英文谚语（一）：常理与法则
1、The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
2、Four eyes see more than two. 集思广益。
3、Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。
4、It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。
5、Make hay while the sun shines. 良机勿失。
6、Still water run deep. 静水流深。
7、He who does not advance loses ground. 逆水行舟，不进则退。
8、The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 抄近路反而绕远路。
9、Take things as they e. 既来之，则安之。
10、Man proposes， god disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。
11、Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
12、He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最终，谁笑得最好。
13、Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。
14、All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不必须都是金子。
15、Look before you leap. 摸清情景再行动。
16、Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。
17、Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在。
18、Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
19、Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
20、Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。
21、It is the first step that costs troublesome. 万事开头难。
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23、Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。
24、When in Rome， do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
25、Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要班门弄斧。
26、All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。
27、Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自我的命运自我掌握。
28、A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
29、Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。
30、Experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。
英文谚语（二）：健康与心态
1、A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
2、Cheerfulness is health; its opposite， melancholy， is disease. 欢乐就是健康， 忧郁就是病痛。
3、Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。
4、An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。
5、Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。
6、He is happy that thinks himself so. 自乐者常乐。
7、A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。
8、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作， 不玩耍， 聪明小伙也变傻。
9、Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。
10、Happiness lies first of all in health. 欢乐首先在于健康。
11、Health is not valued till sickness es. 病时方知健康可贵。
英文谚语（三）：金钱与财富
1、What is wealth good for， if it brings melancholy? 财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？
2、The money the miser hoards will do him no good. 守财奴积财，对自我毫无好处。
3、Gold will not buy anything. 黄金不能买尽一切。
4、The chief aim of man is not to get money. 人的主要目的并不是赚钱。
5、Wealth makes worship. 财富能使人拜倒。
英文谚语（四）：珍惜时光
1、Time lost cannot be won again. 时光一去不复返。
2、Time flies. 光阴似箭。
3、Time is money. 时光就是金钱。
4、To save time is to lengthen life. 节俭时光就是延长生命。
5、Time has wings. 光阴去如飞。
6、Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。
7、Time stays not the fool's leisure. 时光不等闲逛的傻瓜。
8、Lost years are worse than lost dollars. 失去时光金不换。
英文谚语（五）：择友与友谊
1、A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。
2、A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。
3、Keep good men pany and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
4、A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
5、Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。
6、Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
7、A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。
8、A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。
英文谚语（六）：品行与操守
1、Respect yourself， or no one else will respect you. 要人尊敬，必须自重。
2、Honesty is the best policy. 诚实不欺为上策。
3、Penny wise， pound foolish. 贪小便宜吃大亏。
4、He who makes constant plaint gets little passion. 经常诉苦，没人同情。
5、Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。
6、Patience is the best remedy. 忍耐是良药。
7、A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。
8、Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
9、One good turn deserves another. 行善积德。
10、A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自我。
11、He is not fit to mand others that cannot mand himself. 正人须先正己。
12、Pride goes before， and shame es after. 骄傲使人落后。
13、He knows most who speaks least. 大智若愚。
英文谚语（七）：勤奋、意志与成功
1、Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。
2、No way is impossible to courage. 勇者无惧。
3、Where there is a will， there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
4、Great hopes make great man. 伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
5、Industry is the parent of success. 勤奋是成功之母。
6、Constant dripping wears away a stone. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
7、Adversity makes a man wise， not rich. 逆境出人才。
8、No rose without a thorn. 没有不带刺的玫瑰。
9、There is no royal road to learning. 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
10、No pains， no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。
11、The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢，不成器。
12、Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
13、Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 天才可是是勤奋而已。
英文谚语（八）：学习方法与态度
1、Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
2、A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。
3、A man bees learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。
4、Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。
5、A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。
6、Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud. 知识使人谦虚，无知使人傲慢。
7、Learn and live. 活着，为了学习。
8、It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
9、Knowledge starts with practice. 实践出真知。
10、Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自我的满足。
11、Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body. 读书健脑，运动强身。
12、Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps. 知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。
英文谚语（九）：
1、Speech is silver， silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。
2、Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的教师。
3、Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。
4、Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。
5、Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
6、Heaven never helps the man who will not act.自我不动，叫天何用。
7、He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.自嘲者不会让人见笑。
8、Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。
9、Out of office， out of danger.无官一身轻。
10、Send a wise man on an errand， and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。
11、Soon ripe， soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。
12、No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。
13、Please the eye and plague the heart.贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
14、No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的'园子。
15、One cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。
16、Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行，语言最要紧。
17、Praise makes good men better， and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
18、No living man all things can.世上没有万事通。
19、One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。
20、Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
21、No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。
22、He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后说好话，才是真朋友。
23、Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。
24、No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
25、Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。
26、One good turn deserves another.行善积德。
27、No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。
28、One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。
29、Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。
30、Still water run deep.静水常深。
31、Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。
32、Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
33、Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。
34、One boy is a boy， two boys half a boy， three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
35、Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
36、He is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。
37、He is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。
38、Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。
39、Once bitten， twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
40、Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。 a Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。
41、Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。
42、New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。
43、No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。
44、Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。
45、Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。
46、He is lifeless that is faultless.仅有死人才不犯错误。
47、Never say die.永不言败。
48、Once a thief， always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。
49、He knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。
50、No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。
51、He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。
52、Take things as they e.既来之，则安之。
53、Health is happiness.健康就是欢乐。
54、None are so deaf as those who wont hear.充耳不闻。
55、Soon learn， soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。
56、Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷能够不劳而获。
57、No man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时。
58、Out of debt， out of danger.无债一身轻。
59、Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
60、Penny wise， pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。
61、Nothing seek， nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。
62、Promise is debt.一诺千金。
63、None are so blind as those who wont see.视而不见。
64、Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。
65、No man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。
66、He is not fit to mand others that cannot mand himself.正人先正己。
67、Hear all parties.兼听则明。
68、No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。
69、One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。
70、Pride goes before， and shame es after.*傲使人落后。
71、One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。
72、Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。
73、Ones words reflect ones thinking.言为心声。
74、One mans fault is other mans lesson.前车之鉴。
75、Pleasure es through toil.苦尽甘来。
76、No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。
77、No man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。
78、No cross， no crown.不经历风雨，怎样见彩虹。
79、Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
80、Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
81、Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
82、Talking mends no holes.空谈无补。
83、Seeing is believing.眼见为实。
84、Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
85、Out of sight， out of mind.眼不见，心为静。
86、Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。
87、Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。
88、Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
89、Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。
90、Nothing brave， nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
91、Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
92、Hasty love， soon cold.一见钟情难维久。
93、Never too old to learn， never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
94、Respect yourself， or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。
95、No pains， no gains.没有付出就没有收获。
96、Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
97、Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
98、One false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。
99、Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。
英文谚语（十）：
1、When one will not， two cannot quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响
2、Better master one than engage with ten.会十事不如精一事。
3、We only live once， but if we work it right， once is enough.年华没虚度，一生也足矣。
4、One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
5、Its never too late to mend.亡羊补牢
6、Waste not， want not. 俭则不匮
7、We cant judge a person by what he says but by what he does.确定一个人，不听言语看行动
8、No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏， 祸兮福所倚。
9、Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧
10、A light heart live long. 心境开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。
11、Silly child is soon taught. 要想小孩好，教育要趁早。
12、Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。
13、Will is power. 意志就是力气
14、Deliberate in counsel， prompt in action. 研究要仔细，行动要迅速。
15、Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
16、Wealth is best known by want.人穷方知钱可贵
17、Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。
18、Less is more. 简单就是美
19、Failure is the mother of success.失败是成攻之母
20、Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日
21、Who knows most says least.懂的最多的人，说的最少。
22、A blessing in disguise. 因祸得福
23、When wine sinks， words swim. 美酒一下肚，话匣关不住
24、Knowledge is power.知识就是力气
25、One mans meat is another mans poison. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
26、Look before you leap.三思而后行
27、We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水珍贵
28、Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
29、Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠顶一个诸葛亮。
30、More haste， less speed. 欲速则不达。
31、Where there is s will， there is a way.有志者事竟成。
32、An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。
33、A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友。
34、Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进
35、Time is money. 时光就是金钱。
36、The first step is the hardest. 万事开头难。
37、Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
38、Wise men are silent; fools talk. 智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝
39、When in Rome， do as Roman do.入乡随俗
40、One sin opens the door for another.犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。
41、He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最终谁笑得最美
42、Weak things united bee strong. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁
43、Grasp all， lose all. 样样都要，全都失掉。
44、Reading makes a full man. 读书使人完善
45、When poverty es in at the door， love flies out at the window.贫穷进门来，感情越窗飞
46、Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.磨刀不误砍柴功。
47、East or west， home is best.走东串西，还是家里好
48、Diligence is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。
49、Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕
50、Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置
51、Dont judge a person by the clothes he wears.不能以貌取人
52、Where theres life theres hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
53、Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不待人。
54、He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。
55、A good beginning makes a good ending.善始善终
56、Pride goes before a fall. 骄兵必败
57、Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。
58、Words are but wind， but seeing is believing. 耳听为虚，眼见为实
59、Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.世上无难事只要肯登攀
60、Equal pay for equal work.同工同酬
61、Love me， love my dog.爱屋及乌
62、He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。
63、There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪
64、Wise men change their minds; fools never do. 智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用
65、All roads lead to Roma.条条大道通罗马
66、Its easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮
67、So said， so done. 说到做到。言出必行。
68、When a man is going down-hill， everyone will give him a push.墙倒众人推
69、Dont put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事今日毕。
70、So the world wags. 这就是人生。
71、Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道还治其人之身
72、Its never too late to learn. 活到老，学到老。
73、As you make your bed， so you must lie in it.自食其果
74、Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁
75、Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳
76、First e， first served.先来先招待。
77、When children stand quiet， they have done some harm. 小孩不吭声，必须闯了祸
78、All that glitters is not gold.闪光的东西并非都是金子
79、Seeing is believing.眼见为实
80、It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
81、What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非已莫为
82、Easier said than done. 说起来容易，做起来难。
83、Wise men love truth， whereas fools shun it. 智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理
84、Although the sun shine， leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。
85、No pains， no gains.不劳则无获
86、Wash your dirty linen at home. 家丑不可外扬
87、Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，能够燎原。
88、Time flies never to be recalled. 光阴一去不复返
89、Time and tide wait for no man.时不待人
90、When the cat is away， the mice will play. 猫儿不在，鼠儿成精
91、Many hands make light work.人多力气大
92、Like father， like son. 有其父必有其子。
93、Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半
94、Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。
95、Dont count your chickens before they are hatched.切莫过于乐观
英文谚语（十一）：
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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一着不慎，满盘皆输.
All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的`未必都是金子。
A child is better unborn than untaught. 养不教，父之过。
Art is long， life is short. 生命短暂，艺术长存。
A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真情。
Although the sun shine， leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。
A light heart live long. 心境开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。
All covet， all lose. 样样垂涎，样样失落。贪多嚼不烂。
A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。
All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。
A small leak will sink a great ship. 千里之堤溃于蚁穴。
All time is no time when it is past. 机不可失，时不再来。
A baker's wife may bite of a bun， a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.近水楼台先得月。
A short cut is often a wrong cut.欲速则不达。
A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.欲加之罪，何患无辞。
A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 远来的和尚好念经。
All feet tread not in one shoe. 众口难调。
A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
A young idler， an old beggar. 少壮不奋力，老大徒伤悲。
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改，本性难移。
A little spark may kindle a great fire.星星之火，能够燎原。
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Beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了
Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵
Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。 A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。
Better die standing than live kneeling 宁愿站着死，也不跪着生。
Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。
C
Cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心。
Cast an anchor to windward.未雨绸缪。
Care and diligence bring luck.
D
Deliberate slowly， execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行。谨慎勤奋，带来好运。
Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢对手，将遇良才。
Danger past， God forgotten. 飞鸟尽，良弓藏。
Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。
Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
Do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。
Do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿失于人。
E
Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。
Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune. 自我快乐自我创。
Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day. 晚霞行千里。
Every bean has its black. 金无足赤，人无完人。
Even woods have ears.隔墙有耳。
Enough is better than too much. 过犹不及。
Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 人贵自立。
Experience teaches. 吃一堑，长一智。
F
Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。
First impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。
Faith moves mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。
Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界，无奇不有。
Fire proves gold， adversity proves man. 烈火识真金，逆境识英雄。
Fire and water are good servants， but bad masters.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
G
Give everyone his due. 一视同仁。
Good (or Great) wits jump. 英雄所见略同。
Go while the going is good. 三十六计，走为上计。
Great weights hang on small wires.千钧一发。
Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。
Greatest genius often lies concealed.大智若愚。
Grasp all， lose all.贪多必失。
Go to the sea， if you would fish well.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
H
Honour to whom honour is due.论功行赏。
He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。
Heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己。
He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。
He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。
He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行，始于足下
He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次当
Humility often gains more than pride.满招损，谦受益。
He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.事实胜于雄辩。
He that promises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。
He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。
Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行。
Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
I
It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。
If one sheep leaps over the ditch， all the rest will follow. 榜样的力气是无穷的。
It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
Ill news never es too late. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。
It is the first step that is troublesome. 万事开头难。
J
Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
K
Knowledge is a treasure， but practice is key to it. 实践得真知。
Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易，守业更难。
Knowledge is no burden. 艺不压身。
Kiss and be friends. 握手言和。
Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕
L
Let's cross the bridge when we e to it.既来之，则安之。
Love is blind. 情人眼里出西施。
Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，能够燎原。
Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
Live and learn. 学无止境。
M
Merry meet， merry part. 好聚好散。
Mind acts upon mind. 心有灵犀一点通。
N
Nothing es wrong to a hungry man.饥不择食
No cross， no crown.不吃苦中苦，难为人上人。
Nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站着说话不腰痛。
No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏， 祸兮福所倚。
No work， no money. 不劳无获。
Never too late (or old) to learn. 活到老，学到老。
Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。
No fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。
O
One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.一叶障目，不见泰山。
One swallow does not make a summer.一花独放不是春。
One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的天职。
One lark does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春。
P
Practice is better than precept. 身教重于言教。
Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。
R
Riches have wings. 富贵无常。
S
Score twice before you cut once. 三思而后行。
Sense es with age. 老马识途。
So the world wags. 这就是人生。
So said， so done. 说到做到。言出必行。
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大业，自信第一。
T
Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风 。
The reasons of the poor weight not. 人微言轻。
The shortest way round is the longest way home.欲速则不达。
Those are in the same boat should row together.同舟共济。
Too much pudding will choke a dog.布丁太多噎死狗。
The heart's letter is read in the eyes.眼睛是心灵的窗户。
The deed proves the man.观其行而知其人。
True gold fears not the fire.真金不怕火炼。
Time is money. 时光就是金钱
Through obedience learn to mand. 先当学生，后当先生。
Time tries all things. 时光检验一切。
There is no fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。
Take time while time is， for time will away.机不可失，时不在来。
The battle is to the strong.两强相遇勇者胜。
The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。
The best of friends must part. 天下没有不散的宴席。
U
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。
W
Wealth is nothing without health. 健康胜于财富。
We begun is half done. 良好的开端等于成功的一半。
Work makes the workman.熟能生巧。
Y
You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。事难两全其美。
You never know till you have tired.事非经过不知难。
Youth's a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。
You are never too old to learn. 活到老学到老。
Z
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 热情而无知，犹如无光之火。
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. 无知的热情，近乎愚蠢。
英文谚语（十二）：
A
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯人笨怪刀钝。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
A burden of one’s choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自我。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
A constant guest is never wele.
常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
A fall into a pit， a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
A fox may grow gray， but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。
Adversity makes a man wise， not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。
’After you’ is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends， the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man’s best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.
静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things e to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百川。
All roads lead to rome.
条条大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well.
结果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不必须都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。
A man bees learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。
A mother’s love never changes.
母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows， so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
A snow year， a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马难追。
A year’s plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春。
A young idler， an old beggar.
少壮不奋力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
B
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love’s eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
Be swift to hear， slow to speak.
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
Better late than never.
不怕慢，单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is mon.
朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
Blood will have blood.
血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。
Business is business.
公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind， by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
C
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
细心驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper.
骗人发不了财。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
择书如择友。
Come what may， heaven won’t fall.
做你的吧，天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自我的满足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。
Count one’s chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.
循序渐进。
Cry for the moon.
海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
D
Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。
Do as the romans do.
入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
Do it now.
机不可失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。
Don’t claim to know what you don’t know.
不要不懂装懂。
Don’t have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事过多。
Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做。
Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。
Don’t put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻烦。
Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善报。
E
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy， wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好。
Easier said than done.
说得容易，做得难。
Easy e， easy go.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live， but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无宁日。
Even homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
人人负责，等于没人负责。
Every day is not sunday.
好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.
谁都有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut， but death’s door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself， and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自我的命运自我掌握。
Every minute counts.
分秒必争。
Every mother’s child is handsome.
小孩是自我的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new， but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。
F
Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Far from eye， far from heart.
眼不见，心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知。
Fields have eyes， and woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把双刃剑。
First e， first served.
先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次见面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
Fool’s haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men， but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s gate.
风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之间也会坚持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时光的窃贼。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
G
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才可是是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金，积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural， good for evil is manly.
以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大错误。
Great men’s sons seldom do well.
富可是三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.
贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做贼心虚。
H
Habit cures habit.
心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教训，自我才会走运。
Health is better than wealth.
健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是快乐。
Hear all parties.
兼听则明。
Harm set， harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love， soon cold.
一见钟情难维久。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自我不动，叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.
愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背后说好话，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
仅有死人才不犯错误。
He is not fit to mand others that cannot mand himself.
正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自嘲者不会让人见笑。
He is wise that is honest.
诚实者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最终，谁笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不进则退。
He who makes constant plaint gets little passion.
经常诉苦，没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯错误，就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best， but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
I
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once， shame on him， if he deceives me twice， shame on me.
上当一回头，再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass， don’t plain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If your ears glow， someone is talking of you.
耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares， you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow， you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing， you will have nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge， you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.
众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木，百年树人。
J
Jack of all trades and master of none.
门门精通，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
K
Keep good men pany and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
Kings go mad， and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力气。
Knowledge makes humble， ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
L
Learn and live.
活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.
不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.
先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.
谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.
谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.
没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鳖。
Like author， like book.
文如其人。
Like father， like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
一报还一报。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother， like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher， like pupil.
什么样的教师教什么样的学生。
Like tree， like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人无大志。
Look before you leap.
摸清情景再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.
岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.
一见钟情。
Love cannot be pelled.
感情不能强求。
Love is blind.
感情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.
感情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.
没有妒忌就没有感情。
Love me， love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
M
Make hay while the sun shines.
良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.
化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.
人是万物之灵。
Man proposes， god disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
Measure for measure.
针锋相对。
Misfortunes never e alone.
祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。
Money isn’t everything.
钱不是万能的。
Murder will out.
纸包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife， but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
N
Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.
不能够貌取人。
Never say die.
永不言败。
Never too old to learn， never too late to turn.
亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
New wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。
No cross， no crown.
不经历风雨，怎样见彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.
没有不长草的园子。
No living man all things can.
世上没有万事通。
No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.
没有生而知之者。
No man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.
聪明一世，糊涂一时。
None are so blind as those who won’t see.
视而不见。
None are so deaf as those who won’t hear.
充耳不闻。
No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不会重现。
No sweet without sweat.
先苦后甜。
No smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。
Nothing brave， nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼泪干得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek， nothing find.
没有追求就没有收获。
No pains， no gains.
没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain.
没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行，语言最要紧。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有贫穷能够不劳而获。
Not to advance is to go back.
不进则退。
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
No way is impossible to courage.
勇者无惧。
O
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
军人以服从命令为天职。
Observation is the best teacher.
观察是最好的教师。
Offense is the best defense.
进攻是最好的防御。
Old friends and old wines are best.
陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child.
一次老，两次小。
Once a thief， always a thief.
偷盗一次，做贼一世。
Once bitten， twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One boy is a boy， two boys half a boy， three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.
时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百闻不如一见。
One false move may lose the game.
一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One good turn deserves another.
行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
争分夺秒效率高。
One man’s fault is other man’s lesson.
前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
One’s words reflect one’s thinking.
言为心声。
Out of debt， out of danger.
无债一身轻。
Out of office， out of danger.
无官一身轻。
Out of sight， out of mind.
眼不见，心为静。
P
Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良药。
Penny wise， pound foolish.
贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart.
贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
Pleasure es through toil.
苦尽甘来。
Pour water into a sieve.
竹篮子打水一场空。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.
恭维话不能当饭吃。
Praise makes good men better， and bad men worse.
好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.
宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure.
预防胜于治疗。
Pride goes before， and shame es after.
骄傲使人落后。
Promise is debt.
一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
谚语是日常经验的结晶。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
鼎力相助。
R
Reading enriches the mind.
开卷有益。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
读书健脑，运动强身。
Respect yourself， or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬，必须自重。
Rome is not built in a day.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
S
Saying is one thing and doing another.
言行不一。
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
Seek the truth from facts.
实事求是。
Send a wise man on an errand， and say nothing to him.
智者当差，不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以贼捉贼。
Short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing.
聊胜于无。
Soon learn， soon forgotten.
学得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe， soon rotten.
熟得快，烂得快。
Speech is silver， silence is gold.
能言是银，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.
静水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering.
坚持就是胜利。
T
Take things as they e.
既来之，则安之。
Talking mends no holes.
空谈无补。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.
说曹*，曹*就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.
树大招风。
Teach others by your example.
躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest.
无私者无畏。
The best man stumbles.
伟人也有犯错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
掩耳盗铃。
The danger past and god forgotten.
过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.
烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.
老马识途。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The die is cast.
木已成舟。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means.
只要目的正当，能够不择手段。
The end makes all equal.
死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.
贪多嚼不烂。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢，不成器。
The fire is the test of gold， adversity of strong man.
烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.
迈出第一步是最艰难的。
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。
The fox preys farthest from home.
兔子不吃窝边草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
坐井观天。
The grass is greener on the other side.
这山望着那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.
语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
The higher up， the greater the fall.
爬得高，摔得惨。
The leopard cannot change its spots.
本性难移。
The more noble， the more humble.
人越高尚，越谦虚。
The more wit， the less courage.
初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.
旁观者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.
阳光也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question.
问题皆有两面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
家家有本难念的经。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.
人间处处有温情。
There is no general rule without some exception.
任何法规均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.
没有长生不老药。
There is no place like home.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
The style is the man.
字如其人。
The tongue is not steel， yet it cuts.
人言可畏。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing， the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清，浊者自浊。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place， after all.
海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
Think twice before you do.
三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.
否极泰来。
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。
Time cures all things.
时光是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies.
光阴似箭。
Time is money.
时光就是金钱。
Time lost cannot be won again.
时光流逝，不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.
时光不能倒流。
Time tries all.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.
人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
To err is human.
人非圣贤，孰能无过。
To know everything is to know nothing.
什么都明白，一如什么都不明白。
To know oneself is true progress.
人贵有自知之明。
Tomorrow never es.
我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
学问太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.
自由放任，一事无成。
Too much praise is a burden.
过多夸奖，反成负担。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节俭时光就是延长生命。
Touch pitch， and you will be defiled.
常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
Troubles never e singly.
福无双至，祸不单行。
Truth never grows old.
真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.
洗心革面，改过自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone， and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.
一个好汉三个帮。
Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.
别人错了，不等于你对了。
U
Unity is strength.
团结就是力气。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠言逆耳利于行。
Until all is over one’s ambition never dies.
不到黄河心不死。
V
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远远胜过美貌。
W
Walls have ears.
细心隔墙有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康，钱再多也没用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好东西，失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.
好的开始，是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水可贵。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自我的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。
Wet behind the ears.
乳臭未干。
Whatever you do， do with all your might.
不管做什么，都要一心一意。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
儿时所学，终生难忘。
What’s done cannot be undone.
生米煮成熟饭了。
What’s lost is lost.
失者不可复得。
What we do willingly is easy.
愿者不难。
When in rome， do as the romans do.
入国问禁，入乡随俗。
When everybody’s somebody then nobody’s anybody.
人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。
When sorrow is asleep， wake it not.
悲痛旧事别重提。
When sorrows e， they e not single spies， but in battalions.
新仇旧恨，齐上心头。
When the fox preaches， take care of your geese.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。
When wine is in truth， wit is out.
酒后吐真言。
Where there is a will， there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
Where there is life， there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Where there is smoke， there is fire.
事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post， the devil climbs ten.
道高一尺，魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you， will chatter of you.
搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.
好人不长命。
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts， fools have their hearts in their mouths.
智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。
Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
Y
You may know by a handful the whole sack.
由一斑可知全貌。
You never know what you can till you try.
是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.
鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
强扭的瓜不甜。