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 penny always turns up.爛錢總是會再回籠
A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年。
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 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。
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午飯後要坐，晚飯後要走。
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 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 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 face needs no paint. 美貌無需擦脂抹粉。
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 cant's lie. 有仁心者不說謊話。
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 neighbour is better than a bother in the next village. 遠親不如近鄰。
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
Danger is next neighbour to security. 危險是安全的近鄰。
Danger itself is the best remedy for danger. 危險本身就是對付危險的最好辦法。
Dead men tell no tales. 死人不會搬弄是非。
Death is the grand leveller. 凡人都要死，大家都壹樣。
Death meets us everywhere. 死亡到處和我門相遇。
Death pays all debts. 人死百債了。
Death when it comes will have no denial. 死亡來臨時，無可抗拒之。
Deeds, no words. 不要光說不練。
Debt is better than death. 負債總比死亡強。
Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves. 行動是果實，言語只是樹葉而已。
Deeds are males, and words are females. 言柔弱無能，行剛強有力。
Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy. 深水靜靜流，淺溪潺潺流。
Delays are dangerous. 坐失良機必有憂患。
Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour. 著手前要深思熟慮，執行要果斷有力。
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考慮要仔細，行動要迅速。
Deliberating is not delaying. 慎思不是拖延。
Deliver not your words by number but by weight. 言不在多，而在有物。
Depend on others and you always repent. 依靠別人總要後悔。
Despair gives courage to a coward. 人急造反，狗急跳墻。
Destruction pursues the great. 樹大招風。
Devil must be driven out with devils. 以毒攻毒。
Dexterity comes by experience. 熟練來自經驗。
Diamond cut diamond. 強中更有強中手。
Diet cures more than the doctor. 藥補不如食補。
Diligence is near success. 勤奮近乎成功。
Diligence is the mother of good luck. 刻苦是成功之母。
Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奮是成功之母。
Discontent is the first step in progress. 不知足是前進中的第壹步。
Discretion is the better part of valour. 小心即大勇。
Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow. 病，仇與債這三者，壹露苗頭就砍掉。
Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body. 心靈上的疾病比肉體上的疾病更危險。
Diseases are the price of ill pleasures. 疾病是不正當娛樂的代價。
Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot. 病來如山倒，病去如抽絲。
Disgraced may be he who thinks ill. 心懷不端的人是可恥的。
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 為眾之所為，受眾之所誇。
Do as the Romans do(or Do as they do at Rome). 入鄉要隨俗。
Do as you would be done by. 推己及人。
Do business, but be not a slave to it. 要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。
Dog does not eat dog. 物不傷其類。
Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. 遠處叫得兇的狗，不會近身來咬人。
Dogs that run after many hares kill none. 多謀寡成。
Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 狗搖尾巴，愛的是面包。
Doing is better than saying. 行勝於言。
Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入鄉隨俗。
Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all youknow. 不要為所能為，不要花盡所有，不要全信所聞，不要言盡所知。
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不要忘恩負義。
Do not despise your enemy. 萬勿輕敵。
Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. 不要有求必應。
Do not praise a day before sunset. 切勿褒貶過早。
Do not run too fast after gain. 不要見利就拼命追。
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. 不要向不如妳幸運的人述說妳的幸福。
Do not swap horses when crossing a stream. 處在危難中，不宜大更動。
Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty. 不要因為怕貧苦而放棄自由。
Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you. 己所不欲，勿施於人。
Do not wash dirty linen in public. 家醜不可外揚。
Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未來，莫潑贓水。
Don't count your chicken before they are hatched. 不要過早樂觀。
Don't climb a tree to look for fish. 勿緣木求魚。
Don't cross the bridge till you get to it. 不要杞人憂天。
Don't fly till you wings are feathered. 羽毛未豐不要飛。
Don't cry out before you are hurt. 還沒受苦，就別叫苦。
Don't halloo till you are out of the wood. 沒有脫離危險不要先歡呼。
Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. 切莫臨時抱佛腳。
Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤註壹擲。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日畢。
Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak. 不要盡言所知，而要盡知所言。
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班門弄斧。
Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh. 清水未打來，贓水莫倒掉。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自尋煩惱。
Don't whistle until you are out of the wood. 沒有脫離險境，不要過早高興。
Do one's level best. 盡力而為。
Dot the i's and cross the t's. 壹點壹劃，循規蹈矩。
Doubt is the key of knowledge. 懷疑乃知識的鑰匙。
Do well is better than say well. 說得好不如做得好。
Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢。
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. 事未齊備，切莫妄動。
Draw water with a sieve. 竹籃子打水壹場空。
Dream are lies. 夢不足信。
Dreams go by contraries. 夢想總與現實相反。
Drive your business, do not let it drive you. 要推動事業，不要讓事業來推動妳。
Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built. 滴水匯大海，壘石誅高墻。
Drowning man will catch at a straw. 溺水的人壹根草也要抓。
Drunken days have all their tomorrows. 今日花天酒地，明日潦倒窮途。
Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒後露真言。
Dumb dogs are dangerous. 啞犬最兇惡。
Dying is as natural as living. 死亡與生存壹樣自然。