英语常用谚语总汇(编校好)—I

英语常用谚语总汇—I

■I am behind you. 我再也肯定不过。

■I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles. 我不是奴隶，也不是俘虏，我有力量可以克服更大的艰难险阻。

■I am not now that which I have been. 今日之我已非昔日之我。

■I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. 我不仅要使自己有才智，而且也要使别人有才智。

■I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility. 一个真正伟大的人，对他的第一个考验就是看他是否谦逊。

■I bet my boots. 我敢打赌，保证没错。

■I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 我不能既是你的朋友，而又对你阿？奉承。

■I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends. 我认为，只有在脑海中想起好朋友时我才会那样快乐。

■I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts. 敌人献礼品，千万莫轻信。

■I hate to see things done by halves. -- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone. 事情不要做一半；对的，就做下去，不对，就丢开。

■I have no secret of success but hard work. 成功无秘诀，只是努力干。

■I just couldn’t help it. 我就是忍不住。

■I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish. 酒肉之交非朋友。

■I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 是上无天才，勤学加苦练。

■I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. 成功之道唯三点∶努力、努力、再努力。

■I now know that wars do not end wars. 如今我才弄明白，干戈不能化玉帛。

■I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. 我抱憾的是，只有一次生命能献给祖国。

■I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame. 我认为，人丧失了廉耻就完了。

■I say little but I think the more. 我说得少，但我想得多。

■I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty. 睡时梦觉生活是美事，醒来发现生活是责任。

■I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated. 我成功是因为有决心，从不犹豫。

■I turned up my nose at him. 我对他嗤之以鼻。

■I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American. 我生下来是美国人，活著是美国人，死时也是美国人。

■I wept when I was born,, and every day shows why. 我生下时啼哭，后来每天的生活说明了为什麽。

■I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading宁为穷汉住搁楼，拥有好书任我读，不愿身居帝王位，纵有好书不爱读。

■I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines of gold. 我宁愿得到人们的深情至爱，而不愿黄金成雄。

■Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. 理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我们犹如水手，可借它指引航向。

■Idle folks have most labour. 懒汉总嫌活太多。

■Idle folks lack no excuses. 懒汉辩解，何患无词。

■Idle young, needy old. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

■Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. 懒惰是行乞的敲门砖，是万恶的根源。

■Idleness is the root of all evil . 众擎易举。

■If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. 注意好品行，自有美名声。

■If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. 不正确的事不做，不真实的话不说。

■If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人是靠希望活著的。

■If matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. 重要的并不在于一个人怎样死，而是在于他怎样生。

■If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. 不做金钱的主人，就会做金钱的奴隶。

■If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault. 如果没有人爱你，肯定是你自己有问题。

■If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price. 如果想做成点事，就得付出代价一干。

■If the beard were all, the goat might preach. 如果有了需就什麽都行，那么山羊也可以说教了。

■If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 问道于盲，无益于事。

■If the cap fits, wear it. 帽子若适合你，就戴上吧。

■If the counsel be good no matter who gave it. 只要忠告中肯，谁提都行。

■If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不馋，心不贪。

■If the old dog barks, he gives counsel. 如果老狗叫，他是给忠告。

■If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. 丸药不苦不会加糖衣。

■If the sky fall , we shall catch larks. 异想天开。

■If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain. 雨雪不调，五谷价高。

■If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 吃得苦中苦，方知甜中甜。

■If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be true. 若有人称赞你，要自问对不对。

■If things were to be done twice all would be wise. 事事倘能做两次，人人都可称明智。

■If thou injurest conscience, it will have its revenge on thee. 伤害良心，将受到良心的严惩。

■If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind. 两人同骑一马，必有一人在后。

■If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him. 如果我们决定宽恕一个敌人，但决不能相信他。

■If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 随遇而安。

■If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 智者干傻事，愚蠢到极点。

■If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 愿望不等于事实。

■If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow. 得寸进尺。

■If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you. 运气太好，得意忘形；运气太坏，无人理会。

■If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue. 如果不健康而能强强壮壮，那么无美德也可快快乐乐。

■If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. 不能打仗，切莫出兵。

■If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你现有的吧。

■If you command wisely, you’ll be obeyed cheerfully. 倘君指挥有方，人人欣然听命。

■If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. 施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。

■If you dance you must pay the fiddler. 要想寻欢作乐，代价非付不可。

■If you don’t aim high you will never hit high. 不立大志，难攀高峰。

■If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist. 巧妇难为无米之炊。

■If you lie upon roses when young, you’ll lie upon thorns when old. 年青时躺在玫瑰上，老年时就会躺在荆棘上。

■If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 远朱者赤，近墨者黑。

■If you make yourself an ass, don’t complain if people ride you. 人善被人欺，马善被人骑。

■If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled. 一块一块把石移，高山也可变平地。

■If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 脚踏两条船，必定落空。

■If you run after two heares, you will catch neither. 两头落空。

■If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 蚀了本也输了利。

■If you swear you will catch no fish. 咒骂无益，于事无济。

■If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 不试就相信，死前要悔恨。

■If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

■If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。

■If you want a thing done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情，就要自己动手。

■If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 要想求知，就得吃苦。

■If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知识，必须刻苦学习。

■If you want peace, prepare for war. 欲求和平必先备战。

■If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. 想要和平，必须备战。

■If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 如要忠告向老人请教。

■If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation. 若想为快乐奠立可靠的基础，美好的名声便是奠基的石头。

■If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得贤妻子，须娶好女儿。

■If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. 如要是情做得好，你须亲自动手搞。

■If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. 欲知金钱价，不妨把钱借；借钱味难尝，使人心悲伤。

■If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想与人成仇结怨，只要借钱给人再催还。

■If your ears glow, someone is talking of you. 耳朵发烧，有人念叨。

■Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 厚颜无耻由于愚昧无知。

■Ignorance is the mother of suspicions. 无知会多疑。

■Ignorance of the law excuses no man. 对法律不知不能免罪。

■Ill gotten, ill spent. 悖入悖出。

■Ill air slays sooner than the sword. 污浊的空气杀人比刀还要快。

■Ill news comes space. 恶事传千里。

■Ill news flies fast. 恶事传千里。

■Ill news never comes too late坏消息来得快。

■Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。

■Ill-gotten goods never prosper. 发横财，家不发

■Ill-gotten wealth never thrives. 悖入悖出。

■I’m hard up. 我经济很困难。

■I’m really dead. 我真要累死了。

■Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想像力比知识更重要。

■Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality. 想像有时比现实生动得多。

■Improve your time and your time will improve you. 珍惜时间，时间才会珍惜你。

■In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. 平静的海上易驶船。

■In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned. 发现大河有大鱼，可得注意别溺毙。

■In all things, it is better to hope than to despair. 凡事抱希望为佳，不应悲观而失望。

■In an enemy spots are soon seen. 敌人的缺点容易找。

■In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 历代最伟大的思想都载入史册而不朽。

■In doing we learn. 行而知。

■In every beginning think of the end. 思前顾后。

■In every country dogs bite. 天下的狗都要咬人。

■In every rank, great or small, its industry supports us all. 不论高的低的各级人士，所持的都是勤劳。

■In for a penny, in for a pound一不做，二不休。

■In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn. 丰年五谷贱如草，荒年稻草贵如粮。

■In life, as in chess, forethought wins人生如下棋，多谋得胜利。

■In life’s earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. 在人生的搏斗中，只有日日前进不甘失败的人，才能获胜。

■In moderating, not satisfying, desires, lies peace. 节欲不纵情，心情得安宁。

■In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. 处顺境时要小心，处逆境时要耐心。

■In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. 顺利时要快乐，不利时要思索。

■In the deepest water is the best fishing. 绝处能逢生。

■In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever. 选择妻子也象策划战争，一时之错将成终身之恨。

■In the end things will mend. 船到桥头自会直。

■In the evening one may praise the day. 入夜方能赞美白昼。

■In the grave the rich and poor lie equal. 人到黄泉，贫富同眠。

■In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed man is king. 盲人国里，独眼称王。

■In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart. 明镜照容颜，醇酒见人心。

■In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 谋士多，保安全。

■In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom. 处世似游泳，不会即下沉。

■In time of peace prepare for war. 居安思危。

■In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty. 富在深山有远亲，穷在闹市无人问。

■In water you may see your own face; in wine, the heart of another水中可见自己的脸，酒中可见别人的心。

■In wine there is truth. 酒后吐真言。

■In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden. 青年时代是黄金的，壮年时代是白银的，老年时代是灰铅的。

■Industry if fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。

■Industry is the parent of success. 勤奋是成功之母。

■Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full. 勤奋使身体健康，使心情开朗，使思想专注，使经济充裕。

■Interest will not lie. 兴趣不会说谎。

■It costs an arm and a leg. 它贵得要命。

■It is a good horse that never stumbles. 良马不失蹄。

■It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none. 善心不想坏事，好舌不出恶声。

■It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune. 对己之不幸付之一笑，这是一门伟大的艺术。

■It is a long lane that has no turning. 路必有弯。

■It is a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知世间有乐者最可怜。

■It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两回当。

■It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait. 蠢人才吃两次亏。

■It is a silly goose that comes to the fox’s sermon. 只有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。

■It is a small flock that has not a black sheep. 家家难免有败类。

■It is a wise father that knows his own child. 父贤知其子。

■It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody. 信任任何人和不信任任何人，同样是缺点。

■It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb. 狐狸舔羔羊，这是凶迹象。

■It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外扬。

■It is better to be alone than in bad company. 无友要比交坏友好。

■It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame. 宁可穿破衣，不可蒙羞耻。

■It is better to be safe than sorry. 事后追悔不如事前稳妥。

■It is better to die when life is a disgrace. 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。

■It is better to do well than to say well. 理论好不如实际好。

■It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill. 与其抱怨，不如积善。

■It is better to please a fool than to anger him. 惹得傻瓜发火，不如使他快活。

■It is better to wear out than to rust out. 与其锈掉，不如用坏。

■It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips骄傲的心碰上献媚的嘴，是最危险不过的。

■It is dogged does it. 天下无难事，只怕有心人。

■It is easier to descend than to ascend. 下降容易上升难。

■It is easier to get money than to keep it. 挣钱容易攒钱难。

■It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it. 提出忠告易，照著办事难。

■It is easier to pull down than build. 败事容易成事难。

■It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. 养虎易，驯虎难。

■It is easy to be wise after the event. 当事后诸葛亮容易。

■It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. 对每一件事知道一些是容易的，对任何一件事详细知道是困难的。

■It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 开设店铺易，维持常开难。

■It is easy to prophesy after the event. 事后诸葛亮，预言顶便当。

■It is easy to swim if another holds up your head. 有人扶着头，容易学游泳。

■It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸鱼。

■It is good to be merry at meal. 席间心情愉快是为上策。

■It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患难时得到朋友是幸运的。

■It is good to learn at another man’s cost. 前车之覆，后车之鉴。

■It is hard to please all parties. 取悦各方，谈何容易。

■It is hard to please all. 众口难调。

■It is hard to teach an old dog tricks. 人老则守旧。

■It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 养女容易嫁女难。

■It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country. 对朋友不义，不可能对国家效忠。

■It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施恩比受惠更有福。

■It is more pain to do nothing than something. 什么都不做要比做一点更不好受。

■It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice. 在同一个人那里上两次当只能怪自己。

■It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

■It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove. 老鹰胜鸽，不足为荣。

■It is no use crying over spilt milk. 泼水难收。

■It is not every couple that is a pair. 成双并非皆配偶。

■It is not helps, but obstaceles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men. 造就人的，不是帮助，而是磨难，不是方便，而是困难。

■It is not how long but how well we live. 问题不是活得长不长而是活得好不好。

■It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age. 一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习不懂的东西，这不是羞耻。

■It is not the beard that makes the philosopher. 并不是一个人长了胡子，就可以成为哲学家。

■It is not the coat that makes the gentleman. 衣服不能使人成为君子。

■It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。

■It is not work that kills, but worry. 劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。

■It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. 话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。

■It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都应该用得其所。

■It is the first step that costs troublesome. 万事开头难。

■It is the first step that costs. 万事开头难。

■It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements of superiority from their mother. 一切优秀的人通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。

■It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the error. 人总不免要犯错误，只有蠢人才坚持不改。

■It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own. 愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错处而忘却了自己的过失。

■It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it. 只要真正渴求知识，都能得到，这是知识的特点。

■It is the unforeseen that always happens. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

■It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock. 船触礁后在抛锚，为时已经太晚了。

■It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down. 马后炮。

■It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. 坐失良机，后悔已迟。

■It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. 贼出关门。

■It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. 大智若愚。

■It matters not how long we live but how. 问题不是活得多么长，而是活得怎么样。

■It never rains but it pours. 祸不单行。

■It suits our palate. 它正合我们的口味。

■It takes all sorts to make a world. 万千事物，形成世界。

■It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 十年树木，百年树人。

■It takes two to make a quarrel. 要有两个人才吵得起来。

■It’s a day after the fair. 错过良机，为时已晚。

■It’s dogged that does it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。

■It’s never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。

■It’s no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。

■It’s a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles. 良马不失蹄，贤妻不聒絮。

■It’s a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知人间有乐趣者最可怜。

■It’s a poor mouse that has only on hole. 鼠只有一洞，必先把命送。

■It’s all Greek to me. 我全不懂。

■It’s easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again. 堕入陷阱易，脱离陷阱难。

■It’s hard sailing when there is no wind. 没有风难航行。

■It’s no use pumping a dry well. 徒劳无益。

■It’s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子重德不重衣。