英語寫作常用諺語

　　1、Practice makes perfect.

　　熟能生巧。

2、Take care of the pence/pennies，and the pounds will take care of themselves.

　　積少成多。/小事謹慎，大事自成。

3、Swift to hear,slow to speak.

　　多聽少講。

4、Procrastination is the thief of time.

　　拖延就是偷走時間。

5、Tomorrow is another day.

　　明天又是新的一天。/明天還有指望。

6、Exploit to the full one’S favorable conditions and avoid unfavorable'ones.

　　揚長避短。

7、Promise little，but do much.

　　少許愿，多做事。

8、cripples learns to limp.

　　近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

9、Bend the willow while it is still youn.

　　修樹要趁早，育人要趁小。

10、Knowledge is power.

　　知識就是力量。

11、Passion，though a bad regulator,is a powerful sprin.

　　激情雖難駕馭，卻是強大動力。

12、Learn from other’S strong points to offset one’S weaknesses.

　　取長補短。

13、He than run fast gets the rin.

　　捷足先登。

14、We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

　　井干方知水寶貴。

15、Our greatest glory consists not in never failin9，but in rising every time we fall.

　　人生最大的光榮，不在于永不失敗，而在失敗還能站起。

16、Ideals are like stars-we never reach them，but like marlners，we chart our courses by them.

　　人之需要理想，如水手之需星辰；星辰雖不可及，但可指引我們航程。

17、Youth’s stuff will not endure.

　　青春易逝。

18、A pet lamb makes a cross ralTl.

　　寵壞的羊羔會變成惡羊。

19、Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

　　做最壞的準備，懷最好的希望。

20、Do not throw the baby with the bath water.

　　別把小孩和洗澡水一起潑掉。

21、Wisdom is only found in truth.

　　惟有在真理中才能找到智慧。

22、A stitch in time saves nine.

　　小洞不補，大洞吃苦。

23、An hour in the morning is worth two in the evenin9./The morning hour has gold in its mouth.

　　一天之計在于晨。

24、Where there is a will，there is a way.

　　有志者事竟成。

25、Broaden one’S scope ofknowledge and widen one’S horizon.

　　拓寬知識，開拓視野。

26、He that can have patience can have what he will.

　　惟堅韌者始能遂其志。

27、Thought is the seed of action.

　　思想是行動的種子。

28、As you give，as you receive./As you sow，you shall mow.

　　種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

29、Every man is the master ofhis own fogune.

　　每人都是自己命運的主人。

30、Good health is the best treasure a person can procure.

　　健康是一個人最寶貴的財富。

31、Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.

　　失敗是成功之母。

32、The first step to knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

　　走向知識的第一步是知道自己無知。

33、Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.

　　孩子不見世面，知識少的可憐。

34、People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

　　自己有缺點，勿揭他人短。

35、Give me where to stand，and l will move the world.

　　給我一個支點，我將撬動世界。

36、To read without reflecting is like eating without digestin9.

　　學而不思，如食而不化。

37、If a thing is worth doing，it’s worth doing well.

　　凡值得一做的事，都值得做好。

38、He who has not tasted bitter does not know what sweet is.

　　苦盡甘來。

39、Knowledge is a treasure.but practice is the key to it.

　　知識是一座寶庫，實踐是開啟的鑰匙。

40、More haste.less speed.

　　欲速則不達。

41、A little learning/knowledge is a dangerous thing.

　　一知半解，禍莫大焉。

42、Pride will have a fall.

　　驕兵必敗。

43、If at first you don’t succeed，try，try，try again.

　　如果開始不成功，那就一試再試。

44、Tomorrow never comes.

　　切莫依賴明天。/永遠不會有那一天。

45、Make hay while the sun shines.

　　抓緊時機。

46、No rock is so hard but a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.

　　水滴石穿。

47、Honest and diligence should be your eternal mates.

　　誠實與勤奮是你永恒的伴侶。

48、We all live under the same sky，but we don’t all have the same horizon.

　　同在蒼穹下，視野各不同。

49、Don’t bite off more than you can chew.

　　貪多嚼不爛。

50、Children and chicken must always be picking.

　　小孩要經常看管。

51、Expertise is the result of long and hard practice.

　　百煉成鋼。

52、Father is one hundred headmasters.

　　一個父親勝過百位教師。

53、A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle.

　　烈馬要套粗籠頭。

54、Never do things by halves.

　　切勿半途而廢。

55、To be honest is the best policy.

　　誠實為上策。

56、Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

　　信念是黎明前的黑暗中能感到光明的鳥。

57、Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

　　生活而無目標，如航海而無羅盤。

58、An work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

　　只工作不玩耍，聰明的孩子也變傻。

59、Never too old too learn.

　　活到老，學到老。

60、Faith will move mountains.

　　精誠所致，金石為開。

61、A penny saved is a penny eamed.

　　積少成多，集腋成裘。

62、There is no royal road to leaming.

　　書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟。

63、He that comes first to the hill may sit where he will.

　　先上山者隨意坐。

64、Strike while the iron is hot.

　　趁熱打鐵。

65、To strive，to seek，to find，never to yield.

　　奮斗，探索，發現，永不放棄。

66、Never Put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

　　今日事，今日畢。

67、Earlv to bed and early to rise makes a mail healthy，wealthy and wise.

　　早睡早起身體好。

68、No gain without pain.

　　不勞無獲。

69、Health is better than wealth.

　　健康勝于財富。

70、You never know what you Can do till you try.

　　除非親自嘗試，否則永遠不知。

71、Live and learn.

　　活到老，學到老。

72、With time andpatience the leafofthe mulberry becomes satin.

　　只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針。

73、A single slip may cause lasting sorrow.

　　一失足成千古恨。

74、Today is the scholar of yesterday.

　　前事不忘，后世之師。

75、Better early than late.

　　寧早勿遲。

76、8 1.A man does not live only by bread.

　　人不僅靠面包活著。

77、Better unborn than untaught.

　　養而不教，不如不養。

78、Early birds catch worms.

　　早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。

79、Time past cannot be called back again.

　　光陰一去不復返。

80、Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

　　成大事在于持之以恒。

81、Old habits die hard.

　　積習難改。

82、A sound mind in a sound body.

　　有健全的身體，才有健全的心智。

83、A man cannot spin and reel/whistle and drink at the same time.

　　一心不能

84、He that will thrive must rise at five.

　　業精于勤。

85、Love well，whip well.

　　打是親，罵是愛。

86、To strive，to seek，to find，never to yield.

　　奮斗，探索，發現，永不放棄。

87、If winter comes。can spring be far behind?

　　冬天來了，春天還會遠嗎？

88、Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

　　天才是百分之一的靈感加百分之九十九的勤奮。

89、Labor is often the father of pleasure.

　　勤奮是快樂之父。

90、Spare the rod and spoil the child.

　　孩子不打不成器。

91、There’s more than one way to skin a cat.

　　條條大路通羅馬。

92、Leam wisdom by the follies of others.

　　前車可鑒。

93、The child is the father of/to the mall.

　　三歲看老。

94、Never say never.

　　永不說不。

95、Chances favor the minds that are prepared.

　　機遇總是青睞有準備的人。

96、Well begun is halfdone.

　　好的開始就等于成功的一半。

97、Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

　　世上無難事，只怕有心人。

98、Practice what you preach.

　　身體力行。

99、The pot calls the kettle black.

　　五十步笑百步。(salifelink.com)

100、What makes life dreary is the want of motive.

　　黯淡的生命，乃是缺乏志向。