常用于写作开头和结尾的30句英语谚语

 1. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

2. A burden of one's choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重。

3. A burnt child dreads¹ the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

4. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。

5. A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王。

6. A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。

7. Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。

8. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。

9. A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息。

10. A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。

11. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

12. A beggar's purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

13. A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。

14. A bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。

15. A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无。

16. A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。

17. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情。

18. A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。

19. A book that remains² shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。

20. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身。

21. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。

22. A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。

23. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit³. 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

24. A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart. 做贼心虚。

25. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。

26. A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。

28. A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。

29. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。

30. A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。

1 dreads   

n.恐惧，畏惧( dread的名词复数 )；令人恐惧的事物v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The little boy dreads going to bed in the dark. 这孩子不敢在黑暗中睡觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A burnt child dreads the fire. [谚]烧伤过的孩子怕火（惊弓之鸟，格外胆小）。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。