人类的智慧是相通的，比如说谚语，尽管不同语言的表达不同，但说的都是同一个意思。

除了大家都知道的Rome was not built in a day，下面这些英语常用谚语用到你的雅思作文中，能够增色不少呢~

1. Dripping water wears away stone.

水滴石穿。

2. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

有志者事竟成。

3. A good beginning is half done.

好的开始是成功的一半。

4. Actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

5. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

6. A hedge between keeps friendship green.

君子之交淡如水。

7. A good book is the best of friend, the same today and forever.

好书正如良友，会让你受益终生。

8. A good conscience is a soft pillow.

不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门。

9. Let bygones be bygones.

既往不咎。

10. Fear always springs from ignorance.

恐惧源于无知。

11. He who risks nothing gains nothing.

收获与危险并存。

12. Necessity is the mother of invention.

需要是发明的动力。

13. There is no general rule without some exception.

任何规则均有例外。