托福口语素材之谚语

积累谚语是提升托福口语水平的有效手段之一，谚语本身就是一个成熟精炼的句子，不太可能存在用错的问题，而且，他浓缩了生活的智慧，能够更深刻或者更幽默的揭示主题，所以，谚语一直是托福考生青睐的口语素材之一。下面就和小编一起来看看那些经典的'谚语吧。

1.A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

2.A common danger causes common action.同舟共济。

3.A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.知足常乐。

4.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。

5.A guest should suit the convenience of the host.客随主便。

6.A letter from home is a priceless treasure.家书抵万金。

rivers run into the sea.殊途同归。

time is no time when it is past.机不可失，时不再来。

apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一个苹果，身体健康不求医。

heroes think, so thought Bruce.英雄所见略同。

11.A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

nd the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。

luck often brings good luck.塞翁失马，安知非福。

d is the stall of life.面包是生命的支柱。(民以食为天。)

ness is business.公事公办。

sy birds have to start flying early.笨鸟先飞。

tesy costs nothing.礼多人不怪。

om makes all things easy.习惯成自然。

re has no rest.人的欲望无止境。

icult the first time, easy the second.一回生，二回熟。

not change horses in mid-stream.别在河流中间换马。

not have too many irons in the fire.贪多嚼不烂。

not pull all your eggs in one basket.别把所有的蛋都放在一个篮子里。(不要孤注一掷。)

not teach fish to swim.不要班门弄斧。

or west, home is the best.东奔西跑，还是家里好。

rience is the best teacher.实践出真知。

is stranger than fiction.事实比虚构更离奇。(大千世界，无奇不有。)

h can move mountains.信念能移山。(精诚所至，金石为开。)

t impressions are half the battle.先入为主。

as good as one gets.一报还一报。(以德报德，以怨还怨。)

everyone his due.一视同仁。

wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深。

e makes waste.欲速则不达。(忙中常出错。)

that promises too much means nothing.轻诺者寡信。

who has an art has everywhere a part.一招鲜，吃遍天。

would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.千里之行始于足下。

is where the heart is.心在哪里，哪里就是家。

you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking.不在屋里，不知漏雨。(亲身经历才有体会。)

peace prepare for war.平时准备战时。(居安思危。)

is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

six of one and half a dozen of the other.彼此彼此。

has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

something for a rainy day.未雨绸缪。

is a span.人生如朝露。

proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。

plot with plot.将计就计。

y meet, merry part.好聚好散。

acts upon mind.心有灵犀一点通。

r hit a man when he is down.不要落井下石。

r judge by appearances.切莫以貌取人。

fire without smoke.无风不起浪。

ure passes nature.教养胜过天性。

is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。

swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。(一花独放不是春。)

who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.曾经沧海难为水。

of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心不烦。

tice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

rty is stranger to industry.勤劳之人不受穷。

was not built in a day.罗马不是一日建成的。(伟业非一日之功。)

e comes with age.老马识途。

many men, so many minds.人心各不同。

thing is learned every time a book is opened.开卷有益。

ke while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。

car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.车到山前必有路。

heart is seen in wine.酒后吐真言。

older the wiser.人老智多。(姜还是老的辣。)

worse luck now, the better another time.风水轮流转。

ghts are free from toll.思想不用交税。(人人都可以自由思考。)

tries all things.时间检验一切。

legs and have legs.经常用腿，健步如飞。

ue never grows old.美德常青。

s have ears.隔墙有耳。

is done cannot be undone.覆水难收。

in, truth out.酒后吐真言。

are only young once.青春只有一次。

cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不可两头燃。(鱼和熊掌不可兼得。)

cannot have your cake and eat it.有得就有失。(事难两全其美。)

never know till you have tried.事非经过不知难。

h will be served.青春好作乐。

without knowledge is a runaway horse.无知的狂热是脱缰的野马。

iness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。

ue is her own reward.为善最乐。

l gains bring great wealth.小益聚大财，薄利成巨富。

icion is the poison of true friendship.猜疑伤害莫逆之交。

d is the soldier's asset.兵贵神速。

t discourse makes short days and nights.言语投机恨时短。

words butter no parsnips.画饼充饥。

a thief to catch a thief.以毒攻毒。

fed, wed bred.衣食足，知荣辱。

h at your ills, and save doctors' bills.生病不忧虑，节省医药费。

h is the key of poverty.惰能致贫。

g the blind the one eyed man is the king.山中无老虎，猴子称大王。

err is human.犯错是人之常情。/ 人谁无过。

can't judge a book by its cover.不能以外表来判断本质。/ 不要以貌取人。

no fish till you get them.勿操之过急

96.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.

97.百闻不如一见 (眼见为实)Seeing is believing.

98.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.

99.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.

100.不眠之夜 white night

101.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

102.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

103.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.

104.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

105.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

106.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

107.大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

108.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

109.过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

110.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

111.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

112.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

113.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.

114.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.

115.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones

116.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

117.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.

118.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth

119.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

120.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

121.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché

122.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

123.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.

124.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success

125.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth

126.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened

127.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

128.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

129.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with proposes, God disposes.

130.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself

131.拿手好戏 masterpiece

132.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad

133.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

134.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

135.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities

136.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a can't make bricks without straw.

137.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

138.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

139.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation sows and another reaps.

140.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

141.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

142.强强联手 win-win co-operation

143.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.

144.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.

145.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man