4000 English Proverbs and Sayings 英语谚语四千句.pdf

"After you" is good manners.      “您先请”是礼貌。       A bad beginning makes a bad ending.      恶其始者必恶其终.       A bad bush is better than the open field.      有胜于无.       A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.      吃亏的和解也比胜诉强.       A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.      做贼心虚.       A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.            坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好.       A bad padlock invites a picklock.      开门揖盗.       A bad thing never dies.      坏事传千年.       A bad workman always blames his tools.      不会撑船怪河弯。       A bad workman quarrels with his tools      拙匠常怨工具差.       A bargain is a bargain.      达成的协议不可撕毁.       A beggar's purse is bottomless.      乞丐的钱袋是无底洞.       A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.      一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。       A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.      闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人.       A bird may be known by its song.      什麽鸟唱什麽歌.       A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.      略有胜于全无.       A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of       the world.      坐井观天.       A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.      秋波送盲，白费痴情.       A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.      吹牛与说谎本是同宗。       A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.            一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变.       A book that remains shut is but a block.      有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头.       A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.      借来的斗篷不暖身.       A bosom friend afar brings distant land near.      海内存知己，天涯若比邻.       A bully is always a coward.      色厉内荏。       A burden of one's choice is not felt.      自己选的担子不嫌重.       A burnt child dreads the fire.      一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳.       A candle lights others and consumes itself.      蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人.       A cat has nine lives.      猫有九条命；吉人天相。       A cat may look at a king.      猫也有权晋见国王.       A change of work is as good as a rest.      调换一下工作是很好的休息.       A cheerful wife is the joy of life.      快乐的妻子是生活