英语谚语500句.doc

英语谚语500句
A.
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
A bad bush is better than an open field. / Something is better than nothing. / A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. / Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all. / Better a small fish than an empty dish. / Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.
聊胜于无。
A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart.
做贼心虚。
A bad father has never a good son.
上梁不正下梁歪。
A bad penny always comes back / turns up.
恶有恶报。
A bad woman is worse than a bad man.
最毒妇人心。
A bad worker quarrels with his tools. / A bad workman always blames his tools.
人笨怪刀钝。
A baker’s wife may bite of a bun.
近水楼台先得月。
A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.
铁杵磨成针。
A barking dog never bites. / A barking dog was never a good biter. / Barking dogs seldom bite.
会叫的狗不咬人。
A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.
以小人之心，度君子之腹。
A beard well lathered is half shaved.
磨刀不误砍柴功。
A beggar cannot be a chooser.
饥不择食。
A beggar pays a benefit with a louse. / bite the hand that feeds one.
以怨报德。/ 恩将仇报。
A begun work is half ended.
万事开头难。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.
猫也可以打量等）。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. / Experience must be bought. / By doing we learn. / By falling we learn to go safely.
吃一堑，长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.