FREQUENTLY QUOTED ENGLISH PROVERBS
英语常见谚语
1. A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠总怪工具差。
2. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
3. A bad thing never dies. 坏事遗臭万年。
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 cousin. 吹牛与说谎话本是同宗。
6. A bully is always a coward. 残暴者最怯懦。
7. A burden of one’s choice is not felt. 爱挑担子的不嫌重。
8. A candle lights others and consumers itself. 烛光照亮了别人，却毁灭了自己。
9. A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。
10. A cat may look at a king. 猫也可以看皇帝。
11. A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，祸从口出。
12. A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人烦。
13. Action speaks louder than words. 百说不如一干。
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. 死的其所。流芳百世。
17. A faithful friend is hard to find. 人生得一知己难。
18. A fall into the 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 deed is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真朋友。
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. “你先请”是礼貌。
25. A good beginning is half done. 好的开始是成功的一半。
26. A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始才可善终。
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.
好书如挚友，友谊永恒。
29. A good conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧，高枕无忧。
30. A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。
31. A good husband makes a good wide. 夫善则妻贤。
32. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。
33. A good wife and 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. 吹牛者多谎话。
35. A hedge between keeps friendship green. 淡交则友谊长存。
36. A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑从不会化敌为友，反而常常使人失去朋友。
37. A leopard cannot change its spots. 本性难移。
38. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者既使讲真话也没人相信。
39. A light heart lives long. 轻松愉快的人长寿。
40. A little body often harbors a great soul. 小个子往往精明强干。
41. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解很危险。
42. A little pot is soon hot. 壶小易热。
43. All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃窜时人人都成了勇士。
44. All is not gold that glitters 闪闪发光物，未必是金子。
45. All is well that ends well. 结果好，就是一切都好。
46. All rivers run into sea. 条条江河归大海。
47. All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
48. All things are difficult before they are easy. 万事开头难。
49. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. 只用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
50. A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问，方可有学问。
51. A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。
52. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不可二用。
53. A man is known by his friends. 看其交友知其为人。
54. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不干事，好像花园光长刺。
55. A man without money is no man at all 没钱难做人。
56. A merry heart goes all the way. 心旷神怡，事事顺利。
57. A miss is as good as a mile. 失之豪厘，差之千里。
58. A mother’s love never changes. 母爱永恒。
59. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一个苹果，医生远离我。
60. A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
61. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
62. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。
63. An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗学不出新把戏。
64. An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聪明才智不如运气。
65. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防为主，治疗为辅。
66. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔。/ 流水不腐，户枢不蠹。
67. As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
68. A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春。
69. A snow year, a good/rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。
70. A sound mind in a sound body. 键全的精神寓于键康的身体。
71. A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。（大智若愚）
72. A stitch in time saves nine. 一针及时省九针。
73. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 人正不怕影斜。
74. A wise head makes a close mouth. 智者寡言。
75. A word spoken is past recalling. / The words once spoken can never be recalled. 一言既出，驷马难追。
76. A year’s plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。
77. A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
78. Bad news has winds. / Bad news travels quickly. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。
79. Barking dogs do not/seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人。
80. Beauty lies in the lover’s eyes/Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder
情人眼里出西施。
81. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
82. Better late than never. 不怕慢，只怕站。
83. Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好。
84. Between friends all is common 朋友之间不分彼此。
85. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
86. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。
87. Blood will have blood. 血债要用血来还。
88. Books and friends should be few but good/Books like friends.
买书 如交友，勿必少而精。
89. Business is business. 公事公办。
90. Business is the salt of life. 事业是人生的第一需要。
91. By reading we enrich the mind;’ by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实，谈心使人精明。
92. Cannot see the wood for the trees. 见树不见林。
93. Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋乃成功之母。
94. Caution is the parent of safety. 谨慎乃安全之本。
95. Cheats never prosper. 骗人发不了财。
96. Children are what the mothers are. 有其母，必有其子。
97. Choose an author as you choose a friend. 择书如择友。
98. Come what may, heaven won’t fall. 天塌不下来。
99. Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。
100. Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
101. Constant dripping wears away a stone. 滴水石穿。
102. Content is better than riches/Content is happiness. 知足胜过财富。
103. Count one’s chickens before they are hatched. 打如意算盘。
104. Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 单方礼貌难为久。
105. Creep before you walk. 先学爬，后学走。
106. Cry for the moon. 海底捞月。
107. Custom is a second nature. 习惯是后天养成的。
108. Custom makes all things easy. 尊重风俗，万事通畅。
109. Diamond cut diamond. 强中更有强中手。
110. Do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗。
111. Do s you would be done by. 已所不欲，勿施于人。
112. Doing is better than saying. 百说不如一干。
113. Do it now. 机不可失，时不再来。
114. Do nothing by halves/Never do things by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。
115. Don’t claim to know what you don’t know. 不要不懂装懂。
116. Don’t have too many irons in the fire. 不可揽事过多。
117. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. 不要小
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118. Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今天该做的事不要推到明天做。
119. Don’t put the cart before the horse. 不要本末倒置。
120. Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。
121. Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要班门弄斧。
122. Do well and have well. 善有善报。
123. Each bird loves/like to hear himself sing. 鸟儿爱听自己唱。
124. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
睡的早，起的早，富欲，聪明身体好。
125. Easier/Sooner said than done/Easy said than done. 说时容易做时难。
126. Easy come, easy go. 来的容易去的快。
127. Eat to live, but not live to eat. 要活命就得吃饭，但活着不是为了吃饭。
128. Empty vessels make the greatest sound/the most noise.
一瓶子不响，半瓶子恍荡。
129. Envy has no holidays. 嫉妒之人无宁日。
130. Even Homer sometimes nods. 智如荷马，也会有失。智者千虑，必有一失。
131. Even reckoning makes long friends. 好朋友，勤算账。
132. Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。
133. Everybody’s business is nobody’s business. 人人有责，则没人负责。
134. Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在，好花不常开。
135. Every dog has his day. 谁都有得意的时候。
136. Every door may be shut, but death’s door. 人生有世，为死难逃。
137. Every heart has its own sorrow. / Every heart knows its own bitterness.
人人都有苦恼。家家都有难念的经。
138. Every little helps. / Every little makes a nickel. 积少成多/聚腋成裘
139. Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人皆为己，迟者吃亏。人不为己，天诛地灭。
140. Every man has his faults. 凡人都有缺点。人无完人，金无足赤。
141. Every man has his hobbyhorse. 人各有所好。
142. Every man has his weak side. 人人都有弱点。
143. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 人人都是自己名运的设计师。
144. Every minute counts. 要分秒必争。
145. Every mother’s child is handsome. 孩子是自己的好。
146. Every potter praises his pot./ Every salesman boasts of his own wares.
王婆买瓜自买自夸。
147. Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
148. Example is better than precept. 身教重于言教。
149. Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父。
150. Experience must be bought. 取得经验必须付出代价。
151. Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
152. Failure is the mother of success/Failure teaches success. 失败是成功之母。
153. False friends are worse than biter enemies/open enemies. 假朋友比敌人更可恶。
154. Far from eye, far from heart. 眼不见，心不想。
155. Far water does not put out near fire. 远水救不了近火。
156. Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
157. Fear always springs from ignorance. 恐惧源于无知。
158. Fields/Hedges have eyes, and woods/walls have ears. 隔篱笆有眼，隔墙有耳。
159. Fire and water have no mercy. 水火无情。
160. Fire is a good servant but a bad master. 火是忠仆，用之不慎成灾主。
161. First come, first served. 先来的先招待。
162. First impressions are half the batter/are most lasting. 初次见面，印象最深。
163. First think and then speak. 三思而后言。
164. Fools grow without watering. 傻瓜不必培养，自然也会成长。
165. Fool’s haste is no speed. 欲速则不达。
166. Fools have fortune. 傻人有傻福。
167. 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。
168. Forbidden fruit is sweet. 禁果分外香。
169. Fortune favors those who use their judgment. 机遇偏爱善断之人。
170. Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s gate. 人人都有走运时。
171. Four eyes see more than two. 集思广益。
172. Friends agree best at distance. 君子之交淡如水。
173. Friends are thieves of time. 朋友是时间的窃贼。
174. Friends must part. 再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
175. Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 天才乃勤奋而已。
176. Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲置其罪，何患无辞？
177. God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助之人。
178. Gold will not buy everything/anything. 黄金并非万能。
179. Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
180. Good health is the best wealth/above wealth. 健康是最大的财富。
181. Good medicine tastes bitter to the mouth. 良药苦口。
182. Good watch prevents misfortune. 谨慎免灾祸。
183. Great barkers are no biters. 吠犬不咬人。
184. Great hopes make great man. 伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
185. Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
186. Great men have great faults. 英雄犯大错误。
187. Great men’s sons seldom do well. 伟人子弟，少有出息。
188. Great trees are good for nothing but shade. 大树底下好乘凉。
189. Great wits have short memories. 贵人键忘。
190. Greedy folks have long arms. 心贪手长。
191. Guilty consciences make men cowards. 做贼心虚。
192. Habit cures habit/Habit is overcome by habit. 习惯要靠习惯医。
193. Handsome is he who does handsomely. 行为漂亮才算美。
194. Happiness takes no account of time. 欢乐不觉时光过。
195. Happy is he who owes nothing. 无债一身轻。
196. Happy is the man who learns form the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人的教训，自己才会走运。
197. Harm set, harm gets. 害人者以害己告终。
198. Hasty love, soon cold. 一见钟情难持久。
199. Health is better than wealth. 健康胜过财富。
200. Health is happiness. 健康就是财富。
201. Hear all parties. 兼听则明，偏信则暗。
202. Heaven never helps the man who will not act. 天不助懒汉。
203. He is a fool that forgets himself. 愚者忘乎所以。
204. He is a god friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背后说好话，才是真朋友。
205. He is wise man who speaks little. 寡言者智。
206. He is lifeless that if faultless. 只有死人才不犯错误。
207. He is not fit to command others than cannot command himself.
不能正己，焉能正人？
208. He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first. 先自嘲者不会让人见笑。
209. He is the wise man who is the honest man/He is wise that is honest.
忠诚老实最明智。
210. He knows most who speaks least. 大智若愚。
211. He laughs best who laughs last/He who laughs last laughs best.
谁笑在最好，谁小的最好。
212. He sets the fox to keep the/his geese. 让狐看鹅。
213. He that climbs high falls heavily. 爬的高，摔的重。
214. He that will not work shall not eat. 不劳动者不得食。
215. He who does not advance loses ground. 逆水行舟，不进则退。
216. He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 经常诉苦，没人同情。
217. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. 不犯错误，一无所成。
218. He who risks nothing, gains nothing. 不冒风险，焉能收获。
219. History repeats itself. 历史往往重演。
220. Honesty is the best policy. 220 诚实是上策。
221. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的准备。
222. I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 朋友不能阿谀奉承。
223. If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. 受骗一次，骗子可耻；受骗两次，受骗者可耻。
224. I you make yourself an ass don’t complain if people ride you.
自己要当驴，别怪他人骑。
225. I your ears glow someone is talking of you. 如果耳朵发烧，一定有人念叨。
226. If you run after two hares you will catch none.脚踩两只船，必定落空。
227. If you sell the cow, you sell her milk. 卖了奶牛，断了奶源。
228. If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. / Nothing ventured, nothing gained.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
229. If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 要想求知，就得吃苦。
230. Industry is the parent of success. 勤俭是成功之母。
231. It is better to die when life is a disgrace. 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
232. It is easier to get money than to keep it. 挣钱容易，攒钱难。
233. It is easy to be wise after the event. 事后诸葛亮好当。
234. It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it open always. 开业容易，守业难。
235. It is hard to please all. 一人难称百人心。众口难调。
236. It is never too late/old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
237. It is never too late to mend. 改过不嫌迟。
238. It is not use crying over spilt milk/There is no use crying over spilt milk.
牛奶既洒，哭也无益。/ 覆水难收。
239. It is the first step that costs/is troublesome. 万事开头难。
240. It is the unforeseen/unexpected that always happens.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
241. It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. 坐失良机，悲伤于事无补。
242. It never rains but it pours. 天下则已，下则倾盆。
243. It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 百年树人。
244. Jack of all trades and master of none. 门门精通，样样稀松。
245. Judge not from appearances/not according to the appearance.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
246. Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
247. Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 进朱者赤，
248. Kill two birds with one stone. 一石双鸟。
249. Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it. 君王疯颠，人命遭殃。
250. Kings have long arms/hands. 王权及四海，忽与帝王争。
251. Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
252. Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud.知识使人谦虚，无知使人骄傲。
253. Learn and live. 活到老，学到老。
254. Learning makes a god man better and ill man worse.好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
255. Learn not and know not. 不学则无知。
256. Learn to walk before you run. 先学走，再学跑。
257. Let bygones be bygones/Let the dead bury the dead. 过去的事就让他过去把。
258. Let sleeping dogs lie. 别惹麻烦。
259. Let the cat out of the bag. 泄漏秘密。
260. Lies can never change facts. 谎言不能改变事实。
261. Lies have short legs. 谎话腿短。
262. Life is but a span. 人生短暂。
263. Life is half spent before we know what it is. 人过半生方明白。
264. Life is not all roses.人生并非处处是玫瑰。
265. Life without a friends I death. 没有朋友，虽生犹死。
266. Like a rat in a hole.如瓮中只鳖。
267. Like author, like book. 什么作者写什么书。
268. Like father, like son. 有其父，必有其子。
269. Like for like. 一报还一报。
270. Like knows like. 英雄识英雄。
271. Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其子。
272. Like teacher, like pupil. 有其师必有其徒。
273. Like tree, like fruit. 栽什么树，结什么果。
274. Little things amuse/please little mind. 胸无大志易满足。
275. Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
276. Lookers-on see more than players/Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清，当事者迷。
277. Losers are always in the wrong. 胜者王，败者寇。
278. Lost time is never found again. 岁月既往，不可复迫。
279. Love at first sight. 一见钟情。
280. Love cannot be compelled/Love cannot be forced. 爱情不能强求。
281. Love is full of trouble. 爱情充满烦恼。
282. Love is never without jealousy. 没有嫉妒，没有爱情。
283. Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌，爱人及物。
284. Make hay while the sun shines. 晒草要趁太阳好。
285. Make your enemy your friends. 要化敌为友。
286. Man is the soul of the universe. 人为万物之灵。
287. Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。
288. Many hands make light work. 众人拾柴草火焰高。
289. Many heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠赛过诸葛亮。
290. Many things grow in the garden than were never sown there.
有心栽花花不活，无心插柳柳成荫。
291. Measure for measure. 针锋相对。
292. Misfortunes never come alone/singly.祸不单行。.
293. Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。
294. Money isn’t everything. 金钱不是万能的。
295. Murder will out. 纸包不住火。
296. My son is my son till he has got him a wife; but my daughter’s my daughter all the days of her life. 儿子儿子，婚前是儿子；女儿女儿，终生是女儿。
297. Nature is the true law. 自然规律，不可抗拒。
298. Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明之母。
299. Never fish in trouble water. 不要浑水摸鱼。
300. Never judge from appearances. 人不可貌相。
301. Never say die. 不要气馁。
302. Never too old to learn; never too late to turn. 学习不厌老，改过不嫌迟。
303. New wine in old bottles. 旧瓶装新酒。
304. No cross, no crown.无苦则无乐。
305. No garden without its weeds. 没有天生杂草的园子。
306. No living man all things can. 世上没有万事通。
307. No man can do two things at once. 疑心不可二用。
308. No man is born wise or learned. 生而知之的人是没有的。
309. No man is content. 人心没尽。
310. No man is wise at all times. 智者千虑，必有一失。
311. None are so blind as those who won’t see. 视而不见的人最瞎。
312. None are so deaf as those who won’t hear. 充耳不闻的人最聋。
313. No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。
314. No one can call back yesterday. 时光流逝，不可复得。
315. No pains, no gains/ No pains without gains. 不老则无获。
316. No pleasure without pain. 没有苦则没有乐。
317. No rose without a thorn. 没有不带刺的玫瑰。
318. No sweet without sweat.不流汗就没有幸福。
319. No smoke without fire. 无火不起烟。
320. Nothing brave, nothing have? Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
321. Nothing dries sooner than a tear. 眼泪干得最快。
322. Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
323. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事 ，只要肯登攀。
324. Nothing seek, nothing find. 无则所求则无收获。
325. Nothing so necessary for travelers as languages. 外出旅行，语言最要紧。
326. Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
327. Not to advance is to go back. 不进则退。
328. Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
329. No way is impossible to courage. 勇气出办法。
330. Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从命令是军人的天职。
331. Observation is the best teacher. 观察是最好的老师。
332. Offence is the best defense. 进攻是最好的防御。
333. Old friends and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇，老友情深。
334. Old sin makes new shame. 一失足成千古恨。
335. Once a man and twice a child. / Old men are twice children. 一次老，两次小。
336. Once a thief, always a thief. 偷盗一次，作贼一世。
337. Once bit/bitten twice shy. 一次没咬，下次胆小。
338. One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚担水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
339. One cannot put back the clock. 时钟不能倒转。
340. One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 百闻不如见。
341. One false/wrong move may lose the game. 一步走错，全盘皆输。
342. One good turn deserves another. 善有善报。
343. One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 眼小一小时，赛过明日两小时。
344. One man’s fault is another man’s lesson. 一人犯错误，别人得教训。
345. One never loses anything by politeness. 讲礼貌不吃亏。
346. One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
347. One’s words reflect one’s thinking. 言为人心。
348. Out of debt, out of danger. 无债一身轻。
349. Out of office, out of danger. 无官一身轻。
350. Out of sight, out mind. 眼不见，心不想。
351. Patience is the best remedy. 忍耐是良药。
352. Penny wise, pound foolish. 小钱精明，大钱糊涂。
353. Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明/光明磊落/人人称赞，身体力行者却寥寥无几。
354. Please the eye and plague the heart. 只顾眼前快活，必然事后烦恼。
355. Pleasure comes through toil. 先苦后甜。
356. our water into a sieve. 竹篮打水，一场空。
357. Practice/Example is better than precept. 身教难于言教。
358. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
359. Praise is not pudding. 恭维话不能当饭吃。
360. Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
361. Prefer loss to unjust gain. 宁可吃亏，勿贪便宜。
362. Prevention is better than cure. 防病总比治病好。
363. Pride goes before, and shame comes after/Pride goes before a fall. 骄必招辱。
364. Promise is debt. 欠债要清，许愿要还。
365. Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
366. Pull the chestnut out fire. 火中取栗。
367. Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。
368. Put your shoulder to the wheel. 鼎力相助。
369. Reading enriches the mind. 开卷有益。
370. Reading is to the mind what exercise to the body.
读书有益于精神，运动有益于身体。
371. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 要人尊敬，必须自重。
372. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马非一日建成。
373. Saying is one thing and doing another. 说和做是两回事。
374. Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
375. Seek the truth from facts. 实事求是。
376. Send a wise man on an errant, and say nothing to him. 智者当差，不用交代。
377. Set a thief to catch a thief. 以贼捉贼。
378. Short accounts make long friends. 好朋友勤算账。
379. Something is better than nothing. 聊胜于无。
380. Soon learnt, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得也快。
381. Soon ripe, soon rotten. 熟得快，烂得快。
382. Speech is silver, silence is gold. 能言是银，沉默是金。
383. Still/Smooth waters run deep. / Still waters have deep bottom. 静水不静。
384. Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。
385. Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于不屈不挠的人们。
386. Take things as they come. 既来之，则安之。
387. Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。
388. Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操到。
389. Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。
390. Teach others by your example. 身教重于言教。
391. The best hearts are always the bravest. 无私者无畏。
392. The best man stumbles. 智者于虑，必有一失。
393. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 掩耳盗铃。
394. The danger past and God forgotten. 度过险境，忘了恩人。
395. The darker hour is nearest the dawn. 黎明前最黑暗。
396. The darkest place is under the candlestick. 灯台底下最暗。
397. The devil knows many things because he is old. 人老见识多。
398. The devil sometimes speaks the truth. 魔鬼有时也会说真话。
399. The die is cast. 事已定局，无法挽回。
400. The early bird gets/catches the worm. 鸟儿起得早，蚯蚓吃得到。
401. The end justifies the means. 只要目的正当，可用不同手段。
402. The end makes all equal. 死亡面前，人人平等。
403. The eye is bigger than the belly. 眼大肚子小，贪多嚼不烂。
404. The farthest/longest way about is the nearest way home.
路遥反而近，捷径常误人。
405. The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢，不成器。
406. The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man. 烈火炼真金，艰难验意志。
407. The first step is the only difficulty. 万事开头难。
408. The fox knew too much, that’s how he lost his tail.
机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。
409. The fox may grow gray but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。
410. The fox preys farthest from home. 兔子不吃窝边草。
411. The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井蛙观天。
412. The grass is greener on the other side. 这山看着那山高。
413. The greatest talkers are least doers. 语言的巨人往往是行动的矮子。
414. The higher up, the greater the fall. 爬的越高，摔的越重。
415. The leopard cannot change his/its spots. 本性难移。
416. The more noble the more humble. 人越高尚，越谦虚。
417. The more wit the less courage. 越理智，越胆小。
418. The outsider sees the best/the most of the game. 旁观者清。
419. The pen is mightier than the sword. 文笔比刀剑更有战斗力。
420. The pot calls the kettle black. 老鸦落在猪身上，看见人家黑，看不见自己黑
421. There are spots in/on the sun. 太阳也有黑点。
422. There are two sides to every question. 问题皆有两面。
423. There is a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家都有隐秘的事。
424. There is kindness to be found everywhere. 人间处处有温情。
425. There is no general rule without some exception. 任何法规都有例外。
426. There is no medicine against death.世上没有长生不老。
427. There is no place like home. 哪也没有在家好。
428. There is no royal road to learning. 做学问没有康庄大道。
429. The style is the man. 文如其人。
430. The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 人言可畏。
431. The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，也能覆舟。
432. The wise man know he know nothing, the fool things he knows all.
智者自廉，愚者自负。
433. The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 鹤蚌相争，渔人得利。
434. The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
435. The world is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，此地有逢君。
436. Things at the worse will mend. 否极泰来。
437. Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不等人。
438. Time cures all things. 时间是最好的医生。
439. Time flies. 光阴似箭，日月如梭。
440. Time is money. 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。
441. Time lost cannot be won again. 时光流逝，不可复得。
442. Time past cannot be called back again. 光阴一去不复返。
443. Time tries all. 时间可以检验一切。
444. Tit for tat is fair play. 以牙还牙，光明正大。
445. To err is human. 人孰无过？
446. To know everything is to know nothing. 样样精通，样样稀松。
447. To know one’s self is true progress. 认识自己是真正的进步。
448. Tomorrow comes never. 切莫依赖明天。
449. Too much familiarity breeds contempt. 过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
450. Too much knowledge makes the head bald. 学问太多催人老。
451. Too much liberty spoils all. 自用放任，一事无成。
452. Too much praise is a burden. 过多夸奖，反成负担。
453. To save time is to lengthen life. 节省时间就是延年益寿。
454. Touch pitch, and you will be defiled. 近墨者黑。
455. Troubles never come singly. 祸不单行。
456. Truth never grows old. 真理永存。
457. urn over a new leaf. 改过自新。
458. Two dogs fight/strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹤蚌相争，渔人得利。
459. Two heads are better than one. 两人智慧胜过一人。
460. Two of a trade never agree. 同行是冤家。
461. Two wrongs do not make a right. 两个错误，不等于一个正确。
462. Unity is strength. 团结就是力量。
463. Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于好。
464. Until all is over one’s ambition never dies. 不到黄河心不死。
465. Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 舍小鱼，钓大鱼。
466. Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远胜过美貌。
467. Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。
468. Wash your dirty linen at home. 家丑不可外扬。
469. Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 滴水穿石。
470. Wealth is nothing without health. 失去健康，空有财产。
471. We know not what is good until we have lost it.
任何东西只有失去时才知其价值。
472. Well begun is half done. 好的开始，是成功的一半。
473. We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水可贵。
474. We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成孤家寡人。
475. We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. 做点好事千万莫提，别人恩惠要时刻铭记。
476. Wet behind the ears.乳臭未干。
477. Whatever you do, do with all your might. 不论哪一行，都要全力以赴。
478. What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. 儿时所学，终生难忘。
479. What’s done cannot be undone. 时已定局，无法挽回。
480. What’s lost is lost. 失者不可复得。
481. What we do willingly is easy. 恩者不难。
482. When at Rome, do as the Romans do. 人国问禁，入乡随俗。
483. When everybody’s somebody then no one’s anybody. 人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。
484. When sorrow is asleep wake it not. 伤心事，别重提。
485. When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 祸不单行。
486. When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 狐狸说教，鹅要看好。
487. When wine is in truth, wit is out. 酒后吐真言。
488. Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者是竟成。
489. Where there is life, there is hope. 有生命就有希望。
490. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. 有烟必有火。
491. While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 道高一尺，魔高一丈。
492. Who chatters to you, will chatter of you. 来说是非者，必是是非人。
493. He whom the gods love dies young. 好人不长命。
494. Wise men have their mouths in their hearts, fools their hearts in the mouths.
智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。
495. Work makes the workman. 勤工出巧匠。
496. You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点。
497. You cannot eat your cake and have it. 事难两全。
498. You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
引马河边易，逼马饮水难。
499. You may know by a handful the whole sack. 由一斑可知全貌。
500. You never know what you can till you try. 自己本事有多高，尝试一下见分晓。
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