文档介绍：英语谚语精选1000句
(English Proverb Collection)
 
is the first step to the gallows。
说谎是上断头台的第一步。
not,wan蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，那么预期效果达不到。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down。
世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。
There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade。
要知世事奥秘多，需要长期作学徒。
Life is sweet.
生活是得意的；人无不好生（恶死）。
Where there is life，there is hope.
生命不息，希望长在。
Life is not all beer and skittles。
人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。
Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of.
眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door。
人人都有走运的一天。
If you are too fortunate，you will not know yourself;if you are too unfortunate，nobody will know you.
运气太好,见人不睬;运气太坏，无人理睬。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune。
每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。
Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth。
记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。
Misfortunes never (seldom） come alone (single)。
祸不单行。
Misfortune is a good teacher.
不幸是良好的老师.
Misfortunes come at night。
祸常生于不测。
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is。
恶运临头后，才知幸运贵.
Adversity makes a man wise,not rich。
患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有.
Live and learn.
活到老，学到老。
It is never too old to learn.
为学不怕年高.
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
要长学问，就得多问；多问那么业精。
There is no royal road to learning.
学问无坦途。
He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.
畏问之人耻于学。
What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.
婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知识能使好人更好,坏人更坏。
Soon learnt,soon forgotten。
学得快,忘得快。
Learn young,learn fair。
为学趁年青，既学须学好。
A lazy youth，a lousy age.
少时懒惰老来苦。
He that knows nothing，doubts nothing.
无知即无疑.
A good name keeps its luster in the dark。
良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光。
Fame is a magnifying glass.
声誉是放大镜。
A good fame is better than a good face。
美名胜于美貌。
Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off。
声誉如河流,发源处最狭，愈远愈宽广。
Take honour from me and my life is done。
没有声誉，就没有了生命。