不善始者不善終。
A bad thing never dies.
遺臭萬年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不會撐船怪河彎。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛與說謊本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厲內荏。
A burden of one''s choice is not felt.
愛挑的擔子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蠟燭照亮別人,卻毀滅了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
貓有九條命。
A cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出門,壞事傳千里。
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.
聽宜敏捷,言宜緩行。
Better late than never.
不怕慢,單怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
問路總比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之間不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚,人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血濃于水。
Blood will have blood.
血債血償。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一葉障目,不見泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
謹慎和勤奮才能抓住機遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心駛得萬年船。
Cheats never prosper.
騙人發(fā)不了財。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染,身教言傳。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
擇書如擇友。
Come what may, heaven won''t fall.
做你的吧,天塌不下來。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
學習的敵人是自己的滿足。
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,繩鋸木斷。
Diamond cuts diamond.
強中自有強中手。
Do as the Romans do.
入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲,勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying.
與其掛在嘴上,不如落實在行動上。
Do it now.
機不可失,時不再來。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而廢。
Don''t claim to know what you don''t know.
不要不懂裝懂。
Don''t have too many irons in the fire.
不要攬事過多。
Don''t make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小題大做。
Don''t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事,今日畢。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自賞。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身體好。
Easier said than done.
說得容易,做得難。
Easy come, easy go.
來也匆匆,去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃飯是為了活著,但活著不是為了吃飯。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
實磨無聲空磨響,滿瓶不動半瓶搖。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人無寧日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千慮,必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
親兄弟,明算賬。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody''s business is nobody''s business.
人人負責,等于沒人負責。
Fact speak louder than words.
事實勝于雄辯。
Failure is the mother of success.
失敗是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明槍易躲,暗箭難防。
Far from eye, far from heart.
眼不見,心不煩。
Far water does not put out near fire.
遠水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡,樣樣不順眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐懼源于無知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墻有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火無情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把雙刃劍。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不過是勤奮而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
眾口鑠金,積毀銷骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黃金并非萬能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德報德是常理,以德報怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的財富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良藥苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
謹慎消災。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不擋道。
Great hopes make great man.
偉大的抱負造就偉大的人物。
Habit cures habit.
心病還需心藥醫(yī)。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行為漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
歡樂不覺時光過。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快,身上不能背債。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教訓,自己才會走運。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一見鐘情難維久。
Health is better than wealth.
健康勝過財富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼聽則明。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良機,后悔已遲。
It never rains but it pours.
不鳴則已,一鳴驚人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年樹木,百年樹人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
門門精通,樣樣稀松。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相,海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天網恢恢,疏而不漏。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越學越好,壞人越學越壞。
Learn not and know not.
不學無術。
Learn to walk before you run.
先學走,再學跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
過去的就讓它過去吧。
Many heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠,賽過諸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不發(fā),無心插柳柳成蔭。
Measure for measure.
針鋒相對。
Misfortunes never come alone.
禍不單行。
no smoke without fire.
無風不起浪。
nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼淚干得最快。
nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上無難事,只怕有心人。
nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事,只要肯登攀。
nothing seek, nothing find.
沒有追求就沒有收獲。