在英语写作中，若能正确使用一、二句英语谚语、格言或名人名言，会使文章更生动。
* Learn and live．（学习才能真正地生活。）
* Learn，learn and learn again．（学习，学习，再学习。）
* Learn to walk before you run．（循序渐进。）
* Learn wisdom by the follies of others．（从别人的愚行学到智慧。）
* Least talk most work．（少说话，多做事。）
* Let another's shipwreck by your sea-mark．（前车可鉴。）
* Let by gones be by gones．（既往不咎。）
* Life is compared to a voyage．（人生好比是一次航行。）
* Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it．（生活若无波折险阻，就会过于平淡无奇。）
* Life is but a hard and tortuous journey．（人生无坦途。）
* Life is a horse，and either you ride it or it rides you．人生像一匹马，你不驾驭它，它便驾驭你。）
* Little knowledge is a dangerous thing．（一知半解是危险的。）
* Little strokes fell great oaks．（蚂蚁啃骨头。）
* Look before you leap．（三思而后行。）
* Lost time is never found again．（光阴一去不复返。）
* Many a little makes a mickle．（积少成多／聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。）
* Necessity is the mother of invention．（需要是发明之母。）
* Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today．（今日事今日毕。）
* No man is born wise．（没有生来就聪明的人。）
* No pains，no gains．（不劳无获。）
* Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it．（世上无难事，只怕有心人。）
* Nothing ventured，nothing gained．（不入虎穴，焉得虎子。）
* No man can do two things at once．（一心不可二用。）
* No pain without sweet．（没有苦中苦，哪来甜上甜。）
* No sooner said than done．（说到做到。）
* One eye-witness is better than ten ear-witnesses．（百闻不如一见。）
* One hour today is worth two tomorrow．（今天一小时抵得明天两小时。）
* One tree does not make a forest．（独木不成林。）
* One false stop will make a great difference．（失之毫厘，谬以千里。）
* Pardon all but themselves．（严以律己，宽以待人。）
* Poverty breeds strive．（穷则思变。）
* Practice makes perfect．（熟能生巧。）
* Prevention is better than cure．（防病重于治病。）
* Pride goes before a fall．（骄必败。）
* Reading enriches the mind．（开卷有益。）
* Reading is to the mind what exercise to the body．（阅读之于精神，犹如锻炼之于身体。）
* Reading without thinking makes me muddled．Thinking without reading makes me flighty ．（学而不思则罔；思而不学则殆。）
* Saying and doing are two things．（说与做是两回事。）
* Say well is good but do well is better．（说得好固然好，做得好才更好。）
* Second thoughts are best．（三思而后行。）
* Seeing is believing．（眼见为实。）
* Standers-by see more than gamesters．（旁观者清，当事者迷。）
* Strike while the iron is hot．（趁热打铁。）
* Time and tide wait for no man．（岁月不等人／时不待我。）
* The more haste，the less speed．（忙中必有错／欲速则不达。）
* Time is money．（一寸光阴一寸金。）
* Two heads are better than one．（三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。）
* Well begun is half done．（良好的开端是成功的一半。）
* What we do willingly is easy．（愿做者不难。）
* Where there is a will，there is a way．（有志者，事竟成。）
* Who chatters to you will chatter of you．（今日听其论人，明日就会论你。）
* Wise men learn more from fools than fools from wise man．（聪明人向愚者学习得多，愚者向聪明人学得少。）
* Wit bought is better than wit taught．（亲身体验胜于旁人教导。）
* With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin．（只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。）
* You can not judge a tree by its bark．（人不可貌相。）
* Be slow in choosing a friend，slower in changing．—Fran klin（选择朋友要慢，换朋友更要慢。———富兰克林）
* Who says that the heart of an inch-long plant can requite the radiance of full spring．—Meng Jiao（谁言寸草心，报得三春晖。———孟郊）
* The world is a book，and those who do not travel read only a page．— St．Augustine（世界是一本书，没有旅行过的人只读了一页。——圣·奥古斯丁）
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生活中最常用的英语谚语
cross your heart 你发誓
gate - crasher 不请自来的不速之客;
take it easy 凡事看开些, 不要太冲动, 不要看得那么重
make yourself comfortable 不用约束 (招待客人时说的话)
you are all wet 你完全误会了
she is hangover 她昨夜喝醉了
it’s a matter of time 这是迟早的问题
she pulls out 她退出了
I have my limit 我的忍耐度有限
don’t brush me off 不要敷衍我
let’s get it straight 我们打开天窗说亮话吧
what you call this 你这算什么
how about a bite 随便吃些什么吧
you can count on me 你可以信得过我
he see things not people他论事不论人
we sang the same songs 我们志同道合
I hope you in the roll 我希望你也能来
let’s go Dutch 我们各付各的吧
speak of the devil 说曹操, 曹操就到
keep in touch 保持联络
don’t turn me down 不要拒绝我
don’t let me down 别叫我失望
man proposes and god disposes 谋事在人成事在天 .
the weakest goes to the wall.优胜劣败
to look one way and row another声东击西 .
in everyone’s mouth.脍炙人口
to kick against the pricks 螳臂挡车 .
to give the last measure of devotion 鞠躬尽瘁 .
to suffer for one’s wisdom. 聪明反被聪明误
to harp on the same string. 旧调重弹
what’s done cannot be undone 覆水难收 .
to convert defeat into victory. 转败为胜
beyond one’s grasp. 鞭长莫及
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others.严以责己宽以待人
a heart of steel. 铁石心肠
to be guided by destiny.听天由命
pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败 .
the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. 不战而屈人之兵
what is bugging you 什么事使你心烦
sworn brother 干兄弟, 盟兄弟
it’s dying art 这是已失传的手艺
gentlemen agreement 君子协定
I'm trying to make ends meet 我尽力要使收支平衡
prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.富贵结朋友, 患难见真情
if you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the bitterest of the bitter.吃得苦中苦, 方为人上人
it is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill.宁为善而斗, 毋屈服于恶
he who has hope has everything.怀有希望者, 便拥有一切
self-trust is the first secret of success.自信心是成功的首要关键
the secret of success is constancy of purpose.成功的秘绝在于目标坚定有恒
success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.成功源于努力去克服困难
experience is the extract of suffering.经验是受苦的结晶