【英文諺語】188句英文名言佳句：善有善報，惡有惡報（中英對照）

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【英文諺語】188句英文名言佳句：善有善報，惡有惡報（中英對照）

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.	惡其始者，必惡其終。
A bad bush is better than the open field.	聊勝於無
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.	吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。
A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart.	做賊心虛。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.	壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。
A bad padlock invites a picklock.	開門揖盜。意思是掛鎖失靈招撬竊。
A bad penny always turns up.	善有善報，惡有惡報；不是不報，時辰未到
A bad thing never dies.	壞事傳千年
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.	拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)
A bargain is a bargain.	一言為定；達成的協議不可撕毀。
A beggar’s purse is bottomless.	乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	一鳥在手，勝似二鳥在林
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.	聞其歌知其鳥,聽其言知其人。
A bird may be known by its song.	聽其言知其人
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.	一天之計在於晨
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it’s the boundary of the world.	坐井觀天
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.	秋波送盲，白費癡情
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.	好書千載常如新。
A book that remains shut is but a block.	書本不常翻,猶如一塊磚。
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.	借來的斗篷不暖身。
A burden of one’s choice is not felt.	自願挑擔不嫌重；自己的孩子背著不嫌沉。
A burnt child dreads the fire.	一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.	蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人。
A cat has nine lives.	吉人自有天相
A cat may look at a king.	人人平等；小人物也有權利。
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.	一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。
A change of work is as good as a rest.	調換一下工作是很好的休息。
A cheerful wife is the joy of life.	快樂的妻子是生活的樂事。
A clean hand wants no washing.	淨手不用洗,無罪何須辯。身正不怕影子斜
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.	問心無愧，高枕無憂。
A clear conscience is a sure card.	問心無愧是萬全之策。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.	白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.	寧為清貧，不為濁富。
A close mouth catches no flies.	病從口入
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.	夜郎自大
A common danger causes common action.	同仇敵愾。
A constant guest is never welcome.	久住非佳賓，常來不歡迎。
A contented mind is perpetual feast.	知足常樂。
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.	貪婪的人對別人毫無好處，對自己卻壞處更大。
A crafty knave needs no broker.	狡猾的流氓，不需居間人。
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.	病夫多長命
A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.	不滿足者坐無甯時。
A disease known is half cured.	病情確診斷，治病好一半。
A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.	要想狗不叫，必須有骨頭
A fair death honours the whole life.	死得光明，終身榮耀。
A fair face may hide a foul heart.	人不可貌相。
A faithful friend is hard to find.	摯友難尋
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.	吃一塹，長一智
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.	父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
A fault confessed is half redressed.	浪子回頭金不換。
A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.	口若懸河不能作為才智的證明。
A fool always comes short of his reckoning.	愚人常缺算計。
A fool always rushes to the fore.	傻瓜總愛強出頭。
A fool and his money are soon parted.	愚人有錢留不住，笨人難聚財；傻瓜花錢快。
A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.	蠢人裝聰明，實在最可憐。
A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.	一愚發問，七智結舌。
A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another.	一個蠢材在他自己家裡所知的事比一個聰明人在別人家裡所知的事要多。
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.	愚者所問，智者難答。
A fool may give a wise man counsel.	愚者千慮，必有一得。
A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.	一愚所失,百智難回。
A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.	愚者千慮，必有一得。
A fool’s heart dances on his lips.	愚人心坦蕩，掛在嘴唇上。
A fox may grow grey, but never good.	江山易改，本性難移
A friend exaggerates a man’s virtue, an enemy his crimes.	朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人誇大人的罪過。
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.	曩中有錢，不如朝中有友。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.	患難之交才是真朋友
A friend is a second self.	朋友是另一個我。
A friend is best found in adversity.	患難見真交。
A friend is never known till a man have need.	需要之時方知友。
A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.	失友易，交友難。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.	廣交友，無深交。
A friend without faults will never be found.	沒有十全十美的朋友。
A full belly counsels well.	衣食足而後知榮辱。
A full cup must be carried steadily.	杯滿盈，須持穩。器滿則溢。(指人在得意時，不要忘乎所以)
A good anvil does not fear the hammer.	真金不怕火煉，好漢不怕考驗。
A good appetite is a good sauce.	饑不擇食。
A good beginning is half the battle.	首戰告捷等於一半勝利。
A good beginning makes a good ending.	良好的開端就是成功的一半。善始者善終。
A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.	好書如摯友，永遠不相負。
A good book is a light to the soul.	好書一本，照亮心靈。意思是：一本好書就是一盞照亮靈魂的明燈。
A good conscience is a continual feast.	白天不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚
A good conscience is a soft pillow.	不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。
A good dog deserves a good bone.	好狗應該啃好骨頭，有功者受賞。
A good example is the best sermon.	身教勝似言教。
A good face is a letter of recommendation.	好的相貌就是一封推薦的介紹信。
A good face needs no paint.	美貌無需擦脂抹粉。
A good fame is better than a good face.	美名勝於美貌。
A good friend is my nearest relation.	良友如近親。
A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land.	聰明腦袋勤勞手,走遍天下貴如金。
A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.	健康的身體貴于黃金鑄成的皇冠。
A good heart cant’s lie.	有仁心者不說謊話。
A good heart conquers ill fortune.	好人有好報。字面解釋：好心腸的人會戰勝不好的命運
A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.	良馬的毛色不會差。馬好色也正。
A good horse often needs a good spur.	好馬常要好靴刺。
A good marksman may miss.	智者千慮,必有一失
A good maxim is never out of season.	至理名言不會過時。
A good medicine tastes bitter.	良藥苦口,忠言逆耳。
A good name is better than riches.	美名勝於財富。
A good name is earlier lost than won.	失去美名易,得到美名難。
A good name is sooner lost than won.	美譽難得而易失。
A good name keeps lustre in the dark.	好的名聲在黑暗中也會光芒四射。
A good neighbour is better than a bother in the next village.	遠親不如近鄰。
A good surgeon must have an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand.	出色的外科醫生必須心明眼亮和有一雙靈巧的手。
A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.	好故事百聽不厭。
A good tongue is a good weapon.	口齒伶俐,是件利器。
A good wife makes a good husband.	有好妻子就有好丈夫。
A good winter brings a good summer.	嚴冬會帶來盛夏
A great ship asks deep water.	巨輪尋深水而航行。大船走深水。
A great talker is a great liar.	說大話者多謊言。
A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.	做賊心虛,良心自誅。
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.	做賊心虛。字面意思無論什麼罪犯,良心都會受到譴責
A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning.	一點小常識常勝過很多有價值的學問。
A happy heart makes a blooming visage.	心花怒放,笑顏逐開。
A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.	性急難免出岔子。
A heavy purse makes a light heart.	錢袋輕時心事重.
A heavy snow promise a good harvest.	瑞雪兆豐年。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune.	時勢造英雄。
A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.	相馬不可憑馬的裝飾。
A house divided against itself cannot stand.	家庭內訌難維繫。分裂之家不能持久.
A Jack of all trades and master of none.	無所不能便一無所精. 三腳貓無所長
A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.	戲謔不能在化敵為友。意思是開玩笑總不能化敵為友,反而有時會失去朋友。
A journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step.	千里之行,始於足下
A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.	字面意思窮人的一隻羔羊比富人的一頭牛還要珍貴。翻譯為諺語窮人眼中的一隻羊,貴似富人一頭牛。
A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.	懶羊嫌毛重
A lazy youth, a lousy age.	少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.	騙子說真話,也沒人相信。
A liar is worse than a thief.	撒謊比偷竊更可惡。
A lie begets a lie till they come to generation.	謊言生謊言,謊言傳萬代。
A life without a friend is a life without a sun.	人生沒有朋友,猶如人生沒有了太陽。
A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder.	生活沒有目標,猶如船失去了舵。
A light heart lives long.	豁達者長壽;靜以修身;心胸開朗,使人壽長;
A light purse is a heavy curse.	人無錢,處處難。
A light purse makes a heavy heart.	錢袋越空,心情越重。
A lion at home, a mouse abroad.	在家是老虎,出門成老鼠。
A little body often harbours a great soul.	莫道身軀小,偉人寓其間。
A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world.	幼兒是世界上最可愛和最純潔的。
A little fire is quickly trodden out.	小洞易補。
A little is better than none.	聊勝於無
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.	一知半解，害已誤人。
A little labor, much health.	適量勞動健身大有益。; 適量勞動健身大有益.; 量勞動健身大有益.;
A little labour, much health.	常常走動,無病無痛。
A little leak will sink a great ship.	千丈之堤潰於蟻穴。
A little learning is a dangerous thing.	一知半解,為害不淺。
A little neglect may breed great mischief.	小不忍則亂大謀。
A little of everything, nothing at all.	每事淺嘗輒止,結果將一事無成。
A little pot is soon hot.	壺小水易開,量小易動怒.
A little spark kindles a great fire.	星星之火,可以燎原。
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.	適可而止,過猶不及
A living dog is better than a dead lion.	一條活狗勝過一頭死獅。
A maid that laughs is half taken.	少女露笑臉,婚事半成全。
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.	少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的一個。
A man alone is either a saint or a devil.	孤身獨處的人可以為聖哲,也可為惡魔。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget.	易於許諾的人也易於忘記。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.	不恥下問才能有學問。
A man can die but once.	一死不可免,二死不可能.
A man can do no more than he can.	凡事只能量力而行。
A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife.	妻子浪費無度,丈夫不會出頭
A man can not spin and reel at the same time.	一心不能二用
A man cannot serve two masters.	忠臣不事二主.一人不能事二君.
A man cannot spin and reel at the sametime.	一心不能二用。
A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time.	一心不能二用。
A man has his hour, and a dog has his day.	人有稱心時,狗有得意日。
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.	人有兩隻耳朵一張嘴,就是為了多聽少說話。
A man is as old as he feels.	老不老,自己曉。
A man is known by the company he keeps.	察其友知其人，通俗一點：就是什麼人交什麼朋友。觀察他的朋友就可以知道他是一個什麼樣的人了。
A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable.	人並不因為生在馬廄裡就成了馬。
A man is not good or bad for one action.	不能憑一件事判斷人的好壞。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.	路遙知馬力,日久見人心。
A man may dig his grave with his teeth.	禍從口出。
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.	老牛不喝水,何必強按頭。
A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.	有寶何必人前誇。
A man may smile and smile and be villain.	笑裡藏奸。
A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool.	一個人可能說話像個聰明人,而行為像個大笨蛋。
A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.	生性樂天的人極少會變成瘋子.
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.	光說空話不做事,猶如花園光長刺。
A man who has friend must show himself friendly.	與朋友交,必須友好相處。
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.	和氣生財，無笑臉,莫開店。
A man without money is a bow without an arrow.	人無錢,猶如弓無箭。
A man without reason is a beast in season.	人無理智就像是一頭發情的野獸。
A man’s actions show his character.	舉止投足顯品性.
A match will set fire to a large building.	星星之火,可以燎原。
A merry heart goes all the way.	心曠神怡,事事順利。
A middle course is the safest.	中庸之道最保險。
A miserly father makes a prodigal son.	老子守財奴,兒子敗家子。
A miss is as good as a mile.	失之毫釐,差之千里
A moneyless man goes fast through the market.	身上無錢過市快。
A mother’s love never changes.	母愛永恆不變。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.	遠親不如近友.