyer. 
医生年老的好，律师年轻的俏。 
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 
乐观的人在灾难中看到希望；悲观的人在希望中看到灾难。 
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 
预防胜於治疗。 
Answer a fool according to his folly. 
以其人之道，还治其人之身。 
A penny saved is a penny earned. 
省钱就是赚钱。 
Apparel makes the man. 
马靠鞍装，人靠衣装。 
Appearances are deceitful. 
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。 
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 
千里之行始於足下。 
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 secret between more than two is no secret. 
两人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。 
A servant is known by his master's absence. 
主人不在可以看出仆人的品行来。 
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth. 
缄默的嘴，真诚的心，是世界上最令人赞美的东西。 
A single spark can start a prairie fire. 
塞翁失马，焉知非福。 
Be honest rather clever. 
诚实比聪明更要紧。 
Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle. 
随遇而安。 
Be just to all, but trust not all. 
要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。 
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 
眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。 
Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 
不轻诺，诺必果。 
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 
多听少说。 
Better an empty purse than an empty head. 
宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。 
Better an open enemy than a false friend. 
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 
Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 
远亲不如近邻。 
Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 
功亏一篑。 
Between two stools one falls to the ground. 
脚踏两头要落空。 
Beware beginnings. 
慎始为上。 
Big mouthfuls ofter choke. 
贪多嚼不烂。 
Bind the sack before it be full. 
做事应适可而止。 
Birds of a feather flock together. 
物以类聚，人以群分。 
Birth is much, but breeding is more. 
出身固然重要，教养更且重要。 
Bite off more than one can chew. 
贪多咽不下。 
Bite the hand that feeds one. 
恩将仇报。 
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. 
良药苦口利於病。 
Blind men can judge no colours. 
不宜问道於盲。 
Blood is thicker than water. 
血浓於水。 
Bread is the staff of life. 
民以食为天。 
Brevity is the soul of wit. 
言以简洁为贵。 
Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes. 
养虎贻患。 
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 
投鼠忌器。 
Burnt child dreads the fire. 
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 
Business before pleasure. 
事业在先，享乐在后。 
Business is business. 
公事公办。 
By other's faults, wise men correct their own. 
他山之石，可以攻玉。 
By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 
读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美 

If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry. 
如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友，以经验为参谋，以谨慎为兄弟，以希望为哨兵。 
－Thomas Edison（美国发明家爱迪生） 
Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured. 
健康当然比金钱更为重要，因为我们所赖以获得金钱的就是健康。 
－Samuel Johnson（英国作家约翰逊）   
Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success. 
意志、工作和等待是成功的金字塔的基石。 
－Louis Pasteur（法国化学家巴斯勒） 
All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend. 
人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。 
－Voltaire（法国思想家伏尔泰） 
There is a great different between exposure of the mind and that of the body. 
表露思想和展露身体之间存在极大的不同。 
－William Hazlitt（英国批评家散文家哈滋里特） 
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor. 
怀着希望去旅行比抵达目的地更愉快；而真正的成功在于工作。 
－Robert Louis Stevenson（英国作家史蒂文森） 
The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him. 
一个人越伟大，对表扬和奉承就越反感。 
－John Burroughs（美国博物学家巴勒斯） 
I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. 
可以说成功要*三件事才能赢得：努力，努力，再努力。 
－Thomas Hardy（英国诗人小说家哈代） 
Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed. 
成功常常取决于知道需要多久才能成功。 
－Charles Montesquieu（法国思想家孟德斯鸠） 
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. 
只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举的完成困难的事。 
－Friedrich Schiller（德国剧作家诗人席勒） 
2004-09-01 
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. 
你必须相信自己，这是成功的关键。 
－Charles Chaplin（美国演员卓别林）  
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible". 
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能的"。 
－Bonapart Napoleon（法国皇帝拿破仑） 
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 
进步是今天的活动，明天的保证。 
－Emerson（美国思想家爱默生） 
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. 
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。 
－Richard Nixon（美国总统尼克松） 
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. 
奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命的努力。 
－C. Weizmann（爱尔兰总统魏茨曼） 
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. 
天上不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。 
－G. Eliot（英国小说家艾略特） 
If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. 
如果你很有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。 
－Joshuas Reynolds（美国散文家雷诺兹） 
Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will ,rather than of means, that man fails to succeed. 
事情很少又根本做不成的；其所以做不成，与其说是条件不够，不如说是由于决心不够。 
－(La Racheforcauld（法国作家罗切福考尔德） 
Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb. 
大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服地。 
－W.M Thackeray（英国小说家萨克雷） 
All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right. 
做一切事情都应尽力而为，半途而废永远不行。 
－R.H. Stoddard（美国诗人斯托达德） 
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. 
一个人可以失败多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。 
－J.Burroughs（美国博物学家巴勒斯） 
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. 
从一个国家的广告可以看出这个国家的理想。 
－Norman Douglas（英国作家道格拉斯） 
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. 
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。 
－Franklin Roosevelt（美国总统罗斯福） 

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. 
人世间的大多数烦恼都是由那些想成为重要人物的人惹出来的。 
－George Eliot（英国小说家艾略特） 
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. 
如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。 
－Ibsen（挪威剧作家易卜生） 
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction ,there is no life. 
理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。 
－Leo Tolstory（俄国作家托尔斯泰） 
Ideal are like the stars --- we never reach them , but like mariners , we chart our course by them. 
理想犹如天上的星星，我们犹如税收水手，虽不能达到天上，但是我们的航程可凭借它指引。 
－Carl Schurz（美国政治家舒尔茨） 
Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted. 
人生应该树立目标，否则你的精神会白白浪费。 
－R. Peters（美国法学家彼得斯） 
Don't part with your illusions, When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. 
不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。 
－Mark Twain（马克?吐温） 
 Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.