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After you" is good manners. “您先請”是禮貌。
"Never" is a long word. 不要輕易說“決不”。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡其始者必惡其終.
A bad bush is better than the open field. 有勝于無.
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強.
A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart. 做賊\心虛.
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好.
A bad padlock invites a picklock. 開門揖盜.
A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年.
A bad workman always blames his tools. 不會撐船怪河彎。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools 拙匠常怨工具差.
A bargain is a bargain. 達成的協議不可撕毀.
A beggar's purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無底洞.
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 聞其歌知其鳥，听其言知其人.
A bird may be known by its song. 什麼鳥唱什麼歌.
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有勝于全無.
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world. 坐井觀天.
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白費痴情.
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛與說謊本是同宗。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好書今天如此，將來也如此，永不改變.
A book that remains shut is but a block. 有書閉卷不閱讀，無異是一塊木頭.
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借來的斗篷不暖身.
A bosom friend afar brings distant land near. 海內存知己，天涯若比鄰.
A bully is always a coward. 色厲內荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt. 自己選的擔子不嫌重.
A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩.
A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人.
A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命；吉人天相。
A cat may look at a king. 貓也有權晉見國王.
A change of work is as good as a rest. 調換一下工作是很好的休息.
A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快樂的妻子是生活的樂事.
A clean hand wants no washing. 不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 問心無愧，高枕無憂.
A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，勝券在握.
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚.
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 寧為清貧，不為濁富.
A close mouth catches no flies. 病從口入，禍從口出.
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大.
A common danger causes common action. 同仇敵愾.
A constant guest is never welcome. 久住非佳賓，常來不歡迎.
A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常樂.
A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常樂.
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 貪婪的人對別人毫無好處，對自己卻壞處更大.
A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居間人.
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 戶樞不蠹.
A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不滿足者坐無寧時.
A disease known is half cured. 病情確診\斷，治病好一半.
A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨頭打狗狗不叫.
A dog's mouth emits no ivory. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙.
A fair death honors the whole life. 死得光明，終身榮耀.
A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相.
A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友難得.
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一塹，長一智。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一塹，長一智.
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之.
A fault confessed is half redressed. 承認錯誤，等于改正一半.
A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若懸河不能作為才智的證明.
A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算計.
A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜總愛強出頭.
A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋難聚財.
A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人裝聰明，實在最可憐.
A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚發問，七智結舌.
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所問，智者難答.
A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千慮，必有一得.
A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失，百智難回.
A fool's bolt is soon shot. 蠢人易于智窮力竭。
A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千慮，必有一得.
A fool's heart dances on his lips. 愚人心坦蕩，掛在嘴唇上.
A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性難移。
A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸到老也不會變好.
A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人夸大人的罪過.
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 囊中有錢，不如朝中有友.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真交.
A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一個我.
A friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真友.
A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友難，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need. 不到患難時，永遠不能認識真正的朋友.
A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快.
A friend to all is a friend to none. 濫交者無友。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 廣交友，無深交.
A friend without faults will never be found. 沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的.
A full belly counsels well. 衣食足而後知榮辱.
A full cup must be carried steadily. 杯滿盈，須持穩.
A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 好砧不怕錘.
A good appetite is a good sauce. 饑不擇食.
A good beginning is half done. 良好的開端是成功的一半。
A good beginning is half the battle. 首戰告捷等于一半勝利.
A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者必善其終.
A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好書，莫逆之交.
A good book is a good friend. 好書如摯友。
A good book is a light to the soul. 好書一本，照亮心靈.
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好書，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a continual feast. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚.
A good conscience is a soft pillow. 問心無愧，高枕無憂.
A good dog deserves a good bone. 有勞得獎.
A good example is the best sermon. 身教勝似言教.
A good face is a letter of recommendation. 好的相貌就是一封推薦的介紹信.
A good fame is better than a good face. 好的名望勝于好的相貌.
A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近親.
A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land. 聰明腦袋勤勞手，走遍天下貴如金.
A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold. 健康的身體貴于黃金鑄成的皇冠.
A good heart conquers ill fortune. 善心克厄運\.
A good horse cannot be of a bad color. 良馬的毛色不會差.
A good horse often needs a good spur. 好馬常要好靴刺.
A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善則妻賢。
A good marksman may miss. 智者千慮，必有一失.
A good maxim is never out of season. 至理名言不會過時.
A good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口，忠言逆耳.
A good name is better than riches. 好名譽勝過有財富.
A good name is earlier lost than won. 失去美名易，得到美名難.
A good name is easier lost than won. 名譽失之易，而得之難。
A good name is sooner lost than won. 美譽難得而易失.
A good name keeps luster in the dark. 好的名聲在黑暗中也會光芒四射.
A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand. 出色的外科醫生必須心明眼亮和有一雙靈巧的手.
A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 好故事百听不厭.
A good tongue is a good weapon. 伶俐的口齒是一種銳利的武器.
A good wife health is a man's best wealth. 妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。
A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆豐年.
"A good winter brings a good summer.
" 瑞雪兆豐年。
A great talker is a great liar. 最會饒舌的人也是最會說謊的人.
A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. 做賊\心虛，良心自誅.
A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 賊\膽心虛.
A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning. 一點小常識常勝過很多有價值的學問.
A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放，笑逐顏開.
A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急難免出岔子.
A heavy purse makes a light heart. 腰包錢財足，心境自然寬.
A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 時勢造英雄.
A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相馬不可憑馬的裝飾.
A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭內訌難維系.
A Jack of all trades and master of none. 三腳貓無所長.
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。
A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 開玩笑總不能化敵為友，反而有時會失去朋友.
A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 窮人的一只羔羊比富人的一頭牛還要珍貴.
A large part of virtue consists in good habits. 美德大多只是良好的習慣。
A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懶羊嫌毛重
A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲.
A leopard cannot change its spots. 積習難改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 騙子說真話，也沒人相信.
A liar is worse than a thief. 撒謊比偷竊更可惡.
A lie begets a lie till they come to generation. 謊言生謊言，謊言傳萬代.
A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生在世無朋友，猶如生活無太陽.
A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生無目的，猶如船失去了舵.
A light heart lives long. 靜以修身。
A light purse is a heavy curse. 為人無錢處處難.
A light purse makes a heavy heart. 囊中無錢心事重.
A lion at home, a mouse abroad. 在家凶如獅，在外卻如鼠.
A little body often harbors a great soul. 濃縮的都是精品。
A little body often harbours a great soul. 莫道身軀小，偉人寓其間.
A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world. 幼兒是世界上最可愛和最純潔的.
A little fire is quickly trodden out. 小洞易補.
A little is better than none. 聊勝于無.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little labor, much health. 適量勞動健身大有益.
A little leak will sink a great ship. 千丈之堤潰于蟻穴.
A little learning is a dangerous thing. 淺\學誤人.
A little neglect may breed great mischief. 小不忍則亂大謀\.
A little pot is soon hot. 壺小水易熱.
A little spark kindles a great fire. 星星之火，可以燎原.
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. 適可而止，過猶不及.
A living dog is better than a dead lion. 一條活狗勝過一頭死獅.
A maid that laughs is half taken. 少女露笑臉，婚事半成全.
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. 少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的一個.
A man alone is either a saint or a devil. 孤身獨處的人可以為聖哲，也可為惡魔.
A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 輕諾者易忘.
A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不恥下問才能有學問。
A man can die but once. 人生只有一次死.
A man can do no more than he can. 凡事只能量力而行.
A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife. 妻子浪費無度，丈夫不會出頭.
A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用.
A man cannot serve two masters. 一僕不能事二主.
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。
A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time. 一心不能二用.
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little. 人有兩只耳朵一張嘴，就是為了多听少說話.
A man is as old as he feels. 老不老，自己曉.
A man is known by his friends. 什麼人交什麼朋友。
A man is known by the company he keeps. 察其友知其人.
A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable. 人並不因為生在馬廄里就成了馬.
A man is not good or bad for one action. 判斷人的好壞不能憑一次行為.
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遙知馬力，日久見人心.
A man may dig his grave with his teeth. 禍從口出.
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. 牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難.
A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge. 有寶何必人前夸.
A man may smile and smile and be villain. 笑里藏奸.
A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool. 一個人可能說話像個聰明人，而行為像個大笨蛋.
A man of gladness seldom falls into madness. 生性樂天的人極少會變成瘋子.
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 講而不做，猶如花園里長滿了荒草.
A man who has friend must show himself friendly. 與朋友交，必須友好相處.
A man who has friends must show himself friendly. 要有朋友，必須以友誼待人。
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. 人無笑臉，不要開店.
A man without money is a bow without an arrow. 人無錢，猶如弓無箭.
A man without money is no man at all. 一分錢難倒英雄漢。
A man without reason is a beast in season. 人無理智就像是一頭發情的野獸.
A man’s house is his castle. 一個人的家就是他的城堡。
A man's actions show his character. 行為可顯出一個人的品性.
A match will set fire to a large building. 星星之火，可以燎原.
"A match will set fire to a large building.
" "星星之火，可以燎原。
"
A merry heart goes all the way. 生性樂天，終身受用.
A middle course is the safest. 中庸之道最保險.
"A mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
" 機不可失，失不再來。
A miserly father makes a prodigal son. 愛錢如命的父親生個兒子揮金如土.
A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里.
A moneyless man goes fast through the market. 一個沒錢的人很快穿過市場.
A mother's love never changes. 母愛永恆.
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 遠親不如近鄰.
A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火.
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 對牛彈琴.
A penny saved is a penny earned. 省錢就是賺錢.
A pet lamb makes a cross ram. 寵壞的小羊將成為脾氣壞的大羊.
A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife. 窮漢娶富妻，必受老婆欺.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 白日不做虧心事，夜半不怕鬼敲門.
A ragged coat may cover an honest man. 不能以衣著取人.
A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money. 失友都因借錢起.
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 千里之行始于足下.
A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財.
A secret between more than two is no secret. 兩人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密.
A servant is known by his master's absence. 主人不在可以看出僕人的品行來.
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth. 緘默的嘴，真誠\的心，是世界上最令人贊美的東西.
A single flower does not make a spring. 一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。
A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火，可以燎原.
A smart coat is a good letter of introduction. 人要衣裝，佛要金裝.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平靜的海洋練不出熟練的水手.
A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆豐年。
A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身體。
A sow, when washed; returns to the muck. 江山易改，本性難移.
A spot is most seen on the finest cloth. 最清潔的布上，污點特別顯眼.
A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患無辭.
A still tongue makes a wise head. 智者寡言.
A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不補，大洞吃苦.
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜.
A straw shows which way the wind blows. 一葉便知秋.
A stumble may prevent a fall. 小懲大誡.
A tall tree catches the wind. 樹大招風.
A tattler is worse than a thief. 搬弄是非者，惡劣甚于賊\.
A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber. 偷多偷少都是賊\.
A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf. 賊\了解賊\，正如狼了解狼.
A thing is bigger for being shared. 插手人一多，事態就擴大.
A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many. 朋友千人尚覺少，仇敵一人猶嫌多.
A thousand probabilities do not make one truth. 一千個“或有”不能造成一個事實.
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. 千言萬語不如一個行動.
A threatened blow is seldom given. 虛張聲勢，嚇唬而已.
A tree is known by its fruit. 觀其行而知其人.
A trouble shared is a trouble halved. 兩人分擔，困難減半。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity. 疾風知勁草，患難知友情.
A true friend is one soul in two bodies. 真正的朋友好似兩個身子長著一顆心.
A true jest is no jest. 真正的笑話不是笑話.
A true man and a thief think not the same. 君子和竊賊\的思想不同.
A useful trade is a mine of gold. 一樣有用的手藝是取之不盡的財富.
A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword. 勇士的神色勝過懦夫的刀劍.
A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain. 決心趕到目的地，浪漢何懼雨來淋.
A watched pot is long in boiling. 心急水不沸.
A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent. 一本壞書危害無窮.
A wilful man will have his way. 有志者是竟成.
A willful man will have his way. 一個有決心的人將找到他的道路。
A wise head makes a close mouth. 智者寡言.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have. 智者不作非凡之想.
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. 智者通權達變，愚者剛愎自用.
A wise man needs not blush for changing his purpose. 智者不恥于改變初衷.
A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks. 智者思其所言，愚者言其所思.
A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand. 聰明的人能隨機應變.
A woman's work is never at an end. 婦女的活計做不完.
A word is enough to the wise. 對明智者一言已足.
A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，駟馬難追.
A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，駟馬難追.
A work ill done must be twice done. 未做好的活，需要重新做.
A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之計在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
A young man married is a man that's marred. 男子早婚，種下禍根.
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚愛益切，離別情更深.
Accidents will happen. 天有不測風雲.
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行動是知識的巧果.
Actions speak louder than words. 事實勝于雄辯.
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合又表揚你的朋友.
Adversity is a good discipline. 苦難是磨練人的好機會.
Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛.
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患難使人聰明，但不能致富.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身處逆境不擇友.
Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 成功地克服困難是最大的光榮.
Advice when most needed is least heeded. 忠言逆耳.
Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 事情要按部就班地做，就會很快地做完.
After a storm comes a calm. 否極泰來.
After black clouds, clear weather. 否極泰來.
After death, the doctor. 放馬後炮.
After dinner comes the reckoning. 吃喝玩樂，該付代價.
After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. 午餐之後坐片刻，晚飯之後走一里.
After dinner sit awhile; after supper walk a mile. 午餐後稍坐片刻，晚餐後步行一哩。
After meat, mustard. 雨後送傘.
After rain comes the sunshine. 苦盡甘來.
After rain comes the sunshine.苦盡甘來. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
After sorrow, joy. 苦盡甘來。
Ale will make a cat speak. 酒後吐真言.
All are brave when the enemy flies. 敵人逃跑時，個個都勇敢.
All are not friends that speak us fair. 說我們好話的未必全是朋友。
All are not hunters that blow the horn. 吹號角的未必都是獵人.
All are not merry that dance lightly. 表面高興的，未必都快樂.
All are not saints that go to church. 去做禮拜者，未必皆聖人.
All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 犬之所吠，並非皆賊\.
All asses wag their ears. 傻子總愛裝聰明.
All bread is not baked in one oven. 人心不同，猶如其面.
All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. 貓都愛吃魚，卻怕爪弄濕.
All covet, all lose. 貪多必失.
All good things come to an end. 天下沒有不散的筵席。
All is fair in war. 兵不厭詐.
All is fish that comes to his net. 來者不拒。
All is fish that comes to one's net. 捉到網里都是魚.
All is flour that comes to his mill. 到他的磨里都能碾成粉.
All is not at hand that helps. 有用的東西並不都是唾手可得的.
All is not gain that is put in the purse. 放入錢包的錢財，並非都是應得的.
All is not gold that glitters. 閃光的東西並不都是黃金.
All is not lost that is in danger. 在危險中的東西未必都會損失.
All is well that ends well. 結果美滿都是好的.
All lay loads on the willing horse. 人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。
All men are mortal. 人孰無死.
All men cannot be first. 不可能人人都得第一名.
All one's geese are swans. 自吹自擂.
All rivers run into sea. 海納百川。
All rivers run into the sea. 百川入海.
All roads lead to Rome. 條條道路通羅馬.
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill. 有情人終成眷屬.
All that ends well is well. 結果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold. 閃光的不一定都是金子。
"All that glitters is not gold.
" 發光者未必都是金子。
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment. 機會失去不再來，千貫萬貫難贖回.
All the wit in the world is not in one head. 世界上所有的智慧不可能集中于一個腦袋.
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. 整個世界是個舞台，男男女女，演員而已.
All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事都是先難後易.
All things are easy that are done willingly. 做事樂意，諸事容易.
All things are obedient to money. 有錢能使鬼推磨.
All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要耐心肯等待，一切都會按時來.
All time is no time when it is past. 光陰一去不復返.
All truths are not to be told. 真理並不都能說得清.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy. 只工作，不玩耍，聰明孩子要變傻；盡玩耍，不學習，聰明孩子沒出息.
All work no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作，不玩耍，聰明小伙也變傻。
All's fair in love and war. 愛情和戰爭是不擇手段的.
All's fish that comes to his net. 到了網中都是魚.
All's well that ends well. 結局好的就算好。
Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot. 縱然天下雨，休把水壺丟.
Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. 坐吃山空.
Ambition never dies until there is no way out. 不到黃河心不死.
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. 山中無老虎，猴子稱霸王.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一隻果，不用請醫生。
An artist lives everywhere. 藝人處處可安家.
An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden. 驢子能負重，但不堪超過力之所及.
An empty hand is no lure for a hawk. 空手誘不來老鷹.
An empty purse frightens many friends. 囊中無分文，親友不上門.
An empty sack cannot stand upright. 空麻袋，立不直.
An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙.
An evening red and a morning grey, is a sign of a fair day. 晚霞紅如火，曉色青如灰，定是晴朗天.
An evil chance seldom comes alone. 禍不單行.
An evil lesson is soon learned. 學壞容易.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
An honest man's word is as good as his bond. 誠\實人的話像他的契約一樣靠得住.
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之計在于晨.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop. 游手好閑是萬惡之源.
An idle youth, a needy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲.
An ill workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怪工具差.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell. 錯無分大小，有錯皆不好.
An oak is not felled at one stroke. 萬事不能一蹴而就.
An occasion lost cannot be redeemed. 時機失了無法挽回.
An old dog barks not in vain. 老犬不空吠.
An old dog bites sore. 老狗咬人痛得很.
An old dog cannot alter its way of barking. 老狗難改吠聲.
An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗學不出新把戲。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. 老家伙學不出新名堂.
An old physician, and a young lawyer. 醫生年老的好，律師年輕的俏.
An old poacher makes the best keeper. 老偷獵者是最好的看守人.
An open door may tempt a saint. 一扇開著的大門可誘惑一個聖徒.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 樂觀的人在災難中看到希望；悲觀的人在希望中看到災難.
An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. 慎重勝過智慧。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聰明才智，不如運\氣。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 預防勝于治療.
An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue. 牛因有腳而被抓，人因有舌而遭殃.
An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men. 正直的法官重法勝于重人.
Anger is a short madness. 發火是短暫的瘋狂.
Anger punishes itself. 生氣最終是氣壞自己。
Anger rests in the bosom of folly. 怒火常寓于蠢人的胸中.
Answer a fool according to his folly. 以其人之道，還治其人之身.
Any help is better than no help. 任何幫助都勝于沒有幫助。
Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter. 好藥不苦不會加糖衣.
Apparel makes the man. 馬靠鞍裝，人靠衣裝.
Appearances are deceitful. 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量.
Appetite comes with eating. 食欲越吃越旺.
Art is long, life is short. 人生朝露，藝業千秋。
Art lies in concealing art. 隱而不露即藝術.
As a man lives so shall he die. 有生必有死.
As a man sows, so he shall reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆.
As a man sows, so shall he reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
As a man's heart is, so does he speak. 言為心聲.
As is the workman so is the work. 什麼工人出什麼活.
As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hatred. 美酒可制成烈醋，熱愛能變為深仇.
As the call, so the echo. 發什麼聲音，有什麼回聲.
As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks. 一廂情願.
As the inner life is, so will be the language. 言為心聲.
As the old cock crows, so doth the young. 有其父必有其子.
As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man. 試金石可以試金，正如黃金可以試人.
As the tree falls, so shall it lie. 自作自受.
As the tree, so the fruit. 長什麼樹，結什麼果.
As they sow, so let them reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆.
As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. 偷大偷小都是賊\.
As worms are bred in a stagnant pool, so are evil thoughts in idleness. 蟲蛆在死水中孵化，邪念在懶惰中養成.
As you brew, so must you drink. 自搬石頭自壓腳.
As you make your bed so you must lie on it. 自食其果.
As you sow you shall mow. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆.
Ask no questions and you will be told no lies. 如果你少問，謊言就難進.
At open doors dogs come in. 狗從開著的門中進來.
Avarice blinds our eyes. 財迷心竅.
Avarice increases with wealth. 越富越貪.
Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler. 好問是非者，恰是是非之人.
Solitudinarian 回复于：2005-07-07 19:34:00I guess at lease some of them appear here for the first time. :wink:
han_xu 回复于：2005-07-08 15:24:35引用：
原帖由 "Solitudinarian"]I guess at lease some of them appear here for the first time. :wink: 发表：
ok, continue
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Bacchus has drowned more men than Nepture. 酒神淹死的人比海神多.
Bad news has wings. 壞事傳千里.
Bad news travels fast. 壞事傳千里。
Bad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差.
Bare words, no bargain. 空言不能成交易.
Barking dogs don’t bite. 吠犬不咬人。
Barking dogs seldom bite. 善吠的狗很少咬人.
Be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man. 務請心情常歡暢，只因無人喜憂傷.
Be considerate towards the poor. 要為窮人著想.
Be honest rather clever. 誠\實比聰明更要緊.
Be just to all, but trust not all. 要公正對待所有的人，但不要輕信所有的人.
Be prepared to put one's hand in one's pocket. 準備慷慨解囊.
Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. 選擇朋友要審慎，摒棄更要審又慎.
Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 不輕諾，諾必果.
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少說.
Be swift to hear, slow to speak./ Give every man your ear, but few your voice./
Beauty is but a blossom. 美麗只是盛開的花朵.
Beauty is but skin-deep. 紅顏易變.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施。
Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼里出西施.
Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent. 美麗是有力量的，但金錢更有權威.
Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美就是真，真就是美.
Beauty lies in lover's eyes. 情人眼里出西施.
Beauty lies in the love's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。
Beauty may have fair leaves, but bitter fruit. 美麗的花或許長好葉，結苦果.
Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能當飯吃。
Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. 美而無德猶如花之無香.
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹劍.
Before gold, even kings take off their hats. 有錢能使鬼推磨.
Beggars cannot be choosers. 饑不擇食.
Beggars must be no choosers. 饑不擇食.
Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失馬，焉知非福.
Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle. 隨遇而安.
Believe no tales from the enemy. 切莫輕信敵人.
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 眼見的不能全信，耳聞的也不能半信.
Believe somebody on his bare word. 人言無據，切勿輕信.
Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh. 恩澤讓人欣喜，猶如鮮花使人心醉.
Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife. 過光棍生活，勝過有一個邋遢老婆.
Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱貪生不如死得光榮.
Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 適量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身.
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程雖遠大，現實尤可貴.
Better an empty purse than an empty head. 寧可錢袋癟，不要腦袋空.
Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明槍易躲，暗箭難防.
Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有勝于無.
Better be alone than in bad company. 交損友不如無友.
Better be out of the world than out of fashion. 不合潮流不如脫離塵世.
Better be poor than wicked. 寧可做窮人，不要做壞人.
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 寧為犬首，不作獅尾.
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 寧為驢頭，不為馬尾.
Better deny at once than promise long. 輕諾必寡信.
Better die with honour than live with shame. 與其忍辱偷生，不如光榮而死.
Better early than late. 及早不及晚。
Better eye sore than all blind. 眼痛總比瞎眼好.
Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 寧可餓肚子，切莫去借債.
Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 遠親不如近鄰.
Better half an egg than empty shell. 半只蛋也比空殼好.
Better is the neighbour's hen than mine. 人莫知其苗之碩.
Better late than never. 遲做總比不做好.
Better lose a jest than a friend. 寧可不說一句俏皮話，以免得罪朋友們.
Better lose the saddle than the horse. 吃小虧佔大便宜.
Better master one than engage with ten. 精通一事勝于會十事.
Better one-eyed than stone-blind. 獨眼總比全瞎好.
Better poor with honour than rich with shame. 窮得光榮，勝過富得可恥.
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 與其說話不中肯，不如一言不發好.
Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 聊勝于無.
Better the foot slip than the tongue trip. 寧可滑跤，不可失言.
Better to ask the way than go astray. 問路總比迷路好。
Better to do well than to say well. 說得好不如做得好.
Better unlearned than ill-learned. 學而不化，不如不學。
Better wear out than rust out. 與其閑散不如忙碌.
Better wit than wealth. 智力勝于財富.
Better without gold than without friends. 寧可沒有金錢，不可沒有朋友。
Between friends all is common. 朋友之間不分彼此.
Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功虧一簣.
Between two stools one falls to the ground. 腳踏兩頭要落空.
Beware beginnings. 慎始為上.
Beware of a man of one book. 不要與一個有專業知識的人爭論.
Beware of a silent dog and still water. 警惕無聲之狗會咬人，平靜之水會覆舟.
Beware of him who regards not his reputation. 要謹防不重自己名譽的人.
Big mouthfuls ofter choke. 貪多嚼不爛.
Bind the sack before it be full. 做事應適可而止.
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分.
Birth is much, but breeding is more. 出身固然重要，教養更且重要.
Bite off more than one can chew. 貪多咽不下.
Bite the hand that feeds one. 恩將仇報.
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. 良藥苦口利于病.
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 人無所求最享福，因他不為失望苦.
Blind men can judge no colours. 不宜問道于盲.
Blood is thicker than water. 血濃于水.
Blood will have blood. 血債要用血來還.
Books and friends should be few but good. 讀書如交友，應求少而精。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. 書籍如朋友，應該少而精.
Borrowed garments never fit well. 借來的衣服不合身.
Boys will be boys. 男孩子畢竟是男孩子。
Brave actions never want a trumpet. 勇敢的行為不須要吹號.
Bread is the staff of life. 民以食為天.
"Bread is the staff of life.
" 民以食為天。
Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以簡潔為貴.
Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes. 養虎貽患.
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 投鼠忌器.
Burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩.
"Burnt child dreads the fire.
" 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
Business before pleasure. 事業在先，享樂在後.
Business is business. 公事公辦.
Business is the salt of life. 事業事人生之鹽.
Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事業既考驗人，也造就人.
Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious. 事業雖擾煩，懶惰更害人.
Business neglected is business lost. 玩忽事業等于丟失事業.
Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest. 工作後消遣更愉快，勞動後休息更舒暢.
Butter to butter is no relish. 千篇一律的東西令人生厭.
By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 懶散學為非.
By doing we learn. 經一事，長一智.
By falling we learn to go safely. 吃一塹，長一智.
By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man. 賭博使我們丟失時間和金錢，這兩樣人生最珍貴的東西.
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. 讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。
By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 讀書可以使我門的思想充實，談話使其更臻完美.
By the hands of many a great work made light. 眾擎易舉.
By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. 和疾病相比較，才顯得健康的可貴.
By the street of "Bye and bye" one arrives at the house of "Never". 遷延因循，一事無成.
By writing you learn to write. 從寫作中學寫作.
Solitudinarian 回复于：2005-07-08 15:28:42Now I realize what we have seen are those beginning with A and B only. According to this estimation, there will still be a lot! Wow!
:lol:
han_xu 回复于：2005-07-08 15:44:26引用：
原帖由 "Solitudinarian" 发表：
Now I realize what we have seen are those beginning with A and B only. According to this estimation, there will still be a lot! Wow!
:lol:yes
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Call a spade a spade. 據實而言.
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。
xiao zhao 回复于：2005-07-08 18:55:46A bosom friend afar brings distant land near
han_xu 回复于：2005-07-08 22:13:43D
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。
han_xu 回复于：2005-07-08 22:14:23E
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.
支支吾吾，其言必诈。
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.
错误像稻草，漂浮在水面。欲觅珍珠者，须往水下潜。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
人非圣贤，孰能无过。
Even the walls have ears.
隔墙有耳。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有币。
Every bean has its black.
人人有其缺点。
Every bird likes its own nest.
人爱其家。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人都管，大家不管。
Every brave man is a man of his word.
勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人。
Every bullet has its billet.
无风不起浪。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村。
Every cock crows on its own dunghill.
夜郎自大。
Every cook praises his own broth.
自吹自擂。
Every country has its customs.
乡有乡俗。
Every couple is not a pair.
同床异梦，貌合神离。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在，好花不常开。
Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history.
生命中的一天就是你历史上的一页。
Every dog has his day.
凡人都有得意之日。
Every dog has his day, and every man his hour.
人人都有得意的日子。
Every dog is a lion at home.
夜郎自大。
Every dog is valiant at his won door.
狗在家门前条条都凶悍。
Every door may be shut but 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。
Nicole Chan 回复于：2005-07-09 21:33:06thanks
han_xu 回复于：2005-07-09 23:21:33引用：
原帖由 "Nicole Chan"]thanks 发表：
No no
all for one , one for all
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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。
Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
水火是忠仆，造灾成元凶。
Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
烈火显真金，逆境识英雄。
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
关得最紧的火，燃烧得最炽烈。
Fire, water, and money are good servants, but bad masters.
水火金钱是忠仆，使用不当是祸首。
First catch your hare, then cook him.
不要谋之过早。
First come, first served.
先来先卖。
First impressions are most lasting.
最初的印象最为持久。
First think, and then speak.
先想後说。
First try, and then trust.
试了才能相信。
Fish begins to stink at the head.
上梁不正下梁歪。
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
奉承惹人喜，直言招人仇。
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.
追求爱情，它要逃走；逃避爱情，它会跟你。
Fools grow without watering.
笨蛋自然成，无需浇水勤。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。
Fools have fortune.
戆人有戆福。
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
愚者设筵，智者赴宴。
Fools never know when they are well off.
傻瓜永远不知道他们何时能享福。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
智者裹足不前，愚者铤而走险。
Fools will be fools.
笨蛋总是笨蛋。
Fools will be meddling.
愚者总好无事生非。
For age and want save while you may; no morning sun lasts a whole day.
为了年老和急须，要及时积蓄，因为早晨的太阳，不会整天照耀。
For a lost thing care nothing.
一事之失，不必介意。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果分外甜。
Force can never destroy right.
暴力绝不能摧毁正义。
Forget not that you are a man.
不要忘记你是一个人。
Forget others' faults by remembering your own.
想想自己的错，就会忘却别人的过。
Forgive and forget.
不念旧恶。
Forgive others but not yourself.
待人宽，对己严。
Fortune favours fools.
傻子有傻福。
Fortune favours the bold.
勇者天佑。
Fortune is fickle.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
Fortune is good to him who knows to make good use of her.
知道利用幸福的人才有幸福。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.
人人都有鸿运高照之日。
Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her.
只要有耐心，总会走好运。
Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward.
幸运喜欢勇敢的人，而不喜欢怯懦的人。
Fortune to one is mother, to another is stepmother.
命运对一种人如亲娘，对另一种人却是晚娘。
Four eyes see more than two.
人多识广。
Friendless is the dead.
没有朋友者，等於是死人。
Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight.
朋友像琴弦，不能太拧紧。
Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.
交往过密过疏，都会失去朋友。
Friends are thieves of time.
交朋友，费时间。
Friendship cannot stand always on one side.
来而不往非礼也。
Friendship is love with understanding.
友谊是爱加上谅解。
Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs.
友谊可以增添欢乐，可以分担忧愁。
Friendship ---- one soul in two bodies.
友谊是两人一条心。
Friendship should not be all on one side.
友谊不该只是单方面的事。
Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is.
友谊地久天长。
Friends may meet, but mountains never greet.
朋友可相逢，高山永分离。
Friends must part.
天下无不散之筵席。
From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.
星星之火可以燎原。
From hearing comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance.
多听增智慧，多言生後悔。
From saving comes having.
富有来自节约。
From short pleasure long repentance.
痛快一时，悔恨终身。
From the father comes honour; from the mother, comfort.
荣誉由父次，安慰由母与。
Frugality is an estate alone.
仅仅节约就是一笔财产。
Fruit ripens not well in the shade.
阴凉处的果子不会成熟。
Full belies make empty skulls.
大腹便便，头脑空虚。
Nicole Chan 回复于：2005-07-20 21:24:18many thanks
i have forgotten whether we had them
_meme 回复于：2005-07-21 05:30:45great! thx!
sissi_cu 回复于：2005-07-21 13:58:40A sow, when washed; returns to the muck. 江山易改，本性難移.
han_xu 回复于：2005-07-22 19:05:21最近一段时very very busy
sorry
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Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers.
靠欺骗得来的利益会使自己受害。
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
有花堪折直须折。
Genius often betrays itself into great errors.
天才常被天才误。
Gifts from enemies are dangerous.
敌人礼，藏危险。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
欲加之罪，何患无词。
Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself.
授绳与愚，愚能自傅。
Give a lark to catch a kite.
得不偿失。
Give as good as one gets.
以其人之道，还治其人之身。
Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself.
多行不义必自毙。
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice.
要多听少说。
Give hostages to fortune.
听天由命。
Glory, honour, wealth, and rank, such things are nothing but shadows.
富贵如浮云。
Glory is the shadow of virtue.
光荣是美德的影子。
God defend me from my friends; form my enemy I can defend myself.
防友靠天，防敌靠己。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助之。
God never shuts one door but he opens another.
天无绝人之路。
God sends fortune to fools.
蠢人有蠢福。
God sends meat and the devil sends cooks.
鲜肉由天次，劣厨乃鬼遣。
Go farther and fare worse.
一动不如一静。
Go for wool and come home shorn.
求得反失。
Gold will not buy everything.
黄金不能购买一切。
Good children make glad parents.
孩子好，父母笑。
Good counsel does no harm.
忠言无害。
Good counsel never comes amiss.
忠言有利无害。
Good counsel never comes too late.
忠言绝不嫌迟。
Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven.
善行如日月经天。
Good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜美貌。
Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a noble man can do.
以德报德，人人都能做到；以德报怨只有高尚的人才能办到。
Good health is above wealth.
健康重於财富。
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。
