英语常用谚语总汇(编校好)—B

英语常用谚语总汇—B

■Bacchus has drowned more men than Nepture. 酒神淹死的人比海神多。

■Bad news has wings. 坏事传千里。

■Bad news travels fast. 坏事传千里。

■Bad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。

■Bare words, no bargain. 空言不能成交易。

■Barking dogs don’t bite. 吠犬不咬人。

■Barking dogs seldom bite. 善吠的狗很少咬人。

■Be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man. 务请心情常欢畅，只因无人喜忧伤。

■Be considerate towards the poor. 要为穷人著想。

■Be honest rather clever. 诚实比聪明更要紧。

■Be just to all, but trust not all. 要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。

■Be prepared to put one’s hand in one’s pocket. 准备慷慨解囊。

■Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. 选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。

■Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 不轻诺，诺必果。

■Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。

■Be swift to hear, slow to speak. /Give every man your ear, but few your voice. /

■Beauty is but a blossom. 美丽只是盛开的花朵。

■Beauty is but skin-deep. 红颜易变。

■Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施。

■Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼里出西施。

■Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent. 美丽是有力量的，但金钱更有权威。

■Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美就是真，真就是美。

■Beauty lies in lover’s eyes. 情人眼里出西施。

■Beauty lies in the love’s eyes. 情人眼里出西施。

■Beauty may have fair leaves, but bitter fruit. 美丽的花或许长好叶，结苦果。

■Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。

■Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. 美而无德犹如花之无香。

■Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹剑。

■Before gold, even kings take off their hats. 有钱能使鬼推磨。

■Beggars cannot be choosers. 要饭的哪能挑肥拣瘦。/饥不择食。

■Beggars must be no choosers. 饥不择食。

■Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。

■Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle. 随遇而安。

■Believe no tales from the enemy. 切莫轻信敌人。

■Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。

■Believe somebody on his bare word. 人言无据，切勿轻信。

■Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh. 恩泽让人欣喜，犹如鲜花使人心醉。

■Better a bachelor’s life than a slovenly wife. 过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。

■Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱贪生不如死得光荣。

■Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。

■Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。

■Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。

■Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

■Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜于无。

■Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。

■Better be out of the world than out of fashion. 不合潮流不如脱离尘世。

■Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。

■Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 宁为犬首，不作狮尾。

■Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 宁为驴头，不为马尾。

■Better deny at once than promise long. 轻诺必寡信。

■Better die with honour than live with shame. 与其忍辱偷生，不如光荣而死。

■Better early than late. 及早不及晚。

■Better eye sore than all blind. 眼痛总比瞎眼好。

■Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 宁可饿肚子，切莫去借债。

■Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 远亲不如近邻。

■Better half an egg than empty shell. 半只蛋也比空壳好。

■Better is the neighbour’s hen than mine. 人莫知其苗之硕。

■Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。

■Better lose a jest than a friend. 宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。

■Better lose the saddle than the horse. 吃小亏占大便宜。

■Better master one than engage with ten. 精通一事胜于会十事。

■Better one-eyed than stone-blind. 独眼总比全瞎好。

■Better poor with honour than rich with shame. 穷得光荣，胜过富得可耻。

■Better safe than sorry. 采取预防措施以免倒大霉。

■Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 与其说话不中肯，不如一言不发好。

■Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 聊胜于无。

■Better the foot slip than the tongue trip. 宁可滑跤，不可失言。

■Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好。

■Better to do well than to say well. 说得好不如做得好。

■Better to light one little candle than to curse the darkness. 与其诅咒黑暗不如点上蜡烛。

■Better unlearned than ill-learned. 学而不化，不如不学。

■Better wear out than rust out. 与其闲散不如忙碌。

■Better wit than wealth. 智力胜于财富。

■Better without gold than without friends. 宁可没有金钱，不可没有朋友。

■Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。

■Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功亏一篑。

■Between two stools one falls to the ground. 脚踏两头要落空。

■Beware beginnings. 慎始为上。

■Beware of a man of one book. 不要与一个有专业知识的人争论。

■Beware of a silent dog and still water. 警惕无声之狗会咬人，平静之水会覆舟。

■Beware of him who regards not his reputation. 要谨防不重自己名誉的人。

■Big mouthfuls often choke. 贪多嚼不烂。

■Bind the sack before it be full. 做事应适可而止。

■Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。

■Birth is much, but breeding is more. 出身固然重要，教养更且重要。

■Bite off more than one can chew. 贪多咽不下。

■Bite the hand that feeds one. 恩将仇报。

■Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口利于病。

■Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 人无所求最享福，因他不为失望苦。

■Blind men can judge no colours. 不宜问道于盲。

■Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。

■Blood will have blood. 血债要用血来还。

■Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。

■Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. 书籍如朋友，应该少而精。

■Borrowed garments never fit well. 借来的衣服不合身。

■Boys will be boys. 男孩子毕竟是男孩子。

■Brave actions never want a trumpet. 勇敢的行为不须要吹号。

■Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。

■Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。

■Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵。/言贵简洁。

■Bring up a raven and he’ll pick out your eyes. 养虎贻患。

■Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 投鼠忌器。

■Burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

■Burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

■Business before pleasure. 事业在先，享乐在后。

■Business is business. 公事公办。

■Business is the salt of life. 事业事人生之盐。

■Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事业既考验人，也造就人。

■Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious. 事业虽扰烦，懒惰更害人。

■Business neglected is business lost. 玩忽事业等于丢失事业。

■Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest. 工作后消遣更愉快，劳动后休息更舒畅。

■Butter to butter is no relish. 奶油加奶油不成美味。/千篇一律的东西令人生厌。

■By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 懒散学为非。

■By doing we learn. 经一事，长一智。

■By falling we learn to go safely. 吃一堑，长一智。

■By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man. 赌博使我们丢失时间和金钱，这两样人生最珍贵的东西。

■By other’s faults, wise men correct their own. 他山之石，可以攻玉。

■By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。

■By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。

■By the hands of many a great work made light. 众擎易举。

■By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. 和疾病相比较，才显得健康的可贵。

■By the street of “Bye and bye” one arrives at the house of “Never”. 迁延因循，一事无成。

■By their fruits shall ye know them. 看树看果实,看人看作为。

■By writing you learn to write. 从写作中学写作。