분류:속담(영어)

A

• a bad workman always blames his tools
• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• a camel is a horse designed by a committee
• a cat can look at a king
• a cat may look at a king
• a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
• a closed mouth gathers no feet
• a dumb priest never got a parish
• a fool and his money are soon parted
• a friend in need is a friend indeed
• a golden key can open any door
• a good beginning makes a good ending
• a good man is hard to find
• a house is not a home
• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
• a leopard cannot change its spots
• a lie has no legs
• a man is known by the company he keeps
• a man's home is his castle
• a miss is as good as a mile
• a new broom sweeps clean
• a nod is as good as a wink
• a penny saved is a penny earned
• a picture is worth a thousand words
• a picture paints a thousand words
• a rising tide lifts all boats
• a rolling stone gathers no moss
• a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
• a stitch in time saves nine
• a stopped clock is right twice a day
• a watched kettle never boils
• a watched pot never boils
• absence makes the heart grow fonder
• actions speak louder than words
• all cats are gray at night
• all cats are gray in the dark
• all cats are grey at night
• all cats are grey in the dark
• all good things come to an end
• all that glitters is not gold
• all things come to those who wait
• all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
• all's fair in love and war
• all's well that ends well
• almost doesn't count
• an apple a day keeps the doctor away
• an Englishman's home is his castle
• any press is good press
• apple does not fall far from the stem
• apple does not fall far from the tree
• apple does not fall far from the trunk
• apple never falls far from the tree
• April showers bring May flowers
• as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly

B

• bad money drives out good
• barking dogs never bite
• barking dogs seldom bite
• beauty is in the eye of the beholder
• beauty is only skin deep
• beggars can't be choosers
• better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
• better safe than sorry
• better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
• better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
• bird in the hand
• birds of a feather flock together
• birds of the feather flock together

B (계속)

• blood is thicker than water
• boys will be boys
• bros before hoes
• bros before hos
• business before pleasure

C

• carpe diem cras
• caveat lector
• che sara sara
• che sera sera
• cheaters never prosper
• children should be seen and not heard
• clogs to clogs in three generations
• clothes don't make the man
• cold hands, warm heart
• correlation does not imply causation
• curiosity killed the cat

D

• dead men tell no tales
• desperate times call for desperate measures
• desperate times require desperate measures
• devil is in the details
• diamonds are a girl's best friend
• discretion is the better part of valour
• divide and conquer
• does Macy's tell Gimbel's
• don't be penny wise and pound foolish
• don't count your chickens before they're hatched
• don't cry over spilled milk
• don't cry over spilt milk
• don't dip your pen in company ink
• don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
• don't drop the soap
• don't look a gift horse in the mouth
• don't put all your eggs in one basket
• don't shit where you eat
• don't shoot the messenger
• don't take any wooden nickels
• don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs
• drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators

E

• e pluribus unum
• each to his own
• early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
• easy come, easy go
• empty vessels make the most sound
• enough is as good as a feast
• enough is enough
• even Homer nods
• even Jove nods
• every cloud has a silver lining
• every day is a school day
• every Jack has his Jill
• every king needs a queen
• every little helps
• every man has a price
• every rule has an exception
• every silver lining has a cloud
• everything happens for a reason
• experience is the best teacher
• eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

F

• faith will move mountains
• familiarity breeds contempt
• feed a cold, starve a fever
• finders keepers
• fine feathers make fine birds
• fine words butter no parsnips
• first come, first served
• first things first
• fools rush in where angels fear to tread

F (계속)

• forbidden fruit is the sweetest
• forewarned is forearmed
• forewarned, forearmed
• fortune favors the bold
• fortune favors the brave
• fortune favours the bold
• fortune favours the brave

G

• garbage in, garbage out
• give a man a fish
• give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
• give him enough rope and he'll hang himself
• God helps those who help themselves
• God works in mysterious ways
• good fences make good neighbors
• good things come to those who wait
• good wine needs no bush
• grasp all, lose all
• great minds think alike
• great oaks from little acorns grow

H

• haste makes waste
• he who laughs last laughs best
• he who laughs last laughs hardest
• he who smelt it dealt it
• heaven helps those who help themselves
• hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
• hic Rhodus, hic salta
• history repeats itself
• home is where the heart is
• home is where you hang your hat
• honesty is the best policy
• hunger is a good sauce
• hunger is the best sauce
• hunger is the best spice

I

• idle hands are the devil's playthings
• idle hands are the Devil's playthings
• idle hands are the devil's tools
• idle hands are the Devil's tools
• idle hands are the devil's workshop
• idle hands are the Devil's workshop
• if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
• if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle
• if pigs had wings they would fly
• if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
• if you can't beat them, join them
• if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen
• if you lie with dogs you will get fleas
• if you love somebody, set them free
• if you want a thing done well, do it yourself
• ignorance is bliss
• in for a dime, in for a dollar
• in for a penny, in for a pound
• in for an inch, in for a mile
• in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
• in unity there is strength
• it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings
• it ain't the whistle that pulls the train
• it is a wise child that knows his own father
• it is all fun and games until somebody loses an eye
• it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
• it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
• it is not the whistle that pulls the train
• it isn't the whistle that pulls the train
• it never rains but it pours
• it pays to advertise
• it takes all kinds to make a world
• it takes two to tango