1、英语谚语大全说课材料英语谚语大全A开头A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart. 做贼心虚。A bad padlock invites a picklock.开门揖盗。A bad penny always turns up. 烂钱总是会再回笼。A bad
2、thing never dies. 坏事传千年。A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。A beggars purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。A bird may be known by it
3、s song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。B开头Bacchus has drowned more men than Nepture.酒神淹死的人比海神多。Bad news has wings. 坏事传千里。Bad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。Bare words, no bargain. 空言不能成交易。Barking dogs seldom bite. 善吠的狗很少咬人。Be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man. 务请心情常欢畅，只因无人喜忧
4、伤。Beauty is but a blossom. 美丽只是盛开的花朵。Beauty is but skin-deep. 红颜易变。Beauty is in the eye of the gazer.情人眼里出西施。Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent. 美丽是有力量的，但金钱更有权威。Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美就是真，真就是美。Beauty lies in lovers eyes. 情人眼里出西施。Beauty may have fair leaves, but bitter fruit. 美丽的花或许长好
5、叶，结苦果。Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. 美而无德犹如花之无香。Be considerate towards the poor. 要为穷人着想。Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.口蜜腹剑。Bed is a medicine. 睡好觉，如服药。Better a bachelors life than a slovenly wife. 过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。Better ask twice tha
6、n lose you way once. 宁愿问路两次胜过迷路一次。Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱贪生不如死得光荣。Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。Before gold, even kings
7、take off their hats. 有钱能使鬼推磨。Beg from beggers and youll never be rich. 向乞丐乞讨，永远发不了财。Beggars cannot be choosers. 饥不择食。Beggars must be no choosers. 饥不择食。Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。Be honest rather clever. 诚实比聪明更要紧。Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle. 随遇而安。Be just to all, but trus
8、t not all. 要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。Believe no tales from the enemy. 切莫轻信敌人。Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。Believe somebody on his bare word. 人言无据，切勿轻信。Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh. 恩泽让人欣喜，犹如鲜花使人心醉。Be prepared to put ones hand in ones pocket. 准
9、备慷慨解囊。Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. 选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 不轻诺，诺必果。Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。Better ask twice than lose you way once. 宁愿问路两次胜过迷路一次。Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。Better an open enemy than a false
10、friend. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜于无。Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。Better be out of the world than out of fashion. 不合潮流不如脱离尘世。Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 宁为犬首，不作狮尾。Better be the head of an ass
11、 than the tail of a horse. 宁为驴头，不为马尾。Better deny at once than promise long. 轻诺必寡信。Better die with honour than live with shame. 与其忍辱偷生，不如光荣而死。Better early than late. 宁早勿迟。Better eye sore than all blind. 眼痛总比瞎眼好。Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 远亲不如近邻。Better go to bed supperless th
12、an rise in debt. 宁可饿肚子，切莫去借债。Better half an egg than empty shell. 半只蛋也比空壳好。Better is the neighbours hen than mine. 人莫知其苗之硕。Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。Better lose a jest than a friend. 宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。Better lose the saddle than the horse. 吃小亏占大便宜。Better master one than engage with ten. 精通一事胜于
13、会十事。Better one-eyed than stone-blind. 独眼总比全瞎好。Better poor with honour than rich with shame. 穷得光荣，胜过富得可耻。Better pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口。Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 与其说话不中肯，不如一言不发好。Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 聊胜于无。Better the foot slip than the tongue
14、 trip. 宁可滑跤，不可失言。Better to do well than to say well. 说得好不如做得好。Better wear out shoes than sheets. 宁可(经常运动)穿破鞋子，也不(因病长卧)磨破床单。Better wear out than rust out. 与其闲散不如忙碌。Better wit than wealth. 智力胜于财富。Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功亏一篑。Between two st
15、ools one falls to the ground. 脚踏两头要落空。Beware beginnings. 慎始为上。Beware of a man of one book. 不要与一个有专业知识的人争论。Beware of a silent dog and still water. 警惕无声之狗会咬人，平静之水会覆舟。Beware of him who regards not his reputation. 要谨防不重自己名誉的人。Big mouthfuls ofter choke. 贪多嚼不烂。Bind the sack before it be full. 做事应适可而止。Bird
16、s of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。Birth is much, but breeding is more. 出身固然重要，教养更且重要。Bite off more than one can chew. 贪多咽不下。Bite the hand that feeds one. 恩将仇报。Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口利于病。Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 人无所求最享福，因他不为失望
17、苦。Blind men can judge no colours. 不宜问道于盲。Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。Blood will have blood. 血债要用血来还。Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. 书籍如朋友，应该少而精。Borrowed garments never fit well. 借来的衣服不合身。Brave actions never want a trumpet. 勇敢的行为不须要吹号。Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。Brevit
18、y is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵。Bring up a raven and hell pick out your eyes. 养虎贻患。Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 投鼠忌器。Burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。Business before pleasure. 事业在先，享乐在后。Business is business. 公事公办。Business is the salt of life. 事业事人生之盐。Business makes a man as well
19、as tries him. 事业既考验人，也造就人。Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious. 事业虽扰烦，懒惰更害人。Business neglected is business lost. 玩忽事业等于丢失事业。Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest. 工作后消遣更愉快，劳动后休息更舒畅。Butter to butter is no relish. 千篇一律的东西令人生厌。By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 懒散学为非
20、。By doing we learn. 经一事，长一智。By falling we learn to go safely. 吃一堑，长一智。By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man. 赌博使我们丢失时间和金钱，这两样人生最珍贵的东西。By others faults, wise men correct their own. 他山之石，可以攻玉。By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.
21、 读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。By the hands of many a great work made light. 众擎易举。By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. 和疾病相比较，才显得健康的可贵。By the street of Bye and bye one arrives at the house of Never. 迁延因循，一事无成。By writing you learn to write. 从写作中学习写作。C开头Call a spade a spade. 据实而言。Call me not olive ti
22、ll thou see me gathered.盖棺论定。Call no man happy until he dies. 盖棺才能定论。Custom rules the law. 习俗影响法律。Custom without reason is but ancient error. 习俗没有道理，古代谬误而已。Cut short the nonsense and return to ones muttons. 闲话少说，言归正传。Cut the coat according to the cloth. 量布裁衣。D开头Danger is next neighbour to security.
23、危险是安全的近邻。Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考虑要仔细，行动要迅速。Deliberating is not delaying. 慎思不是拖延。Deliver not your words by number but by weight. 言不在多，而在有物。Depend on others and you always repent. 依靠别人总要后悔。Despair gives courage to a coward. 人急造反，狗急跳墙。Destruction pursues the great. 树大招风。Devil must be
24、 driven out with devils. 以毒攻毒。Do as you would be done by. 推己及人。Do business, but be not a slave to it. 要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。Dog does not eat dog. 物不伤其类。Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. 远处叫得凶的狗，不会近身来咬人。Dogs that run after many hares kill none. 多谋寡成。Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to yo
25、u as your bread. 狗摇尾巴，爱的是面包。Doing is better than saying. 行胜于言。Dont fly till you wings are feathered. 羽毛未丰不要飞。Dont cryout before you are hurt. 还没受苦，就别叫苦。Dream are lies. 梦不足信。Dreams go by contraries. 梦想总与现实相反。Drive your business, do not let it drive you. 要推动事业，不要让事业来推动你。Drop by drop the oceans are fil
26、led; stone by stone the walls are built. 滴水汇大海，垒石诛高墙。Drowning man will catch at a straw. 溺水的人一根草也要抓。Drunken days have all their tomorrows. 今日花天酒地，明日潦倒穷途。Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒后露真言。Dumb dogs are dangerous. 哑犬最凶恶。Dying is as natural as living. 死亡与生存一样自然。E开头Each bird likes to he
27、ar himself sing. 每一只鸟都爱听自己歌唱。Eagles fly alone,but sheep flock together. 鹰爱独飞羊爱群。Early to bed and early to rise,makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise. 早睡早起，使人健康、富有而聪明。Early wed,early dead. 早婚者早夭。Easier said than done. 说易行难。Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful. 羊每叫一次，就少吃一口。Everything hath an
28、 end. 万物有始必有终。Everything must have a beginning. 凡事皆有始。Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches. 罪恶于人，尺进寸退。Evil communications corrupt good manners. 不良的交往败坏良好的举止。Example is better than precept. 范例胜于教训。F开头Facts are stubborn things. 事实是不容改变的东西。Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。Faint hea
29、rt never wins fair lady.Fair and softly go far in a day. 谦和稳重，前程远大。Fair faces need no paint. 貌美毋须修饰。Faith will move mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。Fall sick and you will see who is your friend and who is not. 困难见友情。False friends are worse than open enemies. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。False tongue will hardly speak truth. 虚伪者不
30、肯说真话。False with one can be false with two. 对一个人虚伪，也会对两个人虚伪。Fame is a magnifying glass. 名誉是放大镜。Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off. 名誉像条河，源头最狭窄，远处最宽阔。Familiar paths and old friends are the best. 熟路好遵循，老友最可珍。Far from eye, far from heart. 离远而情疏。Fast bind, fast find. 保存得好，
31、东西好找。Fasting comes after feasting. 今日有酒今日醉，明日无钱不揭锅。Fat hens lay few eggs. 肥鸡不下蛋。Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。Fear is often greater than the danger. 杞人忧天。Fear not the future; weep not for the past. 不要为未来担忧，不要为过去悲泣。Feed a cold and starve a fever. 伤风时宜吃，发热时宜饿。Feed a pig and youll have a hog. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。Feed by measure and defy physician. 饮食有节制，医生无用处。Few words are best. 少说为妙。Few words, many deeds. 少说话，多做事。Fine clothes make the man. 人要衣装。Fine feathers do not make fine birds. 人不可貌相。Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，佛要金装。Fine words butter n
