諺語大全

1. Time flies. 
時光易逝。 
2. Time is money. 
一寸光陰一寸金。 
3. Time and tide wait for no man. 
歲月無情；歲月易逝；歲月不待人。 
4. Time tries all. 
時間檢驗一切。 
5. Time tries truth. 
時間檢驗真理。 
6. Time past cannot be called back again. 
光陰一去不複返。 
7. All time is no time when it is past. 
光陰一去不複返。 
8. No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again. 
昨日不複來。 
9. Tomorrow comes never. 
切莫依賴明天。 
10.One today is worth two tomorrows. 
一個今天勝似兩個明天。 
11.The morning sun never lasts a day. 
好景不常；朝陽不能光照全日。 
12.Christmas comes but once a year. 
聖誕一年只一度。 
13.Pleasant hours fly past. 
快樂時光去如飛。 
14.Happiness takes no account of time. 
歡娛不惜時光逝。 
15.Time tames the strongest grief. 
時間能緩和極度的悲痛。 
16.The day is short but the work is much. 
工作多，光陰迫。 
17.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today. 
今日事須今日畢，切勿拖延到明天。 
18.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today. 
明天如有事，今天就去做。 
19.To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three. 
事事及時做，一日勝三日。 
20.To save time is to lengthen life. 
節省時間就是延長生命。 
21.Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 
萬物皆有時，時來不可失。 
22.Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away. 
時來必須要趁時，不然時去無聲息。 
23.When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you. 
機不可失，時不再來；機會一過，永不再來。 
24.Make hay while the sun shines. 
曬草要趁太陽好。 
25.Strike while the iron is hot. 
趁熱打鐵。 
26.Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow. 
今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻礙多。 
27.Punctuality is the soul of business. 
守時為立業之要素。 
28.Procrastination is the thief of time. 
因循拖延是時間的大敵；拖延就是浪費時間。 
29.Every tide hath ist ebb. 
潮漲必有潮落時。 
30.Knowledge is power. 
知識就是力量。 
31.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches. 
知識可羨，勝于財富。 
32.Wisdom is better than gold or silver. 
知識勝過金銀， 
33.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 
胸中有知識，勝于手中有錢。 
34.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it. 
為了求知識，代價雖高也值得。 
35.Doubt is the key of knowledge. 
懷疑是知識之鑰。 
36.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it. 
若要求知識，須從勤苦得。 
37.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 
淺學誤人。 
38.A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning. 
少量的常識，當得大量的學問。 
39.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps. 
知識只能循序漸進，不能躍進。 
40.Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 
從旁人的愚行中學到聰明。 
41.It is good to learn at another man's cost. 
前車可鑒。 
42.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. 
知識之于精神，一如健康之于肉體。 
43.Experience is the best teacher. 
經驗是最好的教師。 
44.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 
經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。 
45.Dexterity comes by experience. 
熟練來自經驗。 
46.Practice makes perfect. 
熟能生巧。 
47.Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other. 
經驗學校學費高，愚人旁處學不到。 
48. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 
有經驗而無學問，勝于有學問而無經驗。 
49.Wit once bought is worth twice taught. 
由經驗而得的智慧，勝于學習而得的智慧；一次親 
身的體會，勝過兩次的教師教導。 
50.Seeing is believing. 
百聞不如一見。 
51.Business is the salt of life. 
事業是生命之鹽。 
52.Business before pleasure. 
事業在先，享樂在後。 
53.Business makes a man as well as tries him. 
事業可以考驗人，也可以造就人。 
54.Business neglected is business lost. 
忽視職業便是放棄職業。 
55.Never think yourself above business. 
勿自視過高；不要眼高手低；永遠不要認為自己是大 
才小用。 
56.Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious. 
事業雖擾人，懶惰害更大。 
57.He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business. 
自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。 
58.Do business,but be not a slave to it. 
要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。 
59.Everybody's business is nobody's business. 
眾人的事就是無人過問的事。 
60.Work makes the workman. 
勤工出巧匠。 
61.Better master one than engage with ten. 
會十事，不如精一事。 
62.A work ill done must be twice done. 
首次做不好，必須重新搞。 
63.They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can. 
不能如願而行，也須盡力而為。 
64.If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself. 
想把事情來做好，就得親自動手搞。 
65.He that doth most at once doth least. 
什麼都想一次做完，結果一件也做不完；貪多嚼不 
爛。 
66.Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 
照大多數人那樣幹，人們會把你稱贊。 
67.What may be done at any time will be done at no time. 
在任何時候都可做的事情，總是在任何時候都不 
做的事情。 
68.Better late than never. 
遲做總比不做好。 
69.Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 
凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。 
70.The shortest answer is doing the thing. 
最簡短的回答就是一個“幹”字。 
71.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 
行動是知識之佳果。 
72.Finished labours are pleasant. 
完成工作是一樂。 
73.It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil. 
沒有土壤，播種也是徒勞。 
74.It is right to put everything in its proper use. 
凡事都應用得其所。 
75.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 
按部就班，事情很快就做完。 
76.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 
只工作，不玩耍，聰明小孩也變傻。 
77.Work bears witness who does well. 
工作能證明誰做的好。 
78.It is not work that kills,but worry. 
工作不會傷身，傷身乃是憂慮。 
79.He that will not work shall not eat. 
不工作者不得食。 
80.Business is business. 
公事公辦。 
81.Deliberate slowly,execute promptly. 
慢慢酌量，快快行動。 
82.Put your shoulder to the wheel. 
努力工作。 
83.Never do things by halves. 
做事不要半途而廢。 
84.In for a penny,in for a pound. 
做事一開頭，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。 
85.Many hands make quick work. 
人多幹活快。 
86.Many hands make light work. 
眾擎易舉。 
87.A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 
技術拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。 
88.Diligence is the mohter of success. 
勤奮是成功之母。 
89.Idleness is the root of all evil. 
懶惰乃萬惡之源。 
90.Care and diligence bring luck. 
謹慎和勤奮帶來好運。 
91.Diligence is the mother of good fortune. 
勤勉是好運之母。 
92.Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left. 
勤勉是幸運的右手，世儉是幸運的左手。 
93.Idleness is the key of beggary. 
懶惰出乞丐。 
94.No root,no fruit. 
無根就無果。 
95.Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains). 
懶人做工作，越懶越費力。 
96.Sloth is the key of poverty. 
惰能致貧。 
97.Sloth turneth the edge of wit. 
懶散能磨去才智的鋒芒。 
98.An idle brain is the devil's workshop. 
懶漢的頭腦是魔鬼的工廠。 
99.The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE. 
節儉是致富的秘訣。 
100. An idle youth,a needy age. 
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。  

1. Waste not,want not.
儉以防匱。
2. From saving comes having.
富有來自節儉。
3. A penny saved is a penny gained.
省一文是一文。
4. Take care of the pence and the pound
will take care of themselves.
金錢積少便成多。
5. Frugality is an estate alone.
節儉本身就是一宗財產。
6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.
小錢不知節省，大錢將濫花。
7. Small gains bring great wealth.
積小利，成巨富。
8. Many a little makes a mickle.
積少便成多。
9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.
試金之石可試金，正如黃金能試人。
10.Courage and resolution are the spirit
and soul of virtue.
勇敢和堅決是美德的靈魂。
11.The path to glory is always rugged.
光榮之路常坎坷。
12.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，只要人肯試。
13.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.
烈火試真金，困苦煉壯士。
14.Great hopes make great man.
遠大的希望造就偉大的人物。
15.No way is impossible to courage.
勇士面前無險路。
16.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
平靜的大海決不能造就出熟練的水手。
17.The good seaman is known in bad weather.
壞天氣下才能識得出良好的海員；要識好海員，須憑
壞天氣。
18.The best hearts are always the bravest.
行為最勇敢的人心地總是最善良。
19.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.
求神不如求己。
20.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.
今天跌倒的人也許明天就會站起。
21.Rome was not built in a day.
羅馬並非一日可建成；堅持必成。
22.Success belongs to the persevering.
勝利屬于堅忍不拔的人。
23.We must repeat a thousand and one times that
perseverance is the only road to success.
我們要多次重申：不屈不撓是取得勝利的唯一道
路。
24.Perseverance is failing nineteen times
and succeeding the twentieth.
十九次失敗，到第二十次獲得成功，這就叫堅持。
25.Step by step the ladder is ascended.
登梯需要逐級登。
26.Adversity leads to prosperity.
困苦通向昌盛。
27.Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和專心會使我們度過難關。
28.Fortune often rewards with interest those
that have patience to wait for her.
做事只要有耐心，到頭總會有好運；耐心候好運，好
運常會來。
29.All things will come round to him who will but wait.
只要肯等待，一切都會按時來。
30.Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水不絕可穿石。
31.Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.
雞蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘願吃苦，則預期效果
達不到。
32.The world is a ladder for some to go up
and others to go down.
世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。
33.There needs a long apprenticeship to understand
the mystery of the world's trade.
要知世事奧秘多，須要長期作學徒。
34.Life is sweet.
生活是可愛的；人無不好生(惡死)。
35.Where there is life,there is hope.
生命不息，希望長在。
36.Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生並不全是吃喝玩樂。
37.Much water runs by the mill that
the miller knows not of.
眼前發生許多事，有些我們並不知。
38.Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.
人人都有走運的一天。
39.If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself;
if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you.
運氣太好，見人不睬；運氣太壞，無人理會。
40.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
每一個人都是自身幸福的建築師。
41.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
記得年輕時所作蠢事的人是幸福的。
42.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).
禍不單行。
43.Misfortune is a good teacher.
不幸是良好的教師。
44.Misfortunes come at night.
禍常生于不測。
45.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
惡運臨頭後，才知幸運貴。
46.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.
患難能使人聰明，但不能使人富有。
47.Live and learn.
活到老，學到老。
48.It is never too old to learn.
為學不怕年高。
49.A man becomes learned by asking questions.
要長學問，就得多問；多問則業精。
50.There is no royal road to learning.
學問無坦途。
51.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.
畏問之人恥于學。
52.What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.
嬰孩時期學到的東西，老死不會忘記。
53.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知識能使好人更好，壞人更壞。
54.Soon learnt,soon forgotten.
學得快，忘得快。
55.Learn young,learn fair.
為學趁年青，既學須學好。
56.A lazy youth,a lousy age.
少時懶惰老來苦。
57.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing.
無知即無疑。
58.A good name keeps its luster in the dark.
良好的名聲在黑暗中也能閃閃發光。
59.Fame is a magnifying glass.
名譽是放大鏡。
60.A good fame is better than a good face.
美名勝于美貌。
61.Fame like a river is narrowest at its
source and broadest afar off.
名譽如河流，發源處最狹，愈遠愈寬廣。
62.Take honour from me and my life is done.
沒有名譽，就沒有了生命。
63.Beware of him who regards not his reputation.
要謹防不重名譽的人。
64.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.
光榮的死勝于羞辱的生。
65.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
成功地克服困難是最大的光榮。
66.Reputation is often got without merit
and lost without fault.
無功得名是常事，無過失名也是常事。
67.Your father's honour is to you
but a second-hand honour.
對于你來說，父親的榮譽只是間接的榮譽。
68.Never trust another what you should do yourself.
自己該做的事，決不要委托給旁人做。
69.It is an equal failing to trust everybody,
and to trust nobody.
信任一切與不信任任何人，同樣是弱點。
70.Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.
在你信任一個人之前，先要深入了解他。
71.If you trust before you try,
you may repent before you die.
不經考驗就依賴，不到瞑目便的悔。
72.Never trust to fine words.
切勿輕信漂亮話。
73.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.
細線掛重物，終究不可靠。
74.Be just to all,but trust not all.
要對一切人都公正，但不要對一切人都信任。
75.Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.
只要信任你自己，旁人才不出賣你。
76.Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
自信為英雄品質之本。
77.Confidence is a plant of slow growth.
信任是一種生長緩慢的植物。
78.Truth is the daughter of time.
真理是時間的女兒。
79.Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes.
真理面目善良；但衣衫襤褸。
80.Truth and roses have thorns about them.
真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。
81.Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed.
真理可能會被責難，但絕不會受羞辱。
82.Though malice may darken truth,it cannot put it out.
惡意可以糟塌真理；但無法消滅真理。
83.Truth will prevail.
真理必勝。
84.Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
不加掩飾乃是真理的最好裝飾。
85.Facts are stubborn things.
事實是最頑強的東西。
86.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light.
真相遲早會大白。
87.The truths we least like to hear are those
which it is most to our advantage to know.
我們最不願意聽到的事實，往往是我們知道了會
大有好處的事實。
88.Falsehood like a nettle stings those
who meddle with it.
謊言似?麻，玩弄會刺手。
89.There is many a fair thing full false.
有許多說得好聽的東西充滿了謬誤。
90.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome.
謊言裝扮雖不錯，到頭總會被揭露。
91.A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.
謊言生謊言，謊言世代傳。
92.A false tongue will hardly speak truth.
假舌不會吐真言。
93.False with one can be false with two.
對一個人虛假，也會對兩個人虛假。
94.He that will lie will steal.
會說謊的人也就會偷竊。
95.Gossiping and lying go together.
流言常和謊話並行。
96.Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
含糊其詞是謊話的近親。
97.A great talker is a great liar.
最會誇誇其談的人也最會說謊。
98.The greatest liars talk most of themselves.
最愛自吹自擂的人是最大的說謊者。
99.Lying rides upon debt's back.
負債的人謊話多。
100. Lying is the first step to the gallows.
說謊是上斷頭台的第一步。 

1. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.
隱惡敗善；原諒壞人即是傷害好人。
2. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.
重傷可治，惡名難去。
3. Evil communications corrupt good manners.
不良的交往敗壞良好的舉止。
4. No wrong without remedy.
有過皆可補。
5. Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.
唯利是圖者，胸中無美德。
6. First think,and then speak.
動口先動腦。
7. A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled).
一言既出，駟馬難追。
8. While the word is in your mouth,it is your own;when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's.
話在嘴裏，屬于自己；話一出口，人家所有。
9. Speech is silver,silence is gold.
言語是銀，沉默是金。
10.Few words are best.
寡言為貴。
11.No wisdom like silence.
聰明莫過沉默。
12.Least said,soonest mended.
少說為妙。
13.Second thoughts are best.
再思而後行。
14.Look before you leap.
慎思而後行。
15.He is a wise man who speaks little.
智多言語少。
16.Fair words butter no parsnips.
美言無補實際。
17.The tongue is not made of steel,yet it cuts.
舌頭不是鋼，一動把人傷。
18.Sometimes words hurt more than swords.
言語能傷人，有時勝刀劍。
19.A good tongue is a good weapon.
口齒伶俐，是件利器。
20.A wise head makes a close mouth.
頭腦靈，嘴巴緊。
21.It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.
說得多是一回事，講得中肯又是一回事。
22.Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress,which is great and tall,but bears no fruit.
無益的雄辯猶如高大的柏樹，不會結果。
23.Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
與其說話不中肯，不如半句也莫吭。
24.Many a true word is spoken in jest.
笑語之中吐真言。
25.Few words,many deeds.
少說話，多做事。
26.Actions speak louder than words.
行動比言語響亮；百說不如一幹。
27.From words to deeds is a great space.
言行之間，大有距離。
28.Deeds,not words.
要行動，不要言詞。
29.Bare words,no bargain.
空言不能成交易。
30.Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves.
行動是果實，言語只是葉子。
31.Ill deeds cannot honour.
壞行為不受尊敬。
32.Fine words dress ill deeds.
漂亮的言詞裝飾著惡劣的行為。
33.Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.
動聽的話和壞行為同樣欺騙聰明和愚人。
34.Our own actions are our security,not others' judgements.
我們的行為是自己的保證，並不是旁人的鑒定。
35.A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
空有言語而無行動的人，猶如雜草叢生的花園。
36.A man is not good or bad for one action.
不能憑一件事判斷人的好壞。
37.A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
易于許諾的人也易于忘記。
38.A man that breaks his word,bids others to be false to him.
人不守信，無異于叫旁人對他失信。
39.Easier said than done.
說易行難。
40.The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
大言不慚的總是行動最少的人。
41.The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
布丁好壞，一嘗便知；空談不如實踐。
42.Pride goes before a fall.
驕者必敗。
43.Pride goes before destruction.
驕者必敗。
44.Pride goeth before,and shame cometh after.
驕傲走在前，羞恥跟在後。
45.Pride and grace dwelt never in one place.
傲慢和溫雅，永難住一處。
46.He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得高，跌得重。
47.Pride must be pinched.
驕傲應收斂。
48.The more noble the more humble.
越高貴，越應謙遜。
49.Humility often gains more than pride.
謙遜常比傲慢受益更多。
50.He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none.
自命萬事通，腹中常空空。
51.No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself.
人並不因為他自知很差就是很差。
52.Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.
驕傲可能會潛藏在穿舊的鬥篷下。
53.It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride.
用慷慨激昂的言語攻擊傲慢並不是謙遜的標志。
54.He that is full of himself is very empty.
自滿之人腹內空。
55.Honesty is the best policy.
誠實為上策。
56.An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
誠實人的諾言實際上就是他的保證書。
57.Poor but honest.
雖貧窮，要誠實。
58.Honesty may be dear bought,but can never be an ill pennyworth.
高價買誠實，永遠也值得。
59.Knavery may serve,but honesty is best.
欺詐可能有用，誠實卻是上策。
60.Every man has his weak side.
人人都有自己的弱點。
61.He who has no shame has no conscience.
不知羞恥的人不知自疚。
62.An honest look covereth many faults.
一副誠實的外表掩蓋著許多缺點。
63.Once a knave,ever a knave.
一次成無賴，永遠是無賴。
64.A crafty knave needs no broker.
狡猾的無賴不需要有中間人。
65.The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.
正當得到的一分錢勝于偷來的一元錢。
66.One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.
合法取得的一辨士，勝于非法取得的一千辨士。
67.The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.
不正當得來的辨士使正當得來的英鎊也受到沾汙。
68.Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。
69.Love is without reason.
愛情無理智。
70.Love is full of trouble.
愛情充滿了煩惱。
71.Love cannot be compelled.
愛情不能強迫。
72.Love begets love.
愛愛相生。
73.Love needs no teaching.
愛情不需教導。
74.Love at first sight.
一見傾心。
75.Love asks faith,and faith firmness.
愛情要求信任，信任要求堅定。
76.Love is the touchstone of virtue.
愛情是美德的試金石。
77.Love not at the first look.
不要一見鍾情。
78.Hasty love,soon cold.
愛得匆忙冷得快。
79.Love is a sweet torment.
愛情是一種甜蜜的痛苦。
80.Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
愛情的王國不用刀劍來統治。
81.Love will find out the way.
愛情自會尋出路。
82.Love is not to be found in the market.
愛情在市場上找不到。
83.Lovers live by love,as larks live by leeks.
情侶靠愛情生活，正象雲雀靠韭蔥生活一樣。
84.Old love will not be forgotten.
舊情永難忘；往日的愛情難以忘懷。
85.True love kythes(=shows itself)in time of need.
患難顯真情。
86.Sound love is not soon forgotten.
堅固的愛情不會頃刻忘懷。
87.The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
最大的恨來自最大的愛。
88.No love is foul,nor prison fair.
沒有肮髒的愛情，也沒有美麗的監獄。
89.Labour is lihgt where love doth pay.
愛情付報酬，勞苦也輕松。
90.Love is the reward of love.
愛就是愛的報酬。
91.Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
愛情把一切冷酷之心變成溫柔。
92.When love puts in,friendship is gone.
愛情進入，友情完結。
93.The course of true love never did run smooth.
真愛的道路絕不平坦。
94.Love is a sweet tyranny,because the lover endures his torment willingly.
愛情是可愛的虐政，情人們甘受它痛苦的折磨。
95.True love is giving,not taking.
真摯的愛是給，不是取。
96.Love makes obedience easy.
愛情使順從成為易事。
97.Love is sweet in the beginning,but sour in the end.
愛情先甜後來酸。
98.Where love fails,we espy all faults.
愛情一失敗，一切毛病都發現。
99.Follow love and it will flee,flee love and it will follow thee.
追求愛情它高飛，逃避愛情它跟隨。
100. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
沒有知識的熱心，猶如有火而無光。

 

1. Money is the root of evil.
金錢是罪惡的根源。
2. Money makes the mare go.
有錢能使鬼推磨。
3. All things are obedient to money.
一切事物都服從于金錢。
4. Before gold,even kings take off their hats.
在黃金面前，國王也要脫帽。
5. Money is the key that opens all doors.
金錢是打開一切門戶的鑰匙。
6. Beauty is potent,but money is more potent.
美貌固有力，金錢力更大。
7. Avarice increases with wealth.
越有錢，越貪錢。
8. The money the miser hoards will do him no good.
守財奴積財，對自己毫無好處。
9. What is wealth good for,If it brings melancholy?
財富如帶憂郁來，有了財富有何用？。
10.Gold will not buy anything.
黃金不能買盡一切。
11.The chief aim of man is not to get money.
人的主要目的並不是賺錢。
12.Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.
相信金錢萬能的人，往往會一切為了金錢。
13.Wealth makes worship.
財富能使人拜倒。
14.Little wealth,little care.
財富少，煩惱也少。
15.A moneyless man goes fast through the market.
身上無錢過市快。
16.Poverty is not a crime.
貧非罪。
17.Poverty is not a disgrace,but theft is a disgrace.
貧窮不可恥，偷竊乃足羞。
18.Better be poor than wicked.
甯可做窮人，不可做壞人。
19.Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace,but poverty without resolution to help onself,is a disgrace.
貧窮不足為恥，窮而不能自立方可恥。
20.Poverty is the mother of health.
貧窮是健康之母。
21.Be considerate toward the poor.
應常為窮人著想。
22.Poor and content is rich and rich enough.
人能安貧就是富。
23.Poverty parteth fellowship.
貧窮斷友情。
24.Poverty makes a man mean.
貧困使人小氣。
25.Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
只有貧窮是可以不勞而獲的東西。
26.Do not through fear of poverty surrender liberty.
不要因為怕貧困而舍去自由。
27.Poverty and love are hard to hide.
貧困與愛情，都難瞞過人。
28.Poverty breeds strife.
貧困引起沖突。
29.The poor man wants much,the miser everything.
窮人要求多，財迷則樣樣都要。
30.The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor.
富人口中的美味是窮人眼中的淚水。
31.Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden.
老而貧困，負擔最沉。
32.Beggars must (should) be no choosers.
行乞的哪能挑肥揀瘦；饑不擇食。
33.A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.
窮人眼中的一只羊，貴似富人一頭牛。
34.A light purse makes a heavy heart.
錢袋輕時心事重。
35.Poor without debt is better than a prince.
窮人無債勝王子。
36.Happy is he who owes nothing.
無債一身輕。
37.Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.
借錢才到手，立刻便擔憂。
38.He that goes a borrowing,goes a sorrowing.
向人借債是自尋煩惱。
39.Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
與其負債起身，不如空腹上床。
40.Out of debt,out of danger.
脫債就脫險。
41.A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.
深憂償不了小債。
42.He is the wisest man who does not think himself so.
不自作聰明便是最聰明。
43.Wise men have their mouth in their heart,fools their heart in their mouth.
聰明人嘴在心裏，愚蠢人心在嘴邊。
44.Wise men learn by other men's mistakes;fools by their own.
聰明人從旁人的錯誤中吸取教訓，愚笨人則從自身
的錯誤中吸取教訓。
45.He is wise that knows when he's well enough.
知足為智者。
46.A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
智者不強求。
47.He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs.
明智者有足夠的機智處理自己的事情。
48.No man is born wise.
聰明非天生。
49.A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.
能隨機應變的人是聰明人。
50.A word is enough to the wise.
對明智者一言已足。
51.He is the wise man who is the honest man.
正直的人就是有見識的人。
52.A wise man thinks all that he says,a fool says all that he thinks.
聰明人想了才說，愚笨的人想著就說。
53.The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.
聰明的手不做愚蠢的嘴所說的事。
54.A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.
口若懸河，不能證明真有才智。
55.It is easy to be wise after the event.
事後的諸葛亮容易做。
56.The wise man knows he knows nothing,the fool thinks the knows all.
聰明人自認一無所知，愚笨人自負無所不曉。
57.Fools learn nothing from wise men;but wise men learn much from fools.
愚人不能從智者那裏學到什麼；而智者卻能從愚
人那裏學到很多。
58.A fool always comes short of his reckoning.
愚人常短于心計。
59.A fool's heart dances on his lips.
愚人的心掛在唇邊。
60.A fool always finds a greater fool than himself.
愚人總以為旁人比自己更傻。
61.A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool.
一個人可能說話如智者，而行為象愚人。
62.The more riches a fool hath,the greater fool he is.
愚人越富越蠢。
63.Never challenge a fool to do wrong.
不要慫恿愚人幹錯事。
64.It is better to please a fool than to anger him.
對愚人最好是使他高興，而不是惹他發怒。
65.He is a fool who cannot be angry,but he is a wise man who will not.
不會發怒是蠢人，不願發怒是聰明人。
66.'Tis altogether vain to learn wisdom and yet live foolishly.
枉自學聰明，卻做愚蠢事。
67.Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.
沒有學識的機智，猶如沒有果實的樹。
68.No man is wise at all times.
世上無一貫明智的人。
69.Many heads are better than one.
幾個腦袋總比一個腦袋強；三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛
亮。
70.Virtue never grows old.
美德永不老。
71.Virtue is the only true nobility.
萬事不如美德高。
72.Virtue is a jewel of great price.
美德乃是無價寶。
73.He that soweth virtue shall reap fame.
播下美德，收獲名望。
74.To be virtuous is to do good.
行善即是有德。
75.Glory is the shadow of virtue.
榮譽是美德的影子。
76.There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not.
沒有貧窮不能破壞的美德。
77.The first step to virtue is to abstrain from vice.
不作惡是走向美德的第一步。
78.No good building without a good foundation.
基礎不良的好建築物是沒有的。
79.One good turn deserves another.
善行應有善報；善良的行為應得善良行為的報答。
80.He that returns good for evil obtains the victory.
勝利屬于以德報怨的人。
81.We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
我有德于人不應記；人有德于我不可忘。
82.If they say you are good,ask yourself if it be true.
若有人稱贊，自問對不對。
83.He who avoids temptation avoids the sin.
不受誘惑就免于罪惡。
84.A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
問心無愧，打雷也能睡。
85.Never be weary of well doing.
不要厭倦做好事。
86.Of evil grain,no good seed can come.
壞谷無好種。
87.That which is evil is soon learnt.
惡行易學。
88.No vice goes alone.
惡事不單行。
89.An evil lesson is soon learned.
惡習易染。
90.A bad thing never dies.
壞事傳千年。
91.Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.
罪惡于人，尺進寸退。
92.The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues.
保持一樁惡事的代價超過于十件好事。
93.They that do nothing learn to do ill.
游手好閑，容易學壞。
94.A wicked man is his own hell.
壞人作惡，自造地獄。
95.Those who eat best and drink best often do worst.
吃得好，喝得好，壞事常常免不了。
96.He who has done ill once will do it again.
一次幹壞事，便有第二次。
97.There is no going heaven in a sedan.
坐轎上天堂，從來無此事。
98.An ill life,an ill end.
惡有惡報。
99.A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.
不能寬恕故意犯下的錯誤。
100. All is not gold that glitters.
閃光未必盡黃金。  

1. Faults are thick while love is thin.
一朝情義淡，樣樣不順眼。
2. Hatred is blind as well as love.
愛情和仇恨，二者皆盲目。
3. Marriage is a lottery.
婚姻是一樁難于預測的事。
4. Marry thy like.
跟你情投意合的人結婚。
5. Marriage makes or mars a man.
婚姻成全人，也能損害人。
6. It is good to marry late or never.
晚婚或不婚，都是好事情。
7. Early wed,early dead.
早婚者早夭。
8. They that marry in green,their sorrow is soon seen.
年紀輕輕就結婚，為時不久便悔恨。
9. A young man married is a man that's marred.
男子早婚，種下禍根。
10.Marry in haste,and repent at leisure.
匆匆結婚，時時悔恨。
11.Marry in lent,and you'll live to repent.
借債結婚，一生悔恨。
12.He that marries for wealth,sells his liberty.
為財富而結婚的人，出賣了自己的自由。
13.An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune.
不良的婚姻是惡運的來源。
14.Who marrieth for love without money,hath good nights and sorry days.
為了愛情，無錢結婚，夜來歡娛，白天悔恨。
15.If you always say "NO",never be married.
常常說“不”字，永遠難結婚。
16.Honest men marry soon,wise men not at all.
老實的人早成婚，聰明的人不結婚。
17.A good wife and health is a man's best wealth.
賢妻和健康是男子的至寶。
18.A good wife makes a good husband.
有好妻子就有好丈夫；妻賢夫自良。
19.Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
選擇妻子，最好用耳不用眼。
20.Better be half hanged than ill wed.
與其成怨偶，不如守單身。
21.He who does not honour his wife,dishonours himself.
不尊重自己妻子的人，自己也不會受人尊重。
22.The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.
有懦弱的丈夫，就有凶悍的妻子。
23.It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.
母雞司晨家不興。
24.The wife is the key of the house.
妻子是一家之鑰；妻賢一家興。
25.The more women look in their glass,the less they look to their house.
婦女照鏡越多，照管家務就越少。
26.East or west,home is best.
東也好，西也好，還是家中最好；金窩銀窩，不如家
裏的草窩。
27.One father can support ten children; ten children cannot support one father.
一個父親可以供養十個孩子，十個孩子卻不能供
養一個父親。
28.One father is more than a hundred school-masters.
一個父親勝于一百個教師。
29.Like father,like son.
有其父，必有其子。
30.The father buys,the son bigs,the grandchild sells,and his son thigs.
父買、子修建、孫兒賣，重孫街上當乞丐。
31.The mother's breath is aye sweet.
母親的低語總是甜蜜的。
32.Like mother,like daughter.
有其母，必有其女。
33.Children are the parents' riches.
子女是父母的至寶。
34.A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world.
孩童是世界上最可愛和最純潔的東西。
35.He that hath no children,knows not what is love.
沒有孩子的人，不知道什麼叫做愛。
36.Children learn to creep ere they can go.
孩子要走路，先得學爬行。
37.Silly(=good) child is soon ylered(=taught).
好小孩，學得快。
38.Boys will be boys.
孩子終歸是孩子。
39.One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.
一個男孩比十二個女孩增添的麻煩還多。
40.Spare the rod and spoil the child.
省了棍子，慣壞了孩子。
41.Naughty boys sometimes make good men.
淘氣的男孩有時會成為爭氣的孩子。
42.The child is father of the man.
三歲定到老。
43.Happy is he that is happy in childhood.
童年時快樂的人是幸福的。
44.Children and fools cannot lie.
孩子和愚人不會扯謊。
45.My son is my son till he hath got him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
兒子娶妻後就不是自己的兒子，可是女兒終身都
是自己的女兒。
46.It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well.
養女容易嫁女難。
47.A maid that laughs is half taken.
少女笑口開，婚事成一半。
48.A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
有許多人向她求婚的少女，往往選中最差的一個。
49.Maids want nothing but husbands,but when they have them they want everything.
未婚女子不要別的，只要丈夫，有了丈夫以後，一切
都要。
50.Would you know your daughter,see her in company.
你若想了解女兒，只要看她和什麼樣的人交往。
51.He that would the daughter win,must with the mother first begin.
要想贏得女兒的歡心，必須先從她母親著手。
52.Life without friend is death.
沒有朋友的生活便等于死亡。
53.Without a friend,the world is wilderness.
沒有朋友，世界成了荒野。
54.Friendless is the dead.
死者無友。
55.A good friend is my nearest relation.
好友即至親。
56.A near friend is better than a fardwelling kinsman.
近友勝遠親。
57.A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
和任何人都認朋友，結果和任何人都交不成朋友；
友多無好友。
58.In time of prosperity,friends will be plenty.
走運時候朋友多。
59.It is good to have friends in trouble.
在患難中能有朋友是好事。
60.Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them.
富裕招致朋友，困苦考驗朋友。
61.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難時的朋友才是真正的朋友。
62.Poverty tries friends.
貧窮考驗朋友；人貧見友情。
63.Try your friend ere you trust him.
對朋友要先考驗，後信任。
64.Prove thy friend ere thou have need.
在你需要朋友幫助前，先要考驗他們。
65.A friend is never known till a man have need.
不到困窘時，永難識真友。
66.A faithful friend is hard to find.
忠實朋友實難求。
67.Friends are like fiddle-strings,they must not be screwed too tight.
朋友有如琴弦，不能上的太緊。
68.Have but few frieds,though many acquaintances.
結交可以多，朋友應宜少。
69.All are not friends that speak us fair.
向我們說好話的並不都是好朋友。
70.He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend.
金錢滿袋，朋友盈門；錢袋裝得飽，朋友不會少。
71.A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.
朝中有友，勝如囊中有錢。
72.It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
天堂上和地獄中都有幾個朋友，這乃是一件好事。
73.We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
指望朋友無缺點，永遠休想交朋友。
74.A friend without faults will never be found.
沒有缺點的朋友永不可得。
75.A man without a friend is only half a man.
無友的人只能算半個人。
76.A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.
失友快，交友慢。
77.Friendship cannot stand always on one side.
友誼不能總是在一方。
78.Old acquaintance will soon be remembered.
故人一見便相親。
79.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背後稱我好，才算好朋友。
80.Friends (the best of friends) must part.
好友終有分手時。
81.A friend is best found in adversity.
患難見真交。
82.I will be thy friend,but not thy vices' friend.
我願意做你的朋友，但不做你那些惡習的朋友。
83.False friends are worse than open enemies.
假朋友比真敵人更壞。
84.Short acquaintance brings repentance.
淺交致後悔。
85.He that lies down (sleeps) with dogs must rise up with fleas.
與惡人交終會變惡；近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
86.Better be alone than in bad company.
交損友不如無友。
87.Write down the advice of him who loves you,though you like it not at present.
愛你的人的忠告，即使你當時並不喜歡，也得把它記下。
88.Hunger knows no friend.
饑餓不認朋友。
89.Misery makes strange bedfellows.
難中不擇友。
90.One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
一個敵人為害，勝過十個朋友行好。
91.An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.
敵人嘴裏無好話。
92.Believe no tales from the enemy.
敵人之言不可信。
93.One enemy is too much.
一個敵人已太多。
94.Mickle power makes many enemies.
權高樹敵多。
95.Do not despise your enemy.
不可輕敵。
96.Though thy enemy seem a mouse,yet watch him like a lion.
敵人即使小如鼠，防他也要如防獅。
97.If we are bound to forgive an enemy,we are not bound to trust him.
即便我們決心寬恕敵人，也決不能相信敵人。
98.He that dallies with enemy gives him leave to kill him.
把敵人看兒戲，無異于准許敵人殺害自己。
99.In an enemy spots are soon seen.
敵人身上求疵易。
100. When poverty comes in at the door,love flies out of the window.
貧窮一進門，愛情跳窗走。 

1. A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.
勇敢的敵人勝過懦怯的朋友。
2. An enemy who lies at thy feet begging forgi-veness must not feel thy sword.
對俯伏在你腳下乞憐的敵人，絕不可使他觸及你
的劍。
3. Make your enemy your friend.
要化敵為友。
4. Live and let live.
自己活也讓別人活。
5. As a man lives,so shall he die.
有生必有死。
6. We are not born for ourselves.
人生天地間，並非為自己。
7. He that hath time hath life.
有時間就有生活。
8. He that lives long suffers much.
壽長憂患多。
9. They who live longest will see most.
壽命最長的人見識也最廣。
10.He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
他生在富貴人家。
11.A man can die but once.
人生只有一回死。
12.He that liveth in court dieth upon straw.
生于安樂者常死于貧賤。
13.He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly.
過著邪惡生活的人不會正直地死去。
14.Death pay all debts.
一死了百債。
15.Six feet of earth makes all men equal.
墓穴之中，人人平等。
16.Death is the grand leveller.
死亡面前，不分貴賤。
17.Death meets us everywhere.
人生到處皆可死；死亡和我們到處相遇。
18.Death frees us from ills.
死亡使我們解脫不幸。
19.We shall lie all alike in our graves.
一朝進墳場，大家都一樣。
20.In the grave the rich and poor lie equal.
一朝入暮穴，貧富皆一律。
21.Death defies the doctor.
死亡蔑視醫生。
22.There is no medicine against death.
人間哪有不死（回春）藥。
23.Light come,light go.
易得則易失；來得容易去得快。
24.Sometimes gain is to lose.
有時得即是失。
25.Merry is he that hath nought to lose.
無物可失的人最逍遙自在。
26.Grasp all,lose all.
樣樣都要，全部失掉。
27.What we lose in hake we shall have in herring.
失鱈得鯡；失之東隅，收之桑榆。
28.What is lost in the hundred will be found in the shire.
在區裏失去的可在州裏找回來。
29.For a lost thing care nothing.
一物已失，計較無益。
30.He who does not gain loses.
不能得益，就是損失。
31.Losses make us more cautious.
損失使人更謹慎。
32.Who loseth liberty loseth all.
失去自由即失去一切。
33.Either win the horse or lose the saddle.
不是全贏，就是全輸；孤注一擲。
34.All is not lost that is in danger.
在危險中的東西未必全會損失。
35.Do not run too fast after gain.
不要見利便狂追。
36.Prefer loss to unjust gain.
甯可受損失，休取不義財。
37.Lightly gain,quickly lost.
來得容易去得快；不義之財，理無久享。
38.Only that which is honestly got is gain.
正當的收入才是真正的收入。
39.All is not gain that is put in the purse.
裝進錢包裏的不一定都是正當的收入。
40.Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers.
靠欺騙得利，准要吃虧。
41.One never loses anything by politeness.
禮多不吃虧；禮多人不怪。
42.Hold fast when you have it.
手中之物應緊握。
43.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
海中好魚取不盡（指：雖然失去一個機會，還有很
多機會）。
44.Many a slip (many things fall) between the cup and the lip.
酒杯來到嘴唇邊，得飲與否未可知；物未到手前，未
能算己有；凡事難以十拿九穩。
45.It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
使人人倒黴的風才是惡風；此失則彼得；害于此則
利于彼；沒有使所有的人都受害的壞事。
46.Health is better than wealth.
健康勝于財富。
47.Health is happiness.
健康便是幸福。
48.A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.
健全的身體比金冕更有價值。
49.A sound mind in a sound body.
健康的思想寓于健康的身體。
50.A light heart lives long.
心胸開朗，使人壽長。
51.A happy heart makes a blooming visage.
心中快樂，容光煥發。
52.He who hath good health is young,and he is rich who owes nothing.
健康葆青春，無債即富有。
53.Study sickness while you are well.
無病應思有病時。
54.The healthful man can give counsel to the sick.
健康的人可以對生病的人提出忠告。
55.By the side of sickness health becomes sweet.
和疾病相比較，才能識得健康的可愛。
56.Health is not valuesd till sickness comes.
有病方知健康貴。
57.Feed by measure and defy physician.
飲食有節，醫生絕跡。
58.Often and little eating makes a man fat.
多餐少吃，使人壯碩。
59.After dinner sit awhile,after supper walk a mile.
正餐以後，休息片刻；晚餐以後，步行一哩。
60.Early to bed and early to rise,makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.
早睡早起，使人健康、富有而聰明。
61.He that will thrive must rise at five.
五點起床，百事興旺。
62.He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.
忍渴上床，起身健康。
63.He who does not rise early never does a good day's work.
起床不早，一天的工作幹不好。
64.Who makes everything right must rise early.
想把事事都做好，就得堅持起身早。
65.Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.
隨羔羊就寢，與雲雀同起。
66.Cover your head by day as much as you will,by night as much as you can.
白天戴帽可隨意，夜裏戴帽是必須。
67.A little labour,much health.
適量的勞動大有益于健康。
68.Enough is as good as a feast.
飽食有如赴宴。
69.Many dishes,many diseases.
食多病多。
70.Diseases are the Price of ill pleasures.
疾病是縱欲的代價。
71.Desperate diseases must have desperate cures.
毒病要用毒藥醫。
72.He who never was sick dies the first.
小病不生，一病致命。
73.Sickness shows us what we are.
疾病使人顯本相。
74.What can't be cured must be endured.
不治之症，必須堅忍。
75.Hide nothing from thy physician.
不要諱疾忌醫。
76.Medicines are not meant to live on.
不要靠吃藥過生活。
77.A disease known is half cured.
病情弄清楚，病根除一半。
78.The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet,and Dr. Merryman.
節食博士，靜心博士，歡喜博士，三者都是最好的醫
師；飲食少，休息好，快樂多是卻病延年之方。
79.A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye,a lion's heart,and a lady's hand.
良好的外科醫生應具有鷹眼、獅心和女性的手。
80.Feed sparingly and defy the physician.
飲食有節，醫生絕跡。
81.Prevention is better than cure.
預防勝于治療。
82.An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
一分預防勝似十分治療。
83.Bitter pills may have wholesome effect.
良藥苦口利于病。
84.A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口。
85.There is no friend so faithful as a good book.
最忠實的朋友莫過于一本好書。
86.Books,like friends,should be few and well chosen.
書籍如朋友，宜少宜精選。
87.A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
好書千載常如新。
88.A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.
好書如至友，永遠不相負。
89.In books,are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages.
偉大思想古今有，載入書中成不朽。
90.Some books are to be tasted,others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested.
一些書可以品味，另外一些書可以吞食，少數的一些
可以咀嚼、消化。
91.Old wood is best to burn,old book to read.
老柴好燒，老書宜讀。
92.A book that remains shut is but a block.
書本不去翻，猶如一木塊。
93.Judge not a book by its cover.
評定一本書，不能憑封面。
94.A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.
壞書因其不能改正錯誤而更壞。
95.A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.
故事好，再講一遍還是好。
96.Law is a bottomless pit.
法律是無底的深淵。
97.Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
對法律無知，不能成為任何人的借口。
98.Law makers should not be law breakers.
立法者不應成為犯法者；立法應守法。
99.Wrong laws make short governance.
不健全的法律統治時間不會長。
100. If you would make an enemy,lend a man money and ask it of him again.
你若想與人結怨，只須先借錢給他，再向他催討。 

1. New lords,new laws.
新君立新法。
2. Laws catch flies and let hornets go free.
法網只捕蠅，黃蜂由它去。
3. Where drums beat,laws are silent.
戰鼓一響，法律無聲。
4. An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men.
法官能公正，重法不重人。
5. That trial is not fair where affection is the judge.
法官動感情，審判難公正。
6. A good lawyer,an evil neighbour.
好律師不是好鄰居。
7. An old physician,and a young lawyer.
醫生老的好，律師年輕的好。
8. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
雞蛋還未孵，先別數雞雛；莫過早樂觀。
9. Though the fox run,the chicken hath wings.
狐狸雖會跑，小雞有翅膀。
10.Young cocks love no coops.
小公雞不戀籠。
11.A cock is bold on his dunghill.
站在糞堆上，公雞也稱王。
12.A barley-corn is better than a diamond to a cock.
對一只公雞來說，一顆麥粒優于一顆鑽石。
13.He that will have his farm full,must keep an old cock and a young bull.
想使農莊充裕，就得養一只老公雞和一頭小公牛。
14.If the hen does not prate,she will not lay.
不叨叨的母雞不下蛋。
15.It is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays in another's.
這樣的母雞可不好：在你家裏咯咯叫，卻到別家去
下蛋。
16.Fat hens lay few eggs.
肥雞下蛋稀。
17.Grain by grain,and the hen fills her belly.
一顆接一顆，母雞填飽肚。
18.A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter.
一只鴨子不會常在同一條溝中玩水。
19.It is a blind silly gooes that comes to the fox's sermon.
只有盲目的笨鵝才會去聽狐狸講道。
20.What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
適用于甲的也適用于乙。
21.All his geese are swans.
他喜歡誇大其詞；敝帚自珍。
22.All your swans are geese.
你的美好希望（或諾言），全部成了泡影。
23.Each bird likes to hear himself sing.
每一只鳥都愛聽自己歌唱。
24.The bird loves her nest.
鳥愛自己的窩。
25.Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚，人以群分。
26.The bird that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing.
生來能唱的鳥，不願唱也得叫它唱。
27.The fowler's pipe sounds sweet until the bird is caught.
捕禽人笛聲悠揚，直吹得鳥兒落網。
28.He that will take the bird must not scare it.
捕鳥休驚鳥。
29.The noisy fowler catches no bird.
捕禽人大肆聲張，鳥兒就不會落網。
30.Old birds are not caught with new nests.
新網難捕老鳥。
31.'Tis the early bird that catches the worm.
早起的鳥先得蟲；捷足先登。
32.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
雙鳥在林，不如一鳥在手；十賒不如一現。
33.A bird is known by its note,and a man by his talk.
鳥以聲聞，人以言知。
34.It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
家醜不可外揚。
35.Eagles fly alone,but sheep flock together.
鷹愛獨飛羊愛群。
36.A kite will never be a good hawk.
鳶永不會變成隼。
37.Empty hands no hawk allure.
空手不能誘鷹來。
38.The crow thinks his own bird fairest.
烏鴉總以為自己的雛鳥最美。
39.A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
烏鴉不管怎樣經常洗澡，也不會變白。
40.Wheresoever the carcase is,there will the ravens be gathered together.
哪裏有死屍，烏鴉就成群。
41.One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不能成夏天（不可僅憑一種現象而遽作判斷）。
42.The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth it sooner.
燕子一飛就上塔，蝸牛悄悄爬，最後也上塔。
43.The cuckoo comes in April,and stays the month of May;sings a song at Midsummer,and then goes away.
布谷鳥，四月來，五月一直在，仲夏唱支歌，然後就離
開。
44.If the sky falls,we shall catch larks.
天垮正好抓雲雀；不要杞人憂天。
45.An owl is the king of the night.
貓頭鷹是黑夜之王。
46.When the owl sings,the nightingale will hold her peace.
梟鳥唱歌，夜鶯屏息。
47.Cats hide their paws.
貓兒不露爪。
48.A gloved cat catches no mice.
戴手套的貓抓不到老鼠。
49.When the cat's away,the mice will play.
貓兒不在家，老鼠就玩耍；貓兒不在耗子鬧。
50.Ale will make cat speak.
喝了淡啤酒，貓也會開口；酒後使人說話多。
51.A blate cat makes a proud mouse.
貓兒?腆，老鼠翻天。
52.When the weasel and the cat make a marriage,it is a very ill presage.
黃鼠狼跟貓兒成親，預兆不佳。
53.The cat and dog may kiss,yet are none the better friends.
貓狗雖相吻，總難成好友。
54.All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
貓兒性愛魚，卻怕爪弄濕；想獲得珍品的人不願冒
必要的風險。
55.A cat may look at a king.
貓也有權看國王；小人物也該有些權利。
56.It is said that "cat hath nine lives",yet care would wear them all out.
據說貓兒有九命，憂慮多時也傷身。
57.An old dog bites sore.
老狗咬人咬得狠。
58.Beware of a silent dog and still water.
啞狗和靜水，二者都得防。
59.Barking dogs seldom bite.
愛吠的狗不咬人。
60.A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.
肉骨頭打狗狗不叫。
61.Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.
遠處狗就叫，近身不會咬。
62.If the old dog barks,he gives counsel.
老狗叫，是忠告。
63.In every country dogs bite.
天下有狗都咬人。
64.Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.
餓狗也吃髒布丁；饑不擇食。
65.Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread.
狗兒把尾搖，愛的是面包。
66.All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
狗吠的人並非都是小偷。
67.Every dog is valiant at his own door.
站在家門口，狗也雄糾糾。
68.Every dog is a lion at home.
狗在家中，八面威風。
69.While the dog gnaws bone,companions would be none.
狗啃骨頭無同伴。
70.Two dogs strive for a bone,the third runs away with it.
兩狗相爭一骨頭，第三只狗銜起走。
71.Mad dog bites his master.
瘋狗咬主人。
72.Too much pudding will choke dog.
布丁太多噎死狗。
73.Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.
莫因狗尾搖，次次丟面包。
74.A living dog is better than a dead lion.
活狗勝于死獅。
75.Love me,love my dog.
愛屋及烏。
76.Let sleeping dog lie.
勿驚臥狗；切莫惹是生非。
77.Help the dog over the stile.
助人度過難關。
78.Every dog has his day.
片瓦也有翻身日；人人都有得意時。
79.Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
欲加之罪，何患無辭。
80.He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.
有心打狗好找棍；欲加之罪，何患無辭。
81.An old dog cannot alter its way of barking.
老狗難改常吠聲。
82.When a dog is drowning,every one offers him drink.
待到狗溺水，眾人給水喝。
83.A swine over fat is the cause of his own bane.
豬死都因身過肥；象以齒焚。
84.Pigs may fly,but they are very unlikely birds.
豬兒縱會飛，終究不是鳥。
85.Never cast your pearls before swine.
不要把珍貴之物送給不識貨的人；勿明珠暗投；勿
對牛彈琴。
86.You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
豬耳朵做不成絲錢包；巧婦難為無米之炊。
87.The cow that's first up gets the first of the dew.
早起母牛先得露。
88.Not all butter that the cow yields.
母牛所產的未必全是黃油。
89.Many good cows have evil calves.
很多好母牛，會生壞小犢。
90.You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.
不能既要賣母牛，又想喝牛奶。
91.Old oxen have stiff horns.
牛老角硬。
92.The ox is never woe,till he to the harrow go.
掛耙去耕地，牛才知辛苦。
93.An ox is taken by the horns,and the man by the tongue.
牛因角被執，人因舌陷身。
94.If the ox falls,whet your knife.
牛一倒，快磨刀；人遭難，眾人踩。
95.The black ox has trod on his foot.
禍事臨頭。
96.The ox when weariest treads surest.
牛困走得穩。
97.The best horse needs breaking,and the aptest child needs teaching.
最好的馬兒要人馴，最伶俐的孩子要人訓。
98.A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.
不願加鞍的馬，不得吃燕麥。
99.A good horse oft needs a good spur.
好馬常需好靴刺。
100. The law is not the same at morning and at night.
早上的法令跟晚上的不一樣；朝令夕改。 

1. A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle.
烈馬要套粗籠頭。
2. He is a gentle horse that never cast his rider.
馴良的馬絕不會把騎手甩倒。
3. 'Tis a good horse that never stumbles.
好馬不失蹄。
4. The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
馬劣動怪馬鞍壞。
5. Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse.
瞎馬鼓勇氣，正是危險事。
6. Old wood is best to burn,old horse to ride.
老柴好燒，老馬好騎。
7. Every horse thinks his sack heaviest.
每匹馬都認為自己馱的袋子最重。
8. You may know the horse by his harness.
觀馬具可知馬性。
9. A galled horse will not endure the comb.
擦傷的馬不耐梳。
10.You can take a horse to the water,but you cannot make him drink.
牽馬河邊易，逼馬飲水難；不要逼人做他不願做的
事。
11.Don't swap horses when crossing a stream.
行至中流不換馬；危難之時不宜作大變動。
12.An ass endures his burden,but not more than his burden.
驢子能負重，過重也難負。
13.Wherever an ass falleth,there will he never fall again.
驢子絕不會在同樣的地點跌倒兩次。
14.The braying of an ass does not reach heaven.
驢子的叫聲傳不到天上。
15.The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.
驢子不乖，休怪馱鞍。
16.A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.
相馬不可憑馬飾。
17.He who wants a mule without fault,must walk on foot.
指望驢子無缺點，只有自己徒步行。
18.A colt you may break,but an old horse you never can.
小駒猶可練，老馬最難馴。
19.One sheep follows another.
一羊跟一羊（指盲從）。
20.If one sheep leap o'er the dyke,all the rest will follow.
一羊跳過溝，眾羊跟著跳。
21.There is a black sheep in every flock.
敗類處處有；害群之馬處處有。
22.One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.
一羊生癬，群羊受害。
23.Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful.
羊每叫一次，就少吃一口。
24.One butcher does not fear many sheep.
屠夫不怕羊多。
25.It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.
蠢羊才向狼懺悔。
26.The dust raised by the sheep does not choke the wolf.
羊踩起的灰塵擋不住狼。
27.Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them.
烏鴉吃死羊，先要哭一場；貓哭老鼠假慈悲。
28.The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb.
有活的狼就有死的羔羊。
29.As soon goes the young lamb's skin to the market as the old ewe's.
老羊皮上了市，小羊皮也跟著來。
30.You have no goats,and yet you sell kids.
沒有老山羊，還把小羊賣。
31.If the beard were all,the goat might preach.
如果長胡就好，山羊也可講道。
32.A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.
懶羊自覺羊毛重。
33.He that will have a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight.
早餐想吃野兔肉，頭晚就須去捕捉。
34.If you run after two hares,you will catch neither.
同時追兩兔，一只也難捕。
35.One should not run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
不應兩面討好。
36.The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
兔子睡大覺，烏龜跑第一。
37.First catch your hare then cook him.
要兔子肉，先要把兔捉；先抓兔子後烹調（勿謀之
過早）。
38.The fox is known by his brush.
狐狸只因尾巴大，所以人人認識他。
39.The fox smells his own stink first.
狐狸有惡臭，自己先嗅出。
40.The fox may grow grey, but never good.
狐狸活到老，永遠難變好。
41.The tail does often catch the fox.
狐狸被抓，都因尾巴。
42.It is an evil sign to see a fox lick a lamb.
狐狸舔羔羊，不是好跡象。
43.When the fox preacheth,then beware your geese.
每逢狐狸講道，當心鵝兒遭殃。
44.An old fox is not easily snared.
老狐狸難得陷羅網。
45.Old foxes want no tutors.
老狐不須教師教。
46.The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
睡著的狐狸捉不到雞。
47.You can have no more of the fox than the skin.
狐狸除了皮，旁的全無用。
48.The fox that had lost its tail would persuade others out of theirs.
一條狐狸丟尾巴，就勸旁的也丟它。
49.A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.
審鵝不應狐陪審。
50.The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.
狐狸的詭計永遠進不了獅子的頭腦。
51.The old goose plays not with foxes.
老鵝不跟狐狸耍。
52.The wolf and fox are both privateers.
狐狸與狼，搶劫大王。
53.The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.
狼牙會掉，狼性難改。
54.A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.
小偷識小偷，正象狼識狼。
55.Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods.
饑餓引狼出森林。
56.Give never the wolf the wether.
莫把閹羊送給狼。
57.Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
與狼相結交，就會學狼嚎。
58.The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf.
孤羊逢狼，必然遭殃。
59.It is madness for a sheep to treat of peace with a wolf.
跟狼講和平，此羊必癲狂。
60.By little and little the wolf eateth the sheep.
狼吃羊，一只一只進肚腸。
61.The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
群狼一死眾羊安。
62.While you trust to the dog,the wolf slips into the sheepfold.
當你認為狗可信，狼已偷偷把羊圈進。
63.When the wolf grows old, the crows ride him.
狼老被鴉欺。
64.Man is to man either a god or a wolf.
人與人交往，不是上帝就是狼。
65.A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.
青年成長時，食量大如狼。
66.The lion is known by his claws (paw).
獅以爪聞名。
67.The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.
獅子沒有畫上的凶猛。
68.A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion.
吠犬勝于睡獅。
69.It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.
睡獅莫驚。
70.The lion's skin is never cheap.
獅皮從不賤。
71.Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp.
殺獅應在幼小時。
72.The tiger that has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.
一次嘗到血，虎欲永難遏。
73.He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
騎虎難下。
74.The leopard can never change its spots.
花豹永不能改變身上的斑點（指：本性難移）。
75.Kings and bears oft worry keepers.
國王和熊，常使守護人憂心忡忡。
76.He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it.
與熊分蜜糖，只得一點嘗。
77.Do not sell the bear's skin before you have caught the bear.
熊未到手休賣皮（勿過早樂觀）。
78.Where the deer is slain,some of her blood will lie.
鹿死總有血跡留。
79.The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more than one wood.
野豬一怒毀樹多。
80.An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.
盡管衣綢穿紅，猿猴還是猿猴，侍從還是侍從。
81.An army of stags led by a lion would be more formidable than one of lions led by a stag.
一只獅子率領的一群鹿，比一只鹿率領的一頭獅子
更難對付。
82.A bad custom is like a good cake, better broden than kept.
壞習慣象餅子，碎了比保存起來好。
83.A bald head is soon shaven.
光腦袋，剃得快。
84.A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
瞎子不謝贈鏡人。
85.A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
借來的大氅不暖身。
86.A brave retreat is a brave exploit.
勇退即勇績。
87.Accidents will happen in the best regulated families.
即使家規嚴，醜事總難免。
88.A candle lights others and consumes itself.
臘燭照亮了別人，毀滅了自己。
89.A constant guest is never welcome.
常來之客不會受歡迎。
90.A cracked bell can never sound well (is never sound).
破鍾無好音。
91.A crown is no cure for the headache.
王冠難治頭痛。
92.A drowning man will catch at a straw.
溺水者見草也要抓；急何能擇。
93.After a storm comes a calm.
暴風雨後天平靜；雨過天晴。
94.After death, the doctor.
人死醫生來；雨後送傘。
95.A good beginning is half done.
良好的開端，就是成功了一半。
96.A good example is the best sermon.
良好的範例是最好的訓誡。
97.A great ship asks deep waters.
大船要在深水行；英雄要有用武之地。
98.A horse stumbles that has four legs.
人有失手日，馬有失蹄時。
99.A little neglect may breed great mischief.
小失成大害；小誤釀大禍。
100. It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.
要把馬練好，?繩靴刺少不了。 

1. All are brave when the enemy flies.
敵人遁逃時，人人皆勇士。
2. All is fish that comes to his net.
到了網中都是魚；只要到手全都要。
3. All is well that ends well.
結果好，就一切都好。
4. All roads lead to Rome.
條條大路通羅馬。
5. Always taking out the meal-tub, and never putting in,soon comes to the bottom.
取糧不儲糧，桶底糧也光；坐吃山空。
6. A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差以千裏。
7. An empty bag cannot stand upright.
空袋不能直立。
8. A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
9. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滾石不粘青苔；轉業不積財。
10.Art is long, life is short.
藝術恒久，生命短暫。
11.A small leak will sink a great ship.
小漏沉大船。
12.A stitch in time saves nine.
一針及時省九針；一針不補，十針難縫。
13.As the wind blows, you must set your sail.
趁風啟帆。
14.As we sow, so shall we reap.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
15.A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword.
勇士的神色勝過懦夫的刀劍。
16.A vaunter and a liar are near akin.
自詡和說謊，二者正相仿。
17.Avarice blinds our eyes.
貪婪障人目。
18.A watched pot(pan) is long in boiling.
心急水不沸；盼得越切，來得越遲。
19.A wonder lasts but nine days.
新鮮事兒不久長。
20.Beard the lion in his den.
老虎頭上捉虱；太歲頭上動土。
21.Beauty is but skin deep.
美麗只是皮相（指：不能以貌取人）。
22.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
甯為犬首，不作獅尾。
23.Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.
甯作自由民之首，不為貴族之尾。
24.Between two stools one goes the ground.
腳踩兩只船，早晚要落水。
25.Beware beginnings.
慎始為上。
26.Blood is thicker than water.
血濃于水（指：親人比外人親）。
27.Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
身為凱撒（羅馬大將）妻，必須無可疑（指：與偉大的
人物交往的人不可有穢名）。
28.Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
施舍先及親友，但不應限于親友。
29.Companions are odious.
人比人，氣死人。
30.Content is happiness.
知足常樂。
31.Custom is a second nature.
習慣是第二天性。
32.Cut your coat according to your cloth.
量布裁衣。
33.Danger is next neighbour to security.
危險是安全的緊鄰。
34.Do as the Romans do.
入境要問俗。
35.Do as you would be done by.
你願別人怎樣對待你，你就應該怎樣對待別人；己
所不欲，勿施于人。
36.Do not hallo till you are out of the wood.
未出險境，先莫高興。
37.Don't put the cart before the horse.
勿本末倒置；勿倒果為因。
38.Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.
切勿良莠不分一起拋。
39.Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak.
位高遭人妒，峰高招風怒。
40.Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
41.Every cloud has a silver lining.
黑暗之中總有一線光明；禍中有福。
42.Every man has his liking.
人各有所好。
43.Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.
人人有錯，隱藏不露。
44.Everything hath an end.
萬物有始必有終。
45.Everything must have a beginning.
凡事皆有始。
46.Example is better than precept.
範例勝于教訓。
47.Fine feathers make fine birds.
好鳥要靠好羽毛；人要衣裝，佛靠金裝。
48.Fire and water have no mercy.
水火無情。
49.First come, first served.
先到先招待。
50.Fish begins to stink at the head.
魚腐頭先臭（上梁不正下梁歪）。
51.Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果味甜。
52.Force can never destory right.
暴力決不能摧毀正義。
53.God's mill grinds slow but sure.
天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
54.Great designs require great consideration.
大計劃要慎重考慮。
55.Great men have great faults.
偉大的人物也會有巨大的過失。
56.Great men's sons seldom do well.
大人物的子孫少出息。
57.Half a loaf is better than no bread.
半片面包總比沒有好；有勝于無。
58.Haste makes waste.
欲速則不達。
59.Hear all parties.
兼聽則明。
60.He laughs best who laughs last.
誰笑在最後，誰笑的最好（指：不要高興得過早）。
61.He measures another's corn by his own bushel.
用自己的標准衡量別人；以己度人。
62.He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.
跟壞人打交道，要特別小心。
63.He that never rode never fell.
不騎馬就不會落馬。
64.He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut.
要把果仁吃，就得碎果殼。
65.History repeats itself.
曆史自身常重演。
66.Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
風順便扯篷。
67.Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.
蜜甜蜂螫人。
68.Hunger is the best sauce.
饑者口中盡佳肴；饑餓之時，樣樣好吃。
69.If the mountain will not come to Mahomet,Mahomet must go to the mountain.
大山從不向穆罕默德移來，穆罕默德只好向大山
走去；他若不遷就你，你只好遷就他。
70.If wishes were horses,beggars might ride.
願望若是馬，乞丐也可乘；願望難成事實。
71.Ill air slays sooner than the sword.
汙濁的空氣殺人比刀還快。
72.Ill news never comes too late.
壞消息總是來得快。
73.In the kingdom of blind men, the oneeyed is king.
生在盲人國，獨眼也稱王。
74.It is better to be a martyr than a confessor.
與其做懺悔，不如做殉道者。
75.It is too late to shut the stalbe door when the steed is stolen.
失馬鎖廄，為時已晚；賊去關門，為時已遲。
76.It never rains but it pours.
不雨則已，一雨傾盆。
77.It takes two to make a quarrel.
吵架要有兩個人。
78.Jack of all trades and master of none.
萬事皆通，事事不精（指：雜而不精的人）。
79.Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbours.
快樂是憂愁的緊鄰。
80.Keeping is harder than winning.
成功不易，保持更難。
81.Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
殺雞取金蛋；只圖眼前需要，斷絕將來財源。
82.Kill two birds with one stone.
一石雙鳥；一箭雙雕。
83.Kinsman helps kinsman,but woe to him that hath nothing.
親人幫親人，無親來幫愁煞人。
84.Like tree, like fruit.
有什麼樣的樹，就有什麼樣的果。
85.Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
大賊脫身去，小賊被吊死。
86.Long absent, soon forgotten.
久別易忘。
87.Long looked for comes at last.
久久尋找，終會找到。
88.Long tarrying takes all thands away.
耽擱太久，會把人家的謝意全送走。
89.Losers are always in the wrong.
失敗之人受咎多。
90.Man is a god or a devil to his neighbour.
一個人對鄰居來說，不是上帝，便是魔鬼。
91.Many men have many minds.
人多意見多；人多口雜。
92.Many wells, many buckets.
井多桶也多。
93.Mercy to the eriminal may be eruelty to the people.
對罪犯的仁慈，就是對人民的殘忍。
94.Merry meet, merry part.
好聚好散。
95.Messengers should neither be headed nor hanged.
兩國相爭，不斬來使。
96.Might is right.
強權即公理。
97.Might overcomes right.
強權壓倒公理。
98.Mischief has swift wings.
禍害長有飛翅。
99.Misery loves company.
同病相憐。
100. A little pot is soon hot.
壺小易熱，量小易怒。 

 1.World is but a little place, after all. 
天涯原咫尺，到處可逢君 

Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected 
with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so. 

Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai.
 The world is but a little place after all. 

2. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 
入鄉隨俗 

Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. 

Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent
 you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls. 

3. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts. 
失之東隅，收之桑榆 

Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have
 good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed. 

Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, 
he may win on the roundabouts. 

4.What are the odds so long as you are happy. 
知足者常樂 

Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy. 

Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. 
What’s the odd so long as you’re happy. 

5．Entertain an angel unawares. 
有眼不識泰山 

Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits. 

Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel 
unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise 

6.every dog has his day . 
是人皆有出頭日 

Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn 

Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming. 

7.every potter praises his own pot. 
王婆買瓜，自賣自誇 

Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members 

Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would rather hear it from his 
teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot  

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　 1． Pain past is pleasure. 
（過去的痛苦就是快樂。）[無論多麼艱難一定要咬牙沖過去，將來回憶起來一定甜蜜無比。] 
2． While there is life, there is hope. 
（有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。） 

3． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 
（腦中有知識，勝過手中有金錢。）[從小灌輸給孩子的堅定信念。] 
4． Storms make trees take deeper roots. 
（風暴使樹木深深紮根。）[感激敵人，感激挫折！] 
5． Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. 
（心之所願，無所不成。）[堅持一個簡單的信念就一定會成功。] 
6． The shortest answer is doing. 
（最簡單的回答就是幹。）[想說流利的英語嗎？那麼現在就開口！心動不如嘴動。] 
7． All things are difficult before they are easy. 
（凡事必先難後易。）[放棄投機取巧的幻想。] 

8． Great hopes make great man. （偉大的理想造就偉大的人。） 
9． God helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。） 
10． Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. 
   （四個簡短的詞彙概括了成功的秘訣：多一點點！） 
   [比別人多一點努力、多一點自律、多一點決心、多一點反省、多一點學習、多一點實踐、多一點瘋狂，多一點點就能創造奇跡！] 
11． In doing we learn.（實踐長才幹。） 
12． East or west, home is best.（東好西好，還是家裏最好。） 
13． Two heads are better than one.（三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮。） 
14． Good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有良伴就是捷徑。） 
15． Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石。） 
16． Misfortunes never come alone/single.（禍不單行。） 
17． Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不經災禍不知福。） 
18． Better late than never.（遲做總比不做好；晚來總比不來好。） 
19． It's never too late to mend.（過而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊補牢，猶未晚也。） 
20． If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事情值得做，就值得做好。） 
21． Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（無熱情成就不了偉業。） 
22． Actions speak louder than words.（行動比語言更響亮。） 
23． Lifeless, faultless.（只有死人才不犯錯誤。） 
24． From small beginning come great things.（偉大始于渺小。） 
25． One today is worth two tomorrows.（一個今天勝似兩個明天。） 
26． Truth never fears investigation.（事實從來不怕調查。） 
27． The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.（舌無骨卻能折斷骨。） 
28． A bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的嘗試是成功的一半。） 
29． Knowing something of everything and everything of something. 
     （通百藝而專一長。）[瘋狂咬舌頭] 
30． Good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是無價寶。） 

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一著不慎,滿盤皆輸.
· All is not gold that glitters. 閃光的未必都是金子。
· A child is better unborn than untaught. 養不教，父之過。
· Art is long, life is short. 生命短暫，藝術長存。
· A friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真情。
· Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨綢繆。
· A light heart live long. 心情開朗壽命長。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。
· All covet, all lose. 樣樣垂涎，樣樣失落。貪多嚼不爛。
· A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆豐年。
· All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同歸。
· A small leak will sink a great ship. 千裏之堤潰于蟻穴。
· All time is no time when it is past. 機不可失，時不再來。
· A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.
近水樓台先得月。
· A short cut is often a wrong cut.
欲速則不達。
· A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.
欲加之罪，何患無辭。
· A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 遠來的和尚好念經。
· All feet tread not in one shoe. 眾口難調。
· A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
· A young idler, an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
· A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
江山易改，本性難移。
· A little spark may kindle a great fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。　　　　　　　　　　

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· Beauty is but skin-deep. 美麗只是外表罷了
· Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以簡潔為貴
· Bread is the staff of life. 民以食為天。 A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
· Behind the mountains there are people to be found.
天外有天，山外有山。
· Better die standing than live kneeling 甯願站著死，也不跪著生。
· Better be envied than pitied. 甯被人妒，不受人憐。

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· Cats hide their claws.
知人知面不知心。
· Cast an anchor to windward.
未雨綢繆。
· Care and diligence bring luck.
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· Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行。
謹慎勤奮，帶來好運。
· Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢對手，將遇良才。
· Danger past, God forgotten. 飛鳥盡，良弓藏。
· Dreams are lies. 夢不足信。
· Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班門弄斧。
· Do not have too many irons in the fire. 貪多嚼不爛。
· Do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿失于人。
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· Experience is the best teacher. 實踐出真知。
· Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune. 自己幸福自己創。
· Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day. 晚霞行千裏。
· Every bean has its black. 金無足赤，人無完人。
· Even woods have ears.
隔牆有耳。
· Enough is better than too much. 過猶不及。
· Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 人貴自立。
· Experience teaches. 吃一塹，長一智。
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· Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。
· First impressions are half the battle. 先入為主。
· Faith moves mountains. 精誠所至，金石為開。
· Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界，無奇不有。
· Fire proves gold, adversity proves man. 烈火識真金，逆境識英雄。
· Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
水能載舟，亦能覆舟。
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· Give everyone his due. 一視同仁。
· Good (or Great) wits jump. 英雄所見略同。
· Go while the going is good. 三十六計，走為上計。
· Great weights hang on small wires.
千鈞一發。
· Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。
· Greatest genius often lies concealed.
大智若愚。
· Grasp all, lose all.
貪多必失。
· Go to the sea, if you would fish well.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
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· Honour to whom honour is due.
論功行賞。
· He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。
· Heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己。
· He sits no sure that sits too high. 高處不勝寒。
· He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患無詞。
· He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。
· He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千裏之行，始于足下。
· He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。
· It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上兩次當。
· Humility often gains more than pride.
滿招損，謙受益。
· He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.
事實勝于雄辯。
· He that promises too much means nothing. 輕諾者寡信。
· He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患無詞。
· Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行。
· Haste makes waste. 忙亂易錯。欲速則不達。
· He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
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· It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。
· If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜樣的力量是無窮的。
· It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
· Ill news never comes too late. 好事不出門，壞事傳千裏。
· It is the first step that is troublesome. 萬事開頭難。
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· Justice has long arms. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。

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· Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it. 實踐得真知。
· Keeping is harder than winning. 創業不易，守業更難。
· Knowledge is no burden. 藝不壓身。
· Kiss and be friends. 握手言和。
· Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭雙雕
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· Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.
既來之，則安之。
· Love is blind. 情人眼裏出西施。
· Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。
· Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
· Live and learn. 學無止境。
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· Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
· Mind acts upon mind. 心有靈犀一點通。
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· Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.
饑不擇食
· No cross, no crown.
不吃苦中苦，難為人上人。
· Nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站著說話不腰痛。
· No weal without woe. 福兮禍所伏, 禍兮福所倚。
· No work, no money. 不勞無獲。
· Never too late (or old) to learn. 活到老，學到老。
· Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。
· No fire without smoke. 無風不起浪。
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· One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.
一葉障目，不見泰山。
· One swallow does not make a summer.
一花獨放不是春。
· One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
· Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服從是軍人的天職。
· One lark does not make a spring. 一花獨放不是春。
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· Practice is better than precept. 身教重于言教。
· Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤勞之人不受窮。
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· Riches have wings. 富貴無常。
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· Score twice before you cut once. 三思而後行。
· Sense comes with age. 老馬識途。
· So the world wags. 這就是人生。
· So said, so done. 說到做到。言出必行。
· Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大業，自信第一。
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· Talk of the devil and he will appear. 說曹操，曹操就到。new
· Tall trees catch much wind. 樹大招風 。new
· The reasons of the poor weight not. 人微言輕。
· The shortest way round is the longest way home.
欲速則不達。
· Those are in the same boat should row together.
同舟共濟。
· Too much pudding will choke a dog.
布丁太多噎死狗。
· The heart's letter is read in the eyes.
眼睛是心靈的窗戶。
· The deed proves the man.
觀其行而知其人。
· True gold fears not the fire.
真金不怕火煉。
· Take time while time is, for time will away.
機不可失，時不在來。
· The battle is to the strong.
兩強相遇勇者勝。
· The heart is seen in wine. 酒後吐真言。
· The best of friends must part. 天下沒有不散的宴席。
· Time is money. 時間就是金錢
· Through obedience learn to command. 先當學生，後當先生。
· Time tries all things. 時間檢驗一切。
· There is no fire without smoke. 無風不起浪。
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· Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。
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· Wealth is nothing without health. 健康勝于財富。
· We begun is half done. 良好的開端等于成功的一半。
· Work makes the workman.
熟能生巧。
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· You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。事難兩全其美。
· Youth's a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。
· You are never too old to learn. 活到老學到老。
· You never know till you have tired.
事非經過不知難。
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· Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
熱情而無知，猶如無光之火
· Zeal without kowledge is the sister of folly.
無知的熱情近乎愚蠢