以下二十多個(gè)運(yùn)用應(yīng)用最普遍的諺語(yǔ)，附中英文釋義。

1. If you play with fire, you’ll get burned 玩火者必自焚

Meaning: If you get involved in something dangerous or beyond your abilities, you will probably experience negative consequences. 如果你參與進(jìn)危險(xiǎn)或超出自己能力的事，你可能會(huì)經(jīng)歷負(fù)面的后果。

2. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself 想要稱心如意，必須親力親為

Meaning: Don’t depend on someone else to do a good job; do it yourself.想要把事情做好，不要依靠別人

3. Knowledge is power 知識(shí)就是力量

Meaning: The more you know, the more powerful you can be in different areas of your life. 知道的越多，在生命的不同階段，你越強(qiáng)大

4. Laughter is the best medicine 笑是最好的藥

Meaning: When you’re in a difficult situation, laughing can make it easier to get through that situation. 當(dāng)你在困局中，笑會(huì)讓脫困更加容易。

5. No man is an island 無(wú)人是孤島

Meaning: No one is truly capable of living alone. We need human connection to be healthy 沒(méi)有人能真的獨(dú)立生活。我們需要和他人聯(lián)系以健康成長(zhǎng)。

6. Actions speak louder than words 行動(dòng)勝于雄辯

Meaning: What do you do is more important than what you say 你所做的比你所說(shuō)的更重要。

7. All good things must come to an end 諸行有常，盛者必衰

Meaning: Everything ends; good times don’t last forever 所以事都有盡頭，好時(shí)光不會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)持續(xù)。

8. A picture is worth a thousand words 無(wú)圖無(wú)真相

Meaning: An image can tell a story better than a words 圖比話語(yǔ)更能表現(xiàn)事物。

9. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 情人眼里出西施

Meaning: What is “beautiful” is different for each other 不同人眼里的美女不同

10. Better late than never 遲到總比不做好

Meaning: It’s better to finish something late than to never do it at all

11. Birds of a feather flock together 物以類聚人以群分

Meaning: People who are similar spend time together 趣向相近的人喜歡在一起玩

12. Don’t judge a book by its cover 人不可貌相

Meaning: Don’t judge someone or something by appearance alone

13. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch 不要在雞孵出小雞之前去數(shù)小雞

Meaning: Don’t expect a positive result before you actually see it 在看到之前，不要期望好的結(jié)果。

14. Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket 別把所有雞蛋放在同一個(gè)籃子里

Meaning: Don’t put all of your hopes and resources into one goal or dream 別把所有資源和希望寄托于一個(gè)夢(mèng)想上

15. Don’t put too many irons in the fire，別往火里放太多鐵|（你打不過(guò)來(lái)）

Meaning: Don’t try to do too many things at the same time; focus on one thing at a time 別攬事太多，一次只集中于一件事。

16. Good things come to those who wait 好運(yùn)只拜訪有準(zhǔn)備的人

Meaning: If you are patient, good things can happen 如果你夠有耐心，好事總會(huì)發(fā)生

17. Honesty is the best policy 誠(chéng)實(shí)為上策

Meaning: It’s always better to tell the truth than it is to lie 講實(shí)情總比撒謊好。

18. There is no place like home 金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩

Meaning: Your home is the most comfortable place in the world 你的家才是這個(gè)世界上最舒適的地方

19. Easy come, easy go 風(fēng)吹雞蛋殼，財(cái)去人安樂(lè)

Meaning: When you get money quickly, like by winning it, it’s easy to spend it or lose it quickly as well 當(dāng)你錢來(lái)的容易時(shí)，去的也容易

20. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you 不要咬喂自己的手，不要恩將仇報(bào)

Meaning: If someone’s paying you or helping you out, you have to be careful not to make them angry or say bad things about them 如果有人幫了你，不要讓他們生氣，講他們的壞話

21. If you can’t beat them, join them 如果你打不敗他們，就加入他們吧

Meaning: When you try to change someone’s behavior or it doesn’t work, you might have to change instead. 如果你無(wú)法改變他人的行為，不放嘗試改變自己。

22. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure 一個(gè)人的垃圾是另人的寶貝

Meaning: Different people have different ideas about what’s valuable 不同的人對(duì)什么有價(jià)值有不同的看法。

希望今年的情人節(jié)晚上，高富帥們溫柔點(diǎn)，他們?cè)闾５目墒莇iao絲們的寶貝。

23. There’s no time like the present 機(jī)不可失,時(shí)不再來(lái)

Meaning: If you need to do something, don’t wait until later. Do it now. 如果你要做事，別等以后，現(xiàn)在做。

24. Necessity is the mother of invention 需要乃發(fā)明之母

Meaning: When you’re really in need, you think of creative solutions to your problems. 如果你真的需要，你會(huì)對(duì)自己面臨的問(wèn)題想出創(chuàng)造性的解決方案

25. A penny saved is a penny earned 省錢就是賺錢

Meaning: Save your money 所以要省錢

26. Familiarity breeds contempt 熟悉會(huì)帶來(lái)鄙視

Meaning: When you’re around someone for too long, you get tired of them and annoyed by them 如果你和某些人相處太長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，你會(huì)厭倦和反感他們。