经典英语小谚语摘选
1、A cat has nine lives.
猫有九条命。
2、Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
相聚爱益切，离别情更深。
3、A bad bush is better than the open field.
有胜于无。
4、A bad padlock invites a picklock.
开门揖盗。
5、A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。
6、A bird may be known by its song.
什么鸟唱什么歌。
7、Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。
8、A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。
9、A disease known is half cured.
病情确诊断，治病好一半。
10、A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.
坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。
11、A burden of one's choice is not felt.
自己选的担子不嫌重。
12、A common danger causes common action.
同仇敌忾。
13、A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
14、A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
15、A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
16、A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
问心无愧，高枕无忧。
17、Experience is the mother of wisdom.
实践出真知。
18、A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。
19、A faithful friend is hard to find.
益友难得。
20、A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入，祸从口出。
21、A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。
22、A constant guest is never welcome.
久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。
23、Accidents will happen.
天有不测风云。
24、A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.
户枢不蠹。
25、A contented mind is perpetual feast.
知足常乐。
26、A change of work is as good as a rest.
调换一下工作是很好的休息。
27、A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。
28、A fair death honours the whole life.
死得光明，终身荣耀。
29、A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.
坐井观天。
30、Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
患难使人聪明，但不能致富。
31、Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的.朋友。
32、Adversity leads to prosperity.
逆境迎向昌盛。
33、A cat may look at a king.
猫也有权晋见国王。
34、A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.
不满足者坐无宁时。
35、A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
36、A beggar's purse is bottomless.
乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。
37、A bargain is a bargain.
达成的协议不可撕毁。
38、Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
行动是知识的巧果。
39、A clear conscience is a sure card.
光明磊落，胜券在握。
40、A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
借来的斗篷不暖身。
41、A book that remains shut is but a block.
有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
42、A crafty knave needs no broker.
狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。
43、Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
身处逆境不择友。
44、A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
恶其始者必恶其终。
45、A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
夜郎自大。
46、A fair face may hide a foul heart.
人不可貌相。
47、A clean hand wants no washing.
身正不怕影子斜。
48、A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
秋波送盲，白费痴情。
49、A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做贼心虚。
50、Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
51、A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.
骨头打狗狗不叫。
52、A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常怨工具差（人笨怨刀钝）。
53、A bad thing never dies.
坏事传千年。
54、A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.
略有胜于全无。
55、A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。
56、A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。
57、A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
宁为清贫，不为浊富。
58、Adversity is a good discipline.
苦难是磨练人的好机会。
