善始者不善终。 A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
遗臭万年。 A bad thing never dies.
不会撑船怪河弯。 A bad workman always blames his tools.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
色厉内荏。 A bully is always a coward.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A candle lights others and consumes itself.
猫有九条命。 A cat has 9 lives.
人人平等。 A cat may look at a king.
病从口入。 A close mouth catches no flies.
常客令人厌。 A constant guest is never welcome.
事实胜於雄辩。 Actions speak louder than words.
穷则思变。 Adversity leads to prosperity.
逆境出人才。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
死得其所，流芳百世。 A fair death honors the whole life.
知音难觅。 A faithful friend is hard to find.
吃一堑，长一智。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
*易改，本性难移。 A fox may grow gray, but never good.
患难见真情。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
得朋友难，失朋友易。 A friend is easier lost than found.
需要之时方知友。 A friend is never known till a man has need.
没有十全十美的朋友。 A friend without faults will never be found.
良好的开端是成奶@半。 A good beginning is half done.
善始者善终。 A good beginning makes a good ending.
好书如挚友。 A good book is a good friend.
一本好书，相伴一生。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 A good conscience is a soft pillow.
美名胜过美貌。 A good fame is better than a good face.
夫善则妻贤。 A good husband makes a good wife.
良药苦口。 A good medicine tastes bitter.
说大话者多谎言。 A great talker is a great liar.
君子之交淡如水。 A hedge between keeps friendship green.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
积习难改。 A leopard cannot change its spots.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
静以修身。 A light heart lives long.
浓缩的都是精品。 A little body often harbors a great soul.
一知半解，自欺欺人。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。 A little pot is soon hot.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 All are brave when the enemy flies.
天下没有不散的筵席。 All good things come to an end.
海纳百川。 All rivers run into sea.
条条大路通罗马。 All roads lead to Rome.
结果好，就一切都好。 All that ends well is well.
闪光的不一定都是金子。 All that glitters is not gold.
凡事总是由难而易。 All things are difficult before they are easy.
只会用奶ㄙ戚A，聪明孩子也变傻。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
不耻下问才能有学问。 A man becomes learned by asking questions.
凡事都应量力而行。 A man can do no more than he can.
一心不能二用。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
什麽人交什麽朋友。 A man is known by his friends.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A man without money is no man at all.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。 A merry heart goes all the way.
失之毫厘，差之千里。 A miss is as good as a mile.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
新官上任三把火。 A new broom sweeps clean.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
一日之计在於晨。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
老狗学不出新把戏。 An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
聪明才智，不如运气。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
预防为主，治疗为辅。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。 A rolling stone gathers no moss.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 As a man sows, so he shall reap.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 A single flower does not make a spring.
瑞雪兆丰年。 A snow year, a rich year.
健全的精神寓於健康的身体。 A sound mind in a sound body.
寡言者智。 A still tongue makes a wise head.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 A stitch in time saves nine.
身正不怕影子斜。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
真人不露相，露相非真人。 A wise head makes a close mouth.
一言既出，驷马难追。 A word spoken is past recalling.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 A young idler, an old beggar.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。 Bad news has wings.
吠犬不咬人。 Barking dogs seldom bite.
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
不怕慢，单怕站。 Better late than never.
问路总比迷路好。 Better to ask the way than go astray.
朋友之间不分彼此。 Between friends all is common.
物以类聚，人以群分。 Birds of a feather flock together.
血浓于水。 Blood is thicker than water.
血债血偿。 Blood will have blood.
读书如交友，应求少而精。 Books and friends should be few but good.
公事公办。 Business is business.
事业是人生的第一需要。 Business is the salt of life.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
一叶障目，不见泰山。 Cannot see the wood for the trees.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 Care and diligence bring luck.
小心驶得万年船。 Caution is the parent of safety.
骗人发不了财。 Cheats never prosper.
耳濡目染，身教言传。 Children are what the mothers are.
择书如择友。 Choose an author as you choose a friend.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。 Complacency is the enemy of study.
自信是走向成左熔胪@步。 Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 Constant dripping wears away a stone.
知足者常乐。 Content is better than riches.
来而不往非礼也。 Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
循序渐进。 Creep before you walk.
海底捞月。 Cry for the moon.
习惯是後天养成的。 Custom is a second nature.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 Custom makes all things easy.
强中自有强中手。 Diamond cuts diamond.
入乡随俗。 Do as the Romans do.
己所不欲，勿施於人。 Do as you would be done by.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 Doing is better than saying.
机不可失，时不再来。 Do it now.
凡事不可半途而废。 Do nothing by halves.
善有善报。 Do well and have well.
孤芳自赏。 Each bird love to hear himself sing.
早睡早起身体好。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
说得容易，做得难。 Easier said than done.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 Easy come, easy go.
人吃饭是为了活著，但活著不是为了吃饭。 Eat to live, but not live to eat.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。 Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
忌妒之人无宁日。 Envy has no holidays.
智者千虑，必有一失。 Even Homer sometimes nods.
亲兄弟，明算账。 Even reckoning makes long friends.
有利必有弊。 Every advantage has its disadvantage.
好景不常在。 Every day is not Sunday.
谁都有得意的时候。 Every dog has his day.
各人有各人的苦恼。 Every heart has its own sorrow.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。 Every little helps a mickle.
人不为己，天诛地灭。 Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
金无足赤，人无完人。 Every man has his faults.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 Every man has his hobbyhorse.
人人都有弱点。 Every man has his weak side.
自己的命运自己掌握。 Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
分秒必争。 Every minute counts.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。 Every potter praises hit pot.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。 Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
说一遍，不如做一遍。 Example is better then percept.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。 Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
吃一堑，长一智。 Experience must be bought.
事实胜於雄辩。 Fact speak louder than words.
失败是成奶坏嚏C Failure is the mother of success.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
眼不见，心不烦。 Far from eye, far from heart.
远水救不了近火。 Far water does not put out near fire.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。 Faults are thick where love is thin.
恐惧源於无知。 Fear always springs from ignorance.
隔墙有耳。 Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
水火无情。 Fire and water have no mercy.
火是一把双刃剑。 Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
先来後到。 First come, first served.
初次见面，印象最深。 First impressions are half the battle.
先想後说。 First think and then speak.
朽木不可雕。 Fools grow without watering.
呆人有呆福。 Fools has fortune.
愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。 Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
禁果格外香。 Forbidden fruit is sweet.
机遇偏爱善断之人。 Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
集思广益。 Four eyes see more than two.
朋友之间也会保持距离。 Friends agree best at distance.
朋友是时间的窃贼。 Friends are thieves of time.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。 Friends must part.
天才不过是勤奋而已。 Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
为口铄金，积毁销骨。 Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
自助者天助。 God helps those who help themselves.
黄金并非万能。 Gold will not buy anything.
以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。 Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
健康是最大的财富。 Good health is over wealth.
良药苦口利於病。 Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
谨慎消灾。 Good watch prevents misfortune.
好狗不挡道。 Great barkers are no biters.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 Great hopes make great man.
英雄所见略同。 Great minds think alike.
英雄犯大错误。 Great men have great faults.
大树底下好乘凉。 Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
贵人多忘事。 Great wits have short memories.
心贪手长。 Greedy folks have long arms.
做贼心虚。 Guilty consciences make men cowards.
善始者不善终。 A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
遗臭万年。 A bad thing never dies.
不会撑船怪河弯。 A bad workman always blames his tools.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
色厉内荏。 A bully is always a coward.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A candle lights others and consumes itself.
猫有九条命。 A cat has 9 lives.
人人平等。 A cat may look at a king.
病从口入。 A close mouth catches no flies.
常客令人厌。 A constant guest is never welcome.
事实胜於雄辩。 Actions speak louder than words.
穷则思变。 Adversity leads to prosperity.
逆境出人才。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
死得其所，流芳百世。 A fair death honors the whole life.
知音难觅。 A faithful friend is hard to find.
吃一堑，长一智。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
*易改，本性难移。 A fox may grow gray, but never good.
患难见真情。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
得朋友难，失朋友易。 A friend is easier lost than found.
需要之时方知友。 A friend is never known till a man has need.
没有十全十美的朋友。 A friend without faults will never be found.
良好的开端是成奶@半。 A good beginning is half done.
善始者善终。 A good beginning makes a good ending.
好书如挚友。 A good book is a good friend.
一本好书，相伴一生。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 A good conscience is a soft pillow.
美名胜过美貌。 A good fame is better than a good face.
夫善则妻贤。 A good husband makes a good wife.
良药苦口。 A good medicine tastes bitter.
说大话者多谎言。 A great talker is a great liar.
君子之交淡如水。 A hedge between keeps friendship green.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
积习难改。 A leopard cannot change its spots.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
静以修身。 A light heart lives long.
浓缩的都是精品。 A little body often harbors a great soul.
一知半解，自欺欺人。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。 A little pot is soon hot.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 All are brave when the enemy flies.
天下没有不散的筵席。 All good things come to an end.
海纳百川。 All rivers run into sea.
条条大路通罗马。 All roads lead to Rome.
结果好，就一切都好。 All that ends well is well.
闪光的不一定都是金子。 All that glitters is not gold.
凡事总是由难而易。 All things are difficult before they are easy.
只会用奶ㄙ戚A，聪明孩子也变傻。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
不耻下问才能有学问。 A man becomes learned by asking questions.
凡事都应量力而行。 A man can do no more than he can.
一心不能二用。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
什麽人交什麽朋友。 A man is known by his friends.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A man without money is no man at all.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。 A merry heart goes all the way.
失之毫厘，差之千里。 A miss is as good as a mile.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
新官上任三把火。 A new broom sweeps clean.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
一日之计在於晨。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
老狗学不出新把戏。 An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
聪明才智，不如运气。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
预防为主，治疗为辅。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。 A rolling stone gathers no moss.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 As a man sows, so he shall reap.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 A single flower does not make a spring.
瑞雪兆丰年。 A snow year, a rich year.
健全的精神寓於健康的身体。 A sound mind in a sound body.
寡言者智。 A still tongue makes a wise head.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 A stitch in time saves nine.
身正不怕影子斜。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
真人不露相，露相非真人。 A wise head makes a close mouth.
一言既出，驷马难追。 A word spoken is past recalling.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 A young idler, an old beggar.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。 Bad news has wings.
吠犬不咬人。 Barking dogs seldom bite.
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
不怕慢，单怕站。 Better late than never.
问路总比迷路好。 Better to ask the way than go astray.
朋友之间不分彼此。 Between friends all is common.
物以类聚，人以群分。 Birds of a feather flock together.
血浓于水。 Blood is thicker than water.
血债血偿。 Blood will have blood.
读书如交友，应求少而精。 Books and friends should be few but good.
公事公办。 Business is business.
事业是人生的第一需要。 Business is the salt of life.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
一叶障目，不见泰山。 Cannot see the wood for the trees.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 Care and diligence bring luck.
小心驶得万年船。 Caution is the parent of safety.
骗人发不了财。 Cheats never prosper.
耳濡目染，身教言传。 Children are what the mothers are.
择书如择友。 Choose an author as you choose a friend.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。 Complacency is the enemy of study.
自信是走向成左熔胪@步。 Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 Constant dripping wears away a stone.
知足者常乐。 Content is better than riches.
来而不往非礼也。 Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
循序渐进。 Creep before you walk.
海底捞月。 Cry for the moon.
习惯是後天养成的。 Custom is a second nature.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 Custom makes all things easy.
强中自有强中手。 Diamond cuts diamond.
入乡随俗。 Do as the Romans do.
己所不欲，勿施於人。 Do as you would be done by.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 Doing is better than saying.
机不可失，时不再来。 Do it now.
凡事不可半途而废。 Do nothing by halves.
善有善报。 Do well and have well.
孤芳自赏。 Each bird love to hear himself sing.
早睡早起身体好。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
说得容易，做得难。 Easier said than done.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 Easy come, easy go.
人吃饭是为了活著，但活著不是为了吃饭。 Eat to live, but not live to eat.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。 Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
忌妒之人无宁日。 Envy has no holidays.
智者千虑，必有一失。 Even Homer sometimes nods.
亲兄弟，明算账。 Even reckoning makes long friends.
有利必有弊。 Every advantage has its disadvantage.
好景不常在。 Every day is not Sunday.
谁都有得意的时候。 Every dog has his day.
各人有各人的苦恼。 Every heart has its own sorrow.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。 Every little helps a mickle.
人不为己，天诛地灭。 Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
金无足赤，人无完人。 Every man has his faults.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 Every man has his hobbyhorse.
人人都有弱点。 Every man has his weak side.
自己的命运自己掌握。 Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
分秒必争。 Every minute counts.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。 Every potter praises hit pot.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。 Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
说一遍，不如做一遍。 Example is better then percept.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。 Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
吃一堑，长一智。 Experience must be bought.
事实胜於雄辩。 Fact speak louder than words.
失败是成奶坏嚏C Failure is the mother of success.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
眼不见，心不烦。 Far from eye, far from heart.
远水救不了近火。 Far water does not put out near fire.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。 Faults are thick where love is thin.
恐惧源於无知。 Fear always springs from ignorance.
隔墙有耳。 Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
水火无情。 Fire and water have no mercy.
火是一把双刃剑。 Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
先来後到。 First come, first served.
初次见面，印象最深。 First impressions are half the battle.
先想後说。 First think and then speak.
朽木不可雕。 Fools grow without watering.
呆人有呆福。 Fools has fortune.
愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。 Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
禁果格外香。 Forbidden fruit is sweet.
机遇偏爱善断之人。 Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
集思广益。 Four eyes see more than two.
朋友之间也会保持距离。 Friends agree best at distance.
朋友是时间的窃贼。 Friends are thieves of time.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。 Friends must part.
天才不过是勤奋而已。 Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
为口铄金，积毁销骨。 Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
自助者天助。 God helps those who help themselves.
黄金并非万能。 Gold will not buy anything.
以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。 Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
健康是最大的财富。 Good health is over wealth.
良药苦口利於病。 Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
谨慎消灾。 Good watch prevents misfortune.
好狗不挡道。 Great barkers are no biters.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 Great hopes make great man.
英雄所见略同。 Great minds think alike.
英雄犯大错误。 Great men have great faults.
大树底下好乘凉。 Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
贵人多忘事。 Great wits have short memories.
心贪手长。 Greedy folks have long arms.
做贼心虚。 Guilty consciences make men cowards.
心病还需心药医。 Habit cures habit.
行为漂亮才算美。 Handsome is he who does handsomely.
欢乐不觉时光过。 Happiness takes no account of time.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。 Happy is he who owes nothing.
吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。 Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
害人害己。 Harm set, harm get.
一见锺情难维久。 Hasty love, soon cold.
健康胜过财富。 Health is better than wealth.
健康就是幸福。 Health is happiness.
兼听则明。 Hear all parties.
自己不动，叫天何用。 Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
愚者忘乎所以。 He is a fool that forgets himself.
背後说好话，才是真朋友。 He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
聪明不是挂在嘴上。 He is a wise man who speaks little.
只有死人才不犯错误。 He is lifeless that is faultless.
正人先正己。 He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
自嘲者不会让人见笑。 He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
诚实者最明智。 He is wise that is honest.
大智若愚。 He knows most who speaks least.
谁笑到最後，谁笑得最好。 He laughs best who laughs last.
引狼入室。 He sets the fox to keep the geese.
爬得越高，摔得越重。 He that climbs high falls heavily.
不劳动者不得食。 He that will not work shall not eat.
逆水行舟，不进则退。 He who does not advance loses ground.
经常诉苦，没人同情。 He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
想不犯错误，就一事无成。 He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
收获与风险并存。 He who risks nothing gains nothing.
历史往往重演。 History repeats itself.
做人诚信为本。 Honesty is the best policy.
抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
朋友不能阿谀奉承。 I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
上当一回头，再多就可耻。 If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
耳朵发烧，有人念叨。 If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
脚踏两条船，必定落空。 If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
杀鸡取卵。 If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
要想求知，就得吃苦。 If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
勤奋是成奶坏嚏C Industry is the parent of success.
宁为玉碎，不作瓦全。 It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
挣钱容易攒钱难。 It is easier to get money than to keep it.
事後诸葛亮好当。 It is easy to be wise after the event.
创业容易守业难。 It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
为口难调。 It is hard to please all.
活到老，学到老。 It is never too old to learn.
覆水难收。 It is no use crying over spilt milk.
万事开头难。 It is the first step that costs troublesome.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。 It is the unforeseen that always happens.
坐失良机，後悔已迟。 It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。 It never rains but it pours.
十年树木，百年树人。 It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
门门精通，样样稀松。 Jack of all trades and master of none.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。 Judge not from appearances.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 Justice has long arms.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
一箭双雕。 Kill two birds with one stone.
君王发狂，百姓遭殃。 Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
普天之下，莫非王土。 Kings have long arms.
知识就是力量。 Knowledge is power.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。 Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
活著，为了学习。 Learn and live.
好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。 Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
不学无术。 Learn not and know not.
先学走，再学跑。 Learn to walk before you run.
过去的就让它过去吧。 Let bygones be bygones.
别惹麻烦。 Let sleeping dogs lie.
泄漏天机。 Let the cat out of the bag.
谎言终究是谎言。 Lies can never changes fact.
谎言站不长。 Lies have short legs.
人生苦短。 Life is but a span.
人过半生，方知天命。 Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人生并不是康庄大道。 Life is not all roses.
没有朋友，虽生犹死。 Life without a friend is death.
瓮中之别。 Like a rat in a hole.
文如其人。 Like author, like book.
有其父必有其子。 Like father, like son.
一报还一报。 Like for like.
惺惺相惜。 Like knows like.
有其母必有其女。 Like mother, like daughter.
什麽样的老师教什麽样的学生。 Like teacher, like pupil.
羊毛出在羊身上。 Like tree, like fruit.
小人无大志。 Little things amuse little minds.
摸清情况再行动。 Look before you leap.
当局者迷，旁观者清。 Lookers-on see more than players.
胜者为王，败者为寇。 Losers are always in the wrong.
岁月既往，一去不回。 Lost time is never found again.
一见锺情。 Love at first sight.
爱情不能强求。 Love cannot be compelled.
爱情是盲目的。 Love is blind.
爱情充满烦恼。 Love is full of trouble.
良机勿失。 Make hay while the sun shines.
化敌为友。 Make your enemy your friend.
人是万物之灵。 Man is the soul of the universe.
谋事在人，成事在天。 Man proposes, God disposes.
为人拾柴火焰高。 Many hands make light work.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。 Many heads are better than one.
有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。 Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
针锋相对。 Measure for measure.
祸不单行。 Misfortunes never come alone.
患难见真情。 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
纸包不住火。 Murder will out.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。 My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。 Nature is the true law.
需要是发明的动力。 Necessity is the mother of invention.
不要混水摸鱼。 Never fish in trouble water.
不可以貌取人。 Never judge from appearances.
永不言败。 Never say die.
亡羊补牢，为时未晚。 Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
旧瓶装新酒。 New wine in old bottles.
不经历风雨，怎样见彩虹。 No cross, no crown.
没有不长草的园子。 No garden without its weeds.
世上没有万事通。 No living man all things can.
一心不可二用。 No man can do two things at once.
没有生而知之者。 No man is born wise or learned.
人心不足蛇吞象。 No man is content.
聪明一世，糊涂一时。 No man is wise at all times.
没有消息就是好消息。 No news is good news.
昨日不会重现。 No one can call back yesterday.
没有付出就没有收获。 No pains, no gains.
没有苦就没有乐。 No pleasure without pain.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。 No rose without a thorn.
先苦後甜。 No sweet without sweat.
无风不起浪。 No smoke without fire.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Nothing brave, nothing have.
眼眺F得最快。 Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。 Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
没有追求就没有收获。 Nothing seek, nothing find.
外出旅行，语言最要紧。 Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。 Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
不进则退。 Not to advance is to go back.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。 Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
军人以服从命令为天职。 Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
观察是最好的老师。 Observation is the best teacher.
进攻是最好的防御。 Offense is the best defense.
陈酒味醇，老友情深。 Old friends and old wines are best.
一失足成千古恨。 Old sin makes new shame.
一次老，两次小。 Once a man and twice a child.
偷盗一次，做贼一世。 Once a thief, always a thief.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 Once bitten, twice shy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚为水喝，三个和尚没水喝。 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
时钟不能倒转。 One cannot put back the clock.
百闻不如一见。 One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
一著不慎，满盘皆输。 One false move may lose the game.
行善积德。 One good turn deserves another.
争分夺秒效率高。 One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
讲礼貌不吃亏。 One never loses anything by politeness.
一燕不成夏。 One swallow does not make a summer.
无债一身轻。 Out of debt, out of danger.
无官一身轻。 Out of office, out of danger.
眼不见，心为静。 Out of sight, out of mind.
忍耐是良药。 Patience is the best remedy.
贪小便宜吃大亏。 Penny wise, pound foolish.
正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。 Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。 Please the eye and plague the heart.
苦尽甘来。 Pleasure comes through toil.
竹篮子打水一场空。 Pour water into a sieve.
熟能生巧。 Practice makes perfect.
恭维话不能当饭吃。 Praise is not pudding.
好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。 Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 Prefer loss to unjust gain.
预防胜於治疗。 Prevention is better than cure.
骄傲使人落後。 Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
一诺千金。 Promise is debt.
谚语是日常经验的结晶。 Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
火中取栗。 Pull the chestnut out of fire.
本末倒置。 Put the cart before the horse.
鼎力相助。 Put your shoulder to the wheel.
开卷有益。 Reading enriches the mind.
读书健脑，运动强身。 Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
要人尊敬，必须自重。 Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 Rome is not built in a day.
言行不一。 Saying is one thing and doing another.
眼见为实。 Seeing is believing.
实事求是。 Seek the truth from facts.
智者当差，不用交代。 Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
以贼捉贼。 Set a thief to catch a thief.
好朋友勤算账。 Short accounts make long friends.
聊胜於无。 Something is better than nothing.
学得快，忘得快。 Soon learn, soon forgotten.
熟得快，烂得快。 Soon ripe, soon rotten.
能言是银，沈默是金。 Speech is silver, silence is gold.
静水常深。 Still water run deep.
趁热打铁。 Strike the iron while it is hot.
坚持就是胜利。 Success belongs to the persevering.
既来之，则安之。 Take things as they come.
空谈无补。 Talking mends no holes.
说曹操，曹操就到。 Talk of the devil and he will appear.
树大招风。 Tall trees catch much wind.
躬亲示范。 Teach others by your example.
无私者无畏。 The best hearts are always the bravest.
伟人也有犯错时。 The best man stumbles.
掩耳盗铃。 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
过河拆桥。 The danger past and God forgotten.
黎明前的黑暗。 The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
烛台底下最暗。 The darkest place is under the candlestick.
老马识途。 The devil knows many things because he is old.
魔鬼有时也会说真话。 The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
木已成舟。 The die is cast.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 The early bird catches the worm.
只要目的正当，可以不择手段。 The end justifies the means.
死亡面前，人人平等。 The end makes all equal.
贪多嚼不烂。 The eye is bigger than the belly.
抄近路反而绕远路。 The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
玉不琢，不成器。 The finest diamond must be cut.
烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。 The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.
迈出第一步是最艰难的。 The first step is the only difficulty.
兔子不吃窝边草。 The fox preys farthest from home.
坐井观天。 The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
这山望著那山高。 The grass is greener on the other side.
语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。 The greatest talkers are always least doers.
爬得高，摔得惨。 The higher up, the greater the fall.
本性难移。 The leopard cannot change its spots.
人越高尚，越谦虚。 The more noble, the more humble.
初生牛犊不怕虎。 The more wit, the less courage.
旁观者清。 The outsider sees the most of the game.
笔能杀人。 The pen is mightier than the sword.
五十步笑百步。 The pot calls the kettle black.
太阳也有黑点。 There are spots in the sun.
问题皆有两面。 There are two sides to every question.
家家有本难念的经。 There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
人间处处有温情。 There is kindness to be found everywhere.
任何法规均有例外。 There is no general rule without some exception.
没有长生不老药。 There is no medicine against death.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。 There is no place like home.
书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。 There is no royal road to learning.
字如其人。 The style is the man.
人言可畏。 The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。 The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
清者自清，浊者自浊。 The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在後。 The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。 The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
海记忆体知己，天涯若比邻。 The world is but a little place, after all.
三思而後行。 Think twice before you do.
否极泰来。 Things at the worst will mend.
时不我待。 Time and tide wait for no man.
时间是医治一切创伤的良药。 Time cures all things.
光阴似箭。 Time flies.
时间就是金钱。 Time is money.
时光流逝，不可复得。 Time lost cannot be won again.
时间不能倒流。 Time past cannot be called back again.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。 Time tries all.
人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。 Tit for tat is fair play.
人非圣贤，孰能无过。 To err is human.
什麽都知道，一如什麽都不知道。 To know everything is to know nothing
人贵有自知之明。 To know oneself is true progress.
我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。 Tomorrow never comes.
过分熟悉会使人互不服气。 Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
学问太多催人老。 Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
*放任，一事无成。 Too much liberty spills all.
过多夸奖，反成负担。 Too much praise is a burden.
节约时间就是延长生命。 To save time is to lengthen life.
常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。 Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
福无双至，祸不单行。 Troubles never come singly.
真理永存。 Truth never grows old.
洗心革面，改过自新。 Turn over a new leaf.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。 Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
一个好汉三个帮。 Two heads are better than one.
同行是冤家。 Two of a trade seldom agree.
别人错了，不等於你对了。 Two wrongs do not make a right.
团结就是力量。 Unity is strength.
忠言逆耳利於行。 Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
吃小亏占大便宜。 Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
美德远远胜过美貌。 Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
小心隔墙有耳。 Walls have ears.
家丑不可外扬。 Wash your dirty linen at home.
滴水穿石。 Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
失去健康，钱再多也没用。 Wealth is nothing without health.
好东西，失去了才明白。 We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好的开始，是成左漱@半。 Well begun is half done.
井干方知水可贵。 We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。 We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。 We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
乳臭未乾。 Wet behind the ears.
不管做什麽，都要一心一意。 Whatever you do, do with all your might.
儿时所学，终生难忘。 What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
愿者不难。 What we do willingly is easy.
入国问禁，入乡随俗。 When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
伤心旧事别重提。 When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
新仇旧恨，齐上心头。 When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。 When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
酒後吐真言。 When wine is in truth, wit is out.
有志者事竟成。 Where there is a will, there is a way.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 Where there is life, there is hope.
事出有因。 Where there is smerror is fire.
道高一尺，魔高一丈。 While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.
搬弄口舌者必是小人。 Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.
好人不长命。 Whom the gods love die young.
智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。 Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
勤工出巧匠。 Work makes the workman.
蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。 You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。 You cannot eat your cake and have it.
强扭的瓜不甜。 You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
由一斑可知全貌。 You may know by a handful the whole sack.
是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。 You never know what you can till you try.