《趣味英语谚语》求取 ⇩

Absence makes the heart grow fonder1

Actions speak louder than words2

All that glitters is not gold3

As a man makes his bed,so must he lie in it4

As I live and learn!5

Bad workman blames his tools(A)6

Beauty is only skin deep7

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow8

Batter late than never9

Birds of a feather flock together10

Bite the hand that feeds you11

Black sheep(A/The)12

Boys will be boys13

Call a spade a spade14

Cast pearls before swine15

Cat may look at a king(A)16

Catch your bear before you sell its skin17

Charity begins at home18

Cleanliness is next to godliness19

Count chickens before they are hatched20

Cry for the moon21

Damned if you do,damned if you don't22

Devil take the hindmost(The)23

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs24

Don't cry stinking fish25

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs26

Draw the line27

Early bird catches the worm(The)28

East or west,home is the best29

Easy come,easy go30

Englishman's home is his castle(An)31

Every dog has his day32

Faint heart never won fair lady33

Fall between two stools34

Fat is in the fire(The)35

Fiddle while Rome burns36

Flog a dead horse37

Fresh fields and pastures new38

Game is not worth the candle(The)39

Give the devil his due40

Gods send nuts to those who have no teeth(The)41

Great minds think alike42

Half a loaf is better than none43

Hang/wash your dirty linen in public44

Harp on one string45

Have more than one string to your bow46

Have two bites at the cherry47

He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon48

Health is better than wealth49

Heavy purse makes a light heart(A)50

If pigs could fly51

If the cap fits,wear it52

If you can't bite,don't show your teeth53

If you scratch my back I'll scratch yours54

In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king55

It shouldn't happen to a dog56

It takes a thief to catch a thief57

It's love that makes the world go around/round58

Jam tomorrow59

Laughter is the best medicine60

Leave/let well enough alone61

Leopard can't change his spots(A/The)62

Let sleeping dogs lie63

Light not a candle to the sun64

Light purse makes a heavy heart(A)65

Lightning never strikes twice66

Little pitchers havee big ears67

Little things please little minds68

Look on the bright/sunny side69

Love is blind70

Make a mountain out of a molehill71

Man does not live by bread alone72

Manners maketh man73

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb74

Money talks75

Necessity is the mother of invention76

Never say die77

New broom sweeps clean(A)78

Not for all the tea in China79

Not for all the coffee in Brazil80

On your high horse81

One picture is worth a thousand words82

Out of the frying pan and into the fire83

Paddle/go paddle your own canoe84

Pen is mightier than the sword(The)85

Play with fire86

Pride goes before a fall87

Proof of the pudding is in the eating(The)88

Put all your eggs in one basket89

Put the saddle on the wrong horse90

Run with the hare and hunt with the hounds91

Share and share alike92

Silence is golden93

Spare the rod and spoil the child94

Stranger things happen at sea95

Straw that broke the camel's back(The)96

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves97

Tell tales out of school98

There are plenty of other pebbles on the beach99

There are two sides to every question100

There's method in someone's madness101

There's no place like home102

Throw the baby out with the bath water103

Time flies104

Time and tide wait for no man105

Time is money106

Times change(The)107

Tomorrow never comes108

Two heads are better than one109

Walls have ears110

Weep and you weep alone111

When in Rome,do as the Romans do112

When the cat is away the mice will play113

Where there's muck there's brass114

While there's life there's hope115

Willing horse(A)116

Worm turns(The)117

You can't keep a good man down118

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear119

You can't make an omeletter without breaking eggs120

Adam's ale/wine121

All roads lead to Rome122

All's fish that comes to the net123

An apple a day keeps the doctor away124

Beon the safe side125

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder126

Bed of roses(A)127

Beggars can't be choosers128

Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush(A)129

Blind leading the blind(The)130

Buck stops here/with someone(The)131

Burn the candle at both ends132

Buy a pig in a poke133

Catch/clutch/grasp at straws134

Catch as catch can135

Children should be seen and not heard136

Christmas comes but once each year137

Cry over spiled milk138

Curiosity killed the cat139

Cut off your nose to spite your face140

Dead men tell no tales141

Dead men tell no tales or lies142

Devil finds work for idle hands(The)143

Dog eat dog144

Every cloud has a silver lining145

Exception to the rule(An)146

Experience is the best teacher147

Fling/sling/throw mud at someone148

A fool and his money are soon parted149

Forgive and forget150

Friend in need is a friend indeed(A)151

Genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains152

Give someone enough rope and he will hang him-self153

Golden key opens every door(A)154

Greener pastures155

Grin and bear it156

He who pays the piper calls the tunes157

Hide your light under a bushel158

Hitch one's wagon to a star159

Home is where the heart is160

If money be not thy servant it will be thy master161

If the mountain will not come to Mohammed,Mohammed must go to the mountain162

If wishes were horses,beggars would ride163

If you can't lick(′em),join them(′em)164

In for a penny,in for a pound165

It takes two to make a quarrel166

Job worth doing is a job worth doing well(A)167

Keep the wolf from the door168

Keep a dog and bark one-self169

Kill two birds with one stone170

Know a hawk from a hand-saw171

Laugh and the world laughs with you172

Least said,soonest forgot-ten173

Life is just a bowl of cherries174

Like a bull in a china shop175

Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted176

Longest day must have an end(The)177

Look before one leaps178

Losers weepers,finders keepers179

Love me,love my dog180

Make hay while the sun shines181

Many hands make light work182

Marriages are made in heaven183

Money burns a hole in someone's pocket184

Money doesn't grow on trees185

Mountain labors and brings forth a mouse(The)186

No news is good news187

Not the only pebble on the beach188

Once bitten,twice shy189

One man's meat is another man's poison190

One swallow does not a summer make191

Opportunity only knocks once192

An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure193

Play second fiddle194

Possession is nine points of the law195

Pot calling the kettle black(The)196

Procrastination is the thief of time197

Promises are like pie crust198

Put a quart into a pint pot199

Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike(The)200

Rolling stone gathers no moss(A)201

Rome was not built in a day202

Seeing is believing203

Sins of the fathers are/will be visited upon the children(The)204

Skeleton in the closet/cupboard(A/The)205

Snake in the grass(A)206

Someone's bark is worse than his bite207

Something new under the sun208

Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak(The)209

Staff of life(The)210

Stitch in time saves nine(A)211

A straw will show which way the wind blows212

Strike while the iron is hot213

Take the bull by the horns214

Teach an old dog new tricks215

That's where the shoe pinches216

There are none so blind as those that will not see217

There are none so deaf as those who will not hear218

There's more than one way to skin a cat219

There is no royal road to learning220

Thin end of the wedge(The)221

Thing of beauty is a joy forever(A)222

Time heals old wounds223

Tomorrow never comes224

Too many cooks spoil the broth225

Trouble shared is a trouble halved(A)226

Truth will out(The)227

Turn up like a bad penny228

Two wrongs do not make a right229

Uneasy is the head that wears the crown230

Waste not,want not231

Way to a man's heart is through his stomach(The)232

Wear out one's welcome233

When poverty comes in the door,love flies out the window234

Which came first,the chicken or the egg235

Who keeps company with wolves will learn to howl236

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink237

You can't have your cake and eat it too238

You pays your money and you takes your chances/choice239