英文諺語大全

Paddle your own canoe. 自立更生，自食其力。
Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 好了傷疤忘了痛。
Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 饒了壞人便傷了好人。
Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和努力會(huì)使我們度過難關(guān)。
Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's garden. 忍耐是朵花，并非人人園中都開發(fā)。
Patience is a plaster for all sores. 忍耐是治療一切傷痛的藥膏。
Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一種美德。
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. 忍耐是苦痛的，但它的果實(shí)是甜蜜的。
Patience is the best remedy (or medicine). 忍耐是最好的藥物。
Patience, time, and money overcome everything. 耐心，時(shí)間和金錢可以征服一切。
Pay somebody back in his own coin. 一報(bào)還一報(bào)。
Peace on earth and good will towards men. 愿世界得太平，人間持善意。
Peace with sword in hand, 'tis safest making. 居安思危，此乃萬全之策。
Pen and ink is wit's plough. 筆墨是才智之犁。
Penny and penny laid up will be many. 積少成多。
Penny wise and pound foolish. 小事聰明，大事糊涂。
People do not lack strength; they lack will. 人們不缺力量，缺的是決心。
Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 失敗十九次，堅(jiān)持而不動(dòng)，待到二十次，大事就成功。
Perseverance is vital to success. 不屈不撓是成功之本。
Pitchers/Walls have ears. 隔墻有耳。
Pity is akin to love. 憐憫近乎愛情。
Plants of learning must be watered with the rain of tears. 知識(shí)的幼苗要用淚雨來澆灌。
Pleasant hours fly fast. 歡樂的時(shí)間過得快。
Pleasing everybody is pleasing nobody. 討好每個(gè)人，人人不討好。
Pleasure has a sting in its tail. 樂中必有苦。
Plenty is no plague. 富裕絕非災(zāi)禍。
Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance. 詩歌只不過是最美麗、最感人、最有力的說話方式，這也就是詩歌的價(jià)值。
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. 詩人是世上沒有得到承認(rèn)的立法者。
Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. 禮貌不費(fèi)分文而可贏得一切。
Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way. 文雅就是善良地做事，和善地說話。
Poor men's words have little weight. 人微言輕。
Poverty breeds strife. 貧窮引起斗爭。
Poverty is apain, but no disgrace. 貧困是痛苦，但不是恥辱。
Poverty is no shame, laziness is. 貧窮不害羞，懶惰才可恥。
Poverty is no sin. 貧窮不是罪惡。
Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. 貧非恥，恥貧乃恥。
Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace. 貧窮并不可恥，窮而不爭氣才可恥。
Poverty is the mother of all arts. 貧困乃一切藝術(shù)之源。
Poverty is the mother of health. 缺乏是健康之母。
Poverty is the reward of idleness. 貧窮是游手好閑的報(bào)應(yīng)。
Poverty is the root of all evils. 窮困是萬惡之源。
Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden. 老而貧窮，負(fù)擔(dān)沈重。
Poverty shows us who are our friends and who are our enemies. 貧困才能顯出敵和友。
Poverty tries friends. 貧窮考驗(yàn)朋友。
Practice is better than precept. 身教勝于言教。
Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
Practice what you preach. 言必行。
Praise is not pudding. 恭維不是布丁。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 贊揚(yáng)使好人更好，壞人更壞。
Praise no man till he is dead. 蓋棺論定。
Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach. 說教的人不身體力行，就只能空談，不能起教育作用。
Prepare for a rain day. 未雨綢繆。
Prevention is better than cure. 預(yù)防勝于治療。
Pride and grace dwelt never in one place. 傲慢和溫雅決不會(huì)共處在一起。
Pride apes humility. 大巧若拙。
Pride goes before a fall. (or destruction). 驕兵必?cái)　?
Pride goeth before, and shame cometh after. 驕傲一開始，恥辱接踵至。
Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak. 驕傲可能披著老一套的外衣出現(xiàn)。
Pride must be pinched. 驕傲必須收斂。
Pride will have a fall. 驕者必?cái)　?
Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延即浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 進(jìn)展即今日的活動(dòng)和明日的保證。
Promise is debt. 許愿就是債，欠了不容賴。
Promise little but do much. 少許愿，多做事。
Prosperity discovers vices and adversity virtues. 順境顯邪惡，逆境見善性。
Prosperity gains (or makes) friends, and adversity tries them. 順境交朋友，逆境試真情。
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. 諺語言短簡，得自老經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
Proverbs are the cream of a nation's thought. 諺語是一國的思想精華。
Proverbs are the wisdom of the ages. 諺語是時(shí)代的智慧。
Prove thy friends ere thou have need. 需要朋友之前，先要加以考驗(yàn)。
Provide for the worst, the best will save itself. 作最壞的準(zhǔn)備，可以得到最好的結(jié)果。
Providence is always on the side of the strongest battalions. 天公總是佑強(qiáng)者。
Punctuality is the soul of business. 嚴(yán)守時(shí)間是辦事情的重要原則。
Purpose supposes foresight. 深謀遠(yuǎn)慮。
Put not your hand between the bark and the tree. 少管閑事。
Put (or Lay or Set) one's shoulder to the wheel. 出一把力。
Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。
Put the shoe on the right foot. 責(zé)備應(yīng)受責(zé)備者，表揚(yáng)應(yīng)受表揚(yáng)者。
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier軍人以服從命令為天職。
Observation is the best teacher.觀察是最好的老師。
Offense is the best defense.進(jìn)攻是最好的防御。
Old friends and old wines are best.陳酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child.一次老，兩次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.偷盜一次，做賊一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一個(gè)和尚挑水喝，兩個(gè)和尚抬水喝，三個(gè)和尚沒水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.時(shí)鐘不能倒轉(zhuǎn)。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百聞不如一見。
One false move may lose the game.一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。
One good turn deserves another.行善積德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.爭分奪秒效率高。
One man‘s fault is other man‘s lesson.前車之鑒。
One never loses anything by politeness.講禮貌不吃虧。
One swallow does not make a summ一燕不成夏。
One‘s words reflect one‘s thinking.言為心聲。
Out of debt, out of danger.無債一身輕。
Out of office, out of danger.無官一身輕。
Out of sight, out of mind.眼不見，心為靜。
Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良藥。
Penny wise, pound foolish.貪小便宜吃大虧。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced. 正大光明者，說到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart. 貪圖一時(shí)快活，必然留下隱禍。
Pleasure comes through toil.苦盡甘來。
Pour water into a sieve.竹籃子打水一場(chǎng)空。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.恭維話不能當(dāng)飯吃。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 好人越夸越好，壞人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.寧可吃虧，不貪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure.預(yù)防勝于治療。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.驕傲使人落后。
Promise is debt.一諾千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.諺語是日常經(jīng)驗(yàn)的結(jié)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。
Reading enriches the mind.開卷有益。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.讀書健腦，運(yùn)動(dòng)強(qiáng)身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必須自重。
Rome is not built in a day冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
Seeing is believing.眼見為實(shí)。
Seek the truth from facts.實(shí)事求是。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him. 智者當(dāng)差，不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.以賊捉賊。
Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算賬。
Something is better than nothing.聊勝于無。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.學(xué)得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，爛得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是銀，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.靜水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.趁熱打鐵。
Success belongs to the persevering.堅(jiān)持就是勝利。
Take things as they come.既來之，則安之。
Talking mends no holes. 空談無補(bǔ)。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.說曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.樹大招風(fēng)。
Teach others by your example.躬親示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest.無私者無畏。
The best man stumbles.偉人也有犯錯(cuò)時(shí)。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盜鈴。
The danger past and God forgotten.過河拆橋。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.燭臺(tái)底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.老馬識(shí)途。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth魔鬼有時(shí)也會(huì)說真話。
The die is cast.木已成舟。 The early bird catches the worm.早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。
The end justifies the means.只要目的正當(dāng)，可以不擇手段。
The end makes all equal.死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.貪多嚼不爛。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而繞遠(yuǎn)路。
The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火驗(yàn)真金，艱難磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.邁出第一步是最艱難的。
The fox knew too much, that‘s how he lost his tail.機(jī)關(guān)算盡太聰明，反誤了卿卿 性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窩邊草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井觀天。
The grass is greener on the other side.這山望著那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.語言的巨人總是行動(dòng)的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得慘。
The leopard cannot change its spots.本性難移。
The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越謙虛。
The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犢不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.旁觀者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.筆能殺人。
The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.太陽也有黑點(diǎn)。
There are two sides to every question.問題皆有兩面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本難念的經(jīng)。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.人間處處有溫情。
There is no general rule without some exception.任何法規(guī)均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.沒有長生不老藥。
There is no place like home.金窩銀窩不如咱的狗窩。
There is no royal road to learning.書山有路勤為徑，學(xué)海無涯苦作舟。
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. 水能載舟，亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，濁者自濁。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在后
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如階梯，有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.海內(nèi)存知己，天涯若比鄰。
Think twice before you do.三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.否極泰來。
Time and tide wait for no man.時(shí)不我待。
Time cures all things.時(shí)間是醫(yī)治一切創(chuàng)傷的良藥。
Time flies.光陰似箭。
Time is money.時(shí)間就是金錢。
Time lost cannot be won again.時(shí)光流逝，不可復(fù)得。
Time past cannot be called back again.時(shí)間不能倒流。
Time tries all.路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
To err is human.人非圣賢，孰能無過。
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.人貴有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日，萬事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.過分熟悉會(huì)使人互不服氣。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.學(xué)問太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.自由放任，一事無成。
Too much praise is a burden.過多夸獎(jiǎng)，反成負(fù)擔(dān)。
To save time is to lengthen life.節(jié)約時(shí)間就是延長生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋。
Troubles never come singly.福無雙至，禍不單行。
Truth never grows old.真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.洗心革面，改過自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.一個(gè)好漢三個(gè)幫。
Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.別人錯(cuò)了，不等于你對(duì)了。
Unity is strength.團(tuán)結(jié)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.不到黃河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.吃小虧占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)勝過美貌。
Walls have ears.小心隔墻有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外揚(yáng)。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康，錢再多也沒用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.好東西，失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.好的開始，是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可貴。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault
欲求完美無缺的朋友必然成為孤家寡人。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自己的好事別去提，別人的恩惠要銘記。
Whatever you do, do with all your might.不管做什么，都要一心一意
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.兒時(shí)所學(xué)，終生難忘。
What‘s done cannot be undone.生米煮成熟飯了。
What‘s lost is lost.失者不可復(fù)得。
What we do willingly is easy.愿者不難。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入國問禁，入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。
When everybody‘s somebody then nobody‘s anybody.人人都偉大，世間沒豪杰。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.傷心舊事別重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 新仇舊恨，齊上心頭。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒安好心。
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，不怕沒柴燒。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.道高一尺，魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.好人不長命。
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。
Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。
Wet behind the ears.乳臭未干。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蠟燭不能兩頭點(diǎn)，精力不可過分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.魚與熊掌，不可得兼。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 強(qiáng)扭的瓜不甜
You may know by a handful the whole sack.由一斑可知全貌。
You never know what you can till you try.是驢子是馬，拉出來遛遛。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 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(huì)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(nèi)荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt. 愛挑的擔(dān)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。
A close mouth catches no flies. 病從口入。
A constant guest is never welcome. ?？土钊藚?。
Actions speak louder than words. 事實(shí)勝于雄辯。
Adversity leads to prosperity. 窮則思變。
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. 知音難覓。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一塹，長一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性難移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真情。
A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友難，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之時(shí)方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found. 沒有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners. “您先請(qǐng)”是禮貌。
A good beginning is half done. 良好的開端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善終。
A good book is a good friend. 好書如摯友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好書，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。
A good fame is better than a good face. 美名勝過美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善則妻賢。
A good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth. 妻賢身體好是男人最大的財(cái)富。
A great talker is a great liar. 說大話者多謊言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots. 積習(xí)難改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。
A light heart lives long. 靜以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul. 濃縮的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot. 狗肚子盛不得四兩油。
All are brave when the enemy flies. 敵人逃竄時(shí)，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end. 天下沒有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea. 海納百川。
All roads lead to Rome. 條條大路通羅馬。
All that ends well is well. 結(jié)果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold. 閃光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事總是由難而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只會(huì)用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不恥下問才能有學(xué)問。
A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都應(yīng)量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。
A man without money is no man at all. 一分錢難倒英雄漢。
A merry heart goes all the way. 心曠神怡，事事順利。
A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes. 母愛永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一蘋果，不用請(qǐng)醫(yī)生。
A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之計(jì)在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗學(xué)不出新把戲。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聰明才智，不如運(yùn)氣。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 預(yù)防為主，治療為輔。
A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滾石不生苔，轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)不聚財(cái)。
As a man sows, so he shall reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring. 一花獨(dú)放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。
A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆豐年。
A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身體。
A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不補(bǔ)，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth. 真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，駟馬難追。
A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之計(jì)在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
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。
Books and friends should be few but good. 讀書如交友，應(yīng)求少而精。
Business is business. 公事公辦。
Business is the salt of life. 事業(yè)是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
讀書使人充實(shí)，交談使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees. 一葉障目，不見泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck. 謹(jǐn)慎和勤奮才能抓住機(jī)遇。
Caution is the parent of safety. 小心駛得萬年船。
Cheats never prosper. 騙人發(fā)不了財(cái)。
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(xué)習(xí)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。
Content is better than riches. 知足者常樂。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched. 蛋未孵先數(shù)雛。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 來而不往非禮也。
Creep before you walk. 循序漸進(jìn)。
Cry for the moon. 海底撈月。
Custom is a second nature. 習(xí)慣是后天養(yǎng)成的。
Custom makes all things easy. 有個(gè)好習(xí)慣，事事皆不難。
Diamond cuts diamond. 強(qiáng)中自有強(qiáng)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(shí)在行動(dòng)上。
Do it now. 機(jī)不可失，時(shí)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。
Don't put the cart before the horse. 不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻煩。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要班門弄斧。
Do well and have well. 善有善報(bào)。
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(shí)磨無聲空磨響，滿瓶不動(dòng)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(fù)責(zé)，等于沒人負(fù)責(zé)。
Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在。
Every dog has his day. 誰都有得意的時(shí)候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door. 人生在世，唯死難逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow. 各人有各人的苦惱。
Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost. 人不為己，天誅地滅。
Every man has his faults. 金無足赤，人無完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse. 蘿卜青菜，各有所愛。
Every man has his weak side. 人人都有弱點(diǎn)。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命運(yùn)自己掌握。
Every minute counts. 分秒必爭。
Every mother's child is handsome. 孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot. 王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old. 東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。
Example is better then percept. 說一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
經(jīng)驗(yàn)是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought. 吃一塹，長一智。
Fact speak louder than words. 事實(shí)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(yuǎn)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。
First come, first served. 先來后到。
First impressions are half the battle. 初次見面，印象最深。
First think and then speak. 先想后說。
Fools grow without watering. 朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed. 欲速則不達(dá)。
Fools has fortune. 呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不學(xué)無術(shù)，智者不恥下問。
Forbidden fruit is sweet. 禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement. 機(jī)遇偏愛善斷之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate. 風(fēng)水輪流轉(zhuǎn)。
Four eyes see more than two. 集思廣益。
Friends agree best at distance. 朋友之間也會(huì)保持距離。
Friends are thieves of time. 朋友是時(shí)間的竊賊。
Friends must part. 再好的朋友也有分手的時(shí)候。
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(bào)德是常理，以德報(bào)怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的財(cái)富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. 良藥苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune. 謹(jǐn)慎消災(zāi)。
Great barkers are no biters. 好狗不擋道。
Great hopes make great man. 偉大的抱負(fù)造就偉大的人物。
Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同。
Great men have great faults. 英雄犯大錯(cuò)誤。
Great men's sons seldom do well. 富不過三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade. 大樹底下好乘涼。
Great wits have short memories. 貴人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms. 心貪手長。
Guilty consciences make men cowards. 做賊心虛。
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(shí)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(xùn)，自己才會(huì)走運(yùn)。
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(cái)富。
Health is happiness. 健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties. 兼聽則明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act. 自己不動(dòng)，叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself. 愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 背后說好話，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little. 聰明不是掛在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless. 只有死人才不犯錯(cuò)誤。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first. 自嘲者不會(huì)讓人見笑。
He is wise that is honest. 誠實(shí)者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least. 大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last. 誰笑到最后，誰笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese. 引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily. 爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat. 不勞動(dòng)者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground. 逆水行舟，不進(jìn)則退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 經(jīng)常訴苦，沒人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. 想不犯錯(cuò)誤，就一事無成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing. 收獲與風(fēng)險(xiǎn)并存。
History repeats itself. 歷史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy. 做人誠信為本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最壞的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 朋友不能阿諛奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上當(dāng)一回頭，再多就可恥。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you. 人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you. 耳朵發(fā)燒，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 腳踏兩條船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 殺雞取卵。
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. 勤奮是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace. 寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it. 掙錢容易攢錢難。
It is easy to be wise after the event. 事后諸葛亮好當(dāng)。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 創(chuàng)業(yè)容易守業(yè)難。
It is hard to please all. 眾口難調(diào)。
It is never too old to learn. 活到老，學(xué)到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水難收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome. 萬事開頭難。
It is the unforeseen that always happens. 天有不測(cè)風(fēng)云，人有旦夕禍福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. 坐失良機(jī)，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(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭雙雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it. 君王發(fā)狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms. 普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power. 知識(shí)就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 博學(xué)使人謙遜，無知使人驕傲。
Learn and live. 活著，為了學(xué)習(xí)。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 好人越學(xué)越好，壞人越學(xué)越壞。
Learn not and know not. 不學(xué)無術(shù)。
Learn to walk before you run. 先學(xué)走，再學(xué)跑。
Let bygones be bygones. 過去的就讓它過去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie. 別惹麻煩。
Let the cat out of the bag. 泄漏天機(jī)。
Lies can never changes fact. 謊言終究是謊言。
Lies have short legs. 謊言站不長。
Life is but a span. 人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is. 人過半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses. 人生并不是康莊大道。
Life without a friend is death. 沒有朋友，雖生猶死。
Like a rat in a hole. 甕中之鱉。
Like author, like book. 文如其人。
Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。
Like for like. 一報(bào)還一報(bào)。
Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil. 什么樣的老師教什么樣的學(xué)生。
Like tree, like fruit. 羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds. 小人無大志。
Look before you leap. 摸清情況再行動(dòng)。
Lookers-on see more than players. 當(dāng)局者迷，旁觀者清。
Losers are always in the wrong. 勝者為王，敗者為寇。
Lost time is never found again. 歲月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight. 一見鐘情。
Love cannot be compelled. 愛情不能強(qiáng)求。
Love is blind. 愛情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble. 愛情充滿煩惱。
Love is never without jealousy. 沒有妒忌就沒有愛情。
Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏。
Make hay while the sun shines. 良機(jī)勿失。
Make your enemy your friend. 化敵為友。

Man is the soul of the universe. 人是萬物之靈。
Man proposes, God disposes. 謀事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work. 眾人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one. 三個(gè)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(duì)。
Misfortunes never come alone. 禍不單行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患難見真情。
Money isn't everything. 錢不是萬能的。
Murder will out. 紙包不住火。