우리 사회에서 영어의 중요성은 이제 두말하면 잔소리다. 어떤 외국어든 쉽고 즐겁게 배우는 것이 제일 효과적이다. 아무리 연습장에 골백번 쓰고 외워도 방법이 지루하면 눈으로 배우고 입으로 배우고 귀로 배운 것들이 수증기처럼 사라져 버린다.
그렇다면 영어를 재미있게 배울 수 있는 방법은 무엇일까? 바로 수준 높은 영어를 구사할 수 있게 해주는 영어 속담을 배우는 것이다. 요즘은 시험에서도 영어 속담들이 자주 등장하여 수험생들을 당황하게 만든다. 그만큼 우리 사회가 수준 있는 영어 능력을 요구한다는 것을 알 수 있다. 또 어떤 때에는 영어를 쓰는 사람의 교양 수준을 파악하는 기준이 되기도 한다.
영어속담을 공부해야 하는 또 다른 중요한 이유는 한국문화와 영미문화가 다르기 때문이다.
같은 말도 다르게 표현할 때가 많기 때문에 멋진 영어속담을 많이 알아둘수록 좋다고 할 수 있다.
예를 들면, 우리나라말 속담에는 “고양이한테 생선 가게 맡긴다” 처럼 조금 얍삽한 대상에 고양이를 잘 쓰는데, 이것을 영어 속담으로 바꾸자면 이렇게 된다.
“He sets the wolf to guard the sheep”
“늑대에게 양을 지키라고 한다” 로 표현 된다.
이처럼 서로의 문화차이가 속담에도 반영되고 있는 것을 한 눈에 알아 볼 수 있다.
이런 식으로 멋진 영어속담들을 공부 해주면 영미 문화권을 이해 하는데 에도 도움이 되어 좋다고 할 수 있다.
이 책에는 200개의 유용한 영어 속담 표현을 재미있는 그림과 함께 배울 수 있게 구성하였다.
이 책으로 미리미리 속담을 공부하여 재미있게 영어를 배우고, 영어의 질도 높이며, 영미 문화 이해에도 도움이 되길 바란다.

머리말

101. More haste, less speed.

102. Cut your coat according to your cloth.

103. There is no rest for a family(mother) with many children.

104. It's no use crying over spilt milk.

105. Jack of all trades, and master of none.

106. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

107. Out of sight, out of mind.

108. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

109. Books cannot never teach the use of books.

110. A rat in a trap.

111. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

112. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

113. Go home and kick the dog.

114. A tree in known by its fruit.

115. Experience makes even fools wise.

116. No house without a mouse.

117. You've cried wolf too many times.

118. A cat may look at a king.

119. Talent above talent.

120. Ill weeds grow apace.

121. So many men, so many minds.

122. Stabbed in the back.

123. Talk of the devil, and he will appear.

124. Don’t judge a book by its cover.

125. All is well that ends well.

126. Danger past, God forgotten.

127. When one dog barks another will join it.

128. Where there is a will, there is a way.

129. Don't put the cart before the horse.

130. One swallow doesn't make a summer.

131. There is no rose without a thorn.

132. All roads lead to Rome.

133. Lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen.

134. The pen is mightier than the sword.

135. Might makes right.

136. A little learning is a dangerous thing.

137. Between the devil and the deep blue sea.

138. Still waters run deep.

139. Beauty is but skin deep.

140. There is no royal road to learning

141. Hunger is the best sauce.

142. Better late than never.

143. One can't eat one's cake and have it.

144. Every dog has his day.

145. You can not see the wood for the trees.

146. While the cat's away, the mice will play.

147. Well begun is half done.

148. If the sky fall, we shall catch larks.

149. Strike while the iron is hot.

150. A miss is as good as a mile.

151. Time is the healer of all.

152. Practice makes perfect.

153. Near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.

154. Hope clouds out eyes.

155. A drowning man is not troubled by rain.

156. Birds of a feather flock together.

157. Speech is silver, but silence is gold.

158. Out of the frying pan into the fire.

159. Necessity is the mother of invention.

160. Walls have ears.

161. The fish always goes bad from head downwards.

162. Scratch my back and I will scratch yours.

163. Practice is better than precept.

164. Charity begins at home

165. Don't bite off more than you can chew.

166. Times flies like an arrow.

167. A loaf of bread is better than the song of many birds.

168. It is old cow's notion that she never was a calf.

169. After a storm comes a calm.

170. All is fair in love and war.

171. Everybody's business is nobody's business.

172. Men are not to be measured by inches.

173. Rome was not built in a day.

174. Time and tide waits for no man.

175. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

176. He who laughs last, laughs best.

177. Good health is above wealth.

178. Every cloud has a silver lining.

179. A big fish in a little pond.

180. It's never too late to learn.

181. As the old cock crows, the young cock learns.

182. Like father, like son.

183. Heaven helps those who help themselves

184. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

185. A bad workman blames his tools.

186. Drop by drop fills the tub.

187. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

188. A drowning man will catch at a straw.

189. Life is full of ups and downs.

190. Actions speak louder than words.

191. Pride goes before a fall.

192. The worst wheel of the cart always creaks most.

193. Don't judge a man until you're walked in his boots.

194. No cross, no crown.

195. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

196. First come, first served.

197. It is best to prepare for a rainy day.

198. The silent dog is the first to bite.

199. All is fish that comes to his net.

200. Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.
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