Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 热情而无知，犹如无光之火 Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. 无知的热情近乎愚蠢（ family ）...
You are never too old to learn. 学习不嫌老 You cannot have everything in this life. 万事如意古来难。 You can't see the wood for the trees. 见树不见林，问题难看清 You never know till you have tried. 不尝试，不知晓...
Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳 Wash your dirty linen at home 家丑不可外扬 . Waste not, want not. 俭则不匮 Wasting time is robbing oneself. 浪费时间就是掠夺自己。 Water-drops, gathered together, become a sea? experience, g...
Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 欲钓大鱼，先舍小鱼 Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. 改变自己往往比改变环境更为需要。 Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是无价之宝...
Under water, famine? under snow, bread. 洪水造饥馑，瑞雪兆丰年 Union is strength. 团结就是力量 Use makes perfectness. 熟能生巧...
The grapes are sour, as the fox said when he could not reach them. 狐狸吃不到葡萄，就说葡萄酸 Take away my good name, take away my life. 夺去了美名也就夺去了生命 Take honour from me and my l ife is done. 没有了名誉...
Sadness and gladness succeed one another. 乐极生悲 , 苦尽甘来 Satan always finds work for idle hands. 魔鬼专坑懒鬼 Saving is getting. 节约等于增加收入 Say nothing, think the more. 多思寡言 Saying and doing are two t...
Ragged colts may make fine horses. 别看小狗现在丑，长大可能成骏马 Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exactman . 阅读使人渊博，会谈使 人机敏，写作使人严谨。 Reason is the guide...
Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 一朝得了利，痛苦便忘记 Pain past is pleasure. 苦尽甘来 Pardon all men, but never thyself. 严以律已，宽以待人 Penny wise, pound foolish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂 ( 意同：抓了...
Observation is the best teacher. 观察是最好的老师 Of nothing comes nothing. 巧妇难为无米之炊 Of two evils choose the less. 两害相权取其轻 Once a thief, always a thief. 一次做贼，永远做贼 Once bitten, twice shy...
Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明之母 Need makes the old wife trot. 事急老妪跑 Neither a borrower nor a lender be. 别借债，莫放债 Never buy a pig in a poke. 东西没看清，不要急着买 Never cross a br...
Make hay while the sun shines. 趁晴晒草 ( 意同：趁热打铁 ) Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天 Man struggles upwards? water flows downwards. 人往高出走， 水往低处流 。 Manners make the man. 观其待人...
Laugh, and the world laughs with you? Weep, and you weep alone. 欢笑，整个世界伴你欢笑。哭泣，只有你独自向隅而泣 Lay things by, they many come to use 蓄物必有其用。 Learning is the eye of the mind. 知识是心灵...
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open. 少说为佳 , 多听为妙 Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs. 杀鸡取蛋，愚蠢荒唐 Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕 Kiss and be friends. 吵嘴后，和为贵 Knowledge i...
Jack of all trades, master of none. 样样皆通，样样稀松 Joy surfeited turns to sorrow. 乐极生悲 Judge not a book by its cover. 评价一本书，不能凭封面 Judge not from appearance. 人不可貌相 Judge not of men and thin...
Idleness is the root of all evil. 懒惰是万恶之源 If a man once fall, all will tread on him. 人倒众人踩 If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人若无希望，心碎肝肠断 If we can t do as we would, we must do as we...
Habit is second nature. 习惯是第二天性 Half a loaf is better than no bread 半个面包总比没有好 ( 意同：聊胜于无 ). Handsome is that handsome does. 以美貌亦美。 Harm watch, harm catch. 害人反害已 Haste makes w...
Genius only means hard-working all one s life. 天才只总味着终身不懈的努 力。 Give him an inch and he will take a yard. 得寸进尺 Give him the dose of his own medicine 以其人之道还治其人之身 Go while the going is g...
Face to face, the truth comes out. 面对面，真相白 Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩 Failure teaches success. 失败是成功之母 False friends are worse than bitter(open)enemies. 口蜜腹剑的朋友比不共戴天的...
Early sow, early mow. 早种早收 Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 睡得早，起得早，聪明、富裕、身体好 Easier said than done. ? 说来容易，做来难 East or west, home is best. 东也好，...
Dead men tell no tales. 死人不会告密 Death is the great leveler. 死亡面前人人平等 Death pays all debts. 一死了百债 Delays are dangerous. 事怕延误 Diamond cut diamond. 棋逢对手，将遇良才 Diligence is the mother...
Cheats never prosper. 靠欺骗，难发财 Children and fools tell the truth. 孩子和傻子，口中无诈语 Children should be seen but not be heard. 大人在讲话，小孩别插嘴 Choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye. 择...
Bad excuses are worse than none. 狡辩比不辩护还糟 Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人 Be just before you are generous. 先还债，后慷慨 Beauty and folly are often companions. 美貌和愚蠢常结伴 Beauty is but skin-dee...
A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠总怪工具差。 A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield. 勇者可能跌倒，但不会屈服。 A burnt child dreads the fire. 烧伤过的孩子怕见火。 ( 意同：一朝被蛇咬，三年...