英语格言(English Proverbs)

格言是人类智慧的结晶，下面是本人收集了英语中常见的格言。供你查阅。

A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。(英国迷信, 指猫的生命力强)
A cat in gloves catches no mice. (=Muffled cats catch no mice.) 带手套的猫捉不到耗子; 四肢不勤, 一事无成; 怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。
A cat may look at a king. 猫也可以看国王(指小人物也应有些权利)
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A fool may give a wise man counsel
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A good dog deserves a good bone. 好狗应该啃好骨头, 有功者受赏。
A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.少量的常识，当得大量的学问。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.浅学误人。
A living dog is better than a dead lion. 死狮不如活狗。
A man is known by his friends.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
A man's home is his castle.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A sheep among wolves 落入狼群; 落在一群恶汉手中的善良人
A staff 【 stick 】 is quickly 【 soon 】 found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪, 何患无辞。
A stitch in time saves nine.
A wolf in sheep's clothing 披着羊皮的狼, 口蜜腹剑的人
A woman's place is in the home.
A woman's work is never done.
A word spoken is past recalling.
A work ill done must be twice done.首次做不好，必须重新搞。
A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A willing helper does not wait until he is asked. 于助人者总是主动帮助别人。
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识之佳果。
Actions speak louder than words.
Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.按部就班，事情很快就做完。
After a storm comes a calm.
After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
Agree like cats and dogs 【口】像猫和狗一样合不来, 完全合不来
All cats are grey in the dark. (=At night all cats are grey; when candles are out, all cats are grey.) 猫在暗中都是灰色; 黑暗中难分丑妍
All good things must come to an end.
All is fair in love and war.
All is over but the shouting.
All lay load on the willing horse.
All roads lead to Rome.
All that glitters is not gold.
All the world loves a lover.
All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。
All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。
All's well that ends well.
Among the blind the oneeyed man is the king.山中无老虎猴子称大王。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。
An idle youth,a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
An old dog barks not in vain. 老狗不乱吠; 老狗一吠, 就得小心。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. (=You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.) 老狗学不了新把戏; 老年人很难适应新事物。
Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
Appearances are deceptive.
April showers brings may flowers.
Art is long, life is short.
As 【 like 】 a dog with two tails 非常开心【高兴】
As a sheep among the shearers 仿佛落在剪羊毛工人手里的绵羊
As poor as a church mouse
As weak as a cat (=as weak as water) 身体非常虚弱
As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb 偷大羊或偷小羊反正都得挨绞刑; 一不做二不休
As you make your bed, so must you lie in it.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
As you have made the bed, you must lie on it.自作自受。
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
At the eleventh hour在最后时刻表（误：在十一点钟）
Bad news travels fast.
Barking dogs seldom bite. 爱叫的狗不咬人; 咬人的狗不露齿。
Barking dogs seldom bite. 爱叫的狗不咬人。
Be (old) dog at (a thing) 对...有经验; 对...很内行
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty is only skin-deep.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Better be safe than sorry.
Better die with honor than live with shame.
Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。
Better master one than engage with ten.会十事，不如精一事。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
Better to be alone than in bad company.
Better to die in glory than live in dishonor.
Beware of a silent dog and still water. 提防不吠的狗, 小心静止的水。
Birds of a feather flock together.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Boys will be boys.
Bring down the house博得满堂喝彩，引起哄堂大笑（误：把房子弄塌?br> Business before pleasure.事业在先，享乐在后。
Business is business.公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.事业是生命之盐。
Business makes a man as well as tries him.事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。
Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。
Business neglected is business lost.忽视职业便是放弃职业。
Calamity is man true touchstone.
Call somebody names辱骂某人（误：喊某人的名字）
Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋带来好运。
Catch as catch can.
Charity begins at home.
Christmas comes but once a year.圣诞一年只一度。
Clean conscience laughs at false accusation.
Come like a dog at a whistle 一呼即来
Crime does not pay.
Cry over spilt milk.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Dead men have no friends.
Dead men tell no tales.
Death is the great leveler.
Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.慢慢酌量，快快行动。
Dexterity comes by experience.熟练来自经验。
Diamond cut diamond.
Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.勤勉是好运之母。
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Divide and rule.
Do as I say, and not as I do.
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.照大多数人那样干，人们会把你称赞。
Do business,but be not a slave to it.要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
Do not wear out your welcome.
Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.
Doing everything is doing nothing. 样样都做等于不做。
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't meet trouble half-way.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't ride the high horse.　
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Doubt is the key of knowledge.怀疑是知识之钥。
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起，使人健康、富裕和聪颖。
Easier said than done.
East or west, home is best. 出门五里，不如家里。
Easy come, easy go.来得容易去得快。
Eat no fish做忠实可靠的人（误：不吃鱼）
Enough to make a cat 【 horse 】 laugh 极其可笑; 让人笑掉大牙
Enough to make a cat speak 【口】令人惊讶; 事情太出奇
Entertain an angel unawares.
Every bird loves to hear himself sing.
Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日。
Every dog is a lion at home. 【 Every dog is valiant at his own door. 】狗是百步王, 只在门前凶。
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.
Every man has his faults.
Every man has his price.
Every man is his own worst enemy.
Every picture tells a story.
Every potter praises his own pot.
Every tide hath its ebb.潮涨必有潮落时。
Everybody's business is nobodys business. 三个和尚没水吃
Everyone to his taste.
Everything has its time and that time must be watched.万物皆有时，时来不可失。
Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的教师。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
Experience is the mother of wisdom.
Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。
Failure teaches success.
Faith will move mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fast Barking dogs seldom bite.
Fat cat 美国政治运动的出资人, 捐献大宗政治款项的富人; 安于现状的懒汉; 以权谋私的人, 享受特权的人
Fear is stronger than love.
Fear of death is worse than death itself.
Fight dog, fight bear. 打个青红皂白, 一决雌雄。
Fight fire with fire.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Finished labours are pleasant.完成工作是一乐。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master. 火是忠实的朋友，却是残酷的主人。
First come, first served.
First things first.
First think, and then speak.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
Garbage in, garbage out.
Give a dog a bad 【 an ill 】 name(and hang him). 一旦给人加一个坏名声, 他就永远洗刷不掉; 人言可畏。
Give credit where credit is due.
Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
Give the devil his due.
Give him an inch and he will take an ell（a yard）. 得寸进尺。
God helps them that help themselves.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Goodness is better than beauty.
Grasp all, lose all.
Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
Happiness takes no account of time.欢娱不惜时光逝。
Has the cat got your tongue? 【口】猫把你的舌头叼去了吗?为什么不吭声?
Haste makes waste.
Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today.明天如有事，今天就去做。
He is a lucky dog. 他是个幸运儿。
He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.
He laughs best who laughs last.
He that doth most at once doth least.什么都想一次做完，结果一件也做不完；贪多嚼不烂。
He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others.
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.
He that plants a tree plants for posterity.
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。
He that will not work shall not eat.不工作者不得食。
He who hesitates is lost.
He who does not advance loses ground. 不进则退。
He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man. 不到长城非好汉。
He who laughs last, laughs best. 谁笑到最后谁笑得最好。
He who rides on a tiger can never dismount. 骑虎难下。
Health is not valued till sickness comes. 有病方知无病福。
Honesty is the best policy.
Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).懒人做工作，越懒越费力。
Idleness is the key of beggary.懒惰出乞丐。
Idleness is the root of all evil.懒惰乃万恶之源。
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.若要求知识，须从勤苦得。
If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。
Ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ill news travels fast.恶事传千里。
In for a penny,in for a pound.做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。
Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.勤勉是幸运的右手，世俭是幸运的左手。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.前车可鉴。
It is ill to waken sleeping dogs. 【 let sleeping dogs lie; don't wake a sleeping dog. 】别多事, 别惹麻烦。
It is in to be on the safe side.
It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。
It is no use crying best spilt milk.
It is not work that kills,but worry.工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。
It is right to put everything in its proper use.凡事都应用得其所。
It never rains, but it pours.
It rains cats and dogs. 下倾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱
It takes two to tango.
It is no good crying over the spilt milk. 覆水难收。
It takes two to make a quarrel.一只碗不响。
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
Laughter is the best medicine.
Lead a dog's life 过着牛马不如的生活
Lead a dog's life 过穷困潦倒的日子
Learn wisdom by the follies of others.从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
Let bygones be bygones.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Let the buyer beware.
Let the cat out of the bag 说走了嘴, (无意中)泄露秘密
Let the dead bury their dead.
Let sleeping dog lie. 不要惹是生非。
Let's call a spade a spade.直言不讳。
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Like a cat on hot bricks 局促不安, 如热锅上的蚂蚁
Like father, like son.
Like mother, like daughter.
Live and learn.
Live like cat and dog 【口】整天吵架
Live a cat and dog life（夫妻）过着不和谐的生活（误：过着猫和狗一般的生活）
Living without an aim is liking sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标等于航行没有指南针。
Look after number one.
Look on the bright side.
Look before you leap.三思而后行。
Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清。
Love conquers all.
Love is blind.
Love makes the world go round.
Love me, love my dog. 你若把我当朋友, 也要把我的朋友当朋友; 爱屋及乌。
Love sees no faults.
Love will find a way.
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌
Make hay while the sun shines.晒草要趁太阳好。
Man cannot live by bread alone.
Many hands make light work.众擎易举。
Many hands make quick work.人多干活快。
Many a little makes a mickle.积少成多。
Many hands makes light work. 人多好办事。
Marriages are made in heaven.
May As soon as man is born he begins to die.
Might is right.
Mind your own business.
Money is the root of all evil.
Money isn't everything.
More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。
Move heaven and earth想尽一切办法；竭尽全力（误：翻天覆地）
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。
Never do things by halves.做事不要半途而废。
Never judge from appearances.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Never mix your liquor.
Never say die.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Never think yourself above business.勿自视过高；不要眼高手低；永远不要认为自己是大才小用。
Never too late to repent.
Never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢未为晚也。
No Bad news travels fast.
No man can serve two masters.
No man is indispensable.
No news is good news.
No one can call back yesterday; Yesterday will not be called again. 昨日不复来。
No pain, no gain.
No root,no fruit.无根就无果。
No one is wise at all time. 智者千虑，必有一失。
Not have a dog's chance 毫无机会
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Nothing ventured, thing gained.
Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Old habits die hard.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Once Cleanliness is next to godliness.
One good turn deserves another.
One man's loss is another man's gain.
One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock. 一只羊生疮整群羊遭殃。
One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。
One's life is limited, but learning is endless. 生命有限，学海无涯。
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心不烦。
Patience is a virtue.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Pleasant hours fly past.快乐时光去如飞。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Practice what you preach.
Prepare for a rainy day.未雨绸缪。
Prevention is better than cure.
Procrastination is the thief of time.因循拖延是时间的大敌；拖延就是浪费时间。
Pull somebody's leg戏弄某人；开某人的玩笑（误：拖某人的后腿）
Pull up one's socks振作起来；鼓起勇气（误：提起袜子）
Punctuality is the soul of business.守时为立业之要素。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.努力工作。
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.
Rats desert a sinking ship.
Reading makes a full man and writing an exact man. 读书使人充实，写作使人严谨。
Return to one's sheep 【 muttons 】回到本题
Revenge is sweet.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Saving is getting. 节省就是获得。
Saying is one thing, doing another. 说是一回事，做是另一回事。
Scornful【 Hungry 】 dogs will eat dirty puddings. 人到危急时, 平时所不屑做的也要做; 急不暇择, 饥不择食。
Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
See 【 watch 】 how 【 which way 】 the cat jumps (=wait for the cat to jump) 观望形势然后行动; 看风使舵, 随机应变
See Naples and die.不到黄河心不死。
Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。
Send somebody to the chair把某人判死刑；送…电椅（误：把某人送到椅子上）
Separate the sheep from the goats 区别好人和坏人
Sheep and goats 善人与恶人(来自《圣经》)
Sheep that have no shepherd 乌合之众
Silence is golden.
Sloth is the key of poverty.惰能致贫。
Sloth turneth the edge of wit.懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。
Something is better than nothing.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Speak when you are spoken to.
Speaking without think is shooting without aiming. 说话不假思索，等于无的放矢。
Speech is the picture of the mind. 言为心声。
Still waters run deep.
Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。
Sweet things are bad for the teeth.
Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。
Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。
Teach an old dog new tricks 使守旧的人接受新事物
Teach the dog to bark 教狗怎么叫(意指多此一举)
Teaching others teaches yourself.教学相长。
That's like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl. 引狼入室; 等于把猫放在金鱼缸旁。
The bait hides the hook.
The best fish swim near the bottom.
The best go first.
The best of friends must part.
The best things in life are free.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The cat did it. 【口谑】是猫打破的; 不是我搞的。(推托责任的话)
The cat is out of the bag. 【口】秘密泄露; 真相大白。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 掩耳盗铃; 猫偷吃奶油的时候, 总是闭着眼睛。
The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet. 猫儿想吃鱼, 又怕湿了脚(想吃鱼又怕腥; 想得到某种东西又怕麻烦或担风险)。
The day is short but the work is much.工作多，光阴迫。
The dog returns to his vomit. 狗回头吃自己吐出来的东西; 重犯旧日罪恶。
The early bird catches the worm.
The end justifies the means.
The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
The first step is the hardest.
The grapes are sour.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
The last straw breaks the camel's back.
The more one knows, the less one believes.
The more you get, the more you want.
The morning sun never lasts a day.好景不常；朝阳不能光照全日。
The pot calls the kettle black.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The scalded cat fears cold water. 被烫过的猫, 连冷水也怕(一朝被蛇咬, 三年怕井绳)
The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.节俭是致富的秘诀。
The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.
The shortest answer is doing the thing.最简短的回答就是一个"干"字。
The early bird catches the worm.笨鸟先飞。
The kettle and the pot.一丘之貉。
The leopard cannot change its spots. 本性难移。
The water that bears boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
There are only twenty-four hours in a day.
There are two sides to every question.
There is a black sheep in every flock.到处都有害群之马。
There is a time and a place for everything.
There is more than one way to skin a cat.
There is no honor among thieves.
There is safety in numbers.
There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。
There's a black sheep in every flock.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no place like home.
There's no smoke without fire.
There's one law for the rich, and another for the poor.
They that dance must pay the fiddler.
They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。
Things are not always what they seem.
Think a great deal of oneself过高地估计自己（误：为自己想得多）
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Time and tide wait for no man.岁月无情；岁月易逝；岁月不待人。
Time cures all things.
Time flies.时光易逝。
Time is a great healer.
Time is money.一寸光阴一寸金。
Time past cannot be called back again.光阴一去不复返。
Time tames the strongest grief.时间能缓和极度的悲痛。
Time tries all.时间检验一切。
Time tries truth.时间检验真理。
Time and tide wait for no man.时光不等人。
Time flies like an arrow.光阴似箭。
To err is human.
To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.事事及时做，一日胜三日。
To save time is to lengthen life.节省时间就是延长生命。
Tomorrow comes never.切莫依赖明天。
Tomorrow is another day.
Too many cooks spoil the broth （soup）. 厨师多了难烧汤。
Top dog 当权派；头儿
Treat sb. Like a dog 不把某人当人看
True love ever grows old.
Trust is the mother of deceit.
Turn the other cheek.
Two heads are better than one.
Two is company, three is a crowd.
Two wrongs do not make a right.
Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
United we stand, divided we fall.
Variety is the spice of life.
Virtue is its own reward.
Walls have ears.隔墙有耳。
Waste not, want not.
Watch sb. As a cat watches a mouse. 象猫盯耗子般地盯着某人。
What are the odds so long as you are happy.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.在任何时候都可做的事情，总是在任何时候都不做的事情。
What you don't know can't hurt you.
What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。
When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.机不可失，时不再来；机会一过，永不再来。
When in doubt, do nothing.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
When the cat's away, the mice will play. 猫儿不在,老鼠成精(大王外出, 小鬼跳粱)。
Where there is no trust there is no love.
Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。
Wisdom is better than gold or silver.知识胜过金银，
Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.知识可羡，胜于财富。
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体。
Wit once bought is worth twice taught.由经验而得的智慧，胜于学习而得的智慧；一次亲身的体会，胜过两次的教师教导。
Without a shepherd, sheep are not a flock.
Work bears witness who does well.工作能证明谁做的好。
Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。
Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow.今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻碍多。
World is but a little place, after all.
You cannot have it both ways.
You cannot have your cake and eat it.
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
You can't please everyone.
You can't take it with you when you die.
You can't tell a book by its cover.
You can't win them all.
You don't get something for nothing.
You win some, you lose some.

A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。(英国迷信, 指猫的生命力强)
A cat in gloves catches no mice. (=Muffled cats catch no mice.) 带手套的猫捉不到耗子; 四肢不勤, 一事无成; 怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。
A cat may look at a king. 猫也可以看国王(指小人物也应有些权利)
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A fool may give a wise man counsel
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A good dog deserves a good bone. 好狗应该啃好骨头, 有功者受赏。
A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.少量的常识，当得大量的学问。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.浅学误人。
A living dog is better than a dead lion. 死狮不如活狗。
A man is known by his friends.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
A man's home is his castle.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A sheep among wolves 落入狼群; 落在一群恶汉手中的善良人
A staff [stick] is quickly [soon] found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪, 何患无辞。
A stitch in time saves nine.
A wolf in sheep's clothing 披着羊皮的狼, 口蜜腹剑的人
A woman's place is in the home.
A woman's work is never done.
A word spoken is past recalling.
A work ill done must be twice done.首次做不好，必须重新搞。
A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A willing helper does not wait until he is asked. 于助人者总是主动帮助别人。
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识之佳果。
Actions speak louder than words.
Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.按部就班，事情很快就做完。
After a storm comes a calm.
After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
Agree like cats and dogs [口]像猫和狗一样合不来, 完全合不来
All cats are grey in the dark. (=At night all cats are grey; when candles are out, all cats are grey.) 猫在暗中都是灰色; 黑暗中难分丑妍
All good things must come to an end.
All is fair in love and war.
All is over but the shouting.
All lay load on the willing horse.
All roads lead to Rome.
All that glitters is not gold.
All the world loves a lover.
All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。
All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。
All's well that ends well.
Among the blind the one eyed man is the king. 山中无老虎猴子称大王。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。
An idle youth,a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
An old dog barks not in vain. 老狗不乱吠; 老狗一吠, 就得小心。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. (=You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.) 老狗学不了新把戏; 老年人很难适应新事物。
Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
Appearances are deceptive.
April showers brings may flowers.
Art is long, life is short.
As [like] a dog with two tails 非常开心[高兴]
As a sheep among the shearers 仿佛落在剪羊毛工人手里的绵羊
As poor as a church mouse
As weak as a cat (=as weak as water) 身体非常虚弱
As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb 偷大羊或偷小羊反正都得挨绞刑; 一不做二不休
As you make your bed, so must you lie in it.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
As you have made the bed, you must lie on it.自作自受。
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
At the eleventh hour在最后时刻表（误：在十一点钟）
Bad news travels fast.
Barking dogs seldom bite. 爱叫的狗不咬人; 咬人的狗不露齿。
Barking dogs seldom bite. 爱叫的狗不咬人。
Be (old) dog at (a thing) 对...有经验; 对...很内行
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty is only skin-deep.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Better be safe than sorry.
Better die with honor than live with shame.
Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。
Better master one than engage with ten.会十事，不如精一事。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
Better to be alone than in bad company.
Better to die in glory than live in dishonor.
Beware of a silent dog and still water. 提防不吠的狗, 小心静止的水。
Birds of a feather flock together.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Boys will be boys.
Bring down the house博得满堂喝彩，引起哄堂大笑（误：把房子弄塌?br> Business before pleasure.事业在先，享乐在后。
Business is business.公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.事业是生命之盐。
Business makes a man as well as tries him.事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。
Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。
Business neglected is business lost.忽视职业便是放弃职业。
Calamity is man true touchstone.
Call somebody names辱骂某人（误：喊某人的名字）
Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋带来好运。
Catch as catch can.
Charity begins at home.
Christmas comes but once a year.圣诞一年只一度。
Clean conscience laughs at false accusation.
Come like a dog at a whistle 一呼即来
Crime does not pay.
Cry over spilt milk.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Dead men have no friends.
Dead men tell no tales.
Death is the great leveler.
Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.慢慢酌量，快快行动。
Dexterity comes by experience.熟练来自经验。
Diamond cut diamond.
Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.勤勉是好运之母。
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Divide and rule.
Do as I say, and not as I do.
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.照大多数人那样干，人们会把你称赞。
Do business,but be not a slave to it.要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
Do not wear out your welcome.
Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.
Doing everything is doing nothing. 样样都做等于不做。
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't meet trouble half-way.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't ride the high horse.　
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Doubt is the key of knowledge.怀疑是知识之钥。
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起，使人健康、富裕和聪颖。
Easier said than done.
East or west, home is best. 出门五里，不如家里。
Easy come, easy go.来得容易去得快。
Eat no fish做忠实可靠的人（误：不吃鱼）
Enough to make a cat [horse] laugh 极其可笑; 让人笑掉大牙
Enough to make a cat speak [口]令人惊讶; 事情太出奇
Entertain an angel unawares.
Every bird loves to hear himself sing.
Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日。
Every dog is a lion at home. [Every dog is valiant at his own door.] 狗是百步王, 只在门前凶。
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.
Every man has his faults.
Every man has his price.
Every man is his own worst enemy.
Every picture tells a story.
Every potter praises his own pot.
Every tide hath its ebb.潮涨必有潮落时。
Everybody's business is nobody's business. 三个和尚没水吃
Everyone to his taste.
Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 万物皆有时，时来不可失。
Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的教师。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
Experience is the mother of wisdom.
Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。
Failure teaches success.
Faith will move mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fast Barking dogs seldom bite.
Fat cat 美国政治运动的出资人, 捐献大宗政治款项的富人; 安于现状的懒汉; 以权谋私的人, 享受特权的人
Fear is stronger than love.
Fear of death is worse than death itself.
Fight dog, fight bear. 打个青红皂白, 一决雌雄。
Fight fire with fire.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Finished labours are pleasant.完成工作是一乐。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master. 火是忠实的朋友，却是残酷的主人。
First come, first served.
First things first.
First think, and then speak.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
Garbage in, garbage out.
Give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him). 一旦给人加一个坏名声, 他就永远洗刷不掉; 人言可畏。
Give credit where credit is due.
Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
Give the devil his due.
Give him an inch and he will take an ell（a yard）. 得寸进尺。
God helps them that help themselves.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Goodness is better than beauty.
Grasp all, lose all.
Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
Happiness takes no account of time.欢娱不惜时光逝。
Has the cat got your tongue? [口]猫把你的舌头叼去了吗?为什么不吭声?
Haste makes waste.
Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today.明天如有事，今天就去做。
He is a lucky dog. 他是个幸运儿。
He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.
He laughs best who laughs last.
He that doth most at once doth least.什么都想一次做完，结果一件也做不完；贪多嚼不烂。
He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others.
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.
He that plants a tree plants for posterity.
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。
He that will not work shall not eat.不工作者不得食。
He who hesitates is lost.
He who does not advance loses ground. 不进则退。
He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man. 不到长城非好汉。
He who laughs last, laughs best. 谁笑到最后谁笑得最好。
He who rides on a tiger can never dismount. 骑虎难下。
Health is not valued till sickness comes. 有病方知无病福。
Honesty is the best policy.
Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).懒人做工作，越懒越费力。
Idleness is the key of beggary.懒惰出乞丐。
Idleness is the root of all evil.懒惰乃万恶之源。
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.若要求知识，须从勤苦得。
If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。
Ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ill news travels fast.恶事传千里。
In for a penny,in for a pound.做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。
Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.勤勉是幸运的右手，世俭是幸运的左手。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.前车可鉴。
It is ill to waken sleeping dogs. [let sleeping dogs lie; don't wake a sleeping dog.] 别多事, 别惹麻烦。
It is in to be on the safe side.
It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。
It is no use crying best spilt milk.
It is not work that kills,but worry.工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。
It is right to put everything in its proper use.凡事都应用得其所。
It never rains, but it pours.
It rains cats and dogs. 下倾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱
It takes two to tango.
It is no good crying over the spilt milk. 覆水难收。
It takes two to make a quarrel.一只碗不响。
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
Laughter is the best medicine.
Lead a dog's life 过着牛马不如的生活
Lead a dog's life 过穷困潦倒的日子
Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
Let bygones be bygones.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Let the buyer beware.
Let the cat out of the bag 说走了嘴, (无意中)泄露秘密
Let the dead bury their dead.
Let sleeping dog lie. 不要惹是生非。
Let's call a spade a spade.直言不讳。
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Like a cat on hot bricks 局促不安, 如热锅上的蚂蚁
Like father, like son.
Like mother, like daughter.
Live and learn.
Live like cat and dog [口]整天吵架
Live a cat and dog life（夫妻）过着不和谐的生活（误：过着猫和狗一般的生活）
Living without an aim is liking sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标等于航行没有指南针。
Look after number one.
Look on the bright side.
Look before you leap.三思而后行。
Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清。
Love conquers all.
Love is blind.
Love makes the world go round.
Love me, love my dog. 你若把我当朋友, 也要把我的朋友当朋友; 爱屋及乌。
Love sees no faults.
Love will find a way.
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌
Make hay while the sun shines.晒草要趁太阳好。
Man cannot live by bread alone.
Many hands make light work.众擎易举。
Many hands make quick work.人多干活快。
Many a little makes a mickle.积少成多。
Many hands makes light work. 人多好办事。
Marriages are made in heaven.
May As soon as man is born he begins to die.
Might is right.
Mind your own business.
Money is the root of all evil.
Money isn't everything.
More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。
Move heaven and earth想尽一切办法；竭尽全力（误：翻天覆地）
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。
Never do things by halves.做事不要半途而废。
Never judge from appearances.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Never mix your liquor.
Never say die.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Never think yourself above business. 勿自视过高；不要眼高手低；永远不要认为自己是大才小用。
Never too late to repent.
Never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢未为晚也。
No Bad news travels fast.
No man can serve two masters.
No man is indispensable.
No news is good news.
No one can call back yesterday; Yesterday will not be called again. 昨日不复来。
No pain, no gain.
No root,no fruit.无根就无果。
No one is wise at all time. 智者千虑，必有一失。
Not have a dog's chance 毫无机会
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Nothing ventured, thing gained.
Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Old habits die hard.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Once Cleanliness is next to godliness.
One good turn deserves another.
One man's loss is another man's gain.
One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock. 一只羊生疮整群羊遭殃。
One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。
One's life is limited, but learning is endless. 生命有限，学海无涯。
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心不烦。
Patience is a virtue.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Pleasant hours fly past.快乐时光去如飞。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Practice what you preach.
Prepare for a rainy day.未雨绸缪。
Prevention is better than cure.
Procrastination is the thief of time.因循拖延是时间的大敌；拖延就是浪费时间。
Pull somebody's leg戏弄某人；开某人的玩笑（误：拖某人的后腿）
Pull up one's socks振作起来；鼓起勇气（误：提起袜子）
Punctuality is the soul of business.守时为立业之要素。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.努力工作。
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.
Rats desert a sinking ship.
Reading makes a full man and writing an exact man. 读书使人充实，写作使人严谨。
Return to one's sheep [muttons] 回到本题
Revenge is sweet.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Saving is getting. 节省就是获得。
Saying is one thing, doing another. 说是一回事，做是另一回事。
Scornful[Hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings. 人到危急时, 平时所不屑做的也要做; 急不暇择, 饥不择食。
Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
See [watch] how [which way] the cat jumps (=wait for the cat to jump) 观望形势然后行动; 看风使舵, 随机应变
See Naples and die.不到黄河心不死。
Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。
Send somebody to the chair把某人判死刑；送…电椅（误：把某人送到椅子上）
Separate the sheep from the goats 区别好人和坏人
Sheep and goats 善人与恶人(来自《圣经》)
Sheep that have no shepherd 乌合之众
Silence is golden.
Sloth is the key of poverty.惰能致贫。
Sloth turneth the edge of wit.懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。
Something is better than nothing.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Speak when you are spoken to.
Speaking without think is shooting without aiming. 说话不假思索，等于无的放矢。
Speech is the picture of the mind. 言为心声。
Still waters run deep.
Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。
Sweet things are bad for the teeth.
Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。
Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。
Teach an old dog new tricks 使守旧的人接受新事物
Teach the dog to bark 教狗怎么叫(意指多此一举)
Teaching others teaches yourself.教学相长。
That's like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl. 引狼入室; 等于把猫放在金鱼缸旁。
The bait hides the hook.
The best fish swim near the bottom.
The best go first.
The best of friends must part.
The best things in life are free.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The cat did it. [口谑]是猫打破的; 不是我搞的。(推托责任的话)
The cat is out of the bag. [口]秘密泄露; 真相大白。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 掩耳盗铃; 猫偷吃奶油的时候, 总是闭着眼睛。
The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet. 猫儿想吃鱼, 又怕湿了脚(想吃鱼又怕腥; 想得到某种东西又怕麻烦或担风险)。
The day is short but the work is much.工作多，光阴迫。
The dog returns to his vomit. 狗回头吃自己吐出来的东西; 重犯旧日罪恶。
The early bird catches the worm.
The end justifies the means.
The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
The first step is the hardest.
The grapes are sour.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
The last straw breaks the camel's back.
The more one knows, the less one believes.
The more you get, the more you want.
The morning sun never lasts a day.好景不常；朝阳不能光照全日。
The pot calls the kettle black.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The scalded cat fears cold water. 被烫过的猫, 连冷水也怕(一朝被蛇咬, 三年怕井绳)
The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.节俭是致富的秘诀。
The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.
The shortest answer is doing the thing.最简短的回答就是一个"干"字。
The early bird catches the worm.笨鸟先飞。
The kettle and the pot.一丘之貉。
The leopard cannot change its spots. 本性难移。
The water that bears boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
There are only twenty-four hours in a day.
There are two sides to every question.
There is a black sheep in every flock.到处都有害群之马。
There is a time and a place for everything.
There is more than one way to skin a cat.
There is no honor among thieves.
There is safety in numbers.
There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。
There's a black sheep in every flock.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no place like home.
There's no smoke without fire.
There's one law for the rich, and another for the poor.
They that dance must pay the fiddler.
They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。
Things are not always what they seem.
Think a great deal of oneself过高地估计自己（误：为自己想得多）
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Time and tide wait for no man.岁月无情；岁月易逝；岁月不待人。
Time cures all things.
Time flies.时光易逝。
Time is a great healer.
Time is money.一寸光阴一寸金。
Time past cannot be called back again.光阴一去不复返。
Time tames the strongest grief.时间能缓和极度的悲痛。
Time tries all.时间检验一切。
Time tries truth.时间检验真理。
Time and tide wait for no man.时光不等人。
Time flies like an arrow.光阴似箭。
To err is human.
To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.事事及时做，一日胜三日。
To save time is to lengthen life.节省时间就是延长生命。
Tomorrow comes never.切莫依赖明天。
Tomorrow is another day.
Too many cooks spoil the broth （soup）. 厨师多了难烧汤。
Top dog 当权派；头儿
Treat sb. Like a dog 不把某人当人看
True love ever grows old.
Trust is the mother of deceit.
Turn the other cheek.
Two heads are better than one.
Two is company, three is a crowd.
Two wrongs do not make a right.
Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
United we stand, divided we fall.
Variety is the spice of life.
Virtue is its own reward.
Walls have ears.隔墙有耳。
Waste not, want not.
Watch sb. As a cat watches a mouse. 象猫盯耗子般地盯着某人。
What are the odds so long as you are happy.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.在任何时候都可做的事情，总是在任何时候都不做的事情。
What you don't know can't hurt you.
What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。
When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.机不可失，时不再来；机会一过，永不再来。
When in doubt, do nothing.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
When the cat's away, the mice will play. 猫儿不在,老鼠成精(大王外出, 小鬼跳粱)。
Where there is no trust there is no love.
Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。
Wisdom is better than gold or silver.知识胜过金银，
Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.知识可羡，胜于财富。
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体。
Wit once bought is worth twice taught.由经验而得的智慧，胜于学习而得的智慧；一次亲身的体会，胜过两次的教师教导。
Without a shepherd, sheep are not a flock.
Work bears witness who does well.工作能证明谁做的好。
Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。
Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow.今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻碍多。
World is but a little place, after all.
You cannot have it both ways.
You cannot have your cake and eat it.
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
You can't please everyone.
You can't take it with you when you die.
You can't tell a book by its cover.
You can't win them all.
You don't get something for nothing.
You win some, you lose some.
1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor.
雨后送伞
2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
挂羊头卖狗肉
3. All is over but the shouting.
大势已去
4. All lay load on the willing horse.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑
5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
小不忍则乱大谋
6. As poor as a church mouse
一贫如洗
7. A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马难追
8. Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚
9. Cry over spilt milk.
覆水难收

11. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗

12. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
失之东隅，收之桑榆
13. What are the odds so long as you are happy.
知足者常乐
14. Entertain an angel unawares.
有眼不识泰山
15. Every dog has his day.
是人皆有出头日
16. 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
17. Great minds think alike
英雄所见略同

鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利: two dogs fight for a bone, and
玉不琢，不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine.
十年树木，百年树人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
学无止境: C: knowledge is infinite / E: progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop.
此地无银三百两: never try to prove what nobody doubts.
严师出高徒: C: Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.
得不偿失: give a lark to catch a kite.
对症下药: a disease known is half the cure.
君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green.
化干戈为玉帛: bury the hatchet.
家和万事兴: he is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
江山易改，本性难移: the leopard cannot change its spots.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧: where there is life, there is hope.
狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
举一反三: half a tale is enough for a wise man.
当局者迷，旁观者清: outsiders see more than insiders. / standers-by see more than gamesters.
世上无难事，只怕有心人: dogged does it.
笨鸟先飞: C: a slow sparrow should make an early start. / E: a lame traveler should get out betimes.
冷暖自知: every man is best known to himself.
有情人终成眷属: every jack has jill.
宁为玉碎不为瓦全: better death than dishonor.
情人眼里出西施: if jack is in love, he is no judge of jill's beauty.
拳不离手，曲不离口: no day without a line.
吃一堑，长一智: by falling we learn to go safely.
塞翁失马: no great loss without some small gain.
天无绝人之路: god tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
仁者见仁，智者见智: E: the donkey means one thing, and the driver another. / C: the benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom.
师傅领进门，修行在个人: no man is his craft's master the first day.
A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做贼心虚。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常怨工具差。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.
坐井观天。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
相聚爱益切，离别情更深。
A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
Accidents will happen.
天有不测风云。
A clean hand wants no washing.
身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
问心无愧，高枕无忧。
A clear conscience is a sure card.
光明磊落，胜券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
宁为清贫，不为浊富。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入，祸从口出。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action.
同仇敌忾。
A contented mind is perpetual feast.
知足常乐。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜於雄辩。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
人不可貌相。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
益友难得。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
After a storm comes a calm.
否极泰来。
After black clouds, clear weather.
否极泰来。
After death, the doctor.
放马後炮。
A good appetite is a good sauce.
饥不择食。
A good example is the best sermon.
身教胜似言教。
A good face is a letter of recommendation.
好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。
A good fame is better than a good face.
好的名望胜於好的相貌。
A good friend is my nearest relation.
良友如近亲。
A good marksman may miss.
智者千虑，必有一失。
A good maxim is never out of season.
至理名言不会过时。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口，忠言逆耳。
A good winter brings a good summer.
瑞雪兆丰年。
A happy heart makes a blooming visage.
心花怒放，笑逐颜开。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune.
时势造英雄。
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Ale will make a cat speak.
酒後吐真言。
A little is better than none.
聊胜於无。
A little leak will sink a great ship.
千丈之堤溃於蚁穴。
A little neglect may breed great mischief.
小不忍则乱大谋。
A little spark kindles a great fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.
适可而止，过犹不及。
All covet, all lose.
贪多必失。
All is fair in war.
兵不厌诈。
All is not gold that glitters.
闪光的东西并不都是黄金。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条道路通罗马。
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.
有情人终成眷属。
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.
机会失去不再来，千贯万贯难赎回。
All things are easy that are done willingly.
做事乐意，诸事容易。
All things are obedient to money.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
轻诺者易忘。
A man can not spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time.
一心不能二用。
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.
人有两只耳朵一张嘴，就是为了多听少说话。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
A man may dig his grave with his teeth.
祸从口出。
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.
牵马到河易，强马饮水难。
A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.
有宝何必人前夸。
A match will set fire to a large building.
星星之火，可以燎原。
Ambition never dies until there is no way out.
不到黄河心不死
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.
远亲不如近邻。
An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.
狗嘴里吐不出象牙。
An evil chance seldom comes alone.
祸不单行。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在於晨。
An old physician, and a young lawyer.
医生年老的好，律师年轻的俏。
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
乐观的人在灾难中看到希望；悲观的人在希望中看到灾难。
An ounce of prevention is worth a …………
英文]：Life is sweet.
人生是美好的.
Life is fine and enjoyable, yet you must learn to enjoy your fine life.
人生是美好的,但要学会如何享用美好的生活.
Life is real, life is earnest.
人生真实,人生诚挚.
H.W.Longfellow 朗费罗(美国诗人)
Life is compared to a voyage.
人生好比是一次航程.
Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.
生活若无波折险阻,就会过于平淡无奇.
Life means struggle.
生活就是斗争.
Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.
人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程. /人生无坦途.
Life is a horse, and either you ride it or it rides you.
人生像一匹马,你不驾驭它,它便驾驭你.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
人生是一幅大画布,你应该努力绘出绚丽多彩的画面.
Life is like music. It must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.
人生如一首乐曲,要用乐感,感情和直觉去谱写.不能只按乐律行事.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
生活是绘画,不是做算术.
O.W.Holmes 霍姆斯
Life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two.
生活是一张白纸,每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话.
A.Lowell 洛威尔
On earth there is nothing great but man; in the man there is nothing great but mind.
地球上唯一伟大的是人,人身上唯一伟大的是心灵.
A.Hamilton 哈密尔顿
Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, and dress, and soul, and ideas.
人的一切----面貌,衣着,心灵和思想,都应该是美好的.
Chekhov 契诃夫
All things in their being are good for something.
天生我才必有用.
The good or ill of man lies within his own will
人的善良或邪恶都存在于他自己的意志之中.
[古希腊]Epictetus 爱比克泰德
He is born in a good hour who gets a good name.
生逢其时,美誉自至.
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成.
T.Fuller 富勒
Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limitless.
要这样生活,仿佛你寿命永恒.要这样工作,仿佛你精力无穷.
S.Bernhardt 伯恩哈特(法国女演员)
To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach.
生活是一种人人须学而无人能教的艺术.
H.Ellis 埃利斯
Life is a foreign language: All men mispronounce it.
生活是一种外语,谁都发不好它的音.
C.D.Morley 莫利
Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.
生活教会了我思考,但思考却没有教会我生活.
A.Herzen 赫尔岑(俄国作家,哲学家)
I wept when I was born, and every day shows why.
人生道路艰难困苦,难怪婴儿出世就哭. /我方出世,哭泣不止,为何如此,日月自知.
Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.
困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.
人的正确功能是生活,而不是生存.
Jack London 杰克.伦敦(美国小说家)
I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
梦里见到人生无比美丽,醒时发现义务即是人生.
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
人生应为生而食,不应为食而生.
Socrates 苏格拉底
Live not to eat, but eat to live.
不要为了吃饭活着,而要为了活着吃饭.
I eat merely to put food out of my mind.
我吃东西只是为了不再去想食物.
N.F.Simpson 辛普森
Life lies not in living but in liking.
生活的意义并不在于活着,而在于爱好人生.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
浑浑噩噩的生活不值得过.
Socrates 苏格拉底
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
生活就像洋葱头:你只能一层一层地把它剥开,有时你还得流泪.
C.Sandburg 桑德堡
Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing well those you hold.
生活不在于握有一手好牌,而在于把手里的牌打好.
J.Billings 比林斯
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions form insufficient premises.
生活是一种艺术,要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论.
S.Butler 勃特勒
Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生并非只是啤酒和九柱戏. /人生并不全是吃喝玩乐.
T.Hughes 休斯(英国作家)
For man is man and master of his fate.
人就是人,是自己命运的主人.
A.Tennyson 丁尼生
You are not in charge of the universe; you are in charge of yourself.
你并不掌管整个宇宙,但你得掌管你自己.
A.Bennett 本涅特
There is a history in all men's lives.
所有人的生活里都有一部历史.
Shakespeare 莎士比亚
There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
宇宙中只有一芥之地你肯定可以改善,那就是你自己.
A.Huxley 赫胥黎
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们.
[法]V.Hugo 雨果
Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.
人生应该树立目标,否则你的精力会白白浪费.
R.Peters 彼得斯
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
人生重要的在于确立一个伟大的目标,并有决心使其实现.
Goethe 歌德
None is of freedom or life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew.
只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人,才配享受生活或自由.
[荷兰]Erasmus 伊拉斯漠
What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
没有了目的,生活便郁闷无光.
George Eliot 乔治.埃略特
Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?
不要认为取胜就是一切,更重要的是要有信念,倘若你没有信念,那胜利又有什么意义呢?
Lane Kirkland 莱恩.柯克兰
He will shoot higher who shoots at the moon than he who aims at a tree.
瞄准月亮的人总比瞄准树的人射得高. /目标远大,效果必佳.
Hitch your wagon to a star.
把你的马车拴到星星上. /要胸怀大志.
We are not born for ourselves.
人之有生,不为一已.
As long as you live, you should be man useful to the people. /Be useful to the people all your life.
活着就要做一个对人民有用的人.
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
只有为别人而活,生命才有价值.
A.Einstein 爱因斯坦
He is unworthy to live who lives only for himself.
只为自己活着的人,不值得活在世上.
Make yourself necessary to someone.
使自己成为别人需要的人.
R.W.Emerson 爱默生
Comrade Bethune's spirit, his utter devotion to others without any thought of self, was shown in his boundless sense of responsibility in his work and his boundless warm-heartedness towards all comrades and the people.
白求恩同志毫不利已专门利人的精神,表现在他对工作的极端负责任,对同志对人民的极端热忱.
Mao Zedong 毛泽东
I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man.I don't know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world.
我想揭示大自然的秘密,用来造福人类.我认为,在我们的短暂一生中,最好的贡献莫过于此了.
Edison 爱迪生
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路.他寻找迄今未开拓的地区.
Lincoln 林肯
To live is to function. That is all there is in living.
活着就要发挥作用,这就是生活的全部内容.
Holmes 霍姆斯
Only when one plunges into the powerful current of the times will one's life shine brilliantly.
一个人只有投身于伟大的时代洪流中,他的生命才会闪耀出光彩.
Man can only be free through mastery of himself.
只有通过掌握自己,才能使自己得到解放.
S.E.Morison 莫里森
One man, no man.
个人是渺小的.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
只有向后看才能理解生活;但要生活好,则必须向前看.
Kierkegaard 克尔恺郭尔
While there is one untrodden tract For intellect or will. And men are free to think and act, Life is worth living.
只要还有一块知识和意志尚未征服的领域,只要人们能自由思考和行动,生活就是值得的.
A.Austin 奥斯汀(英国作家)
Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.
不要害怕你的生活将要结束,应该担心你的生活永远不会真正开始.
J.H.Newman 纽曼
We are here to add what we can you to life, not to get what we can from it.
我们来到世上是为了尽自己所能给生活增加一些东西,而不是为了从生活中获取我们所能得到的一切.
W.Osler奥斯勒
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it.
生活有百分之十在于你如何塑造它,有百分之九十在于你如何对待它.
I.Berlin 柏林
The great use of life is to spend it for some thing that overlasts it.
生命的最大用处是将它用于比生命更长久的事物上.
W.James 詹姆斯
Better do more daily, trivial, ordinary and practical work that is needed by the people, than say a thousand empty words that may be sweet to the ear.
多做一些人民需要的,日常的,细小的,平凡而实际的工作,胜过说一千句漂亮动听的话语.
Life is made up of little things.
生活是由许多小事构成的.
No man is useless in this world who lightens the burden of someone else.
在这个世界上能为别人减轻负担的人都是有用的.
C.Dickens 狄更斯
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为,而不是时间.
J.Lubbock 卢伯克
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them.
生命的价值不在于能活多少天,而在于我们如何使用这些日子.
Montaigne 蒙田
Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation.
要选择行动的一生,而不是炫耀的一生.
[古罗马]C.Nepos 内波斯
The first step is as good as half over.
第一步是最关键的一步.
Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.
河流虽历尽险阻,也能蜿蜓流入大海.
Goals determine what you are going to be.
目标决定你将成为什么样的人.
Julius Erving 朱利叶斯.欧文
Young people must equip themselves for life's duties and guard against its temptations.
年轻人必须为履行生活所赋予他们的职责充实自己,同时要抵制生活的诱惑.
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活没有目标就像航海没有罗盘.
All human wisdom is summed up in two words-wait and hope.
人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个----等待和希望.
Alexandre Dumas Pere 大仲马(法国作家)
Ideals are like the stars--we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them.
理想就像是星星--我们永远够不着星星,但是我们像水手一样,用它们指引航程.
C.Schurz 舒尔茨(美国政治家)
Hope is life and life is hope
希望就是生活,生活也就是希望.
If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
人靠希望活着.
While there is life there is hope.
一息尚存,希望不灭.
英国谚语
He that lives in hope dances without music.
生活在希望中的人,没有音乐照样跳舞.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast.
人生永远满怀希望. /只要有人,就有希望.
I tell you hopeless grief is passionless.
我告诉你,没有希望的悲伤是没有感情的.
E.B.Browning 布朗宁夫人(英国诗人)
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
希望是美好的早餐,却是糟糕的晚餐.
F.Bacon 培根
Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
机会是个没有意义的词;任何事物都不会无缘无故地存在.
He who has never hoped can never despair.
从来没有抱过什么希望的人也永远不会失望.
Bernard Show 萧伯纳
When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.
当一个内心开始斗争时,他就有了价值.
R.Browning 布朗宁
He who trusts all things to chance makes a lottery of his life.
一切都指望机会的人使自己的生活变得像赌彩票一样.
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps the chief happiness which this world affords.
希望本身是一种幸福,也许是这个世界能提供的主要的幸福.
S.Johnson 约翰逊
Hope is bad for the happy man, and good for the unhappy.
希望对幸福的人是不好的事,对不幸福的人是好事.
L.Tolstoy 托尔斯泰
You never know your luck.
命运好坏不由已.
Chance generally favours the prudent.
运气通常照顾深思熟虑者.
The wish is father to the thought.
思考源于愿望. /心有所欲,脑有所思.
Man is not made for defeat.
创造人不是为了让他遭受失败. /人不是为失败而生的.
E.Hemingway 海明威
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
不要为成功而努力,要为作一个有价值的人而努力.
A.Einstein 爱因斯坦
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒,而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来.
O.Goldsmith \ 戈德史密斯
Popularity?It's glory's small change.
名望吗?那不过是光荣的零头.
V.Hugo 雨果
There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way.
只有一种成功,那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生.
C.Morley 莫利
It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
光勤劳是不够的,蚂蚁也是勤劳的.要看你为什么而勤劳.
H.D.Thoreau 梭罗
Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.
人类生存的最大魔法,是从稍纵即逝的事物中攫取永恒.
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
我们必须接受失望,因为它是有限的,但千万不可失去希望,因为它是无穷的.
Martin Luther King.Jr. 马丁.路德.金
Fierce-browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers; head bowed, like a willing ox I serve the children.
横眉冷对千夫指,俯首甘为孺子牛.
Lu Xun 鲁迅
Take little, but give(or offer)much.
应少索取,而多奉献.
The cow eats grass but gives milk.
牛吃的是草,挤出来的是奶.
Lu Xun 鲁迅
A man's life is limited, but there is no limit to serving the people. I will dedicate my limited life to the limitless job of serving the people.
人的生命是有限的,可是,为人民服务是无限的,我要把有限的生命,投入到无限的为人民服务之中去......
LeiFeng雷锋
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.
人必须相信自已,这是成功的秘诀.
Charles Chaplin查理.卓别林
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any thing.
永远记住:你争取成功的决心才是头等重要的.
Abraham Lincoln亚伯拉罕.林肯
Even a small star shines in the darkness.
星星再小,也会发光.
芬兰谚语
Be concerned about the affairs of state before others, and enjoy comfort after others. Be the first to feel concern about state affairs and the last to enjoy yourself.
先天下之忧,后天下之乐而乐.
Give me liberty or give me death.
不自由,毋宁死.
Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.
没有什么比独立自由更可宝贵的了.
( 越南)Ho Chi Minh胡志明
Who loses liberty loses all.
失掉自由使失掉一切.
Lean liberty is better than fat slavery.
宁自由而贫困,毋奴于人而富足.
Only the selfless can be fearless.
无私才能无畏.
中国谚语
No man is so old, but thinks he may yet live another year.
人活百年不嫌多.
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
活在生者的心里,就是不死