兵不厭詐。
All is not gold that glitters.
閃光的東西並不都是黃金。
All roads lead to Rome.
條條道路通羅馬。
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 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。
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 man apt to promise is apt to forget.
輕諾者易忘。
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 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 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 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 miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千裏。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
山中無老虎，猴子稱霸王。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.
遠親不如近鄰。
An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.
狗嘴裏吐不出象牙。
An evil chance seldom comes alone.
禍不單行。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
壹日之計在於晨。
An old physician, and a young lawyer.
醫生年老的好，律師年輕的俏。
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。
Answer a fool according to his folly.
以其人之道，還治其人之身。
A penny saved is a penny earned.
省錢就是賺錢。
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。
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。
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。
A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.
人要衣裝，佛要金裝。
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。
As the old cock crows, so doth the young.
有其父必有其子。
As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.
試金石可以試金，正如黃金可以試人。
As the tree falls, so shall it lie.
自作自受。
As they sow, so let them reap.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
智者寡言。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不補，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
A straw shows which way the wind blows.
壹葉便知秋。
A stumble may prevent a fall.
小懲大誡。
As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
自食其果。
As you sow you shall mow.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
A tall tree catches the wind.
樹大招風。
A tree is known by its fruit.
觀其行而知其人。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
疾風知勁草，患難知友情。
Avarice blinds our eyes.
財迷心竅。
Avarice increases with wealth.
越富越貪。
A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain.
決心趕到目的地，浪漢何懼雨來淋。
A watched pot is long in boiling.
心急水不沸。
A wilful man will have his way.
有誌者是竟成。
A word spoken is an arrow let fly.
壹言既出，駟馬難追。
A word spoken is past recalling.
壹言既出，駟馬難追。
Bad workmen often blame their tools.
拙匠常怪工具差。
Beauty is but skin-deep.
紅顏易變。
Beauty is in the eye of the gazer.
情人眼裏出西施。
Beauty lies in lover's eyes.
情人眼裏出西施。
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.
口蜜腹劍。
Before gold, even kings take off their hats.
有錢能使鬼推磨。
Beggars cannot be choosers.
饑不擇食。
Beggars must be no choosers.
饑不擇食。
Behind bad luck comes good luck.
塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
Be honest rather clever.
誠實比聰明更要緊。
Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
隨遇而安。
Be just to all, but trust not all.
要公正對待所有的人，但不要輕信所有的人。
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.
眼見的不能全信，耳聞的也不能半信。
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
不輕諾，諾必果。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
多聽少說。
Better an empty purse than an empty head.
寧可錢袋癟，不要腦袋空。
Better an open enemy than a false friend.
明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
Better good neighbours near than relations far away.
遠親不如近鄰。
Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
功虧壹簣。
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
腳踏兩頭要落空。
Beware beginnings.
慎始為上。
Big mouthfuls ofter choke.
貪多嚼不爛。
Bind the sack before it be full.
做事應適可而止。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚，人以群分。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身固然重要，教養更且重要。
Bite off more than one can chew.
貪多咽不下。
Bite the hand that feeds one.
恩將仇報。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.
良藥苦口利於病。
Blind men can judge no colours.
不宜問道於盲。
Blood is thicker than water.
血濃於水。
Bread is the staff of life.
民以食為天。
Brevity is the soul of wit.
言以簡潔為貴。
Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes.
養虎貽患。
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.
投鼠忌器。
Burnt child dreads the fire.
壹朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
Business before pleasure.
事業在先，享樂在後。
Business is business.
公事公辦。
By doing we learn.
經壹事，長壹智。
By falling we learn to go safely.
吃壹塹，長壹智。
By other's faults, wise men correct their own.
他山之石，可以攻玉。
By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.
讀書可以使我門的思想充實，談話使其更臻完美。
All things in their being are good for something.
· 天生我才必有用
A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命。(英國迷信, 指貓的生命力強)
A cat in gloves catches no mice. (=Muffled cats catch no mice.) 帶手套的貓捉不到耗子; 四肢不勤, 壹事無成; 怕沾汙手指的人做不出什麽事。
A cat may look at a king. 貓也可以看國王(指小人物也應有些權利)
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A fool may give a wise man counsel
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A good dog deserves a good bone. 好狗應該啃好骨頭, 有功者受賞。
A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.少量的常識，當得大量的學問。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.淺學誤人。
A living dog is better than a dead lion. 死獅不如活狗。
A man is known by his friends.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
A man's home is his castle.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A sheep among wolves 落入狼群; 落在壹群惡漢手中的善良人
A staff [stick] is quickly [soon] found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪, 何患無辭。
A stitch in time saves nine.
A wolf in sheep's clothing 披著羊皮的狼, 口蜜腹劍的人
A woman's place is in the home.
A woman's work is never done.
A word spoken is past recalling.
A work ill done must be twice done.首次做不好，必須重新搞。
A burnt child dreads the fire. 壹朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
A willing helper does not wait until he is asked. 於助人者總是主動幫助別人。
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行動是知識之佳果。
Actions speak louder than words.
Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.按部就班，事情很快就做完。
After a storm comes a calm.
After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
Agree like cats and dogs [口]像貓和狗壹樣合不來, 完全合不來
All cats are grey in the dark. (=At night all cats are grey; when candles are out, all cats are grey.) 貓在暗中都是灰色; 黑暗中難分醜妍
All good things must come to an end.
All is fair in love and war.
All is over but the shouting.
All lay load on the willing horse.
All roads lead to Rome.
All that glitters is not gold.
All the world loves a lover.
All time is no time when it is past.光陰壹去不復返。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聰明小孩也變傻。
All roads lead to Rome.條條大路通羅馬。
All's well that ends well.
Among the blind the one?eyed man is the king.山中無老虎猴子稱大王。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.懶漢的頭腦是魔鬼的工廠。
An idle youth,a needy age.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
An old dog barks not in vain. 老狗不亂吠; 老狗 壹吠, 就得小心。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. (=You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.) 老狗學不了新把戲; 老年人很難適應新事物。
Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
Appearances are deceptive.
April showers brings may flowers.
Art is long, life is short.
As [like] a dog with two tails 非常開心[高興]
As a sheep among the shearers 仿佛落在剪羊毛工人手裏的綿羊
As poor as a church mouse
As weak as a cat (=as weak as water) 身體非常虛弱
As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb 偷大羊或偷小羊反正都得挨絞刑; 壹不做二不休
As you make your bed, so must you lie in it.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
As you have made the bed, you must lie on it.自作自受。
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
At the eleventh hour在最後時刻表（誤：在十壹點鐘）
Bad news travels fast.
Barking dogs seldom bite. 愛叫的狗 不咬人; 咬人的狗不露齒。
Barking dogs seldom bite. 愛叫的狗不咬人。
Be (old) dog at (a thing) 對...有經驗; 對...很內行
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty is only skin-deep.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Better be safe than sorry.
Better die with honor than live with shame.
Better late than never.遲做總比不做好。
Better master one than engage with ten.會十事，不如精壹事。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
Better to be alone than in bad company.
Better to die in glory than live in dishonor.
Beware of a silent dog and still water. 提防不吠的狗, 小心 靜止的水。
Birds of a feather flock together.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Boys will be boys.
Bring down the house博得滿堂喝彩，引起哄堂大笑（誤：把房子弄塌?br> Business before pleasure.事業在先，享樂在後。
Business is business.公事公辦。
Business is the salt of life.事業是生命之鹽。
Business makes a man as well as tries him.事業可以考驗人，也可以造就人。
Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.事業雖擾人，懶惰害更大。
Business neglected is business lost.忽視職業便是放棄職業。
Calamity is man true touchstone.
Call somebody names辱罵某人（誤：喊某人的名字）
Care and diligence bring luck.謹慎和勤奮帶來好運。
Catch as catch can.
Charity begins at home.
Christmas comes but once a year.聖誕壹年只壹度。
Clean conscience laughs at false accusation.
Come like a dog at a whistle 壹呼即來
Crime does not pay.
Cry over spilt milk.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Dead men have no friends.
Dead men tell no tales.
Death is the great leveler.
Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.慢慢酌量，快快行動。
Dexterity comes by experience.熟練來自經驗。
Diamond cut diamond.
Diligence is the mohter of success.勤奮是成功之母。
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.勤勉是好運之母。
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Divide and rule.
Do as I say, and not as I do.
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.照大多數人那樣幹，人們會把妳稱贊。
Do business,but be not a slave to it.要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。
Do not wear out your welcome.
Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.
Doing everything is doing nothing. 樣樣都做等於不做。
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't meet trouble half-way.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't ride the high horse.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Doubt is the key of knowledge.懷疑是知識之鑰。
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起，使人健康、富裕和聰穎。
Easier said than done.
East or west, home is best. 出門五裏，不如家裏。
Easy come, easy go.來得容易去得快。
Eat no fish做忠實可靠的人（誤：不吃魚）
Enough to make a cat [horse] laugh 極其可笑; 讓人笑掉大牙
Enough to make a cat speak [口]令人驚訝; 事情太出奇
Entertain an angel unawares.
Every bird loves to hear himself sing.
Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日。
Every dog is a lion at home. [Every dog is valiant at his own door.] 狗是百步王, 只在門前兇。
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.
Every man has his faults.
Every man has his price.
Every man is his own worst enemy.
Every picture tells a story.
Every potter praises his own pot.
Every tide hath ist ebb.潮漲必有潮落時。
Everybody's business is nobody?s business. 三個和尚沒水吃
Everyone to his taste.
Everything has its time and that time must be watched.萬物皆惺保?崩床豢墑А?br> Experience is the best teacher.經驗是最好的教師。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。
Experience is the mother of wisdom.
Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.經驗學校學費高，愚人旁處學不到。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.有經驗而無學問，勝於有學問而無經驗。
Failure teaches success.
Faith will move mountains. 精誠所至，金石為開。
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fast Barking dogs seldom bite.
Fat cat 美國政治運動的出資人, 捐獻大宗政治款項的富人; 安於現狀的懶漢; 以權謀私的人, 享受特權的人
Fear is stronger than love.
Fear of death is worse than death itself.
Fight dog, fight bear. 打個青紅皂白, 壹決雌雄。
Fight fire with fire.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Finished labours are pleasant.完成工作是壹樂。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master. 火是忠實的朋友，卻是殘酷的主人。
First come, first served.
First things first.
First think, and then speak.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真情。
Garbage in, garbage out.
Give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him). 壹旦給人加壹個壞名聲, 他就永遠洗刷不掉; 人言可畏。
Give credit where credit is due.
Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
Give the devil his due.
Give him an inch and he will take an ell（a yard）. 得寸進尺。
God helps them that help themselves.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Goodness is better than beauty.
Grasp all, lose all.
Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同。
Happiness takes no account of time.歡娛不惜時光逝。
Has the cat got your tongue? [口]貓把妳的舌頭叼去了嗎?為什麽不吭聲?
Haste makes waste.
Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today.明天如有事，今天就去做。
He is a lucky dog. 他是個幸運兒。
He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.
He laughs best who laughs last.
He that doth most at once doth least.什麽都想壹次做完，結果壹件也做不完；貪多嚼不爛。
He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others.
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.
He that plants a tree plants for posterity.
He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。
He that will not work shall not eat.不工作者不得食。
He who hesitates is lost.
He who does not advance loses ground. 不進則退。
He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man. 不到長城非好漢。
He who laughs last, laughs best. 誰笑到最後誰笑得最好。
He who rides on a tiger can never dismount. 騎虎難下。
Health is not valued till sickness comes. 有病方知無病福。
Honesty is the best policy.
Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).懶人做工作，越懶越費力。
Idleness is the key of beggary.懶惰出乞丐。
Idleness is the root of all evil.懶惰乃萬惡之源。
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.若要求知識，須從勤苦得。
If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.想把事情來做好，就得親自動手搞。
Ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ill news travels fast.惡事傳千裏。
In for a penny,in for a pound.做事壹開頭，就要做到底；壹不做，二不休。
Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.勤勉是幸運的右手，世儉是幸運的左手。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.前車可鑒。
It is ill to waken sleeping dogs. [let sleeping dogs lie; don't wake a sleeping dog.] 別多事, 別惹麻煩。
It is in to be on the safe side.
It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.沒有土壤，播種也是徒勞。
It is no use crying best spilt milk.
It is not work that kills,but worry.工作不會傷身，傷身乃是憂慮。
It is right to put everything in its proper use.凡事都應用得其所。
It never rains, but it pours.
It rains cats and dogs. 下傾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱
It takes two to tango.
It is no good crying over the spilt milk. 覆水難收。
It takes two to make a quarrel.壹只碗不響。
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
Kill two birds with one stone.壹箭雙雕。
Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.知識只能循序漸進，不能躍進。
Knowledge is power.知識就是力量。
Laughter is the best medicine.
Lead a dog's life 過著牛馬不如的生活
Lead a dog's life 過窮困潦倒的日子
Learn wisdom by the follies of others.從旁人的愚行中學到聰明。
Let bygones be bygones.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Let the buyer beware.
Let the cat out of the bag 說走了嘴, (無意中)泄露秘密
Let the dead bury their dead.
Let sleeping dog lie. 不要惹是生非。
Let's call a spade a spade.直言不諱。
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Like a cat on hot bricks 局促不安, 如熱鍋上的螞蟻
Like father, like son.
Like mother, like daughter.
Live and learn.
Live like cat and dog [口]整天吵架
Live a cat and dog life（夫妻）過著不和諧的生活（誤：過著貓和狗壹般的生活）
Living without an aim is liking sailing without a compass. 生活沒有目標等於航行沒有指南針。
Look after number one.
Look on the bright side.
Look before you leap.三思而後行。
Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁觀者清。
Love conquers all.
Love is blind.
Love makes the world go round.
Love me, love my dog. 妳若把我當朋友, 也要把我的朋友當朋友; 愛屋及烏。
Love sees no faults.
Love will find a way.
Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏
Make hay while the sun shines.曬草要趁太陽好。
Man cannot live by bread alone.
Many hands make light work.眾擎易舉。
Many hands make quick work.人多幹活快。
Many a little makes a mickle.積少成多。
Many hands makes light work. 人多好辦事。
Marriages are made in heaven.
May As soon as man is born he begins to die.
Might is right.
Mind your own business.
Money is the root of all evil.
Money isn't everything.
More haste, less speed.欲速則不達。
Move heaven and earth想盡壹切辦法；竭盡全力（誤：翻天覆地）
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.今日事須今日畢，切勿拖延到明天。
Never do things by halves.做事不要半途而廢。