考試常用的英語諺語
1、水漲船高，風大樹搖。
When the water rises, the boat rises and the wind blows, the tree sways.
2、鄰舍好，無價寶。
Good neighbors are invaluable.
3、人有失手，馬有失蹄。
Man has lost his hands and horse has lost his hoofs.
4、香花不一定好看，會說不一定能幹。
Fragrant flowers are not necessarily good-looking, they may not be competent.
5、人家誇，一朵花；自己誇，人笑話。
People praise, a flower; they praise, people laugh.
6、賣瓜不說瓜苦，賣鹽不說鹽淡。
Melons are sold without bitterness, salt without salt.
7、燕子高飛晴天告，展翅低飛雨天到。
Swallows fly high in sunny days and fly low in rainy days.
8、順藤摸瓜，順水求源。
Touch the melon along the vine, seek the source along the water.
9、親身下河知深淺，親口嘗梨知酸甜。
He who goes down the river knows his depth and tastes his pear knows his sour and sweet.
10、放虎歸山，必有後患。
Returning tigers to the mountains is bound to have future problems.
11、病人心多，忙人事多。
Patient's heart is many, busy person is many.
12、鼓不打不響，鐘不敲不鳴。
Drums do not ring, bells do not ring.
13、家有千口，主事一人。
There are a thousand people in the family and one person in charge.
14、窮家難捨，熟地難離。
Poor families are inseparable from familiarity.
15、兒大分家，樹大分杈。
Children divide up, trees divide up.
16、狗記路，貓記家。
Dog keeps track, cat keeps house.
17、藥補食補，不如心補。
It is better to nourish the heart than to supplement the food with medicine.
18、刻薄不賺錢，忠厚不折本。
Be mean and not profitable, be loyal and not lose money.
19、虎到中堂，家敗人亡。
When tigers come to the hall, their families are ruined.
20、寧叫頓頓稀，不叫一頓飢。
Better call it Dunton Sparse than a hunger.
21、補漏趁天晴，讀書趁年輕。
Make up leaks while the weather is clear, and read while young.
22、沒有不上鉤的魚，沒有不上竿的猴。
There are no fish that can't be hooked, no monkey that can't be rod.
23、人不缺地的工，地不缺人的糧。
No man lacks land for his work and no man's grain for his land.
24、男要俏，一身皁；女要俏，三分孝。
Men want to be beautiful, soap all over; women want to be beautiful, filial piety three points.
25、明人不做暗事，真人不說假話。
An honest man does not do secret things, but a real man does not tell lies.
26、不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you don't go to the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's son.
27、多下及時雨，少放馬後炮。
Rain more in time and fire less afterwards.
28、長嘯一聲，山鳴谷應。
With a long whistle, the hills and valleys should be heard.
29、慢病在養，急病在治。
Chronic illness is being cured while acute illness is being treated.
30、不磨不煉，不成好汗。
No temper, no sweat.
31、細水長流，吃穿不愁。
Thin water flows long, no worries about food and clothing.
32、人怕老來窮，禾怕寒露風。
People are afraid of old age and poverty, and they are afraid of cold dew and wind.
33、取人之長，補己之短。
Take advantage of one's strengths and make up for one's weaknesses.
34、好話一句三冬暖，惡語傷人六月寒。
A good word is warm in winter, but a bad word hurts in June.
35、賭錢衆人罵，讀書衆人誇。
People swear at gambling and praise reading.
36、邊學邊問，纔有學問。
Learning is what we learn.
37、國亂思良相，家貧思賢妻。
Country chaos misses the good, family poverty misses the good wife.
38、創業百年，敗家一天。
Start a business for a hundred years, lose one day.
39、寧吃半餐，不吃斷餐。
Eat half a meal rather than break it.
40、人爭一口氣，佛爭一炷香。
People fight for breath and Buddha fight for fragrance.
41、八成熟，十成收；十成熟，二成丟。
Eight mature, ten harvest; ten mature, twenty lose.
42、過頭話少說，過頭事少做。
Speak less and do less.
43、弟兄不和鄰里欺，將相不和鄰國欺。
If a brother does not deceive his neighbour, he will not deceive his neighbour.
44、人生一世，草生一秋。
Life is a lifetime, grass is a autumn.
45、近河莫枉費水，近山莫枉燒柴。
Neighbouring rivers do not waste water; neighbouring mountains do not waste firewood.
46、寧叫嘴受窮，不叫病纏身。
Better cry out for poverty than get sick.
47、浪費時間，等於縮短生命。
To waste time is to shorten life.
48、少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
Young men do not work hard, but old men do not work hard.
49、不經風雨怎能見彩虹。
How can you see a rainbow without rain and wind?
50、千里之行，始於足下。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
51、百聞不如一見，百見不如一干。
Seeing is better than hearing, doing is better than seeing.
52、寒從足下起，火從頭上生。
Cold starts at the foot and fire starts from the head.
53、虎吃人易躲，人吃人難防。
Tigers eat people easily, but people eat people hard to prevent.
54、貪別人個花，誤自己個家。
Greed others for flowers, mistake their own home.
55、出汗不迎風，走路不凹胸。
Sweat is not windward, walk is not concave chest.
56、打不幹的井水，使不完的力氣。
Drilling a dry well will make an endless effort.
57、開水不響，響水不開。
The boiling water is silent, but the sounding water does not work.
58、朋友千個少，冤家一個多。
A thousand friends and one enemy.
