英語諺語500句

英語諺語500句


1 .  A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
      不善始者不善終。
2 .  A bad thing never dies.
      遺臭萬年。
3 .  A bad workman always blames his tools.
      不會撐船怪河彎。
4 .  A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
      一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。
5 .  A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
      吹牛與說謊本是同宗。
6 .  A bully is always a coward.
      色厲內荏。
7 .  A burden of one's choice is not felt.
      愛挑的擔子不嫌重。
8 .  A candle lights others and consumes itself.
      蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。
9 .  A cat has 9 lives.
      貓有九條命。
10 .  A cat may look at a king.
      貓也可以打量國王，意為人人平等。
11 .  A close mouth catches no flies.
      病從口入。
12 .  A constant guest is never welcome.
      常客令人厭。
13 .  Actions speak louder than words.
      事實勝於雄辯。
14 .  Adversity leads to prosperity.
      窮則思變。
15 .  Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
      逆境出人才。
16 .  A fair death honors the whole life.
      死得其所，流芳百世。
17 .  A faithful friend is hard to find.
      知音難覓。
18 .  A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
      吃一塹，長一智。
19 .  A fox may grow gray, but never good.
      江山易改，本性難移。
20 .  A friend in need is a friend indeed.
      患難見真情。
21 .  A friend is easier lost than found.
      得朋友難，失朋友易。
22 .  A friend is never known till a man has need.
      需要之時方知友。
23 .  A friend without faults will never be found.
      沒有十全十美的朋友。
24 .  'After you' is good manners.
      “您先請”是禮貌。
25 .  A good beginning is half done.
      良好的開端是成功的一半。
26 .  A good beginning makes a good ending.
      善始者善終。
27 .  A good book is a good friend.
      好書如摯友。
28 .  A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
      一本好書，相伴一生。
29 .  A good conscience is a soft pillow.
      不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。
30 .  A good fame is better than a good face.
      美名勝過美貌。
31 .  A good husband makes a good wife.
      夫善則妻賢。
32 .  A good medicine tastes bitter.
      良藥苦口。
33 .  A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
      妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。
34 .  A great talker is a great liar.
      說大話者多謊言。
35 .  A hedge between keeps friendship green.
      君子之交淡如水。
36 .  A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
      戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。
37 .  A leopard cannot change its spots.
      積習難改。
38 .  A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
      說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。
39 .  A light heart lives long.
      靜以修身。
40 .  A little body often harbors a great soul.
      濃縮的都是精品。
41 .  A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
      一知半解，自欺欺人。
42 .  A little pot is soon hot.
      狗肚子盛不得四兩油。
43 .  All are brave when the enemy flies.
      敵人逃竄時，人人都成了勇士。
44 .  All good things come to an end.
      天下沒有不散的筵席。
45 .  All rivers run into sea.
      海納百川。
46 .  All roads lead to Rome.
      條條大路通羅馬。
47 .  All that ends well is well.
      結果好，就一切都好。
48 .  All that glitters is not gold.
      閃光的不一定都是金子。
49 .  All things are difficult before they are easy.
      凡事總是由難而易。
50 .  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
      只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
51 .  A man becomes learned by asking questions.
      不恥下問才能有學問。
52 .  A man can do no more than he can.
      凡事都應量力而行。
53 .  A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
      一心不能二用。
54 .  A man is known by his friends.
      什麼人交什麼朋友。
55 .  A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
      光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。
56 .  A man without money is no man at all.
      一分錢難倒英雄漢。
57 .  A merry heart goes all the way.
      心曠神怡，事事順利。
58 .  A miss is as good as a mile.
      失之毫釐，差之千里。
59 .  A mother's love never changes.
      母愛永恒。
60 .  An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
      一天一蘋果，不用請醫生。
61 .  A new broom sweeps clean.
      新官上任三把火。
62 .  An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
      以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
63 .  An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
      一日之計在於晨。
64 .  An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
      老狗學不出新把戲。
65 .  An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
      聰明才智，不如運氣。
66 .  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
      預防為主，治療為輔。
67 .  A rolling stone gathers no moss.
      滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
68 .  As a man sows, so he shall reap.
      種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
69 .  A single flower does not make a spring.
      一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。
70 .  A snow year, a rich year.
      瑞雪兆豐年。
71 .  A sound mind in a sound body.
      健全的精神寓於健康的身體。
72 .  A still tongue makes a wise head.
      寡言者智。
73 .  A stitch in time saves nine.
      小洞不補，大洞吃苦。
74 .  A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
      身正不怕影子斜。
75 .  A wise head makes a close mouth.
      真人不露相，露相非真人。
76 .  A word spoken is past recalling.
      一言既出，駟馬難追。
77 .  A year's plan starts with spring.
      一年之計在於春。
78 .  A young idler, an old beggar.
      少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
79 .  Bad news has wings.
      好事不出門，壞事傳千里。
80 .  Barking dogs seldom bite.
      吠犬不咬人。
81 .  Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
      情人眼裏出西施。
82 .  Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
      聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。
83 .  Better late than never.
      不怕慢，單怕站。
84 .  Better to ask the way than go astray.
      問路總比迷路好。
85 .  Between friends all is common.
      朋友之間不分彼此。
86 .  Birds of a feather flock together.
      物以類聚，人以群分。
87 .  Blood is thicker than water.
      血濃於水。
88 .  Blood will have blood.
      血債血償。
89 .  Books and friends should be few but good.
      讀書如交友，應求少而精。
90 .  Business is business.
      公事公辦。
91 .  Business is the salt of life.
      事業是人生的第一需要。
92 .  By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
      讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。
93 .  Cannot see the wood for the trees.
      一葉障目，不見泰山。
94 .  Care and diligence bring luck.
      謹慎和勤奮才能抓住機遇。
95 .  Caution is the parent of safety.
      小心駛得萬年船。
96 .  Cheats never prosper.
      騙人發不了財。
97 .  Children are what the mothers are.
      耳濡目染，身教言傳。
98 .  Choose an author as you choose a friend.
      擇書如擇友。
99 .  Come what may, heaven won't fall.
      做你的吧，天塌不下來。
100 .  Complacency is the enemy of study.
      學習的敵人是自己的滿足。
101 .  Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
      自信是走向成功的第一步。
102 .  Constant dripping wears away a stone.
      水滴石穿，繩鋸木斷。
103 .  Content is better than riches.
      知足者常樂。
104 .  Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
      蛋未孵先數雛。
105 .  Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
      來而不往非禮也。
106 .  Creep before you walk.
      循序漸進。
107 .  Cry for the moon.
      海底撈月。
108 .  Custom is a second nature.
      習慣是後天養成的。
109 .  Custom makes all things easy.
      有個好習慣，事事皆不難。
110 .  Diamond cuts diamond.
      強中自有強中手。
111 .  Do as the Romans do.
      入鄉隨俗。
112 .  Do as you would be done by.
      己所不欲，勿施於人。
113 .  Doing is better than saying.
      與其挂在嘴上，不如落實在行動上。
114 .  Do it now.
      機不可失，時不再來。
115 .  Do nothing by halves.
      凡事不可半途而廢。
116 .  Don't claim to know what you don't know.
      不要不懂裝懂。
117 .  Don't have too many irons in the fire.
      不要攬事過多。
118 .  Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
      不要小題大做。
119 .  Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
      今日事，今日畢。
120 .  Don't put the cart before the horse.
      不要本末倒置。
121 .  Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
      不要自找麻煩。
122 .  Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
      不要班門弄斧。
123 .  Do well and have well.
      善有善報。
124 .  Each bird love to hear himself sing.
      孤芳自賞。
125 .  Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
      早睡早起身體好。
126 .  Easier said than done.
      說得容易，做得難。
127 .  Easy come, easy go.
      來也匆匆，去也匆匆。
128 .  Eat to live, but not live to eat.
      人吃飯是為了活著，但活著不是為了吃飯。
129 .  Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
      實磨無聲空磨響，滿瓶不動半瓶搖。
130 .  Envy has no holidays.
      忌妒之人無寧日。
131 .  Even Homer sometimes nods.
      智者千慮，必有一失。
132 .  Even reckoning makes long friends.
      親兄弟，明算賬。
133 .  Every advantage has its disadvantage.
      有利必有弊。
134 .  Everybody's business is nobody's business.
      人人負責，等於沒人負責。
135 .  Every day is not Sunday.
      好景不常在。
136 .  Every dog has his day.
      誰都有得意的時候。
137 .  Every door may be shut, but death's door.
      人生在世，唯死難逃。
138 .  Every heart has its own sorrow.
      各人有各人的苦惱。
139 .  Every little helps a mickle.
      聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
140 .  Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
      人不為己，天誅地滅。
141 .  Every man has his faults.
      金無足赤，人無完人。
142 .  Every man has his hobbyhorse.
      蘿蔔青菜，各有所愛。
143 .  Every man has his weak side.
      人人都有弱點。
144 .  Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
      自己的命運自己掌握。
145 .  Every minute counts.
      分秒必爭。
146 .  Every mother's child is handsome.
      孩子是自己的好。
147 .  Every potter praises hit pot.
      王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇。
148 .  Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
      東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。
149 .  Example is better then percept.
      說一遍，不如做一遍。
150 .  Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
      經驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。
151 .  Experience must be bought.
      吃一塹，長一智。
152 .  Fact speak louder than words.
      事實勝於雄辯。
153 .  Failure is the mother of success.
      失敗是成功之母。
154 .  False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
      明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
155 .  Far from eye, far from heart.
      眼不見，心不煩。
156 .  Far water does not put out near fire.
      遠水救不了近火。
157 .  Faults are thick where love is thin.
      一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。
158 .  Fear always springs from ignorance.
      恐懼源於無知。
159 .  Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
      隔墻有耳。
160 .  Fire and water have no mercy.
      水火無情。
161 .  Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
      火是一把雙刃劍。
162 .  First come, first served.
      先來後到。
163 .  First impressions are half the battle.
      初次見面，印象最深。
164 .  First think and then speak.
      先想後說。
165 .  Fools grow without watering.
      朽木不可雕。
166 .  Fool's haste is no speed.
      欲速則不達。
167 .  Fools has fortune.
      呆人有呆福。
168 .  Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
      愚者不學無術，智者不恥下問。
169 .  Forbidden fruit is sweet.
      禁果格外香。
170 .  Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
      機遇偏愛善斷之人。
171 .  Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
      風水輪流轉。
172 .  Four eyes see more than two.
      集思廣益。
173 .  Friends agree best at distance.
      朋友之間也會保持距離。
174 .  Friends are thieves of time.
      朋友是時間的竊賊。
175 .  Friends must part.
      再好的朋友也有分手的時候。
176 .  Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
      天才不過是勤奮而已。
177 .  Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
      眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。
178 .  God helps those who help themselves.
      自助者天助。
179 .  Gold will not buy anything.
      黃金並非萬能。
180 .  Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
      以德報德是常理，以德報怨大丈夫。
181 .  Good health is over wealth.
      健康是最大的財富。
182 .  Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
      良藥苦口利於病。
183 .  Good watch prevents misfortune.
      謹慎消災。
184 .  Great barkers are no biters.
      好狗不擋道。
185 .  Great hopes make great man.
      偉大的抱負造就偉大的人物。
186 .  Great minds think alike.
      英雄所見略同。
187 .  Great men have great faults.
      英雄犯大錯誤。
188 .  Great men's sons seldom do well.
      富不過三代。
189 .  Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
      大樹底下好乘涼。
190 .  Great wits have short memories.
      貴人多忘事。
191 .  Greedy folks have long arms.
      心貪手長。
192 .  Guilty consciences make men cowards.
      做賊心虛。
193 .  Habit cures habit.
      心病還需心藥醫。
194 .  Handsome is he who does handsomely.
      行為漂亮才算美。
195 .  Happiness takes no account of time.
      歡樂不覺時光過。
196 .  Happy is he who owes nothing.
      要想活得痛快，身上不能揹債。
197 .  Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
      吸取他人教訓，自己才會走運。
198 .  Harm set, harm get.
      害人害己。
199 .  Hasty love, soon cold.
      一見鍾情難維久。
200 .  Health is better than wealth.
      健康勝過財富。
201 .  Health is happiness.
      健康就是幸福。
202 .  Hear all parties.
      兼聽則明。
203 .  Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
      自己不動，叫天何用。
204 .  He is a fool that forgets himself.
      愚者忘乎所以。
205 .  He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
      背後說好話，才是真朋友。
206 .  He is a wise man who speaks little.
      聰明不是挂在嘴上。
207 .  He is lifeless that is faultless.
      只有死人才不犯錯誤。
208 .  He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
      正人先正己。
209 .  He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
      自嘲者不會讓人見笑。
210 .  He is wise that is honest.
      誠實者最明智。
211 .  He knows most who speaks least.
      大智若愚。
212 .  He laughs best who laughs last.
      誰笑到最後，誰笑得最好。
213 .  He sets the fox to keep the geese.
      引狼入室。
214 .  He that climbs high falls heavily.
      爬得越高，摔得越重。
215 .  He that will not work shall not eat.
      不勞動者不得食。
216 .  He who does not advance loses ground.
      逆水行舟，不進則退。
217 .  He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
      經常訴苦，沒人同情。
218 .  He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
      想不犯錯誤，就一事無成。
219 .  He who risks nothing gains nothing.
      收穫與風險並存。
220 .  History repeats itself.
      歷史往往重演。
221 .  Honesty is the best policy.
      做人誠信為本。
222 .  Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
      抱最好的願望，做最壞的打算。
223 .  I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
      朋友不能阿諛奉承。
224 .  If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
      上當一回頭，再多就可恥。
225 .  If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
      人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。
226 .  If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
      耳朵發燒，有人念叨。
227 .  If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
      腳踏兩條船，必定落空。
228 .  If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
      殺雞取卵。
229 .  If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
      不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
230 .  If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
      要想求知，就得吃苦。
231 .  Industry is the parent of success.
      勤奮是成功之母。
232 .  It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
      寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。
233 .  It is easier to get money than to keep it.
      掙錢容易攢錢難。
234 .  It is easy to be wise after the event.
      事後諸葛亮好當。
235 .  It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
      創業容易守業難。
236 .  It is hard to please all.
      眾口難調。
237 .  It is never too old to learn.
      活到老，學到老。
238 .  It is no use crying over spilt milk.
      覆水難收。
239 .  It is the first step that costs troublesome.
      萬事開頭難。
240 .  It is the unforeseen that always happens.
      天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
241 .  It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
      坐失良機，後悔已遲。
242 .  It never rains but it pours.
      不鳴則已，一鳴驚人。
243 .  It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
      十年樹木，百年樹人。
244 .  Jack of all trades and master of none.
      門門精通，樣樣稀鬆。
245 .  Judge not from appearances.
      人不可貌相，海不可鬥量。
246 .  Justice has long arms.
      天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
247 .  Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
      近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
248 .  Kill two birds with one stone.
      一箭雙雕。
249 .  Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
      君王發狂，百姓遭殃。
250 .  Kings have long arms.
      普天之下，莫非王土。
251 .  Knowledge is power.
      知識就是力量。
252 .  Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
      博學使人謙遜，無知使人驕傲。
253 .  Learn and live.
      活著，為了學習。
254 .  Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
      好人越學越好，壞人越學越壞。
255 .  Learn not and know not.
      不學無術。
256 .  Learn to walk before you run.
      先學走，再學跑。
257 .  Let bygones be bygones.
      過去的就讓它過去吧。
258 .  Let sleeping dogs lie.
      別惹麻煩。
259 .  Let the cat out of the bag.
      泄漏天機。
260 .  Lies can never changes fact.
      謊言終究是謊言。
261 .  Lies have short legs.
      謊言站不長。
262 .  Life is but a span.
      人生苦短。
263 .  Life is half spent before we know what it is.
      人過半生，方知天命。
264 .  Life is not all roses.
      人生並不是康莊大道。
265 .  Life without a friend is death.
      沒有朋友，雖生猶死。
266 .  Like a rat in a hole.
      甕中之鱉。
267 .  Like author, like book.
      文如其人。
268 .  Like father, like son.
      有其父必有其子。
269 .  Like for like.
      一報還一報。
270 .  Like knows like.
      惺惺相惜。
271 .  Like mother, like daughter.
      有其母必有其女。
272 .  Like teacher, like pupil.
      什麼樣的老師教什麼樣的學生。
273 .  Like tree, like fruit.
      羊毛出在羊身上。
274 .  Little things amuse little minds.
      小人無大志。
275 .  Look before you leap.
      摸清情況再行動。
276 .  Lookers-on see more than players.
      當局者迷，旁觀者清。
277 .  Losers are always in the wrong.
      勝者為王，敗者為寇。
278 .  Lost time is never found again.
      歲月既往，一去不回。
279 .  Love at first sight.
      一見鍾情。
280 .  Love cannot be compelled.
      愛情不能強求。
281 .  Love is blind.
      愛情是盲目的。
282 .  Love is full of trouble.
      愛情充滿煩惱。
283 .  Love is never without jealousy.
      沒有妒忌就沒有愛情。
284 .  Love me, love my dog.
      愛屋及烏。
285 .  Make hay while the sun shines.
      良機勿失。
286 .  Make your enemy your friend.
      化敵為友。
287 .  Man is the soul of the universe.
      人是萬物之靈。
288 .  Man proposes, God disposes.
      謀事在人，成事在天。
289 .  Many hands make light work.
      眾人拾柴火焰高。
290 .  Many heads are better than one.
      三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。
291 .  Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
      有心栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭。
292 .  Measure for measure.
      針鋒相對。
293 .  Misfortunes never come alone.
      禍不單行。
294 .  Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
      患難見真情。
295 .  Money isn't everything.
      錢不是萬能的。
296 .  Murder will out.
      紙包不住火。
297 .  My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
      兒子婚前是兒子，女兒終生是女兒。
298 .  Nature is the true law.
      天行有常，不為堯存，不為桀亡。
299 .  Necessity is the mother of invention.
      需要是發明的動力。
300 .  Never fish in trouble water.
      不要混水摸魚。
301 .  Never judge from appearances.
      不可以貌取人。
302 .  Never say die.
      永不言敗。
303 .  Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
      亡羊補牢，為時未晚。
304 .  New wine in old bottles.
      舊瓶裝新酒。
305 .  No cross, no crown.
      不經歷風雨，怎麼見彩虹。
306 .  No garden without its weeds.
      沒有不長草的園子。
307 .  No living man all things can.
      世上沒有萬事通。
308 .  No man can do two things at once.
      一心不可二用。
309 .  No man is born wise or learned.
      沒有生而知之者。
310 .  No man is content.
      人心不足蛇吞象。
311 .  No man is wise at all times.
      聰明一世，糊塗一時。
312 .  None are so blind as those who won't see.
      視而不見。
313 .  None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
      充耳不聞。
314 .  No news is good news.
      沒有消息就是好消息。
315 .  No one can call back yesterday.
      昨日不會重現。
316 .  No pains, no gains.
      沒有付出就沒有收穫。
317 .  No pleasure without pain.
      沒有苦就沒有樂。
318 .  No rose without a thorn.
      沒有不帶刺的玫瑰。
319 .  No sweet without sweat.
      先苦後甜。
320 .  No smoke without fire.
      無風不起浪。
321 .  Nothing brave, nothing have.
      不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
322 .  Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
      眼淚幹得最快。
323 .  Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
      世上無難事，只怕有心人。
324 .  Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
      世上無難事，只要肯登攀。
325 .  Nothing seek, nothing find.
      沒有追求就沒有收穫。
326 .  Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
      外出旅行，語言最要緊。
327 .  Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
      世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲。
328 .  Not to advance is to go back.
      不進則退。
329 .  Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
      不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
330 .  No way is impossible to courage.
      勇者無懼。
331 .  Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
      軍人以服從命令為天職。
332 .  Observation is the best teacher.
      觀察是最好的老師。
333 .  Offense is the best defense.
      進攻是最好的防禦。
334 .  Old friends and old wines are best.
      陳酒味醇，老友情深。
335 .  Old sin makes new shame.
      一失足成千古恨。
336 .  Once a man and twice a child.
      一次老，兩次小。
337 .  Once a thief, always a thief.
      偷盜一次，做賊一世。
338 .  Once bitten, twice shy.
      一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
339 .  One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
      一個和尚挑水喝，兩個和尚抬水喝，三個和尚沒水喝。
340 .  One cannot put back the clock.
      時鐘不能倒轉。
341 .  One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
      百聞不如一見。
342 .  One false move may lose the game.
      一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。
343 .  One good turn deserves another.
      行善積德。
344 .  One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
      爭分奪秒效率高。
345 .  One man's fault is other man's lesson.
      前車之鑒。
346 .  One never loses anything by politeness.
      講禮貌不吃虧。
347 .  One swallow does not make a summer.
      一燕不成夏。
348 .  One's words reflect one's thinking.
      言為心聲。
349 .  Out of debt, out of danger.
      無債一身輕。
350 .  Out of office, out of danger.
      無官一身輕。
351 .  Out of sight, out of mind.
      眼不見，心為靜。
352 .  Patience is the best remedy.
      忍耐是良藥。
353 .  Penny wise, pound foolish.
      貪小便宜吃大虧。
354 .  Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
      正大光明者，說到的多，做到的少。
355 .  Please the eye and plague the heart.
      貪圖一時快活，必然留下隱禍。
356 .  Pleasure comes through toil.
      苦盡甘來。
357 .  Pour water into a sieve.
      竹籃子打水一場空。
358 .  Practice makes perfect.
      熟能生巧。
359 .  Praise is not pudding.
      恭維話不能當飯吃。
360 .  Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
      好人越誇越好，壞人越誇越糟。
361 .  Prefer loss to unjust gain.
      寧可吃虧，不貪便宜。
362 .  Prevention is better than cure.
      預防勝於治療。
363 .  Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
      驕傲使人落後。
364 .  Promise is debt.
      一諾千金。
365 .  Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
      諺語是日常經驗的結晶。
366 .  Pull the chestnut out of 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.
      開卷有益。
370 .  Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
      讀書健腦，運動強身。
371 .  Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
      要人尊敬，必須自重。
372 .  Rome is not built in a day.
      冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。
373 .  Saying is one thing and doing another.
      言行不一。
374 .  Seeing is believing.
      眼見為實。
375 .  Seek the truth from facts.
      實事求是。
376 .  Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
      智者當差，不用交代。
377 .  Set a thief to catch a thief.
      以賊捉賊。
378 .  Short accounts make long friends.
      好朋友勤算賬。
379 .  Something is better than nothing.
      聊勝於無。
380 .  Soon learn, soon forgotten.
      學得快，忘得快。
381 .  Soon ripe, soon rotten.
      熟得快，爛得快。
382 .  Speech is silver, silence is gold.
      能言是銀，沉默是金。
383 .  Still water run deep.
      靜水常深。
384 .  Strike the iron while it is hot.
      趁熱打鐵。
385 .  Success belongs to the persevering.
      堅持就是勝利。
386 .  Take things as they come.
      既來之，則安之。
387 .  Talking mends no holes.
      空談無補。
388 .  Talk of the devil and he will appear.
      說曹操，曹操就到。
389 .  Tall trees catch much wind.
      樹大招風。
390 .  Teach others by your example.
      躬親示範。
391 .  The best hearts are always the bravest.
      無私者無畏。
392 .  The best man stumbles.
      偉人也有犯錯時。
393 .  The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
      掩耳盜鈴。
394 .  The danger past and God forgotten.
      過河拆橋。
395 .  The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
      黎明前的黑暗。
396 .  The darkest place is under the candlestick.
      燭臺底下最暗。
397 .  The devil knows many things because he is old.
      老馬識途。
398 .  The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
      魔鬼有時也會說真話。
399 .  The die is cast.
      木已成舟。
400 .  The early bird catches the worm.
      早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。
401 .  The end justifies the means.
      只要目的正當，可以不擇手段。
402 .  The end makes all equal.
      死亡面前，人人平等。
403 .  The eye is bigger than the belly.
      貪多嚼不爛。
404 .  The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
      抄近路反而繞遠路。
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.
      烈火驗真金，艱難磨意志。
407 .  The first step is the only difficulty.
      邁出第一步是最艱難的。
408 .  The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
      機關算盡太聰明，反誤了卿卿性命。
409 .  The fox preys farthest from home.
      兔子不吃窩邊草。
410 .  The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
      坐井觀天。
411 .  The grass is greener on the other side.
      這山望著那山高。
412 .  The greatest talkers are always least doers.
      語言的巨人總是行動的矮子。
413 .  The higher up, the greater the fall.
      爬得高，摔得慘。
414 .  The leopard cannot change its spots.
      本性難移。
415 .  The more noble, the more humble.
      人越高尚，越謙虛。
416 .  The more wit, the less courage.
      初生牛犢不怕虎。
417 .  The outsider sees the most of the game.
      旁觀者清。
418 .  The pen is mightier than the sword.
      筆能殺人。
419 .  The pot calls the kettle black.
      五十步笑百步。
420 .  There are spots in the sun.
      太陽也有黑點。
421 .  There are two sides to every question.
      問題皆有兩面。
422 .  There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
      家家有本難念的經。
423 .  There is kindness to be found everywhere.
      人間處處有溫情。
424 .  There is no general rule without some exception.
      任何法規均有例外。
425 .  There is no medicine against death.
      沒有長生不老藥。
426 .  There is no place like home.
      金窩銀窩不如咱的狗窩。
427 .  There is no royal road to learning.
      書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟。
428 .  The style is the man.
      字如其人。
429 .  The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
      人言可畏。
430 .  The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
      水能載舟，亦能覆舟。
431 .  The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
      清者自清，濁者自濁。
432 .  The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
      螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後。
433 .  The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
      世界如階梯，有人上有人下。
434 .  The world is but a little place, after all.
      海內存知己，天涯若比鄰。
435 .  Think twice before you do.
      三思而後行。
436 .  Things at the worst will mend.
      否極泰來。
437 .  Time and tide wait for no man.
      時不我待。
438 .  Time cures all things.
      時間是醫治一切創傷的良藥。
439 .  Time flies.
      光陰似箭。
440 .  Time is money.
      時間就是金錢。
441 .  Time lost cannot be won again.
      時光流逝，不可復得。
442 .  Time past cannot be called back again.
      時間不能倒流。
443 .  Time tries all.
      路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
444 .  Tit for tat is fair play.
      人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
445 .  To err is human.
      人非聖賢，孰能無過。
446 .  To know everything is to know nothing.
      什麼都知道，一如什麼都不知道。
447 .  To know oneself is true progress.
      人貴有自知之明。
448 .  Tomorrow never comes.
      我生待明日，萬事成蹉跎。
449 .  Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
      過分熟悉會使人互不服氣。
450 .  Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
      學問太多催人老。
451 .  Too much liberty spills all.
      自由放任，一事無成。
452 .  Too much praise is a burden.
      過多誇獎，反成負擔。
453 .  To save time is to lengthen life.
      節約時間就是延長生命。
454 .  Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
      常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋。
455 .  Troubles never come singly.
      福無雙至，禍不單行。
456 .  Truth never grows old.
      真理永存。
457 .  Turn over a new leaf.
      洗心革面，改過自新。
458 .  Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
      鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。
459 .  Two heads are better than one.
      一個好漢三個幫。
460 .  Two of a trade seldom agree.
      同行是冤家。
461 .  Two wrongs do not make a right.
      別人錯了，不等於你對了。
462 .  Unity is strength.
      團結就是力量。
463 .  Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
      忠言逆耳利於行。
464 .  Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
      不到黃河心不死。
465 .  Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
      吃小虧佔大便宜。
466 .  Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
      美德遠遠勝過美貌。
467 .  Walls have ears.
      小心隔墻有耳。
468 .  Wash your dirty linen at home.
      家醜不可外揚。
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，錢再多也沒用。
471 .  We know not what is good until we have lost it.
      好東西，失去了才明白。
472 .  Well begun is half done.
      好的開始，是成功的一半。
473 .  We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
      井幹方知水可貴。
474 .  We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
      欲求完美無缺的朋友必然成為孤家寡人。
475 .  We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
      自己的好事別去提，別人的恩惠要銘記。
476 .  Wet behind the ears.
      乳臭未幹。
477 .  Whatever you do, do with all your might.
      不管做什麼，都要一心一意。
478 .  What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
      兒時所學，終生難忘。
479 .  What's done cannot be undone.
      生米煮成熟飯了。
480 .  What's lost is lost.
      失者不可復得。
481 .  What we do willingly is easy.
      願者不難。
482 .  When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
      入國問禁，入鄉隨俗。
483 .  When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.
      人人都偉大，世間沒豪傑。
484 .  When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
      傷心舊事別重提。
485 .  When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
      新仇舊恨，齊上心頭。
486 .  When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
      黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒安好心。
487 .  When wine is in truth, wit is out.
      酒後吐真言。
488 .  Where there is a will, there is a way.
      有志者事竟成。
489 .  Where there is life, there is hope.
      留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。
490 .  Where there is smoke, there is fire.
      事出有因。
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.
      搬弄口舌者必是小人。
493 .  Whom the gods love die young.
      好人不長命。
494 .  Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
      智者嘴在心裏，愚者心在嘴裏。
495 .  Work makes the workman.
      勤工出巧匠。
496 .  You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
      蠟燭不能兩頭點，精力不可過分耗。
497 .  You cannot eat your cake and have it.
      魚與熊掌，不可得兼。 （衣人注：此翻譯不盡準確，僅供參考。）
498 .  You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
      強扭的瓜不甜。
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.
      是驢子是馬，拉出來遛遛。