谚语集锦（一）

A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林

Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩

Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.

逆境出人才

A faithful friend is hard to find.

知音难觅。

A fall into a pit,a gain in your wit.

No pain,no gain.

Experience must be bought.

吃一堑，长一智。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

A good beginning is half done.

Well begun is half done.

Well begun,half done.

良好的开端是成功的一半。

A good beginning makes a good ending.

善始者善终。

All roads lead to Rome.

条条大路通罗马。

All things are difficult before they are easy.

凡是总是由难而易。

A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.

一心不能二用。

Don't put the cart before the horse.

不要本末倒置。

Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

Do not teach fish to swim.

不要班门弄斧。

Doubt is the key to knowledge.

怀疑是知识的钥匙。

Death comes to all,but great achievements raise a monument which shall endure until the sun grows old.

死亡无人能免，但非凡的成就会树起一座纪念碑，它将一直立到太阳冷却之时。

Do one thing at a time, and do well.

一次只做一件事，做到最好！

Desire has no rest.

人的欲望无止境。

Difficult the first time,easy the second.

一回生，二回熟。

Do not change horses in mid-stream.

别在河流中间换马。

Do not have too many irons in the fire.

贪多嚼不烂。

Do as Romans do in Rome.

入乡随俗。

Even Homer sometimes nods.

智者千虑，必有一失。

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

自己的命运自己掌握。

Example is better than percept.

说一遍不如做一遍。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。

Every potter praises his pot.

王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。

Everything is good when new,but friends when old.

东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。

Everything comes to him who waits.

功夫不负有心人。

Things at the worst will mend.

否极泰来。

Time and tide wait for no man.

时不我待。