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A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

不善始者不善終。

A bad thing never dies.

遺臭萬(wàn)年。

A bad workman always blames his tools.

不會(huì)撐船怪河彎。

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

一鳥在手勝過(guò)雙鳥在林。

A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.

吹牛與說(shuō)謊本是同宗。

A bully is always a coward.

色厲內(nèi)荏。

A burden of one's choice is not felt.

愛(ài)挑的擔(dān)子不嫌重。

A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。

A cat has 9 lives.

貓有九條命。

A cat may look at a king.

人人平等。

A close mouth catches no flies.

病從口入。

A constant guest is never welcome.

常客令人厭。

Actions speak louder than words.

事實(shí)勝于雄辯。

Adversity leads to prosperity.

窮則思變。

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

逆境出人才。

A fair death honors the whole life.

死得其所，流芳百世。

A faithful friend is hard to find.

知音難覓。

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

吃一塹，長(zhǎng)一智。

A fox may grow gray, but never good.

江山易改，本性難移。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患難見(jiàn)真情。

A friend is easier lost than found.

得朋友難，失朋友易。

A friend is never known till a man has need.

需要之時(shí)方知友。

A friend without faults will never be found.

沒(méi)有十全十美的朋友。

'After you' is good manners.

“您先請(qǐng)”是禮貌。

A good beginning is half done.

良好的開端是成功的一半。

A good beginning makes a good ending.

善始者善終。

A good book is a good friend.

好書如摯友。

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

一本好書，相伴一生。

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。

A good fame is better than a good face.

美名勝過(guò)美貌。

A good husband makes a good wife.

夫善則妻賢。

A good medicine tastes bitter.

良藥苦口。

A good wife health is a man's best wealth.

妻賢身體好是男人最大的財(cái)富。

A great talker is a great liar.

說(shuō)大話者多謊言。

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

君子之交淡如水。

A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.

戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。

A leopard cannot change its spots.

積習(xí)難改。

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

說(shuō)謊者即使講真話也沒(méi)人相信。

A light heart lives long.

靜以修身。

A little body often harbors a great soul.

濃縮的都是精品。

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

一知半解，自欺欺人。

A little pot is soon hot.

狗肚子盛不得四兩油。

All are brave when the enemy flies.

敵人逃竄時(shí)，人人都成了勇士。

All good things come to an end.

天下沒(méi)有不散的筵席。

All rivers run into sea.

海納百川。

All roads lead to Rome.

條條大路通羅馬。

All that ends well is well.

結(jié)果好，就一切都好。

All that glitters is not gold.

閃光的不一定都是金子。

All things are difficult before they are easy.

凡事總是由難而易。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只會(huì)用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。

A man becomes learned by asking questions.

不恥下問(wèn)才能有學(xué)問(wèn)。

A man can do no more than he can.

凡事都應(yīng)量力而行。

A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.

一心不能二用。

A man is known by his friends.

什么人交什么朋友。

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

光說(shuō)空話不做事，猶如花園光長(zhǎng)刺。

A man without money is no man at all.

一分錢難倒英雄漢。

A merry heart goes all the way.

心曠神怡，事事順利。

A miss is as good as a mile.

失之毫厘，差之千里。

A mother's love never changes.

母愛(ài)永恒。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

一天一蘋果，不用請(qǐng)醫(yī)生。

A new broom sweeps clean.

新官上任三把火。

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

以眼還眼，以牙還牙。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

一日之計(jì)在于晨。

An old dog cannot learn new tricks.

老狗學(xué)不出新把戲。

An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.

聰明才智，不如運(yùn)氣。

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

預(yù)防為主，治療為輔。

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

滾石不生苔，轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)不聚財(cái)。

As a man sows, so he shall reap.

種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

A single flower does not make a spring.

一花獨(dú)放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。

A snow year, a rich year.

瑞雪兆豐年。

A sound mind in a sound body.

健全的精神寓于健康的身體。

A still tongue makes a wise head.

寡言者智。

A stitch in time saves nine.

小洞不補(bǔ)，大洞吃苦。

A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

身正不怕影子斜。

A wise head makes a close mouth.

真人不露相，露相非真人。

A word spoken is past recalling.

一言既出，駟馬難追。

A year's plan starts with spring.

一年之計(jì)在于春。

A young idler, an old beggar.

少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

Bad news has wings.

好事不出門，壞事傳千里。

Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠犬不咬人。

Beauty lies in the love's eyes.

情人眼里出西施。

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。

Better late than never.

不怕慢，單怕站。

Better to ask the way than go astray.

問(wèn)路總比迷路好。

Between friends all is common.

朋友之間不分彼此。

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以類聚，人以群分。

Blood is thicker than water.

血濃于水。

Blood will have blood.

血債血償。

Books and friends should be few but good.

讀書如交友，應(yīng)求少而精。

Business is business.

公事公辦。

Business is the salt of life.

事業(yè)是人生的第一需要。

By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.

讀書使人充實(shí)，交談使人精明。

Cannot see the wood for the trees.

一葉障目，不見(jiàn)泰山。

Care and diligence bring luck.

謹(jǐn)慎和勤奮才能抓住機(jī)遇。

Caution is the parent of safety.

小心駛得萬(wàn)年船。

Cheats never prosper.

騙人發(fā)不了財(cái)。

Children are what the mothers are.

耳濡目染，身教言傳。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

擇書如擇友。

Come what may, heaven won't fall.

做你的吧，天塌不下來(lái)。

Complacency is the enemy of study.

學(xué)習(xí)的敵人是自己的滿足。

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.

自信是走向成功的第一步。

Constant dripping wears away a stone.

水滴石穿，繩鋸木斷。

Content is better than riches.

知足者常樂(lè)。

Count one's chickens before they are hatched.

蛋未孵先數(shù)雛。

Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.

來(lái)而不往非禮也。

Creep before you walk.

循序漸進(jìn)。

Cry for the moon.

海底撈月。

Custom is a second nature.

習(xí)慣是后天養(yǎng)成的。

Custom makes all things easy.

有個(gè)好習(xí)慣，事事皆不難。

Diamond cuts diamond.

強(qiáng)中自有強(qiáng)中手。

Do as the Romans do.

入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。

Do as you would be done by.

己所不欲，勿施于人。

Doing is better than saying.

與其掛在嘴上，不如落實(shí)在行動(dòng)上。

Do it now.

機(jī)不可失，時(shí)不再來(lái)。

Do nothing by halves.

凡事不可半途而廢。

Don't claim to know what you don't know.

不要不懂裝懂。

Don't have too many irons in the fire.

不要攬事過(guò)多。

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.

不要小題大做。

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事，今日畢。

Don't put the cart before the horse.

不要本末倒置。

Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

不要自找麻煩。

Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

不要班門弄斧。

Do well and have well.

善有善報(bào)。

Each bird love to hear himself sing.

孤芳自賞。

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早睡早起身體好。

Easier said than done.

說(shuō)得容易，做得難。

Easy come, easy go.

來(lái)也匆匆，去也匆匆。

Eat to live, but not live to eat.

人吃飯是為了活著，但活著不是為了吃飯。

Empty vessels make the greatest sound.

實(shí)磨無(wú)聲空磨響，滿瓶不動(dòng)半瓶搖。

Envy has no holidays.

忌妒之人無(wú)寧日。

Even Homer sometimes nods.

智者千慮，必有一失。

Even reckoning makes long friends.

親兄弟，明算賬。

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

有利必有弊。

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

人人負(fù)責(zé)，等于沒(méi)人負(fù)責(zé)。

Every day is not Sunday.

好景不常在。

Every dog has his day.

誰(shuí)都有得意的時(shí)候。

Every door may be shut, but death's door.

人生在世，唯死難逃。

Every heart has its own sorrow.

各人有各人的苦惱。

Every little helps a mickle.

聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。

Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.

人不為己，天誅地滅。

Every man has his faults.

金無(wú)足赤，人無(wú)完人。

Every man has his hobbyhorse.

蘿卜青菜，各有所愛(ài)。

Every man has his weak side.

人人都有弱點(diǎn)。

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

自己的命運(yùn)自己掌握。

Every minute counts.

分秒必爭(zhēng)。

Every mother's child is handsome.

孩子是自己的好。

Every potter praises hit pot.

王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸。

Everything is good when new, but friends when old.

東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。

Example is better then percept.

說(shuō)一遍，不如做一遍。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

經(jīng)驗(yàn)是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。

Experience must be bought.

吃一塹，長(zhǎng)一智。

Fact speak louder than words.

事實(shí)勝于雄辯。

Failure is the mother of success.

失敗是成功之母。

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

明槍易躲，暗箭難防。

Far from eye, far from heart.

眼不見(jiàn)，心不煩。

Far water does not put out near fire.

遠(yuǎn)水救不了近火。

Faults are thick where love is thin.

一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。

Fear always springs from ignorance.

恐懼源于無(wú)知。

Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.

隔墻有耳。

Fire and water have no mercy.

水火無(wú)情。

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

火是一把雙刃劍。

First come, first served.

先來(lái)后到。

First impressions are half the battle.

初次見(jiàn)面，印象最深。

First think and then speak.

先想后說(shuō)。

Fools grow without watering.

朽木不可雕。

Fool's haste is no speed.

欲速則不達(dá)。

Fools has fortune.

呆人有呆福。

Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.

愚者不學(xué)無(wú)術(shù)，智者不恥下問(wèn)。

Forbidden fruit is sweet.

禁果格外香。

Fortune favors those who use their judgement.

機(jī)遇偏愛(ài)善斷之人。

Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.

風(fēng)水輪流轉(zhuǎn)。

Four eyes see more than two.

集思廣益。

Friends agree best at distance.

朋友之間也會(huì)保持距離。

Friends are thieves of time.

朋友是時(shí)間的竊賊。

Friends must part.

再好的朋友也有分手的時(shí)候。

Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

天才不過(guò)是勤奮而已。

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。

God helps those who help themselves.

自助者天助。

Gold will not buy anything.

黃金并非萬(wàn)能。

Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.

以德報(bào)德是常理，以德報(bào)怨大丈夫。

Good health is over wealth.

健康是最大的財(cái)富。

Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.

良藥苦口利于病。

Good watch prevents misfortune.

謹(jǐn)慎消災(zāi)。

Great barkers are no biters.

好狗不擋道。

Great hopes make great man.

偉大的抱負(fù)造就偉大的人物。

Great minds think alike.

英雄所見(jiàn)略同。

Great men have great faults.

英雄犯大錯(cuò)誤。

Great men's sons seldom do well.

富不過(guò)三代。

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

大樹底下好乘涼。

Great wits have short memories.

貴人多忘事。

Greedy folks have long arms.

心貪手長(zhǎng)。

Guilty consciences make men cowards.

做賊心虛。

Habit cures habit.

心病還需心藥醫(yī)。

Handsome is he who does handsomely.

行為漂亮才算美。

Happiness takes no account of time.

歡樂(lè)不覺(jué)時(shí)光過(guò)。

Happy is he who owes nothing.

要想活得痛快，身上不能背債。

Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.

吸取他人教訓(xùn)，自己才會(huì)走運(yùn)。

Harm set, harm get.

害人害己。

Hasty love, soon cold.

一見(jiàn)鐘情難維久。

Health is better than wealth.

健康勝過(guò)財(cái)富。

Health is happiness.

健康就是幸福。

Hear all parties.

兼聽則明。

Heaven never helps the man who will not act.

自己不動(dòng)，叫天何用。

He is a fool that forgets himself.

愚者忘乎所以。

He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

背后說(shuō)好話，才是真朋友。

He is a wise man who speaks little.

聰明不是掛在嘴上。

He is lifeless that is faultless.

只有死人才不犯錯(cuò)誤。

He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.

正人先正己。

He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.

自嘲者不會(huì)讓人見(jiàn)笑。

He is wise that is honest.

誠(chéng)實(shí)者最明智。

He knows most who speaks least.

大智若愚。

He laughs best who laughs last.

誰(shuí)笑到最后，誰(shuí)笑得最好。

He sets the fox to keep the geese.

引狼入室。

He that climbs high falls heavily.

爬得越高，摔得越重。

He that will not work shall not eat.

不勞動(dòng)者不得食。

He who does not advance loses ground.

逆水行舟，不進(jìn)則退。

He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.

經(jīng)常訴苦，沒(méi)人同情。

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

想不犯錯(cuò)誤，就一事無(wú)成。

He who risks nothing gains nothing.

收獲與風(fēng)險(xiǎn)并存。

History repeats itself.

歷史往往重演。

Honesty is the best policy.

做人誠(chéng)信為本。

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

抱最好的愿望，做最壞的打算。

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.

朋友不能阿諛?lè)畛小?

If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

上當(dāng)一回頭，再多就可恥。

If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.

人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。

If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.

耳朵發(fā)燒，有人念叨。

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.

腳踏兩條船，必定落空。

If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.

殺雞取卵。

If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.

要想求知，就得吃苦。

Industry is the parent of success.

勤奮是成功之母。

It is better to die when life is a disgrace.

寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。

It is easier to get money than to keep it.

掙錢容易攢錢難。

It is easy to be wise after the event.

事后諸葛亮好當(dāng)。

It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.

創(chuàng)業(yè)容易守業(yè)難。

It is hard to please all.

眾口難調(diào)。

It is never too old to learn.

活到老，學(xué)到老。

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

覆水難收。

It is the first step that costs troublesome.

萬(wàn)事開頭難。

It is the unforeseen that always happens.

天有不測(cè)風(fēng)云，人有旦夕禍福。

It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.

坐失良機(jī)，后悔已遲。

It never rains but it pours.

不鳴則已，一鳴驚人。

It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

十年樹木，百年樹人。

Jack of all trades and master of none.

門門精通，樣樣稀松。

Judge not from appearances.

人不可貌相，海不可斗量。

Justice has long arms.

天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏。

Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

Kill two birds with one stone.

一箭雙雕。

Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.

君王發(fā)狂，百姓遭殃。

Kings have long arms.

普天之下，莫非王土。

Knowledge is power.

知識(shí)就是力量。

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.

博學(xué)使人謙遜，無(wú)知使人驕傲。

Learn and live.

活著，為了學(xué)習(xí)。

Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.

好人越學(xué)越好，壞人越學(xué)越壞。

Learn not and know not.

不學(xué)無(wú)術(shù)。

Learn to walk before you run.

先學(xué)走，再學(xué)跑。

Let bygones be bygones.

過(guò)去的就讓它過(guò)去吧。

Let sleeping dogs lie.

別惹麻煩。

Let the cat out of the bag.

泄漏天機(jī)。

Lies can never changes fact.

謊言終究是謊言。

Lies have short legs.

謊言站不長(zhǎng)。

Life is but a span.

人生苦短。

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

人過(guò)半生，方知天命。

Life is not all roses.

人生并不是康莊大道。

Life without a friend is death.

沒(méi)有朋友，雖生猶死。

Like a rat in a hole.

甕中之鱉。

Like author, like book.

文如其人。

Like father, like son.

有其父必有其子。

Like for like.

一報(bào)還一報(bào)。

Like knows like.

惺惺相惜。

Like mother, like daughter.

有其母必有其女。

Like teacher, like pupil.

什么樣的老師教什么樣的學(xué)生。

Like tree, like fruit.

羊毛出在羊身上。

Little things amuse little minds.

小人無(wú)大志。

Look before you leap.

摸清情況再行動(dòng)。

Lookers-on see more than players.

當(dāng)局者迷，旁觀者清。

Losers are always in the wrong.

勝者為王，敗者為寇。

Lost time is never found again.

歲月既往，一去不回。

Love at first sight.

一見(jiàn)鐘情。

Love cannot be compelled.

愛(ài)情不能強(qiáng)求。

Love is blind.

愛(ài)情是盲目的。

Love is full of trouble.

愛(ài)情充滿煩惱。

Love is never without jealousy.

沒(méi)有妒忌就沒(méi)有愛(ài)情。

Love me, love my dog.

愛(ài)屋及烏。

Make hay while the sun shines.

良機(jī)勿失。

Make your enemy your friend.

化敵為友。

Man is the soul of the universe.

人是萬(wàn)物之靈。

Man proposes, God disposes.

謀事在人，成事在天。

Many hands make light work.

眾人拾柴火焰高。

Many heads are better than one.

三個(gè)臭皮匠，賽過(guò)諸葛亮。

Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.

有心栽花花不發(fā)，無(wú)心插柳柳成蔭。

Measure for measure.

針鋒相對(duì)。

Misfortunes never come alone.

禍不單行。

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.

患難見(jiàn)真情。

Money isn't everything.

錢不是萬(wàn)能的。

Murder will out.

紙包不住火。

My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.

兒子婚前是兒子，女兒終生是女兒。

Nature is the true law.

天行有常，不為堯存，不為桀亡。

Necessity is the mother of invention.

需要是發(fā)明的動(dòng)力。

Never fish in trouble water.

不要混水摸魚。

Never judge from appearances.

不可以貌取人。

Never say die.

永不言敗。

Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.

亡羊補(bǔ)牢，為時(shí)未晚。

New wine in old bottles.

舊瓶裝新酒。

No cross, no crown.

不經(jīng)歷風(fēng)雨，怎么見(jiàn)彩虹。

No garden without its weeds.

沒(méi)有不長(zhǎng)草的園子。

No living man all things can.

世上沒(méi)有萬(wàn)事通。

No man can do two things at once.

一心不可二用。

No man is born wise or learned.

沒(méi)有生而知之者。

No man is content.

人心不足蛇吞象。

No man is wise at all times.

聰明一世，糊涂一時(shí)。

None are so blind as those who won't see.

視而不見(jiàn)。

None are so deaf as those who won't hear.

充耳不聞。

No news is good news.

沒(méi)有消息就是好消息。

No one can call back yesterday.

昨日不會(huì)重現(xiàn)。

No pains, no gains.

沒(méi)有付出就沒(méi)有收獲。

No pleasure without pain.

沒(méi)有苦就沒(méi)有樂(lè)。

No rose without a thorn.

沒(méi)有不帶刺的玫瑰。

No sweet without sweat.

先苦后甜。

No smoke without fire.

無(wú)風(fēng)不起浪。

Nothing brave, nothing have.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

眼淚干得最快。

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

世上無(wú)難事，只怕有心人。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

世上無(wú)難事，只要肯登攀。

Nothing seek, nothing find.

沒(méi)有追求就沒(méi)有收獲。

Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.

外出旅行，語(yǔ)言最要緊。

Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.

世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲。

Not to advance is to go back.

不進(jìn)則退。

Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.

不懂世故，幼稚可笑。

No way is impossible to courage.

勇者無(wú)懼。

Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.

軍人以服從命令為天職。

Observation is the best teacher.

觀察是最好的老師。

Offense is the best defense.

進(jìn)攻是最好的防御。

Old friends and old wines are best.

陳酒味醇，老友情深。

Old sin makes new shame.

一失足成千古恨。

Once a man and twice a child.

一次老，兩次小。

Once a thief, always a thief.

偷盜一次，做賊一世。

Once bitten, twice shy.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。

One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.

一個(gè)和尚挑水喝，兩個(gè)和尚抬水喝，三個(gè)和尚沒(méi)水喝。

One cannot put back the clock.

時(shí)鐘不能倒轉(zhuǎn)。

One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.

百聞不如一見(jiàn)。

One false move may lose the game.

一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。

One good turn deserves another.

行善積德。

One hour today is worth two tomorrow.

爭(zhēng)分奪秒效率高。

One man's fault is other man's lesson.

前車之鑒。

One never loses anything by politeness.

講禮貌不吃虧。

One swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。

One's words reflect one's thinking.

言為心聲。

Out of debt, out of danger.

無(wú)債一身輕。

Out of office, out of danger.

無(wú)官一身輕。

Out of sight, out of mind.

眼不見(jiàn)，心為靜。

Patience is the best remedy.

忍耐是良藥。

Penny wise, pound foolish.

貪小便宜吃大虧。

Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.

正大光明者，說(shuō)到的多，做到的少。

Please the eye and plague the heart.

貪圖一時(shí)快活，必然留下隱禍。

Pleasure comes through toil.

苦盡甘來(lái)。

Pour water into a sieve.

竹籃子打水一場(chǎng)空。

Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

Praise is not pudding.

恭維話不能當(dāng)飯吃。

Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.

好人越夸越好，壞人越夸越糟。

Prefer loss to unjust gain.

寧可吃虧，不貪便宜。

Prevention is better than cure.

預(yù)防勝于治療。

Pride goes before, and shame comes after.

驕傲使人落后。

Promise is debt.

一諾千金。

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.

諺語(yǔ)是日常經(jīng)驗(yàn)的結(jié)晶。

Pull the chestnut out of fire.

火中取栗。

Put the cart before the horse.

本末倒置。

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

鼎力相助。

Reading enriches the mind.

開卷有益。

Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.

讀書健腦，運(yùn)動(dòng)強(qiáng)身。

Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.

要人尊敬，必須自重。

Rome is not built in a day.

冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。

Saying is one thing and doing another.

言行不一。

Seeing is believing.

眼見(jiàn)為實(shí)。

Seek the truth from facts.

實(shí)事求是。

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.

智者當(dāng)差，不用交代。

Set a thief to catch a thief.

以賊捉賊。

Short accounts make long friends.

好朋友勤算賬。

Something is better than nothing.

聊勝于無(wú)。

Soon learn, soon forgotten.

學(xué)得快，忘得快。

Soon ripe, soon rotten.

熟得快，爛得快。

Speech is silver, silence is gold.

能言是銀，沉默是金。

Still water run deep.

靜水常深。

Strike the iron while it is hot.

趁熱打鐵。

Success belongs to the persevering.

堅(jiān)持就是勝利。

Take things as they come.

既來(lái)之，則安之。

Talking mends no holes.

空談無(wú)補(bǔ)。

Talk of the devil and he will appear.

說(shuō)曹操，曹操就到。

Tall trees catch much wind.

樹大招風(fēng)。

Teach others by your example.

躬親示范。

The best hearts are always the bravest.

無(wú)私者無(wú)畏。

The best man stumbles.

偉人也有犯錯(cuò)時(shí)。

The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.

掩耳盜鈴。

The danger past and God forgotten.

過(guò)河拆橋。

The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.

黎明前的黑暗。

The darkest place is under the candlestick.

燭臺(tái)底下最暗。

The devil knows many things because he is old.

老馬識(shí)途。

The devil sometimes speaks the truth.

魔鬼有時(shí)也會(huì)說(shuō)真話。

The die is cast.

木已成舟。

The early bird catches the worm.

早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。

The end justifies the means.

只要目的正當(dāng)，可以不擇手段。

The end makes all equal.

死亡面前，人人平等。

The eye is bigger than the belly.

貪多嚼不爛。

The farthest way about is the nearest way home.

抄近路反而繞遠(yuǎn)路。

The finest diamond must be cut.

玉不琢，不成器。

The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.

烈火驗(yàn)真金，艱難磨意志。

The first step is the only difficulty.

邁出第一步是最艱難的。

The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.

機(jī)關(guān)算盡太聰明，反誤了卿卿性命。

The fox preys farthest from home.

兔子不吃窩邊草。

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.

坐井觀天。

The grass is greener on the other side.

這山望著那山高。

The greatest talkers are always least doers.

語(yǔ)言的巨人總是行動(dòng)的矮子。

The higher up, the greater the fall.

爬得高，摔得慘。

The leopard cannot change its spots.

本性難移。

The more noble, the more humble.

人越高尚，越謙虛。

The more wit, the less courage.

初生牛犢不怕虎。

The outsider sees the most of the game.

旁觀者清。

The pen is mightier than the sword.

筆能殺人。

The pot calls the kettle black.

五十步笑百步。

There are spots in the sun.

太陽(yáng)也有黑點(diǎn)。

There are two sides to every question.

問(wèn)題皆有兩面。

There is a skeleton in the cupboard.

家家有本難念的經(jīng)。

There is kindness to be found everywhere.

人間處處有溫情。

There is no general rule without some exception.

任何法規(guī)均有例外。

There is no medicine against death.

沒(méi)有長(zhǎng)生不老藥。

There is no place like home.

金窩銀窩不如咱的狗窩。

There is no royal road to learning.

書山有路勤為徑，學(xué)海無(wú)涯苦作舟。

The style is the man.

字如其人。

The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.

人言可畏。

The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.

水能載舟，亦能覆舟。

The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.

清者自清，濁者自濁。

The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.

螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在后。

The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.

世界如階梯，有人上有人下。

The world is but a little place, after all.

海內(nèi)存知己，天涯若比鄰。

Think twice before you do.

三思而后行。

Things at the worst will mend.

否極泰來(lái)。

Time and tide wait for no man.

時(shí)不我待。

Time cures all things.

時(shí)間是醫(yī)治一切創(chuàng)傷的良藥。

Time flies.

光陰似箭。

Time is money.

時(shí)間就是金錢。

Time lost cannot be won again.

時(shí)光流逝，不可復(fù)得。

Time past cannot be called back again.

時(shí)間不能倒流。

Time tries all.

路遙知馬力，日久見(jiàn)人心。

Tit for tat is fair play.

人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。

To err is human.

人非圣賢，孰能無(wú)過(guò)。

To know everything is to know nothing.

什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。

To know oneself is true progress.

人貴有自知之明。

Tomorrow never comes.

我生待明日，萬(wàn)事成蹉跎。

Too much familiarity breeds contempt.

過(guò)分熟悉會(huì)使人互不服氣。

Too much knowledge makes the head bald.

學(xué)問(wèn)太多催人老。

Too much liberty spills all.

自由放任，一事無(wú)成。

Too much praise is a burden.

過(guò)多夸獎(jiǎng)，反成負(fù)擔(dān)。

To save time is to lengthen life.

節(jié)約時(shí)間就是延長(zhǎng)生命。

Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.

常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋。

Troubles never come singly.

福無(wú)雙至，禍不單行。

Truth never grows old.

真理永存。

Turn over a new leaf.

洗心革面，改過(guò)自新。

Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

鷸蚌相爭(zhēng)，漁翁得利。

Two heads are better than one.

一個(gè)好漢三個(gè)幫。

Two of a trade seldom agree.

同行是冤家。

Two wrongs do not make a right.

別人錯(cuò)了，不等于你對(duì)了。

Unity is strength.

團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量。

Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.

忠言逆耳利于行。

Until all is over one's ambition never dies.

不到黃河心不死。

Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

吃小虧占大便宜。

Virtue is fairer far than beauty.

美德遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)勝過(guò)美貌。

Walls have ears.

小心隔墻有耳。

Wash your dirty linen at home.

家丑不可外揚(yáng)。

Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.

滴水穿石。

Wealth is nothing without health.

失去健康，錢再多也沒(méi)用。

We know not what is good until we have lost it.

好東西，失去了才明白。

Well begun is half done.

好的開始，是成功的一半。

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

井干方知水可貴。

We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.

欲求完美無(wú)缺的朋友必然成為孤家寡人。

We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.

自己的好事別去提，別人的恩惠要銘記。

Wet behind the ears.

乳臭未干。

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

不管做什么，都要一心一意。

What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.

兒時(shí)所學(xué)，終生難忘。

What's done cannot be undone.

生米煮成熟飯了。

What's lost is lost.

失者不可復(fù)得。

What we do willingly is easy.

愿者不難。

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

入國(guó)問(wèn)禁，入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。

When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.

人人都偉大，世間沒(méi)豪杰。

When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.

傷心舊事別重提。

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

新仇舊恨，齊上心頭。

When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.

黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒(méi)安好心。

When wine is in truth, wit is out.

酒后吐真言。

Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

Where there is life, there is hope.

留得青山在，不怕沒(méi)柴燒。

Where there is smoke, there is fire.

事出有因。

While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.

道高一尺，魔高一丈。

Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

搬弄口舌者必是小人。

Whom the gods love die young.

好人不長(zhǎng)命。

Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.

智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。

Work makes the workman.

勤工出巧匠。

You cannot burn the candle at both ends.

蠟燭不能兩頭點(diǎn)，精力不可過(guò)分耗。

You cannot eat your cake and have it.

魚與熊掌，不可得兼。

You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.

強(qiáng)扭的瓜不甜。

You may know by a handful the whole sack.

由一斑可知全貌。

You never know what you can till you try.

是驢子是馬，拉出來(lái)遛遛。

 

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

惡其始者必惡其終。

 

A bad bush is better than the open field.

有勝于無(wú)。

 

A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.

吃虧的和解也比勝訴強(qiáng)。

 

A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.

做賊心虛。

 

A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.

壞習(xí)慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。

 

A bad padlock invites a picklock.

開門揖盜。

 

A bad thing never dies.

壞事傳千年。

 

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

拙匠常怨工具差。

 

A bargain is a bargain.

達(dá)成的協(xié)議不可撕毀。

 

A beggar's purse is bottomless.

乞丐的錢袋是無(wú)底洞。

 

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

雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。

 

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.

聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。

 

A bird may be known by its song.

什么鳥唱什么歌。

 

 

A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.

略有勝于全無(wú)。

 

A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of

the world.

坐井觀天。

 

A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.

秋波送盲，白費(fèi)癡情。

 

A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.

一本好書今天如此，將來(lái)也如此，永不改變。

 

A book that remains shut is but a block.

有書閉卷不閱讀，無(wú)異是一塊木頭。

 

A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.

借來(lái)的斗篷不暖身。

 

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

相聚愛(ài)益切，離別情更深。

 

A burden of one's choice is not felt.

自己選的擔(dān)子不嫌重。

 

A burnt child dreads the fire.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。

 

A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人。

 

A cat may look at a king. 　

貓也有權(quán)晉見(jiàn)國(guó)王。

　　

Accidents will happen.

天有不測(cè)風(fēng)云。

 

 

A change of work is as good as a rest.

調(diào)換一下工作是很好的休息。

 

A cheerful wife is the joy of life.

快樂(lè)的妻子是生活的樂(lè)事。

 

A clean hand wants no washing.

身正不怕影子斜。

 

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

問(wèn)心無(wú)愧，高枕無(wú)憂。

 

A clear conscience is a sure card.

光明磊落，勝券在握。

 

A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.

白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。

 

A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.

寧為清貧，不為濁富。

 

A close mouth catches no flies.

病從口入，禍從口出。

 

A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.

夜郎自大。

 

A common danger causes common action.

同仇敵愾。

 

A constant guest is never welcome.

久住非佳賓，常來(lái)不歡迎。

 

A contented mind is perpetual feast.

知足常樂(lè)。

 

A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.

貪婪的人對(duì)別人毫無(wú)好處，對(duì)自己卻壞處更大。

 

A crafty knave needs no broker.

狡猾的流氓，不需居間人。

 

A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.

戶樞不蠹。

 

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He sits no sure that sits too high.

高處不勝寒。

He that respects not is not respected.

欲受人敬，要先敬人。

 

So said, so done.

說(shuō)到做到。言出必行。

 

Haste makes waste.

忙亂易錯(cuò)。欲速則不達(dá)。

 

Better be envied than pitied.

寧被人妒，不受人憐。

 

Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.

未雨綢繆。

 

So the world wags.

這就是人生。

 

One can not be in two places at once.

一心不可二用。

 

No weal without woe.

福兮禍所伏, 禍兮福所倚。

 

Little chips light great fires.

星星之火，可以燎原。

 

Like knows like.

惺惺相惜。

 

It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.

狡兔三窟。

 

Dreams are lies.

夢(mèng)不足信。

 

Do not teach fish to swim.

不要班門弄斧。

 

A light heart live long.

心情開朗壽命長(zhǎng)。不惱不愁，活到白頭。

 

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

日吃蘋果一只，身體健康不求醫(yī)。

 

Poverty is stranger to industry.

勤勞之人不受窮。

 

Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.

考慮要仔細(xì),行動(dòng)要迅速.

 

One sin opens the door for another. ---German

犯了一次罪惡就會(huì)犯另一次罪。

 

One man's meat is another man's poison.

蘿卜青菜，各有所愛(ài)。

 

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

井干方知水珍貴

 

Less is more.

簡(jiǎn)單就是美　

 

A blessing in disguise.

因禍得福

 

Love me, love my dog.

愛(ài)屋及烏

 

Every dog has his day.

凡人皆有得意日　

 

Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. 　　

磨刀不誤砍柴功。 　　　

 

Seeing is believing.

眼見(jiàn)為實(shí)　　

 

Well begun is half done.

好的開端是成功的一半

 

Time flies never to be recalled.

光陰一去不復(fù)返　 　

 

When in Rome, do as Roman do.

入鄉(xiāng)隨俗

 

He laughs best who laughs last.

誰(shuí)笑到最后誰(shuí)笑得最美

 

Deal with a man as he deals with you.

以其人之道還治其人之身

 

Look before you leap.

三思而后行

 

Two heads are better than one.

三個(gè)臭皮匠頂一個(gè)諸葛亮。

 

A good beginning makes a good ending.

善始善終

 

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患難中的朋友才是真正的朋友。

 

First come, first served.

先來(lái)先招待。

 

Where there is s will，there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

 

No pains，no gains.

不勞則無(wú)獲

 

Time and tide wait for no man.

時(shí)不待人

 

Strike while the iron is hot.

趁熱打鐵

 

It's never too late to mend.

亡羊補(bǔ)牢

 

There is no smoke without fire.

無(wú)風(fēng)不起浪

 

Kill two birds with one stone.

一箭雙雕

 

East or west，home is best.

走東串西，還是家里好

 

Equal pay for equal work.

同工同酬

 

Put the cart before the horse.

本末倒置

 

Pride goes before a fall.

驕兵必?cái)?/P>

 

Reading makes a full man.

讀書使人完善

 

Knowledge is power.

知識(shí)就是力量

 

Failure is the mother of success.

失敗是成攻之母

 

Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧

 

All roads lead to Roma.

條條大道通羅馬

 

Don′t judge a person by the clothes he wears.

不能以貌取人

 

Don′t count your chickens before they are hatched.

切莫過(guò)于樂(lè)觀

 

Learn to walk before you run.

循序漸進(jìn)

 

It′s easy to be wise after the event.

事后諸葛亮

 

As you make your bed,so you must lie in it.

自食其果

 

All that glitters is not gold.

閃光的東西并非都是金子

 

Many hands make light work.

人多力量大

 

Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.

世上無(wú)難事只要肯登攀

 

Time is money.

時(shí)間就是金錢。

 

Like father, like son.

有其父必有其子。

 

Many hands make light work.

人多力量大。

 

Grasp all, lose all.

樣樣都要，全都失掉。

 

Better master one than engage with ten.

會(huì)十事不如精一事。

 

Silly child is soon taught.

要想孩子好，教育要趁早。

 

More haste, less speed.

欲速則不達(dá)。

 

Easier said than done.

說(shuō)起來(lái)容易，做起來(lái)難。

 

The first step is the hardest.

萬(wàn)事開頭難。

 

Who knows most says least.

懂的最多的人，說(shuō)的最少。

 

Time and tide wait for no man.

歲月不待人。

 

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事今日畢。

 

Diligence is the mother of success.

失敗是成功之母。

 

It's never too late to learn.

活到老，學(xué)到老。

 

Walls have ears.

隔墻有耳

 

Wash your dirty linen at home.

家丑不可外揚(yáng)

 

Waste not, want not.

儉則不匱

 

Weak things united become strong.

一根筷子易折斷，十根筷子硬如鐵

 

Wealth is best known by want.

人窮方知錢可貴

 

We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.

判斷一個(gè)人，不聽言語(yǔ)看行動(dòng)

 

We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.

年華沒(méi)虛度，一生也足矣。

 

What is done by night appears by day.

若要人不知，除非已莫為

 

When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.

墻倒眾人推

 

When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.

孩子不吭聲，一定闖了禍

 

When one will not, two cannot quarrel.

一個(gè)巴掌拍不響

 

When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.

貧窮進(jìn)門來(lái)，愛(ài)情越窗飛

 

When the cat is away, the mice will play.

貓兒不在，鼠兒成精

 

When wine sinks, words swim.

美酒一下肚，話匣關(guān)不住

 

Where there's life there's hope.

留得青山在，不怕沒(méi)柴燒

 

Will is power.

意志就是力量

 

Wise men are silent; fools talk.

智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不絕

 

Wise men change their minds; fools never do.

智者通權(quán)達(dá)變，愚者剛愎自用

 

Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.

智者熱愛(ài)真理，愚者回避真理

 

Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.

耳聽為虛，眼見(jiàn)為實(shí)