中西諺語對照
諺語是各民族文化中最古老、最有價值的語言表達形式之一。它形成於民間,來源於生活,是各民族語言和文化的高度濃縮和集中體現。下面是小編整理的,一起來看看吧。
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有志者，事竟成。
Well begun is half done.
好的開端是成功的一半。
East, west, home is best.
金窩、銀窩，不如自己的草窩。
There is no royal road to learning.
學無坦途。
Look before you leap. First think, then act.
三思而後行。
It is never too late to mend.
亡羊補牢，猶為未晚。
Light come, light go.
來得容易，去得快。
Time is money.
時間就是金錢。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真交。
Great hopes make great man.
遠大的希望，造就偉大的人物。
After a storm comes a calm.
雨過天晴。
All roads lead to Rome.
條條大路通羅馬。
Art is long, but life is short.
人生有限，學問無涯。
Stick to it, and you‘ll succeed.
只要人有恆，萬事都能成。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起，富裕、聰明、身體好。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口。
It is good to learn at another man‘s cost.
前車之鑑。
Keeping is harder than winning.
創業不易，守業更難。
Let‘s cross the bridge when we come to it.
船到橋頭自然直。
More haste, less speed.
欲速則不達。
No pains, no gains.
不勞則無獲。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，只要肯登攀。
Where there is life, there is hope.
生命不息，希望常在。
An idle youth, a needy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
We must not lie down, and cry, "God help us."
求神不如求己。
A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.
花有重開日，人無再少年。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者，天助之。
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
明日待明日，明日不再來。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
Truth is the daughter of time.
時間見真理。
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
積少自然成多。
No man is wise at all times.
智者千慮，必有一失。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今天能做的事絕不要拖到明天。
Live and learn.
活到老，學到老。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一石雙鳥。
It never rains but it pours.
禍不單行。
In doing we learn.
經一事，長一智。
Easier said than done.
說起來容易做起來難。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
一分預防勝似十分治療。
Industry is fortune‘s right hand, and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸運的右手，節約是幸運的左手。
Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
天才一分來自靈感，九十九分來自勤奮。
He who laughs last laughs best.
誰笑在最後，誰笑得最好。
He who pays the piper, calls the tune.
誰負擔費用，誰加以控制。
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
身體健壯就有希望，有了希望就有了一切。
No man is born wise or learned.
人非生而知之。
Action speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇敢和堅決是美德的靈魂。
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United we stand, divided we fall.
合即立，分即垮。
There is no smoke without fire.
無風不起浪。
Many hands make light work.
人多好辦事。
Reading makes a full man.
讀書長見識。
The best horse needs breeding, and the aptest child needs teaching.
最好的馬要馴，最伶俐的孩子要教。
Learn young, learn fair.
學習趁年輕，學就要學好。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知識，勝於手中有金錢。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一次被咬，下次膽小。
Sound in body, sound in mind.
有健全的身體才有健全的精神。
Seeing is believing.
百聞不如一見。
Dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread.
狗搖尾巴，愛的是你的麵包。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
要做金錢的主人，莫作金錢的奴隸。
It‘s hard sailing when there is no wind.
無風難駛船。
The path to glory is always rugged.
通向光榮的道路常常是崎嶇的。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
沒有目標的生活如同沒有羅盤的航行。
Quality matters more than quantity.
質重於量。
The on-looker sees most of the game.
旁觀者清。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it .
為了求知識，代價雖高也值得。
Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.
與眾同樂，其樂更樂。
Happiness takes no account of time.
歡樂不覺日子長。
Time and tide waits for no man.
歲月不等人。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
若要求知，必須刻苦。
Learn to walk before you run.
循序漸進。
Knowing something of everything, and everything of something.
通百藝而專一長。
From words to deeds is a great space.
言行之間，大有距離。
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
技能和信心是無敵的軍隊。
Habit is a second nature.
習慣成自然。
Lifeless, faultless.
只有死人才不會犯錯誤。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
好書千載常如新。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
讀書如擇友，宜少且宜精。
A book that remains shut is but a block.
書本不常翻，猶如一塊磚。
It‘s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
君子在德不在衣。
Two heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠頂個諸葛亮。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身重要，教養更重要。
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。
You can‘t make something out of nothing.
巧婦難為無米之炊。
Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing for nothing.
不費力氣，一無所得。
Of nothing comes nothing.
無中不能生有。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
不犯錯誤者一事無成。
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
話不中肯，不如不說。
Nothing succeeds like success.
一事如意，萬事順利。
Nothing stake, nothing draw.
不頂千里浪，哪來萬斤魚。
Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.
期待比現實更美好。
Nothing is given so freely as advice.
勸人最容易。
Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
無所求則無所獲。
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A little of every thing is nothing in the main.
每事淺嘗輒止，事事都告無成。
A great ship asks deep waters.
大船要走深水。蛟龍要在海中游。
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
節食博士、精心博士、快樂博士，三人都是最好的醫生。
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
騙人一次，受疑一世。
Empty wagons rattle loudest.
空車響聲大。
Nothing so bad but might be a blessing.
塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
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