中国的俚语和英文俚语有很大的不同，如果用含义上翻译的话有很大的出入，不过好在有很多知名的书籍小说里面有不错的正确翻译，这里我们总结了26句生活中常用的俚语，让学习英语的用户有一个清楚的认知。

1. Waste not, want not. 不浪费，不愁缺。细水长流。俭以防匮。

2. Well begun is half done. 好的开始是成功的一半。

3. Where theres a will theres a way. 有志者事竟成。精诚所至，金石为开。

4. While there is life there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

5. Wise men learn by other mens mistakes; fools by their own. 贤者由他人的过错得到教训，愚者由自己的过错得之。

6. What must be must be. 是福不是祸，是祸躲不过。

7. Who chatters to you will chatter of you. 来说是非者，便是是非人。

8. While the cats away, the mice can play. 山中无老虎，猴子称大王。

9. Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。

10. Wine in, truth out. 酒后吐真言。

11. Whats done cannot be undone. 覆水难收。

12. Whats done by night appears by day. ​​若要人不知，除非己莫为。

13. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 适用于此者亦适彼。

14. Words cut more than swords. 利刀割体痕易合，恶语伤人恨难消。

15. We soon believe what we desire. 一厢情愿。

16. When love puts in, friendship is gone. 爱情入，友情出。

17. When riches increase, the body decreases. 财多体衰。

18. When the fish is caught the net is laid aside. 鱼获网弃。狡兔死，走狗烹;飞鸟尽，良弓藏。

19. When the sun comes in, the doctor goes out. 阳光入室，医生出屋。

20. Where drums beat, laws are silent. 战鼓一响，法律无声。

21. You may take a horse to the water, but you can make it drink. 善意不足以成事。

22. You can clap with one hand. 孤掌难鸣。

23. You can judge a tree by its bark. 人不可貌相。

24. Years bring wisdom. 岁月增长智慧。

25. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 缺乏知识之热诚如无光之火。

26. Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. 缺乏知识之热诚如脱缰野马。