英语习语大全.doc

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。2. A bad promise is better than a good lawsuit.吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。3. A bad thing never dies.坏事遗臭万年。4. A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠常怨工具差，不会撑船怪河弯。5. A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion.吠犬也比睡狮强。6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。7. A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。8. A book that remains shut is but a block.有书不读，书变木头。9. A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。10.A burden of ones choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。11. A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却奉献了自己。 12. A cat has nine lives.猫有九命。 13. A cat may look at a king.小人物也该有权利。 14. A closed mouth catches no flies.病从口入，祸从口出。 15. A constant guest is never wele.常客令人厌。 16. Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。 17. Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。多难兴邦 18. Adversity makes a man wise not rich.逆境出人才。 19. A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。20. A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。 21. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 22. A fox may grow gray but never good.江山易改，本性难移。 23. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。急人急者乃真朋友。 24. A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。 25. A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。 26. A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。 27. “After you” is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌用语。 28. A good beginning is half done.良好的开端，成功的一半。 29. A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。 30. A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。 31. A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌 32. A good medicine tastes bitter.。 良药苦口33. A good wifes health is a mans best wealth.夫善则妻贤。 妻子体健，丈夫少忧34. A great talker is a great liar.良药苦口。 大演说家被视为骗子35. A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。 36. A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 谎言虽不树敌却失却朋友37. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人信。 38. A light heart lives long.心情开朗寿命长。 轻轻松松，命如青松39. A litter body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精华。 小个子，大境界40. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解自欺欺人。无知危险 41. A little pot is soon hot.壶小水易热。 小人物易满足42. All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 43. All good things e to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。美好难以长久 44. All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。 百川归海45. All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 46. All that ends well is well.结果好就一切都好。/善始善终。 47. All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定是金子。 48. All things are difficult before they are easy.凡是总是由难而易。 49. A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。 豹子脱不了斑色50. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.只会用工不会玩耍，聪明的孩子也会变傻。 只工作不休息，杰克也变呆。51. A man bees learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。多问成才52. A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应当量力而为。勿为己所不能 量力而行53. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。不能又传转子又卷线团54. A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。55. A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。无钱无以为人56. A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。乐观者一往无前57. A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，谬以千里。58. A mothers love never changes.母爱永恒。59. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一个苹果，不用请医生。一日一苹果，健康无苦果。60. A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。61. An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。62. An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。老年易因循守旧。63. An old dog barks not in vain.老狗不乱吠。老者不妄言64. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。65. A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。66. As a man sows so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。67. A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。68. A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。69. A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。70. A still tongue makes a wise head.智者寡言。71. A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。及时补一针，胜过后九针线。72. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。73. A wise head makes a closed mouth.真人不露相，露相不真人。聪慧者不多言74. A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。已经过了召回期75. A years plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。76. A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。1.burn the boat 自绝退路,破釜沉舟 2.ones hairs stands on end/set sbs hair on end 发根竖立, 毛骨悚然3.show the cloven hoof 露出原形 cleave的to separate sth into several parts劈开，裂开pp,adj; hoof, the hard foot of some animals such as horse, cattle.兽蹄4.hang by a hair 千钧一发5.kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 杀鸡取卵6.fish in troubled water 混水摸鱼趁乱渔利7.neither fish nor flesh 非驴非马8.fish in the air 白费力气空中垂钓 缘木求鱼9.a drop in the ocean 沧海一粟10.laugh off ones head 笑破肚皮11.be out at elbows 捉襟见肘肘部露在外面12.lay heads together 集思广益 =pool heads togerther13.know sth like the back of ones hand 对某事了如指掌14.have an axe to grind 别有用心 有打磨用的斧子意译法： 1.wake a sleeping dog 招惹是非2.as easy as falling off a log 极容易 如木块下落般轻易3.cast pearls before swine 对牛弹琴;白费好意4.help a lame dog over a stile 雪中送炭 助瘸腿之狗过（篱笆两侧的）梯蹬或台阶。5.gild the lily 画蛇添足 给百合花镀金6.as poor as Job 家贫如洗7.a fly in the ointment 美中不足之处 白璧微瑕软膏、药膏中的苍蝇8.reap what one has sown 自食其果9.carry coals to Newcastle 多此一举;徒劳无功 10.be all thumbs笨手笨脚