積累諺語是提升託福口語水平的有效手段之一，諺語本身就是一個成熟精煉的句子，不太可能存在用錯的問題，而且，他濃縮了生活的智慧，能夠更深刻或者更幽默的揭示主題，所以，諺語一直是托福考生青睞的口語素材之一。下面就和小編一起來看看那些經典的'諺語吧。
1.A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.海內存知己，天涯若比鄰。
2.A common danger causes common action.同舟共濟。
3.A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.知足常樂。
4.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長一智。
5.A guest should suit the convenience of the host.客隨主便。
6.A letter from home is a priceless treasure.家書抵萬金。
rivers run into the sea.殊途同歸。
time is no time when it is past.機不可失，時不再來。
apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一個蘋果，身體健康不求醫。
heroes think, so thought Bruce.英雄所見略同。
11.A young idler, an old beggar.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
nd the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。
luck often brings good luck.塞翁失馬，安知非福。
d is the stall of life.麪包是生命的支柱。(民以食爲天。)
ness is business.公事公辦。
sy birds have to start flying early.笨鳥先飛。
tesy costs nothing.禮多人不怪。
om makes all things easy.習慣成自然。
re has no rest.人的慾望無止境。
icult the first time, easy the second.一回生，二回熟。
not change horses in mid-stream.別在河流中間換馬。
not have too many irons in the fire.貪多嚼不爛。
not pull all your eggs in one basket.別把所有的蛋都放在一個籃子裏。(不要孤注一擲。)
not teach fish to swim.不要班門弄斧。
or west, home is the best.東奔西跑，還是家裏好。
rience is the best teacher.實踐出真知。
is stranger than fiction.事實比虛構更離奇。(大千世界，無奇不有。)
h can move mountains.信念能移山。(精誠所至，金石爲開。)
t impressions are half the battle.先入爲主。
as good as one gets.一報還一報。(以德報德，以怨還怨。)
everyone his due.一視同仁。
wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深。
e makes waste.欲速則不達。(忙中常出錯。)
that promises too much means nothing.輕諾者寡信。
who has an art has everywhere a part.一招鮮，吃遍天。
would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.千里之行始於足下。
is where the heart is.心在哪裏，哪裏就是家。
you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking.不在屋裏，不知漏雨。(親身經歷纔有體會。)
peace prepare for war.平時準備戰時。(居安思危。)
is never too late to mend.亡羊補牢，猶未爲晚。
six of one and half a dozen of the other.彼此彼此。
has long arms.天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
something for a rainy day.未雨綢繆。
is a span.人生如朝露。
proposes, God disposes.謀事在人，成事在天。
plot with plot.將計就計。
y meet, merry part.好聚好散。
acts upon mind.心有靈犀一點通。
r hit a man when he is down.不要落井下石。
r judge by appearances.切莫以貌取人。
fire without smoke.無風不起浪。
ure passes nature.教養勝過天性。
is never too old to learn.活到老，學到老。
swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。(一花獨放不是春。)
who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.曾經滄海難爲水。
of sight, out of mind.眼不見，心不煩。
tice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
rty is stranger to industry.勤勞之人不受窮。
was not built in a day.羅馬不是一日建成的。(偉業非一日之功。)
e comes with age.老馬識途。
many men, so many minds.人心各不同。
thing is learned every time a book is opened.開卷有益。
ke while the iron is hot.趁熱打鐵。
car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.車到山前必有路。
heart is seen in wine.酒後吐真言。
older the wiser.人老智多。(薑還是老的辣。)
worse luck now, the better another time.風水輪流轉。
ghts are free from toll.思想不用交稅。(人人都可以自由思考。)
tries all things.時間檢驗一切。
legs and have legs.經常用腿，健步如飛。
ue never grows old.美德常青。
s have ears.隔牆有耳。
is done cannot be undone.覆水難收。
in, truth out.酒後吐真言。
are only young once.青春只有一次。
cannot burn the candle at both ends.蠟燭不可兩頭燃。(魚和熊掌不可兼得。)
cannot have your cake and eat it.有得就有失。(事難兩全其美。)
never know till you have tried.事非經過不知難。
h will be served.青春好作樂。
without knowledge is a runaway horse.無知的狂熱是脫繮的野馬。
iness takes no account of time.歡樂不覺時光過。
ue is her own reward.爲善最樂。
l gains bring great wealth.小益聚大財，薄利成鉅富。
icion is the poison of true friendship.猜疑傷害莫逆之交。
d is the soldier's asset.兵貴神速。
t discourse makes short days and nights.言語投機恨時短。
words butter no parsnips.畫餅充飢。
a thief to catch a thief.以毒攻毒。
fed, wed bred.衣食足，知榮辱。
h at your ills, and save doctors' bills.生病不憂慮，節省醫藥費。
h is the key of poverty.惰能致貧。
g the blind the one eyed man is the king.山中無老虎，猴子稱大王。
err is human.犯錯是人之常情。/ 人誰無過。
can't judge a book by its cover.不能以外表來判斷本質。/ 不要以貌取人。
no fish till you get them.勿操之過急
96.愛屋及烏 Love me, love my dog.
97.百聞不如一見 (眼見爲實)Seeing is believing.
98.比上不足比下有餘 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.
99.笨鳥先飛 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
100.不眠之夜 white night
101.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
102.不遺餘力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
103.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.
104.拆東牆補西牆 rob Peter to pay Paul
105.辭舊迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
106.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
107.大開眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
108.國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
109.過猶不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
110.功夫不負有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.
111.好了傷疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more
112.好事不出門惡事傳千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
113.和氣生財 Harmony brings wealth.
114.活到老學到老 One is never too old to learn.
115.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones
116.金無足赤人無完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
117.金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home.
118.腳踏實地 be down-to-earth
119.腳踩兩隻船 sit on the fence
120.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
121.老生常談陳詞濫調 cut and dried, cliché
122.禮尚往來 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
123.留得青山在不怕沒柴燒 Where there is life, there is hope.
124.馬到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success
125.名利雙收 gain in both fame and wealth
126.茅塞頓開 be suddenly enlightened
127.沒有規矩不成方圓 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
128.每逢佳節倍思親 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
129.謀事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with proposes, God disposes.
130.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself
131.拿手好戲 masterpiece
132.賠了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad
133.拋磚引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
134.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
135.搶得先機 take the preemptive opportunities
136.巧婦難爲無米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a can't make bricks without straw.
137.千里之行始於足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
138.前事不忘後事之師 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
139.前人栽樹後人乘涼 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation sows and another reaps.
140.前怕狼後怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something
141.強龍難壓地頭蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
142.強強聯手 win-win co-operation
143.瑞雪兆豐年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.
144.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.
145.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man
