卓越教育Outstanding Education
小升初必备英语谚语
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 两鸟在林不如一鸟在手。 A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命；吉人自有天相。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解最危险。 A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin. 远亲不如近邻。 A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。 All roads lead to Rome. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. An eye for an eye，and a tooth for a tooth. As you sow，so shall you reap. Barking dogs seldom bite. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Better late than never. Birds of a feather flock together. Blood is thicker than water. Do in Rome as the Romans do. Easier said than done. East or west，home is best. Easy come，easy go. Every dog has his day. First come，first served. Great minds think alike. Haste makes waste. Health is better than wealth. History repeats itself. It is better to give than to take. It is never too late to learn. Kill two birds with one stone. Knowledge is power. Let bygones be bygones. Life is short and time is swift. Like father，like son. Look before you leap. Love me，love my family. Mind your own business. Money talks. No cross，no crown. No gain without pain. No man can serve two masters. No news is good news. Practice makes perfect.
条条大路通罗马；行行出壮元。 只工作而不玩乐，会使人变得迟钝。 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 会叫的狗不会咬人。 情人眼里出西施。 晚做总比不做好；亡羊捕牢，未为晚也。 物以类聚。 血浓于水。 入乡随俗。 说比做容易。 金窝银窝，不如自己的狗窝。 来得容易去得快。 任何人都有风光的时候。 先到先得。 英雄所见略同。 欲速则不达。 健康胜于财富。 历史会重演。 施比受更有福。 学不嫌晚；活到老，学到老。 一石二鸟。 知识就是力量。 过去的就让它过去。 人生苦短，光阴易逝。 有其父必有其子。 三思而后行。 爱屋及乌。 少管闲事。 有钱能使鬼推磨。 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人。 天下无不劳而获的事。 一仆难侍二主。 没有消息就是好消息。 熟能生巧。
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卓越教育Outstanding Education
Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一天造成的。 Saying is one thing and doing is another. 说是一回事，做又是另一回事。 Second thoughts are best. 三思而后行。 Seeing is believing. 眼见为实；百闻不如一见。 Silence is golden. 沉默是金。 The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟有虫吃。 Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不饶人。 Time flies. 光阴似箭。 Time is money. 时间就是金钱。 Time is the great healer. 时间是最好的治疗者。 Tomorrow never comes. 我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。 Two heads are better than one. 一个好汉三个帮。 Unity is strength. 团结就是力量。 Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。 Well begun is half done. 好的开始，是成功的一半。 We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水可贵。 When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗。 Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 Where there is smoke, there is fire. 事出有因。 Work makes the workman. 勤工出巧匠。 You cannot eat your cake and have it. 鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。 You never know what you can till you try. 是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。
英语俚语
a cat nap 打个盹儿 an ouch potato懒鬼 a cake walk 易事 a piece of cake小菜一碟，易事一件 all ear洗耳恭听 all thumbs 笨手笨脚 bigger fish to fry 有更重要的事要办 every cloud has a silver lining祸兮福所倚，塞翁失马 let sleeping dogs lie 别无事生非，过去的事不要再提 let the cat out of the bag 泄密，说漏嘴 light at the end of the tunnel 一线希望 like hot cakes 很受欢迎的东西，抢手货 like looking for a needle in a haystack 大海捞针 like pulling hen's teeth 艰苦不堪 like shooting fish in a barrel 瓮中捉鳖 like stealing candy from a baby 易事 once in a blue moon 稀罕，少见 pot calling the kettle black 五十步笑百步 put all of one's eggs in one basket 孤注一掷 put one's foot in one's mouth 说错话了 put the cart before the horse 本末倒置 rain cats and dogs 倾盆大雨 six one way, half a dozen the other半斤八两 take a rain check另一次机会 the walls have ears 隔墙有耳 too many cooks in the kitchen 筑室道谋，三个和尚没水喝 two left feet 笨手笨脚 under the weather 受了风寒 until the cows come home 空等，白等 until you are blue in the face 也是白干 walk in someone's shoes 设身处地，经历相同
when hell freezes over 绝不可能的事 when pigs fly 绝不可能 not lift a finger 袖手旁观
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