（英文）古諺
A bad penny always comes back.（惡有惡報） |
A bad shearer never had a good sickle. |
A bad workman always blames his tools.（劣工尤器。） |
A beggar pays a benefit with a louse.（以怨報德。） |
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.（一鳥在手勝於兩鳥在林。） |
A book that is shut, is but a block.（開卷有益。） |
A burnt child dreads the fire.（一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。） |
A cat may look at a king.（君王卿相於我何。） |
A clear conscience is like a coat of mail.（平生不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。） |
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.（知足常樂。） |
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.（上樑不正下樑歪。） |
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.（江山易改，本性難移。） |
A deceitful peace is more hurtful than an open war.（明槍易躲，暗箭難防。） |
A drowning man will catch at a straw.（急不暇擇。） |
A fair face may hide a foul heart.［Fair face, foul heart.］（漂亮的面孔可能藏著一顆齷齪的心。［人面獸心。］） |
A fair woman without virtue is like palled wine.（美女無德如酒無味。） |
A fault confessed is half redressed.（肯認錯是改過的一半。） |
A fool’s bolt is soon shot.（黔驢技窮。） |
A fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.（話多者蠢。） |
A friend in need is a friend indeed.（患難見真情。［患難之友，乃為真友。）） |
A good book is a light to the soul.（一本好書是靈魂之光。） |
A good conscience is a safe pillow.（良心清白，安枕無憂。） |
A great tree attracts the wind.（樹大招風。） |
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.（作賊心虛。多行不義必自斃，多走夜路必遇鬼。） |
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.（小不忍則亂大謀。） |
A hard beginning makes a good ending.（先苦後甘。） |
A heavy purse makes a light heart.（錢包飽滿，心情輕鬆。） |
A hedge between keeps friendship green.（君子之交淡如水。） |
A honey tongue, a heart of gall.（口蜜腹劍。笑裡藏刀。佛口蛇心。） |
A Jack of all trades is master of none.（樣樣通樣樣稀鬆（博藝無所精）。） |
A leopard cannot change his spots.（江山易改，本性難移。） |
A light purse makes a heavy heart.（錢包薄薄，心情沉重。） |
A little body often harbors a great soul.（偉大的靈魂常寓於短小的驅體。） |
A little help is worth a deal of pity.（濟弱扶困勝於同情。） |
A little learning is a dangerous thing.（一知半解，危險之至。） |
A little pot is soon hot.（人窮志短。［小人物易發怒。］） |
A little spark may kindle a great fire.（星星之火可燎原。） |
A little wariness prevents great weariness.（小心駛得萬年船。） |
A man is known by the company he keeps.（觀其友，知其人。） |
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.（一個光說不做的人好像一個花園，裡面長滿都是野草。） |
A miss is as good as a mile.（失之毫釐，差之千里。） |
A new broom sweeps clean.（新官上任三把火。） |
A penny saved is a penny earned.（省一文則賺一文。） |
A pin a day is a groat a year.（聚沙成塔。） |
A poor man's tale cannot be heard.（人微言輕。） |
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.（平生不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。） |
A reformed rake makes the best husband.（浪子回頭金不換。） |
A rolling stone gathers no moss.（滾石不成苔。） |
A small leak will sink a great ship.（牽一髮，動全身。） |
A soft answer turneth away wrath.（和言足以息怒。［柔足以克剛。］） |
A sound mind in a sound body.（健全的頭腦寓於健全的身體。） |
A stitch in time saves nine.（及時行事，事半功倍。） |
A straight stick is crooked in the water.（直棍水中曲。） |
A straw shows which way the wind blows.（見微知著。） |
A thief passes for a gentleman when thieving has made him rich.（成者為王，敗者為寇。） |
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.（美的事物是永恆的喜悅。） |
A wild goose never laid a tame egg.（強將手下無弱兵。） |
A woman’s advice is no great thing, but he who won’t take it is a fool.（女人的忠告雖不是怎麼大不了的事，若不接受，便是傻瓜。） |
A word before is worth two behind.（千金難買早知道。） |
A word before is worth two behind.（事前一句勝過事後兩句） |
A word is enough to the wise.（智者一點就明。） |
A word spoken is an arrow let fly.（一言既出，如箭射出。） |
A word spoken is past recalling.∕A word once spoken can never be recalled.（一言既出，駟馬難追。） |
A young idler, an old beggar.（少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。） |
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones.（離別削減小愛，卻增添大愛。） |
Absence is mother of disillusion.（疏離是覺悟之母。） |
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.（小別勝新婚。［小別情更濃。］） |
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.（相聚愛益切，離別情更深。） |
Absent in body, but present in spirit.（肉身雖不在，精神卻不死。永垂不朽。） |
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.（行動是知識的卓越果實。） |
Actions speak louder than words.（行動勝於空談（事實勝於雄辯）。） |
Advice is a stranger, if welcome he stays for the night; if not welcome he returns home the same day.［African Proverb］（忠告是一位陌生客，若受歡迎，則停留過夜；不受歡迎，當天就要回家。【非洲諺語】） |
Advice when most needed is least heeded.（忠言逆耳。［良言於最需要時最不受重視。）） |
Advice whispered is worthless.（竊竊私語的忠告毫無價值可言。） |
After a storm comes a calm.（否極泰來。） |
After black clouds, clear weather.（守得雲開見月時。） |
All are not saints that go to church.（上教堂的人未必個個都是聖人。） |
All are not thieves that dogs bark at.（人不可貌相，海不可斗量。［不可一概而論。］ ） |
All cats are grey in the dark.（貓在黑暗中通通都是灰色的。） |
All good things must come to an end.（天下無不散之筵席。） |
All is well that ends well.（結果佳者方佳。） |
All lay loads on a willing horse.（人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。） |
All roads lead to Rome.（條條大道通羅馬（行行出狀元）） |
All that glitters is not gold.（閃礫者未必都是金。發亮的不一定全是金子。［人不可貌相。］［金玉其外，敗絮其中。］［虛有其表。］） |
All things are difficult before they are easy.（萬事起頭難。） |
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.（只工作不消遣，使人遲鈍。） |
All’s well that ends well.（善終為善。吉人自有天相。） |
Ambition loses many a man.（野心使許多人失敗。） |
Ambition makes people diligent.（雄心使人勤勉。） |
An enemy may chance to give good counsel.（敵人也可能給人好的忠告。） |
An eye for an eye, and we will all go blind.∕An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.（以牙還牙，兩敗俱傷。［以眼還眼使我們全都瞎眼。］） |
An ill beginning, an ill ending.（不善始者不善終。） |
An uncut gem goes not sparkle.（玉不琢，不成器。） |
Anger and haste hinder good counsel.（小不忍則亂大謀。［憤怒和急迫足以誤大計。）） |
Anger is the cause of sin.（憤怒乃犯罪之因。） |
Apparel makes the man.（人靠衣裳，馬靠鞍裝。） |
Appearances are deceptive.（外表是靠不住的。） |
Art is long, life is short.（人生苦短，而學術無窮。） |
As a man lives, so shall he die.（有生必有死。） |
As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.（一不做二不休。） |
As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.（自作自受。） |
As you sow, so shall you reap.種豆得豆，（種瓜得瓜。） |
At birth we bring nothing; at death we take away nothing.（生不帶來死不帶去。） |
At the game’s end, we shall see who gains.（比賽結束後，方見得勝者。） |
Bad beginnings have ever bad endings.（不慎始者，常得惡果。） |
Bad news travels fast.（惡事傳千里。） |
Barking dogs seldom bite.（吠叫的狗不咬人（外強中乾；虛有其表；虛張聲勢）。） |
Be just before you are generous.（先小人後君子。） |
Beauty fades like a flower.（紅顏薄命。） |
Beauty is but skin deep.（美是膚淺的（人不可貌相）） |
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.（情人眼裡出西施。） |
Beauty is only skin-deep.（人不可貌相。） |
Beauty may have fair leaves, yet bitter fruit.（美麗長出漂亮的葉子，卻生出苦辣的果實。） |
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.（口裡含著花蜜的蜜蜂，尾巴卻有螫。口蜜腹劍。笑裡藏刀。） |
Beggars must not be choosers.（饑者不得擇食。） |
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.∕Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.（寧為驢頭不為馬尾（寧為狗頭不為獅尾）。） |
Better die a beggar than live a beggar.（不食嗟來之食。） |
Better late than never.（寧遲勿缺（亡羊補牢才不為遲）；只要開始，雖晚不遲；過則勿憚改。） |
Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.（騎馬摔一跤不如騎驢往前走。） |
Better the devil you know than the devil you do not know.（明槍易躲，暗箭難防。） |
Better to sail slowly than not to sail at all.（完全停滯不前不如慢慢駛向前。） |
Between two stools you fall to the ground.（腳踏雙凳必墜地。） |
Birds of a feather flock together.（物以類聚。） |
Blood is thicker than water.（血濃於水。） |
Books and friends should be few and well chosen.（多不如少，少不如好。） |
Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.（書籍乃世人累積智慧之不滅明燈。） |
Brave actions never want a trumpet.（英勇的行為永遠不需要吹噓。） |
Business is business.（公事公辦。） |
Business is the salt of life; business and action strengthen the brain. （商務是生命之鹽，商務和行動增強腦力。） |
By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.（讀書使心智豐富，交談使心智明亮。） |
Call no man happy till he is dead.（蓋棺論定。） |
Care killed a cat.（憂慮致命（勞神喪命）。） |
Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance.（勿捨本逐末。） |
Character is what makes one man stand out more prominently than another.（一個人的德性使他與眾不同。） |
Charity begins at home.（修身齊家博愛天下。） |
Clothes do not make the man.（衣冠不能造人品。人不可以貌相。） |
Clothes make the man.（人要衣裝，佛要金裝。） |
Come not to counsel uncalled.（人之患在好為人師。） |
Comparisons are odious.（人比人氣死人。） |
Conscience does make cowards of us all.（良心的自責使大家變成了懦夫。） |
Conscience does make cowards of us all.［William Shakespeare］（良心的自責使大家變成了懦夫。【莎士比亞】） |
Constant dropping wears away the stone.（滴水穿石。） |
Counsel is to be given by the wise, the remedy by the rich.（忠告一定來自智者，救助一定來自富人。） |
Counsel must be followed, not praised.（忠告一定要遵守，不是要稱讚。） |
Counsel without help is useless.（沒有實質幫助的忠告亳無用處。） |
Counsels in wine seldom prosper.（酒杯空言少見成效。） |
Cross the bridge when you come to it.（船到橋頭自然直。） |
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.（別自找麻煩（由易處下手）。 ） |
Custom reconciles us to everything.（習慣成自然。） |
Cut your coat according to your cloth.（量入為出。） |
Dead men tell no tales.（死無對證。） |
Death is the great leveler.（死後萬人皆平等。） |
Death quits all scores.（一死百了。） |
Deeds are males, and words are females.「（做」是男人的事，「說」是女人的事。） |
Deeds, not words.（在於行動，不在於言語。說得到，做得到。言出必行。） |
Deeds, not words.（言出必行。） |
Despatch is the soul of business.（辦事以迅速為貴。） |
Diamond cuts diamond.（強中自有強中手。） |
Diamond cuts/cut diamond.（兩虎相爭必有一傷（強中自有強中手）。） |
Diet cures more than a doctor.（良藥苦口利於病。） |
Do （to others） as you would be done by.（己所欲施於人。） |
Do in Rome as the Romans do.（入鄉隨俗。） |
Do not forget little kindness and do not remember small faults.（小善不忘，小錯不念。） |
Do to others as you would be done by.（己所不欲，勿施於人。） |
Dog does not eat dog.（狗不咬狗（同類不相殘）。） |
Don't change houses in mid-stream.（臨陣勿換將。） |
Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.（今日事今日畢。） |
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.（別班門弄斧。） |
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.（家醜不外揚。） |
Drunken days have all their tomorrows.（樂極生悲。） |
Easier said than done.（說來容易做來難。） |
Easy come easy go.（徼悻之財難久留（賺得容易花得快）） |
Easy come, easy go.（來得容易去得快。） |
Empty vessels make the most sound.（滿瓶不響；半瓶響叮噹。） |
Even a worm will turn.（狗急跳牆。） |
Even brothers keep careful accounts.（大智若愚） |
Even Homer sometimes nods.（智者千慮必有一失（人非聖人，熟能無過）。） |
Every bean has its black.（金無赤金，人無完人。） |
Every cloud has a silver lining.（否極泰來。） |
Every dog has his/its day.（十年風水輪流轉（狗也有走運的一天）） |
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.（家家有本難念的經。） |
Every flow must have its ebb.（人有悲歡離合，月有陰晴圓缺。） |
Every great thing is nothing but a lot of little ones.（積沙成塔。） |
Every man has his taste.（人各有所好。） |
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.（每一個人都是一卷書，只要你懂得如何閱讀它。） |
Every minute counts.（分秒必爭。） |
Every oak has been an acorn.（千里之行，始於足下。） |
Every why has a wherefore.（事出必有因。） |
Everybody's business is nobody's business.（眾人之事乏人管。） |
Everything has an end.（凡事都會結束。） |
Everything must have a beginning.（凡事都有個開頭。） |
Example is better than precept.（身教重於言教） |
Experience is the best teacher.（前事不忘後事之師。［不經一事，不長一智。）［經驗乃智慧之母。］） |
Experience is the extract of suffering.（經驗是由痛苦中粹取出來的。） |
Experience is the mother of wisdom.（經驗乃智慧之母。［不經一事，不長一智。］） |
Extremes meet.（物極必反。） |
Failure is the mother of success./ Failure teaches success.（失敗乃成功之母。） |
Faint heart never won fair lady.（懦弱的人永遠無法贏得美人的歡心。） |
Fair face, foul heart.（人面獸心。） |
Fair without and foul (false) within.（金玉其外，敗絮其中。） |
Familiarity breeds contempt.（近之則不遜。） |
Familiarity breeds contempt.（過份熟稔易滋侮蔑；近廟欺神。） |
Far from eye, far from heart.（離眼遠，離心遠。眼不見，心不念。） |
Feather by feather the goose is plucked.（鐵杵磨成針。） |
Few words are best.（少說為妙。） |
Fine feathers do not make fine birds. （酒肉賓朋，柴米夫妻。） |
Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要金裝，（人要衣裝。） |
Fine words butter no parsnips.（花言巧語不能滋潤防風草。口惠而實不至。） |
Fine words dress ill deeds.（巧言藏惡行。好話說盡，壞事做盡。說一套，做一套。） |
First come first served.（捷足先登。） |
First impressions are most lasting.（先入為主。） |
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.（愚人不怕事，盲人不怕蛇。） |
Forewarned is forearmed.（先知先戒備。 ） |
Forgive and forget.（既往不咎。） |
Full of courtesy, full of craft.（禮多必詐。） |
Gather you rosebuds while you may.（花開堪折直須折。） |
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.（天才是一分靈感加上九十九分流汗。） |
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.（欲加之罪，何患無辭。） |
Give a thief enough rope and he will hang himself.（欲擒先縱。［多行不義必自斃。］） |
Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.∕Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.］（得寸進尺） |
Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.（小人得寸便進尺。） |
Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark.（日出而作，日入而息。） |
God helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。） |
God never shuts one door but he opens another.（天無絕人之路。） |
God's mill grinds slow but sure.（天網恢恢，疏而不漏。） |
Good books need no boost.（好書無需誇耀。） |
Good counsel has no price.［Good counsel is beyond price.（良言乃無價之寶。） |
Good counsel never comes amiss.（好的忠告絕不會出差錯。） |
Good counsel never comes too late.（好的忠告絕不會來得太晚。） |
Good manners are the fine flowers of civilization.（良好的禮貌是文明的漂亮花朵。） |
Good medicine tastes bitter.（良藥苦口。） |
Good to begin well, better to end well.（有好的開始是不錯的，堅持到底更重要。） |
Good words cost nothing, but are worth much.［Thomas Fuller］ （良言本無價，其貴值千金。【富勒】） |
Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds.（口惠而實不至。） |
Grasp all, lose all.（貪者必失。） |
Great minds think alike.（英雄所見略同。） |
Great oaks from little acorns grow.（萬丈高樓平地起。） |
Great talents mature late. ［Great vessels take years to produce.］（大器晚成。） |
Half a loaf is better than none.（聊勝於無。） |
Handsome is as handsome does.（慷慨大方始為美。） |
Handsome is that handsome does.∕Handsome is what handsome does.（相由心生。［心美，貌亦美。］［有德才是美。］） |
Happy is he who is content.（知足常樂。） |
Hard words break no bones.（笑罵由人。［惡言傷不到人心。笑罵由他笑罵］） |
Haste makes waste.（欲速則不達。） |
He is noble who feels and acts nobly.（顯貴的人總是思想崇高和舉止優雅。） |
He teaches ill, who teaches all.（樣樣都教樣樣糟。） |
He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.（作賊心虛。） |
He that falls today may rise tomorrow.（東山再起。） |
He that fears you present will hate you absent.（在你面前怕你的人，在你背後恨你。） |
He that fears you present will hate you absent.（陽奉陰違。） |
He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill.（固步自封。） |
He that touches pitch shall be defiled.（近朱者赤，近墨者黑。） |
He who begins many things, finishes but few.（樣樣事只有開始，到頭來一事無成。） |
He who denies all confesses all.（欲蓋彌彰。） |
He who does not gain loses.（逆水行舟，不進則退。） |
He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.（巧言令色鮮矣仁。） |
He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.（花言巧語的人常以空匙餵人。巧言令色鮮矣仁。） |
He who has health has hope.（留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。） |
He who has hope has everything.（擁有希望的人擁有一切。） |
He who hesitates is lost.（猶豫者多失。） |
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.（畏問者，恥於學。） |
He who lives in a glass house should not throw stones.（投鼠忌器（識時務者為俊傑。］） |
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.（騎虎難下。） |
He who teaches, learns.（教學相長。） |
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.（登高必自卑。） |
Health is better than wealth.（健康勝於財富。） |
Heaven helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。） |
Hide not your light under a bushel.（勿過份謙沖以致隱沒才能。） |
History repeats itself.（歷史會重演。） |
Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.（見機行事。） |
Honesty is the best policy.（誠實是上策。） |
Hunger is the best sauce.（飢不擇食。） |
Idle folk have the least leisure.（懶惰人才說沒空閒。） |
If a person is away, his right is away.［Moorish Proverb］（人若不在場，他的權利就會喪失。【摩爾諺語】） |
If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty.（情人眼裡出西施。） |
If one will not, another will.（人棄我取，人取我與。） |
If the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.（計策若佳則勿問策劃者是誰。從善如流。） |
If the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.（從善如流。） |
If you live with a lame person you will learn to limp.（近朱者赤 近墨者黑。） |
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.（同時追兩兔，兩頭都落空。） |
If you wish good advice, consult an old man.（老馬識途。） |
Ill counsel mars all.（不好的忠告損毀一切。） |
Ill news comes apace.（惡事傳千里。） |
Imagination is more important than knowledge.（想像力比知識更重要） |
In peace prepare for war.（和平時不忘備戰。） |
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.（山中無老虎，猴子稱大王。） |
In wine there is truth.（酒後吐真言。） |
Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality her left.（勤儉為富貴之本。） |
Industry is the parent of success.（勤勉為成功之本。） |
It is a good horse that never stumbles.（再好的馬也會有絆倒之時。） |
It is a long lane that has no turning.（路必有彎（否極泰來）。） |
It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.（凡事有利有弊。） |
It is as well to know which way the wind blows.（識時務者為俊傑。） |
It is better to learn a certain trade than to possess a large fortune.（腰纏萬貫，不若一技在身。） |
It is better to win the peace and to lose the war.（寧願贏得和平而輸掉戰爭） |
It is dogged that does it.（天下無難事，只怕有心人。） |
It is easy to be wise after the event.（不經一事，不長一智。） |
It is more blessed to give than to receive.（施比受更有福） |
It is never too late to mend.（亡羊補牢，時猶未晚。） |
It is no use crying over spilt milk.（覆水難收。） |
It is well to profit by the folly of others.（前車可鑒。） |
It never rains but it pours.（禍不單行。） |
It takes all sorts to make a world.（一種米養百種人［世界是形形色色的人所組成的］） |
It takes two to make a quarrel.（孤掌難鳴（一個巴掌拍不響）。 ） |
Justice has long arms.（法網恢恢，疏而不漏。 ） |
Keep something for a rainy day.（未雨綢繆。） |
Kindness comes of will.（仁慈來自意志。） |
Kindness is noblest weapon to conquer with.（仁者無敵。） |
Knowledge is power.（知識就是力量） |
Least said, soonest mended.（少說少錯（多言惹禍）。） |
Leopards cannot change their spots.（江山易改，本性難移。） |
Let bygones be bygones.（既往不究。） |
Let sleeping dogs lie.（別自找麻煩[。［別惹事生非。］） |
Liberty is the right to do everything which the laws allow.（自由就是在法律允許下的範圍下有權做任何事。） |
Life is not merely living but living in health.（生活不只要活，而且要活的健康。） |
Like breeds like.（龍生龍，鳳生鳳。） |
Like father, like son.（有其父，必有其子。） |
Live and learn.∕One is never too old to learn.（活到老，學到老。） |
Long absence changes a friend.（久別朋友變。） |
Long absent, soon forgotten.（久別情疏。） |
Look before you leap.（三思而後行。） |
Lookers-on see most of the game.（旁觀者清。） |
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in same direction.（愛並不在於彼此相對。） |
Love is blind.（愛情是盲目的。） |
Love makes the world go round.（愛使世界運轉。） |
Love me little, love me long.（愛情要細水長流。 ） |
Make hay while the sun shines.（未雨綢繆（把握時機）。） |
Man are best loved farthest off.（相隔最遙遠的人最為人疼愛。） |
Man proposes, God disposes.（謀事在人，成事在天。） |
Many a little makes a mickle.（積少成多。聚沙成塔。集腋成裘。） |
Many hands make light work.（眾志成城。） |
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.（匆匆結婚，慢慢後悔。） |
Meat is much, but manner is more.（衣食足而後禮義興。） |
Men are blind in their own cause.（馬不知臉長。） |
Men are blind in their own cause.（當局者迷。） |
Men are not to be measured in inches.（人不可以貌相。） |
Mere talking tends only to failure.（空談只會導致失敗。） |
Might is right.（強權就是公理。） |
Mischief all comes from much opening of the mouth.（是非只為多開口。） |
Misery loves company.（禍不單行。） |
Misery loves company∕It never rains but pours.（禍不單行。） |
Money is the root of all evil.（愛財為萬惡之源。） |
Money makes the mare go.（有錢能使鬼推磨。） |
Money talks.（金錢萬能。錢能通神。） |
More haste, less speed.（欲速則不達。） |
Much would have more.（貪得無饜。） |
Murder will out.（如欲人不知，除非己莫為。 ） |
Necessity is the mother of invention.（需要為發明之母。） |
Necessity knows no law.（鋌而走險。） |
Never do things by halves.（做事切莫半途而廢。） |
Never judge by appearances.（不要以貌取人。） |
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.（餽贈之物切莫挑剔。） |
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.（今日事，今日畢。） |
Never say die.（勿氣餒灰心。） |
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.（勿自尋煩惱。） |
Never try to prove what nobody doubts.（此地無銀三百兩。） |
New brooms sweep clean.（新官上任三把火。） |
No answer is also an answer.（不回答也是回答。） |
No cross, no crown.（吃得苦中苦，方為人上人。） |
No man can serve two masters.（一人不能事二君（一馬不能被兩鞍）。） |
No man is content with his lot.（無人能滿意於自己的命運。） |
No news is good news .（無消息即是好消息。） |
No pains, no gains.∕No gains without pains.（不勞則無獲。） |
None so blind as those who won't see.（有眼不看者為盲。） |
Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man.（饑不擇食。） |
Nothing comes of nothing.（事出必有因（無中不能生有）。） |
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（沒有熱誠難成大事。） |
Nothing is difficult to a man whom ambition fires.（對於雄心萬丈的人來說，世上沒有難成的事。） |
Nothing venture, nothing have.（不入虎穴，焉得虎子。） |
Old habits die hard.（固習難除。） |
Once bitten, twice shy.（一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。） |
One gives nothing so liberally as advice.（沒有任何東西像忠告那麼慷慨。） |
One gives nothing so liberally as advice.∕Nothing is given so freely as advice.（沒有任何東西像忠告那麼慷慨。） |
One good turn deserves another.（好心有好報。） |
One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands.（三十六計走為上策。） |
One swallow does not make a summer.（勿以一概全。） |
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.（福無雙至。） |
Out of debt, out of danger.（無債一身輕。） |
Out of sight, out of mind.（眼不見，心不念。［離眼遠，離心遠。久離則疏遠。）） |
Pardon is the most glorious revenge.（寬恕是最偉大的報復.） |
Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet.（保持耐性是痛苦的，但它的果實是甜美的。） |
Penny wise, pound foolish.（小事精明，大事糊塗。） |
Practice makes perfect.（熟能生巧。） |
Practice what you preach.（言出必行。） |
Pretty face, poor fate.（自古紅顏多薄命。） |
Prevention is better than cure.（預防勝於治療。） |
Pride goes before a fall.（驕者必敗。） |
Put the saddle on the right horse.（責備得當（冤有頭，債有主）。） |
Rome was not built in a day.（羅馬不是一天造成的。） |
Salt water and absence wash away love.（遠離久別，恩情疏。） |
Second thoughts are best.（退一步想最穩當。） |
Seeing is believing.（百聞不如一見（眼見為信）。） |
Seek and you shall find.［Matthew :］（尋找，就尋見。《馬太福音:》） |
Seek mickle, and get something; seek little, and get nothing.（尋找多一些，就得著一些。尋找少一些，就一無所得。） |
Self is a bad counselor.（利己心是最壞的顧問。自私非上策。） |
Self-trust is the first secret of success.（自信是成功的第一祕訣） |
Slow and steady wins the race.∕Slow but sure wins the race.（穩健紮實必致勝。） |
Some people cannot see the wood for the trees.（見木不見林，逐末而忘本。） |
Soon ripe, soon rotten.（速戰速決。） |
Sow nothing, reap nothing.（無功不受祿。） |
Spare the rod and spoil the child.（不打不成器。） |
Still waters run deep.（水深流靜（大智若愚）。） |
Strike while the iron is hot.（打鐵趁熱。） |
Take away the cause, and the effect must cease.（沒有因，那有果。） |
Take the rough with the smooth.（逆來則順受。） |
Take things as they come.（既來之則安之。） |
Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.（說曹操曹操就到。） |
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.（好書開卷時引人入勝，終卷時使人獲益。） |
The absent are always in the wrong.（誰人背後無人說，哪個人前不說人。） |
The absent are never with fault, nor the present without excuse.（缺席者絕對沒有不對，出席者也不會沒有藉口。） |
The bait hides the hook.（餌裡藏鉤。） |
The best defence is offence.（先下手為強。） |
The best fish swim near the bottom.（好魚游溪底。［好酒沈甕底。］） |
The best is the enemy of the good.（「最好」往往成為「好」的敵人。［目標太高反而失敗。］） |
The best is the enemy of the good.（目標太高反而失敗。） |
The biter is sometimes bit.（欺人反受欺（害人反害己）。） |
The blood of the soldiers makes the glory of the general.（一將功成萬骨枯。） |
The boughs that bear most hang lowest.（大丈夫能屈能伸。） |
The child is father of the man.（少年時代可決定一人之未來。） |
The devil finds work for idle hands to do.（小人閑居做歹事。） |
The devil is not so black as he is painted.（過甚其詞。） |
The early bird catches the worm.（捷足先登（早起的鳥兒有蟲吃）。） |
The end justifies the means.（為達目的，不擇手段。） |
The fairer the paper, the fouler the blot.（黑白分明。） |
The first blow is half the battle.（先下手為強。） |
The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait.（貪吃的魚兒易上鉤。） |
The good seaman is known in bad weather.（時窮節乃現。） |
The higher the mountain, the greater descent. （山愈高，峭壁愈陡。爬得愈高，跌得愈深。） |
The higher the mountain, the greater descent.（爬得愈高，跌得愈深。） |
The last straw breaks the camel's neck.（凡事宜節制，過則必敗事。） |
The leopard cannot change his spots.∕Leopards cannot change their spots.（江山易改，本性難移。） |
The leopard cannot change his spots.（江山易改，本性難移。） |
The longest day must have an end.（天網恢恢，疏而不漏。） |
The pen is mightier than the sword.（文勝於武。） |
The pot called the kettle black.（五十步笑百步。） |
The pot calls the kettle black.（半斤八兩。） |
The proof of pudding is in the eating.（欲知布丁味，親嚐便可曉。［空言不如力行。］） |
The road to h#ll is paved with good intentions.（手抱菩薩操屠刀。） |
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.（舌頭雖非鐵卻可傷人。） |
The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth.（心靈的財富才是唯一真正的財富。） |
There are many ways to fame.（行行出狀元。） |
There are other fish in the sea.（天涯何處無芳草。） |
There are two sides to every question.（每個問題都有正反兩面看法。［公說公有禮，婆說婆有禮。］） |
There are two sides to every question.（公說公有理，婆說婆有理。） |
There is no accounting for tastes.（人各有所好。） |
There is no rose without a thorn.（朵朵玫瑰皆有刺。［沒有十全十美的人生。］） |
There is no royal road to learning.（學問無捷徑。） |
There is no smoke without fire. （有煙必有火無風不起浪；事出有因。） |
There is no wool so white but a dyer can make it black.（人非聖賢，孰能無過。） |
There's a black sheep in every flock.（每一個團體中都難免有害群之馬。） |
There's a black sheep in every flock.（樹大有枯枝，族大有乞兒。） |
Think today and speak tomorrow.（熟思而後言。） |
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.（投鼠忌器。） |
Time flies like an arrow.（光陰似箭。［時光飛逝。）） |
Time is money.（時間就是金錢。） |
To do one thing well is a worthy ambition.（把一件事做好，這就是一個有價值的雄心。） |
To entertain an angel unawares.（有眼不識泰山。） |
To err is human, to forgive is divine.（犯錯乃人之常情，寬恕則超凡入聖也。） |
To think of danger in time of peace.（居安思危。） |
Tomorrow never comes.（明天永不來。） |
Too many cooks spoil the broth.（七手八腳必敗事。人多礙事。） |
Too much water drowned the miller.（過猶不及。） |
Trust men and they will be true to you.（相信他們，他們才會對你忠誠［信人者人恆信之］） |
Turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone.（化阻力為助力。化絆腳石為墊腳石。） |
Two heads are better than one（三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮。集思廣益。） |
Two of a trade can never agree.（同行相嫉。） |
Union is strength.（團結就是力量。） |
Variety is the spice of life.（變化是生活的調味料。） |
Violent fires soon burn out.（野火燒不盡，春風吹又生。） |
Virtue is its own reward.（為善自得其樂。） |
Walls have ears.（壁上有耳。［謹防竊聽。］） |
Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.（水能載舟亦覆舟。） |
Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.（弱者等待機會，強者創造機會。） |
Well begun is half done.（好的開始是成功的一半。） |
What can't be cured must be endured.（無能為力之事只得忍耐（盡人事以待天命）。） |
What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.（人真正珍惜的是未得到的，而不是所擁有的。） |
Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.（種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。） |
When God has his church, the devil will have his chapel.（上有政策，下有對策。） |
When one door shuts, another opens.（天無絕人之路。） |
When the cat's away, the mice will play.（貓兒不在，老鼠做怪。閻王不在，小鬼做怪。） |
When things are at the worst they begin to mend.（否極泰來。） |
Where the dam leaps over, the kid follows.（上行下效。） |
Where there is a will, there is a way.（有志者事竟成。） |
While the dogs growled at each other, the wolves devoured the sheep.（鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。） |
While the grass grows the horse starves.（遠水解不了近渴。） |
While there is life, there is hope.（留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。） |
Who takes a lion when he is absent, fears a mouse present.（趁獅子不在時取而代之者，卻怕老鼠的存在。） |
Words cut more than swords.（舌劍利於刀劍。） |
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.（蠟燭不能兩頭燒（勿過分消耗體力）。） |
You cannot get blood out of a stone.（石頭擠不出血來（鐵石心腸那有淚）。） |
You cannot run with the hare and hunt.（不可腳踏二條船。） |
You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.∕You cannot have your cake and eat it.（魚與熊掌，不可兼得。） |
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.（老狗學不來新花樣。朽木不可雕也；人老則守舊。） |
You cannot tell a book by its cover.（凡事不可貌相。） |
You must reap what you have sowed.（種瓜得瓜；種豆得豆。） |
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.（禮尚得來。你我互相奉承讚美。） |
Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools.（熱誠只適宜於智者，但熱誠多半在愚者身上。） |
Zeal too often lacks discretion.（熱心有餘，審慎不足。） |
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.（熱心有餘，知識不足。志大才疏猶如脫韁之馬。） |
Zeal without prudence is frenzy.（熱誠不夠謹慎猶若瘋狂。） |
Zeal, when it is a virtue, is a dangerous one.（把熱誠當作美德是危險的。） |