常用的英语需要不断的提高自己的阅读理解能力，例如英文谚语和中文谚语翻译起来就会有很大的出处，这里我们整理了20条中英文双语版的对照句子，先尝试自己翻译，然后再看看是不是贴切中文语境。

1. A bad excuse is worse than none. 糟糕的借口还不如没有。

2. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怪其器不精。

3. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜于二鸟在林。

4. Actions speak louder than words. 坐而言不如起而行。事实胜于雄辩。

5. A crowd is not company. 群众非良伴。

6. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐。

7. A drowning man will catch at a straw. 溺水胡抓草，病急乱投医。

8. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

9. A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 乡愿德之贼。

10. After a storm comes a calm. 暴风雨后有宁静。雨过天青，否极泰来。

11. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。

12. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 无人相信善谎者的真心话。

13. All good things come to an end. 天下无不散的筵席。

14. All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。

15. A man is known by the company he keeps. 什么人交什么朋友。观其友，知其人。

16. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一个苹果，医生远离我。

17. April showers bring May flowers. 饮水思源。

18. A stitch in time saves nine. 及时行事，事半功倍。防微杜渐。

19. A storm in a teacup. 小题大做 。大惊小怪。

20. As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。善有善报，恶有恶报。