英語習語大全

2024年3月23日發(作者：黨費收繳規定)

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善終。

2. A bad compromi is better than a good lawsuit.吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。

3. A bad thing never dies.壞事遺臭萬年。

4. A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠常怨工具差，不會撐船怪河彎。

5. A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion.吠犬也比睡獅強。

6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。

7. A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛與說謊本是同宗。

8. A book that remains shut is but a block.有書不讀，書變木頭。

9. A bully is always a coward.色厲內荏。

10.A burden of one's choice is not felt.愛挑的擔子不嫌重。

11. A candle lights others and consumes itlf.蠟燭照亮別人，卻奉獻了自己。

12. A cat has nine lives.貓有九命。

13. A cat may look at a king.小人物也該有權利。

14. A clod mouth catches no flies.病從口入，禍從口出。

15. A constant guest is never welcome.?？土钊藚挕?

16. Actions speak louder than words.事實勝于雄辯。

17. Adversity leads to prosperity.窮則思變。多難興邦

18. Adversity makes a man wi not rich.逆境出人才。

19. A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。

20. A faithful friend is hard to find.知音難覓。

21. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長一智。

22. A fox may grow gray but never good.江山易改，本性難移。

23. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難見真情。急人急者乃真朋友。

24. A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友難，失朋友易。

25. A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之時方知友。

26. A friend without faults will never be found.沒有十全十美的朋友。

27. “After you” is good manners. “您先請”是禮貌用語。

28. A good beginning is half done.良好的開端，成功的一半。

29. A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善終。

30. A good book is a good friend.好書如摯友。

31. A good fame is better than a good face. 美名勝過美貌

32. A good medicine tastes bitter.。 良藥苦口

33. A good wife's health is a man's best wealth.夫善則妻賢。 妻子體健，丈夫少

憂

34. A great talker is a great liar.良藥苦口。 大演說家被視為騙子

35. A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。

36. A joke never gains an enemy but los a friend.戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人

失去朋友。 謊言雖不樹敵卻失卻朋友

37. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.說謊者即使講真話也沒人信。

38. A light heart lives long.心情開朗壽命長。 輕輕松松，命如青松

39. A litter body often harbors a great soul.濃縮的都是精華。 小個子，大境界

40. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解自欺欺人。無知危險

41. A little pot is soon hot.壺小水易熱。 小人物易滿足

42. All are brave when the enemy flies.敵人逃竄時，人人都成了勇士。

43. All good things come to an end.天下沒有不散的筵席。美好難以長久

44. All rivers run into a.海納百川。 百川歸海

45. All roads lead to Rome.條條大路通羅馬。

46. All that ends well is well.結果好就一切都好。/善始善終。

47. All that glitters is not gold.閃光的不一定是金子。

48. All things are difficult before they are easy.凡是總是由難而易。

49. A leopard cannot change its spots.積習難改。 豹子脫不了斑色

50. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.只會用工不會玩耍，聰明的孩子也

會變傻。 只工作不休息，杰克也變呆。

51. A man becomes learned by asking questions.不恥下問才能有學問。多問成才

52. A man can do no more than he can.凡事都應當量力而為。勿為己所不能 量力

而行

53. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。不能又傳轉子又

卷線團

54. A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。

55. A man without money is no man at all.一分錢難倒英雄漢。無錢無以為人

56. A merry heart goes all the way.心曠神怡，事事順利。樂觀者一往無前

57. A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，謬以千里。

58. A mother's love never changes.母愛永恒。

59. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一個蘋果，不用請醫生。一日一蘋

果，健康無苦果。

60. A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

61. An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth.以眼還眼，以牙還牙。

62. An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗學不出新把戲。老年易因循守舊。

63. An old dog barks not in vain.老狗不亂吠。老者不妄言

64. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.預防為主，治療為輔。

65. A rolling stone gathers no moss.滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。

66. As a man sows so he shall reap.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

67. A single flower does not make a spring.一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。

68. A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆豐年。

69. A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身體。

70. A still tongue makes a wi head.智者寡言。

71. A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不補，大洞吃苦。及時補一針，勝過后九針線。

72. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。

73. A wi head makes a clod mouth.真人不露相，露相不真人。聰慧者不多言

74. A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，駟馬難追。已經過了召回期

75. A year's plan starts with spring.一年之計在于春。

76. A young idler, an old beggar.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

the boat 自絕退路,破釜沉舟

's hairs stands on end/t sb's hair on end 發根豎立, 毛骨悚然

the cloven hoof 露出原形 cleave的to parate sth into veral parts劈

開，裂開pp,adj; hoof, the hard foot of some animals such as hor, cattle.獸蹄

by a hair 千鈞一發

the goo that lays the golden eggs 殺雞取卵

in troubled water 混水摸魚 趁亂漁利

r fish nor flesh 非驢非馬

in the air 白費力氣 空中垂釣 緣木求魚

9.a drop in the ocean 滄海一粟

off one's head 笑破肚皮

out at elbows 捉襟見肘 肘部露在外面

heads together 集思廣益 =pool heads togerther

sth like the back of one's hand 對某事了如指掌

an axe to grind 別有用心 有打磨用的斧子

意譯法：

a sleeping dog 招惹是非

easy as falling off a log 極容易 如木塊下落般輕易

pearls before swine 對牛彈琴;白費好意

a lame dog over a stile 雪中送炭 助瘸腿之狗過（籬笆兩側的）梯蹬或臺階。

the lily 畫蛇添足 給百合花鍍金

poor as Job 家貧如洗

7.a fly in the ointment 美中不足之處 白璧微瑕—軟膏、藥膏中的蒼蠅

what one has sown 自食其果

coals to Newcastle 多此一舉;徒勞無功

all thumbs笨手笨腳