英语俗语翻译精选

英语俗语精选
　　1.熟能生巧：Practice makes perfect
　　2.天助自助者: God help those who help themselves
　　3. 说起来容易做起来难: Easier said than done.
　　4.有志者事竟成: Where there is a will, there is a way.
　　5.失之毫厘，谬之千里: One false step will make a great difference.
　　6.稳扎稳打无往而不胜:Slow and steady wins the race.
　　7.吃一堑，长一智: A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit
　　8. 实践出真知: Experience is the mather of wisdom.
　　9.只工作不休息，聪明孩子也变傻: All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.
　　10. 无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰， 徒有其表: Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.
　　11.欲速则不达: More hasty, less speed。
　　12.活到老，学到老: It’s never too old to learn
　　13 .闪光的未必都是金子: All that glitters is not gold.
　　14.千里之行始于足下:A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step。
　　15. 三思而后行: Look before you leap。
　　16.伟业非一日之功: Rome was not built in a day.
　　17. 英雄所见略同: Great minds think alike
　　18.好的开始等于成功的一半: Well begun, half done
　　19.众口难调: It is hard to please all
　　20.眼不见，心不念: Out of sight, out of mind
　　21.事实胜于雄辩: Fact speak louder than words
　　22.颠倒黑白: Call back white and white back
　　23.凡事有轻重缓急: First thing first
　　24.坏事传千里: Ill news travels fast
　　25.患难见真情: A friend in need is a frend indeed
　　26.活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着: Live not to eat, but eat to live.
　　27.行动胜过语言: Action speaks louder than words.
　　28.金窝银窝不如自家草窝: East or west, home is the best.
　　29.君子在德不在衣: It’s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
　　30. 漂亮不能当饭吃: Beauty will buy no beef
　　31.趣味相投: Like and like make good friends。
　　32.姜是老的辣: The older, the wiser.
　　33.入乡随俗: Do as Romans do in Rome.
　　34. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲: An idle youth, a needy age
　　35.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆: As the tree, so the fruit
　　36.活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着: To live is to learn, to learn is to better live.
　　37.World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君
　　38. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗
　　39. What you lose on things you get back. 失之东隅，收之桑榆
　　40.What are the odds so long as you are happy. 知足者常乐
　　41.Entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不识泰山
　　42.every dog has his day. 是人皆有出头日
　　43.every potter praises his own pot. 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸
　　44.Pain past is pleasure. 过去的痛苦就是快乐。[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将来回忆 起来一定甜蜜无比。]
　　45.While there is life, there is hope. 有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
　　46.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。
　　47.Storms make trees take deeper roots. 风暴使树木深深扎根
　　48.Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. 心之所愿，无所不成。
　　49.The shortest answer is doing. 最简单的回答就是干。
　　50.All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事必先难后易。
 

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