英文諺語大集合

Actions speak louder than words. 坐而言不如起而行 Advice when most needed is least heeded. 忠言逆耳 After a storm comes a calm. 否極泰來 All good things come to an end. 花無百日紅(天下無不散之筵席) All is not gold that glitters. 金玉其外，敗絮其中 All roads lead to Rome. 條條大道通羅馬 All that glitters is not gold. 不可僅以貌取人 All's well that ends well. 善終為善 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩，人生了無生氣 All mankind loves a lover. 愛人者，人恆愛之 Art is long, life is short. 人生苦短，而學術無窮 As you sow, so shall you reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆 Bad news travels fast. 惡事傳千里 A bad penny always comes back. 惡有惡報 Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠叫的狗不咬人 Beauty is but skin deep. 美色只是一層皮 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼裏出西施 Beggars must not be choosers. 饑不擇食 Better late than never. 亡羊補牢，猶未遲也 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鳥在手勝於兩鳥在林 Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚 Blood is thicker than water. 血濃於水 The bull must be taken by the horns. >往直前 Business is business. 公事公辦 Care killed a cat. 憂慮致命 The child is father of the man. 少年時代可決定一人之未來 Comparisons are odious. 人比人氣死人 Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石 Content is happiness. 知足常樂 A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常樂 Curiosity killed the cat. 狗拿耗子；多管閒 Death is the great leveler. 死後萬人皆平等 Diamond cut(s) diamond. 兩虎相爭必有一傷 Do as you would be done by. 己所欲施於人 Do every act of your life as if it were your last. 珍惜生命中的每一刻 Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入境隨俗 Dog does not eat dog. 同類不相殘 Do nothing half-way. 做事不要半途而廢 Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 勿打如意算盤 Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg. 勿殺雞取卵 Don't put(keep) all your eggs in one basket. 勿孤注一擲 Don't put the cart before the horse. 勿本末倒置 Don't quarrel with your bread and butter. 勿自砸飯碗 Don't wash your dirty linen in public. 家醜不可外揚 A drowning man will catch at a straw. 死馬當活馬醫 Easier said than done. 說來容易做來難 Easy come easy go. 來得快，去得也快 The end must justify the means. 為達目的不擇手段 Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千慮必有一失 Every is not Sunday. 好景不常，盛筵難再 Every dog has his day. 三年風水輪流轉 Every man has his taste. 人各有所好 Extremes meet. 物極必反 An eye for an eye, and we all go blind. 以牙還牙，兩敗俱傷 Fine feathers make fine birds.(= Clothes make the/a man.) 人要衣裝，佛要金裝 First come first served. 捷足先登 The first wealth is health. 健康至上 Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 初生之犢不畏虎 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難之中見真情 Friendship redoubles joys and cuts griefs into halves. 友誼增添喜樂 Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. 天才是百分之一的靈感加上百分之九十九的努力 Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard. 小人得寸便進尺 God's mill grinds slow but sure. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏 A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始得善終 Grasp all, lose all. 貪者必失 He that touches pitch shall be defiled. 近墨者黑 He who has health has hope. 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 Heaven helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者 Health is better than wealth. 健康勝於財富 History repeats itself. 歷史會重演 Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. 見機行事 Honesty is the best policy. 誠實為上策 Idleness is the rust of the mind. 游手好間使心智生鏽 If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. 識時務者為俊傑 In wine there is truth. 酒後吐真言 Instruction knows no class distinction. 有教無類 It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. 寧死不屈 It is easy to be wise after the event. 經一事長一智 It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施比受更有福 It is never too late to mend. 亡羊補牢，猶未晚也 It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水難收 It takes all sorts to make a world. 一樣米養百種人 A Jack of all trades is master of none. 樣樣通樣樣稀鬆 Keep up with the Joneses. 努力以免落在他人之後 Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量 The last straw breaks the camel's neck. 凡事宜有節制，過則必敗事 Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. 學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆 Least said, soonest mended. 言多必失 The leopard cannot change his spots. 江山易改，本性難移 The less one thinks, the more one speaks. 愈不用腦筋的人愈愛說大話 Let all live as they would die. 今朝有酒今朝醉 Let bygones be bygones. 過去的事就讓它過去 Let sleeping dogs lie. 別自找麻煩 Life is a sweet and joyful thing for one who has a pure conscience. 問心無愧者的人生是甜美愉悅的 Life is like the moon; now dark, now full. 人生好比月亮，有時缺，有時圓 Life is short and art is long. 學海無邊，人生苦短 A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 沒有朋友的生活就像缺了太陽一樣 Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子 A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解最危險 A little neglect may breed great mischief. 星星之火可以燎原 Live and learn. 活到老學到老 Live and let live. 得饒人處且饒人 Look before you leap. 三思而後行 Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁觀者清 Love is blind. 愛情是盲目的 Love me little, love me long. 愛情要細水長流 Make hay while the sun shines. 未雨綢繆 A man is known by the company he keeps. 觀其友而知其人 Man proposes, God disposes. 謀事在人，成事在天 Many a little makes a mickle. 積少成多(聚沙成塔) Men are not to be measured in inches. 人不可以貌相 Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. 人應珍惜時間而不要浪費時間 Might is right. 強權即是公理 Misery loves company. 禍不單行 Misfortunes make strange bed-fellows. 同病相憐 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患難見真情 Money makes the mare go. 有錢能使鬼推磨 Much would have more. 貪得無饜 Murder will out. 若要人不知，除非己莫為 Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要為發明之母 Never depend on anyone except yourself. 靠自己，勿靠別人 Never do things by halves. 做事莫半途而廢 Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事今日畢 New brooms sweep clean. 新官上任三把火 No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. 勿以善小而不為 No man is born wise or learned. 人不學不靈，鐘不敲不鳴 No news is good news. 無消息即是好消息 No pains, no gains. 不勞則無獲 None so blind as those who won't see. 有眼不看者為盲 Nothing but is good for nothing. 萬物皆有用 Nothing but ourselves can finally beat us. 只有自己才能最後戰勝自己 Nothing can harm a good man, either in life or after death. 善良的人無論生前死後，沒有任何東西可以傷害到他 Nothing comes of nothing. 事出必有因 Nothing down, nothing up. 有下才有上；有來才有往 Nothing venture, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩(上一次當，學一次乖) One must make allowance for the shortcomings of others. 得饒人處且饒人 One swallow does not make a summer. 勿以一概全 One today is worth two tomorrows. 一個今天勝過兩個明天 One who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet. 不經一番寒徹骨，那得梅花撲鼻香 Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 機不可失 Out of debt, out of danger. 無債一身輕 Out of sight, out of mind. 久離則疏遠 A penny saved is a penny saved. 省一文賺一文 The pot called the kettle black. 五十步笑百步 Practice is better than theory. 行動勝於空談 Practice what you preach. 言行要一致(說到做到) Prevention is better than cure. 預防勝於治療 Pride goes before the fall. 驕者必敗 The pot called the kettle black. 五十步笑百步 Pour not water on a drowned mouse. 不要落井下石 The proof of pudding is in the eating. 欲知布丁味，親嚐便可曉 Put the saddle on the right horse. 冤有頭，債有主 Real friends are few and far between. 朋友易得，知音難求 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滾石不生苔 Rome was not built in a day. 羅馬不是一天造成的 Second thoughts are best. 退一步想最穩當 Seeing is believing. 百聞不如一見(眼見為信) Self-help is the best way to success. 自助是成功的最好方法 Self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信成功的第一要訣 Share and share alike. 有苦同當，有福共享 Slow and steady wins the race. 穩健紮實必致勝 Smooth/Still waters run deep. 大智若愚 (靜水流深) Some people cannot see the wood for the trees. 見木不見林，逐末而忘本 A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的頭腦寓於健全的身體 Spare the rod and spoil the child. 孩子不打不成器(玉不琢不成器) A stitch in time saves nine. 防微杜漸 Strike while the iron is hot. 打鐵趁熱 The sun shines on the saint and (the) sinner alike. (= The sun shines upon all alike.) 人人機會均等 Sweet is pleasure after pain. 苦後才知甜滋味 The tailor makes the man. 人要衣裝 Take the rough with the smooth. 逆來順受 Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear. 說曹操曹操就到 There are two sides to every question. 公說公有理，婆說婆有理 There's a black sheep in every flock. 每一個團體中都難免有害群之馬 There is no rose without a thorn. 朵朵玫瑰皆有刺(人生沒有十全十美的) There is no royal road to learning. 學問無捷徑 There is no smoke without fire. 有煙必有火(無風不起浪) There is no such thing as a free lunch. 天下沒有白吃的午餐 There is no time like the present. 現時最寶貴 Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 投鼠忌器 Time and tide wait for no man. 歲月不待人 Time flies. 光陰似箭 To err is human, to forgive divine. 犯錯是常人之舉，寬恕乃神聖之行 To begin matters is to have them half finished. 萬事起頭難 The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 舌頭雖非鐵卻可傷人 Too many cooks spoil the broth. 七手八腳必敗事 Trust men and they will be true to you. 信人者人恆信之 Truth loves (fears no) trial. 真金不怕火煉 Two heads are better than one. 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮 Two of a trade can never agree. 同行相嫉 United we stand; divided we fall. 團結則立，分散則倒 Virtue is its own reward. 為善自得其樂 Walls have ears. 隔牆有耳(謹防竊聽) Well begun is half done. 好的開始是成功的一半 What can't be cured must be endured. 盡人事以待天命 What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. 己所不欲，勿施於人 What you really value is what you miss, not what you have. 人不珍惜自己所擁有的，反而去珍借失去的 Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成 Words cut more than swords. 舌劍利於刀劍 Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. 要銘記在心：每天都是一年中最美好的日子 You are never too old to learn. 活到老，學到老 You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蠟蠋不能兩頭燒 You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk. 魚與熊掌不可兼得 You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. 老狗學不來新花樣(人老則守舊) The wish is father to the thought. 人們容易相信他們希望相信的事物 Enough is as good as a feast. 飽餐就如盛宴