英语谚语简单又简短？1.After meat， mustard after death， doctor .雨后送伞Explanation: this describes a situation whe
英语谚语简单又简短？
1.After meat， mustard after death， doctor .雨《拼音：yǔ》后送伞
Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late.
Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad， I had a promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death， the doctor.
2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
挂羊头卖狗gǒu 肉
Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.
Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine， he sold us vinegar.
3. All is over but the shouting.
大势【pinyin：shì】已去
Explanation: finally decided or won brought to the end not able to be changed.
Example: after Bill’s touch down， the game is all over but shouting.
4. All lay load on the willing horse.
人rén 善被人欺，马善被人骑
Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him.
Examples: the trouble is you’re too good-natured and people take advantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will have to learn to refuse people who ask too much.
5.anger and haste hinder good counsel.
小不忍[读：rěn]则乱大谋
Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
6. As poor as a church mouse
一贫[pín]如洗
Explanation: to be exceedingly poor， having barely to live upon.
Example: he has a large family， and is poor as a church mouse.
Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
7. A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马[mǎ]难追
Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.
Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said， but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of that moment of harshness.
8.World is but a little place， after all.
天涯原咫尺，到处可（拼音：kě）逢君
Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so.
9. When in Rome， do as the Romans do.
入乡随[繁：隨]俗
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home， but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls.
10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
失之东(繁：東)隅，收之桑榆
Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed.
Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything if he loses on the swings， he may win on the roundabouts.
11.What are the odds so long as you are happy.
知足者常cháng 乐
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
Example: you complain so much， but you have a good family， parents， health， and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.
12．Entertain an angel unawares.
有眼不识泰(读：tài)山
Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits.
Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares， in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise
13.every dog has his day .
是人【pinyin：rén】皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day but mine seems a very long time coming.
14.every potter praises his own pot.
王婆买瓜[guā]，自卖自夸
Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members
Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant， but I would rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot
15． Pain past is pleasure.
（过去的de 痛苦就是快乐。）[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将(繁体：將)来回忆起来一定甜蜜无{pinyin：wú}比。]
16． While there is life， there is hope.
（有生命就有希望/留得青（拼音：qīng）山在，不怕没柴烧。）
17． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
（脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）[从[繁体：從]小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。]
18． Storms make trees take deeper roots.
（风暴使树木深深扎根。）[感激敌[繁：敵]人，感激挫折！]
19． Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
（心之所愿，无所不成。）[坚持一个[繁体：個]简单的信念就一定会成功。]
20． The shortest answer is doing.
（最简单的[de]回答就是干。）[想说流利[拼音：lì]的英语吗？那么现在就开口！心动不如嘴动。]
21． All things are difficult before they are easy.
（凡事必先难后易【拼音：yì】。）[放弃投机取巧的幻想。]
22． Great hopes make great man. （伟大的理想造【拼音：zào】就伟大的人。）
23． God helps those who help themselves.（天【拼音：tiān】助自助者。）
24． Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
（四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘《繁：祕》诀：多一点点！）
[比bǐ 别人多一点努力、多一点自律、多一点(繁：點)决心、多一点反省、多一点学习、多一点实践、多一点疯狂，多一点点就能创造奇迹！]
25． In doing we learn.（实践长才[繁体：纔]干。）
26． East or west， home is best.（东好西好，还是家{练：jiā}里最好。）
27． Two heads are better than one.（三个臭皮匠【pinyin：jiàng】，顶个诸葛亮。）
28． Good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有【yǒu】良伴就是捷径。）
29． Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石《shí》。）
30． Misfortunes never come alone/single.（祸不bù 单行。）
31． Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不{拼音：bù}经灾祸不知福。）
32． Better late than never.（迟做总比不做好；晚来总《繁体：總》比不来好。）
33． It`s never too late to mend.（过[拼音：guò]而能改，善莫大焉[练：yān]；亡羊补牢，犹未晚也【yě】。）
34． If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事{拼音：shì}情【拼音：qíng】值得做，就值得做好。）
35． Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（无热情成就不了伟【wěi】业。）
36． Actions speak louder than words.（行动【练：dòng】比语言更响亮。）
37． Lifeless， faultless.（只有死[sǐ]人才不犯错误。）
38． From small beginning come great things.（伟大始于[拼音：yú]渺小。）
39． One today is worth two tomorrows.（一个今天胜似两个明míng 天。）
40． Truth never fears investigation.（事实从【pinyin：cóng】来不怕调查。）
41． The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.（舌无骨却能折断骨(读：gǔ)。）
42． A bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。）
43． Knowing something of everything and everything of something.
（通百艺而专一（拼音：yī）长。）[疯狂咬舌头]
44． Good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是（读：shì）无价宝。）
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A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不{bù}善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗（繁体：遺）臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑[繁：撐]船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟niǎo 在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎(繁体：謊)本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉【练：lì】内荏。
A burden of one#30"s choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子（练：zi）不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡（繁：蠟）烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九（拼音：jiǔ）条命。
A cat may look at a king.
猫也可以打《练：dǎ》量国王，意为人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入(rù)。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌[繁：厭]。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩biàn 。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷（繁：窮）则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise， not rich.
逆境出人才[繁：纔]。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得{dé}其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅[繁体：覓]。
A fall into a pit， a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智zhì 。
A fox may grow gray， but never good.
江山《拼音：shān》易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难《繁体：難》见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋《pinyin：péng》友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要【yào】之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十【shí】全十美的朋友。
#30"After you#30" is good manners.
“您先请{pinyin：qǐng}”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开[繁体：開]端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终[繁：終]。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友[读：yǒu]。
A good book is the best of friends， the same today and forever.
一本好书，相xiāng 伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼guǐ 叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名【读：míng】胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻{练：qī}贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man#30"s best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最{练：zuì}大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.
说[拼音：shuō]大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交{读：jiāo}淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去{读：qù}朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难(繁体：難)改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真《pinyin：zhēn》话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.
静以(练：yǐ)修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品（练：pǐn）。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一[读：yī]知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不【拼音：bù】得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇yǒng 士。
All good things come to an end.
天下【拼音：x澳门金沙ià】没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百【练：bǎi】川。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗{繁：羅}马。
All that ends well is well.
结果好，就一切都{拼音：dōu}好。
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金《练：jīn》子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事[读：shì]总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子[练：zi]也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问{pinyin：wèn}。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡【pinyin：fán】事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用【读：yòng】。
什么（繁体：麼）人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不bù 做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分钱难倒英雄汉（繁：漢）。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事顺（繁体：順）利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里[繁体：裏]。
A mother#30"s love never changes.
母爱永yǒng 恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一（拼音：yī）天一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三(pinyin：sān)把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼{pinyin：yǎn}，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨《练：chén》。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出（繁：齣）新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪[繁体：聰]明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为主，治疗为辅[繁体：輔]。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生（shēng）苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows， so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得{pinyin：dé}豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园（繁体：園）。
A snow year， a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年{拼音：nián}。
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身[拼音：shēn]体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言（pinyin：yán）者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞(练：dòng)不补，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不(pinyin：bù)怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露《读：lù》相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷{练：sì}马难追。
A year#30"s plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春(拼音：chūn)。
A young idler， an old beggar.
少壮不(pinyin：bù)努力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不《读：bù》出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬yǎo 人。
Beauty lies in the love#30"s eyes.
情人眼【拼音：yǎn】里出西施。
Be swift to hear， slow to speak.
听宜敏捷《读：jié》，言宜缓行。
Better late than never.
不bù 怕慢，单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总(繁体：總)比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之(pinyin：zhī)间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分【拼音：fēn】。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水(拼音：shuǐ)。
Blood will have blood.
血债（繁：債）血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交jiāo 友，应求少而精。
Business is business.
公事公（pinyin：gōng）办。
Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的【练：de】第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind， by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人[rén]精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目，不见(繁：見)泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤【pinyin：qín】奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心《拼音：xīn》驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper.
骗人发不（读：bù）了财。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言(yán)传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
择[拼音：zé]书如择友。
Come what may， heaven won#30"t fall.
做（pinyin：zuò）你的吧，天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满[拼音：mǎn]足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成{读：chéng}功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，绳{繁体：繩}锯木断。
Content is better than riches.
知足《读：zú》者常乐。
Count one#30"s chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数《繁体：數》雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往【wǎng】非礼也。
Creep before you walk.
循序渐进【pinyin：jìn】。
Cry for the moon.
海底捞月（读：yuè）。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是(pinyin：shì)后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy.
有个好【读：hǎo】习惯，事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强[繁：強]中手。
Do as the Romans do.
入（拼音：rù）乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人（pinyin：rén）。
Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行《练：xíng》动上。
Do it now.
机不可失，时不[pinyin：bù]再来。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不[bù]可半途而废。
Don#30"t claim to know what you don#30"t know.
不要不懂装(繁体：裝)懂。
Don#30"t have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事过【练：guò】多。
Don#30"t make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做《pinyin：zuò》。
Don#30"t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事[shì]，今日毕。
Don#30"t put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒【dào】置。
Don#30"t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻má 烦。
Don#30"t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要【yào】班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善（练：shàn）报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏shǎng 。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy， wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好(拼音：hǎo)。
Easier said than done.
说得容易，做得难（繁体：難）。
Easy come， easy go.
来也《yě》匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live， but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不【bù】是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶{练：píng}摇。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无[繁体：無]宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失《练：shī》。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明[读：míng]算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊(读：bì)。
Everybody#30"s business is nobody#30"s business.
人人负责，等于《繁：於》没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday.
好{pinyin：hǎo}景不常在。
Every dog has his day.
谁都[练：dōu]有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut， but death#30"s door.
人生在《读：zài》世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的de 苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成{拼音：chéng}塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself， and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭[繁：滅]。
金(拼音：jīn)无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝[繁体：蘿]卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.
人人(读：rén)都有弱点。
自己的命运自己掌握[wò]。
Every minute counts.
分秒必争{pinyin：zhēng}。
Every mother#30"s child is handsome.
孩子【zi】是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆{练：pó}卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new， but friends when old.
东西是新(pinyin：xīn)的好，朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一《拼音：yī》遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智(练：zhì)慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长[繁体：長]一智。
Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩《繁：辯》。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成(chéng)功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪（繁体：槍）易躲，暗箭难防。
Far from eye， far from heart.
眼不(读：bù)见，心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近[jìn]火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺{练：shùn}眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无wú 知。
Fields have eyes， and woods have ears.
隔(拼音：gé)墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水shuǐ 火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把双[繁体：雙]刃剑。
First come， first served.
先(pinyin：xiān)来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次见面（繁：麪），印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想{pinyin：xiǎng}后说。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可(拼音：kě)雕。
Fool#30"s haste is no speed.
欲速则(繁：則)不达。
Fools has fortune.
呆人有{yǒu}呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men， but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不学无术，智（zhì）者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香(练：xiāng)。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏(pinyin：piān)爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man#30"s gate.
风水[pinyin：shuǐ]轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益{拼音：yì}。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之间也会(繁：會)保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时间的(pinyin：de)窃贼。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手[pinyin：shǒu]的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是(拼音：shì)勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金，积毁销骨gǔ 。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助《拼音：zhù》者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金jīn 并非万能。
Good for good is natural， good for evil is manly.
以德报德（pinyin：dé）是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康《kāng》是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利于病(bìng)。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
谨慎消灾(繁体：災)。
Great barkers are no biters.
好（读：hǎo）狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造(zào)就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄[拼音：xióng]所见略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大错[拼音：cuò]误。
Great men#30"s sons seldom do well.
富不过三代(读：dài)。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树底下好乘凉（读：liáng）。
Great wits have short memories.
贵人(读：rén)多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心贪手{shǒu}长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做（读：zuò）贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.
心病还需心药医(yī)。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行（练：xíng）为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢huān 乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不[bù]能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取[qǔ]他人教训，自己才会走运。
Harm set， harm get.
害人害《hài》己。
Hasty love， soon cold
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