中文谚语的英文翻译集锦

中文谚语的英文翻译中文谚语英语翻译

1．见机行事。

2．兵不厌诈。

3．留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。4．种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。5．不问就听不到假话。6．情人眼里出西施。

7．血浓于水。

8．海内存知己，天涯若比邻。9．简洁是智慧的灵魂。10．公事公办。

11．车到山前必有路。

12．巧妇难为无米之炊。13．笨鸟先飞。

14．精诚所至，金石为开。15．置之死地而后生。

16．滴水穿石。

17．习惯成自然。

18．以其人之道，还治其人之身。

19．血债要用血来还。1. Act according to circumstances.

2. All is fair in war.

3. As long as the green hills last, there'll always be wood to burn.

4. As you sow, so shall you reap.

5. Ask no questions and be told no lies.

6. Beauty lies in lover's eye.

7. Blood is thicker than water.

8. A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.

9. Brevity is the soul of wit.

10. Business is business.

11. The cart will find its way round the hill when it gets there.

12. he cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice.

13. Clumsy birds have to start flying early.

14. Complete sincerity can affect even metal and stone.

15. Confront a person with the danger of death and he will fight to live.

16. Constant dripping wears away the stone.

17. Custom is a second nature.

18. Deal with a man as he deals with you.

19. Debts of blood must be paid in blood.

20. Different trades are separated as by mountains.

21. Different the first time, easy the second.

22. Early sow, early mow.

23. Even the wise are not free from error.

24. Every failure one meets with adds to one's experience.

25. Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country. 26．Every man has the defects of his own virtues. 27．Every man to his taste.

28．Every profession produces its own leading authority. 29．Everyone thinks in his way.

30．Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 31．Everything must have a beginning.

32．Example is better than precept.

33．Experience is the mother of wisdom. 34．Experience is the teacher of fools.

35．Extreme joy begets sorrow.

36．An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

37．The eye is bigger than the belly.

38．A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

39．Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for

20．隔行如隔山。

21．一回生，二回熟。22．早动手，早收获。23．者千虑，必有一失。24．吃一堑，长一智。25．国家兴亡，匹夫有责。26．每一个人都有美中不足的地方。

27．人各有所好。

28．行行出状元。

29．仁者见仁，智者见智。30．切莫错过良机。

31．凡事总有一个开头。32．身教胜于言教。

33．经验是智慧之母。34．经验是愚者之师。35．乐极生悲。

36．以眼还眼，以牙还牙。37．心有余而力不足（贪多嚼不烂）。

38．吃一堑，长一智。39．人怕出名猪怕壮。40．少说为佳。pigs.

40．Few words are best.

41．A few are no match for the many.

42．Fire and water have no mercy.

43．Fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure. 44．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

45．The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water. 46．Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

47．The gift is trifling but the feeling is profound.

48．A good tale is not the worse for being told twice. 49．Good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil. 50．A great teacher produces a brilliant student.

51．Habit is second nature.

52．Haste makes waste.

53．Haughtiness invites disaster, humility receives benefit. 54．He dances well to whom fortune pipes.

55．He is lifeless that is faultless.

56．He that touches pitch shall be defiled.

57．He who gives no thought to difficulties in the future is sure to be beset by worries much closer at hand.

58. He who has come is surely strong or he'd never have come

along.

59．He who helps others helps himself.

60．He who laughs last laughs longest.

61．Health is better than wealth.

62．Hearts which beat in unison are linked.

63．History repeats itself.

64．An honest man does nothing underhand.

65．Honesty is the best policy.

66．Honours change manners.

67．If the upper beam is not straight, the lower ones will go aslant.

68．If you do not wish anyone to know what you have done, it is better not to have done it in the first place.

69.If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron rod

into a needle.

70．Illness comes from food and trouble from speech. 71．Important people have short memories.

72．In for a penny, in for a pound.

73．In wine there is truth.

74．It is easy to be wise after the event.

75. A just cause enjoys abundant support while an unjust cause finds little. 76．Justice has long arms.

77．Keep on learning as long as you live.

78．Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.

41．寡不敌众。

42．水火无情。

43．看菜吃饭，量体裁衣。44．患难之交才是真正的朋友。

45．君子之交淡如水。46．天才出自勤奋。

47．礼轻情意重。

48．好故事百听不厌。49．善有善报，恶有恶报。50．名师出高徒。

51．习惯成自然。

52．欲速则不达（忙中有错）。53．满招损，谦受益。54．时来运转百事顺。55．人人都有缺点。

56．近墨者黑。

57．人无远虑，必有近忧。58．来者不善，善者不来。59．与人方便，自己方便。60．谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。61．健康胜于财富。

62．心有灵犀一点通。79．Lessons learned from the past can guide one in the future. 80．Like attracts like.

81．Like teacher, like pupil.

82．Live and learn.

83．The longest way round is the nearest way home. 84．Maintain an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. 85．A man among men is he who knows when to eat humble pie and when to hold his head high.

86．Man has but one life, grass sees but one spring.

87．A man of great wisdom often seems slowwitted. 88．Misfortunes never come singly.

89．A moment's error can bring a lifelong regret. 90．Money is the root of all evil.

91．The monk may run away, but the temple can't run with him.

92．The more illumination, the more temptation.

93．More pay for more work.

94．Necessity is the mother of invention.

95．No discord, no concord.

96．Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.

97．Nothing venture, nothing have.

98．One false step brings everlasting grief.

99．One never goes to the temple for no reason. 100．Open different locks with different keys. 101．Opportunity brings success.

102．Opportunity knocks but once.

103．Other times, other manners.

104．Plant melons and you get melons, sow beans and you get beans.

105．Practice makes perfect.

106．Practise what you preach.

107．Providence does not let down a man who does his best. 108．Public opinion is the best judge.

109．Quickly come, quickly go.

110．A rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its own hole. 111．Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles. 112．Reading enriches the mind.

113．Reading is always profitable.

114．A relative far off is less help than a neighbour close by. 115．Running water is never stale and a door-hinge never gets worm-eaten. 116．Saying is one thing and doing another.

117．The sea of bitterness has no bounds, repent and the shore is at hand. 118．Silence is golden.

119．A single spark can start a prairie fire.

120．Slight negligence may lead to great disaster.

121．A small leak will sink a great ship.

He sits no sure that sits too high.高处不胜寒。

He that respects not is not respected.欲受人敬，要先敬人。So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。

Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。

Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。

Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。

So the world wags. 这就是人生。

* One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。

No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。

Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。

Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。

It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。

Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。

*Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。

A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。

Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考虑要仔细,行动要迅速.

One sin opens the door for another. ---German 犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。*One man‘s meat is another man‘s poison.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水珍贵

*Less is more. 简单就是美

A blessing in disguise. 因祸得福

*Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌

Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日

Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. 磨刀不误砍柴功。Seeing is believing. 眼见为实

Well begun is half done. 好的开端是成功的一半

Time flies never to be recalled. 光阴一去不复返

When in Rome, do as Roman do. 入乡随俗

He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后谁笑得最美

Deal with a man as he deals with you. 以其人之道还治其人之身Look before you leap. 三思而后行

Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠顶一个诸葛亮。

A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始善终

* A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友。First come, first served. 先来先招待。

Where there is s will，there is a way. 有志者事竟成。

No pains，no gains. 不劳则无获

Time and tide wait for no man. 时不待人

Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁

It‘s never too late to mend.亡羊补牢

There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪

Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕

East or west，home is best. 走东串西，还是家里好

Equal pay for equal work. 同工同酬

Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置

Pride goes before a fall. 骄兵必败

Reading makes a full man. 读书使人完善

Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量

Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成攻之母

Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧

All roads lead to Roma. 条条大道通罗马

*Don′t judge a person b y the clothes he wears. 不能以貌取人

Don′t count your chickens before they are hatched.切莫过于乐观

Learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进

It′s easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮

As you make your bed,so you must lie in it. 自食其果

All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的东西并非都是金子

Many hands make light work. 人多力量大

Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it. 世上无难事只要肯登攀Time is money. 时间就是金钱。

Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。

Many hands make light work. 人多力量大。

Grasp all, lose all. 样样都要，全都失掉。

Better master one than engage with ten. 会十事不如精一事。

Silly child is soon taught. 要想孩子好，教育要趁早。

More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。

Easier said than done. 说起来容易，做起来难。

The first step is the hardest. 万事开头难。

Who knows most says least. 懂的最多的人，说的最少。

Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不待人。

Don‘t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事今日毕。

Diligence is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。

It‘s never too late to learn. 活到老，学到老。

Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳

Wash your dirty linen at home. 家丑不可外扬

Waste not, want not. 俭则不匮

Weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁

Wealth is best known by want. 人穷方知钱可贵

We can‘t judge a person by what he says but by what he does. 判断一个人，不听言语看行动

We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough. 年华没虚度，一生也足矣。What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非已莫为

When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push. 墙倒众人推

When children stand quiet, they have done some harm. 孩子不吭声，一定闯了祸When one will not, two cannot quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响

When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. 贫穷进门来，爱情越窗飞

When the cat is away, the mice will play. 猫儿不在，鼠儿成精

When wine sinks, words swim. 美酒一下肚，话匣关不住

Where there‘s life there‘s hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

Will is power. 意志就是力量

Wise men are silent; fools talk. 智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝

Wise men change their minds; fools never do. 智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用

Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it. 智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理

*Words are but wind, but seeing is believing. 耳听为虚，眼见为实

A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。

A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。

A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。

Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。

A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。

A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。

英语翻译中文谚语

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一着不慎,满盘皆输.

·All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的未必都是金子。

·A child is better unborn than untaught. 养不教，父之过。

·Art is long, life is short. 生命短暂，艺术长存。

·A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真情。

·Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。

·A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。

·An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。

·All covet, all lose. 样样垂涎，样样失落。贪多嚼不烂。

·A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。

·All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。

·A small leak will sink a great ship. 千里之堤溃于蚁穴。

·All time is no time when it is past. 机不可失，时不再来。

·A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.近水楼台先得月。·A short cut is often a wrong cut.欲速则不达。

·A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.欲加之罪，何患无辞。

·A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 远来的和尚好念经。

·All feet tread not in one shoe. 众口难调。

·A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。

·A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

·A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改，本性难移。

·A little spark may kindle a great fire.星星之火，可以燎原。

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·Beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了

·Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵

·Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。·Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。

·Better die standing than live kneeling 宁愿站着死，也不跪着生。

·Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。

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·Cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心。

·Cast an anchor to windward.未雨绸缪。

·Care and diligence bring luck.

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·Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行。谨慎勤奋，带来好运。·Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢对手，将遇良才。

·Danger past, God forgotten. 飞鸟尽，良弓藏。

·Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。

·Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。

·Do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。

·Do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿失于人。

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·Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。

·Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune. 自己幸福自己创。·Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day. 晚霞行千里。

·Every bean has its black. 金无足赤，人无完人。

·Even woods have ears.隔墙有耳。

·Enough is better than too much. 过犹不及。

·Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 人贵自立。

·Experience teaches. 吃一堑，长一智。

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·Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。

·First impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。

·Faith moves mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。

·Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界，无奇不有。

·Fire proves gold, adversity proves man. 烈火识真金，逆境识英雄。

·Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

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·Give everyone his due. 一视同仁。

·Good (or Great) wits jump. 英雄所见略同。

·Go while the going is good. 三十六计，走为上计。

·Great weights hang on small wires.千钧一发。

·Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。

·Greatest genius often lies concealed.大智若愚。

·Grasp all, lose all.贪多必失。

·Go to the sea, if you would fish well.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

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·Honour to whom honour is due.论功行赏。

·He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。

·Heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己。

·He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。

·He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。·He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。·He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行，始于足下·He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。

·It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次当·Humility often gains more than pride.满招损，谦受益。

·He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.事实胜于雄辩。

·He that promises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。

·He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。·Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行。

·Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。

·He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。

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·It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。

·If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是无穷的。·It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。

·Ill news never comes too late. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。

·It is the first step that is troublesome. 万事开头难。

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·Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

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·Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it. 实践得真知。

·Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易，守业更难。

·Knowledge is no burden. 艺不压身。

·Kiss and be friends. 握手言和。

·Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕??????????????????????? Ｌ

·Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.既来之，则安之。

·Love is blind. 情人眼里出西施。

·Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。

·Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。

·Live and learn. 学无止境。

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·Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。

·Mind acts upon mind. 心有灵犀一点通。

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·Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.饥不择食

·No cross, no crown.不吃苦中苦，难为人上人。

·Nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站着说话不腰痛。

·No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。

·No work, no money. 不劳无获。

·Never too late (or old) to learn. 活到老，学到老。

·Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。

·No fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。

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·One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.一叶障目，不见泰山。

·One swallow does not make a summer.一花独放不是春。

·One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。

·Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的天职。

·One lark does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春。

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·Practice is better than precept. 身教重于言教。

·Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。

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·Riches have wings. 富贵无常。

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·Score twice before you cut once. 三思而后行。

·Sense comes with age. 老马识途。

·So the world wags. 这就是人生。

·So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。

·Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大业，自信第一。

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

·Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。

·The reasons of the poor weight not. 人微言轻。

·The shortest way round is the longest way home.欲速则不达。

·Those are in the same boat should row together.同舟共济。

·Too much pudding will choke a dog.布丁太多噎死狗。

·The heart's letter is read in the eyes.眼睛是心灵的窗户。

·The deed proves the man.观其行而知其人。

·True gold fears not the fire.真金不怕火炼。

·Take time while time is, for time will away.机不可失，时不在来。

·The battle is to the strong.两强相遇勇者胜。

·The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。

·The best of friends must part. 天下没有不散的宴席。

·Time is money. 时间就是金钱

·Through obedience learn to command. 先当学生，后当先生。

·Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。

·There is no fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。

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·Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。

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·Wealth is nothing without health. 健康胜于财富。

·We begun is half done. 良好的开端等于成功的一半。

·Work makes the workman.熟能生巧。

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·You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。事难两全其美。

·Youth's a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。

·You are never too old to learn. 活到老学到老。

·You never know till you have tired.事非经过不知难。

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·Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 热情而无知，犹如无光之火

·Zeal without kowledge is the sister of folly. 无知的热情近乎愚蠢

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中文谚语英语翻译对比（有点意思^ ^）

Obedience is the first duty of a soldier军人以服从命令为天职。

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

Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。

Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，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，两次小。

Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。

Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。

One cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。

One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。

One false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。

One good turn deserves another.行善积德。

One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。

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

One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。

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

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

Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。

Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。

Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。

Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。

Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。

Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。Please the eye and plague the heart.贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。

Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。

Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。

Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。

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

Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。

Promise is debt.一诺千金。

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。

Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。

Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。

Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。

Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。Rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。

Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。

Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。

Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。

Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。

Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。

Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。

Still water run deep.静水常深。

Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。

Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。

Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。

Talking mends no holes.空谈无补。

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

Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。

Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。

The best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。

The best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。

The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盗铃。

The danger past and God forgotten.过河拆桥。

The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。

The darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。

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

The devil sometimes speaks the truth魔鬼有时也会说真话。

The die is cast.木已成舟。

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

The end justifies the means.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。

The end makes all equal.死亡面前，人人平等。

The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。

The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而绕远路。

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

The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。

The first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。

The fox knew too much, that‘s how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。

The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。

The grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。

The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。

The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得惨。

The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。

The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越谦虚。

The more wit, the less courage.初生牛犊不怕虎。

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

The pen is mightier than the sword.笔能杀人。

The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。

There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。

There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。

There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。

There is kindness to be found everywhere.人间处处有温情。

There is no general rule without some exception.任何法规均有例外。

There is no medicine against death.没有长生不老药。

There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。

There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

The style is the man.字如其人。The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。

The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，浊者自浊。

The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后

The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。

The world is but a little place, after all.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

Think twice before you do.三思而后行。

Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。

Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。

Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

Time flies.光阴似箭。

Time is money.时间就是金钱。

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

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

Time tries all.路遥知马力，日久见人心。

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.人非圣贤，孰能无过。

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

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

Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。

Too much familiarity breeds contempt.过分熟悉会使人互不服气。

Too much knowledge makes the head bald.学问太多催人老。

Too much liberty spills all.自由放任，一事无成。

Too much praise is a burden.过多夸奖，反成负担。

To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。

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