第一篇：常見英語諺語 習語

英語諺語和習語

1.look on with folded arms 袖手旁觀 2.call white black 顛倒黑白 3.speak like a book 咬文嚼字

4.make a noise in a world 名噪一時

5.an old head on your shoulders 少年老成 6.take to one's heels 逃之夭夭 7.in a class by itself 獨一無二

8.do in Rome as Rome does 入鄉隨俗

9.be wet behind the ears /smell of the baby

乳臭未干 10.not a feather to fly with 一貧如洗 11.give sb.a piece of one's mind 直言不諱 12.Many a little makes a mickle.積少成多

13.No one wise at all times.智者千慮，必有一失 14.Pride goes before a fall.驕者必敗 15.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧 16.No pains,no gains.不勞無獲

17.It's never too late to learn.活到老，學到老 18.One today is worth two tomorrow.一個今天等于兩個明天。

19.No one can do two things at once.一心不可二用。

20.There is no friend so faithful as a good book.好書勝好友。

21.Knowledge is power.知識就是力量。22.Something attempted,something done.有所嘗試，就有所作為。23.Never judge from appearance.不要以貌取人。

24.To choose time is to save time.選擇時間就是節省時間。

25.Time is a bird forever on wing.時間就是一只永遠飛翔的鳥。26.take trouble 吃苦

27.be at the pains of learning 刻苦學習28.be in pain 在痛苦中

29.dream away one's life 虛度一生

30.live on the fat of the land 過奢侈的生活 31.have a thin /good time 過的不舒坦 32.a rich joke 逗人的笑話 33.look hard at 死盯著 34.work on the land 務農

35.pull oneself together 振奮精神 36.have the pull of sb.勝過某人 37.keep cool 保持鎮靜

38.out of question 毫無疑問 39.cry up 夸張

40.cry for the moon 想要上天 41.make believe 假裝 42.drop a brick 出言不慎

43.drop aross a person 碰見某人 43.a bank of snow 一堆雪 44.the family circle 家族 45.as yet 直到現在

46.call cousins with 同......攀親 47.the Tropic of Cancer 北回歸線 48.care for 喜愛

49.a sad sack 不中用的人

50.fight to the death 戰斗到底 51.a palace hotel 豪華旅館 52.worth one's while 值得的 53.on the whole 基本上

54.once again / more 再來一次

55.I've heard so much about you.久仰大名 56.Two heads are better than one.二人智慧勝一人。

57.We reap what we sow.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。58.You can not get blood out of stone.鐵石心腸 59.Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同。60.Learning without though means labour lost, though without learning is perilous.學而不思則網，思而不學則殆。1.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

2.God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。

3.Easier said than done.說起來容易做起來難。

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

5.One false step will make a great difference.失之毫厘，謬之千里。

6.Slow and steady wins the race.穩扎穩打無往而不勝。

7.A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長一智。

8.Experience is the mother of wisdom.實踐出真知。

9.All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.只工作不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。

10.Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.無德之美猶如沒有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

11.More hasty,less speed.欲速則不達。

12.It's never too old to learn.活到老，學到老。

13.All that glitters is not gold.閃光的未必都是金子。

14.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。

15.Look before you leap.三思而后行。

16.Rome was not built in a day.偉業非一日之功。

17.Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同。

18.well begun,half done.好的開始等于成功的一半。

19.It is hard to please all.眾口難調。

20.Out of sight,out of mind.眼不見，心不念。

21.Facts speak plainer than words.事實勝于雄辯。

22.Call back white and white back.顛倒黑白。

23.First things first.凡事有輕重緩急。

24.Ill news travels fast.壞事傳千里。

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

26.live not to eat,but eat to live.活著不是為了吃飯，吃飯為了活著。

27.Action speaks louder than words.行動勝過語言。2.28.East or west,home is the best.金窩銀窩不如自家草窩。

29.It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.君子在德不在衣。

30.Beauty will buy no beef.漂亮不能當飯吃。

31.Like and like make good friends.趣味相投。

32.The older, the wiser.姜是老的辣。

33.Do as Romans do in Rome.入鄉隨俗。

34.An idle youth,a needy age.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

35.As the tree,so the fruit.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

36.To live is to learn,to learn is to better live.活著為了學習，學習為了更好的活著。3.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善終。

A bad thing never dies.遺臭萬年。

A bad workman always blames his tools.不會撐船怪河彎。

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

A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛與說謊本是同宗。

A bully is always a coward.色厲內荏。

A burden of one's choice is not felt.愛挑的擔子不嫌重。

A candle lights others and consumes itself.蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。

A cat has 9 lives.貓有九條命。

A cat may look at a king.人人平等。

A close mouth catches no flies.病從口入。

A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厭。

Actions speak louder than words.事實勝于雄辯。

Adversity leads to prosperity.窮則思變。

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.知音難覓。

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長一智。

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

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。

A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之時方知友。

A friend without faults will never be found.沒有十全十美的朋友。

'After you' is good manners.“您先請”是禮貌。

A good beginning is half done.良好的開端是成功的一半。

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

A good book is a good friend.好書如摯友。

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好書，相伴一生。

A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。

A good fame is better than a good face.美名勝過美貌。

A good husband makes a good wife.夫善則妻賢。

A good medicine tastes bitter.良藥苦口。

A good wife health is a man's best wealth.妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。

A great talker is a great liar.說大話者多謊言。

A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。

A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。

A leopard cannot change its spots.積習難改。

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。

A light heart lives long.靜以修身。

A little body often harbors a great soul.濃縮的都是精品。

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。

A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四兩油。

All are brave when the enemy flies.敵人逃竄時，人人都成了勇士。

All good things come to an end.天下沒有不散的筵席。

All rivers run into sea.海納百川。

All roads lead to Rome.條條大路通羅馬。

All that ends well is well.結果好，就一切都好。

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

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

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

A man becomes learned by asking questions.不恥下問才能有學問。

A man can do no more than he can.凡事都應量力而行。

A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。

A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。

A man without money is no man at all.一分錢難倒英雄漢。

A merry heart goes all the way.心曠神怡，事事順利。

A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。

A mother's love never changes.母愛永恒。

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

A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼還眼，以牙還牙。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之計在于晨。

An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗學不出新把戲。

An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聰明才智，不如運氣。

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.預防為主，治療為輔。

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

As a man sows, so he shall reap.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

A single flower does not make a spring.一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。

A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆豐年。

A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身體。

A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。

A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不補，大洞吃苦。

A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。

A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。

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

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

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

Bad news has wings.好事不出門，壞事傳千里。

Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。

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

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。

Better late than never.不怕慢，單怕站。

Better to ask the way than go astray.問路總比迷路好。

Between friends all is common.朋友之間不分彼此。

Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分。

Blood is thicker than water.血濃于水。

Blood will have blood.血債血償。

Books and friends should be few but good.讀書如交友，應求少而精。

Business is business.公事公辦。

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

By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。

Cannot see the wood for the trees.一葉障目，不見泰山。

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

Caution is the parent of safety.小心駛得萬年船。

Cheats never prosper.騙人發不了財。

Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言傳。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.擇書如擇友。

Come what may, heaven won't fall.做你的吧，天塌不下來。

Complacency is the enemy of study.學習的敵人是自己的滿足。

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

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

Content is better than riches.知足者常樂。

Count one's chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先數雛。

Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.來而不往非禮也。

Creep before you walk.循序漸進。

Cry for the moon.海底撈月。

Custom is a second nature.習慣是后天養成的。

Custom makes all things easy.有個好習慣，事事皆不難。

Diamond cuts diamond.強中自有強中手。

Do as the Romans do.入鄉隨俗。

Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。

Doing is better than saying.與其掛在嘴上，不如落實在行動上。

Do it now.機不可失，時不再來。

Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而廢。

Don't claim to know what you don't know.不要不懂裝懂。

Don't have too many irons in the fire.不要攬事過多。

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小題大做。

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。

Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻煩。

Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班門弄斧。

Do well and have well.善有善報。

Each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自賞。

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

Easier said than done.說得容易，做得難。

Easy come, easy go.來也匆匆，去也匆匆。

Eat to live, but not live to eat.人吃飯是為了活著，但活著不是為了吃飯。

Empty vessels make the greatest sound.實磨無聲空磨響，滿瓶不動半瓶搖。

Envy has no holidays.忌妒之人無寧日。

Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千慮，必有一失。

Even reckoning makes long friends.親兄弟，明算賬。

Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。

Everybody's business is nobody's business.人人負責，等于沒人負責。

Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在。

Every dog has his day.誰都有得意的時候。

Every door may be shut, but death's door.人生在世，唯死難逃。

Every heart has its own sorrow.各人有各人的苦惱。

Every little helps a mickle.聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。

Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.人不為己，天誅地滅。

Every man has his faults.金無足赤，人無完人。

Every man has his hobbyhorse.蘿卜青菜，各有所愛。

Every man has his weak side.人人都有弱點。

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

Every minute counts.分秒必爭。

Every mother's child is handsome.孩子是自己的好。

Every potter praises hit pot.王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸。

Everything is good when new, but friends when old.東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。

Example is better then percept.說一遍，不如做一遍。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.經驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。

Experience must be bought.吃一塹，長一智。

Fact speak louder than words.事實勝于雄辯。

Failure is the mother of success.失敗是成功之母。

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.明槍易躲，暗箭難防。

Far from eye, far from heart.眼不見，心不煩。

Far water does not put out near fire.遠水救不了近火。

Faults are thick where love is thin.一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。

Fear always springs from ignorance.恐懼源于無知。

Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.隔墻有耳。

Fire and water have no mercy.水火無情。

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.火是一把雙刃劍。

First come, first served.先來后到。

First impressions are half the battle.初次見面，印象最深。

First think and then speak.先想后說。

Fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕。

Fool's haste is no speed.欲速則不達。

Fools has fortune.呆人有呆福。

Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.愚者不學無術，智者不恥下問。

Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果格外香。

Fortune favors those who use their judgement.機遇偏愛善斷之人。

第二篇：小學生常見英語習語

小學生常見英語習語

1.It's raining cats and dogs.滂沱大雨（形容雨下得很大）

2.She is as busy as a bee.她像蜜蜂一樣忙（形容此人很忙）3.Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏

4.Eery dog has its day.每個人都有他得意的一天

5.Beat a dog before a lion殺雞儆猴 6.It's a piece of cake.小菜一碟。

7.活到老學到老。It's never too old to learn.8.只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.9.一天一個蘋果，不要求醫問藥。An apple a day keeps the doctor away.10.入鄉隨俗。When in Rome do as the Romans do.11.患難之交真朋友。A friend in need is a friend indeed.12.有志者事竟成。Where there is a will, there is a way.13.不勞則無獲。No pains, no gains.14.條條大道通羅馬。All roads lead to Rome.15.誰笑到最后，誰笑的最好。He who laughs last laughs best.16.Like father, like son.有其父必有其子 17.Fish in troubled waters.渾水摸魚 18.Business is business.公事公辦

19.Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同 20.Time and tide wait for no man.時不待人 21.Teach the fish to swim班門弄斧

22.Birds of a feather flock together.一丘之貉、物以類聚

23.Let sleeping dog lies.不要惹事生非

24.There is no smoke without fire.無風不起浪 25.Diamond cut diamond.棋逢對手

26.He takes a spear to kill a fly.殺雞焉用牛刀 27.Gifts blind the eyes.吃人嘴短

28.Dogs bite in every country.天下烏鴉一般黑

29.Kill two birds with one stone.一箭雙雕；一舉兩得。

30.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。

31.Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分。

32.A cat has nine lives.貓有九條命；吉人天相。

33.Who will bell the cat? 誰去給貓系鈴？（誰愿意為大家冒風險？）

34.Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.雞蛋未孵出，先別數小雞。（不要過早樂觀。）

35.Never offer to teach fish to swim.不要班門弄斧。

36.Go to the sea, if you would fish well.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

37.If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

38.let the cat out of the bag.泄露了秘密 39.a cat-and-dog life 爭吵不休的生活 40.as busy as a bee.忙碌至極 41.black sheep.敗家子；害群之馬；無用之輩。42.dark horse.黑馬；競爭中出人意料的獲勝者。43.crocodile tears.假慈悲 44.cry wolf.發假警報。

45.lead a dog’s life.過者悲慘的生活。46.dog-tired.累極了；疲憊之至。

47.drink like a fish.大飲；牛飲；狂飲；酩酊大醉。

48.fish out of water.離水之魚；不得其所；感到生疏，不適應。49.be in the red 負債，虧空，財政赤字 50.see red 突然發怒 51.green thumb 花匠

52.green with envy 非常妒忌 53.white lie 善意的謊言 54.in the black 盈利

55.black and blue 青一塊紫一塊 56.feel blue 悶悶不樂

57.once in a blue moon 偶爾為之 58.feel in the pink 健康有力

59.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

60.God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。61.Easier said than done.說起來容易做起來難。62..All that glitters is not gold.閃光的未必都是金子。63.Look before you leap.三思而后行。

64.Rome was not built in a day.偉業非一日之功。65.Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同。

66.well begun,half done.好的開始等于成功的一半。67.It is hard to please all.眾口難調。

68.Out of sight,out of mind.眼不見，心不念。69.Call back white and white back.顛倒黑白。70.Ill news travels fast.壞事傳千里。

71.live not to eat,but eat to live.活著不是為了吃飯，吃飯為了活著。72.Action speaks louder than words.行動勝過語言。

73.East or west,home is the best.金窩銀窩不如自家草窩。74Beauty will buy no beef.漂亮不能當飯吃。75.Like and like make good friends.趣味相投。76.The older, the wiser.姜是老的辣。77.Seeing is believing.眼見為實。

78.Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是銀，沉默是金。

第三篇：十二生肖與英語習語、諺語

十二生肖與英語習語、諺語

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“十二生肖”是指12種動物，即鼠、牛、虎、兔、龍、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗、豬。也就是俗話說的“屬相”(animal signs)，是中國人特有的一種表示出生時間的方式。在英語中與它們有關的諺語(proverb).習語(idiom)有很多，而且有時具有出人意料的意思。另外，表示同一動物的單詞往往也不止一個。在特定的諺語.習語中需要使用特定的表示該動物的單詞，不能混淆。這在很大程度上是由于中西方對動物的看法不同。

一、鼠(rat)(口，比喻）不忠的人；（尤指困難時）背棄事業的人；討厭的人；不忠的人；(美,俚)新學生、下流女人。與它有關的諺語、習語多含貶義。例如： 1.a rat leaving a sinking ship 不能共患難的人

2.die like a rat 被毒死 4.a rat in a hole 甕中之鱉

5.(look)like a drowned rat（濕的）像落湯雞.6.rat out 夾著尾巴走，在尷尬中離去

7.Rats！胡說！瞎扯！(具有斥責、生氣的意味)8.Rats desert a sinking ship.樹倒猢猻散

另外，表示“鼠”的單詞還有mouse(復數為mice)。下面的則是使用mouse的習語。11.as poor as a church mouse 一貧如洗，赤貧的 12.like a drowned mouse 狼狽不堪/落湯雞/落水狗 13.play cat and mouse with sb.對某人時好時壞 14.(as)quiet as a mouse 不出聲；無聲響

二、牛(ox)（不分性別的通稱）；公牛；閹牛。相關的諺語、習語很生動形象。例如：

15.ox-eyed 大眼睛的

16.The black Ox has trod on sb’s foot災禍已降臨到某人頭上/某人已人老珠黃 而bull則表示“公牛”。例如：

17.a bull in a china shop莽撞闖禍的人 18.like a bull at a gate 狂怒地，兇猛地 19.milk the bull干徒勞的事

20.take the bull by the horns 不畏艱險

另外，cow是指“母牛，奶牛”。例如： 22.a sacred cow 圣牛，神圣之物

23.till the cows come home 無限期地

三、虎(tiger)兇惡的人，虎狼之徒；[英]（穿制服的）馬夫；[口]（比賽的）勁敵。例如：

24-1.ride the tiger以非常不確定或危險的方式生活 24-2.fight like a tiger 極力攻擊某人或保護自己

25.a paper tiger 紙老虎

26.How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?不入虎穴，焉得虎子? 27.work like a tiger 生龍活虎地干活

四、兔(hare)（英俚）坐車不買票的人。例如：

28.make a hare of sb.愚弄某人。

29.start a hare。在討論中提出枝節問題。

30.First catch your hare(then cook him).勿謀之過早

31.hold/ run with the hare and run /hunt with the hounds.兩面討好

32.as timid as a hare膽小如鼠

另外，表示“兔”的單詞還有rabbit。例如： 33.like rabbits in a warren 擠得水泄不通。

五、龍（dragon）（比喻，貶）兇暴的人，嚴厲的人；兇惡嚴格的監護人；（尤指）悍婦。例如：

34.dragon’s teeth相互爭斗的根源；排列或多層的楔形反坦克混凝土障礙物。35.the old Dragon魔鬼

六．蛇(snake)陰險的人，虛偽的人，卑鄙的人；(美俚)追求和欺騙少女的男子（一般指男青年），男阿飛。例如： 36.a snake in the grass.潛伏的危險/敵人。37.a snake in one’s bosom恩將仇報的人

38.have snakes in one’s boots/see snakes喝醉酒 39.raise/wake snakes引起騷動；引起激烈的爭吵

七、馬(horse)(美俚)粗魯的家伙；笨蛋。與馬有關的諺語有很多。例如： 40.get on the high horse.耀武揚威，目空一切。41.work like a horse.辛苦工作。43.a dark horse[口] 黑馬（意外得勝之馬），競爭中出人意料的獲勝者，實力難測的賽馬/競爭者

44.a horse of another/different colour完全另外一回事 45.come off one's high horse 不再驕傲自大 46.be on one's high horse趾高氣揚

47.mount/ride the high horse趾高氣揚,耀武揚威

48.back the wrong horse（賽馬中）下錯賭注，[喻]支持失敗的一方

50.spur a willing horse無故加鞭；給予不必要的刺激 51.eat like a horse 狼吞虎咽，吃得很多

52.Never swap/swop horses while crossing the stream.(諺)行到河中不換馬（意指危難時不宜作大變動）53.talk horse 吹牛，說大話

54.work for a dead horse 從事不可能有報酬的工作

55.You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.牽馬到水邊易，逼馬飲水難(意指不要逼人做他不愿做的事)。

56.ask a horse the question(賽馬騎師)力求競賽的馬竭其全力。57-1.as strong as a horse壯實得像頭牛；非常健壯；精力充沛

57-2.put the cart before the horse 本末倒置，前后顛倒

八、羊(sheep)害羞而忸怩的人，膽小鬼，蠢人，馴服的人。有關sheep的諺語不少。例如：

58.as well be hanged for a sheep as(for)a lamb.一不做，二不休;索性蠻干 59.a black sheep敗家子；敗類；害群之馬；拒絕參加罷工的工人

60.He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.甘心做綿羊，早晚喂豹狼（人弱受人欺）。

61.a wolf in sheep's clothing披著羊皮的狼。62.a lost sheep 迷途的羊；誤入歧途的人

63.follow like sheep 盲從

64..sheep without a shepherd 沒有牧羊人的羊群；烏合之眾

65.One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock.一只羊生瘡，整群羊遭殃.此外，goat 指山羊。例如：

66.play the giddy goat 行為如小丑 67.the sheep and the goats好人和壞人。

九、猴(monkey)頑童,淘氣鬼，猴子似的人，易受欺的人：與monkey一詞搭配習語和俚語很多非常有趣。例如： 69.make a monkey of愚弄；

70.a monkey with a long tail.抵押；（美俚）毒癮很深（以至思想上經濟上負擔沉重）

72.。monkey around(美俚)搗蛋，閑蕩，瞎弄 73.monkey business 惡作劇，欺騙，胡鬧

74.have a monkey on a house/up the chimney低押房屋

十、雞(cock)首領，頭目，神氣十足的人。與cock組成的習語多姿多彩，例如： 75.Cock of the walk/school.有威望的領導人

76.a cock of the loft/dunghill.在小地方稱王的人 77.Live like fighting cocks.吃得好；吃最好的東西 78.Cockbull story.荒誕的故事，無稽之談。用cock表達的諺語：

79.It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.牝雞司晨，家之不祥（意指丈夫軟弱而一切由妻子作主的家庭是不會幸福的）80.go off at half cock 槍走火；操之過急（指計劃典禮等尚未安排就緒即行開始）81.red cock縱火引起的火災

82.That cock won't fight.這話講不通/那一手行不通。

十一、狗(dog)無賴漢，壞蛋、廢物，不受喜愛（或歡迎）的人。用dog表達的習語有：

83.a lucky dog.幸運兒

84.a sly dog.暗中尋歡的人；暗地里偷雞摸狗的人

85.a dog in the manger.占著茅坑不拉屎的人。用dog表達的諺語： 86.Barking dogs do not /seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。87.Every dog has his day.凡人皆有得意日。88.Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏。89.be top dog 處于支配的地位

90.call off the dogs 停止追逐/查詢；打斷不快的談話

91.give a dog a bad/ an ill name and hang him.人言可畏 92.go to the dogs 墮落,毀滅

93.Let sleeping dogs lie.別惹是生非。

94.He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick欲加之罪,何患無辭。

95.An old dog cannot alter its way of barking江山易改，本性難移。

96..Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion寧為雞頭，毋為牛后

十二、豬(pig)（口）豬一般的人（指骯臟貪吃的人）；（美俚）警察，密探；蕩婦。相關的習語有：

97..drive one's pigs to market 打鼾

98.in a pig's whisper(俚語)低聲地；頃刻間

99.teach a pig to play on a flute 教豬吹笛；做荒謬/不可能做到的事。涉及豬的詞語還有hog（食用豬）、sow（牝豬），swine（豬：舊用法），boar(未閹割的公豬.公野豬.)

由于中西文化的差異，在諺語或某些習語的翻譯上也需要注重翻譯技巧。例如： 100.Cast pearls before swine 對牛彈琴/明珠暗投

第四篇：英語常用諺語及習語

習語：

rob Peter to pay Paul 拆東墻補西墻

as poor as Job家貧如洗 五官的習語：

born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth 生于富貴之家shoot one’s mouth off 夸夸其談，吹牛 the apple of one’s eyes 掌上明珠

cry one’s eyes out 痛哭流涕 feast one’s eyes on 大飽眼福

have an eye for sth.善于鑒賞某物 go in one ear and out the other左耳進右耳出

music to one’s ears 佳音，喜訊 walls have ears 隔墻有耳

smile from ear to ear 眉開眼笑 turn a deaf ear to 置若罔聞

with one’s nose in the air 非常傲慢 stick one’s nose into sth.管閑事

顏色詞的習語：

greenhorn生手

give green light to 同意，準許

a red letter day 重要的日子 feel blue憂郁，煩悶 once in a blue moon 千載難逢的black and blue 青一塊紫一塊 blue-eyed boy寵兒 black art 妖術 in black and white 白紙黑字

call white black 顛倒黑白 black money 黑錢 black sheep 害群之馬

black Friday不吉利的星期五 black lie 用心險惡的謊言black tea 紅茶

paint sb black說某人壞話 white night 不眠之夜 as white as a sheet 蒼白如紙

white war 沒有硝煙的戰爭 white sale 大減價

white feather 膽怯

white money 銀幣

white flag 白旗（投降）white elephant 無用而累贅的東西 white crow 罕見的事物 the white way 燈光燦爛的商業區

a white lie善意的謊言 white coffee牛奶咖啡

英語滿分作文必備諺語

Actions speak louder than words.事實勝于雄辯。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難朋友才是真朋友。A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者必善其終。A good medicine tastes bitter.良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。A heavy snow promises a good harvest.瑞雪兆豐年。All is not gold that glitters.閃光的東西并不都是黃金。All is well that ends well.結果美滿都是好的。All roads lead to Rome.條條道路通羅馬。

Art is long, but lift is short.人生有涯，而學無涯。All time is no time when it is past.光陰一去不復返。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之計在于晨。An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.游手好閑是萬惡之源。

A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻 A slow sparrow should make an early start.笨鳥先飛。As the tree, so the fruit.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

An idle youth, a needy age.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.眼見的不能全信，耳聞的也不能半信。Better late than never.遲做總比不做好。

Beauty will buy no beef.漂亮不能當飯吃 Better to do well than to say well.說得好不如做得好。Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分。

Business before pleasure.事業在先，享樂在后。By falling we learn to go safely, 吃一塹，長一智。

By other’s faults, wise men correct their own.他山之石，可以攻玉。Confidence of success is almost success.對成功抱有信心，就近乎成功。

Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水穿石。

Content is happiness.知足常樂。Custom is a second nature.習慣是第二天性。

Cut the coat according to the cloth.量布載衣。Diamond cut diamond.強中更有強中手。

Diligence is near success.勤奮近乎成功。Diligence is the mother of good luck.刻苦是成功之母。Do in Rome as the Romans do.入鄉隨俗。

Don’t count your chicken before they are hatched.不要過早樂觀。

Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日畢。Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自尋煩惱。

Easier said than done.說話容易做事難。

Easy come, easy go, 易得易失。East or west, home is best.金窩，銀窩，不如自已家的草窩。Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。Every bean has its black.人人有其缺點。Every dog has his day.凡人都有得意之日。

Every man has his weak side.人人都有自已的弱點。

Every man is the master of his own fortune.每個人都是他自已的命運的主宰。Experience is the best teacher.經驗是良師。Experience is the mother of wisdom.實踐出真知

Everything comes to him who waits.功夫不負有心人。Failure is the mother of success.失敗是成功之母。First things first.凡事有輕重緩急。

Facts speak plainer than words.事實勝于雄辯。Good health is above wealth.健康重于財富。

Great hopes make great man.大希望造就大人物。

Great men are not always wise.偉大的人物未必總是英明的。God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者 Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同 Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。

Heaven helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。

He is the wise man who is the honest man.誠實的人就是聰明的人。He laughs best who laughs last.誰笑在最后，誰笑得最好。

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.存最好的希望，作最壞的打算。Hope is life and life is hope.希望才有人生，人生要有希望。

I have no secret of success but hard work.成功無秘訣，只是努力干。It is good to have friends in trouble.在患難時得到朋友是幸運的。It is no use crying over spilt milk..覆水難收。It’s never too old to learn.活到老，學到老。It is hard to please all.眾口難調

Knowledge comes from experience alone.知識來自經驗。

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.知識是一座寶庫，實踐是打開寶庫的鑰匙。Knowledge is power.知識就是力量。

Labour is often the father of pleasure.勤勞常為快樂之源。Live to learn and learn to live.生而學之，學而生之。

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.生活沒有目標，猶如航海沒有羅盤。Look before you leap;see before you go.三思而行。Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏。

Like and like make good friends.趣味相同。Make hay while the sun shines.趁熱打鐵。Man will conquer nature.人定勝天。Many drops make a shower.積少成多。

Money is something, but not everything.金錢能買到某物，但不是萬能的。More haste, less speed.欲速則不達。

Never do things by halves.做事情不要半途而廢。No one can call back yesterday.往日不復返。No pains, no gains.不勞則無獲。

No smoke without some fire.無風不起浪。

Nothing is difficult to a man who wills.世上無難事，只怕有心人。One cannot put back the clock,.光陰一去不復返。

One false step will make a great difference.失之毫里，謬以千里。Out of sight, out of mind.眼不見，心不念 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。Pride will have a fall.驕者必敗。

Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。

Rome was not built in a(or one)day.羅馬不是一日建成的。Saying and doing are two things.說與做是兩回事。

Saying is one thing, and doing another.說是一回事，做是另一回事。Second thoughts are best.三思而行，再思可也。Seeing is believing.眼見為實。

Spend money like water.揮金如土。Strike while the iron is hot.趁熱打鐵。Seeing is believing.百聞不如一見。The older, the wiser.姜是老的辣。

The early bird catches the worm.捷足先登。

Things of a kind come together;people of a kind fall into the same group.物以類聚，人以群分。Time and tide wait for no man.歲月無情。Time is money.時間就是金錢。

Time is money, but money is not time.時間就是金錢，但金錢不是時間。Union is strength.團結就是力量。

Well begun is half done.良好開端，功成一半。Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。Wisdom is better than gold or silver.智慧勝過金銀。

Write it on your heart every day is the best day of the year.要記住，每天是一年中最好的一天。

第五篇：常見英語諺語

英語諺語

The early bird catches the worm.早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。

Every season brings its joy.春有百花秋有月，夏有涼風冬有雪。Life has seasons.人生有四季。

Yesterday, today and tomorrow-these are the three days of man.人生有三天：昨天、今天和明天。Let sleeping dogs lie.別惹是生非。

It’s the empty can that makes the most noise.半瓶水響叮當。A merry heart goes all the way.心曠神怡，事事順利。A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。A mother’s love never changes.母愛永恒。

As a man sow, so he shall reap.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

A single flower does not make a spring.一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。

A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆豐年。

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

All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事總是由難而易的。A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。A still tongue makes a head wise.智者寡言。

By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。

Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言傳。He is a wise man who speaks little.聰明不是掛在嘴上的。Honesty is the best policy.做人誠信為本。It’s never too old to learn.活到老，學到老。It’s no use crying over spilt milk.覆水難收。

Lookers-on see more than players.當局者迷，旁觀者清。Never fish in trouble water.不要渾水摸魚。Nothing seek, nothing find.沒有追求就沒有收獲。Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良藥。

What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.兒時所學，終生難忘。Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。

Each bird loves to hear himself sing.鳥兒都愛聽自己唱歌。Birds in their little nests agree.同巢之鳥心兒齊。No pain, no gain.不勞無獲。