谚语是广泛流传于民间的言简意赅的短语，多数反映了劳动人民的生活实践
1.a dead dog.
废物或无价值之物。
2.a broken reed.
压伤的苇杖。 不能依靠的东西或人。
3.A good dog deserves a good bone.
好狗应该得好骨头。 有功者受奖。
4.Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
山中无老虎，猴子称大王。
5.a dog in the manger.
占着茅坑不拉屎。在其位不谋其政。
6.An old dog will learn no new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。老顽固不能学新事物。
7.a lion in the way.
拦路虎。
8.a fly in the ointment.
一只老鼠坏了一锅汤。
9.pour water off a steep roof(operate from a strategically advantageous position)
高屋建筑
10.Bad workmen often blame their tools.
拙匠常怪工具差。(不会撑船怪河弯)。
11.He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.
己不正不正人(笑别人驼背的人得自己首先把身子挺直)
12.you should not cast the first stone.
欲责他人，先思己过
13.It's a long lane that has no turning.
路必有弯。(事必有变)。(瓦片也有翻身日)。
14.On swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
15.No smoke without fire.
无火不起烟。(无风不起浪)。
16.Ill news comes apace.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
17.He sho keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
18.Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
19.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。
20.hide one's light under a bushel.
不露锋芒。
21.new wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。
22.eye for eye, tooth for tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
23.between the devil and the deep sea.
进退两难 进退维谷。
24.escape by the skin of one's teeeth.
死里逃生。 幸免于死。
25.hole and corner.
偷偷摸摸。 鬼鬼祟祟。
26.entertain an angel unawares.
有眼不识泰山。
27.much cry and little wool.
雷声大，雨点小。
28.everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
29.kick against the pricks.
以卵击石。 螳臂当车。
30.no respecter of persons.
一视同仁。
31.wash one's hands of a thing.
洗手不干。 与某事无关。
32.cast pearls before swine.
对牛弹琴。 明珠暗投。
33.the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
心有余而力不足。
34.separate the sheep from the goats.
分辨良莠。
35.in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
聪明保险的办法是向大量谋士求计。
36.all the rivers run into the sea;yet the sea is not full.
百川归海而海不盈。
37.for we brought nothing into whis world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
因为我们没带什么到世界上来，也不能带什么去。
38.bay the moon.
干徒劳无益的事。
39.what's done is done.
事情干了就算了。
40.murder will out.(truth will come to light.)
纸包不住火。真相终将大白。
41.strange bedfellows.
同床异梦。
42.be hoist with one's own petard .
作法自毙。作茧自缚。
43.to paint the lily.
画蛇添足。实在是浪费而可笑的事。
44.much ado about nothing.
无事生非。
45.love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。 情人眼里出西施。
46.Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
47.Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
48.The days of our years are three-score years and ten.
人生七十古来稀。
49.the apple of the eye.
掌上明珠。
50.There is no rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。世上没有十全的幸福。
51.the children from well-fed family.
膏粱子弟
一、勤奋、意志与成功
1. Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。
2. No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。
3. Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
4. Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
5. Genius is nothing but labor anddiligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。
6. Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
7. Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。
8. No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的.玫瑰。
9. There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
10. No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。
11. Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。
12. The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。
13. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。
二、学习方法与态度
14. Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
15. It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。
16. Readingis to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。
17. A man becomes learned by askingquestions.不耻下问才能有学问。
18. Learn and live.活着，为了学习。
19. Knowledge starts with practice.实践出真知。
20. Books and friends should be few butgood.读书如交友，应求少而精。
21. Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。
22. Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makesproud.知识使人谦虚，无知使人傲慢。
23. Knowledge advances by steps and not byleaps.知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。
24. A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。
25. A man cannot spin and reel at the sametime.一心不能二用。
三、健康与心态
26. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。
27. Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
28. All work and no play makes Jack a dullboy.只工作,不玩耍,聪明小伙也变傻。
29. Health is not valued till sicknesscomes.病时方知健康可贵。
30. A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。
1.Time and tide wait for no man.1.时间不等人。—— Scott 斯科特
2.A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.2.一个人可以把马带到河边，但他不能令它饮水。 —— Heywood 希伍德
3.One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.3.一个人不能把他的.糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。 —— Davies 戴维斯
4.There is no rose without a thorn.4.没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。—— Ray 雷
5.Lookers-on see most of the game.5.旁观者清。—— Smedley 斯密莱
6.First catch your hare.6.首先必须捕获兔子，然后才能宰之。—— Thackeray 萨克雷
7.Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.7.胜利是不会向我走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。—— M. Moore 穆尔
8.A great man is always willing to be little.8.伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。—— R. W. Emerson 爱默生
9.Cowards die many times before their deaths.9.懦夫在未死之前，已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。 —— Julius Caesar 凯撒
10.Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.10.但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能将它实现。 —— Jules Verne 凡尔纳
