常用英语俚语

常用英语俚语 A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 得朋友难，失朋友易。 不善始者不善终。 A friend is never known till a man has need. A bad thing never dies. 需要之时方知友。 遗臭万年。 A friend without faults will never be found. A bad workman always blames his tools. 没有十全十美的朋友。 不会撑船怪河弯。 'After you' is good manners. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the “您先请”是礼貌。 bush. A good beginning is half done. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 良好的开端是成功的一半。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. A good beginning makes a good ending. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 善始者善终。 A bully is always a coward. A good book is a good friend. 色厉内荏。 好如挚友。 A burden of one's choice is not felt. A good book is the best of friends, the same 爱挑的担子不嫌重。 today and forever. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 一本好书，相伴一生。 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A good conscience is a soft pillow. A cat has 9 lives. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 猫有九条命。 A good fame is better than a good face. A cat may look at a king. 美名胜过美貌。 猫也可以打量国王，意为人人平等。 A good husband makes a good wife. A close mouth catches no flies. 夫善则妻贤。 病从口入。 A good medicine tastes bitter. A constant guest is never welcome. 良药苦口。 常客令人厌。 A good wife health is a man's best wealth. Actions speak louder than words. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 事实胜于雄辩。 A great talker is a great liar. Adversity leads to prosperity. 说大话者多谎言。 穷则思变。 A hedge between keeps friendship green. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 君子之交淡如水。 逆境出人才。 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. A fair death honors the whole life. 戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 死得其所，流芳百世。 A leopard cannot change its spots. A faithful friend is hard to find. 积习难改。 知音难觅。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 吃一堑，长一智。 A light heart lives long. A fox may grow gray, but never good. 静以修身。 江山易改，本性难移。 A little body often harbors a great soul. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 浓缩的都是精品。 患难见真情。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A friend is easier lost than found. 一知半解，自欺欺人。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the A little pot is soon hot. evening. 狗肚子盛不得四两油。 一日之计在于晨。 All are brave when the enemy flies. An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 老狗学不出新把戏。 All good things come to an end. An ounce of luck is better than a pound of 天下没有不散的筵席。 wisdom. All rivers run into sea. 聪明才智，不如运气。 海纳百川。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of All roads lead to Rome. cure. 条条大路通罗马。 预防为主，治疗为辅。 All that ends well is well. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 结果好，就一切都好。 滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。 All that glitters is not gold. As a man sows, so he shall reap. 闪光的不一定都是金子。 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 All things are difficult before they are easy. A single flower does not make a spring. 凡事总是由难而易。 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. A snow year, a rich year. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 瑞雪兆丰年。 A man becomes learned by asking questions. A sound mind in a sound body. 不耻下问才能有学问。 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 A man can do no more than he can. A still tongue makes a wise head. 凡事都应量力而行。 寡言者智。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. A stitch in time saves nine. 一心不能二用。 小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 A man is known by his friends. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 什么人交什么朋友。 身正不怕影子斜。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a A wise head makes a close mouth. garden full of weeds. 真人不露相，露相非真人。 光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 A word spoken is past recalling. A man without money is no man at all. 一言既出，驷马难追。 一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A year's plan starts with spring. A merry heart goes all the way. 一年之计在于春。 心旷神怡，事事顺利。 A young idler, an old beggar. A miss is as good as a mile. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 失之毫厘，差之千里。 Bad news has wings. A mother's love never changes. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。 母爱永恒。 Barking dogs seldom bite. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 吠犬不咬人。 一天一苹果，不用请医生。 Beauty lies in the love's eyes. A new broom sweeps clean. 情人眼里出西施。 新官上任三把火。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。 蛋未孵先数雏。 Better to ask the way than go astray. Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 问路总比迷路好。 来而不往非礼也。 Between friends all is common. Creep before you walk. 朋友之间不分彼此。 循序渐进。 Birds of a feather flock together. Cry for the moon. 物以类聚，人以群分。 海底捞月。 Blood is thicker than water. Custom is a second nature. 血浓于水。 习惯是后天养成的。 Blood will have blood. Custom makes all things easy. 血债血偿。 有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 Books and friends should be few but good. Diamond cuts diamond. 读书如交友，应求少而精。 强中自有强中手。 Business is business. Do as the Romans do. 公事公办。 入乡随俗。 Business is the salt of life. Do as you would be done by. 事业是人生的第一需要。 己所不欲，勿施于人。 By reading we enrich the mind, by Doing is better than saying. conversation we polish it. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 Do it now. Cannot see the wood for the trees. 机不可失，时不再来。 一叶障目，不见泰山。 Do nothing by halves. Care and diligence bring luck. 凡事不可半途而废。 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 Don't claim to know what you don't know. Caution is the parent of safety. 不要不懂装懂。 小心驶得万年船。 Don't have too many irons in the fire. Cheats never prosper. 不要揽事过多。 骗人发不了财。 Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. Children are what the mothers are. 不要小题大做。 耳濡目染，身教言传。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be Choose an author as you choose a friend. done today. 择书如择友。 今日事，今日毕。 Come what may, heaven won't fall. Don't put the cart before the horse. 做你的吧，天塌不下来。 不要本末倒置。 Complacency is the enemy of study. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。 不要自找麻烦。 Confidence in yourself is the first step on the Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck road to success. eggs. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 不要班门弄斧。 Constant dripping wears away a stone. Do well and have well. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 善有善报。 Content is better than riches. Each bird love to hear himself sing. 知足者常乐。 孤芳自赏。 Count one's chickens before they are hatched. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 孩子是自己的好。 早睡早起身体好。 Every potter praises hit pot. Easier said than done. 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。 说得容易，做得难。 Everything is good when new, but friends Easy come, easy go. when old. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。 Eat to live, but not live to eat. Example is better then percept. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 说一遍，不如做一遍。 Empty vessels make the greatest sound. Experience is the father of wisdom and 实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。 memory the mother. Envy has no holidays. 经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。 忌妒之人无宁日。 Experience must be bought. Even Homer sometimes nods. 吃一堑，长一智。 智者千虑，必有一失。 Fact speak louder than words. Even reckoning makes long friends. 事实胜于雄辩。 亲兄弟，明算账。 Failure is the mother of success. Every advantage has its disadvantage. 失败是成功之母。 有利必有弊。 False friends are worse than bitter enemies. Everybody's business is nobody's business. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 人人负责，等于没人负责。 Far from eye, far from heart. Every day is not Sunday. 眼不见，心不烦。 好景不常在。 Far water does not put out near fire. Every dog has his day. 远水救不了近火。 谁都有得意的时候。 Faults are thick where love is thin. Every door may be shut, but death's door. 一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。 人生在世，唯死难逃。 Fear always springs from ignorance. Every heart has its own sorrow. 恐惧源于无知。 各人有各人的苦恼。 Fields have eyes, and woods have ears. Every little helps a mickle. 隔墙有耳。 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。 Fire and water have no mercy. Every man for himself, and the devil takes the 水火无情。 hindmost. Fire is a good servant but a bad master. 人不为己，天诛地灭。 火是一把双刃剑。 Every man has his faults. First come, first served. 金无足赤，人无完人。 先来后到。 Every man has his hobbyhorse. First impressions are half the battle. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 初次见面，印象最深。 Every man has his weak side. First think and then speak. 人人都有弱点。 先想后说。 Every man is the architect of his own fortune. Fools grow without watering. 自己的命运自己掌握。 朽木不可雕。 Every minute counts. Fool's haste is no speed. 分秒必争。 欲速则不达。 Every mother's child is handsome. Fools has fortune. 呆人有呆福。 Great men have great faults. Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise 英雄犯大错误。 men learn much from fools. Great men's sons seldom do well. 愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。 富不过三代。 Forbidden fruit is sweet. Great trees are good for nothing but shade. 禁果格外香。 大树底下好乘凉。 Fortune favors those who use their judgement. Great wits have short memories. 机遇偏爱善断之人。 贵人多忘事。 Fortune knocks once at least at every man's Greedy folks have long arms. gate. 心贪手长。 风水轮流转。 Guilty consciences make men cowards. Four eyes see more than two. 做贼心虚。 集思广益。 Habit cures habit. Friends agree best at distance. 心病还需心药医。 朋友之间也会保持距离。 Handsome is he who does handsomely. Friends are thieves of time. 行为漂亮才算美。 朋友是时间的窃贼。 Happiness takes no account of time. Friends must part. 欢乐不觉时光过。 再好的朋友也有分手的时候。 Happy is he who owes nothing. Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。 天才不过是勤奋而已。 Happy is the man who learns from the Give a dog a bad name and hang him. misfortunes of others. 众口铄金，积毁销骨。 吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。 God helps those who help themselves. Harm set, harm get. 自助者天助。 害人害己。 Gold will not buy anything. Hasty love, soon cold. 黄金并非万能。 一见钟情难维久。 Good for good is natural, good for evil is Health is better than wealth. manly. 健康胜过财富。 以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。 Health is happiness. Good health is over wealth. 健康就是幸福。 健康是最大的财富。 Hear all parties. Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the 兼听则明。 mouth. Heaven never helps the man who will not act. 良药苦口利于病。 自己不动，叫天何用。 Good watch prevents misfortune. He is a fool that forgets himself. 谨慎消灾。 愚者忘乎所以。 Great barkers are no biters. He is a good friend that speaks well of us 好狗不挡道。 behind our backs. Great hopes make great man. 背后说好话，才是真朋友。 伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 He is a wise man who speaks little. Great minds think alike. 聪明不是挂在嘴上。 英雄所 He is lifeless that is faultless. 见略同。 只有死人才不犯错误。 He is not fit to command others that cannot 脚踏两条船，必定落空。 command himself. If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 正人先正己。 杀鸡取卵。 He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first. If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. 自嘲者不会让人见笑。 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 He is wise that is honest. If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 诚实者最明智。 要想求知，就得吃苦。 He knows most who speaks least. Industry is the parent of success. 大智若愚。 勤奋是成功之母。 He laughs best who laughs last. It is better to die when life is a disgrace. 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。 He sets the fox to keep the geese. It is easier to get money than to keep it. 引狼入室。 挣钱容易攒钱难。 He that climbs high falls heavily. It is easy to be wise after the event. 爬得越高，摔得越重。 事后诸葛亮好当。 He that will not work shall not eat. It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it 不劳动者不得食。 always open. He who does not advance loses ground. 创业容易守业难。 逆水行舟，不进则退。 It is hard to please all. He who makes constant complaint gets little 众口难调。 compassion. It is never too old to learn. 经常诉苦，没人同情。 活到老，学到老。 He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. It is no use crying over spilt milk. 想不犯错误，就一事无成。 覆水难收。 He who risks nothing gains nothing. It is the first step that costs troublesome. 收获与风险并存。 万事开头难。 History repeats itself. It is the unforeseen that always happens. 历史往往重演。 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。 Honesty is the best policy. It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. 做人诚信为本。 坐失良机，后悔已迟。 Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. It never rains but it pours. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。 I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 朋友不能阿谀奉承。 十年树木，百年树人。 If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if Jack of all trades and master of none. he deceives me twice, shame on me. 门门精通，样样稀松。 上当一回头，再多就可耻。 Judge not from appearances. If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if 人不可貌相，海不可斗量。 people ride you. Justice has long arms. 人善被人欺，马善被人骑。 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 If your ears glow, someone is talking of you. Keep good men company and you shall be of 耳朵发烧，有人念叨。 the number. If you run after two hares, you will catch 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 neither. Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕。 一报还一报。 Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it. Like knows like. 君王发狂，百姓遭殃。 惺惺相惜。 Kings have long arms. Like mother, like daughter. 普天之下，莫非王土。 有其母必有其女。 Knowledge is power. Like teacher, like pupil. 知识就是力量。 什么样的老师教什么样的学生。 Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes Like tree, like fruit. proud. 羊毛出在羊身上。 博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。 Little things amuse little minds. Learn and live. 小人无大志。 活着，为了学习。 Look before you leap. Learning makes a good man better and ill man 摸清情况再行动。 worse. Lookers-on see more than players. 好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。 当局者迷，旁观者清。 Learn not and know not. Losers are always in the wrong. 不学无术。 胜者为王，败者为寇。 Learn to walk before you run. Lost time is never found again. 先学走，再学跑。 岁月既往，一去不回。 Let bygones be bygones. Love at first sight. 过去的就让它过去吧。 一见钟情。 Let sleeping dogs lie. Love cannot be compelled. 别惹麻烦。 爱情不能强求。 Let the cat out of the bag. Love is blind. 泄漏天机。 爱情是盲目的。 Lies can never changes fact. Love is full of trouble. 谎言终究是谎言。 爱情充满烦恼。 Lies have short legs. Love is never without jealousy. 谎言站不长。 没有妒忌就没有爱情。 Life is but a span. Love me, love my dog. 人生苦短。 爱屋及乌。 Life is half spent before we know what it is. Make hay while the sun shines. 人过半生，方知天命。 良机勿失。 Life is not all roses. Make your enemy your friend. 人生并不是康庄大道。 化敌为友。 Life without a friend is death. Man is the soul of the universe. 没有朋友，虽生犹死。 人是万物之灵。 Like a rat in a hole. Man proposes, God disposes. 瓮中之鳖。 谋事在人，成事在天。 Like author, like book. Many hands make light work. 文如其人。 众人拾柴火焰高。 Like father, like son. Many heads are better than one. 有其父必有其子。 三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。 Like for like. Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there. None are so blind as those who won't see. 有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。 视而不见。 Measure for measure. None are so deaf as those who won't hear. 针锋相对。 充耳不闻。 Misfortunes never come alone. No news is good news. 祸不单行。 没有消息就是好消息。 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. No one can call back yesterday. 患难见真情。 昨日不会重现。 Money isn't everything. No pains, no gains. 钱不是万能的。 没有付出就没有收获。 Murder will out. No pleasure without pain. 纸包不住火。 没有苦就没有乐。 My son is my son till he has got him a wife, No rose without a thorn. but my daughter is my daughter all 没有不带刺的玫瑰。 the days of her life. No sweet without sweat. 儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。 先苦后甜。 Nature is the true law. No smoke without fire. 天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。 无风不起浪。 Necessity is the mother of invention. Nothing brave, nothing have. 需要是发明的动力。 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Never fish in trouble water. Nothing dries sooner than a tear. 不要混水摸鱼。 眼泪干得最快。 Never judge from appearances. Nothing in the world is difficult for one who 不可以貌取人。 sets his mind to it. Never say die. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。 永不言败。 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. Never too old to learn, never too late to turn. 世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 亡羊补牢，为时未晚。 Nothing seek, nothing find. New wine in old bottles. 没有追求就没有收获。 旧瓶装新酒。 Nothing is so necessary for travelers as No cross, no crown. languages. 不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。 外出旅行，语言最要紧。 No garden without its weeds. Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty. 没有不长草的园子。 世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。 No living man all things can. Not to advance is to go back. 世上没有万事通。 不进则退。 No man can do two things at once. Not to know what happened before one was 一心不可二用。 born is always to be a child. No man is born wise or learned. 不懂世故，幼稚可笑。 没有生而知之者。 No way is impossible to courage. No man is content. 勇者无惧。 人心不足蛇吞象。 Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. No man is wise at all times. 军人以服从命令为天职。 聪明一世，糊涂一时。 Observation is the best teacher. 观察是最好的老师。 贪小便宜吃大亏。 Offense is the best defense. Plain dealing is praised more than practiced. 进攻是最好的防御。 正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。 Old friends and old wines are best. Please the eye and plague the heart. 陈酒味醇，老友情深。 贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。 Old sin makes new shame. Pleasure comes through toil. 一失足成千古恨。 苦尽甘来。 Once a man and twice a child. Pour water into a sieve. 一次老，两次小。 竹篮子打水一场空。 Once a thief, always a thief. Practice makes perfect. 偷盗一次，做贼一世。 熟能生巧。 Once bitten, twice shy. Praise is not pudding. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 恭维话不能当饭吃。 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three Praise makes good men better, and bad men boys no boy. worse. 一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。 尚没水喝。 Prefer loss to unjust gain. One cannot put back the clock. 宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 时钟不能倒转。 Prevention is better than cure. One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 预防胜于治疗。 百闻不如一见。 Pride goes before, and shame comes after. One false move may lose the game. 骄傲使人落后。 一着不慎，满盘皆输。 Promise is debt. One good turn deserves another. 一诺千金。 行善积德。 Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 谚语是日常经验的结晶。 争分夺秒效率高。 Pull the chestnut out of fire. One man's fault is other man's lesson. 火中取栗。 前车之鉴。 Put the cart before the horse. One never loses anything by politeness. 本末倒置。 讲礼貌不吃亏。 Put your shoulder to the wheel. One swallow does not make a summer. 鼎力相助。 一燕不成夏。 Reading enriches the mind. One's words reflect one's thinking. 开卷有益。 言为心声。 Reading is to the mind while exercise to the Out of debt, out of danger. body. 无债一身轻。 读书健脑，运动强身。 Out of office, out of danger. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect 无官一身轻。 you. Out of sight, out of mind. 要人尊敬，必须自重。 眼不见，心为静。 Rome is not built in a day. Patience is the best remedy. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 忍耐是良药。 Saying is one thing and doing another. Penny wise, pound foolish. 言行不一。 Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。 Seek the truth from facts. 实事求是。 Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him. 智者当差，不用交代。 Set a thief to catch a thief. 以贼捉贼。 Short accounts make long friends. 好朋友勤算账。 Something is better than nothing