2010年12月英語(yǔ)四六級(jí)考試寫(xiě)作常用諺語(yǔ)500句

　　the wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all. 　　清者自清，濁者自濁。

　　the wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 　　螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在后。

　　the world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. 　　世界如階梯，有人上有人下。

　　the world is but a little place, after all. 　　海內(nèi)存知己，天涯若比鄰。

　　think twice before you do. 　　三思而后行。

　　things at the worst will mend. 　　否極泰來(lái)。

　　time and tide wait for no man. 　　時(shí)不我待。

　　time cures all things. 　　時(shí)間是醫(yī)治一切創(chuàng)傷的良藥。

　　time flies. 　　光陰似箭。

　　time is money. 　　時(shí)間就是金錢(qián)。

　　time lost cannot be won again. 　　時(shí)光流逝，不可復(fù)得。

　　time past cannot be called back again. 　　時(shí)間不能倒流。

　　time tries all. 　　路遙知馬力，日久見(jiàn)人心。

　　tit for tat is fair play. 　　人不犯我，我不犯人;人若犯我，我必犯人。

　　to err is human. 　　人非圣賢，孰能無(wú)過(guò)。

　　to know everything is to know nothing. 　　什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。

　　to know oneself is true progress. 　　人貴有自知之明。

　　tomorrow never comes. 　　我生待明日，萬(wàn)事成蹉跎。

　　too much familiarity breeds contempt. 　　過(guò)分熟悉會(huì)使人互不服氣。

　　too much knowledge makes the head bald. 　　學(xué)問(wèn)太多催人老。

　　too much liberty spills all. 　　自由放任，一事無(wú)成。

　　too much praise is a burden. 　　過(guò)多夸獎(jiǎng)，反成負(fù)擔(dān)。

　　to save time is to lengthen life. 　　節(jié)約時(shí)間就是延長(zhǎng)生命。

　　touch pitch, and you will be defiled. 　　常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋。

　　troubles never come singly. 　　福無(wú)雙至，禍不單行。

　　truth never grows old. 　　真理永存。

　　turn over a new leaf. 　　洗心革面，改過(guò)自新。

　　two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 　　鷸蚌相爭(zhēng)，漁翁得利。

　　two heads are better than one. 　　一個(gè)好漢三個(gè)幫。

　　two of a trade seldom agree. 　　同行是冤家。

　　two wrongs do not make a right. 　　別人錯(cuò)了，不等于你對(duì)了。

　　unity is strength. 　　團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量。

　　unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 　　忠言逆耳利于行。

　　until all is over one’s ambition never dies. 　　不到黃河心不死。

　　venture a small fish to catch a great one. 　　吃小虧占大便宜。

　　virtue is fairer far than beauty. 　　美德遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)勝過(guò)美貌。

　　walls have ears. 　　小心隔墻有耳。

　　wash your dirty linen at home. 　　家丑不可外揚(yáng)。

　　water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 　　滴水穿石。

　　wealth is nothing without health. 　　失去健康，錢(qián)再多也沒(méi)用。

　　we know not what is good until we have lost it. 　　好東西，失去了才明白。

　　well begun is half done. 　　好的開(kāi)始，是成功的一半。

　　we never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 　　井干方知水可貴。

　　we shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 　　欲求完美無(wú)缺的朋友必然成為孤家寡人。

　　we should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. 　　自己的好事別去提，別人的恩惠要銘記。

　　wet behind the ears. 　　乳臭未干。

　　whatever you do, do with all your might. 　　不管做什么，都要一心一意。

　　what is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. 　　兒時(shí)所學(xué)，終生難忘。

　　what’s done cannot be undone. 　　生米煮成熟飯了。

　　what’s lost is lost. 　　失者不可復(fù)得。

　　what we do willingly is easy. 　　愿者不難。

　　when in rome, do as the romans do. 　　入國(guó)問(wèn)禁，入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。

　　when everybody’s somebody then nobody’s anybody. 　　人人都偉大，世間沒(méi)豪杰。

　　when sorrow is asleep, wake it not. 　　傷心舊事別重提。

　　when sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 　　新仇舊恨，齊上心頭。

　　when the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 　　黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒(méi)安好心。

　　when wine is in truth, wit is out. 　　酒后吐真言。

　　where there is a will, there is a way. 　　有志者事竟成。

　　where there is life, there is hope. 　　留得青山在，不怕沒(méi)柴燒。

　　where there is smoke, there is fire. 　　事出有因。

　　while the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 　　道高一尺，魔高一丈。

　　who chatters to you, will chatter of you. 　　搬弄口舌者必是小人。

　　whom the gods love die young. 　　好人不長(zhǎng)命。

　　wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths. 　　智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。

　　work makes the workman. 　　勤工出巧匠。

　　you cannot burn the candle at both ends. 　　蠟燭不能兩頭點(diǎn)，精力不可過(guò)分耗。

　　you cannot eat your cake and have it. 　　魚(yú)與熊掌，不可得兼。

　　you can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 　　強(qiáng)扭的瓜不甜。

　　you may know by a handful the whole sack. 　　由一斑可知全貌。

　　you never know what you can till you try. 　　是驢子是馬，拉出來(lái)遛遛。