英語中常用諺語

① 常見諺語（英語）

An idle youth,a needy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
Time flies.
時光易逝。
Time is money.
一寸光陰一寸金。
Time and tide wait for no man.
歲月無情；歲月易逝；歲月不待人。
Time tries all.
時間檢驗一切。
Time tries truth.
時間檢驗真理。
Time past cannot be called back again.
光陰一去不復返。
All time is no time when it is past.
光陰一去不復返。
No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.
昨日不復來。
Tomorrow comes never.
切莫依賴明天。
One today is worth two tomorrows.
一個今天勝似兩個明天。
The morning sun never lasts a day.
好景不常；朝陽不能光照全日。
Christmas comes but once a year.
聖誕一年只一度。
Pleasant hours fly past.
快樂時光去如飛。
Happiness takes no account of time.
歡娛不惜時光逝。
Time tames the strongest grief.
時間能緩和極度的悲痛。
The day is short but the work is much.
工作多，光陰迫。
Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.
今日事須今日畢，切勿拖延到明天。
Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.
明天如有事，今天就去做。
To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.
事事及時做，一日勝三日。
To save time is to lengthen life.
節省時間就是延長生命。
Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
萬物皆有時，時來不可失。
Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.
時來必須要趁時，不然時去無聲息。
When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.
機不可失，時不再來；機會一過，永不再來。
Make hay while the sun shines.
曬草要趁太陽好。
Strike while the iron is hot.
趁熱打鐵。
Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.
今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻礙多。
Punctuality is the soul of business.
守時為立業之要素。
Procrastination is the thief of time.
因循拖延是時間的大敵；拖延就是浪費時間。
Every tide hath ist ebb.
潮漲必有潮落時。
Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
知識可羨，勝於財富。
Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
知識勝過金銀，
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知識，勝於手中有錢。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
為了求知識，代價雖高也值得。
Doubt is the key of knowledge.
懷疑是知識之鑰。
If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.
若要求知識，須從勤苦得。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
淺學誤人。
A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.
少量的常識，當得大量的學問。
Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
知識只能循序漸進，不能躍進。
Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
從旁人的愚行中學到聰明。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前車可鑒。
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
知識之於精神，一如健康之於肉體。
Experience is the best teacher.
經驗是最好的教師。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。
Dexterity comes by experience.
熟練來自經驗。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.
經驗學校學費高，愚人旁處學不到。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
有經驗而無學問，勝於有學問而無經驗。
Wit once bought is worth twice taught.
由經驗而得的智慧，勝於學習而得的智慧；一次親
會，勝過兩次的教師教導。
Seeing is believing.
如一見。
Business is the salt of life.
事業是生命之鹽。
Business before pleasure.
事業在先，享樂在後。
Business makes a man as well as tries him.
事業可以考驗人，也可以造就人。
Business neglected is business lost.
忽視職業便是放棄職業。
Never think yourself above business.
勿自視過高；不要眼高手低；永遠不要認為自己是大才小用。
Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.
事業雖擾人，懶惰害更大。
He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.
自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。
Do business,but be not a slave to it.
要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
眾人的事就是無人過問的事。
Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
Better master one than engage with ten.
會十事，不如精一事。
A work ill done must be twice done.
首次做不好，必須重新搞。
They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.
不能如願而行，也須盡力而為。
If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.
想把事情來做好，就得親自動手搞。
He that doth most at once doth least.
什麼都想一次做完，結果一件也做不完；貪多嚼不
爛。
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.
照大多數人那樣干，人們會把你稱贊。
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
在任何時候都可做的事情，總是在任何時候都不
做的事情。
Better late than never.
遲做總比不做好。
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。
The shortest answer is doing the thing.
最簡短的回答就是一個「干」字。
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
行動是知識之佳果。
Finished labours are pleasant.
完成工作是一樂。
It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
沒有土壤，播種也是徒勞。
It is right to put everything in its proper use.
凡事都應用得其所。
Affairs that are done by e degrees are soon ended.
按部就班，事情很快就做完。
All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聰明小孩也變傻。
Work bears witness who does well.
工作能證明誰做的好。
It is not work that kills,but worry.
工作不會傷身，傷身乃是憂慮。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不工作者不得食。
Business is business.
公事公辦。
Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.
慢慢酌量，快快行動。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
努力工作。
Never do things by halves.
做事不要半途而廢。
In for a penny,in for a pound.
做事一開頭，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。
Many hands make quick work.
人多幹活快。
Many hands make light work.
眾擎易舉。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
技術拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。
Diligence is the mohter of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
Idleness is the root of all evil.
懶惰乃萬惡之源。
Care and diligence bring luck.
謹慎和勤奮帶來好運。
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
勤勉是好運之母。
Instry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸運的右手，世儉是幸運的左手。
Idleness is the key of beggary.
懶惰出乞丐。
No root,no fruit.
無根就無果。
Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).
懶人做工作，越懶越費力。
Sloth is the key of poverty.
惰能致貧。
Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
懶散能磨去才智的鋒芒。
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
懶漢的頭腦是魔鬼的工廠。
The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.
節儉是致富的秘訣。

② 英語作文常用諺語

1、 bad beginning makes a bad ending.

不善始者不善終。

2、A bad thing never dies.

遺臭萬年。

3、A bad workman always blames his tools.

不會撐船怪河彎。

4、A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.

一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。

5、A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.

吹牛與說謊本是同宗。

6、A bully is always a coward.

色厲內荏。

7、A burden of one's choice is not felt.

愛挑的擔子不嫌重。

8、A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。

③ 常用的英語諺語有哪些

He sits no sure that sits too high. 高處不勝寒。
He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。
So said, so done. 說到做到。言出必行。
Haste makes waste. 忙亂易錯。欲速則不達。
Better be envied than pitied. 寧被人妒，不受人憐。
Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨綢繆。
So the world wags. 這就是人生。
One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
No weal without woe. 福兮禍所伏， 禍兮福所倚。
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. 夢不足信。
Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班門弄斧。
A light heart live long. 心情開朗壽命長。不惱不愁，活到白頭。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃蘋果一隻，身體健康不求醫。
Poverty is stranger to instry. 勤勞之人不受窮。
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考慮要仔細，行動要迅速。
One sin opens the door for another.
犯了一次罪惡就會犯另一次罪。
One man's meat is another man's poison. 蘿卜青菜，各有所愛。

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水珍貴
Less is more. 簡單就是美
A blessing in disguise. 因禍得福
Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏
Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日
Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.
磨刀不誤砍柴功。
Seeing is believing.眼見為實
Well begun is half done.好的開端是成功的一半
Time flies never to be recalled. 光陰一去不復返
When in Rome, do as Roman do.入鄉隨俗

He laughs best who laughs last. 誰笑到最後誰笑得最美
Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道還治其人之身
Look before you leap.三思而後行
Two heads are better than one.三個臭皮匠頂一個諸葛亮。
A good beginning makes a good ending.善始善終
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難中的朋友才是真正的朋友。
First come, first served.先來先招待。
Where there is s will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。
No pains, no gains.不勞則無獲
Time and tide wait for no man.時不待人

Strike while the iron is hot.趁熱打鐵
It's never too late to mend.亡羊補牢
There is no smoke without fire.無風不起浪
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭雙雕
East or west, home is best.走東串西，還是家裡好
Equal pay for equal work.同工同酬
Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置
Pride goes before a fall. 驕兵必敗
Reading makes a full man. 讀書使人完善
Knowledge is power.知識就是力量

Failure is the mother of success.失敗是成攻之母
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧
All roads lead to Roma.條條大道通羅馬
Don't judge a person by the clothes he wears.不能以貌取人
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.切莫過於樂觀
Learn to walk before you run.循序漸進
It's easy to be wise after the event.事後諸葛亮
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.自食其果
All that glitters is not gold.閃光的東西並非都是金子
Many hands make light work.人多力量大

Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.世上無難事只要肯登攀
Time is money. 時間就是金錢。
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. 樣樣都要，全都失掉。
Better master one than engage with ten.會十事不如精一事。
Silly child is soon taught. 要想孩子好，教育要趁早。
More haste, less speed. 欲速則不達。
Easier said than done. 說起來容易，做起來難。
The first step is the hardest. 萬事開頭難。

Who knows most says least.懂的最多的人，說的最少。
Time and tide wait for no man. 歲月不待人。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事今日畢。
Diligence is the mother of success.失敗是成功之母。
It's never too late to learn. 活到老，學到老。
Walls have ears. 隔牆有耳
Wash your dirty linen at home. 家醜不可外揚
Waste not, want not. 儉則不匱
Weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折斷，十根筷子硬如鐵
Wealth is best known by want.人窮方知錢可貴

We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.
判斷一個人，不聽言語看行動
We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.
年華沒虛度，一生也足矣。
What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非已莫為
When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.
牆倒眾人推
When one will not, two cannot quarrel. 一個巴掌拍不響
When the cat is away, the mice will play. 貓兒不在，鼠兒成精
When wine sinks, words swim. 美酒一下肚，話匣關不住
Where there's life there's hope. 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒
Wise men are silent; fools talk. 智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不絕
Wise men change their minds; fools never do. 智者通權達變，愚者剛愎自用
Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it. 智者熱愛真理，愚者迴避真理
Words are but wind, but seeing is believing. 耳聽為虛，眼見為實

④ 求英語常用諺語

英語常用諺語薈萃
1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 開頭不好，結尾必糟。

2. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 蛋糕莫保留，壞習氣要除掉。

3. A bad workman always blames his tools. 劣工咎器。

4. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 兩鳥在林，不如一鳥在手。

5. A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人無知猶如房屋無基。

6. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 書是隨時攜帶的花園。

7. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蠟燭照亮了別人，燃盡了自己。

8. A door must be either shut or open. 門不關就得開，二者必居其一。 / 非此即彼。

9. A friend is a second self. 朋友是第二個自我。

10. A good beginning makes a good ending. 欲善其終 , 必先善其始。

11. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良葯苦口利於病，忠言逆耳利於行。

12. A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少年懶惰，老來貧苦。

13. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生沒有朋友，猶如生活沒有陽光。

14. A little help is worth a deal of pity. 一次行動勝過一筐空話。

15. A little is better than none. 有一點總比沒有好。

16. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，害已誤人。

17. A little labour, much health. 常常走動，無病無痛。

18. A little learning is a dangerous thing. 淺學寡識是件危險的事。

19. A little of everything, and nothing at all. 樣樣皆通，樣樣稀鬆。

20. A man is never too old to learn. 活到老，學到老。

21. A merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快，辦事痛快。

22. A picture is a poem without words. 畫為無言詩。

23. A snow year, a good year. 瑞雪兆豐年。

24. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. 美好的事物永遠是一種快樂。

25. A thousand mile trip begins with one step. 千里之行，始於足下。

26. A tree is known by its fruit. 觀其行而知其人。

27. A word spoken cannot be recalled. 一言說出，難以收回。

28. A word to the wise is enough. 聰明人不用細說。

29. A work ill done must be twice done. 工作未乾好，只得重返工。

30. Act fairly by all men. 一視同仁。

31. Actions speak louder than words. 事實勝於雄辯。

32. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 困難和不幸不能使人富有，卻能使人聰明。

33. After rain comes fair weather. 否極泰來。

34. After supper walk a mile. 飯後百步走，活到九十九。

35. All are not friends that speak us fair. 說好話的不一定都是朋友。

36. All beginnings are hard. 萬事開頭難。

37. All men can't be first. 並非所有的都能獲第一。

38. All roads lead to Rome. 處處有路通長安。

39. All things are difficult before they are easy. 萬事開頭難。

40. All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy. 只工作而無娛樂會使人愚鈍。

41. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一個蘋果，醫生不來找我。

42. An empty bag cannot stand upright. 空袋子放不真。

43. An evil lesson is soon learned. 學壞容易。

44. An honest man's word is as good as his bond. 君子一言，駟馬難追。

45. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之計在於晨。

46. An idle youth, a needy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

47. An ill workman quarrels with his tools. 不會撐船怪河彎。

48. Art is long, life is short. 生有涯而知無涯。

49. As a man sows, so shall he reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

50. As one door closes, another door opens. 天無絕人之路。

51. As the wind blows, you must set your sail. 趁風揚帆。

52. As you brew, so you must drink. 自作自受。

53. Bad luck always comes in threes. 禍不單行。

54. Bad news travels fast. 壞事傳千里。

55. Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. 擇友宜慎，棄之宜更慎。

56. Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 重諾守信。

57. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多聽少說。

58. Beauty is but skin-deep. 不可以貌取人。

59. Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美即是真，真即是美。

60. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great fire to burn us. 寧要小火暖身，不要大火灼人。

61. Better a little loss than a long sorrow. 寧可作點犧牲，不要長久悲痛。

62. Better ask twice than lose your way once. 問路兩次勝過迷路一次。

63. Better be sure than sorry. 要安全，不要危險。

64. Better early than late. 寧早勿遲。

65. Better late than never. 這到總比不到強。

66. Better lost than found. 寧可丟掉，不願找到。（常針對不喜歡的人或物。）

67. Better safe than sorry. 安全勝過遺憾。

68. Better small fish than empty dish. 盤中小魚勝無魚。

69. Better the last smile than the first laughter. 笑在前不如笑在後。

70. Better to ask the way than go astray. 多問不吃虧。

71. Better to be safe than sorry. 安全勝過遺憾。

72. Better to do well than to say well. 嘴勤不如手勤。

73. Better to have than wish. 現有勝過心想。

74. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。

75. Bite off more than one can chew. 貪多嚼不爛。

76. Blood is thicker than water. 血濃於水。

77. Books and friends should be few but good. 擇友如藏書，皆宜少而精。

78. Both together do best of all. 人心齊，泰山移。

79. Busiest men find the most time. 最忙的人時間最多。

80. Business before pleasure. 先工作，後娛樂。

81. Business is business. 生意是生意，交情歸交情。

82. By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 一閑生百邪。

83. By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. 教學相長。

84. By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 讀書益智，交談搏彩。

85. By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. 團結則存，分裂則亡。

86. Call a spade a spade. 直言不諱。

87. Care and diligence bring luck. 細心勤奮，帶來好運。

88. Care brings grey hair. 愁一愁，白了頭。

89. Care is enemy to health. 憂慮有損健康。

90. Care will kill a cat. 憂慮傷神。

91. Children and fools cannot lie. 小孩和傻瓜嘴裡沒謊話。

92. Children and fools speak the truth. 童子吐真言。

93. Children are what the mothers are. 有其母，必有其子。

94. Children have the qualities of the parents. 有什麼樣的父母，就有什麼樣的孩子。

95. Christmas comes but once a year. 聖誕節每年只有一次。

96. Clothes don't make the man. 好馬不在鞍，人美不在衫。

97. Clothes make the man. 人靠衣服馬靠鞍。

98. Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 信心為成功之始。

99. Content is better than riches. 知足常樂。

100. Content is happiness. 知足常樂。

101. Custom is a second nature. 習俗是人的第二天性。

102. Custom makes all the things easy. 形成習慣，事事好辦。

103. Cut your coat according to your cloth. 看布裁衣。

104. Deeds are males and words are females. 會說不如會干。

105. Delays are dangerous. 拖延誤事。

106. Diamond cut diamond. 勢均力敵。

107. Diligence is the mother of good luck. 幸運出自勤奮。

108. Diligence is the greatest of teachers. 勤奮是最偉大的導師。

109. Diligence is the mother of success. 成功來自勤奮。

110. Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom. 挫折哺育智慧。

111. Discontent is the first step in progress. 不滿足是進取的第一步。

112. Do as I say, not as I do. 照我說的做，不要照我乾的做。

113. Do as the Romans do. 入國問禁，入鄉隨俗。

114. Do it now. 說干就干，機不可失。

115. Do not attend to two things at a time. 一心不能二用。

116. Do not cry for the moon. 不要異想天開。

117. Do not try out before you are hurt. 不要沒碰到就叫。

118. Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不能過河拆橋。

119. Do nothing by halves. 不可半途而廢。

120. Do on the hill as you would do in the hall. 人前人後一個樣。

121. Do what you ought, and come what can. 但知行好事，莫要問前程。

122. Doing is better than saying. 空言無補。

123. Doing nothing is doing ill. 游手好閑就是學壞。

124. Don't bite off more than you can chew. 貪多嚼不爛。

125. Don't change horses in the middle of a stream. 病重不宜換郎中。

126. Don't climb a tree to look for fish. 不可緣木求魚。

127. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 不要高興太早。

128. Don't forget to cross your t's. 不要丟三落四。

129. Don't have too many irons in the fire. 貪多嚼不爛。

130. Don't judge a book by its cover. 書的價值不在封面。

131. Don't judge by appearance. 不可以貌取人。

132. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

133. True love never dies.

134. Where there is love, there is life.

135. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

136. Shoot fro the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars.

137. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with heart.

138. Eat bread with pleasure, drink wine by measure.

139. Love is a fruit in season at all times.

140. Nothing in the world has ever been accompolished without passion

⑤ 英語作文中常用的諺語集錦

1.Failure is the mother of success.

失敗乃成功之母

2.Drops of water outwear the stone.

水滴石穿

3.Where there is a will, there is a way /Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

有志者事竟成

4.Genius only means hard-working all one』s life.

天才只意味著終身不懈的努力

5.No pain, no gain.

不勞不獲

6.Diligence is the mother of success.

勤奮是成功之母

⑥ 常見的36個英語諺語

Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不過是勤奮而已。

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。

God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。

Gold will not buy anything.
黃金並非萬能。

Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德報德是常理，以德報怨大丈夫。
(manly 有男子漢氣概的,高尚的)

Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的財富。

Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良葯苦口利於病。

Good watch prevents misfortune.
謹慎消災。

Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不擋道。

Great hopes make great man.
偉大的抱負造就偉大的人物。

Great minds think alike.
英雄所見略同。

Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大錯誤。

Great men's sons seldom do well.
富不過三代。

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大樹底下好乘涼。

Great wits have short memories.
貴人多忘事。

Greedy folks have long arms.
心貪手長。

Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做賊心虛。

Habit cures habit.
心病還需心葯醫。

Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行為漂亮才算美。

Happiness takes no account of time.
歡樂不覺時光過。

Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背債。

Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教訓，自己才會走運。

Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。

Hasty love, soon cold.
一見鍾情難維久。

Health is better than wealth.
健康勝過財富。

Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。

Hear all parties.
兼聽則明。

Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不動，叫天何用。

He is a fool that forgets himself.
愚者忘乎所以。

He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背後說好話，才是真朋友。

He is a wise man who speaks little.
聰明不是掛在嘴上。

He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯錯誤。

He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人先正己。

He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自嘲者不會讓人見笑。

He is wise that is honest.
誠實者最明智。

He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。

He laughs best who laughs last.
誰笑到最後，誰笑得最好。

He sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。

He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得越高，摔得越重。

He that will not work shall not eat.
不勞動者不得食。

He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不進則退。

He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
經常訴苦，沒人同情。

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯錯誤，就一事無成。

He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收獲與風險並存。

History repeats itself.
歷史往往重演。

Honesty is the best policy.
做人誠信為本。

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的願望，做最壞的打算。

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿諛奉承。 (flatterer 奉承者)

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上當一回頭，再多就可恥。

If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。

If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵發燒，有人念叨。

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
腳踏兩條船，必定落空。

If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
殺雞取卵。

If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。

Instry is the parent of success.
勤奮是成功之母。

It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。

It is easier to get money than to keep it.
掙錢容易攢錢難。

It is easy to be wise after the event.
事後諸葛亮好當。

It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
創業容易守業難。

It is hard to please all.
眾口難調。 (又作: Tastes differ.)

It is never too old to learn.
活到老，學到老。

It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水難收。

It is the first step that costs troublesome.
萬事開頭難。

It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。

It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良機，後悔已遲。
(grieve 悲痛,傷心,憂傷)

It never rains but it pours.
不鳴則已，一鳴驚人。

It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年樹木，百年樹人。

Jack of all trades and master of none.
門門精通，樣樣稀鬆。

Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。

Justice has long arms.
天網恢恢，疏而不漏。

Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭雙雕。

Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王發狂，百姓遭殃。

Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。

Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博學使人謙遜，無知使人驕傲。

Learn and live.
活著，為了學習。

Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越學越好，壞人越學越壞。

Learn not and know not.
不學無術。

Learn to walk before you run.
先學走，再學跑。

Let bygones be bygones.
過去的就讓它過去吧。

Let sleeping dogs lie.
別惹麻煩。

Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天機。

Lies can never changes fact.
謊言終究是謊言。

Lies have short legs.
謊言站不長。

Life is but a span.
人生苦短。

Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人過半生，方知天命。

Life is not all roses.
人生並不是康莊大道。

Life is not always a bed of roses.
生活未必都是稱心如意的。

Life without a friend is death.
沒有朋友，雖生猶死。

Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鱉。

Like author, like book.
文如其人。

Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。

Like for like.
一報還一報。

Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。

Like mother, like daughter.
有其母必有其女。

Like teacher, like pupil.
什麼樣的老師教什麼樣的學生。

Like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。

Little things amuse little minds.
小人無大志。

Look before you leap.
摸清情況再行動。

Lookers-on see more than players.
當局者迷，旁觀者清。

Losers are always in the wrong.
勝者為王，敗者為寇。

Lost time is never found again.
歲月既往，一去不回。

Love at first sight.
一見鍾情。

Love cannot be compelled.
愛情不能強求。

Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。

Love is full of trouble.
愛情充滿煩惱。

Love is never without jealousy.
沒有妒忌就沒有愛情。

Love me, love my dog.
愛屋及烏。

Make hay while the sun shines.
良機勿失。

Make your enemy your friend.
化敵為友。

Man is the soul of the universe.
人是萬物之靈。

Man proposes, God disposes.
謀事在人，成事在天。

Many hands make light work.
眾人拾柴火焰高。

Many heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。

Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭。

Measure for measure.
針鋒相對。

Misfortunes never come alone.
禍不單行。

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患難見真情。

Money isn't everything.
錢不是萬能的。

Murder will out.
紙包不住火。
(又作：Truth will come to light sooner or later. )

My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
兒子婚前是兒子，女兒終生是女兒。

Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不為堯存，不為桀亡。

Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是發明的動力。

Never fish in troubled water.
不要混水摸魚。
(Fish in troubled waters. 渾水摸魚,趁火打劫)

Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。

Never say die.
永不言敗。

Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊補牢，為時未晚。

New wine in old bottles.
舊瓶裝新酒。

No cross, no crown.
不經歷風雨，怎麼見彩虹。

No garden without its weeds.
沒有不長草的園子。

No living man all things can.
世上沒有萬事通。

No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。

No man is born wise or learned.
沒有生而知之者。

No man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。

No man is wise at all times.
聰明一世，糊塗一時。

None are so blind as those who won't see.
視而不見。

None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
充耳不聞。

(turn a blind eye to 視而不見;
turn a deaf ear to 置若罔聞)

No news is good news.
沒有消息就是好消息。

No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不會重現。

No pains, no gains.
沒有付出就沒有收獲。

No pleasure without pain.
沒有苦就沒有樂。

No rose without a thorn.
沒有不帶刺的玫瑰。

No sweet without sweat.
先苦後甜。

No smoke without fire.
無風不起浪。

Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼淚幹得最快。

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，只要肯登攀。

Nothing seek, nothing find.
沒有追求就沒有收獲。

Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行，語言最要緊。

Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲。

Not to advance is to go back.
不進則退。

Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。

No way is impossible to courage.
勇者無懼。

Obedience is the first ty of a soldier.
軍人以服從命令為天職。

Observation is the best teacher.
觀察是最好的老師。

Offense is the best defense.
進攻是最好的防禦。

Old friends and old wines are best.
陳酒味醇，老友情深。

Old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。

Once a man and twice a child.
一次老，兩次小。

Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盜一次，做賊一世。

Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。

One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一個和尚挑水喝，兩個和尚抬水喝，三個和尚沒水喝。

One cannot put back the clock.
時鍾不能倒轉。

One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百聞不如一見。
(eyewitness 目擊者,見證人; hearsay 謠言,傳聞,道聽途說)

One false move may lose the game.
一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。

One good turn deserves another.
行善積德。

One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
爭分奪秒效率高。

One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前車之鑒。

One never loses anything by politeness.
講禮貌不吃虧。

One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。

One's words reflect one's thinking.
言為心聲。

Out of debt, out of danger.
無債一身輕。

Out of office, out of danger.
無官一身輕。

Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不見，心為靜。

Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良葯。

Penny wise, pound foolish.
貪小便宜吃大虧。

Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，說到的多，做到的少。

Please the eye and plague the heart.
貪圖一時快活，必然留下隱禍。
(plague 折磨,使苦惱,使得災禍)

Pleasure comes through toil.
苦盡甘來。

Pour water into a sieve.
竹籃子打水一場空。
(sieve 篩,濾網,不會保密的人)

Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。

Praise is not pudding.
恭維話不能當飯吃。

Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
好人越誇越好，壞人越誇越糟。

Prefer loss to unjust gain.
寧可吃虧，不貪便宜。

Prevention is better than cure.
預防勝於治療。

Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
驕傲使人落後。

Promise is debt.
一諾千金。

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
諺語是日常經驗的結晶。

Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。

Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置。

Put your shoulder to the wheel.
鼎力相助。

Reading enriches the mind.
開卷有益。

Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
讀書健腦，運動強身。

Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬，必須自重。

Rome is not built in a day.
冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。

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

Seeing is believing.
眼見為實。

Seek the truth from facts.
實事求是。

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者當差，不用交代。
(errand 跑腿：為完成某一項特殊任務，通常是為他人而走的一段路; / 差事：這種短途旅行的目的或意圖)

Set a thief to catch a thief.
以賊捉賊。

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

Something is better than nothing.
聊勝於無。

Soon learn, soon forgotten.
學得快，忘得快。

Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快，爛得快。

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

Still water run deep.
靜水常深。

Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁熱打鐵。

Success belongs to the persevering.
堅持就是勝利。 (persevering 堅忍的, 不屈不撓的)