常用英语格言

常用英语格言

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.恶始必有恶终。

A bad bush is than the open field.林木稀疏也比空地好。/有胜于无。

A bad thing is dear at price.劣质商品卖什么价都算贵。/好货不便宜，便宜没好货。

A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.人笨怨刀钝。

A belly full of gluttony will never study willingly.吃得过饱，懒得学习。

A big wind can through a small hole.针大大的窟窿，斗大的风。

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手胜于双鸟在林。

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻声知鸟鸣，闻言见人心。

A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.上午有一点收获，总比全天无收获好。

A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation.人无知识犹如房屋没有地基。

A book that is shut is but a block.有书不读如藏木。

A book that remains shut is but a block.书本不去翻，犹如一块砖。

A burden one’s choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。

A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。

A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。

A friend is easier lost than found.朋友易失去不易得。

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

A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。

A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。

A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。

A great man is always willing to be little.伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。

A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step.千里之外，始于足下。

A life without a friend is a life without sun.人生没有朋友，犹如人生没有太阳。

A little learning is a dangerous thing.一知半解是危险。

A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。

A mother’s love never changes.母爱永恒。

A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔。

A small leak will sink a great ship.小漏沉大船。

A sound mind in a sound body.有健全的体魄才有健全的精神。

A stitch in time saves nine.一针及时省九针。

A tree is known by its fruit.观其行而知其人。

Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。

Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。

After a storm comes a cale.风暴之后是宁静。

Al roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。

All is not gold that glitters.发光的未必都是金子。

All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。

All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。

All things are difficult before they are easy.万事开头难。

All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返。

All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.只工作部玩耍，聪明杰克也变傻。

All’s well that ends well.结果好才算一切都好。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。

An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Art is a lie that tells the truth.艺术是揭示真理的谎言。

Art is long, but life is short.人生有限，学问无涯。

As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

Bad luck always comes in threes.祸不单行。

Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。

Bad times make a good man.艰难困苦出能人。

Bad workmen often blame their tools.拙匠常怪工具差。

Bare words make not the pot play.空谈无济于事。

Barking dogs seldom bite.朋友之间不分彼此。

Be hoisted with one’s own petard.搬起石头砸自己的脚。

Be honest rather than clever.与其聪明，不如诚实。

Be slow to promise and quick to perform.允诺宜缓，覆行宜速。

Be slow to promise and quick to perform.重诺守信。

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.多听少说。

Bear this in mind: Scientific research costs a man his energies of a lifetime.要记住：科学需要一个人付出他毕生的精力。

Beat the dog before the lion.杀鸡给猴看。

Beauty is but skin deep.人不可貌相。

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.观者觉得美就是美。

Bed is a medicine.睡眠也是一种治疗。

Beggars can’t be choosers.行乞者不得有选择。

Beginning is always difficult.万事开头难。

Believe well and have well.精诚所至，金石为开。

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.宁为鸡口，无为牛后。

Better die standing than live kneeling.宁愿站着死，不愿跪着生。

Better early than late.宁早勿迟。

Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。

Better to do well than to say well.说得好不如做得好。

Between two stools one falls to the ground.脚踏两只船，迟早要落水。

Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚。

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。

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.读书要精选，结友要慎重。

Brevity is the soul of wit.言以简洁为贵。

Burnt child dreads the fire.吃一堑，长一智。

Business before pleasure.先工作，后娱乐。

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. Beware the man of one book.博览群籍知识广，精读一书受益深。

By reading we enrich the mind.博览群书长知识。

By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.团结则存，分裂而亡。