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西方比較經典的諺語俗語

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導語:諺語文化體現了一個國家、民族的歷史人文內涵。下面是語文迷小編收集整理的最經典的西方諺語,歡迎大家閱讀參考!

西方比較經典的諺語俗語

  最經典的西方諺語

a man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. 牽馬到河易,強馬飲水難。

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. 笑裏藏奸。

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,而行爲像個大笨蛋。

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.

講而不做,猶如花園裏長滿了荒草。

a man's actions show his character. 行爲可顯出一個人的品性。

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. 人無笑臉,不要開店。

a man without money is a bow without an arrow. 人無錢,猶如弓無箭。

  西方經典諺語集錦【1】

1. Actions speak louder than words. 事實勝於雄辯。

[注] 相似的有:

Deeds, not words.

Fine words butter no parsnips. 好話中聽不中用。

The greatest talkers are least doers. 說的最多的人往往做的最少。

A little help is worth a deal of pity. 一點點實際的幫助勝於一大堆口頭的憐憫。

2. All your geese are swans. 牛皮吹破,希望落空。

3. Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no fibs. 想要不受騙,就別問問題。

4. Bad news travels fast. 壞事傳的快。

er to ask the way than to astray. 與其閉口迷路,不如開口問道。

[注] 這句話告誡我們不懂就要問,免得遇上不必要的麻煩。

6. Brevity is the soul of wit. 言貴簡潔。

7. Easier said than done. 說時容易做時難。

8. Fling dirt enough and some will stick. 誹謗重複多遍就會有人相信。

[注] 相似的諺語有:

Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 給人強加惡名,毀滅人的一生。

Give a lie twenty-four hours' start, and you can never overtake it.

24小時不闢謠,謠言成事實。

與此相似的中國諺語有:是非吹入凡人耳,萬丈黃河洗不清。

9. He who excuses himself accuses himself. 欲蓋彌彰。

10. His heart can not be pure whose tongue is not clean. 言語髒者,心靈不淨。

11. If the cap fits, wear it. 如果這頂帽子合適你,就戴吧!

[注] 意爲:如果你認爲我是在講你,那麼就認爲我在講你吧。

12. It is one thing to promise and another to perform.

許諾是一回事,實現諾言是另一回事。

13. No one is informed but he who inquires. 多問長知識。

14. Not good is it to harp on the frayed string . 老調重彈,音不悅耳。

[注] 意指老說一個話題令人生厭。

15. One lie makes many. 一旦撒謊,欲止難休。

16. Praise makes good men better and bad men worse.

表揚使好的人變得更好,壞的人變得更壞。

17. Silence gives consent. 緘默即是認可。

[注]相似的諺語有:

No answer is also an answer.

18. There is a sin of omission as well as of commission.做與不做均是過。

  西方經典諺語集錦【2】

1. After a dinner sit a while ,after a supper walk a mile. 午飯後歇歇,晚餐後走走。

2. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一個蘋果,不要求醫問藥。

3. Bed is a medicine. 睡好覺,如服藥。

4. Early to bed and early to rise. 早睡早起使你聰明健康和富裕。

5. An empty sack cannot stand upright. 空粉袋,站不直。

[注] 寓意人以糧食爲主。

6. The end makes all equal. 死亡面前人人平等。

7. A healthy mind is in a healthy body. 身體好則精神爽。

8. A little labour, much health. 適度勞動,沒病沒痛。

9. Medicines are not meant to live on. 不能靠醫藥救命。

10. Seek your salve where you get your sore.

何處得病痛,何處尋藥醫。(或:心病還需心藥醫。)