諺語是一種熟語，是在群眾中廣泛流傳的固定語句，用簡單通俗的話語反映深刻的道理。英語諺語也將成為英語學習的重要內容，在英語學習中發揮重要的作用。本文將主要探討英語諺語在英語教育中的作用。
1.There is no rose without a thorn.
沒有不帶刺的玫瑰。世上沒有十全的幸福。
2.An old dog will learn no new tricks.
老狗學不出新把戲。老頑固不能學新事物。
3.A good dog deserves a good bone.
好狗應該得好骨頭。 有功者受獎。
4.the children from well-fed family.
膏粱子弟
5.pour water off a steep roof(operate from a strategically advantageous position)
高屋建筑
6.Bad workmen often blame their tools.
拙匠常怪工具差。(不會撐船怪河彎)。
7.He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.
己不正不正人(笑別人駝背的人得自己首先把身子挺直)
you should not cast the first stone.欲責他人，先思己過
8.It's a long lane that has no turning.
路必有彎。(事必有變)。(瓦片也有翻身日)。
9.Onw swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
10.No smoke without fire.
無火不起煙。(無風不起浪)。
11.Ill news comes apace.
好事不出門，壞事傳千里。
12.He sho keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
13.Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
山中無老虎，猴子稱大王。
14.Great minds think alike.
英雄所見略同。
15.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁熱打鐵。
16.Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
17.Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
18.The days of our years are three-score years and ten.
人生七十古來稀。
19.the apple of the eye.
掌上明珠。
20.hide one's light under a bushel.
不露鋒芒。
21.new wine in old bottles.
舊瓶裝新酒。
22.a dead dog.
廢物或無價值之物。
23.eye for eye, tooth for tooth.
以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
24.between the devil and the deep sea.
進退兩難 進退維谷。
25.escape by the skin of one's teeeth.
死里逃生。 幸免于死。
26.hole and corner.
偷偷摸摸。 鬼鬼祟祟。
27.a broken reed.
壓傷的葦杖。 不能依靠的東西或人。
28.entertain an angel unawares.
有眼不識泰山。
29.much cry and little wool.
雷聲大，雨點小。
30.a lion in the way.
攔路虎。
31.everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost.
人不為己，天誅地滅。
32.kick against the pricks.
以卵擊石。 螳臂當車。
33.a fly in the ointment.
一只老鼠壞了一鍋湯。
34.no respecter of persons.
一視同仁。
35.wash one's hands of a thing.
洗手不干。 與某事無關。
36.cast pearls before swine.
對牛彈琴。 明珠暗投。
37.the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
心有余而力不足。
38.separate the sheep from the goats.
分辨良莠。
39.in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
聰明保險的辦法是向大量謀士求計。
40.all the rivers run into the sea;yet the sea is not full.
百川歸海而海不盈。
41.for we brought nothing into whis world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
因為我們沒帶什么到世界上來，也不能帶什么去。
42.bay the moon.
干徒勞無益的事。
43.what's done is done.
事情干了就算了。
44.murder will out.(truth will come to light.)
紙包不住火。真相終將大白。
45.strange bedfellows.
同床異夢。
46.be hoist with one's own petard .
作法自斃。作繭自縛。
47.to paint the lily.
畫蛇添足。實在是浪費而可笑的事。
48.much ado about nothing.
無事生非。
49.love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。 情人眼里出西施。
50.a dog in the manger.
占著茅坑不拉屎。在其位不謀其政。
