英语四级写作常用谚语

　　一、行动实践类

　　1. Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜于语言。

　　2. Rome was not built in a day. 伟业非一日之功。

　　3. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 千里之行始于足下。

　　4. Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。(mother是经典的表示“原因”的比喻，is the mother of也是一个经典句型。比如：Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。)

　　5. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

　　6. Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。(这句话没有语法错误，只是省略了形式主语It is)

　　7. Seek the truth from facts. 实事求是。

　　二、思想志向类

　　1. Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。

　　2. Look before you leap. 三思而后行。

　　3. Where there is a will，there is a way. 有志者事竟成。

　　4. Nothing seek，nothing find. 没有追求，就没有收获。

　　三、个人修养类

　　1. All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。

　　2. Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. 无德之类犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。(类似汉语中的：金玉其外败絮其中。)

　　3. God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。

　　4. A small mistake will trigger huge consequences. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。

　　5. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要肯攀登。

　　6. Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty. 世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。

　　7. One boy is a boy，two boys half a boy，three boys no boy. 一个和尚打水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚没水吃。(这句汉语谚语用英语竟然是这样翻译的~~~orz)

　　8. Take things as they come. 既来之则安之。

　　四、工作学习类

　　1. It’s never too old to learn. 活到老学到老。

　　2. More hasty，less speed. 欲速则不达。

　　3. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

　　4. One cannot put back the clock. 时钟不能倒转。

　　5. One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 争分夺秒效率高。

　　6. Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。

　　7. Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。(the+a.表示一类人，在这里the persevering表示坚持的人)

　　8. Health is better than wealth，health is happiness. 健康胜过财富，健康就是幸福。