英语谚语大全W

英文谚语是英语中的精华，就像我们汉语中的成语一样，简洁明了而又富于哲理，希望这些资料能为你的英语学习带来一点帮助。谚语很多都是一语双关，文中加以中文注释，仅供参考，只有理解了英文原意，才能尽情享受英语语言的魅力。以下谚语除用作平时口语学习外，也非常适合要准备参加四六级、考研、托福、雅思等考试的朋友。
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1. wade not in unknown water.
不知水的深浅，不可粗心趟水过河。
2. walk groundly; talk profoundly; drink roundly; sleep soundly.
行路踏实，言谈深刻，饮酒豪爽，睡眠酣畅。
3. walls (or pitchers) have ears.
隔墙有耳。
4. want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge.
粗心比无知更为有害。
5. war is death's feast.
战争是死亡的筵席。
6. war is the business of barbarians.
战争是野蛮人干的事。

7. war makes thieves, and peace hangs them.
战争造成盗贼，和平把他们吊死。
8. wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog, remains a dog.
本性难移。
9. waste not, want not.
俭以防匮。
10. waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.
浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈豪华的费用。
11. water afar quenches not fire.
远水难救近火。
12. water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
水滴天天滴不停，石头最坚也磨损。
13. weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it.
若者等待机会，强者创造机会。
14. we all do fade as a leaf.
我们都要像树叶一样枯萎。
15. wealth is not his who has it, but his who enjoys it.
财富并不属于拥有的人，而是属于享用的人。
16. wealth makes worship.
财富能使人拜倒。
17. wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, leisure, and liberty.
财富可能是一样好东西，因为它意味著权力，安逸和自由。

18. we are not born for ourselves.
人生非为己。
19. we can live without a brother, but not without a friend.
我们生活中可以没有兄弟，但不能没有朋友。
20. we can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours.
生活可无友，邻居不能无。
21. we first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
我们先养成习惯，然后习惯又左右我们。
22. we have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
如果不创造财富，就没有权力享用财富；同样地，如果不能创造幸福，就没有权利享受幸福。
23. we hope to grow old, yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die.
我们希望长大，但怕年老；就是，愿意生，而害怕死。
24. we know not what is good until we have lost it.
有的时候不爱惜，失了以后空叹息。

25. we learn not at school, but in life.
学习不在校，而在生活中。
26. well begun is half done.
良好开端，功成一半。
27. well fed, wed bred.
衣食足，知荣辱。
28. we must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success.
我们必须千百次地反覆说明，坚韧不拔是取得胜利的唯一道路。
29. we never know the worth (or value) of water till the well is dry.
井枯方知水可贵。
30. we only live once,, but if we work it right once is enough.
我们生命只一次，好自为之一次足矣。
31. we shall lie all alike in our graves.
一进坟墓，大家一样。
32. we shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲找朋友无缺点，永远不会有朋友。
33. we should never remember the benefit we have offered nor forget the favour received.
施惠莫记，受恩莫忘。

34. we should push our work, the work should not push us.
我们要推动工作，不要让工作推动我们。
35. we should weep for men at their birth and not a t their death.
我们应在人降生时流泪，而不该在人死亡时哭泣。
36. we soon believe what we desire.
一厢情愿。
37. what a sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
不分畛域，一样对待。
38. what cannot be cured must be endured.
事已无法可救，只得耐心忍受。
39. what does the moon care if the dogs bark at her?
月亮岂怕狗来吠。
40. what do you expect from a pig but a grunt?
狗嘴里吐不出象牙。
41. wahtever a man sow, that shall he also reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
42. whatever i do, i will do in my power.
无论我做什么事，我都尽力而为之。
43. whatever man has done man may do.
天下无难事。
44. whatever you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.
不论做什么事要尽力去搞；事情做得不彻底，就不能算好。

45. what good shall i do this day?
what good have i done today?
我今天要做些什么好事？我今天做了些什么好事？
46. what i have done is due to patient thought.
我的成就是由于坚忍地思索。
47. what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh.
生于骨中者不会出肉外。
48. what is done by night appears by day.
若要人不知，除非己莫为。
49. what is done cannot be undone.
木已成舟。
50. what is known to three is known to everybody.
一件事情三个人知道就人人知道。
51. what is learnt in the cradle lasts (or is carried) to the grave.
小时学会的事情到老不会忘记。
52. what is not wisdom is danger.
不智的事是危险的。
53. what is one man's cloud is another man's sunshine.
此人乌云盖顶，彼人艳阳满天。
54. what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
适用于甲的，也适用于乙。

55. what is sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
教育之于心灵，犹如雕刻之于大理石。
56. what is there sadder under the sun than a day that is gone and notyhing done.
世界上没有什么事情，较之虚度年华，一事无成，更使人痛心。
57. what is wealth good for, if it brings melancholy?
财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？
58. what is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
事既值得做，就把事做好。
59. what makes life dreary is the want of motive.
没有目的，人生就黯淡无光。
60. what must be must be.
该怎么样的就怎么样。
61. what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
生就的本性，总会暴露的。
62. what's done by night appears by day.
若要人不知，除非己莫为。
63. what's done can't be undone.
无可挽回。 泼水难收？
64. what's learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb.
小时学过的，至死不忘记。

65. what's lost is lost.
流水落花春去也。
66. what's more miserable than discontent?
有什么比不知足更为痛苦？
67. what soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.
醉汉口里露真言。
68. whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye ever so to them.
己所欲，施于人。
69. what the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over.
眼不见，心不烦。
70. what the eye sees not, the heart craves not.
目不瞬，心不乱。
71. what the heart thinks, the tongue speaks.
心直口快。
72. what we are ignorant of is immense.
我们不知道的东西多得不可胜数。
73. what we do willingly is easy.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
74. what we learn with pleasure we never forget.
乐意学的东西决不会忘记。
75. what we lose in hake we shall have in herring.
失之东隅，收之桑榆。
76. what you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself.
别人身上你不喜欢的东西，自己身上的也要注意改正。

77. what you lose on the swings you gain (or get back) on the roundabouts.
失之东隅，收之桑榆。
78. what youth is used to, age remembers.
青年时经常做的事，老年时却能记得起。
79. when a dog is drowning everyone offers him drink.
落井下石。
80. when a friend asks, there is no tomorrow.
朋友的要求不要拖。
81. when ale (or drink or wine) is in wit is out.
贪杯丧智。
82. when all men speak no man hears.
人人都讲话，无人去听它。
83. when anger blinds the mind, truth disapears.
怒火中烧瞎心眼，真理在前看不见。
84. whe angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
怒时数十再说话，大怒数百方开言。
85. when an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you.
机不可失，时不再来。
86. when stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
蠢人做件羞愧事，总说义不容辞。

87. when flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner.
马屁精会面，魔鬼去赴宴。
88. when greek meets greek, then comes the tug of war.
龙争虎斗。
89. when guns speak it is too late to argue.
待到炮声响，辩论已莫及。
90. when in doubt, play trumps.
举棋苟不定，何妨将一军。
91. when in rome do as the romans do.
入乡随俗。
92. when love puts in, friendship is gone.
爱情入，友谊出。
93. when one is about to act, one must reason first.
凡事要先思而后行。
94. when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.
贫穷进门来，爱情飞窗外。
95. when riches increase, the body decreases.
财多体衰。
96. when rogues (or thieves) fall out, honest men come by their own.
盗贼一内哄，好人就自在。
97. when sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
祸不单行。

98. when the belly is full, the bones would be at rest.
饱暖图安逸。
99. when the belly is full the mind is among the maids.
逸则思淫。饱则思淫欲？
100. when the cat's away the mice will play.
猫儿不在，老鼠造反。
101. when the fight begins within himself a man's worth something, 内心开始斗争时，为人就会有价值。
102. when the ffish is caught the net is laid aside.
鱼获网弃。
103. when the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
佛口蛇心。
104. when the fruit is scarcest, its taste is sweetest.
物以稀为贵。
105. when the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out at the mouth.
心中发火，口吐妄言。
106. when the heart is full,, the tongue will speak.
胸有成竹，口若悬河。
107. when the sun comes in, the doctor goes out.
阳光入室，医生出屋。
108. when the well is full, it will run over.
井水满了要溢出。

109. when the wound is healed, the pain is forgotten.
好了伤疤忘了痛。
110. when three know it, all know it.
三人知，天下晓。
111. when two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps.
两友合用一钱包，一个悲来一个笑。
112. when two ride on one horse, one must sit behind.
两人共骑一匹马，总有一个背后跨。
113. when war begins then hell opens.
战争一开始，地狱门敞开。
114. when we have gold we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger.
手头有黄金，惶恐很担心；两手都空空，处在危急中。
115. when wine is in truth is out.
酒后露真言。
116. when you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears.
你去购买东西时，要用眼睛莫用耳。
117. where drums beat, laws are silent.
战鼓一打，法律无声。
118. where love fails we espy all faults.
恋爱一旦遭失败，缺点全都看出来。

119. where love is there is faith.
有爱情就有忠诚。
120. where might is master, justice is servant.
有强权，就没有正义。
121. where passion is high there reason is low.
感情高涨处，理智就低落。
122. where the knot is loose the string slips.
结子一松掉，绳子就滑脱。
123. where there is a will,, there is a way(or skill). 有决心，就有办法。
124. where (or while) there is life there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
125. where there is no good within, no good comes out.
没有内心的美，就没有外在的美。
126. where there's reek there's heat.
无风不起浪。
127. where the sun enterd, the doctor does not.
阳光照耀处，医生就不需。
128. where they saw chance, we see law.
以前他们认为是偶然的，现在我们认为是必然的。
129. wherever he is satisfied with what he does, he has reached his culminating point--he will progress no more.
一个人对所做的事感到自满的，就达到了顶点，不会再前进了。

130. where your will is ready, your feet are light.
下定了决心，脚步就轻盈。决心一下，脚下生风？
131. while the grass grows the horse (or steed) starves.
远水救不了近火。
132. while the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.
道高一尺，魔高一丈。
133. while (or where) there is life there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
134. while the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's. 话未出口属于己，话一出口属别人。
135. while we breathe, there is hope.
只要活著，就有希望。
136. who answers suddenly knows little.
答得迅速，懂得不多。
137. who are ready to believe are easy to deceive.
轻信的人容易受骗。
138. who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet.
不尝黄连苦，怎知蜂蜜甜。
139. who has no haste in his business mountains to him seem valleys.
做事不急，履险如夷。

140. who holds the purse rules the house.
钱可神通。
141. who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
142. who knows most speaks (or says) least.
大巧若拙。
143. who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to live.
掩饰感情全不会，怎样生活必不知。
144. who lives by hope will die by hunger.
靠希望而生，必因饥饿而死。
145. who loses liberty loses all.
失去自由即失去一切。
146. who makes everything right must rise early.
要把事事都做好，必须坚持起得早。
147. whom god would ruin, he first deprives of reason.
伤天害理，天诛地灭。
148. who minds his own business has no time to mind other folks.
为人只顾自己事，就无时间关心人。
149. whom the gods love die young.
好人不长寿。
150. whom we love best to them we can say least.
对我们的最爱的人，我们可说的话最少。

151. who serves everybody gets thanks from nobody.
人人都侍候，个个不见好。
152. who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow.
在罪恶中游泳的人，必将在悲哀中沈没。
153. who undertakes many things at once, seldom does anything well.
许多事情同时干，一件事也办不成。
154. who will not keep a penny, shall never have many.
不积少，不会成多。
155. wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
坏人服从出于怕，好人服从出于爱。
156. wickedness does not go altogether unrequited.
恶有恶报。
157. wilful waste makes woeful want.
浪费招致穷困。
158. wine and judgement mature with age.
酒存放年代越久越香，判断力随年龄而增长。
159. wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.
瓶中之酒不解渴。
160. wine is mirror of the mind.
酒后吐真言。
161. wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
手里有钱财，不如胸中有文才。

162. wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
我们为了求知识，付出高价也值得。
163. wisdom is better than gold or silver.
智慧胜过金银。
164. wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
才智比财富，令人更可羡。
165. wisdom is only found in truth.
只有在真理中才能找到智慧。
166. wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
知识之于心灵，犹如健康之于身体。
167. wise care begets care.
谨慎小心会导致忧心忡忡。
168. wise men chanbge their mind, fools never.
聪明人随机应变，愚蠢者固执己见。
169. wise men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth.
智者嘴在心里，蠢人心在嘴上。
170. wise men learn by other men's mistakes (or harms); fools by their own.
聪明人由别人的错误获得教训，蠢人由自己的错误获得教训。

171. wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.
聪明人爱真理，蠢人背弃真理。
172. wit bought is better than wit taught.
不经一事，不长一智。
173. without a friend the world is a wilderness.
没有朋友，世界就等于一片荒野。
174. without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
没有危险就不能解除危险。
175. without health, life is not life, life is lifeless.
如无健康的身体，生活就不成为生活，人生也毫无生气。
176. without hope, the heart would break.
如无希望，心就破碎。
177. without method, little can be done to any good purpose.
不讲究方法，办事就没有成效。
178. without practice, hopes will be reduced to zero.
没有实践，希望会化为乌有。
179. without respect, love cannot go far.
如不相互尊重，爱情就难发展。
180. without wisdom wealth is worthless.
如果没有智慧，财富就无价值。

181. with time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin.
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
182. wit once bought is worth twice taught.
亲身一次的经验，抵得上老师两次的教导。
183. wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.
仅有机智而无真才实学，犹如一棵大树不结果。
184. woe to him that is alone.
孤独的人最苦恼。
185. women in mischief are wiser than men.
妇女在受危害时比男子机智。
186. wonders are many, and nothing is more wonderful than man.
奇迹很多，但没有一件东西比人更为奇妙。
187. words are but wind.
耳闻不如一见。
188. words cut (or hurt) more than swords.
言语比刀剑伤人更厉害。
189. words pay no debts.
空言无补。
190. work bears witness who does well.
工作能证明谁人做得好。
191. work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.
劳动根虽苦，然而果实甜。

192. working without a plan is sailing without a compass.
工作没有打算，犹如航海没有罗盘。
193. work makes the workman.
工作出工匠。
194. work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow.
今天有事今天做，明天可能事受阻。
195. work will not kill a man but worry will.
累不死人愁死人。
196. worry kills more men than work.
忧虑比劳累更伤人。
197. would you know your daughter, see her in company.
若要知道你女儿，且看她和谁交往。
198. write down the advice of him that loves you, though you like it not at present.
爱你的忠言且记下，即使你目前不爱它。
199. write it on your heart every day is the best day of the year.
要记住，每天是一年中最好的一天。