(25)An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 多吃水果利健康。(一天一苹果医生远离我。) (注:以上谚语运用了“make/keep+ O.+ O.C.”结构。)
(26)All that glitters is not gold. / All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的并非都是金子。
(27)All that dogs bark at are not thieves. / All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
狗吠者未必是贼。(勿以貌取人。)
(28)Every couple is not a pair. / Not every couple is a pair. 成双未必能配对。
(注:以上谚语运用了部分否定结构。)
(29)It is the early bird that catches the worm. 早出的鸟儿吃到虫。(疾足者先得。)
(30)It’s a long lane that has no turning.否极泰来。
路必有弯,事必有变。(没有弯曲的路真长。)/(不顺是暂时,转机定出现。)
(31)It is love that makes the world go round. 爱使世界更美好。
(32)It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles.
良马会失蹄,贤妻有牢骚。
(注:以上谚语运用了强调句型。)
(33)Never put off till tomorrow. 今日事,今日做。(今日事,今日毕。)
(34)An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼,以牙还牙。
(35)A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑,长一智。
(36)Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。(一次上当,下次小心。)
(37)Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见,心不想。(不见就忘。)/(离久情疏。)
(38)Waste not, want not. 不浪费,不愁缺。
(39)No pains, no gains. 不劳无获。
(40)More hasty, less speed. 欲速则不达。
(41)Like father, like son.有其父,必有其子。
(42)Well begun, half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。
(43)An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
(44)The older, the wiser. 姜是老的辣。
(45)As the tree, so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
(46)The sooner, the better. 越快越好。
(47)First come, first served. 先到者先受用。(先到先得。)
(48)Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
(49)So said, so done. 说到做到,言出必行。
(50)Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆,去也匆匆。
(注:以上谚语运用了“省略”结构。)
(51)He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑在最后,谁笑得最好。
(52)All’s well that ends well. 结果好就是一切好。