俚语、俗语与谚语

俚语、俗语与谚语(一)

A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终

A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 不会睡觉怪床歪

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 十鸟在树，不如一鸟在手 A bit trying 有些苦恼

A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 A cat has nine lives. 猫有九命

A cat may look at a king. 一视何伤

A constant guest is never welcome. 久住令人贱

A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐

A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow. 上梁不正下梁歪

A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot put out.

一愚闯祸，百智难补

a friend in need is a friend indeed/ tested friends/ share weal and woe.

患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友/雪中送炭真君子 A friend is easier lost than found. 朋友易失不易得

A good beginning is half done./Well begun is half done. 良好的开端就是成功的一半. A good beginning is half done. 能善其始，事已半成

A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始善终

A good book is the best friends, the same today and forever. 好书如挚友，情谊永不 A good gain takes long pain. 好事多磨

A good lather is half a shave. 良好的开端等于成功的一半

A good name is better than riches. 名声好，胜金宝

A good tale is none the worse for being told twice. 好戏不厌百回看 a heart of gold 道德高尚的人 a heart of oak

果断的人

A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt. 百镑愁难还一分债

A Jack of all trades is master of none. 样样精通样样稀松

A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解是危险的事。

A man cannot whistle and drink at the same time. 一心不能两用

A man who has friends must show himself friendly. 要想交朋友，就得有诚意

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. 人无笑脸不开店

A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里

A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin. 远亲不如近邻

A necessary lie is harmless. 必要的谎言无妨

A pin a day is a groat a year. 聚沙成塔

A reformed rake makes the best husband. 浪子回头金不换

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

转石不成苔，转业不聚财 A stitch in time saves nine. 一劳永逸

A stone in a wall is not lost. 金簪掉在井里头?有你的就是有你的

A straw shows which way the wind blows. 见微知著

A three-hundred-mile journey starts with the first step. 千里之行,始于足下

A waterside pavilion gets the moonlight first.Flowers and plants facing the sun grow better.

近水楼台先得月，向阳花木早逢春。 a white elephant 暴殄天珍

A word is enough to the wise. 快马一鞭

A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追

A work ill done must be twice done. 首次做不好，必须重新做 A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 Absent-minded professor