英语谚语的语言特点（打印版）

谚语是人们在长期使用语言的实践中提炼出来的语言精华。往往用简单通俗的话反映出深刻的道理。学习英语谚语不仅可以学到真实地道的英语表现形式，提高言语技能，更能够学到其中丰富的文化内涵、增强使用英语的实际能力。现将英语谚语的一些语言特点归纳如下，供大家在学习中参考。

一、使用倒装句。把要强调的部分提前,而把主语部分后置。

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

(=He who expects nothing is blessed, for he shall never be disappointed.)寡欲者欢。

In the deepest water is the best fishing.

(=The best fishing is in the deepest water.)水深好钓鱼。

To err is human.

(=Human is to err.)人必有过。

Sweet are the uses of adversity.

(=The uses of adversity are sweet.)祸兮福之所倚。

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

(=The head that wears a crown lies uneasy.)为王者难安。

二、修饰主语的定语从句后置,强调前面部分。

All are not thieves that dogs bark at.

(=All that dogs bark at are not thieves.)狗所吠的不一定都是小偷。

He gives twice who gives quickly.

(=He who gives quickly gives twice.)帮人帮及时,等于帮双份。

He laughs best who laughs last.

(=He who laughs last laughs best.)笑到最后,笑得最好。

They brag most who can do least.

(=They who can do least brag most.)做得最少的人，最会吹牛。

三、省略主语和谓语动词,或省略其中之一。

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

(=An egg today is better than a hen tomorrow.)今天一个蛋,胜过明天一只鸡。(把握现在,不要空想未来。)Easier said than done.

(=This is easier when it is said than when it is done.)说起来容易做起来难。

The worse luck now, the better another time.

(=If you have the worse luck now, you will have better luck another time.)这次倒了霉,下次必走运。

Everything is good when new, but friends when old.

(=Everything is good when it is new, but friends are good when they are old.)物莫如新,友莫如旧。

四、省略定语从句的先行词。

Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.

(=He who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.)与狼为伍者会学嗥;近墨者黑。

Who chatter to you will chatter of you.

(=The person who chatters to you will chatter of you.)对你论人是非者,必将对人论你是非。

Who shows mercy to an enemy denies it to himself.

(=He who shows mercy to an enemy denies it to himself.)对敌人仁慈,就是对自己残忍。

五、直接用not否定实义动词。

Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.

(=Don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.)不要杀鸡取卵。

Judge not from appearance.

(=Don’t judge from appearance.)不要以貌取人。

Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your fence.

(=Love your neighbour, yet don’t pull down your fence.)邻居无论多好,围篱不可推倒