영어속담 모음
1. 남의 떡이 커 보인다.
The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
2. 천생연분
Match made in heaven.
3. 원숭이도 나무에서 떨어질 때가 있다.
Even Homer sometimes nods.(= Even the greatest make mistakes.)
4. 낮말은 새가 듣고 밤말은 쥐가 듣는다.
Walls have ears.
5. 똥묻은 개 겨묻은 개 나무란다.
The pot calls the kettle black.
6. 백문이 불여일견.
To see is to believe.
7. 선무당이 사람잡는다.
A little knowledge is dangerous.
8. 부전자전
Like father, like son.
9. 호랑이도 제말하면 온다.
Talk of the devil and you’ll hear the flutter of his wings.
10. 공자 앞에서 문자쓴다.
To teach a fish how to swim.
11. 그림의 떡
Pie in the sky.
12. 쥐구멍에도 볕들 날이 있다.
Every dog has his day.
13. 지렁이도 밟으면 꿈틀거린다.
Even a worm will turn.
14. 헌 짚신도 짝이 있다.
Every Jack has his Gill.
15. 건강한 신체에 건강한 정신이 깃든다.
A sound mind in a sound body.
16. 천천히 그리고 꾸준히 하면 이긴다.
Slow and steady win the game.
17. 시간은 사람을 기다리지 않는다.
Time and tide wait for no man.
18. 빈 손으로 왔다가 빈 손으로 간다.
Shrouds have no pockets.
19. 수고가 없으면 이득도 없다.
No pains, no gains.
20. 옷이 날개다.
Fine clothes make the man. (= Fine feathers make fine birds.)
21. 유유상종
Birds of a feather flock together.
22. 뜻이 있는 곳에 길이 있다.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
23. 서투른 무당이 장고만 나무란다.
A bad workman finds fault with his tools.
24. 사귀는 친구를 보면 그 사람됨을 알 수 있다.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
25. 서당개 3년이면 풍월을 읊는다
The sparrow near a school sings the primer.
26. 금강산도 식후경
A loaf of bread is better than the song of many birds.
27. 재주는 곰이 넘고 돈은 뙤놈이 번다.
One man sows and another man reaps.
28. 아내가 귀여우면 처갓집 말뚝 보고 절한다.
Love me, love my dog.
29. 용두사미
Starts off with a bang and ends with a whimper.
30. 믿는 도끼에 발등 찍힌다.
Stabbed in the back.
31. 감언이설
Sweet talk.
32. 콩 심은데 콩 나고 팥 심은데 팥 난다
As one sows, so shall he reap.
33. 죽마고우
A buddy from my old stomping grounds.
34. 엎친데 덮친격이다
Adding insult to injury.
35. 호미로 막을 데 가래로 막는다.
A stitch in time saves nine.
36. 소 잃고 외양간 고친다.
Mend the barn after the horse is stolen.
37. 종로에서 빰 맞고 한강 가서 눈 흘긴다.
Go home and kick the dog.
38. 사촌이 땅을 사면 배가 아프다.
Turning green with envy.
39. 첫 술에 배부르랴.
Rome was not built in a day.
40. 울며 겨자 먹기
Face the music.
41. 시작이 반이다.
Well begun is half done.
42. 칠전팔기
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
43. 거두절미
Let’s get to the point.
44. 소귀에 경읽기
Talking to the wall.
45. 돌다리도 두들겨 보고 건너라.
Look before you leap.
46. 돼지에게 진주
Casting pearls before swine.
47. 개천에서 용났다.
A rags to riches story.
48. 눈에 가시
Thorn in the side.
49. 이미 엎질러진 물이다.
It’s no use crying over spilt milk.
50. 두 손뼉이 마주쳐야 소리가 난다.
It takes two to tango.
51. 일석이조
Kill two birds with one stone.
52. 털어서 먼지 안 나는 사람 없다.
Everyone has a skeleton in the closet.
53. 독 안에 든 쥐
A rat in a trap.
54. 벼룩의 간을 빼먹는다.
Can’t get blood from a turnip.
55. 구관이 명관
You don’t know what you’ve got until you’ve lost it.
56. 일각이 여삼추
Every minute seems like a thousand.
57. 줍는 사람이 임자다.
Finders keepers, loser weepers.
58. 모르는 게 약이다.
Ignorance is bliss.
59. 금상첨화
Icing on the cake.
60. 세 살 버릇 여든까지 간다.
What’s learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
61. 콩으로 메주를 쑨다해도 믿지 않는다.
You’ve cried wolf too many times.
62. 팥으로 메주를 쑨다 해도 믿는다.
You could sell him the Brooklyn Bridge.
63. 바늘 도둑이 소도둑 된다.
He that will steal a pin will steal an ox.
64. 웃으면 복이 와요.
If you laugh, blessings will come your way.
65. 헌신짝 버리듯 한다.
Thrown away like an old shoe.
66. 호랑이 굴에 들어가야 호랑이를 잡는다.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
67. 긁어 부스럼
Let sleeping dogs lie.
68. 미꾸라지 한 마리가 온 웅덩이를 흐린다.
One rotten apple spoils the barrel.
69. 누워서 침 뱉기
Cut off your nose to spite your face.
70. 잔디밭에서 바늘 찾기
Searching for a needle in a haystack.
71. 가지 많은 나무 바람 잘날 없다.
There is no rest for a family(mother) with many children.
72. 노력이 있어야 얻는 것이 있다.
No pains, no gains.
73. 용자만이 미인을 얻을 수 있다.
None but the brave deserves the fair.
74. 제비 한 마리가 왔다고 여름이 온 것은 아니다.(속단은 금물)
One swallow does not make a summer.
75. 낙수물이 바위를 뚫는다.
Many drops make a shower.
76. 쇠뿔도 단김에 빼라.
Strike while the iron is hot.
77. 집만한 곳이 없다.
There is no place like home.
78. 무소식이 희소식이다.
No news is good news.
79. 연습하면 완벽해진다.
Practice makes perfect.
80.행동보다 말이 쉽다.
Easier said than done.
81. 안보면 멀어진다.
Out of sight, out of mind.
82. 어려울 때의 친구가 진정한 친구다.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
83. 천마디의 말보다 한 번 보는 게 더 낫다.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
84. 아무것도 하지 않는니보다는 늦게라도 하는 게 낫다.
Better late than never.
85. 비가 내렸다 하면 억수로 퍼붓는다.(화불단행)
It never rains but it pours.
86. 오늘 할 일을 내일로 미루지 말라.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
87. 돈주머니 쥔 자가 가정를 지배한다.
Who holds the purse rules the house.
88. 감언이설에 넘어가지 말라.
It is not good to listen to flattery.
89. 화불단행
Troubles never come singly.
90. 아니땐 굴뚝에 연기 날까.
No smoke without fire.
91. 뛰기 전에 살펴라.
Look before you leap.
92.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
93. 금상첨화
Icing on the cake.
94. 김칫국부터 마시지 말라.
Don’t count the chickens before they are hatched.
95. 일찍 일어나는 새가 벌레를 잡는다.
The early bird catches the worm.
96. 서두르면 일을 그르친다
Haste makes waste.
97. 급할수록 돌아가라
More haste less speed.
98. 서두른 결혼은 두고두고 후회한다.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
99. 돈이 있으면 귀신도 부릴 수 있다.
Money makes the mare to go.
100. 제 버릇 개 못 준다.
A leopard can’t change his spots.
101. 짚신도 짝이 있다.
Every Jack has his Jill.
102. 하룻강아지 범 무서운 줄 모른다.
Fools rush oin where angels fear to tread.
103. 호랑이도 제 말하면 온다.
Talk of an angel and he will appear.
104. 미움받는 자가 오히려 활개친다.
Ill weeds grows apace.
104. 아무에게도 이롭지 않는 바람은 불지 않는다.(갑의 손해는 을의 득)
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good.
105. 惡事千里
Ill news runs apace.
106. 부정하게 번 돈은 오래 가지 않는다.
Ill got, ill spent.
107. 선착순.
First come, first served.
108. 어려울 때의 친구가 진정한 친구다.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
109. 송충이는 솔잎을 먹어야 산다.
He bit off more than he can chew.
110. 천리길도 한 걸음부터.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
111. 예방이 치료보다 낫다.
Prevention is better than cure.
112. 필요는 발명의 어머니.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
113. 급할수록 돌아서 가라.
The longest way round is the shortest way home.
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
A bad workman (always) blames his tools.
A bad shearer never had a good sickle.
A big fish in a little pond.
A bird in the hand is worth tow in the brush.
A buddy from my old stomping ground.
A burnt child the fire.
=Once bitten, twice shy.
A capenter is known by his chips.
A cat has nine lives.
A cat may look at a king.
Actions speak louder than words.
A day after the fair.
=After death the doctor.
A drop in the ocean.
A drowning man will catch at a straw.
A fool’s bolt is soon shot.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A good medicine tastes bitter.
A good name is better than a golden girdle.
A green christmas(winter) makes a full (fat) churchyard.
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
=Too clever by half.
A little pot is soon hot.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A loaf of bread is better than song of many birds.
A man can die but once.
A man is a fool or physician at thirty.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
=Men are known by the company they keep.
A miss as good as a mile.
A new broom sweeps clean.
A penny for your thoughts.
A penny soul never came to two pence.
A penny saved is a penny earned(gained).
A promise is a promise.
A rolling stone gather no moss.
A short horse is soon curried.
A soft answer turns a way wrath.
A sound mind in a sound body.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A stolen fruit tastes sweet.
A straw shows which way the winds blows.
A watched pot never boils.
A wise man changes his min sometimes, a fool never.
A wise person profits by(from) his mistakes.
A wolf in sheep’s clothing. A wolf in a lamb’s skin.
A wonder lasts but nine days.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Accidents will happen.
Actions speak louder than words.
Adding insult to injury.
After a storm (comes) a calm.
After death (to call) the doctor.
After a storm comes a calm.
All covet, all lose.
All cry and no wool.
=More cry than wool.
=Much(Many) cry and little wool.
All his geese ard swans.
All is fair in love and war.
All(Every thing) is fish that comes to one’s net.
All is not gold that glitters.
=All that glitters is not gold.
=Appearances are deceptive.
=Beauty is but skin deep.
All is vanity.
All is well that ends well.
All roads lead to Rome.
All that gitters is not gold.
All work and no play makes Jacka dull boy.
An empty hand is no lure for a awk.
An old bird is(Old birds are) not taught with chaff.
An ounce of practice is worth a round of theory.
Any port in a storm.
Art is long, life is short.
As the old cock crows, the young cock learns.
As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks.
As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
As you have brewed, so shall(must) you drink.
As you make your bed, you must lie on(upon) it.
=One must lie in(on) the bed one has made.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
=As a man sows, so he shall reap.
A drowning man will catch at a straw.
Bad nes travels quickly.
=Ill news flies.
=Ill news runs apace.
Bad workmen blame their tools.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Beauty is but skin deep.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beggars must not be choosers.
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
Better bend than break.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.
Better late than never.
Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea.
=Between a rock and a hard place.
Between two stools you fall to the ground.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Bit a young man and ride him on the curb.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood must atone for blood.
Boys will be boys.
Break a fly on the whee.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Business before plasure.
Butter to butter is no relish.
By other’s faults wise men correct their own.
Call a spade a spade.
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
Care killed a cat.
Cast(Throw) pearls before swine.
=Cast not you pearls before swine.
Catch your bear before you sell its skin.
=Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
=First catch your hare (then cook him).
=See the skin before one has killed the bear.
Charity begins at home.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Come empty, return empty.
Comming events cast their shadows before.
Company in distress makes trouble less.
Comparisons are odious.
Cracked pipkins are discovered by thier sound.
Creaking doors hang the longest.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
Danger past, God forgotten.
Dead men tell no tales.
Death keeps no calendar.
Death pays all scores.
Death will have his day.
Deeds, not words, are needed.
=Easier said than done.
=Saying is one thing and doing is another.
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in astion.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Do in Rome as the Romans do.
=When you are in Rome do as Rome does.
Dog does(will) not eat dog.
Don’t back him into a corner.
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
=Catch your bear before you sell its skin.
=First catch your hare (then cook him).
=See the skin before one has killed the bear.
Don’t cross the bridge until you come to it.
Don’t cry before you are hurt.
=You are a worrywart.
Don’t halloo(whistle) till you are out of the wood.
Don’t have too many irons in the fire.
=Don’t spread youself thin.
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
Don’t put new wine into old bottle.
Do to others as you would be done by.
Eagles don’t’ catch flies.
Early birds catch the worms.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Easier said than done.
=Deeds, not words, are needed.
=Saying is one thing and doing is another.
East or west, home is best.
=There’s no pleace(nothing) like home.
Easy come, easy go.
=Soon got soon gone.
=Lightly come, lightly go.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Empty vessels make the most sound.
=Empy wessels make the greatest noise.
=The worst wheel of the cart creaks most.
(Even) a worm will turn.
=Tread on a worm and it will turn.
Even homer sometimes nods.
Every bean has its black.
Every bird likes its own nest the best.
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
Everybody for himself and god for us all.
Everybullet has its billet.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Every cock crows in its own dunghill.
Every dog has his day.
Every Jack has his Gill.
Every man has a fool in his sleeve.
Every minute seems like a thousand.
Every rose has its thorn.
Everything comes to those who wait.
Every couple is not a pair.
Every dog has his day.
Every herring should hang by its own head.
Every jack has his jill.
Every man for his own tread.
Every man has a fool in his sleeve.
Every man has his humor.
Every man has his price.
Every man to his choice(taste)..
Every miller draws water to his own mill.
Every rose has its thorn.
Everything comes to those who wait.
Every tide has its ebb.
Every tub must(Let every tub) stand on its own bottom.
Experience is the best teacher.
Experience makes evern fools wise.
Extremes meet.
Face the music.
Fact(truth) is stranger than fiction.
Facts are stubborn things.
Fair(fine,soft) words butter no parsnip(cabbage).
Faint heart never won fair lady.
=The breave get the beauty.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fast bind, fast find.
Finding is keeping.
=Finders are keepers.
=Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Fine feathers make the birds.
=Fine clothes make the man.
Fine feathers don’t always make fine birds.
Fingers were made before forks.
First catch you hare then cook him.
First come, first served.
Fools are wise after the event.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Forgive and forget.
From rags to riches.
Gather the rosebuds while you may.
=Make hay while the sun shine.
=Strike while the iron is hot.
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
Give a man luck and throw him into the sea.
Go for wool and come home shorn.
Go home and kick the dog.
Go in one ear and out the other.
God(Heavens) helps those who help themselves.
God is for the big battalions.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
↔ It never rains but it pours.
Good luck does not always repeat itself.
=A fox is not taken twice in the same snare.
Good medicine tastes bitter.
Good news goes on crutches.
Good will is an invisible asset.
Good wine needs no (ivy) bush.
Grasp all, lose all.
Great barkers are no biters.
Greed has no limits.
Habit is (a) second nature.
=Old habits die hard.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Handsome is that (as) handsome does.
Hard cases make good law.
Harm set, harm get.
(=Harm watch, ham catch)Hard words break no bones.
Hard words break no bones.
Haste is(makes) waste.
He laughs best who laughs last.
He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.
(=He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon)
He that fights and runs may live to fight another day.
(but he that is in battle slain can never rise to fight again).
He who begins many things, finishes but few.
He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.
He who hesitates is lost.
He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.
He who runs after two hares will catch neither.
(=He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other)
Heaven’s vengeance is slow but sure.
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
History repeats itself.
Honesty is the best policy.
Hunger is best sauce.
=Hunger knows no delicacy.
Iching on the cake.
If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty.
If the counsel be good, it matters not who gave it.
If the sky fall(s) we shall catch larks.
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
If you want peace, prepare for war.
=In peace prepare for war.
=A stitch in time saves nine.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance of the law excauses no one (is no excuses).
Ill-gotten weath seldom descends(thrives not) to the thrid generation.
=Ill got, ill spent.
Ill news travels (flies,runs) fast(apace).
=Bad nes travels quickly.
=Ill news flies.
=Ill news runs apace.
Ill weeds grow apace.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
In the country of the blind the one-eyed is King.
In the kingdom of the blind, the ne-eyed is king.
=When the cat’s away, the mice will play.
It is a good horse that never stumbles.
It is a long lane that has no turning.
It is an ill bird that his own nest.
It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
It is an old rat that won`t eat cheese.
It`s dogged (that,as) does it.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
=One cannit put the clock back.
It is rash to sell the bird on the bough.
It is the man behind the gun that tells.
It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen.
It is within a stone’s throw.
It never rains but it pours.
=Misfortunes never come single
=One mischief ccomes on the neck of anther.
It is a long lane that has no turning.
It’s a piece of cake.
It never rains but it pours.
=Misfortunes never come singly.
=One misfortune rides upon another’s back.
It takes two to tango.
It take two to make a quarrel.
Jack of all trades is master of none.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Judge not, that you be not judged.
Jump(Leap) out of the frying pan into the fire.
Keep your shop, and your shop will keep you.
Kings have long arms(hands).
Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Knowledge is power.
↔ Ignorance is bliss.
Last come, last served.
Laugh and grow (be) fat.
Laugh and the world ill laugh with you.
Leap(Jump) out of the frying pan into the fire.
Learn to walk before you run.
Let beggars match with beggars.
Let bygone be bygones.
Let no grass under your feet.
Let not the grass grow on the path of friendship.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Liars should havw good memories.
Like cures like.
=One nail drives out anither
=Set a thief to catch a thief)
Like father,like son.
=Like mother like daughter.
Like draws to like.
=Like attracter like.
Like for like.
Like knows like.
Like master, like man
Listers hear no good(never hear good)of themselves.
Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.
Little(Small) pitchers have long(wide) ears.
Live and learn.
Lookers-on see most of the game.
=the outsider sees the best of the game.
Love is blind.
=Love and reason don`t go together.
Love me, love my dog.
Make hay while the sun shine.
=Strike while the iron is hot.
=Gather the rosebuds while you may.
Making a mountain out of a molhill.
Man is known by the company he keeps.
Man proposes, God disposes.
Many cry and little wool.
=All cry and no wool.
=More cry than wool.
=Much cry and little wool.
Many a little(pickle) makes a mickle.
Many hands make light work.
Many(little) strokes fell great oaks.
Marry in haste, repent in leisure.
Match made in heaven.
=They are meant each other.
Might is right.
Misfortunes never come singly.
=It never rains but it pours.
=One misfortune rides upon another’s back.
Misery loves company.
Money beats money.
Money is the sinews of war.
Money makes the more to go.
=Money talks.
Money talks.
=Money makes the more to go.
Moue folk know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows.
Muffled cats catch no mice.
Murder will out (cannot be hid).
Naked came we into the world and naked shall we depart from it.
Name not a rope in his house that hanged himself.
Near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.
Near is my shirt but nearer is my skin.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity knows(has) no law.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Never judge by appearances.
=All is not gold that glitters.
=All that glitters is not gold.
=Appearances are deceptive.
=Beauty is but skin deep.
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
Never say die.
Never swap horses while crossing the stream.
Never too late to learn
=No man is too old to learn.
New brooms sweep clean.
New lord, new laws.
No cross, no crown.
=No gains without pains.
=No pains, no gains.
No joy without alloy.
No man is a hero to his valet.
No mill, no mearl.
=Nothing comes from nothing.
No news is good news.
No pains, no gains.
=No cross, no crown.
=No gains without pains.
No rose without a thorn.
No song ,no supper.
None so deaf as thosr who won’t hear.
Nothing comes wrong(amiss) to a hungry man.
Nothing sought, nothing found.
=Nothing venture, nothing gain.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Old dogs(An old dog) will not learn new tricks.
Once a beggar, aiways a beggar.
Once bit(bitten), twice shy.
One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.
=One man sows and another man reaps.
One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.
One cannot fare well but one must cry out roast meat.
One cannot put back the clock.
=Let bygones be bygones.
One cann’t see the wood for the trees.
One cannot touch pitch without being defiled.
One end is sure to be born.
One good turn deserves another.
One lie makes many.
One man’s meat is another man’s poison
One misfortune rides upon another’s back.
=It never rains but it pours.
=Misfortunes never come singly.
One amy as well be hanged for a sheep as(for) a lamb
One must drink as one brews.
One picture is worth a thousand words.
One rotten apple spoils the barrel.
One shall(must) have one’s mare again.
One swallow does not make a summew.
Opportunity makes the thief
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
Other times, other manners.
Out of debt, out of danger.
Out of sight, out of mind.
=Long absent, soon forgetten.
Patience ia a vitue.
It’s pie in the sky.
People will talk.
Pitchers have ears.
=Walls have ears.
Pour water over a duck’s back.
Poverty is no sin.
Practice(Example) is better than precept.
Practice makes perfect.
Prevention is better than cure.
Pride goes before a fall.
=Pride will have a fall.
Promises are, like piecrust, made to be broken.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.
Rats desert a sinking ship.
Repentance comes too late.
=It is no use crying over spilt milk.
Revolutions are not made with rosewater.
Riches have wings.
Rome was not built in a day.
Rose have thorns.
=Every rose has its thorn.
=No rose without a thorn.
Saying is one thing and doing is another.
=Easier said than done.
=Deeds, not words, are needed.
Scratch my back and I will scratch yours.
Searching for a needle in a haystack.
Security is the greatest enemy.
Seeing is believing.
Set a beggar on horseback, and he’ll ride to the devil.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Several men, several minds.
=So many men, somany minds.
Short accounts make long friends.
Show me a liar and I will show you a thief.
Shut(Lock) the stable door after(when) the horse(steed) is stolen.
Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen.
Slow and (but) steady(sure) wins the race.
Small(Little) pitchers have long(wide) ears.
So many men, so many minds.
↔ No two people think alike.
Soon got soon gone.
=Lightly come, lightly go.
=Easy come, easy go.
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Speak of the devil and he will be sure to appear.
=To mention the wolf’s name is to see the same.
=Talk of the devil and he will be sure to appear.
Speak well of the dead.
Speech is silver, silence is golden.
Starts off with a bang and ends with a whimper.
Still waters run deep.
Stone dead hath no fellow.
Strike while the iron is hot.
=Make hay while the sun shine.
=Gather the rosebuds while you may.
Sweet meat will have sour sauce.
Take care of(Look after) the pence, and the pounds will take care of(look after) themselves.
Talk of the devil, and he will(is sure to)appear.
=Talk of angesl and you will hear the flutter of their wings.
=Speak of the devil and he will be sure to appear.
=To mention the wolf’s name is to see the same.
Talk to the wall.
=Get one ear and out the other.
Tastes differ.
Tempest in a teapot.
=Storm in a teacup.
The apples in the neighbor’s garden are sweetest.
=The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
The bait hides the hook.
The battle is not always to the strong.
The beaten road is the safest.
The beetle is a beauty in the eyes of its mother.
The belly has no ears.
The best fish smell when they are three days old.
The best fish swim(are) near the bottom.
The best is the enemy of the good.
The biter is sometimes bit.
The breave get the beauty.
=Faint heart never won fair lady.
The child is father of the man.
The cobbler’s wife goes the worst shod
The cowl thinks its own bird fairest(white).
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
The darkest place is under the candlestick.
The devil is not so black as he if painted.
The die is cast(thrown).
The early bird catches the worm.
The end justfies the means.
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
The fewer, the better cheer.
The first blow is half the battle.
The fish always stinks from the head downwards.
The fish that got away.
The furthest way about is the nearest way home.
The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
=The apples in the neighbor’s garden are sweetest.
The last drop makes the cup run over.
The more the better.
The more older I grow, the more I learn.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pot calls the kettle black.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The sparrow near a school sings a primer.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
The strong prey upon the weak.
The tailor makes the man.
=Fine feathers make the birds.
=Fine clothes make the man.
The tree is known by its fruit.
The voice of the people is the voice of God.
The wages of sin is death.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The worst wheel of the cart creaks most.
=Empty vessels make the most sound.
=Empy wessels make the greatest noise.
There is a time for everything.
There is luck in leisure.
There’s no accounting for taste(s).
=Tastes differ.
There is no fire without smoke.
There is no royal road to learning.
There is no rule without some exceptions.
(There is) nothing like leather.
There is no smoke without fire.
There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There’s no place like home.
Those who live(One living) in grass houses should not throw stones.
Thunder turns the milk.
Time and tide wait(s) for no man.
Time flies like an arrow.
Time heals all wounds(sorrows).
=Time cures all things.
=Time is a grest healer.
Time is money.
To error is human, to forgive devine.
To live long is to outlive much.
To see is to believe.
Tomorrow never comes.
Too clever by half.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Too much water drowned the miller.
Tread on a worm and it will turn.
=(Even) a worm will turn.
Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
Two heads are better than one.
Two of a trade never(seldom) agree.
Union is strength.
United we stand, devided we fall.
Variety is the spice of life.
Virtue is its own reward.
Wake not a sleeping lion.
=Let sleeping dogs lie.
Walls have ears.
=Pitchers have ears.
Want is the mother of industry.
Waste not, want not.
We have piped to you and you have not danced.
Well begun is half done.
Well fed, well bred.
What’s done cannot be undone.
=It is no use crying over spilt milk.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
What one loses on the swings one makes up(gains) on the roundabouts.
What the heart thinks, the mouth speaks.
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
When the word is out it belongs to another.
When the cat’s away, the mice will play.
=In the kingdom of the blind, the ne-eyed is king.
When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner.
When the horse is stolen, lock the stable door.
When wine is in, wit is out.
Where there’s will, there’s a way.
While there is life, there is hope.
Who holds the purse rules the house.
Whom the gods love die young.
Wilful waste makes woeful want.
Years bring wisdom.
Years know better than books.
You are a worrywart.
=Don’t cry before you are hurt.
You can never scare a dog away from a greasy hide.
You can not get blood from a stone.
You(One) cannot make omelets(anomelet) without breaking eggs.
You cannot have your cake and eat it.
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
You may go farther and fare worse.
You may lead a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.
Young saints, old devils(sinners).
Youth’s stuff will not endure.
You win some, you lose some.
