常用英语谚语分类

谚语分类 谚语分类 动物类： Fish in trouble waters. Kill two birds with one stone. Beat the dog before the lion. Teach fish to swim. Birds of a feather flock together. Let sleeping dog lie. Put the cart before the horse. Fine feathers make fine birds. The sauce is better than the fish. There are plenty of fish in the sea. He takes a spear to kill a fly. Dogs bite in every country. A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan. It’s better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart. All your swans are geese. Count one’s chickens before they are hatched. A leopard cannot change its spots./ you cannot make a crab walk straight. The shepherd would rather lose the wool than the sheep. One swallow does not make a summer. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. A bird is known by its nose and a man by his talk. 身体器官类： Hedges have eyes. Walls have ears. Peace on the forehead and war in the mind. A man should not bite the hand which feeds him. The tongue cuts the throat. Gifts blind the eyes. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. The same knife cut bread and finger. Justice has long arms. 天气类： 生活类： Like father, like son./ Like mother, like daughter. Business is business. The style is the man. More haste, less speed. Great minds think alike. Misfortunes never come alone. Love is blind./ Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In time of peace prepare for war. Speak of the devil and he will appear. A new broom sweeps clean. In for a penny, in for a pound. There is no smoke without fire. Have a card up one’s sleeve. As a man sows, so he shall reap. He cries wine and sells vinegar. Good wine needs no bush. Every potter praises his pot. The pupil outdoes the master. Many kiss the baby for the nurse’s sake. True blue will never stain. A clear conscience is a sure card. Late fruit keeps well. A hedge between keeps friendship green. As you make the bed, so you must lie in it. What we lose in hake we shall have in herring. The pot calls the kettle black. 励志类： Money cannot buy time. Failure is the mother of success. Pride goes before a fall. Man proposes. God disposes. Time and tide wait for no man. A young idler, an old beggar. All roads lead to Rome. Rest breeds rust. 语法有用的： Facts speak louder than words. Health is better than wealth. Better an open enemy than a false friend. Much will have more. It’s better to die than to live when life is a disgrace./ Better die with honor than live with shame. Out of office, out of danger. Out of sight, out of mind./ Far from eye, far from heart. A word spoken is past recalling. Once bit, twice shy. Things done cannot be undone. Do one thing under cover of another. The moon is not seen when the sun shines. Little strokes fell great oaks. Judge a book by its cover. Do in Rome as the Roman do. Take things as they come. He knows most who speaks least./ Still water runs deep. 其他：To teach is to learn. Business is business. Diamond cut diamond. Names are debts. Common fame is a liar. Nothing venture, nothing have. Everybody’s business is nobody’s business. Penny wise and pound foolish.