Believe no tales from the enemy.
切莫轻信敌人。
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.
眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。
Believe somebody on his bare word.
人言无据，切勿轻信。
Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh.
恩泽让人欣喜，犹如鲜花使人心醉。
Be prepared to put one's hand in one's pocket.
准备慷慨解囊。
Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing.
选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
不轻诺，诺必果。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
多听少说。
Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife.
过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。
Better a glorious death than a shameful life.
忍辱贪生不如死得光荣。
Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。
Better an empty purse than an empty head.
宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。
Better an open enemy than a false friend.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Better are small fish than an empty dish.
有胜於无。
Better be alone than in bad company.
交损友不如无友。
Better be out of the world than out of fashion.
不合潮流不如脱离尘世。
Better be poor than wicked.
宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
宁为犬首，不作狮尾。
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.
宁为驴头，不为马尾。
Better deny at once than promise long.
轻诺必寡信。
Better die with honour than live with shame.
与其忍辱偷生，不如光荣而死。
Better eye sore than all blind.
眼痛总比瞎眼好。
Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 远亲不如近邻。
Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
宁可饿肚子，切莫去借债。
Better half an egg than empty shell.
半只蛋也比空壳好。
Better is the neighbour's hen than mine.
人莫知其苗之硕。
Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好。
Better lose a jest than a friend.
宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。Better lose the saddle than the horse.
吃小亏占大便宜。
Better master one than engage with ten.
精通一事胜於会十事。
Better one-eyed than stone-blind.
独眼总比全瞎好。
Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
穷得光荣，胜过富得可耻。
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
与其说话不中肯，不如一言不发好。
Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.
聊胜於无。
Better the foot slip than the tongue trip.
宁可滑跤，不可失言。
Better to do well than to say well.
说得好不如做得好。
Better wear out than rust out.
与其闲散不如忙碌。
Better wit than wealth.
智力胜於财富。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
功亏一篑。
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
脚踏两头要落空。
Beware beginnings.
慎始为上。
Beware of a man of one book.
不要与一个有专业知识的人争论。
Beware of a silent dog and still water.
警惕无声之狗会咬人，平静之水会覆舟。
Beware of him who regards not his reputation.
要谨防不重自己名誉的人。
Big mouthfuls ofter choke.
贪多嚼不烂。
Bind the sack before it be full.
做事应适可而止。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身固然重要，教养更且重要。
Bite off more than one can chew.
贪多咽不下。
Bite the hand that feeds one.
恩将仇报。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.
良药苦口利於病。
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 人无所求最享福，因他不为失望苦。
Blind men can judge no colours.
不宜问道於盲。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓於水。
Blood will have blood.
血债要用血来还。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
书籍如朋友，应该少而精。
Borrowed garments never fit well.
借来的衣服不合身。
Brave actions never want a trumpet.
勇敢的行为不须要吹号。
Bread is the staff of life.
民以食为天。
Brevity is the soul of wit.
言以简洁为贵。
Bring up a raven and 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 before pleasure.
事业在先，享乐在後。
Business is business.
公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.
事业事人生之盐。
Business makes a man as well as tries him.
事业既考验人，也造就人。
Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.
事业虽扰烦，懒惰更害人。
Business neglected is business lost.
玩忽事业等於丢失事业。
Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest.
工作後消遣更愉快，劳动後休息更舒畅。
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。
By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.
读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。
By the hands of many a great work made light.
众擎易举。
By the side of sickness health becomes sweet.
和疾病相比较，才显得健康的可贵。
By the street of "Bye and bye" one arrives at the house of "Never". 迁延因循，一事无成。
By writing you learn to write.
从写作中学写作。
Call a spade a spade.
据实而言。
Call me not olive till thou see me gathered.
盖棺论定。
Call no man happy until he dies.
盖棺才能定论。
Can the leopard change his spots?
江山易改，本性难移。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋，带来好运气。
Care killed the cat.
忧虑伤身。
Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean.
清水未来，莫泼赃水。
Cast not your pearls before swine.
明珠莫投暗。
Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
大事未成时，莫开庆功宴。
Cats hide their paws.
大智若愚，大巧若拙。
Caution is the parent of safety.
谨慎小心是安全之源。
Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron.
金链锁人比铁炼更牢靠。
Change lays not her hand upon truth.
真理不变。
Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
仁爱须由近及远。
Cheat's never proper.
欺骗决非正当事。
Cheek brings success.
和气生财。
Cheerful company shortens the miles.
旅有好旅伴，不觉行程远。
Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light.
欢快与好意，劳动不觉累。
Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
看人看年少，看天看破晓。
Children and fools cannot lie.
孩子和傻子，不会说谎话。
Children are the parents's riches.
子女是父母之财富。
Choice of the end covers choice of the means.
选择目的包含著选择手段。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
选书如择友。
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
选妻，最好用耳莫用眼。
Christmas comes but once a year.
佳节良辰，机会难得。
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak, instrument of the wise.
弱者困於环境，智者利用环境。
Civility costs nothing.
礼貌不须什麽代价。
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
清净近乎神圣。
Clothes make the man.
人要衣装，佛要金装。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.
船到桥头自会直。
Comfort is better than pride.
安慰胜过傲慢。
Coming events cast their shadows before them.
山雨欲来风满楼。
Compare your grievs with other men's and they will seem less.
你的悲痛与人比，悲痛就会轻一些。
Comparisons are odious.
人比人，气死人。
Confession is the first step to repentance.
悔罪先须认罪。
Confidence of success is almost success.
对成功抱有信心，就近乎成功。
Conquer of fear of death and you are put into possession of your life. 不怕死，然後才能生。
Constant dropping wears away a stone.
滴水穿石。
Content is better than riches.
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.
放马後炮。
Counsel must be followed, not praised.
忠告必须照办，而不是赞美。
Count not your chickens before they are hatched.
不要过早乐观。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和决心是美德的灵魂。
Courtesy costs nothing.
谦虚恭敬，不用分文。
Cowards are cruel.
懦夫不仁。
Credit, like a looking-glass, broken once, is gone, alas! 信誉像镜子，破碎无法补。
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
放债人的记性比借债人好。
Crows do not pick crow's eyes.
同室不操戈。
Cry up wine and sell vinegar.
挂羊头，卖狗肉。
Cry with one eye and laugh with the other.
口不应心。
Curiosity killed the cat.
好奇心，惹祸根。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是第二天性。
Custom is the guide of the ignorant.
习俗是无知者的向导。
Custom makes all things easy.
若照习惯办，万事皆不难。
Custom rules the law.
习俗影响法律。
Custom without reason is but ancient error.
习俗没有道理，古代谬误而已。
Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons.
闲话少说，言归正传。
Cut the coat according to the cloth.
量布裁衣。
Danger is next neighbour to security.
危险是安全的近邻。
Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.
危险本身就是对付危险的最好办法。
Dead men tell no tales.
死人不会搬弄是非。
Death is the grand leveller.
凡人都要死，大家都一样。
Death meets us everywhere.
死亡到处和我门相遇。
Death pays all debts.
人死百债了。
Death when it comes will have no denial.
死亡来临时，无可抗拒之。
Debt is better than death.
负债总比死亡强。
Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves.
行动是果实，言语只是树叶而已。
Deeds are males, and words are females.
言柔弱无能，行刚强有力。
Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy. 深水静静流，浅溪潺潺流。
Delays are dangerous.
坐失良机必有忧患。
Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour. 著手前要深思熟虑，执行要果断有力。Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
考虑要仔细，行动要迅速。
Deliberating is not delaying.
慎思不是拖延。
Deliver not your words by number but by weight.
言不在多，而在有物。
Depend on others and you always repent.
依靠别人总要後悔。
Despair gives courage to a coward.
人急造反，狗急跳墙。
Destruction pursues the great.
树大招风。
Devil must be driven out with devils.
以毒攻毒。
Dexterity comes by experience.
熟练来自经验。
Diamond cut diamond.
强中更有强中手。
Diet cures more than the doctor.
药补不如食补。
Diligence is near success.
勤奋近乎成功。
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
刻苦是成功之母。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
Discontent is the first step in progress.
不知足是前进中的第一步。
Discretion is the better part of valour.
小心即大勇。
Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow. 病，仇与债这三者，一露苗头就砍掉。
Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.
心灵上的疾病比肉体上的疾病更危险。
Diseases are the price of ill pleasures.
疾病是不正当娱乐的代价。
Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。
Disgraced may be he who thinks ill.
心怀不端的人是可耻的。
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.
为众之所为，受众之所夸。
Do as the Romans do.
入乡要随俗。
Do as you would be done by.
推己及人。
Do business, but be not a slave to it.
要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
Dog does not eat dog.
物不伤其类。
Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.
远处叫得凶的狗，不会近身来咬人。
Dogs that run after many hares kill none.
多谋寡成。
Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread.
狗摇尾巴，爱的是面包。
Doing is better than saying.
行胜於言。
Do in Rome as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know.
不要为所能为，不要花尽所有，不要全信所闻，不要言尽所知。
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
不要忘恩负义。
Do not despise your enemy.
万勿轻敌。
Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.
不要有求必应。
Do not praise a day before sunset.
切勿褒贬过早。
Do not run too fast after gain.
不要见利就拼命追。
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
不要向不如你幸运的人述说你的幸福。
Do not swap horses when crossing a stream.
处在危难中，不宜大更动。
Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty.
不要因为怕贫苦而放弃自由。
Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you.
己所不欲，勿施於人。
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 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 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 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 throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh.
清水未打来，赃水莫倒掉。
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。
Doubt is the key of knowledge.
怀疑乃知识的钥匙。
Do well is better than say well.
说得好不如做得好。
Downy lips make thoughtless slips.
嘴上没毛，办事不牢。
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.
事未齐备，切莫妄动。
Draw water with a sieve.
竹篮子打水一场空。
Dreams go by contraries.
梦想总与现实相反。
Drive your business, do not let it drive you.
要推动事业，不要让事业来推动你。
Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built. 滴水汇大海，垒石诛高墙。
Drowning man will catch at a straw.
溺水的人一根草也要抓。
Drunken days have all their tomorrows.
今日花天酒地，明日潦倒穷途。
Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.
酒後露真言。
Dumb dogs are dangerous.
哑犬最凶恶。
Dying is as natural as living.
死亡与生存一样自然。
Each bird loves to hear himself sing.
鸟儿都爱听自己唱歌。
Each day brings its own bread.
天无绝人之路。
Eagles catch no flies.
大人物不计较小事情。
Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.
鹰单飞，羊群集。
Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble.
早期的错误可以酿成日後的麻烦。
Early sow, early mow.
播种早的收获早。
Early start makes easy stages.
早开始是成功的保证。
Early wed, early dead.
早婚早夭。
Easier said than done.
说话容易做事难。
East or west, home is best.
在家千日好，出门时时难。
Easy come, easy go.
易得易失。
Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.
随意吃饭，适度饮酒。
Eat one's cake and have it.
又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
吃饭是为了生存，但生存不是为了吃饭。
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
吃是使自己受用，穿是使别人受用。
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. 人的教养始於教育，成於社交。
Education has for its object the formation of character.
教育的目的在於培养品德。
Elbow grease gives the best polish.
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
空桶响声大。
Enough is as good as a feast.
知足常乐。
Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 高位遭人妒，高峰招风吹。
Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
人非圣贤，孰能无过。
Even the walls have ears.
隔墙有耳。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有币。
Every bean has its black.
人人有其缺点。
Every bird likes its own nest.
人爱其家。
Every brave man is a man of his word.
勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人。
Every bullet has its billet.
无风不起浪。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村。
Every cook praises his own broth.
自吹自擂。
Every country has its customs.
乡有乡俗。
Every couple is not a pair.
同床异梦，貌合神离。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在，好花不常开。
Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history.
生命中的一天就是你历史上的一页。
Every dog has his day.
凡人都有得意之日。
Every dog has his day, and every man his hour.
人人都有得意的日子。
Every dog is valiant at his won door.
狗在家门前条条都凶悍。
Every door may be shut but death's door.
除了死门外，每门都可关。
Every extremity is a fault.
万事过分都差误。
Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy. 蠢人也能找出聪明人无法弥补的岔子来的。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
人人都有伤心处。
Every horse thinks his sack heaviest.
每疋马认为自己驮的袋子重。
Every Jack has his Jill.
有情人终成眷属。
Every little makes a mickle.
积少成多。
Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼里出西施。
Every man has a fool in his sleeve.
聪明一世，糊涂一时。
Every man has his faults.
人孰无过。
Every man has his hobby-horse.
人各有所好。
Every man has his liking.
人各有所好。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有自己的弱点。
Every man has the defects of his qualities.
一个人的好品质上也有不足之处。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
每个人都是他自己命运的建诛师。
Every man is the master of his own fortune.
每个人都是他自己的命运的主宰。
Every man is the son of his own works.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Every man thinks his own geese swans.
每个人都以为自己的东西了不起。
Every mother's child is handsome.
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune.
人对自己的命运总不感满足。
Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.
知人知面不知心。
Every pleasure has a pain.
乐中必有苦。
Every potter praises his own pot.
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Every salesman boasts of his own wares.
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Every shoe fits not every foot.
不能以己度人。
Everything comes to him who waits.
安心等待必有好处。
Everything has its seed.
无风不起浪。
Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 任何事情都有好的时机，不要随意放过。Everything hath an end.
任何事物都有它的结果。
Everything is good in its season.
万物逢时皆美好。
Everything is good when new, but friend when old.
东西新的好，朋友老的好。
Everything is nice in your garden.
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything must have a beginning.
凡是都有起源。
Everything new is fine.
新事物总是美好的。
Every tide hath its ebb.
兴盛之日必有衰退之时。
Every tree is known by its own fruit.
观其言行，知其为人。
Every why has a wherefore.
事出有因。
Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.
罪恶来时，尺进寸退。
Evil communications corrupt good manners.
交往恶劣，有损风度。
Evil gotten, evil spent.
悖入悖出。
Example is better than precept.
言教不如身教。
Exchange is no robbery.
公平交易并非强行夺取。
Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians. 锻链、节制、新鲜空气和必要的休息是最好的医生。
Experience is a school from which one can never graduate.
经验无止境。
Experience is the best teacher.
经验是良师。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
Experience is the mother of wisdom.
智慧来自经验。
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.
吃亏学乖代价高，笨汉非此学不好。
Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly.
亲身经验，才是经验。
Experience must be bought.
若要得经验，必须化代价。
Experience teaches.
经验给人教训。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
有经验而无学问，胜於有学问而无经验。
Extremes are dangerous.
物极必反。
Extremes meet.
否极泰来。
Facts are stubborn things.
事实是不容改变的东西。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
Fair and softly go far in a day.
谦和稳重，前程远大。
Fair faces need no paint.
貌美毋须修饰。
Faith will move mountains.
精诚所至，金石为开。
Fall sick and you will see who is your friend and who is not.
困难见友情。
False friends are worse than open enemies.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
False tongue will hardly speak truth.
虚伪者不肯说真话。
False with one can be false with two.
对一个人虚伪，也会对两个人虚伪。
Fame is a magnifying glass.
名誉是放大镜。
Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off. 名誉像条河，源头最狭窄，远处最宽阔。
Familiar paths and old friends are the best.
熟路好遵循，老友最可珍。
Far from eye, far from heart.
离远而情疏。
Fast bind, fast find.
保存得好，东西好找。
Fasting comes after feasting.
今日有酒今日醉，明日无钱不揭锅。
Fat hens lay few eggs.
肥鸡不下蛋。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear is often greater than the danger.
杞人忧天。
Fear not the future; weep not for the past.
不要为未来担忧，不要为过去悲泣。
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
伤风时宜吃，发热时宜饿。
Feed a pig and you'll have a hog.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Feed by measure and defy physician.
饮食有节制，医生无用处。
Few words are best.
少说为妙。
Few words, many deeds.
少说话，多做事。
Fine clothes make the man.
人要衣装。
Fine feathers make fine birds.
人要衣装，佛要金装。
Fine words butter no parsnips.
画饼充饥。
Fine words dress ill deeds.
漂亮的言词可以掩饰恶劣的行为。
Finished labours are pleasant.
大功告成，好不高兴。
Good counsel does no harm.
忠言无害。
Good counsel never comes amiss.
忠言有利无害。
Good counsel never comes too late.
忠言绝不嫌迟。
Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven.
善行如日月经天。
Good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜美貌。
Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a noble man can do. 以德报德，人人都能做到；以德报怨只有高尚的人才能办到。Good health is above wealth.
健康重於财富。
Good news goes on crutches.
好事不出门。
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
能享受自己财产的人是财产的真正主人。
Good to begin well, better to end well.
善始好，善终更好。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
有备无患。
Good wine needs no bush.
酒好客自来。
Good words and ill deeds decieve wise men and fools.
话好行为劣，欺骗智和愚。
Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds.
光说好话而不见行动，一文不值。
Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.
搬事弄非者，必是撒谎人。
Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.
早睡早起。
Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company. 一人独处慎於思，与人相处慎於言。
Grain by grain and hen fills her belly.
一粒一粒啄米，母鸡填饱肚皮。
Grasp all, lose all.
贪多必失。
Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.
困难像弹簧，你硬它就软。
Grasp the shadow and let go the substance.
舍本逐末。
Grasp the thistle firmly.
毅然处理困难局面。
Great barkers are no biters.
吠犬不咬。
Great boast, small roast.
说得天花乱坠，成事微乎其微。
Great designs require great consideration.
宏伟的计划须要慎重考虑。
Greatest genius often lies concealed.
大智若愚。
Great hopes make great man.
大希望造就大人物。
Great men are not always wise.
伟大的人物未必总是英明的。
Great men have great faults.
伟人也会铸大错。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
万丈高楼平地起。
Great souls suffer in silence.
伟人受苦，声色不露。
Great talkers are commonly liars.
能言的人谎话多。
Great talkers are little doers.
人好说大话，并非实干家。
Great talkers are not great doers.
其人说得多，做得不会多。
Great winds blow upon high hills.
树大招风。
玉不琢，不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine. 十年树木，百年树人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 学无止境: C: knowledge is infinite / E: progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop. 此地无银三百两: never try to prove what nobody doubts. 严师出高徒: C: Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse. 得不偿失: give a lark to catch a kite. 对症下药: a disease known is half the cure. 君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green. 化干戈为玉帛: bury the hatchet. 家和万事兴: he is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. 江山易改，本性难移: the leopard cannot change its spots. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧: where there is life, there is hope. 狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 举一反三: half a tale is enough for a wise man. 当局者迷，旁观者清: outsiders see more than insiders. / standers-by see more than gamesters. 世上无难事，只怕有心人: dogged does it. 笨鸟先飞: C: a slow sparrow should make an early start. / E: a lame traveler should get out betimes. 冷暖自知: every man is best known to himself. 有情人终成眷属: every jack has jill. 宁为玉碎不为瓦全: better death than dishonor. 情人眼里出西施: if jack is in love, he is no judge of jill’s beauty. 拳不离手，曲不离口: no day without a line. 吃一堑，长一智: by falling we learn to go safely. 塞翁失马: no great loss without some small gain. 天无绝人之路: god tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
名言警句的中英文对照人性的弱点中英文对照 名言、格言、谚语、成语、诗词等名言警句,能激发学生情感, 陶冶情操,活跃课堂气氛,提高学习效率。下面是为你精心推荐的名言警句的中英文对照的内容，希望你喜欢! 生命太过短暂，今天放弃了明天不一定能得到。 Life is too short, tomorrow to give up today can not get it. 来是偶然的，走是必然的。所以你必须，随缘不变，不变随缘。 To be aidental, go is inevitable. So you have to, pay the same, the same fate. 我有一颗水晶般的心，可别人以为是玻璃的。 I have a crystal heart, but other people think is glass. 做好人，靠的是一颗善良的心。做老好人，靠的是一张善变的脸。
Be good, by a kind heart. Do a nice guy, is a fickle face. 谎言像一朵盛开的鲜花，外表美丽，生命短暂。 A lie like a blooming flowers, appearance beautiful, life is short. 漂亮只能为别人提供眼福，却不一定换到幸福。 Beautiful can only provide pleasure to others, but not necessarily in happiness. 最漆黑的那段路，最痛苦的那段路，最终要自己走完。 The darkest period of road, the most painful it was, eventually to himself. 生活就像我的歌声，时而不靠谱，时而不着调。 Life is like my song, sometimes without spectrum, sometimes not.
100条常用英语谚语大全 我们的英语谚语简单精妙，十分值得我们学生去记诵，以下是我搜集整理的100条常用英语谚语大全，欢迎阅读。 100条常用英语谚语大全一 1. Time flies.时光易逝。 2. Time is money.一寸光阴一寸金。 3. Time and tide wait for no man.岁月无情;岁月易逝;岁月不待人。 4. Time tries all.时间检验一切。 5. Time tries truth.时间检验真理。 6. Time past cannot be called back again.光阴一去不复返。 7. All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返。 8. No one can call back yesterday; Yesterday will not be called again.昨日不复来。 9. Tomorrow comes never.切莫依赖明天。 10. One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。 11. The morning sun never lasts a day.好景不常;朝阳不能光照全日。 . Christmas comes but once a year.圣诞一年只一度。
13. Pleasant hours fly past.快乐时光去如飞。 14. Happiness takes no account of time.欢娱不惜时光逝。 15. Time tames the strongest grief.时间能缓和极度的悲痛。 16. The day is short but the work is much.工作多，光阴迫。 17. Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.今日事须今日毕，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.事事及时做，一日胜三日。 20. To save time is to lengthen life.节省时间就是延长生命。 21. Everything has its time and that time must be watched.万物皆有时，时来不可失。 22. Take time when time cometh, lest time steal away.时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。 23. When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back toyou.机不可失，时不再来;机会一过，永不再来。 24. Make hay while the sun shines.晒草要趁太阳好。 25. Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。
中国谚语翻译总汇 1．见机行事。Act according to circumstances. 2．兵不厌诈。All is fair in war. 3．留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。As long as the green hills last, there'll always be wood to burn. - 4．种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。As you sow, so shall you reap. 5．不问就听不到假话。Ask no questions and be told no lies. 6．情人眼里出西施。Beauty lies in lover's eye 7．血浓于水。Blood is thicker than water. 8．海内存知己，天涯若比邻。A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near 9．简洁是智慧的灵魂。Brevity is the soul of wit. 10．公事公办。Business is business. 11．车到山前必有路。The cart will find its way round the hill ，when it gets there. 12．巧妇难为无米之炊。he cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice. 13．笨鸟先飞。Clumsy birds have to start flying early. 14．精诚所至，金石为开。Complete sincerity can affect even metal and stone. 15．置之死地而后生。Confront a person with the danger of death and he will fight to live. 16．滴水穿石。Constant dripping wears away the stone. 17．习惯成自然。Custom is a second nature. 18．以其人之道，还治其人之身。Deal with a man as he deals with you. 19．血债要用血来还。Debts of blood must be paid in blood. 20．隔行如隔山。Different trades are separated as by mountains. 21．一回生，二回熟。Different the first time, easy the second. 22．早动手，早收获。Early sow, early mow. 23．者千虑，必有一失。Even the wise are not free from error. 24．吃一堑，长一智。Every failure one meets with adds to one's experience. 25．国家兴亡，匹夫有责。Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country. 26．每一个人都有美中不足的地方。Every man has the defects of his own virtues. 27．人各有所好。Every man to his taste 28．行行出状元。Every profession produces its own leading authority. 29．仁者见仁，智者见智。Everyone thinks in his way. 30．切莫错过良机。Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 31．凡事总有一个开头。Everything must have a beginning. 32．身教胜于言教。Example is better than precept. 33．经验是智慧之母Experience is the mother of wisdom. 34．经验是愚者之师。Experience is the teacher of fools. 35．乐极生悲。Extreme joy begets sorrow. 36．以眼还眼，以牙还牙。An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 37．心有余而力不足（贪多嚼不烂）。The eye is bigger than the belly. 38．吃一堑，长一智。A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 39．人怕出名猪怕壮。Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs. 40．少说为佳。Few words are best. 41．寡不敌众。A few are no match for the many. 42．水火无情。Fire and water have no mercy.
【名人名言(中英文对照)（励志篇）】【名人名言】奋斗 1. Genius only means hard-working all one's life. (Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist) 天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。 (俄国化学家门捷列耶夫) 2. I have nothing to offer but blood, toil tears and sweat. (Winston Churchill, British Politician) 我所能奉献的没有其它，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家丘吉尔 . W.) 3. Our destiny offers not only the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity.(Richard Nixon, American President ) 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。(美国总统尼克松 . R.) 4. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker) 忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家卢梭. J. J.)
5. There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits. (Karl Marx, German revolutionary ) 在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人，才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。( 德国革命家马克思. K .) 6. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say " impossible". (Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor ) 凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。( 法国皇帝拿破仑. B.) 7. To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom. (Ronald Reagan , American President ) 为了保住这最后的、最伟大的自由堡垒，我们必须尽我们所能。(美国总统里根. R.) 8. Where there is a will , there is a way .( Thomas Edison , American inventor ) 有志者，事竟成。 (美国发明家爱迪生. T.)
1.有志者事竟成.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way. 2.千里之行始于足下The longest journey begins with the first step. 3.积少成多Every little helps. 4.满招损,谦受Pride hurts,modesty benefits. 5.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty. 6.伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒Rome was not bult in a day. 7.一寸光阴一寸金寸今难买寸光阴.Lost years are worse than lost dollars. 8.自助者天助God helps those who help themselves 9.欲速则不达More haste,less speed. 10.台上十分钟台下十年功One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage. 11.好的开端是成功的一半.Well begun is half done. 12.酒好不怕巷子深Good wine needs no bush. 13.成功源于勤奋Industry is the parent of success. 14.英雄所见略同.Great minds think alike. 15.熟能生巧Practice makes perfect. 16.静水流深.Still waters run deep. 17.滴水穿石Little stone fell great oaks. 18.前事不忘后事之师The membrance of the past is the teacher of the future. 19.君子之交淡如水A hedge between keeps friendship green. 20.机不可失时不再来Take time while time is,for time will away. 21.集思广益.Two heads are better than one. 22.未雨绸缪Provide for a rainy day. 23.真金不怕火炼True blue will never strain. 24.必须相信自己这是成功的秘诀You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success. 25.燕雀安知鸿鹄之志A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan. 26.身正不怕影子歪A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 27.天涯何处无芳草.There is plenty of fish in the sea. 28.大智若愚.Cats hind their paws. 29.人不可貌相海水不可斗量.Judge not a book by its cover.(Never judge from appearances.) 30.有情人终成眷属.All shall be well,Jack shall have jill. 31.海内存知己天涯若比邻The world is but a little place,after all. 32.宁为鸡头不为凤尾.It is better to be a head of dog than a tail of a lion.. 33.良药苦口.A good medicine tastes bitter. . 34.知识就是力量.Knowledge is power. 35.金钱不是万能的.Money is not everything. 36.时不我待.Time and tide wait no man. 37.少壮不努力老大徒伤悲A young idler,an old beggar. 38.趁热打铁.Strike while the iron is hot. 39.天生我才必有用.Every man has his price. 40.看破生死的人能成大事.He who sees through life and death will meet with most success. 41.世上无难事只要肯登攀Nothing is impossible to a willing heart 42.不入虎穴,焉得虎子Noting venture, noting gain. 43.不鸣则已一鸣惊人.It never rains but it pours.
经典英语谚语100条 谚语跟成语一样都是语言整体中的一部分，可以增加语言的鲜明性和生动性。下面是由PQ橙子推荐的经典英语谚语100条，欢迎大家阅读。 1、As you make your bed so you must lie on it自食其果。 2、Ask no questions and you will be told no lies如果你少问，谎言就难进。 3、At open doors dogs come in狗从开著的门中进来。 4、Avarice blinds our eyes财迷心窍。 5、Avarice increases with wealth越富越贪。 6、Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler好问是非者，恰是是非之人。 7、Bacchus has drowned more men than Nepture酒神淹死的人比海神多。 8、Bad news has wings好事不出门，坏事传千里。 9、Bad news travels fast坏事传千里。 10、Bad workmen often blame their tools拙匠常怪工具差。 11、Bare words, no bargain空言不能成交易。 12、Barking dogs Don't bite吠犬不咬人。 13、Barking dogs seldom bite吠犬不咬人。 1 / 8
14、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。 15、Be considerate towards the poor要为穷人著想。 16、Be honest rather clever诚实比聪明更要紧。 17、Be just to all, but trust not all要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。 18、Be prepared to put one's hand in one's pocket准备慷慨解囊。 19、Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。 20、Be slow to promise and quick to perform不轻诺，诺必果。 21、Be swift to hear, slow to speak听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。 22、Beauty is but a blossom美丽只是盛开的花朵。 23、Beauty is but skin-deep红颜易变。 24、Beauty is in the eye of the beholder情人眼里出西施。 25、Beauty is in the eye of the gazer情人眼里出西施。 26、Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent美丽是有力量的，但金钱更有权威。 27、Beauty is truth, truth beauty美就是真，真就是美。 28、Beauty lies in lover's eyes情人眼里出西施。 2 / 8
中国谚语英文翻译锦集⑴Ｐut the cart before the horse. 本末颠倒。 ⑵Ｐenny wise， pound foolish. 贪小便宜吃大亏。 ⑶Ｏbservation is the best teacher. 观察是最好的教师。 ⑷Ｐleasure comes through toil. 苦尽甘来。 ⑸Ｏld sin makes new shame. 一失足成千古恨。 ⑹Ｓeeing is believing. 眼见为实。 ⑺Ｏut of office， out of danger. 无官一身轻。 ⑻Ｏne‘s words reflect one’s thinking. 言为心声。 ⑼Ｓeek the truth from facts. 实事求是。 ⑽Ｐromise is debt. 一诺千金。
⑾Ｒome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 ⑿Ｐrefer loss to unjust gain. 宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 1⑶Ｒeading enriches the mind. 开卷有益。 1⑷Ｏld friends and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇，老友情深。 1⑸Ｐroverbs are the daughters of daily experience. 谚语是日常经验的结晶。 1⑹Ｐride goes before， and shame comes after. 骄傲使人落后。 1⑺Ｓhort accounts make long friends. 好朋友勤算账。 1⑻Ｏne swallow does not make a summ. 一燕不成夏。 1⑼Ｏne eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 百闻不如一见。 20、Ｐour water into a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空。 2⑴Ｓet a thief to catch a thief. 以贼捉贼。
英汉对照谚语 1.A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠总怪工具差。 2.A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，三年怕井绳。 3.A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春。 4.Actions speak louder than words. 说到不如做到。 5.A drowning man will catch at a straw. 人快淹死时，稻草也要抓。 6.You are never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 7.Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 8.Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 9.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真正的朋友。 10.A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 真金不怕火炼，好砧不怕锤打。 11.Sadness and gladness succeed one another. 乐极生悲，苦尽甘来。 12.All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的东西不一定是金子。 13.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只用功，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 14.A man is known by his friends. 视其友，知其人。 15.When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗。 16.A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。 17.Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king. 山中无老虎，猴子称大王。 18.An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一日一苹果，胜过找医生。 19.A new broom sweeps clean(New brooms sweep clean).新官上任三把火。 20.An eye finds more truth than two ears. 百闻不如一见。 21.A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔。 22.Well begun is half done. 良好的开端，是成功的一半。 23.We never know the value of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵。 24.What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。 25.Hedges have eyes and walls have ears. 篱笆有眼，隔墙有耳。 26.Weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁。 27.We can’t judge a person by what he says but what he does.判断一个人，不听言语看行动。 28.Wash your dirty linen at home. 家丑不可外扬。 29.Cut your coat according to your cloth. 量布裁衣。 30.Diamond cut diamond.棋逢对手，将遇良才。 31.Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.不要过早打如意算盘。 32.Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.不要孤注一掷。 33.Do not rob Peter to pay Paul.不要剜肉补疮。 34.Don’t put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。 35.Easier said than done. 说着容易做着难。 36.East or west, home is best.东也好，西也好，还是家最好。 37.Empty vessels make the most noise.满瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡。 38.Even a worm will turn.人急造反，狗急跳墙。 39.Every bird likes its own nest the best.金窝银窝不如自己的草窝。 40.Every cook praises his own broth.王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。 41.Every dog has its day.凡人皆有得意日。
常用的英语谚语合集 常用的英语谚语大全 1、crossyourheart你发誓 2、gate-crasher不请自来的不速之客 3、takeiteasy 凡事看开些,不要太冲动,不要看得那么重 4、makeyourselfcomfortable不用约束(招待客人时说的话) 5、youareallwet你完全误会了 6、sheishangover她昨夜喝醉了 7、it’samatteroftime这是迟早的问题 8、shepullsout她退出了 9、Ihavemylimit我的忍耐度有限 10、don’tbrushmeoff不要敷衍我 11、let’sgetitstraight我们打开天窗说亮话吧 12、whatyoucallthis你这算什么 13、howaboutabite随便吃些什么吧 14、youcancountonme你可以信得过我 15、heseethingsnotpeople他论事不论人 16、wesangthesamesongs我们志同道合 17、Ihopeyouintheroll我希望你也能来 18、let’sgoDutch我们各付各的吧 19、speakofthedevil说曹操,曹操就到
20、keepintouch保持联络 21、don’tturnmedown不要拒绝我 22、don’tletmedown别叫我失望 23、manproposesandgoddisposes谋事在人成事在天. 24、theweakestgoestothewall.优胜劣败 25、tolookonewayandrowanother声东击西. 26、ineveryone’smouth.脍炙人口 27、tokickagainstthepricks螳臂挡车. 28、togivethelastmeasureofdevotion鞠躬尽瘁. 29、tosufferforone’swisdom.聪明反被聪明误 30、toharponthesamestring.旧调重弹 31、what’sdonecannotbeundone覆水难收. 32、toconvertdefeatintovictory.转败为胜 33、beyondone’sgrasp.鞭长莫及 34、tobeseverewithoneselfandlenientwithothers.严以责己宽以待人 35、aheartofsteel.铁石心肠 36、tobeguidedbydestiny.听天由命 37、pridegoesbeforeafall骄者必败 38、thesupremeartofwaristosubduetheenemywithout不战而屈人之兵 39、whatisbuggingyou什么事使你心烦
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots 无中生有make/create something out of nothing 无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There\\\'s no smoke without fire. 徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off 心想事成May all your wish come true 心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched. 先下手为强catch the ball before the bound 像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan 现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example 息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 循序渐进step by step 一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others 鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey 有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks. 有识之士people of vision 有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain 有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination. 与时俱进advance with times 以人为本people oriented; people foremost 因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼"to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."
中英文相对应的谚语 浑水摸鱼 成语出处: 语源和意源不详.公元前6世纪希腊寓言家伊索的《伊索寓言渔夫》 中讲的是混水摸鱼的故事：一位渔夫在河里捕鱼时，先拦河张网，然后用绳子拴上石块，面向鱼网击打水底，鱼吓得到处乱游，有些撞进网里。当地有人见渔夫这样做，责怪他把水搅浑了，使人不能喝到清水。渔夫说：“若不是把水搅浑，我就捕不到鱼，捕不到鱼，我就得饿死。” 有人把它作为“浑水摸鱼”的来源。我们认为寓言译介到中国来的时间与《三十六 计》成书时间的先后关系有待进一步考证。 Teach fish to swim. Showing Off One's Proficiency with the Axe Before Lu Ban the Master Carpenter 班门弄斧典故（中英对照） 古代有一个建筑和雕刻技术非常高超的人，名叫鲁班，木匠行里尊称他为祖师。传说他曾用木头制作了一只五彩斑斓的凤凰，能够在空中飞翔三天不掉下来。在鲁班门前摆弄斧子，当然显得有些自不量力了。 Lu Ban was supposed to be a consummate carpenter in ancient times. It is said that he once carved a wooden phoenix that was so lifelike that it actually flew in the sky for three days. Thus it was considered the height of folly to show off one's skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban. “班门弄斧”这个成语，用来比喻在行家面前显示本领。 This idiom excoriates those who show off their slight accomplishments in front of experts. Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班门弄斧。 A new broom sweeps clean. 意思：比喻刚出任新职时,总要摆出架势好好做几件事,一显威风与才干。三国的诸葛亮西元207年,在刘备三顾茅庐后,他答应出来辅佐一连三次用火攻,烧了博望坡、新野再与孙权联合火攻曹操于赤壁，这就叫新官上任三把火了。引申出来的意思是意思是说:新官员上任时,常常做出几件事以表现自己的才干和革除时敝的决心,过后也就一切如旧。Business is business. 成语典故: 公事按公事的原则办，不讲私人情面。成语出处: 清李宝嘉《官场现形记》第三十三回：“藩台见人家不来打点，他便有心公事公办，先从余荩臣下手。” Out of office, out of danger. 成语典故: 不做官了，感到一身轻松。封建官僚官以后常用这句话来自我安慰。现也泛指卸去责任后一时感到轻松。 The style is the man. 成语典故: 指文章的风格同作者的性格特点相似。成语出处: 宋苏轼《答张文潜书》：“子由之文实胜仆，而世俗不知，乃以为不如；其为人深不愿人知之，其文如其为人。” Pride goes before a fall. 成语典故: 骄傲的军队必定打败仗。
英语谚语大全【简单的】 本文是关于英语谚语大全【简单的】，仅供参考，希望对您有所帮助，感谢阅读。 失败是成攻之母 practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧 all roads lead to roma. 条条大道通罗马 don′t judge a person by the clothes he wears. 不能以貌取人 don′t count your chickens before they are hatched. 切莫过于乐观 learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进 it′s easy to be wise after the event. he sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。 he that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。 so said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。 haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。 better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。 although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。
so the world wags. 这就是人生。 one can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。 no weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。 little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。 like knows like. 惺惺相惜。 it is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。 dreams are lies. 梦不足信。 do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。 a light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。 an apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。 poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。 deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考虑要仔细,行动要迅速. one sin opens the door for another. ---german 犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。 one man‘s meat is another man‘s poison. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。