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英语的谚语
在学习、工作、生活中，许多人对一些广为流传的谚语都不陌生吧，谚语是人民群众口头流传的习用的固定语句。还在苦苦寻找优秀经典的谚语吗？以下是小编帮大家整理的英语的谚语，欢迎大家分享。
英语的谚语1
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是第二天性。
Habit is second nature.
习惯成自然。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.
坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。
Custom makes all things easy.
若照习惯办，万事皆不难。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Don't leave today's work for tomorrow.
当日事，当日毕。
英语的谚语2
1、Cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心。
2、Each bird loves to hear himself sing.鸟儿都爱听自己唱。（自我欣赏）
3、A gloved cat catches no mice.戴手套的猫，老鼠抓不到。（不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。）
4、Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。
5、Who will bwll the cat?谁去给猫系铃？（谁愿意为大家冒风险？）
6、All cats are grey in the dark黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。（人未出名时看起来都差不多。）
7、It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.智者不上两次档。
8、Go to the sea, if you would fish well.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
9、If water is noisy, there are no fish in it.咆哮的水中无鱼。
10、Fine feathers make fine birds.人要衣装，马要鞍。
11、Care kill a cat.忧虑愁死猫。
12、Dog does not eat dog.同类不相残。
13、A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.好马不会毛色差。
14、All are not thieves that dogs bark at.狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。
15、A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.听音识鸟，闻言识人。
16、The best fish swim near the bottom.好鱼常在水底游。
17、Let sleeping dogs lie.勿惹事生非。
18、A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。
19、When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage.黄鼠狼和猫结亲，不是好事情。）
20、Barking dogs don’t seldom、bite.爱叫的狗很少咬人。
21、Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。
22、It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest.家丑不可外扬。
23、Birds in their little nests agree.同巢之鸟心儿齐。
24、A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
25、The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.帽偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。（掩耳盗铃）
26、A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命；吉人天相。
27、Never offer to teach fish to swim.不要班门弄斧。
28、Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕；一举两得。
29、You cannot catch old birds with chaff.粗糠）。用粗糠捉不住老鸟。（有经验的人难骗。）
30、There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter.杀猫的'办法很多。（达到目的的途径很多。）
31、A horse may stumble on four feet.马有四条腿，亦有失蹄时。
32、It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.狡兔三窟。
33、A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge.一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。
34、A running horse needs no spur.奔马无需鞭策。
35、The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.只有一个洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。
36、Dead dogs bite not.死狗不咬人。
37、There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.海里的好鱼多的是。
英语的谚语3
love me, love my dog.[谚]你若把我当朋友,也要把我的朋友当朋友;爱屋及乌。
Scornful[Hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings. [谚]人到危急时,平时所不屑做的也要做;急不暇择,饥不择食。
teach an old dog new tricks.使守旧的人接受新事物
teach the dog to bark.教狗怎么叫(意指多此一举)
The dog returns to his vomit.狗回头吃自己吐出来的东西;重犯旧日罪恶。
A living dog is better than a dead lion. [谚]死狮不如活狗。
A staff [stick] is quickly [soon] found to beat a dog with. [谚]欲加之罪,何患无辞。
An old dog barks not in vain. [谚]老狗不乱吠;老狗一吠,就得小心。
A living dog is better than a dead lion.死狮不如活狗。
n old dog will learn no new tricks. (=You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.)老狗学不了新把戏;老年人很难适应新事物。
Barking dogs seldom bite.爱叫的狗不咬人;咬人的狗不露齿。
Beware of a silent dog and still water.提防不吠的狗,小心静止的水。
Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人(意指：对于高声发出恐吓，或惯于大声吼叫的`人，勿须当真)。
Dumb dogs are dangerous.不叫的狗咬人
If the old dog barks, he give the counsel.老狗叫，是忠告
An old dog barks not in vain.老狗不乱吠;老狗一吠,就得小心。
A good dog deserves a good bone.好狗应该啃好骨头,有功者受赏。
Every dog is a lion at home. [Every dog is valiant at his own door.]狗是百步王,只在门前凶。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. (=You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.) [谚]老狗学不了新把戏;老年人很难适应新事物。
as [like] a dog with two tails .非常开心[高兴]
Barking dogs seldom bite. [谚]爱叫的狗不咬人;咬人的狗不露齿。
A good dog deserves a good bone. [谚]好狗应该啃好骨头,有功者受赏。
be (old) dog at (a thing)对...有经验;对...很内行
Beware of a silent dog and still water. [谚]提防不吠的狗,小心静止的水。
come like a dog at a whistle.一呼即来
Every dog has his day. [谚]凡人皆有得意日。
Every dog is a lion at home. [Every dog is valiant at his own door.] [谚]狗是百步王,只在门前凶。
Fight dog, fight bear. [谚]打个青红皂白,一决雌雄。
Give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him). [谚]一旦给人加一个坏名声,他就永远洗刷不掉;人言可畏。
It is ill to waken sleeping dogs. [let sleeping dogs lie; don't wake a sleeping dog.]别多事,别惹麻烦。
lead a dog's life.过着牛马不如的生活
英语的谚语4
Knowledge is power.
(知识就是力量。)
Thats why hes so successful.
(所以他才成功。)
冰冻三尺非一日之寒。
罗马不是一天就建成的。
Rome was not built in a day.
要做大事不是一朝一夕就可以成功的。条条大路通罗马。
All roads lead to Rome.
为达到同一目的，可以采取多种手段。
There are many roads to success.
(有许多办法可以取得成功。) *常用语。
入乡随俗。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
“在罗马就要照罗马人做的去做”。即“到另一个地方就要遵从那里的风俗习惯”。口语中常省略成Do as the Romans do.
熟能生巧。
Practice makes perfect.
任何事情都反复练习是成功的秘诀。
历史总在重演。
History repeats itself.Another war started.
(又一场战争开始了。)
History repeats itself.
(历史总在重演。)
祸不单行，福无双至。
When it rains, it (always) pours.
功夫不负有心人。
Where theres a will, theres a way.
有坚强的意志和决心的话，无论有多大的'困难都能克服。
行动比语言更响亮。
Actions speak louder than words.
(钱财等)来得容易去得快。
Easy come, easy go.
轻易得来的钱财，是不被珍惜的。来得容易，去得也容易。
血浓于水。
Blood is thicker than water.
有其父必有其子。
Like father, like son.
父子相似的意思。
Like mother, like daughter.
(有其母必有其女。)
恋爱和战争都是不择手段的。
Alls fair in love and war.
在恋爱和战争中任何策略都是正当的。
美貌不过一张皮。
Beauty is only skin deep.
“再漂亮的美女削去一层皮后就和丑女无二样”，即“看人不能只看外表而要重视内涵”。
Beauty is but skin deep.
东西总是人家的好。
The grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence).
直译是“(篱笆)那边的草总是绿的”。
不劳则不获。
You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
直译是“不打碎鸡蛋就做不成蛋包饭”。意思是做任何事如果不努力，不付出牺牲，不投资的话，是得不到结果的。
流水不腐，户枢不蠹。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
不断活动的石头是不会长上像青苔这类东西的。即“能不断保持新鲜”。也可以把它看做相反的意思，“不断变换工作和搬家的人，没有熟练的事情，也存不下钱”。
患难见真情。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. *in need
“遇到难处，贫穷”，indeed 是“真正的”，这两个词押韵，给人以节奏感。
只会工作不会玩的人是没意思的人。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
这句可以译成“只让学习不让玩的孩子会变成愚蠢的孩子”。
事实胜于雄辩。
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
直译是“不吃布丁不知道布丁的味道”。即“不实际去试试，是不会知道它的真正的价值”。
英语的谚语5
1) Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体。
2) Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的教师。
3) Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
4) Dexterity comes by experience.熟练来自经验。
5) Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
6) Experience keeps a dear school，but fools learn in no other.经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。
7) Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。
8) Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。
9) Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
10) Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。
11) Soon learn,soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。
12) Soon ripe,soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。
13) Time flies.时光易逝
14) Time is money.一寸光阴一寸金。
15) Time and tide wait for no man.岁月无情;岁月易逝;岁月不待人。
16) Business neglected is business lost.忽视职业便是放弃职业。
17) Never think yourself above business.勿自视过高;不要眼高手低;永远不要认为自己是大才小用。
18) Business may be troublesome，but idleness is pernicious.事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。
19) He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。
20) Do business，but be not a slave to it.要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
英语的`谚语6
1、游子身上衣，慈母手中线。
the swimmer's coat is the middle line of the mother's hand.
2、养儿方知父母恩。
parents know their kindness only when they raise their children.
3、娇生惯养，没有好儿郎。
there are no good boys.
4、哀哀父母，生不养儿不知父母恩。
mourning parents, not raising children do not know their parents grace.
5、人最终总要离开母亲。
people always leave their mothers in the end.
6、月里婴儿娘引坏。
in the month, the baby's mother is spoiled.
7、一饭之恩，当永世不忘。
the grace of a meal should never be forgotten.
8、没有母亲就没有我。
no mother, no me.
9、子女是父母的至宝。
children are the treasure of parents.
10、子不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。
dogs don't dislike their mother's ugliness or their family's poverty.
11、娘想儿，长江水；儿想娘，扁担长。
niang wanger, yangtze river water; niang wangniang, a long pole.
12、父母之恩，水不能溺，火不能灭。
the grace of parents, water can not drown, fire can not extinguish.
13、父母的爱，为诸德之基。
the love of parents is the foundation of all virtues.
14、母爱是世间最真挚的爱。
mother's love is the most sincere love in the world.
15、父母之爱子，则为之计深远。
parents'love for their children is far-reaching.
16、天地宽大，父母恩大。
heaven and earth are generous, parents are generous.
17、天意怜幽草，人间重晚情。
heaven has pity for the grass, and the world is full of evening love.
18、母行千里而不愁，儿行千里母担忧。
mother walks thousands of miles without worrying, while child walks thousands of miles mother worries.
19、父恩比山高，母恩比海深。
father's grace is higher than mountain's, mother's grace is deeper than sea's.
20、母亲的'低语总是甜蜜的。
mother's whisper is always sweet.
21、可怜天下父母心。
poor parents all over the world.
22、人只要不失去方向，就不会失去自己。
as long as people do not lose their direction, they will not lose themselves.
23、在家靠父母，出外靠朋友。
depend on your parents at home, depend on your friends when you go out.
24、母爱是一种巨大的火焰。
maternal love is a great flame.
25、唯独母爱最高尚。
only maternal love is noblest.
26、教子光说好，后患少不了。
if the godson says well, he will suffer.
27、恩欲报，怨欲忘；报怨短，报恩长。
gratitude for repayment, resentment for forgetting; representation for short, repayment for long.
28、母爱最高尚。
mother's love is noblest.
29、女是娘的罗裙带。
a woman is a lady's girdle.
30、牛要耕，马要骑，孩子不教就调皮。
cattle to farm, horses to ride, children do not teach naughty.
英语的谚语7
1、A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.
兄弟不一定是朋友, 而朋友一定是兄弟。
2、Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots.
友谊是两者思想的结合, 志趣相投才能成为朋友。
3、Be true to your word, your work, and your friend.
人应遵守诺言, 忠实自己的工作和友人.
4、I know not whether our names will be immortal; I am sure our friendship will.
我不知道我们的名字能否永垂不朽; 我敢说我们的友谊会与世长存。
5、To prepare a friend, three things are required: to honor him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.
维护朋友， 有三件事情要做到：当面要尊重他， 不在场时要表扬他，苦难时要帮助他。
6、Between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
7、Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots.
友谊是两者思想的结合， 志趣相投才能成为朋友。
8、Of our mixed life two quests are given control: food for the body, friendship for the soul.
在复杂的生命中, 有两点要牢记:为生存需要吃饭, 而心灵需要友谊。
9、The best that we find in our travel is an honest friend. He is a fortunate voyager who finds many.
旅行中最愉快的事是交到一个真诚的'朋友。
10、The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.
能交到真正的朋友是人生中最成功的事。
英语的谚语8
1.Gold will not buy anything.1.黄金不能买尽一切。
2.The money the miser hoards will do him no good.2.守财奴积财，对自己毫无好处。
3.What is wealth good for,If it brings melancholy? 3.财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？
4.The chief aim of man is not to get money.4.人的主要目的并不是赚钱。
5.Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.5.相信金钱万能的'人，往往会一切为了金钱。
6.Wealth makes worship.6.财富能使人拜倒。
7.Little wealth,little care.7.财富少，烦恼也少。
8.A money less man goes fast through the market.8.身上无钱过市快。
9.Don't let your money direct you.9.不要成为赚钱的工具。
10. Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.10.相信金钱万能的人，往往会一切为了金钱。
英语的谚语9
1、为了享有自由，我们必须控制自己。
In order to enjoy freedom, we must control ourselves.
2、只有受过教育的人才是自由的。
Only educated people are free.
3、自由之树必须时时用暴君的血作养料。
The tree of freedom must always be fed with the blood of tyrants.
4、世上最美好的事物是言论自由。
The best thing in the world is freedom of speech.
5、自由是上帝赐给人类的最大的幸福之一。
Freedom is one of the greatest blessings God has bestowed on mankind.
6、自由就是做法律所许可的一切事情的权力。
Freedom is the right to do everything permitted by law.
7、天下无纯粹之自由，亦无纯粹之不自由。
There is no pure freedom in the world, nor pure freedom.
8、自由的目的是为他人创造自由。
The purpose of freedom is to create freedom for others.
9、自由过了头，一切乱了套。
Freedom goes too far and everything goes wrong.
10、纪律是自由的.第一条件。
Discipline is the first condition of freedom.
11、自由只会倒在她自己的剑下。
Freedom will fall under her own sword.
12、自由是进步的象征。
Freedom is the symbol of progress.
13、思想的自由就是最高的独立。
Freedom of thought is the highest independence.
14、道德是自由的保卫者。
Morality is the guardian of freedom.
15、自由一旦扎根，就会像植物一样迅速生长。
Once freedom takes root, it grows like a plant.
16、自由是一种教义，一种公理。
Freedom is a doctrine and an axiom.
17、如果自由流于放纵，专制的魔鬼就乘机侵入。
If freedom is in indulgence, the despotic devil will invade by chance.
18、如果自由流于放纵，的魔鬼就乘机侵入。
If free to indulge, the devil will invade by chance.
19、智慧唯一的自由。
Wisdom is the only freedom.
20、自由是做法律所许可的一切事情的权利。
Freedom is the right to do everything permitted by law.
21、自由是在法律许可的范围内任意行事的权利。
Freedom is the right to act arbitrarily within the limits permitted by law.
22、自由的土地必须一寸寸夺取。
Free land must be seized inch by inch.
23、没有思想自由，就没有科学，没有真理。
Without freedom of thought, there is no science and no truth.
24、人只有在独身的时候，才能安静自由地过活。
Only when one is single can one live quietly and freely.
25、自由向来得一切财富中最昂贵的财富。
Freedom has always been the most expensive of all wealth.
英语的谚语10
1. Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.
不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想要达到的目的。 -Willian Shakespeare(莎士比亚)
2.Whatever others say, take your own road. 走自己的'路，让别人去说。
3. The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
世界上对勇气的最大考验是忍受失败而不丧失信心。
4. Life is not fair, get used to it. 生活是不公平的;要去适应它。
5. The sting of a reproach is the truth of it. 指责带给你刺痛，正是它的忠实之处。
6. Meet success like a gentleman and disaster like a man. --Fredrich Edwin Smith Birkenhead
优雅地迎接成功，勇敢地面对挫折。 -- 伯肯黑德
7.When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Seebohm CAaroline, British writer
艰难之路，唯勇者行。英国作家卡罗琳，S.
8. A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes" (怎么理解?)
9. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
10. Dare and the world always yields. lf it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb. W. M . Thackeray. British novelist
大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服的。英国小说家 萨克雷. W. M.
英语的谚语11
1. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
1. 教师的影响是永恒的；无法估计他的影响会有多深远。(美国历史学家 亚当斯 H B)
2. And gladly would learn, and gladly teach. (Chaucer, British poet)
2. 勤于学习的人才能乐意施教。(英国诗人 乔叟)
3. Better be unboun than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune. (Plato, Ancient Greek phiosopher)
3. 与其不受教育，不知不生，因为无知是不幸的根源。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)
4. Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education: dancing with the feet, with ideas, with works, and ,need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? (Friedrich W.Nietzsche, German philosopher)
4. 所有高尚教育的课程表里都不能没有各种形式的跳舞：用脚跳舞，用思想跳舞，用言语跳舞，不用说，还需用笔跳舞。(德国哲学家 尼采 F W)
5. Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of children tends towards the formation of character. (Hosea Ballou British cducator)
5. 教育始于母亲膝下，孩童耳听一言一语，均影响其性格的形成。(英国教育家 巴卢 H)
6. Educaton does not mean teaching people to kow what they do not know it means teachng them to behave as they do not behave. (John Ruskin, British art critic)
6. 教育不在于使人知其所未知，而在于按其所未行而行。(英国艺术评论家 园斯金 J)
7. Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. (Durant, American historian)
7. 教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的`过程。(美国历史学家 杜兰特)
8. Education is a admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. (Oscar Wilde, British dramatist)
8. 教育是令人羡慕的东西，但是要不时地记住：凡是值得知道的，没有一个是能够教会的。(英国剧作家 王尔得)
9. Education has for its object the formation of character. (Herbert Spencer, British philosopher)
9. 教育是以造就人的品质为其目标。(英国哲学家 斯宾塞 H)
10. Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. (George Macaulay Trevelyan British historian)
10. 教育造就了一大批人，他们会读书，但是不会区别什么书值得读。(英国历史学家 特里维廉 G M)
英语的谚语12
1) Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
2) Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
3) cPromise is debt.一诺千金。
4) Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
5) He is lifeless that is faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。
6) Time is money.一寸光阴一寸金。
7) Time and tide wait for no man.岁月无情;岁月易逝;岁月不待人。
8) Business neglected is business lost.忽视职业便是放弃职业。
9) Never think yourself above business.勿自视过高;不要眼高手低;永远不要认为自己是大才小用。
10) Business may be troublesome，but idleness is pernicious.事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。
11) He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。
12) Do business，but be not a slave to it.要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
13) Everybody's business is nobody's business.众人的'事就是无人过问的事。
14) Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。
15) Better master one than engage with ten.会十事，不如精一事。
16) A work ill done must be twice done.首次做不好，必须重新搞。
17) They who cannot do as they would，must do as they can.不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。
18) If you would have a thing well done，do it yourself.想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。
19) He that doth most at once doth least.什么都想一次做完，结果一件也做不完;贪多嚼不烂。
20) Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
英语的谚语13
1、A good dog deserves a good bone.
好狗应该啃好骨头，有功者受赏。
2、A living dog isbetter than a dead lion.
死狮不如活狗。
3、Every dog is a lion at home.
狗是百步王，只在门前凶。
4、An old dogbarks not in vain.
老狗不乱吠； 老狗一吠，就得小心。
5、An old dog will learn no new tricks.（=Youcannot teach old dogs new tricks.）
老狗学不了新把戏； 老年人很难适应新事物。
6、If the old dog barks, he give the counsel.
老狗叫，是忠告。
7、Barking dogsseldom bite.
爱叫的狗不咬人； 咬人的狗不露齿。
8、Beware of asilent dog and still water.
提防不吠的狗，小心静止的水。
9、come like a dogat a whistle
一呼即来
10、Barking dogs seldom bite.
爱叫的狗 不咬人； 咬人的.狗不露齿。
11、Every dog is alion at home.[Every dog is valiant at his own door.]
狗是百步王，只在门前凶。
12、Fight dog,fight bear.
打个青红皂白，一决雌雄。
13、Give a dog a bad [an ill] name（and hanghim）。
一旦给人加一个坏名声，他就永远洗刷不掉； 人言可畏。
14、It is ill to waken sleeping dogs.
别多事，别惹麻烦。
15、lead a dog's life
过着牛马不如的生活。
16、Scornful[Hungry]dogs will eat dirty puddings.
人到危急时，平时所不屑做的也要做； 急不暇择，饥不择食。
17、teach an old dog new tricks.
使守旧的人接受新事物。
18、teach the dogto bark.
教狗怎么叫（意指多此一举）。
19、The dog returnsto his vomit.
狗回头吃自己吐出来的东西； 重犯旧日罪恶。
20、A living dog isbetter than a dead lion.
一条活狗胜过一头死狮。(.)
21、The cat and dogmay kiss,yet are none the better friends.
猫狗可以相吻，但不会成为好友。
英语的谚语14
众所周知，谚语乃是一种语言的精华，寓意深刻，表达隽永。在英语写作中如能适当地引用一些英语谚语，可以为文章增辉添彩。在写作时如何把平时积累的谚语恰当地引用到文章中去呢?以下总结了英语中常见的引用谚语的地道表达法，供同学们写作时模仿使用。
谚语在英语中叫proverb，引用时经常会在其前面酌情加上old, Chinese, English, Russian之类的形容词;动词一般用go, say, state, has it, put it等，在这些动词后面用逗号或冒号皆可。谚语可加双引号(这时谚语的第一个字母要大写)，也可不加双引号(这时第一个字母一般不大写)。引用谚语的表达方式常见的有如下几种：
(1) A proverb goes / says, ……
As a / the proverb goes / says, ……
A Yiddish proverb goes, “Better to lose with a wise man than win with a fool.”
有一句依地语谚语说得好，“宁输智者，不赢傻子。”
A proverb says, “Medicine cures the man who is fated not to die.”
有一句谚语说，“命不该死有药救。”
As a Chinese proverb goes, “Don’t climb a tree to look for fish.”
正如中国的一句谚语所说，“不要缘木求鱼。”
As the old Chinese proverb says, “If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get her cubs.”
正如中国的一句谚语所说，“不入虎穴，焉得虎子。”
(2) As a / the proverb has it / puts it,……
A proverb has it that ……
As a Spanish proverb has it, “Flies don’t enter a closed mouth.”
正如一句西班牙谚语所说，“祸从口入。”
As a Navajo proverb puts it, “What comes around goes around.”
正如纳瓦霍族的'一句谚语所说，“一报还一报。”
As a local proverb here in Chad puts it: A woman who is pregnant has one foot in the grave.
正如乍得当地的一句谚语所说：女人怀宝宝，鬼门关上走一遭。
An old proverb has it that “if the thorn doesn't scratch when it first emerge, it will never scratch.”
有一句古老的谚语说，“如果荆棘刚长出时不扎手，那么它就永远不扎手。”
(3) There is a proverb: ……
There is a / the proverb that goes / states, ……
There’s an African proverb: “Educate a boy, and educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.” 有一句非洲的谚语说：“教育好一个男孩，仅教育好一人。教育好一个女孩，则教育好一群人。” There’s a Russian proverb that goes: you must support the most talented people because untalented people will support themselves.
有一句俄罗斯谚语说，你须拥戴贤人，庸者仅会自顾。
There is an old Jewish proverb that states: “A Shekel is always better in my pocket than in yours.”
有一句古老的犹太谚语说：“金币在我口袋里总比在你口袋里强。”
(4) ……, a / the proverb goes, ……
……, goes a / the proverb, ……
“A river is deep,” an old African proverb goes, “because of its source.”
有一句古老的非洲谚语说，河有源泉水才深。
To kill a snake, goes an old African proverb, you must first crush the head.
有一句古老的非洲谚语说，打蛇先打头。
(5) …… have a proverb that goes, ……
There exists a proverb. It goes, ……
The Arabs have a proverb that goes, “When the sultan’s dog died, everyone marched in his funeral. But when the sultan himself died, no one marched at all.”
阿拉伯人有一句谚语是这样说的，“当苏丹的狗死了，人人都为之送葬。而当苏丹死了，却无人为之送葬。”
谚语作为群众集体智慧的结晶，多具有鲜明的民族性和地域特色。由于中西文化的差异，一些在汉语中人们耳熟能详的谚语却未必为西方人所理解。所以在引用汉语谚语时，如果中国特色过于浓厚，则可舍其形而取其意，写成英语中与之意思对等的西方谚语。例如，有的同学想表达这个意思：本性难移，于是写道：As a Chinese proverb goes, a dog cannot change its habit of eating shit. 这样写不但失之粗鄙，还会让爱犬的西方人大惑不解。所以，这个意思宜写成A leopard cannot change its spots. 或者A fox may grow gray, but never good.
英语的谚语15
1、Each day brings its own bread.
天无绝人之路。
2、Cut the coat according to the cloth.
量布裁衣。
3、Destruction pursues the great.
树大招风。
4、As the old cock crows, so doth the young.
有其父必有其子。
5、East or west, home is best.
在家千日好，出门时时难。
6、Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
7、Avarice blinds our eyes.
财迷心窍。
8、Enough is as good as a feast.
知足常乐。
9、As they sow, so let them reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
10、A straw shows which way the wind blows.
一叶便知秋。
11、Kind words butter no parsnips.
画饼充饥。
12、Judge not according to the appearance.
不要以貌取人。
13、A still tongue makes a wise head.
智者寡言。
14、As you sow you shall mow.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
15、Joy put heart into a man.
人逢喜事精神爽。
16、Many heads are better than one.
集思广益。
17、Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.
酒后露真言。
18、Like cow, like calf.
有其父必有其子。
19、Let not the cobbler go beyond his last.
安分守己。
20、Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
21、Like begets like.
有其父必有其子。
22、No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息。
23、Misery loves company.
同病相怜。
24、Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在，好花不常开。
25、Conversation makes one what he is.
言如其人。
26、One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.
一叶可障目。
27、Every cook praises his own broth.
自吹自擂。
28、Comparisons are odious.
人比人，气死人。
29、A sow, when washed; returns to the muck.
江山易改，本性难移。
30、A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
31、Every bullet has its billet.
无风不起浪。
32、A tree is known by its fruit.
观其行而知其人。
33、Can the leopard change his spots.
江山易改，本性难移。
34、Despair gives courage to a coward.
人急造反，狗急跳墙。
35、Do in Rome as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
36、Devil must be driven out with devils.
以毒攻毒。
37、Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all youknow.
不要为所能为，不要花尽所有，不要全信所闻，不要言尽所知。
38、Even Homer sometimes nods.
人非圣贤，孰能无过。
39、Many kiss the baby for the nurses sake.
醉翁之意不在酒。
40、Cry up wine and sell vinegar.
挂羊头，卖狗肉。
41、Cheek brings success.
和气生财。
42、Lets cross the bridge when we come to it.
既来之，则安之。
43、Money is the root of all evil.
金钱是万恶之源。
44、It is the first step that costs.
万事开头难。
45、Draw water with a sieve.
竹篮子打水一场空。
46、Christmas comes but once a year.
佳节良辰，机会难得。
47、Every couple is not a pair.
同床异梦，貌合神离。
48、A wise head makes a close mouth.
智者寡言。
49、Never do things by halves.
做事情不要半途而废。
50、Every cock crows on its own dunghill.
夜郎自大。
51、Its no use pumping a dry well.
徒劳无益。
52、It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.
养虎易，驯虎难。
53、Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something.
塞翁失马，安知非福。
54、One wrong（or false）move can lose the whole game.
棋错一着，全盘皆输。
55、Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
56、It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
家丑不可外扬。
57、It is dogged（that）does it.
天下无难事，只怕有心人。
58、No sweet without some sweat.
不劳则无获。
59、Each man is the architect of his own fate.
命运掌握在自己手中。
60、Cats hide their paws.
大智若愚，大巧若拙。
61、A single spark can start a prairie fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
62、Every cloud has a silver lining.
山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村。
63、Do not wash dirty linen in public.
家丑不可外扬。
64、One man makes a chair and another man sits in it.
坐享其成。
65、One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret.
一念之错可铸终生之恨。
66、One man may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge.
只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯。
67、One woe doth tread upon anothers heels.
祸不单行。
68、Dont keep all your eggs in one basketball.
勿孤注一掷。
69、Jack of all trades is of no trade.
万事皆通，一无所长。
70、Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime durnk.
不要过河拆桥。
71、Cut short the nonsense and return to ones muttons.
闲话少说，言归正传。
72、Clothes make the man.
人要衣装，佛要金装。
73、experience is the extract of suffering.
经验是受苦的结晶。
74、Merry is he that hath nought to lose.
人无所失，不亦乐乎。
75、Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man.
饥不择食。
76、Overdone is worse than undone.
过犹不及。
77、Measure for measure.
以牙还牙。