众所周知，谚语乃是一种语言的精华，寓意深刻，表达隽永。在考研写作中如能适当地引用一些谚语，可以为文章增辉添彩。一些同学在平时的学习中积累了一些谚语，但在写作时不知道该如何将它们恰当地引用到文章中去，本文拟根据近年来《纽约时报》引用谚语的情况，总结出英语中常见的引用谚语的地道表达法，供同学们写作时模仿使用。
谚语在英语中叫proverb，引用时经常会在其前面酌情加上old, Chinese, English, Russian之类的形容词;动词一般用go, say, state, has it, put it等，在这些动词后面用逗号或冒号皆可。谚语可加双引号(这时谚语的第一个字母要大写)，也可不加双引号(这时第一个字母一般不大写)。引用谚语的表达方式常见的有如下十种：
1) A proverb goes / says, ---
2) As a / the proverb goes / says, ---
A Yiddish proverb goes, “Better to lose with a wise man than win with a fool.”
有一句依地语谚语说得好，“宁输智者，不赢傻子。”(August 14, 2000)
A proverb says, “Medicine cures the man who is fated not to die.
有一句谚语说，“命不该死有药救。”(July 16, 2009)
As a Chinese proverb goes, “Don’t climb a tree to look for fish.”
正如中国的一句谚语所说，“不要缘木求鱼。”(April 24, 2000)
As the old Chinese proverb says, “If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get her cubs.”
正如中国的一句谚语所说，“不入虎穴，焉得虎子。”(November 15, 1993)
3) As a / the proverb has it / puts it,
4) A proverb has it that ---
As a Spanish proverb has it, “Flies don’t enter a closed mouth.”
正如一句西班牙谚语所说，“祸从口入。”(July 26, 1992)
As a Navajo proverb puts it, “What comes around goes around.”
正如纳瓦霍族的一句谚语所说，“一报还一报。”(May 28, 1987)
As a local proverb here in Chad puts it: A woman who is pregnant has one foot in the grave.
正如乍得当地的一句谚语所说：女人怀宝宝，鬼门关上走一遭。(March 20, 2004)
An old proverb has it that “if the thorn doesn’t scratch when it first emerge, it will never scratch.”
有一句古老的谚语说，“如果荆棘刚长出时不扎手，那么它就永远不扎手。”(March 26, 2006)
5) There is a proverb: ---
6) There is a / the proverb that goes / states, ---
There’s an African proverb: “Educate a boy, and educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.”
有一句非洲的谚语说：“教育好一个男孩，仅教育好一人。教育好一个女孩，则教育好一群人。”(August 19, 2009)
There’s a Russian proverb that goes: you must support the most talented people because untalented people will support themselves.
有一句俄罗斯谚语说，你须拥戴贤人，庸者仅会自顾。(December 31, 1995)
There is an old Jewish proverb that states: “A Shekel is always better in my pocket than in yours. “
有一句古老的犹太谚语说：“金币在我口袋里总比在你口袋里强。”(August 10, 2009)
7) ---, a / the proverb goes, ---
8) ---, goes a / the proverb, ---
“A river is deep,” an old African proverb goes, “because of its source.”
有一句古老的.非洲谚语说，河有源泉水才深。(September 24, 2008)
To kill a snake, goes an old African proverb, you must first crush the head.
有一句古老的非洲谚语说，打蛇先打头。(September 22, 1985)
9) --- have a proverb that goes, ---
10) There exists a proverb. It goes, ---
The Arabs have a proverb that goes, “When the sultan’s dog died, everyone marched in his funeral. But when the sultan himself died, no one marched at all. “
阿拉伯人有一句谚语是这样说的，“当苏丹的狗死了，人人都为之送葬。而当苏丹死了，却无人为之送葬。”(November 27, 1983)
There exists an old Soviet proverb. It goes, “In the monastery, you don’t offer your own view.”
有一个古老的俄罗斯谚语说，“。”(May 17, 1984)
谚语作为群众集体智慧的结晶，多具有鲜明的民族性和地域特色。由于中西文化的差异，一些在汉语中人们耳熟能详的谚语却未必为西方人所理解。所以在引用汉语谚语时，如果中国特色过于浓厚，则可舍其形而取其意，写成英语中与之意思对等的西方谚语。例如，有的同学想表达这个意思：本性难移，于是写道：As a Chinese proverb goes, a dog cannot change its habit of eating shit. 这样写不但失之粗鄙，还会让爱犬的西方人大惑不解。所以，这个意思宜写成A leopard cannot change its spots. 或者A fox may grow gray, but never good.
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英语写作中引用谚语，能使文章增加不少色彩，下面为大家分享一些英语常用谚语素材，希望对大家有所帮助
英语常用谚语素材
Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
It’s never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
心之所愿，无所不成。
One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。
Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.四个简短的词汇概括了成功秘诀：多一点点!
It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
From small beginning come great things.伟大始于渺小。
A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。
New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。
A fall into a pit，a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
Better late than never.迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来好。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。
Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。
All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。
A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。
By reading we enrich the mind， by conversation we
polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
A good book is the best of friends， the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。
A young idler，an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。
A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。
Many hands make light work. 人多力量大。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。
As a man sows， so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Misfortunes never come alone/single.祸不单行。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。
No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。
No pains， no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。
All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。
A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的.精神寓于健康的身体。
Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。
Early to bed andearly to rise makes a man healthy，
wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好。
East or west，home is best.东好西好，还是家里最好。
Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。
Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。
Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。
Eat to live，but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
Life is not all roses. 人生并不是康庄大道。
Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement. 机遇偏爱善断之人。
Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.自己的命运自己掌握。
Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。
Good advice is beyond all price.忠告是无价宝。
He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟，不进则退。Knowledge makes humble， ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
Like father，like son.有其父必有其子。
Honesty is the best policy. 做人诚信为本。
Gold will not buy anything. 黄金并非万能。
Happiness takes no account of time. 欢乐不觉时光过。
Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。
A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。
He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。
He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。
Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。
Man proposes，God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。
No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。
Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.
语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。
Wise men love truth，whereas fools shun it.智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。
Money isn’t everything.钱不是万能的。
Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Sharpening your axe will not delay your jobof cutting
wood.磨刀不误砍柴功。
Will is power. 意志就是力量。
Seeing is believing.眼见为实。
Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明的动力。
Truth never fears investigation.事实从来不怕调查。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远远胜过美貌。
Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半。
Where there is life，there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。
Reading makes a full man.读书使人完善。
Speech is silver，silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Where there is a will，there is a way.有志者事竟成。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。
