英语谚语简单又简短？1.After meat， mustard after death， doctor .雨后送伞Explanation: this describes a situation whe
英语谚语简单又简短？
1.After meat， mustard after death， doctor .雨【拼音：yǔ】后送伞
Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late.
Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad， I had a promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death， the doctor.
2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
挂羊头卖狗《gǒu》肉
Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.
Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine， he sold us vinegar.
3. All is over but the shouting.
大势《繁体：勢》已去
Explanation: finally decided or won brought to the end not able to be changed.
Example: after Bill’s touch down， the game is all over but shouting.
4. All lay load on the willing horse.
人善被人欺，马善被[读：bèi]人骑
Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him.
Examples: the trouble is you’re too good-natured and people take advantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will have to learn to refuse people who ask too much.
5.anger and haste hinder good counsel.
小不忍（练：rěn）则乱大谋
Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
6. As poor as a church mouse
一【练：yī】贫如洗
Explanation: to be exceedingly poor， having barely to live upon.
Example: he has a large family， and is poor as a church mouse.
Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
7. A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马{练：mǎ}难追
Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.
Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said， but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of that moment of harshness.
8.World is but a little place， after all.
天涯原咫尺，到处可（拼音：kě）逢君
Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so.
Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.
9. When in Rome， do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗{pinyin：sú}
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home， but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls.
10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
失之《zhī》东隅，收之桑榆
Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed.
Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything if he loses on the swings， he may win on the roundabouts.
11.What are the odds so long as you are happy.
知足者常{cháng}乐
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
Example: you complain so much， but you have a good family， parents， health， and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.
12．Entertain an angel unawares.
有眼不（bù）识泰山
Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits.
Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares， in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise
13.every dog has his day .
是人【读：rén】皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day but mine seems a very long time coming.
14.every potter praises his own pot.
王婆买《繁：買》瓜，自卖自夸
Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members
Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant， but I would rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot
15． Pain past is pleasure.
（过（繁体：過）去的痛苦就是快乐。）[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将《繁：將》来回忆起来一定甜《练：tián》蜜无比。]
16． While there is life， there is hope.
（有生命就有希望/留[练：liú]得青山在，不怕没柴烧。）
17． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
（脑中有知识，胜过[拼音：guò]手中有金钱。）[从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。]
18． Storms make trees take deeper roots.
（风暴使树木{读：mù}深深扎根。）[感激敌人，感激挫折！]
19． Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
（心之所愿，无（读：wú）所不成。）[坚持一个简单的信念就一定会成功。]
20． The shortest answer is doing.
（最《练：zuì》简单的回答就是【pinyin：shì】干。）[想说流{liú}利的英语吗？那么现在就开口！心动不如嘴动。]
21． All things are difficult before they are easy.
（凡事必先难后易。）[放弃[繁体：棄]投机取巧的幻想。]
22． Great hopes make great man. （伟大的理想造就伟大的《pinyin：de》人。）
澳门金沙23． God helps those who help themselves.（天助【练：zhù】自助者。）
24． Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
（四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘诀：多duō 一点点！）
[比别人多duō 一点努力、多一点（繁：點）自律、多一点决心、多一点反省、多一点学习、多一点实践、多一点疯狂，多一点点就能创造奇迹！]
25． In doing we learn.（实践长才干【gàn】。）
26． East or west， home is best.（东好西好，还是家(jiā)里最好。）
27． Two heads are better than one.（三【练：sān】个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。）
28． Good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有良伴就是{练：shì}捷径。）
29． Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水shuǐ 穿石。）
30． Misfortunes never come alone/single.（祸不单行xíng 。）
31． Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不经灾《繁体：災》祸不知福。）
32． Better late than never.（迟做总比不做好hǎo ；晚来总比不来好。）
33． It`s never too late to mend.（过而能改，善莫大焉；亡《wáng》羊补牢《拼音：láo》，犹未晚也。）
34． If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事情《读：qíng》值得做，就值{读：zhí}得做好。）
35． Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（无热情成就不了[繁：瞭]伟业。）
36． Actions speak louder than words.（行动比语言更响亮《pinyin：liàng》。）
37． Lifeless， faultless.（只有死人才不犯错[拼音：cuò]误。）
38． From small beginning come great things.（伟(繁：偉)大始于渺小。）
39． One today is worth two tomorrows.（一个今天胜似两个《繁体：個》明天。）
40． Truth never fears investigation.（事实从来不怕[读：pà]调查。）
41． The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.（舌无《繁体：無》骨却能折断骨。）
42． A bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的尝试(繁：試)是成功的一半。）
43． Knowing something of everything and everything of something.
（通百艺而专一长。）[疯狂咬舌头(繁体：頭)]
44． Good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是无【pinyin：wú】价宝。）
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A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终【繁：終】。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万{练：wàn}年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会【pinyin：huì】撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在《拼音：zài》手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗zōng 。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉《繁：厲》内荏。
A burden of one#30"s choice is not felt.
爱挑的担（读：dān）子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭（繁：滅）了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫《繁：貓》有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.
猫也可以打量国王，意为人[读：rén]人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从《繁体：從》口入。
常客令人(rén)厌。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜[繁体：勝]于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷{繁：窮}则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise， not rich.
逆境[pinyin：jìng]出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世[练：shì]。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音{读：yīn}难觅。
A fall into a pit， a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长(繁：長)一智。
A fox may grow gray， but never good.
江山易改，本【pinyin：běn】性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真（读：zhēn）情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋[拼音：péng]友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时shí 方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十shí 全十美的朋友。
#30"After you#30" is good manners.
“您先请qǐng ”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的《练：de》一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终[繁体：終]。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚（读：zhì）友。
A good book is the best of friends， the same today and forever.
一本好书，相澳门威尼斯人《xiāng》伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不{pinyin：bù}做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过（读：guò）美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫{pinyin：fū}善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口{pinyin：kǒu}。
A good wife health is a man#30"s best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财《繁体：財》富。
说大话者多谎言(拼音：yán)。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子(pinyin：zi)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《pinyin：qù》朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难(繁：難)改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没（繁体：沒）人相信。
A light heart lives long.
静以修身（pinyin：shēn）。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩《繁：縮》的都是精品。
一知半解，自欺欺【读：qī】人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得【练：dé】四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人（练：rén）人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.
天下(读：xià)没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百川【pinyin：chuān】。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条（繁体：條）大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well.
结(繁体：結)果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金[读：jīn]子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事[读：shì]总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只【pinyin：zhǐ】会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问(繁：問)。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行（练：xíng）。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一{拼音：yī}心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么朋(péng)友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事，犹如《练：rú》花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分钱(繁体：錢)难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷（读：kuàng）神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之【拼音：zhī】千里。
A mother#30"s love never changes.
母（练：mǔ）爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天{tiān}一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把（bǎ）火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还(拼音：hái)眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于（繁：於）晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不（读：bù）出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪[繁体：聰]明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预《繁体：預》防为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不《pinyin：bù》聚财。
As a man sows， so he shall reap.
种【繁：種】瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满（繁体：滿）园。
A snow year， a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年{nián}。
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓(pinyin：yù)于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言{读：yán}者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞(读：dòng)吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身{pinyin：shēn}正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露【练：lù】相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马[繁：馬]难追。
A year#30"s plan starts with spring.
一年之计（繁：計）在于春。
A young idler， an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大{dà}徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里[繁：裏]。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬《读：quǎn》不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love#30"s eyes.
情人眼《pinyin：yǎn》里出西施。
Be swift to hear， slow to speak.
听tīng 宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
Better late than never.
不怕{读：pà}慢，单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷（拼音：mí）路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋(拼音：péng)友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人rén 以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于[拼音：yú]水。
Blood will have blood.
血[拼音：xuè]债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应【pinyin：yīng】求少而精。
Business is business.
公gōng 事公办。
Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一【拼音：yī】需要。
By reading we enrich the mind， by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈(繁体：談)使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障【拼音：zhàng】目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓【拼音：zhuā】住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小(读：xiǎo)心驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper.
骗人发（繁体：發）不了财。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身[读：shēn]教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
择书如择友（拼音：yǒu）。
Come what may， heaven won#30"t fall.
做你的吧，天(读：tiān)塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人(读：rén)是自己的满足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向[繁体：嚮]成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石【读：shí】穿，绳锯木断。
Content is better than riches.
知足{拼音：zú}者常乐。
Count one#30"s chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数雏[繁：雛]。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不（练：bù）往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.
循序渐进【jìn】。
Cry for the moon.
海【pinyin：hǎi】底捞月。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是后天养成的【拼音：de】。
Custom makes all things easy.
有【yǒu】个好习惯，事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强(繁：強)中手。
Do as the Romans do.
入乡(繁体：鄉)随俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人《rén》。
Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实(繁体：實)在行动上。
Do it now.
机不可失，时不再来【pinyin：lái】。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可{练：kě}半途而废。
Don#30"t claim to know what you don#30"t know.
不要不(拼音：bù)懂装懂。
Don#30"t have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽(拼音：lǎn)事过多。
Don#30"t make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做zuò 。
Don#30"t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事《读：shì》，今日毕。
Don#30"t put the cart before the horse.
不【练：bù】要本末倒置。
Don#30"t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不《拼音：bù》要自找麻烦。
Don#30"t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门《繁：門》弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善《pinyin：shàn》报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤[拼音：gū]芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy， wealthy and wise.
早睡早起（拼音：qǐ）身体好。
Easier said than done.
说得容（练：róng）易，做得难。
Easy come， easy go.
来也匆匆(cōng)，去也匆匆。
Eat to live， but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃[繁体：喫]饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无(繁体：無)声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒{pinyin：dù}之人无宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失(练：shī)。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明《读：míng》算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有{练：yǒu}利必有弊。
Everybody#30"s business is nobody#30"s business.
人人{rén}负责，等于没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常（读：cháng）在。
Every dog has his day.
谁都有得意【拼音：yì】的时候。
Every door may be shut， but death#30"s door.
人{练：rén}生在世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各[拼音：gè]人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘(qiú)。
Every man for himself， and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不《读：bù》为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults.
金（拼音：jīn）无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各《读：gè》有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.
人《练：rén》人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握{wò}。
Every minute counts.
分秒必[pinyin：bì]争。
Every mother#30"s child is handsome.
孩子(zi)是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸（繁：誇）。
Everything is good when new， but friends when old.
东西是新的好（pinyin：hǎo），朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说《繁：說》一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是【练：shì】智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃一yī 堑，长一智。
Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜{繁体：勝}于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成【读：chéng】功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易《拼音：yì》躲，暗箭难防。
Far from eye， far from heart.
眼不见，心不（练：bù）烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.
远水救《练：jiù》不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一【读：yī】朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知(pinyin：zhī)。
Fields have eyes， and woods have ears.
隔墙（繁体：牆）有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情{拼音：qíng}。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是（拼音：shì）一把双刃剑。
First come， first served.
先（xiān）来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次见面，印象最（拼音：zuì）深。
First think and then speak.
先想后说（繁：說）。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不《读：bù》可雕。
Fool#30"s haste is no speed.
欲速（pinyin：sù）则不达。
Fools has fortune.
呆人[练：rén]有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men， but wise men learn much from fools.
愚(pinyin：yú)者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格《练：gé》外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机(jī)遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man#30"s gate.
风{练：fēng}水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.
集【练：jí】思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之《拼音：zhī》间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是shì 时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的[拼音：de]时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才《繁：纔》不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金，积毁[huǐ]销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天《pinyin：tiān》助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金(读：jīn)并非万能。
Good for good is natural， good for evil is manly.
以德报德是常理，以德报怨大(dà)丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健jiàn 康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口kǒu 利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
谨慎消灾（繁体：災）。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗[练：gǒu]不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的【pinyin：de】抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所《读：suǒ》见略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄xióng 犯大错误。
Great men#30"s sons seldom do well.
富不过三[拼音：sān]代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树《繁体：樹》底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.
贵人多忘事[练：shì]。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心贪手长(繁：長)。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做贼心虚(繁体：虛)。
Habit cures habit.
心病[pinyin：bìng]还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行为（繁体：爲）漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢乐不觉时光过(guò)。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快{kuài}，身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教训，自己才会走{pinyin：zǒu}运。
Harm set， harm get.
害人害(hài)己。
Hasty love， soon cold
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