有关成功的格言、谚语有哪些
■有钱能使鬼推磨金钱万能，在拜金者的眼中，金钱到了无所不能的地步。
很早就有了“有钱能使鬼推磨”的传说。
晋中有“有钱能使鬼，而况于人乎”。
明中有“有钱能使鬼推磨，一分钱钞一分货”。
“腰缠十万贯，可通神哉”。
中也记有“正是官无三日紧，又道是有钱能使鬼推磨”。
民间关于有钱能使鬼推磨的传说更是多种多样。
，京师一铸钱工匠因铸钱炉房被砸抢失业，铸了一辈子钱，干了一辈子活，停下来，手里没有活干，心里总是有一口吐不出来的气，突得大病而亡。
在家人们哭得死去活来，准备装尸入殓时，钱匠又活了过来，对惊喜发呆的家人们说：“梦见来了几个小鬼把我带到阴间，说是阎王爷叫我推磨，我对小鬼们说我是铸钱的，小鬼们很是高兴，就叫我给他们铸钱，他们替我推磨，我给他们铸了很多很多的”五铢“钱，他们就把我放回来了”。
这可能是最早的有钱可使鬼推磨的传说。
宋朝时，有的人死后的亡魂要到阴曹地府，下十八层地狱，经过三十六道鬼门关之说。
相传人死后根据生前所作所为的德性，要在鬼磨关上受轻重不同的碾轧，这是最痛苦的一关。
死者的家人们为让推磨的磨鬼们手下留情，使亲人的亡魂尽快经过鬼磨关，就给磨鬼们送烧纸钱，磨鬼们接到钱后就放走亡魂，只推空磨。
这是关于“有钱可使鬼推磨”的一个较广的传说。
“有钱能使鬼推磨”这是金钱万能的形容，是对贪财认钱之人的挖苦，更是对时政风气的抱怨和讽刺。
■有钱能使马不瘸源于英国民间传说，有个人有急事要办，想借一匹马，可马主人推说马腿瘸了，跑不动。
那人对马主人说：不会白用马的，我会付钱给你的。
马主人一听有钱，连忙改口说：你用吧，有钱能使马不瘸。
后人就用“有钱能使马不瘸”表示类似于中文俗语的“有钱能使鬼推磨”。
■君子爱财 取之有道这个“道”讲的就是规则。
合道之财，我们不让，不合道之财，我们不取。
■“多钱多功德”意思是指花的钱财多,得到的实惠也就多。
■“人找钱难,钱找钱容易”意思是用钱可以获得更多的钱。
■“长袖善舞,多财善贾”钱不是万能的,没有钱却是万万不能的钱财乃身外之物
有关珍惜时间的格言或谚语
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. ( Ovid ) 人大，越能克制怒火。
（奥维德） It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.( A. E.Stevenson ) 为而斗争容易，按原则的活着难。
蒂文森） There is nothing permanent except change. ( Heracleitus ) 惟有变化才是永恒的。
（赫拉克利特） Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ( T. Paine ) 想要收获自由之果的人，必须承受维护自由的劳苦。
（潘恩） No road of flowers lead to glory. ( La Fontaine ) 没有一条通向光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。
（拉封丹） Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort. ( Shakespeare ) 不要只因一次挫败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。
（莎士比亚） The man who has made up his mind to win will never say Impossible. ( Napoleon ) 凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。
（拿破仑） Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. ( C. Weizmann ) 奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。
（魏茨曼） There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. ( Muggeridge ) 没有黑暗这种东西，只有看不见而已。
（马格里奇） It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. ( G. Eliot ) 天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。
（艾略特） Time is a bird for ever on the wing. ( T. W. Robertson ) 时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。
（罗伯逊） If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. ( Edison ) 如果你年轻时不学会思考，那就永远不会。
（爱迪生） A day is a miniature of eternity. ( Emerson ) 一天是永恒的缩影。
（爱默生） The course of true love never did run smooth. ( Shakespeare ) 真诚的爱情之路永不会是平坦的。
（莎士比亚） Love is stronger than death. 爱的力量大于死亡。
（《圣经》） When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. ( A. J. Heschel ) 少时喜欢聪明人，老来喜欢仁厚人。
（赫歇尔） All good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear. ( H. D. Thoreau ) 一切好的东西都是便宜的，所有坏的东西都是非常贵的。
（梭罗） Patience! The windmill never strays in search of the wind. ( Andy J. Sklivis ) 耐心等待
风车从不跑去找风。
（斯克利维斯） Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. ( L. Blum ) 品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。
（布鲁斯） Fame usually comes to those who are thinking something else. ( O. W. Holmes ) 通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名。
（霍姆斯） The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ( W. Penn) 妒忌者对别人是烦恼，对他们自己却是折磨。
（佩恩） If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. ( O. Wilde ) 如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就会少一些麻烦。
（王尔德） Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ( E. Hubbard ) 许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。
（哈伯德） Don't waste life in doubts and fears. ( Emerson ) 不要把生命浪费于怀疑与恐惧中。
（爱默生） The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. ( A. M. Lindbergh ) 生活中最使人筋疲力尽的事是弄虚作假。
（林德伯格） It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. ( N. Coward ) 令人沮丧的是，有那么多人对诚实感到吃惊，而对欺骗感到吃惊的人却那么的少。
（科沃德） A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar. 说大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots. 积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long. 静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot. 狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well. 结果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all. 一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way. 心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗学不出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聪明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。
A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth. 真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。
A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。
Blood will have blood. 血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。
Business is business. 公事公办。
Business is the salt of life. 事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees. 一叶障目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety. 小心驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper. 骗人发不了财。
Children are what the mothers are. 耳濡目染，身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend. 择书如择友。
Come what may, heaven won't fall. 做你的吧，天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched. 蛋未孵先数雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk. 循序渐进。
Cry for the moon. 海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature. 习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy. 有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手。
Do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
Do it now. 机不可失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。
Don't claim to know what you don't know. 不要不懂装懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire. 不要揽事过多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. 不要小题大做。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。
Don't put the cart before the horse. 不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well. 善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing. 孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。
Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。
Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
Envy has no holidays. 忌妒之人无宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑，必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends. 亲兄弟，明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。
Everybody's business is nobody's business. 人人负责，等于没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在。
Every dog has his day. 谁都有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door. 人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow. 各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost. 人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side. 人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。
Every minute counts. 分秒必争。
Every mother's child is handsome. 孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot. 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old. 东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept. 说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。
Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不见，心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire. 远水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance. 恐惧源于无知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears. 隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy. 水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master. 火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served.先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.初次见面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.众口铄金，积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.英雄犯大错误。
Great men's sons seldom do well.富不过三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.做贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.兼听则明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不动，叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后说好话，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.自嘲者不会让人见笑。
He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟，不进则退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.经常诉苦，没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.想不犯错误，就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.上当一回头，再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木，百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.文如其人。
Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
Like for like.一报还一报。
Like knows like.惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.小人无大志。
Look before you leap.摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.一见钟情。
Love cannot be compelled.爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.爱情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。
Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
关于行走的格言与谚语
1、谚语是群众口头流传的习用的固定语句，用简单通俗的话来反映深刻的道理。
恰当地运用谚语可使语言活泼风趣，增强文章的表现力。
谚语不仅是我们中华民族的结晶，同时在外国也收到广泛应用。
谚语反映的内容涉及到社会生活的各个方面。
根据内容，可以分为三类：（1）认识自然和总结生产经验的谚语：如“长虫过道，大雨要到”、“东北有三宝：人参、貂皮、乌拉草”。
（2）认识社会和总结社会活动经验的谚语：如“人敬富的，狗咬破的”、“放虎归山，必有后患”。
（3）总结一般生活经验的谚语：如“寒从脚起，病从口入”、“早晨起得早，八十不觉老”。
2、俗语属于口语型的语句，与书面语型的成语、格言有所区别，它们是汉语的口语和书面语的两大系统。
俗语是汉语语汇里为群众所创造，并在群众口语中流传，具有口语性和通俗性的语言单位，是通俗并广泛流行的定型的语句，简练而形象化，大多数是劳动人民创造出来的。
反映人民生活经验和愿望。
俗语，也称常言，俗话，这三者应该是同义词。
俗语来源很广，既来自人民群众的口头创作，也和诗文名句、格言警语、历史典故等有关连。
如下：冰冻三尺，非一日之寒不听老人言，吃亏在眼前不养儿不知父母恩吃人家饭，受人家管大树底下好乘凉大意失荆州大丈夫能屈能伸地在人种，事在人为3、成语是语言中经过长期使用、锤炼而形成的固定短语。
它是比词的含义更丰富而语法功能又相当于词的语言单位，而且富有深刻的思想内涵，简短精辟易记易用。
并常常附带有感情色彩,包括贬义和褒义。
成语一共有5万多条，其中96%为四字格式，也有三字、五字、六字、七字等以上成语。
有的成语甚至是分成两部分，中间有逗号隔开。
成语的来源有五个方面：（一）神话传说：如夸父逐日和精卫填海；（二）寓言故事：如刻舟求剑和狐假虎威；（三）历史故事：如负荆请罪和破釜沉舟；（四）是文人作品，如老骥伏枥和青出于蓝；（五）是外来文化，如功德无量和火中取栗。
俗语以形象为主体；成语以精练为特色。
俗语多为完整的句子，长短不一，运用时可以变通；成语多为四个字的稳定结构，形式整齐。
俗语流行于人民群众的口头上，文字上保持着通俗的特点；成语多用作书面语，文字上趋向典雅。
俗语语句结构如果趋向整齐，就有可能转化为成语；成语如果增加形象化的成分，就有可能转化为俗语。
俗语转化为成语，仍然可以保持它的形象性；成语转化为俗语，如果缺少形象，就要加以补充，往往转化为歇后语。
俗语与成语，二者既有联系，又有区别。
俗语有俗语的优点；成语有成语的长处。
俗语使得描写生动活泼，成语使得论述铿锵有力，都值得很好学习。
有些图书把俗语、谚语并称为俗谚，把它们汇编在一起。
汇编在一起是可以理解的，但二者并不相等。
谚语只是俗语的一部分，它是一些总结知识经验，寓有思想意义的俗语。
4、谚语是在人民群众中广泛流传的固定语句，是人民群众在长期生活实践中总结出来的经验和教训的结晶。
谚语虽然简单通俗，但反映的道理却非常深刻，一般都能揭示客观事理，富于教育意义，如“天下乌鸦一般黑、众人拾柴火焰高、吃不穷、穿不穷，不会算计一世穷”等。
谚语是人民群众所喜闻乐见的一种语言样式，句式匀称，音调和谐，具体通俗，形象生动。
所以，适当地运用谚语，能够增强表达效果。
但是，有不少谚语含有剥削阶级或封建迷信的意识和偏见，如“龙生龙，凤生凤，老鼠生儿会打洞”，显然，这是应该剔除的糟粕。
谚语与成语的主要区别在于：谚语一般是句子，成语大多是词组；谚语一般显得通俗，成语大多显得典雅。
农谚往往带有地域性，成语具有全民性。
歇后语，是我们中国人特有的智慧与趣味语言，也是民间爱用的一种语法。
歇后语是广大人民在生活实践中创造的一种特殊语言形式。
由前后两部分构成的固定性口语。
前一部分是比喻或隐语，像谜语里的“谜面”；后一部分是对前一部分的说明解释，像谜语里的“谜底”，是表达意义的重要部分。
两部分之间有间歇，间歇之后的一部分常常不说出来，好让人猜想它的含义，所以叫作歇后语。
人们也常常把它称为“俏皮话”。
歇后语分为喻意的和谐音的两类。
喻意的歇后语，它的前部分是一个比喻，后部分是对前部分的解释。
歇后语具有鲜明的民族特色，浓郁的生活气息，幽默风趣，耐人寻味，为广大群众所喜闻乐见。
例如：一个巴掌打不响 -- <孤掌难鸣>；懒婆娘的裹脚 -- <又长又臭>。
在一般的语言中。
通常只要说出前半截，歇去后半截，就可以领会和猜出它的本意，所以称它为歇后语。
如“大海里捞针——无处寻、快刀切豆腐——两面光”。
谐音的歇后语，它的后一部分借助音同或音近现象表达意思，这是一种“言在此而意在彼”、妙语双关的现象，如“旗杆顶上绑鸡毛——好大的掸（胆）子、窗户上吹喇叭——鸣（名）声在外”。
说话或写作中恰当地运用歇后语，可以使语言表达得形象活泼，饶有风趣，给读者留下鲜明深刻的印象，收到较好的表达效果。
但是，要选择内容健康的，抛弃内容庸俗落后的。
对于内容健康的歇后语，也要根据作品所要表达的意思和语言环境恰当地使用，不能滥用。
不宜在庄严的场合里使用。
如果用得牵强，用得生硬，那就要弄巧成拙了。
5、格言是具有教育意义的警句。
一股出于名人之手，而在群众中广泛流传。
例如“穷不失义，富而不骄(《孟子》)、兼听则明，偏信则暗(《资治通鉴》)、满招损，谦受益”(《尚书》)。
格言意在阐发事理，多为警策之辞，所以在议论中引用格言，能够给人以启示，更富于说服力。
格言在形式上与谚语解相似，都是完整的句子，在内容上一般都具有教育意义。
但二者又有区别：从来源看，谚语多出自群众集体创造，格言则往往出自名人之手；从语体看，谚语多为口语，而格言多为书面语。
综上所述，谚语，俚语（描述性的俗语），歇后语，这三部分构成俗语的整体。
俗语是歇后语、谚语、顺口溜等的总称。