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1、2023年英语俗语谚语归纳 第一篇：英语俗语谚语归纳 1.爱不释手fondle admiringly 2.百闻不如一见眼见为实Seeing is believing.3.比上缺乏比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many;to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.5.不眠之夜 white night 6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains
2、, not saddened by personnal losses 7.不遗余力 spare no effort;go all out;do ones best 8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new;ring out the old year and ring in the new 11.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less seriou
3、s and then to reduce it to nothing at all 12.大开眼界 open ones eyes;broaden ones horizon;be an eye-opener 13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace 14.过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough;beyond is as wrong as falling short;too much is as bad as too little 15.功夫不负有心人 Every
4、thing comes to him who waits.16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more 17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones 21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold cant be pure and man c
5、ant be perfect.22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth 24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence 25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal;a hedge between keeps friendship green 26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, clich 27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there
6、 is life, there is hope.29.马到胜利 achieve immediate victory;win instant success 30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth 31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened 32.没有规则不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of ones dear ones far away.I
7、t is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven.Man proposes, God disposes.35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half;Cunning outwits itself 36.拿手好戏 masterpiece 37.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad 38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others
8、 to come forward with valuable contributions;throw a sprat to catch a whale 39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat；burn ones own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end 40.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities 41.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you cant make a fist.One cant make bricks with
9、out straw.42.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step-the highest eminence is to be gained step by step 43.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.44.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another r
10、eaps.45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something 46.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon(from the outside)finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt-Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.47.强强联手 win-win co-operation 48.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promise
11、s a good harvest.49.人之初性本善 Mans nature at birth is good.50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.51.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy 52.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.53.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 54.死而后已 until my heart stops beating 55.岁岁平安 Peace all y
12、ear round.56.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth 57.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.58.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.59.升级换代 updating and upgrading(of products)
13、60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, cant be repaid by grass.62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel 65.实事求是seek truth from facts;be practical and realistic;be true to facts 66.说曹操
14、,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.67.实话实说speak the plain truth;call a spade a spade;tell it as it is 68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.69.山不在高，有仙则名No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; 70.韬光养晦hide ones capacities and
15、 bide ones time 71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets 72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen.a bolt from the blue 73.团结就是力气Unity is strength.74.“跳进黄河洗不清eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean-theres nothing one can do to clear ones name 75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phen
16、omena 76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.77.往事如风The past has vanished(from memory)like wind.;What in past, is pas 78.望子成龙hold high hopes for ones child 79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly.When it rains it pours.80.文韬武略military expertise;military strategy 81.唯利是图draw water to ones mill
17、 82.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots 83.无中生有make create something out of nothing 84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind.Theres no smoke without fire.85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 87.虚心使人进步,高傲使人落后Modesty helps
18、 one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.88.蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off 89.心想事成May all your wish come true 90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding;give tacit consent;tacit understanding 91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound 93.像热锅上的蚂
19、蚁like an ant on a hot pan 94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example 95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 97.按部就班step by step 98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way;speed the parting guest 99.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others 100鱼米之乡 101.有
20、情人终成眷属Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well. 102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go.Money talks.103.有识之士people of vision 104.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain 105.有缘千里来会面Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.106.与时俱进advance with times 107.以人为本people orien
21、ted;people foremost 108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 109.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further;Ascend further, were you to look farther;Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight. a land of milk and honey 110.欲速则不达Haste does not bring succes
22、s.111.优胜劣汰survival of the fittest 112.英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.114.冤假错案cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced;unjust, false or wrong cases 115.一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.116.招财进宝Money an
23、d treasures will be plentiful 117.债台高筑become debt-ridden 118.致命要害Achilles heel 119.众矢之的target of public criticism 120.知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.121.纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist 122.左右犯难between the devil and the deep blue
24、sea 123.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.旺盛兴盛thriving and prosperous 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.贪夫徇财skin a flea for its hide 百里挑一one in hundred 百折不挠be indomitable 半途而废give up halfway leave sth.Unfinished 一应俱全all-embracing all-inclusive 饱经风霜weather-beaten 卑躬屈膝bow and scrape cringe 悲欢离合vic
25、issitudes of life 南辕北辙run counter to run in the opposite direction 舍本逐末put the cart before the horse 笨鸟先飞the slow need to start early 必由之路the only way 闭关自守close the country to international intercourse 变本加厉be further intensified 转变无常chop and change fantasticality 转变无常chop and change fantasticality 别
26、开生面having sth.New 别有用心have ulterior motives 落落大方refined and courteous urbane 兵不厌诈in war nothing is too deceitful 博古通今erudite and informed 不败之地incincible position 不耻下问feel not ashamed to learn from ones subordinates 不行救药be past praying for beyond redemption 坐享其成reap where one has not sown 不屈不挠fortitu
27、de indefatigability perseverance persevere tenacity 不速之客crasher uninvited guest 不同凡响outstanding 不言而喻speak for itself tell its own story tell its own tale went without saying 不遗余力spare no effort spare no pains 不以为然not approve object to 不义之财filthy lucre filthy pelf the mammon of unrighteousness 不亦乐乎ex
28、tremely 不远千里go to the trouble of travelling a long distance 不谋而合happen to coincide 不择手段by any kind of means by hook or crook play hard by fair means or foul 不知所措be at a loss be all adrift lose ones head out of ones wits 才疏学浅have little talent and learning 惨绝人寰extremely cruel 沧海桑田time brings a great
29、change to the worlds 沧海一粟/沧海一粟a drop in the bucket 草木皆兵a state of extreme nervousness 层出不穷emerge in endlessly 层峦迭嶂peaks over peaks 察言观色carefully watch what sb.is doing and saying 万紫千红very beautiful flowers 畅行无阻checkless 车水马龙heavy traffic 缄默寡言taciturnity 称心如意well-content 趁热打铁strike while iron is hot
30、Hold a wolf the iron is hot 成群结队gang horde 诚惶诚恐with reverence and awe 诚意诚意sincere desire 承上启下a connecting link between the preceding and the following 吃苦耐劳tough 吃里扒外live on sb.while helping others secretly 白日做梦 胡思乱想wishful thinking 持之以恒preserve 叱咤风云ride the whirlwind 愁眉苦脸pull a long face snoot 愁眉苦脸的
31、，愁眉苦脸地woebegone morosely 臭名远扬，臭名昭著flagrancy，notorious 出乎意料unexpected 出口成章have an outstanding eloquence 出类拔萃，鹤立鸡群fill the bill supereminence 出谋划策give counsel suggest 稀奇制胜defeat sb.by a surprise action 诞生入死go through fire and water 触类旁通comprehend by analogy 垂头丧气，无精打采 down in the mouth lose ones spirit
32、s with the tail between the legs 垂头丧气的blue about the gills crestfallen downhearted 绰绰有余more than sufficient 此起彼伏as one falls,another rises 冷静自若go easy take ones time 冷静自若的leisured unhurried 冷静自若地by easy stages 粗枝大叶careless slapdash sloppy 粗枝大叶的broad-brush 措手不及unaware unprepared 错综困难 扑朔迷离 anfractuosi
33、ty 错综困难的anfractuous daedal reticula sinuous 打草惊蛇act rashly and about: the enemy 大材小用waste ones talent on a petty job 大公无私selfless 大海捞针look for a needle in a bottle of hay 大惑不解be extremely puzzled 大惊小怪a storm in a teacup foofaraw fuss like a hen with one chicken 大惊小怪的spoffish 大快人心affording general sa
34、tisfaction 大名鼎鼎famous well known 大器晚成great minds mature slowly 大千世界the boundless universe 大失所望greatly disappointed 大同小异largely identical but with minor differences 大显身手 大显神通strut ones stuff 大言不惭 夸夸其谈fanfaronade rodomontade 大义凛然inspiring awe by upholding justice 大义灭亲place righteousness above family l
35、oyalty 大智若愚Still waters run deep.An empty vessel makes the most sound Still water runs deep 呆若木鸡dumbstruck transfixed 待人接物the ways one gets along with others 殚思极虑rack ones brains 胆小如鼠cannot say boh to a goose 胆战心惊的funky 淡泊明志not seek fame and wealth 装腔作势be sanctimonious 得过且过drift along muddle along 得
36、天独厚的advantaged 得心应手handy with facility 得意忘形 得意忘形 bloat get dizzy with success 得意忘形elated elation exaltation jauntiness 得意扬扬ride high 得意忘形的cock-a-hoop high-blown perky 得意扬扬的triumphant 德才兼备have both ability and moral integrity 德高望重sainted saintlike 登峰造极reach the limit reach the peak of perfection 地大物博
37、vast territory and abundant resources 颠倒黑白 混淆黑白 混淆是非call white black swear black is white 颠三倒四confused disorderly 雕虫小技insignificant skill 兴师动众move forces 调虎离山lure the enemy away from his base 掉以轻心treat sth.Lightly 喋喋不休blat cackle chackle harp harp on jaw-jaw rattle twitter wag 顶天立地of indomitable spi
38、rit 东施效颦blind imitation with ludicrous effection 卷土重来bob up like a cork 独具匠心show originality 独树一帜develop a school of ones own 独一无二in a class by oneself 独一无二的unique unmatched unparalleled 度日如年one day seems like a year 断章取义garble quote out of context 对牛弹琴whistle jigs to a milestone Cast pearls before
39、swine 对症下药suit the remedy to the case 多才多艺versatility 多才多艺的accomplished all-round allround miscellaneous versatile 多愁善感sensitivity sentimentality 多愁善感的moonstruck spoony 多此一举bring owls to Athens hold a candle to the sun 多多益善the more the better 盛气凌人aggressive 洗心革面thoroughly remould oneself 阿谀奉承 趋炎附势gr
40、easiness 以怨报德 以怨报德 忘恩负义 bite the hand that feeds one 勾心斗角each trying to cheat the other 发人深省的thought-provoking 发人深省set people thinking 发扬光大carry forward 翻山越岭tramp over hill and dale 天翻地覆world-shaking 泛滥成灾overrun 飞黄腾达 青云直上come into ones kingdom rise in the world strike oil 飞黄腾达的successful 飞禽走兽birds a
41、nd beasts 废寝忘食forget food and sleep 分道扬镳part company,each going his own way 分化瓦解disintegrate divide and demoralize 分门别类classify 纷至沓来come in a continuous stream 纷至沓来的thick as hail 奋不顾身dash ahead regardless of ones safety 愤愤不平be indignant 愤世嫉俗的cynical 丰富多彩rich and colorful 丰功伟绩great achievement 丰衣足食ha
42、ve ample food and clothing 风花雪月sentimental writings of the exploiting classes 风马牛不相及be totally unrelated 风靡一时be the rage 一帆风顺calm 风起云涌like a rising wind and scudding clouds 同舟共济stand together regardless of situation 风雨无阻in all weathers 锋芒毕露make a showy display of ones abilities 蜂涌而来pour 逢场作戏join in
43、the fun on occasion 逢凶化吉trun ill luck into good 奉公遵守法律law-abiding 敷衍了事make short shrift of palter scuffle 釜底抽薪take a drastic measure to deal with a situation 赴汤蹈火 诞生入死go through fire and water 富丽堂皇magnificence 覆水难收spilt water cannot be gathered up again It is no use crying over spilt milk 1.A bad be
44、ginning makes a bad ending.恶其始者必恶其终。 2.A bad bush is better than the open field.有胜于无。 3.A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。 4.A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart.做贼心虚。 5.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。 6.A bad padlock invites a
45、picklock.开门揖盗。 8.A bad thing never dies.坏事传千年。 9.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。 10.A bargain is a bargain.达成的协议不行撕毁。 11.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。 12.A beggars purse is bottomless.乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。 13.A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻其歌
46、知其鸟，听其言知其人。 14.A bird may be known by its song.什么鸟唱什么歌。 15.A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.略有胜于全无。 16.A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that its the boundary of the world.坐井观天。 17.A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.秋波送盲，白费痴情。 18.A book is the same toda
47、y as it always was and it will never change.一本好书今日如此，将来也如此，永不变更。 19.A book that remains shut is but a block.有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。 20.A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借来的斗篷不暖身。 21.Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切，离别情更深。 22.A burden of ones choice is not felt.自己选的担子不嫌重。23.A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 24.A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。 25.A cat may look at a king.猫也有权晋见国王。 26.A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命。 27.Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。 28.A chain is no stronger than its weake