A bad beginning makes a bad 不善始者不善終。 A bad thing never 遺臭萬年。 A bad workman always blames his 不會撐船怪河彎。 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the 一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-吹牛與說謊本是同宗。 A bully is always a 色厲內(nèi)荏。 A burden of one's choice is not 愛挑的擔子不嫌重。 A candle lights others and consumes 蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。 A cat has 9 貓有九條命。 A cat may look at a 人人平等。 A close mouth catches no 病從口入。 A constant guest is never ?？土钊藚?。 Actions speak louder than 事實勝于雄辯。 Adversity leads to 窮則思變。 Adversity makes a man wise, not 逆境出人才。 A fair death honors the whole 死得其所，流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to 知音難覓。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your 吃一塹，長一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never 江山易改，本性難移。 A friend in need is a friend 患難見真情。 A friend is easier lost than 得朋友難，失朋友易。 A friend is never known till a man has 需要之時方知友。 A friend without faults will never be 沒有十全十美的朋友。 'After you' is good “您先請”是禮貌。 A good beginning is half 良好的開端是成功的一半。 A good beginning makes a good 善始者善終。 A good book is a good 好書如摯友。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and 一本好書，相伴一生。 A good conscience is a soft 不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。 A good fame is better than a good 美名勝過美貌。 A good husband makes a good 夫善則妻賢。 A good medicine tastes 良藥苦口。 A good wife health is a man's best 妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。 A great talker is a great 說大話者多謊言。 A hedge between keeps friendship 君子之交淡如水。 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a 戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its 積習難改。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the 說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。 A light heart lives 靜以修身。 A little body often harbors a great 濃縮的都是精品。 A little knowledge is a dangerous 一知半解，自欺欺人。 A little pot is soon 狗肚子盛不得四兩油。 All are brave when the enemy 敵人逃竄時，人人都成了勇士。 All good things come to an 天下沒有不散的筵席。 All rivers run into 海納百川。 All roads lead to R條條大路通羅馬。 All that ends well is 結(jié)果好，就一切都好。 All that glitters is not 閃光的不一定都是金子。 All things are difficult before they are 凡事總是由難而易。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull 只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。 A man becomes learned by asking 不恥下問才能有學問。 A man can do no more than he 凡事都應量力而行。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same 一心不能二用。 A man is known by his 什么人交什么朋友。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of 光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。 A man without money is no man at 一分錢難倒英雄漢。 A merry heart goes all the 心曠神怡，事事順利。 A miss is as good as a 失之毫厘，差之千里。 A mother's love never 母愛永恒。 An apple a day keeps the doctor 一天一蘋果，不用請醫(yī)生。 A new broom sweeps 新官上任三把火。 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a 以眼還眼，以牙還牙。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the 一日之計在于晨。 An old dog cannot learn new 老狗學不出新把戲。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of 聰明才智，不如運氣。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of 預防為主，治療為輔。 A rolling stone gathers no 滾石不生苔，轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)不聚財。 As a man sows, so he shall 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。 A single flower does not make a 一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。 A snow year, a rich 瑞雪兆豐年。 A sound mind in a sound 健全的精神寓于健康的身體。 A still tongue makes a wise 寡言者智。 A stitch in time saves 小洞不補，大洞吃苦。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked 身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close 真人不露相，露相非真人。 A word spoken is past 一言既出，駟馬難追。 A year's plan starts with 一年之計在于春。 A young idler, an old 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。 Bad news has 好事不出門，壞事傳千里。 Barking dogs seldom 吠犬不咬人。 Beauty lies in the love's 情人眼里出西施。 Be swift to hear, slow to 聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。 Better late than 不怕慢，單怕站。 Better to ask the way than go 問路總比迷路好。 Between friends all is 朋友之間不分彼此。 Birds of a feather flock 物以類聚，人以群分。 Blood is thicker than 血濃于水。 Blood will have 血債血償。 Books and friends should be few but 讀書如交友，應求少而精。 Business is 公事公辦。 Business is the salt of 事業(yè)是人生的第一需要。 By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish 讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。 Cannot see the wood for the 一葉障目，不見泰山。 Care and diligence bring 謹慎和勤奮才能抓住機遇。 Caution is the parent of 小心駛得萬年船。 Cheats never 騙人發(fā)不了財。 Children are what the mothers 耳濡目染，身教言傳。 Choose an author as you choose a 擇書如擇友。 Come what may, heaven won't 做你的吧，天塌不下來。 Complacency is the enemy of 學習的敵人是自己的滿足。 Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to 自信是走向成功的第一步。 Constant dripping wears away a 水滴石穿，繩鋸木斷。 Content is better than 知足者常樂。 Count one's chickens before they are 蛋未孵先數(shù)雛。 Courtesy on one side only lasts not 來而不往非禮也。 Creep before you 循序漸進。 Cry for the 海底撈月。 Custom is a second 習慣是后天養(yǎng)成的。 Custom makes all things 有個好習慣，事事皆不難。 Diamond cuts 強中自有強中手。 Do as the Romans 入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。 Do as you would be done 己所不欲，勿施于人。 Doing is better than 與其掛在嘴上，不如落實在行動上。 Do it 機不可失，時不再來。 Do nothing by 凡事不可半途而廢。 Don't claim to know what you don't 不要不懂裝懂。 Don't have too many irons in the 不要攬事過多。 Don't make a mountain out of a 不要小題大做。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done 今日事，今日畢。 Don't put the cart before the 不要本末倒置。 Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles 不要自找麻煩。 Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck 不要班門弄斧。 Do well and have 善有善報。 Each bird love to hear himself 孤芳自賞。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and 早睡早起身體好。 Easier said than 說得容易，做得難。 Easy come, easy 來也匆匆，去也匆匆。 Eat to live, but not live to 人吃飯是為了活著，但活著不是為了吃飯。 Empty vessels make the greatest 實磨無聲空磨響，滿瓶不動半瓶搖。 Envy has no 忌妒之人無寧日。 Even Homer sometimes 智者千慮，必有一失。 Even reckoning makes long 親兄弟，明算賬。 Every advantage has its 有利必有弊。 Everybody's business is nobody's 人人負責，等于沒人負責。 Every day is not S好景不常在。 Every dog has his 誰都有得意的時候。 Every door may be shut, but death's 人生在世，唯死難逃。 Every heart has its own 各人有各人的苦惱。 Every little helps a 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。 Every man for himself, and the devil takes the 人不為己，天誅地滅。 Every man has his 金無足赤，人無完人。 Every man has his 蘿卜青菜，各有所愛。 Every man has his weak 人人都有弱點。 Every man is the architect of his own 自己的命運自己掌握。 Every minute 分秒必爭。 Every mother's child is 孩子是自己的好。 Every potter praises hit 王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸。 Everything is good when new, but friends when 東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。 Example is better then 說一遍，不如做一遍。 Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the 經(jīng)驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。 Experience must be 吃一塹，長一智。 Fact speak louder than 事實勝于雄辯。 Failure is the mother of 失敗是成功之母。 False friends are worse than bitter 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。 Far from eye, far from 眼不見，心不煩。 Far water does not put out near 遠水救不了近火。 Faults are thick where love is 一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。 Fear always springs from 恐懼源于無知。 Fields have eyes, and woods have 隔墻有耳。 Fire and water have no 水火無情。 Fire is a good servant but a bad 火是一把雙刃劍。 First come, first 先來后到。 First impressions are half the 初次見面，印象最深。 First think and then 先想后說。 Fools grow without 朽木不可雕。 Fool's haste is no 欲速則不達。 Fools has 呆人有呆福。 Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from 愚者不學無術(shù)，智者不恥下問。 Forbidden fruit is 禁果格外香。 Fortune favors those who use their 機遇偏愛善斷之人。 Fortune knocks once at least at every man's 風水輪流轉(zhuǎn)。 Four eyes see more than 集思廣益。 Friends agree best at 朋友之間也會保持距離。 Friends are thieves of 朋友是時間的竊賊。 Friends must 再好的朋友也有分手的時候。 Genius is nothing but labor and 天才不過是勤奮而已。 Give a dog a bad name and hang 眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。 God helps those who help 自助者天助。 Gold will not buy 黃金并非萬能。 Good for good is natural, good for evil is 以德報德是常理，以德報怨大丈夫。 Good health is over 健康是最大的財富。 Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the 良藥苦口利于病。 Good watch prevents 謹慎消災。 Great barkers are no 好狗不擋道。 Great hopes make great 偉大的抱負造就偉大的人物。 Great minds think 英雄所見略同。 Great men have great 英雄犯大錯誤。 Great men's sons seldom do 富不過三代。 Great trees are good for nothing but 大樹底下好乘涼。 Great wits have short 貴人多忘事。 Greedy folks have long 心貪手長。 Guilty consciences make men 做賊心虛。 Habit cures 心病還需心藥醫(yī)。 Handsome is he who does 行為漂亮才算美。 Happiness takes no account of 歡樂不覺時光過。 Happy is he who owes 要想活得痛快，身上不能背債。 Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of 吸取他人教訓，自己才會走運。 Harm set, harm 害人害己。 Hasty love, soon 一見鐘情難維久。 Health is better than 健康勝過財富。 Health is 健康就是幸福。 Hear all 兼聽則明。 Heaven never helps the man who will not 自己不動，叫天何用。 He is a fool that forgets 愚者忘乎所以。 He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our 背后說好話，才是真朋友。 He is a wise man who speaks 聰明不是掛在嘴上。 He is lifeless that is 只有死人才不犯錯誤。 He is not fit to command others that cannot command 正人先正己。 He is not laughed at that laughs at himself 自嘲者不會讓人見笑。 He is wise that is 誠實者最明智。 He knows most who speaks 大智若愚。 He laughs best who laughs 誰笑到最后，誰笑得最好。 He sets the fox to keep the 引狼入室。 He that climbs high falls 爬得越高，摔得越重。 He that will not work shall not 不勞動者不得食。 He who does not advance loses 逆水行舟，不進則退。 He who makes constant complaint gets little 經(jīng)常訴苦，沒人同情。 He who makes no mistakes makes 想不犯錯誤，就一事無成。 He who risks nothing gains 收獲與風險并存。 History repeats 歷史往往重演。 Honesty is the best 做人誠信為本。 Hope for the best, but prepare for the 抱最好的愿望，做最壞的打算。 I cannot be your friend and your flatterer 朋友不能阿諛奉承。 If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on 上當一回頭，再多就可恥。 If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride 人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。 If your ears glow, someone is talking of 耳朵發(fā)燒，有人念叨。 If you run after two hares, you will catch 腳踏兩條船，必定落空。 If you sell the cow, you sell her milk 殺雞取卵。 If you venture nothing, you will have 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 If you want knowledge, you must toil for 要想求知，就得吃苦。 Industry is the parent of 勤奮是成功之母。 It is better to die when life is a 寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。 It is easier to get money than to keep 掙錢容易攢錢難。 It is easy to be wise after the 事后諸葛亮好當。 It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always 創(chuàng)業(yè)容易守業(yè)難。 It is hard to please 眾口難調(diào)。 It is never too old to 活到老，學到老。 It is no use crying over spilt 覆水難收。 It is the first step that costs 萬事開頭難。 It is the unforeseen that always 天有不測風云，人有旦夕禍福。 It is too late to grieve when the chance is 坐失良機，后悔已遲。 It never rains but it 不鳴則已，一鳴驚人。 It takes three generations to make a 十年樹木，百年樹人。 Jack of all trades and master of 門門精通，樣樣稀松。 Judge not from 人不可貌相，海不可斗量。 Justice has long 天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏。 Keep good men company and you shall be of the 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 Kill two birds with one 一箭雙雕。 Kings go mad, and the people suffer for 君王發(fā)狂，百姓遭殃。 Kings have long 普天之下，莫非王土。 Knowledge is 知識就是力量。 Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes 博學使人謙遜，無知使人驕傲。 Learn and 活著，為了學習。 Learning makes a good man better and ill man 好人越學越好，壞人越學越壞。 Learn not and know 不學無術(shù)。 Learn to walk before you 先學走，再學跑。 Let bygones be 過去的就讓它過去吧。 Let sleeping dogs 別惹麻煩。 Let the cat out of the 泄漏天機。 Lies can never changes 謊言終究是謊言。 Lies have short 謊言站不長。 Life is but a 人生苦短。 Life is half spent before we know what it 人過半生，方知天命。 Life is not all 人生并不是康莊大道。 Life without a friend is 沒有朋友，雖生猶死。 Like a rat in a 甕中之鱉。 Like author, like 文如其人。 Like father, like 有其父必有其子。 Like for 一報還一報。 Like knows 惺惺相惜。 Like mother, like 有其母必有其女。 Like teacher, like 什么樣的老師教什么樣的學生。 Like tree, like 羊毛出在羊身上。 Little things amuse little 小人無大志。 Look before you 摸清情況再行動。 Lookers-on see more than 當局者迷，旁觀者清。 Losers are always in the 勝者為王，敗者為寇。 Lost time is never found 歲月既往，一去不回。 Love at first 一見鐘情。 Love cannot be 愛情不能強求。 Love is 愛情是盲目的。 Love is full of 愛情充滿煩惱。 Love is never without 沒有妒忌就沒有愛情。 Love me, love my 愛屋及烏。 Make hay while the sun 良機勿失。 Make your enemy your 化敵為友。 Man is the soul of the 人是萬物之靈。 Man proposes, God 謀事在人，成事在天。 Many hands make light 眾人拾柴火焰高。 Many heads are better than 三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。 Many things grow in the garden that were never sown 有心栽花花不發(fā)，無心插柳柳成蔭。 Measure for 針鋒相對。 Misfortunes never come 禍不單行。 Misfortune tests the sincerity of 患難見真情。 Money isn't 錢不是萬能的。 Murder will 紙包不住火。 My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her 兒子婚前是兒子，女兒終生是女兒。 Nature is the true 天行有常，不為堯存，不為桀亡。 Necessity is the mother of 需要是發(fā)明的動力。 Never fish in trouble 不要混水摸魚。 Never judge from 不可以貌取人。 Never say 永不言敗。 Never too old to learn, never too late to 亡羊補牢，為時未晚。 New wine in old 舊瓶裝新酒。 No cross, no 不經(jīng)歷風雨，怎么見彩虹。 No garden without its 沒有不長草的園子。 No living man all things 世上沒有萬事通。 No man can do two things at 一心不可二用。 No man is born wise or 沒有生而知之者。 No man is 人心不足蛇吞象。 No man is wise at all 聰明一世，糊涂一時。 None are so blind as those who won't 視而不見。 None are so deaf as those who won't 充耳不聞。 No news is good 沒有消息就是好消息。 No one can call back 昨日不會重現(xiàn)。 No pains, no 沒有付出就沒有收獲。 No pleasure without 沒有苦就沒有樂。 No rose without a 沒有不帶刺的玫瑰。 No sweet without 先苦后甜。 No smoke without 無風不起浪。 Nothing brave, nothing 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Nothing dries sooner than a 眼淚干得最快。 Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to 世上無難事，只怕有心人。 Nothing is difficult to the man who will 世上無難事，只要肯登攀。 Nothing seek, nothing 沒有追求就沒有收獲。 Nothing is so necessary for travelers as 外出旅行，語言最要緊。 Nothing is to be got without pains but 世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲。 Not to advance is to go 不進則退。 Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a 不懂世故，幼稚可笑。 No way is impossible to 勇者無懼。 Obedience is the first duty of a 軍人以服從命令為天職。 Observation is the best 觀察是最好的老師。 Offense is the best 進攻是最好的防御。 Old friends and old wines are 陳酒味醇，老友情深。 Old sin makes new 一失足成千古恨。 Once a man and twice a 一次老，兩次小。 Once a thief, always a 偷盜一次，做賊一世。 Once bitten, twice 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no 一個和尚挑水喝，兩個和尚抬水喝，三個和尚沒水喝。 One cannot put back the 時鐘不能倒轉(zhuǎn)。 One eyewitness is better than ten 百聞不如一見。 One false move may lose the 一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。 One good turn deserves 行善積德。 One hour today is worth two 爭分奪秒效率高。 One man's fault is other man's 前車之鑒。 One never loses anything by 講禮貌不吃虧。 One swallow does not make a 一燕不成夏。 One's words reflect one's 言為心聲。 Out of debt, out of 無債一身輕。 Out of office, out of 無官一身輕。 Out of sight, out of 眼不見，心為靜。 Patience is the best 忍耐是良藥。 Penny wise, pound 貪小便宜吃大虧。 Plain dealing is praised more than 正大光明者，說到的多，做到的少。 Please the eye and plague the 貪圖一時快活，必然留下隱禍。 Pleasure comes through