experience谚语

experience谚语篇一

英语谚语警句

英语谚语警句

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。

1. Look before you leap./Second thoughts are best. 三思而后行。/再想而后行。

2. Great minds think alike; (heroes have similar views.) 英雄所见略同。

3. 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。

4. What you sow, you must mow. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

5. A beggar can never be bankrupt.天无绝人之路。

6.A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。

7. No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。

8. No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹。

9. The more haste, the less speed. /Haste makes waste.欲速则不达。

10. Victory belongs to the most persevering. 坚持就是胜利！

11. A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

12. Put one’s foot in one’s mouth. 说话不得体。

13. It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收/悔恨已晚/木已成舟,回天乏力。

14. Content is better than riches. 知足常乐。

15. No gains without pains. 没有辛苦就没有收获。

16. The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest. 大智若愚。

17. All roads lead to Rome .条条大路通罗马。

18. A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。

19. Never say die! 永不言败！

20. The best mirror is a friend’s eye. 朋友的眼睛是最好的镜子。

21. Faith will move mountain. 精诚所至，金石为开。

22. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有了太阳。

23. Great wits have short memories.贵人多忘事。

24. Do well and have well. 善有善报。

25. A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。

26. Four eyes see more than two. 人多识广/集思广益。

27. Diligence is the parent of success. 勤劳是成功的根本。

28. Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。

29. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

30. While there is life, there is hope. /Debt is better than death.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。/有生命就有希望。

31. Where there is a will, there is a way. 功夫不负有心人。/有志者事竟成。

32. Where there is great love, there are always miracles.

哪里有真爱存在，哪里就有奇迹。

33. Where there is smoke, there is fire. 无风不起浪。

34. 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。

35. A stitch in time saves nine. 及时缝一针能省九针。/小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

36. Never too old to learn, never too late to turn. 亡羊补牢，为时不晚。

37. Don’t claim to know what you don’t know. 不要不懂装懂。

38. Do in Rome as Roman do. 入乡随俗。

39. Rome was not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

40. Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. 磨刀不误砍柴工。

41. Things of a kind come together, people a mind fall into a group.

物以类聚,人以群分。

42. One man’s meat is another man’s poison. 萝卜白菜,各有所爱。

43. like author like book.文如其人。

46. Like for like. 惺惺相息。

47. Like teacher like pupil. 有其师必有其徒。

48. Gods that run many hares kill none.贪多必失。

49. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

50. Actions speak louder than words. 行胜于言。

51. You cannot eat your cake and have it. 鱼与熊掌，不可兼得。

52. One loses by pride and gains by modesty. 满招损,谦受益。

53. Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。

54. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 每日一苹果远离医生。

55. Time past cannot be called back again. 时光不倒流。

56. A drop of water cannot make a sea, and a tree cannot make a wood.

滴水不成海，独木不成林。

57. If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子。

58.The tree is known by its fruit. 观其行知其人。

59. All work no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍,聪明的孩子也变傻。

60. The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。

61. Unkindness often reacts on the unkind person. 恶有恶报。

62. Today’s work should never be left over till tomorrow. 今日事今日毕。

63. Nothing so bad but might have been worse. 塞翁失马,焉知非福。

64. God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。

65. Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。

66. A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。

67. A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。

68. A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。

69. A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。

70. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。

71. A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。

72. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。

73. All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席。

74. Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

75．A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。

76. A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。

77. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。

78. Diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手。

79. Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。

80. Do it now. 机不可失，时不再来。

81. It is the unforeseen that always happens. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

82. Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。

83. Do well and have well. 善有善报。

84. Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。

85. Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。

86. Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在。

87. Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。

88. Every man has his weak side. 人人都有弱点。

89. Every potter praises hit pot. 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。

90. Experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。

91. Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不见，心不烦。

92. First come, first served. 先来后到。

93. Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相，海不可斗量。

94. Gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。

95. He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。

96. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. 想不犯错误，就一事无成。

97. Learn not and know not. 不学无术。

98. It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

99. It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木，百年树人。 100. It is the first step that costs troublesome. 万事开头难。

experience谚语篇二

中英文谚语

谚语

A

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link． 一着不慎，满盘皆输． All is not gold that glitters． 闪光的未必都是金子。 A child is better unborn than untaught． 养不教，父之过。 Art is long， life is short． 生命短暂，艺术长存。 A friend is best found in adversity． 患难见真情。 Although the sun shine， leave not your cloak at home． 未雨绸缪。 A light heart live long． 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away． 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。 All covet， all lose． 样样垂涎，样样失落。贪多嚼不烂。 A good winter brings a good summer． 瑞雪兆丰年。 All rivers run into the sea． 殊途同归。 A small leak will sink a great ship． 千里之堤溃于蚁穴。 All time is no time when it is past． 机不可失，时不再来。 A baker's wife may bite of a bun， a brewer's wife may bite of a tun． 近水楼台先得月。 A short cut is often a wrong cut．欲速则不达。 A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with．欲加之罪，何患无辞。 A prophet is not without honor save in his own country． 远来的和尚好念经。 All feet tread not in one shoe． 众口难调。 A uncut gem does not sparkle． 玉不琢，不成器。 A young idler， an old beggar． 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often．江山易改，本性难移。 A little spark may kindle a great fire．星星之火，可以燎原。 Ｂ Beauty is but skin－deep． 美丽只是外表罢了 Brevity is the soul of wit． 言以简洁为贵 Bread is the staff of life． 民以食为天。 A uncut gem does not sparkle． 玉不琢，不成器。 Behind the mountains there are people to be found．天外有天，山外有山。 Better die standing than live kneeling 宁愿站着死，也不跪着生。 Better be envied than pitied． 宁被人妒，不受人怜。 Ｃ Cats hide their claws．知人知面不知心。 Cast an anchor to windward．未雨绸缪。 Care and diligence bring luck． Ｄ Deliberate slowly， execute promptly． 慎于思而敏于行。谨慎勤奋，带来好运。 Diamonds cut diamonds． 棋逢对手，将遇良才。 Danger past， God forgotten． 飞鸟尽，良弓藏。 Dreams are lies． 梦不足信。 Do not teach fish to swim． 不要班门弄斧。

Do not have too many irons in the fire． 贪多嚼不烂。

Do unto others as you would be done by． 己所不欲，勿失于人。

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Experience is the best teacher． 实践出真知。

Every man is the architect （or artificer） of his own fortune． 自己幸福自己创。 Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day． 晚霞行千里。

Every bean has its black． 金无足赤，人无完人。

Even woods have ears．隔墙有耳。

Enough is better than too much． 过犹不及。

Every tub must stand on its own bottom． 人贵自立。

Experience teaches． 吃一堑，长一智。

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Full vessels sound least． 大智若愚。

First impressions are half the battle． 先入为主。

Faith moves mountains． 精诚所至，金石为开。

Fact is stranger than fiction． 大千世界，无奇不有。

Fire proves gold， adversity proves man． 烈火识真金，逆境识英雄。

Fire and water are good servants， but bad masters．水能载舟，亦能覆舟。 Ｇ

Give everyone his due． 一视同仁。

Good （or Great） wits jump． 英雄所见略同。

Go while the going is good． 三十六计，走为上计。

Great weights hang on small wires．千钧一发。

Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。

Greatest genius often lies concealed．大智若愚。

Grasp all， lose all．贪多必失。

Go to the sea， if you would fish well．不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

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Honour to whom honour is due．论功行赏。

He travels the fastest who travels alone． 曲高和寡。

Heaven helps those who help themselves． 求人不如求己。

He sits no sure that sits too high． 高处不胜寒。

He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad． 欲加之罪，何患无词。 He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight． 正人先正己。 He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom． 千里之行，始于足下 He that respects not is not respected． 欲受人敬，要先敬人。

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait． 智者不上两次当

Humility often gains more than pride．满招损，谦受益。

He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks．事实胜于雄辩。

He that promises too much means nothing． 轻诺者寡信。

He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad． 欲加之罪，何患无词。 Hard words break no bones． 忠言逆耳利于行。

Haste makes waste． 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。

He that runs fastest gets the ring． 捷足先登。

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It is six of one and half a dozen of the other． 彼此彼此。

If one sheep leaps over the ditch， all the rest will follow． 榜样的力量是无穷的。 It is a poor mouse that has only one hole． 狡兔三窟。{experience谚语}.

Ill news never comes too late． 好事不出门，坏事传千里。

It is the first step that is troublesome． 万事开头难。

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Justice has long arms． 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

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Knowledge is a treasure， but practice is key to it． 实践得真知。

Keeping is harder than winning． 创业不易，守业更难。

Knowledge is no burden． 艺不压身。

Kiss and be friends． 握手言和。

Kill two birds with one stone． 一箭双雕

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Let's cross the bridge when we come to it．既来之，则安之。

Love is blind． 情人眼里出西施。

Little chips light great fires． 星星之火，可以燎原。

Like knows like． 惺惺相惜。

Live and learn． 学无止境。

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Merry meet， merry part． 好聚好散。

Mind acts upon mind． 心有灵犀一点通。

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Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man．饥不择食

No cross， no crown．不吃苦中苦，难为人上人。

Nothing is easier than fault－finding． 站着说话不腰痛。

No weal without woe． 福兮祸所伏， 祸兮福所倚。

No work， no money． 不劳无获。

Never too late （or old） to learn． 活到老，学到老。

Never judge by appearances． 切莫以貌取人。

No fire without smoke． 无风不起浪。

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One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun．一叶障目，不见泰山。

One swallow does not make a summer．一花独放不是春。

One can not be in two places at once． 一心不可二用。

Obedience is the first duty of a soldier． 服从是军人的天职。

One lark does not make a spring． 一花独放不是春。

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Practice is better than precept． 身教重于言教。

Poverty is stranger to industry． 勤劳之人不受穷。

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Riches have wings． 富贵无常。

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Score twice before you cut once． 三思而后行。

Sense comes with age． 老马识途。

So the world wags． 这就是人生。

So said， so done． 说到做到。言出必行。{experience谚语}.

Self－confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings． 要成大业，自信第一。 Ｔ

Talk of the devil and he will appear． 说曹操，曹操就到。

Tall trees catch much wind． 树大招风 。

The reasons of the poor weight not． 人微言轻。

The shortest way round is the longest way home．欲速则不达。

Those are in the same boat should row together．同舟共济。

Too much pudding will choke a dog．布丁太多噎死狗。

The heart's letter is read in the eyes．眼睛是心灵的窗户。

The deed proves the man．观其行而知其人。

True gold fears not the fire．真金不怕火炼。

Take time while time is， for time will away．机不可失，时不在来。

The battle is to the strong．两强相遇勇者胜。

The heart is seen in wine． 酒后吐真言。

The best of friends must part． 天下没有不散的宴席。

Time is money． 时间就是金钱

Through obedience learn to command． 先当学生，后当先生。

Time tries all things． 时间检验一切。

There is no fire without smoke． 无风不起浪。

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Unpleasant advice is a good medicine． 忠言逆耳利于行。

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Wealth is nothing without health． 健康胜于财富。

We begun is half done． 良好的开端等于成功的一半。

Work makes the workman．熟能生巧。

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You cannot have your cake and eat it． 有得就有失。事难两全其美。

Youth's a stuff will not endure． 青春易逝。

You are never too old to learn． 活到老学到老。

You never know till you have tired．事非经过不知难。

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Zeal without knowledge is fire without light． 热情而无知，犹如无光之火 Zeal without kowledge is the sister of folly． 无知的热情近乎愚蠢

experience谚语篇三

英语谚语100句

英语谚语100句

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。

1. Look before you leap./Second thoughts are best. 三思而后行。

2. Great minds think alike; (heroes have similar views.) 英雄所见略同。

3. 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。

4. What you sow, you must mow. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

5. A beggar can never be bankrupt.天无绝人之路。

6.A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。

7. No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。

8. No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹。

9. The more haste, the less speed. /Haste makes waste.欲速则不达。

10. Victory belongs to the most persevering. 坚持就是胜利！

11. A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

12. Put one’s foot in one’s mouth. 说话不得体。

13. It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收/悔恨已晚/木已成舟,回天乏力。

14. Content is better than riches. 知足常乐。

15. No gains without pains. 没有辛苦就没有收获。

16. The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest. 大智若愚。

17. All roads lead to Rome .条条大路通罗马。

18. A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。

19. Never say die! 永不言败！

20. The best mirror is a friend’s eye. 朋友的眼睛是最好的镜子。

21. Faith will move mountain. 精诚所至，金石为开。

22. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有了太阳。

23. Great wits have short memories.贵人多忘事。

24. Do well and have well. 善有善报。

25. A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。

26. Four eyes see more than two. 人多识广/集思广益。

27. Diligence is the parent of success. 勤劳是成功的根本。

28. Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。

29. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

30. While there is life, there is hope. /Debt is better than death. 留得青山在，不怕没柴

烧。/有生命就有希望。

31. Where there is a will, there is a way. 功夫不负有心人。/有志者事竟成。

32. Where there is great love, there are always miracles. 哪里有真爱存在，哪里就有奇

迹。

33. Where there is smoke, there is fire. 无风不起浪。

34. 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。

35. A stitch in time saves nine. 及时缝一针能省九针。/小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

36. Never too old to learn, never too late to turn. 亡羊补牢，为时不晚。

37. Don’t claim to know what you don’t know. 不要不懂装懂。

38. Do in Rome as Roman do. 入乡随俗。

39. Rome was not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

40. Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. 磨刀不误砍柴工。

41. Things of a kind come together, people a mind fall into a group. 物以类聚,人以群

分。

42. One man’s meat is another man’s poison. 萝卜白菜,各有所爱。

43. like author like book.文如其人。

46. Like for like. 惺惺相息。

47. Like teacher like pupil. 有其师必有其徒。

48. Gods that run many hares kill none.贪多必失。

49. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

50. Actions speak louder than words. 行胜于言。

51. You cannot eat your cake and have it. 鱼与熊掌，不可兼得。

52. One loses by pride and gains by modesty. 满招损,谦受益。

53. Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。

54. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 每日一苹果远离医生。

55. Time past cannot be called back again. 时光不倒流。

56. A drop of water cannot make a sea, and a tree cannot make a wood. 滴水不成海，

独木不成林。

57. If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子。

58.The tree is known by its fruit. 观其行知其人。

59. All work no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍,聪明的孩子也变傻。

60. The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。

61. Unkindness often reacts on the unkind person. 恶有恶报。

62. Today’s work should never be left over till tomorrow. 今日事今日毕。

63. Nothing so bad but might have been worse. 塞翁失马,焉知非福。

64. God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。

65. Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。

66. A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。

67. A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。

68. A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。

69. A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书相伴一生。

70. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。

71. A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。

72. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。

73. All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席。

74. Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

75．A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。

76. A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。

77. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。

78. Diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手。

79. Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。

80. Do it now. 机不可失，时不再来。

81. It is the unforeseen that always happens. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

82. Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。

83. Do well and have well. 善有善报。

84. Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。

85. Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。

86. Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在。

87. Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。

88. Every man has his weak side. 人人都有弱点。

89. Every potter praises hit pot. 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。

90. Experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。

91. Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不见，心不烦。

92. First come, first served. 先来后到。

93. Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相，海不可斗量。

94. Gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。

95. He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。

96. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. 想不犯错误，就一事无成。

97. Learn not and know not. 不学无术。

98. It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

99. It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木，百年树人。

100. It is the first step that costs troublesome. 万事开头难。

experience谚语篇四

英语学习必备常用谚语100条

1. Never say die.永不言败。

2.Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

3.New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。

4.No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。

5.No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。-

6.No living man all things can.世上没有万事通。

7.No man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。-

8.No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。-

9.No man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。

10.No man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时。

11.None are so blind as those who won't see.视而不见。

12.None are so deaf as those who won't hear.充耳不闻。

13.No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。

14.No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。-

15.No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。

16.No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。

17.No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。

18.No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。

19.No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。

20.Nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

21.Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。-

22.Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。

23.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

24.Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。

25.Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行，语言最要紧。

26.Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。

27.Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。

28.Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故，幼稚可笑。

29.No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。

30.Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。

31.Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。

32.Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。-

33.Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。

34.Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。

35.Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。-

36.Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。

37.Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。-

38.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。

39.One cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。

40.One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。

41.One false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。

42.One good turn deserves another.行善积德。

43.One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。

44.One man's fault is other man's lesson.前车之鉴。

45.One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。

46.One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。-

47.One's words reflect one's thinking.言为心声。-

48.Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。

49.Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。

50.Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。

51.Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。

52.Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。

53.Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。

experience谚语篇五

英文谚语大全

英文谚语大全

Q字开头：

Quality is better than quantity. 质重于量。

Quality matters more than quantity. 质量比数量重要。

Quarrels of lovers but renew their love. 情人争争吵吵，自会言归于好。

Quick at meal, quick at work. 吃得快，做得快。

Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth. 手勤脚快，嘴里吃饱。{experience谚语}.

Quietness is best. 宁静最好。

Quietude is the crown of life. 安静是生命的皇冠。

P字开头：

Paddle your own canoe. 自立更生，自食其力。

Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 好了伤疤忘了痛。

Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 饶了坏人便伤了好人。

Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和努力会使我们度过难关。

Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's garden. 忍耐是朵花，并非人人园中都开发。 Patience is a plaster for all sores. 忍耐是治疗一切伤痛的药膏。

Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一种美德。

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. 忍耐是苦痛的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 Patience is the best remedy (or medicine). 忍耐是最好的药物。

Patience, time, and money overcome everything. 耐心，时间和金钱可以征服一切。 Pay somebody back in his own coin. 一报还一报。

Peace on earth and good will towards men. 愿世界得太平，人间持善意。

Peace with sword in hand, 'tis safest making. 居安思危，此乃万全之策。

Pen and ink is wit's plough. 笔墨是才智之犁。

Penny and penny laid up will be many. 积少成多。

Penny wise and pound foolish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂。

People do not lack strength; they lack will. 人们不缺力量，缺的是决心。

Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 失败十九次，坚持而不动，待到二十次，大事就成功。

Perseverance is vital to success. 不屈不挠是成功之本。

Pitchers/Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。

Pity is akin to love. 怜悯近乎爱情。

Plants of learning must be watered with the rain of tears. 知识的幼苗要用泪雨来浇灌。 Pleasant hours fly fast. 欢乐的时间过得快。

Pleasing everybody is pleasing nobody. 讨好每个人，人人不讨好。

Pleasure has a sting in its tail. 乐中必有苦。{experience谚语}.

Plenty is no plague. 富裕绝非灾祸。{experience谚语}.

Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance. 诗歌只不过是最美丽、最感人、最有力的说话方式，这也就是诗歌的价值。 Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. 诗人是世上没有得到承认的立法者。 Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. 礼貌不费分文而可赢得一切。

Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way. 文雅就是善良地做事，和善地说话。

Poor men's words have little weight. 人微言轻。

Poverty breeds strife. 贫穷引起斗争。

Poverty is apain, but no disgrace. 贫困是痛苦，但不是耻辱。

Poverty is no shame, laziness is. 贫穷不害羞，懒惰才可耻。

Poverty is no sin. 贫穷不是罪恶。

Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. 贫非耻，耻贫乃耻。

Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace. 贫穷并不可耻，穷而不争气才可耻。

Poverty is the mother of all arts. 贫困乃一切艺术之源。

Poverty is the mother of health. 缺乏是健康之母。

Poverty is the reward of idleness. 贫穷是游手好闲的报应。

Poverty is the root of all evils. 穷困是万恶之源。

Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden. 老而贫穷，负担沈重。

Poverty shows us who are our friends and who are our enemies. 贫困才能显出敌和友。 Poverty tries friends. 贫穷考验朋友。

Practice is better than precept. 身教胜于言教。

Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

Practice what you preach. 言必行。

Praise is not pudding. 恭维不是布丁。

Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 赞扬使好人更好，坏人更坏。

Praise no man till he is dead. 盖棺论定。

Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach. 说教的人不身体力行，就只能空谈，不能起教育作用。

Prepare for a rain day. 未雨绸缪。

Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。

Pride and grace dwelt never in one place. 傲慢和温雅决不会共处在一起。

Pride apes humility. 大巧若拙。

Pride goes before a fall. (or destruction). 骄兵必败。

Pride goeth before, and shame cometh after. 骄傲一开始，耻辱接踵至。

Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak. 骄傲可能披著老一套的外衣出现。

Pride must be pinched. 骄傲必须收敛。

Pride will have a fall. 骄者必败。

Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延即浪费时间。

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 进展即今日的活动和明日的保证。

Promise is debt. 许愿就是债，欠了不容赖。

Promise little but do much. 少许愿，多做事。

Prosperity discovers vices and adversity virtues. 顺境显邪恶，逆境见善性。

Prosperity gains (or makes) friends, and adversity tries them. 顺境交朋友，逆境试真情。 Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. 谚语言短简，得自老经验。 Proverbs are the cream of a nation's thought. 谚语是一国的思想精华。

Proverbs are the wisdom of the ages. 谚语是时代的智慧。

Prove thy friends ere thou have need. 需要朋友之前，先要加以考验。

Provide for the worst, the best will save itself. 作最坏的准备，可以得到最好的结果。 Providence is always on the side of the strongest battalions. 天公总是佑强者。

Punctuality is the soul of business. 严守时间是办事情的重要原则。

Purpose supposes foresight. 深谋远虑。

Put not your hand between the bark and the tree. 少管闲事。

Put (or Lay or Set) one's shoulder to the wheel. 出一把力。

Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。

Put the shoe on the right foot. 责备应受责备者，表扬应受表扬者。

O字开头：

Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. 树大招风。

Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的第一职责。

Observation is the best teacher. 观察为良师。

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. 人生最可宝贵的是声誉，躯体入土后，声誉犹存。

Of earthly goods the best is a good wife. A bad the bitterest curse of human life. 贤妻最可贵，恶妇是灾星。

Offence is the best defence. 进攻是最好的防御。

Of nothing comes nothing. 无中不能生有。

Often and little eating makes a man fat. 少吃多餐，身强体胖。

Of two evils choose the least. 权衡两害，取其轻者。

Of young men die many, of old men escape not any. 年轻人死得不少，而年迈者是在劫难逃。 Old bees yield no honey. 老蜂不酿蜜。

Old birds are not caught with new nests. 新巢捉不到老鸟。

Old birds are not to be caught with shaft. 老谋是不会失算的。

Older and wiser. 越老越聪明。

Old foxes want no tutors. 老狐狸不需要教师。

Old friends and old wine are best. 古交友情深，陈酒香味醇。

Old love will not be forgotten. 旧情永难忘。

Old vessels must leak. 旧船必漏。

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. 老柴最好烧，陈酒最好饮，老友最可靠，老作家的书最好读。

Old wood is best to burn, old book to read. 老柴好烧，老书宜读。

Old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride. 老柴好烧，老马好骑。

O liberty, how many crimes have been committed in thy name! 自由啊!假你的名义犯了多少