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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. ----> 人人平等 A close mouth catches no flies. ----> 病从口入 A constant guest is never welcome. ----> 常客令人厌 Actions speak louder than words. ----> 事实胜于雄辩 Adversity leads to prosperity. ----> 穷则思变 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. ----> 逆境出人才 A fair death honors the whole life. ----> 死得其所,流芳百世 A faithful friend is hard to find. ----> 知音难觅 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. ----> 吃一堑,长一智 A fox may grow gray, but never good. ----> 江山易改,本性难移 A friend in need is a friend indeed. ----> 患难见真情 A friend is easier lost than found. ----> 得朋友难,失朋友易 A friend is never known till a man has need. ----> 需要之时方知友 A friend without faults will never be found. ----> 没有十全十美的朋友 After you is good manners. ----> 您先请是礼貌 A good beginning is half done. ----> 良好的开端是成功的一半 A good beginning makes a good ending. ----> 善始者善终 A good book is a good friend. ----> 好书如挚友 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. ----> 一本好书,相伴一生 A good conscience is a soft pillow. ----> 不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门 A good fame is better than a good face. ----> 美名胜过美貌 A good husband makes a good wife. ----> 夫善则妻贤 A good medicine tastes bitter. ----> 良药苦口 A good wife health is a man's best wealth. ----> 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富 A great talker is a great liar. ----> 说大话者多谎言 A hedge between keeps friendship green. ----> 君子之交淡如水 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. ----> 戏谑不能化敌为友,只能使人失去朋友 A leopard cannot change its spots. ----> 积习难改 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. ----> 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信 A light heart lives long. ----> 静以修身 A little body often harbors a great soul. ----> 浓缩的都是精品 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. ----> 一知半解,自欺欺人 A little pot is soon hot. ----> 狗肚子盛不得四两油 All are brave when the enemy flies. ----> 敌人逃窜时,人人都成了勇士 All good things come to an end. ----> 天下没有不散的筵席 All rivers run into sea. ----> 海纳百川 All roads lead to Rome. ----> 条条大路通罗马 All that ends well is well. ----> 结果好,就一切都好 All that glitters is not gold. ----> 闪光的不一定都是金子 All things are difficult before they are easy. ----> 凡事总是由难而易 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. ----> 只会用功不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻 A man becomes learned by asking questions. ----> 不耻下问才能有学问 A man can do no more than he can. ----> 凡事都应量力而行 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. ----> 一心不能二用 A man is known by his friends. ----> 什么人交什么朋友 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. ----> 光说空话不做事,犹如花园光长刺 A man without money is no man at all. ----> 一分钱难倒英雄汉 A merry heart goes all the way. ----> 心旷神怡,事事顺利 A miss is as good as a mile. ----> 失之毫厘,差之千里 A mother's love never changes. ----> 母爱永恒 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ----> 一天一苹果,不用请医生 A new broom sweeps clean. ----> 新官上任三把火 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. ----> 以眼还眼,以牙还牙 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. ----> 一日之计在于晨 An old dog cannot learn new tricks. ----> 老狗学不出新把戏 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. ----> 聪明才智,不如运气 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ----> 预防为主,治疗为辅 A rolling stone gathers no moss. ----> 滚石不生苔,转业不聚财 As a man sows, so he shall reap. ----> 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆 A single flower does not make a spring. ----> 一花独放不是春,百花齐放春满园 A snow year, a rich year. ----> 瑞雪兆丰年 A sound mind in a sound body. ----> 健全的精神寓于健康的身体 A still tongue makes a wise head. ----> 寡言者智 A stitch in time saves nine. ----> 小洞不补,大洞吃苦 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. ----> 身正不怕影子斜 A wise head makes a close mouth. ----> 真人不露相,露相非真人 A word spoken is past recalling. ----> 一言既出,驷马难追 A year's plan starts with spring. ----> 一年之计在于春 A young idler, an old beggar. ----> 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲 Bad news has wings. ----> 好事不出门,坏事传千里 Barking dogs seldom bite. ----> 吠犬不咬人 Beauty lies in the love's eyes. ----> 情人眼里出西施 Be swift to hear, slow to speak. ----> 听宜敏捷,言宜缓行 Better late than never. ----> 不怕慢,单怕站 Better to ask the way than go astray. ----> 问路总比迷路好 Between friends all is common. ----> 朋友之间不分彼此 Birds of a feather flock together. ----> 物以类聚,人以群分 Blood is thicker than water. ----> 血浓于水 Blood will have blood. ----> 血债血偿 Books and friends should be few but good. ----> 读书如交友,应求少而精 Business is business. ----> 公事公办 Business is the salt of life. ----> 事业是人生的第一需要 By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. ----> 读书使人充实,交谈使人精明 Cannot see the wood for the trees. ----> 一叶障目,不见泰山 Care and diligence bring luck. ----> 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇 Caution is the parent of safety. ----> 小心驶得万年船 Cheats never prosper. ----> 骗人发不了财 Children are what the mothers are. ----> 耳濡目染,身教言传 Choose an author as you choose a friend. ----> 择书如择友 Come what may, heaven won't fall. ----> 做你的吧,天塌不下来 Complacency is the enemy of study. ----> 学习的敌人是自己的满足 Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. ----> 自信是走向成功的第一步 Constant dripping wears away a stone. ----> 水滴石穿,绳锯木断 Content is better than riches. ----> 知足者常乐 Count one's chickens before they are hatched. ----> 蛋未孵先数雏 Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. ----> 来而不往非礼也 Creep before you walk. ----> 循序渐进 Cry for the moon. ----> 海底捞月 Custom is a second nature. ----> 习惯是后天养成的 Custom makes all things easy. ----> 有个好习惯,事事皆不难 Diamond cuts diamond. ----> 强中自有强中手 Do as the Romans do. ----> 入乡随俗 Do as you would be done by. ----> 己所不欲,勿施于人 Doing is better than saying. ----> 与其挂在嘴上,不如落实在行动上 Do it now. ----> 机不可失,时不再来 Do nothing by halves. ----> 凡事不可半途而废 Don't claim to know what you don't know. ----> 不要不懂装懂 Don't have too many irons in the fire. ----> 不要揽事过多 Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. ----> 不要小题大做 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. ----> 今日事,今日毕 Don't put the cart before the horse. ----> 不要本末倒置 Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. ----> 不要自找麻烦 Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. ----> 不要班门弄斧 Do well and have well. ----> 善有善报 Each bird love to hear himself sing. ----> 孤芳自赏 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. ----> 早睡早起身体好 Easier said than done. ----> 说得容易,做得难 Easy come, easy go. ----> 来也匆匆,去也匆匆 Eat to live, but not live to eat. ----> 人吃饭是为了活着,但活着不是为了吃饭 Empty vessels make the greatest sound. ----> 实磨无声空磨响,满瓶不动半瓶摇 Envy has no holidays. ----> 忌妒之人无宁日 Even Homer sometimes nods. ----> 智者千虑,必有一失 Even reckoning makes long friends. ----> 亲兄弟,明算账 Every advantage has its disadvantage. ----> 有利必有弊 Everybody's business is nobody's business. ----> 人人负责,等于没人负责 Every day is not Sunday. ----> 好景不常在 Every dog has his day. ----> 谁都有得意的时候 Every door may be shut, but death's door. ----> 人生在世,唯死难逃 Every heart has its own sorrow. ----> 各人有各人的苦恼 Every little helps a mickle. ----> 聚沙成塔,集腋成裘 Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost. ----> 人不为己,天诛地灭 Every man has his faults. ----> 金无足赤,人无完人 Every man has his hobbyhorse. ----> 萝卜青菜,各有所爱 Every man has his weak side. ----> 人人都有弱点 Every man is the architect of his own fortune. ----> 自己的命运自己掌握 Every minute counts. ----> 分秒必争 Every mother's child is handsome. ----> 孩子是自己的好 Every potter praises hit pot. ----> 王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸 Everything is good when new, but friends when old. ----> 东西是新的好,朋友是老的亲 Example is better then percept. ----> 说一遍,不如做一遍 Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. ----> 经验是智慧之父,记忆是智慧之母 Experience must be bought. ----> 吃一堑,长一智 Fact speak louder than words. ----> 事实胜于雄辩 Failure is the mother of success. ----> 失败是成功之母 False friends are worse than bitter enemies. ----> 明枪易躲,暗箭难防 Far from eye, far from heart. ----> 眼不见,心不烦 Far water does not put out near fire. ----> 远水救不了近火 Faults are thick where love is thin. ----> 一朝情意淡,样样不顺眼 Fear always springs from ignorance. ----> 恐惧源于无知 Fields have eyes, and woods have ears. ----> 隔墙有耳 Fire and water have no mercy. ----> 水火无情 Fire is a good servant but a bad master. ----> 火是一把双刃剑 First come, first served. ----> 先来后到 First impressions are half the battle. ----> 初次见面,印象最深 First think and then speak. ----> 先想后说 Fools grow without watering. ----> 朽木不可雕 Fool's haste is no speed. ----> 欲速则不达 Fools has fortune. ----> 呆人有呆福 Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. ----> 愚者不学无术,智者不耻下问 Forbidden fruit is sweet. ----> 禁果格外香 Fortune favors those who use their judgement. ----> 机遇偏爱善断之人 Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate. ----> 风水轮流转 Four eyes see more than two. ----> 集思广益 Friends agree best at distance. ----> 朋友之间也会保持距离 Friends are thieves of time. ----> 朋友是时间的窃贼 Friends must part. ----> 再好的朋友也有分手的时候 Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. ----> 天才不过是勤奋而已 Give a dog a bad name and hang him. ----> 众口铄金,积毁销骨 God helps those who help themselves. ----> 自助者天助 Gold will not buy anything. ----> 黄金并非万能 Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly. ----> 以德报德是常理,以德报怨大丈夫 Good health is over wealth. ----> 健康是最大的财富 Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. ----> 良药苦口利于病 Good watch prevents misfortune. ----> 谨慎消灾 Great barkers are no biters. ----> 好狗不挡道 Great hopes make great man. ----> 伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物 Great minds think alike. ----> 英雄所见略同 Great men have great faults. ----> 英雄犯大错误 Great men's sons seldom do well. ----> 富不过三代 Great trees are good for nothing but shade. ----> 大树底下好乘凉 Great wits have short memories. ----> 贵人多忘事 Greedy folks have long arms. ----> 心贪手长 Guilty consciences make men cowards. ----> 做贼心虚 Habit cures habit. ----> 心病还需心药医 Handsome is he who does handsomely. ----> 行为漂亮才算美 Happiness takes no account of time. ----> 欢乐不觉时光过 Happy is he who owes nothing. ----> 要想活得痛快,身上不能背债 Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others. ----> 吸取他人教训,自己才会走运 Harm set, harm get. ----> 害人害己 Hasty love, soon cold. ----> 一见钟情难维久 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 |
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