英语谚语500句..doc

英语谚语500句 A. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。 A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。 A bad bush is better than an open field. / Something is better than nothing. / A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. / Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all. / Better a small fish than an empty dish. / Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 聊胜于无。 A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart. 做贼心虚。 A bad father has never a good son. 上梁不正下梁歪。 A bad penny always comes back / turns up. 恶有恶报。 A bad woman is worse than a bad man. 最毒妇人心。 A bad worker quarrels with his tools. / A bad workman always blames his tools. 人笨怪刀钝。 A baker’s wife may bite of a bun. 近水楼台先得月。 A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle. 铁杵磨成针。 A barking dog never bites. / A barking dog was never a good biter. / Barking dogs seldom bite. 会叫的狗不咬人。 A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself. 以小人之心，度君子之腹。 A beard well lathered is half shaved. 磨刀不误砍柴功。 A beggar cannot be a chooser. 饥不择食。 A beggar pays a benefit with a louse. / bite the hand that feeds one. 以怨报德。/ 恩将仇报。 A begun work is half ended. 万事开头难。 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 A burden of ones choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。 A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。 A cat may look at a king. 猫也可以打量国王（意为人人平等）。 A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。 A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。 A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. / Experience must be bought. / By doing we learn. / By falling we learn to go safely. 吃一堑，长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 A friend is e