中英成语

mcchan

1. 行动胜于空谈。
Action speak louder than words.
2忠言逆耳。
Advice when most needed is least heeded.
3.否极泰来。
After a storm comes a calm.
4.花无百日红（天下无不散之筵席）。
All good things come to an end.
5.条条大道通罗马。
All roads lead to Rome.
6.闪烁者未必都是金。
All that glitters is not gold.
7.善终为善。
All's well that ends well.
8.人生苦短，而学术无穷。
Art is long, life is short.
9.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
As you sow, so shall you reap.
10.恶是传千里。
Bad news travels fast.
11.恶有恶报。
A bad penny always comes back.
12.劣工尤器。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
13.饵里藏钩。
The bait hides the hook.
14.吠叫的狗不咬人。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
15.美色只是一层皮。
Beauty is but skin deep.
16.情人眼里出西施。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
17.饥者不得择食。
Beggars must not be choosers.
18.好鱼游溪底。
The best fish swims near the bottom.
19.宁为驴头不为马尾（宁为狗头不为狮尾）。
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.      
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of lion.
20.宁迟勿缺（亡羊补牢永不为迟）；只要开始，虽晚不迟。
Better late than never.
21.脚踏双凳必坠地。
Between two stools you fall to the ground.
22.一鸟在手胜于两鸟在林。
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
23.物以类聚。
Birds of a feather flock together.
24.欺人反受欺（害人反害己）。
The biter is sometimes bit.        
25.血浓于水。
Blood is thicker than water.
26.受灼的小孩必怕火。
A burnt child dreads the fire.
27.忧虑致命（劳神丧命）。
Care killed a cat.
28.少年时代可决定一人之未来。
Charity begins at home.
29.人比人气死人。
The child is father of the man.
30.滴水穿石。
Constant dripping wears away the stone.
31.知足当乐。
A contended mind is a perpetual feast.
32.死后万人皆平等。
Death is the great leveler.
33.小人闲居做歹事。
The devil finds work for idle hands to do.
34.两虎相争必有一伤。
Diamond cut(s) diamond.
35.己所欲施于人。
Do as you would be done by.
36.入境随俗。
Do in Rome as the Romans do.
37.临阵勿换将。
Don't change horses in mid-stream.
38.勿打如意算盘。
Don't count your chickens before they hatched.
39.勿以螳臂当车（勿做无谓之抵抗徒伤自己）。
Do not kick against the pricks.
40.勿本末倒置。
Don’t put the cart before the horse.
41.勿自砸饭碗。
Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.
42.家丑不可外扬。
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
43.狗不咬狗（同类不相残）。
Dog does not eat dogs.
44.说来容易做来难。
Easier said than done.
45.侥幸之财难久留（赚得容易花得快）。
Easy come easy go.
46.空桶响叮当。
Empty vessels make the most sound.
47.智者千虑必有一失。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
48.众人之事乏人管。
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
49.三年风水轮流转（狗也有走运的一天）。
Every dog has his day.
50.人各有所好。
Every man has his taste.
51.物极必反。
Extremes meet.
52.过分熟稔易滋侮蔑；近庙欺神。
Familiarity breeds contempt.
53.肯认错是改过的一半。
A fault confessed is half redressed.
54.捷足先登。
First come first served.
55.先知先戒备。
Forewarned is forearmed.
56.救难之友乃为真有。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
57.小人得寸进尺。
Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.
58.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
God's mill grinds slow but sure.
59.贪者必失。
Grasp all, lose all.
60.慷慨大方始为美。
Handsome is as handsome does.
61.近墨者黑。
He that touches pitch shall be defiled.
62.天助自助者。
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
63.健康胜于财富。
Health is better than wealth.
64.勿过分谦冲以致隐没才能。
Hide not your light under a bushel.
65.历史会重演。
History repeats itself.
66.见机行事。
Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
67.诚实为上策。
Honesty is the best policy.
68.懒惰人才说没空闲。
Idle folk have the least leisure.
69.同时追两兔，两头都落空。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
70.酒后吐真言。
In wine there is truth.
71.经一事长一智。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
72.亡羊补牢犹为晚也。
It is never too late to mend.
73.覆水难收。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
74.样样通样样稀松。
A Jack of all trades is master of none.
75.知识就是力量。
Knowledge is power.
76.凡事宜节制，过则必败事。
The last straw breaks the camel’s neck.
77.少说少错（多言惹祸）。
Least said, soonest mended.
78.江山一改，本性难移。
The leopard cannot change his spots.
79.别自找麻烦。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
80.有其父必有其子。
Like father, like son.
81.一之半解最危险。
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
82.小人物易发怒。
A little pot is soon hot.
83.活到老学到老。
Live and learn.
84.三思而后行。
Look before you leap.
85.旁观者清。
Lookers-on see most of the game.
86.爱情是盲目的。
Love is blind.
87.爱情要细水长流。
Love me little, love me long.
88.未雨绸缪。
Make hay while the sun shines.
89.谋事在天，成事在人。
Man proposes,  God disposes.
90.积少成多（聚沙成塔、集腋成裘）。
Many a little makes a mickle.
91.匆匆结婚，慢慢后悔。
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
92.人不可以貌相。
Men are not to be measured in inches.      
93.强权即是公理。
Might is right.
94.有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money makes the mare go.
95.贪者无餍。
Much would have more.
96.如欲人不知，除非己莫为。
Murder will out.
97.需要为发明之母。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
98.做事切莫半途而废。
Never do things by halves.
99.餽赠之物切莫挑剔。
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
100.一人不能事二军（一马不能披两鞍）。
No man can serve two masters.
101.无人能满意自己的命运。
No man is content with his lot.
102.无消息即是好消息。
No news is good news.
103.勿劳则无获。
No pains, no gains.
104.有眼不看者为盲。
None so blind as those who won't see.
105.事出必有因（无中不能生有）。
Nothing comes of nothing.
106.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing venture, nothing have.
107.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳。
Once bitten, twice shy.
108.勿以一概全。
One swallow does not make a summer.
109.无债一身经。
Out of debt, out of danger.
110.九离则疏远。
Out of sight, out of mind.
111.五十步笑百步。
The pot called the kettle black.
112.熟能生巧。
Practice makes perfect.
113.预防胜于治疗。
Prevention is better than cure.
114.欲知布丁味，亲偿便可晓。
The proof of pudding is in the eating.
115.责备得当（冤有头，在有主）。
Put the saddle on the right horse.
116.手抱着萨操屠刀。
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
117.罗马不是一天造成的。
Rome was not built in a day.
118.退一步想最稳当。
Second thoughts are best.
119.百闻不如一见（眼见为信）。
Seeing is believing.
120.有苦同当，有福同享。
Share and share alike.
121.稳健扎实必致胜。
Slow and steady wins the race.
122.见木不见林，逐末而忘本。
Some people cannot see the wood for the trees.
123.健全的头脑寓于健全的身体。
A sound mind in a sound body.
124.孩子不打不成器（玉不琢不成器）。
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
125.水深流静。
Still water runs deep.
126.及时缝一针，省得日后缝九针。
A stitch in time saves nine.
127.打铁趁热。
Strike while the iron is hot.
128.逆来则顺受。
Take the rough with the smooth.
129.说曹操曹操就到。
Talk of the devil and his is sure to appear.
130.公说公有理，婆说婆有理。
There are two sides to every question.  
131.每一个团体中都难免有害群之马。
There's a black sheep in every flock.
132.朵朵玫瑰皆有刺。
There is no rose without a thorn.
133.有烟必有火（无风不起浪）。
There is no smoke without fire.
134.投鼠忌器。
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
135.舌头虽非铁却可伤人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
136.七手八脚必败事。
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
137.化绊脚石为垫脚石。
Turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone.
138.三个臭皮匠胜过一个诸葛亮（集思广益）。
Two heads are better than one.
139.同行相嫉。
Two of a trade can never agree.  
140.为善自得其乐。
Virtue is its own reward.
141.壁上有耳（谨防窃听）。
Walls have ears.
142.好的开始是成功的一半。
Well begun is half done.
143.无能为力之事只得忍耐（尽人事以待天命）。
What can’t be cured must be endured.
144.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Whatever a man sow, that shall he also reap.
145.有志者事竟成。
Where there is a will there is a way.
146.舌剑利于刀剑。
Words cut more than swords.
147.蜡烛不能两头烧（勿过分消耗体力）。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
148.石头挤不出血来（铁石心肠哪有泪）。
You cannot get blood out of a stone.
149.鱼与熊掌不可兼得。
You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.
150.老狗学不来新花样（人老则守旧）。
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
151.缺乏知识之热心犹如脱缰之马。
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.