英文谚语大全

He that fears you present, will hate you absent. 当面怕你的人背后会恨你。
He that gains time gains all things. 获得时间就是获得一切。
He that gains well and spends well needs no account book. 收支正当，无须记帐。
He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy. 忍渴上床，起身健康。
He that has a full purse never wants a friend. 只要袋里有，不愁没朋友。
He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it. 做贼心虚。
He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere. 遇事多问，随处可行。
He that has a wife has a master. 娶了妻娶了个主人。
He that has no children knows not what is love. 没有孩子的人，不懂什么叫爱。
He that hath time hath life. 有时间，就有生活。
He that is angry is seldom at ease. 怒者寡宁。
He that is full of himself is very empty. 自满的人是很空虚的。
He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody. 不知自爱的人也不会爱别人。
He that is master must serve. 主人必须会服务。
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others. 能主宰自己的人不久就可以主宰别人。
He that knows not how to hold his tongue knows not how to talk. 不知缄口的不善言。
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing. 无知就无疑。
He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
He that lives long suffers much. 长寿的人多忧患。
He that lives well is learned enough. 生活好者，博学多才。
He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly. 生而缺德，死必寡诚。
He that marries for wealth sells his liberty. 为财富而结婚就是出卖自由。
He that never climbed never fell. 不向上爬的也不会下跌。
He that never rode never fell. 不骑马就永不会从马上跌下。
He that once deceived is never suspected. 一次行诈骗，永远遇疑嫌。
He that returns good for evil obtains the victory. 以德报怨的人得到胜利。
He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages. 求财而供神者必倍求而敬鬼。
He that spares the bad injures the good. 饶恕坏人便是伤害好人。
He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon. 与恶人交往，须特别提防。
He that talks much erre much. 言多必失。
He that talks much lies much. 多嘴的人说谎也多。
He that travels far knows much. 见多识广。
He that trusts in a lie shall perish in truth. 相信谎话的人必将在真理前灭亡。
He that walks with wise men should be wise. 与智者行即得其智。
He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell. 欲所得，必先劳。
He that will have his farm full, must keep an old cock and a young bull. 要使农家富又足，必须养鸡又养牛。
He that will lie will steal. 说谎者必行窃。
He that will not work shall not eat. 不工作者不得食。
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox. 会偷蛋的，也会偷牛。
He that will swear will lie. 赌咒的人是说谎的人。
He that will take the bird must not scare it. 欲捉鸟莫惊鸟。
He that will thrive must rise at five. 五更起床，百事兴旺。
He that would command must serve. 欲做先生，先做学生。
He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree. 不劳无获。
He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens. 欲图逸，得先劳。
He that would know what shall be must consider what has been. 欲知未然，须思已然。
He that would live in peace and rest must hear and see, and say the best. 要想太太平平，生活安定，必须耳聪目明，善言动听。
He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. 欲得女儿欢，先遂其母意。
He warms too near that burns. 取暖太近火，会被火灼伤。
He who avoids temptation avoids the sin. 避诱惑，免罪恶。
He who blames one to his face is a hero, but he who backbites is a coward. 当面责人是英雄，背后中伤是懦夫。
He who buys what he does not need will often need what he cannot buy. 平时随便买，需时无钱买。
He who cannot hold his peace will never live at ease. 嘴巴不紧，生活不宁。
He who can suppress a moment''s anger may prevent a day of sorrow. 能忍一时气，可免一日优。
He who despises small things seldom grows rich. 小钱不计，大钱不聚。
He who does no good, does evil enough. 好事不做，坏事做绝。
He who does not advance falls backward. 不进则退。
He who does not gain loses. 无所得即有所失。
He who does not honour his wife, dishonours himself. 人不贵妻，自我丢脸。
He who does not rise early never does a good day''s work. 起身不早，一天的工作难做好。
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. 怕吃败仗的就要打败仗。
He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. 怕吃苦头的反因怕而吃苦头。
He who follows two hares is sure to catch neither. 追逐两只兔，两头都落空。
He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung. 与恶人交往而讲仁义，必受其害。
He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。
He who has done ill once will do it again. 干了一次坏事的人会再干第二次。
He who has health, has hope, and he who has hope, everything. 身体好就有希望，有希望就有一切。
He who has lost his good name is a dead man among the living. 丧失好名誉，犹如活死人。
He who has lost shame is lost to all virtue. 没有廉耻心，没有好德行。
He who has no shame has no conscience. 没有廉耻的人，没有良心。
He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is. 不吃苦中苦，哪知甜中甜。
He who hesitates is lost. 举棋不定，坐失良机。
He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none. 自以为学识丰富的人是没有什么学问的人。
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. 害怕问者耻于学。
He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning. 耻于问者耻于学。
He who is born a fool is never cured. 生成的傻子总是治不好的。
He who knows most speaks least. 懂得多的说得少。
He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。
He who likes borrowing dislikes paying. 爱借钱者不爱还钱。
He who lives by hope will die by hunger. 靠希望生活的人将饥饿而死。
He who lives in glass house should not throw stones. 正人先正己。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 经常诉苦抱怨，难以博得同情。
He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk. 弱肉强食。
He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing. 不犯错误，成不了事。
He who never was sick dics the first. 永不生病的人往往一病致命。
He who overcomes his anger subdues his greatest enemy. 克制火气就是克制强敌。
He who plays with fire gets burned. 玩火者必自焚。
He who pleased everybody died before he was born. 众口难调。
He who purposes to be an author, should first be a student. 想当作家，相当学生。
He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows one should never remember it. 受惠不忘，施恩不记。
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. 骑虎者难下。
He who risks nothing, gains nothing. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like. 欢喜说他欢喜的话者将要听到他不欢喜的话。
He who sees through life and death will meet with most success. 看破生死者，大多会成功。
He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it. 与熊分蜜糖，得不到多少。
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. 讲礼貌的得友情，好心肠的得感情。
He who spends more than he should, shall not have to spare when he would. 不该花的乱花，要花时没有花。
He who stands alone has no power. 孤掌难鸣。
He who touches pitch will be difiled. 近墨者黑
He who wants a mule without fault, must walk on foot. 如要骡子无缺点，只有自己徒步行。
He who wills success is half way to it. 下定决心成功的人是成功了一半。
He who would catch fish mush not mind getting wet. 欲擒龙王，就得下海。
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 爬梯必须从底层开始。
He who would search for pearls must dive below(or deep). 欲寻珍珠，须潜水下。
He will always be a slave who knows not how to earn and save. 不懂挣钱和积财，只能永远当奴才。
He works best who knows his trade. 内行的人做他的事一定会做得最好。
Hide nothing from thy physician. 切莫讳疾忌医。
Hide one''s talents in a napkin. 埋没自己的才能。
His heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not clear. 嘴不净者心不纯。
History repeats itself. 历史本身常重演。
Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. 随机应变。
Hold fast when you have it. 紧握你手中之物。
Hold (or Run) with the hare and run (or hunt) with the hounds. 两面讨好。
Home is home, though never so homely. 不如归去。
Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all. 诚实的人马上结婚，聪明的人就不这样。
Honesty is the best policy. 诚实是上策。
Honesty may be dear bought, but can never be an ill penny-worth. 出高价买来的诚实，不会永远没有价值。
Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. 蜜糖是甜的，但蜜蜂会螫人。
Honour and profit lie not in one sack. 荣誉和利益不能并存。
Honours change manners. 荣誉能改变人的礼貌。
Honour to whom honour is due. 荣誉归于应得荣誉的人。
Hope deferred makes the heart sick. 希望迟迟未实现，使人心烦意撩乱。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 作最好的希望，作最坏的打算。
Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper. 希望是美味的早点，但又是难咽的晚餐。
Hope is but the dream of those that wake. 希望是清醒者的梦想。
Hope is life and life is hope. 希望才有人生，人生要有希望。
Hope often deludes the foolish man. 希望常欺愚笨汉。
Hope springs eternal (in the human breast). 希望会产生，永远无穷尽。
How shall I do to love? Believe. How shall I do to believe? Love. 怎样对待爱情？要相信。怎样才能相信？要有爱情。
Human pride is human weakness. 骄傲是人类的弱点。
Humility is the foundation of all virtue. 谦逊是一切美德的基础。
Humility often gains more than pride. 谦逊往往比骄傲受益更多。
Hunger breaks stone wall. 饥饿不饶人。
Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods. 饥饿引狼出森林。
Hunger finds no fault with the cookery. 饥不择食。
Hunger is the best sauce. 饥者口中尽佳肴。
Hunger knows no friend. 饥难周友。
Hunger will relish the plainest fare. 饥不择食。
Hungry belies have no ears. 饥寒起盗心。
Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings. 饥不择食。



提交者：xiaotom 在 2006-12-23 11:09:06
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I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea. 进退维谷。
I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles. 我不是奴隶，也不是俘虏，我有力量可以克服更大的艰难险阻。
I am not now that which I have been. (I am not what I used to be.) 今日之我已非昔日之我。
I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. 我不仅要使自己有才智，而且也要使别人有才智。
I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility. 一个真正伟大的人，对他的第一个考验就是看他是否谦逊。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 我不能既是你的朋友，而又对你阿谀奉承。
I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends. 我认为，只有在脑海中想起好朋友时我才会那样快乐。
Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. 理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我们犹如水手，可借它指引航向。
Idle folks have most labour. 懒汉总嫌活太多。
Idle folks lack no excuses. 懒汉辩解，何患无词。
Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. 懒惰是行乞的敲门砖，是万恶的根源。
Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice). 懒惰是万恶之源。
Idleness is the rust of the mind. 懒惰使脑子生锈。
Idleness rusts the mind. 懒惰使人的头脑迟钝。
Idle young, needy old. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
If a donkey bray at you, don''t bray at him. 傻瓜惹著你，你别跟他缠。
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. 如果倒空钱袋，装入脑袋，那就无人能够把钱夺走。
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics. 如果以肯定开始，必将以怀疑告终；如果愿以怀疑开始，必将以肯定告终。
If at first you don''t succeed, try, try again. 初试不成功，努力勿懈怠。
If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors; rest, cheerful-ness, and moderate diet. 如果医药不能帮助，那么注意三件事∶休息，愉快，饮食调和。
If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city (or street). 众擎易举。
I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts. 敌人献礼品，千万莫轻信。
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. 注意好品行，自有美名声。
If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. (If it is not broken, do not fix it.) 不正确的事不做，不真实的话不说。
If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人是靠希望活著的。
If matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. 重要的并不在于一个人怎样死，而是在于他怎样生。
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. 不做金钱的主人，就会做金钱的奴隶。
If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault. 如果没有人爱你，肯定是你自己有问题。
If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price. 如果想做成点事，就得付出代价一干。
If the beard were all, the goat might preach. 如果有了?需就什么都行，那么山羊也可以说教了。
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 问道于盲，无益于事。
If the counsel be good no matter who gave it. 只要忠告中肯，谁提都行。
If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不馋，心不贪。
If the old dog barks, he gives counsel. 如果老狗叫，他是给忠告。
If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. 丸药不苦不会加糖衣。
If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain. 雨雪不调，五谷价高。
If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 吃得苦中苦，方知甜中甜。
If the sky fll (or falls), we shall catch larks. 异想天开
If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture. 若有人称赞你，要自问对不对。
If things were to be done twice all would be wise. 事事倘能做两次，人人都可称明智。
If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind. 两人同骑一马，必有一人在后。
If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him. 如果我们决定宽恕一个敌人，但决不能相信他。
If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 随遇而安。
If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 智者干傻事，愚蠢到极点。
If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 愿望不等于事实。
If you agree to carry the calf, they''ll make you carry the cow. 得寸进尺。
If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you. 运气太好，得意忘形；运气太坏，无人理会。
If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue. 如果不健康而能强强壮壮，那么无美德也可快快乐乐。
If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. 不能打仗，切莫出兵。
If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你现有的吧。
If you command wisely, you''ll be obeyed cheerfully. 倘君指挥有方，人人欣然听命。
If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. 施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。
If you dance you must pay the fiddler. 要想寻欢作乐，代价非付不可。
If you don''t aim high you will never hit high. 不立大志，难攀高峰。
If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist. 巧妇难为无米之炊。
If you lie upon roses when young, you''ll lie upon thorns when old. 年青时躺在玫瑰上，老年时就会躺在荆棘上。
If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 远朱者赤，近墨者黑。
If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled. 一块一块把石移，高山也可变平地。
If you run after two heares, you will catch neither. 两头落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 蚀了本也输了利。
If you swear you will catch no fish. 咒骂无益，于事无济。
If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 不试就相信，死前要悔恨。
If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。
If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情，就要自己动手。
If you want knwledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知识，必须刻苦学习。
If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. 想要和平，必须备战。
If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 如要忠告向老人请教。
If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation. 若想为快乐奠立可靠的基础，美好的名声便是奠基的石头。
If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得贤妻子，须娶好女儿。
If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. 如要是情做得好，你须亲自动手搞。
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. 欲知金钱价，不妨把钱借；借钱味难尝，使人心悲伤。
If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想与人成仇结怨，只要借钱给人再催还。
Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 厚颜无耻由于愚昧无知。
Ignorance is the mother of suspicions. 无知会多疑。
Ignorance of the law excuses no man. 对法律不知不能免罪。
I hate to see things done by halves. -- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone. 事情不要做一半；对的，就做下去，不对，就丢开。
I have no secret of success but hard work. 成功无秘诀，只是努力干。
I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish. 酒肉之交非朋友。
I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 是上无天才，勤学加苦练。
Ill air slays sooner thant the sword. 污浊的空气杀人比刀还要快。
Ill-gotten goods never prosper. 发横财，家不发
Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent. 悖入悖出。
Ill-gotten wealth never thrives. 悖入悖出。
Ill news comes space. 恶事传千里。
Ill news flies fast. 恶事传千里。
Ill news never comes too late 坏消息来得快。
Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。
Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想像力比知识更重要。
Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality. 想像有时比现实生动得多。
Imagination is the source of creation. 想象是创作之源。
I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. 成功之道唯三点∶努力、努力、再努力。
Improve your time and your time will improve you. 珍惜时间，时间才会珍惜你。
In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. 平静的海上易驶船。
In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned. 发现大河有大鱼，可得注意别溺毙。
In all things, it is better to hope than to despair. 凡事抱希望为佳，不应悲观而失望。
In an enemy spots are soon seen. 敌人的缺点容易找。
In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 历代最伟大的思想都载入史册而不朽。
In doing we learn. 行而知。
Industry if fortune''s right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。
Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full. 勤奋使身体健康，使心情开朗，使思想专注，使经济充裕。
In every beginning think of the end. 思前顾后。
In every country dogs bite. 天下的狗都要咬人。
In every rank, great or small, ''Tis industry supports us all. 不论高的低的各级人士，所持的都是勤劳。
In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做，二不休。
In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn. 丰年五谷贱如草，荒年稻草贵如粮。
In life, as in chess, forethought wins 人生如下棋，多谋得胜利。
In life''s earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. 在人生的搏斗中，只有日日前进不甘失败的人，才能获胜。
In moderating, not satisfying, desires, lies peace. 节欲不纵情，心情得安宁。
I now know that wars do not end wars. 如今我才弄明白，干戈不能化玉帛。
In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. 处顺境时要小心，处逆境时要耐心。
In prosperity think of adversity. 居安思危。
Interest will not lie. 兴趣不会说谎。
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. 顺利时要快乐，不利时要思索。
In the deepest water is the best fishing. 绝处能逢生。
In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever. 选择妻子也象策画战争，一时之错将成终身之恨。
In the end things will mend. 船到桥头自会直。
In the evening one may praise the day. 入夜方能赞美白昼。
In the grave the rich and poor lie equal. 人到黄泉，贫富同眠。
In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed man is king. 盲人国里，独眼称王。
In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart. 明镜照容颜，醇酒见人心。
In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 谋士多，保安全。
In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom. 处世似游泳，不会即下沉。
In time of peace prepare for war. 居安思危。
In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty. 富在深山有远亲，穷在闹市无人问。
In water you may see your own face; in wine, the heart of another 水中可见自己的脸，酒中可见别人的心。
In wine there is truth. 酒后吐真言。
In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden. 青年时代是黄金的，壮年时代是白银的，老年时代是灰铅的。
I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. 我抱憾的是，只有一次生命能献给祖国。
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame. 我认为，人丧失了廉耻就完了。
I say little but I think the more. 我说得少，但我想得多。
I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty. 睡时梦觉生活是美事，醒来发现生活是责任。
I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated. 我成功是因为有决心，从不犹豫。
It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips 骄傲的心碰上献媚的嘴，是最危险不过的。
It is a good horse that never stumbles. 良马不失蹄。
It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none. 善心不想坏事，好舌不出恶声。
It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune. 对己之不幸付之一笑，这是一门伟大的艺术。
It is a long lane that has no turning. 路必有弯。
It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody. 信任任何人和不信任任何人，同样是缺点。
It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb. 狐狸舔羔羊，这是凶迹象。
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外扬。
It is a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知世间有乐者最可怜。
It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait. 蠢人才吃两次亏。
It is a silly goose that comes to the fox''s sermon. 只有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。
It is a small flock that has not a black sheep. 家家难免有败类。
It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 识时务者为俊杰。
It is a wise father that knows his own child. 父贤知其子。
It is better to be alone than in bad company. 无友要比交坏友好。
It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame. 宁可穿破衣，不可蒙羞耻。
It is better to be safe than sorry. 事后追悔不如事前稳妥。
It is better to do well than to say well. 理论好不如实际好。
It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill. 与其抱怨，不如积善。
It is better to please a fool than to anger him. 惹得傻瓜发火，不如使他快活。
It is better to wear out than to rust out. 与其锈掉，不如用坏。
It is dogged (that) does it. 天下无难事，只怕有心人。
It is easier to descend than to ascend. 下降容易上升难。
It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it. 提出忠告易，照著办事难。
It is easier to pull down than build. 败事容易成事难。
It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. 养虎易，驯虎难。
It is easy to be wise after the event. 当事后诸葛亮容易。
It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. 对每一件事知道一些是容易的，对任何一件事详细知道是困难的。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 开设店铺易，维持常开难。
It is easy to prophesy after the event. 事后诸葛亮，预言顶便当。
It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸鱼。
It is good to be merry at meal. 席间心情愉快是为上策。
It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患难时得到朋友是幸运的。
It is good to learn at another man''s cost. 前车之覆，后车之鉴。
It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 养女容易嫁女难。
It is hard to please all parties. 取悦各方，谈何容易。
It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country. 对朋友不义，不可能对国家效忠。
It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施恩比受惠更有福。
It is more pain to do nothing than something. 什么都不做要比做一点更不好受。
It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice. 在同一个人那里上两次当只能怪自己。
It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove. 老鹰胜鸽，不足为荣。
It is not every couple that is a pair. 成双并非皆配偶。
It is not good to make a sleeping lion. 弄醒睡狮不是好事。
It is not helps, but obstaceles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men. 造就人的，不是帮助，而是磨难，不是方便，而是困难。
It is not how long but how well we live. 问题不是活得长不长而是活得好不好。
It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age. 一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习不懂的东西，这不是羞耻。
It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
It is not work that kills, but worry. 劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。
It is no use crying over spilt milk. 泼水难收。
It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. 话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。
It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都应该用得其所。
It is the first step that costs. 万事开头难。
It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements ofsuperiority from their mother. 一切优秀的人通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。
It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the error. 人总不免要犯错误，只有蠢人才坚持不改。
It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own. 愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错处而忘却了自己的过失。
It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it. 只要真正渴求知识，都能得到，这是知识的特点。
It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock. 船触礁后在抛锚，为时已经太晚了。
It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down. 马后炮。
It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. 贼出关门。
It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. 大智若愚。
It matters not how long we live but how. 问题不是活得多么长，而是活得怎么样。
It never rains but it pours. 祸不单行。(不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。)
It''s a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles. 良马不失蹄，贤妻不聒絮。
It''s a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知人间有乐趣者最可怜。
It''s a poor mouse that has only on hole. 鼠只有一洞，必先把命送。
It''s earier to run down the hill than go up. 下山容易上山难。
It''s easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again. 堕入陷阱易，脱离陷阱难。
It''s hard sailing when there is no wind. 没有风难航行。
It''s no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure. 高价卖不为过，短斤少两才有罪。
It''s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子重德不重衣。
It''s no use pumping a dry well. 徒劳无益。
It takes all sorts to make a world. 万千事物，形成世界。
It takes two to make a quarrel. 要有两个人才吵得起来。
I was born anAmerican; I live an American; I shall die an American. 我生下来是美国人，活著是美国人，死时也是美国人。
I wept when I was born,, and every day shows why. 我生下时啼哭，后来每天的生活说明了为什么。
I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading 宁为穷汉住搁楼，拥有好书任我读，不愿身居帝王位，纵有好书不爱读。
I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines of gold. 我宁愿得到人们的深情至爱，而不愿黄金成雄。



提交者：xiaotom 在 2006-12-23 11:09:21
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Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail. 你跟驴子开玩笑，将被驴尾打耳光。 ^5j37 f6P
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Jadge not a book by its cover. 人不可貌相。 ?GxX $,_
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Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Labour is light where love doth pay. 爱情作酬报，劳苦必轻松。
Labour is often the father of pleasure. 勤劳常为快乐之源。
Labour is the capital of our working men. 劳动力是劳动人民的资本。
Lack of knowledge is darker than night. 没有知识比黑夜还要黑。
Late repentance is seldom true. 后悔少有诚意。
Laugh and grow fat. 心宽体胖。
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟独你自哭。
Laugh at your ills, And save doctors'' bills. 生病不忧虑，节省医药费。
Laugh before breakfast you''ll cry before supper. 乐极生悲。
Law makers should not be law breakers. 正人先正己。
Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. 法网只捉苍蝇，不捉黄蜂。
Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends. 诉讼将消耗时间、金钱、休息和失去朋友。
Lazy folks take the most pains. 懒汉多吃苦。
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. 学问在得意时是装饰品，失意时是庇护所，年老时是供应品。
Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. 学问是穷人的财富，是富人的荣誉，是青年的帮助，是老年的支持和安慰。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。
Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
Learn to creep before you leap. 循序渐进。
Learn to say before you sing. 按部就班。
Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you. 要学会受痛苦而不怨，这是我教你的至要之事。
Learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进。
Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 要从别人的愚行中学到聪明。
Learn young, learn fair. 学习趁年轻，既学就学好。
Least said, soonest mended. 多说反坏事。
Lend your money and lose your friend. 赔了夫人又折兵。
Let beggars match with beggars. 龙配龙，凤配凤。
Let bygones be bygones. 既往不昝。
Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage. 纵使困难重重，也不丧失勇气。
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. 饮水思源。
Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over. 饮水思源。
Let every tub stand on its own bottom. 各人管各人自己。
Let not the cobbler go beyond his last. 安分守己。
Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath. 日落之前，平息你的怒火吧。
Let our object be our courtry, our whole country, and nothing but our country. 我们的心目中要有国家，要有整个国家，而且只有我们的国家别如其他。
Let''s cross the bridge when we come to it. 既来之，则安之。



提交者：xiaotom 在 2006-12-23 11:09:37
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Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要惹事生非。
Let the cobbler stick to his last. 安分守己。
Let the dead bury the dead. 往事不重提。
Let the hands get busy, not the mouth. 手要勤劳，嘴莫多说。
Let things take their course. 听其自然。
Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. 是就是，非就非。
Liars have need of good memories. 谎言者要有好的记忆力。
Liars should have good memories. 说谎的人应有好的记性。
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law. 自由就是做法律许可做的事情的权力。
Liberty is not licence. 自由不是放纵。
Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness. 自由随便，经常堕落到无法无天。
Lie in (oron) the bed one has made. 自作自受。
Lies have short legs. 谎言是站不住脚的。
Life is a battle from cradle to grave. 人生是一场从生到死的战斗。
Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 对善思考者，人生为喜剧；对凭感觉者，人生为悲剧。
Life is a flower of which love is the honey. 人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。
Life is a shuttle 生活犹如梭子。
Life is but a span. 人生如朝露。
Life is compared to voyage. 人生好比是航海。
Life is half spent before we know what it is. 等到认识人生，已经一半过去了。
Life is long if you know how to use it. 如果懂得好好利用，生命就长了。
Life if made up of little things. 生活是由琐事构成的。
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. 生命的价值是用思想和行为来衡量的，而不是寿命的长短。
Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。
Life is not so short but there is time enougn for courtesy. 人生虽短，但表示礼貌的时间还是足够的。
Life is short and time is fleeting 人生短暂，光阴易逝。
Life is sweet. 生命是甜美的。
Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression. 人生必须永远前进，才不愧为有理智的人。
Life without a friend is death without a witness. 在世无朋友，死后无证人。
Lightly come, lightly go. 易得易失。
Light troubles speak; great troubles are silent. 小困难，大声叫嚷；大困难，闷生不响。
Like attracts like. 物以类聚。
Like author, like book. 书如其人。
Like begets like. 有其父必有其子。
Like cow, like calf. 有其父必有其子。