经典谚语英文赏析
1.a bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠总怪工具差。
2.a contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足长乐。
3.a good beginning is half the battle. 好的开端等于成功一半。
4.a little pot is soon hot. 壶小易热，量小易怒。
5.all lay loads on a willing horse. 好马重负。
6.a merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快，万事顺利 。
7.bad excuses are worse than none. 狡辩比不辩护还糟 。
8.character is the first and last word in the success circle.人的品格是事业成功的先决条件。
9.cleanliness is next to godliness. 整洁近于美德 。
10.courtesy costs nothing. 彬彬有礼，惠而不费 。
11.doing nothing is doing ill. 无所事事，必干坏事。
12.early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.睡得早，起得早，聪明、富裕、身体好 。
13.empty vessels make the most noise. 满瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡 。
14.every man hath his weak side. 人皆有弱点 。
15.everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, dress, soul and idea.人的一切都应当是美丽的：容貌、衣着、心灵和思想。
16.extremes are dangerous. 凡事走向极端是危险的 。
17.good advice is harsh to the ear. 忠言逆耳 。
18.grasp all, lose all. 欲尽得，必尽失 。
19.great hopes make great men. 伟大的理想造就伟大的人物。
20.handsome is he who does handsomely. 行为美者才真美。
21.have but few friends, though many acquaintances. 结交可广，知己宜少。
22.hear all parties.兼听则明，偏听则暗 。
23.he is a wise man who speaks little. 智者寡言。
24.he is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.有自知之明者被人尊敬。
25.he is rich enough that wants nothing.无欲者最富有，贪欲者最贫穷。
26.he is truly happy who makes others happy.使他人幸福的人，是真正的幸福。
27.honesty is the best policy. 诚实乃上策。
28.hope for the best and prepare for the worst.?? 抱最好的希望，作最坏的准备 。
29.idleness is the root of all evil. 懒惰是万恶之源 。
30.if we dream, everything is possible. 敢于梦想，一切都将成为可能。
31.kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are flowers and kind deeds are the fruits.仁慈的心田是花园，崇高的思想是根茎，友善的言语是花朵，良好的行为是果实。
32.laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep lone.欢笑，整个世界伴你欢笑。哭泣，只有你独自向隅而泣 。
33.life is measured by thought and action not by time.衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为，而不是时间。
34.life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并非尽是乐事 。
35.long absent, soon forgotten. 别久情疏 。
36.look before you leap. 三思而后行 。
37.lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清，当局者迷。
38.manners make the man.观其待人而知其人 。
39.misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难识知交。
40.no cross, no crown.没有苦难，就没有快乐 。
41.nobody's enemy but his own. 自寻苦恼 。
42.one man's fault is another man's lesson. 前车之覆，后车之鉴 。
43.pardon all men, but never thyself. 严以律已，宽以待人。
44.reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的灯塔 。
45.sadness and gladness succeed one another. 乐极生悲，苦尽甘来 。
46.still waters run deep.流静水深，人静心深 。
47.the fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong men. 烈火炼真金，逆境炼壮士 。
48.the fox may grow grey, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移 。
49.the more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance. 知识越广博，越感已无知 。
50.virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是无价之宝 。
51.weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁 。
52.we can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.判断一个人，不听言语看行动 。
53.where there is a will there is a way. 有志者，事竟成 。
54.will is power. 意志就是力量 。
55.wise men are silent; fools talk. 智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝 。
56.wise men learn by others' harm, fools by their own.智者以他人挫折为鉴，愚者必自身碰壁方知觉。