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

　　promise is debt. 　　一諾千金。

　　proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. 　　諺語(yǔ)是日常經(jīng)驗(yàn)的結(jié)晶。

　　pull the chestnut out of fire. 　　火中取栗。

　　put the cart before the horse. 　　本末倒置。

　　put your shoulder to the wheel. 　　鼎力相助。

　　reading enriches the mind. 　　開(kāi)卷有益。

　　reading is to the mind while exercise to the body. 　　讀書(shū)健腦，運(yùn)動(dòng)強(qiáng)身。

　　respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 　　要人尊敬，必須自重。

　　rome is not built in a day. 　　冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。

　　saying is one thing and doing another. 　　言行不一。

　　seeing is believing. 　　眼見(jiàn)為實(shí)。

　　seek the truth from facts. 　　實(shí)事求是。

　　send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him. 　　智者當(dāng)差，不用交代。

　　set a thief to catch a thief. 　　以賊捉賊。

　　short accounts make long friends. 　　好朋友勤算賬。

　　something is better than nothing. 　　聊勝于無(wú)。

　　soon learn, soon forgotten. 　　學(xué)得快，忘得快。

　　soon ripe, soon rotten. 　　熟得快，爛得快。

　　speech is silver, silence is gold. 　　能言是銀，沉默是金。

　　still water run deep. 　　靜水常深。

　　strike the iron while it is hot.

　　趁熱打鐵。

　　success belongs to the persevering. 　　堅(jiān)持就是勝利。

　　take things as they come. 　　既來(lái)之，則安之。

　　talking mends no holes. 　　空談無(wú)補(bǔ)。

　　talk of the devil and he will appear. 　　說(shuō)曹*，曹*就到。

　　tall trees catch much wind. 　　樹(shù)大招風(fēng)。

　　teach others by your example. 　　躬親示范。

　　the best hearts are always the bravest. 　　無(wú)私者無(wú)畏。

　　the best man stumbles. 　　偉人也有犯錯(cuò)時(shí)。

　　the cat shuts its eyes when stealing. 　　掩耳盜鈴。

　　the danger past and god forgotten. 　　過(guò)河拆橋。

　　the darkest hour is nearest the dawn. 　　黎明前的黑暗。

　　the darkest place is under the candlestick. 　　燭臺(tái)底下最暗。

　　the devil knows many things because he is old. 　　老馬識(shí)途。

　　the devil sometimes speaks the truth. 　　魔鬼有時(shí)也會(huì)說(shuō)真話。

　　the die is cast. 　　木已成舟。

　　the early bird catches the worm. 　　早起的鳥(niǎo)兒有蟲(chóng)吃。

　　the end justifies the means. 　　只要目的正當(dāng)，可以不擇手段。

　　the end makes all equal.

　　死亡面前，人人平等。

　　the eye is bigger than the belly. 　　貪多嚼不爛。

　　the farthest way about is the nearest way home. 　　抄近路反而繞遠(yuǎn)路。

　　the finest diamond must be cut. 　　玉不琢，不成器。

　　the fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man. 　　烈火驗(yàn)真金，艱難磨意志。

　　the first step is the only difficulty. 　　邁出第一步是最艱難的。

　　the fox knew too much, that’s how he lost his tail. 　　機(jī)關(guān)算盡太聰明，反誤了卿卿性命。

　　the fox preys farthest from home. 　　兔子不吃窩邊草。

　　the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 　　坐井觀天。

　　the grass is greener on the other side. 　　這山望著那山高。

　　the greatest talkers are always least doers. 　　語(yǔ)言的巨人總是行動(dòng)的矮子。

　　the higher up, the greater the fall. 　　爬得高，摔得慘。

　　the leopard cannot change its spots. 　　本性難移。

　　the more noble, the more humble. 　　人越高尚，越謙虛。

　　the more wit, the less courage. 　　初生牛犢不怕虎。

　　the outsider sees the most of the game. 　　旁觀者清。

　　the pen is mightier than the sword. 　　筆能殺人。

　　the pot calls the kettle black. 　　五十步笑百步。

　　there are spots in the sun. 　　太陽(yáng)也有黑點(diǎn)。

　　there are two sides to every question. 　　問(wèn)題皆有兩面。

　　there is a skeleton in the cupboard. 　　家家有本難念的經(jīng)。

　　there is kindness to be found everywhere. 　　人間處處有溫情。

　　there is no general rule without some exception. 　　任何法規(guī)均有例外。

　　there is no medicine against death. 　　沒(méi)有長(zhǎng)生不老藥。

　　there is no place like home. 　　金窩銀窩不如咱的狗窩。

　　there is no royal road to learning. 　　書(shū)山有路勤為徑，學(xué)海無(wú)涯苦作舟。

　　the style is the man. 　　字如其人。

　　the tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 　　人言可畏。

　　the water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 　　水能載舟，亦能覆舟。