All roads lead to Roma.
条条大道通罗马 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.
切莫过于乐观 Learn to walk before you run.
循序渐进 It′s easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮 As you make your bed,so you must lie in it.
自食其果 All that glitters is not gold.
　闪光的东西并非都是金子 Many hands make light work.
人多力量大 Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.
世上无难事只要肯登攀 Time is money.
时间就是金钱。 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.
样样都要，全都失掉。 Better master one than engage with ten.
会十事不如精一事。 Silly child is soon taught.
要想孩子好，教育要趁早。 More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达。

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英语谚语500句 A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。 A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。 A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。 A cat may look at a king. 猫也可以打量国王，意为人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。 A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。 A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。 A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。 'After you' is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。 A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。 A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。 A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。 A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。 A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤。 A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 A good wife health is a man's best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 A great talker is a great liar. 说大话者多谎言。 A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its spots. 积习难改。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A light heart lives long. 静以修身。 A little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。 A little pot is soon hot. 狗肚子盛不得四两油。 All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席。 All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。 All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 All that ends well is well. 结果好，就一切都好。 All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。 All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。 A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.

英语谚语500句

一心不能二用。 A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 A man without money is no man at all. 一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A merry heart goes all the way. 心旷神怡，事事顺利。 A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。 A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。 A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。 An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗学不出新把戏。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聪明才智，不如运气。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防为主，治疗为辅。 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。 As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。 A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。 A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close mouth. 真人不露相，露相非真人。 A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。 A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。 A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。 Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人。 Beauty lies in the love's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。 Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。 Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好。 Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。 Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。 Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。 Blood will have blood. 血债血偿。 Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。 Business is business. 公事公办。 Business is the salt of life. 事业是人生的第一需要。 By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 Cannot see the wood for the trees. 一叶障目，不见泰山。 Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 Caution is the parent of safety. 小心驶得万年船。 Cheats never prosper. 骗人发不了财。 Children are what the mothers are. 耳濡目染，身教言传。 Choose an author as you choose a friend. 择书如择友。 Come what may, heaven won't fall. 做你的吧，天塌不下来。 Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。 Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 Constant dripping wears away a stone. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。 Count one's chickens before they are hatched. 蛋未孵先数雏。 Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 来而不往非礼也。 Creep before you walk.

循序渐进。
Cry for the moon.
海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。
Do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
Do it now.
机不可失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。
Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂装懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事过多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻烦。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好。
Easier said than done.
说得容易，做得难。
Easy come, easy go.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人负责，等于没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.
谁都有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。
Every minute counts.
分秒必争。
Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。
Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Far from eye, far from heart.
眼不见，心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served.
先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次见面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金，积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大错误。
Great men's sons seldom do well.
富不过三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.
贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.
心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.
健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼听则明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不动，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.
背后说好话，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯错误。
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.
自嘲者不会让人见笑。
He is wise that is honest.
诚实者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
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.
不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不进则退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.

经常诉苦，没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯错误，就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上当一回头，再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。
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。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.
众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木，百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
门门精通，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢，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.
一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.
活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.
不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.
先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.
谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.
谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.
没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.
文如其人。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
一报还一报。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.

有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.
什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人无大志。
Look before you leap.
摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.
岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.
一见钟情。
Love cannot be compelled.
爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.
爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.
没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
Make hay while the sun shines.
良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.
化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.
人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
Measure for measure.
针锋相对。
Misfortunes never come alone.
祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。
Money isn't everything.
钱不是万能的。
Murder will out.
纸包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
Never say die.
永不言败。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
New wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。
No cross, no crown.
不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.
没有不长草的园子。
No living man all things can.
世上没有万事通。
No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.
没有生而知之者。
No man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.
聪明一世，糊涂一时。
None are so blind as those who won't see.
视而不见。
None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
充耳不闻。
No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不会重现。
No pains, no gains.
没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain.
没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.
先苦后甜。
No smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼泪干得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
没有追求就没有收获。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行，语言最要紧。

Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty. 世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。 Not to advance is to go back. 不进则退。 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. 勇者无惧。 Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 军人以服从命令为天职。 Observation is the best teacher. 观察是最好的老师。 Offense is the best defense. 进攻是最好的防御。 Old friends and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇，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，两次小。 Once a thief, always a thief. 偷盗一次，做贼一世。 Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. 一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。 One cannot put back the clock. 时钟不能倒转。 One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 百闻不如一见。 One false move may lose the game. 一着不慎，满盘皆输。 One good turn deserves another. 行善积德。 One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 争分夺秒效率高。 One man's fault is other man's lesson. 前车之鉴。 One never loses anything by politeness. 讲礼貌不吃亏。 One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。 One's words reflect one's thinking. 言为心声。 Out of debt, out of danger. 无债一身轻。 Out of office, out of danger. 无官一身轻。 Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心为静。 Patience is the best remedy. 忍耐是良药。 Penny wise, pound foolish. 贪小便宜吃大亏。 Plain dealing is praised more than practiced. 正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。 Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。 Pleasure comes through toil. 苦尽甘来。 Pour water into a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空。 Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 Praise is not pudding. 恭维话不能当饭吃。 Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。 Prefer loss to unjust gain. 宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。 Pride goes before, and shame comes after. 骄傲使人落后。 Promise is debt. 一诺千金。 Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. 谚语是日常经验的结晶。 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. 开卷有益。 Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body. 读书健脑，运动强身。 Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 要人尊敬，必须自重。 Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 Saying is one thing and doing another. 言行不一。 Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。 Seek the truth from facts. 实事求是。 Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him. 智者当差，不用交代。 Set a thief to catch a thief. 以贼捉贼。 Short accounts make long friends. 好朋友勤算账。 Something is better than nothing. 聊胜于无。 Soon learn, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得快。 Soon ripe, soon rotten. 熟得快，烂得快。 Speech is silver, silence is gold. 能言是银，沉默是金。

Still water run deep. 静水常深。 Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。 Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。 Take things as they come. 既来之，则安之。 Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。 Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操就到。 Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。 Teach others by your example. 躬亲示范。 The best hearts are always the bravest. 无私者无畏。 The best man stumbles. 伟人也有犯错时。 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing. 掩耳盗铃。 The danger past and God forgotten. 过河拆桥。 The darkest hour is nearest the dawn. 黎明前的黑暗。 The darkest place is under the candlestick. 烛台底下最暗。 The devil knows many things because he is old. 老马识途。 The devil sometimes speaks the truth. 魔鬼有时也会说真话。 The die is cast. 木已成舟。 The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 The end justifies the means. 只要目的正当，可以不择手段。 The end makes all equal. 死亡面前，人人平等。 The eye is bigger than the belly. 贪多嚼不烂。 The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 抄近路反而绕远路。 The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢，不成器。 The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man. 烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。 The first step is the only difficulty. 迈出第一步是最艰难的。 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。 The fox preys farthest from home. 兔子不吃窝边草。 The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 坐井观天。 The grass is greener on the other side. 这山望着那山高。 The greatest talkers are always least doers. 语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。 The higher up, the greater the fall. 爬得高，摔得惨。 The leopard cannot change its spots. 本性难移。 The more noble, the more humble. 人越高尚，越谦虚。 The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犊不怕虎。 The outsider sees the most of the game. 旁观者清。 The pen is mightier than the sword. 笔能杀人。 The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。 There are spots in the sun. 太阳也有黑点。 There are two sides to every question. 问题皆有两面。 There is a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有本难念的经。 There is kindness to be found everywhere. 人间处处有温情。 There is no general rule without some exception. 任何法规均有例外。 There is no medicine against death. 没有长生不老药。 There is no place like home. 金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。 There is no royal road to learning. 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。 The style is the man. 字如其人。 The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 人言可畏。 The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。 The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all. 清者自清，浊者自浊。 The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。 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。 The world is but a little place, after all. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 Think twice before you do. 三思而后行。

Things at the worst will mend.
否极泰来。
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。
Time cures all things.
时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies.
光阴似箭。
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
Time lost cannot be won again.

时光流逝，不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.
时间不能倒流。
Time tries all.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.
人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
To err is human.
人非圣贤，孰能无过。
To know everything is to know nothing.
什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。
To know oneself is true progress.
人贵有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes.
我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
学问太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.
自由放任，一事无成。
Too much praise is a burden.
过多夸奖，反成负担。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节约时间就是延长生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
Troubles never come singly.
福无双至，祸不单行。
Truth never grows old.
真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.
洗心革面，改过自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.
一个好汉三个帮。
Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.
别人错了，不等于你对了。
Unity is strength.
团结就是力量。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠言逆耳利于行。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
不到黄河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远远胜过美貌。
Walls have ears.
小心隔墙有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康，钱再多也没用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好东西，失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.
好的开始，是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水可贵。
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为孤家寡人。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。
Wet behind the ears.
乳臭未干。
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
不管做什么，都要一心一意。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
儿时所学，终生难忘。
What's done cannot be undone.
生米煮成熟饭了。
What's lost is lost.
失者不可复得。
What we do willingly is easy.
愿者不难。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入国问禁，入乡随俗。
When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.
人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
伤心旧事别重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
新仇旧恨，齐上心头。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.
酒后吐真言。
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。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.
道高一尺，魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.
搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.
好人不长命。
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。
Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.
鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。 （衣人注：此翻译不尽准确，仅供参考。）
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
强扭的瓜不甜。
You may know by a handful the whole sack.
由一斑可知全貌。
You never know what you can till you try.
是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛

Yesterday is dead, forget it; tomorrow does not exist, don't worry; today is here, use it. 昨天已经消逝，把它忘掉；明天还未来到，不必烦恼；今天就在眼前，把它用好.
Yesterday will not be called again. 光阴一去不复返.
You (or One) cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 粗瓷碗雕不出细花来.
You are the greatest enemy if you are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest friend. 如果你是胆小鬼，你就是自己最大的敌人；如果你是勇敢者，你就是自己最好的朋友.
You can do more than strike while the iron is hot; you can make the iron hot by striking. 铁热时，你能做的不止是锤打，而锤打可使铁热.
You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time. 你可以一直愚弄一些人，甚至可以在某个时期愚弄所有的人；但不能一直愚弄所有的人.
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 马到河边不喝水，逼马低头亦枉然.
You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。
You cannot clap with one hand. 孤掌难鸣.
You cannot eat your cake and have it. 鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
You cannot flay the same ox twice. 一头牛不能剥两次皮.
You cannot have two forenoons in the same day. 一日之中不可能有两个上午.
You cannot have your cake and eat it. 你不能又要留饼，又要吃它。
You cannot judge a tree by its bark. 人不可貌相.
You cannot make a crab walk straight. 江山易改，本性难移.
"You cannot put old heads on young shoulders.
" "少年老成，势必难解。
"
You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. 你不可能出售乳牛，同时又要喝牛奶.
You can't eat your cake and have it. 不能既要吃饼，又要把饼保存.
You can't make bricks without straw. 没有稻草，制砖难搞.
You can't make omelets (or omeletts) without breaking eggs. 有失才有得.
You have no goats, and yet you sell kids. 你虽无老山羊，却出卖小山羊.
You make the failure complete when you stop strying. 不再努力之时，就是完全失败之日.
You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep. 你可以迫人闭眼，但不能使他睡觉.
You may go farther and fare worse. 一动不如一静.
You may know by a handful the whole sack. 由一斑可知全貌。
You may know the horse by his harness. 欲知马如何，可看套马索.
You must not pledge your own health. 切不可把健康作孤注一掷.
You must reap what you have sown. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆.
You never know what you can do till you try. 事非经过不知难.
You never know what you can till you try. 是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。
You never know your luck. 命运好坏不由己。
You roll my log and I'll roll yours. 互相吹嘘.
You should, like a candle, burn yourself out to give light to others. 要象蜡烛一样燃烧自己，照亮别人。
You'd better wise up. 你最好放聪明点.
Young man may die but old men must die. 年轻人可能会死，老年人难免不亡.
Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle, old age a regret. 青年冒失莽撞；成年发奋图强；老年遗憾懊丧.
Youth is life's seed-time. 青年时代是人生的播种期.
Youth is the season of hope, enterprise, and energy, to a nation as well as an individual. 青年时期对国家和个人都是希望、创业和精力充沛的时期.
Youth looks forward and age backward. 青年人向前看，老年人向后看.
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. 缺乏知识之热诚犹如脱缰之马。
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 有热情而无知识，犹如有火焰而无光芒.

While we breathe, there is hope. 只要活著，就有希望.
Who answers suddenly knows little. 答得迅速，懂得不多.
Who are ready to believe are easy to deceive. 轻信的人容易受骗.
"Who chatters to you will chatter of you.
" "来说是非者，便是是非人。
"
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you. 搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet. 不尝黄连苦，怎知蜂蜜甜.
Who has no haste in his business mountains to him seem valleys. 做事不急，履险如夷.
Who has patience has all things. 拥有耐心的人会拥有一切。
Who holds the purse rules the house. 钱可神通.
Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑.
Who knows most speaks (or says) least. 大巧若拙.
Who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to live. 掩饰感情全不会，怎样生活必不知.
Who lives by hope will die by hunger. 靠希望而生，必因饥饿而死.
Who loses liberty loses all. 失去自由即失去一切.
Who makes everything right must rise early. 要把事事都做好，必须坚持起得早.
Who minds his own business has no time to mind other folks. 为人只顾自己事，就无时间关心人.
Who serves everybody gets thanks from nobody. 人人都侍候，个个不见好.
Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow. 在罪恶中游泳的人，必将在悲哀中沈没.
Who undertakes many things at once, seldom does anything well. 许多事情同时干，一件事也办不成.
Who will not keep a penny, shall never have many. 不积少，不会成多.
Whom God would ruin, he first deprives of reason. 伤天害理，天诛地灭.
Whom the gods love die young. 好人不长寿.
Whom we love best to them we can say least. 对我们的最爱的人，我们可说的话最少.
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love. 坏人服从出于怕，好人服从出于爱.
Wickedness does not go altogether unrequited. 恶有恶报.
Wilful waste makes woeful want. 浪费招致穷困.
Wine and judgement mature with age. 酒存放年代越久越香，判断力随年龄而增长.
Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst. 瓶中之酒不解渴.
Wine is mirror of the mind. 酒后吐真言.
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 手里有钱财，不如胸中有文才.
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it. 我们为了求知识，付出高价也值得.
Wisdom is better than gold or silver. 智慧胜过金银.
Wisdom is more to be envied than riches. 才智比财富，令人更可羡.
Wisdom is only found in truth. 只有在真理中才能找到智慧.
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. 知识之于心灵，犹如健康之于身体.
Wise care begets care. 谨慎小心会导致忧心忡忡.
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths. 智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。
Wise men chanbge their mind, fools never. 聪明人随机应变，愚蠢者固执己见.
Wise men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth. 智者嘴在心里，蠢人心在嘴上.
Wise men learn by other men's mistakes (or harms); fools by their own. 聪明人由别人的错误获得教训，蠢人由自己的错误获得教训.
Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it. 聪明人爱真理，蠢人背弃真理.
Wit bought is better than wit taught. 不经一事，不长一智.
Wit once bought is worth twice taught. 亲身一次的经验，抵得上老师两次的教导.
Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit. 仅有机智而无真才实学，犹如一棵大树不结果.
With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin. 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针.
Without a friend the world is a wilderness. 没有朋友，世界就等于一片荒野.
Without a friend, the world is a wilderness. 没有朋友，世界成了荒野。
Without confidence there is no friendship. 没有信任就没有友谊。
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger. 没有危险就不能解除危险.
Without health, life is not life, life is lifeless. 如无健康的身体，生活就不成为生活，人生也毫无生气.
Without hope, the heart would break. 如无希望，心就破碎.
Without method, little can be done to any good purpose. 不讲究方法，办事就没有成效.
Without respect, love cannot go far. 如不相互尊重，爱情就难发展.
Without wisdom wealth is worthless. 如果没有智慧，财富就无价值.
Woe to him that is alone. 孤独的人最苦恼.
Women in mischief are wiser than men. 妇女在受危害时比男子机智.
Wonders are many, and nothing is more wonderful than man. 奇迹很多，但没有一件东西比人更为奇妙.
Words are but wind. 耳闻不如一见.
Words cut (or hurt) more than swords. 言语比刀剑伤人更厉害.
Words pay no debts. 空言无补.
Work bears witness who does well. 工作能证明谁人做得好.
Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit. 劳动根虽苦，然而果实甜.
Work makes the workman. 工作出工匠.
Work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. 今天有事今天做，明天可能事受阻.
Work will not kill a man but worry will. 累不死人愁死人.
Working without a plan is sailing without a compass. 工作没有打算，犹如航海没有罗盘.
Worry kills more men than work. 忧虑比劳累更伤人.
Would you know your daughter, see her in company. 若要知道你女儿，且看她和谁交往.
Write down the advice of him that loves you, though you like it not at present. 爱你的忠言且记下，即使你目前不爱它.
Write it on your heart every day is the best day of the year. 要记住，每天是一年中最好的一天.
Years bring wisdom. 年长智也增.

When ale (or drink or wine) is in wit is out. 贪杯丧智.
When all men speak no man hears. 人人都讲话，无人去听它.
When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you. 机不可失，时不再来.
When anger blinds the mind, truth disapears. 怒火中烧瞎心眼，真理在前看不见.
When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody. 人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。
When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner. 马屁精会面，魔鬼去赴宴.
When fortune knocks, open the door. 运气来时，莫错过。
When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. 龙争虎斗.
When guns speak it is too late to argue. 待到炮声响，辩论已莫及.
When in doubt do nowt. 心中无数，不可行动。
"When in doubt leave out.
" 有疑问则驻笔。
When in doubt, play trumps. 举棋苟不定，何妨将一军.
When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗。
When love puts in, friendship is gone. 爱情入，友谊出.
When one is about to act, one must reason first. 凡事要先思而后行.
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. 贫穷进门来，爱情飞窗外.
When riches increase, the body decreases. 财多体衰.
When rogues (or thieves) fall out, honest men come by their own. 盗贼一内哄，好人就自在.
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not. 伤心旧事别重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 祸不单行.
When stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. 蠢人做件羞愧事，总说义不容辞.
When the belly is full the mind is among the maids. 逸则思淫.饱则思淫欲？
When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest. 饱暖图安逸.
When the cat's away the mice will play. 猫儿不在，老鼠造反.
When the ffish is caught the net is laid aside. 鱼获网弃.
When the fight begins within himself a man's worth something, 内心开始斗争时，为人就会有价值.
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 佛口蛇心.
When the fruit is scarcest, its taste is sweetest. 物以稀为贵.
When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out at the mouth. 心中发火，口吐妄言.
When the heart is full,, the tongue will speak. 胸有成竹，口若悬河.
When the sun comes in, the doctor goes out. 阳光入室，医生出屋.
When the well is full, it will run over. 井水满了要溢出.
When the wound is healed, the pain is forgotten. 好了伤疤忘了痛.
When three know it, all know it. 三人知，天下晓.
When two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps. 两友合用一钱包，一个悲来一个笑.
When two ride on one horse, one must sit behind. 两人共骑一匹马，总有一个背后跨.
When war begins then hell opens. 战争一开始，地狱门敞开.
When we have gold we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger. 手头有黄金，惶恐很担心；两手都空空，处在危急中.
When wine is in truth is out. 酒后露真言.
When wine is in truth, wit is out. 酒后吐真言。
When you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears. 你去购买东西时，要用眼睛莫用耳.
"When you're good to others, you are best to yourself.
" 善待他人，即是最善待自己。
Where (or While) there is life there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧.
Where drums beat, laws are silent. 战鼓一打，法律无声.
Where love fails we espy all faults. 恋爱一旦遭失败，缺点全都看出来.
Where love is there is faith. 有爱情就有忠诚.
Where might is master, justice is servant. 有强权，就没有正义.
Where passion is high there reason is low. 感情高涨处，理智就低落.
Where the knot is loose the string slips. 结子一松掉，绳子就滑脱.
Where the sun enterd, the doctor does not. 阳光照耀处，医生就不需.
Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
Where there is a will,, there is a way. 有决心，就有办法.
Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Where there is no good within, no good comes out. 没有内心的美，就没有外在的美.
Where there is smoke, there is fire. 事出有因。
Where there's reek there's heat. 无风不起浪.
Where they saw chance, we see law. 以前他们认为是偶然的，现在我们认为是必然的.
Where your will is ready, your feet are light. 下定了决心，脚步就轻盈. 决心一下，脚下生风？
Wherever he is satisfied with what he does, he has reached his culminating point--he will progress no more. 一个人对所做的事感到自满的，就达到了顶点，不会再前进了.
While (or Where) there is life there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧.
While the grass grows the horse (or steed) starves. 远水救不了近火.
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 道高一尺，魔高一丈.
While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's. 话未出口属于己，话一出口属别人.
While there is life there is hope. 一息尚存，希望不灭。

Wealth is nothing without health. 失去健康，钱再多也没用。
Wealth makes worship. 财富能使人拜倒.
Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, leisure, and liberty. 财富可能是一样好东西，因为它意味著权力，安逸和自由.
Well begun is half done. 良好开端，功成一半.
Well fed, wed bred. 衣食足，知荣辱.
Wet behind the ears. 乳臭未干。
What a sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 不分畛域，一样对待.
What cannot be cured must be endured. 事已无法可救，只得耐心忍受.
What do you expect from a pig but a grunt? 狗嘴里吐不出象牙.
What does the moon care if the dogs bark at her? 月亮岂怕狗来吠.
What good shall I do this day? What good have I done today? 我今天要做些什麽好事？我今天做了些什麽好事？
What I have done is due to patient thought. 我的成就是由于坚忍地思索.
What is a workman without his tools? 巧妇难为无米之炊。
What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh. 生于骨中者不会出肉外.
What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为.
What is done cannot be undone. 木已成舟.
What is known to three is known to everybody. 一件事情三个人知道就人人知道.
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. 儿时所学，终生难忘。
What is learnt in the cradle lasts (or is carried) to the grave. 小时学会的事情到老不会忘记.
What is not wisdom is danger. 不智的事是危险的.
What is one man's cloud is another man's sunshine. 此人乌云盖顶，彼人艳阳满天.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 适用于甲的，也适用于乙.
What is sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. 教育之于心灵，犹如雕刻之于大理石.
What is there sadder under the sun than a day that is gone and notyhing done. 世界上没有什麽事情，较之虚度年华，一事无成，更使人痛心.
What is wealth good for, if it brings melancholy? 财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？
What is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 事既值得做，就把事做好.
What makes life dreary is the want of motive. 没有目的，人生就黯淡无光.
What must be must be. 该怎麽样的就怎麽样.
"What must be must be.
" 该来的挡不住，该去的留不了。
What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals. 醉汉口里露真言.
What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over. 眼不见，心不烦.
What the eye sees not, the heart craves not. 目不瞬，心不乱.
What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks. 心直口快.
What we are ignorant of is immense. 我们不知道的东西多得不可胜数.
What we do willingly is easy. 世上无难事，只要肯登攀.
What we learn with pleasure we never forget. 乐意学的东西决不会忘记.
What we lose in hake we shall have in herring. 失之东隅，收之桑榆.
What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself. 别人身上你不喜欢的东西，自己身上的也要注意改正.
What you lose on the swings you gain (or get back) on the roundabouts. 失之东隅，收之桑榆.
What youth is used to, age remembers. 青年时经常做的事，老年时却能记得起.
What’s lost is lost. 失者不可复得。
Whatever I do, I will do in my power. 无论我做什麽事，我都尽力而为之.
Whatever man has done man may do. 天下无难事.
Whatever you do, do with all your might. 不管做什么，都要一心一意。
Whatever you do, do with your might; Things done by halves are never done right. 不论做什麽事要尽力去搞；事情做得不彻底，就不能算好.
What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. 生就的本性，总会暴露的.
What's done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为.
What's done cannot be undone. 生米煮成熟饭了。
What's done can't be undone. 无可挽回. 泼水难收？
What's learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb. 小时学过的，至死不忘记.
What's lost is lost. 流水落花春去也.
What's more miserable than discontent? 有什麽比不知足更为痛苦？
What's up your sleeves? 你又在变什么戏法?
Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye ever so to them. 己所欲，施于人.
Whe angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. 怒时数十再说话，大怒数百方开言.
When a dog is drowning everyone offers him drink. 落井下石.
When a friend asks, there is no “tomorrow”. 朋友之求不可怠。
When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow. 朋友的要求不要拖.

Truth lies at the bottom of a well. 事实真相往往不在表面，而在深层.
Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed. 真理可能被指责，但是决不蒙耻辱.
Truth needs no colour; beauty, no pencil. 真理不些要色彩，美丽不需涂饰.
Truth never grows old. 真理永存。
Truth will conquer. 真理必胜.
Truth will prevail. 真理必胜.
Truth will stand without a prop. 真理能树，不靠支持.
Truth, once crushed, will rise again. 真理是打不倒的.
Truth's best ornament is nakedness. 不加装饰是真理的最好的装饰.
Try (your friend) before you trust him. 朋友要经考验，才能取得信任.
Turn over a new leaf. 洗心革面，改过自新。
Turn your tongue seven times before speaking. 话到嘴边留三分.
Two blacks do not make a white. 两个乌黑不等于一个清白.
Two can play at the game. 你会耍的花招，别人也会。
Two can play the game. 孤掌难鸣.
Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one. 两猫伴一鼠，两妻居一屋，两狗肯一骨，万难同相处.
Two dogs over one bone seldom agree. 两狗啃一骨，相持难服输.
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利.
Two ears to one tongue, therefore hear twice as much as you speak. 两只耳朵对一舌，故应多听而少说.
Two heads are better than one. 集思广益.
"Two heads are better than one.
" 两人智慧胜一人。
Two in distress makes sorrow less. 同病相怜.
Two is company, but three is none. 两人成为伴，三人不结侣.
Two of a trade seldom agree. 同行是冤家.
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. 小过彼此不相谅，两人友谊难长久.
Two quarrel and a third profits by it. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利.
Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement. 一穗两雀争，意见乱纷纷.
Two things doth prolong your life: a quiet heart and a loving wife. 心情平静妻贤淑，延年益寿多得福.
Two wrongs do not make a right. 别人错了，不等于你对了。
Two wwongs don't make a right. 两个错误不能构成一个正确.
Union is strength. 团结就是力量.
Unity is strength. 团结就是力量。
Unkindness destroys love. 粗暴毁爱情.
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。
Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit. 无益雄辩不济事，犹如柏树参天不结果.
Until all is over one's ambition never dies. 不到黄河心不死.
Use a book as a bee does flowers. 读书如蜜蜂采花，吸取其中之精华.
Use is a second nature. 习惯成自然.
Vain glory blossoms but never bears. 虚荣能开花，但从不结果.
Variety is the spice of life. 变化是生活的调味料。
Velvet paws hide sharp claws. 笑里藏刀.
Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 吃小亏占大便宜.
Venture a small fish to cateh a great one. 欲钓大鱼, 先舍小鱼。
Victory belongs to the m ost persevering. 胜利属于最坚强不屈的人.
Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是无价之宝.
Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远远胜过美貌。
Virtue is found in the mean. 平凡之中见美德。
Virtue is her (or its) own reward. 为善最乐.
Virtue is the only true nobility. 唯有美德是真正高贵的.
Virtue never grows old. 美德永远不衰老.
Virture is fairer far than beauty. 美德远比美丽更美好.
Viture flies from the heart of a mercenary man. 人贪钱财，心无美德.
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. 激动时所立的誓，平静时会忘记的.
Wade not in unknown water. 不知水的深浅，不可粗心趟水过河.
Walk groundly; talk profoundly; drink roundly; sleep soundly. 行路踏实，言谈深刻，饮酒豪爽，睡眠酣畅.
Walls (or Pitchers) have ears. 隔墙有耳.
Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳.
Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge. 粗心比无知更为有害.
War is death's feast. 战争是死亡的筵席.
War is the business of barbarians. 战争是野蛮人干的事.
War makes thieves, and peace hangs them. 战争造成盗贼，和平把他们吊死.
Wash a dog, comb a dog, Still a dog, remains a dog. 本性难移.
Wash your dirty linen at home. 家丑不可外扬。
Waste not, want not. 俭以防匮.
Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses. 浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈豪华的费用.
Water afar quenches not fire. 远水难救近火.
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 水滴天天滴不停，石头最坚也磨损.
We all do fade as a leaf. 我们都要像树叶一样枯萎.
We are not born for ourselves. 人生非为己.
We can live without a brother, but not without a friend. 我们生活中可以没有兄弟，但不能没有朋友.
We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours. 生活可无友，邻居不能无.
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. 我们先养成习惯，然后习惯又左右我们.
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. 如果不创造财富，就没有权力享用财富；同样地，如果不能创造幸福，就没有权利享受幸福.
We hope to grow old, yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die. 我们希望长大，但怕年老；就是，愿意生，而害怕死.
We know not what is good until we have lost it. 有的时候不爱惜，失了以后空叹息.
We learn not at school, but in life. 学习不在校，而在生活中.
We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success. 我们必须千百次地反覆说明，坚韧不拔是取得胜利的唯一道路.
We never know the worth (or value) of water till the well is dry. 井枯方知水可贵.
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水可贵。
"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
" "井枯方知水重要。
父母过世方知父母恩。"
We only live once,, but if we work it right once is enough. 我们生命只一次，好自为之一次足矣.
We shall lie all alike in our graves. 一进坟墓，大家一样.
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 欲找朋友无缺点，永远不会有朋友.
We should never remember the benefit we have offered nor forget the favour received. 施惠莫记，受恩莫忘.
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. 自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。
We should push our work, the work should not push us. 我们要推动工作，不要让工作推动我们.
We should weep for men at their birth and not a t their death. 我们应在人降生时流泪，而不该在人死亡时哭泣.
We soon believe what we desire. 一厢情愿.
Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it. 若者等待机会，强者创造机会.
Wealth is not his who has it, but his who enjoys it. 财富并不属于拥有的人，而是属于享用的人.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真正的朋友。 Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩 All is not gold that glitters.闪光的不一定都是金子 An idle youth， a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良药苦口 Do wrong once and you"ll never hear the end of it.一失足成千古恨 Every cloud has a silver lining.守得云开见月明 Every man has his fault.人孰无过 First come， first served.捷足先登 Haste makes waste.欲速则不达 Honesty is the best policy.诚实至上 In fair weather prepare for foul.未雨绸缪 Knowledge is power.知识就是力量 Let bygones be bygone.既往不究 Look before you leap.三思而后行 Man proposes， God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天 Money talks.金钱万能 No gains without pains.吃得苦中苦方为人上人 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧 Silence is golden.献丑不如藏拙 Speak well of your friend，of your enemy say nothing.隐恶扬善 Take things as they come.逆来顺受 The ear1y bird catches the worm.先到先得 Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不饶人 To burn the cand1e at both ends.自暴自弃 To count one"s chickens before they are hatched. To make a mountain out of a molehill.小题大做 Too many cooks spoil tbe broth.人多手脚乱 Well begun is half done.事半功倍 When you are in Rome， do as the Romans do.入乡随俗 Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没材烧。

To strike while the iron is hot.

趁热打铁．

Good luck would never come in pairs.

福不双至．

Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.

烈火显真金，逆境识英雄．

Long hair and short wit.

头发长，见识短．

Blood is thicker than water.

血浓于水．

If you would not be known to do anything, never do it.

若要人不知，除非己莫为．

In unity here is strength.

团结就是力量．

He whose belly is full believes not him who is fasting.

饱汉不知饿汉饥．

Easier said than done.

说时容易做时难．

Idleness is the root of all evil.

懒惰是万恶之源．

Wall has ears.

隔墙有耳．

A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真正的朋友。
　　
　　Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩
　　
　　All is not gold that glitters.闪光的不一定都是金子
　　
　　An idle youth， a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
　　
　　Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良药苦口
　　
　　Do wrong once and you"ll never hear the end of it.一失足成千古恨
　　
　　Every cloud has a silver lining.守得云开见月明
　　
　　Every man has his fault.人孰无过
　　
　　First come， first served.捷足先登
　　
　　Haste makes waste.欲速则不达
　　
　　Honesty is the best policy.诚实至上
　　
　　In fair weather prepare for foul.未雨绸缪
　　
　　Knowledge is power.知识就是力量
　　
　　Let bygones be bygone.既往不究
　　
　　Look before you leap.三思而后行
　　
　　Man proposes， God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天
　　
　　Money talks.金钱万能
　　
　　No gains without pains.吃得苦中苦方为人上人

爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.

　　百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.

　　比上不足，比下有余"worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst

　　笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.

　　不眠之夜white night　

　　不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

　　不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

　　不打不成交"No discord, no concord.

　　拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul

　　辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

　　大事化小，小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

　　大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

　　国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace

　　过犹不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

　　功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.

　　好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more

　　好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

　　和气生财Harmony brings wealth

　　活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.

　　既往不咎let bygones be bygones

　　金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

　　金玉满堂Treasures fill the home

　　脚踏实地be down-to-earth

　　脚踩两只船sit on the fence

　　君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

　　老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché

　　礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

　　留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."

　　马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success

　　名利双收gain in both fame and wealth

　　茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened

　　没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

　　每逢佳节倍思亲

　　On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.

　　It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

　　谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "

　　弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.

　　拿手好戏masterpiece

　　赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad

　　抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

　　破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

　　抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities

　　巧妇难为无米之炊If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw.

　　千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

　　前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

　　前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.

　　One sows and another reaps.

　　前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something

　　强龙难压地头蛇Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

　　强强联手win-win co-operation

　　瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.

　　人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.

　　人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.

　　人海战术huge-crowd strategy

　　世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "

　　世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

　　死而后已until my heart stops beating

　　岁岁平安Peace all year round

　　上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."

　　塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

　　三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.

　　At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."

　　升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)

　　四十不惑Life begins at forty.

　　谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "

　　水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.

　　时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.

　　杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel

　　实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

　　说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.

　　实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

　　实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

　　山不在高，有仙则名"No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "

　　韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time

　　糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets

　　天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

　　团结就是力量Unity is strength.

　　“跳进黄河洗不清”"eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name "

　　歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

　　物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.

　　往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."

　　望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child

　　屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

　　文韬武略military expertise; military strategy

　　唯利是图draw water to one's mill

　　无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

　　无中生有make/create something out of nothing

　　无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.

　　徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

　　新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

　　虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

　　蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off

　　心想事成May all your wish come true

　　心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

　　先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

　　先下手为强catch the ball before the bound

　　像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan

　　现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example

　　息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters

　　喜忧参半mingled hope and fear

　　循序渐进step by step

　　一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

　　严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

　　鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey

　　有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."

　　有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

　　有识之士people of vision

　　有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain

　　有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

　　与时俱进advance with times

　　以人为本people oriented; people foremost

　　因材施教teach students according to their aptitude

　　欲穷千里目，更上一层楼"to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."

　　欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.

　　优胜劣汰survival of the fittest

　　英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.

　　冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.

　　冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"

　　一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.

　　招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful

　　债台高筑become debt-ridden

　　致命要害Achilles' heel

　　众矢之的target of public criticism

　　知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

　　纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist

　　纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.

　　左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place