PROVERBS諺語

1、寫作課堂補充寫作課堂補充 英語諺語英語諺語English ProverbsEnglish ProverbsPopular English ProverbsPopular English Proverbs Vocabulary Structure & Culture Popular English Proverbs1. Actions speak louder than words. 2. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. /A happy life is a discreet one.3. Always prepare for a rainy day

2、. Popular English Proverbs4. A little pot is soon hot.5. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 6. A penny saved is a penny earned. /Many a little makes a mickle. Popular English Proverbs7. A new broom sweeps clean.8. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 9. A stitch in time saves nine. Popular Engl

3、ish Proverbs10. A word spoken is past recalling. 11. A word to the wise is sufficient.12. As you brew, so must you drink. /As a man sows, so he shall reap. Popular English Proverbs13. Barking dogs seldom bite.14.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 15.Beggars cannot be choosers. /Sharp stomachs mak

4、e short graces.Popular English Proverbs16. Better late than never. 17. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 18. Birds of a feather flock together.Popular English Proverbs19. Blood is thicker than water. 20. Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.21. A burnt child dreads the fire. /Once b

5、itten, twice shy.Popular English Proverbs22. Charity begins at home. 23. Curiosity killed the cat. 24. Creaking doors last long. Popular English Proverbs25. The darkest hour is before the dawn. 26. Dont change horses in midstream. 27. Dont count your chickens before they are hatched. Popular English

6、 Proverbs28. Dont cry over spilt milk. 29.Dont put the cart before the horse.30.Dont put all your eggs in one basket. Popular English Proverbs31. East or west, home is the best. 32. Easier said than done. 33. Easy come, easy go. Popular English Proverbs34. Every bean has its black.35. Every coin has

7、 its two sides. 36. Every dog has his day. Popular English Proverbs37. Every Jack has his Jill.38. Faint heart never wins fair lady.39. Father equals one hundred headmasters. Popular English Proverbs40. Like attracts/draws like.41. Like begets like. /Like father, like son. 42. Like cures like.Popula

8、r English Proverbs43. Good advice is beyond all price.44. Good fences make good eighbors. 45.God helps those who help themselves. Popular English Proverbs46.Grasp all, lose all. 47.Great hopes make great men.48.Great minds think alike.Popular English Proverbs49.Habit is second nature. 50.Harm set, h

9、arm get. /Harm watch, harm catch. 51. Haste makes waste. /More haste, less speed. /A watched pot never boils.Popular English Proverbs52. He that will thrive must rise at five. 53.He who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. 54. He who laughs last laughs best.Popular English Proverbs55.He w

10、ho has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick. 56. Health is better than wealth. 57. Homer sometimes nods. Popular English Proverbs58.Honesty is the best policy. 59.Hunger is the best sauce. /The sauce is better than the fish.60.If the sky falls, we shall catch larks. Popular English Prover

11、bs61.If you want peace, prepare for war. 62.If winter comes, can spring be far behind? 63.Its an ill bird that fouls its own nest.Popular English Proverbs64. Its hard to please all.65. It is the early bird that catches worms. 66.It never rains but it pours.Popular English Proverbs67.It takes two to

12、tango.68.Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 69.Lepoard cant change its spots.Popular English Proverbs70.Lightening never strikes twice in the same place.71. Like cures like./Measure for measure. /An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.72.Live and learn. /You are never too

13、 old/late to learn.Popular English Proverbs72. Look before you leap. /Second thoughts are best.73. Love is blind. /Love me, love my dog.74. A man is as old as he feels. Popular English Proverbs75. Many men, many minds. /One man, no man.76. Measure is treasure. /Measure for meaure.77. A merry heart m

14、akes a cheerful countenance.Popular English Proverbs78.Might makes right. 79.Money makes mare go./Money talks. /Ill-gotten wealth never thrives.80.Man proposes, god disposes.Popular English Proverbs81.Necessity is the mother of invention. 82. Never offer to teach fish to swim.83.Never put off till t

15、omorrow what can be done today.Popular English Proverbs84. Never trouble troubles till trouble troubles you. /Let the sleeping dog lie. 85.No pains, no gains. /Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Popular English Proverbs86.No news is good news. 87.Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.88. Nothing

16、ventured, nothing gained.Popular English Proverbs89. One apple a day keeps doctor away.90. One mans meat is another mans poison.91. One stitch in time saves nine.Popular English Proverbs92. One today is worth two tomorrows. /Tomorrow is another day.93. Once bitten, twice shy. /A burnt child dreas fi

17、re.94. Out of sight, out of mind.Popular English Proverbs95. Penny wise and pound foolish.96. Practice makes perfect. 97. Practise what you preach.Popular English Proverbs98. Pride goes before a fall.99. Rome was not built in a day.100.Running water never gets stale (and a door-hinge never gets worm

18、-eaten). /Rest breeds rust. Popular English Proverbs101. Seeing is believing. /Silver is golden.102. Slow and steady wins the race.103. Speech is silver, silence is gold.Popular English Proverbs104. Storms make trees take deeper roots. 105. Strictness helps, indulgence spoils.106. Strike while the i

19、ron is hot. Popular English Proverbs107.The child is the father of/to the man. 108.The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence /hill. 109. Swift to hear, slow to speak. /A close mouth catches no flies. Popular English Proverbs110. The darkest hour is nearest dawn. 111. The proof of th

20、e pudding is in the eating. 112. The tailor makes the man. Popular English Proverbs113. Talk/Speak of the devil (and he will appear). 114. Too many cooks spoil the broth.115. The tounge is boneless but it breaks into bones.Popular English Proverbs116. Time and tide wait for no man. 117. Time will tell. /Time heals all wounds. /Time is the best healer. /Time cures all things. 118. There is none so blind as those that will not see. Popular English Proverbs119. Twos company, threes none.120. Two of a trade never agree.121. We