英语谚语

1.Please translate the following idioms into English

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

2)滚石不生苔（搬家不聚财）。Rolling stone gathers no moss.

3)早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy

and wise.

4)伤风时宜吃，发烧时需饿。Feed a cold and starve a fever.

5)人生征途，哪能处处鲜花密布。Life is not all roses.

6)谋事在天，成事在人。Man proposes, God disposes.

7)失败乃成功之母Failure is the mother of success.

8)水滴石穿Drops of water outwear the stone.

9)千里之行始于足下A road of a thousand miles begins with one step.

10)凡值得做的事情都值得做好If a thing is wort h doing, it’s worth doing well.

11)天才是百分之一的灵感加上百分之九十九的汗水Genius is one percent inspiration and

ninety-nine percent of perspiration.

12)知识就是力量Knowledge is power.

13)活到老，学到老Live and learn.

14)少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲A young idler, and old beggar.

15)患难见真交A friend in need is a friend indeed.

16)今日事，今日毕Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

17)机不可失，失不再来Opportunity knocks at the door but once.

18)岁月不待人Time and tide waits for no man.

19)事实胜于雄辩Actions speak louder than words.

20)发光的不一定是金子All that glitters is not gold.

21)欲速则不达Haste makes waste./ Don’t try to run before you can walk.

22)不要孤注一掷Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

23)诚实总是上策Honesty is the best policy.

24)三思而后行Look before you leap.

25)熟能生巧Practice makes perfect.

26)做最好的打算，做最坏的准备Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

27)节约时间就是延长生命To save time is to lengthen life.

28)在家千日好，出门时时难East or west, home is best.

29)良好的开端是成功的一半Well begun is half done.

30)天无绝人之路。God shuts one door but he opens another.

2.Please translate the following idioms into Chinese.

31)bad sailor晕船的人

32)blind date由两人或为两人安排的初次约会

33)better half丈夫或妻子

34)busy-body爱管闲事的人

35)confidence man 骗子

36)dead president美钞

37)American Beauty 美国四季开花的蔷薇

38)Uncle Sam美国人

39)Uncle Tom 美国黑人

40)to bring down the house赢得满堂喝彩

41)to call somebody names辱骂某人

42)to give sb. a box on the ear打耳光

43)to pull somebody’s leg 开某人的玩笑

44)to know a thing or two about sth 精通某事

45)to make a killing发大财

46)see red大怒，大发雷霆

47)bull’s eye 靶心，十环

48)cold fish 死气沉沉的人

49)to know the ropes 懂得秘诀；内行

50)Dear John letter 断交信

51)dog days 三伏天

52)dog ear书页的折角

53)green goods 新鲜货

54)black words 不吉利的话

55)service station加油站

56)street (girl) woman妓女

57)to cross the Rubicon做出（采取）无可后悔的决定（行动）；破釜沉舟

58)to meet one’s Waterloo遭到惨败；败走麦城

59)to know the rope 内行

60)to beat about (around) the bush拐弯抹角

61)baby kisser 为竞选而到处笼络人心的政客

62)to pull the wool over one’s eyes掩人耳目

63)to break the ice 打破沉默

64)the Gordian knot 戈尔迪之结（棘手的问题或艰巨的任务）

65)the heel of Achilles 阿基里斯的脚跟（惟一致命的弱点）

66)the touch of Midas点石成金

67)the sword of Damacles 悬挂在达摩克利斯头顶上的剑（临头的危险）

68)the Trojan horse特洛伊木马（内部颠覆者，起内部破坏作用的人或事物)

69)skeleton in the cupboard（closet）家丑

70)to open Pandora’s box打开潘多拉盒子（引起疾病、罪恶、疯狂等各种祸患）

3.Please fill the blank to complete the idioms.

71)胆小如鼠as timid as a hare

72)力大如牛as strong as a horse

73)赤贫如洗as poor as the church mouse

74)忙忙碌碌的as busy as a bee

75)下倾盆大雨10.rain cats and dogs

76)骄傲proud as a peacock

77)慢似蜗牛as slow as a snail

78)牛饮drink like a fish

79)守口如瓶as close as an oyster

80)雨后春笋spring up like mushroom

81)吹牛talk horse

82)鸡皮疙瘩goose bumps

83)热锅上的蚂蚁a cat on hot bricks

84)过着牛马般的生活lead a dog’s life

85)骑虎难下have /hold a wolf by the ears

86)杀鸡儆猴beat the dog before the lion

87)猴年马月Donkey’s years

88)害群之马black sheep

89)杀鸡取卵kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

90)觉得非常可疑smell a rat

91)对牛弹琴cast pearls before swine

92)亚洲四小龙Four tigers

93)正大光明fair and square

94)非驴非马neither fish nor flesh

95)画蛇添足paint the lily

96)狐假虎威an ass in a lion's skin

97)沧海一粟a drop in the ocean

98)不择手段by hook or by crook

99)早饭吃饱。At breakfast, eat like a king.

中饭吃好。At lunch, eat like a prince.

晚饭吃少。At supper, eat like a pauper.

100)学问属于勤奋的人，财富属于谨慎的人，权力属于勇敢的人，天堂属于正直的人。

Learning to the studious; Riches to the careful; Power to the bold; Heaven to the virtuous.