(English Proverb Collection)
1.Lying is the first step to the gallows
说谎断头台第步
2 Waste notwant not
俭防匮
3 From saving comes having
富节俭
4 A penny saved is a penny gained
省文文
5 Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves
金钱积少便成
6 Frugality is an estate alone
节俭身宗财产
7 He that regards not a pennywill lavish a pound
钱知节省钱滥花
8 Small gains bring great wealth
积利成巨富
9 Many a little makes a mickle
积少便成
10 As the touchstone tries goldso gold tries man
试金石试金正黄金试
11 Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue
勇敢坚决美德灵魂
12The path to glory is always rugged
光荣路常坎坷
13 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try
世难事肯试
14 The fire is the test of goldadversity of strong man
烈火试真金困苦炼壮士
15 Great hopes make great man
远希造伟物
16 No way is impossible to courage
勇士面前险路
17 A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner
静海决造出熟练水手
18 The good seaman is known in bad weather
坏天气识出良海员识海员须坏天气
19 The best hearts are always the bravest
行勇敢心总善良
20 We must not lie downand cryGod help us
求神求
21 He that falls today may be up again tomorrow
天跌倒许明天会站起
22 Rome was not built in a day
罗马非日建成坚持必成
23 Success belongs to the persevering
胜利属坚忍拔
24 We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success
次重申:屈挠取胜利唯道路
25 Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth
十九次失败第二十次获成功坚持
26 Step by step the ladder is ascended
登梯需逐级登
27 Adversity leads to prosperity
困苦通昌盛
28 Patience and application will carry us through
忍耐专心会度难关
29 Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her
做事耐心头总会运耐心候运运常会
30 All things will come round to him who will but wait
肯等切会时
31 Constant dropping wears the stone
滴水绝穿石
32 Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs
鸡蛋破蛋卷做成甘愿吃苦预期效果达
33 The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down
世界似梯
34 There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade
知世事奥秘须长期作学徒
35 Life is sweet
生活爱生(恶死)
36 Where there is lifethere is hope
生命息希长
37 Life is not all beer and skittles
生全吃喝玩乐
38 Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of
眼前发生许事知
39 Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door
走运天
40 If you are too fortunateyou will not know yourselfif you are too unfortunatenobody will know you
运气太见睬运气太坏理会
41 Every man is the architect of his own fortune
身幸福建筑师
42 Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth
记年轻时作蠢事幸福
43 Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single)
祸单行
44 Misfortune is a good teacher
幸良教师
45 Misfortunes come at night
祸常生测
46 Misfortunes tell us what fortune is
恶运头知幸运贵
47 Adversity makes a man wisenot rich
患难聪明富
48 Live and learn
活老学老
49 It is never too old to learn
学怕年高
50 A man becomes learned by asking questions
长学问问问业精
51 There is no royal road to learning
学问坦途
52 He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning
畏问耻学
53 What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave
婴孩时期学东西老死会忘记
54 Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse
知识更坏更坏
55 Soon learntsoon forgotten
学快忘快
56 Learn younglearn fair
学趁年青学须学
57 A lazy youtha lousy age
少时懒惰老苦
58 He that knows nothingdoubts nothing
知疑
59 A good name keeps its luster in the dark
良名声黑暗中闪闪发光
60 Fame is a magnifying glass
名誉放镜
61 A good fame is better than a good face
美名胜美貌
62 Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off
名誉河流发源处狭愈远愈宽广
63 Take honour from me and my life is done
没名誉没生命
64 Beware of him who regards not his reputation
谨防重名誉
65 It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy
光荣死胜羞辱生
66 Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory
成功克服困难光荣
67 Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault
功名常事失名常事
68 Your father's honour is to you but a secondhand honour
说父亲荣誉间接荣誉
69 Never trust another what you should do yourself
该做事决委托旁做
70 It is an equal failing to trust everybodyand to trust nobody
信切信样弱点
71 Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him
信前先深入解
72 If you trust before you tryyou may repent before you die
考验赖瞑目便悔
73 Never trust to fine words
切勿轻信漂亮话
74 Trust not a great weight to a slender thread
细线挂重物终究
75 Be just to allbut trust not all
切公正切信
76 Trust thyself onlyand another shall not betray thee
信旁出卖
77 Selftrust is the essence of heroism
信英雄品质
78 Confidence is a plant of slow growth
信种生长缓慢植物
79 Truth is the daughter of time
真理时间女
80 Truth hath a good facebut ill clothes
真理面目善良衣衫褴褛
81 Truth and roses have thorns about them
真理玫瑰身旁刺
82 Truth may be blamedbut shall never be shamed
真理会责难绝会受羞辱
83 Though malice may darken truthit cannot put it out
恶意糟塌真理法消灭真理
84 Truth will prevail
真理必胜
85 Truth's best ornament is nakedness
加掩饰真理装饰
86 Facts are stubborn things
事实顽强东西
87 Sooner or laterthe truth comes to light
真相迟早会白
88 The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know
愿意听事实知道会处事实
89 Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it
谎言似荨麻玩弄会刺手
90 There is many a fair thing full false
许说听东西充满谬误
91 Though a lie be well drestit is ever overcome
谎言装扮错头总会揭露
92 A lie begets a lie till they come to generations
谎言生谎言谎言世代传
93 A false tongue will hardly speak truth
假舌会吐真言
94 False with one can be false with two
虚假会两虚假
95 He that will lie will steal
会说谎会偷窃
96 Gossiping and lying go together
流言常谎话行
97 Equivocation is first cousin to a lie
含糊词谎话亲
98 A great talker is a great liar
会夸夸谈会说谎
99 The greatest liars talk most of themselves
爱吹擂说谎者
100 Lying rides upon debt's back
负债谎话
101 All is not gold that glitters
闪光未必黄金
102 Money is the root of evil
金钱罪恶根源
103 Money makes the mare go
钱鬼推磨
104 All things are obedient to money
切事物服金钱
105 Before goldeven kings take off their hats
黄金面前国王脱帽
106 Money is the key that opens all doors
金钱开切门户钥匙
107 Beauty is potentbut money is more potent
美貌固力金钱力更
108 Avarice increases with wealth
越钱越贪钱
109 The money the miser hoards will do him no good
守财奴积财毫处
110 What is wealth good forIf it brings melancholy
财富带忧郁财富?
111 Gold will not buy anything
黄金买切
112 The chief aim of man is not to get money
目赚钱
113 Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money
相信金钱万会切金钱
114 Wealth makes worship
财富拜倒
115 Little wealthlittle care
财富少烦恼少
116 A moneyless man goes fast through the market
身钱市快
117 Poverty is not a crime
贫非罪
118 Poverty is not a disgracebut theft is a disgrace
贫穷耻偷窃足羞
119 Better be poor than wicked
宁做穷做坏
120 Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgracebut poverty without resolution to help onselfis a disgrace
贫穷足耻穷立方耻
121 Poverty is the mother of health
贫穷健康母
122 Be considerate toward the poor
应常穷着想
123 Poor and content is rich and rich enough
安贫富
124 Poverty parteth fellowship
贫穷断友情
125 Poverty makes a man mean
贫困气
126 Nothing to be got without pains but poverty
贫穷劳获东西
127 Do not through fear of poverty surrender liberty
怕贫困舍
128 Poverty and love are hard to hide
贫困爱情难瞒
129 Poverty breeds strife
贫困引起突
130 The poor man wants muchthe miser everything
穷求财迷样样
131 The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor
富口中美味穷眼中泪水
132 Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden
老贫困负担沉
133 Beggars must (should) be no choosers
行乞挑肥拣瘦饥择食
134 A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich
穷眼中羊贵似富头牛
135 A light purse makes a heavy heart
钱袋轻时心事重
136 Poor without debt is better than a prince
穷债胜王子
137 Happy is he who owes nothing
债身轻
138 Money borrowed is soon sorrowed
钱手立刻便担忧
139 He that goes a borrowinggoes a sorrowing
债寻烦恼
140 Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt
负债起身空腹床
141 Out of debtout of danger
脱债脱险
142 A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt
深忧偿债
143 He is the wisest man who does not think himself so
作聪明便聪明
144 Wise men have their mouth in their heartfools their heart in their mouth
聪明嘴心里愚蠢心嘴边
145 Wise men learn by other men's mistakesfools by their own
聪明旁错误中吸取教训愚笨身错误中吸取教训
146 He is wise that knows when he's well enough
知足智者
147 A wise man cares not for what he cannot have
智者强求
148 He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs
明智者足够机智处理事情
149 No man is born wise
聪明非天生
150 A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand
机应变聪明
151 A word is enough to the wise
明智者言已足
152 He is the wise man who is the honest man
正直见识
153 A wise man thinks all that he saysa fool says all that he thinks
聪明想说愚笨想着说
154 The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks
聪明手做愚蠢嘴说事
155 A flow of words is no proof of wisdom
口悬河证明真智
156 It is easy to be wise after the event
事诸葛亮容易做
157 The wise man knows he knows nothingthe fool thinks the knows all
聪明认知愚笨负晓
158 Fools learn nothing from wise menbut wise men learn much from fools
愚智者里学什智者愚里学
159 A fool always comes short of his reckoning
愚常短心计
160 A fool's heart dances on his lips
愚心挂唇边
161 A fool always finds a greater fool than himself
愚总旁更傻
162 A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool
说话智者行象愚
163 The more riches a fool haththe greater fool he is
愚越富越蠢
164 Never challenge a fool to do wrong
怂恿愚干错事
165 It is better to please a fool than to anger him
愚高兴惹发怒
166 He is a fool who cannot be angrybut he is a wise man who will not
会发怒蠢愿发怒聪明
167 It is altogether vain to learn wisdom and yet live foolishly
枉学聪明做愚蠢事
168 Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit
没学识机智犹没果实树
169 No man is wise at all times
世贯明智
170 Many heads are better than one
脑袋总脑袋强三臭皮匠顶诸葛亮
171 Virtue never grows old
美德永老
172 Virtue is the only true nobility
万事美德高
173 Virtue is a jewel of great price
美德价宝
174 He that soweth virtue shall reap fame
播美德收获名
175 To be virtuous is to do good
行善德
176 Glory is the shadow of virtue
荣誉美德影子
177 There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not
没贫穷破坏美德
178 The first step to virtue is to abstrain from vice
作恶走美德第步
179 No good building without a good foundation
基础良建筑物没
180 One good turn deserves another
善行应善报善良行应善良行报答
181 He that returns good for evil obtains the victory
胜利属德报怨
182 We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received
德应记德忘
183 If they say you are goodask yourself if it be true
称赞问
184 He who avoids temptation avoids the sin
受诱惑免罪恶
185 A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder
问心愧雷睡
186 Never be weary of well doing
厌倦做事
187 Of evil grainno good seed can come
坏谷种
188 That which is evil is soon learnt
恶行易学
189 No vice goes alone
恶事单行
190 An evil lesson is soon learned
恶易染
191 A bad thing never dies
坏事传千年
192 Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches
罪恶尺进寸退
193 The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues
保持桩恶事代价超十件事
194 They that do nothing learn to do ill
游手闲容易学坏
195 A wicked man is his own hell
坏作恶造狱
196 Those who eat best and drink best often do worst
吃喝坏事常常免
197 He who has done ill once will do it again
次干坏事便第二次
198 There is no going heaven in a sedan
坐轿天堂事
199 An ill lifean ill end
恶恶报
200 A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon
宽恕意犯错误
201 Zeal without knowledge is fire without light
没知识热心犹火光
202 Pardoning the bad is injuring the good
隐恶败善原谅坏伤害
203 The evil wound is cured but not the evil name
重伤治恶名难
204 Evil communications corrupt good manners
良交败坏良举止
205 No wrong without remedy
皆补
206 Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man
唯利图者胸中美德
207 First thinkand then speak
动口先动脑
208 A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled)
言出驷马难追
209 While the word is in your mouthit is your ownwhen 'tis once spoken 'tis another's
话嘴里属话出口家
210 Speech is silversilence is gold
言语银沉默金
211 Few words are best
寡言贵
212 No wisdom like silence
聪明莫沉默
213 Least saidsoonest mended
少说妙
214 Second thoughts are best
思行
215 Look before you leap
慎思行
216 He is a wise man who speaks little
智言语少
217 Fair words butter no parsnips
美言补实际
218 The tongue is not made of steelyet it cuts
舌头钢动伤
219 Sometimes words hurt more than swords
言语伤时胜刀剑
220 A good tongue is a good weapon
口齿伶俐件利器
221 A wise head makes a close mouth
头脑灵嘴巴紧
222 It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently
说回事讲中肯回事
223 Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypresswhich is great and tallbut bears no fruit
益雄辩犹高柏树会结果
224 Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose
说话中肯半句莫吭
225 Many a true word is spoken in jest
笑语中吐真言
226 Few wordsmany deeds
少说话做事
227 Actions speak louder than words
行动言语响亮百说干
228 From words to deeds is a great space
言行间距离
229 Deedsnot words
行动言词
230 Bare wordsno bargain
空言成交易
231 Deeds are fruitswords are but leaves
行动果实言语叶子
232 Ill deeds cannot honour
坏行受尊敬
233 Fine words dress ill deeds
漂亮言词装饰着恶劣行
234 Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools
动听话坏行样欺骗聪明愚
235 Our own actions are our securitynot others' judgements
行保证旁鉴定
236 A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds
空言语行动犹杂草丛生花园
237 A man is not good or bad for one action
件事判断坏
238 A man apt to promise is apt to forget
易许诺易忘记
239 A man that breaks his wordbids others to be false to him
守信异旁失信
240 Easier said than done
说易行难
241 The greatest talkers are always the least doers
言惭总行动少
242 The proof of the pudding is in the eating
布丁坏尝便知空谈实践
243 Pride goes before a fall
骄者必败
244 Pride goes before destruction
骄者必败
245 Pride goeth beforeand shame cometh after
骄傲走前羞耻
246 Pride and grace dwelt never in one place
傲慢温雅永难住处
247 He that climbs high falls heavily
爬高跌重
248 Pride must be pinched
骄傲应收敛
249 The more noble the more humble
越高贵越应谦逊
250 Humility often gains more than pride
谦逊常傲慢受益更
251 He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none
命万事通腹中常空空
252 No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself
知差差
253 Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak
骄傲会潜藏穿旧斗篷
254 It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride
慷慨激昂言语攻击傲慢谦逊标志
255 He that is full of himself is very empty
满腹空
256 Honesty is the best policy
诚实策
257 An honest man's word is as good as his bond
诚实诺言实际保证书
258 Poor but honest
贫穷诚实
259 Honesty may be dear boughtbut can never be an ill pennyworth
高价买诚实永远值
260 Knavery may servebut honesty is best
欺诈诚实策
261 Every man has his weak side
弱点
262 He who has no shame has no conscience
知羞耻知疚
263 An honest look covereth many faults
副诚实外表掩盖着许缺点
264 Once a knaveever a knave
次成赖永远赖
265 A crafty knave needs no broker
狡猾赖需中间
266 The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar
正分钱胜偷元钱
267 One penny with right is better than a thousand without right
合法取辨士胜非法取千辨士
268 The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound
正辨士正英镑受沾污
269 Love is blind
爱情盲目
270 Love is without reason
爱情理智
271 Love is full of trouble
爱情充满烦恼
272 Love cannot be compelled
爱情强迫
273 Love begets love
爱爱相生
274 Love needs no teaching
爱情需教导
275 Love at first sight
见倾心
276 ove asks faithand faith firmness
爱情求信信求坚定
277 Love is the touchstone of virtue
爱情美德试金石
278 Love not at the first look
见钟情
279 Hasty lovesoon cold
爱匆忙冷快
280 Love is a sweet torment
爱情种甜蜜痛苦
281 Love rules his kingdom without a sword
爱情王国刀剑统治
282 Love will find out the way
爱情会寻出路
283 Love is not to be found in the market
爱情市场找
284 Lovers live by loveas larks live by leeks
情侣爱情生活正象云雀韭葱生活样
285 Old love will not be forgotten
旧情永难忘日爱情难忘怀
286 True love kythes(shows itself)in time of need
患难显真情
287 Sound love is not soon forgotten
坚固爱情会顷刻忘怀
288 The greatest hate springs from the greatest love
恨爱
289 No love is foulnor prison fair
没肮脏爱情没美丽监狱
290 Labour is lihgt where love doth pay
爱情付报酬劳苦轻松
291 Love is the reward of love
爱爱报酬
292 Love makes all hard hearts gentle
爱情切冷酷心变成温柔
293 When love puts infriendship is gone
爱情进入友情完结
294 The course of true love never did run smooth
真爱道路绝坦
295 Love is a sweet tyrannybecause the lover endures his torment willingly
爱情爱虐政情甘受痛苦折磨
296 True love is givingnot taking
真挚爱取
297 Love makes obedience easy
爱情成易事
298 Love is sweet in the beginningbut sour in the end
爱情先甜酸
299 Where love failswe espy all faults
爱情失败切毛病发现
300 Follow love and it will fleeflee love and it will follow thee
追求爱情高飞逃避爱情
301 When poverty comes in at the doorlove flies out of the window
贫穷进门爱情跳窗走
302 Faults are thick while love is thin
情义淡样样眼
303 Hatred is blind as well as love
爱情仇恨二者皆盲目
304 Marriage is a lottery
婚姻桩难预测事
305 Marry thy like
情投意合结婚
306 Marriage makes or mars a man
婚姻成全损害
307 It is good to marry late or never
晚婚婚事情
308 Early wedearly dead
早婚者早夭
309 They that marry in greentheir sorrow is soon seen
年纪轻轻结婚时久便悔恨
310 A young man married is a man that's marred
男子早婚种祸根
311 Marry in hasteand repent at leisure
匆匆结婚时时悔恨
312 Marry in lentand you'll live to repent
债结婚生悔恨
313 He that marries for wealthsells his liberty
财富结婚出卖
314 An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune
良婚姻恶运源
315 Who marrieth for love without moneyhath good nights and sorry days
爱情钱结婚夜欢娱白天悔恨
316 If you always say NOnever be married
常常说字永远难结婚
317 Honest men marry soonwise men not at all
老实早成婚聪明结婚
318 A good wife and health is a man's best wealth
贤妻健康男子宝
319 A good wife makes a good husband
妻子丈夫妻贤夫良
320 Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye
选择妻子耳眼
321 Better be half hanged than ill wed
成怨偶守单身
322 He who does not honour his wifedishonours himself
尊重妻子会受尊重
323 The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives
懦弱丈夫凶悍妻子
324 It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock
母鸡司晨家兴
325 The wife is the key of the house
妻子家钥妻贤家兴
326 The more women look in their glassthe less they look to their house
妇女镜越家务越少
327 East or westhome is best
东西家中金窝银窝家里草窝
328 One father can support ten children ten children cannot support one father
父亲供养十孩子十孩子供养父亲
329 One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters
父亲胜百教师
330 Like fatherlike son
父必子
331 The father buysthe son bigsthe grandchild sellsand his son thigs
父买子修建孙卖重孙街乞丐
332 The mother's breath is aye sweet
母亲低语总甜蜜
333 Like motherlike daughter
母必女
334 Children are the parents' riches
子女父母宝
335 A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world
孩童世界爱纯洁东西
336 He that hath no childrenknows not what is love
没孩子知道什做爱
337 Children learn to creep ere they can go
孩子走路先学爬行
338 Silly(good) child is soon ylered(taught)
孩学快
339 Boys will be boys
孩子终孩子
340 One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls
男孩十二女孩增添麻烦
341 Spare the rod and spoil the child
省棍子惯坏孩子
342 Naughty boys sometimes make good men
淘气男孩时会成争气孩子
343 The child is father of the man
三岁定老
344 Happy is he that is happy in childhood
童年时快乐幸福
345 Children and fools cannot lie
孩子愚会扯谎
346 My son is my son till he hath got him a wife but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life
子娶妻子女终身女
347 It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well
养女容易嫁女难
348 A maid that laughs is half taken
少女笑口开婚事成半
349 A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst
许求婚少女选中差
350 Maids want nothing but husbandsbut when they have them they want everything
未婚女子丈夫丈夫切
351 Would you know your daughtersee her in company
想解女什样交
352 He that would the daughter winmust with the mother first begin
想赢女欢心必须先母亲着手
353 Life without friend is death
没朋友生活便等死亡
354 Without a friendthe world is wilderness
没朋友世界成荒野
355 Friendless is the dead
死者友
356 A good friend is my nearest relation
友亲
357 A near friend is better than a fardwelling kinsman
友胜远亲
358 A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody
认朋友结果交成朋友友友
359 In time of prosperityfriends will be plenty
走运时候朋友
360 It is good to have friends in trouble
患难中朋友事
361 Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them
富裕招致朋友困苦考验朋友
362 A friend in need is a friend indeed
患难时朋友真正朋友
363 Poverty tries friends
贫穷考验朋友贫见友情
364 Try your friend ere you trust him
朋友先考验信
365 Prove thy friend ere thou have need
需朋友帮助前先考验
366 A friend is never known till a man have need
困窘时永难识真友
367 A faithful friend is hard to find
忠实朋友实难求
368 Friends are like fiddlestringsthey must not be screwed too tight
朋友琴弦太紧
369 Have but few friedsthough many acquaintances
结交朋友应宜少
370 All are not friends that speak us fair
说话朋友
371 He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend
金钱满袋朋友盈门钱袋装饱朋友会少
372 A friend in court is better than a penny in purse
中友胜囊中钱
373 It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell
天堂狱中朋友件事
374 We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault
指朋友缺点永远休想交朋友
375 A friend without faults will never be found
没缺点朋友永
376 A man without a friend is only half a man
友算半
377 A friend is not so soon gotten as lost
失友快交友慢
378 Friendship cannot stand always on one side
友谊总方
379 Old acquaintance will soon be remembered
见便相亲
380 He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs
背称算朋友
381 Friends (the best of friends) must part
友终分手时
382 A friend is best found in adversity
患难见真交
383 I will be thy friendbut not thy vices' friend
愿意做朋友做恶朋友
384 False friends are worse than open enemies
假朋友真敌更坏
385 Short acquaintance brings repentance
浅交致悔
386 He that lies down (sleeps) with dogs must rise up with fleas
恶交终会变恶朱者赤墨者黑
387 Better be alone than in bad company
交损友友
388 Write down the advice of him who loves youthough you like it not at present
爱忠告时喜欢记
389 Hunger knows no friend
饥饿认朋友
390 Misery makes strange bedfellows
难中择友
391 One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good
敌害胜十朋友行
392 An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well
敌嘴里话
393 Believe no tales from the enemy
敌言信
394 One enemy is too much
敌已太
395 Mickle power makes many enemies
权高树敌
396 Do not despise your enemy
轻敌
397 Though thy enemy seem a mouseyet watch him like a lion
敌鼠防防狮
398 If we are bound to forgive an enemywe are not bound to trust him
便决心宽恕敌决相信敌
399 He that dallies with enemy gives him leave to kill him
敌戏异准许敌杀害
400 In an enemy spots are soon seen
敌身求疵易
401 If you would make an enemylend a man money and ask it of him again
想结怨须先钱催讨
402 A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend
勇敢敌胜懦怯朋友
403 An enemy who lies at thy feet begging forgiveness must not feel thy sword
俯伏脚乞怜敌绝触剑
404 Make your enemy your friend
化敌友
405 Live and let live
活活
406 As a man livesso shall he die
生必死
407 We are not born for ourselves
生天间非
408 He that hath time hath life
时间生活
409 He that lives long suffers much
寿长忧患
410 They who live longest will see most
寿命长见识广
411 He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth
生富贵家
412 A man can die but once
生回死
413 He that liveth in court dieth upon straw
生安乐者常死贫贱
414 He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly
着邪恶生活会正直死
415 Death pay all debts
死百债
416 Six feet of earth makes all men equal
墓穴中等
417 Death is the grand leveller
死亡面前分贵贱
418 Death meets us everywhere
生处皆死死亡处相遇
419 Death frees us from ills
死亡解脱幸
420 We shall lie all alike in our graves
进坟场家样
421 In the grave the rich and poor lie equal
入暮穴贫富皆律
422 Death defies the doctor
死亡蔑视医生
423 There is no medicine against death
间死(回春)药
424 Light comelight go
易易失容易快
425 Sometimes gain is to lose
时失
426 Merry is he that hath nought to lose
物失逍遥
427 Grasp alllose all
样样全部失掉
428 What we lose in hake we shall have in herring
失鳕鲱失东隅收桑榆
429 What is lost in the hundred will be found in the shire
区里失州里找回
430 For a lost thing care nothing
物已失计较益
431 He who does not gain loses
益损失
432 Losses make us more cautious
损失更谨慎
433 Who loseth liberty loseth all
失失切
434 Either win the horse or lose the saddle
全赢全输孤注掷
435 All is not lost that is in danger
危险中东西未必全会损失
436 Do not run too fast after gain
见利便狂追
437 Prefer loss to unjust gain
宁受损失休取义财
438 Lightly gainquickly lost
容易快义财理久享
439 Only that which is honestly got is gain
正收入真正收入
440 All is not gain that is put in the purse
装进钱包里定正收入
441 Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers
欺骗利准吃亏
442 One never loses anything by politeness
礼吃亏礼怪
443 Hold fast when you have it
手中物应紧握
444 There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it
海中鱼取(指:然失机会机会)
445 Many a slip (many things fall) between the cup and the lip
酒杯嘴唇边饮否未知物未手前未算事难十九稳
446 It is an ill wind that blows nobody good
倒霉风恶风失彼害利彼没受害坏事
447 Health is better than wealth
健康胜财富
448 Health is happiness
健康便幸福
449 A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold
健全身体金冕更价值
450 A sound mind in a sound body
健康思想寓健康身体
451 A light heart lives long
心胸开朗寿长
452 A happy heart makes a blooming visage
心中快乐容光焕发
453 He who hath good health is youngand he is rich who owes nothing
健康葆青春债富
454 Study sickness while you are well
病应思病时
455 The healthful man can give counsel to the sick
健康生病提出忠告
456 By the side of sickness health becomes sweet
疾病相较识健康爱
457 Health is not valued till sickness comes
病方知健康贵
458 Feed by measure and defy physician
饮食节医生绝迹
459 Often and little eating makes a man fat
餐少吃壮硕
460 After dinner sit awhileafter supper walk a mile
正餐休息片刻晚餐步行哩
461 Early to bed and early to risemakes a man healthywealthy and wise
早睡早起健康富聪明
462 He that will thrive must rise at five
五点起床百事兴旺
463 He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy
忍渴床起身健康
464 He who does not rise early never does a good day's work
起床早天工作干
465 Who makes everything right must rise early
想事事做坚持起身早
466 Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark
羔羊寝云雀起
467 Cover your head by day as much as you willby night as much as you can
白天戴帽意夜里戴帽必须
468 A little labourmuch health
适量劳动益健康
469 Enough is as good as a feast
饱食赴宴
470 Many dishesmany diseases
食病
471 Diseases are the Price of ill pleasures
疾病欲代价
472 Desperate diseases must have desperate cures
毒病毒药医
473 He who never was sick dies the first
病生病致命
474 Sickness shows us what we are
疾病显相
475 What can't be cured must be endured
治症必须坚忍
476 Hide nothing from thy physician
讳疾忌医
477 Medicines are not meant to live on
吃药生活
478 A disease known is half cured
病情弄清楚病根半
479 The best physicians are Dr Diet Dr Quietand Dr Merryman
节食博士静心博士欢喜博士三者医师饮食少休息快乐病延年方
480 A good surgeon must have an eagle's eyea lion's heartand a lady's hand
良外科医生应具鹰眼狮心女性手
481 Feed sparingly and defy the physician
饮食节医生绝迹
482 Prevention is better than cure
预防胜治疗
483 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
分预防胜似十分治疗
484 Bitter pills may have wholesome effect
良药苦口利病
485 A good medicine tastes bitter
良药苦口
486 There is no friend so faithful as a good book
忠实朋友莫书
487 Bookslike friendsshould be few and well chosen
书籍朋友宜少宜精选
488 A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change
书千载常新
489 A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us
书友永远相负
490 In booksare embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages
伟思想古载入书中成朽
491 Some books are to be tastedothers to be swallowedand some few to be chewed and digested
书品味外书吞食少数咀嚼消化
492 Old wood is best to burnold book to read
老柴烧老书宜读
493 A book that remains shut is but a block
书翻犹木块
494 Judge not a book by its cover
评定书封面
495 A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent
坏书改正错误更坏
496 A good tale is none the worse for being twice told
事讲遍
497 Law is a bottomless pit
法律底深渊
498 Ignorance of the law excuses no man
法律知成口
499 Law makers should not be law breakers
立法者应成犯法者立法应守法
500 Wrong laws make short governance
健全法律统治时间会长
501 The law is not the same at morning and at night
早法令晚样令夕改
502 New lordsnew laws
新君立新法
503 Laws catch flies and let hornets go free
法网捕蝇黄蜂
504 Where drums beatlaws are silent
战鼓响法律声
505 An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men
法官公正重法重
506 That trial is not fair where affection is the judge
法官动感情审判难公正
507 A good lawyeran evil neighbour
律师邻居
508 An old physicianand a young lawyer
医生老律师年轻
509 Do not count your chickens before they are hatched
鸡蛋未孵先数鸡雏莫早乐观
510 Though the fox runthe chicken hath wings
狐狸会跑鸡翅膀
511 Young cocks love no coops
公鸡恋笼
512 A cock is bold on his dunghill
站粪堆公鸡称王
513 A barleycorn is better than a diamond to a cock
公鸡说颗麦粒优颗钻石
514 He that will have his farm fullmust keep an old cock and a young bull
想农庄充裕养老公鸡头公牛
515 If the hen does not prateshe will not lay
叨叨母鸡蛋
516 It is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays in another's
样母鸡:家里咯咯家蛋
517 Fat hens lay few eggs
肥鸡蛋稀
518 Grain by grainand the hen fills her belly
颗接颗母鸡填饱肚
519 A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter
鸭子会常条沟中玩水
520 It is a blind silly gooes that comes to the fox's sermon
盲目笨鹅会听狐狸讲道
521 What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
适甲适乙
522 All his geese are swans
喜欢夸词敝帚珍
523 All your swans are geese
美希(诺言)全部成泡影
524 Each bird likes to hear himself sing
鸟爱听歌唱
525 The bird loves her nest
鸟爱窝
526 Birds of a feather flock together
物类聚群分
527 The bird that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing
生唱鸟愿唱唱
528 The fowler's pipe sounds sweet until the bird is caught
捕禽笛声悠扬直吹鸟落网
529 He that will take the bird must not scare it
捕鸟休惊鸟
530 The noisy fowler catches no bird
捕禽肆声张鸟会落网
531 Old birds are not caught with new nests
新网难捕老鸟
532 It is the early bird that catches the worm
早起鸟先虫捷足先登
533 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
双鸟林鸟手十赊现
534 A bird is known by its noteand a man by his talk
鸟声闻言知
535 It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest
家丑外扬
536 Eagles fly alonebut sheep flock together
鹰爱独飞羊爱群
537 A kite will never be a good hawk
鸢永会变成隼
538 Empty hands no hawk allure
空手诱鹰
539 The crow thinks his own bird fairest
乌鸦总雏鸟美
540 A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often
乌鸦样常洗澡会变白
541 Wheresoever the carcase isthere will the ravens be gathered together
里死尸乌鸦成群
542 One swallow does not make a summer
燕成夏天(仅种现象遽作判断)
543 The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth it sooner
燕子飞塔蜗牛悄悄爬塔
544 The cuckoo comes in Apriland stays the month of Maysings a song at Midsummerand then goes away
布谷鸟四月五月直仲夏唱支歌然离开
545 If the sky fallswe shall catch larks
天垮正抓云雀杞忧天
546 An owl is the king of the night
猫头鹰黑夜王
547 When the owl singsthe nightingale will hold her peace
枭鸟唱歌夜莺屏息
548 Cats hide their paws
猫露爪
549 A gloved cat catches no mice
戴手套猫抓老鼠
550 When the cat's awaythe mice will play
猫家老鼠玩耍猫耗子闹
551 Ale will make cat speak
喝淡啤酒猫会开口酒说话
552 A blate cat makes a proud mouse
猫腼腆老鼠翻天
553 When the weasel and the cat make a marriageit is a very ill presage
黄鼠狼猫成亲预兆佳
554 The cat and dog may kissyet are none the better friends
猫狗相吻总难成友
555 All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws
猫性爱鱼怕爪弄湿想获珍品愿必风险
556 A cat may look at a king
猫权国王物该权利
557 It is said that cat hath nine livesyet care would wear them all out
说猫九命忧虑时伤身
558 An old dog bites sore
老狗咬咬狠
559 Beware of a silent dog and still water
哑狗静水二者防
560 Barking dogs seldom bite
爱吠狗咬
561 A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone
肉骨头狗狗
562 Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand
远处狗身会咬
563 If the old dog barkshe gives counsel
老狗忠告
564 In every country dogs bite
天狗咬
565 Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings
饿狗吃脏布丁饥择食
566 Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread
狗尾摇爱面包
567 All are not thieves that dogs bark at
狗吠非偷
568 Every dog is valiant at his own door
站家门口狗雄纠纠
569 Every dog is a lion at home
狗家中八面威风
570 While the dog gnaws bonecompanions would be none
狗啃骨头伴
571 Two dogs strive for a bonethe third runs away with it
两狗相争骨头第三狗衔起走
572 Mad dog bites his master
疯狗咬
573 Too much pudding will choke dog
布丁太噎死狗
574 Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail
莫狗尾摇次次丢面包
575 A living dog is better than a dead lion
活狗胜死狮
576 Love melove my dog
爱屋乌
577 Let sleeping dog lie
勿惊卧狗切莫惹生非
578 Help the dog over the stile
助度难关
579 Every dog has his day
片瓦翻身日意时
580 Give a dog a bad name and hang him
欲加罪患辞
581 He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick
心狗找棍欲加罪患辞
582 An old dog cannot alter its way of barking
老狗难改常吠声
583 When a dog is drowningevery one offers him drink
狗溺水众水喝
584 A swine over fat is the cause of his own bane
猪死身肥象齿焚
585 Pigs may flybut they are very unlikely birds
猪会飞终究鸟
586 Never cast your pearls before swine
珍贵物送识货勿明珠暗投勿牛弹琴
587 You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
猪耳朵做成丝钱包巧妇难米炊
588 The cow that's first up gets the first of the dew
早起母牛先露
589 Not all butter that the cow yields
母牛产未必全黄油
590 Many good cows have evil calves
母牛会生坏犊
591 You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk
卖母牛想喝牛奶
592 Old oxen have stiff horns
牛老角硬
593 The ox is never woetill he to the harrow go
挂耙耕牛知辛苦
594 An ox is taken by the hornsand the man by the tongue
牛角执舌陷身
595 If the ox fallswhet your knife
牛倒快磨刀遭难众踩
596 The black ox has trod on his foot
祸事头
597 The ox when weariest treads surest
牛困走稳
598 The best horse needs breakingand the aptest child needs teaching
马驯伶俐孩子训
599 A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats
愿加鞍马吃燕麦
600 A good horse oft needs a good spur
马常需靴刺
601 It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse
马练缰绳靴刺少
602 A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle
烈马套粗笼头
603 He is a gentle horse that never cast his rider
驯良马绝会骑手甩倒
604 It is a good horse that never stumbles
马失蹄
605 The fault of the horse is put on the saddle
马劣动怪马鞍坏
606 Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse
瞎马鼓勇气正危险事
607 Old wood is best to burnold horse to ride
老柴烧老马骑
608 Every horse thinks his sack heaviest
匹马认驮袋子重
609 You may know the horse by his harness
观马具知马性
610 A galled horse will not endure the comb
擦伤马耐梳
611 You can take a horse to the waterbut you cannot make him drink
牵马河边易逼马饮水难逼做愿做事
612 Don't swap horses when crossing a stream
行中流换马危难时宜作变动
613 An ass endures his burdenbut not more than his burden
驴子负重重难负
614 Wherever an ass falleththere will he never fall again
驴子绝会样点跌倒两次
615 The braying of an ass does not reach heaven
驴子声传天
616 The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle
驴子乖休怪驮鞍
617 A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings
相马马饰
618 He who wants a mule without faultmust walk on foot
指驴子缺点徒步行
619 A colt you may breakbut an old horse you never can
驹犹练老马难驯
620 One sheep follows another
羊羊(指盲)
621 If one sheep leap o'er the dykeall the rest will follow
羊跳沟众羊着跳
622 There is a black sheep in every flock
败类处处害群马处处
623 One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock
羊生癣群羊受害
624 Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful
羊次少吃口
625 One butcher does not fear many sheep
屠夫怕羊
626 It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor
蠢羊狼忏悔
627 The dust raised by the sheep does not choke the wolf
羊踩起灰尘挡住狼
628 Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them
乌鸦吃死羊先哭场猫哭老鼠假慈悲
629 The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb
活狼死羔羊
630 As soon goes the young lamb's skin to the market as the old ewe's
老羊皮市羊皮着
631 You have no goatsand yet you sell kids
没老山羊羊卖
632 If the beard were allthe goat might preach
果长胡山羊讲道
633 A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy
懒羊觉羊毛重
634 He that will have a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight
早餐想吃野兔肉头晚须捕捉
635 If you run after two haresyou will catch neither
时追两兔难捕
636 One should not run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
应两面讨
637 The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping
兔子睡觉乌龟跑第
638 First catch your hare then cook him
兔子肉先兔捉先抓兔子烹调(勿谋早)
639 The fox is known by his brush
狐狸尾巴认识
640 The fox smells his own stink first
狐狸恶臭先嗅出
641 The fox may grow grey but never good
狐狸活老永远难变
642 The tail does often catch the fox
狐狸抓尾巴
643 It is an evil sign to see a fox lick a lamb
狐狸舔羔羊迹象
644 When the fox preacheththen beware your geese
逢狐狸讲道心鹅遭殃
645 An old fox is not easily snared
老狐狸难陷罗网
646 Old foxes want no tutors
老狐须教师教
647 The sleeping fox catches no poultry
睡着狐狸捉鸡
648 You can have no more of the fox than the skin
狐狸皮旁全
649 The fox that had lost its tail would persuade others out of theirs
条狐狸丢尾巴劝旁丢
650 A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial
审鹅应狐陪审
651 The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head
狐狸诡计永远进狮子头脑
652 The old goose plays not with foxes
老鹅狐狸耍
653 The wolf and fox are both privateers
狐狸狼抢劫王
654 The wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature
狼牙会掉狼性难改
655 A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf
偷识偷正象狼识狼
656 Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods
饥饿引狼出森林
657 Give never the wolf the wether
莫阉羊送狼
658 Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl
狼相结交会学狼嚎
659 The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf
孤羊逢狼必然遭殃
660 It is madness for a sheep to treat of peace with a wolf
狼讲羊必癫狂
661 By little and little the wolf eateth the sheep
狼吃羊进肚肠
662 The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep
群狼死众羊安
663 While you trust to the dogthe wolf slips into the sheepfold
认狗信狼已偷偷羊圈进
664 When the wolf grows old the crows ride him
狼老鸦欺
665 Man is to man either a god or a wolf
交帝狼
666 A growing youth has a wolf in his belly
青年成长时食量狼
667 The lion is known by his claws (paw)
狮爪闻名
668 The lion is not so fierce as he is painted
狮子没画凶猛
669 A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion
吠犬胜睡狮
670 It is not good to wake a sleeping lion
睡狮莫惊
671 The lion's skin is never cheap
狮皮贱
672 Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp
杀狮应幼时
673 The tiger that has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it
次尝血虎欲永难遏
674 He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount
骑虎难
675 The leopard can never change its spots
花豹永改变身斑点(指:性难移)
676 Kings and bears oft worry keepers
国王熊常守护忧心忡忡
677 He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it
熊分蜜糖点尝
678 Do not sell the bear's skin before you have caught the bear
熊未手休卖皮(勿早乐观)
679 Where the deer is slainsome of her blood will lie
鹿死总血迹留
680 The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more than one wood
野猪怒毁树
681 An ape's an ape a varlet's a varlet though they be clad in silk or scarlet
衣绸穿红猿猴猿猴侍侍
682 An army of stags led by a lion would be more formidable than one of lions led by a stag
狮子率领群鹿鹿率领头狮子更难付
683 A bad custom is like a good cake better broden than kept
坏惯象饼子碎保存起
684 A bald head is soon shaven
光脑袋剃快
685 A blind man will not thank you for a lookingglass
瞎子谢赠镜
686 A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm
氅暖身
687 A brave retreat is a brave exploit
勇退勇绩
688 Accidents will happen in the best regulated families
家规严丑事总难免
689 A candle lights others and consumes itself
腊烛亮毁灭
690 A constant guest is never welcome
常客会受欢迎
691 A cracked bell can never sound well (is never sound)
破钟音
692 A crown is no cure for the headache
王冠难治头痛
693 A drowning man will catch at a straw
溺水者见草抓急择
694 After a storm comes a calm
暴风雨天静雨天晴
695 After death the doctor
死医生雨送伞
696 A good beginning is half done
良开端成功半
697 A good example is the best sermon
良范例训诫
698 A great ship asks deep waters
船深水行英雄武
699 A horse stumbles that has four legs
失手日马失蹄时
700 A little neglect may breed great mischief
失成害误酿祸
701 A little pot is soon hot
壶易热量易怒
702 All are brave when the enemy flies
敌遁逃时皆勇士
703 All is fish that comes to his net
网中鱼手全
704 All is well that ends well
结果切
705 All roads lead to Rome
条条路通罗马
706 Always taking out the mealtub and never putting insoon comes to the bottom
取粮储粮桶底粮光坐吃山空
707 A miss is as good as a mile
失毫厘差千里
708 An empty bag cannot stand upright
空袋直立
709 A new broom sweeps clean
新官三火
710 A rolling stone gathers no moss
滚石粘青苔转业积财
711 Art is long life is short
艺术恒久生命短暂
712 A small leak will sink a great ship
漏沉船
713 A stitch in time saves nine
针时省九针针补十针难缝
714 As the wind blows you must set your sail
趁风启帆
715 As we sow so shall we reap
种瓜瓜种豆豆
716 A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword
勇士神色胜懦夫刀剑
717 A vaunter and a liar are near akin
诩说谎二者正相仿
718 Avarice blinds our eyes
贪婪障目
719 A watched pot(pan) is long in boiling
心急水沸盼越切越迟
720 A wonder lasts but nine days
新鲜事久长
721 Beard the lion in his den
老虎头捉虱太岁头动土
722 Beauty is but skin deep
美丽皮相(指:貌取)
723 Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
宁犬首作狮尾
724 Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry
宁作民首贵族尾
725 Between two stools one goes the ground
脚踩两船早晚落水
726 Beware beginnings
慎始
727 Blood is thicker than water
血浓水(指:亲外亲)
728 Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
身凯撒(罗马)妻必须疑(指:伟物交秽名)
729 Charity begins at home but should not end there
施舍先亲友应限亲友
730 Companions are odious
气死
731 Content is happiness
知足常乐
732 Custom is a second nature
惯第二天性
733 Cut your coat according to your cloth
量布裁衣
734 Danger is next neighbour to security
危险安全紧邻
735 Do as the Romans do
入境问俗
736 Do as you would be done by
愿样应该样欲勿施
737 Do not hallo till you are out of the wood
未出险境先莫高兴
738 Don't put the cart before the horse
勿末倒置勿倒果
739 Don't throw out the baby with the bath water
切勿良莠分起抛
740 Envy assails the noblest the winds howl around the highest peak
位高遭妒峰高招风怒
741 Every advantage has its disadvantage
利必弊
742 Every cloud has a silver lining
黑暗中总线光明祸中福
743 Every man has his liking
744 Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads
错隐藏露
745 Everything hath an end
万物始必终
746 Everything must have a beginning
事皆始
747 Example is better than precept
范例胜教训
748 Fine feathers make fine birds
鸟羽毛衣装佛金装
749 Fire and water have no mercy
水火情
750 First come first served
先先招
751 Fish begins to stink at the head
鱼腐头先臭(梁正梁歪)
752 Forbidden fruit is sweet
禁果味甜
753 Force can never destory right
暴力决摧毁正义
754 God's mill grinds slow but sure
天网恢恢疏漏
755 Great designs require great consideration
计划慎重考虑
756 Great men have great faults
伟物会巨失
757 Great men's sons seldom do well
物子孙少出息
758 Half a loaf is better than no bread
半片面包总没胜
759 Haste makes waste
欲速达
760 Hear all parties
兼听明
761 He laughs best who laughs last
谁笑谁笑(指:高兴早)
762 He measures another's corn by his own bushel
标准衡量度
763 He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil
坏交道特心
764 He that never rode never fell
骑马会落马
765 He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut
果仁吃碎果壳
766 History repeats itself
历史身常重演
767 Hoist your sail when the wind is fair
风便扯篷
768 Honey is sweet but the bee stings
蜜甜蜂螫
769 Hunger is the best sauce
饥者口中佳肴饥饿时样样吃
770 If the mountain will not come to MahometMahomet must go to the mountain
山穆罕默德移穆罕默德山走迁迁
771 If wishes were horsesbeggars might ride
愿马乞丐愿难成事实
772 Ill air slays sooner than the sword
污浊空气杀刀快
773 Ill news never comes too late
坏消息总快
774 In the kingdom of blind men the oneeyed is king
生盲国独眼称王
775 It is better to be a martyr than a confessor
做忏悔做殉道者
776 It is too late to shut the stalbe door when the steed is stolen
失马锁厩时已晚贼关门时已迟
777 It never rains but it pours
雨已雨倾盆
778 It takes two to make a quarrel
吵架两
779 Jack of all trades and master of none
万事皆通事事精(指:杂精)
780 Joy and sorrow are nextdoor neighbours
快乐忧愁紧邻
781 Keeping is harder than winning
成功易保持更难
782 Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
杀鸡取金蛋图眼前需断绝财源
783 Kill two birds with one stone
石双鸟箭双雕
784 Kinsman helps kinsmanbut woe to him that hath nothing
亲帮亲亲帮愁煞
785 Like tree like fruit
什样树什样果
786 Little thieves are hanged but great ones escape
贼脱身贼吊死
787 Long absent soon forgotten
久易忘
788 Long looked for comes at last
久久寻找终会找
789 Long tarrying takes all thands away
耽搁太久会家谢意全送走
790 Losers are always in the wrong
失败受咎
791 Man is a god or a devil to his neighbour
邻居说帝便魔鬼
792 Many men have many minds
意见口杂
793 Many wells many buckets
井桶
794 Mercy to the eriminal may be eruelty to the people
罪犯仁慈民残忍
795 Merry meet merry part
聚散
796 Messengers should neither be headed nor hanged
两国相争斩
797 Might is right
强权公理
798 Might overcomes right
强权压倒公理
799 Mischief has swift wings
祸害长飞翅
800 Misery loves company
病相怜
801 Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs
莫笑皮匠拇指黑
802 Most things have two handles
数事物两种解释
803 Music is the eye of the ear
音乐耳朵眼睛
804 Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant
需机会懦夫变勇敢
805 Necessity is the mother of invention
需发明母
806 Neither fish nor flesh (nor good red herring)
非驴非马伦类
807 Never judge from appearances
根外貌判断貌取
808 Never too late to mend
补嫌晚
809 No cross no crown
没十字架没王冠苦乐
810 No man can do two things at once
时做两件事心二
811 No man ever became thoroughly bad all at once
没骤然变极坏
812 No man is content
知足世
813 No mill no meal
磨面没面包吃
814 No pleasure without pain
没痛苦欢乐
815 No rose without a thorn
玫瑰皆刺(没善美幸福)
816 No smoke without some fire
火生烟风起浪
817 Nothing venture nothing have
入虎穴焉虎子
818 Obedience is the first duty of a soldier
服军第职责
819 Older and wiser
老益精越老越聪明
820 Old bees yield no honey
老蜂产蜜
821 Old vessels must leak
船旧必漏
822 Once a devil always a devil
次做魔鬼永远魔鬼
823 One flower makes no garland
朵花做成花环
824 One foot is better than two crutches
脚胜两条拐仗
825 Oppression maketh a wise man mad
处压迫聪明会疯
826 Out of sitght out of mind
眼见心想
827 Pain is forgotten where gain follows
利痛苦便忘记
828 Patience is the plaster of all sores
忍耐切痛苦止痛膏
829 Patient men win the day
忍者胜
830 Peace with sword in hand 'Tis safest making
时期手执剑样做保险备患
831 Pen and ink is wit's plough
笔墨智犁
832 Penny wise and pound foolish
事聪明事糊涂
833 Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup
然装入金杯毒药毒药
834 Pouring oil on the fire is no way to quench it
加油灭火法
835 Praise is not pudding
恭维等布丁恭维实惠
836 Promises are like piecrust made to be broken
诺言似馅饼皮做便咬碎
837 Promise is debt
许愿欠债清许愿欠债欠便
838 Public money is like holy water every one helps himself to it
公款圣水尝嘴
839 Quietness is best
宁静
840 Rain before seven fine before eleven
早雨午
841 Reading maketh a full man conference a ready manand writing an exact man
阅读渊博会谈机敏写作严谨
842 Remember thou art but a man
记住:已
843 Revolutions are not made with rosewater
革命玫瑰香水做成(指:革命采温办法)
844 Satan reproves sin
魔鬼责罪(责备罪样失)
845 Scanderbeg's sword must have Scanderbeg's arm
斯坎德培(阿尔巴尼亚15世纪民族英雄)剑必须斯坎德培臂举宝剑须烈士擎
846 Shallow streams make most din
浅流水声响
847 Short pleasure long lament
眼前片刻欢日长悲痛
848 Silence gives consent
沉默表示意
849 Skill and confidence are an unconquered army
技信心敌军队
850 Something is better than nothing
总没强
851 Soon ripe soon rotten
早熟早烂早慧早夭
852 Sorrow comes unsent for
悲哀时须邀
853 Sport is sweetest when there be no spectators
旁边观众运动轻松
854 Still waters run deep
静水流深
855 Straws show which way the wind blows
草动示风
856 Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear
讲着某某说起曹操曹操
857 Teach your grandmother to suck eggs
班门弄斧
858 Temperance is the best physic
节欲药品
859 The best (greatest) fish keep (swim near) the bottom
鱼游水底(指:价值物轻易)
860 The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good
求高反难成功
861 The mountains have brought forth a mouse
山生鼠(指:费力收效)
862 The pot calls the kettle black
锅子嫌罐黑责严责宽失申斥
863 There are two sides to every question
问题两方面
864 There is a crook(afflictiontrial) in the lot of every one
生总倒楣事生总意处
865 The swan sings when death comes
死期天鹅歌声美妙
866 The thread breaks where it is weakest
线断常细处
867 The tongue ever turns to the aching teeth
舌头总碰着疼牙
868 The used key is always bright
常钥匙常光亮
869 The weakest goes to the wall
弱者败北
870 The wish is father to the thought
愿思想父事易信真
871 Things done cannot be undone
事已定局挽回覆水难收
872 Things unreasonable are never durable
合理事会长久
873 Too many cooks spoil the broth
厨子成群煮坏肉羹
874 Too much liberty spoils all
头切乱套
875 Too much spoils too little is nothing
会坏事少济事
876 Tread on a worm and it will turn
蚯蚓踩会动(指:逼甚温者会反抗)
877 True praise roots and spreads
赞词真实根深传远
878 Two of a trade seldom agree
行冤家行相妒
879 Two wrongs don't make a right
两错加出正确
880 Union is strength
联合力量
881 Vain glory blossoms but never bears
虚荣开花会结果
882 Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms
激动时誓约静时便忘
883 Walls have ears
隔墙耳
884 War is death's feast
战争死亡筵席
885 War makes thieves and peace hangs them
战争造成窃贼吊死
886 Water afar quencheth not fire
远水救火
887 Weeds want no sowing
杂草需种
888 We never know the worth of water till the well is dry
井干方知水贵
889 What youth is used to age remembers
少年惯事老时常记起
890 When Greek meets Greek then comes the bug of war
两雄相争难解难分
891 When the tree is fallen every one runs to it with his axe
树倒持斧
892 When the well is full it will run over
井满水溢
893 When war begins then hell openeth
战争开始狱便开
894 Where there are reeds there is water
芦苇处必水
895 Where there is a will there is a way
志者事竟成
896 Where the water is shallow no vessel will ride
水浅船行
897 Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow
罪恶中游泳必悲哀中沉没
898 Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst
瓶中酒解渴
899 Woe to him that is alone
孤独悲
900 You cannot see the wood for trees
见树见林
901 An idle youtha needy age
少壮努力老徒伤悲
902 Time flies
时光易逝
903 Time is money
寸光阴寸金
904 Time and tide wait for no man
岁月情岁月易逝岁月
905 Time tries all
时间检验切
906 Time tries truth
时间检验真理
907 Time past cannot be called back again
光阴复返
908 All time is no time when it is past
光阴复返
909 No one can call back yesterdayYesterday will not be called again
昨日复
910 Tomorrow comes never
切莫赖明天
911 One today is worth two tomorrows
天胜似两明天
912 The morning sun never lasts a day
景常阳光全日
913 Christmas comes but once a year
圣诞年度
914 Pleasant hours fly past
快乐时光飞
915 Happiness takes no account of time
欢娱惜时光逝
916 Time tames the strongest grief
时间缓极度悲痛
917 The day is short but the work is much
工作光阴迫
918 Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today
日事须日毕切勿拖延明天
919 Have you somewhat to do tomorrowdo it today
明天事天做
920 To him that does everything in its proper timeone day is worth three
事事时做日胜三日
921 To save time is to lengthen life
节省时间延长生命
922 Everything has its time and that time must be watched
万物皆时时失
923 Take time when time comethlest time steal away
时必须趁时然时声息
924 When an opportunity is neglectedit never comes back to you
机失时机会永
925 Make hay while the sun shines
晒草趁太阳
926 Strike while the iron is hot
趁热铁
927 Work todayfor you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow
事做明阻碍
928 Punctuality is the soul of business
守时立业素
929 Procrastination is the thief of time
循拖延时间敌拖延浪费时间
930 Every tide hath ist ebb
潮涨必潮落时
931 Knowledge is power
知识力量
932 Wisdom is more to be envied than riches
知识羡胜财富
933 Wisdom is better than gold or silver
知识胜金银
934 Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand
胸中知识胜手中钱
935 Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it
求知识代价高值
936 Doubt is the key of knowledge
怀疑知识钥
937 If you want knowledgeyou must toil for it
求知识须勤苦
938 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
浅学误
939 A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning
少量常识量学问
940 Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps
知识循序渐进跃进
941 Learn wisdom by the follies of others
旁愚行中学聪明
942 It is good to learn at another man's cost
前车鉴
943 Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body
知识精神健康肉体
944 Experience is the best teacher
验教师
945 Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother
验知识父记忆知识母
946 Dexterity comes by experience
熟练验
947 Practice makes perfect
熟生巧
948 Experience keeps a dear schoolbut fools learn in no other
验学校学费高愚旁处学
949 Experience without learning is better than learning without experience
验学问胜学问验
950 Wit once bought is worth twice taught
验智慧胜学智慧次亲身体会胜两次教师教导
951 Seeing is believing
百闻见
952 Business is the salt of life
事业生命盐
953 Business before pleasure
事业先享乐
954 Business makes a man as well as tries him
事业考验造
955 Business neglected is business lost
忽视职业便放弃职业
956 Never think yourself above business
勿视高眼高手低永远认
957 Business may be troublesomebut idleness is pernicious
事业扰懒惰害更
958 He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business
命眼高手低
959 Do businessbut be not a slave to it
做事做事务奴隶
960 Everybody's business is nobody's business
众事问事
961 Work makes the workman
勤工出巧匠
962 Better master one than engage with ten
会十事精事
963 A work ill done must be twice done
首次做必须重新搞
964 They who cannot do as they wouldmust do as they can
愿行须力
965 If you would have a thing well donedo it yourself
想事情做亲动手搞
966 He that doth most at once doth least
什想次做完结果件做完贪嚼烂
967 Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee
数样干会称赞
968 What may be done at any time will be done at no time
时候做事情总时候做事情
969 Better late than never
迟做总做
970 Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well
值做事值做
971 The shortest answer is doing the thing
简短回答干字
972 Action is the proper fruit of knowledge
行动知识佳果
973 Finished labours are pleasant
完成工作乐
974 It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil
没土壤播种徒劳
975 It is right to put everything in its proper use
事应
976 Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended
部班事情快做完
977 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
工作玩耍聪明孩变傻
978 Work bears witness who does well
工作证明谁做
979 It is not work that killsbut worry
工作会伤身伤身忧虑
980 He that will not work shall not eat
工作者食
981 Business is business
公事公办
982 Deliberate slowlyexecute promptly
慢慢酌量快快行动
983 Put your shoulder to the wheel
努力工作
984 Never do things by halves
做事半途废
985 In for a pennyin for a pound
做事开头做底做二休
986 Many hands make quick work
干活快
987 Many hands make light work
众擎易举
988 A bad workman quarrels with his tools
技术拙劣工抱怨工具
989 Diligence is the mohter of success
勤奋成功母
990 Idleness is the root of all evil
懒惰万恶源
991 Care and diligence bring luck
谨慎勤奋带运
992 Diligence is the mother of good fortune
勤勉运母
993 Industry is fortune's right handand frugality her left
勤勉幸运右手世俭幸运左手
994 Idleness is the key of beggary
懒惰出乞丐
995 No rootno fruit
根果
996 Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains)
懒做工作越懒越费力
997 Sloth is the key of poverty
惰致贫
998 Sloth turneth the edge of wit
懒散磨智锋芒
999 An idle brain is the devil's workshop
懒汉头脑魔鬼工厂
1000 The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE
节俭致富秘诀
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