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.
壹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.
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.
吃壹塹，長壹智。
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.
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壹半。
26.A good beginning is half done.
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.
壹本好書，相伴壹生。
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.
壹知半解，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，就壹切都好。
48.All that glitters is not gold.
閃光的不壹定都是金子。
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.
壹心不能二用。
54.A man is known by his friends.
什麽人交什麽朋友。
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.
壹分錢難倒英雄漢。
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.
失之毫厘，差之千裏。
59.A mother's love never changes.
母愛永恒。
60.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
壹天壹蘋果，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.
壹日之計在於晨。
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.
壹花獨放不是春，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.
壹言既出，駟馬難追。
77.A year's plan starts with spring.
壹年之計在於春。
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，壞事傳千裏。
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。
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.
來得容易去得快。
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，必有壹失。
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。
156.Far water does not put out near fire.
遠水救不了近火。
157.Faults are thick where love is thin.
壹朝情意淡，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.
火是壹把雙刃劍。
162.First come, first served.
先來後到。
163.First impressions are half the battle.
初次見面，印象最深。
154.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。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所見略同。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
惡其始者必惡其終。
A bad bush is better than the open field.
有勝於無。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。
A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做賊心虛。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.
壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。
A bad padlock invites a picklock.
開門揖盜。
A bad thing never dies.
壞事傳千年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常怨工具差。
A bargain is a bargain.
達成的協議不可撕毀。
A beggar's purse is bottomless.
乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
雙鳥在林不如壹鳥在手。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。
A bird may be known by its song.
什麼鳥唱什麼歌。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.
略有勝於全無。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.
坐井觀天。
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
秋波送盲，白費癡情。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
壹本好書今天如此，將來也如此，永不改變。
A book that remains shut is but a block.
有書閉卷不閱讀，無異是壹塊木頭。
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
借來的鬥篷不暖身。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
相聚愛益切，離別情更深。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
自己選的擔子不嫌重。
A burnt child dreads the fire.
壹朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人。
A cat may look at a king.
貓也有權晉見國王。
Accidents will happen.
天有不測風雲。
A change of work is as good as a rest.
調換壹下工作是很好的休息。
A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
快樂的妻子是生活的樂事。
A clean hand wants no washing.
身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
問心無愧，高枕無憂。
A clear conscience is a sure card.
光明磊落，勝券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
寧為清貧，不為濁富。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病從口入，禍從口出。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action.
同仇敵愾。
A constant guest is never welcome.
久住非佳賓，常來不歡迎。
A contented mind is perpetual feast.
知足常樂。
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
貪婪的人對別人毫無好處，對自己卻壞處更大。
A crafty knave needs no broker.
狡猾的流氓，不需居間人。
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.
戶樞不蠹。
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
行動是知識的巧果。
Actions speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.
不滿足者坐無寧時。
A disease known is half cured.
病情確診斷，治病好壹半。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
在私底下要忠告妳的朋友，在公開場合又表揚妳的朋友。
A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.
骨頭打狗狗不叫。
Adversity is a good discipline.
苦難是磨練人的好機會。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
逆境迎向昌盛。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
患難使人聰明，但不能致富。
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
身處逆境不擇友。
Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
成功地克服困難是最大的光榮。
A fair death honours the whole life.
死得光明，終身榮耀。
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
人不可貌相。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
益友難得。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃壹塹，長壹智。
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.
父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
A fault confessed is half redressed.
承認錯誤，等於改正壹半。
Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.
事情要安步就班地做，就會很快地做完。
A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.
口若懸河不能作為才智的證明。
A fool always comes short of his reckoning.
愚人常缺算計。
A fool always rushes to the fore.
傻瓜總愛強出頭。
A fool and his money are soon parted.
笨蛋難聚財。
A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.
蠢人裝聰明，實在最可憐。
A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.
壹愚發問，七智結舌。
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
愚者所問，智者難答。
A fool may give a wise man counsel.
愚者千慮，必有壹得。
A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.
壹愚所失，百智難回。
A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark.
愚者千慮，必有壹得。
A fool's heart dances on his lips.
愚人心坦蕩，掛在嘴唇上。
A fox may grow grey, but never good.
狐貍會變，但本性難移。
A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy his crimes.
朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人誇大人的罪過。
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.
曩中有錢，不如朝中有友。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難朋友才是真朋友。
A friend is a second self.
朋友是另壹個我。
A friend is best found in adversity.
患難見真友。
A friend is never known till a man have need.
不到患難時，永遠不能認識真正的朋友。
A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.
交友慢，失友快。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
廣交友，無深交。
A friend without faults will never be found.
沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的。
After a storm comes a calm.
否極泰來。
After black clouds, clear weather.
否極泰來。
After death, the doctor.
放馬後炮。
After dinner comes the reckoning.
吃喝玩樂，該付代價。
After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.
午餐之後坐片刻，晚飯之後走壹裏。
After meat, mustard.
雨後送傘。
A full belly counsels well.
衣食足而後知榮辱。
A full cup must be carried steadily.
杯滿盈，須持穩。
A good anvil does not fear the hammer.
好砧不怕錘。
A good appetite is a good sauce.
饑不擇食。
A good beginning is half the battle.
首戰告捷等於壹半勝利。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者必善其終。
A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.
壹本好書，莫逆之交。
A good book is a light to the soul.
好書壹本，照亮心靈。
A good conscience is a continual feast.
白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
A good dog deserves a good bone.
有勞得獎。
A good example is the best sermon.
身教勝似言教。
A good face is a letter of recommendation.
好的相貌就是壹封推薦的介紹信。
A good fame is better than a good face.
好的名望勝於好的相貌。
A good friend is my nearest relation.
良友如近親。
A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land.
聰明腦袋勤勞手，走遍天下貴如金。
A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.
健康的身體貴於黃金鑄成的皇冠。
A good heart conquers ill fortune.
善心克厄運。
A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.
良馬的毛色不會差。
A good horse often needs a good spur.
好馬常要好靴刺。
A good marksman may miss.
智者千慮，必有壹失。
A good maxim is never out of season.
至理名言不會過時。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。
A good name is better than riches.
好名譽勝過有財富。
A good name is earlier lost than won.
失去美名易，得到美名難。
A good name is sooner lost than won.
美譽難得而易失。
A good name keeps lustre in the dark.
好的名聲在黑暗中也會光芒四射。
A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
出色的外科醫生必須心明眼亮和有壹雙靈巧的手。
A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.
好故事百聽不厭。
A good tongue is a good weapon.
伶俐的口齒是壹種銳利的武器。
A good winter brings a good summer.
瑞雪兆豐年。
A great talker is a great liar.
最會饒舌的人也是最會說謊的人。
A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.
做賊心虛，良心自誅。
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
賊膽心虛。
A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning.
壹點小常識常勝過很多有價值的學問。
A happy heart makes a blooming visage.
心花怒放，笑逐顏開。
A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.
性急難免出岔子。
A heavy purse makes a light heart.
腰包錢財足，心境自然寬。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune.
時勢造英雄。
A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.
相馬不可憑馬的裝飾。
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
家庭內訌難維系。
A Jack of all trades and master of none.
三腳貓無所長。
A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.
開玩笑總不能化敵為友，反而有時會失去朋友。
A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.
窮人的壹只羔羊比富人的壹頭牛還要珍貴。
A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.
懶羊嫌毛重
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
Ale will make a cat speak.
酒後吐真言。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
騙子說真話，也沒人相信。
A liar is worse than a thief.
撒謊比偷竊更可惡。
A lie begets a lie till they come to generation.
謊言生謊言，謊言傳萬代。
A life without a friend is a life without a sun.
人生在世無朋友，猶如生活無太陽。
A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder.
人生無目的，猶如船失去了舵。
A light purse is a heavy curse.
為人無錢處處難。
A light purse makes a heavy heart.
曩中無錢心事重。
A lion at home, a mouse abroad.
在家兇如獅，在外卻如鼠。
A little body often harbours a great soul.
莫道身軀小，偉人寓其間。
A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world.
幼兒是世界上最可愛和最純潔的。
A little fire is quickly trodden out.
小洞易補。
A little is better than none.
聊勝於無。
A little labour, much health.
適量勞動健身大有益。
A little leak will sink a great ship.
千丈之堤潰於蟻穴。
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
淺學誤人。
A little neglect may breed great mischief.
小不忍則亂大謀。
A little pot is soon hot.
壺小水易熱。
A little spark kindles a great fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.
適可而止，過猶不及。
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
壹條活狗勝過壹頭死獅。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敵人逃跑時，個個都勇敢。
All are not hunters that blow the horn.
吹號角的未必都是獵人。
All are not merry that dance lightly.
表面高興的，未必都快樂。
All are not saints that go to church.
去做禮拜者，未必皆聖人。
All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
犬之所吠，並非皆賊。
All asses wag their ears.
傻子總愛裝聰明。
All bread is not baked in one oven.
人心不同，猶如其面。
All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
貓都愛吃魚，卻怕爪弄濕。
All covet, all lose.
貪多必失。
All is fair in war.
兵不厭詐。
All is fish that comes to one's net.
捉到網裏都是魚。
All is flour that comes to his mill.
到他的磨裏都能碾成粉。
All is not at hand that helps.
有用的東西並不都是垂手可得的。
All is not gain that is put in the purse.
放入錢包的錢財，並非都是應得的。
All is not gold that glitters.
閃光的東西並不都是黃金。
All is not lost that is in danger.
在危險中的東西未必都會損失。
All is well that ends well.
結果美滿都是好的。
All men are mortal.
人孰無死。
All men cannot be first.
不可能人人都得第壹名。
All one's geese are swans.
自吹自擂。
All rivers run into the sea.
百川入海。
All roads lead to Rome.
條條道路通羅馬。
All's fair in love and war.
愛情和戰爭是不擇手段的。
All's fish that comes to his net.
到了網中都是魚。
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.
有情人終成眷屬。
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.
機會失去不再來，千貫萬貫難贖回。
All the wit in the world is not in one head.
世界上所有的智慧不可能集中於壹個腦袋。
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
整個世界是個舞臺，男男女女，演員而已。
All things are difficult bef