英语谚语1When an ant says "ocean",he's taiking about a small poo

英语谚语
1When an ant says "ocean",he's taiking about a small pool

同床异梦
Every couple is not a pair.

种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆
As you sow,so will you reap.

祸从口出 言多必失
The tongue cuts the throat.

文如其人
The style is the man.

骄兵必败
Pride goes before a fall.

无官一身轻
Out of office,out of danger.

公事公办
Business is business.

积少成多
Many a little makes a mickle.

新官上任三把火
A new broom sweeps clean.

隔墙有耳
Hedges have eyes,walls have ears.

近朱者赤,近墨者黑
He that lives with cripples learns to limp.

班门弄斧
Teach fish to swim.

良药苦口
A good medicine tastes bitter.

浑水摸鱼
Fish in troubled waters.

天网恢恢,疏而不漏
Justice has long arms.

英雄所见略同
Great minds think alike.

居安当思危
In time of peace prepare for war.

宁为玉碎,不为瓦全.
It is better to die than to live when life is a disgrace./Better die with honor than live with shame.

明修栈道,暗度陈仓
Do one thing under cover of another.

君子之交淡如水
A hedge between keeps friendship green.

不入虎穴,焉得虎子
Nothing venture,nothing have.

谋事在人,成事在天
Man proposes,God disposes.

前事不忘后事之师
The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future.

未雨绸缪
Live within your means and save for a rainy day.

成功源于勤奋
Industry is the parent of success.

强中更有强中手
Diamond cut diamond.

以毒攻毒
Devil must be driven out with devils.

树大招风
Names are debts.

人急造反,狗急跳墙
Despair gives courage to a coward.

考虑要仔细,行动要迅速
Deliberate in counsel,prompt in action.

要想懂得今天,就必须研究昨天
If you want to understand today,you have to research yesterday.

熟能生巧
Practice makes perfect.

心旷神怡,事事顺利
A merry heart goes all the way.

坐失良机,必有忧患
Delays are dangerous.

言柔弱无能,行刚强有力 Deeds are males,and words are females.

人比人,气死人
Comparisons are odious.

知足常乐
Content is better than riches.

看人看年少,看天看破晓
Childhood shows the man,as morning shows the day.

和气生财
Cheek brings success.

大智若愚,大巧若拙
Cats hide their paws.

大事未成时,莫开庆功宴
Catch the bear before you sell his skin.

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

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

不劳则无获
No gains without pains. （No pains,no gains.）

机不可失,时不再来
Take time while time is,for time will be away.

欲速则不达
More haste,less speed

以眼还眼,以牙还牙
An eye for an eye,and a tooth for a tooth.

滴水穿石
Little strokes fell great oaks.

兵不厌诈
All is fair in war.

天下无不散之宴席
All good things came to an end.

英雄所见略同
Great minds think alike.

祸不单行
Misfortunes never come alone.

隔篱右眼,隔墙有耳
Hedges have eyes,walls have ears.

谋事在人,成事在天
Man proposes,god disposes.

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

时不我待/岁月无情
Time and tide wait for no man.

少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲
A young idler,an old beggar.

不要恩将仇报
A man should not bite the hand that feeds him.

家有万贯财,不如一身健
Health is better than wealth.

无官一身轻
Out of office,out of danger.

生命在于运动
Rest breeds rust.

盛名之下,其实难副
Common fame is a liar.

醉翁之意不在酒
Many kiss the baby for the nurse's sake.

不入虎穴,焉得虎子
Nothing venture,nothing have.

覆水难收
Things done cannot be undone.

真金不怕火炼
True blue will never stain.

为人不做亏心事,半夜不怕鬼敲门
A clear conscience is a sure card.

做贼心虚
A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.

事与愿违
All your swans are geese.

大器晚成
Late fruit keeps well.

既来之则安之
Take things as they come.

君子之交淡若水
A hedge between keeps friendship green.

三个和尚没水吃
Everbody's business is nobody's business.

小巫见大巫
The moon is not seen when the sun shines.

因小失大
Penny wise and pound foolish.

五十步笑百步
The pot calls the kettle black

一失足成千古恨
Short pleasure,long lament

塞翁失马,安之非福?
Danger is next neighbor to security

祸兮福所倚,福兮祸所伏
Misfortune might be a blessing in disguises.

一箭双雕/一石两鸟
Kill two birds with one stone.

说到曹操,曹操就到
Speak of the devil(and he will appear).

杀鸡骇猴
Beat the dog before the lion.

一言既出,驷马难追
A word spoken is past recalling

勿打草惊蛇
Let sleeping dogs lie.

一不做二不休
In for a penny,in for a pound.

无风不起浪
There is no smoke without fire.

胸有成竹
Have a card up one's sleeve.

本末倒置
Put the cart before the horse.

人靠衣装
Fine feathers make fine birds.

种瓜得瓜
As a man sows,so he shall reap.

得陇望蜀/得寸进尺
Much will have more.

喧宾夺主
The sauce is better than the fish.

挂羊头,卖狗肉
He cries wine and sells vinegar.

酒香不怕巷子深
Good wine needs no bush.

青出于蓝而胜于蓝
The pupil outdoes the master.

天涯何处无芳草
There are plenty of fish in the sea.

强中更有强中手
Diamod cut diamod.

杀鸡用牛刀
He takes a spear to kill a fly.

拿了手短,吃了嘴软
Gifts blind the eyes.

天下乌鸦一般黑
Dogs bite in every country.

明枪易躲,暗箭难防
Better an open enemy than a false friend.
人不可貌相
Judge not a book by its cover.

殊途同归
All roads lead to rome./All rivers run into the sea

口蜜腹剑
Peace on the forehead and war in the mind.

身正不怕影子歪
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

水能载舟,亦能覆舟
The same knife cuts bread and fingers.

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.

宁当鸡头,不当凤尾
It is better to be the head of a dog/lizard than the tail of a lion.

事实胜于雄辩
Facts speak louder than words.

寸金难买寸光阴
Money can't buy time.

失败乃成功之母
Failure is the mother of success.

教学相长
To teach is to learn.

有其父必有其子
Like father,like son.

骄兵必败
Pride goes before a fall.

浑水摸鱼
Fish in troubled water.

眼不见为净
Out of sight,out of mind./Far from eye,far from heart.

有情人终成眷属
All shall be well,Jack shall have Jill.

天下无不散之筵席
Friends must part.

前事不忘,后事之师/前车之覆,后车之鉴
The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future.