英語諺語是經(jīng)過世代相傳，千錘百煉，凝結(jié)了英語國家人民集體智慧，構(gòu)成英語語言的精華。英語諺語內(nèi)容，言簡意賅，生動雋永，通俗流暢，形象地反映了英語國家不同歷史時期人們的智慧結(jié)晶。

　　1.it is good to learn at another man’s cost.

　　前車可鑒。

　　2.experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

　　經(jīng)驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。

　　3.dexterity comes by experience.

　　熟練來自經(jīng)驗。

　　4.practice makes perfect.

　　熟能生巧。

　　5.wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

　　胸中有知識，勝于手中有錢。

　　6.knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.

　　知識只能循序漸進，不能躍進。

　　7.learn wisdom by the follies of others.

　　從旁人的愚行中學(xué)到聰明。

　　8.to him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.

　　事事及時做，一日勝三日。

　　9.to save time is to lengthen life.

　　節(jié)省時間就是延長生命。

　　10.when an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.

　　機不可失，時不再來;機會一過，永不再來。

　　11.make hay while the sun shines.

　　曬草要趁太陽好。

　　12.work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.

　　今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻礙多。

　　13.punctuality is the soul of business.

　　守時為立業(yè)之要素。

　　14.procrastination is the thief of time.

　　因循拖延是時間的大敵;拖延就是浪費時間。

　　15.every tide hath its ebb.

　　潮漲必有潮落時。

　　16.wisdom is more to be envied than riches.

　　知識可羨，勝于財富。

　　17.wisdom is better than gold or silver.

　　知識勝過金銀，