英文谚语

liyi

1. A good conscience is a soft pillow.
  不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
2. A good fame is better than a good face.
  美名胜过美貌。
3. A friend is never known ill a man has need.
  需要之时方知友。
4. A friend without faults will never be found.
  没有十全十美的朋友。
5. " After you" is good manners.
  “您先请”是礼貌。
6. A good beginning is half done.
  良好的开端是成功的一半。
7. A good beginning makes a good ending.
  善始者善终。
8. A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
  一本好书，相伴一生。
9. A good medicine tastes bitter.
  良药苦口。
10. Health is a man's best wealth.
  妻闲身体好是男人最大的财富。
11. A great talker is a great liar.
  说大话者多谎言。
12. A hedge between keeps friendship green.
  君子之交淡如水。
13. A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
  戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。

liyi

1. After you.
你先请。这是一句很常用的客套话，在进/出门，上车的场合你都可以表现一下。

2. I just couldn't help it.
我就是忍不住。想想看，这样一个漂亮的句子可用于多少个场合？下面是随意举的一个例子：
I was deeply moved by the film and I cried. I just couldn't help it.

3. I couldn't be more sure.
我再肯定不过了。

4. We'd better be off.
我们该走了。 It's getting late. We'd better be off.

5. Let's face it.
面对现实吧。常表明说话人不愿意逃避困难的现状。参考例句：
I know it's a difficult situation. Let's face it, OK?

6. Let's get started.
咱们开始干吧。劝导别人时说：Don't just talk. Let's get it started.

7. I'm really dead.
我真要累死了。坦诚自己的感受时说：After all that work, I'm really dead.

8. Is that so?
真是那样吗？常用在一个人听了一件事后表示惊讶、怀疑。

9. Don't play games with me!
别跟我耍花招！

10. I don't know for sure.
我不确切知道。
Stranger: Could you tell me how to get to the town hall?
Tom: I don't know for sure. Maybe you could ask the policeman over there.

11. I'm not going to kid you.
我不是跟你开玩笑的。
Karin: You quit the job? You are kidding. Jack: I'm not going to kid you. I'm serious.

12. That's something.
太好了，太棒了。
A: I'm granted a full scholarship for this semester. B: Congratulations. That's something.

13. Brilliant idea!
这主意真棒！这主意真高明！

14. Don't take it to heart.
别往心里去，别为此而忧虑伤神。 生活实例： This test isn't that important. Don't take it to heart.

15. Do you really mean it?
此话当真？
Micheal: whenever you are short of money, just come to me.  David: Do you really mean it?

liyi

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
  不善始者不善终。
2. A bad thing never dies.
  遗臭万年。
3. A bad workman always blames his tools.
  不会撑船怪河湾。
4. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
  一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
5. A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
  吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
6. A bully is always a coward.
  色厉内荏。
7. A burden of one's choice is not felt.
  爱挑的担子不嫌重。
8. A candle lights others and consumes itself.
  蜡烛照亮了别人，却毁灭了自己。
9. A cat has 9 lives.
  猫有九条命。
10. A cat may look at a king.
  人人平等。
11. A close mouth catches no flies.
  病从口入。
12. A constant guest is never welcome.
  常客令人厌。
13. Actions speak louder than words.
  事实胜于雄辩。
14. Adversity leads to prosperity.
  穷则思变。
15. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
  逆境出人才。
16. A faithful friend is hard to find.
  知音难觅。
17. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
  吃一堑，长一智。
18. A fox may grow gray, but never good.
  江山易改，本性难移。