英语谚语

时间是金，其值无价

Time is money.

（时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金）

Time flies.

（光阴似箭，日月如梭）

Time has wings.

（光阴去如飞）

Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.

（光阴如锉，细磨无声）

Time stays not the fool's leisure.

（时间不等闲逛的傻瓜）

Time and I against any two.

（和时间携起手来，一人抵两人）

Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.

（时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命，节省时间，就是延长生命）

Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.

（消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失）

（二）时间是风，去而不返

Time undermines us.

（光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老）

Time and tide wait for no man.

（岁月不待人）

Time cannot be won again.

（时间一去不再来）

Time is , time was , and time is past.

（现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返）

Time lost can not be recalled.

（光阴一去不复返）

Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.

(光阴似箭，一去不返）

（三）时间是尺，万物皆检

Time tries friends as fire tries gold.

(时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金）

Time tries truth.

（时间检验真理）

Time is the father of truth.

（时间是真理之父）

Time will tell.

（时间能说明问题）

Time brings the truth to light.

（时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。）

Time and chance reveal all secrets.

(时间与机会能提示一切秘密）

Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.

（时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰）

Time reveals(discloses) all things.

（万事日久自明）

Time tries all.

（时间检验一切）

（四）时间是秤，衡量权质

There is no time like the present.

（现在正是时候）

Take time by the forelock.

(把握目前的时机）

To choose time is to save time.

（选择时间就是节省时间）

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

（今日事，今日毕）

Procrastination is the thief of time.

（拖延为时间之窃贼）

One of these days is none of these days.

（拖延时日，终难实现。或：改天改天，不知哪天）

Tomorrow never comes.

（明天无尽头，明日何其多）

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

（常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹）

（五）时间是水，淘金流沙

Time works wonders.

（时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议）

Time works great changes.

（时间可以产生巨大的变化）

Times change.

(时代正在改变）

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.
猫也可以打量国王，意为人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.
静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well.
结果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes.
母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。