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燕雀高飞晴天告，低飞雨天到。
鸡回笼早，天气晴好;鸡回笼迟，大雨将至。
蚂蚁迁居，天将雨。
家鸡宿迟，主阴雨。
一分钱扑二四结
一句话三斤六重
一耳入，一耳出
一个人，一款命
人二脚，钱四脚
大人会堪得枵，囝仔袂堪着饿
三分水，七分妆
好天着积雨来粮
烧瓷吃缺碗
歹竹出好笋
未吃五月节粽，破裘不甘放
冬天麦盖三层被，来年枕着馒头睡
朝虹雨，夕虹晴
有雨山戴帽，无雨山没腰
朝霞不出门，晚霞行千里
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马有八面威风。
马换炮，不伤耗。
一马换双象，必是英雄将。
马跳连环不用车。
一马堵死孤将军。
马跳窝心，不死发昏。
马跳当心，必有灾星。
当头炮，马来照。
小卒一去不还乡。
卒子过河当车用。
卒子过河能吃车马炮。
卒子过河能吃车马炮。
别往象眼硬将军。
将军不死赖和棋。
棋不斜视。
当局者迷，旁观者清。
钓鱼要忍，拿鱼要狠。
钓鱼有三得：跑得、等得、饿得。
心急等不得人，性急钓不得鱼。
先撒鱼食后钓鱼。
神仙难钓午后鱼。
钓鱼要时分，上午七到十，下午三到四。
钓鱼钓风头，东风钓西，西风钓东。(山东)
驴骑后，马骑前，骡子骑在正中间。
马到滩，不加鞭。
腰要弓，蹬用劲，手抓缰，心要平。
吃饭不说话，酒醉不骑马。
运动在身，用意在心。
打拳不溜腿，终是冒失鬼。
打拳容易走步难。
势断劲不断，劲断意不断。
势断筋长一寸，不练肉厚一分。
初学三年，天下走得;再学三年，寸步难得。
字是门楼书是房。
一着不慎，满盘皆输。
错走一颗子，输了一盘棋。
摆上羊士，不怕马来将。
臭棋乱飞象。
双车难破士相全。
炮是隔山打，车是一杆枪。
一车十子寒。
车临头，马挂角，将帅活不了。
隔山须动炮，临阵快出车。
三步不出车，正死棋。
丢卒保车。丢车保帅。
马走斜，相走方。
书无百日工。
拳要打，字要写。
字要习，马怕骑。
心正笔直。
书要简洁方为妙。
字不可重笔。
字是黑狗，越描越丑。
字三写，鱼成鲁，帝成虎。
草字不归格，神仙认不得。
善书者不择笔。
学医费人，学书费纸。
茶不入砚。
真书如立，行书如引，草书如走。
立七坐五盘三半，一肩三头怀两脸。
大胆落墨，细心书拾。
开口猫儿合龙。
画鬼容易画人难。
怒画竹，喜画兰，不喜不怒画牡丹。
画人难在画眼睛。
画人难画手，画树难画柳;画马难画走;画兽难画狗。
画人难画骨。
画花多一笔，绣花多一日。
肥马好画，瘦马难描。
灯下观色。
好菜全凭炒，好画全凭裱。
真戏假做，假戏真做。
戏假情真。
不象不是戏，真象不是艺。
戏无情不感人，戏无理不服人。
剧本剧本，一剧之本。
拉弓要膀子，唱曲要嗓子。
学戏先学声，打铁先打钉。
七分锣鼓三分唱。
饱吹饿唱。
肚饿嗓宽。
熟戏要当三分生，练成要加三分工。
生戏熟唱，熟戏生唱。
一台无二戏，台上无闲人。
大戏小戏一个唱法。
学艺终身福，是艺不亏人。
离了小丑不成戏。
冷死花旦，热死鹉武生。
横吹笛子竖吹箫。
千日胡琴百日箫，当日横笛乱哨哨。
断肠笛子送命箫。
台上一招鲜，台下练三年。
台上三分钟，台下三年功。
外练身、法、步，内练精、气、神。
拳不离手，曲不离口。
学戏不懂意，等于活烂泥。
好戏能把人唱醉，坏戏能的把人唱睡。
看戏容易做戏难。唱戏的是疯子，看戏的是傻子。
三百六十行，行行出状元。
行行有利，行行有弊。
行见行，没处藏。
在行服行。
初入行业，三年事生。
隔行如隔山。
隔行千里远。
隔行不隔理。
要知隔行事，还得问行家。
同行嫉妒。
三句不离本行。
生行莫入，熟行莫出。
天下行业有三苦：撑船，打铁，磨豆腐。
少年针黹，中年木匠，老年郎中(医生)。
少年木匠老郎中。
长木匠，短铁匠，不长不短是裁缝。
木匠怕漆匠，漆匠怕光亮。
内行看门道，外行年看热闹。
不经厨子手，难得五味香。
一行服一行，豆腐服米汤。
手艺胜过一切珠宝。
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A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。
A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。
A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart. 做贼心虚。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。
A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。
A bad penny always turns up.
A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。
A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。
A beggars purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。
A bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that its the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。
A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深。
A burden of ones choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重。
A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。
A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王。
A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。
Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。
A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息。
A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。
A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧，高枕无忧。
A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，胜券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 宁为清贫，不为浊富。
A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，祸从口出。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action. 同仇敌忾。
A constant guest is never welcome. 久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。
A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。
A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 户枢不蠹。
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识的巧果。
Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不满足者坐无宁时。
A disease known is half cured. 病情确诊断，治病好一半。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。
A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨头打狗狗不叫。
Adversity is a good discipline. 苦难是磨练人的好机会。
Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患难使人聪明，但不能致富。
Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身处逆境不择友。
Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。
A fair death honours the whole life. 死得光明，终身荣耀。
A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。
A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午饭后要坐，晚饭后要走。
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误，等于改正一半。
Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 事情要安步就班地做，就会很快地做完。
A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。
A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算计。
A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜总爱强出头。
A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋难聚财。
A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。
A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚发问，七智结舌。
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所问，智者难答。
A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千虑，必有一得。
A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失，百智难回。
A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 一个蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一个聪明人在别人家里所知的事要多。
A fools bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千虑，必有一得。
A fools heart dances on his lips. 愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。
A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸会变，但本性难移。
A friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真朋友。
A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一个我。
A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友。
A friend is never known till a man have need. 不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。
A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 广交友，无深交。
A friend without faults will never be found. 没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。
After a storm comes a calm. 否极泰来。
After black clouds, clear weather. 否极泰来。
After death, the doctor. 放马后炮。
After dinner comes the reckoning. 吃喝玩乐，该付代价。
After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. 午餐之后坐片刻，晚饭之后走一里。
After meat, mustard. 雨后送伞。
A full belly counsels well. 衣食足而后知荣辱。
A full cup must be carried steadily. 杯满盈，须持稳。
A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 好砧不怕锤。
A good appetite is a good sauce. 饥不择食。
A good beginning is half the battle. 首战告捷等于一半胜利。
A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者必善其终。
A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好书，莫逆之交。
A good book is a light to the soul. 好书一本，照亮心灵。
A good conscience is a continual feast. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
A good conscience is a soft pillow. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
A good dog deserves a good bone. 有劳得奖。
A good example is the best sermon. 身教胜似言教。
A good face is a letter of recommendation. 好的相貌就是一封[s:215]的介绍信。
A good face needs no paint. 美貌无需擦脂抹粉。
A good fame is better than a good face. 好的名望胜于好的相貌。
A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近亲。
A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land. 聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。
A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold. 健康的身体贵于黄金铸成的皇冠。
A good heart cants lie. 有仁心者不说谎话。
A good heart conquers ill fortune. 善心克厄运。
A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 良马的毛色不会差。
A good horse often needs a good spur. 好马常要好靴刺。
A good marksman may miss. 智者千虑，必有一失。
A good maxim is never out of season. 至理名言不会过时。
A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口，忠言逆耳。
A good name is better than riches. 好名誉胜过有财富。
A good name is earlier lost than won. 失去美名易，得到美名难。
A good name is sooner lost than won. 美誉难得而易失。
A good name keeps lustre in the dark. 好的名声在黑暗中也会光芒四射。
A good neighbour is better than a bother in the next village. 远亲不如近邻。
A good surgeon must have an eagles eye, a lions heart, and a ladys hand. 出色的外科医生必须心明眼亮和有一双灵巧的手。
A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 好故事百听不厌。
A good tongue is a good weapon. 伶俐的口齿是一种锐利的武器。
A good wife makes a good husband. 有好妻子就有好丈夫。
A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。
A great talker is a great liar. 最会饶舌的人也是最会说谎的人。
A great ship asks deep water. 巨轮寻深水而航行。
A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. 做贼心虚，良心自诛。
A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 贼胆心虚。
A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning. 一点小常识常胜过很多有价值的学问。
A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放，笑逐颜开。
A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急难免出岔子。
A heavy purse makes a light heart. 腰包钱财足，心境自然宽。
A heavy snow promise a good harvest. 瑞雪兆丰年。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 时势造英雄。
A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马的装饰。
A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭内讧难维系。
A Jack of all trades and master of none. 三脚猫无所长。
A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。
A journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step. 千里之行，始于足下。
A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 穷人的一只羔羊比富人的一头牛还要珍贵。
A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊嫌毛重
A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Ale will make a cat speak. 酒后吐真言。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 骗子说真话，也没人相信。
A liar is worse than a thief. 撒谎比偷窃更可恶。
A lie begets a lie till they come to generation. 谎言生谎言，谎言传万代。
A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳。
A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生无目的，犹如船失去了舵。
A light purse is a heavy curse. 为人无钱处处难。
A light purse makes a heavy heart. 曩中无钱心事重。
A lion at home, a mouse abroad. 在家凶如狮，在外却如鼠。
A little body often harbours a great soul. 莫道身躯小，伟人寓其间。
A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world. 幼儿是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的。
A little fire is quickly trodden out. 小洞易补。
A little is better than none. 聊胜于无。
A little labour, much health. 适量劳动健身大有益。
A little leak will sink a great ship. 千丈之堤溃于蚁穴。
A little learning is a dangerous thing. 浅学误人。
A little neglect may breed great mischief. 小不忍则乱大谋。
A little of everything, nothing at all. 每事浅尝辄止，结果将一事无成。
A little pot is soon hot. 壶小水易热。
A little spark kindles a great fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. 适可而止，过犹不及。
A living dog is better than a dead lion. 一条活狗胜过一头死狮。
All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃跑时，个个都勇敢。
All are not hunters that blow the horn. 吹号角的未必都是猎人。
All are not merry that dance lightly. 表面高兴的，未必都快乐。
All are not saints that go to church. 去做礼拜者，未必皆圣人。
All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 犬之所吠，并非皆贼。
All asses wag their ears. 傻子总爱装聪明。
All bread is not baked in one oven. 人心不同，犹如其面。
All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. 猫都爱吃鱼，却怕爪弄湿。
All covet, all lose. 贪多必失。
All good things came to an end. 天下无不散之宴席。
All is fair in war. 兵不厌诈。
All is fish that comes to ones net. 捉到网里都是鱼。
All is flour that comes to his mill. 到他的磨里都能碾成粉。
All is not at hand that helps. 有用的东西并不都是垂手可得的。
All is not gain that is put in the purse. 放入钱包的钱财，并非都是应得的。
All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的东西并不都是黄金。
All is not lost that is in danger. 在危险中的东西未必都会损失。
All is well that ends well. 结果美满都是好的。
All men are mortal. 人孰无死。
All men cannot be first. 不可能人人都得第一名。
All ones geese are swans. 自吹自擂。
All rivers run into the sea. 百川入海。
All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马。
Alls fair in love and war. 爱情和战争是不择手段的。
Alls fish that comes to his net. 到了网中都是鱼。
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill. 有情人终成眷属。
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment. 机会失去不再来，千贯万贯难赎回。
All the wit in the world is not in one head. 世界上所有的智慧不可能集中于一个脑袋。
All the worlds a stage, and all the men and women merely players. 整个世界是个舞台，男男女女，演员而已。
All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事都是先难后易。
All things are easy that are done willingly. 做事乐意，诸事容易。
All things are obedient to money. 有钱能使鬼推磨。
All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要耐心肯等待，一切都会按时来。
All time is no time when it is past. 光阴一去不复返。
All truths are not to be told. 真理并不都能说得清。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy. 只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子要变傻;尽玩耍，不学习，聪明孩子没出息。
Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot. 纵然天下雨，休把水壶丢。
Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. 坐吃山空。
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. 少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。
A maid that laughs is half taken. 少女露笑脸，婚事半成全。
A man alone is either a saint or a devil. 孤身独处的人可以为圣哲，也可为恶魔。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 轻诺者易忘。
A man can die but once. 人生只有一次死。
A man can do no more than he can. 凡事只能量力而行。
A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife. 妻子浪费无度，丈夫不会出头。
A man cannot serve two masters. 一仆不能事二主。
A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。
A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time. 一心不能二用。
A man has his hour, and a dog has his day. 人有称心时，狗有得意日。
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little. 人有两只耳朵一张嘴，就是为了多听少说话。
A man is as old as he feels. 老不老，自己晓。
A man is known by the company he keeps. 察其友知其人。
A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable. 人并不因为生在马厩里就成了马。
A man is not good or bad for one action. 判断人的好坏不能凭一次行为。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力，日久见人心。
A man may dig his grave with his teeth. 祸从口出。
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. 牵马到河易，强马饮水难。
A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge. 有宝何必人前夸。
A man may smile and smile and be villain. 笑里藏奸。
A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool. 一个人可能说话像个聪明人，而行为像个大笨蛋。
A man of gladness seldom falls into madness. 生性乐天的人极少会变成疯子。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 讲而不做，犹如花园里长满了荒草。
A mans actions show his character. 行为可显出一个人的品性。
A man who has friend must show himself friendly. 与朋友交，必须友好相处。
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. 人无笑脸，不要开店。
A man without money is a bow without an arrow. 人无钱，犹如弓无箭。
A man without reason is a beast in season. 人无理智就像是一头发情的野兽。
A match will set fire to a large building. 星星之火，可以燎原。
Ambition never dies until there is no way out. 不到黄河心不死。
A merry heart goes all the way. 生性乐天，终身受用。
A middle course is the safest. 中庸之道最保险。
A miserly father makes a prodigal son. 爱钱如命的父亲生个儿子挥金如土。
A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。
A moneyless man goes fast through the market. 一个没钱的人很快穿过市场。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. 山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。
A mothers love never changes. 母爱永恒。
An artist lives everywhere. 艺人处处可安家。
An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden. 驴子能负重，但不堪超过力之所及。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 远亲不如近邻。
An empty hand is no lure for a hawk. 空手诱不来老鹰。
An empty purse frightens many friends. 曩中无分文，亲友不上门。
An empty sack cannot stand upright. 空麻袋，立不直。
An enemys mouth seldom speaks well. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙。
An evening red and a morning grey, is a sign of a fair day. 晚霞红如火，晓色青如灰，定是晴朗天。
An evil chance seldom comes alone. 祸不单行。
An evil lesson is soon learned. 学坏容易。
A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
Anger is a short madness. 发火是短暂的疯狂。
Anger rests in the bosom of folly. 怒火常寓于蠢人的胸中。
An honest mans word is as good as his bond. 诚实人的话像他的契约一样靠得住。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。
An idle brain is the devils workshop. 游手好闲是万恶之源。
An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
An ill workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell. 错无分大小，有错皆不好。
An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 对牛弹琴。
An oak is not felled at one stroke. 万事不能一蹴而就。
An occasion lost cannot be redeemed. 时机失了无法挽回。
An old dog barks not in vain. 老犬不空吠。
An old dog bites sore. 老狗咬人痛得很。
An old dog cannot alter its way of barking. 老狗难改吠声。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. 老家夥学不出新名堂。
An old physician, and a young lawyer. 医生年老的好，律师年轻的俏。
An old poacher makes the best keeper. 老偷猎者是最好的看守人。
An open door may tempt a saint. 一扇开著的大门可诱惑一个圣徒。
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 乐观的人在灾难中看到希望;悲观的人在希望中看到灾难。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防胜于治疗。
An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue. 牛因有脚而被抓，人因有舌而遭殃。
Answer a fool according to his folly. 以其人之道，还治其人之身。
An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men. 正直的法官重法胜于重人。
A penny saved is a penny earned(or gained). 省钱就是赚钱。
A pet lamb makes a cross ram. 宠坏的小羊将成为脾气坏的大羊。
A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife. 穷汉娶富妻，必受老婆欺。
Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter. 好药不苦不会加糖衣。
Apparel makes the man. 马靠鞍装，人靠衣装。
Appearances are deceitful. 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
Appetite comes with eating. 食欲越吃越旺。
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 白日不做亏心事，夜半不怕鬼敲门。
A ragged coat may cover an honest man. 不能以衣著取人。
Art is long, but lift is short. 人生有涯，而学无涯。
A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money. 失友都因借钱起。
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 千里之行始于足下。
A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
Art lies in concealing art. 隐而不露即艺术。
As a man lives so shall he die. 有生必有死。
As a mans heart is, so does he speak. 言为心声。
As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A secret between more than two is no secret. 两人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。
A servant is known by his masters absence. 主人不在可以看出仆人的品行来。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth. 缄默的嘴，真诚的心，是世界上最令人赞美的东西。
A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
As is the workman so is the work. 什么工人出什么活。
Ask no questions and you will be told no lies. 如果你少问，谎言就难进。
A smart coat is a good letter of introduction. 人要衣装，佛要金装。
A small leak will sink a great ship. 一个小漏洞可能弄沉一艘大轮船。
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手。
A sow, when washed; returns to the muck. 江山易改，本性难移。
A spot is most seen on the finest cloth. 最清洁的布上，污点特别显眼。
As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring. 忘恩负义。
A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。
As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hatred. 美酒可制成烈醋，热爱能变为深仇。
As the call, so the echo. 发什么声音，有什么回声。
As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks. 一厢情愿。
As the inner life is, so will be the language. 言为心声。
As the old cock crows, so doth the young. 有其父必有其子。
As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man. 试金石可以试金，正如黄金可以试人。
As the tree falls, so shall it lie. 自作自受。
As the tree, so the fruit. 长什么树，结什么果。
As they sow, so let them reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A still tongue makes a wise head. 智者寡言。
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 straw shows which way the wind blows. 一叶便知秋。
A stumble may prevent a fall. 小惩大诫。
As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. 偷大偷小都是贼。
As worms are bred in a stagnant pool, so are evil thoughts in idleness. 虫蛆在死水中孵化，邪念在懒惰中养成。
As you brew, so must you drink. 自搬石头自压脚。
As you make your bed so you must lie on it. 自食其果。
As you sow you shall mow. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
At night, all cats are grey. 猫在夜晚皆灰色(丑妍暗中难分辨)。
A tall tree catches the wind. 树大招风。
A tattler is worse than a thief. 搬弄是非者，恶劣甚于贼。
A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber. 偷多偷少都是贼。
A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf. 贼了解贼，正如狼了解狼。
A thing is bigger for being shared. 插手人一多，事态就扩大。
A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many. 朋友千人尚觉少，仇敌一人犹嫌多。
A thousand probabilities do not make one truth. 一千个或有不能造成一个事实。
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. 千言万语不如一个行动。
A threatened blow is seldom given. 虚张声势，吓唬而已。
At open doors dogs come in. 狗从开着的门中进来。
A tree is known by its fruit. 观其行而知其人。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity. 疾风知劲草，患难知友情。
A true friend is one soul in two bodies. 真正的朋友好似两个身子长著一颗心。
A true jest is no jest. 真正的笑话不是笑话。
A true man and a thief think not the same. 君子和窃贼的思想不同。
A useful trade is a mine of gold. 一样有用的手艺是取之不尽的财富。
A valiant mans look is more than a cowards sword. 勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑。
Avarice blinds our eyes. 财迷心窍。
Avarice increases with wealth. 越富越贪。
A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain. 决心赶到目的地，浪汉何惧雨来淋。
A watched pot is long in boiling. 心急水不沸。
A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent. 一本坏书危害无穷。
A wilful man will have his way. 有志者是竟成。
A wise head makes a close mouth. 智者寡言。
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have. 智者不作非凡之想。
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. 智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用。
A wise man needs not blush for changing his purpose. 智者不耻于改变初衷。
A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks. 智者思其所言，愚者言其所思。
A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand. 聪明的人能随机应变。
A womans work is never at an end. 妇女的活计做不完。
A word is enough to the wise. 对明智者一言已足。
A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，驷马难追。
A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。
A work ill done must be twice done. 未做好的活，需要重新做。
A young man married is a man thats marred.男子早婚，种下祸根。
Bacchus has drowned more men than Nepture. 酒神淹死的人比海神多。
Bad news has wings. 坏事传千里。
Bad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。
Bare words, no bargain. 空言不能成交易。
Barking dogs seldom bite. 善吠的狗很少咬人。
Be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man. 务请心情常欢畅，只因无人喜忧伤。
Beauty is but a blossom. 美丽只是盛开的花朵。
Beauty is but skin-deep. 红颜易变。
Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼里出西施。
Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent. 美丽是有力量的，但金钱更有权威。
Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美就是真，真就是美。
Beauty lies in lovers eyes. 情人眼里出西施。
Beauty may have fair leaves, but bitter fruit. 美丽的花或许长好叶，结苦果。
Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. 美而无德犹如花之无香。
Be considerate towards the poor. 要为穷人著想。
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹剑。
Bed is a midicine. 睡好觉，如服药。
Before gold, even kings take off their hats. 有钱能使鬼推磨。
Beg from beggers and youll never be rich. 向乞丐乞讨，永远发不了财。
Beggars cannot be choosers. 饥不择食。
Beggars must be no choosers. 饥不择食。
Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。
Be honest rather clever. 诚实比聪明更要紧。
Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle. 随遇而安。
Be just to all, but trust not all. 要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。
Believe no tales from the enemy. 切莫轻信敌人。
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。
Believe somebody on his bare word. 人言无据，切勿轻信。
Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh. 恩泽让人欣喜，犹如鲜花使人心醉。
Be prepared to put ones hand in ones pocket. 准备慷慨解囊。
Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. 选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。
Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 不轻诺，诺必果。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。
Better a bachelors life than a slovenly wife. 过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。
Better ask twice than lose you way once. 宁愿问路两次胜过迷路一次。
Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱贪生不如死得光荣。
Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。
Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。
Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜于无。
Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。
Better be out of the world than out of fashion. 不合潮流不如脱离尘世。
Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 宁为犬首，不作狮尾。
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 宁为驴头，不为马尾。
Better deny at once than promise long. 轻诺必寡信。
Better die with honour than live with shame. 与其忍辱偷生，不如光荣而死。
better early than late. 宁早勿迟。
Better eye sore than all blind. 眼痛总比瞎眼好。
Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 远亲不如近邻。
Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 宁可饿肚子，切莫去借债。
Better half an egg than empty shell. 半只蛋也比空壳好。
Better is the neighbours hen than mine. 人莫知其苗之硕。
Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。
Better lose a jest than a friend. 宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。
Better lose the saddle than the horse. 吃小亏占大便宜。
Better master one than engage with ten. 精通一事胜于会十事。
Better one-eyed than stone-blind. 独眼总比全瞎好。
Better poor with honour than rich with shame. 穷得光荣，胜过富得可耻。
Better pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口。
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 与其说话不中肯，不如一言不发好。
Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 聊胜于无。
Better the foot slip than the tongue trip. 宁可滑跤，不可失言。
Better to do well than to say well. 说得好不如做得好。
Better wear out shoes than sheets. 宁可(经常运动)穿破鞋子，也不(因病长卧)磨破床单。
Better wear out than rust out. 与其闲散不如忙碌。
Better wit than wealth. 智力胜于财富。
Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。
Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功亏一篑。
Between two stools one falls to the ground. 脚踏两头要落空。
Beware beginnings. 慎始为上。
Beware of a man of one book. 不要与一个有专业知识的人争论。
Beware of a silent dog and still water. 警惕无声之狗会咬人，平静之水会覆舟。
Beware of him who regards not his reputation. 要谨防不重自己名誉的人。
Big mouthfuls ofter choke. 贪多嚼不烂。
Bind the sack before it be full. 做事应适可而止。
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
Birth is much, but breeding is more. 出身固然重要，教养更且重要。
Bite off more than one can chew. 贪多咽不下。
Bite the hand that feeds one. 恩将仇报。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口利于病。
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 人无所求最享福，因他不为失望苦。
Blind men can judge no colours. 不宜问道于盲。
Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。
Blood will have blood. 血债要用血来还。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. 书籍如朋友，应该少而精。
Borrowed garments never fit well. 借来的衣服不合身。
Brave actions never want a trumpet. 勇敢的行为不须要吹号。
Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。
Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵。
Bring up a raven and hell pick out your eyes. 养虎贻患。
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 投鼠忌器。
Burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
Business before pleasure. 事业在先，享乐在后。
Business is business. 公事公办。
Business is the salt of life. 事业事人生之盐。
Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事业既考验人，也造就人。
Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious. 事业虽扰烦，懒惰更害人。
Business neglected is business lost. 玩忽事业等于丢失事业。
Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest. 工作后消遣更愉快，劳动后休息更舒畅。
Butter to butter is no relish. 千篇一律的东西令人生厌。
By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 懒散学为非。
By doing we learn. 经一事，长一智。
By falling we learn to go safely. 吃一堑，长一智。
By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man. 赌博使我们丢失时间和金钱，这两样人生最珍贵的东西。
By others faults, wise men correct their own. 他山之石，可以攻玉。
By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。
By the hands of many a great work made light. 众擎易举。
By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. 和疾病相比较，才显得健康的可贵。
By the street of "Bye and bye" one arrives at the house of "Never". 迁延因循，一事无成。
By writing you learn to write. 从写作
Call a spade a spade. 据实而言。
Call me not olive till thou see me gathered. 盖棺论定。
Call no man happy until he dies. 盖棺才能定论。
Can the leopard change his spots? 江山易改，本性难移。
Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋，带来好运气。
Care brings grey hair. 忧虑催人老。
Care killed the cat. 忧虑伤身。
Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未来，莫泼赃水。
Cast not your pearls before swine. 明珠莫投暗。
Catch the bear before you sell his skin. 大事未成时，莫开庆功宴。
Cats hide their paws. 大智若愚，大巧若拙。
Caution is the parent of safety. 谨慎小心是安全之源。
Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron. 金链锁人比铁炼更牢靠。
Change lays not her hand upon truth. 真理不变。
Charity begins at home, but should not end there. 仁爱须由近及远。
Cheats never proper. 欺骗决非正当事。
Cheek brings success. 和气生财。
Cheerful company shortens the miles. 旅有好旅伴，不觉行程远。
Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light. 欢快与好意，劳动不觉累。
Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day. 看人看年少，看天看破晓。
Children and fools cannot lie. 孩子和傻子，不会说谎话。
Children and fools speak the truth. 孩子和傻子，说的是真话。
Children are the parentss riches. 子女是父母之财富。
Choice of the end covers choice of the means. 选择目的包含著选择手段。
Choose an author as you choose a friend. 选书如择友。
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. 选妻，最好用耳莫用眼。
Christmas comes but once a year. 佳节良辰，机会难得。
Circumstances are therulers of the weak, instrument of the wise. 弱者困于环境，智者利用环境。
Civility costs nothing. 礼貌不须什么代价。
Cleanliness is next to godliness. 清净近乎神圣。
Clothes make the man. 人要衣装，佛要金装。
Come what may, heaven wont fall. 船到桥头自会直。
Comfort is better than pride. 安慰胜过傲慢。
Coming events cast their shadows before them. 山雨欲来风满楼。
Compare your grievs with other mens and they will seem less. 你的悲痛与人比，悲痛就会轻一些。
Comparisons are odious. 人比人，气死人。
Confession is the first step to repentance. 悔罪先须认罪。
Confidence of success is almost success. 对成功抱有信心，就近乎成功。
Conquer of fear of death and you are put into possession of your life. 不怕死，然后才能生。
Constant dropping wears away a stone. 滴水穿石。
Content is better than riches. 知足常乐。
Content is happiness. 知足常乐。
Conversation makes one what he is. 言如其人。
Councils of war never fight. 主战者不打仗。
Counsel after action is like rain after harvest. 放马后炮。
Counsel must be followed, not praised. 忠告必须照办，而不是赞美。
Count not your chickens before they are hatched. 不要过早乐观。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和决心是美德的灵魂。
Courtesy costs nothing. 谦虚恭敬，不用分文。
Cowards are cruel. 懦夫不仁。
Credit, like a looking-glass, broken once, is gone, alas! 信誉像镜子，破碎无法补。
Creditors have better memories than debtors. 放债人的记性比借债人好。
Crows do not pick crows eyes. 同室不操戈。
Cry up wine and sell vinegar. 挂羊头，卖狗肉。
Cry with one eye and laugh with the other. 口不应心。
Curiosity killed the cat. 好奇心，惹祸根。
Custom is a second nature. 习惯是第二天性。
Custom is the guide of the ignorant. 习俗是无知者的向导。
Custom makes all things easy. 若照习惯办，万事皆不难。
Custom rules the law. 习俗影响法律。
Custom without reason is but ancient error. 习俗没有道理，古代谬误而已。
Cut short the nonsense and return to ones muttons. 闲话少说，言归正传。
Cut the coat according to the cloth. 量布裁衣。
Danger is next neighbour to security. 危险是安全的近邻。
Danger itself is the best remedy for danger. 危险本身就是对付危险的最好办法。
Dead men tell no tales. 死人不会搬弄是非。
Death is the grand leveller. 凡人都要死，大家都一样。
Death meets us everywhere. 死亡到处和我门相遇。
Death pays all debts. 人死百债了。
Death when it comes will have no denial. 死亡来临时，无可抗拒之。
Deeds, no words. 不要光说不练。
Debt is better than death. 负债总比死亡强。
Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves. 行动是果实，言语只是树叶而已。
Deeds are males, and words are females. 言柔弱无能，行刚强有力。
Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy. 深水静静流，浅溪潺潺流。
Delays are dangerous. 坐失良机必有忧患。
Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour. 著手前要深思熟虑，执行要果断有力。
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考虑要仔细，行动要迅速。
Deliberating is not delaying. 慎思不是拖延。
Deliver not your words by number but by weight. 言不在多，而在有物。
Depend on others and you always repent. 依靠别人总要后悔。
Despair gives courage to a coward. 人急造反，狗急跳墙。
Destruction pursues the great. 树大招风。
Devil must be driven out with devils. 以毒攻毒。
Dexterity comes by experience. 熟练来自经验。
Diamond cut diamond. 强中更有强中手。
Diet cures more than the doctor. 药补不如食补。
Diligence is near success. 勤奋近乎成功。
Diligence is the mother of good luck. 刻苦是成功之母。
Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。
Discontent is the first step in progress. 不知足是前进中的第一步。
Discretion is the better part of valour. 小心即大勇。
Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow. 病，仇与债这三者，一露苗头就砍掉。
Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body. 心灵上的疾病比肉体上的疾病更危险。
Diseases are the price of ill pleasures. 疾病是不正当娱乐的代价。
Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot. 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。
Disgraced may be he who thinks ill. 心怀不端的人是可耻的。
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 为众之所为，受众之所夸。
Do as the Romans do(or Do as they do at Rome). 入乡要随俗。
Do as you would be done by. 推己及人。
Do business, but be not a slave to it. 要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
Dog does not eat dog. 物不伤其类。
Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. 远处叫得凶的狗，不会近身来咬人。
Dogs that run after many hares kill none. 多谋寡成。
Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 狗摇尾巴，爱的是面包。
Doing is better than saying. 行胜于言。
Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all youknow. 不要为所能为，不要花尽所有，不要全信所闻，不要言尽所知。
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不要忘恩负义。
Do not despise your enemy. 万勿轻敌。
Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. 不要有求必应。
Do not praise a day before sunset. 切勿褒贬过早。
Do not run too fast after gain. 不要见利就拼命追。
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. 不要向不如你幸运的人述说你的幸福。
Do not swap horses when crossing a stream. 处在危难中，不宜大更动。
Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty. 不要因为怕贫苦而放弃自由。
Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you. 己所不欲，勿施于人。
Do not wash dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外扬。
Dont cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未来，莫泼赃水。
Dont count your chicken before they are hatched. 不要过早乐观。
Dont climb a tree to look for fish. 勿缘木求鱼。
Dont cross the bridge till you get to it. 不要杞人忧天。
Dont fly till you wings are feathered. 羽毛未丰不要飞。
Dont cry out before you are hurt. 还没受苦，就别叫苦。
Dont halloo till you are out of the wood. 没有脱离危险不要先欢呼。
Dont have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. 切莫临时抱佛脚。
Dont keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤注一掷。
Dont put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。
Dont speak all you know, but know all you speak. 不要尽言所知，而要尽知所言。
Dont teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班门弄斧。
Dont throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh. 清水未打来，赃水莫倒掉。
Dont trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自寻烦恼。
Dont whistle until you are out of the wood. 没有脱离险境，不要过早高兴。
Do ones level best. 尽力而为。
Dot the is and cross the ts. 一点一划，循规蹈矩。
Doubt is the key of knowledge. 怀疑乃知识的钥匙。
Do well is better than say well. 说得好不如做得好。
Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上没毛，办事不牢。
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. 事未齐备，切莫妄动。
Draw water with a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空。
Dream are lies. 梦不足信。
Dreams go by contraries. 梦想总与现实相反。
Drive your business, do not let it drive you. 要推动事业，不要让事业来推动你。
Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built. 滴水汇大海，垒石诛高墙。
Drowning man will catch at a straw. 溺水的人一根草也要抓。
Drunken days have all their tomorrows. 今日花天酒地，明日潦倒穷途。
Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒后露真言。
Dumb dogs are dangerous. 哑犬最凶恶。
Dying is as natural as living. 死亡与生存一样自然。
Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱歌。
Each day brings its own bread. 天无绝人之路。
Each man is the architect of his own fate. 命运掌握在自己手中。
Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不计较小事情。
Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 鹰单飞，羊群集。
Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble. 早期的错误可以酿成日后的麻烦。
Early sow, early mow. 播种早的收获早。
Early start makes easy stages. 早开始是成功的保证。
Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起，令人健康、富有而且聪明。
Early wed, early dead. 早婚早夭。
Easier said than done. 说话容易做事难。
East or west, home is best. 在家千日好，出门时时难。
Easy come, easy go. 易得易失。
Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 随意吃饭，适度饮酒。
Eat ones cake and have it. 又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草。
Eat to live, but not live to eat. 吃饭是为了生存，但生存不是为了吃饭。
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. 吃是使自己受用，穿是使别人受用。
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. 人的教养始于教育，成于社交。
Education has for its object the formation of character. 教育的目的在于培养品德。
Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 空桶响声大。
Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常乐。
Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 高位遭人妒，高峰招风吹。
Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾，其言必诈。
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below. 错误像稻草，漂浮在水面。欲觅珍珠者，须往水下潜。
Even Homer sometimes nods. 人非圣贤，孰能无过。
Even the walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。
Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。
Every bean has its black. 人人有其缺点。
Every bird likes its own nest. 人爱其家。
Everybodys business is nobodys business. 人人都管，大家不管。
Every brave man is a man of his word. 勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人。
Every bullet has its billet. 无风不起浪。
Every cloud has a silver lining. 山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村。
Every cock crows on its own dunghill. 夜郎自大。
Every cook praises his own broth. 自吹自擂。
Every country has its customs. 乡有乡俗。
Every couple is not a pair. 同床异梦，貌合神离。
Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在，好花不常开。
Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history. 生命中的一天就是你历史上的一页。
Every dog has his day. 凡人都有得意之日。
Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. 人人都有得意的日子。
Every dog is a lion at home. 夜郎自大。
Every dog is valiant at his won door. 狗在家门前条条都凶悍。
Every door may be shut but deaths door. 除了死门外，每门都可关。
Every extremity is a fault. 万事过分都差误。
Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy. 蠢人也能找出聪明人无法弥补的岔子来的。
Every heart has its own sorrow. 人人都有伤心处。
Every Jack has his Jill. 有情人终成眷属。
Every little makes a mickle. 积少成多。
Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼里出西施。
Every man has a fool in his sleeve. 聪明一世，糊涂一时。
Every man has his faults. 人孰无过。
Every man has his hobby-horse. 人各有所好。
Every man has his liking. 人各有所好。
Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱点。
Every man is best know to himself. 自己最了解自己。
Every man has the defects of his qualities. 一个人的好品质上也有不足之处。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每个人都是他自己命运的建诛师。
Every man is the master of his own fortune. 每个人都是他自己的命运的主宰。
Every man is the son of his own works. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Every man thinks his own geese swans. 每个人都以为自己的东西了不起。
Every medal has its reverse. 事物都有它的反面。
Every mothers child is handsome. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. 人对自己的命运总不感满足。
Every ones faults are not written in their foreheads. 知人知面不知心。
Every pleasure has a pain. 乐中必有苦。
Every potter praises his own pot. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Every salesman boasts of his own wares. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Every shoe fits not every foot. 不能以己度人。
Everything comes to him who waits. 安心等待必有好处。
Everything has its seed. 无风不起浪。
Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 任何事情都有好的时机，不要随意放过。
Everything hath an end. 任何事物都有它的结果。
Everything is good in its season. 万物逢时皆美好。
Everything is good when new, but friend when old. 东西新的好，朋友老的好。
Everything is nice in your garden. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything must have a beginning. 凡是都有起源。
Everything new is fine. 新事物总是美好的。
Every tide hath its ebb. 兴盛之日必有衰退之时。
Every tree is known by its own fruit. 观其言行，知其为人。
Every why has a wherefore. 事出有因。
Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches. 罪恶来时，尺进寸退。
Evil communications corrupt good manners. 交往恶劣，有损风度。
Evil gotten, evil spent. 悖入悖出。
Example is better than precept. 言教不如身教。
Exchange is no robbery. 公平交易并非强行夺取。
Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians. 锻链、节制、新鲜空气和必要的休息是最好的医生。
Experience is a school from which one can never graduate. 经验无止境。
Experience is the best teacher. 经验是良师。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
Experience is the mother of wisdom. 智慧来自经验。
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other. 吃亏学乖代价高，笨汉非此学不好。
Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly. 亲身经验，才是经验。
Experience must be bought. 若要得经验，必须化代价。
Experience teaches. 经验给人教训。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。
Extremes are dangerous. 物极必反。
Extremes meet. 否极泰来。
Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. 以牙还牙，以眼还眼。
Facts are stubborn things. 事实是不容改变的东西。
Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
Faint heart never wins fair lady.
Fair and softly go far in a day. 谦和稳重，前程远大。
Fair faces need no paint. 貌美毋须修饰。
Faith will move mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。
Fall sick and you will see who is your friend and who is not. 困难见友情。
False friends are worse than open enemies. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
False tongue will hardly speak truth. 虚伪者不肯说真话。
False with one can be false with two. 对一个人虚伪，也会对两个人虚伪。
Fame is a magnifying glass. 名誉是放大镜。
Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off. 名誉像条河，源头最狭窄，远处最宽阔。
Familiar paths and old friends are the best. 熟路好遵循，老友最可珍。
Far from eye, far from heart. 离远而情疏。
Fast bind, fast find. 保存得好，东西好找。
Fasting comes after feasting. 今日有酒今日醉，明日无钱不揭锅。
Fat hens lay few eggs. 肥鸡不下蛋。
Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear is often greater than the danger. 杞人忧天。
Fear not the future; weep not for the past. 不要为未来担忧，不要为过去悲泣。
Feed a cold and starve a fever. 伤风时宜吃，发热时宜饿。
Feed a pig and youll have a hog. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Feed by measure and defy physician. 饮食有节制，医生无用处。
Few words are best. 少说为妙。
Few words, many deeds. 少说话，多做事。
Fine clothes make the man. 人要衣装。
Fine feathers do not make fine birds. 人不可貌相。
Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，佛要金装。
Fine words butter no parsnips. 画饼充饥。
Fine words dress ill deeds. 漂亮的言词可以掩饰恶劣的行为。
Finished labours are pleasant. 大功告成，好不高兴。
Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters. 水火是忠仆，造灾成元凶。
Fire proves gold, adversity proves men. 烈火显真金，逆境识英雄。
Fire thats closest kept burns most of all. 关得最紧的火，燃烧得最炽烈。
Fire, water, and money are good servants, but bad masters. 水火金钱是忠仆，使用不当是祸首。
First catch your hare, then cook him. 不要谋之过早。
First come, first served. 先来先卖。
First impressions are most lasting. 最初的印象最为持久。
First think, and then speak. 先想后说。
First try, and then trust. 试了才能相信。
Fish begins to stink at the head. 上梁不正下梁歪。
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity. 奉承惹人喜，直言招人仇。
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee. 追求爱情，它要逃走;逃避爱情，它会跟你。
Fools grow without watering. 笨蛋自然成，无需浇水勤。
Fools haste is no speed. 欲速则不达。
Fools have fortune. 戆人有戆福。
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them. 愚者设筵，智者赴宴。
Fools never know when they are well off. 傻瓜永远不知道他们何时能享福。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 智者裹足不前，愚者铤而走险。
Fools will be fools. 笨蛋总是笨蛋。
Fools will be meddling. 愚者总好无事生非。
For age and want save while you may; no morning sun lasts a whole day. 为了年老和急须，要及时积蓄，因为早晨的太阳，不会整天照耀。
For a lost thing care nothing. 一事之失，不必介意。
Forbidden fruit is sweet. 禁果分外甜。
Force can never destroy right. 暴力绝不能摧毁正义。
Forget not that you are a man. 不要忘记你是一个人。
Forget others faults by remembering your own. 想想自己的错，就会忘却别人的过。
Forgive and forget. 不念旧恶。
Forgive others but not yourself. 待人宽，对己严。
Fortune favours fools. 傻子有傻福。
Fortune favours the bold. 勇者天佑。
Fortune is fickle. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
Fortune is good to him who knows to make good use of her. 知道利用幸福的人才有幸福。
Fortune knocks once at least at every mans door. 人人都有鸿运高照之日。
Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 只要有耐心，总会走好运。
Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward. 幸运喜欢勇敢的人，而不喜欢怯懦的人。
Fortune to one is mother, to another is stepmother. 命运对一种人如亲娘，对另一种人却是晚娘。
Four eyes see more than two. 人多识广。
Friendless is the dead. 没有朋友者，等于是死人。
Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight. 朋友像琴弦，不能太拧紧。
Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. 交往过密过疏，都会失去朋友。
Friends are thieves of time. 交朋友，费时间。
Friendship cannot stand always on one side. 来而不往非礼也。
Friendship is love with understanding. 友谊是爱加上谅解。
Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs. 友谊可以增添欢乐，可以分担忧愁。
Friendship ---- one soul in two bodies. 友谊是两人一条心。
Friendship should not be all on one side. 友谊不该只是单方面的事。
Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is. 友谊地久天长。
Friends may meet, but mountains never greet. 朋友可相逢，高山永分离。
Friends must part. 天下无不散之筵席。
From a little spark may burst a mighty flame. 星星之火可以燎原。
From hearing comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance. 多听增智慧，多言生后悔。
From saving comes having. 富有来自节约。
From short pleasure long repentance. 痛快一时，悔恨终身。
From the father comes honour; from the mother, comfort. 荣誉由父次，安慰由母与。
Frugality is an estate alone. 仅仅节约就是一笔财产。
Fruit ripens not well in the shade. 阴凉处的果子不会成熟。
Full belies make empty skulls. 大腹便便，头脑空虚。
Gain got by a lie will burn ones fingers. 靠欺骗得来的利益会使自己受害。
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. 有花堪折直须折。
Genius often betrays itself into great errors. 天才常被天才误。
Gifts from enemies are dangerous. 敌人礼，藏危险。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患无词。
Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself. 授绳与愚，愚能自傅。
Give a lark to catch a kite. 得不偿失。
Give as good as one gets. 以其人之道，还治其人之身。
Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself. 多行不义必自毙。
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice. 要多听少说。
Give hostages to fortune. 听天由命。
Glory, honour, wealth, and rank, such things are nothing but shadows. 富贵如浮云。
Glory is the shadow of virtue. 光荣是美德的影子。
God defend me from my friends; form my enemy I can defend myself. 防友靠天，防敌靠己。
God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助之。
God never shuts one door but he opens another. 天无绝人之路。
God sends fortune to fools. 蠢人有蠢福。
God sends meat and the devil sends cooks. 鲜肉由天次，劣厨乃鬼遣。
Go farther and fare worse. 一动不如一静。
Go for wool and come home shorn. 求得反失。
Gold will not buy everything. 黄金不能购买一切。
Good children make glad parents. 孩子好，父母笑。
Good counsel does no harm. 忠言无害。
Good counsel never comes amiss. 忠言有利无害。
Good counsel never comes too late. 忠言绝不嫌迟。
Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven. 善行如日月经天。
Good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜美貌。
Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a noble man can do. 以德报德，人人都能做到;以德报怨只有高尚的人才能办到。
Good health is above wealth. 健康重于财富。
Good news goes on crutches. 好事不出门。
Goods are theirs that enjoy them. 能享受自己财产的人是财产的真正主人。
Good to begin well, better to end well. 善始好，善终更好。
Good watch prevents misfortune. 有备无患。
Good wine needs no bush. 酒好客自来。
Good wine needs no cries. 好酒无需叫卖。
Good words and ill deeds decieve wise men and fools. 话好行为劣，欺骗智和愚。
Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds. 光说好话而不见行动，一文不值。
Gossiping and lying go hand in hand. 搬事弄非者，必是撒谎人。
Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark. 早睡早起。
Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company. 一人独处慎于思，与人相处慎于言。
Grain by grain and hen fills her belly. 一粒一粒啄米，母鸡填饱肚皮。
Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失。
Grasp the nettle and it wont sting you. 困难像弹簧，你硬它就软。
Grasp the shadow and let go the substance. 舍本逐末。
Grasp the thistle firmly. 毅然处理困难局面。
Great barkers are no biters. 吠犬不咬。
Great boast, small roast. 说得天花乱坠，成事微乎其微。
Great designs require great consideration. 宏伟的计划须要慎重考虑。
Greatest genius often lies concealed. 大智若愚。
Great hopes make great man. 大希望造就大人物。
Great men are not always wise. 伟大的人物未必总是英明的。
Great men have great faults. 伟人也会铸大错。
Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
Great oaks from little acorns grow. 万丈高楼平地起。
Great souls suffer in silence. 伟人受苦，声色不露。
Great talkers are commonly liars. 能言的人谎话多。
Great talkers are little doers. 人好说大话，并非实干家。
Great talkers are not great doers. 其人说得多，做得不会多。
Great winds blow upon high hills. 树大招风。
Habit cures habit. 新风移旧俗。
Habit is second nature. 习惯成自然。
Half a tale is enough for a wise man. 聪明人凡事只须听一半，就会明白究竟。
Half a loaf is better then no bread. 半块面包亦胜无。
Half the world knows not how the other half lives. 富人不知穷人苦。
Hang up ones fiddle when one comes home. 在外谈笑风生，在家闷闷不乐。
Hang up ones hat in anothers house. 在别人家里久留不去，长期居住。
Happiness consists in contentment. 知足常乐。
Happiness takes no account of time. 幸福不觉光阴过。
Happy is he that is happy in childhood. 童年时代快乐的人是幸福的。
Happy is he that is happy in his children. 对自己孩子感到高兴的，才是幸福的人。
Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. 记得青年时所做的愚笨事的人是幸福的。
Happy is he who owes nothing. 无债一身轻。
Happy is the man that owes nothing. 无债一身轻。
Hardships never come alone. 祸不单行。
Hard words break no bones, fine words butter no parsnips. 粗话无害，甘言无益。
Hares may pull dead lions by the beard. 虎落平阳被犬欺。
Harm set, harm get. 自作自受。
Harm watch, harm catch. 害人反害己。
Haste makes waste. 拔苗助长。
Hasty climbers have sudden falls. 大起者有大落。
Hasty love is soon hot and soon cold. 草草率率谈恋爱，热得快也冷得快。
Hasty love, soon cold. 匆忙的爱情冷得快。
Hatred is blind as well as love. 爱情与仇恨同样是盲目的。
Have but few friends though many acquaintances. 朋友要少，熟人要多。
Hawks will not pick hawks eyes out. 同类不相残。
He alone is happy who commands his passions. 只有控制感情的人，才会幸福。
He alone is poor who does not possess knowledge. 没有知识，才是贫穷。
Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other. 健康愉快，相生相成。
Health and understanding are the two great blessing of life. 健康和融洽是人生两大幸事。
Health does not consist with intemperance. 健康和放纵，彼此不相容。
Health is above wealth. 健康胜于财富。
Health is better than wealth. 健康胜于财富。
Health is happiness. 健康就是幸福。
Health is not valued till sickness comes. 有病方知无病乐。
Heaven helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
Heavens vengeance is slow but sure. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
He bears misery best who hides it most. 最会隐瞒痛苦者，乃是最善忍受痛苦人。
He can who belive he can.
He dances well to whom fortune pipes. 鸿运来时，百事顺遂。
He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour. 吃过苦头，才配享受。
Hedges have eyes, and walls have ears. 篱笆有眼，隔墙有耳。
He dies like a beast who has done no good while he lived. 生时不做好事，死了像个畜生。
He gives twice that gives in a trice. 即刻就给予，等于给两次。
He is a fool who cannot be angry, but he is a wise man who will not. 愚笨人不会发怒，聪明人不愿发怒。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 背后说人好话的够朋友。
He is a good man whom fortune makes better. 好人走运人更好。
He is a wise man who speaks little. 聪明的人话不多。
He is lifeless that is faultless. 人孰无过。
He is never alone that is in the company of noble thoughts. 思想崇高者，绝不会孤独。
He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion. 不能偶而装疯卖傻，就不是一个聪明人。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 正人先正己。
He is rich enough who has true friends. 有真朋友的人是富翁。
He is rich enough who owes nothing. 无债就是富。
He is the wise man who is the honest man. 诚实的人就是聪明的人。
He is the wisest man who does not think himself so. 不自以为聪明的人是最聪明的人。
He is truly happy who makes others happy. 真正幸福的是使人幸福的人。
He is unfortunate who cannot bear misfortune. 不能承受不幸的就是不幸。
He is unworthy to live who lives only for himself. 为己而生，生而可耻。
He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs. 聪明的人有足够的才智处理自己的事情。
He is wise that is honest. 诚实者明智。
He is wise that knows when hes well enough. 知足的人是聪明的人。
He jests at scars, that never felt a wound. 富人不知穷人苦。
He knocks boldly at the door who brings good news. 彼叩门声响，必来报佳音。
He knows best what good is that has endured evil. 忍过痛受过苦，最知幸福是何物。
He knows enough that can live and hold his peace. 见多识广者沈默寡言。
He knows most who speaks least. 大智者寡于言。
He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue. 懂得缄默的是明白人。
He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。
He lives long that lives well. 活得好等于活得长。
He lives twice who lives well. 生活得好的等于生活了两次。
He may well be contented who need neither borrow nor flatter. 一个既不用借债又不用奉承人的人，可以称得上心满意足。
He most lives who lives most for others. 活著对别人贡献最多的人，活得最有意义。
He must needs go whom the devil drives. 势在必行。
He must needs swim that is held up by the chin. 身不由己，只得从命。
He preaches best who lives best. 言教不如身教。
He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims ignorance. 夸耀知识实乃无知。
He that cannot ask cannot live. 不会求者不会生。
He that climbs high falls heavily. 爬得高，跌得重。
He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. 做贼心虚。
He that converses not knows nothing. 不和人交谈的人一无所知。
He that deceives me once, shame fall him, if he deceives me twice, shame fall me. 受骗一次，别人可耻;受骗二次，自己该死。
He that doth lend, doth lose his friend. 失友都因借钱起。
He that doth most at once doth least. 想一次做完什么事，结果一件也做不完。
He that doth what he will doth not what he ought. 为其所欲为者不为其所当为。
He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也许明天会站起来。
He that fears death lives not. 怕死者活不了。
He that fears every bush must never go a-birding. 疑神疑鬼，绝无收获。
He that fears you present, will hate you absent. 当面怕你的人背后会恨你。
He that gains time gains all things. 获得时间就是获得一切。
He that gains well and spends well needs no account book. 收支正当，无须记帐。
He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy. 忍渴上床，起身健康。
He that has a full purse never wants a friend. 只要袋里有，不愁没朋友。
He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it. 做贼心虚。
He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere. 遇事多问，随处可行。
He that has a wife has a master. 娶了妻娶了个主人。
He that has no children knows not what is love. 没有孩子的人，不懂什么叫爱。
He that hath time hath life. 有时间，就有生活。
He that is angry is seldom at ease. 怒者寡宁。
He that is full of himself is very empty. 自满的人是很空虚的。
He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody. 不知自爱的人也不会爱别人。
He that is master must serve. 主人必须会服务。
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others. 能主宰自己的人不久就可以主宰别人。
He that knows not how to hold his tongue knows not how to talk. 不知缄口的不善言。
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing. 无知就无疑。
He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
He that lives long suffers much. 长寿的人多忧患。
He that lives well is learned enough. 生活好者，博学多才。
He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly. 生而缺德，死必寡诚。
He that marries for wealth sells his liberty. 为财富而结婚就是出卖自由。
He that never climbed never fell. 不向上爬的也不会下跌。
He that never rode never fell. 不骑马就永不会从马上跌下。
He that once deceived is never suspected. 一次行诈骗，永远遇疑嫌。
He that returns good for evil obtains the victory. 以德报怨的人得到胜利。
He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages. 求财而供神者必倍求而敬鬼。
He that spares the bad injures the good. 饶恕坏人便是伤害好人。
He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon. 与恶人交往，须特别提防。
He that talks much erre much. 言多必失。
He that talks much lies much. 多嘴的人说谎也多。
He that travels far knows much. 见多识广。
He that trusts in a lie shall perish in truth. 相信谎话的人必将在真理前灭亡。
He that walks with wise men should be wise. 与智者行即得其智。
He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell. 欲所得，必先劳。
He that will have his farm full, must keep an old cock and a young bull. 要使农家富又足，必须养鸡又养牛。
He that will lie will steal. 说谎者必行窃。
He that will not work shall not eat. 不工作者不得食。
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox. 会偷蛋的，也会偷牛。
He that will swear will lie. 赌咒的人是说谎的人。
He that will take the bird must not scare it. 欲捉鸟莫惊鸟。
He that will thrive must rise at five. 五更起床，百事兴旺。
He that would command must serve. 欲做先生，先做学生。
He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree. 不劳无获。
He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens. 欲图逸，得先劳。
He that would know what shall be must consider what has been. 欲知未然，须思已然。
He that would live in peace and rest must hear and see, and say the best. 要想太太平平，生活安定，必须耳聪目明，善言动听。
He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. 欲得女儿欢，先遂其母意。
He warms too near that burns. 取暖太近火，会被火灼伤。
He who avoids temptation avoids the sin. 避诱惑，免罪恶。
He who blames one to his face is a hero, but he who backbites is a coward. 当面责人是英雄，背后中伤是懦夫。
He who buys what he does not need will often need what he cannot buy. 平时随便买，需时无钱买。
He who cannot hold his peace will never live at ease. 嘴巴不紧，生活不宁。
He who can suppress a moments anger may prevent a day of sorrow. 能忍一时气，可免一日优。
He who despises small things seldom grows rich. 小钱不计，大钱不聚。
He who does no good, does evil enough. 好事不做，坏事做绝。
He who does not advance falls backward. 不进则退。
He who does not gain loses. 无所得即有所失。
He who does not honour his wife, dishonours himself. 人不贵妻，自我丢脸。
He who does not rise early never does a good days work. 起身不早，一天的工作难做好。
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. 怕吃败仗的就要打败仗。
He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. 怕吃苦头的反因怕而吃苦头。
He who follows two hares is sure to catch neither. 追逐两只兔，两头都落空。
He who handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung. 与恶人交往而讲仁义，必受其害。
He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。
He who has done ill once will do it again. 干了一次坏事的人会再干第二次。
He who has health, has hope, and he who has hope, everything. 身体好就有希望，有希望就有一切。
He who has lost his good name is a dead man among the living. 丧失好名誉，犹如活死人。
He who has lost shame is lost to all virtue. 没有廉耻心，没有好德行。
He who has no shame has no conscience. 没有廉耻的人，没有良心。
He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is. 不吃苦中苦，哪知甜中甜。
He who hesitates is lost. 举棋不定，坐失良机。
He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none. 自以为学识丰富的人是没有什么学问的人。
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. 害怕问者耻于学。
He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning. 耻于问者耻于学。
He who is born a fool is never cured. 生成的傻子总是治不好的。
He who knows most speaks least. 懂得多的说得少。
He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。
He who likes borrowing dislikes paying. 爱借钱者不爱还钱。
He who lives by hope will die by hunger. 靠希望生活的人将饥饿而死。
He who lives in glass house should not throw stones. 正人先正己。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 经常诉苦抱怨，难以博得同情。
He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk. 弱肉强食。
He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing. 不犯错误，成不了事。
He who never was sick dics the first. 永不生病的人往往一病致命。
He who overcomes his anger subdues his greatest enemy. 克制火气就是克制强敌。
He who plays with fire gets burned. 玩火者必自焚。
He who pleased everybody died before he was born. 众口难调。
He who purposes to be an author, should first be a student. 想当作家，相当学生。
He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows one should never remember it. 受惠不忘，施恩不记。
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. 骑虎者难下。
He who risks nothing, gains nothing. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like. 欢喜说他欢喜的话者将要听到他不欢喜的话。
He who sees through life and death will meet with most success. 看破生死者，大多会成功。
He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it. 与熊分蜜糖，得不到多少。
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. 讲礼貌的得友情，好心肠的得感情。
He who spends more than he should, shall not have to spare when he would. 不该花的乱花，要花时没有花。
He who stands alone has no power. 孤掌难鸣。
He who touches pitch will be difiled. 近墨者黑
He who wants a mule without fault, must walk on foot. 如要骡子无缺点，只有自己徒步行。
He who wills success is half way to it. 下定决心成功的人是成功了一半。
He who would catch fish mush not mind getting wet. 欲擒龙王，就得下海。
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 爬梯必须从底层开始。
He who would search for pearls must dive below(or deep). 欲寻珍珠，须潜水下。
He will always be a slave who knows not how to earn and save. 不懂挣钱和积财，只能永远当奴才。
He works best who knows his trade. 内行的人做他的事一定会做得最好。
Hide nothing from thy physician. 切莫讳疾忌医。
Hide ones talents in a napkin. 埋没自己的才能。
His heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not clear. 嘴不净者心不纯。
History repeats itself. 历史本身常重演。
Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. 随机应变。
Hold fast when you have it. 紧握你手中之物。
Hold (or Run) with the hare and run (or hunt) with the hounds. 两面讨好。
Home is home, though never so homely. 不如归去。
Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all. 诚实的人马上结婚，聪明的人就不这样。
Honesty is the best policy. 诚实是上策。
Honesty may be dear bought, but can never be an ill penny-worth. 出高价买来的诚实，不会永远没有价值。
Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. 蜜糖是甜的，但蜜蜂会螫人。
Honour and profit lie not in one sack. 荣誉和利益不能并存。
Honours change manners. 荣誉能改变人的礼貌。
Honour to whom honour is due. 荣誉归于应得荣誉的人。
Hope deferred makes the heart sick. 希望迟迟未实现，使人心烦意撩乱。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 作最好的希望，作最坏的打算。
Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper. 希望是美味的早点，但又是难咽的晚餐。
Hope is but the dream of those that wake. 希望是清醒者的梦想。
Hope is life and life is hope. 希望才有人生，人生要有希望。
Hope often deludes the foolish man. 希望常欺愚笨汉。
Hope springs eternal (in the human breast). 希望会产生，永远无穷尽。
How shall I do to love? Believe. How shall I do to believe? Love. 怎样对待爱情?要相信。怎样才能相信?要有爱情。
Human pride is human weakness. 骄傲是人类的弱点。
Humility is the foundation of all virtue. 谦逊是一切美德的基础。
Humility often gains more than pride. 谦逊往往比骄傲受益更多。
Hunger breaks stone wall. 饥饿不饶人。
Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods. 饥饿引狼出森林。
Hunger finds no fault with the cookery. 饥不择食。
Hunger is the best sauce. 饥者口中尽佳肴。
Hunger knows no friend. 饥难周友。
Hunger will relish the plainest fare. 饥不择食。
Hungry belies have no ears. 饥寒起盗心。
Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings. 饥不择食。
I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea. 进退维谷。
I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles. 我不是奴隶，也不是俘虏，我有力量可以克服更大的艰难险阻。
I am not now that which I have been. (I am not what I used to be.) 今日之我已非昔日之我。
I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. 我不仅要使自己有才智，而且也要使别人有才智。
I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility. 一个真正伟大的人，对他的第一个考验就是看他是否谦逊。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 我不能既是你的朋友，而又对你阿谀奉承。
I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends. 我认为，只有在脑海中想起好朋友时我才会那样快乐。
Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. 理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我们犹如水手，可借它指引航向。
Idle folks have most labour. 懒汉总嫌活太多。
Idle folks lack no excuses. 懒汉辩解，何患无词。
Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. 懒惰是行乞的敲门砖，是万恶的根源。
Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice). 懒惰是万恶之源。
Idleness is the rust of the mind. 懒惰使脑子生锈。
Idleness rusts the mind. 懒惰使人的头脑迟钝。
Idle young, needy old. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
If a donkey bray at you, dont bray at him. 傻瓜惹著你，你别跟他缠。
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. 如果倒空钱袋，装入脑袋，那就无人能够把钱夺走。
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics. 如果以肯定开始，必将以怀疑告终;如果愿以怀疑开始，必将以肯定告终。
If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. 初试不成功，努力勿懈怠。
If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors; rest, cheerful-ness, and moderate diet. 如果医药不能帮助，那么注意三件事∶休息，愉快，饮食调和。
If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city (or street). 众擎易举。
I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts. 敌人献礼品，千万莫轻信。
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. 注意好品行，自有美名声。
If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. (If it is not broken, do not fix it.) 不正确的事不做，不真实的话不说。
If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人是靠希望活著的。
If matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. 重要的并不在于一个人怎样死，而是在于他怎样生。
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. 不做金钱的主人，就会做金钱的奴隶。
If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault. 如果没有人爱你，肯定是你自己有问题。
If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price. 如果想做成点事，就得付出代价一干。
If the beard were all, the goat might preach. 如果有了?需就什么都行，那么山羊也可以说教了。
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 问道于盲，无益于事。
If the counsel be good no matter who gave it. 只要忠告中肯，谁提都行。
If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不馋，心不贪。
If the old dog barks, he gives counsel. 如果老狗叫，他是给忠告。
If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. 丸药不苦不会加糖衣。
If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain. 雨雪不调，五谷价高。
If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 吃得苦中苦，方知甜中甜。
If the sky fll (or falls), we shall catch larks. 异想天开
If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture. 若有人称赞你，要自问对不对。
If things were to be done twice all would be wise. 事事倘能做两次，人人都可称明智。
If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind. 两人同骑一马，必有一人在后。
If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him. 如果我们决定宽恕一个敌人，但决不能相信他。
If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 随遇而安。
If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 智者干傻事，愚蠢到极点。
If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 愿望不等于事实。
If you agree to carry the calf, theyll make you carry the cow. 得寸进尺。
If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you. 运气太好，得意忘形;运气太坏，无人理会。
If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue. 如果不健康而能强强壮壮，那么无美德也可快快乐乐。
If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. 不能打仗，切莫出兵。
If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你现有的吧。
If you command wisely, youll be obeyed cheerfully. 倘君指挥有方，人人欣然听命。
If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. 施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。
If you dance you must pay the fiddler. 要想寻欢作乐，代价非付不可。
If you dont aim high you will never hit high. 不立大志，难攀高峰。
If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist. 巧妇难为无米之炊。
If you lie upon roses when young, youll lie upon thorns when old. 年青时躺在玫瑰上，老年时就会躺在荆棘上。
If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 远朱者赤，近墨者黑。
If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled. 一块一块把石移，高山也可变平地。
If you run after two heares, you will catch neither. 两头落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 蚀了本也输了利。
If you swear you will catch no fish. 咒骂无益，于事无济。
If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 不试就相信，死前要悔恨。
If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。
If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情，就要自己动手。
If you want knwledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知识，必须刻苦学习。
If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. 想要和平，必须备战。
If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 如要忠告向老人请教。
If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation. 若想为快乐奠立可靠的基础，美好的名声便是奠基的石头。
If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得贤妻子，须娶好女儿。
If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. 如要是情做得好，你须亲自动手搞。
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. 欲知金钱价，不妨把钱借;借钱味难尝，使人心悲伤。
If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想与人成仇结怨，只要借钱给人再催还。
Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 厚颜无耻由于愚昧无知。
Ignorance is the mother of suspicions. 无知会多疑。
Ignorance of the law excuses no man. 对法律不知不能免罪。
I hate to see things done by halves. -- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone. 事情不要做一半;对的，就做下去，不对，就丢开。
I have no secret of success but hard work. 成功无秘诀，只是努力干。
I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish. 酒肉之交非朋友。
I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 是上无天才，勤学加苦练。
Ill air slays sooner thant the sword. 污浊的空气杀人比刀还要快。
Ill-gotten goods never prosper. 发横财，家不发
Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent. 悖入悖出。
Ill-gotten wealth never thrives. 悖入悖出。
Ill news comes space. 恶事传千里。
Ill news flies fast. 恶事传千里。
Ill news never comes too late 坏消息来得快。
Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。
Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想像力比知识更重要。
Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality. 想像有时比现实生动得多。
Imagination is the source of creation. 想象是创作之源。
I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. 成功之道唯三点∶努力、努力、再努力。
Improve your time and your time will improve you. 珍惜时间，时间才会珍惜你。
In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. 平静的海上易驶船。
In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned. 发现大河有大鱼，可得注意别溺毙。
In all things, it is better to hope than to despair. 凡事抱希望为佳，不应悲观而失望。
In an enemy spots are soon seen. 敌人的缺点容易找。
In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 历代最伟大的思想都载入史册而不朽。
In doing we learn. 行而知。
Industry if fortunes right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。
Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full. 勤奋使身体健康，使心情开朗，使思想专注，使经济充裕。
In every beginning think of the end. 思前顾后。
In every country dogs bite. 天下的狗都要咬人。
In every rank, great or small, Tis industry supports us all. 不论高的低的各级人士，所持的都是勤劳。
In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做，二不休。
In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn. 丰年五谷贱如草，荒年稻草贵如粮。
In life, as in chess, forethought wins 人生如下棋，多谋得胜利。
In lifes earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. 在人生的搏斗中，只有日日前进不甘失败的人，才能获胜。
In moderating, not satisfying, desires, lies peace. 节欲不纵情，心情得安宁。
I now know that wars do not end wars. 如今我才弄明白，干戈不能化玉帛。
In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. 处顺境时要小心，处逆境时要耐心。
In prosperity think of adversity. 居安思危。
Interest will not lie. 兴趣不会说谎。
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. 顺利时要快乐，不利时要思索。
In the deepest water is the best fishing. 绝处能逢生。
In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever. 选择妻子也象策画战争，一时之错将成终身之恨。
In the end things will mend. 船到桥头自会直。
In the evening one may praise the day. 入夜方能赞美白昼。
In the grave the rich and poor lie equal. 人到黄泉，贫富同眠。
In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed man is king. 盲人国里，独眼称王。
In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart. 明镜照容颜，醇酒见人心。
In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 谋士多，保安全。
In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom. 处世似游泳，不会即下沉。
In time of peace prepare for war. 居安思危。
In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty. 富在深山有远亲，穷在闹市无人问。
In water you may see your own face; in wine, the heart of another 水中可见自己的脸，酒中可见别人的心。
In wine there is truth. 酒后吐真言。
In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden. 青年时代是黄金的，壮年时代是白银的，老年时代是灰铅的。
I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. 我抱憾的是，只有一次生命能献给祖国。
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame. 我认为，人丧失了廉耻就完了。
I say little but I think the more. 我说得少，但我想得多。
I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty. 睡时梦觉生活是美事，醒来发现生活是责任。
I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated. 我成功是因为有决心，从不犹豫。
It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips 骄傲的心碰上献媚的嘴，是最危险不过的。
It is a good horse that never stumbles. 良马不失蹄。
It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none. 善心不想坏事，好舌不出恶声。
It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune. 对己之不幸付之一笑，这是一门伟大的艺术。
It is a long lane that has no turning. 路必有弯。
It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody. 信任任何人和不信任任何人，同样是缺点。
It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb. 狐狸舔羔羊，这是凶迹象。
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外扬。
It is a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知世间有乐者最可怜。
It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait. 蠢人才吃两次亏。
It is a silly goose that comes to the foxs sermon. 只有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。
It is a small flock that has not a black sheep. 家家难免有败类。
It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 识时务者为俊杰。
It is a wise father that knows his own child. 父贤知其子。
It is better to be alone than in bad company. 无友要比交坏友好。
It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame. 宁可穿破衣，不可蒙羞耻。
It is better to be safe than sorry. 事后追悔不如事前稳妥。
It is better to do well than to say well. 理论好不如实际好。
It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill. 与其抱怨，不如积善。
It is better to please a fool than to anger him. 惹得傻瓜发火，不如使他快活。
It is better to wear out than to rust out. 与其锈掉，不如用坏。
It is dogged (that) does it. 天下无难事，只怕有心人。
It is easier to descend than to ascend. 下降容易上升难。
It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it. 提出忠告易，照著办事难。
It is easier to pull down than build. 败事容易成事难。
It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. 养虎易，驯虎难。
It is easy to be wise after the event. 当事后诸葛亮容易。
It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. 对每一件事知道一些是容易的，对任何一件事详细知道是困难的。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 开设店铺易，维持常开难。
It is easy to prophesy after the event. 事后诸葛亮，预言顶便当。
It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸鱼。
It is good to be merry at meal. 席间心情愉快是为上策。
It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患难时得到朋友是幸运的。
It is good to learn at another mans cost. 前车之覆，后车之鉴。
It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 养女容易嫁女难。
It is hard to please all parties. 取悦各方，谈何容易。
It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country. 对朋友不义，不可能对国家效忠。
It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施恩比受惠更有福。
It is more pain to do nothing than something. 什么都不做要比做一点更不好受。
It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice. 在同一个人那里上两次当只能怪自己。
It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove. 老鹰胜鸽，不足为荣。
It is not every couple that is a pair. 成双并非皆配偶。
It is not good to make a sleeping lion. 弄醒睡狮不是好事。
It is not helps, but obstaceles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men. 造就人的，不是帮助，而是磨难，不是方便，而是困难。
It is not how long but how well we live. 问题不是活得长不长而是活得好不好。
It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age. 一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习不懂的东西，这不是羞耻。
It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
It is not work that kills, but worry. 劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。
It is no use crying over spilt milk. 泼水难收。
It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. 话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。
It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都应该用得其所。
It is the first step that costs. 万事开头难。
It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements ofsuperiority from their mother. 一切优秀的人通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。
It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the error. 人总不免要犯错误，只有蠢人才坚持不改。
It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own. 愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错处而忘却了自己的过失。
It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it. 只要真正渴求知识，都能得到，这是知识的特点。
It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock. 船触礁后在抛锚，为时已经太晚了。
It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down. 马后炮。
It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. 贼出关门。
It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. 大智若愚。
It matters not how long we live but how. 问题不是活得多么长，而是活得怎么样。
It never rains but it pours. 祸不单行。(不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。)
Its a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles. 良马不失蹄，贤妻不聒絮。
Its a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知人间有乐趣者最可怜。
Its a poor mouse that has only on hole. 鼠只有一洞，必先把命送。
Its earier to run down the hill than go up. 下山容易上山难。
Its easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again. 堕入陷阱易，脱离陷阱难。
Its hard sailing when there is no wind. 没有风难航行。
Its no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure. 高价卖不为过，短斤少两才有罪。
Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子重德不重衣。
Its no use pumping a dry well. 徒劳无益。
It takes all sorts to make a world. 万千事物，形成世界。
It takes two to make a quarrel. 要有两个人才吵得起来。
I was born anAmerican; I live an American; I shall die an American. 我生下来是美国人，活著是美国人，死时也是美国人。
I wept when I was born,, and every day shows why. 我生下时啼哭，后来每天的生活说明了为什么。
I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading 宁为穷汉住搁楼，拥有好书任我读，不愿身居帝王位，纵有好书不爱读。
I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines of gold. 我宁愿得到人们的深情至爱，而不愿黄金成雄。
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Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Labour is light where love doth pay. 爱情作酬报，劳苦必轻松。
Labour is often the father of pleasure. 勤劳常为快乐之源。
Labour is the capital of our working men. 劳动力是劳动人民的资本。
Lack of knowledge is darker than night. 没有知识比黑夜还要黑。
Late repentance is seldom true. 后悔少有诚意。
Laugh and grow fat. 心宽体胖。
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 你笑，人人陪你笑;你哭，惟独你自哭。
Laugh at your ills, And save doctors bills. 生病不忧虑，节省医药费。
Laugh before breakfast youll cry before supper. 乐极生悲。
Law makers should not be law breakers. 正人先正己。
Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. 法网只捉苍蝇，不捉黄蜂。
Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends. 诉讼将消耗时间、金钱、休息和失去朋友。
Lazy folks take the most pains. 懒汉多吃苦。
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. 学问在得意时是装饰品，失意时是庇护所，年老时是供应品。
Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. 学问是穷人的财富，是富人的荣誉，是青年的帮助，是老年的支持和安慰。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。
Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
Learn to creep before you leap. 循序渐进。
Learn to say before you sing. 按部就班。
Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you. 要学会受痛苦而不怨，这是我教你的至要之事。
Learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进。
Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 要从别人的愚行中学到聪明。
Learn young, learn fair. 学习趁年轻，既学就学好。
Least said, soonest mended. 多说反坏事。
Lend your money and lose your friend. 赔了夫人又折兵。
Let beggars match with beggars. 龙配龙，凤配凤。
Let bygones be bygones. 既往不昝。
Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage. 纵使困难重重，也不丧失勇气。
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. 饮水思源。
Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over. 饮水思源。
Let every tub stand on its own bottom. 各人管各人自己。
Let not the cobbler go beyond his last. 安分守己。
Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath. 日落之前，平息你的怒火吧。
Let our object be our courtry, our whole country, and nothing but our country. 我们的心目中要有国家，要有整个国家，而且只有我们的国家别如其他。
Lets cross the bridge when we come to it. 既来之，则安之。
Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要惹事生非。
Let the cobbler stick to his last. 安分守己。
Let the dead bury the dead. 往事不重提。
Let the hands get busy, not the mouth. 手要勤劳，嘴莫多说。
Let things take their course. 听其自然。
Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. 是就是，非就非。
Liars have need of good memories. 谎言者要有好的记忆力。
Liars should have good memories. 说谎的人应有好的记性。
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law. 自由就是做法律许可做的事情的权力。
Liberty is not licence. 自由不是放纵。
Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness. 自由随便，经常堕落到无法无天。
Lie in (oron) the bed one has made. 自作自受。
Lies have short legs. 谎言是站不住脚的。
Life is a battle from cradle to grave. 人生是一场从生到死的战斗。
Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 对善思考者，人生为喜剧;对凭感觉者，人生为悲剧。
Life is a flower of which love is the honey. 人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。
Life is a shuttle 生活犹如梭子。
Life is but a span. 人生如朝露。
Life is compared to voyage. 人生好比是航海。
Life is half spent before we know what it is. 等到认识人生，已经一半过去了。
Life is long if you know how to use it. 如果懂得好好利用，生命就长了。
Life if made up of little things. 生活是由琐事构成的。
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. 生命的价值是用思想和行为来衡量的，而不是寿命的长短。
Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。
Life is not so short but there is time enougn for courtesy. 人生虽短，但表示礼貌的时间还是足够的。
Life is short and time is fleeting 人生短暂，光阴易逝。
Life is sweet. 生命是甜美的。
Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression. 人生必须永远前进，才不愧为有理智的人。
Life without a friend is death without a witness. 在世无朋友，死后无证人。
Lightly come, lightly go. 易得易失。
Light troubles speak; great troubles are silent. 小困难，大声叫嚷;大困难，闷生不响。
Like attracts like. 物以类聚。
Like author, like book. 书如其人。
Like begets like. 有其父必有其子。
Like cow, like calf. 有其父必有其子。
Like cures like. 以毒攻毒。
Like draws to like. 物以类聚。
Like draws to like the whole world over. 物以类聚，世间皆如此。
Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。
Like knows like. 英雄识英雄。
Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil. 有其师必有其徒。
Like tree, like fruit. 有其因必有其果。
Little boats must keep the shores. 小船不能航行远。
Little bodies may have great souls. 小小的躯体会有伟大的心灵。
Littel chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。
Little pigeons can carry great messages. 少年也可以成大事。
Little pitchers have great (or large) ears. 小孩子耳朵长。
Little strokes fell great oaks. 水滴石穿。
Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape. 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯。
Little things amuse little minds. 小人志卑。
Little wealth, little care. 财少寡忧。
Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。
Live and let live. 自己生活，也要让他人生活。
Live to learn and learn to live. 生而学之，学而生之。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。
Lock the stable door before the steed is stolen. 马未偷走前，厩门先锁上。
Loftiest trees most dread the thunder. 树大招风。
Long absent, soon forgotten. 长久不在的人，很快被忘怀。
Long tarrying takes all the thanks away. 事情耽搁太久就没有人会感谢了。
Look at the world through rose-coloured glasses. 对万事要乐观。
Look before you leap; see before you go. 三思而行。
Lookers-on see more than players. 旁观者清。
Lookers-on see most of the games. 旁观者清。
Look for a needle in a bundle (or bottle) of hay. 海底捞月。
Look not for musk in dogs kennel. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙。
Lose not time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 不要浪费时间，做些有益的事情，停止一切不必要的行动。
Losers are always in the wrong. 失败者总是错的。
Losses make us more cautious 损失使人更谨慎。
Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. 时间一去不再来，我们常说时间充足，实际。总是不够。
Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever. 失去的财富可由勤奋而恢复，失去的知识可由学习而恢复，失去的健康可由节制或药物而恢复，但失去的时间却一去永不复返。
Love all, trust a few, be false to none. 要爱一切人，相信少数人，不要负于任何人。
Love and business teach eloquence. 爱情和买卖可以培养口才。
Love and cough cannot be hid. 爱情和咳嗽是不能掩饰的。
Love and poverty are hard to hide. 爱和穷难隐瞒。
Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness. 爱情要求忠诚，而忠诚要求坚贞。
Love begets love. 爱爱相生。
Love cannot be forced 爱情不强求。
Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace. 爱情可使茅屋成为金碧辉煌的宫殿。
Love comes by looking. 情人眼里出西施。
Love does much, money does everything (ormore). 爱情做许多事，金钱做任何事。
Love fears no danger. 爱情不怕危险。
Love grows with obstacles. 磨折越多，爱情越深。
Love is a sweet torment. 爱情是一种甜蜜的折磨。
Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly. 爱情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。
Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的。爱情使人对缺点视而不见。情人眼里出西施。
Love is full of trouble. 爱情多烦恼。
Love is like the moon; when it does not increase it decreases. 爱情像月亮，不营即亏。
Love is neither bought nor sold. 爱情不能买卖。
Love is never without jealousy. 爱情莫不忌妒。
Love is not to be found in the market. 爱情在市场上是找不到的。
Love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the ending. 爱情始甜而终苦。
Love is the mother oflove. 爱产生爱情。
Love is the reward of love. 爱情就是爱的报答。
Love is the touchstone of virtue. 爱情是美德的试金石。
Love is the true price of love. 爱情只能用爱情来报答。
Love is without reason. 爱情是没理智的。
Love laughs at locksmith 春闺锁不住。
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts. 爱情无贵贱，贫负皆有之。
Love looks with telescope; envy with microscope. 爱情大处著眼，忌妒吹毛求疵。
Love makes all equal. 恋爱不分贵贱。
Love makes all hard hearts gentle. 爱情把一切冷酷的心变得温柔。
Love makes obedience easy. 爱情使服从变为易事。
Love makes one fit for any work. 爱情使人适合任何工作。
Love makes the world go round. 爱情使世界运转。
Love me little and love me long. 不求情意浓，但愿情义长。
Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
Love needs no teaching. 爱情无需教导。
Love not at the first look. 切莫一见钟情。
Lovers live by love, as larks live by leeks. 情侣靠爱情生活，正像云雀靠韭葱生活一样。
Love rules his kingdom without a word. 维持爱情，不用强力。
Love rules without a sword and bind without a cord. 爱的统治不用刀枪，捆绑不用绳索。
Love should not be all on one side. 爱情不应是单方面的。
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. 追求而得的爱情固然美好，但不经追求而得的爱情更为美好。
Love thy neighbours as thyself. 爱邻如爱己。
Love understands love; it needs no talk. 爱情可以意会，无需言传。
Love will find out the way. 爱情会自找出路。
Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge. 爱你的左邻右舍，但不要拆去你们之间的藩篱。
Lying is the first step to the gallows. 说谎是上断头台的第一步。
Lying rides upon debts back. 负债的人谎话多。
Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it. 备而不用。
Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤。
Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易，守业更难。
Keep some till more come. 更多的到手以前，要保持手里的一点。
Keep your breath to cool your porridge. 少管闲事。
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards. 婚前张开眼，婚后半闭月。
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. 要多看少说。
Kill the goose that laid the golden egg. 杀鸡取蛋
Kind hearts are more than coronets. 善良的心灵胜于显贵的地位。
Kindness always begets kindness. 善有善根。
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. 善良是连结社会的金链。
Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the dumb understand. 善良为语言，聋子能天见哑巴懂心间。
Kindness is the sunshine of social life. 仁慈是社会生活中的阳光。
Kindness will creep where it may not go. 仁慈可进入任何禁地。
Kind words are the music of the world. 善言是世上的音乐。
Kind words are worth much and cost little. 口头方便不费力。
Kind words butter no parsnips. 画饼充饥。
Kinsman helps kinsman, but woe to him that hath nothing. 亲帮亲，邻帮邻，无亲无助你倒霉。
Knavery may serve, but honestyis best. 欺诈可能得计，但诚实总是上策。
Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps. 知识的获得是循序渐进而不是突飞猛进的。
Knowledge comes from experience alone. 知识来自经验。
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it when young, it will give us no shade when we grow old. 学识可使老年时舒适地退隐和有所寄托;但如果年青时不使它扎下根，老年就得不到它的庇护。
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. 知识是一座宝库，实践是打开宝库的钥匙。
Knowledge is long, life is short. 吾生有涯，而知无涯。
Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. 知识有两种，一种是我们自己知道的东西，另一种是知道哪里可以找到有关的资料。
Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
Knowledge is the antidote to fear. 知识可以解除恐惧。
Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed. 知识是万物中最珍贵的财宝，丢不掉，偷不走，也不会损耗。
Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud. 知识令人谦虚;无知使人骄傲。
Knowledge will not be aquired without pain and application. 不花力气，不下功夫是得不到知识的。
Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist. 只有知识而无实践，只能造就半瓢水的艺术家。
Know something like the palm of ones hand. 熟知其事，了如指掌。
Know something of everything and everything of something. 既要有一般常识，又要有专业知识。
Know thyself. 知道你自己。
Maidens should (or must) be mild and meek, swift to hear and slow to speak. 少女应温良谦恭，敏于听而慎于言。
Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. 尽力而为，尽力节约，尽力施舍。
Make haste slowly. 从容赶急。
Make hay while the sun shines. 趁热打铁。
Make the best of a bad business (or job or bargain) 身处山穷水尽，力争柳暗花明。
Make the night night, and the day day, and you will have a pleasant time of it. 白天当白天，夜晚当夜晚，生活过得好，愉快而多欢。
Make your enemy your friend. 要化敌为友。
Make yourself necessary to someone. 使你有益于人。
Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. 只有人，生下时啼哭，活著时抱怨，去世时失望。
Man has not a greater enemy than himself. 人之大敌，自己而已。
Man is a tool-using animal. 人是用器之兽。
Man is mortal. 人生谁无死。
Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creature of man. 并非时势造人，而是人造时势。
Man is the artificer of his own happiness. 人之幸福，自己创造。
Manners make the man. 礼貌造就人。
Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在天，成事在人。
Mans best plans often miscrarry. 神机妙算，常常失算。
Mans best possession is a loving wife. 男人最可贵的是有一个贤淑的妻子。
Man will conquer nature. 人定胜天。
Many a fine dish has nothing on it. 虚有其表。
Many a flower is born to blush unseen. 有许多花儿生来就开著没有人欣赏。
Many a good cow hath a bad calf. 虎父生犬子。
Many a good father hath but a bad son. 好父亲偏生不肖子。
Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle. 积少成多。
Many ants kill the horse. 蚁多可杀马。
Many a true word is spoken in jest. 戏言寓真理。
Many dishes, many diseases. 多吃多病。
Many drops makes a shower. 积少成多。
Many great men have arisen from humble beginnings. 有许多伟人出身卑微。
Many hands are better than one. 众擎易举。
Many hands make a burden lighter. 众擎易举。
Many hands make light (or quick) work. 人多活儿轻。
Many have suffered for talking, none ever suffered for keeping silence. 多言吃苦，缄默少祸。
Many heads are better than one. 集思广益。
Many kiss the baby for the nurses sake. 醉翁之意不在酒。
Many men, many minds. 人多意见多。
Many one says well that thinks ill. 口蜜腹剑者不乏其人。
Many receive advice only the wise profit by it. 聆忠言者众，智者独获益。
Many sands will sink a ship. 积沙沈船。
Many straws may bind an elephant. 草多可缚象。
Many wells, many buckets. 井多吊桶也多。
Many words cut (or hurt) more than swords. 恶语伤人胜刀见。
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. 三月来如雄狮，去如绵羊。
Marriage comes by destiny. 姻缘命中定。
Marriage goes by contrasts. 夫妻之间难免有差异。
Marriage is a lottery. 婚姻是一件难于预料的事。
Marriage is a lottery with more blanks than prizes. 结婚如同摸彩票，空票多而中票少。
Marriaage is the bloom or blight of all mens happiness. 结婚是人生的幸福花朵开放的时候，也可能是凋谢的时候。
Marriage makes or mars a man. 婚姻能成全人也能损害人。
Marriage! Nothing else demands so much from a man! 结婚!没有什么比结婚对人要求更多的了。
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure. 草率结婚后悔多。
Marry in lent, and youll live to repent. 借债结婚，后悔一生。
Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you . 给儿子娶亲，想在什么时候皆可;把女儿嫁人要在有力量时才行。
Master should be soetimes blind and sometimes deaf. 不痴不聋，不作阿家翁。
Measure anothers corn by ones own bushel. 以己度人。
Measure for measure. 以牙还牙。
Measure is treasure. 适度是宝。
Measure thrice before you cut once. 三思而后行。
Medicines are not meant to live on. 不能靠药物度日子。
Men are mortal. 人生自古谁无死。
Men, at soome time, are masters of their fates. 人有时是自己命运的主人。
Men know where they were born, not where they shall die. 人能知其生于何地，不能知其死于何方。
Men love to hear well of themselves. 阿谀奉承话，人们皆爱听。
Men may meet but mountains never. 人生何处不相逢。
Men of courage, men of sense, and menof letters are frequent: but a true gentleman is what one seldom seen. 有勇气，有见识，有学问的人易遇，可是真正的君子难逢。
Men too seldom see their own faults. 人们很少能看到自己的过错。
Mere words will not fill a bushel. 空言无补。
Merry is he that hath nought to lose. 人无所失，不亦乐乎。
Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
Method will teach you to win time 方法可教会你赢得时间。
Mickle power makes many enemies. 权高树敌多。
Might is (or makes or overcomes) right. 强权就是公理。
Mills of God grind slowly but sure. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Miracels are to those who believe in them. 妖由人兴。
Mischief has swift wings. 飞来横祸。
Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets. 爱财如命。
Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows. 落难时不择伙伴。
Misery loves company. 同病相怜。
Misery makes strange bedfellows. 患难时不择友。
Misfortune comes on wings and departs on foot. 遭灾易，消灾难。
Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良师。
Misfortunes come at night. 灾祸常生于不测。
Misforunes come on horseback and go away on foot. 遭灾易，消灾难。
Misfortunes (or Hardships) never (or seldom) come alone (or singly). 祸不单行。
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 经过灾难方知福。
Misfortunes test the sincerity of friends. 患难见友情。
Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs. 不要嘲笑皮匠的黑拇指。
Moderation in all things is the best of rules. 中庸之道是最好的准则。
Modesty is not only and ornament, but also a guard to virtue. 谦逊不仅可增添光彩也可以维护美德。
Modesty is the ornament of woman. 端庄可为妇女增添光彩。
Money answers all things. 金钱是万能的。
Money begets (or breeds or gets) money. 钱产生钱。
Money borrowed is soon sorrowed 债台高筑，愁上心头。
Money burns a hole in his pocket. 钱到袋里留不住。
Money calls, but does not stay: It is round and rolls sway. 金钱会上门，不会留下来，因为是圆的，所以会滚开。
Money can buy the devil himself. 有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money can move even the gods. 有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money doesnt grow on trees. 钱不是从天上掉下来的。
Money has no smell. 金钱无所谓香臭。
Money is a bottomless sea, in which honour, conscience, and truth may be drowned. 金钱是无底的海洋，荣誉、良心和真理都可以淹没在其中。
Money is a good servant, but a bad master. 金钱是好的仆役，坏的主人。
Money is neither good nor bad, but all depends on what use is made of it. 金钱本身无好坏，要看怎样利用它。
Money is often lost for want of money. 往往由于缺乏金钱而丧失金钱。
Money is something, but no everything. 金钱能买到某物，但不是万能的。
Money is the key that opens all doors. 金钱是打开一切门户的钥匙。
Money is the root of all evil. 金钱是万恶之源。
Money is the sinews of war. 无钱莫打仗。
Money makes the mare to go. 钱可通神。
Money often unmakes the men who make it. 为富不仁。
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. 智力投资，决非虚掷。
Money talks. 有钱能讲话。
More die by food than by famine. 饥馑而死的少，饱食而死的多。
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。
More of our worries come from within than from without. 烦恼发乎内者多于发乎外。
More worship the rising than the setting sun. 人都向旭日膜拜，不向夕阳顶礼。
Most things have two handles. 大多数事物总有两种解释。
Mothers darlings are but milksop heroes. 奶水泡出懦弱汉。
Mountains look beautiful from a distance. 远处看山山更美。
Much cry and little wool. 雷声大，雨点小。
Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of. 当前发生诸种事，大多为人所不知。
Much will have more. 贪得无厌。
Murder will out. 杀人终必败露。
Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast. 音乐有抚凶暴心灵的魅力。
Music is the eye of the ear. 音乐是耳朵的眼睛。
Music is the medicine of the breaking heart. 音乐是医治心灵创伤的妙药。
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. 音乐可洗去灵魂中日常生活所沾染的污垢。
My son is my son, till he hath got him a wife; but my daughters my daughter all the days of her life. 儿子只有在娶妻前是儿子，女儿则终生是女儿。
Napolean himself was once a crying baby. 即使是拿破仑，过去也是啼哭的婴孩。
Nature abhors a vacuum. 自然界里是没有真空的。
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak. 天赋我们两耳，两眼，一张嘴巴，归根到底该多听，多看，少说话。
Nature is the glass reflecting truth. 大自然是反应真理的一面镜子。
Nature teaches us to love our friends but religion our enemies. 自然教我们爱朋友，宗教却教我们爱敌人。
Nature, time, and patience are the three great physicians. 自然，时间和耐心，是三大伟大的医生。
Nature will have its course. 天行其道。
Naughty boys sometimmmes make good men. 顽皮淘气的男孩子有时成为仁人君子。
Necessity and oportunity may make a coward valient. 需要和机会可能使懦夫变成勇士。
Necessity (or Need) has (or knows) no law. 需要面前无法律。
Necessity is the mother of invention 穷则变，变则通。
Necessity knows no law. 铤而走险。
Need makes the old wife trot. 人急造反，狗急跳墙。(事急老妪跑。)
Needs must when the devil drives. 情势所迫，只好如此。
Neglect of health is doctors wealth. 忽视健康，医生财旺。
Never be weary of well doing. 行善莫厌烦。
Never cackle till your egg is laid. 事竟成，才声张。
Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime durnk. 不要过河拆桥。
Never do things by halves. 做事情不要半途而废。
Never embark on what comes after without having mastered what goes before. 如未掌握好已学过的东西，切莫从事更深的学习。
Never fry a fish till its caught. 捉到鱼，才煎鱼。
Never judge by appearances. 人不可貌相。
Never neglect an opportunity for improvement. 抓住大好时机，切莫等闲错过。
Never offer to teach fish to swim. 切莫教鱼游泳。
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. 今日事，今日毕。
Never put the plow before the oxen. 不要本末倒置。
Never say die! Up man, and try. 不要气馁，朋友，振作起来，干!
Never say of another what you would not have him hear. 莫说不想让人听见的话。
Never show the bottom of your purse or your mind. 钱包不露底，思想需保留。
Never swap (or swop) horses while crossing the stream. 骑渡中流莫换马。(指危难时不宜做大变动)
Never think yourself above your business. 切莫自视过高。
Never too late to mend. 过则勿惮改。
Never too late to repent. 过则勿惮改。
Never too old (or late) to learn. 学到老，学不了。
Never (or Dont) trouble trouble till trouble troulbes you. 切莫自寻麻烦。
Never trust another what you should do yourself. 自己应该做的事，决不要委托别人做。
Never trust of fine words. 切勿轻信漂亮的言词。
New brooms sweep clean. 新官上任三把火。
New lords, new laws. 新官新法。
News is like fish. 新闻就像鱼，过后不新鲜。
Newspapers are the worlds mirrors. 报纸是世界之镜。
Nightingales will not sing in a cage. 夜莺困笼不唱歌。
No answer is also answer. 不回答也是一种回答。
No bees, no honey; no work, no money. 没有蜜蜂就没有蜜，没有劳动就没有钱。
No cross, no crown. 无苦即无乐。
No gains without pains. 不劳无获。
No garden without its weeds. 有利必有弊。
No good building without a good foundation. 基础不好，建筑不牢。
No great loss without some small gain. 塞翁失马，安知非福。
No herb will cure love. 想思病，无药医。
No joy without annoy. 喜中有忧。
No living man all things can. 世上无全能。
No longer pipe, no longer dance. 运不逢时，事不得意。
No love is foul, nor prison fair. 没有肮脏的爱情，也没有美丽的监狱。
No man can be a good ruler unless he has first been ruled. 没受过他人的统治，就不能很好地统治他人。
No man can do two things at once. 心无二用。
No man can make a good coat with bad cloth. 巧匠难以劣布制美服。
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes. 不犯千般错误，难成伟大人物。
No man ever became thoroughly bad at once. 没有一个人是一下子就坏透的。
No man ever yet became great by imitation. 笑颦不能成西施。
No man is a hero to his valet. 仆从目中无英雄。
No man (or one) is born wise or learned. 人非生而知之者。
No man is content. 人心是不满足的。
No man is so old, but thinks he may yet live another year. 人越活越想活。
No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself. 没有一个人因为他自知最糟就是最糟。
No man (or one) is wise at all times. 聪明一世糊涂一时。
No man knows when he shall die, although he knows he must die. 纵然知其难免一死，人却难料何时身亡。
No man learns but by pain or shame. 不经痛苦羞辱，难以取得教训。
No man loves his fetters be they made of gold. 即使脚镣黄金铸，无人爱上这刑具。
No money, no honey. 没有金钱，就没有爱情。
None are so deaf as those who will not hear. 不愿倾听意见者最聋。
None but a wise man can employ leisure well. 唯智者善于利用空闲。
None but the brave deserve the fair. 英雄才能配美人。
None but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. 只有那个穿鞋人，才知哪里鞋轧脚。
None knows the weight of anothers burden. 看人挑担不吃力。
None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing. 蚂蚁不说话，但最善于说教。
None so blind as those who wont see. 最瞎莫如视而不见。
None so deaf as those that wont hear. 置若罔闻。
No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。
No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectlymoral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy. 所有的人自由后，才能完全自由;所有的人都有道德，才能完全合乎道德;所有的人都幸福了，才能真正幸福。
No one can call back yesterday. 往日不复返。
No one can disgrace us but ourselves. 除非羞耻自由取，他人岂能辱吾?。
No one can have all he desires. 无人能有所欲有。
No one is a fool always, every one sometimes. 无人总是当傻瓜，人人有时当傻瓜。
No one (or man) is born wise or learned. 人非生而知之者。
No one is wise at all times. 人总有一时之失。
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. 不劳则无获，共难才得福，有荣必有辱，无苦即无乐。
No pains, no gains. 不劳则无获。
No piper can please all ears. 众口难调。
No pleasure without alloy (or pain or repentance). 乐中有悲。
No possession, but use, is the only riches. 真正的财富不是占有，而是使用。
No practice, no gain in ones wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
Nor fame I slight, nor for her favours call; she come unlooked for, if she comes at all. 我不轻蔑名誉，也不需要她的青睐;如果她竟来的话，也是不求而自来的。
No road is long with good company. 途有好伴，不觉路远。
No root, no fruit. 没有根，就没有果。
No rose without a thorn. 玫瑰都有刺。
No rule without an exception. 没有一条规则没有例外。
No safe wading in an unknown water. 未知水深浅，涉水有危险。
No smoke without some fire. 无风不起浪。
No song, no supper. 不劳无获。
No sooner said than done. 言而必行。
No sunshine but bath some shadow. 有明必有暗。
No sweat, no sweet. 不劳则无获。
No sweet without some sweat. 不劳则无获。
Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man. 饥不择食。
Nothing comes from (or of) nothing. 无风不起浪。
Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it. 无风不起浪。
Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man. 饥不择食。
Nothing crave, nothing have. 有求才有应。
Nothing for nothing and very little for a half penny. 一分钱，一分货。
Nothing is difficult to a man who wills. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is impossible to willing mind (or heart). 有志者事竟成。
Nothing is impossible (or difficult) to the man who will try. 天下无难事，只怕不努力。
Nothing is really beautiful but truth. 只有真理才是真美。
Nothing is stolen without hands. 无风不起浪。
Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas. 除非消灭跳蚤，做事不必急躁。
Nothing seek, nothing find. 无所求，则无所获。
Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something. 塞翁失马，安知非福。
Nothing so necessary for travellers as languages. 旅行者最需要的是几种语言。
Nothing succeeds like success. 一事成功，事事顺利。
Nothing to be got without pains but poverty. 只有贫困可以不劳而获得。
Nothing venture, nothing win (or have or gain). 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing will come of nothing. 无风不起浪。
No time like the present. 只争朝夕。
Not let the grass grow under ones feet. 不失时机。
Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. 新奇生乐趣。
No vice goes alone. 坏事不单行。
No way is impossible to courage 勇敢面前没有通不过的路。
No wisdom like silence. 智者寡言。
Now or never. 机不可失，失不再来。
No wrong without remedy. 无错不可纠。
有关虚心的英文谚语_值得收藏的谚语
有关虚心的英文谚语
1、谦逊可以使一个战士更美丽。
Modesty can make a soldier more beautiful.
2、桃李不言，下自成蹊。
Peach and plum dont say anything, but they are self-made.
3、谦虚不仅是一种装饰品，也是美德的护卫。
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guardian of virtue.
4、半瓶水晃荡，满瓶水不响。
Half a bottle of water is shaking, but the full bottle is silent.
5、若是做事先审慎，事情不会出漏洞。
If you are cautious in doing things first, there will be no loopholes.
6、好的我就仿，快的我就追。
Okay, Ill imitate it. Quick, Ill catch up.
7、大意失荆州。
Jingzhou was neglected.
8、谨慎即良师。
Prudence is a good teacher.
9、不到八十八，别笑跛和瞎。
Before eighty-eight, dont laugh and be blind.
10、知识贮藏在谦虚的大海中。
Knowledge is stored in the sea of modesty.
11、最谦虚的人，是最有出息的人。
The most modest person is the most promising one.
12、山不厌高，水不厌深。
Mountains never tire of being high, but waters never tire of being deep.
13、谦虚是不可缺少的品德。
Modesty is an indispensable virtue.
14、晴天铺好路，雨天不踩泥。
Pave the road on sunny days and dont tread on mud on rainy days.
15、夜夜防贼不受害，时时防虫不受灾。
Thieves are not harmed at night, insects are not harmed at all times.
16、赶脚的对头是脚懒，学习的对头是自满。
The opponent of catching up is laziness, and the opponent of learning is complacency.
17、谦卑的人会变得高贵。
Humble people become noble.
18、痒要自己抓，好要别人夸。
The itch should be caught by oneself, so that others can praise it.
19、天不说自高，地不说自厚。
Heaven does not speak of arrogance, but earth does not speak of self-respect.
20、三根毛爱晃，半瓢水爱荡。
Three hairs love to sway, half a ladle of water love to sway.
21、谨身事一言，愈于终身之诵。
A word from ones own heart is a lifelong chant.
22、让名者名归之，让利者利归之。
Let the name of the famous belong to, let the interests belong to.
23、大河是安静的，有学问的人是谦虚的。
The river is quiet and the learned are modest.
24、谦虚与伟大是近邻。
Modesty and greatness are neighbours.
25、光棍只能打九九，不能打十足。
Bachelors can only play 99, not 100.
26、名驹难免有斑，美玉难免有瑕。
Famous foxes are inevitably spotted and beautiful jade is inevitably flawed.
27、虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。
Modesty makes one progress, but pride makes one lag behind.
28、满足现在的成就，就窒息了未来。
Satisfying the achievements of the present stifles the future.
29、细心一时，安全一天。
Careful for a while, safe for a day.
30、请教别人不折本，舌头打个滚。
Ask others not to discount, tongue roll.
31、赶脚的对头是脚懒，学习的对头是自满。
The opponent of catching up is laziness, and the opponent of learning is complacency.
32、名驹难免有斑，美玉难免有瑕。
Famous foxes are inevitably spotted and beautiful jade is inevitably flawed.
33、自大不值钱，谦虚受人赞。
Arrogance is not worth money, modesty is praised.
34、讷讷寡言者未必愚，喋喋利口者未必智。
He who speaks little is not necessarily foolish, but he who speaks wisely is not wise.
35、实干能成事，虚心能添智。
Practice makes success, modesty makes wisdom.
36、天不言已高，地不言已厚。
The sky is high and the earth is thick.
37、谦虚是学习的朋友，自满是学习的敌人。
Modesty is the friend of learning, and complacency is the enemy of learning.
38、山不厌高，水不厌深。
Mountains never tire of being high, but waters never tire of being deep.
39、不自是者博闻，不自满者受益。
He who is not complacent gains knowledge.
40、桃李不言，下自成蹊。
Peach and plum dont say anything, but they are self-made.
41、满足现在的成就，就窒息了未来。
Satisfying the achievements of the present stifles the future.
42、谨慎的人眼睛也许永不闭上。
A prudent person may never close his eyes.
43、水深不响，水响不深。
The water is silent and the sound is not deep.
44、说大话的人像爆竹，响一声就完了。
Talking big is like a firecracker. Its over with a loud noise.
45、虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。
Modesty makes one progress, but pride makes one lag behind.
46、只有坚强的人才谦虚。
Only strong people are modest.
47、越是成熟的稻穗，越懂得弯腰。
The more mature the rice panicle, the more knowledgeable it is to bend down.
48、知识愈浅，自信愈深。
The shallower the knowledge, the deeper the confidence.
49、谦逊是最高的克己功夫。
Humility is the highest self-restraint.
50、傲气大了栽跟头，架子大了离民众。
The arrogance is too big to fall behind, the shelf is too big to leave the people.
有关文化的英语谚语_值得收藏的谚语
有关文化的英语谚语
1、说人别说短，打人别打脸。
Dont be short, dont hit people in the face.
2、牛能拉犁，狗能看家。
Cows can pull ploughs, dogs can see homes.
3、人心换人心，八两换半斤。
People change hearts and minds, eight or two change half a kilogram.
4、不怕事难，就怕手懒。
If you are not afraid of difficulties, you are afraid of laziness.
5、人要实心，火要空心。
People should be solid and fire should be hollow.
6、山大无柴，树大空心。
Mountains are big without firewood, trees are big and hollow.
7、吃一堑，长一智。
Eat a cut and grow wisdom.
8、静时常思己过，闲谈莫论人非。
Quietly and often think about their own mistakes, gossip is not about human rights and wrongs.
9、不怕一万，只怕万一。
Not afraid of 10,000, just afraid of 10,000.
10、粗丝难织细绢，粗人难做细活。
It is difficult for coarse silk to weave fine silk and for rough people to do fine work.
11、买瓜看皮，扎针看孔。
Buy melons to see the skin, pin to see the hole.
12、吃饭打湿口，洗脸打湿手。
Wet your mouth, wash your face and hands.
13、冬吃萝卜夏吃姜，不老医生开药方。
Eat turnips in winter and ginger in summer. No old doctor prescribes.
14、舍不得苗，抱不到瓢。
No seedling, no ladle.
15、千里之堤，溃于蚁穴。
Thousands of miles of dike, collapse in ant nest.
16、人多出韩信，智多出孔明。
More people than Han Xin, more wisdom than Kong Ming.
17、龙眼识珠，凤眼识宝，牛眼识草。
Longan knows beads, phoenix eye knows treasure, ox eye knows grass.
18、弟兄不和邻里欺，将相不和邻国欺。
If a brother does not deceive his neighbour, he will not deceive his neighbour.
19、路湿早脱鞋，遇事早安排。
Take off your shoes early when the road is wet, and make arrangements early when things happen.
20、让路不是痴汉，躲路不是呆人。
To give way is not a fool, to hide is not a fool.
21、三人同心，黄土变金。
Three concerted, loess gold.
22、瓜无滚圆，人无十全。
No melon is round, no man is perfect.
23、天不严寒地不冻，人不伤心泪不流。
Its not cold or frozen. People dont cry.
24、人强人欺病，人弱病欺人。
A strong man deceives a sick man, a weak man deceives a sick man.
25、虎死不变形，狼死不变性。
Tigers die unchanged, wolves die unchanged.
26、寒门出才子，高山出俊鸟。
Out of the cold, out of the gifted, out of the mountains, out of the handsome birds.
27、虎吃人易躲，人吃人难防。
Tigers eat people easily, but people eat people hard to prevent.
28、宁吃半餐，不吃断餐。
Eat half a meal rather than break it.
29、刮风走小巷，下雨走大街。
Wind takes the lane, rain takes the street.
30、母大儿肥，种好苗壮。
Fertile mothers and fathers make good seedlings.
31、人怕伤心，树怕剥皮。
People are afraid of sadness, and trees are afraid of peeling.
32、蜂多出王，人多出将。
More bees than kings, more people than generals.
33、和人路路通，惹人头碰痛。
Passage by road, causing headaches.
34、山有高低，水有深浅。
The mountains are high and the waters are deep and shallow.
35、槽里无食猪拱猪，分脏不均狗咬狗。
There is no pig eating pig in the slot.
36、一手难遮两耳风，一脚难登两船。
Its hard to cover two ears with one hand and boarding two ships with one foot.
37、人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
Man cant look, sea water cant be measured.
38、好狗不咬鸡，好汉不打妻。
A good dog does not bite a chicken, a good man does not beat his wife.
39、撒网要撒迎头网，开船要开顶风船。
Spread the net head-on, and sail the windward boat.
40、皮之不存，毛将焉附。
Where there is no skin, there is no hair.
41、烧的香多，惹的鬼多。
More incense burned, more ghosts provoked.
42、三早抵一工，三补抵一新。
Three early arrivals and one job, three supplements and a new one.
43、天不言自高，地不语自厚。
Heaven speaks no louder than earth.
44、话多了不甜，胶多了不粘。
More words are not sweet, more glue is not sticky.
45、山大压不住泉水，牛大压不死虱子。
Mountains cant hold down springs, cattle cant kill lice.
46、挤疮不留脓，免受二回痛。
Squeezing sores do not leave pus and avoid secondary pain.
47、大处着眼，小处着手。
Start from the big and start from the small.
48、不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you dont go to the tigers den, you wont get the tigers son.
49、明枪好躲，暗箭难防。
A clear gun hides well, but a hidden arrow is hard to guard against.
50、路不平，众人踩;事不平，大家管。
If the road is uneven, everyone will step on it; if things are uneven, everyone will take care of them.
51、卖主怪脚，买主怪鞋。
The seller has strange feet and the buyer has strange shoes.
52、爱徒如爱子，尊师如尊父。
Loving disciples is like loving children, respecting teachers is like respecting fathers.
53、打柴问樵夫，驶船问艄公。
Ask the woodcutter for firewood and the official for boat sailing.
54、出门靠朋友，在家靠父母。
Go out by friends, at home by parents.
55、山外有山，天外有天。
There are mountains outside, and there are days outside.
56、量大福大，心宽屋宽。
Big fortune, wide heart and wide house.
57、鸟美在羽毛，人美在勤劳。
Bird beauty is in feathers, and man beauty is in diligence.
58、工欲善其事，必先利其器。
Sharp tools make good work.
59、狗记路，猫记家。
Dog keeps track, cat keeps house.
60、擒龙要下海，打虎要上山。
Catching dragons is to go to sea and fighting tigers is to go up the hill.
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