好书如挚友的英文

A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near——海内存知己，天涯若比邻；The early bird catches the worm——早起的鸟儿有虫吃。注意，是早起，还不是早到；A good book is a good friend——好书如挚友；An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening——一日之计在于晨。

gate - crasher 不请自来的不速之客;let’s get it straight 我们打开天窗说亮话吧speak of the devil 说曹操, 曹操就到A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。 A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。 A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。 A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。 A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。 A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。 As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。 A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。 A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。 A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。 Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。 Cry for the moon.海底捞月。 Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。 Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。

Bird (1) Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕；一举两得。 (2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。 (3) Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。 (4) It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家丑不可外扬。 (5) Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍。 (6) A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟，闻言识人。 (7) Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱。（自我欣赏） (8) You cannot catch old birds with chaff.(粗糠). 用粗糠捉不住老鸟。（有经验的人难骗。） (9) Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟心儿齐。 2. Cat (1) A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命；吉人天相。 (2) Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心。 (3) All cats are grey in the dark.. 黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。（人未出名时看起来都差不多。） (4) A gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套的猫，老鼠抓不到。（不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。） (5) When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage. 黄鼠狼和猫结亲，不是好事情。） (6) Who will bwll the cat? 谁去给猫系铃？（谁愿意为大家冒风险？） (7) The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 帽偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。（掩耳盗铃） (8) There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter. 杀猫的办法很多。（达到目的的途径很多。） (9) Care kill a cat. 忧虑愁死猫。 3. Chicken (1) Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡。（不要过早乐观。） 4. Crow (1) A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性难移。 5. Dog (1) He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词. (2) A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患无词. (3) Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌. (4) Too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。 (5) Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。 (6) Barking dogs don’t (seldom) bite. 爱叫的狗很少咬人。 (7) Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。 (8) Dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人。 (9) All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。（不要以貌取人。） (10) Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家门口就成了狮子。 (11) Don’t be a dog (lying) in the manger. 莫学狗占马槽不吃草。（不要占着茅坑不拉屎。） (12) Dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残。 (13) Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。 (14) A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。 6. Frog (1) The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。 7. Fox (1) The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸毛色可变灰，但是本性难移。 (2) The fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐狸捕食，远离洞府。（兔子不吃窝边草。） (3) When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese. 每当狐狸说教，当心鹅群被盗。 (4) When the fox says he is a vegetarian, it’s time for the hen to look out. 狐狸说它吃素的时候，母鸡就得注意。 英语中有关动物的谚语（下） 8. Fish (1) The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼常在水底游。 (2) Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。 (3) Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 (4) There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好鱼多的是。 (5) It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次档。 (6) If water is noisy, there are no fish in it. 咆哮的水中无鱼。（夸夸其谈者无真才实学。）。 9. Hare (1) You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(猎狗). 不能既和野兔一起跑又和猎狗一起追。（人不应两面讨好。） (2) The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡懒觉，乌龟跑赢了。 10. Horse (1) You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink. 带马到河边容易，逼马饮水难。 (2) Don’t ride the high horse. 勿摆架子。 (3) A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 好马不会毛色差。 (4) A horse may stumble on four feet. 马有四条腿，亦有失蹄时。 (5) A running horse needs no spur. 奔马无需鞭策。 (6) Don’t put the cart before the horse. 不要将大车套在马前面。（处理问题应按先后次序，不要本末倒置。） (7) The common horse is worst shod. 公用之马，掌子最差。 (8) Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. 失马之后锁马厩。（亡羊补牢） (9) Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. 馈赠之马，勿看牙口。 (10) Hair by hair you will pull out the horse’s tail. 一根一根拔，拔光马尾巴。（水滴石穿） 11 . Mouse (1) It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。 (2) The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 只有一个洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。 (3) A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。 12. Sheep (1) If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是无穷的。 (2) A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊嫌毛重。 (3) He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf. 甘心做绵羊，必然喂豺狼。 13.Swallow (1) One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不报春。 (2) One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。 14. Tiger (1) If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 15. Wolf (1) Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold. 不能请羊管菜园，不能请狼管羊圈。 (2) Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl. 和狼在一起，就会学狼叫。 (3) Man is a wolf to man. 人对人是狼。（人心狠，人吃人） (4) A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. 年轻人，在成长，吃起饭来像饿狼

Bacchus has drowned more men than Nepture. 酒神淹死的人比海神多。 Bad news has wings. 坏事传千里。 Bad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。 Bare words, no bargain. 空言不能成交易。 Barking dogs seldom bite. 善吠的狗很少咬人。 Be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man. 务请心情常欢畅，只因无人喜忧伤。 Beauty is but a blossom. 美丽只是盛开的花朵。 Beauty is but skin-deep. 红颜易变。 Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼里出西施。 Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent. 美丽是有力量的，但金钱更有权威。 Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美就是真，真就是美。 Beauty lies in lover's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。 Beauty may have fair leaves, but bitter fruit. 美丽的花或许长好叶，结苦果。 Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. 美而无德犹如花之无香。 Be considerate towards the poor. 要为穷人著想。 Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹剑。 Bed is a midicine. 睡好觉，如服药。 Before gold, even kings take off their hats. 有钱能使鬼推磨。 Beg from beggers and you'll never be rich. 向乞丐乞讨，永远发不了财。 Beggars cannot be choosers. 饥不择食。 Beggars must be no choosers. 饥不择食。 Behind bad luck comes good luck. 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 no tales from the enemy. 切莫轻信敌人。 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。 Believe somebody on his bare word. 人言无据，切勿轻信。 Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh. 恩泽让人欣喜，犹如鲜花使人心醉。 Be prepared to put one's hand in one's pocket. 准备慷慨解囊。 Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. 选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。 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 a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife. 过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。 Better ask twice than lose you way once. 宁愿问路两次胜过迷路一次。 Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱贪生不如死得光荣。 Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。 Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。 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 are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜于无。 Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。 Better be out of the world than out of fashion. 不合潮流不如脱离尘世。 Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。 Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 宁为犬首，不作狮尾。 Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 宁为驴头，不为马尾。 Better deny at once than promise long. 轻诺必寡信。 Better die with honour than live with shame. 与其忍辱偷生，不如光荣而死。 better early than late. 宁早勿迟。 Better eye sore than all blind. 眼痛总比瞎眼好。 Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 远亲不如近邻。 Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 宁可饿肚子，切莫去借债。 Better half an egg than empty shell. 半只蛋也比空壳好。 Better is the neighbour's hen than mine. 人莫知其苗之硕。 Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。 Better lose a jest than a friend. 宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。 Better lose the saddle than the horse. 吃小亏占大便宜。 Better master one than engage with ten. 精通一事胜于会十事。 Better one-eyed than stone-blind. 独眼总比全瞎好。 Better poor with honour than rich with shame. 穷得光荣，胜过富得可耻。 Better pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口。 Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 与其说话不中肯，不如一言不发好。 Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 聊胜于无。 Better the foot slip than the tongue trip. 宁可滑跤，不可失言。 Better to do well than to say well. 说得好不如做得好。 Better wear out shoes than sheets. 宁可(经常运动)穿破鞋子，也不(因病长卧)磨破床单。 Better wear out than rust out. 与其闲散不如忙碌。 Better wit than wealth. 智力胜于财富。 Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。 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。 Beware of a man of one book. 不要与一个有专业知识的人争论。 Beware of a silent dog and still water. 警惕无声之狗会咬人，平静之水会覆舟。 Beware of him who regards not his reputation. 要谨防不重自己名誉的人。 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. 良药苦口利于病。 Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 人无所求最享福，因他不为失望苦。 Blind men can judge no colours. 不宜问道于盲。 Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。 Blood will have blood. 血债要用血来还。 Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. 书籍如朋友，应该少而精。 Borrowed garments never fit well. 借来的衣服不合身。 Brave actions never want a trumpet. 勇敢的行为不须要吹号。 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。 Business is the salt of life. 事业事人生之盐。 Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事业既考验人，也造就人。 Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious. 事业虽扰烦，懒惰更害人。 Business neglected is business lost. 玩忽事业等于丢失事业。 Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest. 工作后消遣更愉快，劳动后休息更舒畅。 Butter to butter is no relish. 千篇一律的东西令人生厌。 By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 懒散学为非。 By doing we learn. 经一事，长一智。 By falling we learn to go safely. 吃一堑，长一智。 By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man. 赌博使我们丢失时间和金钱，这两样人生最珍贵的东西。 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。 By the hands of many a great work made light. 众擎易举。 By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. 和疾病相比较，才显得健康的可贵。 By the street of "Bye and bye" one arrives at the house of "Never". 迁延因循，一事无成。 By writing you learn to write. 从写作中学写作。

Bosom friend, virtual neighbors The early bird catches the worm A good book is a good friend