foolish英文成语

Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。 Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。 Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。 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。 Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。 Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。 Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。 Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。 Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。 Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。 Rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 Saying is one thing and doing another.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.聊胜于无。 Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。 Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。 Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。 Still water run deep.静水常深。 Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。 Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。 Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。 Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。 Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。 Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。 Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。 The best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。 The best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盗铃。 The danger past and God forgotten.过河拆桥。 The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。 The darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。 The devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。 The devil sometimes speaks the truth魔鬼有时也会说真话。 The die is cast.木已成舟。 The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 The end justifies the means.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。 The end makes all equal.死亡面前，人人平等。 The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。 The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而绕远路。 The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。 The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。 The first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。 The fox knew too much, that‘s how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿 性命。 The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。 The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。 The grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。 The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。 The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得惨。 The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。 The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越谦虚。 The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犊不怕虎。 The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。 The pen is mightier than the sword.笔能杀人。 The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。 There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。 There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。 There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。 There is kindness to be found everywhere.人间处处有温情。 There is no general rule without some exception.任何法规均有例外。 There is no medicine against death.没有长生不老药。 There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。 There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。 The ｓｔｙｌｅ is the man.字如其人。 The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。 The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。 The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，浊者自浊。 The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。 The world is but a little place, after all.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 Think twice before you do.三思而后行。 Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。 Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。 Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。 Time flies.光阴似箭。 Time is money.时间就是金钱。 Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝，不可复得。 Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。 Time tries all.路遥知马力，日久见人心。 Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。 To err is human.人非圣贤，孰能无过。To know everything is to know nothing.什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。 To know oneself is true progress.人贵有自知之明。 Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。 Too much familiarity breeds contempt.过分熟悉会使人互不服气。 Too much knowledge makes the head bald.学问太多催人老。 Too much liberty spills all.自由放任，一事无成。 Too much praise is a burden.过多夸奖，反成负担。 To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。 Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。 Troubles never come singly.福无双至，祸不单行。 Truth never grows old.真理永存。 Turn over a new leaf.洗心革面，改过自新。 Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。Two heads are better than one.一个好汉三个帮。 Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。 Two wrongs do not make a right.别人错了，不等于你对了。 Unity is strength.团结就是力量。 Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.忠言逆耳利于行。 Until all is over one‘s ambition never dies.不到黄河心不死。 Venture a small fish to catch a great one.吃小亏占大便宜。 Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远远胜过美貌。 Walls have ears.小心隔墙有耳。 Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬。 Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。 Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康，钱再多也没用。 We know not what is good until we have lost it.好东西，失去了才明白。 Well begun is half done.好的开始，是成功的一半。 We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵。 We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。 We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. 自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。 Whatever you do, do with all your might.不管做什么，都要一心一意 What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.儿时所学，终生难忘。What‘s done cannot be undone.生米煮成熟饭了。 What‘s lost is lost.失者不可复得。What we do willingly is easy.愿者不难。When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入国问禁，入乡随俗。When everybody‘s somebody then nobody‘s anybody.人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.伤心旧事别重提。When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 新仇旧恨，齐上心头。

A爱不释手fondle admiringly 爱财如命skin a flea for its hide 爱屋及乌love me,love my dog 安居乐业live and work in peace and contentment按部就班 Learn to walk before you run. B白手起家build up from nothing 百里挑一one in hundred 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.百折不挠be indomitable 半途而废give up halfway leave sth. Unfinished 包罗万象all-embracing all-inclusive 饱经风霜weather-beaten 饱食终日无所事事 to eat the bread of idleness 卑躬屈膝bow and scrape cringe笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.悲欢离合vicissitudes of life 背道而驰run counter to run in the opposite direction 笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start. the slow need to start early 本末倒置put the cart before the horse 必由之路the only way 比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst。¬C才疏学浅have little talent and learning 惨绝人寰extremely cruel 沧海桑田time brings a great change to the worlds 沧海一粟/九牛一毛a drop in the bucket 草木皆兵a state of extreme nervousness 层出不穷emerge in endlessly 层峦迭嶂peaks over peaks 垂头丧气，无精打采 down in the mouth lose one's spirits with the tail between the legs 垂头丧气的blue about the gills crestfallen downhearted D大开眼界open one"s eyes; broaden one"s horizon; be an eye-opener 打草惊蛇to wake a sleeping dog 大惑不解be extremely puzzled 大惊小怪a storm in a teacup foofaraw fuss like a hen with one chicken 大快人心affording general satisfaction 大同小异largely identical but with minor differences 大显身手 大显神通strut one's stuff 大智若愚Still waters run deep. An empty vessel makes the most sound Still water runs deep 呆若木鸡dumbstruck transfixed 待人接物the ways one gets along with others 喋喋不休blat cackle chackle harp harp on jaw-jaw rattle twitter wag 顶天立地of indomitable spirit 东施效颦blind imitation with ludicrous effection 东山再起bob up like a cork 独具匠心show originality 独树一帜develop a school of one's own E阿谀奉承 趋炎附势greasiness 恶事传千里 Bad news travels quickly. 恶有恶报 He that does evil shall find evil. 恩将仇报 以怨报德 忘恩负义 bite the hand that feeds one 恩威并济 alternate weakness with severity 尔虞我诈each trying to cheat the other F发人深省set people thinking发扬光大carry forward 翻山越岭tramp over hill and dale 翻天覆地world-shaking 繁荣昌盛thriving and prosperous 泛滥成灾overrun 锋芒毕露make a showy display of one's abilities 逢场作戏join in the fun on occasion 釜底抽薪take a drastic measure to deal with a situation 赴汤蹈火 出生入死go through fire and water 覆水难收spilt water cannot be gathered up again It is no use crying over spilt milk富贵在天 Riches and honors come from heaven. G盖棺论定 Judge none blessed before his death. 隔墙有耳 Pitchers have ears; walls have ears. 功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. 孤注一掷 to put all one's egg in one basket过犹不及beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too littleH害群之马 black sheep 海底捞针 to look for a needle in a bundle of hay 海底捞月 to fish in the air 缓兵之计 a fabian policy 浑水摸鱼 to fish in the troubled water 火上加油 to pour oil on the flame 活到老，学到老 One is never too old to learn. 祸不单行 Misfortunes never come single. J机不可失 Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 积少成多 Every little makes a mickle. 饥不择食 A good appetite is a good sauce. 既往不咎let bygones be bygones 集思广义 Two heads are better than one. 疾风知劲草 Adversity reveals genius. 金玉其外败絮其中 All that glitters is not gold. 精神旺盛to be full of beans旧调重谈 to harp on the same string 鞠躬尽瘁 to give the last measure of devotion 君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green K慷他人之慨 to be free with other's money 空中楼阁 castle in the air脍炙人口 in everyone's mouth L老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried乐极生悲 After joy comes sadness. 礼多必诈 full of courtesy, full of craft 礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 量入为出 to cut one's coat according to one's cloth/ make both ends meet 流芳百世 a niche in the temple of fame 落井下石 to hit a person when he's down M马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success 名利双收gain in both fame and wealth 毛遂自荐 to volunteer one’s service 莫在太岁头上动土 Let sleeping dogs lie. N弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself. 拿手好戏masterpiece 逆来顺受 to make the best of a bad bargainP旁观者清，当局者迷 Lookers-on see most of the game. 抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale跑了和尚跑不了庙 The monk may run away, but the temple can't run with him. 赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad 破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat； burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the endQ抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 强强联手win-win co-operation 抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities 巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw.千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step前事不忘,后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.情人眼里出西施 Love is blind. 穷寇莫追 A cornered animal is a dangerous foe. R瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest. 人之初,性本善Man"s nature at birth is good. 人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man. 人海战术huge-crowd strategy 如履薄冰 to be on the thin ice若要人不知除非己莫为 If you would not be known to do anything, never do it. S塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.三顾茅庐make three calls at the thatched cottage\ repeatedly request someone to take up a responsible post.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel 杀身成仁 to sacrifice one's life to preserve one's virtue complete 山不在高，有仙则名 "No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is 实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 势不两立be mutually exclusive守口如瓶 as dumb as an oyster; as silent as the graves; 寿终正寝 to die a natural death (to die in one's bed) 死而后已until my heart stops beating 四十不惑Life begins at forty. 四面楚歌hear the sounds of the Chu all around\be besieged on all sides/be utterly isolated/be in desperate straits岁岁平安Peace all year round " 岁月不饶人 Time and tide wait for no man. 损人利己 to enrich oneself at others expense T贪小失大 penny-wise and poundfoolish 糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets 螳臂挡车 to kick against the pricks 韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue 铁石心肠 a heart of steel 听天由命 to be guided by destiny W歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena 物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together. 望子成龙hold high hopes for one"s child 屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours. 文韬武略military expertise; military strategy 唯利是图draw water to one"s mill 为虎作伥 to act as guide to a tiger X新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off 洗心革面 to turn over a new leaf 心想事成May all your wish come true喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 习惯成自然 once a use forever a custom 星星之火可以燎原 A single spark can start a prairie fire. 笑里藏刀 a smile to hide one's hate 雪中送炭 to help a lame dog over a stile血流如注 to bleed like a pig 雪中送炭真君子/患难见真情 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 小菜一碟 a piece of cakeY眼不见为净 Out of sight, out of mind. 严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others掩耳盗铃Hide the ears and stole the bell扬眉吐气 to feel proud and elated 阳奉阴违 ostensible obedience 一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 异曲同工different tunes sung with equal skill/different approaches but equally satisfactory results. 姻缘天注定 Marriages are made in heaven. 英雄所见略同Great minds think alike。¬勇者不惧 A brave man will not shrink from dangers. 有情人终成眷属 "Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 与时俱进 advance with times欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. 远亲不如近邻 Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors. / A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.缘木求鱼 to get water from a flint z招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful 债台高筑become debt-ridden 致命要害Achilles" heel 众矢之的target of public criticism 纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist 纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.置之死地而后生 Put the troops in death ground and they will live. 左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place

及：比得上。【成语】：愚不可及【拼音】：yúbùkějí【解释】：愚：傻，笨，及：比得上。愚蠢得别人比不上。形容极其愚笨。【出处】：《论语·公冶长》：“宁武子，邦有道则知，邦无道则愚。其知可及也，其愚不可及也。”【举例造句】：我看见这种认真的忙迫的情形时，心里总想开口向它们发一句愚不可及的提问——“往哪里去？！”鲁迅《华盖集续编·一点比喻》【拼音代码】：ybkj【近义词】：愚昧无知、笨头笨脑【反义词】：足智多谋、大智若愚、耳聪目明【灯谜】：智取；纳贤；群贤毕至【用法】：作宾语、定语；指人弱智【英文】：veryfoolish

为英语写作加分的30句经典谚语2009-07-20 09:14:39中国高中生网(http://www.gzs.cn) 1.The more you pay,the more you will gain。 付出越多，收获就越多. 2.The view from the mountain top was most picturesque.。 最美的风景总在最高的地方. 3.Every man is the architect of his own forture。 自己的命运自己掌握. 4.Never too told to learn ,never too late to turn。 亡羊补牢，为时不晚. 5.No cross,no crown., 不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹. 6.No pains,no gains。 没有付出就没有收获. 7.A friend without faults will never be found. 完美是朋友永不可得 8.Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind . 生活只是一个不断努力，下决心的过程. 9.There is fierce competition in the college Entrance Examinations。 高考竞争激烈. 10.Every man has his fault。 人无完人 11.Face the music。 面对现实. 12When the going gets tough, the tough get going。 艰难之路，惟勇这行 13.Don not give up。 不要放弃. 14.The happy the happiness。 越快乐越幸福 。 15.Where thoughts serenely sweet express。 宽容世间物，平净已心灵. 16.A good book is a good friend。 好书如挚友. 17.To save time is to lengthen life 节约时间就是延长生命. 18.The greatest pride in life is exploration and precious。 人生最值得骄傲的是-探索和奉献。 19Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow 。 今日事，今日毕。 20.No cross no crown。 没付出，没收获。 21.When the going gets though the tugh get going。 艰难之路，惟勇者行。 22.Working together,hard work。 团结互助，艰苦奋斗。 23.Knowedge is possiession。 智慧是财富。 24.Half a successed is hard work。 成功的一半是努力。 25.A crowd is not company。 经常在一起，未必是知己 26.If you think you can ,you can。 有志者事竟成。 27.No cars, no crown。 没有付出就没有收获。 28.Great hope makegreat men。 伟大的理想造就伟大的人物。 29.Doubt is the key of knowledge。 学贵有疑。 30.Where is a will there is a way。 有志者事竟成。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。 A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。 A burden of one's choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。 A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives.猫有九条命。 A cat may look at a king.人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。 A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。 Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。 A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。 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 friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。 'After you' is good manners.“您先请”是礼貌。 A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。 A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。 A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。 A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。 A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。 A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。 A good wife health is a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。 A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A light heart lives long.静以修身。 A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。 A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。 All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。 All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。 All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。 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。 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 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。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。 A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。 An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。 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 single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。 A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。 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 wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。 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。 Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。 Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。 Better late than never.不怕慢，单怕站。 Better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。 Between friends all is common.朋友之间不分彼此。 Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。 Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。 Blood will have blood.血债血偿。 Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。 Business is business.公事公办。 Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。 By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目，不见泰山。 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。 Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。 Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传。 Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。 Come what may, heaven won't fall.做你的吧，天塌不下来。 Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。 Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。 Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。 Count one's chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。 Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。 Creep before you walk.循序渐进。 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。 Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。 Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。 Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 Do it now.机不可失，时不再来。 Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。 Don't claim to know what you don't know.不要不懂装懂。 Don't have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。 Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。 Don't put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。 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。 Do well and have well.善有善报。 Each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自赏。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起身体好。 Easier said than done.说得容易，做得难。 Easy come, easy go.来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 Eat to live, but not live to eat.人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 Empty vessels make the greatest sound.实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。 Envy has no holidays.忌妒之人无宁日。 Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千虑，必有一失。 Even reckoning makes long friends.亲兄弟，明算账。 Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。 Everybody's business is nobody's business.人人负责，等于没人负责。 Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在。 Every dog has his day.谁都有得意的时候。 Every door may be shut, but death's door.人生在世，唯死难逃。 Every heart has its own sorrow.各人有各人的苦恼。 Every little helps a mickle.聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。 Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.人不为己，天诛地灭。 Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。 Every man has his hobbyhorse.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 Every man has his weak side.人人都有弱点。 Every man is the architect of his own fortune.自己的命运自己掌握。 Every minute counts.分秒必争。 Every mother's child is handsome.孩子是自己的好。 Every potter praises hit pot.王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。 Everything is good when new, but friends when old.东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。 Example is better then percept.说一遍，不如做一遍。 Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。 Experience must be bought.吃一堑，长一智。 Fact speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。 Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。 False friends are worse than bitter enemies.明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 Far from eye, far from heart.眼不见，心不烦。 Far water does not put out near fire.远水救不了近火。 Faults are thick where love is thin.一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。 Fear always springs from ignorance.恐惧源于无知。 Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.隔墙有耳。 Fire and water have no mercy.水火无情。 Fire is a good servant but a bad master.火是一把双刃剑。 First come, first served.先来后到。 First impressions are half the battle.初次见面，印象最深。 First think and then speak.先想后说。 Fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕。 Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达。 Fools has fortune.呆人有呆福。 Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。 Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果格外香。 Fortune favors those who use their judgement.机遇偏爱善断之人。 Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.风水轮流转。 Four eyes see more than two.集思广益。 Friends agree best at distance.朋友之间也会保持距离。 Friends are thieves of time.朋友是时间的窃贼。 Friends must part.再好的朋友也有分手的时候。 Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。 Give a dog a bad name and hang him.众口铄金，积毁销骨。 God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。 Gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。 Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。 Good health is over wealth.健康是最大的财富。 Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。 Good watch prevents misfortune.谨慎消灾。 Great barkers are no biters.好狗不挡道。 Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。 Great men have great faults.英雄犯大错误。 Great men's sons seldom do well.富不过三代。 Great trees are good for nothing but shade.大树底下好乘凉。 Great wits have short memories.贵人多忘事。 Greedy folks have long arms.心贪手长。 Guilty consciences make men cowards.做贼心虚。 Habit cures habit.心病还需心药医。 Handsome is he who does handsomely.行为漂亮才算美。 Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。 Happy is he who owes nothing.要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。 Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。 Harm set, harm get.害人害己。 Hasty love, soon cold.一见钟情难维久。 Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。 Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。 Hear all parties.兼听则明。 Heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不动，叫天何用。 He is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。 He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后说好话，才是真朋友。 He is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。 He is lifeless that is faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。 He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。 He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.自嘲者不会让人见笑。 He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。 He knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。 He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。 He sets the fox to keep the geese.引狼入室。 He that climbs high falls heavily.爬得越高，摔得越重。 He that will not work shall not eat.不劳动者不得食。 He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟，不进则退。 He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.经常诉苦，没人同情。 He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.想不犯错误，就一事无成。 He who risks nothing gains nothing.收获与风险并存。 History repeats itself.历史往往重演。 Honesty is the best policy.做人诚信为本。 Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.朋友不能阿谀奉承。 If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.上当一回头，再多就可耻。 If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.人善被人欺，马善被人骑。 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，近墨者黑。 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。 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。 Let sleeping dogs lie.别惹麻烦。 Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。 Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。 Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。 Life is but a span.人生苦短。 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。 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。 Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。 New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。 No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。 No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。 No living man all things can.世上没有万事通。 No man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。 No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。 No man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。 No man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时。 None are so blind as those who won't see.视而不见。 None are so deaf as those who won't hear.充耳不闻。 No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。 No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。 No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。 No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。 No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。 No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。 No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。 Nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。 Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。 Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行，语言最要紧。 Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。 Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。 Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故，幼稚可笑。 No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。 Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。 Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。 Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。 Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。 Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。 Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。 Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。 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 summer.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

恭喜发财：May you be prosperous!； Wish you prosperity 吉祥如意：Good fortune as you wishes； Good luck and happiness to you 年年有余： Have enough and spare every year 平安是福：Safe and well is the best 自强不息：Strive continuously to make new progress ， 或者是Make unremitting efforts to improve yourself 一帆风顺：Everything goes well 家和万事兴：.If the family lives in harmony, all affairs will prosper。 或者是Harmony in the family is the basis for success in any undertaking

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