英汉英语谚语词典

A sparrow may be small but it has all the vital organs.

经典英语谚语50句 1. Waste not,want not. 俭以防匮。 2. From saving comes having. 富有来自节俭。 3. A penny saved is a penny gained. 省一文是一文。 4. Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves. 金钱积少便成多。 5. Frugality is an estate alone. 节俭本身就是一宗财产。 6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound. 小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。 7. Small gains bring great wealth. 积小利，成巨富。 8. Many a little makes a mickle. 积少便成多。 9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man. 试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。 10. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。 11. The path to glory is always rugged. 光荣之路常坎坷。 12. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要人肯试。 13. The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. 烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。 14. Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望造就伟大的人物。 15. No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前无险路。 16. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。 17. The good seaman is known in bad weather. 坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭坏天气。 18. The best hearts are always the bravest. 行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。 19. We must not lie down,and cry,God help us. 求神不如求己。 20. He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。 21. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。 22. Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。 23. We must repeat a thousand and one times thatperseverance is the only road to success. 我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。 24. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。 25. Step by step the ladder is ascended. 登梯需要逐级登。 26. Adversity leads to prosperity. 困苦通向昌盛。 27. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。 28. Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好运常会来。 29. All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。 30. Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水不绝可穿石。 31. Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs. 鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果达不到。 32. The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. 世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。 33. There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade. 要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。 34. Life is sweet. 生活是可爱的；人无不好生(恶死)。 35. Where there is life,there is hope. 生命不息，希望长在。 36. Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。 37. Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of. 眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。 38. Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door. 人人都有走运的一天。 39. If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you. 运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。 40. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。 41. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. 记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。 42. Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single). 祸不单行。 43. Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良好的教师。 44. Misfortunes come at night. 祸常生于不测。 45. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。 46. Adversity makes a man wise,not rich. 患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。 47. Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。 48. It is never too old to learn. 为学不怕年高。 49. A man becomes learned by asking questions. 要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。 50. There is no royal road to learning. 学问无坦途。

谚语 [词典] proverb; saying; adage; saw; aphorism; [例句]他引用了一个中国谚语，大意是不应对邻居心存恶念之类的。He cited a Chinese proverb to the effect that you should never wish ill on your neighbour.

谚语的英文：proverb; saying; adage; saw; aphorism

一、proverb

英 ['prɒvɜːb]  美 ['prɑvɝb]

n. 谚语，格言；众所周知的人或事

短语

Old Proverb 古谚语

the proverb 谚语

Proverb said 有谚语这样说到 ; 一句谚语说过

二、saying

英 ['seɪɪŋ]  美 ['seɪŋ]

n. 谚语，格言，警句；（尤指政治或宗教名人）格言集；言论，话

v. 说（say 的现在分词形式）

短语

Saying hello 打招呼 ; 问好 ; 打个招呼 ; 第一次问候

Saying Sorry 道歉 ; 对自己说抱歉 ; 说抱歉 ; 唱片名

just saying 说说而已 ; 织呀嘛织毛衣 ; 不过是说说而已

三、adage

英 ['ædɪdʒ]  美 ['ædɪdʒ]

n. 格言，谚语；箴言

短语

flok adage 民间流传的通俗语句 ; 包括俚语

adage age 格言是经过岁月的认证的

Grand Adage 伟大的古训

四、saw

英 [sɔː]  美 [sɔ]

vt. 看见；明白，了解；锯；锯成；锯开

vi. 锯；用锯；将某物锯成小块

n. 锯子；谚语

v. see的过去式

短语

saw file [机] 磨锯锉 ; [机] 整锯锉 ; [机] 锯锉

saw horse 锯木架 ; 鞍马

disk saw [木] 圆锯 ; 圆盘锯

五、aphorism

英 ['æfərɪz(ə)m]  美 ['æfərɪzəm]

n. 格言；警句

短语

Education Aphorism 教育格言

Family education aphorism 庭训格言

麻雀虽小 五脏俱全A sparrow may be small but it has all the vital organs.麻雀虽小，五脏俱全the sparrow may be small but it has all the vital organs; small but complete

1) A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。 2) A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。 3) A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。 4) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 5) A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 6) A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 7) A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。 8) A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 9) A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。 10) A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。 11) A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。 12) A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。 13) Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 14) Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。 15) Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。 16) A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。 17) A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。 18) A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。 19) A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。 20) A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 21) A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。 22) A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。 23) A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。 24) "After you" is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。 25) A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。 26) A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。 27) A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。 28) A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。 29) A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 30) A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。31) A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤。 32) A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 33) A good wife health is a man's best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 34) A great talker is a great liar. 说大话者多谎言。 35) A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。 36) A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 37) A leopard cannot change its spots. 积习难改。 38) A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 39) A light heart lives long. 静以修身。 40) A little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。41) A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。 42) A little pot is soon hot. 狗肚子盛不得四两油。 43) All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 44) All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席。 45) All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。 46) All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 47) All that ends well is well. 结果好，就一切都好。 48) All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。 49) All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。 50) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻51) A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。 52) A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。 53) A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。 54) A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。 55) A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 56) A man without money is no man at all. 一分钱难倒英雄汉。 57) A merry heart goes all the way. 心旷神怡，事事顺利。 58) A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。 59) A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。 60) An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。 61) A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。 62) An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 63) An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。 64) An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗学不出新把戏。 65) An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聪明才智，不如运气。 66) An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防为主，治疗为辅。 67) A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。 68) As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 69) A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 70) A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。 71) A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 72) A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。 73) A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 74) A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。 75) A wise head makes a close mouth. 真人不露相，露相非真人。 76) A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。 77) A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。 78) A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 79) Bad news has wings. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。 80) Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人.81) Beauty lies in the love's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。 82) Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。 83) Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。 84) Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好。 85) Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。 86) Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。 87) Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。 88) Blood will have blood. 血债血偿。 89) Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。 90) Business is business. 公事公办。91) Business is the salt of life. 事业是人生的第一需要。 92) By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 93) Cannot see the wood for the trees. 一叶障目，不见泰山。 94) Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 95) Caution is the parent of safety. 小心驶得万年船。 96) Cheats never prosper. 骗人发不了财。 97) Children are what the mothers are. 耳濡目染，身教言传。 98) Choose an author as you choose a friend. 择书如择友。 99) Come what may, heaven won't fall. 做你的吧，天塌不下来。 100) Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。

一.俚语和谚语是英语学习中的一大绊脚石。我们不明白这些俗语的含义，是因为我们和英语国家的文化背景不同。如果能在汉语中为这些俗语找到对应的说法，问题就解决了。我们向你介绍一些英汉合璧的俚语和谚语，帮助你的英语学习更上一层楼。 1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor . 雨后送伞 Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late. Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I had a promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death, the doctor. 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar. 挂羊头卖狗肉 Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be. Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar. 3. All is over but the shouting. 大势已去 Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed. Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting. 4. All lay load on the willing horse. 人善被人欺，马善被人骑 Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him. Examples: the trouble is you’re too good-natured and people take advantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will have to learn to refuse people who ask too much. 5.anger and haste hinder good counsel. 小不忍则乱大谋 Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry. Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. 6. As poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon. Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse. Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food. 7. A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追 Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo. Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said, but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of that moment of harshness. 8.World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君 Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so. Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all. 9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗 Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls. 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts. 失之东隅，收之桑榆 Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed. Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts. 11.What are the odds so long as you are happy. 知足者常乐 Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy. Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy. 12．Entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不识泰山 Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits. Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise 13.every dog has his day . 是人皆有出头日 Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming. 14.every potter praises his own pot. 王婆买瓜，自卖自夸 Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot 15． Pain past is pleasure. （过去的痛苦就是快乐。）[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将来回忆起来一定甜蜜无比。] 16． While there is life, there is hope. （有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。） 17． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. （脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）[从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。] 18． Storms make trees take deeper roots. （风暴使树木深深扎根。）[感激敌人，感激挫折！] 19． Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. （心之所愿，无所不成。）[坚持一个简单的信念就一定会成功。] 20． The shortest answer is doing. （最简单的回答就是干。）[想说流利的英语吗？那么现在就开口！心动不如嘴动。] 21． All things are difficult before they are easy. （凡事必先难后易。）[放弃投机取巧的幻想。] 22． Great hopes make great man. （伟大的理想造就伟大的人。） 23． God helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。） 24． Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. （四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘诀：多一点点！） [比别人多一点努力、多一点自律、多一点决心、多一点反省、多一点学习、多一点实践、多一点疯狂，多一点点就能创造奇迹！] 25． In doing we learn.（实践长才干。） 26． East or west, home is best.（东好西好，还是家里最好。） 27． Two heads are better than one.（三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。） 28． Good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有良伴就是捷径。） 29． Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石。） 30． Misfortunes never come alone/single.（祸不单行。） 31． Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不经灾祸不知福。） 32． Better late than never.（迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来好。） 33． It`s never too late to mend.（过而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。） 34． If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事情值得做，就值得做好。） 35． Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（无热情成就不了伟业。） 36． Actions speak louder than words.（行动比语言更响亮。） 37． Lifeless, faultless.（只有死人才不犯错误。） 38． From small beginning come great things.（伟大始于渺小。） 39． One today is worth two tomorrows.（一个今天胜似两个明天。） 40． Truth never fears investigation.（事实从来不怕调查。） 41． The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.（舌无骨却能折断骨。） 42． A bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。） 43． Knowing something of everything and everything of something. （通百艺而专一长。）[疯狂咬舌头] 44． Good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是无价宝。） 二 英语谚语500个 摘要：这个500个英语谚语是比较常见的谚语，不过中文的翻译多数都比较牵强，只能作为参考，对谚语感兴趣的同志建议买一本专门的谚语词典。我手头的《简明英语谚语词典)(A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH PROVERBS)》－上海译文出版社1993年出版，陈文伯、戴晨编－共收集1200条左右的谚语，解释比较详细，而且有例句，建议收藏一本，备不时之需。 A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。 A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。 A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。 A cat may look at a king. 猫也可以打量国王，意为人人平等。 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。 A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。 A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。 'After you' is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。 A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。 A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。 A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。 A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。 A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤。 A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 A good wife health is a man's best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 A great talker is a great liar. 说大话者多谎言。 A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its spots. 积习难改。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A light heart lives long. 静以修身。 A little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。 A little pot is soon hot. 狗肚子盛不得四两油。 All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席。 All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。 All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 All that ends well is well. 结果好，就一切都好。 All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。 All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。 A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。 A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 A man without money is no man at all. 一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A merry heart goes all the way. 心旷神怡，事事顺利。 A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。 A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。 A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。 An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗学不出新把戏。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聪明才智，不如运气。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防为主，治疗为辅。 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。 As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。 A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。 A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close mouth. 真人不露相，露相非真人。 A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。 A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。 A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。 Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人。 Beauty lies in the love's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。 Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。 Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好。 Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。 Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。 Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。 Blood will have blood. 血债血偿。 Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。 Business is business. 公事公办。 Business is the salt of life. 事业是人生的第一需要。 By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 Cannot see the wood for the trees. 一叶障目，不见泰山。 Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 Caution is the parent of safety. 小心驶得万年船。 Cheats never prosper. 骗人发不了财。 Children are what the mothers are. 耳濡目染，身教言传。 Choose an author as you choose a friend. 择书如择友。 Come what may, heaven won't fall. 做你的吧，天塌不下来。 Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。 Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 Constant dripping wears away a stone. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。 Count one's chickens before they are hatched. 蛋未孵先数雏。 Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 来而不往非礼也。 Creep before you walk. 循序渐进。 Cry for the moon. 海底捞月。 Custom is a second nature. 习惯是后天养成的。 Custom makes all things easy. 有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 Diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手。 Do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。 Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 Do it now. 机不可失，时不再来。 Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。 Don't claim to know what you don't know. 不要不懂装懂。 Don't have too many irons in the fire. 不要揽事过多。 Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. 不要小题大做。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。 Don't put the cart before the horse. 不要本末倒置。 Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。 Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要班门弄斧。 Do well and have well. 善有善报。 Each bird love to hear himself sing. 孤芳自赏。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。 Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。 Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。 Envy has no holidays. 忌妒之人无宁日。 Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑，必有一失。 Even reckoning makes long friends. 亲兄弟，明算账。 Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。 Everybody's business is nobody's business. 人人负责，等于没人负责。 Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在。 Every dog has his day. 谁都有得意的时候。 Every door may be shut, but death's door. 人生在世，唯死难逃。 Every heart has its own sorrow. 各人有各人的苦恼。 Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。 Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost. 人不为己，天诛地灭。 Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。 Every man has his hobbyhorse. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 Every man has his weak side. 人人都有弱点。 Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。 Every minute counts. 分秒必争。 Every mother's child is handsome. 孩子是自己的好。 Every potter praises hit pot. 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。 Everything is good when new, but friends when old. 东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。 Example is better then percept. 说一遍，不如做一遍。 Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。 Experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。 Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。 False friends are worse than bitter enemies. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不见，心不烦。 Far water does not put out near fire. 远水救不了近火。 Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。 Fear always springs from ignorance. 恐惧源于无知。 Fields have eyes, and woods have ears. 隔墙有耳。 Fire and water have no mercy. 水火无情。 Fire is a good servant but a bad master. 火是一把双刃剑。 First come, first served. 先来后到。 First impressions are half the battle. 初次见面，印象最深。 First think and then speak. 先想后说。 Fools grow without watering. 朽木不可雕。 Fool's haste is no speed. 欲速则不达。 Fools has fortune. 呆人有呆福。 Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. 愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。 Forbidden fruit is sweet. 禁果格外香。 Fortune favors those who use their judgement. 机遇偏爱善断之人。 Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate. 风水轮流转。 Four eyes see more than two. 集思广益。 Friends agree best at distance. 朋友之间也会保持距离。 Friends are thieves of time. 朋友是时间的窃贼。 Friends must part. 再好的朋友也有分手的时候。 Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 天才不过是勤奋而已。 Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 众口铄金，积毁销骨。 God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。 Gold will not buy anything. 黄金并非万能。 Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly. 以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。 Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。 Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. 良药苦口利于病。 Good watch prevents misfortune. 谨慎消灾。 Great barkers are no biters. 好狗不挡道。 Great hopes make great man. 伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。 Great men have great faults. 英雄犯大错误。 Great men's sons seldom do well. 富不过三代。 Great trees are good for nothing but shade. 大树底下好乘凉。 Great wits have short memories. 贵人多忘事。 Greedy folks have long arms. 心贪手长。 Guilty consciences make men cowards. 做贼心虚。 Habit cures habit. 心病还需心药医。 Handsome is he who does handsomely. 行为漂亮才算美。 Happiness takes no account of time. 欢乐不觉时光过。 Happy is he who owes nothing. 要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。 Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others. 吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。 Harm set, harm get. 害人害己。 Hasty love, soon cold. 一见钟情难维久。