俚语和谚语是英语学习中的一大绊脚石.不明白这些俗语的含义,是因为我们和英语国家的文化背景不同.如果能在汉语中为这些俗语找到对应的说法,问题就解决了。以下是大学常用英语谚语短语大全，希望对你有用。
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
花开堪折直须折
get the opposite of what one intended
事与愿违
get the sack
炒鱿鱼
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
谗言可畏/欲加之罪，何患无辞
Give a thief enough rope and he, ll hang himself.
多行不义必自毙
give him an inch and he'll take an ell.
得寸进尺
Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.
得寸进尺
go for broke
尽最大努力
go while the going is good.
三十六计,走为上计
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助之
Gold will not buy everything.
金钱并非万能
Good opportunity, favorable geographical location and support from
the people.
天时、地利、人和
Good things come in small packages.
乡人不识货，尽捡大的摸
good wine needs no bush
酒香不怕巷子深
Grasp all, lose all.
样样都要，全都失掉
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
万丈高楼从地起
grow with every passingdayflourishing
蒸蒸日上
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
聊胜於无
Half the world knows not how the other half lives.
一家不知一家事，神仙不知瓜里事
hard and fast
一成不变
hard-hearted
铁石心肠的
Haste makes waste.
欲速则不达
have one's wish fulfilled
如愿以偿
He laughs best who laughs last.
最后笑的人笑得最得意
He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.
作贼心虚
He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend.
有钱有酒，必有朋友
He that is full of himself is very empty.
自满的人是空虚的
He that touches pitch shall be defiled.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑
He who knows most speaks least.
识多者寡言
He who laughs last, Laughs Best.
谁笑在最后谁笑得最甜
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
骑虎难下
he who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
千里之行,始于足下
heart and soul
全心全意地
heart of stone
石头心肠
heart-to-heart
坦白的
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
天助自助者
Homer sometimes nods.
圣贤也有缺失
Honesty is the best policy.
诚实是上策
How happy we are, To meet friends from afar!
有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎!
Hunger is the beat sauce.
饥不择食
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much
as to be out
of danger?
如果说知识短少是危险的话，到哪里去找知识丰富到足以
摆脱危险的.人物呢?(生物学家汤马斯.赫胥黎(Thomas
Huxley))
If the sky falls, we shall catch larks.
杞人忧天
If you kill one flea in March you kill a hundred.
二月杀跳蚤，杀一少百
If you run after two hares, you'll catch neither.
脚踏两头船摆渡难
in a hundred and one thousand ways
千方百计
In doing, we learn.
经一事，长一智
In fair weather prepare for the foul.
未雨绸缪
In for a penny, in for a pound.
一不做，二不休
in one's heart of heart
在内心深处
in spite of oneself
不由自主
In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
比上不足，比下有余/山中无老虎，猴子称霸王
In wine there is truth.
酒後吐真言
invigorating/boosting/prospering China through science and
technology
科技兴国
issue IOUs
打白条
It goes in one ear and out the other.
左耳朵进，右耳朵出
It is dogged that does it.
天下无难事，只怕有心人
It is easier to go up the hill than to run down.
上山容易，下山难
It is easier to pull down than to build.
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