Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can. 智者皆能视苦为乐。
Take away my good name and take away my life. 夺了我的名誉等于夺了我的生命。 Take care of small sums and the large will take care of themselves. 省小钱才能积大财。 Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. 积少成多。 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。
Take honour from me and my life is undone. 夺我名声，我命即亡。 Take one's courage in both hands. 勇往直前，敢作敢为。 Take one thing with another. 由此及彼。
Take something by the best handle. 理解某事物，乘其好机会。 Take the rough with the smooth. 既能享乐也能吃苦。 Take the world as it is. 随遇而安。
Take the world as one finds it. 听之任之。
Take things as they come (or are) 既来之，则安之。 Take time by the forelock. 要抓住时机。
Take time for deliberation; hste spoils everything. 要费时思考，急躁会坏事。
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。
Take time when time comes lest time steal away. 机不可失，时不再来。
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。 Talk of an angel and you'll hear his wings. 说到曹操，曹操就到。 Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear. 说鬼鬼到。 Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。 Tastes differ. 众口难调。
Teaching others teaches yourself. 教学相长。
Tears are the silent language of grief. 眼泪是悲哀的无声言辞。
Telling your troubles is swelling your troubles. 诉说烦恼等于增加烦恼。
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。
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。 Temperance is the best physic. 克制乃是最好的治疗。
Temperance is the greatest of virtues. 自我节制是最大的美德。
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。
That is not good language which all understand not. 不是人人都懂的语言不是好语言。 That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end. 最后的聪明才算真聪明。
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。
That which is evil is soon learnt. 恶行易学。
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。 That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass. 事非逆料偏易发生。
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。
The abundance of money ruins youth. 钱多毁青年。 The ass wags his ears. 自鸣得意。 The battle is to the strong. 强者必胜。
The (or A) beggar may sing before the thief (or footbad). 既是穷光蛋，何虑窃贼偷。 The beginnings of all things are small. 万事开头小。 The belly has no ears. 食欲不长耳。
The best fish smell when they are three days old. 鱼过三天后，再鲜也变臭。 The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼游水底。
The best hearts are always the bravest. 最善良的人往往是最勇敢的人。
The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching. 玉不琢不成器。 The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. 要求过高反难成功。 The best is yet to be. 好戏在后头。
The best man stumbles. 智者千虑，必有一失。
The best mirror is an old friend. 老朋友是最好的镜子。
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。
The best of friends must part. 莫逆至交，终有一别。
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between. 敬而远之。
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。
The best teacher one can have is necessity. 我们能得到的最好教师是“需要”。
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。
The better the day, the better the deed. 日子越美好，事业越顺当。 The bough that bears most, hangs lowest. 枝头结果越多，垂得越低。
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。
The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots. 金无赤足，人无完人。 The burden on likes is cheerfully borne. 爱挑的担子，就愉快轻松。
The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time). 最忙的人时间最多。 The cask savours of the first fill. 先入为主。
The cat and dog may kiss, yet are none the better. 猫犬可相吻，莫逆却难成。 The catin glores catch no mice. 戴手套的猫捉不到老鼠。 The cat shut its eyes while it steals cream. 掩耳盗铃。
The chief aim of man is not to get money. 人生的主要目的不是为了挣钱。 The child is father of (or to) the man. 三岁定终身。 The cobbler must stick to his last. 安分守己。
The cobbler's wife is the worst shod. 鞋匠的老婆没有好鞋穿。 The course of true love never did run smooth. 好事多磨。
The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it 牛失其尾，方知其贵。 The cowl (or hood) does not make the monk. 穿袈裟的不一定是和尚。
The creditor has always a better memory than the detor. 放债人的记性比借债人好。
The crow thinks her own birds fairest. 乌鸦总以为自己的雏鸟最美丽。 The cruelest lies are often told in silence. 最残酷的谎言常以沈默的方式说出。 The crushed worm will turn. 困兽犹斗。 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。 The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor. 大人物的美味是穷人的眼泪。 The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明前是最黑暗的时刻。 The day has eyes, the night has ears. 日有眼，夜有耳。 The day is long to him who knows not how to use it. 百无聊赖。 The devil can cite the Scriptures for his purpose. 魔鬼替其狡辩，也会引经据点。 The devil is good when he is pleased. 魔鬼高兴，也发善心。 The devil is not so black as he is painted. 魔鬼不像所描绘的那么黑。 The devil knows may things because he is old. 老马能识途。 The devil lurks behind the cross. 貌善实恶。 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。 The diamonds of other countries are always the most beautiful. 别国的钻石是最美丽的。 The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. 医生往往比疾病更令人生畏。 The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. 我行我素，岂管他哉。 The dog that fetches will carry. 来道是非者，便是是非人。 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。 The early bird catches the worm. 捷足先登。 The effect speaks, the tongue needs not. 事实胜于雄辩。 The end crowns the work. 工作成败要看结果。 The end justifies (or sanctifies) the means. 只问目的，不问手段。 The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear. 自作孽不可活。 知道何时应该宽宏大度，Tact is the art of recognizing when to be big and 何时不应量小器微，是谓when not to be little. 练达。 Take care of the pence and the pounds will take 小财注意 ,大财自来. care of themselves. Take it and return it:the kiss of love. Take little, but give(or offer)much. Take not a musket to kill a butterfly. Take the whole into consideration. But do the job bit by bit. Take things as they come. Take time by the forelock. 对于爱之吻 ,接受它并立即退回它. 应少索取 ,而多奉献. 杀蝶不用枪。 大处着眼 ,小处着手. 随遇而安。 要把握时机 . Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. 考虑时不要匆忙；但是一旦行动的时刻来到，就要停止思考投入行动。 有时间就要利用 ,因为时间会消逝. J.Andrew 安德鲁(美国废奴运动领袖) Take time while time is, for time will be away. 对人生感到乐趣是女人Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic. 最好的化妆品 . Talent is as talent does. 是不是有实才 ,就看干得来干不来. Donna Hill 唐纳.希尔 Talents come form diligence, and knowledge is 天才在于勤奋 ,知识在gained by accumulation. 于积累. 西班牙谚语 Tell all that you know and tell it without reserve. 知无不言，言无不尽。 That friendship will not continue to the end that 出于权宜之计的友谊不is begun for an end. 会长久 . That which is brief, if it be good, is good twice 精练的智语是双倍的明over. 智 . That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to 当时艰辛回味甜 . remember. That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end. 最后正确才是真正确 . The administration of justice is the firmest pillar 主持正义是政府最坚定of government. The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. 的支柱。 进步的艺术是在变革中保持秩序，在秩序中保持变革。 开头并不是事情的全貌 . Washington 华盛顿 A.N.Whitehead 怀特黑德 The beginning is not everything. The best argument is that which seems merely 最有力的争辩看上去只an explanation. The best fish swim near the bottom. The best fish swim near the bottom. The best hearts are always the bravest. The best is often the enemy of the good. The best mirror is a friend's eye. 是一种解释 . 高山出鹰鹞 ,深水藏好鱼. 好鱼常在水底游。 心灵最高尚的人 ,也总是最勇敢的人. 完美常是美好之敌。 朋友的眼睛是最好的镜子 . 英语格言 为把明天的工作做好 ,[英]Elbert Hubbard 埃The best preparation for good work tomorrow is 最好的准备是把今天的to do good work today. 工作做好. 尔伯特.哈伯德 S.Smith 史密斯 Shakespeare 莎士比亚 J.Bunyan 班扬 The best way of answering a bad argument is to 答复糟糕论点的最好办let it go on. The better part of valor is discretion. 法是任其继续 . 小心即大勇 . The bitter must come before the sweet; and that 苦应先于甜 ,会使甜更also make the sweet the sweeter. The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. The bull must be taken by the horns. 甜. 坟前洒下的最悲伤的眼泪 ,是痛悔应说而未说 的话和应做而未做的事. 对付公牛得抓其角 . 猫可以是人们最好的朋The cat could very well be man's best friend but 友，但它自己却不肯屈尊Doug Larson 道格·拉森 would never stoop to admitting it. 承认这一点。 The chain is not stronger than its weakest link. 麻绳专在细处断 . 习惯之链很弱，往往感觉The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until 不到，一旦感觉到了，已S.Johnson 约翰逊 they are too strong to be broken. 经牢固得绷不断了。 The cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice. 巧妈难为无米之炊。 中国谚语 The company of a good man is the light of the 结交好人 ,启迪心灵;结soul, of an evil man the poison of life. The course of true love never did run smooth. 交坏人,败坏一生. 真诚的爱情之路永不会是平坦的 . 牛吃的是草 ,挤出来的是奶. Shakespeare 莎士比亚 The cow eats grass but gives milk. Lu Xun 鲁迅 The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems 即使整个太阳系和星系could only kill you once. The darkest hour is that before the dawn. The darkest hour is that before the dawn. The dead are only dead when they die in the thoughts of the living. The deepest truths are the simplest and the most common. The devil is not so black as he is painted. 崩溃 ,你也只死一次. 黎明之前最黑暗 . 黎明之前最黑暗。 没有活人思念的死人 ,才是真正的死了. 最深刻的真理是最简单 ,最普通的道理. 魔鬼并不像人们描绘的那样黑。 T.Carlyle 卡莱尔 人老见识广 . /老马识The devil knows many things because he is old. 途. The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work 成功先于工作的唯一地方是在字典里 . 注:字典里字母S先于W. A.Brisbane 布里斯班(美国报社编辑) 幽默家的困难，在于他们The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix 把相信的和不信的全混[美国] John Updike 约what they believe with what they don't, 在一起，只考虑哪个看上翰·厄普代克 whichever seems likelier to win an effect. 去更 有效果。 The early bird catches the worn. The essence of language is human activity. The exception proves the rule. 先出巢的鸟儿先得食 . 语言的本质是人类活动。 O.Jespersen 耶斯佩森 例外证明法则的存在。 La Rochefoucauld 拉罗什富科 The failures of the past prepare the triumph of 过去的失败给未来的胜the future. The fairest rose is at last withered. The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it. 利铺路 . 好花终有凋谢时 . 判断伟人的名誉应该以他们如何得到它来衡量 . The fire is the test of gold; adversity is the test of 火对金子是考验 ,逆境a strong man. The first requirement of good conversation is that nobody should know what is coming next. 对人是磨炼. 谈话艺术的第一要素是让人不知道你接下去要讲什么。 第一步是最关键的一步 . 啜饮蜜糖的苍蝇在甜蜜中丧生。 J.Gay 盖依 The first step is as good as half over. The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweet. 对精神食粮和对营养身The food that enters the mind must be watched 体的食物同样必须谨于P.J.Buchanan 布坎南 as closely as the food that enters the body. 选择 . The fool does think he is wise, but the wise man 愚者自以为智 ,智者自knows himself to be a fool. The force of the wind tests the strength of the grass. 知其愚. 疾风知劲草 . 中国谚语 The foundation of every state is the education of 每个国家的基础都在于Diogenes 第欧根尼(古its youth. The friend is known in the time of difficulty. 对其青年的教育。 困难时刻才会知道谁是朋友 . 希腊哲学家) The full area of ignorance is not mapped; We are 无知的全部疆域尚未测J.D.Bernal 贝尔纳(英国at present only exploring its fringes. 绘成图 :目前我们只是物理学家) 在其周边探索. 只要为之奋斗 ,未来就The future becomes the present if we fight for it. 会变成现在. 未来是这样一件东西 ,The future is something which everyone reaches 每个都以每小时六十分at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he 钟的速度朝它走去 ,不C.S.Lewis刘易斯 does, whoever he is. 管他做什么,也不管他是谁. The golden age is before us, not behind us. 黄金时代是在我们前面而不在我们背后 . 过得去是精益求精的敌人。 The good is the enemy of the best. The good or ill of man lies within his own will 人的善良或邪恶都存在古希腊 ]Epictetus 爱比于他自己的意志之中 . 克泰德 生命的最大用处是将它The great use of life is to spend it for some thing 用于比生命更长久的事W.James 詹姆斯 that overlasts it. 物上 . The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him. 一个人越伟大，对表扬和奉承就越反感。 J.Burroughs 巴勒斯 The greater part of whitewashing is done with 大部分的粉饰是用墨水ink. 进行的。 G.D.Prentice 普伦蒂斯 The greater the man, the more restrained his 人越伟大 ,越能克制怒anger. 火 古罗马 ]Ovid奥德维 滥用权力造成The greater the power , the more dangerous the 权力越大，abuse. The greatest artist was once a beginner. 的危险也越大。 最伟大的艺术家也曾是个初学者。 E.Burke 伯克 The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest 真理最好的朋友是时enemy is prejudice, and her constant company 间 ,最大的敌人是偏见,Colton 科尔顿 is humility. 永恒的伴侣是谦逊. 不单是The greatest good you can do for another is not 给人最大的帮助，而是just to share your riches but to reveal to him his 让他分享你的富有，own. The greatest talkers are the least doers. 向他指明他的富有。 语言的巨人常是行动的矮子 . The happiest people seem to be those who have 最快乐的人似乎是那些no particular cause for being happy except that 并没有特别原因觉得快they are so. 乐而只是快乐的人。 The heart that once truly loves never forgets. 真正恋爱过的心永不遗忘 . 尾巴露得The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his 猴子爬得越高，tail. The highest branch is not the safest roost. The highest possible stage in moral culture is thoughts. The highest towers begin from the ground. 越多。 高枝非良栖之所。 道德修养能达到的最高该控制我们的思想. 万丈高楼平地起 . H.Black布莱克 when we recognize that we ought to control our 阶段 ,是认识到我们应C.Darwin 达尔文 The horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the 生活的地平线是随着心enlargement off the heart. 灵的开阔而变宽广的 . 人生重要的在于确立一The important thing in life is to have a great aim, 个伟大的目标 ,并有决Goethe 歌德 and the determination to attain it. 心使其实现. The insolent have no friends. The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. The last drop makes the cup run over. The least said, the soonest mended. The love of economy is the root of all virtue. 目空一切的人无朋友 . 妒忌者对别人是烦恼，对他们自己却是折磨。 满斟之杯 ,溢于最后一滴. 少说一句，息事宁人。 节约是一切美德的根源 . W.Penn 佩恩 The love of money is a root of all knits of evil; 贪财是万恶之根 :有人which some reaching after have been led astray 贪恋钱财,就被诱离了正from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 道,使自己充满许多愁苦. 高贵者最The lowly are most intelligent; the elite are most 卑贱者最聪明，ignorant. 愚蠢。 纯真的金子 ,光泽永远The luster of pure gold will never fade; the faith 不变;坚持真理的人,信of an upholder of truth will never change. 念始终不渝. 生活中的主要危险来自Lady Astor 阿斯特子爵The main dangers in this life are the people who 那些想要改变一切或什夫人(英国下议院第一位want to change everything or nothing. 么也不想改变的人。 女议员) The man who agrees with everybody is not worth having anybody agree with him. 同意所有人的意见的人 ,不配得到任何人的同意. H.J.Palmerston 帕默斯顿 The man who doesn't recognize a fool when he 看见傻瓜而认不出来的B.Gracian 格拉西安(西sees one is one himself. The man who gets angry suffers more than the person who is the object of his wrath. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say \"Impossible\". 人 ,自己也是傻瓜. 班牙作家) 发脾气的人比对方受罪。 O.W.Holmes 霍姆斯 凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说 \"不可能\"的. Napoleon 拿破仑 The man who offers an insult writes it in sand, 侮辱人者是把话写在沙受辱者却把它看作镶but for the man who received it, it's chiseled in 上，bronze. 刻在铜上。 The man who saves when young will have more 年少节俭 ,年老不愁。 to spend when he is old. The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea 具有新想法的人在其想succeeds. 法被接受之前是怪人。 Mark Twain 马克·吐温 心灵是自己作主的地方，The mind is its own place, and in itself can make 能把地狱变成天堂，把天a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. 堂变成地狱。 英文谚语大全 A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。 A bad conscience is a snake in one''s heart. 做贼心虚。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。 A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。 A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。 A bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it''s the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。 A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情。 Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深。 A burden of one''s choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重。 A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。 A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。 Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。 A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。 A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。 A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧，高枕无忧。 A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，胜券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。 A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 宁为清贫，不为浊富。 A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，祸从口出。 A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大。 A common danger causes common action. 同仇敌忾。 A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。 Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不满足者坐无宁时。 A disease known is half cured. 病情确诊断，治病好一半。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。
A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨头打狗狗不叫。 Adversity is a good discipline. 苦难是磨练人的好机会。 Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患难使人聪明，但不能致富。 Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身处逆境不择友。
Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。 A fair death honours the whole life. 死得光明，终身荣耀。 A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午饭后要坐，晚饭后要走。
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋
友兼而有之。
A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误，等于改正一半。
A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。 A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚发问，七智结舌。 A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所问，智者难答。
A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千虑，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，百智难回。
A fool''s bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千虑，必有一得。
A friend exaggerates a man''s virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 囊中有钱，不如朝中有友。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真朋友。 A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一个我。 A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友。
A friend is never known till a man have need. 不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。 A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。 A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 广交友，无深交。
A friend without faults will never be found. 没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。 After a storm comes a calm. 否极泰来。 After black clouds, clear weather. 否极泰来。 After death, the doctor. 放马后炮。
A full belly counsels well. 衣食足而后知荣辱。 A full cup must be carried steadily. 杯满盈，须持稳。 A good appetite is a good sauce. 饥不择食。
A good beginning is half the battle. 首战告捷等于一半胜利。 A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者必善其终。
A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好书，莫逆之交。 A good conscience is a continual feast. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。 A good conscience is a soft pillow. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。 A good dog deserves a good bone. 有劳得奖。 A good example is the best sermon. 身教胜似言教。 A good face needs no paint. 美貌无需擦脂抹粉。
A good fame is better than a good face. 好的名望胜于好的相貌。 A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近亲。
A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land. 聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。
A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold. 健康的身体贵于黄金铸成的皇冠。 A good heart cant''s lie. 有仁心者不说谎话。 A good heart conquers ill fortune. 善心克厄运。 A good marksman may miss. 智者千虑，必有一失。 A good maxim is never out of season. 至理名言不会过时。 A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口，忠言逆耳。
A good name is better than riches. 好名誉胜过有财富。
A good name is earlier lost than won. 失去美名易，得到美名难。 A good name is sooner lost than won. 美誉难得而易失。
A good name keeps lustre in the dark. 好的名声在黑暗中也会光芒四射。 A good neighbour is better than a bother in the next village. 远亲不如近邻。 A good wife makes a good husband. 有好妻子就有好丈夫。 A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。 A great ship asks deep water. 巨轮寻深水而航行。
A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. 做贼心虚，良心自诛。 A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 贼胆心虚。
A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放，笑逐颜开。 A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急难免出岔子。 A heavy snow promise a good harvest. 瑞雪兆丰年。 A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 时势造英雄。 A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭内讧难维系。
A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。
A journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step. 千里之行，始于足下。 A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Ale will make a cat speak. 酒后吐真言。
A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳。 A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生无目的，犹如船失去了舵。 A light purse is a heavy curse. 为人无钱处处难。 A light purse makes a heavy heart. 囊中无钱心事重。 A lion at home, a mouse abroad. 在家凶如狮，在外却如鼠。 A little is better than none. 聊胜于无。
A little leak will sink a great ship. 千丈之堤溃于蚁穴。 A little learning is a dangerous thing. 浅学误人。
A little neglect may breed great mischief. 小不忍则乱大谋。 A little pot is soon hot. 壶小水易热。
A little spark kindles a great fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. 适可而止，过犹不及。 All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃跑时，个个都勇敢。 All are not merry that dance lightly. 表面高兴的，未必都快乐。 All are not saints that go to church. 去做礼拜者，未必皆圣人。 All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 犬之所吠，并非皆贼。 All bread is not baked in one oven. 人心不同，犹如其面。
All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. 猫都爱吃鱼，却怕爪弄湿。 All covet, all lose. 贪多必失。
All good things came to an end. 天下无不散之筵席。 All is fair in war. 兵不厌诈。
All is well that ends well. 结果美满都是好的。 All men are mortal. 人孰无死。
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 the sea. 百川入海。 All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马。
All''s fair in love and war. 爱情和战争是不择手段的。 All''s fish that comes to his net. 到了网中都是鱼。 All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill. 有情人终成眷属。
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment. 机会失去不再来，千贯万贯难赎回。
All the world''s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. 整个世界是个舞台，男男女女，演员而已。
All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事都是先难后易。 All things are easy that are done willingly. 做事乐意，诸事容易。 All things are obedient to money. 有钱能使鬼推磨。
All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要耐心肯等待，一切都会按时来。 All time is no time when it is past. 光阴一去不复返。 All truths are not to be told. 真理并不都能说得清。
Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot. 纵然天下雨，休把水壶丢。
Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. 坐吃山空。 A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. 少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。
A maid that laughs is half taken. 少女露笑脸，婚事半成全。
A man alone is either a saint or a devil. 孤身独处的人可以为圣哲，也可为恶魔。 A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 轻诺者易忘。 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. 妻子浪费无度，丈夫不会出头。 A man cannot serve two masters. 一仆不能事二主。
A man can not 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 his hour, and a dog has his day. 人有称心时，狗有得意日。 A man is as old as he feels. 老不老，自己晓。
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. 人并不因为生在马厩里就成了马。 A man is not good or bad for one action. 判断人的好坏不能凭一次行为。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力，日久见人心。 A man may dig his grave with his teeth. 祸从口出。 A man may smile and smile and be villain. 笑里藏奸。
A man''s actions show his character. 行为可显出一个人的品性。
A man who has friend must show himself friendly. 与朋友交，必须友好相处。 A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. 人无笑脸，不要开店。 A man without money is a bow without an arrow. 人无钱，犹如弓无箭。 A man without reason is a beast in season. 人无理智就像是一头发情的野兽。 A match will set fire to a large building. 星星之火，可以燎原。 Ambition never dies until there is no way out. 不到黄河心不死。
A merry heart goes all the way. 生性乐天，终身受用。 A middle course is the safest. 中庸之道最保险。
A miserly father makes a prodigal son. 爱钱如命的父亲生个儿子挥金如土。 A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. 山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。 A mother''s love never changes. 母爱永恒。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 远亲不如近邻。 An empty purse frightens many friends. 囊中无分文，亲友不上门。 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 evil chance seldom comes alone. 祸不单行。 An evil lesson is soon learned. 学坏容易。 A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。 Anger is a short madness. 发火是短暂的疯狂。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。 An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 对牛弹琴。 An oak is not felled at one stroke. 万事不能一蹴而就。 An occasion lost cannot be redeemed. 时机失了无法挽回。 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. 老狗难改吠声。
An old physician, and a young lawyer. 医生年老的好，律师年轻的俏。 An old poacher makes the best keeper. 老偷猎者是最好的看守人。
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 乐观的人在灾难中看到希望；悲观的人在希望中看到灾难。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防胜于治疗。
An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue. 牛因有脚而被抓，人因有舌而遭殃。 Answer a fool according to his folly. 以其人之道，还治其人之身。
An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men. 正直的法官重法胜于重人。 A penny saved is a penny earned(or gained). 省钱就是赚钱。
A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife. 穷汉娶富妻，必受老婆欺。 Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter. 好药不苦不会加糖衣。 Apparel makes the man. 马靠鞍装，人靠衣装。
Appearances are deceitful. 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。 Appetite comes with eating. 食欲越吃越旺。
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 白日不做亏心事，夜半不怕鬼敲门。 A ragged coat may cover an honest man. 不能以衣著取人。 Art is long, but lift is short. 人生有涯，而学无涯。
A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money. 失友都因借钱起。 A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 千里之行始于足下。 As a man lives so shall he die. 有生必有死。 As a man''s heart is, so does he speak. 言为心声。 As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth. 缄默的嘴，真诚的心，是世界上最令人赞美的东西。
A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。 A small leak will sink a great ship. 一个小漏洞可能弄沉一艘大轮船。 A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手。 A sow, when washed; returns to the muck. 江山易改，本性难移。
As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring. 忘恩负义。
As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hatred. 美酒可制成烈醋，热爱能变为深仇。
As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks. 一厢情愿。 As the inner life is, so will be the language. 言为心声。 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. 试金石可以试金，正如黄金可以试人。 As the tree falls, so shall it lie. 自作自受。
As they sow, so let them reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 A still tongue makes a wise head. 智者寡言。 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 straw shows which way the wind blows. 一叶便知秋。 A stumble may prevent a fall. 小惩大诫。
As you brew, so must you drink. 自搬石头自压脚。 As you make your bed so you must lie on it. 自食其果。 As you sow you shall mow. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
At night, all cats are grey. 猫在夜晚皆灰色(丑妍暗中难分辨)。 A tall tree catches the wind. 树大招风。
A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many. 朋友千人尚觉少，仇敌一人犹嫌多。 A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. 千言万语不如一个行动。 A threatened blow is seldom given. 虚张声势，吓唬而已。 A tree is known by its fruit. 观其行而知其人。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity. 疾风知劲草，患难知友情。 A true jest is no jest. 真正的笑话不是笑话。 Avarice blinds our eyes. 财迷心窍。 Avarice increases with wealth. 越富越贪。 A watched pot is long in boiling. 心急水不沸。 A wilful man will have his way. 有志者事竟成。 A wise head makes a close mouth. 智者寡言。
A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，驷马难追。 A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。
A young man married is a man that''s marred.男子早婚，种下祸根。 Bad news has wings. 坏事传千里。 Bare words, no bargain. 空言不能成交易。 Barking dogs seldom bite. 善吠的狗很少咬人。 Beauty is but a blossom. 美丽只是盛开的花朵。 Beauty is but skin-deep. 红颜易变。
Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼里出西施。
Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent. 美丽是有力量的，但金钱更有权威。 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。
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹剑。 Before gold, even kings take off their hats. 有钱能使鬼推磨。 Beggars cannot be choosers. 饥不择食。 Beggars must be no choosers. 饥不择食。
Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 Be honest rather clever. 诚实比聪明更要紧。 Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle. 随遇而安。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。
Better a bachelor''s life than a slovenly wife. 过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。 Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱贪生不如死得光荣。 Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜于无。 Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。 Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 宁为犬首，不作狮尾。 Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 宁为驴头，不为马尾。 Better deny at once than promise long. 轻诺必寡信。
Better die with honour than live with shame. 与其忍辱偷生，不如光荣而死。 better early than late. 宁早勿迟。
Better eye sore than all blind. 眼痛总比瞎眼好。
Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 远亲不如近邻。 Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 宁可饿肚子，切莫去借债。 Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。
Better lose the saddle than the horse. 吃小亏占大便宜。 Better master one than engage with ten. 精通一事胜于会十事。 Better one-eyed than stone-blind. 独眼总比全瞎好。
Better poor with honour than rich with shame. 穷得光荣，胜过富得可耻。 Better pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口。
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 与其说话不中肯，不如一言不发好。 Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 聊胜于无。 Better to do well than to say well. 说得好不如做得好。
Better wear out shoes than sheets. 宁可(经常运动)穿破鞋子，也不(因病长卧)磨破床单。 Better wear out than rust out. 与其闲散不如忙碌。 Better wit than wealth. 智力胜于财富。
Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。 Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功亏一篑。 Between two stools one falls to the ground. 脚踏两头要落空。
Beware of a silent dog and still water. 警惕无声之狗会咬人，平静之水会覆舟。 Big mouthfuls ofter choke. 贪多嚼不烂。 Bind the sack before it be full. 做事应适可而止。
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
Birth is much, but breeding is more. 出身固然重要，教养更且重要。 Bite off more than one can chew. 贪多咽不下。 Bite the hand that feeds one. 恩将仇报。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口利于病。 Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。 Blood will have blood. 血债要用血来还。
Brave actions never want a trumpet. 勇敢的行为不须要吹号。 Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。 Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵。
Bring up a raven and he''ll pick out your eyes. 养虎贻患。 Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 投鼠忌器。 Burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 Business before pleasure. 事业在先，享乐在后。 Business is business. 公事公办。 By doing we learn. 经一事，长一智。
By falling we learn to go safely. 吃一堑，长一智。
By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. 和疾病相比较，才显得健康的可贵。 Call a spade a spade. 据实而言。
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 brings grey hair. 忧虑催人老。 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。 Cats hide their paws. 大智若愚，大巧若拙。
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 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 therulers of the weak, instrument of the wise. 弱者困于环境，智者利用环境。
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。 Comparisons are odious. 人比人，气死人。
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，然后才能生。 Constant dropping wears away a stone. 滴水穿石。 Content is better than riches. 知足常乐。 Content is happiness. 知足常乐。
Conversation makes one what he is. 言如其人。 Counsel after action is like rain after harvest. 放马后炮。
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。 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。
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。 Deeds, no words. 不要光说不练。
Debt is better than death. 负债总比死亡强。 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. 依靠别人总要后悔。 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。
Do as the Romans do(or Do as they do at Rome). 入乡要随俗。 Do as you would be done by. 推己及人。
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. 行胜于言。 Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
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 to others what you do not wish them to do to you. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 Do not wash dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外扬。 Don''t climb a tree to look for fish. 勿缘木求鱼。 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 cry out before you are hurt. 还没受苦，就别叫苦。 Don''t keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤注一掷。
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。
Do one''s level best. 尽力而为。
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。 Dream are lies. 梦不足信。
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. 酒后露真言。 Dumb dogs are dangerous. 哑犬最凶恶。 Each day brings its own bread. 天无绝人之路。
Each man is the architect of his own fate. 命运掌握在自己手中。 Early wed, early dead. 早婚早夭。 Easier said than done. 说话容易做事难。 Easy come, easy go. 易得易失。
Eat one''s cake and have it. 又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草。 Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。 Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常乐。
Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾，其言必诈。 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. 有利必有弊。 Every bullet has its billet. 无风不起浪。
Every cloud has a silver lining. 山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村。 Every cook praises his own broth. 自吹自擂。 Every country has its customs. 乡有乡俗。 Every couple is not a pair. 同床异梦，貌合神离。 Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在，好花不常开。
Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history. 生命中的一天就是你历史上的一页。 Every dog has his day. 凡人都有得意之日。 Every extremity is a fault. 万事过分都差误。 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 is best know to himself. 自己最了解自己。 Every man is the son of his own works. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 Every mother''s child is handsome. 王婆卖瓜，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 is nice in your garden. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。 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。 Example is better than precept. 言教不如身教。 Extremes are dangerous. 物极必反。 Extremes meet. 否极泰来。
Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. 以牙还牙，以眼还眼。 Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。 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。 Far from eye, far from heart. 离远而情疏。
Fasting comes after feasting. 今日有酒今日醉，明日无钱不揭锅。 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。 Few words, many deeds. 少说话，多做事。 Fine feathers do not make fine birds. 人不可貌相。 Fine words butter no parsnips. 画饼充饥。
Fire proves gold, adversity proves men. 烈火显真金，逆境识英雄。 First catch your hare, then cook him. 不要谋之过早。 Fish begins to stink at the head. 上梁不正下梁歪。 Fool''s haste is no speed. 欲速则不达。 Fools have fortune. 傻人有傻福。
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them. 愚者设筵，智者赴宴。 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。 Four eyes see more than two. 人多识广。 Friendless is the dead. 没有朋友者，等于是死人。
Friendship is love with understanding. 友谊是爱加上谅解。 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，多言生后悔。 From saving comes having. 富有来自节约。
From short pleasure long repentance. 痛快一时，悔恨终身。 Full belies make empty skulls. 大腹便便，头脑空虚。 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 hostages to fortune. 听天由命。
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。 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 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 wine needs no cries. 好酒无需叫卖。
Good words and ill deeds decieve wise men and fools. 话好行为劣，欺骗智和愚。 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. 一人独处慎于思，与人相处慎于言。
Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失。
Grasp the shadow and let go the substance. 舍本逐末。 Great boast, small roast. 说得天花乱坠，成事微乎其微。 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 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 not great doers. 其人说得多，做得不会多。 Great winds blow upon high hills. 树大招风。
Half a tale is enough for a wise man. 聪明人凡事只须听一半，就会明白究竟。
Half the world knows not how the other half lives. 富人不知穷人苦。 Happiness consists in contentment. 知足常乐。 Happiness takes no account of time. 幸福不觉光阴过。
Happy is he that is happy in childhood. 童年时代快乐的人是幸福的。
Happy is he that is happy in his children. 对自己孩子感到高兴的，才是幸福的人。 Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. 记得青年时所做的愚笨事的人是幸福的。 Happy is he who owes nothing. 无债一身轻。 Happy is the man that owes nothing. 无债一身轻。 Hardships never come alone. 祸不单行。
Hares may pull dead lions by the beard. 虎落平阳被犬欺。 Harm set, harm get. 自作自受。 Harm watch, harm catch. 害人反害己。 Haste makes waste. 拔苗助长。
Hasty climbers have sudden falls. 大起者有大落。
Hasty love is soon hot and soon cold. 草草率率谈恋爱，热得快也冷得快。 Hasty love, soon cold. 匆忙的爱情冷得快。
Hatred is blind as well as love. 爱情与仇恨同样是盲目的。
Have but few friends though many acquaintances. 朋友要少，熟人要多。 Hawks will not pick hawks'' eyes out. 同类不相残。
He alone is happy who commands his passions. 只有控制感情的人，才会幸福。 He alone is poor who does not possess knowledge. 没有知识，才是贫穷。 Health does not consist with intemperance. 健康和放纵，彼此不相容。 Health is not valued till sickness comes. 有病方知无病乐。 Heaven helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。 Heaven''s vengeance is slow but sure. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
He bears misery best who hides it most. 最会隐瞒痛苦者，乃是最善忍受痛苦人。 He can who belive he can.
He dances well to whom fortune pipes. 鸿运来时，百事顺遂。
He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour. 吃过苦头，才配享受。 Hedges have eyes, and walls have ears. 篱笆有眼，隔墙有耳。 He gives twice that gives in a trice. 即刻就给予，等于给两次。
He is a fool who cannot be angry, but he is a wise man who will not. 愚笨人不会发怒，聪明人不愿发怒。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 背后说人好话的够朋友。 He is a good man whom fortune makes better. 好人走运人更好。 He is a wise man who speaks little. 聪明的人话不多。 He is lifeless that is faultless. 人孰无过。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 正人先正己。 He is rich enough who has true friends. 有真朋友的人是富翁。 He is rich enough who owes nothing. 无债就是富。
He is the wise man who is the honest man. 诚实的人就是聪明的人。
He is the wisest man who does not think himself so. 不自以为聪明的人是最聪明的人。 He is truly happy who makes others happy. 真正幸福的是使人幸福的人。 He is unfortunate who cannot bear misfortune. 不能承受不幸的就是不幸。
He is unworthy to live who lives only for himself. 为己而生，生而可耻。 He is wise that is honest. 诚实者明智。
He is wise that knows when he''s well enough. 知足的人是聪明的人。 He jests at scars, that never felt a wound. 富人不知穷人苦。
He knocks boldly at the door who brings good news. 彼叩门声响，必来报佳音。 He knows best what good is that has endured evil. 忍过痛受过苦，最知幸福是何物。 He knows enough that can live and hold his peace. 见多识广者沈默寡言。 He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。 He lives long that lives well. 活得好等于活得长。
He lives twice who lives well. 生活得好的等于生活了两次。
He may well be contented who need neither borrow nor flatter. 一个既不用借债又不用奉承人的人，可以称得上心满意足。
He most lives who lives most for others. 活著对别人贡献最多的人，活得最有意义。 He must needs go whom the devil drives. 势在必行。
He must needs swim that is held up by the chin. 身不由己，只得从命。 He preaches best who lives best. 言教不如身教。 He that climbs high falls heavily. 爬得高，跌得重。
He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. 做贼心虚。 He that converses not knows nothing. 不和人交谈的人一无所知。
He that deceives me once, shame fall him, if he deceives me twice, shame fall me. 受骗一次，别人可耻；受骗二次，自己该死。
He that doth what he will doth not what he ought. 为其所欲为者不为其所当为。 He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也许明天会站起来。 He that fears every bush must never go a-birding. 疑神疑鬼，绝无收获。 He that fears you present, will hate you absent. 当面怕你的人背后会恨你。 He that gains time gains all things. 获得时间就是获得一切。
He that gains well and spends well needs no account book. 收支正当，无须记帐。 He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy. 忍渴上床，起身健康。
He that has a full purse never wants a friend. 只要袋里有，不愁没朋友。 He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it. 做贼心虚。
He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere. 遇事多问，随处可行。 He that has a wife has a master. 娶了妻娶了个主人。
He that has no children knows not what is love. 没有孩子的人，不懂什么叫爱。 He that hath time hath life. 有时间，就有生活。
He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody. 不知自爱的人也不会爱别人。 He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 He that lives long suffers much. 长寿的人多忧患。
He that lives well is learned enough. 生活好者，博学多才。
He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly. 生而缺德，死必寡诚。 He that marries for wealth sells his liberty. 为财富而结婚就是出卖自由。 He that never rode never fell. 不骑马就永不会从马上跌下。
He that returns good for evil obtains the victory. 以德报怨的人得到胜利。 He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon. 与恶人交往，须特别提防。
He that talks much erre much. 言多必失。 He that travels far knows much. 见多识广。
He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell. 欲所得，必先劳。 He that will swear will lie. 赌咒的人是说谎的人。
He that will take the bird must not scare it. 欲捉鸟莫惊鸟。 He that will thrive must rise at five. 五更起床，百事兴旺。 He that would command must serve. 欲做先生，先做学生。 He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree. 不劳无获。
He that would know what shall be must consider what has been. 欲知未然，须思已然。 He that would live in peace and rest must hear and see, and say the best. 要想太太平平，生活安定，必须耳聪目明，善言动听。
He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. 欲得女儿欢，先遂其母意。 He warms too near that burns. 取暖太近火，会被火灼伤。
He who buys what he does not need will often need what he cannot buy. 平时随便买，需时无钱买。
He who cannot hold his peace will never live at ease. 嘴巴不紧，生活不宁。
He who can suppress a moment''s anger may prevent a day of sorrow. 能忍一时气，可免一日优。
He who despises small things seldom grows rich. 小钱不计，大钱不聚。 He who does no good, does evil enough. 好事不做，坏事做绝。 He who does not advance falls backward. 不进则退。 He who does not gain loses. 无所得即有所失。
He who does not honour his wife, dishonours himself. 人不贵妻，自我丢脸。
He who does not rise early never does a good day''s work. 起身不早，一天的工作难做好。 He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. 怕吃败仗的就要打败仗。 He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. 怕吃苦头的反因怕而吃苦头。 He who has done ill once will do it again. 干了一次坏事的人会再干第二次。 He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is. 不吃苦中苦，哪知甜中甜。 He who hesitates is lost. 举棋不定，坐失良机。
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. 害怕问者耻于学。 He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning. 耻于问者耻于学。 He who knows most speaks least. 懂得多的说得少。
He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。 He who likes borrowing dislikes paying. 爱借钱者不爱还钱。
He who lives by hope will die by hunger. 靠希望生活的人将饥饿而死。 He who lives in glass house should not throw stones. 正人先正己。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 经常诉苦抱怨，难以博得同情。 He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk. 弱肉强食。 He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing. 不犯错误，成不了事。 He who never was sick dics the first. 永不生病的人往往一病致命。
He who overcomes his anger subdues his greatest enemy. 克制火气就是克制强敌。 He who plays with fire gets burned. 玩火者必自焚。
He who pleased everybody died before he was born. 众口难调。
He who purposes to be an author, should first be a student. 想当作家，相当学生。
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. 骑虎者难下。 He who risks nothing, gains nothing. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
He who sees through life and death will meet with most success. 看破生死者，大多会成功。 He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it. 与熊分蜜糖，得不到多少。 He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. 讲礼貌的得友情，好心肠的得感情。
He who stands alone has no power. 孤掌难鸣。 He who touches pitch will be difiled. 近墨者黑
He who wants a mule without fault, must walk on foot. 如要骡子无缺点，只有自己徒步行。 He who wills success is half way to it. 下定决心成功的人是成功了一半。 He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 爬梯必须从底层开始。 He who would search for pearls must dive below(or deep). 欲寻珍珠，须潜水下。 Hide one''s talents in a napkin. 埋没自己的才能。
His heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not clear. 嘴不净者心不纯。 Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. 随机应变。 Hold fast when you have it. 紧握你手中之物。 Home is home, though never so homely. 不如归去。
Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all. 诚实的人马上结婚，聪明的人就不这样。 Honesty is the best policy. 诚实是上策。
Honesty may be dear bought, but can never be an ill penny-worth. 出高价买来的诚实，不会永远没有价值。
Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. 蜜糖是甜的，但蜜蜂会螫人。 Honour and profit lie not in one sack. 荣誉和利益不能并存。 Honours change manners. 荣誉能改变人的礼貌。 Honour to whom honour is due. 荣誉归于应得荣誉的人。
Hope deferred makes the heart sick. 希望迟迟未实现，使人心烦意撩乱。 Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 作最好的希望，作最坏的打算。
Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper. 希望是美味的早点，但又是难咽的晚餐。 Hope is but the dream of those that wake. 希望是清醒者的梦想。 Hope is life and life is hope. 希望才有人生，人生要有希望。 Hope often deludes the foolish man. 希望常欺愚笨汉。
Hope springs eternal (in the human breast). 希望会产生，永远无穷尽。
How shall I do to love? Believe. How shall I do to believe? Love. 怎样对待爱情？要相信。怎样才能相信？要有爱情。
Human pride is human weakness. 骄傲是人类的弱点。 Humility is the foundation of all virtue. 谦逊是一切美德的基础。 Humility often gains more than pride. 谦逊往往比骄傲受益更多。 Hunger breaks stone wall. 饥饿不饶人。
Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods. 饥饿引狼出森林。 Hunger finds no fault with the cookery. 饥不择食。 Hunger is the best sauce. 饥者口中尽佳肴。 Hunger knows no friend. 饥难周友。
Hunger will relish the plainest fare. 饥不择食。 Hungry belies have no ears. 饥寒起盗心。
Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings. 饥不择食。
I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea. 进退维谷。
I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles. 我不是奴隶，也不是俘虏，我有力量可以克服更大的艰难险阻。
I am not now that which I have been. (I am not what I used to be.) 今日之我已非昔日之我。 I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility. 一个真正伟大的人，对他的第一个考验就是看他是否谦逊。
Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. 理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我们犹如水手，可借它指引航向。 Idle folks have most labour. 懒汉总嫌活太多。 Idle folks lack no excuses. 懒汉辩解，何患无词。
Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. 懒惰是行乞的敲门砖，是万恶的根源。 Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice). 懒惰是万恶之源。 Idleness is the rust of the mind. 懒惰使脑子生锈。 Idleness rusts the mind. 懒惰使人的头脑迟钝。 Idle young, needy old. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. 如果倒空钱袋，装入脑袋，那就无人能够把钱夺走。
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics. 如果以肯定开始，必将以怀疑告终；如果愿以怀疑开始，必将以肯定告终。
If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人是靠希望活著的。
If matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. 重要的并不在于一个人怎样死，而是在于他怎样生。
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. 不做金钱的主人，就会做金钱的奴隶。 If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault. 如果没有人爱你，肯定是你自己有问题。 If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 问道于盲，无益于事。 If the counsel be good no matter who gave it. 只要忠告中肯，谁提都行。 If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不馋，心不贪。 If the old dog barks, he gives counsel. 如果老狗叫，他是给忠告。 If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. 丸药不苦不会加糖衣。 If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 吃得苦中苦，方知甜中甜。 If the sky fll (or falls), we shall catch larks. 异想天开
If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture. 若有人称赞你，要自问对不对。 If things were to be done twice all would be wise. 事事倘能做两次，人人都可称明智。 If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 随遇而安。 If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 愿望不等于事实。
If you agree to carry the calf, they''ll make you carry the cow. 得寸进尺。
If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you. 运气太好，得意忘形；运气太坏，无人理会。
If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. 不能打仗，切莫出兵。
If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你现有的吧。
If you command wisely, you''ll be obeyed cheerfully. 倘君指挥有方，人人欣然听命。
If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. 施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。
If you don''t aim high you will never hit high. 不立大志，难攀高峰。 If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist. 巧妇难为无米之炊。
If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 远朱者赤，近墨者黑。 If you run after two heares, you will catch neither. 两头落空。 If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 蚀了本也输了利。
If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 不试就相信，死前要悔恨。 If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。 If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情，就要自己动手。 If you want knwledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知识，必须刻苦学习。 If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. 想要和平，必须备战。
If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得贤妻子，须娶好女儿。
If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. 如要是情做得好，你须亲自动手搞。 Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 厚颜无耻由于愚昧无知。 Ignorance is the mother of suspicions. 无知会多疑。
I have no secret of success but hard work. 成功无秘诀，只是努力干。 I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish. 酒肉之交非朋友。
I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 是上无天才，勤学加苦练。
Ill-gotten goods never prosper. 发横财，家不发 Ill news comes space. 恶事传千里。 Ill news flies fast. 恶事传千里。 Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。
I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. 成功之道唯三点∶努力、努力、再努力。
Improve your time and your time will improve you. 珍惜时间，时间才会珍惜你。 In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. 平静的海上易驶船。
In all things, it is better to hope than to despair. 凡事抱希望为佳，不应悲观而失望。 In an enemy spots are soon seen. 敌人的缺点容易找。
In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 历代最伟大的思想都载入史册而不朽。
In doing we learn. 行而知。
Industry if fortune''s right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。 In every beginning think of the end. 思前顾后。 In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做，二不休。
In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn. 丰年五谷贱如草，荒年稻草贵如粮。 In life, as in chess, forethought wins 人生如下棋，多谋得胜利。
In life''s earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. 在人生的搏斗中，只有日日前进不甘失败的人，才能获胜。
In moderating, not satisfying, desires, lies peace. 节欲不纵情，心情得安宁。 I now know that wars do not end wars. 如今我才弄明白，干戈不能化玉帛。 In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. 处顺境时要小心，处逆境时要耐心。
In prosperity think of adversity. 居安思危。
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. 顺利时要快乐，不利时要思索。
In the deepest water is the best fishing. 绝处能逢生。
In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever. 选择妻子也象策画战争，一时之错将成终身之恨。 In the end things will mend. 船到桥头自会直。
In the grave the rich and poor lie equal. 人到黄泉，贫富同眠。
In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed man is king. 盲人国里，独眼称王。 In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart. 明镜照容颜，醇酒见人心。 In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 谋士多，保安全。
In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom. 处世似游泳，不会即下沉。 In time of peace prepare for war. 居安思危。
In water you may see your own face; in wine, the heart of another 水中可见自己的脸，酒中可见别人的心。
In wine there is truth. 酒后吐真言。
In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden. 青年时代是黄金的，壮年时代是白银的，老年时代是灰铅的。
I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. 我抱憾的是，只有一次生命能献给祖国。
I say little but I think the more. 我说得少，但我想得多。
I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty. 睡时梦觉生活是美事，醒来发现生活是责任。
I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated. 我成功是因为有决心，从不犹豫。 It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips 骄傲的心碰上献媚的嘴，是最危险不过的。
It is a good horse that never stumbles. 良马不失蹄。 It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外扬。 It is a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知世间有乐者最可怜。
It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait. 蠢人才吃两次亏。 It is a silly goose that comes to the fox''s sermon. 只有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。 It is a small flock that has not a black sheep. 家家难免有败类。 It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 识时务者为俊杰。 It is a wise father that knows his own child. 父贤知其子。
It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame. 宁可穿破衣，不可蒙羞耻。 It is better to be safe than sorry. 事后追悔不如事前稳妥。 It is better to do well than to say well. 理论好不如实际好。
It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill. 与其抱怨，不如积善。 It is dogged (that) does it. 天下无难事，只怕有心人。 It is easier to descend than to ascend. 下降容易上升难。
It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it. 提出忠告易，照著办事难。 It is easier to pull down than build. 败事容易成事难。
It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. 养虎易，驯虎难。 It is easy to be wise after the event. 当事后诸葛亮容易。
It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. 对每一件事知道一些是容易的，对任何一件事详细知道是困难的。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 开设店铺易，维持常开难。 It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸鱼。 It is good to be merry at meal. 席间心情愉快是为上策。
It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患难时得到朋友是幸运的。 It is good to learn at another man''s cost. 前车之覆，后车之鉴。
It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 养女容易嫁女难。 It is hard to please all parties. 取悦各方，谈何容易。
It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country. 对朋友不义，不可能对国家效忠。
It is more pain to do nothing than something. 什么都不做要比做一点更不好受。
It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice. 在同一个人那里上两次当只能怪自己。
It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove. 老鹰胜鸽，不足为荣。 It is not every couple that is a pair. 成双并非皆配偶。 It is not good to make a sleeping lion. 弄醒睡狮不是好事。
It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age. 一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习不懂的东西，这不是羞耻。
It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。 It is not work that kills, but worry. 劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。 It is no use crying over spilt milk. 泼水难收。
It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. 话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。
It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都应该用得其所。 It is the first step that costs. 万事开头难。
It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock. 船触礁后在抛锚，为时已经太晚了。 It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down. 马后炮。 It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. 贼出关门。 It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. 大智若愚。
It matters not how long we live but how. 问题不是活得多么长，而是活得怎么样。 It never rains but it pours. 祸不单行。(不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。)
It''s a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles. 良马不失蹄，贤妻不聒絮。
It''s a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知人间有乐趣者最可怜。 It''s a poor mouse that has only on hole. 鼠只有一洞，必先把命送。 It''s earier to run down the hill than go up. 下山容易上山难。 It''s hard sailing when there is no wind. 没有风难航行。
It''s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子重德不重衣。 It''s no use pumping a dry well. 徒劳无益。
It takes all sorts to make a world. 万千事物，形成世界。 It takes two to make a quarrel. 要有两个人才吵得起来。 Jack of all trades and master of none. 什么都会，样样不精。
Jack of all trades is of no trade. 万事皆通，一无所长。 Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbours. 是喜是忧难以分。
Joy often comes after sorrow, like morning after night. 暮去必将朝至，苦尽常会甜来。 Joy put heart into a man. 人逢喜事精神爽。
Joy shared with others are more enjoyed. 与人同乐，其乐无穷。 Jadge not a book by its cover. 人不可貌相。
Judge not according to the appearance. 不要以貌取人。
Judge not of men and things at first sight. 审人论事宜谨慎，一见之下莫断定。 Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Labour is light where love doth pay. 爱情作酬报，劳苦必轻松。 Labour is often the father of pleasure. 勤劳常为快乐之源。
Labour is the capital of our working men. 劳动力是劳动人民的资本。 Lack of knowledge is darker than night. 没有知识比黑夜还要黑。 Late repentance is seldom true. 后悔少有诚意。 Laugh and grow fat. 心宽体胖。
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟独你自哭。
Laugh at your ills, And save doctors'' bills. 生病不忧虑，节省医药费。 Laugh before breakfast you''ll cry before supper. 乐极生悲。 Law makers should not be law breakers. 正人先正己。
Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. 法网只捉苍蝇，不捉黄蜂。 Lazy folks take the most pains. 懒汉多吃苦。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。 Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
Learn to creep before you leap. 循序渐进。 Learn to say before you sing. 按部就班。 Learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进。
Learn young, learn fair. 学习趁年轻，既学就学好。 Least said, soonest mended. 多说反坏事。
Lend your money and lose your friend. 赔了夫人又折兵。 Let beggars match with beggars. 龙配龙，凤配凤。 Let bygones be bygones. 既往不昝。
Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage. 纵使困难重重，也不丧失勇气。 Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. 饮水思源。
Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over. 饮水思源。 Let not the cobbler go beyond his last. 安分守己。
Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath. 日落之前，平息你的怒火吧。
Let our object be our courtry, our whole country, and nothing but our country. 我们的心目中要有国家，要有整个国家，而且只有我们的国家别如其他。 Let''s cross the bridge when we come to it. 既来之，则安之。 Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要惹事生非。 Let the cobbler stick to his last. 安分守己。 Let the dead bury the dead. 往事不重提。
Let things take their course. 听其自然。
Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. 是就是，非就非。 Liars have need of good memories. 谎言者要有好的记忆力。 Liars should have good memories. 说谎的人应有好的记性。 Liberty is not licence. 自由不是放纵。
Lie in (oron) the bed one has made. 自作自受。 Lies have short legs. 谎言是站不住脚的。
Life is a battle from cradle to grave. 人生是一场从生到死的战斗。
Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 对善思考者，人生为喜剧；对凭感觉者，人生为悲剧。
Life is a flower of which love is the honey. 人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。 Life is a shuttle 生活犹如梭子。 Life is but a span. 人生如朝露。
Life is compared to voyage. 人生好比是航海。
Life is half spent before we know what it is. 等到认识人生，已经一半过去了。 Life is long if you know how to use it. 如果懂得好好利用，生命就长了。 Life if made up of little things. 生活是由琐事构成的。
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. 生命的价值是用思想和行为来衡量的，而不是寿命的长短。
Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。 Life is short and time is fleeting 人生短暂，光阴易逝。 Life is sweet. 生命是甜美的。
Life without a friend is death without a witness. 在世无朋友，死后无证人。 Lightly come, lightly go. 易得易失。 Like attracts like. 物以类聚。 Like author, like book. 书如其人。 Like begets like. 有其父必有其子。 Like cow, like calf. 有其父必有其子。 Like cures like. 以毒攻毒。 Like draws to like. 物以类聚。
Like draws to like the whole world over. 物以类聚，世间皆如此。 Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。 Like knows like. 英雄识英雄。
Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。 Like teacher, like pupil. 有其师必有其徒。 Like tree, like fruit. 有其因必有其果。
Little boats must keep the shores. 小船不能航行远。
Little bodies may have great souls. 小小的躯体会有伟大的心灵。 Littel chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。 Little strokes fell great oaks. 水滴石穿。
Little thieves are hanged, but great one''s escape. 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯。 Little things amuse little minds. 小人志卑。 Little wealth, little care. 财少寡忧。 Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。
Live and let live. 自己生活，也要让他人生活。 Live to learn and learn to live. 生而学之，学而生之。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。 Loftiest trees most dread the thunder. 树大招风。
Long absent, soon forgotten. 长久不在的人，很快被忘怀。
Long tarrying takes all the thanks away. 事情耽搁太久就没有人会感谢了。 Look at the world through rose-coloured glasses. 对万事要乐观。 Look before you leap; see before you go. 三思而行。 Lookers-on see more than players. 旁观者清。 Lookers-on see most of the games. 旁观者清。
Look for a needle in a bundle (or bottle) of hay. 海底捞月。 Look not for musk in dog''s kennel. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙。 Losers are always in the wrong. 失败者总是错的。 Losses make us more cautious 损失使人更谨慎。
Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever. 失去的财富可由勤奋而恢复，失去的知识可由学习而恢复，失去的健康可由节制或药物而恢复，但失去的时间却一去永不复返。
Love all, trust a few, be false to none. 要爱一切人，相信少数人，不要负于任何人。 Love and business teach eloquence. 爱情和买卖可以培养口才。 Love and cough cannot be hid. 爱情和咳嗽是不能掩饰的。 Love and poverty are hard to hide. 爱和穷难隐瞒。
Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness. 爱情要求忠诚，而忠诚要求坚贞。 Love begets love. 爱爱相生。 Love cannot be forced 爱情不强求。
Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace. 爱情可使茅屋成为金碧辉煌的宫殿。 Love comes by looking. 情人眼里出西施。
Love does much, money does everything (ormore). 爱情做许多事，金钱做任何事。 Love fears no danger. 爱情不怕危险。
Love grows with obstacles. 磨折越多，爱情越深。 Love is a sweet torment. 爱情是一种甜蜜的折磨。
Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly. 爱情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。
Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的。爱情使人对缺点视而不见。情人眼里出西施。 Love is full of trouble. 爱情多烦恼。
Love is like the moon; when it does not increase it decreases. 爱情像月亮，不营即亏。 Love is neither bought nor sold. 爱情不能买卖。 Love is never without jealousy. 爱情莫不忌妒。
Love is not to be found in the market. 爱情在市场上是找不到的。 Love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the ending. 爱情始甜而终苦。 Love is the mother oflove. 爱产生爱情。 Love is the reward of love. 爱情就是爱的报答。 Love is the touchstone of virtue. 爱情是美德的试金石。 Love is the true price of love. 爱情只能用爱情来报答。 Love is without reason. 爱情是没理智的。
Love laughs at locksmith 春闺锁不住。
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts. 爱情无贵贱，贫负皆有之。
Love looks with telescope; envy with microscope. 爱情大处著眼，忌妒吹毛求疵。 Love makes all equal. 恋爱不分贵贱。
Love makes all hard hearts gentle. 爱情把一切冷酷的心变得温柔。 Love makes obedience easy. 爱情使服从变为易事。 Love makes one fit for any work. 爱情使人适合任何工作。 Love makes the world go round. 爱情使世界运转。 Love me little and love me long. 不求情意浓，但愿情义长。 Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。 Love needs no teaching. 爱情无需教导。 Love not at the first look. 切莫一见钟情。
Lovers live by love, as larks live by leeks. 情侣靠爱情生活，正像云雀靠韭葱生活一样。 Love rules his kingdom without a word. 维持爱情，不用强力。
Love rules without a sword and bind without a cord. 爱的统治不用刀枪，捆绑不用绳索。 Love should not be all on one side. 爱情不应是单方面的。
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. 追求而得的爱情固然美好，但不经追求而得的爱情更为美好。
Love thy neighbours as thyself. 爱邻如爱己。
Love understands love; it needs no talk. 爱情可以意会，无需言传。 Love will find out the way. 爱情会自找出路。
Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge. 爱你的左邻右舍，但不要拆去你们之间的藩篱。
Lying rides upon debt''s back. 负债的人谎话多。
Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it. 备而不用。 Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤。 Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易，守业更难。 Keep your breath to cool your porridge. 少管闲事。
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards. 婚前张开眼，婚后半闭月。
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. 要多看少说。 Kill the goose that laid the golden egg. 杀鸡取蛋
Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the dumb understand. 善良为语言，聋子能天见哑巴懂心间。
Kindness is the sunshine of social life. 仁慈是社会生活中的阳光。 Kindness will creep where it may not go. 仁慈可进入任何禁地。 Kind words are the music of the world. 善言是世上的音乐。 Kind words are worth much and cost little. 口头方便不费力。 Kind words butter no parsnips. 画饼充饥。
Knavery may serve, but honestyis best. 欺诈可能得计，但诚实总是上策。
Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps. 知识的获得是循序渐进而不是突飞猛进的。 Knowledge comes from experience alone. 知识来自经验。
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. 知识是一座宝库，实践是打开宝库的钥匙。 Knowledge is long, life is short. 吾生有涯，而知无涯。
Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
Knowledge is the antidote to fear. 知识可以解除恐惧。
Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed. 知识是万物中最珍贵的财宝，丢不掉，偷不走，也不会损耗。 Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud. 知识令人谦虚；无知使人骄傲。 Knowledge will not be aquired without pain and application. 不花力气，不下功夫是得不到知识的。
Know something like the palm of one''s hand. 熟知其事，了如指掌。
Know something of everything and everything of something. 既要有一般常识，又要有专业知识。
Know thyself. 知道你自己。
Maidens should (or must) be mild and meek, swift to hear and slow to speak. 少女应温良谦恭，敏于听而慎于言。
Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. 尽力而为，尽力节约，尽力施舍。 Make haste slowly. 从容赶急。
Make hay while the sun shines. 趁热打铁。
Make the best of a bad business (or job or bargain) 身处山穷水尽，力争柳暗花明。 Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. 只有人，生下时啼哭，活著时抱怨，去世时失望。
Man has not a greater enemy than himself. 人之大敌，自己而已。 Man is mortal. 人生谁无死。
Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creature of man. 并非时势造人，而是人造时势。
Man is the artificer of his own happiness. 人之幸福，自己创造。 Manners make the man. 礼貌造就人。
Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在天，成事在人。 Man''s best plans often miscrarry. 神机妙算，常常失算。
Man''s best possession is a loving wife. 男人最可贵的是有一个贤淑的妻子。 Man will conquer nature. 人定胜天。
Many a fine dish has nothing on it. 虚有其表。 Many a good cow hath a bad calf. 虎父生犬子。
Many a good father hath but a bad son. 好父亲偏生不肖子。 Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle. 积少成多。 Many ants kill the horse. 蚁多可杀马。
Many a true word is spoken in jest. 戏言寓真理。 Many dishes, many diseases. 多吃多病。 Many drops makes a shower. 积少成多。 Many hands are better than one. 众擎易举。 Many hands make a burden lighter. 众擎易举。 Many hands make light (or quick) work. 人多活儿轻。
Many have suffered for talking, none ever suffered for keeping silence. 多言吃苦，缄默少祸。 Many heads are better than one. 集思广益。
Many kiss the baby for the nurse''s sake. 醉翁之意不在酒。 Many men, many minds. 人多意见多。
Many one says well that thinks ill. 口蜜腹剑者不乏其人。
Many receive advice only the wise profit by it. 聆忠言者众，智者独获益。 Many sands will sink a ship. 积沙沈船。
Many straws may bind an elephant. 草多可缚象。 Many wells, many buckets. 井多吊桶也多。
Many words cut (or hurt) more than swords. 恶语伤人胜刀见。
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. 三月来如雄狮，去如绵羊。 Marriage comes by destiny. 姻缘命中定。
Marriage goes by contrasts. 夫妻之间难免有差异。 Marriage is a lottery. 婚姻是一件难于预料的事。
Marriage is a lottery with more blanks than prizes. 结婚如同摸彩票，空票多而中票少。 Marriaage is the bloom or blight of all men''s happiness. 结婚是人生的幸福花朵开放的时候，也可能是凋谢的时候。
Marriage makes or mars a man. 婚姻能成全人也能损害人。
Marriage! Nothing else demands so much from a man! 结婚！没有什么比结婚对人要求更多的了。
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure. 草率结婚后悔多。 Marry in lent, and you''ll live to repent. 借债结婚，后悔一生。
Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you . 给儿子娶亲，想在什么时候皆可；把女儿嫁人要在有力量时才行。
Master should be soetimes blind and sometimes deaf. 不痴不聋，不作阿家翁。 Measure another''s corn by one''s own bushel. 以己度人。 Measure for measure. 以牙还牙。 Measure is treasure. 适度是宝。
Measure thrice before you cut once. 三思而后行。 Men are mortal. 人生自古谁无死。
Men, at soome time, are masters of their fates. 人有时是自己命运的主人。
Men know where they were born, not where they shall die. 人能知其生于何地，不能知其死于何方。
Men love to hear well of themselves. 阿谀奉承话，人们皆爱听。 Men may meet but mountains never. 人生何处不相逢。
Men too seldom see their own faults. 人们很少能看到自己的过错。 Mere words will not fill a bushel. 空言无补。
Merry is he that hath nought to lose. 人无所失，不亦乐乎。 Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
Mills of God grind slowly but sure. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 Mischief has swift wings. 飞来横祸。
Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets. 爱财如命。 Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows. 落难时不择伙伴。 Misery loves company. 同病相怜。
Misery makes strange bedfellows. 患难时不择友。
Misfortune comes on wings and departs on foot. 遭灾易，消灾难。 Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良师。 Misfortunes come at night. 灾祸常生于不测。
Misforunes come on horseback and go away on foot. 遭灾易，消灾难。 Misfortunes (or Hardships) never (or seldom) come alone (or singly). 祸不单行。 Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 经过灾难方知福。 Misfortunes test the sincerity of friends. 患难见友情。
Moderation in all things is the best of rules. 中庸之道是最好的准则。 Money answers all things. 金钱是万能的。
Money begets (or breeds or gets) money. 钱产生钱。 Money borrowed is soon sorrowed 债台高筑，愁上心头。
Money calls, but does not stay: It is round and rolls sway. 金钱会上门，不会留下来，因为是圆的，所以会滚开。
Money can buy the devil himself. 有钱能使鬼推磨。 Money can move even the gods. 有钱能使鬼推磨。 Money doesn''t grow on trees. 钱不是从天上掉下来的。 Money has no smell. 金钱无所谓香臭。
Money is a good servant, but a bad master. 金钱是好的仆役，坏的主人。 Money is often lost for want of money. 往往由于缺乏金钱而丧失金钱。 Money is something, but no everything. 金钱能买到某物，但不是万能的。 Money is the key that opens all doors. 金钱是打开一切门户的钥匙。 Money is the root of all evil. 金钱是万恶之源。 Money is the sinews of war. 无钱莫打仗。 Money makes the mare to go. 钱可通神。
Money often unmakes the men who make it. 为富不仁。
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. 智力投资，决非虚掷。 Money talks. 有钱能讲话。
More die by food than by famine. 饥馑而死的少，饱食而死的多。 More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。
More worship the rising than the setting sun. 人都向旭日膜拜，不向夕阳顶礼。
Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of. 当前发生诸种事，大多为人所不知。 Much will have more. 贪得无厌。 Murder will out. 杀人终必败露。
Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast. 音乐有抚凶暴心灵的魅力。 Music is the eye of the ear. 音乐是耳朵的眼睛。
Music is the medicine of the breaking heart. 音乐是医治心灵创伤的妙药。
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. 音乐可洗去灵魂中日常生活所沾染的污垢。
My son is my son, till he hath got him a wife; but my daughter''s my daughter all the days of her life. 儿子只有在娶妻前是儿子，女儿则终生是女儿。
Napolean himself was once a crying baby. 即使是拿破仑，过去也是啼哭的婴孩。 Nature abhors a vacuum. 自然界里是没有真空的。
Nature is the glass reflecting truth. 大自然是反应真理的一面镜子。 Nature will have its course. 天行其道。
Naughty boys sometimmmes make good men. 顽皮淘气的男孩子有时成为仁人君子。 Necessity and oportunity may make a coward valient. 需要和机会可能使懦夫变成勇士。 Necessity (or Need) has (or knows) no law. 需要面前无法律。
Necessity is the mother of invention 穷则变，变则通。 Necessity knows no law. 铤而走险。
Need makes the old wife trot. 人急造反，狗急跳墙。(事急老妪跑。) Needs must when the devil drives. 情势所迫，只好如此。 Neglect of health is doctor''s wealth. 忽视健康，医生财旺。 Never be weary of well doing. 行善莫厌烦。 Never cackle till your egg is laid. 事竟成，才声张。
Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime durnk. 不要过河拆桥。 Never do things by halves. 做事情不要半途而废。 Never fry a fish till it''s caught. 捉到鱼，才煎鱼。 Never judge by appearances. 人不可貌相。
Never neglect an opportunity for improvement. 抓住大好时机，切莫等闲错过。 Never offer to teach fish to swim. 切莫教鱼游泳。
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. 今日事，今日毕。 Never show the bottom of your purse or your mind. 钱包不露底，思想需保留。 Never think yourself above your business. 切莫自视过高。 Never too late to mend. 过则勿惮改。 Never too late to repent. 过则勿惮改。
Never too old (or late) to learn. 学到老，学不了。
Never (or Don''t) trouble trouble till trouble troulbes you. 切莫自寻麻烦。
Never trust another what you should do yourself. 自己应该做的事，决不要委托别人做。 New brooms sweep clean. 新官上任三把火。
Newspapers are the world''s mirrors. 报纸是世界之镜。 No answer is also answer. 不回答也是一种回答。
No bees, no honey; no work, no money. 没有蜜蜂就没有蜜，没有劳动就没有钱。 No cross, no crown. 无苦即无乐。 No gains without pains. 不劳无获。 No garden without its weeds. 有利必有弊。
No good building without a good foundation. 基础不好，建筑不牢。 No great loss without some small gain. 塞翁失马，安知非福。 No herb will cure love. 想思病，无药医。 No joy without annoy. 喜中有忧。 No living man all things can. 世上无全能。 No man can do two things at once. 心无二用。
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes. 不犯千般错误，难成伟大人物。
No man ever became thoroughly bad at once. 没有一个人是一下子就坏透的。 No man (or one) is born wise or learned. 人非生而知之者。 No man is content. 人心是不满足的。
No man is so old, but thinks he may yet live another year. 人越活越想活。 No man (or one) is wise at all times. 聪明一世糊涂一时。
No man knows when he shall die, although he knows he must die. 纵然知其难免一死，人却难料何时身亡。
No man learns but by pain or shame. 不经痛苦羞辱，难以取得教训。
No money, no honey. 没有金钱，就没有爱情。
None but a wise man can employ leisure well. 唯智者善于利用空闲。 None but the brave deserve the fair. 英雄才能配美人。 None knows the weight of another''s burden. 看人挑担不吃力。
None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing. 蚂蚁不说话，但最善于说教。 No one can call back yesterday. 往日不复返。
No one (or man) is born wise or learned. 人非生而知之者。 No one is wise at all times. 人总有一时之失。 No pains, no gains. 不劳则无获。 No piper can please all ears. 众口难调。
No pleasure without alloy (or pain or repentance). 乐中有悲。 No practice, no gain in one''s wit. 吃一堑，长一智。 No root, no fruit. 没有根，就没有果。 No rose without a thorn. 玫瑰都有刺。
No safe wading in an unknown water. 未知水深浅，涉水有危险。 No smoke without some fire. 无风不起浪。 No song, no supper. 不劳无获。 No sooner said than done. 言而必行。
No sunshine but bath some shadow. 有明必有暗。 No sweat, no sweet. 不劳则无获。
No sweet without some sweat. 不劳则无获。 Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man. 饥不择食。 Nothing comes from (or of) nothing. 无风不起浪。
Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it. 无风不起浪。 Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man. 饥不择食。 Nothing crave, nothing have. 有求才有应。
Nothing for nothing and very little for a half penny. 一分钱，一分货。 Nothing is difficult to a man who wills. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。 Nothing is impossible to willing mind (or heart). 有志者事竟成。
Nothing is impossible (or difficult) to the man who will try. 天下无难事，只怕不努力。 Nothing is really beautiful but truth. 只有真理才是真美。 Nothing is stolen without hands. 无风不起浪。 Nothing seek, nothing find. 无所求，则无所获。
Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something. 塞翁失马，安知非福。 Nothing succeeds like success. 一事成功，事事顺利。
Nothing to be got without pains but poverty. 只有贫困可以不劳而获得。 Nothing venture, nothing win (or have or gain). 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Nothing will come of nothing. 无风不起浪。 Not let the grass grow under one''s feet. 不失时机。 No way is impossible to courage 勇敢面前没有通不过的路。 No wisdom like silence. 智者寡言。 Now or never. 机不可失，失不再来。
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