1.英语谚语反映人类社会生活各个侧面。如：
①A lazy youth,a lousy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
②All things are difficult before they are easy.万事开头难。
③No pains,no gains.不劳无获。
④It's dogged as does it.精诚所至，金石为开。
⑤Constant dropping wears away the stone.水滴石穿。
⑥A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。
⑦Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。
⑧Habit is second nature.习惯成自然。
⑨Out of sight,out of mind.眼不见心不烦。
2.谚语反映了社会、历史、文化、传统等方面。如：
①If you want to beat a dog,you can always find a stick.欲加之罪，何患无辞。
②Don't gild the lily.不要画蛇添足。
③To fall in pit,to gain a wit.吃一堑，长一智。
④Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。
⑤Speech is silver,silence is golden.沉默是金。
⑥Like father like son.有其父必有其子。
⑦Grasp all,lose all.贪多必失。
⑧Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败。
⑨Good fences make good neighbors.好邻里要有好篱笆。
⑩A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞受苦。