與書籍有關的英語諺語

【第1句】：That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.

好書開卷引人入勝，掩卷讓人獲益。

【第2句】：A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

好書如摯友，情誼永不渝。

【第3句】：A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

書是隨身攜帶的花園。

【第4句】：Books and friends should be few but good. （or Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.）

書籍和朋友，在好不在多。/擇友宜少，選書宜精。

【第5句】：Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

書籍乃累積智慧之不滅明燈。

【第6句】：Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.

知識只能循序漸進，而不能躍進。

【第7句】：Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

一些書可供品嘗，一些書可吞咽，較少的'一些書需咀嚼消化。

【第8句】：Learning without thought means labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆。

【第9句】：Knowledge is treasure, but practice is the key to it.

知識是一座寶庫，而實踐是開啟寶庫的鑰匙。

【第10句】：A good book is the best friend, the same today and forever.

好書如摯友，情意永不渝。

【第11句】：There is no royal road to learning.

學問之道無捷徑。

【第12句】：Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.

閱讀使人淵博，交談使人機靈，寫作使人嚴謹。

【第13句】：Reading is to the mind what exercise to the body.

閱讀對于心靈之重要，猶如運動之于身體。

【第14句】：Enlarge your views by reading.

讀書以長見識。

【第15句】：Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

天才是一分的靈感加九十九的勤奮。

【第16句】：There is no friend so faithful as a good book.

最忠實的朋友莫過于一本好書。

【第17句】：To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

學而不思，猶如食而不化。

【第18句】：Use a book as a bee does flowers.

讀書有如蜜蜂采花。

【第19句】：A book that remains shut is but a block.

書本不常翻，猶如一塊磚。

【第20句】：Art is long, but life is short.

人生有限，學海無涯。

【第21句】：Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

頭腦中有知識，勝于手中有金錢。

【第22句】：That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.

好書開卷引人入勝，閉卷使人獲益。

與動物有關的英語諺語

【第1句】：Bird

(1) Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭雙雕;一舉兩得。

(2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。

(3) Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。

(4) It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家丑不可外揚。

(5) Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣裝，馬要鞍。

(6) A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 聽音識鳥，聞言識人。

(7) Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鳥兒都愛聽自己唱。(自我欣賞)

(8) You cannot catch old birds with chaff.(粗糠). 用粗糠捉不住老鳥。(有經驗的人難騙。)

(9) Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鳥心兒齊。

【第2句】： Cat

(1) A cat has nine lives.貓有九條命;吉人天相。

(2) Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心。

(3) All cats are grey in the dark.. 黑暗之中貓都是灰色的。(人未出名時看起來都差不多。)

(4) A gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套的貓，老鼠抓不到。(不愿吃苦的人成不了大事業。)

(5) When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage. 黃鼠狼和貓結親，不是好事情。)

(6) Who will bwll the cat? 誰去給貓系鈴?(誰愿意為大家冒風險?)

(7) The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 帽偷吃奶油的時候總是閉著眼睛。(掩耳盜鈴)

(8) There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter. 殺貓的.辦法很多。(達到目的的途徑很多。)

(9) Care kill a cat. 憂慮愁死貓。

【第3句】： Chicken

(1) Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 雞蛋未孵出，先別數小雞。(不要過早樂觀。)

【第4句】： Crow

(1) A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性難移。

【第5句】： Dog

(1) He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患無詞.

(2) A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患無詞.

(3) Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏.

(4) Too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。

(5) Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意時。

(6) Barking dogs don’t (seldom) bite. 愛叫的狗很少咬人。

(7) Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。

(8) Dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人。

(9) All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗見了叫的不一定都是賊。(不要以貌取人。)

(10) Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家門口就成了獅子。

(11) Don’t be a dog (lying) in the manger. 莫學狗占馬槽不吃草。(不要占著茅坑不拉屎。)

(12) Dog does not eat dog. 同類不相殘。

(13) Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也會吃臟布丁。

(14) A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.兒不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家貧。

【第6句】： Frog

(1) The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。

【第7句】： Fox

(1) The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐貍毛色可變灰，但是本性難移。

(2) The fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐貍捕食，遠離洞府。(兔子不吃窩邊草。)

(3) When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese. 每當狐貍說教，當心鵝群被盜。

(4) When the fox says he is a vegetarian, it’s time for the hen to look out. 狐貍說它吃素的時候，母雞就得注意。

英語中有關動物的諺語(下)

【第8句】： Fish

(1) The best fish swim near the bottom. 好魚常在水底游。

(2) Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班門弄斧。

(3) Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

(4) There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好魚多的是。

(5) It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上兩次檔。

(6) If water is noisy, there are no fish in it. 咆哮的水中無魚。(夸夸其談者無真才實學。)。

【第9句】： Hare

(1) You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(獵狗). 不能既和野兔一起跑又和獵狗一起追。(人不應兩面討好。)

(2) The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡懶覺，烏龜跑贏了。

【第10句】： Horse

(1) You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink. 帶馬到河邊容易，逼馬飲水難。

(2) Don’t ride the high horse. 勿擺架子。

(3) A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 好馬不會毛色差。

(4) A horse may stumble on four feet. 馬有四條腿，亦有失蹄時。

(5) A running horse needs no spur. 奔馬無需鞭策。

(6) Don’t put the cart before the horse. 不要將大車套在馬前面。(處理問題應按先后次序，不要本末倒置。)

(7) The common horse is worst shod. 公用之馬，掌子最差。

(8) Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. 失馬之后鎖馬廄。(亡羊補牢)

(9) Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. 饋贈之馬，勿看牙口。

(10) Hair by hair you will pull out the horse’s tail. 一根一根拔，拔光馬尾巴。(水滴石穿)

11 . Mouse

(1) It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。

(2) The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 只有一個洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。

(3) A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。

【第12句】： Sheep

(1) If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜樣的力量是無窮的。

(2) A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懶羊嫌毛重。

(3) He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf. 甘心做綿羊，必然喂豺狼。

【第13句】：Swallow

(1) One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不報春。

(2) One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。

【第14句】： Tiger

(1) If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

【第15句】： Wolf

(1) Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold. 不能請羊管菜園，不能請狼管羊圈。

(2) Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl. 和狼在一起，就會學狼叫。

(3) Man is a wolf to man. 人對人是狼。(人心狠，人吃人)

(4) A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. 年輕人，在成長，吃起飯來像餓狼。

與天氣有關的英語諺語

Red sky at night,sailor’sdelight.Red sky in the morning,sailor take waring.

早霞不出門，晚霞行千里。

Halo around the sun or moon ,rain or snowsoon.

日暈三更雨，月暈午時風。

When the stars begin to huddle ,the earth will soon become a puddle.

月明星稀。

When ladybugs swarm,expect a day that’s warm.

螞蟻搬家，天將雨。

If bees stay at home,rain will soon come.if they fiy away ,fine will be the day.

蜜蜂遲歸，雨來風吹。

與時間有關的英語諺語

Time is money.

(時間就是金錢或一寸光陰一寸金)

Time flies.

(光陰似箭，日月如梭)

Time has wings.

(光陰去如飛)

Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.

(光陰如銼，細磨無聲)

Time stays not the fool's leisure.

(時間不等閑逛的傻瓜)

Time and I against any two.

(和時間攜起手來，一人抵兩人)

Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.

(時間就是生命，懶人消耗時間就是消耗自己的生命。或時間就是生命，節省時間，就是延長生命)

Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.

(消磨于惡習或愚行的時間是加倍的.損失)

Time undermines us.

(光陰暗中催人才。或莫說年紀小人生容易老)

Time and tide wait for no man.

(歲月不待人)

Time cannot be won again.

(時間一去不再來)

Time is , time was , and time is past.

(現在有時間，過去有時間，時間一去不復返)

Time lost can not be recalled.

(光陰一去不復返)

Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.

(光陰似箭，一去不返)

Time tries friends as fire tries gold.

(時間考驗朋友，烈火考驗黃金)

Time tries truth.

(時間檢驗真理)

Time is the father of truth.

(時間是真理之父)

Time will tell.

(時間能說明問題)

Time brings the truth to light.

(時間使真相大白。或時間一到，真理自明。)

Time and chance reveal all secrets.

(時間與機會能提示一切秘密)

Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.

(時間考驗一切，經得起時間考驗的就為人所信仰)

Time reveals(discloses) all things.

(萬事日久自明)

Time tries all.

(時間檢驗一切)

There is no time like the present.

(現在正是時候)

Take time by the forelock.

(把握目前的時機)

To choose time is to save time.

(選擇時間就是節省時間)

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

(今日事，今日畢)

Procrastination is the thief of time.

(拖延為時間之竊賊)

One of these days is none of these days.

(拖延時日，終難實現。或：改天改天，不知哪天)

Tomorrow never comes.

(明天無盡頭，明日何其多)

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

(常將今日推明日，推到后來無蹤跡)

Time works wonders.

(時間可以創造奇跡或時間的效力不可思議)

Time works great changes.

(時間可以產生巨大的變化)

Times change.

(時代正在改變)