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1、2023年英文写作俗语谚语 第一篇：英文写作俗语谚语 1.A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。 2.A burnt child fears/dreads fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳。 3.A friend in need is a friend in indeed.患难见真情。 4.A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，谬之千里。 5.A penny saved is a penny earned.勤俭持家；积少成多，集腋成裘。 6.A rolling stone gathers no moss

2、.滚石不生苔。 7.A stitch in time saves nine.刚好一针省九针；小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 8.Actions speak louder than words./ Facts speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。 9.All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 10.All that glitters is not gold.发亮的东西不愿定都是金子。 11.All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事开头难。 12.All work and no play makes Ja

3、ck a dull boy.人非机器，岂能整日不眠不休地工作？/只工 作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 13.Alls well that ends well.结果好一切都好。 14.Always prepare for a rainy day./ Drops of water outwear the stone.有备无患。 15.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一苹果，不用找医生。 16.An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。 17.Art is long, life is

4、 short.人生朝露，艺业千秋。 18.As you sow, so shall you reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 19.Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。 20.Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良药苦口。 21.Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。 22.Carry coals to Newcastle.多此一举。 23.Constant dropping wears away the stone.水滴石穿。 24.Diamond cuts diamond.强中更有强中手。 25

5、.Diligence is the mother of good luck.勤奋是佳运之母。 26.Do as you would be done by.己所欲施于人。 27.Do in Rome as the Romans do./ When in Rome do as the Romans do.入国问禁，入乡随俗。 28.Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.不要孤注一掷。 29.Dont bite off more than you can chew.贪多嚼不烂。 30.Dont count your chickens before they a

6、re hatched.蛋未孵出，莫数小鸡。 31.Dont cross a bridge till you come to it.船到桥头自然直。 32.Dont kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.切莫杀鸡取卵。 33.Dont put all your eggs in one basket.不要孤注一掷。 34.Dont take any wooden nickels.多加留神，别上当受骗。 35.Dont wait for a rainy day to fix the roof.不要等到下雨时才去修补屋顶。 36.Early to bed a

7、nd early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.睡得早，起得早，使 人富有、聪明、身体好。 37.Easier said than done.说比做简洁；知易行难。 38.East or west, home is best.东也好，西也好，还是家最好。 39.Easy come, easy go.来得简洁去得也快。 40.Enough is as good as a feast.知足常乐。 41.Every cloud has a silver lining.塞翁失马，焉知非福。 42.Every coin has two sid

8、es.每个硬币都有两面；每个事情都有正反两方面。 43.Every little makes.积少成多。 44.Every second counts.一寸光阴一寸金；分秒必争。 45.Example is better than precept.身教重于言教。 46.Experience is the best teacher.阅历是良师。 47.Experience is the mother of wisdom.阅历是才智之母。 48.First come, first served.先到先得。 49.God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。

9、50.Grasp all, lose all.贪多必失。 51.Habit is second nature.习惯成自然。 52.Health is better than wealth./ Good health is above wealth.健康胜于财宝。 53.Haste makes waste./ More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。 54.Honesty is the best policy.恳切是上上之策。 55.He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑在最终，谁笑得最好。 56.If a man in youth does not

10、 do his best, he will feel very sorry when he is old.少壮不努力，老 大徒伤悲。 57.It is never to late to mend.亡羊补牢，为时不晚。 58.It is no use crying over spilt milk./ Whats done cannot be undone.覆水难收；徒悔无益。 59.Jack of all trades, master of none.样样精通，样样稀松。 60.Judge not a book by its cover./ Judge not from appearance.人

11、不行貌相。 61.Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 62.Keep something for a rainy day.有备无患。 63.Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.学问是宝库，实践是钥匙。 64.Knowledge is power.学问就是力气。 65.Learn not, and know not.不学则无术。 66.Life fathers, like son.有其父必有其子。 67.Life is short and time is swift.生命是短暂的，而时间却如流

12、水。 68.Live and learn./ One is never too old to lean.活到老学到老。 69.Look before you leap.三思而后行。 70.Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。 71.Money talks./ Money makes the mare go.有钱能使鬼退磨。 72.Money is the root of all evils.金钱是万恶之源。 73.Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是独创之母。 74.Never do things by halv

13、es.做事切勿半途而废。 75.Never judge by appearances.人不行貌相。 76.Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今日事，今日毕。 77.No pains, no gains./ No sweet without sweat./ Waste not, want not.不劳则无获。 78.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.世上无难事，只怕有心人。 79.Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 80.Opportun

14、ities are only for the prepared minds.机遇属于有准备的人。 81.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。 82.Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。 83.Reading makes a full man.读书使人充溢。 84.Rome was not built in a day.罗马不是一天造成的；冰冻三尺非一日之寒。 85.Seeing is believing.眼见为实。 86.Spare the rod and spoil the child.孩子不打不成器。 87.Strike whil

15、e the iron is hot.趁热打铁。 88.Studies serve for delight, for ornament and for ability.读书足以怡情，足以博采，足以长才。 89.The early bird catches the worm.早出的鸟儿有虫吃。 90.There is no royal road to learning.求学无坦途。 91.Think more and you will become wiser.多思出才智。 92.Time and tide wait for no man.时间飞逝，时不我待；岁月不待人。 93.Time is m

16、oney.时间就是金钱。 94.Two heads are better than one.两人才智胜一人。 95.Union is strength./ In unity there is strength.团结就是力气。 96.Well begun is half done.良好的起先是胜利的一半。 97.What is worth doing is worth doing well.凡是值得去做的事情，就应当做好。 98.Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。 99.Will is power.意志就是力气。 100.You cant

17、eat your cake and have it.两者不行兼得。 其次篇：英文俚语_俗语_谚语及格言 英语俚语是一种非正式的语言，通常用在非正式的场合，所以在用这些俚语是确定要考虑所用的场合和对象，最好不要随便用这些俚语。下面是一些常用的俚语。 a bird in the hand is worth two the bush 一鸟在手，胜似二鸟在林 a blank slate 洁净的黑板新的一页，新的起先a bone to pick 可挑剔的骨头争端，不满a cat nap 打个盹儿 a chip off the old block 大木头上砍下来的小木片子肖其父 a chip on one

18、s shoulder 肩头的木片自卑感，因为自卑而爱找别人麻烦；宠爱向人挑衅an ouch potato 躺椅上的马铃薯懒鬼a cake walk 走去吃糕易事a headache 头痛麻烦事 a knock out 击倒美得让人倾倒a load off my mind 心头大石落地 a nut 傻子，疯子 a pain in the neck 颈项疼苦事 a piece of cake 一块蛋糕小菜一碟，易事一件a pig 猪猡 a shot in the dark 盲目射击瞎猜a short fuse 引线短脾气火爆a sinking ship 正在下沉的船 a slam dunk 灌篮轻

19、而易举的事 a slap in the face 脸上挨了一耳光公然受辱a smoke screen 烟幕 a social butterfly 社交蝴蝶擅长交际，会应酬的人a stick in the mud 烂泥中的树枝 a thick skin 厚脸皮 a thorn in someones side 腰上的荆棘芒刺在背a turn coat 反穿皮袄的人叛徒 an uphill battle 上坡作战在逆境中求胜a weight off my shoulders 放下肩头重担 ace 得总分得到完备的结果all ears 全是耳朵洗耳恭听 all thumbs 满手都是大拇指笨手笨脚a

20、n ace up my sleeve 袖里的王牌 an open and shut case明显的事务 ants in ones pants 裤裆里有蚂蚁坐立担忧back in the saddle重上马鞍重整旗鼓back on track重上轨道改正自新backfire逆火弄巧成拙，适得其反 ball and chain 铁球铁链，甜美的枷老婆beat a dead horse 鞭打死马令其奔驰徒劳beaten by the ugly stick 被丑杖打过生得难看beggar cant be choosers 讨饭的谈不上挑三拣四 bet on it 下这一注稳赢有把握，无疑bet you

21、r life 把命赌上确定错了better half 我的另一半 between a rack and a hard place 进退两难前有狼后有虎big headed 大脑袋傲慢，自大 bigger fish to fry 有更大的鱼要炸有更重要的事要办bite off more than one can chew 贪多嚼不烂 bite the bullet 咬子弹强忍苦痛 birds of a feather flock together 羽毛相同的鸟总飞成一群物以类聚blow up in you face 在眼前爆炸事情完全弄砸了bologna 胡说，瞎说 break a let 折断

22、一条腿表演真实，演出胜利break the ice 破冰打破僵局bright聪明，灵光 brown nose 讨好，谄媚 bug somebody 使人厌烦 bull in a china shop 瓷器店里的蛮牛笨拙的人，动辄弄坏东西的人bump into 撞上巧遇 burn brides 烧桥过河拆桥 burst your bubble 扎破泡泡打破人的幻想，煞风景bury ones head in the sand把头埋在沙里自欺欺人butterfingers奶油手指抓不稳东西的人 butterflies in my stomach肚里有只蝴蝶心里惊慌，忐忑担心buy the farm买

23、下农场归道山，死了call it a night一日事毕，可以睡觉了 cant teach an old dog new tricks老狗学不会新把戏 cash in my chips兑换筹码睡觉，就寝chicken鸡胆小鬼 circle the wagons把篷车围成一圈严阵以待clean up ones act自我检点，自我改良 come down in bucket滂沱大雨 come down in sheets整片整片地下滂沱大雨cool your lips冷静下来 cost someone an arm and a leg要花上一条胳膊一条腿代价昂贵count on somethin

24、g /doing something 这事靠得住 count your chickens before they hatch 蛋还没孵化，先数小鸡 crock 破瓦片无用之物，废话 cross the line 跨过线做得太过分了 cross that bridge when we come to it 到了桥头就过桥船到桥头自然直cry over spilled milk 为泼了牛奶而哭为过去的失败而沮丧cushion the blow 给垫着点儿说话绵软一点，以免打击太重 cut to the chase 抄捷径去追猎物不绕圈子，开宗明义，单刀直入daily grind 例行苦事，每天得干

25、的苦工 days are numbered 来日无多 dead center 正值中 dead-end street 死路，死巷子 dog 狗丑八怪 domino effect 骨牌效应 dont hold your breath 别憋着呼吸别期望太高 dont look a gift horse in the mouth 赠马不看牙收人礼物别嫌好道歹down to the wire 最终关头 down under 南边常指面半球的澳洲 downhill from here 从今都是下坡路自此每况愈下drop the ball 掉了球失职 empty nest 空巢儿女长大离家every cl

26、oud has a silver lining 乌云也有银边祸兮福所倚，塞翁失马fall into place 落实，就绪 fender bender 撞弯保险杠的车祸小车祸fight tooth and nail 爪牙并施，拚命抵抗 fine line 细线微妙的差异fish out of water 如鱼离水 flash in the pan 淘金盆里的反光空高兴一场，好景不长fork in the road 岔路 fox 狐狸并无贬意framed 被陷害，遭栽赃 full throttle 加足马力 get a foot in the door 一脚已经进了门里获得立足点，占一份get

27、hitched 拴起来结婚 get off on the wrong foot 起步便错第一印象不佳get the ball rolling 让球滚起来动起手来get/give the green light 绿灯亮了获准行动get up on the wrong side of the bed 起床下错边 give the shirt off ones back 连衬衫都肯脱给人慷慨成性go one step too far 多走了一步做得太过分了go out on a limb 爬高枝担风险go overboard 过火 go to hell in a hand basket 坐着吊篮下地

28、狱一坏不行整理go to ones head 上头上脸，冲昏头脑 go under 漂浮破产goose bumps 鸡皮疙瘩 grasp for straws 抓稻草无望中的挣扎，快要淹死的人连漂移的稻草也抓guts 胆子 hot 惹火 have ones cake and eat it too 既想留着蛋糕，又想吃既要鱼，又要熊掌hindsight is 20/20 事后的先见之明 hit stride 脚步走顺了 hit the books 撞书用功 hit the hay 倒在稻草上睡觉、就寝hit the jackpot 中了头彩 hit the road 上路 hold a cand

29、le to 给他拿蜡烛都不配元不能相比hold the key to my heart 掌管我心灵的钥匙 hold your horses 勒住你的马慢来 hang somebody out to dry 把晾起来了把坑苦了 in ones back pocket 在某人裤子后口袋里是某人的囊中之物in the dark 在黑暗中茫然，什么也不知道in the lime light 站在聚光灯圈里出风头in the spotlight 站在聚光灯圈里出风头its Greek to me 希腊文天书 in the middle of nowhere 四周什么也没有前不见村，后不着店joined

30、at the hip 连体婴死党，从不分开的两个人jump the gun 枪未响先偷跑抢先 just what the doctor ordered 正是大夫说的对症下药keep an ear to the ground 一耳贴地留意新动向keep ones fingers crossed/cross ones fingers 把手指交叉成十字架暗祈上苍保佑kick the bucket 踢水桶翘辫子 kill two birds with one stone一 箭双雕，一箭双雕 kiss up to 讨好 kitty corner 小猫的角落斜对角 knuckle sandwich 指节骨

31、三明治饱以老拳landslide 山崩压倒性的胜利last straw 最终一根稻草 left a bitter taste in ones mouth 留下满嘴苦味留下不快乐的回忆left hanging 被晾起来了被挂起来，悬而不决 let sleeping dogs lie 别惊动睡着的狗别无事生非，过去的事不要再提let the cat out of the bag 放出袋中猫泄密，说漏嘴light a fire under your butt 在屁股下点一把火促其行动light at the end of the tunnel 隧道末端的光一线盼望like hot cakes 象刚出

32、炉的蛋糕很受欢迎的东西，抢手货 like looking for a needle in a haystack 犹如在稻草堆里找一根针大海捞针like pulling hens teeth 跟拔母鸡的牙一样艰苦不堪like shooting fish in a barrel 桶里射鱼瓮中捉鳖like stealing candy from a baby 娃娃手里骗糖易事ling winded 长舌，碎嘴 loose cannon 松动的大炮不堪一击的脾气lose ones marbles 疯了，神智不清 low blow 不正值的攻击，下流手段 make a mountain out of a

33、 molehill 把小土堆说成大山小题大作 make him and break the mold 上帝造了他以后就把模型砸了再没有跟他一样的人了Monday morning quarterback 星期一早晨的四分卫马后炮monkey business 猢狲把戏胡闹 monkey on ones back 背上的猴子难以摆脱的负担more than you can shake a finger at 屈指难数 more than one way to skin a cat 剥猫皮各有奇异不同另有方法music to my ears 爱听的话 my old man 我的老头我父亲 nail

34、in the coffin 棺材钉子致使的一击，确定成败的最重要因素neck and neck 马颈项靠着马颈项齐头并进，不分轩轾no sweat不出汗没什么大不了 not dealing with a full deck 脑子里少几张牌头脑不正常 nothing will leave these walls 话不传出这四堵墙之外言不入六耳off the charts 好得没治了 off the deep end 暴跳如雷 off the fop of ones head 临时一想，随口一说 on a good note 尽欢而散 on a roll 做得很顺，摧枯拉朽 on cloud ni

35、ne 九霄云上 on fire 着火了红火，手气旺on my nerves 惹我心烦 on pins and needles 如坐针毡，坐立担忧 on tap 桶装啤酒现成的，预备好的 on the back burner 搁在靠后的炉子上靠边站on the ball 看球看得准做事有准备，有把握on the edge of my seat 坐在椅子前沿专心地看和听on the rocks 触礁，搁浅；加冰块 on the same page 在同一页上进度相同on the tip of my tongue 话到舌尖，呼之欲出 once in a blue moon 出蓝月亮的时候希奇，少见o

36、ne foot in the grave 一脚已经入了坟入土三尺one of a kind 独一无二 one step ahead of you 领先你一步 out of the pan and into the fire 跳出锅里，掉进火里每况愈下out of the picture 不在画面里 out of this world 人世所无，只应天上有 pale in comparison 相形失色 peas in a pod一 荚之豆好哥儿们 pieces come together 拼图玩耍凑成图案诸事顺当，达成完备结果play it by ear不 用看谱见机行事 plenty of

37、other fish in the sea 海里的鱼多得很天际何处无芳草poker face 扑克面孔喜怒不形于色pop the question 提出大问题求婚 pot calling the kettle black 锅嫌壶黑五十步笑百步 pull oneself up by ones bootstraps 拎着鞋带把自己提起来凭自己的力气重新振作起来pull the rug out from underneath someone 地毯从脚下被抽出事出意外punch your lights out 揍得你两眼发黑 put all of ones eggs in one basket 鸡蛋都

38、放在一个篮子里孤注一掷put ones foot in ones mouth 把脚丫放进嘴里说错话了put ones nose to the grindstone 鼻子冲着磨刀石专心工作put the cart before the horse 车在马前舍本逐末put up the white flag 竖白旗倒戈，放弃 rain on your parade 游行时下雨扫兴，浇冷水rain cats and dogs 天上下猫，天上下狗滂沱大雨raise the bar 提高横竿更上一层楼 read someone like a book 对这个人一目了然 red handed 趁着手上的血

39、还没洗净时候抓住，在犯罪现场被逮 red tape扎公文的红带子，官样文章繁文缛节right down my alley 恰是我的路正能者多劳的胃口rob the cradle 劫摇篮老牛吃嫩草 rock the boat晃船无事生非，制造担忧定rumple my feathers 逆指羽毛逆批龙鳞seamless 完善无缺 secret weapon 隐私武器 see right through someone 一眼看穿，洞烛其奸 shoot for the stars sick and tired 射星星立志要高sit shotgun 厌烦 six one way, half a doze

40、n the other一 边六个，一边半打半斤八两skate on thin ice 在薄冰上滑冰如履薄冰，身历险境skeleton in ones closet 壁橱里的骷髅不行告人的事skin and bones 皮包骨 sleep on it 睡在上面考虑一晚上small talk 寒喧，闲聊 smooth sailing 一帆风顺 snowball 滚雪球，越滚越大 snowballs chance in hell 雪球进了地狱盼望不大spark 火星来电 spineless 没脊梁没有骨气split hairs 细分头发吹毛求疵 stab in the back 背后插刀遭人暗算st

41、allion 千里驹貌美体健的男人stand someone up 对方失约，让人空等 stick a fork in him, hes done 用叉子戳他一下看看，他烤熟了吧 stop and smell the roses 停下来闻玫瑰享受生活 straw that broke the camels back压断骆驼脊梁的稻草最终致命的一击straight from the horses mouth 听马说的根据最牢靠的消息来源strike out 三振出局 stud 种马貌美体健的男人swing for the fence 打全垒打 take a hike 走路滚蛋 take a ra

42、in check 因雨停赛时送给观众下次免费来看的票另一次机会take off 动身 take one for the team 为了全队挨一下为了集体利益，牺牲个人利益 take the word right out of someones mouth 替我说了你所说的正是我想要说的the ball is in someones court 球在你那边该你行动了the walls have ears 墙有耳朵隔墙有耳 the whole nine yards 整整九码一举胜利，美式足球的攻方一次需推动十码throw in the towel 扔毛巾认输，放弃tie the knot 打结结婚

43、 toe the line 按部就班，沿着线走 tongue in cheek 闲磕牙挖苦地 too many cooks in the kitchen 厨房里厨子太多筑室道谋，三个和尚没水渴twinkle in your mothers eye 母亲眼中的一闪灵光未出娘胎twisted 脾气拧，别扭 two left feet 有两左脚笨手笨脚 under my skin 钻到我的皮下让我极不舒适under the weather 受了风寒 until the cows come home 等到牛回家空等，白等until you are blue in the face 干到脸发青也是白干u

44、nwind 放松发条轻松下来up for grabs 大家有份 up in the air 挂在空中悬而未决 walk in someones shoes 穿他的鞋走走看设身处地，阅历相同walk on air兴奋得脚不点地，飘飘然 washed up 像是洗过的力倦神疲，力气都放完了water off a ducks back 鸭背的水珠马耳东风water under the bridge 桥下的水逝水，覆水when hell freezes over 地狱结冰绝不行能的事weed out 除去杂草淘汰well rounded全 能，全才 when pigs fly 猪飞的时候绝不行能 not lift a finger 连手指都不动一动袖手旁观wound up 上足