英語常用諺語翻譯98句（上）

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡其始者必惡其終。

2. A bad bush is better than the open field. 有勝于無。

3. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。

4. A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart. 做賊心虛。

5. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。

6. A bad padlock invites a picklock. 開門揖盜。

7. A bad penny always turns up.

8. A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年。

9. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)。

10. A bargain is a bargain. 達成的協(xié)議不可撕毀。

11. A beggar's purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。

12. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。

13. A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。

14. A bird may be known by its song. 什么鳥唱什么歌。

15. A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有勝于全無。

16. A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world. 坐井觀天。

17. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白費癡情。

18. A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好書今天如此，將來也如此，永不改變。

19. A book that remains shut is but a block. 有書閉卷不閱讀，無異是一塊木頭。

20. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借來的斗篷不暖身。

21. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚愛益切，離別情更深。

22. A burden of one's choice is not felt. 自己選的擔子不嫌重。

23. A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。

24. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人。

25. A cat may look at a king. 貓也有權(quán)晉見國王。

26. A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命。

27. Accidents will happen. 天有不測風云。

28. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 鏈條的堅固程度取決于它最薄弱的環(huán)節(jié)。

29. A change of work is as good as a rest. 調(diào)換一下工作是很好的休息。

30. A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快樂的妻子是生活的樂事。

31. A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。

32. A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 問心無愧，高枕無憂。

33. A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，勝券在握。

34. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。

35. A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 寧為清貧，不為濁富。

36. A close mouth catches no flies. 病從口入，禍從口出。

37. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大。

38. A common danger causes common action. 同仇敵愾。

39. A constant guest is never welcome. 久住非佳賓，常來不歡迎。

40. A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常樂。

41. A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 貪婪的人對別人毫無好處，對自己卻壞處更大。

42. A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居間人。

43. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 戶樞不蠹。

44. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行動是知識的巧果。

45. Actions speak louder than words. 事實勝于雄辯。

46. A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不滿足者坐無寧時。

47. A disease known is half cured. 病情確診斷，治病好一半。

48. Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合要表揚你的朋友。

49. A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨頭打狗狗不叫。

50. Adversity is a good discipline. 苦難是磨練人的好機會。