811 句常见英语谚语、俚语、座右铭

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列举了常用的英语谚语、俚语、座右铭。“星游” 引擎会在当前页面不断添加新句、删除老旧句子。

Time waits for no man.

时间不等人; 时不待我。

Time lost can not be recalled.

光阴一去不复返。

Improve your time and your time will improve you.

提高效率, 你也将会提高。

All time is no time when it is past.

光阴一去不复返。

A hero is known in the time of misfortune.

时势造英雄。

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。

To cherish the time, do not believe in fate.

要珍惜时间, 别相信命运。

No time like the present.

只争朝夕。

There is no end to learning.

学无止境。

There is no royal road to learning.

学问无坦途; 书山有路勤为径, 学海无涯苦作舟。

Knowledge starts with practice.

实践出真知。

It is never too old to learn.

活到老, 学到老。

Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.

与狗同眠, 醒来一身虱。

A man becomes learned by asking questions.

不耻下问才能有学问。

Don't put the cart before the horse.

套车之前先备好马。

Better the devil you know than the one you don't.

明枪易躲, 暗箭难防。

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

如果愿望都能实现, 乞丐早就发财了。

Don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk.

不要说一套做一套。

Two wrongs don't make a right.

两个错误不等于一个正确。

Champions are made when no one is watching.

十年寒窗无人问, 一朝夺冠(夺魁)天下知。

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

遇到逆境, 顽强者逆流而上; 艰难之路, 唯勇者行。

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

别人送的马, 不要看马齿。意思是不要挑剔得到的礼物。

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

如果你不是解决方案的一部分, 你就是问题的一部分。

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

情人眼里出西施。

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

小别胜新婚; 距离产生美; 久别情更深。

When the cat is away, the mice will play.

山中无老虎, 猴子称大王。

Nothing succeeds like success.

一是成, 百事顺。

Nothing so necessary for travellers as languages.

旅行者最需要的是几种语言。

Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something.

塞翁失马, 安知非福。

Nothing seek, nothing find.

无所求则无所获。

Nothing is stolen without hands.

无风不起浪。

Nothing is impossible to the man who will try.

世上无难事, 只怕有心人。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

世上无难事, 只怕有心人。

Nothing is impossible to willing mind.

有志者事竟成。

Nothing is impossible to willing heart.

有志者事竟成。

nothing is difficult to a man who wills

有志者事竟成。

Nothing for nothing and very little for a half penny.

一分钱, 一分货。

Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.

饥不择食。

Nothing crave, nothing have.

无所求, 无所有。

Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it.

无风不起浪。

Nothing comes from nothing.

无风不起浪。

Nothing comes of nothing.

无风不起浪。

Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man.

饥不择食。

Nothing brave, nothing have.

不入虎穴, 焉得虎子。

No sweat, no sweet.

一分耕耘, 一分收获。

No sooner said than done.

说到做到。

No safe wading in an unknown water.

未知水深浅, 涉水有危险。

No road is long with good company.

旅途有好伴, 千里不觉长。

No piper can please all ears.

众口难调。

No pains, no gains.

不劳则无获。

No one is born wise or learned.

人非生而知之者。

No man is born wise or learned.

人非生而知之者。

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

除非羞耻自由取, 他人岂能辱吾?

No news is good news.

没有消息也许就是最好的消息。

None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.

蚂蚁不说话, 但最善于说教。

None but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.

只有那个穿鞋人, 才知哪里鞋轧脚。

None but the brave deserve the fair.

惟有英雄可以配美人。

None are so deaf as those who will not hear.

不愿倾听意见者最聋。

No man knows when he shall die, although he knows he must die.

然知其难免一死, 人却难料何时身亡。

No man is wise at all times.

聪明一世糊涂一时。

No one is wise at all times.

聪明一世糊涂一时。

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 is so old, but thinks he may yet live another year.

人越活越想活。

No man ever became thoroughly bad at once.

没有一个人是一下子就坏透的。

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 can make a good coat with bad cloth.

巧匠难以劣布制美服。

No man can do two things at once.

一心不可二用。

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 great loss without some small gain.

塞翁失马, 安知非福。

No gains without pains.

不劳无获。

No cross, no crown.

不经历风雨, 怎么见彩虹。

No bees, no honey.

无蜂则无密, 不劳则无酬。

No answer is also answer.

没有回答也是一种回答。

Never trouble trouble till trouble troulbes you.

切莫自寻麻烦。

Don't trouble trouble till trouble troulbes you.

切莫自寻麻烦。

Never too old to learn.

活到老, 学到老。

Never too late to learn.

活到老, 学到老。

Never too late to repent.

悔过自新永不为迟。

Never too late to mend.

亡羊补牢, 为时未晚。

Never think yourself above your business.

切勿眼高手低。

Never swap horses while crossing the stream.

过河勿换马; 临阵勿换将。

Never swop horses while crossing the stream.

过河勿换马; 临阵勿换将。

Never say of another what you would not have him hear.

莫说不想让人听见的话。

Never put the plow before the oxen.

不要本末倒置。

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

今日事, 今日毕。

Never offer to teach fish to swim.

不要班门弄斧。

Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.

抓住大好时机,切莫等闲错过。

Never judge by appearances.

不要以貌取人。

Never fry a fish till it's caught.

不要操之过急。

Never do things by halves.

做事不要半途而废。

Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime durnk.

不要过河拆桥。

Never cackle till your egg is laid.

事竟成,才声张。

Never be weary of well doing.

行善莫怕烦。

Neglect of health is doctor's wealth.

忽视健康, 医生财旺。

Needs must when the devil drives.

形势所迫不得不为。

Need makes the old wife trot.

事急老妪跑。

Necessity and oportunity may make a coward valient.

需要和机会可能使懦夫变成勇士。

Money often unmakes the men who make it.

为富不仁。

Money makes the mare to go.

有钱能使鬼推磨。

Money is the sinews of war.

无钱莫打仗。

Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.

金钱用于脑, 永远不徒劳。

Money talks.

有钱能使鬼推磨。

More haste, less speed.

欲速不达。

More of our worries come from within than from without.

烦恼发乎内者多于发乎外。

Most things have two handles.

事情都有两面性。

Mother's darlings are but milksop heroes.

娇养的儿女成不了大器。

Mountains look beautiful from a distance.

远处看山山更美。

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。

Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.

音乐是医治心灵创伤的妙药。

Napolean himself was once a crying baby.

即使是拿破仑, 过去也是啼哭的婴孩。

Nature is the glass reflecting truth.

自然是反映真理的一面镜子。

Naughty boys sometimmmes make good men.

顽皮淘气的男孩子有时成为仁人君子。

Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs.

莫笑皮匠拇指黑。

Misfortunes test the sincerity of friends.

患难见真情。

Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

经过灾难方知福。

Misfortunes never come alone.

祸不单行。

Misforunes come on horseback and go away on foot.

遭灾易, 消灾难。

Misfortunes come at night.

祸常生于不测。

Misfortune comes on wings and departs on foot.

遭灾易, 消灾难。

Misery makes strange bedfellows.

患难时不择友。

Misery loves company.

同病相怜。

Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows.

落难时不择伙伴。

Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.

爱财如命。

Modesty is not only and ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

谦虚不仅是美德的点缀, 更是美德的守护。

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 money.

钱能生钱。

Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.

债台高筑, 愁上心头。

Money burns a hole in his pocket.

挥金如土。

Money calls, but does not stay: It is round and rolls away.

金钱会上门, 不会留下来, 因为是圆的, 所以会滚开。

Money can move even the gods.

有钱能使鬼推磨。

Money doesn't grow on trees.

钱来之不易。

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 neither good nor bad, but all depends on what use is made of it.

钱本身无好坏, 要看怎样利用它。

Money is often lost for want of money.

财富往往由于追求财富而丧失。

Money is something, but no everything.

金钱能买物品, 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。

Mischief has swift wings.

飞来横祸。

Miracels are to those who believe in them.

妖由人兴。

Mills of God grind slowly but sure.

天网恢恢, 疏而不漏。

Mickle power makes many enemies.

权高树敌多。

Method will teach you to win time.

方法可教会你赢得时间。

Merry meet, merry part.

好聚好散。

Merry is he that hath nought to lose.

人无所失, 不亦乐乎。

Men may meet but mountains never.

人生何处不相逢。

Men love to hear well of themselves.

阿谀奉承话, 人们皆爱听。

Men, at soome time, are masters of their fates.

人有时是自己命运的主人。

Medicines are not meant to live on.

不能靠药物度日子。

Measure thrice before you cut once.

三思而后行。

Measure for measure.

以牙还牙。

Measure another's corn by one's own bushel.

以己度人。

Master should be soetimes blind and sometimes deaf.

不痴不聋, 不作阿家翁。

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。

Marry in lent, and you'll live to repent.

借债结婚, 一生悔恨。

Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.

结婚过于急躁, 闲来便要懊恼。

Marriaage is the bloom or blight of all men's 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。

Many kiss the baby for the nurse's sake.

醉翁之意不在酒。

Many words 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。

Many great men have arisen from humble beginnings.

有许多伟人出身卑微。

Many drops make a shower.

积少成多。

Many dishes, many diseases.

多吃多病。

Many a little makes a mickle.

积少成多。

Many a pickle makes a mickle.

积少成多。

Many a good father hath but a bad son.

好父亲偏生不肖子。

Many a good cow hath a bad calf.

虎父生犬子。

Many a flower is born to blush unseen.

有许多花儿生来就开着没有人欣赏。

Man will conquer nature.

人定胜天。

Man's best plans often miscrarry.

神机妙算, 常常失算。

Man proposes, God disposes.

谋事在天, 成事在人。

Knowledge is the antidote to fear.

知识可以解除恐惧。

Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量。

Knowledge is long, life is short.

吾生有涯, 而知无涯。

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

识是一座宝库, 而实践就是开启宝库的钥匙。

Knowledge comes from experience alone.

知识来自实践。

Knowledge will not be aquired without pain and application.

不花力气, 不下功夫是得不到知识的。

Know something like the palm of one's hand.

熟知其事, 了如指掌。

Know thyself.

了解自己。

Maidens should 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 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 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。

Knavery may serve, but honestyis best.

欺诈可能得计, 但诚实总是上策。

Kinsman helps kinsman, but woe to him that hath nothing.

亲帮亲, 邻帮邻, 无亲无助你倒霉。

Kind words butter no parsnips.

画饼充饥, 花言巧语没有用。

Kind words are worth much and cost little.

口头方便不费力。

Kindness will creep where it may not go.

仁慈可进入任何禁地。

Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the dumb understand.

善良为语言, 聋子能听见哑巴懂心间。

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

仁爱是联结社会的金链。

Kindness always begets kindness.

善有善报。

Kind hearts are more than coronets.

善良的心灵胜于显贵的地位。

Kill the goose that laid the golden egg.

杀鸡取卵。

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

要多看少说。

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.

婚前张开眼, 婚后半闭眼。

Keep your breath to cool your porridge.

少管闲事。

Keep some till more come.

更多的到手以前, 要保持手里的一点。

Keeping is harder than winning.

创业不易, 守业更难。

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

近朱者赤。

Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.

备而不用。

Lying is the first step to the gallows.

说谎是上断头台的第一步。

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。

Love understands love, it needs no talk.

爱情可以意会, 无需言传。

Love thy neighbours as thyself.

爱邻如爱己。

Love should not be all on one side.

单恋不成爱。

Love rules his kingdom without a word.

维持爱情, 不用强力。

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 me, love my dog.

爱屋及乌。

Love me little and love me long.

不求情意浓, 但愿情义长。

Love makes the world go round.

世界因爱而转动。

Love makes one fit for any work.

爱情使人适合任何工作。

Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

爱情把一切冷酷的心变得温柔。

Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.

爱情无贵贱, 贫负皆有之。

Love laughs at locksmith.

春闺锁不住。

Love is the touchstone of virtue.

爱情是美德的试金石。

Love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the ending.

爱情始甜而终苦。

Love is not to be found in the market.

爱情在市场上是找不到的。

Love is neither bought nor sold.

爱情不能买卖。

Love is like the moon, when it does not increase it decreases.

爱情像月亮, 不营即亏。

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 grows with obstacles.

磨折越多,爱情越深。

Love does much, money does everything.

爱情做许多事, 金钱做任何事。

Love comes by looking.

情人眼里出西施。

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。

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 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.

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 of hay.

海底捞月。

Look for a needle in a bottle of hay.

海底捞月。

Look not for musk in dog's kennel.

狗嘴里吐不出象牙。

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。

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 cough cannot be hid.

爱情和咳嗽是不能掩饰的。

Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness.

爱情要求忠诚, 而忠诚要求坚贞。

Little strokes fell great oaks.

水滴石穿。

Littel chips light great fires.

星星之火, 可以燎原。

Little bodies may have great souls.

小小的躯体会有伟大的心灵。

Little boats must keep the shores.

小船不能远航。

Like knows like.

英雄识英雄。

Like begets like.

有其父必有其子。

Like attracts like.

物以类聚。

Lightly come, lightly go.

易得易失。

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 is short and time is fleeting.

人生短暂, 光阴易逝。

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 not all beer and skittles.

人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。

Life is long if you know how to use it.

如果懂得好好利用, 生命就长了。

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

等到认识人生, 已经一半过去了。

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 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。

Let's 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.

顺其自然。

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 often degenerates into lawlessness.

自由随便, 经常堕落到无法无天。

Lie in the bed one has made.

自作自受。

Lie on the bed one has made.

自作自受。

Lies have short legs.

谎言是站不住脚的。

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 compared to voyage.

人生好比是航海。

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。

Learn to creep before you leap.

循序渐进。

Learn to say before you sing.

按部就班。

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。

Least said, soonest mended.

多说反坏事。

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。

Laugh at your ills, And save doctors' bills.

生病不忧虑, 节省医药费。

Laugh and grow fat.

心宽体胖。

Lack of knowledge is darker than night.

没有知识比黑夜还要黑。

Labour is light where love doth pay.

爱情作酬报, 劳苦必轻松。

Justice has long arms.

天网恢恢, 疏而不漏。

Judge not according to the appearance.

不要以貌取人。

Jadge not a book by its cover.

人不可貌相。

Joy shared with others are more enjoyed.

与人同乐, 其乐无穷。

Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail.

你跟驴子开玩笑, 将被驴尾打耳光。

Jack of all trades is of no trade.

万事皆通, 一无所长。

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。

It takes two to make a quarrel.

要有两个人才吵得起来。

It takes all sorts to make a world.

万千事物, 形成世界。

It's no use pumping a dry well.

徒劳无益。

It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.

使人成为绅士的并不是华丽的外套。

It's 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。

It's easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again.

堕入陷阱易, 脱离陷阱难。

It's earier to run down the hill than go up.

下山容易上山难。

It's a poor mouse that has only on hole.

鼠只有一洞, 必先把命送。

It's a poor heart that never rejoices.

不知人间有乐趣者最可怜。

It's a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles.

良马不失蹄, 贤妻不聒絮。

It never rains but it pours.

祸不单行。

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 is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool.

大智若愚。

It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.

贼出关门。

It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down.

马后炮。

It is too late to cast the anchor when the ship is on the rock.

船触礁后在抛锚, 为时已经太晚了。

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 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 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 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 first step that costs.

万事开头难。

It is right to put everything in its proper use.

凡事都应该用得其所。

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 no use crying over spilt milk.

覆水难收。

It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.

君子在德不在衣。

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 good to make a sleeping lion.

弄醒睡狮不是好事。

It is not every couple that is a pair.

成双并非皆配偶。

It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.

老鹰胜鸽, 不足为荣。

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 more blessed to give than to receive.

施恩比受惠更有福。

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 harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well.

养女容易嫁女难。

It is good to learn at another man's cost.

前车之覆, 后车之鉴。

It is good to have friends in trouble.

在患难时得到朋友是幸运的。

It is good to be merry at meal.

席间心情愉快是为上策。

It is good fishing in troubled waters.

混水之中好摸鱼。

It is easy to prophesy after the event.

事后诸葛亮, 预言顶便当。

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

创业容易守业难。

It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.

对一些事情知道是容易的, 对任何一件事都了解详细却是困难的。

It is easy to be wise after the event.

事后诸葛亮好当。

It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.

养虎易,驯虎难。

It is easier to pull down than build.

败事容易成事难。

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 descend than to ascend.

下降容易上升难。

It is dogged does it.

天下无难事, 只怕有心人。

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

与其懒死, 不如累死。

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 fight for good than to rail at the ill.

与其责骂罪恶, 不如伸张正义。

It is better to do well than to say well.

说得好不如做得好。

It is better to be safe than sorry.

事前小心为上, 好过事后遭殃。

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 alone than in bad company.

与恶友交不如独处。

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

再睿智的父亲也未必了解自己的儿子。

It is as well to know which way the wind blows.

识时务者为俊杰。

It is a small flock that has not a black sheep.

人多必有败类。

It is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon.

只有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

智者不上两次当。

It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.

家丑不可外扬。

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 a long lane that has no turning.

路长有弯, 事长有变。

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 good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none.

好的舌头不出恶声, 好的心肠不想恶事。

It is a good horse that never stumbles.

智者千虑必有一失。

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。

I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty.

梦里见到人生无比美丽, 醒时发现义务即是人生。

I say little but I think the more.

我说得少, 但我想得多。

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。

In wine there is truth.

酒后吐真言。

In time of peace prepare for war.

居安当思危。

In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.

处世似游泳, 不会即下沉。

Curiosity killed the cat.

好奇害死猫。

To live is to learn, to learn is to better live.

活着为了学习, 学习为了更好的活着。

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 fortune's 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.

勤劳可以使身体保持健康、头脑清晰、心胸开阔、钱包鼓鼓。

In every beginning think of the end.

三思而后行。

In every country dogs bite.

天下乌鸦一般黑。

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

人生如下棋, 多谋得胜利。

In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.

在人生的战场中, 唯有日日前进不屈不挠始能获胜。

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。

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

得意时需尽欢, 失意时宜思索。

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.

车到山前必有路。

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.

山中无老虎, 猴子称大王。

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 done, do it yourself.

要想做好事情, 就要自己动手。

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.

欲求和平必先备战。

If you wish good advice, consult an old man.

如要忠告向老人请教。

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.

如要事情做得好, 你须亲自动手做。

If you would make an enemy, lend a man the 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。

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.

世上无天才, 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 news comes space.

恶事传千里。

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。

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 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 you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow.

得寸进尺。

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 don't 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, you'll 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 hares, you will catch neither.

脚踏两条船, 必定落空。

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

蚀了本也输了利。

If the blind leads the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

问道于盲, 无益于事。

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 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 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。

It 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 it were not for hope, the heart would break.

人是靠希望活著的。

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 each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city.

众擎易举。

If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean street.

众擎易举。

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

初试不成功, 努力勿懈怠。

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin wit

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 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 donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

傻瓜惹着你, 你别跟他缠。

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。

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。

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 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 am not now that which I have been.

今日之我已非昔日之我。

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。

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

作最好的希望, 作最坏的打算。

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。

Humility often gains more than pride.

谦逊往往比骄傲受益更多。

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。

Hungry belies have no ears.

饥寒起盗心。

I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea.

进退维谷。

Honour to whom honour is due.

荣誉归于应得荣誉的人。

Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.

蜜糖是甜的, 但蜜蜂会螫人。

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。

Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all.

老实的人早成婚, 聪明的人不结婚。

Home is home, though never so homely.

不如归去。

Hold with the hare and run with the hounds.

两面讨好。

Hold fast when you have it.

紧握你手中之物。

Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.

随机应变。

Hide one's talents in a napkin.

埋没自己的才能。

He works best who knows his trade.

事怕行家。

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 who would search for pearls must dive below.

欲寻珍珠, 须潜水下。

He who would search for pearls must dive deep.

欲寻珍珠, 须潜水下。

He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.

千里之行, 始于足下。

He who wills success is half way to it.

伟大的理想造就伟大的人物。

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 touches pitch will be difiled.

近墨者黑。

He who stands alone has no power.

孤掌难鸣。

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 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 shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it.

与熊分蜜糖, 得不到多少。

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 risks nothing, gains nothing.

不入虎穴, 焉得虎子。

He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.

骑虎难下。

He who purposes to be an author, should first be a student.

想当作家, 先当学生。

He who pleased everybody died before he was born.

众口难调。

He who plays with fire gets burned.

玩火者必自焚。

He who overcomes his anger subdues his greatest enemy.

克制火气就是克制强敌。

He who never was sick dics the first.

永不生病的人往往一病致命。

He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

想不犯错误, 就一事无成。

He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk.

弱肉强食。

He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.

经常诉苦抱怨, 难以博得同情。

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。

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 disease known is half cured.

病情确诊断, 治病好一半。

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 knows when he's 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 knows most who speaks least.

大智若愚。

He laughs best who laughs last.

谁能笑到最后就是真正的赢家。

He lives long that lives well.

过得好就是长寿。

He lives twice who lives well.

生活得好的人等于生活了两次。

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 is the wise man who is the honest man.

正直的人就是有见识的人。

He is rich enough who owes nothing.

无债即富足。

He is rich enough who has true friends.

有真朋友的人是富翁。

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 never alone that is in the company of noble thoughts.

思想崇高者, 绝不会孤独。

He is lifeless that is faultless.

人无完人。

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

有病方知健康贵。

Heaven helps those who help themselves.

天助自助者。

Heaven's 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.

相信自己, 方能成功。

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.

吃得苦中苦, 方为人上人。

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.

背后说好话, 才是真朋友。

He is a good man whom fortune makes better.

好人走运人更好。

He is a wise man who speaks little.

聪明不是挂在嘴上。

Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes out.

本是同根生, 相煎何太急。

Hatred is blind as well as love.

恨是盲目的, 爱亦然。

Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

大起者有大落。

Harm watch, harm catch.

害人终害已。

Hang up one's fiddle when one comes home.

在外谈笑风生, 在家闷闷不乐。

Half the world knows not how the other half lives.

富人不知穷人苦。

Half a loaf is better than no bread.

半块面包亦胜无。

Habit is second nature.

习惯成自然。

Great winds blow upon high hills.

树大招风。

Great talkers are not great doers.

其人说得多, 做得不会多。

Great talkers are little doers.

人好说大话, 并非实干家。

Great talkers are commonly liars.

能言的人谎话多。

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

万丈高楼平地起。

Greatest genius often lies concealed.

真人不露相。

Hang up one's hat in another's house.

在别人家里久留不去, 长期居住。

Happiness consists in contentment.

知足常乐。

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。

Hard words break no bones, fine words butter no parsnips.

忠言逆耳利于行, 花言巧语没有用。

Hares may pull dead lions by the beard.

虎落平阳被犬欺。

Harm set, harm get.

害人反害己。

Good news goes on crutches.

好事不出门。

Good watch prevents misfortune.

有备无患。

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.

口惠而实不至。

Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.

说短道长, 必然撒谎。

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。

Grasp all, lose all.

贪多必失。

Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.

你不怕困难, 困难就怕你。

Grasp the thistle firmly.

迎难而上。

Great barkers are no biters.

会叫的狗不咬人。

Good fame is better than a good face.

美名胜过美貌。

Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven.

善行如日月经天。

Go for wool and come home shorn.

求得反失。

Go farther and fare worse.

一动不如一静。

God sends meat and the devil sends cooks.

鲜肉由天次, 劣厨乃鬼遣。

Give hostages to fortune.

听天由命。

God helps those who help themselves.

天助自助者。

God never shuts one door but he opens another.

天无绝人之路。

God sends fortune to fools.

傻人有傻福。

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice.

要多听少说。

Give a thief enough rope and he will hang himself.

多行不义必自毙。

Give as good as one gets.

以其人之道, 还治其人之身。

Give a lark to catch a kite.

得不偿失。

Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself.

授绳与愚, 愚能自傅。

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

欲加之罪, 何患无词。

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.

有花堪折直须折。

Full belies make empty skulls.

大腹便便, 头脑空虚。

Frugality is an estate alone.

仅仅节约就是一笔财产。

From short pleasure long repentance.

痛快一时, 悔恨终身。

From saving comes having.

富有来自节约。

From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.

星星之火可以燎原。

Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is.

友谊地久天长。

Friendship should not be all on one side.

友谊不该只是单方面的事。

Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs.

友谊可以增添欢乐, 可以分担忧愁。

Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

来而不往非礼也。

Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight.

朋友像琴弦, 不能拧太紧。

Friendless is the dead.

没有朋友者, 等于是死人。

Four eyes see more than two.

集思广益。

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。

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 often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her.

只要有耐心, 总会走好运。

Fortune is fickle.

天有不测风云, 人有旦夕祸福。

Fortune favours the bold.

勇者天佑。

Fortune favours fools.

傻子有傻福。

Forgive others but not yourself.

宽以待人, 严以待己。

Forgive and forget.

既往不咎。

Forget others' faults by remembering your own.

思己之过, 忘人之错。

Force can never destroy right.

邪不胜正。

For a lost thing care nothing.

一事之失, 不必介意。

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

智者裹足不前, 愚者铤而走险。

Fools never know when they are well off.

傻瓜永远不知道他们何时能享福。

Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.

愚者设筵, 智者赴宴。

Fools have fortune.

傻人有傻福。

First catch your hare, then cook him.

不要谋之过早。

First come, first served.

先来先卖。

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。

Fools grow without watering.

笨蛋自然成, 无需浇水勤。

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

关得最紧的火, 燃烧得最炽烈。

Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.

烈火显真金, 逆境识英雄。

Fine words dress ill deeds.

口蜜腹剑。

Fine feathers make fine birds.

人要衣装, 佛要金装。

Fine feathers do not make fine birds.

人不可貌相。

Fine clothes make the man.

人靠衣装。

Feed by measure and defy physician.

饮食有节制, 医生无用处。

Feed a pig and you'll have a hog.

种瓜得瓜, 种豆得豆。

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

伤风宜吃, 发烧宜睡。

Fear is often greater than the danger.

杞人忧天。

Fat hens lay few eggs.

鸡肥不下蛋。

Fasting comes after feasting.

今日有酒今日醉, 明日无钱不揭锅。

Extremes meet.

否极泰来。

Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.

学问学问, 一学二问。

Experience must be bought.

吃一堑, 长一智。

Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly.

亲身经验, 才是经验。

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.

经验学校学费高, 愚人旁处学不到。

Experience is a school from which one can never graduate.

经验无止境。

Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians.

锻炼、节制、新鲜空气和必要的休息是最好的医生。

Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.

以眼还眼, 以牙还牙。

Failure is the mother of success.

失败是成功之母。

Faint heart never wins fair lady.

不入虎穴焉得虎子。

Fair and softly go far in a day.

谦和稳重, 前程远大。

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.

患难见真情。

False friends are worse than open enemies.

明枪易躲, 暗箭难防。

False tongue will hardly speak truth.

狗嘴里吐不出象牙。

Fame is a magnifying glass.

人怕出名, 猪怕壮。

Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off.

名誉如河流, 发源处最狭, 愈远愈宽广。

Far from eye, far from heart.

眼不见心不烦。

Example is better than precept.

授人以鱼, 不如授之以渔。

Every tree is known by its own fruit.

观其言行, 知其为人。

Every tide hath its ebb.

天有不测风云, 人有旦夕祸福。

Everything is nice in your garden.

老王卖瓜, 自卖自夸。

Everything is good when new, but friend when old.

物莫如新, 友莫如故。

Everything is good in its season.

物各有时。

Everything hath an end.

万物有始必有终。

Everything has its time and that time must be watched.

万物皆有时, 时来不可失。

Everything comes to him who waits.

坚持就是胜利。

Every shoe fits not every foot.

一鞋难合百人足。

Every salesman boasts of his own wares.

老王卖瓜, 自卖自夸。

Every potter praises his own pot.

王婆卖瓜, 自卖自夸。

Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.

知人知面不知心。

Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune.

人对自己的命运总感不满足。

Every man is best know to himself.

自己最了解自己。

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.

近朱者赤, 近墨者黑。

Every cloud has a silver lining.

山穷水尽疑无路, 柳暗花明又一村。

Every brave man is a man of his word.

勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人。

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

有利必有弊。

Every cock crows on its own dunghill.

夜郎自大。

Every cook praises his own broth.

自吹自擂。

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 door may be shut but death's door.

除了死门外, 每门都可关。

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 horse thinks his sack heaviest.

每匹马都认为自己驮的袋子重。

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。

Easier said than done.

说话容易做事难。

Early start makes easy stages.

早开始是成功的保证。

Early sow, early mow.

播种早的收获早。

Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.

鹰单飞, 羊群集。

Eagles catch no flies.

大人不计小人过。

Each day brings its own bread.

天无绝人之路。

Each bird loves to hear himself sing.

孤芳自赏。

Dying is as natural as living.

死亡与生存一样自然。

Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.

酒后露真言。

Drunken days have all their tomorrows.

今日花天酒地, 明日潦倒穷途。

Easy come, easy go.

易得易失。

Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.

随意吃饭, 适度饮酒。

Eat one's cake and have it.

又要马儿好, 又要马儿不吃草。

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。

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。

Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.

支支吾吾, 其言必诈。

Even Homer sometimes nods.

人非圣贤, 孰能无过。

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。

Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.

清水未来, 莫泼赃水。

Don't count your chicken before they are hatched.

不要过早乐观。

Don't climb a tree to look for fish.

勿缘木求鱼。

Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.

不要杞人忧天。

Don't fly till you wings are feathered.

羽毛未丰不要飞。

Don't cry out before you are hurt.

还没受苦, 就别叫苦。

Don't halloo till you are out of the wood.

没有脱离危险不要先欢呼。

Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.

切莫临时抱佛脚。

Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.

勿孤注一掷。

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

今日事, 今日毕。

Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak.

不要尽言所知, 而要尽知所言。

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

休要班门弄斧。

Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

不要自寻烦恼。

Don't whistle until you are out of the wood.

没有脱离险境, 不要过早高兴。

Do one's level best.

尽力而为。

Dot the i's and cross the t's.

一点一划, 循规蹈矩。

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 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。

Diseases 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。

Discretion is the better part of valour.

小心即大勇。

Diligence is the mother of success.

勤奋是成功之母。

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

刻苦是成功之母。

Diligence is near success.

勤奋近乎成功。

Diet cures more than the doctor.

药补不如食补。

Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.

病来如山倒, 病去如抽丝。

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.

入乡随俗。

Do as they do at Rome.

入乡随俗。

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。

Doing is better than saying.

行胜于言。

Do in Rome as the Romans do.

入乡随俗。

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。

Now or never.

机不可失,时不再来。

Time is money.

时间就是金钱。

Time flies.

光阴似箭, 日月如梭。

Time has wings.

光阴去如飞。

Time is like river water, can only flow to not back.

光阴好比河中水, 只能流去不流回。

Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.

光阴如锉, 细磨无声。

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today!

切勿将今日能干完的事推到明日; 明日复明日, 明日何其多

To save time is to lengthen life.

时间就是生命, 节省时间就是延长生命!

Time tries friends as fire tries gold.

时间考验朋友, 烈火考验黄金。

Dexterity comes by experience.

熟练来自经验。

Devil must be driven out with devils.

以毒攻毒。

Destruction pursues the great.

树大招风。

Despair gives courage to a coward.

人急造反, 狗急跳墙。

Depend on others and you always repent.

依靠别人总要后悔。

Deliver not your words by number but by weight.

言不在多, 而在有物。

Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.

考虑要仔细, 行动要迅速。

Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour.

著手前要深思熟虑, 执行要果断有力。

Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy.

真人不露相。

Deeds are males, and words are females.

言柔弱无能, 行刚强有力。

Debt is better than death.

留得青山在, 不怕没柴烧。

Death when it comes will have no denial.

死亡来临时, 无可抗拒之。

Death pays all debts.

人死百债了。

Death is the grand leveller.

死亡面前, 不分贵贱。

Dead men tell no tales.

死人不会搬弄是非。

Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.

危险本身就是对付危险的最好办法。

Danger is next neighbour to security.

危险是安全的近邻。

Cut the coat according to the cloth.

量体裁衣。

Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons.

闲话少说, 言归正传。

Custom is the guide of the ignorant.

习俗是无知者的向导。

Conquer of fear of death and you are put into possession of your life.

不怕死, 然后才能生。

Compare your grievs with other men's and they will seem less.

你的悲痛与人比, 悲痛就会轻一些。

Coming events cast their shadows before them.

山雨欲来风满楼。

Come what may, heaven won't fall.

船到桥头自会直。

Clothes make the man.

人靠衣装。

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

整洁近于美德。

Circumstances are therulers of the weak, instrument of the wise.

弱者困于环境, 智者利用环境。

Christmas comes but once a year.

佳节良辰, 机会难得。

Constant dropping wears away a stone.

滴水穿石。

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。

Count not your chickens before they are hatched.

不要过早乐观。

Crows do not pick crow's eyes.

同室不操戈, 同类不相残。

Cry up wine and sell vinegar.

挂羊头, 卖狗肉。

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

选妻, 最好用耳莫用眼。

Cheat's never proper.

欺骗决非正当事。

Children and fools speak the truth.

孩子和傻子, 说的是真话。

Children are the parents's riches.

子女是父母之财富。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

选书如择友。

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

仁爱须由近及远。

Change lays not her hand upon truth.

真理不变。

Catch the bear before you sell his skin.

大事未成时, 莫开庆功宴。

Cast not your pearls before swine.

明珠暗投。

Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean.

清水未来, 莫泼赃水。

Can the leopard change his spots?

江山易改, 本性难移。

Call no man happy until he dies.

盖棺才能定论。

Call me not olive till thou see me gathered.

盖棺论定。

Call a spade a spade.

据实而言。

By writing you learn to write.

从写作中学写作。

By the side of sickness health becomes sweet.

和疾病相比较, 才显得健康的可贵。

By the hands of many a great work made light.

众擎易举。

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。

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

书籍如朋友, 应该少而精。

Brave actions never want a trumpet.

勇敢的行为不须要吹号。

Brevity is the soul of wit.

言以简洁为贵。

Bring up a raven and he'll 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 makes a man as well as tries him.

事业可以考验人, 也可以造就人。

Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.

事业虽扰烦, 懒惰更害人。

Business neglected is business lost.

忽视职业便是放弃职业。

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 other's faults, wise men correct their own.

他山之石, 可以攻玉。

Better pills may have wholesome effects.

良药苦口。

Better one-eyed than stone-blind.

独眼总比全瞎好。

Better lose the saddle than the horse.

吃小亏占大便宜。

Better lose a jest than a friend.

宁可不说一句俏皮话, 以免得罪朋友们。

Better late than never.

迟到总比不到好。

Better is the neighbour's hen than mine.

人莫知其苗之硕。

Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

宁可饿肚子, 切莫去借债。

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。

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 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。

Beggars must be no choosers.

乞丐没得挑; 饥不择食,寒不择衣,荒不择路, 贫不择妻。

Behind bad luck comes good luck.

塞翁失马, 焉知非福。

Beggars cannot be choosers.

乞丐没得挑; 饥不择食, 寒不择衣, 荒不择路, 贫不择妻。

Beg from beggers and you'll never be rich.

向乞丐乞讨, 永远发不了财。

Before gold, even kings take off their hats.

有钱能使鬼推磨。

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 one's hand in one's pocket.

准备慷慨解囊。

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。听宜敏捷, 言宜缓行。

Better a bachelor's 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 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.

宁做鸡头不做凤尾。

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.

宁为驴头, 不为马尾。

Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠犬不咬人; 爱叫的狗很少咬人; 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 in the eye of the gazer.

情人眼里出西施。

Beauty lies in lover's 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.

蜜蜂口含花蜜,尾巴却有刺。(口蜜腹剑;笑里藏刀。)

Bed is a midicine.

睡好觉, 如服药。

Bad workmen often blame their tools.

拙匠常怪工具差。

Bad news has wings.

坏消息总是不胫而走, 坏事传千里。

Bacchus has drowned more men than Nepture.

酒神淹死的人比海神多。

A word spoken is past recalling.

一言既出, 驷马难追。

A word spoken is an arrow let fly.

一言既出, 驷马难追。

A word is enough to the wise.

对明智者一言已足; 聪明人一点即明。

A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.

聪明的人能随机应变。

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 cares not for what he cannot have.

智者不做非凡之想; 智者不强求。

A wilful man will have his way.

有志者是竟成。

A true friend is known in the day of adversity.

疾风知劲草, 患难知友情。

At open doors dogs come in.

(俄罗斯)门不关, 狗就会进来; 慢藏诲盗。

A threatened blow is seldom given.

虚张声势, 吓唬而已。

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

千言万语给人留下的印象不如其一次行动来的深刻。

A thousand probabilities do not make one truth.

无数的可能也不能成就一个事实; 纵有一千个可能性, 也构不成一个现实。

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 thing is bigger for being shared.

插手人一多, 事态就扩大。

A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.

贼了解贼, 正如狼了解狼。

A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber.

偷多偷少都是贼。

A tattler is worse than a thief.

搬弄是非者, 恶劣甚于贼。

A tall tree catches the wind.

树大招风。

At night, all cats are grey.

猫在夜晚皆灰色(丑妍暗中难分辨)。

As you sow you shall mow.

种瓜得瓜, 种豆得豆。

As you make your bed so you must lie on it.

你自己铺好的床铺, 就要自己睡在上面; 自食其果。

As you brew, so must you drink.

自酿苦酒自家喝, 自作自受。

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 well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.

一不做二不休。

A straw shows which way the wind blows.

一根稻草显示出风吹的方向; 一叶便知秋。

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 wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.

一本坏书危害无穷。

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.

知恩不报恩, 枉为世上人。

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.

美酒可制成陈醋, 爱意也能变为深仇。

As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks.

不管蠢人怎样想, 时钟还是照样响; 一厢情愿。

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.

试金石可试金, 黄金能试人。

As the tree falls, so shall it lie.

树倒在何处, 就躺在何处。

As they sow, so let them reap.

种瓜得瓜, 种豆得豆。

A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

身正不怕影子斜。

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手。

A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.

人要衣装, 佛要金装。

Ask no questions and you will be told no lies.

如果你少问, 谎言就难进。

As is the workman so is the work.

什么匠人出什么活。

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

星星之火, 可以燎原。

A secret between more than two is no secret.

两人以上知道的秘密就不是秘密了; 三人知, 天下晓。

As a man sows, so he shall reap.

种瓜得瓜, 种豆得豆。

As a man's heart is, so does he speak.

言为心声。

As a man lives so shall he die.

有生则有死。

Art lies in concealing art.

隐而不露即艺术。

Answer a fool according to his folly.

按照愚人的蠢话回答愚人。

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。

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

防范胜于补救。

An open door may tempt a saint.

门户不关紧, 圣贤起贼心。

An old poacher makes the best keeper.

惯偷成名捕, 久病成良医。

An old dog will learn no new tricks.

老狗学不了新把戏; 老年人很难适应新事物。

An old dog cannot alter its way of barking.

老狗难改常吠声。

An old dog barks not in vain.

老犬不空吠。

An oak is not felled at one stroke.

万事不能一蹴而就; 冰冻三尺非一日之寒; 万事不能一挥而就。

An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.

对牛弹琴。

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

错无分大小, 有错皆不好。

An idle youth, a needy age.

少壮不努力, 老大徒伤悲。

A penny saved is a penny earned.

省钱就是赚钱。

A penny saved is a penny gained.

省钱就是赚钱。

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。

Appearances are deceitful.

人不可貌相, 海水不可斗量。

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.

不能以衣着取人。

Art is long, but lift is short.

人生有限, 学问无涯; 人生有限, 艺术无穷; 人生有限, 学海无涯。

A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.

失友皆从借钱起。

A road of a thousand miles begins with one step.

千里之行, 始于足下。

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

一日之计在于晨。

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

君子一言, 驷马难追。

Anger rests in the bosom of folly.

怒火常寓于蠢人的胸中。

An evil chance seldom comes alone.

祸不单行。

An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.

狗嘴里吐不出象牙。

An empty sack cannot stand upright.

空麻袋, 立不直。

An empty hand is no lure for a hawk.

空手诱不来老鹰。

A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.

远亲不如近友。

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。

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.

山中无老虎, 猴子称霸王。

A moneyless man goes fast through the market.

身上无钱过市快。

A miserly father makes a prodigal son.

老子守财奴, 儿子败家子。

A miss is as good as a mile.

失之毫厘, 差之千里。

Ambition never dies until there is no way out.

不到黄河心不死。

A match will set fire to a large building.

星星之火, 可以燎原。

A man without reason is a beast in season.

人无理智就像是一头发情的野兽。

A man who has friend must show himself friendly.

与朋友交, 必须友好相处。

A man is known by the company he keeps.

察其友知其人。

A man is as old as he feels.

老不老, 自己晓。

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 has his hour, and a dog has his day.

人有称心时, 狗有得意日。

A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time.

一心不能二用。

A man can not spin and reel at the same time.

一心不能二用。

A man is not good or bad for one action.

不能凭一件事判断人的好坏。

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.

老牛不喝水, 何必强按头。

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.

光说空话不做事, 犹如花园光长刺。

A man cannot serve two masters.

忠臣不事二主; 一人不能事二君。

A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife.

妻子浪费无度, 丈夫不会出头。

A man can do no more than he can.

凡事只能量力而行。

A man can die but once.

一死不可免, 二死不可能。

A man apt to promise is apt to forget.

易于许诺的人也易于忘记。

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。

Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot.

纵然天下雨, 休把水壶丢。

All things will come round to him who will but wait.

只要耐心等待, 一切都会如期到来。

A cat may look at a king.

人人平等; 小人物也有权利。

All things are obedient to money.

有钱能使鬼推磨; 一切事物都服从于金钱; 金钱主宰万物。

All things are easy that are done willingly.

做事乐意, 诸事容易。

All things are difficult before they are easy.

所有事在变得容易之前, 都是困难的。

All the world's 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 the wit in the world is not in one head.

世界上所有的智慧不可能集中於一个脑袋。

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 shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.

有情人终成眷属。

All's fish that comes to his net.

来者不拒, 照单全收。

All's fair in love and war.

爱情和战争是不择手段的。

All roads lead to Rome.

条条大路通罗马。

All rivers run into the sea.

百川东到海。

All men are mortal.

人孰无死; 人皆有一死; 凡人都会死。

All is well that ends well.

吉人天相。

All is not gold that glitters.

不是所有闪光的东西都是金子。

All is not gain that is put in the purse.

放入钱包的钱财, 并非都是应得的; 勿取不义之财。

All is fish that comes to one's net.

入网就是鱼, 有奶就是娘。

All good things came to an end.

天下没有不散的筵席。

All covet, all lose.

贪多损失大。

All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.

猫都爱吃鱼, 却怕爪弄湿。

All bread is not baked in one oven.

人与人不同, 花有几样红。

All asses wag their ears.

驴子爱摆耳朵, 傻瓜爱装聪明。

All are not thieves that dogs bark at.

狗咬的不见得都是小偷。

All are not saints that go to church.

去做礼拜者, 未必皆圣人。

All are not merry that dance lightly.

表面高兴的, 未必都快乐。

All are not hunters that blow the horn.

吹号角的未必都是猎人。

All are brave when the enemy flies.

敌人遁逃时, 人人皆勇士。

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

一条活狗胜过一头死狮。

A little spark kindles a great fire.

星星之火, 可以燎原。

A little pot is soon hot.

壶小水易开, 量小易动怒。

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

小不忍则乱大谋。

A little leak will sink a great ship.

千丈之堤溃于蚁穴。

A little is better than none.

聊胜于无。

A little fire is quickly trodden out.

小洞易补。

A lion at home, a mouse abroad.

在家是老虎, 出门成老鼠。

Ale will make a cat speak.

酒后吐真言。

A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder.

生活没有目标, 犹如船失去了舵。

A life without a friend is a life without a sun.

人生没有朋友, 犹如人生没有了太阳。

A lie begets a lie till they come to generation.

谎言生谎言, 谎言传万代。

A liar is worse than a thief.

撒谎比偷窃更可恶。

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

骗子说真话, 也没人相信。

A lazy youth, a lousy age.

少壮不努力, 老大徒伤悲。

A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.

懒羊嫌毛重。

A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.

穷人眼中的一只羊, 贵似富人一头牛。

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

千里之行,始于足下。

A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.

开玩笑并不能化敌为友, 反而有时会失去朋友。

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

家庭内讧难维系; 分裂之家不能持久。

A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.

相马不可凭马的装饰。

A heavy snow promises a good harvest.

瑞雪兆丰年。

A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.

性急难免出岔子。

A happy heart makes a blooming visage.

心花怒放,笑逐颜开。

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 guilty conscience needs no accuser.

做贼心虚。

A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.

做贼心虚, 良心自诛。

A great talker is a great liar.

说大话者多谎言。

A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.

好故事百听不厌。

A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.

出色的外科医生必须心明眼亮和有一双灵巧的手。

A good neighbour is better than a brother in the next village.

远亲不如近邻。

A good name keeps lustre in the dark.

好的名声在黑暗中也会光芒四射。

A good name is sooner lost than won.

美誉难得而易失。

A good name is earlier lost than won.

失去美名易, 得到美名难。

A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口, 忠言逆耳。

A good marksman may miss.

智者千虑, 必有一失。

A good horse often needs a good spur.

好马常要好靴刺。

A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.

良马的毛色不会差; 马好色也正。

A good heart conquers ill fortune.

好人有好报。

A friend is never known till a man have need.

需要之时方知友。

A friend is best found in adversity.

患难见真交。

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.

失友易, 交友难。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

广交友, 无深交。

A friend without faults will never be found.

没有十全十美的朋友。

After a storm comes a calm.

暴风雨后的宁静; 否极泰来; 雨过天晴。

After dinner comes the reckoning.

没有免费的午餐。

After meat, mustard.

雨后送伞。

A full cup must be carried steadily.

杯满盈, 须持稳; 器满则溢。

A good anvil does not fear the hammer.

真金不怕火炼, 好汉不怕考验。

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.

良好的开端就是成功的一半。

A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.

好书如挚友, 永远不相负。

A good conscience is a continual feast.

白天不做亏心事, 夜半敲门心不惊。

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

不做亏心事, 不怕鬼叫门。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难之交才是真朋友。

A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.

曩中有钱, 不如朝中有友。

A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy his crimes.

朋友宣扬人的美德, 敌人夸大人的罪过。

A fox may grow grey, but never good.

江山易改, 本性难移。

A fool's heart dances on his lips.

愚人心坦荡, 挂在嘴唇上。

A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

愚者千虑, 必有一得。

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 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 may give a wise man counsel.

愚者千虑, 必有一得。

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 can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.

一愚发问, 七智结舌。

A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.

蠢人装聪明, 实在最可怜。

A fool always comes short of his reckoning.

愚人常缺算计。

A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.

口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。

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。

After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while.

饭后百步走, 活到九十九。

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

吃一堑, 长一智。

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

逆境出人才。

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

身处逆境不择友。

Adversity leads to prosperity.

穷极生变, 物极必反。

A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.

要想狗不叫, 必须有骨头。

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 crafty knave needs no broker.

狡猾的流氓, 不需居间人。

A contented mind is perpetual feast.

知足常乐。

A common danger causes common action.

同仇敌忾。

A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.

夜郎自大。

A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.

宁为清贫, 不为浊富。

A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.

白日不做亏心事, 夜半敲门心不惊。

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

问心无愧, 高枕无忧。

A clean hand wants no washing.

净手不用洗, 无罪何须辩; 身正不怕影子斜。

A change of work is as good as a rest.

调换一下工作是很好的休息。

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

一着不慎, 满盘皆输.

Nothing venture, nothing win.

不入虎穴, 焉得虎子。

Not let the grass grow under one's feet.

不要错失良机。

Nothing will come of nothing.

无风不起浪。

One of these days is none of these days.

拖延时日, 终难实现。

One tree can't make a forest.

独木不成林。

For better or for worse.

同甘共苦。

Union is strength.

团结就是力量。

A year's plan starts with spring.

一年之计在于春。

Every minute counts.

分秒必争。

A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.

病夫多长命。

A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.

不满足者坐无宁时。

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

好书千载常如新。

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

秋波送盲, 白费痴情。

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

坐井观天。

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

一天之计在于晨。

A bird may be known by its song.

听其言知其人。

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

一鸟在手, 胜似二鸟在林。

A bad penny always turns up.

善有善报, 恶有恶报; 不是不报, 时辰未到。

A bad padlock invites a picklock.

开门揖盗。

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 conscience is a snake in one's heart.

做贼心虚。

A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.

吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

A bad bush is better than the open field.

聊胜于无。

A man cannot spin and reel at the sametime.

一心不能二用。

Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.

读书健脑, 运动强身。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

每天一只苹果, 疾病远离我。

Radish and ginger keep away from doctor.

冬吃萝卜夏吃姜, 不劳医生开药方。

Leave off with an appetite.

吃得七分饱, 就该离餐桌。

Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

Don't leave today's work for tomorrow.

当日事, 当日毕。

A thousand mile trip begins with one step.

千里之行, 始于足下。

He who had never been to the Great Wall isn't a true man.

不到长城非好汉。

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

世上无难事, 只怕有心人。

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

心志所愿, 无事不成。

Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

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

自信是走向成功的第一步。

Study to be what you wish to seem.

学习可成为你所理想的人物。

A book that remains shut is but a block.

书本不常翻, 犹如一块砖。

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

愚者不学无术, 智者不耻下问。

Books and friends should be few but good.

读书如交友, 应求少而精。

A young idler, an old beggar.

少壮不努力, 老大徒伤悲。

Much more than a bell sound, much more than a candle light.

多一个铃铛多一声响, 多一枝蜡烛多一分光。

Do not drop sea, makes difficult to garland.

滴水不成海, 独木难成林。

The collective is the source of power, all is the cradle of wisdom.People together who is strong.

集体是力量的源泉, 众人是智慧的摇篮。

A stake with three fence, a good brave fellow three help.

一个篱笆三个桩, 一个好汉三个帮。

Two heads are better than one.

三个臭皮匠, 顶个诸葛亮。

Solidarity means strength.

团结就是力量。

When everybody adds fuel, the flames rise high.

众人拾柴火焰高。

People with one mind will remove Mount Tai.

人心齐, 泰山移。

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

常将今日推明日, 推到后来无足迹。

Many hands make light work.

人多活儿轻。

Many hands make quick work.

人多活儿轻。

Health does not consist with intemperance.

健康和放纵, 彼此不相容。

Drowning man will catch at a straw.

溺水的人一根草也要抓。

Cry with one eye and laugh with the other.

口不应心。

A cat has nine lives.

吉人自有天相。

A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛焚自身, 光亮照别人。

A burnt child dreads the fire.

一朝被蛇咬, 十年怕井绳。

A burden of one's choice is not felt.

自愿挑担不嫌重; 自己的孩子背着不嫌沉。

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

相聚爱益切, 离别情更深。

A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.

借来的斗篷不暖身。

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