第一篇：英語四級常用諺語

英語專業四級寫作必備名言諺語

個人修養類 道德愛情

1.A candle lights others and consumes itself.蠟燭照亮別人，燃燒了自己。2.A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。3.A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性難移。

4.Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.抱負是一切高尚操行的萌芽。

5.A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。6.A good fame is better than a good face.美名勝過美貌。

7.A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。8.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.淺學誤人。

9.A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.(J.Barrymore)只要一個人還有追求，他就沒有老。直到后悔取代了夢想，一個人才算老。（J·巴里摩爾）

10.A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，駟馬難追。11.All that glitters is not gold.閃光的不一定都是金子。12.Beauty lies in the lover’s eyes.情人眼里出西施。13.Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。

14.Doing is better than saying.與其掛在嘴上，不如落實在行動上。（行動勝于言語。）15.Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班門弄斧。

16.Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended;love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it.(Josh Billings，American humorist)友誼就像陶器，破了可以修補；愛情好比鏡子，一旦打破就難重圓。（美國幽默作家喬什·比林斯）17.Friendship is love without his wings.(George Gordon Byron, British poet)友誼是沒有羽翼的愛。（英國詩人G·G·拜倫）

18.Handsome is he who does handsomely.行為漂亮才算美。19.Hasty love, soon cold.一見鐘情難持久。

20.He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。21.If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.腳踏兩條船，必定落空。22.Love cannot be compelled.愛情不能強求。

23.Love is never without jealousy.沒有妒忌就沒有愛情。24.Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏。

25.On earth there is nothing great but man;in the man there is nothing great but mind.(A.Hamilton)地球上唯一偉大的是人，人身上唯一偉大的是心靈。（A·哈密爾頓）? 理想現實

1.Complacency is the enemy of study.學習的敵人是自滿。2.A young idler, an old beggar.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

3.Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.（Alexander Dumas, French writer)生活沒有目標就像航海沒有指南針。（法國作家亞歷山大·大仲馬)4.An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.(Robert Louis Stevenson)生活的目標，是唯一值得尋找的財富。（R·L·史蒂文森）5.Between the ideal and the reality, between the motion and the act, falls the shadow.(Thomas Stearns Eliot)理想與現實之間，動機與行為之間，總有一道陰影。（T·S·艾略特）

6.Every minute counts.分秒必爭。

7.Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。

8.Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.(William Shakespeare)不要只因一次失敗，就放棄你原來決心想要達到的目的。（莎士比亞）9.Don’t part with your illusions.When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.(Mark Twain)不要放棄你的幻想。當幻想沒有了以后，你雖然還可以生存，但是你雖生猶死。（馬克·吐溫）

10.A willful man will have his way.有志者事竟成。11.God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。

12.Goals determine what you’re going to be.(Julius Irving)人生的奮斗目標決定你將成為怎樣的人。（朱利斯·歐文）

13.Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.(R.Peters, American jurist)人生應該樹立目標，否則你的精力會白白浪費。（美國法學家彼得斯）14.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.想不犯錯誤，就一事無成。

15.Ideal are like the stars—we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them.(Carl Schulz, American statesman)理想猶如天上的星星，我們猶如水手，雖不能達到天上，但是我們的航程可憑借它指引。（美國政治家卡爾·舒爾茨）

16.Ideal is the beacon.Without ideal, there is no secure direction;without direction, there is no life.(Tolstoy, Russian writer）理想是指路明燈。沒有理想，就沒有堅定的方向；沒有方向，就沒有生活。（俄國作家托爾斯泰）

17.If winter comes, can spring be far behind?(P.B.Shelley, British poet)冬天來了，春天還會遠嗎？（英國詩人P·B·雪萊）

18.If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.(Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist)如果你懷疑自己，那么你的立足點確實不穩固了。（挪威劇作家易卜生）19.It is at our mother’s knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest, but there is seldom any money in them.(Mark Twain, American writer)就是在我們母親的膝上，我們獲得了最高尚、最真誠和最遠大的理想，但是里面很少有金錢的成分。（美國作家馬克·吐溫）

20.It is the first step that costs troublesome.萬事開頭難。

21.It never will rain roses.When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.(G.Eliot, British novelist)天上不會掉下玫瑰來，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必須自己種植。（英國小說家G·艾略特）

22.Make hay while the sun shines.良機勿失。23.The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.(Goethe, German poet and dramatist)人生重要的事情是確定一個偉大的目標，并決心實現它。（德國詩人、劇作家歌德）24.The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.(Franklin Roosevelt, American President)實現明天理想的唯一障礙是今天的疑慮。（美國總統富蘭克林·羅斯福）

25.Time and tide wait for no man.時不我待。? 人生逆境

1.A good seaman is known in bad weather.驚濤駭浪，方顯英雄本色。2.A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.(J.Burroughs, American natural historian)一個人可以失敗多次，但是只要他沒有開始責怪旁人，他還不是一個失敗者。（美國博物學家J·巴勒斯）

3.A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.(Addison)強者能同命運的風暴抗爭。(愛迪生)4.A thousand-mile journey is started by taking the first step.千里之行，始于足下。

5.Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.抱最好的愿望，做最壞的打算。6.All things in their being are good for something.天生我才必有用。

7.Cease to struggle and you cease to live.(Thomas Carlyle)生命不息，奮斗不止。（托馬斯·卡萊爾）

8.Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿。

9.Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.困難坎坷是人們的生活教科書。

10.Energy and persistence conquer all things.(Benjamin Franklin)能量加毅力可以征服一切。（本杰明·富蘭克林）

11.No cross, no crown.不經歷風雨，怎么見彩虹。

12.Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.(J.H.Newman)不要害怕你的生活將要結束，應該擔心你的生活永遠沒有真正開始。（J·H·紐曼）

13.He who seizes the right moment, is the right man.(Goethe)誰把握機遇，誰就心想事成。（歌德）

14.Man errs as long as he strives.(Goethe)失誤是進取的代價。（歌德）15.Man is man and master of his fate.人就是人，是自己命運的主人。

16.Man struggles upwards;water flows downwards.人往高處走，水往低處流。

17.Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.(C.Weitzman, Irish President）奇跡有時候是會發生的，但是你得為之拼命地努力。（愛爾蘭總統C·魏茨曼）

18.It is wise to learn at another man’s cost.前車之鑒。19.Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.(Richard Nixon, American President)命運給予我們的不是失望之酒，而是機會之杯。（美國總統理查德·尼克松）20.Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.(Goldsmith)我們最值得自豪的不在于從不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起來。（哥德史密斯）21.Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.(Jean Jacques Rousseau, French thinker)忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果實是甜蜜的。（法國思想家盧梭）

22.Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.不管追求什么目標，都應堅持不懈。? 趣味休閑 1.A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。2.A boaster and a liar are cousins germane.吹牛與說謊本是同宗。3.A burden of one’s choice is not felt.愛挑的擔子不嫌重。

4.A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.知足是人生一大幸事。

5.A faithful friend is hard to find.知音難覓。6.A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難見真情。

7.A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友難，失朋友易。8.A good husband makes a good wife.夫善則妻賢。9.A light heart lives long.靜以修身。

10.A mother’s love never changes.母愛永恒。11.A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

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

13.A single flower does not make a spring.一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。14.All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世間所有的榮華富貴都不如一個好朋友。

15.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一蘋果，不用請醫生。

16.An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之計在于晨。17.As a man sows, so he shall reap.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。18.Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。

19.Content is better than riches.知足者常樂。

20.Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起身體好。?

第二篇：大學英語四級常用諺語

Proverbs(Old Sayings)1.As a saying goes… 2.There is a saying… 3.A proverb says…

4.It goes without saying that… 5.As everyone knows… 6.No one can deny that…

1.Sound in body, sound in mind.身體健康，神清氣爽 2.Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康，枉有家當 3.Actions speak louder than words.事實勝于雄辯。4.Every second counts.一寸光陰一寸金。

5.Opportunity seldom knocks twice.機不可失，時不再來 6.Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.知識使人謙虛, 無知使人驕傲。

7.Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良藥苦口利于病。8.A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友難，失朋友易。9.All roads lead to Rome.條條大路通羅馬。

10.All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事總是由難而易

11.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。12.A young idler, an old beggar.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。13.By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。

14.Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。

15.Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，繩鋸木斷。16.Diamond cuts diamond.強中自有強中手。

17.Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。

18.Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.天才不過是勤奮而已。19.It is never too old to learn.活到老，學到老

20.No one can call back yesterday.昨日不會重現。

21.Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上無難事，只怕有心人。

22.Money can’t buy time.寸金難買寸光陰

23.Failure is the mother of success.失敗乃成功之母

24.A good beginning is half the battle.良好的開端成功的一半。25.To teach is to learn.教學相長。26.Pride goes before a fall.驕兵必敗。

27.Man proposes, God disposes.謀事在人，成事在天。28.Time and tide wait for no man.時不待我/歲月無情。

29.The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future.前事不忘，后世之師。30.Once beaten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。31.Birds of a feather flock together.物以類分，人以群分。32.There is no smoke without fire.無風不起浪。

33.Good wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深/酒香客自來。34.The pupil outdoes the master.青出于藍而勝于藍。35.Diamond cut diamond.強中更有強中手。

36.Little strokes fell great oaks.滴水穿石。/只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針。37.Judge not a book by its cover.人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。38.A straight foot is not afraid of crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。39.The knife cuts bread and fingers.水能載舟，亦能覆舟。40.A horse stumbles that has four legs.人非圣賢，熟能無過。41.Take things as they come.既來之，則安之。42.Rest breeds rust.生命在于運動。

43.Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。44.True blue will never stain.真金不怕火煉。

45.Don’t count the chicken before they are hatched.請勿盲目樂觀。

46.A watched pot never boils.心急吃不了熱豆腐。/有心插花花不開，無心插柳柳成陰。

47.The best horse stumbles.智者千慮，必有一失。

48.Rome was not built in a day.冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。49.Silence is golden.沉默是金。

50.A rolling stone gathers no moss.滾石不生苔。

51.One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。

56.Heaven has endowed me with talents for eventual use.天生我才必有用。

57.Patience and application will carry us through.忍耐和努力會使我們度過難關。

58.Penny and penny laid up will be many.積少成多。

59.Practice is better than precept.身教勝于言教。

60.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

61.Prepare for a rain day.未雨綢繆。

62.Prevention is better than cure.預防勝于治療。

63.Pride goes before a fall.(or destruction).驕兵必敗。

64.Punctuality is the soul of business.嚴守時間是辦事情的重要原則。

65.Purpose supposes foresight.深謀遠慮。

66.Observation is the best teacher.觀察是最好的老師。

67.One cannot put back the clock.時鐘不能倒轉。

68.One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百聞不如一見。

69.One man‘s fault is other man‘s lesson.前車之鑒。

70.Promise is debt.一諾千金。

71.Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.讀書健腦，運動強身。

72.Seeing is believing.眼見為實。

73.Seek the truth from facts.實事求是。

74.Success belongs to the persevering.堅持就是勝利。

75.The best man stumbles.偉人也有犯錯時。

76.The devil knows many things because he is old.老馬識途。

77.The early bird catches the worm.早起的鳥兒有蟲吃 78.Strike the iron while it is hot.趁熱打鐵。

79.The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火驗真金，艱難磨意志。

80.The first step is the only difficulty.邁出第一步是最艱難的。

81.The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。

82.The greatest talkers are always least doers.語言的巨人總是行動的矮子。

83.The outsider sees the most of the game.旁觀者清。

84.There is no royal road to learning.書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟。

85.Think twice before you do.三思而后行。

86.Time cures all things.時間是醫治一切創傷的良藥。

87.Time lost cannot be won again.時光流逝，不可復得。

88.Time past cannot be called back again.時間不能倒流。

89.Too much liberty spills all.自由放任，一事無成

90.To save time is to lengthen life.節約時間就是延長生命。

91.Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。

92.Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康，錢再多也沒用。

93.Well begun is half done.好的開始，是成功的一半。

94.Whatever you do, do with all your might.不管做什么，都要一心一意

95.Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。

96.Where there is smoke, there is fire.事出有因。

97.Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。

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

99.Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。

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

101.All that glitters is not gold.閃光的不一定都是金子。

102.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。

103.A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，駟馬難追。

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

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

106.Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。

107.Business is the salt of life.事業是人生的第一需要。

108.Care and diligence bring luck.謹慎和勤奮才能抓住機遇。

109.Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。

110.Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，繩鋸木斷。

111.Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而廢。

112.Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日畢。

113.Easier said than done.說得容易，做得難。

114.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.自己的命運自己掌握。

115.Gold will not buy anything.黃金并非萬能。

116.Honesty is the best policy.做人誠信為本。

117.If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.腳踏兩條船，必定落空。

118.It is easier to get money than to keep it.掙錢容易攢錢難。119.Jack of all trades and master of none.門門精通，樣樣稀松。

120.Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

121.Lost time is never found again.歲月既往，一去不回。

122.Many heads are better than one.三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。

123.Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患難見真情。

124.Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.不管追求什么目標，都應堅持不懈。

125.We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite

hope.——Mattin Luther King

我們必須接受失望，因為它是有限的，但千萬不可失去希望，因為它是無窮的。——馬丁·路德·金

126.Nothing seek, nothing find.無所求則無所獲。

127.A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.——Thomas Addison

強者能同命運的風暴抗爭。——愛迪生

128.Man struggles upwards;water flows downwards.人往高處走，水往低處流。

129.Cease to struggle and you cease to live.——Thomas Carlyle

生命不止，奮斗不息。——卡萊爾

130.You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success.——Charles Chaplin

人必須有自信，這是成功的秘密。——卓別林

第三篇：提升英語四級作文諺語

1.愛屋及烏 Love me, love my dog.2.百聞不如一見 Seeing is believing.3.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many;to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.4.笨鳥先飛 A slow sparrow should make an early start.5.不眠之夜 white night.6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses.7.不遺余力 spare no effort;go all out;do one‘s best.8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.9.拆東墻補西墻 rob Peter to pay Paul.10.辭舊迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new;ring out the old year and ring in the new.11.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all.12.大開眼界 open one’s eyes;broaden ones horizon;be an eye-opener.13.國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace.14.過猶不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough;beyond is as wrong as falling short;too much is as bad as too little.15.功夫不負有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.16.好了傷疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more.17.好事不出門惡事傳千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.18.和氣生財 Harmony brings wealth.19.活到老學到老 One is never too old to learn.20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones.21.金無足赤人無完人 Gold can’t be pure and man can‘t be perfect.22.金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home.23.腳踏實地 be down-to-earth.24.腳踩兩只船 sit on the fence.25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal;a hedge between keeps friendship green.26.老生常談陳詞濫調 cut and dried, cliché.27.禮尚往來 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.28.留得青山在不怕沒柴燒 Where there is life, there is hope.29.馬到成功 achieve immediate victory;win instant success.30.名利雙收 gain in both fame and wealth.31.茅塞頓開 be suddenly enlightened.32.沒有規矩不成方圓 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.33.每逢佳節倍思親 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of onedear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.34.謀事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven.Man proposes, God disposes.35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half;Cunning outwits itself.36.拿手好戲 masterpiece.37.賠了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad.38.拋磚引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions;throw a sprat to catch a whale.39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat；burn one own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end.40.搶得先機 take the preemptive opportunities.41.巧婦難為無米之炊 If you have no hand you cant make a fist.One can make bricks without straw.42.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step.43.前事不忘后事之師 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.44.前人栽樹后人乘涼 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something.46.強龍難壓地頭蛇 Even a dragon(from the outside)finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt-Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.47.強強聯手 win-win co-operation.48.瑞雪兆豐年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.49.人之初性本善 Man’s nature at birth is good.50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.51.人海戰術 huge-crowd strategy.52.世上無難事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.53.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world.54.死而后已 until my heart stops beating.55.歲歲平安 Peace all year round.56.上有天堂下有蘇杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.57.塞翁失馬焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.58.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.59.升級換代 updating and upgrading

(of products).60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.61.誰言寸草心報得三春暉 Such kindness of warm sun, can;t be repaid by grass.62.水漲船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.63.時不我待Time and tide wait for no man.64.殺雞用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel.65.實事求是seek truth from facts;be practical and realistic;be true to facts.66.說曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.67.實話實說speak the plain truth;call a spade a spade;tell it as it is.68.實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.69.山不在高，有仙則名;No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy.;

70.韜光養晦hide one;s capacities and bide one;s time.71.糖衣炮彈sugar-coated bullets.72.天有不測風云Anything unexpected may happen.a bolt from the blue.73.團結就是力量Unity is strength.74.跳進黃河洗不清eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there;s nothing one can do to clear one;s name;.75.歪風邪氣unhealthy practices and evil phenomena.76.物以類聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.77.往事如風;The past has vanished(from memory)like wind.;What in past, is pas.78.望子成龍hold high hopes for one;s child.79.屋漏又逢連陰雨Misfortunes never come singly.When it rains it pours.80.文韜武略military expertise;military strategy.81.唯利是圖draw water to one;s mill.82.無源之水,無本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots.83.無中生有make create something out of nothing.84.無風不起浪There are no waves without wind.There;s no smoke without fire.85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends.86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean.87.虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.88.蓄勢而發accumulate strength for a take-off.89.心想事成May all your wish come true.90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding;give tacit consent;tacit understanding91.先入為主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

第四篇：四級英語作文常用格言諺語

（一）品格行為

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

A candle lights others and consumes itself.蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。As they brew, so let they drink.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

Good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil.惡有惡報，善有善報。Diligence redeems stupidity.勤能補拙。Like father, like son.有其父，必有其子。

A man must take the consequences of his own deeds.一個人必須為自己的行為負責。Who pleasure gives, shall joy receive.予人以快樂者，自己會獲得快樂。

（二）友情友誼

If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty.情人眼里出西施。A true friend is best possession.真誠的朋友是最寶貴的財富。A faithful friend is hard to find.知音覓。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難見真情。

A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友難，失朋友易。Love, and be loved.愛，然后被愛。

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.選友要慎重，換友須更慎。Blood is thicker than water.血濃于水。

A man is known by the company he keeps.物與類聚，人以群分。

A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.海內存自己，天涯若比鄰。

As distance tests a horse’s strength, so time reveals a person’s heart.路遙知馬力，日久見人心。Beauty lies in the lover’s eye.情人眼里出西施。It is merry when friends meet.朋友相聚不亦樂乎。

（三）金錢財富

Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.小小開支不可隨意，小小漏洞會沉大船。

Cut your coat according to your cloth.量入為出。A light purse makes a heavy heart.囊中羞澀煩事多。A heavy purse makes a light heart.囊中有錢心舒暢。Money makes the mare go.有錢能使鬼推磨。Money talks.金錢萬能。

（四）勤勞發奮

The early bird catches the worm.捷足先登。（早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。）Laziness travels so early, that poverty overtakes him.懶惰甩不掉貧困。God gives all things to industry.上帝對勤勞者慷慨。Speak little, do much.少說多做。

Well done is better than well said.說得好不如做得好。

He that can have patience can have what he will.有志者事竟成。Diligence is the mother of good luck.勤奮為幸運之母。

Genius is one percent of inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.天才是1%的靈感加上99%的汗水。Strike while the iron is hot.趁熱打鐵。More haste, less speed.欲速則不達。

（五）處世方法

A bad workman always blames his tools.不會撐船怪河彎。A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長一智。A good beginning is half done.好的開頭是成功的一半。All roads lead to Rome.條條大路通羅馬。

The proof of pudding is in the eating.親嘗方知布丁味。There are tricks in every trade.行行有秘訣。The first blow is half the battle.先下手為強。Practice makes perfect.熟能上巧。All water runs into the sea.百川歸海。

If you want to get the honey, you must bear the stings of bees.不吃苦中苦，沒有甜中甜。A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不補，大洞難堵。

（六）智慧與心態

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。Actions speak louder than words.事實勝于雄辯。A close mouth catches no flies.病從口入。Call a spade a spade.實事求是。

Don’t teach the fish to swim.不要班門弄斧。

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.寧為雞頭，不為鳳尾。Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日之事今日畢。Experience is the father of the wisdom.經驗乃智慧之父。He laughs best who laughs last.誰笑到最后笑得最好。Where there’s will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。

Two heads are better than one.三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮。Where there is life, there is hope.有生命就有希望。

To err is human, to forgive, divine.人孰無過，寬恕為上。Pride goes before a fall.驕兵必敗。Honesty is the best policy.誠為上策。

Never do things by halves.不可半途而廢。

A man of great wisdom often seems slow witted.大智若愚。Big mouthfuls often choke.貪多嚼不爛。Do in Rome as the Romans do.入鄉隨俗。

Judge not according to appearance.不可以貌取人。Look before you leap.三思而后行。Don’t gild the lily.勿畫蛇添足。

Learning without thought is labor lost.學而不思則罔。

（七）生活境遇

Adversity makes a man wise.逆境增智慧。Adversity reveals virtue.逆境顯本色。Every dog has its day.人人皆有得意時。

Blessings never come in pairs;misfortunes never come singly.福無雙至，禍不單行。After suffering is happiness.苦盡甘來。

East or west, home is best.東西南北跑，只要家最好。

（八）書籍與知識

A good book is a good friend.好書如摯友。

Imagination is more important than knowledge.想象重于知識。Knowledge is power.知識就是力量。

（九）事業與成功

Nothing is impossible to a wiling mind.世上無難事，只怕有心人。

Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon the recklessness.業精于勤而荒于嬉。Failure is the mother of success.失敗是成功之母。

God helps those who help themselves.自助者，天幫助。Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。Opportunity knocks only once.機不可失，時不再來。Constant dripping wears away the stone.水滴石穿。

Different trades are separated by mountains.隔行如隔山。Early sow, early mow.早種早收。

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind iron rod into a needle.只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針。No pains, no gain.不勞而獲。

There is no rose without thorns.沒有玫瑰不帶刺。

Chances favor the minds that are prepared.機會青睞有準備的人。

He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.爬梯須從第一步起。

（十）時間

Time lost cannot be won again.時光不復返。Time and tide wait for no man.時不待人。Time is money.時間就是金錢。

Lost years are worse than lost dollars.失去時光金不換。Time flies.光陰似箭。

（十一）教育

Spare the rod, spoil the child.孩子不打不成器。Rome was not built in a day.羅馬非一日建成。True love is giving.真愛在于奉獻。

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.未受教育的天才，猶如未雕之玉。A great teacher produces a brilliant student.名師出高徒。

A teacher for one day is a father for a lifetime.一日為師，終身為父。Habit(Custom)is the(a)nature.習慣成自然。Example is better than precept.榜樣勝于規則。It is never too old to learn.活到老，學到老。a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 一鳥在手，勝似二鳥在林

a blank slate 干凈的黑板（新的一頁，新的開始）a bone to pick 可挑剔的骨頭（爭端，不滿）a cat nap 打個盹兒

a ouch potato 躺椅上的馬鈴薯（懶鬼）a headache 頭痛（麻煩事）a knock out 擊倒（美得讓人傾倒）a load off my mind 心頭大石落地 a pain in the neck 脖子疼（苦事）

a piece of cake 一塊蛋糕（小菜一碟，易事一件）a shot in the dark 盲目射擊（瞎猜）a sinking ship 正在下沉的船

a slap in the face 臉上挨了一耳光（公然受辱）a social butterfly 社交蝴蝶（善于交際，會應酬的人）a thorn in someone''s side 腰上的荊棘（芒刺在背）a turn coat 反穿皮襖的人（叛徒）a weight off my shoulders 放下肩頭重擔 an ace up my sleeve 袖里的王牌

ants in one''s pants 褲襠里有螞蟻（坐立不安）back in the saddle重上馬鞍（重整旗鼓）back on track重上軌道（改過自新）backfire逆火（弄巧成拙，適得其反）ball and chain 鐵球鐵鏈，甜蜜的枷（老婆）beat a dead horse 鞭打死馬令其奔馳（徒勞）beaten by the ugly stick 被丑杖打過（生得難看）bet your life 把命賭上（絕對錯了）better half 我的另一半

big headed 大腦袋（傲慢，自大）

bigger fish to fry 有更大的魚要炸（有更重要的事要辦）bite the bullet 咬子彈（強忍痛苦）

birds of a feather flock together 羽毛相同的鳥總飛成一群（物以類聚）

blow up in you face 在眼前爆炸（事情完全弄砸了）break a let 折斷一條腿（表演真實，演出成功）break the ice 破冰（打破僵局）brown nose 討好，諂媚

bull in a china shop 瓷器店里的蠻牛（笨拙的人，動輒弄壞東西的人）

burst your bubble 扎破泡泡（打破人的幻想，煞風景）bury one's head in the sand把頭埋在沙里（自欺欺人）butterflies in my stomach肚里有只蝴蝶（心里緊張，七上八下）buy the farm買下農場（歸道山，死了）cash in my chips兌換籌碼（睡覺，就寢）circle the wagons把篷車圍成一圈（嚴陣以待）clean up one's act自我檢點，自我改進 come down in sheets整片整片地下（傾盆大雨）cross the line 跨過線（做得太過分了）

cross that bridge when we come to it 到了橋頭就過橋（船到橋頭自然直）

cut to the chase 抄捷徑去追獵物（不繞圈子，開門見山，單刀直入）

daily grind 例行苦事，每天得干的苦工 days are numbered 來日無多 dead center 正當中

dead-end street 死路，死巷子 domino effect 骨牌效應 down to the wire 最后關頭

down under 南邊（常指面半球的澳洲）

downhill from here 從此都是下坡路（自此每況愈下）drop the ball 掉了球（失職）empty nest 空巢（兒女長大離家）get hitched 拴起來（結婚）

get off on the wrong foot 起步便錯（第一印象不佳）get the ball rolling 讓球滾起來（動起手來）goose bumps 雞皮疙瘩 hit the road 上路

hold your horses 勒住你的馬（慢來）

hang somebody out to dry 把……晾起來了（把……坑苦了）in one''s back pocket 在某人褲子后口袋里（是某人的囊中之物）

in the dark 在黑暗中（茫然，什么也不知道）in the spotlight 站在聚光燈圈里（出風頭）it''s Greek to me 希臘文（天書）

joined at the hip 連體嬰（死黨，從不分開的兩個人）jump the gun 槍未響先偷跑（搶先）kick the bucket 踢水桶（翹辮子）

kill two birds with one stone一 箭雙雕，一舉兩得 last straw 最后一根稻草

left a bitter taste in one''s mouth 留下滿嘴苦味（留下不愉快的回憶）

light a fire under your butt 在屁股下點一把火（促其行動）light at the end of the tunnel 隧道末端的光（一線希望）like shooting fish in a barrel 桶里射魚（甕中捉鱉）ling winded 長舌，碎嘴

Monday morning quarterback 星期一早晨的四分衛（馬后炮）my old man 我的老頭（我父親）

out of the pan and into the fire 跳出鍋里，掉進火里（每況愈下）

plenty of other fish in the sea 海里的魚多得很（天涯何處無芳草）

poker face 撲克面孔（喜怒不形于色）pop the question 提出大問題（求婚）

pot calling the kettle black 鍋嫌壺黑（五十步笑百步）punch your lights out 揍得你兩眼發黑

put all of one''s eggs in one basket 雞蛋都放在一個籃子里（孤注一擲）

put one''s foot in one''s mouth 把腳丫放進嘴里（說錯話了）rob the cradle 劫搖籃（老牛吃嫩草）

skate on thin ice 在薄冰上滑冰（如履薄冰，身歷險境）skeleton in one''s closet 壁櫥里的骷髏（不可告人的事）skin and bones 皮包骨

sleep on it 睡在上面（考慮一晚上）small talk 寒喧，閑聊 smooth sailing 一帆風順

stab in the back 背后插刀（遭人暗算）stallion 千里駒（貌美體健的男人）stud 種馬（貌美體健的男人）swing for the fence 打全壘打 take a hike 走路（滾蛋）until you are blue in the face 干到臉發青（也是白干）unwind 放松發條（輕松下來）up for grabs 大家有份

up in the air 掛在空中（懸而未決）

when hell freezes over 地獄結冰（絕不可能的事）weed out 除去雜草（淘汰）well rounded全 能，全才

when pigs fly 豬飛的時候（絕不可能）

not lift a finger 連手指都不動一動（袖手旁觀）

wrapped around his/her little finger 化為繞指柔（玩弄于股掌之間）

第五篇：英語四級作文諺語素材

英語四級作文諺語素材匯總

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【篇一】英語四級作文諺語

Maidens should（or must）be mild and meek，swift to hear and slow to speak.少女應溫良謙恭，敏于聽而慎于言。

Make all you can，save all you can，give all you can.盡力而為，盡力節約，盡力施舍。

Make haste slowly.從容趕急。

Make hay while the sun shines.趁熱打鐵。

Make the best of a bad business（or job or bargain）身處山窮水盡，力爭柳暗花明。

Make the night night，and the day day，and you will have a pleasant time of it.白天當白天，夜晚當夜晚，生活過得好，愉快而多歡。

Make your enemy your friend.要化敵為友。

Make yourself necessary to someone.使你有益于人。

Man alone is born crying，lives complaining，and dies disappointed.只有人，生下時啼哭，活著時抱怨，去世時失望。

Man has not a greater enemy than himself.人之大敵，自己而已。

Man is a tool-using animal.人是用器之獸。

Man is mortal.人生誰無死。

Man is not the creature of circumstances； circumstances are the creature of man.并非時勢造人，而是人造時勢。

Man is the artificer of his own happiness.人之幸福，自己創造。

Manners make the man.禮貌造就人。

Man proposes，God disposes.謀事在天，成事在人。

Man''s best plans often miscrarry.神機妙算，常常失算。

Man''s best possession is a loving wife.男人最可貴的是有一個賢淑的妻子。

Man will conquer nature.人定勝天。

Many a fine dish has nothing on it.虛有其表。

Many a flower is born to blush unseen.有許多花兒生來就開著沒有人欣賞。

Many a good cow hath a bad calf.虎父生犬子。

Many a good father hath but a bad son.好父親偏生不肖子。

Many a little（or pickle）makes a mickle.積少成多。

Many ants kill the horse.蟻多可殺馬。

Many a true word is spoken in jest.戲言寓真理。

Many dishes，many diseases.多吃多病。

Many drops makes a shower.積少成多。

Many great men have arisen from humble beginnings.有許多偉人出身卑微。

Many hands are better than one.眾擎易舉。

Many hands make a burden lighter.眾擎易舉。

Many hands make light（or quick）work.人多活兒輕。

Many have suffered for talking，none ever suffered for keeping silence.多言吃苦，緘默少禍。

Many heads are better than one.集思廣益。

Many kiss the baby for the nurse''s sake.醉翁之意不在酒。

Many men，many minds.人多意見多。

Many one says well that thinks ill.口蜜腹劍者不乏其人。

Many receive advice only the wise profit by it.聆忠言者眾，智者獨獲益。

【篇二】英語四級作文諺語

I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea.進退維谷。

I am not a slave，I am not a captive，and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles.我不是奴隸，也不是俘虜，我有力量可以克服更大的艱難險阻。

I am not now that which I have been.（I am not what I used to be.）今日之我已非昔日之我。

I am not only witty in myself，but the cause that wit is in other men.我不僅要使自己有才智，而且也要使別人有才智。

I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility.一個真正偉大的人，對他的第一個考驗就是看他是否謙遜。

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.我不能既是你的朋友，而又對你阿諛奉承。

I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends.我認為，只有在腦海中想起好朋友時我才會那樣快樂。

Ideals are like the stars--we never reach them，but like mariners，we chart our course by them.理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我們猶如水手，可借它指引航向。

Idle folks have most labour.懶漢總嫌活太多。

Idle folks lack no excuses.懶漢辯解，何患無詞。

Idleness is the key of beggary，and the root of all evil.懶惰是行乞的敲門磚，是萬惡的根源。

Idleness is the root（or mother）of all evil（or sin or vice）.懶惰是萬惡之源。

Idleness is the rust of the mind.懶惰使腦子生銹。

Idleness rusts the mind.懶惰使人的頭腦遲鈍。

Idle young，needy old.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

If a donkey bray at you，don''t bray at him.傻瓜惹著你，你別跟他纏。

If a man empties his purse into his head，no man can take it away from him.如果倒空錢袋，裝入腦袋，那就無人能夠把錢奪走。

If a man will begin with certainties，he shall end in doubts，but if he will be content to begin with doubts，he shall end in certaintics.如果以肯定開始，必將以懷疑告終；如果愿以懷疑開始，必將以肯定告終。

If at first you don''t succeed，try，try again.初試不成功，努力勿懈怠。

If doctors fail thee，be these three thy doctors； rest，cheerful-ness，and moderate diet.如果醫藥不能幫助，那么注意三件事∶休息，愉快，飲食調和。

If each would sweep before his own door，we should have a clean city（or street）.眾擎易舉。

【篇三】英語四級作文諺語

Labour is light where love doth pay.愛情作酬報，勞苦必輕松。

Labour is often the father of pleasure.勤勞常為快樂之源。

Labour is the capital of our working men.勞動力是勞動人民的資本。

Lack of knowledge is darker than night.沒有知識比黑夜還要黑。

Late repentance is seldom true.后悔少有誠意。

Laugh and grow fat.心寬體胖。

Laugh，and the world laughs with you； weep，and you weep alone.你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟獨你自哭。

Laugh at your ills，And save doctors'' bills.生病不憂慮，節省醫藥費。

Laugh before breakfast you''ll cry before supper.樂極生悲。

Law makers should not be law breakers.正人先正己。

Laws catch flies but let hornets go free.法網只捉蒼蠅，不捉黃蜂。

Lawsuits consume time，and money，and rest，and friends.訴訟將消耗時間、金錢、休息和失去朋友。

Lazy folks take the most pains.懶漢多吃苦。

Learning is an ornament in prosperity，a refuge in adversity，and a provision in old age.學問在得意時是裝飾品，失意時是庇護所，年老時是供應品。

Learning is wealth to the poor，an honour to the rich，an aid to the young，and a support and comfort to the aged.學問是窮人的財富，是富人的榮譽，是青年的幫助，是老年的支持和安慰。

Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.知識能使好人更好，壞人更壞。