(注:以上谚语运用了“make/keep+ O.+ O.C.”结构。)
(26)All that glitters is not gold. / All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的并非都是金子。
(27)All that dogs bark at are not thieves. / All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
(28)Every couple is not a pair. / Not every couple is a pair. 成双未必能配对。
(注:以上谚语运用了部分否定结构。)
(29)It is the early bird that catches the worm. 早出的鸟儿吃到虫。(疾足者先得。)
(30)It’s a long lane that has no turning.否极泰来。
(31)It is love that makes the world go round. 爱使世界更美好。
(32)It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles.
(注:以上谚语运用了强调句型。)
(33)Never put off till tomorrow. 今日事,今日做。(今日事,今日毕。)
(34)An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼,以牙还牙。
(35)A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑,长一智。
(36)Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。(一次上当,下次小心。)
(37)Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见,心不想。(不见就忘。)/(离久情疏。)
(38)Waste not, want not. 不浪费,不愁缺。
(39)No pains, no gains. 不劳无获。
(40)More hasty, less speed. 欲速则不达。
(41)Like father, like son.有其父,必有其子。
(42)Well begun, half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。
(43)An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
(44)The older, the wiser. 姜是老的辣。
(45)As the tree, so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
(46)The sooner, the better. 越快越好。
(47)First come, first served. 先到者先受用。(先到先得。)
(48)Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
(49)So said, so done. 说到做到,言出必行。
(50)Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆,去也匆匆。
(注:以上谚语运用了“省略”结构。)
(51)He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑在最后,谁笑得最好。
(52)All’s well that ends well. 结果好就是一切好。
(53)God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
(54)Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
(55)He that corrects not small faults will not control great ones. 小错不纠,大错难控。
(注:以上谚语运用了定语从句。)
(56)When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入境问俗。(入乡随俗。)
(57)Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。
(58)Where there’s a will, there’s a way. 有志者事竟成。
(59)Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. 无风不起浪。
(60)Where there is life, there is hope. 有生命就有希望。(留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。)
(61)If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again. 再接再厉,终会成功。
(62)If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. 凡值得一做的都值得做好。
(63)Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。
(64)Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
(65)Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
(66)East or west, home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝。