A

A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。

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.蜡烛照亮别人毁灭了自己。

A cat may look at a king.人人平等。

Actions speak louder than words事实胜于雄辩。

Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。

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 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 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 medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。

A light heart lives long.静以修身。

A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。

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 little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精华。

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。

All good things come to an end.天下无不散之筵席。

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.发光的不一定都是金子。

All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。

A man can do no more than he can.凡事量力而行。

A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。

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。

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 ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。

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 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。

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.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

B

Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。

Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。

Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。

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。

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.小心驶得万年船。

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。

Close mouth catches no flies.病从口入
Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。

Content is better than riches.知足者常乐

Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。

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。

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。

Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途废。

Don‘t claim to know what you don‘t know.不要不懂装懂。

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。

Easier said than done.说得容易，做得难。

Easy come, 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。

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。

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。

Fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕。

Fool‘s haste is no speed.欲速则不达。

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。

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。

G
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 medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。

Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。

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。

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。

Harm set, harm get.害人害己。

Hear all parties.兼听则明。

Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。

Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。

He is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。

He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。

He knows most who speaks least大智若愚。

He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，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 who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟，不进则退。

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
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 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 company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤近墨黑。

Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。

Kings have long arms.普天之下，莫非王土。

Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。

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。

Learn not and know not.不学无术。

Learn to walk before you run.先学走，再学跑。

Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。

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。

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 tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。

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。

Love at first sight.一见钟情。

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 come 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。

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.不可以貌取人。

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，怎么见彩虹。

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 pains, no gains.一分耕耘，一分收获

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 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。

Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。

No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。

O

Obedience is the first duty of a soldier服从命令是军人的天职。

Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。

Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。

Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。

Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

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 man‘s fault is other man‘s lesson.前车之鉴。

One swallow does not make a summer一燕不成夏。

One‘s words reflect one‘s thinking.言为心声。

P
Pleasure comes 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。

Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。

Pride goes before, and shame comes 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。

Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。

Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。

Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。

Still water run deep.静水流深。

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 come.既来之，则安之。

Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。

Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。

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 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 devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。

The die is cast.木已成舟。

The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。

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 leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。

The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。

he 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.太阳也有黑点。

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。

here 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 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.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies.光阴似箭。

Time is money.时间就是金钱。

Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝，不可复得。

Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。

Time tries all.路遥知马力，日久见人心。

To err is human.人非圣贤，孰能无过。

To know everything is to know nothing.什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。

To know oneself is true progress.人贵有自知之明。

Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。

Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。

Troubles never come 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。

U

Unity is strength.团结就是力量。

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。

W

Walls have ears.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。

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.入乡随俗。

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。

Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。

Wet behind the ears.乳臭未干。