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 penny always turns up.
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。
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 husband. 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 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 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 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 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 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 before they are easy. 凡事都是先難後易。
All things are easy that are done willingly. 做事樂意，諸事容易。
All things are obedient to money. 有錢能使鬼推磨。
All things will come 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***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 comes 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 forget. 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 company he keeps. 察其友知其人。
A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable. 人並不因為生在馬廄裏就成了馬。
A man is not good or bad for one action. 判斷人的好壞不能憑壹次行為。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
A man may dig his grave with his teeth. 禍從口出。
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. 牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難。
A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge. 有寶何必人前誇。
A man may smile and smile and be villain. 笑裏藏***。
A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool. 壹個人可能說話像個聰明人，而行為像個大笨蛋。
A man of gladness seldom falls into madness. 生性樂天的人極少會變成瘋子。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 講而不做，猶如花園裏長滿了荒草。
A man's actions show his character. 行為可顯出壹個人的品性。
A man who has friend must show himself friendly. 與朋友交，必須友好相處。
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. 人無笑臉，不要開店。
A man without money is a bow without an arrow. 人無錢，猶如弓無箭。
A man without reason is a beast in season. 人無理智就像是壹頭發情的野獸。
A match will set fire to a large building. 星星之火，可以燎原。
Ambition never dies until there is no way out. 不到黃河心不死。
A merry heart goes all the way. 生性樂天，終身受用。
A middle course is the safest. 中庸之道最保險。
A miserly father makes a prodigal son. 愛錢如命的父親生個兒子揮金如土。
A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千裏。
A moneyless man goes fast through the market. 壹個沒錢的人很快穿過市場。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. 山中無老虎，猴子稱霸王。
A mother's love never changes. 母愛永恒。
An artist lives everywhere. 藝人處處可安家。
An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden. 驢子能負重，但不堪超過力之所及。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 遠親不如近鄰。
An empty hand is no lure for a hawk. 空手誘不來老鷹。
An empty purse frightens many friends. 曩中無分文，親友不上門。
An empty sack cannot stand upright. 空麻袋，立不直。
An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well. 狗嘴裏吐不出象牙。
An evening red and a morning grey, is a sign of a fair day. 晚霞紅如火，曉色青如灰，定是晴朗天。
An evil chance seldom comes alone. 禍不單行。
An evil lesson is soon learned. 學壞容易。
A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
Anger is a short madness. 發火是短暫的瘋狂。
Anger rests in the bosom of folly. 怒火常寓於蠢人的胸中。
An honest man's word is as good as his bond. 誠實人的話像他的契約壹樣靠得住。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 壹日之計在於晨。
An idle brain is the devil's workshop. 遊手好閑是萬惡之源。
An idle youth, a needy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
An ill workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。
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。
Appetite comes with eating. 食欲越吃越旺。
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 白日不做虧心事，夜半不怕鬼敲門。
A ragged coat may cover an honest man. 不能以衣著取人。
Art is long, but lift is short. 人生有涯，而學無涯。
A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money. 失友都因借錢起。
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 千裏之行始於足下。
A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
Art lies in concealing art. 隱而不露即藝術。
As a man lives so shall he die. 有生必有死。
As a man's heart is, so does he speak. 言為心聲。
As a man sows, so he shall reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
A secret between more than two is no secret. 兩人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。
A servant is known by his master's absence. 主人不在可以看出仆人的品行來。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth. 緘默的嘴，真誠的心，是世界上最令人贊美的東西。
A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
As is the workman so is the work. 什麽工人出什麽活。
Ask no questions and you will be told no lies. 如果妳少問，謊言就難進。
A smart coat is a good letter of introduction. 人要衣裝，佛要金裝。
A small leak will sink a great ship. 壹個小漏洞可能弄沈壹艘大輪船。
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平靜的海洋練不出熟練的水手。
A sow, when washed; returns to the muck. 江山易改，本性難移。
A spot is most seen on the finest cloth. 最清潔的布上，汙點特別顯眼。
As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring. 忘恩負義。
A staff is quickly fo