英文谚语大全3

O 共109 条
1. Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. 树大招风。
2. Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的
第一职责。
3. Observation is the best teacher. 观察为良师。
4. Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest;
when the body has sunk into the dust the great name
still lives. 人生最可宝贵的是声誉，躯体入土后，声誉
犹存。
5. Of earthly goods the best is a good wife. A bad the
bitterest curse of human life. 贤妻最可贵，恶妇是灾
星。
6. Offence is the best defence. 进攻是最好的防御。
7. Of nothing comes nothing. 无中不能生有。
8. Often and little eating makes a man fat. 少吃多餐，身
强体胖。
9. Of two evils choose the least. 权衡两害，取其轻者。
10. Of young men die many, of old men escape not any.
年轻人死得不少，而年迈者是在劫难逃。
11. Old bees yield no honey. 老蜂不酿蜜。
12. Old birds are not caught with new nests. 新巢捉不到
老鸟。
13. Old birds are not to be caught with shaff. 老谋是不会
失算的。
14. Older and wiser. 越老越聪明。
15. Old foxes want no tutors. 老狐狸不需要教师。
16. Old friends and old wine are best. 古交友情深，陈酒
香味醇。
17. Old love will not be forgotten. 旧情永难忘。
18. Old vessels must leak. 旧船必漏。
19. Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends
to trust, and old authors to read. 老柴最好烧，陈酒最
好饮，老友最可靠，老作家的书最好读。
20. Old wood is best to burn, old book to read. 老柴好烧，
老书宜读。
21. Old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride. 老柴好烧，
老马好骑。
22. O liberty, how many crimes have been committed in
thy name! 自由啊！假你的名义犯了多少罪啊！
23. Omelets are not made without breaking eggs. 有失才
有得。
24. Once a devil, always a devil. 一次做魔鬼，永远是魔
鬼。
25. Once a knave, ever a knave. 一朝失足，铸成千古恨。
26. Once a man and twice a child. 一次为成人，两度当小
孩。
27. Once bit, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草绳。
28. Once is no custom. 一次不成例。
29. Once on shore, we pray no more. 一旦上了岸，就不再
祈祷。
30. On earth there is nothing great but man, in man there
is nothing great but mind. 在世界上没有一件东西有如
人那样伟大，在人之内没有一件东西有如人心那么伟
大。
31. One barking dog sets all street a-barking. 一狗吠声
响，狗吠满街坊。
32. One beats the bush, and another catches the birds. 坐
享其成。
33. One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls. 一个男孩
比十二个女孩还要麻烦。
34. One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a
man. 人难一世称雄，但可一生为人。
35. One cannot be in two place at once.
36. One cannot do a foolish thing once in one's life, but
one must hear of it a hundred times. 为人一生一件蠢
事也不做，但要听到上百遍蠢事。
37. One cannot eat one's cake and have it. 事难两全其美。
38. One cannot get blood from a stone. 石头里抽不出血。
39. One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 朽木
不可雕。
40. One cannot make bricks without straw. 巧妇难为无米
之炊。
41. One cannot put back the clock. 光阴一去不复返。
42. One chick keeps a hen busy. 一只小鸡已够母鸡辛忙。
43. One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun. 一叶可障
目。
44. One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age
without a name. 光辉生活中忙迫的一个小时抵得上无
为的一世。
45. One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine. 一滴
之毒，毒染整桶之酒。
46. One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do
good. 十个朋友做的好事抵不上一个敌人造成的危害。
47. One enemy is too much. 一个敌人也太多。
48. One false move may lose the game. 一著不慎，满盘皆
输。
49. One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，
谬以千里。
50. One father can support ten children, ten children
cannot support one father. 一个父亲能扶养十个孩子，
十个孩子却不能赡养一个父亲。
51. One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. 一
个父亲胜于一百个教师。
52. One flower makes no garland. 一木不能成林。
53. One foe is too many; and a hundred friends too few.
朋友成百犹觉少，仇敌一人已嫌多。
54. One fool makes many. 一人傻，傻大家。
55. One foot is better than two crutches. 一只脚胜过两根
拐杖。
56. One good head is better than a hundred strong hands.
上百双有力的手，不如一个聪明的头脑。
57. One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.
一个好的母亲顶得上一百个教师。
58. One good turn deserves another. 以德报德。
59. One half of the world does not know how the other
half lives. 贫富不相知。
60. One has lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls.
深知底蕴，不以为怪。
61. One honest word is better than two oaths. 两句誓言不
如一句实话。
62. One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.
午夜前睡一小时抵得上午夜后睡三小时。
63. One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 今天的一个
小时抵得上明天的两个小时。
64. One love drives out another. 新爱逐旧欢。
65. One man makes a chair and another man sits in it. 坐
享其成。
66. One man may steal a horse while another may not
look over a hedge. 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯。
67. One man's meat is another man's poison. 一个人的佳
肴常为另一人的毒药。
68. One may sooner fall than rise. 跌倒容易爬起难。
69. One may think that dares not speak. 人可思其不敢言
者。
70. One misfortune comes on the neck of another. 祸不单
行。
71. One must draw the line somewhere. 人之所为，总有限
度。
72. One must drink as one brews. 自作自受。
73. One must howl with the wolves. 入乡随俗。
74. One never loses anything by politeness. 有礼貌对自己
不会吃亏。
75. One never loses by doing a good turn. 行善者决无一
失。
76. One penny witgh right is better than a thousand
without right. 合法得来一个钱，胜过非法钱一千。
77. One ploughs, another sow; who will reap no one
knows. 有的耕，有的播，谁来收获很难说。
78. One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. 一只烂苹果
烂一萝苹果。
79. One should eat to live, not live to eat. 人为生而食，非
为食而生。
80. One sin opens the door for another. 一个罪恶常为另
一个罪恶开门。
81. One's mantle falls on somebody. 春风化雨。
82. One sows another reaps. 不劳而获。
83. One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
84. One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness
of warning. 一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。
85. One today is worth two tomorrows. 今天一天抵明天
两天。
86. One who can do everything can do nothing. 什么都能
做，什么都不行。
87. One woe doth tread upon another's heels. 祸不单行。
88. One wrong (or false) move can lose the whole game.
棋错一著，全盘皆输。
89. One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret. 一念
之错可铸终生之恨。
90. Only that which is honestly got is gain. 正当的收入才
是真正的收入。
91. Only they who fulfill their duty in everday matters
will fulfill them on great occasions. 只有在日常事务上
尽责的人，才能在重大事情上尽责。
92. On the choice of friends. Our good or evil name
depends. 朋友的选择可影响名誉的好坏。
93. On the great clock of time there is but one word,
"Now." 在伟大的时钟上，只有一个词，就是“现在”。
94. Open confession is good for the soul. 坦白交代，身心
愉快。
95. Open not your door when the devil knocks. 不要受人
的诱惑。
96. Opportunity makes the thief. 疏忽招盗贼。
97. Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 机不可失，失不再
来。
98. Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work
and wish. 只要努力工作而有志向，机会迟早终会来临。
99. Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 别人为食而
生活，我为生活而食。
100. Our affections are our life. -- We live by them; they
supply our warmth. 我们的感情，是我们的生命，我们
靠它生存，我们的温暖是它供应。
101. Our best friends are they who tell us our faults and
help us to mend them. 最好的朋友是指出我们的缺点
并帮助改正的人。
102. Our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through
success, but through misadventure. 最美好的教训不是
得之于成功，而是来之于不幸。
103. Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but
in rising every time we fall. 我们最大的光荣并不在于
永不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后能起来。
104. Our happiness consists not in killing others, but in
sacrificing ourselves for others. 我们最大幸福并不是
杀害别人，而是为别人而牺牲自己。
105. Our own actions are our security, not others'
judgements. 我们的行为是自己的保证而不是别人的
鉴定。
106. Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest
thought. 最甜美的的歌是诉说最悲伤的哀思。
107. Out of debt, out of danger. 无债一身轻。
108. Out of sight, out of mind. 久违情疏。眼不见，心不
烦？
109. Overdone is worse than undone. 过犹不及。
P 共78 条
1. Paddle your own canoe. 自立更生，自食其力。
2. Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 好了伤疤忘了痛。
3. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 饶了坏人便伤
了好人。
4. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和
努力会使我们度过难关。
5. Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's
garden. 忍耐是朵花，并非人人园中都开发。
6. Patience is a plaster for all sores. 忍耐是治疗一切伤痛
的药膏。
7. Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一种美德。
8. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. 忍耐是苦痛的，
但它的果实是甜蜜的。
9. Patience is the best remedy (or medicine). 忍耐是最好
的药物。
10. Patience, time, and money overcome everything. 耐
心，时间和金钱可以征服一切。
11. Pay somebody back in his own coin. 一报还一报。
12. Peace on earth and good will towards men. 愿世界得
太平，人间持善意。
13. Peace with sword in hand, 'tis safest making. 居安思
危，此乃万全之策。
14. Pen and ink is wit's plough. 笔墨是才智之犁。
15. Penny and penny laid up will be many. 积少成多。
16. Penny wise and pound foolish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂。
17. People do not lack strength; they lack will. 人们不缺
力量，缺的是决心。
18. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding
the twentieth. 失败十九次，坚持而不动，待到二十次，
大事就成功。
19. Perseverance is vital to success. 不屈不挠是成功之
本。
20. Pitchers/Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。
21. Pity is akin to love. 怜悯近乎爱情。
22. Plants of learning must be watered with the rain of
tears. 知识的幼苗要用泪雨来浇灌。
23. Pleasant hours fly fast. 欢乐的时间过得快。
24. Pleasing everybody is pleasing nobody. 讨好每个人，
人人不讨好。
25. Pleasure has a sting in its tail. 乐中必有苦。
26. Plenty is no plague. 富裕绝非灾祸。
27. Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and
widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its
importance. 诗歌只不过是最美丽、最感人、最有力的
说话方式，这也就是诗歌的价值。
28. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
诗人是世上没有得到承认的立法者。
29. Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. 礼貌不
费分文而可赢得一切。
30. Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the
kindest way. 文雅就是善良地做事，和善地说话。
31. Poor men's words have little weight. 人微言轻。
32. Poverty breeds strife. 贫穷引起斗争。
33. Poverty is apain, but no disgrace. 贫困是痛苦，但不是
耻辱。
34. Poverty is no shame, laziness is. 贫穷不害羞，懒惰才
可耻。
35. Poverty is no sin. 贫穷不是罪恶。
36. Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.
贫非耻，耻贫乃耻。
37. Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but
poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace.
贫穷并不可耻，穷而不争气才可耻。
38. Poverty is the mother of all arts. 贫困乃一切艺术之
源。
39. Poverty is the mother of health. 缺乏是健康之母。
40. Poverty is the reward of idleness. 贫穷是游手好闲的
报应。
41. Poverty is the root of all evils. 穷困是万恶之源。
42. Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden. 老而
贫穷，负担沈重。
43. Poverty shows us who are our friends and who are our
enemies. 贫困才能显出敌和友。
44. Poverty tries friends. 贫穷考验朋友。
45. Practice is better than precept. 身教胜于言教。
46. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
47. Practice what you preach. 言必行。
48. Praise is not pudding. 恭维不是布丁。
49. Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 赞
扬使好人更好，坏人更坏。
50. Praise no man till he is dead. 盖棺论定。
51. Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they
practise what they preach. 说教的人不身体力行，就只
能空谈，不能起教育作用。
52. Prepare for a rain day. 未雨绸缪。
53. Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。
54. Pride and grace dwelt never in one place. 傲慢和温雅
决不会共处在一起。
55. Pride apes humility. 大巧若拙。
56. Pride goes before a fall. (or destruction). 骄兵必败。
57. Pride goeth before, and shame cometh after. 骄傲一开
始，耻辱接踵至。
58. Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak. 骄傲可能披
著老一套的外衣出现。
59. Pride must be pinched. 骄傲必须收敛。
60. Pride will have a fall. 骄者必败。
61. Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延即浪费时间。
62. Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of
tomorrow. 进展即今日的活动和明日的保证。
63. Promise is debt. 许愿就是债，欠了不容赖。
64. Promise little but do much. 少许愿，多做事。
65. Prosperity discovers vices and adversity virtues. 顺境
显邪恶，逆境见善性。
66. Prosperity gains (or makes) friends, and adversity
tries them. 顺境交朋友，逆境试真情。
67. Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long
experience. 谚语言短简，得自老经验。
68. Proverbs are the cream of a nation's thought. 谚语是
一国的思想精华。
69. Proverbs are the wisdom of the ages. 谚语是时代的智
慧。
70. Prove thy friends ere thou have need. 需要朋友之前，
先要加以考验。
71. Provide for the worst, the best will save itself. 作最坏
的准备，可以得到最好的结果。
72. Providence is always on the side of the strongest
battalions. 天公总是佑强者。
73. Punctuality is the soul of business. 严守时间是办事情
的重要原则。
74. Purpose supposes foresight. 深谋远虑。
75. Put not your hand between the bark and the tree. 少
管闲事。
76. Put (or Lay or Set) one's shoulder to the wheel. 出一
把力。
77. Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。
78. Put the shoe on the right foot. 责备应受责备者，表扬
应受表扬者。
Q 共7 条
1. Quality is better than quantity. 质重于量。
2. Quality matters more than quanity. 质量比数量重要。
3. Quarrels of lovers but renew their love. 情人争争吵
吵，自会言归于好。
4. Quick at meal, quick at work. 吃得快，做得快。
5. Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth. 手勤脚快，嘴
里吃饱。
6. Quietness is best. 宁静最好。
7. Quietude is the crown of life. 安静是生命的皇冠。
R 共35 条
1. Rain before seven; fine before eleven. 雨过天晴。
2. Rain comes after sunshine, and after a dark cloud, a
clear sky. 晴日之后有雨水，乌云过去见青天。
3. Rats leave (or desert or forsake) a sinking ship. 船沈鼠
先窜。
4. Readiness is all. 有备无患。
5. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. 读
书养神，锻链健身。
6. Reading makes a full amn, meditation a profound man,
discourse a clear man. 博览群书使人完美无瑕，冥思苦
想让人深刻精邃，论证阐述让人头脑清晰。
7. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,
and writing an exact man. 读书使人渊博，交谈使人机
敏，写作使人严谨。
8. Read not books alone, but men. 不要光是读书，还要识
人。
9. Ready money is a ready medicine. 现钱等于成药。
10. Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to
be obtained easily, it must be worked for, studied for,
thought for, and more than all, must be prayed for. 真
正的学问，像其他一切有价值的东西一样，是不容易得
到的，必须学习、钻研、思考，最重要的是必须有迫切
的要求。
11. Reap as (or what) one has sown. 自食其果。
12. Rear sons for help in old age; and store up grains
against famine. 养儿防老。
13. Reason binds the man. 理智约束著人。
14. Reason deceives us often, conscience never. 理性常骗
人，良心永不欺。
15. Reason governs the wise man a cudgels the fool. 理智
指导聪明人，而且打击愚蠢汉。
16. Reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的响
导和光辉。
17. Reason rules all things. 情理管万事。
18. Reckless youth makes rueful age. 虚度青春，悔恨无
已。
19. Remember thou are but a man. 记住你自己只不过是
一个人。
20. Repentance is good, but innocence is better. 悔罪虽
好，无罪更佳。
21. Repetition is the mother of knowledge. 反覆学习是知
识之源。
22. Reputation is often got without merit and lost without
fault. 无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。
23. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without
fail what you resolve. 应该做的决心做，决心做的务必
做。
24. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 君须
自敬，人乃敬之。
25. Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry
it under your arms. 责任必须负在肩上，不能挟在腋
下。
26. Rest breeds rust. 停止须生锈。
27. Revolutions are not made with rose water. 革命不是
绣花。
28. Riches do not always bring happiness. 富未必永远带
幸福。
29. Riches either serve or govern the possessor. 财富可以
侍候主人，也可以支配主人。
30. Riches have wings. 财富难保。
31. Riches serve a wise man but command a fool. 财富事
智者，却又驭蠢人。
32. Rivers need a spring. 大河要有源头。
33. Roll my log and I'll roll yours. 互相吹嘘。
34. Rome was not built in a (or one) day. 罗马不是一日建
成的。
35. Run (or Hold) with the hare and hunt (or run) with
the hounds. 两面讨好。
S 共109 条
1. Sadness and gladness succeed each other. 悲喜互继，哀
乐相续。
2. Safe bind, safe find.
3. Sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no
man. 驶船要乘风，风潮不等人。
4. Salt water and absence wash away love. 远离久别爱情
淡。久别情淡？
5. Satan always finds work for idle hands. 懒汉总会干坏
事。
6. Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you. 放
虎归山。
7. Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day.
能节俭时就节俭，朝阳难照一整天。
8. Saving is getting. 节约等于收入。
9. Saying and doing are two things. 说与做是两回事。
10. Saying is one thing, and doing another. 说是一回事，
做是另一回事。
11. Say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear.
莫道全所知，莫信全所闻。
12. Say well is good, but do well is better, 说得漂亮固好，
做得漂亮更佳。
13. Science is organized knowledge. 科学是系统化的知
识。
14. Score twice before you cut once. 三思而行。
15. Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 神气的狗也会
吃赃布丁的。
16. Scratch a Russsian, and you('ll) find a Tartar. 文明不
能改变本性。
17. Scratch me and I'll scratch you 朋比为奸。
18. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 朋比为奸。
19. Second thoughts are best. 三思而行，再思可也。
20. Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
21. Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are
the three pillars of learning. 见识多、遭难重，钻研深
是学问的三大支持。
22. See, listen, and be silent, and you will live in peace. 多
看多听少多嘴，你会太平过日子。
23. Seize (or Take) time by the forelock. 撤热打铁。
24. Seldom seen, soon forgotten. 见得少，忘得快。
25. Self-confidence is the first requisite to human
greatness. 人类的伟大，首要的是要有自信。
26. Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. 我们
的失败多数是由于缺乏自信。
27. Self do, self have. 自食其果。
28. Self-praise is no recommendation. 自我吹嘘，决不可
取。
29. Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these
three alone lead life to sovereign power. 只要自重、自
觉、自制，人生就可达到至高无上的境地。
30. Selt-trust is the essence of heroism. 自信是英雄的本
色。
31. Self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信是成功的
首要秘诀。
32. Serve somebody with the same sauce. 以其人之道还
治其人之身。
33. Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
小人得意，忘乎所以。
34. Set a thief to catch a thief. 以毒攻毒。
35. Shallow streams make most din. 修养不深，高谈阔论。
36. Sharp stomachs make short graces. 饿的肚子顾不到
体面。
37. Short accounts make long friends. 帐算清，交情深。
38. Short acquaintance brings repentance. 浅交生后悔。
39. Short is my date, but deathless my renown. 年寿短
暂，声誉永存。
40. Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief. 谎言是做贼
的第一步。
41. Sickness is everyman's master. 英雄只怕病来磨。
42. Sickness is felt, but health not at all. 疾病能够感觉
到，健康全然不知晓。
43. Sickness shows us what we are. 疾病使人亮出本来面
目。
44. Silence gives consent. 沈默等于同意。
45. Silence in times of suffering is the best. 遭到不幸时，
沈默是上策。
46. Silence is learnt by the may misfortunes of life. 沈默
是通过生活中的许多不幸而学会的。
47. Silence is more eloquent than words. 沈默是更有说服
力的言词。
48. Silence is sometimes the severest criticism. 沈默有时
是最严厉的批评。
49. Silent men, like still waters, are deep and dangerous.
沈默的人像静水一样，深而难测。
50. Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen. 绸缎要
熄灭厨房的火。
51. Sincerity, a deep genuine, heart-felt sincerity, is a trait
of true and noble manhood. 真诚－－深刻真挚发自内
心的真诚，是真正高尚的人性的一种品质。
52. Six feet of earth makes all men equal. 在墓穴中人人
都平等。
53. Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. 技能
和信心是不可克服的军队。
54. Sleeping is the best cure for waking troubles. 睡眠是
良药，专治醒时愁。
55. Sloth turneth the edge of wit. 懒惰会磨去才智的锋
芒。
56. Slow and steady wins the race. 跛鳖千里。
57. Slow help is no help. 帮忙不及时，等于不帮忙。
58. Small gains bring great wealth. 小益聚大财，薄利成巨
富。
59. Smooth water runs deep. 大智若愚。
60. Soft fire makes sweet malt. 慢工出细活。
61. Soft (or Fine or Kind) words butter no parsnips. 画饼
充饥。
62. So many countries, so many customs. 一个国家有一
个国家的风俗。
63. So many men (or heads) so many minds (or wits). 人
多意见也多。
64. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,
and some few to be chewed and digested. 有些书只要
浏览一下，有些书要仔细阅读，有些书要领会和消化。
65. Some of the best lessons we ever learn from our
mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the
wisdom and success of the future. 从过错和失败中，我
们取得了一些有益的教训。过去的错误是未来的智慧和
成功。
66. Some persons do first, think afterwards, and then
repent for ever. 有些人做了再思考，从而悔恨终身。
67. Something attempted, something done.
68. Sometimes the best gain is to lose. 有时大得即大失。
69. Sometimes words hurt more than swords. 恶语有时伤
人比刀剑更厉害。
70. So much is mine as I enjoy. 我所有的就如我享有的这
么多。
71. Sooner or later, the truth comes to light. 早晚真相会
大白。
72. Soon gotten, soon spent. 赚得快，花得快。
73. Soon learnt, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得快。
74. Soon ripe, soon rotten. 早熟早烂。
75. Soon up, soon down. 升得高，落得快。
76. Sorrow comes unset for. 悲哀来时不需邀。
77. Soorow is at parting if at meeting there be laughter.
离别多愁恨，相见尽笑声。
78. Sound love is not soon forgotten. 爱深难忘。
79. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. 恶有恶报。
80. Spare the rod and spoil the child. 孩子不打不成器。
81. Speak clearly if you speak at all, Carve every word
before you let it fall. 要说就索性说得一清二楚，说出前
每句话要字斟句酌。
82. Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking
aim. 讲话不思考犹如射击不对准目标。
83. Speak less and listen more. 要少说多听。
84. Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of your good
luck. 少说失意事，莫夸好运道。
85. Speak of angels and you will hear their wings. 说到曹
操，曹操就到。
86. Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing.
要赞美朋友，莫提及敌人。
87. Speech is silver (or silvern), silence is golden. 雄辩是
银，沈默是金。
88. Speech is the picture of the mind. 言为心声。
89. Speech shows what a man is. 言如其人。
90. Speed is the soldier's asset. 兵贵神速。
91. Spend money like water. 挥金如土。
92. Spoil (or Lose) the ship for half penny worth of tar. 因
小失大。
93. Step after step the ladder is ascended. 按部就班，循序
渐进。
94. Still waters have deep bottoms. 静水常深。
95. Still waters run deep. 大智若愚。静水流深。
96. Straight trees have crooked roots. 直树也有曲根。
97. Strike while the iron is hot. 见机行事。称热打铁。
98. Strong reasons make strong actions. 理由充足，行动
就坚决。
99. Study sickness while you are well. 居安思危。
100. Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持到底必获
胜利。坚持就是胜利。
101. Success grows out of struggles to overcome
difficulties. 成功来自于克服困难的斗争。
102. Such beginning, such ending. 有怎样的开始，就有
怎样的结束。
103. Such carpenters, such chips. 什么样的木匠，出什
么活。
104. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. 一天的不
幸已够人受的了，别再自寻烦恼。
105. Suit the action to the word. 怎么说就怎么做。
106. Sure bind, sure find. 捆得好，逃不了。
107. Suspicion is the poison of true friendship. 猜疑伤
害莫逆之交。
108. Sweep before your own door. 先律己，后律人。
109. Sweet discourse makes short days and nights. 言语
投机恨时短。
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1. Take a hair of the dog that bit you. 以毒攻毒。
2. Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can. 智者皆能
视苦为乐。
3. Take away my good name and take away my life. 夺了
我的名誉等于夺了我的生命。
4. Take care of small sums and the large will take care of
themselves. 省小钱才能积大财。
5. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of
themselves. 积少成多。
6. Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of
themselves. 注意你的理智，声调自会小心。
7. Take honour from me and my life is undone. 夺我名
声，我命即亡。
8. Take one's courage in both hands. 勇往直前，敢作敢
为。
9. Take one thing with another. 由此及彼。
10. Take something by the best handle. 理解某事物，乘其
好机会。
11. Take the rough with the smooth. 既能享乐也能吃苦。
12. Take the world as it is. 随遇而安。
13. Take the world as one finds it. 听之任之。
14. Take things as they come (or are) 既来之，则安之。
15. Take time by the forelock. 要抓住时机。
16. Take time for deliberation; hste spoils everything. 要
费时思考，急躁会坏事。
17. Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action
arrives, stop thinking and go in. 做事要深思熟虑，但时
机一到，就要动手，不要犹豫。
18. Take time when time comes lest time steal away. 机不
可失，时不再来。
19. Take time while time is, for time will be away. 有时间
要加以利用，因为时间是要消逝的。
20. Talk of an angel and you'll hear his wings. 说到曹操，
曹操就到。
21. Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear. 说鬼鬼到。
22. Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。
23. Tastes differ. 众口难调。
24. Teaching others teaches yourself. 教学相长。
25. Tears are the silent language of grief. 眼泪是悲哀的无
声言辞。
26. Telling your troubles is swelling your troubles. 诉说烦
恼等于增加烦恼。
27. Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
把你的交友讲给我听，我会讲出你是何许人。
28. Tell not all you know nor judge of all you see if you
would live in peace. 知道的不要全部倾吐，看到的不要
都加评语，这样生活可以安宁。
29. Temperance is the best physic. 克制乃是最好的治疗。
30. Temperance is the greatest of virtues. 自我节制是最
大的美德。
31. That is a good book which is opened with expectation
and closed with profit. 好书开卷引人入胜，闭卷使人得
益。
32. That is not good language which all understand not.
不是人人都懂的语言不是好语言。
33. That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end. 最后
的聪明才算真聪明。
34. That teacher helps his pupils most who most helps
them to help themselves. 教师尽力帮助学生独立工作
是给学生最大的帮助。
35. That which is evil is soon learnt. 恶行易学。
36. That which is striking and beautiful is not always good,
but that which is good is always beautiful. 美丽而引人
注目的东西不一定都善良，但善良的东西总是美丽的。
37. That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass.
事非逆料偏易发生。
38. That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to
remember. 苦楚往日难忍受，记起也许甜心头。
39. The abundance of money ruins youth. 钱多毁青年。
40. The ass wags his ears. 自鸣得意。
41. The battle is to the strong. 强者必胜。
42. The (or A) beggar may sing before the thief (or
footbad). 既是穷光蛋，何虑窃贼偷。
43. The beginnings of all things are small. 万事开头小。
44. The belly has no ears. 食欲不长耳。
45. The best fish smell when they are three days old. 鱼过
三天后，再鲜也变臭。
46. The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼游水底。
47. The best hearts are always the bravest. 最善良的人往
往是最勇敢的人。
48. The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child
needs teaching. 玉不琢不成器。
49. The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. 要求过
高反难成功。
50. The best is yet to be. 好戏在后头。
51. The best man stumbles. 智者千虑，必有一失。
52. The best mirror is an old friend. 老朋友是最好的镜
子。
53. The best of all governments is that which teaches us to
govern ourselves. 最好的政府是教导我们管理自己。
54. The best of friends must part. 莫逆至交，终有一别。
55. The best remedy against an ill man is much ground
between. 敬而远之。
56. The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best
love that of children. 面包的气味最香，食盐的滋味最
鲜，儿童的情爱最纯。
57. The best teacher one can have is necessity. 我们能得
到的最好教师是“需要”。
58. The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great
men. 启迪人性最好的导师是伟大人物的生活。
59. The better the day, the better the deed. 日子越美好，
事业越顺当。
60. The bough that bears most, hangs lowest. 枝头结果越
多，垂得越低。
61. The brave man hazards his life, but not his conscience.
英雄的人可以冒生命危险，但不冒良心危险。
62. The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots. 金无
赤足，人无完人。
63. The burden on likes is cheerfully borne. 爱挑的担子，
就愉快轻松。
64. The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or
time). 最忙的人时间最多。
65. The cask savours of the first fill. 先入为主。
66. The cat and dog may kiss, yet are none the better. 猫
犬可相吻，莫逆却难成。
67. The catin glores catch no mice. 戴手套的猫捉不到老
鼠。
68. The cat shut its eyes while it steals cream. 掩耳盗铃。
69. The chief aim of man is not to get money. 人生的主要
目的不是为了挣钱。
70. The child is father of (or to) the man. 三岁定终身。
71. The cobbler must stick to his last. 安分守己。
72. The cobbler's wife is the worst shod. 鞋匠的老婆没有
好鞋穿。
73. The course of true love never did run smooth. 好事多
磨。
74. The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has
lost it 牛失其尾，方知其贵。
75. The cowl (or hood) does not make the monk. 穿袈裟
的不一定是和尚。
76. The creditor has always a better memory than the
detor. 放债人的记性比借债人好。
77. The crow thinks her own birds fairest. 乌鸦总以为自
己的雏鸟最美丽。
78. The cruelest lies are often told in silence. 最残酷的谎
言常以沈默的方式说出。
79. The crushed worm will turn. 困兽犹斗。
80. The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of
May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away.
布谷鸟，四月来，五月在，仲夏唱支歌，然后就飞开。
81. The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor. 大
人物的美味是穷人的眼泪。
82. The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明前是最
黑暗的时刻。
83. The day has eyes, the night has ears. 日有眼，夜有耳。
84. The day is long to him who knows not how to use it.
百无聊赖。
85. The devil can cite the Scriptures for his purpose. 魔鬼
替其狡辩，也会引经据点。
86. The devil is good when he is pleased. 魔鬼高兴，也发
善心。
87. The devil is not so black as he is painted. 魔鬼不像所
描绘的那么黑。
88. The devil knows may things because he is old. 老马能
识途。
89. The devil lurks behind the cross. 貌善实恶。
90. The devil may get in by the keyhole, but the door
won't let him out. 魔鬼乘虚而入，开门撵它不出。
91. The diamonds of other countries are always the most
beautiful. 别国的钻石是最美丽的。
92. The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.
医生往往比疾病更令人生畏。
93. The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. 我行我素，岂
管他哉。
94. The dog that fetches will carry. 来道是非者，便是是非
人。
95. The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the
frequency of its fall. 滴水穿石不是由于使用强力所致，
而是由于滴水频繁所成。
96. The early bird catches the worm. 捷足先登。
97. The effect speaks, the tongue needs not. 事实胜于雄
辩。
98. The end crowns the work. 工作成败要看结果。
99. The end justifies (or sanctifies) the means. 只问目的，
不问手段。
100. The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to
bear. 自作孽不可活。
101. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name. 重
伤可治，臭名难除。
102. The exception proves the rule. 例外能反证规律。
103. The eye is blind if the mind is absent. 心不专则眼
不明。
104. The eye that sees all things else sees not itself. 眼睛
能看见一切的东西，但看不见自己。
105. The face is the index of the mind (or heart). 相为心
证。
106. The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love. 情
人越吵越亲密。
107. The farmers are the founders of civilization and
prosperity. 农民是文化和繁荣的奠基者。
108. The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
欲速则不达。
109. The fear of ill exceeds the ills we fear. 杞人忧天，庸
人自扰。
110. The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢不成器。
111. The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong man.
烈火试真金，困苦练壮士。
112. The fire which lights (or warms) us at a distance
will burn us when near. 远火能照亮，近火要烧人。
113. The first blow is half the battle. 头炮打响，等于半
个胜仗。
114. The first element of success is the determination to
succeed. 成功的首要因素是要有成功的决心。
115. The first step is as good as half over. 第一步的成功
等于事情的一半已完成。
116. The first step is the only difficulty. 万事起头难。
117. The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice. 避开
作恶是走向美德的第一步。
118. The first wealth is health. 健康是最重要的财富。
119. The fool does think he is wise, but the wise man
knows himself to be a fool. 愚者自以为聪明，智者则有
自知之明。
120. The fool has his heart on his tongue, the wise man
keeps his tongue in his heart. 蠢人的心在嘴上，聪明人
的嘴在心里。
121. The fool talks, and the wise man thinks. 蠢人嘴巴
讲，聪明人用心想。
122. The foundation of true joy is in the conscience. 真
正的愉快之根本在于良心。
123. The fox changes his skin but not his habit. 狐狸可
以改变皮毛，但不能改变习性。
124. The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。
125. The fox smells his own stink first. 狐狸的臭味道，
自己先嗅到。
126. The friar preached against stealing and had a goose
in his sleeve. 嘴上真君子，行动烂小人。
127. The frog in well knows nothing of the great ocean.
井底之蛙不知汪洋大海。
128. The future belongs to him who knows how to wait.
未来属于懂得等待的人。
129. The future of society is in the hands of mothers; if
the world was lost through woman she alone can save it.
社会的前途掌握在母亲们手中；如果世界由于女人而毁
灭，那么也只有女人才可挽救。
130. The good seaman is known in bad weather. 坏天气
才能认识良好的海员。
131. The government of the people, by the people, and
for the people shall not perish from the earth. 民有、民
治、民享的政府永世长存。
132. The grass is greener on the other side. 草是另一边
的绿。
133. The great and the little have need one of another.
伟大与渺小相得益彰。
134. The greater the truth, the greater the libel. 真理越
大，诽谤也越大。
135. The greatest fool is he who worries about what he
cannot help. 操心无法可想的事是最大的傻瓜。
136. The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest
enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is
humility. 真理最伟大的朋友是时间，最大的敌人是偏
见，她永恒的伴侣是谦逊。
137. The greatest hate springs from the greatest love. 最
大的恨产生于最大的爱。
138. The greatest liars talk most of themselves. 自吹自
擂的人是最大的谎言者。
139. The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice. 进步
的最大障碍是偏见。
140. The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. 最
大的错误就是不认识错误。
141. The greatest pleasure of life is love. 爱是人生最大
的乐趣。
142. The greatest talkers are always the least doers. 言
语的巨人往往是行动的侏儒。
143. The great fish ear up the small. 弱肉强食。
144. The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and
precious. 赠予者的心意可使馈赠的东西增加价值而显
得珍贵。
145. The heart sees further than the head. 心之所见远
胜于目。
146. The heart that once truly loves never forgets. 真正
的爱情是永不会忘记的。
147. The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.
猴子爬得越高，尾巴越加暴露。
148. The highest art is to conceal art. 最高的艺术就是
不露艺术。
149. The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.
正当得到的一分钱，胜过偷来的一元钱。
150. The house shows the owner. 文如其人。
151. The hungry belly has no ears. 饥寒起盗心。
152. The imnportant thing in life is to have a great aim,
and the determination to attain it. 人生至要的事是要
有伟大的目标和达到这个目标的决心。
153. The joy of the heart makes the face merry. 喜形于
色。
154. The last drop makes the cup run over. 失之过极。
155. The least said, the soonest mended. (or Least said,
soonest mended) 少说为佳。
156. The leopard cannot change its spots. 江山易改，本
性难移。
157. The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is
not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. 说
谎者所受到的惩罚决不是在于没有人相信他，而是在于
他不会相信任何别人。
158. The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb. 狼的生
就是羔羊的死。
159. The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf. 孤独的羊
难免遭狼的危险。
160. The longest day has an end. 天下没有不散的盛筵。
161. The longest way round is the shortest way home.
绕道似最远，归程是捷径。
162. The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy
human nature. 爱美是所有健康人天性中的一个重要
部分。
163. The love of money and the love of learning rarely
meet. 爱财与好学，实难相共容。
164. The love of money is the root of all evil. 爱财是万
恶之源。
165. The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten
virtues. 保持一件坏事的代价超过十件好事。
166. The man who makes no mistakes does not usually
make anything. 不犯错误的人往往也就是无所作为的
人。
167. The milk is spilled. 木已成舟。
168. The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
覆水难收。
169. The mills of God grind slowly but sure. 天网恢恢，
疏而不漏。
170. The money the miser hoards will do him no good.
守财奴积的财富，对他自己没好处。
171. The moon does not heed the barking of dogs. 月亮
不怕狗吠。
172. The moon is a moon whether it shines or not. 或名
或暗，月亮总是月亮。
173. The moon is not seen where the sun shines. 小巫见
大巫。
174. The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows.
懂得越多，就越知道自己懂得不多。
175. The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to
be modest. 大智若愚。
176. The more a man knows, the more he see his
ignorance. 大智若愚。
177. The more haste, she less speed. 欲速则不达。
178. The more noble, the more humble. 越高尚，越谦
虚。
179. The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is.
愚人越富越愚蠢。
180. The more, the merrier. 多多益善。
181. The more the well is used, the more water it gives.
井水越打越多。
182. The more things a man is ashamed of the more
respectable he is. 一个人引以为耻的事情越多，就越可
尊敬。
183. The more we do, the more we can do; the more
busy we are, the more leisure we have. 做得越多，则能
做的越多；越是忙碌，则空闲越多。
184. The more we study, the more we discover our
ignorance. 学得越多，就越发觉自己无知。
185. The more women look in their glass, the less they
look to their house. 妇女照镜越多，照管家务就越少。
186. The morning sun never lasts a day. 好景不常。
187. The morning to the mountain the evening to the
fountain. 凡是都有一定时间。
188. The most busiest men find (or have) the most
leisure (or time) 最忙碌的人有最多的空闲。
189. The most useful learning in the world is that which
teches us how to die well. 世界上最有用的学问是告诉
我们怎样死得其所。
190. The most utterly lost of all days is that in which
you have not once laughed. 完全虚度的日子是你一次
也没有笑过的日子。
191. The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. 母亲
的心肠是孩子的课堂。
192. The mountain has brought forth a mouse. 虎头蛇
尾。
193. The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
狡兔三窟。
194. The mouth of a wise man is in his heart; the heart
of a fool is in his mouth. 聪明人的嘴在心里，蠢人的心
在嘴上。
195. The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh. 骨肉越
亲，恩情越深。
196. The nearer to church, the farther from God. 近庙
欺神。
197. The older the goose the harder to pluck. 越老越狡
猾。
198. The old goose plays not with foxes. 老鹅不和狐狸
一起玩。
199. The only cure for grief is action. 行动是对悲痛唯
一的治疗。
200. The only secret a woman can keep is that of her age.
女人能保守的唯一秘密是她的年龄。
201. The outsideer sees the best (or most) of the game.
旁观者清。
202. The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the
body. 心头的痛苦比肉体的痛苦更厉害。
203. The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but
for joy the future. 过去是为了求取知识，现在是为了付
诸行动，而未来是为了享受欢乐。
204. The path down to evil is easy. 堕入罪恶的道路是容
易走的。
205. The path of duty is the path of safety. 尽职的路是
安全的路。
206. The path to glory is always rugged. 通向光荣的道
路常常是坎坷不平的。
207. The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet. 孔雀虽
有华羽，但有贱足。
208. The person who arrives, ect early will (probably)
succeed.
209. The pen is mightier than the sword. 文能胜武。
210. The pen is the tougue of the mind. 笔是心之舌。
211. The poor are rich when they are satisfied. 贫能知
足即为富。
212. The poor man wants much, the miser everything.
贫穷人要求多，守财奴样样要。
213. The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。
214. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 空谈不如
实验。(实践出真知)
215. The raceis got by running. 赛跑要靠奔跑来赢得。
216. There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out
of it. 海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。
217. There are but three ways of living: by working, by
stealing, or by begging. 生活道路有三条∶劳动、偷盗
或乞讨。
218. There are lees to every wine. 美中有不足。
219. There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers.
愚蠢的买主多鱼愚蠢的卖主。
220. There are no birds of this year in last year's nests.
事过境迁。
221. There are obviously two educations. One should
teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
教育显然有两种∶一种是教人怎样谋生，另一种是教人
怎样生活。
222. There are only two powers in the world, the sword
and the pen; and in the end the former is always
conquered by the latter. 世界上只有两种力量∶刀和
笔；而其结果，后者总是战胜前者。
223. There are spots in (or on) the sum. 人孰无过。
224. There are three ways of spreading news. --
telegraph, telephone, and tel-a-woman. 传播新闻有三
种方法∶电报、电话和告诉女人。
225. There are two sides to every question. 每个问题都
有两个方面。
226. The receiver is as bad as the thief. 窝赃者和贼同
罪。
227. There is a black sheep in every flock. 群群羊中有
黑羊。
228. There is a crook in the lot of everyone. 人生皆有不
如意处。
229. There is a great deal of difference between the
eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired
man who wants a book to read. 渴望求知的人需要读
书，累得疲劳的人也需要书读，两种人的要求有很大的
区别。
230. There is a skeleton in every house. 每座房子都有
骨架。
231. There is a small choice in rotten apples. 朽木不可
雕。
232. There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. 该
说话时说话，该沈默时沈默。
233. There is but one step from the sublime to the
ridiculous. 可敬与可笑之间只有一步之差。
234. There is honour among thieves. 盗亦有道。
235. There is life in the old dog yet. 老当益壮。
236. There is more trouble in having nothing to do than
in having much to do. 无事可做比有许多事要做更伤
脑筋。
237. There is much to be said on both sides. 公说公有
理，婆说婆有理。
238. There is noaccounting for tastes. 人各有所好。
239. There is no fire without smoke. 无火没有烟。
240. There is no fool like an old fool. 老年荒唐无法可
想。
241. There is no general rule without some exception.
普遍规律必有例外。
242. There is none without a fault. 人孰无过。
243. There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of
love andd innocence. 人世间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情
而又清白无暇。
244. There is no place like home. 再好之处不如自己家。
245. There is no rose without a thorn. 玫瑰花没有不长
刺的。
246. There is no royal road to learning. 治学无坦途。
247. There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。
248. There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking
makes it so. 事情本无好与坏，全在自己怎么想。
249. There is nothing which has not been bitter before
being ripe. 事情在成功前没有不艰苦的。
250. There is nothing worse than apathy. 哀莫大于心
死。
251. There is no time like the present. 机不可失，时不再
来。
252. There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves
cannot steal it. 没有什么财富像知识那样保险，因为它
偷不去，抢不走。
253. Thereis no wool so white but a dyer can make it
black. 羊毛再白，也能染黑。
254. There is safety in numbers. 人多势众。
255. The remedy for injuries is not to remember them.
医治创伤的药方就是忘却创伤。
256. The remedy is worse than the disease. 医疗不得
法，使病更糟糕。
257. The remembrance of past sorrow is joyful. 记住过
去的不幸使人愉快。
258. There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。
259. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
老当益壮。
260. There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.
天有不测风云。
261. There's more knows Tom Fool than Tom Fool
knows. 臭名气并不光彩。
262. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. 徒
有良好的愿望而不去努力实现，后悔莫及。
263. The rotten apple injuries its neighbours. 一只死老
鼠，弄赃粥一锅。
264. The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices.
损失时间是一切损失中代价最大的损失。
265. The scalded cat fears cold water. 一朝被蛇咬，十年
怕井绳。
266. The sea complains it wants water. 大海总是抱怨水
不够。
267. The sea refuses no river. 大海有能容之量。
268. The secret of a good momory is attention, and
attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. --
We rarely forget that which has made a deep
impression on our minds. 记忆力好的秘密在于专心，
而对于一个问题的专心取决于对这个问题的兴趣。在我
们心上留下深刻印象的东西，我们是不大会忘记的。
269. The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready
for his opportumity when it comes. 人生一生中成功的
秘诀是在机会来临时要及时抓住。
270. The secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功
的秘诀是目标坚定。
271. The shortest answer is doing the thing. 最简短的回
答就是干。
272. The shortest way to do many things is to do only
one thing at a time. 要想多做事情，最简单的办法是一
次只做一件事。
273. The sky is not less blue because the blind man does
not see it. 天不会因瞎子看不见而减其蓝色。
274. The sleeping fox catches no poultry. 睡觉的狐狸抓
不到鸡鸭。
275. The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater
ennoble it. 有点礼貌使生活愉快，多点礼貌使生活高
尚。
276. The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the
purse. 美女的微笑就是钱包的泪水。
277. The soul is not where it lives, but it loves. 心灵不在
它生活的地方，而在它所爱的地方。
278. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有馀而
力不足。
279. The still sow eats up all the draff. 不声不响的猪吃
光全部的饲料。
280. The style is the man. 文如其人。
281. The sun shines all alike. 太阳同样地普照一切。
282. The surest way to be happy is to be busy. 要快乐，
最可靠的办法是忙碌。
283. The sweetest grapes hang the highest. 最甜的葡萄
挂在最高的地方。
284. The sweetest thing in life. Is the welocme of a wife.
人生最甜蜜的事情就是爱妻的欢迎。
285. The tail does often catch the fox. 狐狸常因尾巴而
被捕。
286. The tailor makes the man. 人靠衣装。
287. The talent of success is nothing more than doing
well whatever you do without a thought of fame. 成功
没有其它办法，只有好好工作而不存名利思想。
288. The three foundations of learning: seeing much,
suffering much, and studying much. 求学的三个基本
原则是∶多观察、多吃苦、多钻研。
289. The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret,
to forget an injury, and to make good use of labour. 三
件事最困难∶保守秘密，忘却伤害和善用精力。
290. The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with
the taste of it. 老虎一次尝到血，它的贪心就更大。
291. The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a
man six feet high. 舌头虽只三寸长，但能杀害六尺汉。
292. The tongue is not steel yet it cuts. 舌头不是钢，伤
人似刀剑。
293. The tongue of idle persons is never idle. 懒汉的舌
头并不闲。
294. The tortosis wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
兔子睡大觉，乌龟才得胜。
295. The truest politeness comes from sincerity. 真正的
殷勤出于真诚。
296. The truths we least like to hear are those which it is
most to our advantage to know. 我们最不喜欢听到的
真实，总是我们知道了会大有好处的真实。
297. The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous
pound. 不正当得来的便士会使正当得来的英镑受到污
浊。
298. The used key is always bright. 常用的钥匙总是光
亮的。
299. The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by
his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday
conduct. 人的品德不能看他一时格外卖力，而要看他
的日常行为。
300. The voice is the best music. 说话声是最好的音乐。
301. The voice of one man is the voice of no one. 一个人
的声音是没有力量的。
302. The voice of the people is the voice of God. 人民之
声力大无比。
303. The water that bears the boat is the same that
swallows it up. 水能载舟，也能覆舟。
304. The weakest goes to the wall. 适者生存。
305. The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. 精
神财富是唯一的真正财富。
306. The wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家的钥
匙。
307. The wine in the bolttle does not quench thirst. 瓶
中之酒不解渴。
308. The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which
are brief and pithy. 国家智慧，寓于格言，它们精辟，
而且简练。
309. The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds,
by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes, by
instinct. 聪明人循理智办事，平常人照经验办事，蠢人
按需要办事，畜生凭本能办事。
310. The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth
speaks. 聪明人的手不做愚笨人所说的事。
311. The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. 聪
明人耳朵长，嘴巴短。
312. The wise man is always a good listener. 智者善听
人言。
313. The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool
thinks he knows it all. 聪明人知道自己不懂什么，蠢人
则以为自己什么都懂。
314. The wise man's tongue is a shield, not a sword. 智
者之言，是保卫而非攻击。
315. The wish is father to the thought. 有愿望就有信
念。
316. The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds
quarrel. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
317. The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.
江山易改，本性难易。
318. The word "Impossible" is not in my dictionary. 我
的词典里没有“不可能”一词的。
319. The word once spoken can never be realled. 一言
既出，驷马难追。
320. The work shows the workman. 什么匠人出什么
活。
321. The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy
to those who feel. 世界对思惟著的人来说，是一出喜
剧，而对凭感觉的人看来，只是一出悲剧。
322. The world is a ladder for some to go up and some
down. 人间犹如一架梯，有人缘梯上升，有人顺梯下降。
323. The world is but a little place, after all. 有缘千里
来相会。
324. The worst men often give the best advice. 最不行
的人，往往能提出最好的意见。
325. The worst misfortunes are these that never hzppen.
最大的不幸是害怕不会发生的不幸。
326. The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.
物以稀为贵。
327. They are never alone accompanied by noble
thoughts. 思想高尚者决不会孤单。
328. They assume most who know the least. 懂得最少的
人自以为最了不起。
329. They bray most that can do least. 说话最多的人，
能做的事最少。
330. They die well that live well. 活著正常的人死也正
常。
331. The years teach much which the days never know.
学问集年而成，而每日不自知也。
332. They must hunger in frost that will not work in
heat. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
333. They that live longest must die at last. 活得最久
长，终难免一亡。
334. They that (or who) live longest see most. 活得最
长，见识最广。
335. They that marry in green, their sorrow is soon seen.
过早地结婚，不久必悔恨。
336. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 泪水汪汪
播种，得意洋洋收获。
337. They who cannot do as they would, must do as they
can. 不能为所欲为者，也当尽力而为之。
338. They who live in a worry. Invite death in a hurry.
生活多愁，死亡必速。
339. Things done cannot be undone. 木已成舟。
340. Things of a kind come together; people of a kind
fall into the same group. 物以类聚，人以群分。
341. Theings past cannot be recalled. 过去的事情无可
挽回。
342. Theings present are judged by things past. 欲断今
日事，须知往日情。
343. Things rashly taken end as ill. 草率从事没有好结
果。
344. Things unreasonable are never durable. 不合理的
事不会持久。
345. Think about the misforture of others that you may
be satisfied with your own lot. 想想别人的不幸，你可
以对自己的命运感到满足。
346. Think all you speak, but speak not all you think.
想想你所说的一切，不要全部说出你所想的。
347. Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing
well, wisest and best of all. 想得好，聪明；筹画得好，
更聪明；做得好，最聪明最好。
348. Think much, speak little, and write less. 勤思考，寡
发言，少落笔。
349. Think of the devil and he's looking over your
shoulders. 说到曹操，曹操就到。
350. Think today and speak tomorrow. 三思而后行。
351. Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar. 同智
者一起考虑，与俗人一起交谈。
352. This world belongs to the energetic. 世界属于精力
旺盛的人。
353. Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to
learn for yourself. 教学相长。
354. Those that make the best use of their time have
none to spare. 能充分利用时间的人不会有时间多馀。
355. Those who believe money can do everything are
frequently prepared to do everything for money. 认为
有了钱就能办一切的人，往往准备为了钱而无所不为。
356. Those who climb high often have a fall. 爬得高往
往跌得重。
357. Those who complain most are most to be
complained of. 抱怨最多的人往往最招人怨。
358. Those who eat best and drink best often do worst.
吃得好喝得好的人往往干得最糟。
359. Thos who eat most are not always fattest; those
who read most, not always wisest. 吃得最多的人不一
定最肥胖，读书最多的人不一定最聪明。
360. Those who live in glass houses should not throw
stones. 自己有短处，不要揭别人的短处。
361. Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not
work deserve to starve. 劳动者该得食，不劳者该挨饿。
362. Though a lie be well dressd, it is ever overcome. 谎
言即使打扮得不错，到头来总会被揭穿。
363. Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it
out. 恶意可以遮暗真理，但不能抹杀真理。
364. Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings. 狐狸
虽会跑，小鸡有翅膀。
365. Though the wound be healed yet a scar remains.
创伤可愈合，伤疤犹留存。
366. Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him
like a lion. 即使敌人小如鼠，也要防他如防虎。
367. Thought is the seed of action. 思想是行动的种子。
368. Though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still
return. 本性难移。
369. Three removes are as bad as a fire. 三次搬家犹如
一次失火。
370. Three things soon pass away; the echo of the woods,
the rainbow, and woman's beauty. 三样东西最易消
逝∶树林的回响， 彩虹和妇女的美貌。
371. Thrift is good revenue. 节约是个好收入。
372. Through obedience learn to command. 只有学会
听命于人，方能学会向人发号施令。
373. Throw away the apple because of the core. 因噎废
食。
374. Thy friend has a friend and thy friend's friend has
a friend so be discreet. 你的朋友有朋友，朋友的朋友又
有朋友，所以要谨慎小心。
375. Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月无情。
376. Time and words can never be recalled. 消逝的时间
和说出的话不能追回。
377. Time cures all things. 时间可以医治一切创伤。
378. Time discloses (or reveals) all things. 时间会暴露
一切。
379. Time does not bow to you,, you must bow to time.
必须抓紧时间。
380. Time flies. 时光易逝。
381. Time is great healer. 时间能够治好(感情上的)创
伤。
382. Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
383. Time is money, but money is not time. 时间就是金
钱，但金钱不是时间。
384. Time marches on. 时光流逝不回头。
385. Time past cannot be called back again. 光阴一去
不复返。
386. Time past never returns, amoment lost, lost for ever.
过去的时间决不返回，浪费一点，永远消失。
387. Time reveals all things. 时间会揭露一切。
388. Time tames the strongest grief. 时间可以冲淡最强
烈的悲伤。
389. Time tries all. 时间检验一切。
390. Time tries truth. 时间考验真理。
391. Time works great changes. 时间能产生巨大的变
化。
392. Time works wonders. 时间可以创造奇迹。
393. Timid dogs bark most. 狗胆小，拼命叫。
394. To a boiling pot flies come not. 苍蝇不叮沸水壶。
395. To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more
difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all. 积
财难，守财最难，而聪明地散财最难。
396. To a crazy ship all winds are contrary. 对于一只漫
无目标的船来说，不论什么方向的风都是逆风。
397. To be angry with a weak man is a proof that you
are not very strong yourself. 对弱者发脾气证明你自己
并不很强。
398. To be of use in the world is the only way to be
happy. 为善最乐。
399. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual
means of preserving peace. 维护和平最有效的办法之
一是备战。
400. To be virtuous is to do good. 行善是美德。
401. To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement
of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour
and reputation. 获得智慧，寻求真理，并使心灵美好，
要比追求金钱、荣誉和名声好得多。
402. To convert defeat into victoty. 反败为胜。
403. Today is the scholar of yesterday. 今天是昨天的学
者。
404. To err is human. 人无完人。
405. To err is human; to forgive, divine. 人难免错误，宽
恕别人是神圣的。
406. To forgive our enemies is a charming way of
revenge. 饶恕敌人是一种巧