1、中文谚语翻译中文谚语翻译【篇一：中文谚语翻译】中文谚语的英文翻译.cn/s/print_48636be30100042k.html a chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一着不慎,满盘皆输. all is not gold that glitters. 闪光的未必都是金子。a child is better unborn than untaught. 养不教， 父之过。art is long, life is short. 生命短暂， 艺术长存。a friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真情。altho
2、ugh the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。a light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁， 活到白头。an apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只， 身体健康不求医。all covet, all lose. 样样垂涎， 样样失落。贪多嚼不烂。a good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。all rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。a small leak will sink a great shi
3、p. 千里之堤溃于蚁穴。all time is no time when it is past. 机不可失， 时不再来。a bakers wife may bite of a bun, a brewers wife may bite of a tun.近水楼台先得月 。a short cut is often a wrong cut.欲速则不达。a staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.欲加之罪， 何患无辞。a prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 远来的和尚好念经。all fe
4、et tread not in one shoe. 众口难调。a uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢， 不成器。a young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力， 老大徒伤悲。a crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改， 本性难移。a little spark may kindle a great fire.星星之火， 可以燎原。 beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了 brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵 bre
5、ad is the staff of life. 民以食为天。a uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢， 不成器。behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天， 山外有山。better die standing than live kneeling 宁愿站着死， 也不跪着生。better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒， 不受人怜。 cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心。cast an anchor to windward.未雨绸缪。care and dili
6、gence bring luck. deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行。谨慎勤奋， 带来好运。diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢对手， 将遇良才。danger past, god forgotten. 飞鸟尽， 良弓藏。dreams are lies. 梦不足信。do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲， 勿失于人。 e
7、xperience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune. 自己幸福自己创。evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day. 晚霞行千里。every bean has its black. 金无足赤， 人无完人。even woods have ears.隔墙有耳。enough is better than too much. 过犹不及。every tub must stand on its ow
8、n bottom. 人贵自 立。experience teaches. 吃一堑， 长一智。 full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。first impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。faith moves mountains. 精诚所至， 金石为开。fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界， 无奇不有。fire proves gold, adversity proves man. 烈火识真金， 逆境识英雄。fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
9、水能载舟， 亦能覆舟。 give everyone his due. 一视同仁。good (or great) wits jump. 英雄所见略同。go while the going is good. 三十六计， 走为上计。great weights hang on small wires.千钧一发。good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。greatest genius often lies concealed.大智若愚。grasp all, lose all.贪多必失。go to the sea, if you would fish well.不入虎穴， 焉得虎子。
10、 honour to whom honour is due.论功行赏。he travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己。he sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。he who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪， 何患无词。he who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.
11、 正人先正己。he who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行， 始于足下 he that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬， 要先敬人。it is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次当 humility often gains more than pride.满招损， 谦受益。he is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.事实胜于雄辩。he that pro
12、mises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。he who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪， 何患无词。hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行。haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。he that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。 it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。if one sheep leaps over the ditch,
13、all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是无穷的。it is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。ill news never comes too late. 好事不出门， 坏事传千里。it is the first step that is troublesome. 万事开头难。 justice has long arms. 天网恢恢， 疏而不漏。 knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it. 实践得真知。keeping is harder than winning
14、. 创业不易， 守业更难。knowledge is no burden. 艺不压身。kiss and be friends. 握手言和。kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕 lets cross the bridge when we come to it.既来之， 则安之。love is blind. 情人眼里出西施。little chips light great fires. 星星之火， 可以燎原。like knows like. 惺惺相惜。live and learn. 学无止境。 merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。mind ac
15、ts upon mind. 心有灵犀一点通。 nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.饥不择食 no cross, no crown.不吃苦中苦， 难为人上人。nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站着说话不腰痛。no weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。no work, no money. 不劳无获。never too late (or old) to learn. 活到老， 学到老。never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。no fire without smoke.
16、 无风不起浪。 one cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.一叶障目 ， 不见泰山。one swallow does not make a summer.一花独放不是春。one can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的天职。one lark does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春。 practice is better than precept. 身教重于言教。poverty is stran
17、ger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。 riches have wings. 富贵无常。 score twice before you cut once. 三思而后行。sense comes with age. 老马识途。so the world wags. 这就是人生。so said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大业， 自信第一。 talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操， 曹操就到。tall tre
18、es catch much wind. 树大招风 。the reasons of the poor weight not. 人微言轻。the shortest way round is the longest way home.欲速则不达。those are in the same boat should row together.同舟共济。too much pudding will choke a dog.布丁太多噎死狗。the hearts letter is read in the eyes.眼睛是心灵的窗户。the deed proves the man.观其行而知其人。true go
19、ld fears not the fire.真金不怕火炼。take time while time is, for time will away.机不可失， 时不在来。the battle is to the strong.两强相遇勇者胜。the heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。the best of friends must part. 天下没有不散的宴席。time is money. 时间就是金钱 through obedience learn to command. 先当学生， 后当先生。time tries all things. 时间检验一切。there i
20、s no fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。 unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。 wealth is nothing without health. 健康胜于财富。we begun is half done. 良好的开端等于成功的一半。work makes the workman.熟能生巧。 you cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。事难两全其美。youths a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。you are never too old to le
21、arn. 活到老学到老。you never know till you have tired.事非经过不知难。observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇， 老友情深。old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。once a man and twice a child.一次老， 两次小。once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次， 做贼一世。once bitten
22、, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬， 十年怕井绳。one boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝， 两个和尚抬水喝， 三个和尚没水喝。one cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。one eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。one false move may lose the game.一着不慎， 满盘皆输。one good turn deserves another.行善积德。one hour today is worth t
23、wo tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。one man s fault is other man s lesson.前车之鉴。one never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。one swallow does not make a summ 一燕不成夏。one s words reflect one s thinking.言为心声。out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。out of sight, out of mind.眼不见， 心为静。patience
24、is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者， 说到的多， 做到的少。please the eye and plague the heart.贪图一时快活， 必然留下隐祸。pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。pr
25、aise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好， 坏人越夸越糟。prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏， 不贪便宜。prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。promise is debt.一诺千金。proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。p
26、ut the cart before the horse.本末倒置。put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑， 运动强身。respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬， 必须自重。rome is not built in a day 冰冻三尺， 非一日之寒。saying is one thing and doing another.
27、言行不一。seeing is believing.眼见为实。seek the truth from facts.实事求是。send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差， 不用交代。set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快， 忘得快。soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，
28、 烂得快。speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银， 沉默是金。still water run deep.静水常深。strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。take things as they come.既来之， 则安之。talking mends no holes.空谈无补。talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操， 曹操就到。tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。teac
29、h others by your example.躬亲示范。the best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。the best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。the cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盗铃。the danger past and god forgotten.过河拆桥。the darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。the darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。the devil knows many
30、 things because he is old.老马识途。the devil sometimes speaks the truth 魔鬼有时也会说真话。the die is cast.木已成舟。the early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。the end justifies the means.只要目的正当， 可以不择手段。the end makes all equal.死亡面前， 人人平等。the eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。the farthest way about is the nearest way h
31、ome.抄近路反而绕远路。the finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢， 不成器。the fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金， 艰难磨意志。the first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。the fox knew too much, that s how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明， 反误了卿卿性命。the fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。the grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。the greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。the higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高， 摔得惨。the leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。th
