A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)。
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. 什麽鳥唱什麽歌。
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。
A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命。
Accidents will happen. 天有不測風雲。
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 鏈條的堅固程度取決於它最薄弱的環節。
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 mon danger causes mon action. 同仇敵愾。
A constant guest is never wele. 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。
A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 壹個蠢材在他自己家裏所知的事比壹個聰明人在別人家裏所知的事要多。
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 es 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 es 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 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 wife makes a good hu *** and. 有好妻子就有好丈夫。
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 great ship asks deep water. 巨輪尋深水而航行。
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 mon 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 heavy snow promise a good harvest. 瑞雪兆豐年。
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 journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step. 千裏之行，始於足下。
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 little of everything, nothing at all. 每事淺嘗輒止，結果將壹事無成。
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 good things came to an end. 天下無不散之宴席。
All is fair in war. 兵不厭詐。
All is fish that es to one''s . 捉到網裏都是魚。
All is flour that es 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 things will e round to him who will but wait. 只要耐心肯等待，壹切都會按時來。
All time is no time when it is past. 光陰壹去不復返。
All truths are not to be told. 真理並不都能說得清。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy. 只工作，不玩耍，聰明孩子要變傻；盡玩耍，不學習，聰明孩子沒出息。
Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot. 縱然天下雨，休把水壺丟。
Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon es to the bottom. 坐吃山空。
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. 少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的壹個。
A maid that laughs is half taken. 少女露笑臉，婚事半成全。
A man alone is either a saint or a devil. 孤身獨處的人可以為聖哲，也可為惡魔。
A man apt to promise is apt to fet. 輕諾者易忘。
A man can die but once. 人生只有壹次死。
A man can do no more than he can. 凡事只能量力而行。
A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife. 妻子浪費無度，丈夫不會出頭。
A man cannot serve two masters. 壹仆不能事二主。
A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 壹心不能二用。
A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time. 壹心不能二用。
A man has his hour, and a dog has his day. 人有稱心時，狗有得意日。
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little. 人有兩只耳朵壹張嘴，就是為了多聽少說話。
A man is as old as he feels. 老不老，自己曉。
A man is known by the pany he keeps. 察其友知其人。
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell. 錯無分大小，有錯皆不好。
An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 對牛彈琴。
An oak is not felled at one stroke. 萬事不能壹蹴而就。
An occasion lost cannot be redeemed. 時機失了無法挽回。
An old dog barks not in vain. 老犬不空吠。
An old dog bites sore. 老狗咬人痛得很。
An old dog cannot alter its way of barking. 老狗難改吠聲。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. 老家夥學不出新名堂。
An old physician, and a young lawyer. 醫生年老的好，律師年輕的俏。
An old poacher makes the best keeper. 老偷獵者是最好的看守人。
An open door may tempt a saint. 壹扇開著的大門可誘惑壹個聖徒。
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 樂觀的人在災難中看到希望；悲觀的人在希望中看到災難。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 預防勝於治療。
An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue. 牛因有腳而被抓，人因有舌而遭殃。
Answer a fool according to his folly. 以其人之道，還治其人之身。
An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men. 正直的法官重法勝於重人。
A penny saved is a penny earned(or gained). 省錢就是賺錢。
A pet lamb makes a cross ram. 寵壞的小羊將成為脾氣壞的大羊。
A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife. 窮漢娶富妻，必受老婆欺。
Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter. 好藥不苦不會加糖衣。
Apparel makes the man. 馬靠鞍裝，人靠衣裝。
Appearances are deceitful. 人不可貌相，海水不可鬥量。
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