实用英语谚语3000句P

1917. Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden. 老而贫穷，负担沉重。

1918. Poverty shows us who are our friends and who are our enemies. 贫困才能显出敌和友。

1919. Poverty tries friends. 贫穷考验朋友。

1920. Practice is better than precept. 身教胜于言教。

1921. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

1922. Practice what you preach. 言必行。

1923. Praise is not pudding. 恭维不是布丁。

1924. Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 赞扬使好人更好，坏人更坏。

1925. Praise no man till he is dead. 盖棺论定。

1926. Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach. 说教的人不身体力行，就只能空谈，不能起教育作用。

1927. Prepare for a rain day. 未雨绸缪。

1928. Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。

1929. Pride and grace dwelt never in one place. 傲慢和温雅决不会共处在一起。

1930. Pride apes humility. 大巧若拙。

1931. Pride goes before a fall. （or destruction）. 骄兵必败。

1932. Pride goes before, and shame cometh after. 骄傲一开始，耻辱接踵至。

1933. Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak. 骄傲可能披着老一套的外衣出现。

1934. Pride must be pinched. 骄傲必须收敛。

1935. Pride will have a fall. 骄者必败。

1936. Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延即浪费时间。

1937. Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 进展即今日的活动和明日的保证。

1938. Promise is debt. 许愿就是债，欠了不容赖。

1939. Promise little but do much. 少许愿，多做事。

1940. Prosperity discovers vices and adversity virtues. 顺境显邪恶，逆境见善性。

1941. Prosperity gains （or makes） friends, and adversity tries them. 顺境交朋友，逆境试真情。

1942. Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. 谚语言短简，得自老经验。

1943. Proverbs are the cream of a nation's thought. 谚语是一国的思想精华。

1944. Proverbs are the wisdom of the ages. 谚语是时代的智慧。

1945. Prove thy friends ere thou have need. 需要朋友之前，先要加以考验。

1946. Provide for the worst, the best will save itself. 作最坏的准备，可以得到最好的结果。

1947. Providence is always on the side of the strongest battalions. 天公总是佑强者。

1948. Punctuality is the soul of business. 严守时间是办事情的重要原则。

1949. Purpose supposes foresight. 深谋远虑。

1950. Put not your hand between the bark and the tree. 少管闲事。

1951. Put （or Lay or Set） one's shoulder to the wheel. 出一把力。

1952. Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。

1953. Put the shoe on the right foot. 责备应受责备者，表扬应受表扬者。