英语谚语500句A.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。
A bad bush is better than an open field. / Something is better than nothing. / Abit in the morning is better than nothing all day. / Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all. / Better a small fish than an empty dish. / Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.聊胜于无。
A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart.做贼心虚。
A bad father has never a good son.上梁不正下梁歪。
A bad penny always comes back / turns up.恶有恶报。
A bad woman is worse than a bad man.最毒妇人心。
A bad worker quarrels with his tools. / A bad workman always blames his tools.人笨怪刀钝。
A baker’s wife may bite of a bun.近水楼台先得月。
A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.铁杵磨成针。
A barking dog never bites. / A barking dog was never a good biter. / Barking dogs seldom bite.会叫的狗不咬人。
A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.以小人之心,度君子之腹。
A beard well lathered is half shaved.磨刀不误砍柴功。
A beggar cannot be a chooser.饥不择食。
A beggar pays a benefit with a louse. / bite the hand that feeds one.以怨报德。
/ 恩将仇报。
A begun work is half ended. 万事开头难。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.猫也可以打量国王(意为人人平等)。
A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所,流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. / Experience must be bought. / By doing we learn. / By falling we learn to go safely.吃一堑,长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改,本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难,失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.“您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书,相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。
A good wife’s health is a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友,只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long._ 静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精华。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解,自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.小别胜新婚。
The absent are always in the wrong.谁人背后无人说。
Absent in body, but present ion spirit.永垂不朽。
Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。
Actions speak louder than words.行动胜于言语。
/ 事实胜于雄辩。
Add a flower to a bouquet.锦上添花。
Add frost to snow.雪上加霜。
Add legs to the snake one has just painted.画蛇添足。
Add oil to a fire.火上加油。
Adversity is a good discipline.苦难是磨练人的好机会。
Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。
/ 危机就是转机。
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.身处逆境不择友。
Advice is a stranger, if welcome he stays for the night; if not welcome he returns home the same day.忠告是位陌生客,若受欢迎,就停留过夜;不受欢迎,当天就回家。
After a storm comes fair weather; after sorrow (comes) joy.阳光总在风雨后。
After a storm comes a calm.雨过天晴。
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.人生如戏,到头来总要落幕。
After victory, tighten your helmet chord.居安思危。
Aged ginger is more pungent.姜是老的辣。
An aged steed confined to the stable still aspires after the glory of galloping a thousand li.老骥伏枥,志在千里。
Ale will make a cat speak.酒后吐真言。
All ask if a man be rich, none if he be good.人情冷暖,世态炎凉。
All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时,人人都成了勇士。
All covet, all lose.贪多必失。
All crows in the world are black.天下乌鸦一般黑。
All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。
All gains are made at some sacrifice.有所舍,方能有所得。
/ 有得必有失。
All good things must come to an end.天下无不散的筵席。
/ 花无百日红。
All is fair in war.兵不厌诈。
All men are mortal.人皆有一死。
All one’s geese are swans.自吹自擂。
/ 王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸。
All rivers run into the sea.海纳百川。
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.有情人终成眷属。
All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。