英文佳句

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Actions speak louder than words

Advice when most needed is least heeded.

After a storm comes a calm.

All good things come to an end.

All is well that ends well.

All roads lead to Rome .

All that glitters is not gold.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All’s well that ends well.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Art is long, life is short.

As you sow, so shall you reap.

A bad penny always comes back.

A bad shearer never had a good sickle.

A bad workman always blames his tools.

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

A burnt child dreads the fire.

A cat may look at a king.

A contented mind is a perpetual feast.

A drowning man will catch at a straw.

A fault confessed is half redressed.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A Jack of all trades is master of none.

A leopard cannot change his spots.

A little learning is a dangerous thing.

A little pot is soon hot.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A sound mind in a sound body.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A word spoken is past recalling.

B

Bad news travels fast.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Beauty is but skin deep.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beggars must not be choosers.

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

Better late than never.

Between two stools you fall to the ground.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Blood is thicker than water.

Business is business.

C

Care killed a cat.

Charity begins at home.

Clothes make the man.

Comparisons are odious.

Constant dripping wears away the stone.

Cross the bridge when you come to it.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

D

Death is the great leveler.

Death quits all scores.

Diamond cuts/cut diamond.

Do （to others） as you would be done by.

Do in Rome as the Romans do .

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't change houses in mid-stream.

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

Don't fish in the troubled waters.

Don't kick against the pricks.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.

Don't meet trouble halfway.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Dog does not eat dog.

E

Easier said than done.

Easy come easy go.

Empty vessels make the most sound.

Even a worm will turn.

Even Homer sometimes nods.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every dog has his/its day.

Every man has his taste.

Every minute counts.

Every why has a wherefore.

Example is better than precept.

Extremes meet.

F

Familiarity breeds contempt.

First come first served.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Forewarned is forearmed.

G

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.

God helps those who help themselves.

God never shuts one door but he opens another.

God's mill grinds slow but sure.

Good medicine tastes bitter.

Grasp all, lose all.

Great vessels take years to produce.

H

Half a loaf is better than none.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Happy is he who is content.

Haste makes waste.

He that touches pitch shall be defiled.

He who denies all confesses all.

He who hesitates is lost.

He who lives in a glass house should not throw stones.

Heaven helps those who help themselves.

Health is better than wealth.

Hide not your light under a bushel.

History repeats itself.

Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.

Honesty is the best policy.

Hunger is the best sauce.

I

Idle folk have the least leisure.

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.

I'll news comes apace.

In wine there is truth.

It is a good horse that never stumbles.

It is a long lane that has no turning.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

It is dogged that does it.

It is easy to be wise after the event.

It is never too late to mend.

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

It never rains but it pours.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

J

Justice has long arms.

K

Knowledge is power.

L

Least said, soonest mended.

Let bygones be bygones.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Like father, like son.

Live and learn.

Look before you leap.

Lookers-on see most of the game.

Love is blind.

Love me little, love me long.

M

Make hay while the sun shines.

Man proposes, God disposes.

Many a little makes a mickle.

Many hands make light work.

Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.

Men are not to be measured in inches.

Might is right.

Money is the root of all evil.

Money makes the mare go.

Money talks.

Much would have more.

Murder will out.

N

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Necessity knows no law.

Never do things by halves.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Never say die.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

No gains without pains.

No pains, no gains.

No man can serve two masters.

No man is content with his lot.

No news is good news .

None so blind as those who won't see.

Nothing comes of nothing.

Nothing venture, nothing have.

O

Old habits die hard.

Once bitten, twice shy.

One swallow does not make a summer.

Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

Out of debt, out of danger.

Out of sight, out of mind.

P

Practice makes perfect.

Prevention is better than cure.

Pride goes before a fall.

Put the saddle on the right horse.

R

Rome was not built in a day.

S

Second thoughts are best.

Seeing is believing.

Share and share alike.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Slow but sure wins the race.

Some people cannot see the wood for the trees.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Still waters run deep.

Strike while the iron is hot.

T

The bait hides the hook.

The best defence is offence.

The best fish swims near the bottom.

The biter is sometimes bit.

The child is father of the man.

The devil finds work for idle hands to do .

The early bird catches the worm.

The end justifies the means.

The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait.

The last straw breaks the camel's neck.

The leopard cannot change his spots.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

The pot called the kettle black.

The proof of pudding is in the eating.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Take the rough with the smooth.

Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.

There are two sides to every question.

There's a black sheep in every flock.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There is no rose without a thorn.

There is no royal road to learning.

There is no smoke without fire.

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.

Time flies like an arrow.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Two heads are better than one.

Two of a trade can never agree.

U

Union is strength.

V

Virtue is its own reward.

Variety is the spice of life.

W

Walls have ears.

Well begun is half done.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Where there is a will there is a way.

While the dogs growled at each other, the wolves devoured the sheep.

While there is life, there is hope.

Words cut more than swords.

Y

You cannot burn the candle at both ends.

You cannot get blood out of a stone.

You cannot have your cake and eat it. 

You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.

You cannot run with the hare and hunt.

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

Z

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.