There is no royal road to learning.
学无坦途。
Look before you leap. First think, then act.
三思而后行。
It is never too late to mend.
亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前车之鉴。
Keeping is harder than winning.
创业不易，守业更难。
Light come, light go.
来得容易，去得快。
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真交。
Great hopes make great man.
远大的希望，造就伟大的人物。
After a storm comes a calm.
雨过天晴。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
Art is long, but life is short.
人生有限，学问无涯。
Stick to it, and you'll succeed.
只要人有恒，万事都能成。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
here there is a will, there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
Well begun is half done.
好的开端是成功的一半。
East, west, home is best.
金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。
Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.
船到桥头自然直。
More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达。
No pains, no gains.
不劳则无获。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
Where there is life, there is hope.
生命不息，希望常在。
An idle youth, a needy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
We must not lie down, and cry, "God help us."
求神不如求己。
A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.
花有重开日，人无再少年。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者，天助之。
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
明日待明日，明日不再来。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
Truth is the daughter of time.
时间见真理。
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
积少自然成多。
No man is wise at all times.
智者千虑，必有一失。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天。
Live and learn.
活到老，学到老。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一石双鸟。
It never rains but it pours.
祸不单行。
In doing we learn.
经一事，长一智。
Easier said than done.
说起来容易做起来难。
Sound in body, sound in mind.
有健全的身体才有健全的精神。
Seeing is believing.
百闻不如一见。
Dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread.
狗摇尾巴，爱的是你的面包。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
要做金钱的主人，莫作金钱的奴隶。
It's hard sailing when there is no wind.
无风难驶船。
The path to glory is always rugged.
通向光荣的道路常常是崎岖的。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
没有目标的生活如同没有罗盘的航行。
Quality matters more than quantity.
质重于量。
The on-looker sees most of the game.
旁观者清。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it .
为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。
Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.
与众同乐，其乐更乐。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢乐不觉日子长。
Time and tide waits for no man.
岁月不等人。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
若要求知，必须刻苦。
Learn to walk before you run.
循序渐进。
Knowing something of everything, and everything of something.
通百艺而专一长。
From words to deeds is a great space.
言行之间，大有距离。
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
技能和信心是无敌的军队。
Habit is a second nature.
习惯成自然。
Lifeless, faultless.
只有死人才不会犯错误。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
好书千载常如新。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
读书如择友，宜少且宜精。
A book that remains shut is but a block.
书本不常翻，犹如一块砖。
It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
君子在德不在衣。
Two heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身重要，教养更重要。
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
You can't make something out of nothing.
巧妇难为无米之炊。
Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing for nothing.
不费力气，一无所得。
Of nothing comes nothing.
无中不能生有。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
不犯错误者一事无成。
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
话不中肯，不如不说。
Nothing succeeds like success.
一事如意，万事顺利。
Nothing stake, nothing draw.
不顶千里浪，哪来万斤鱼。
Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.
期待比现实更美好。
Nothing is given so freely as advice.
劝人最容易。
Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
无所求则无所获。
A little of every thing is nothing in the main.
每事浅尝辄止，事事都告无成。
A great ship asks deep waters.
大船要走深水。（蛟龙要在海中游。）
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
节食博士、精心博士、快乐博士，三人都是最好的医生。
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
骗人一次，受疑一世。
Empty wagons rattle loudest.
空车响声大。
Nothing so bad but might be a blessing.
塞翁失马，焉知非福。
STUDY 学习篇
Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation . (Franklin Roosevelt , American president )
永恒的真理如果不在新的社会形势下赋予新的意义,要么就不是真理,要么就不是永恒的。 (美国总统 罗斯福 . F.)
Histories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend .
(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
历史使人明智；诗词使人灵秀；数学使人周密；自然哲学使人深刻；伦理使人庄重；逻辑修辞学使人善辨。( 英国哲学家 培根. F.)
If you don't learn to think when you are young , you may never learn .(Thomas Edison , American inventor )
如果你年轻时就没有学会思考，那么就永远学不会思考。(美国发明家 爱迪生 . T.)
Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.
(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
天生的才干如同天生的植物一样，需要靠学习来修剪。(英国哲学家 培根 . F.)
Don't gild the lily.
不要给百合花镀金/画蛇添足。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚 . W .)
I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Mark Twain , American writer)
只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。(美国作家 马克·吐温)
It is no use doing what you like ; you have got to like what you do .
(Winston Churchill , British prime minister)
不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。 (美国首相 丘吉尔. W.)
My philosophy of life is work . (Thomas Alva Edison , American inventor)
我的人生哲学就是工作。 (美国发明家 爱迪生 . T . A .)
When work is a pleasure , life is joy ! When work is duty , life is slavery .(Maxim Gorky , Russian writer )
工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受！工作是一种义务时，生活则是一种苦役。
(俄国作家 高尔基. M.)
Work banishes those three great evils : boredom , vice, and poverty.
(Voltaire , French philosopher )
工作撵跑三个魔鬼：无聊、堕落和贫穷。 (法国哲学家 伏尔基泰)
KNOWLEDGE 知识篇
Activity is the only road to knowledge .
(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)
行动是通往知识的唯一道路 。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)
A free man obtains knowledge from many sources 1 besides books .
(Thomas Jefferson , American president)
一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识外，还可以从许多别的来源获得知识。(
美国总统 杰斐逊 . T.)
A great part to the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way .(Adams Franklin , American humorist )
我的大部分知识都是这样获得的：在寻找某个资料时意外的发现了另上的资料。
(美国幽默作家 富兰克林. A.)
If a man empties his purse into his head , no man can take it away from him , an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest .
(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
倾已所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它；向知识投资，收益最佳。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
Imagination is more important than knowledge .(Albert Einstein , American scientist )
想象力比知识更为重要。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A. )
Knowledge is power . (Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
知识就是力量。 (英国哲学家 培根. F.)
The empty vessels make the greatest sound . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist )
满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)
EDUCATION 教育篇
And gladly would learn , and gladly teach .( Chaucer , British poet)
勤于学习的人才能乐意施教。(英国诗人, 乔叟)
Better be unborn than untaught , for ignorance is the root of misfortune .(Plato , Ancient Greek philosopher)
与其不受教育,不如不生,因为无知是不幸的根源.(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)
Genius17 without education is like silver in the mine. (Benjamin Franklin , American president )
未受教育的天才，犹如矿中之银。 (美国总统 富兰克. B.)
The roots of education are bitter , but the fruit is sweet .(Aristotle , Ancient Greek philosopher )
教育的根是苦的，但其果实是甜的。( 古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德)
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight .(P. B. Shelley , British poet )
伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人 雪莱. P. B)
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road .( Stendhcl , French writer )
一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。 (法国作家 司汤达)
Art is a lie that tells the truth .( Picasso , Spanish painter )
美术是揭示真理的谎言。 (西班牙画家 毕加索)
Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (Mark Twain , American novelist )
幽默被人正确地解释为“以诚挚表达感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。(美国小说家 马克·吐温)
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.( Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet )
文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时间是齐头并进的。(德国诗人 歌德 . J . W .)
When one loves one's art no service seems too hard .( O. Henry, American novelist )
一旦热爱艺术，什么奉献也不难。 (美国小说家 欧·亨利)
Experience is the best teacher.
经验是最好的教师。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
Dexterity comes by experience.
熟练来自经验。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.
经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。
Wit once bought is worth twice taught.
由经验而得的智慧，胜于学习而得的智慧；一次亲身的体会，胜过两次的教师教导。
Seeing is believing.
百闻不如一见。
Business is the salt of life.
事业是生命之盐。
Business before pleasure.
事业在先，享乐在后。
Business makes a man as well as tries him.
事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。
Business neglected is business lost.
忽视职业便是放弃职业。
Never think yourself above business.
勿自视过高；不要眼高手低；永远不要认为自己是大才小用。
Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.
事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。
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。
Do business,but be not a slave to it.
要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
众人的事就是无人过问的事。
Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
Better master one than engage with ten.
会十事，不如精一事。
A work ill done must be twice done.
首次做不好，必须重新搞。
They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.
不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。
If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.
想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。
He that doth most at once doth least.
什么都想一次做完，结果一件也做不完；贪多嚼不烂。
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.
照大多数人那样干，人们会把你称赞。
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
在任何时候都可做的事情，总是在任何时候都不
做的事情。
Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好。
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。
The shortest answer is doing the thing.
最简短的回答就是一个“干”字。
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
行动是知识之佳果。
Finished labours are pleasant.
完成工作是一乐。
It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。
It is right to put everything in its proper use.
凡事都应用得其所。
Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.
按部就班，事情很快就做完。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。
Work bears witness who does well.
工作能证明谁做的好。
It is not work that kills,but worry.
工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不工作者不得食。
Business is business.
公事公办。
Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.
慢慢酌量，快快行动。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
努力工作。
Never do things by halves.
做事不要半途而废。
In for a penny,in for a pound.
做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。
Many hands make quick work.
人多干活快。
Many hands make light work.
众擎易举。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。
Diligence is the mohter of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
Idleness is the root of all evil.
懒惰乃万恶之源。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋带来好运。
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
勤勉是好运之母。
Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸运的右手，世俭是幸运的左手。
Idleness is the key of beggary.
懒惰出乞丐。
No root,no fruit.
无根就无果。
Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).
懒人做工作，越懒越费力。
Sloth is the key of poverty.
惰能致贫。
Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。
The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.
节俭是致富的秘诀。
An idle youth,a needy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
1. Waste not,want not.
俭以防匮。
2. From saving comes having.
富有来自节俭。
3. A penny saved is a penny gained.
省一文是一文。
4. Take care of the pence and the pound
will take care of themselves.
金钱积少便成多。
5. Frugality is an estate alone.
节俭本身就是一宗财产。
6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.
小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。
7. Small gains bring great wealth.
积小利，成巨富。
8. Many a little makes a mickle.
积少便成多。
9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.
试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。
10.Courage and resolution are the spirit
and soul of virtue.
勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
11.The path to glory is always rugged.
光荣之路常坎坷。
12.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要人肯试。
13.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.
烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。
14.Great hopes make great man.
远大的希望造就伟大的人物。
15.No way is impossible to courage.
勇士面前无险路。
16.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。
17.The good seaman is known in bad weather.
坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭
坏天气。
18.The best hearts are always the bravest.
行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。
19.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.
求神不如求己。
20.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.
今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。
21.Rome was not built in a day.
罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。
22.Success belongs to the persevering.
胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。
23.We must repeat a thousand and one times that
perseverance is the only road to success.
我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。
24.Perseverance is failing nineteen times
and succeeding the twentieth.
十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。
25.Step by step the ladder is ascended.
登梯需要逐级登。
26.Adversity leads to prosperity.
困苦通向昌盛。
27.Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。
28.Fortune often rewards with interest those
that have patience to wait for her.
做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好
运常会来。
29.All things will come round to him who will but wait.
只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。
30.Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水不绝可穿石。
31.Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.
鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果达不到。
32.The world is a ladder for some to go up
and others to go down.
世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。
33.There needs a long apprenticeship to understand
the mystery of the world's trade.
要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。
34.Life is sweet.
生活是可爱的；人无不好生(恶死)。
35.Where there is life,there is hope.
生命不息，希望长在。
36.Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。
37.Much water runs by the mill that
the miller knows not of.
眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。
38.Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.
人人都有走运的一天。
39.If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself;
if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you.
运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。
40.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。
41.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。
42.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).
祸不单行。
43.Misfortune is a good teacher.
不幸是良好的教师。
44.Misfortunes come at night.
祸常生于不测。
45.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。
46.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.
患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。
47.Live and learn.
活到老，学到老。
48.It is never too old to learn.
为学不怕年高。
49.A man becomes learned by asking questions.
要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。
50.There is no royal road to learning.
学问无坦途。
51.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.
畏问之人耻于学。
52.What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.
婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。
53.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。
54.Soon learnt,soon forgotten.
学得快，忘得快。
55.Learn young,learn fair.
为学趁年青，既学须学好。
56.A lazy youth,a lousy age.
少时懒惰老来苦。
57.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing.
无知即无疑。
58.A good name keeps its luster in the dark.
良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光。
59.Fame is a magnifying glass.
名誉是放大镜。
60.A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜于美貌。
61.Fame like a river is narrowest at its
source and broadest afar off.
名誉如河流，发源处最狭，愈远愈宽广。
62.Take honour from me and my life is done.
没有名誉，就没有了生命。
63.Beware of him who regards not his reputation.
要谨防不重名誉的人。
64.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.
光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。
65.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。
66.Reputation is often got without merit
and lost without fault.
无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。
67.Your father's honour is to you
but a second-hand honour.
对于你来说，父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉。
68.Never trust another what you should do yourself.
自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。
69.It is an equal failing to trust everybody,
and to trust nobody.
信任一切与不信任任何人，同样是弱点。
70.Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.
在你信任一个人之前，先要深入了解他。
71.If you trust before you try,
you may repent before you die.
不经考验就依赖，不到瞑目便的悔。
72.Never trust to fine words.
切勿轻信漂亮话。
73.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.
细线挂重物，终究不可靠。
74.Be just to all,but trust not all.
要对一切人都公正，但不要对一切人都信任。
75.Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.
只要信任你自己，旁人才不出卖你。
76.Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
自信为英雄品质之本。
77.Confidence is a plant of slow growth.
信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。
78.Truth is the daughter of time.
真理是时间的女儿。
79.Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes.
真理面目善良；但衣衫褴褛。
80.Truth and roses have thorns about them.
真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。
81.Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed.
真理可能会被责难，但绝不会受羞辱。
82.Though malice may darken truth,it cannot put it out.
恶意可以糟塌真理；但无法消灭真理。
83.Truth will prevail.
真理必胜。
84.Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰。
85.Facts are stubborn things.
事实是最顽强的东西。
86.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light.
真相迟早会大白。
87.The truths we least like to hear are those
which it is most to our advantage to know.
我们最不愿意听到的事实，往往是我们知道了会
大有好处的事实。
88.Falsehood like a nettle stings those
who meddle with it.
谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。
89.There is many a fair thing full false.
有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。
90.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome.
谎言装扮虽不错，到头总会被揭露。
91.A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.
谎言生谎言，谎言世代传。
92.A false tongue will hardly speak truth.
假舌不会吐真言。
93.False with one can be false with two.
对一个人虚假，也会对两个人虚假。
94.He that will lie will steal.
会说谎的人也就会偷窃。
95.Gossiping and lying go together.
流言常和谎话并行。
96.Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
含糊其词是谎话的近亲。
97.A great talker is a great liar.
最会夸夸其谈的人也最会说谎。
98.The greatest liars talk most of themselves.
最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。
99.Lying rides upon debt's back.
负债的人谎话多。
100. Lying is the first step to the gallows.
说谎是上断头台的第一步。
A bold attempt is half success．
大胆的尝试等于一半成功。
A contented mind is a perpetual feast．
知足常乐。
A contented mind is always rich．
知足常富。
A life without a friend is a life without a sun．
人生没有朋友，犹如人生没有太阳。
Action speak louder than words．
行动比语言更响亮。／行动胜于言词。
Adversity is a good disciPline．
逆境成才。
Adversity leads to prosperity．
逆境是通向成功之路。
A good beginning is half the battle．
良好的开端等于成功的一半。
A good example is the best sermon．
身教重于言教。
A life without a purpose is a ship without s rudder．
人生无目的，犹如船失舵。
A little(small)leak will sink a great ship．
千丈之堤溃于蚁穴。
All are not friends that speak us fair．
说我们好话的未必都是朋友。
All is not gold that glitters．
闪光的未必皆是金子。
All roads lead tO Rome．
条条道路通罗马。
All things are difficult before they are easy．
万事开头难。
All things are easy to industry；all things difficult to sloth．
勤劳诸事易，懒惰万事难。
All things will come round to him who will but wait．
只要耐心等待，一切都会如期到来。An eye finds more truth than two ears．
百闻不如一见。
An idle youth，a needy age．
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell．
为山九仞，功亏一溃。
A stitch in time saves nine．
亡羊补牢，贵在及时。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity．
苦难才能看出真正的朋友。
Birds of a feather flock together．
一丘之貉。Oil and water don't mix．
水火不相容。
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear．
过耳之言，未可尽信。
Better early than late．
宁早勿迟。
Be slow choosing a friend；slower in chaning．
择友宜慎，弃友更宜慎。
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse．
宁为鸡头，不为凤尾。
Out of sight，out of mind．
眼不见心不烦。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects．
良药苦口利于病。
Business is business．
公事公办。
Business before pleasure．
先苦后甜／先办正事。
By uniting we stand；by dividing we fall．
团结则昌，分裂则亡。
Care and diligence bring luck．
细心勤奋，幸福之本。
Character iS the first and last word in the success．
品德是成功的决定因素。
Complacency is the root of loss,and modesty is the cause of gain.
满招损，谦受益。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success．
自信是向成功之路迈开的第一步。
Conquer the desires，or they will conquer you．
人不克制欲望，欲望就克制人。
Constant dropping wears away a stone．
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。／水滴石穿。
Do as you would be done by．
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Difficulties strengthen the mind，as labour does the boby.
劳动锻炼身体，困难锻炼意志。
Don’t put off till tomorrowwhat should be done today．
今日事，今日毕。
Don’t put the cart before the horse．
不要本末倒置。
Early start makes easy stages．
早点着手，事易成功。
Easier said than done．
说起来容易做起来难。
Error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future．
前车之覆，后车之鉴。
Every man has his faults．
金无足赤，人无完人。
Every little make a nickle．
积少成多／积沙成塔。
Example is bette rthan precept．
言传不如身教。
Failure iS the mother of sucess．
失败是成功之母。
Few words，many deeds．
少说多干。
Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs．
友谊可以增添欢乐，减轻悲伤。
Fortune never helps the man whose courage fails．
运气永远不会帮助没有勇气的人。
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety—nine percent perpiration．
天才是一分灵感加九十九分血汗。
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance．
成大事不是靠力量大小，而是靠坚忍不拔。 ，
He is the wise man who is the honest man．
老实人才是聪明人。He laughs best who laughs last．
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
He who does not advance falls backward．
不进则退。
He who has an art，has everywhere a part．
人有一技在身，到处都可立足。
Hope is life and life is hope．
希望才有人生，人生要有希望。
In doing we learn．
边干边学／认识源于实践。
It is a good horse that never stumbles．
人有失手，马有失蹄。
Knowledge is power．
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble；ignorance makes proud．
知识使人谦虚；无知使人骄傲。
Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps．
学习只能循序渐进，不能一蹴而就。
Look before you leap；see before you go．
三思而后行。
Lost wealth can be replaced by industry，lost knowledge by study，lost health by temperance or
medicine，but lost time is gone forever．
失去的财富可由勤奋而恢复，失去的知识可由学习而恢复，失去的健康可由节制或药物而恢复，但失去的时间一去永不复返。
Man proposes，God disposes．
谋事在人，成事在天。
Great minds think alike．
英雄所见略同。
Money answers all things．
金钱万能(反面引用)。
Money makes the mare go．
有钱能使鬼推磨。(反面引用)
Money is a bottomless sea，in which honour，conscience，and truth may be drowned．
金钱是无底的海洋，荣誉、良心和真理都可以淹没在其中。
More haste，less speed．
欲速则不达。 Necessity is the mother of invention．
需要是发明之母。
Never do things by halves．
凡事不可半途而废。
Neverjudge from appearance．
人不可貌相。
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today．
今日事，今日毕。
No man is wise at all times．
智者千虑，必有一失。
No practice，no gains in one's wit．
实践出真知。
Nothing is difficult to a man who wills．
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
One false step will make a great difference，
失之毫厘，谬以千里。
Pay somebody back in his own coin．
以其人之道，还治其人之身。
Patience and application will carry us through．
忍耐和勤勉会使我们渡过难关。
Repetition is the mother of konwledge．
反复学习是知识之源。
Seek the truth from facts．
实事求是。
Standers—by see more than gamesters．
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Strike while the iron is hot．
趁热打铁。
Still waters have deep bottoms．
静水流深。
Take time when time comes lest time steal away．
机不可失，时不再来。
Take things as they are．
随遇而安。
The first wealth is health．
健康是最重要的财富。There iS mo royal road to learning．
学习是没有捷径的。
The course of true love never did run smooth．
真正的爱情总是要经受波折的。
The secret of success is constancy of purpose．
成功之秘诀在于目标坚定不移。
Think much，speak little，and write less．
勤思考，寡发言，少落笔。
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary．
对于一只漫无目标的船来说，不论什么方向的风都是逆风。
Too much humility is pride．
过分谦逊就是骄傲。
Well begun is half done．
良好的开端等于成功的一半。
The people who get on this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want，
and if they cannot find them，make them．
在这个世界上取得成功的人，是那些努力寻找他们想要的机会的人，如果找不到机会，
人们就自己创造机会。
The most tragic blow for one is the death of his mind．
哀莫大于心死。
He who does not have a strong will can never achieve high intelligence· ．
志不强者智不达。
When Heaven is about to place a great burden on a man，it always tests his resolution first，
exhausts his body and makes him suffer great hardships，frustrates his efforts to recover from mental
lassitude．Then Heaven toughens his nature and makes good his deficiencies．
天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所
以动心忍性，曾益其所不能。
How can a sparrow know the will of a swan?
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志哉!
Among three people I meet on the way，there will be at least ont from whom I can learn something．
I may follow his goodness or correct my own mistakes by learning from him．
三人行必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。
Education should be for all，irrespective of their social status，
有教无类。
Too many cooks spoil the broth．
厨师多坏一锅汤。A friend in need is a friend in deed.
患难见真交。 I
We would rather be short of books than believe all that they say。
尽信书则不如无书。 I
Long as the way is I will keep on searching above and below.
路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。
When a book is read a hundred times，its meanings will naturally become clear.
读书百遍，其义自见。
He owns a gifted pen，who reads tremendously.
读书破万卷，下笔如有神。
A gentleman would rather be quick in action than talk a lot.
君子欲讷于言而敏于行。
Do not do evil things though they may be insignincant．Do not given up good things though they
may be minor matters．
勿以恶小而为之，勿以善小而不为。
One must stand by one's words and must not stop one's action until success is achieved．
言必信，行必果。
Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you．
己所不欲，勿施于人。
To surpass others，a person has to surpass himself first；to criticise others，he has to criticise himself
first；to make comments upon others，he has to make comments on himself first.
欲胜人者，必先自胜；欲论人者，必先自论；欲知人者，必先自知。
Where there's smoke，there's fire．
无风不起浪。
Where there’s a will，there’s a way．
有志者事竟成。
No fish can survive if the watert is too clean. For the same reason,no company can bear one whose requirements are too critical．
水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒。
The worst bankrupt is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.
--H.W. Arnold
最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。
--H.W. 阿诺德
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
--Issac Asimoy
如果勇敢的正视困难， 困难就会消失， 这一直是我的人生哲学。
--艾萨克·阿西莫艾
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
—— Aristotle
学问在成功时是装饰品，在失意时是庇护所，在年老时是供应品。—— 亚里士多德
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
--Francis Bacon
旅行对青年人而言是一种教育；对老年人来说则是一种经历。
--培根
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
—— F. Bacon
一些书可以浅尝辄止；一些书可以狼吞虎咽；而有些书则需要细嚼慢咽，好好消化。
—— F.培根
The best proof of love is trust.
--Joyce Brothers
爱的最好的证明就是信任。
-- 乔伊斯·布拉泽斯
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
--Confucius
己所不欲，勿施于人。
-- 孔子
You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
—— Joseph Conrad
你可以通过一个人的朋友，也可以通过一个人的敌人来判断他的为人。
—— 约瑟夫·康拉德
The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much.
—— Catherall
求学的三个基本条件是：多观察，多吃苦，多研究。
—— 加塞罗尔
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control thoughts.
--Charles Darwin
道德修养有可能达到的最高境界是认识到我们应该控制自己的思想。
--达尔
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below.
--John Dryden
错误就像浮在水面的稻草；要想寻找珍珠就得潜到他的下面。
--约翰·德莱顿
The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
最深的思想或感情就如同深睡的矿藏，在等待着同样深沉的头脑与心灵去发现和开采。
--爱默生
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
--Emerson
缺乏热情是完成不了伟业的。
--爱默生
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
--Emerson
进步乃今日之努力，明日之保证。
-- 爱默生
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free, if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
-- Edmund Burke
如果我们能支配我们的财富，我们就会变得富裕而自由；如财富
支配了我们，我们就会变得贫穷。
--E·伯克
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
--Henry Ford
做好准备是成功的首要秘诀。
--亨利·福特
Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a folly.
--Benjamin Franklin
沉默并不是智慧的标志，但唠叨永远是一项蠢行。
--本杰明·富兰克林
Love your neighbor--but don't pull down your hedge.
--Benjamin Franklin
爱你的邻居--但不要拆掉你的篱笆。
-- 本杰明·富兰克林
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful
to others.
--Erich Fromm
只有对自己有信心的人才会对别人守信用。
-- 埃立克·弗洛姆
Love is an active power in man, a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unites
him with others; love makes him ovrecome the sense of isolation and separateness, yet it permits to be himself, to retain his integrity. --Erich Fromn
爱是活跃于人心中的一种力量，它冲破人与人之间的隔阂，使我们紧紧相连；它使我们战胜孤独无助，却仍使我们保持自我个性的独立完整。 -- 埃立克·弗洛姆
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.
--Robert Frost
教育就是要使人具备一种能力， 可以听到任何话都不动怒或丧失自信。
--罗伯特·弗罗斯特
Every person has two educations, one which he receives
from others, and one, more important, whch he gives himself. --E Gibbon
每个人都接受两种教育， 一种来自别人，另一种更重要的来自自己。 --吉朋
Gunius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life. --Goethe
平静中产生天才，生活激流中创造个性。 --歌德
Saying and doing are two different things. --John Heywood (1497-1550)
言与行实乃两码事也。 --约翰·海伍德
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
—— Thomas Hardy
一个希望的突然失落会留下一处伤痕，即使那希望最终会实现，也决不能完全平复。
—— 托马斯·哈代
All great truths are obvious truths. But no all obvcious truths are great truths. —— A. Huxley
伟大的真理都是明摆着的事实，但并不是所有显而易见的事实都是伟大的真理。——A·赫胥黎
Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. --Thomas Jefferson
不要买虽然便宜但你并不需要的东西；因为它对你而言是非常昂贵的。 --托马斯·杰弗逊
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation on how it shall be spent.
--Samuel Johnson
人生不长，切不可花费太多的时间去考虑应该怎样度过这一辈子。--塞缪尔·约翰逊
If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone.
—— Samuel Johnson
如果一个人在一生中不结交新朋友，他很快就会发现自己很孤独。
—— 塞缪尔·约翰逊
As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
—— Helen Keller
自私和抱怨使心灵阴暗，愉悦的爱则使视野明朗开阔。
—— 海伦·凯勒
Civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.
--John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
礼貌不是软弱的表现，真诚有待验证。
--约翰·肯尼迪
A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes.
-- Doug larson
真正的朋友从不追究你的过错，也从不嫉妒你的成功。
-- 道格·拉森
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
--Abraham Lincoln
永远记住：你自己的取得成功的决心比什么都重要。
--林肯
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. He seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
--Abraham Lincoln
卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。
--林肯
It's difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.
—— H.W. Longfellow
知道爱情开始是困难的，但知道爱情已经开始则不那么困难。
—— H.W.朗费罗
What is the man's first duty? The answer is brief: to be himself.
-- Henrik Ibsen
一个人的首要职责是什么？答案很简单：做自己。
-- 易卜生
There is no situation in life but has its advantages and pleasures provided we will but take it as a joke when we find it.
--Washington Irving
人世间的任何境遇都有其优点和乐趣，只要我们愿意接受现实。
--华盛顿·欧文
It is strange that all great men should have some little grain of madness mingled with whatever genius they possess.
-- Moliere
很奇怪，大凡为人在他们所拥有的天分中都混杂着一些疯狂的成分。
-- 莫里哀
There is only one success--- to be able to spend your life in your own way.
--Morley
只有一种成功，那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生。
--莫利
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
—— Martin Luther King
我们必须接受有限的失望，但我们绝不可失去无限的希望。
—— 马丁·路德·金
The miracle is this--the more we share, the more we have.
--Leonard Nimoy
这真是奇迹-我们分享的越多，我们拥有的也就越多。
--伦纳德·尼莫哀
Talking much about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.
--Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
过多地谈论自己可能是隐藏自己的方式。
--尼采
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
--William Osler
在科学上，功劳归于使全世界信服的人，而不归于首先有这种想法的人。
--威廉·奥斯勒
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
—— Blaise Pascal
人的伟大之处在于他的思想的力量。
—— B· 帕斯卡
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, dose no harm to body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
--Plato
体育运动如果是出于强迫，不会有害于身体，但在强迫之下获得的知识，不能保留在头脑中。
--柏拉图
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
-- Pope
人孰无过？心存宽恕，就是圣洁。
--蒲柏
Joys are our wings, sorrows are our spurs.
--Richter
欢乐是我们的双翼， 悲痛是我们的动力。
--里克特
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
--Franklin Roosevelt
我们唯一不得不害怕的就是害怕本身。
-- 富兰克林·罗斯福
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
--Bertrand Russell
美好的生活是一种由爱所激励和由知识所指导的生活。
--罗素
Life being very short, and the quiet hour of it few; we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.
—— John Ruskin
人生十分短促，宁静的时间又不多； 我们不应该浪费宝贵的时间 去读毫无价值的书。
—— 约翰·拉斯金
Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigor.
--Sallust
三思而后行，然后就全力投入行动。
-- 索卢斯特
Truth needs no colour; beauty , no pencil.
—— William Shakespeare
真理不需色彩，美丽不需涂饰。
——W·莎士比亚
Laziness is like a lock, which bolts you out of the storehouse of information and makes you an intellectual starveling.
--Bernard Shaw
懒惰就象一把锁，锁住了知识的仓库，使你的智力便得匮乏。
--萧伯纳
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
--John Steinbeck
主意就象野兔，你若有一对，学会怎样驯养它们，你很快就会有一打。
--约翰·斯坦贝克
the fox changes his skin but not his habits.
--Suetonius
江山易改，本性难移。
--史维都尼亚斯
The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.
-- Thomas Carlyle
最严重的错误莫过于不觉得自己有任何错误。
-- 托马斯·卡莱尔
Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.
-- W.M.Thackeray
你勇敢，世界就会让步。如果有时它战胜你，你要不断地勇敢再勇敢，它就会屈服。
-- W.M. 萨克雷
Loveliness, needs not the foreign aid of ornament, but is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
—— James Thompson
可爱，并不需要外来的装饰，天然的可爱远比雕饰的更可爱。
—— J· 汤普森
In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
--Oscar Wilde
世界上只有两种悲剧：一种是得不到自己想要的东西，另一种是得到了。
-- 王尔德
Whenever you have an aim you must sacrifice something of freedom to attain it.
-- William Somerset Maugham
不论什么时候，只要你有一个目标，就得牺牲一定的自由去实现它。
--W·S·毛姆
He sits no sure that sits too high.
高处不胜寒。
He that respects not is not respected.
欲受人敬，要先敬人。
So said, so done.
说到做到。言出必行。
Haste makes waste.
忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
Better be envied than pitied.
宁被人妒，不受人怜。
Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.
未雨绸缪。
So the world wags.
这就是人生。
One can not be in two places at once.
一心不可二用。
No weal without woe.
福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。
Little chips light great fires.
星星之火，可以燎原。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.
狡兔三窟。
Dreams are lies.
梦不足信。
Do not teach fish to swim.
不要班门弄斧。
A light heart live long.
心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。
Poverty is stranger to industry.
勤劳之人不受穷。
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
考虑要仔细,行动要迅速.
One sin opens the door for another. ---German
犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。
One man's meat is another man's poison.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水珍贵
Less is more.
简单就是美
A blessing in disguise.
因祸得福
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌
Every dog has his day.
凡人皆有得意日
Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.
磨刀不误砍柴功。
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实
Well begun is half done.
好的开端是成功的一半
Time flies never to be recalled.
光阴一去不复返
When in Rome, do as Roman do.
入乡随俗
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后谁笑得最美
Deal with a man as he deals with you.
以其人之道还治其人之身
Look before you leap.
三思而后行
Two heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠顶一个诸葛亮。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始善终
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友。
First come, first served.
先来先招待。
Where there is s will，there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
No pains，no gains.
不劳则无获
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不待人
Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁
It's never too late to mend.
亡羊补牢
There is no smoke without fire.
无风不起浪
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕
East or west，home is best.
走东串西，还是家里好
Equal pay for equal work.
同工同酬
Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置
Pride goes before a fall.
骄兵必败
Reading makes a full man.
读书使人完善
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成攻之母
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧
All roads lead to Roma.
条条大道通罗马
Don′t judge a person by the clothes he wears.
不能以貌取人
Don′t count your chickens before they are hatched.
切莫过于乐观
Learn to walk before you run.
循序渐进
It′s easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮
As you make your bed,so you must lie in it.
自食其果
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的东西并非都是金子
Many hands make light work.
人多力量大
Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.
世上无难事只要肯登攀
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Many hands make light work.
人多力量大。
Grasp all, lose all.
样样都要，全都失掉。
Better master one than engage with ten.
会十事不如精一事。
Silly child is soon taught.
要想孩子好，教育要趁早。
More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达。
Easier said than done.
说起来容易，做起来难。
The first step is the hardest.
万事开头难。
Who knows most says least.
懂的最多的人，说的最少。
Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月不待人。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事今日毕。
Diligence is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
It's never too late to learn.
活到老，学到老。
Walls have ears.
隔墙有耳
Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬
Waste not, want not.
俭则不匮
Weak things united become strong.
一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁
Wealth is best known by want.
人穷方知钱可贵
We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.
判断一个人，不听言语看行动
We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.
年华没虚度，一生也足矣。
What is done by night appears by day.
若要人不知，除非已莫为
When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.
墙倒众人推
When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.
孩子不吭声，一定闯了祸
When one will not, two cannot quarrel.
一个巴掌拍不响
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.
贫穷进门来，爱情越窗飞
When the cat is away, the mice will play.
猫儿不在，鼠儿成精
When wine sinks, words swim.
美酒一下肚，话匣关不住
Where there's life there's hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
Will is power.
意志就是力量
Wise men are silent; fools talk.
智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝
Wise men change their minds; fools never do.
智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用
Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.
智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理
Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.
耳听为虚，眼见为实
a big fish in a small pond
小地方的大人物
In her hometown, she was a big fish in a small pond，but after she moved to New York, she was just only one among many millions.
在她家乡，她很了不起。可是搬到纽约后，她就不过是芸芸众生之一了。
a stone's throw
一箭之遥
He lives only a stone's throw from here.
他住的地方离这儿只有一箭之遥。
all gone
希望等的"消逝"， 物品等的"丢失"。
My goodness! My bag is all gone.
天呀！我的包不见了。
Our hopes were all gone.
我们的希望成泡影了。
all for it
对别人的看法或意见"完全同意"，"完全赞成"
Go ahead with your plan. I'm all for it.
进行你的计划吧， 我完全赞成。
all in all
常用的片语，表示"总的来说"，"总而言之"，
He has his faults, but all in all, he is a good guy.
as clear as mud
不清晰，混乱
Your explanation is as clear as mud.
你的解释一点都不清晰。
as soft as down
柔软如绒毛
I lay fast asleep on the couch, which was as soft as down, and did not wake until late in the morning.
我在软如绒毛般的长沙发椅上睡着了，一直睡到早晨很晚才醒来。
at full blast
全速地；大规模地
When we visited the place, work on the construction site was at full blast and all the workers seemed to be working very hard.
当我们去参观时，建筑工地的工作已经全面展开，而且所有的人都在忙碌着。
be above board
光明正大的
be crazy about
爱的发狂
I am really crazy about Michael Jackson's rock'n'roll.
我对麦克杰克逊的摇滚爱的发狂。
be for the birds
荒唐可笑的；毫无价值的
Their opinions on art are simply for the birds.
他们对艺术的见解真是荒唐可笑。
beat it
叫人"走开"的口语，和"Be off!差不多，不过比后者更流行。
He kept on bothering me, so I told him to beat it.
他不停地烦我，因此我叫他走开。
beat ones brains (out)
指做事困难，"伤透了脑筋"
I beat my brains (out) to get a job.
为了找寻工作，我伤透了脑筋。
beat sb to the draw
抢先某人行动
Mary wanted to buy that painting by Picasso, but another millionaire beat her to the draw.
玛丽想买毕加索的那幅画，不过另一个百万富翁捷足先登了。
beat someone by miles
远强于某人
When it comes to fishing, I beat him by miles.
讲到钓鱼，我比他棒得多。
beef
口语上常用来指"抱怨"或"发牢骚"；作动词时后面跟about.
Tell me what's your beef?
你抱怨什么？
before you know it
口语为"很快"。
I come back before you know it.
我很快就会回来。
behave yourself
劝人要有礼貌和行为检点，意思相同的口语还有"Watch you manner.""Watch your P's and Q's".和"Don't get fresh."
Please behave yourself before the guests.
在宾客之前你检点一些。
behind bars
坐牢
The judge will put him behind bars for at least two years. 法官最低限度也会判他坐两年牢。
behind the scenes（behind the curtain）
幕后
He is the man behind the scenes.
他是幕后人物。
between ourselves
秘密地说
Between ourselves, there are no secrets.
咱们私下说说，没什么秘密。
beyond the seas
在国外，在海外
He had a good time when he was beyond the seas.
他在国外时曾过得很快活。
butt in
插手，介入
Pardon me for butting in on your conversation, but this is important.
请原谅我打断了你们的谈话，不过这件事非常重要。
by and large
大体上，总的看来
I cannot totally take your point，but by and large I think yours is reasonable.
我不能完全同意你的观点，但大体上你的观点是有道理的。
call the shots
做决断
To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots.
作为领导，你应该知道怎么做决断。
card up one's sleeve
锦囊妙计
Bill always has a card up one's sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way.
比尔总有锦囊妙计，所以任何时候遇到难题，他总能找到方法解决。
clown around
胡闹
That boy is seldom serious about anything. He's always clowning around.
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。
cook up
虚构
I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class.
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。
crocodile tears
鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲
,Don't shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I
know you hate him.
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。
cry over spilled milk
为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔
I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don't cry over spilled milk.
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。
down and out
穷困潦倒，孤苦无助
People should lend him a helpful hand；he's really down and out.
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。
eat like a bird
胃口小，吃的少
Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird.
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。
far and away
毋庸置疑
Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department.
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。
fall behind
落后
Students who are falling behind their peers at middle school may not necessarily lag behind them at college.
在中学落后于同班同学的学生到了大学就不一定比其他同学差。
for good
永远
smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good.
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。
from the bottom of one's heart
内心深处
Though he is being rude at times, he respects you from the bottom of his heart.
虽然他有时对你有些不礼貌，但在内心深处他还是尊敬你的。
get fired
炒鱿鱼
The anchorman of the BBC network's evening news got fired.
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。
get it (all) together
不慌不忙；沉着冷静
I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess.
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。
get one's goat
使人发怒或厌恶
It really got Mr. Brown's goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets.
不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。
get out of the bed on the wrong side
指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁，难以相处
What's the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side.
你今天怎么啦？为什么乱发脾气？
give an ear to
听一听
The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints
of the workers.
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。
grasp at a straw
抓救命稻草
The criminal tried to grasp at a straw by feigning mental disorder.
罪犯装疯，企图抓住一根救命稻草。
guts
勇气。美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。
hang in the balance
未见分晓
After the surgery, the patient became very sick and her life hung in the balance for nearly a week.
手术后，那个病人非常虚弱，将近一个星期他的生命在垂危中。
hang-up （情感上的）障碍, 大难题
Mary has a real hang-up about cats and doesn't like to be in the same room with them.
玛丽对猫有一种摆脱不掉的厌烦，因此不愿意和猫在同一个房间。
high and dry 被抛弃的，处于痛苦之中的
George took all the money away and left his companions high and dry，with nothing to buy the tickets.
乔治带走了所有的钱，把他的同事抛弃了，连买车票的钱也没有。
high and low 到处
I looked high and low for my pen，but I couldn't find it anywhere.
我到处找我的钢笔，但我怎么也找不到它。
hit upon 偶然想出
He crouched there for a long time before he hit upon a plan to defeat his antagonist.
他蹲在那里很长一段时间后，突然想出了一个挫败他对手的计划。
hit parade 流行歌曲排名
Tom was overjoyed when his new song was named on the hit parade
on the local radio station.
当汤姆得知他的新歌被列入当地电台的流行歌曲榜时，他欣喜万分。
in a bind 窘迫
when he asked me to marry him, I felt in a bind.
当他向我求婚时， 我感到很窘迫。
in the dog house 窘迫，陷入困境
The whole team was in the doghouse because they lost the game.
由于输掉了比赛，整队都陷入困境。
in luck 幸运
Mary dropped her glasses and they did not break, so she was in luck.
玛丽的眼镜掉在地上而没有摔坏，所以她是幸运的。
ins and outs 错综复杂事物的因果
After careful investigation, he got to know the ins and outs of the accident.
经过仔细的调查，他终于弄清了事件的前因后果。
It's in God's hands 听天由命
It's in God's hands and we have prepared for the worst.
听天由命吧， 我们已经做最坏的准备了。
jump out of one's skin 欣喜若狂，大吃一惊
when i knew i just being hired,i jumped out of my skin.
当我被录用时，我简单欣喜若狂。
know one's beans 熟悉（精通）自己的业务
Though she is very clumsy at doing housework, she knows her beans in orking.
虽然她在做家务方面笨手笨脚的，在工作方面却很精通。
Lay stress on / upon 着重，重视
In his speech Mr. Brown laid stress on the sagacity of cats.
布朗先生在他的讲座里强调了猫的灵性。
let sleeping dogs lie 莫惹是非
Don't tell the teacher what you have done. Let
sleeping dogs lie.
不要告诉老师你做了什么。莫惹是非。
lose one's temper 发脾气
he lost his temper when he broke the key in the lock.
他把钥匙弄断在锁里了，就发起了脾气。
make ends meet 使收支平衡
I have to take two part-time jobs at the same time to make ends meet.
为了收支平衡， 我不得不同时作两份兼职。
make use of 使用，利用
He will make use of all the odds and ends.
他会利用所有这一切零碎东西。
make a case for 提出充分的理由
You need to make a case for your suggestions before you can get them pproved.
在你的建议得到批准之前，你必须提出充分的理由。
monkey business 胡闹
he told the boys to quit their monkey business, or he would call a teacher.
他告诉那些男孩子不要再胡闹，不然他就叫老师。
never say die 别灰心，别气馁
Never say die. Try again and you'll probably succeed.
别灰心，再试一次，你会成功的。
on and off 间断地
It rained on and off all day long。
今天断断续续地下着小雨。
on the up and up 坦率，诚实
How can we know whether a person is on the up and up by his appearance!
从一个人的外表我们怎么能知道他是坦率的呢！
out and about 户外活动
Mr Smith recovers quickly，and he'll be out and about very soon.
史密斯先生复原得很好，很快他就能到户外活动了。
out and out 完全地，彻底地
What I said is an out and out truth.
我说的全都是事实。
out of sorts 发脾气的
Don't talk to him, he is out of sorts.
别跟他说话，他在发脾气。
out of temper 发怒的，发脾气
The children were frightened to find him out of temper.
孩子们一见他发脾气，都吓坏了。
over and over 多次地，重复地
The foreigner repeated what he said over and over，but I still couldn't understand him.
外国朋友一遍一遍地重复，但我仍然没有听懂他说什么。
play it by ear 随机应变
Facing his enemy, he had to play it by ear.
面对敌人，他只有随机应变了。
pull one's leg 愚弄
If you remain stuck-up, they will often try to pull your leg.
假如你还是目中无人的话，他们会常常想愚弄你的。
put away 把…收起来
Put away the heavy clothes. The weather is becoming much warmer.
把厚衣服收起来吧， 天气越来越暖和了。
rack one's brain 绞尽脑汁，努力思索
Mr. Brown racked his brain trying to remember where he left the wallet.
布朗先生拼命思索，想记起他把钱包放在什么地方了。
rain cats and dogs 倾盆大雨
It's raining cats and dogs, so we can't go out to play right now.
外面正下着倾盆大雨，所以现在我们不能出去玩儿。
Rob Peter to pay Paul 借东还西；拆东墙补西墙
Trying to study a lesson for one class during another class is like
robbing Peter to pay Paul.
在一节课中读另一节课的功课等于是拆东墙补西墙。
set the world on fire 做显赫的事情
People do not count him as a hero for he has not set the world on fire.
人们并不把他看作民族英雄，因为他并未做出惊天动地的事情。
silly as a goose 像鹅一样蠢
Since he is as silly as a goose, he will not get a promotion.
既然他如此的不开窍，他肯定得不到提升的。
slip of the tongue 说溜了嘴
The mayor really made a slip of the tongue!
市长可真是说溜了嘴了！
so long as 只要
Any man will be equal to the task, so long as he is careful.
任何人都会胜任这个工作，只要他细心。
stand one's ground 坚持己见；坚守阵地
John's friends said he was mistaken, but he stood his ground.
约翰的朋友都说他错了，可是他仍然坚持己见。
sweep something under the carpet 掩盖某事；无视某事
I would put it above the table instead of shoving my objection under the carpet.
我愿意把我的反对意见摆在桌面上来而不愿意把它压在心里。
take a chance 冒险
We will take a chance on the weather and have the party outdoors.
我们将冒天气的险在室外聚会。
through and through 完全地，充分地
You can trust him，for he's honest through and through.
你可以信任他，他是真正诚实的。
turn the cold shoulder on 冷淡
He will not turn the cold shoulder on me when I am in trouble.
他不会在我困难时疏远我。
the apple of one's eye 某人的掌上明珠
Mary, as the youngest daughter, is the apple of her parents' eye.
作为家中最小的孩子，玛丽是她父母的掌上明珠。
up and about 病愈
I'm much better now，I've been up and about for almost a week.
我现在感觉好多了，我已经病愈差不多一个星期了。
ups and downs 盛衰，浮沉
Life is hard．There are a lot of ups and downs in one's life.
生活是艰辛的，生活中充满了大多的盛衰的浮沉。
waste one's breath 白费唇舌
it's no use talking to him, you'll only waste your breath.
和他谈话没有一点用处，你只是在白费唇舌。
You can't beat it. 这是第一流的，比不上的。
You can't beat me. 表示自己了不起。
When it comes to playing football, you can't beat Billy.
论踢足球，没有人比得上比利。
The worst bankrupt is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.
--H.W. Arnold
最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。
--H.W. 阿诺德
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
--Issac Asimoy
如果勇敢的正视困难， 困难就会消失， 这一直是我的人生哲学。
--艾萨克·阿西莫艾
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
--Francis Bacon
旅行对青年人而言是一种教育；对老年人来说则是一种经历。
--培根
I would like live to study,and not study to live.
--Francis Bacon
我愿意为了学习而活着，不愿意为了活着而学习。
--培根
The best proof of love is trust.
--Joyce Brothers
爱的最好的证明就是信任。
-- 乔伊斯·布拉泽斯
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
--Confucius
己所不欲，勿施于人。
-- 孔子
The safety of the people is the highest law. --Cicero
人民的利益高于一切。 --西塞罗
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control thoughts.
--Charles Darwin
道德修养有可能达到的最高境界是认识到我们应该控制自己的思想。
--达尔
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below.
--John Dryden
错误就像浮在水面的稻草；要想寻找珍珠就得潜到他的下面。
--约翰·德莱顿
The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
最深的思想或感情就如同深睡的矿藏，在等待着同样深沉的头脑与心灵去发现和开采。
--爱默生
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
--Emerson
缺乏热情是完成不了伟业的。
--爱默生
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
--Emerson
进步乃今日之努力，明日之保证。
-- 爱默生
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free, if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
-- Edmund Burke
如果我们能支配我们的财富，我们就会变得富裕而自由；如财富
支配了我们，我们就会变得贫穷。
--E·伯克
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
--Henry Ford
做好准备是成功的首要秘诀。
--亨利·福特
Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a folly.
--Benjamin Franklin
沉默并不是智慧的标志，但唠叨永远是一项蠢行。
--本杰明·富兰克林
Love your neighbor--but don't pull down your hedge.
--Benjamin Franklin
爱你的邻居--但不要拆掉你的篱笆。
-- 本杰明·富兰克林
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
--Erich Fromm
只有对自己有信心的人才会对别人守信用。
-- 埃立克·弗洛姆
Love is an active power in man, a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unites
him with others; love makes him ovrecome the sense of isolation and separateness, yet it permits to be himself, to retain his integrity. --Erich Fromn
爱是活跃于人心中的一种力量，它冲破人与人之间的隔阂，使我们紧紧相连；它使我们战胜孤独无助，却仍使我们保持自我个性的独立完整。 -- 埃立克·弗洛姆
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence. --Robert Frost
教育就是要使人具备一种能力， 可以听到任何话都不动怒或丧失自信。 --罗伯特·弗罗斯特
Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, whch he gives himself.
--E Gibbon
每个人都接受两种教育， 一种来自别人，另一种更重要的来自自己。
--吉朋
Gunius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life.
--Goethe
平静中产生天才，生活激流中创造个性。
To be a leader of men, one must turn one's back on men.
-- Havelock Ellis
如果想做人们的领导者，就必须以后背对他们。
-- 哈夫洛克·艾里斯
Saying and doing are two different things.
--John Heywood (1497-1550)
言与行实乃两码事也。
--约翰·海伍德
Everything passes-even regret.
-- James Huneker
一切都会成为过去-遗憾也是如此。
-- 詹姆斯·亨内克
Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.
--Thomas Jefferson
不要买虽然便宜但你并不需要的东西；因为它对你而言是非常昂贵的。
--托马斯·杰弗逊
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation on how it shall be spent.
--Samuel Johnson
人生不长，切不可花费太多的时间去考虑应该怎样度过这一辈子。
--塞缪尔·约翰逊
Conscience is an instinct to judge ourselves in the light of moral laws. It is not a mere faculty; it is an instinct.
--Immanuel Kant
良知是一种依靠道德准则来批判自己的本能。它不只是一种能力，还是一种本能。
--康德
Civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.
--John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
礼貌不是软弱的表现，真诚有待验证。
--约翰·肯尼迪
A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes.
-- Doug larson
真正的朋友从不追究你的过错，也从不嫉妒你的成功。
-- 道格·拉森
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
--Abraham Lincoln
永远记住：你自己的取得成功的决心比什么都重要。
--林肯
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. He seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
--Abraham Lincoln
卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。
--林肯
?b>ou can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.
-- Abraham Lincoln
你可以一时蒙骗所有人，也可以永远蒙骗一些人，但不可能永远蒙骗所有人。
--林肯
What is the man's first duty? The answer is brief: to be himself.
-- Henrik Ibsen
一个人的首要职责是什么？答案很简单：做自己。
-- 易卜生
There is no situation in life but has its advantages and pleasures provided we will but take it as a joke when we find it.
--Washington Irving
人世间的任何境遇都有其优点和乐趣，只要我们愿意接受现实。
--华盛顿·欧文
It is strange that all great men should have some little grain of madness mingled with whatever genius they possess.
-- Moliere
很奇怪，大凡为人在他们所拥有的天分中都混杂着一些疯狂的成分。
-- 莫里哀
There is only one success--- to be able to spend your life in your own way.
--Morley
只有一种成功，那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生。
--莫利
The miracle is this--the more we share, the more we have.
--Leonard Nimoy
这真是奇迹-我们分享的越多，我们拥有的也就越多。
--伦纳德·尼莫哀
Talking much about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.
--Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
过多地谈论自己可能是隐藏自己的方式。
--尼采
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
--William Osler
在科学上，功劳归于使全世界信服的人，而不归于首先有这种想法的人。
--威廉·奥斯勒
All men have happiness as their object: There is no exception. However different the means they employ, they all aim at the same end.
--Blaise Pascal
所有的人都以快乐幸福作为他们的目的：没有例外。不论他们所使用的方法是如何不同， 大家都在朝着这同一个目标前进。
-- 帕斯卡
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, dose no harm to body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
--Plato
体育运动如果是出于强迫，不会有害于身体，但在强迫之下获得的知识，不能保留在头脑中。
--柏拉图
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
-- Pope
人孰无过？心存宽恕，就是圣洁。
--蒲柏
Joys are our wings, sorrows are our spurs.
--Richter
欢乐是我们的双翼， 悲痛是我们的动力。
--里克特
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
--Franklin Roosevelt
我们唯一不得不害怕的就是害怕本身。
-- 富兰克林·罗斯福
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
--Bertrand Russell
美好的生活是一种由爱所激励和由知识所指导的生活。
--罗素
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge and the unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. --Bertrand Russell
三种情感，虽朴实却无可抗拒的，主宰着我的生命：对爱的渴望，对知识的求索，以及对人类所遭受苦难的怜悯。
-- 罗素
Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigor.
--Sallust
三思而后行，然后就全力投入行动。
-- 索卢斯特
The time of life is short, to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long.
--William Shakespeare
人生的时间很短促，如果把那短促的人生浪掷虚度，那就太长了。
--莎士比亚
The man who has never made a mistake wll never make anything else.
-- G.B. Shaw
从不作错事的人其他事也作不成。
-- 萧伯纳
Laziness is like a lock, which bolts you out of the storehouse of information and makes you an intellectual starveling.
--Bernard Shaw
懒惰就象一把锁，锁住了知识的仓库，使你的智力便得匮乏。
--萧伯纳
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
--John Steinbeck
主意就象野兔，你若有一对，学会怎样驯养它们，你很快就会有一打。
--约翰·斯坦贝克
the fox changes his skin but not his habits.
--Suetonius
江山易改，本性难移。
--史维都尼亚斯
The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.
-- Thomas Carlyle
最严重的错误莫过于不觉得自己有任何错误。
-- 托马斯·卡莱尔
Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you
sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.
-- W.M.Thackeray
你勇敢，世界就会让步。如果有时它战胜你，你要不断地勇敢再勇敢，它就会屈服。
-- W.M. 萨克雷
In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
--Oscar Wilde
世界上只有两种悲剧：一种是得不到自己想要的东西，另一种是得到了。
-- 王尔德
Whenever you have an aim you must sacrifice something of freedom to attain it.
-- William Somerset Maugham
不论什么时候，只要你有一个目标，就得牺牲一定的自由去实现它。
--W·S·毛姆
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. (Marie Curie)
生活中没有什么可怕的东西，只有需要理解的东西。（居里夫人）
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. (J. Barrymore)
只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。（巴里摩尔）
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. (C. M. Schwab)
只要有无限的热情，一个人几乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。（施瓦布）
One thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. (A. Schweizer)
有一点我是知道的：在你们之中，只有那些愿意寻求发现如何为别人服务的人，才是真正幸福的。（施韦策）
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. (Goethe)
人生重要的在于确立一个伟大的目标，并有决心使其实现。（歌德）
To live is to function. That is all there is in living. (Holmes)
活着就要发挥作用，这就是生活的全部内容。（霍姆斯）
Man can only be free through mastery of himself. ( S. E. Morison)
只有通过掌握自己，才能使自己得到解放。（莫里森）
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. (J. H. Newman)
不要害怕你的生活将要结束，应该担心你的生活永远不曾真正开始。（纽曼）
Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation. ( C. Nepos)
要选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生。（内波斯）
When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something. ( R. Browning)
当一个人内心开始斗争时，他就有了价值。（布郎宁）
There is only one success --- to be able to spend your life in your own way. (C. Morley )
只有一种成功，那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生。（莫利）
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
( Martin Luther King, Jr.)
我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。（马丁。路德。金）
We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old but more like ourselves. ( M. L. Becker )
随着年龄的增长，我们并不变得更好也不变得更坏，而是变得更象我们自己。（贝克尔）
If a jewel falls into the mire, it remains as precious as before; and though dust should ascend to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered. ( AL Jaber )
宝石即使落在泥潭里，仍是一样可贵；尘土纵然扬到天上，还是没有价值。（贾比尔）
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. ( Strong)
与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。（斯特郎）
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
( J. Burroughs )
一个人可以失败许多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪别人，他还不是一个失败者。（巴勒斯）
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind. ( Carlyle )
工作是医治人间一切病痛和疾苦的万应良药。（卡莱尔）
At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
( B. Franklin)
二十岁时起支配作用的是意志，三十岁时是机智，四十岁时是判断。（富兰克林）
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. ( T. Carlyle )
生活的悲剧不在于人们受到多少苦，而在于人们错过了什么。（卡莱尔）
To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. ( J. W. Gardner )
对聪明人来说，每一天的时间都是要精打细算的。（加德纳）
Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life. (Goethe )
天才形成于平静中，性格来自于生活的激流。（歌德）
Wherever valour true is found, true modesty will there abound. ( W. S. Gilbert )
真正的勇敢，都包含谦虚。（吉尔伯特）
We can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. (W. Roger )
我们不可能都成为英雄。总得有人在英雄走过的时候坐在路边鼓掌。（罗杰）
Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad. (Euripides )
上帝要谁灭亡，必先让他疯狂。（欧里比德斯)
Life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two. ( A. Lowell )
生活是一张白纸，每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话。（洛威尔）
On earth there is nothing great but man; in the man there is nothing great but mind. ( A. Hamilton )
地球上唯一伟大的是人，人身上唯一伟大的是心灵。（哈密尔顿）
Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, and dress, and soul, and ideas. ( Chekhov )
人的一切——面貌、衣着、心灵和思想，都应该是美好的。（契诃夫）
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.( T. Fuller )
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。（富勒）
Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limit less. ( S. Bernhardt )
要这样生活，仿佛你寿命永恒；要这样工作，仿佛你精力无穷。（波恩哈特）
Other man live to eat, while I eat to live. ( Socrates )
别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。（苏格拉底）
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ( S. Butler )
生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论。（巴特勒）
Life is not all beer and skittles. ( T. Hughes )
人生并非只是吃喝玩乐。（休斯）
For man is man and master of his fate. ( A. Tennyson )
人就是人，是自己命运的主人。（丁尼生）
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. |( V. Hugo )
生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。（雨果）
Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted. ( R. Peters )
人生应该树立目标，否则你的精力会白白浪费。（彼得斯）
None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew.( Erasmus )
只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活或自由。（伊拉斯漠）
What makes life dreary is the want of motive. (George Eliot )
没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。（艾略特）
Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win? ( Lane Kirkland )
不要认为取胜就是一切，更重要的是要有信念。倘若你没有信念，那胜利又有什么意义呢？（柯克兰）
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. ( Lincoln )
卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路，他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。（林肯）
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.( Kierkergaard )
只有向后才能理解生活；但要生活好，则必须向前看。（克尔凯郭尔）
While there is one untrodden tractFor intellect or will.And men are free to think and act,Life is worth living. ( A. Austin )只要还有一块知识和意志尚未征服的领域，只要人们能自由思考和行动，生活就是值得的。（奥斯汀）
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it.( I. Berlin
)生活有百分之十在于你如何塑造它，有百分之九十在于你如何对待它。（柏林）
The great use of life is to spend it for something that overlasts it.( W. James )
生命的最大用处是将它用于能比生命更长久的事物上。（詹姆斯）
No man is useless in this world who lightens the burden of someone else. ( C. Dickens )
在这个世界上能为别人减轻负担的人都是有用的。（狄更斯）
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. ( J. Lubbock )
衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为，而不是时间。（卢伯克）
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them. ( Montaigne )
生命的价值不在于能活多少天，而在于我们如何使用这些日子。（蒙田）
Ideas are like the stars --- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. ( C. Schurz )
理想就象是星星——我们永远无法到达，但是我们象水手一样，用它们指引航程。（舒尔茨）
I tell you hopeless grief is passionless. ( E. B. Browning )
我告诉你，没有希望的悲伤是没有感情的。（勃郎宁夫人）
He who has never hoped can never despair. ( Bernard Shaw )
从来没有抱什么希望的人也永远不会失望。（萧伯纳）
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. ( A. Einstein )
不要为成功而努力，要为作一个有价值的人而努力。（爱因斯坦）
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. ( O. Goldsmith )
我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来。（哥德斯密斯）
It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious about?( H.D. Thoreau)光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳。（梭罗）
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of sucess. ( Charles Chaplin )
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。（卓别林）
A wise man never loses anything if he has himself. ( Nietzche )
聪明的人只要能掌握自己，便什么也不会失去。（尼采）
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. ( Russell )
有些东西你想要而没有，这是幸福不可缺少的一部分。（罗素）
Something attempted, something done. ( Longfellow )
有所尝试，就等于有所作为。（朗费罗）
Victory won't come to me unless I go to it. ( M. Moore )
胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。（穆尔）
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them. ( Bernard Shaw )
在这个世界上取得成功的人，都努力去寻找他们想要的机会，如果找不到时，他们就自己创造机会。（萧伯纳）
A great man is always willing to be little. ( R. W. Emerson )
伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。（爱默生）
Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion. ( D. H. Lawrence )
死是伟大的激情的唯一的纯洁、美丽的终结。（劳伦斯）
Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are summits of ranges. ( T. W. Higginson )伟人很少是突兀的山峰；它们是众山中的最高峰。（希金森）
The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once.( T. Carlyle )
即使整个太阳系和星系崩溃，你也只死一次。（卡莱尔）
Many people's tombstones should read: " Died at 30, buried at 60." ( N. M. Butler )
许多人的墓碑上应该刻上：“三十而死，六旬而葬。”（巴特勒）
To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of content. ( G. Woodberry )
如果感觉到自己在生活中有了一个位置，满足的问题就解决了一半。（伍德贝利）
We should so live and labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This is what we mean by progress.( H. W. Beecher )
我们一生应该这样地生活和劳动，使给予我们的种子能在下一代开花，使给予我们的花朵能在下一代结果，这就是我们所说的进步的意义。（比彻）
What's a man's first duty? The answer's brief: To be himself. ( Ibsen )
人的第一天职是什么？答案很简单：不伪饰自己。（易卜生）
It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of great whole of life dawn on you. ( P. Brooks )
在你耐心地操劳于生活的琐事的过程中，你才能领悟整个生活的伟大意义和形象。 （布鲁克斯）
Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb. ( W. M. Thackeray )
大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服的。（萨克雷）
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime, and a fool's excuse for failure. ( A. Bierce )
命运是暴君施虐的权威，傻瓜失败的借口。（比尔斯）
Have no fear of perfection ---- you'll never reach it. ( S. Dali )
不要为十全十美担心——你永远作不到十全十美。（达里）
The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others. ( F. Bacon )
人的行为准则是，维护自己的尊严，不妨碍他人的自由。（培根）
One may overcome a thousand men in battle, but he who conquers himself is the greatest victor.
( Nehru )一个人能在战场上制胜千军，但只有战胜自己才是最伟大的胜利者。（尼赫鲁）
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. ( Ovid )
人越伟大，越能克制怒火。（奥维德）
It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them. ( A. E. Stevenson )
为原则而斗争容易，按原则的要求活着难。（史蒂文森）
There is nothing permanent except change. ( Heracleitus )
惟有变化才是永恒的。（赫拉克利特）
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
( T. Paine )
想要收获自由之果的人，必须承受维护自由的劳苦。（潘恩）
No road of flowers lead to glory. ( La Fontaine )
没有一条通向光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。（拉封丹）
Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort. ( Shakespeare )
不要只因一次挫败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。（莎士比亚）
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say " Impossible".( Napoleon )
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。（拿破仑）
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. ( C. Weizmann )
奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。（魏茨曼）
There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. ( Muggeridge )
没有黑暗这种东西，只有看不见而已。（马格里奇）
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. ( G. Eliot )
天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。（艾略特）
Time is a bird for ever on the wing. ( T. W. Robertson )
时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。（罗伯逊）
If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. ( Edison )
如果你年轻时不学会思考，那就永远不会。（爱迪生）
A day is a miniature of eternity. ( Emerson )
一天是永恒的缩影。（爱默生）
The course of true love never did run smooth. ( Shakespeare )
真诚的爱情之路永不会是平坦的。（莎士比亚）
Love is stronger than death.
爱的力量大于死亡。（《圣经》）
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. ( A. J. Heschel )少时喜欢聪明人，老来喜欢仁厚人。（赫歇尔）
All good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear. ( H. D. Thoreau )
一切好的东西都是便宜的，所有坏的东西都是非常贵的。（梭罗）
Patience! The windmill never strays in search of the wind. ( Andy J. Sklivis )
耐心等待！风车从不跑去找风。（斯克利维斯）
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. ( L. Blum )
品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。（布鲁斯）
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking something else. ( O. W. Holmes )
通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名。（霍姆斯）
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ( W. Penn)
妒忌者对别人是烦恼，对他们自己却是折磨。（佩恩）
If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. ( O. Wilde )如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就会少一些麻烦。（王尔德）
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ( E. Hubbard )
许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。（哈伯德）
Don't waste life in doubts and fears. ( Emerson )
不要把生命浪费于怀疑与恐惧中。（爱默生）
The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. ( A. M. Lindbergh )
生活中最使人筋疲力尽的事是弄虚作假。（林德伯格）
It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
( N. Coward )
令人沮丧的是，有那么多人对诚实感到吃惊，而对欺骗感到吃惊的人却那么的少。（科沃德）
I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about
with them. ( George Eliot )
我从不怜惜自负的人们，因为我觉得他们无处不能自我安慰。（艾略特）
Man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long. ( Bernard Shaw )
人可以爬到最高峰，但他不能在那儿久住。（萧伯纳）
The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. (Kierkegaard)
暴君死了，他的统治就结束了；烈士死了，他的统治刚开始。（克尔凯郭尔）
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. ( T. S. Eliot )
世界上大部分的麻烦都是要想成为伟大人物的人搞出来的。（艾略特）
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything --- or nothing.
( Lady Astor )
生活中的主要危险来自那些想要改变一切或什么也不想改变的人。（阿斯特子爵夫人）
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time. ( Mark Twain )
习惯就是习惯，谁也不能将其扔出窗外，只能一步一步地引它下楼。（马克吐温）
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions. ( C. K. Chesterton )
可以给偏执下一个粗略的定义：没有观点的人的愤怒。（切斯特顿）
Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. ( W. Winchell )
乐观主义者：被狮子逼上了树但仍能欣赏风景的人。（温切尔）
You know what charm is : A way of getting the answer "yes" without having asked any clear question. ( A. Camus )
你知道什么是魅力：一种不用明白地提出问题而能得到肯定答复的办法。（加谬）
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. ( J. Cocteau )
对于诗人来说，最大的悲剧莫过于由于误解而受到钦佩。（科克托）
The essence of language is human activity. ( O. Jesperson )
语言的本质是人类活动。（耶斯佩森）
Animals are such agreeable friends ----they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
( George Eliot )
动物是极容易相处的，它们从不提问，也从不会批评。（艾略特）
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. ( W. Durant )
教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。（杜兰特）
In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.
( W. A. White )
教育不是为了教会青年人谋生，而是教会他们创造生活。（怀特）
I would rather see a young man blush than turn pale. ( M. P. Cato )
我宁可看到青年人脸红，也不愿看到它脸色变得苍白。（加图）
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. ( W. G. McAdoo )
在争论中是无法击败无知者的。（麦卡杜）
A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. ( Voltaire )
持久的争论意味着双方都是错的。（伏尔泰）
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. ( Chesterton )
通常人们是因为不会辩理才吵架的。（切斯特顿）
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. ( Bernard Shaw )
明白事理的人使自己适应世界；不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。（萧伯钠）
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. ( C. G. Jung )
任何形式的瘾都是不好的，不管上瘾的是酒精、吗啡还是唯心主义。（荣格）
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. ( C. Darrow )
只要世界还存在，就会有错误，如果没有人反叛，这些错误将永远存在下去。（达罗）
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ( Voltaire )我不同意你说的话，但我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。（伏尔泰）
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. ( J. Renard )
唯一真正自由的人是能够拒绝宴会的邀请而不用提出理由的人。（勒纳尔）
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.( Mark Twain )
具有新想法的人在其想法被接受之前是怪人。（马克吐温）
1.Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人
2.Beggars‘ bags are bottom less.
乞丐永远不知足
3.Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.
宁可穷而有志，不可富而失节
4.Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好
5.Between two stools you fall to the ground.
脚踩两条凳，早晚要坠地(意同：脚踏两条船)
6.Birds of a feather of lock together.
物以类聚，人以群分
7.Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水(意指：亲人总比外人亲）
1． Pain past is pleasure.
（过去的痛苦就是快乐。）[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将来回忆起来 一定甜蜜无比。]
2． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
（脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）[从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。]
3． Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
（心之所愿，无所不成。）[坚持一个简单的信念就一定会成功。]
4． All things are difficult before they are easy.
（凡事必先难后易。）[放弃投机取巧的幻想。]
5． Great hopes make great man.
（伟大的理想造就伟大的人。）
6． God helps those who help themselves.
（天助自助者。）
7． Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
（四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘诀：多一点点！） [比别人多一点努力、多一点自律、多一点决心、多一点反省、多一点学习、多一点实践、多一点疯狂，多一点点就能创造奇迹！]
8． In doing we learn.
（实践长才干。）
9． East or west, home is best.
（东好西好，还是家里最好。）
10． Two heads are better than one.
（三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。）
11． Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
（行路有良伴就是捷径。）
12． Constant dropping wears the stone.
（滴水穿石。）
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.
静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well.
结果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes.
母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马难追。
A year's plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
Better late than never.
不怕慢，单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
Blood will have blood.
血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。
Business is business.
公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper.
骗人发不了财。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
择书如择友。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.
做你的吧，天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.
循序渐进。
Cry for the moon.
海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。
Do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
Do it now.
机不可失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。
Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂装懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事过多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻烦。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好。
Easier said than done.
说得容易，做得难。
Easy come, easy go.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人负责，等于没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.
谁都有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。
Every minute counts.
分秒必争。
Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。
Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Far from eye, far from heart.
眼不见，心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served.
先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次见面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金，积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大错误。
Great men's sons seldom do well.
富不过三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.
贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.
心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.
健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼听则明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不动，叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.
愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背后说好话，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯错误。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自嘲者不会让人见笑。
He is wise that is honest.
诚实者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不进则退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
经常诉苦，没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯错误，就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上当一回头，再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
,不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.
众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木，百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
门门精通，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.
活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.
不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.
先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.
谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.
谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.
没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.
文如其人。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
一报还一报。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.
什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人无大志。
Look before you leap.
摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.
岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.
一见钟情。
Love cannot be compelled.
爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.
爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.
没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
Make hay while the sun shines.
良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.
化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.
人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
Measure for measure.
针锋相对。
Misfortunes never come alone.
祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。
Money isn't everything.
钱不是万能的。
Murder will out.
纸包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
Never say die.
永不言败。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
New wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。
No cross, no crown.
不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.
没有不长草的园子。
No living man all things can.
世上没有万事通。
No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.
没有生而知之者。
No man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.
聪明一世，糊涂一时。
None are so blind as those who won't see.
视而不见。
None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
充耳不闻。
No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不会重现。
No pains, no gains.
没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain.
没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.
先苦后甜。
No smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼泪干得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
没有追求就没有收获。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行，语言最要紧。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
Not to advance is to go back.
不进则退。
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
No way is impossible to courage.
勇者无惧。
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
军人以服从命令为天职。
Observation is the best teacher.
观察是最好的老师。
Offense is the best defense.
进攻是最好的防御。
Old friends and old wines are best.
陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child.
一次老，两次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盗一次，做贼一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.
时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百闻不如一见。
One false move may lose the game.
一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One good turn deserves another.
行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
争分夺秒效率高。
One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
One's words reflect one's thinking.
言为心声。
Out of debt, out of danger.
无债一身轻。
Out of office, out of danger.
无官一身轻。
Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心为静。
Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish.
贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart.
贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
Pleasure comes through toil.
苦尽甘来。
Pour water into a sieve.
竹篮子打水一场空。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.
恭维话不能当饭吃。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.
宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure.
预防胜于治疗。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
骄傲使人落后。
Promise is debt.
一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
谚语是日常经验的结晶。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind.
开卷有益。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
读书健脑，运动强身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬，必须自重。
Rome is not built in a day.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.
言行不一。
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
Seek the truth from facts.
实事求是。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者当差，不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以贼捉贼。
Short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing.
聊胜于无。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.
学得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快，烂得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
能言是银，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.
静水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering.
坚持就是胜利。
Take things as they come.
既来之，则安之。
Talking mends no holes.
空谈无补。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.
说曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.
树大招风。
Teach others by your example.
躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest.
无私者无畏。
The best man stumbles.
伟人也有犯错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
掩耳盗铃。
The danger past and God forgotten.
过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.
烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.
老马识途。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The die is cast.
木已成舟。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means.
只要目的正当，可以不择手段。
The end makes all equal.
死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.
贪多嚼不烂。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢，不成器。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.
烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.
迈出第一步是最艰难的。
The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.
兔子不吃窝边草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
坐井观天。
The grass is greener on the other side.
这山望着那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.
语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.
爬得高，摔得惨。
The leopard cannot change its spots.
本性难移。
The more noble, the more humble.
人越高尚，越谦虚。
The more wit, the less courage.
初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.
旁观者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.
太阳也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question.
问题皆有两面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
家家有本难念的经。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.
人间处处有温情。
There is no general rule without some exception.
任何法规均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.
没有长生不老药。
There is no place like home.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
The style is the man.
字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人言可畏。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清，浊者自浊。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.
海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
Think twice before you do.
三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.
否极泰来。
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。
Time cures all things.
时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies.
光阴似箭。
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
Time lost cannot be won again.
时光流逝，不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.
时间不能倒流。
Time tries all.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.
人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
To err is human.
人非圣贤，孰能无过。
To know everything is to know nothing.
什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。
To know oneself is true progress.
人贵有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes.
我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
学问太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.
自由放任，一事无成。
Too much praise is a burden.
过多夸奖，反成负担。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节约时间就是延长生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
Troubles never come singly.
福无双至，祸不单行。
Truth never grows old.
真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.
洗心革面，改过自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.
一个好汉三个帮。
Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.
别人错了，不等于你对了。
Unity is strength.
团结就是力量。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠言逆耳利于行。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
不到黄河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远远胜过美貌。
Walls have ears.
小心隔墙有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康，钱再多也没用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好东西，失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.
好的开始，是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水可贵。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。
Wet behind the ears.
乳臭未干。
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
不管做什么，都要一心一意。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
儿时所学，终生难忘。
What's done cannot be undone.
生米煮成熟饭了。
What's lost is lost.
失者不可复得。
What we do willingly is easy.
愿者不难。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入国问禁，入乡随俗。
When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.
人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
伤心旧事别重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
新仇旧恨，齐上心头。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
强扭的瓜不甜。
You may know by a handful the whole sack.
由一斑可知全貌。
You never know what you can till you try.
是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。
A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深。
A burden of one's choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重。
A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。
A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王。
A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。
Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。
A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息。
A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。
A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧，高枕无忧。
A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，胜券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 宁为清贫，不为浊富。
A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，祸从口出。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action. 同仇敌忾。
A constant guest is never welcome. 久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。
A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。
A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 户枢不蠹。
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识的巧果。
Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不满足者坐无宁时。
A disease known is half cured. 病情确诊断，治病好一半。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。
A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨头打狗狗不叫。
Adversity is a good discipline. 苦难是磨练人的好机会。
Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患难使人聪明，但不能致富。
Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身处逆境不择友。
Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。
A fair death honours the whole life. 死得光明，终身荣耀。
A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。
A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午饭后要坐，晚饭后要走。
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误，等于改正一半。
Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 事情要安步就班地做，就会很快地做完。
A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。
A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算计。
A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜总爱强出头。
A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋难聚财。
A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。
A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚发问，七智结舌。
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所问，智者难答。
A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千虑，必有一得。
A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失，百智难回。
A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 一个蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一个聪明人在别人家里所知的事要多。
A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千虑，必有一得。
A fool's heart dances on his lips. 愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。
A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸会变，但本性难移。
A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真朋友。
A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一个我。
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A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友。
A friend is never known till a man have need. 不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。
A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 广交友，无深交。
A friend without faults will never be found. 没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。
After a storm comes a calm. 否极泰来。
After black clouds, clear weather. 否极泰来。
After death, the doctor. 放马后炮。
After dinner comes the reckoning. 吃喝玩乐，该付代价。
After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. 午餐之后坐片刻，晚饭之后走一里。
After meat, mustard. 雨后送伞。
A full belly counsels well. 衣食足而后知荣辱。
A full cup must be carried steadily. 杯满盈，须持稳。
A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 好砧不怕锤。
A good appetite is a good sauce. 饥不择食。
A good beginning is half the battle. 首战告捷等于一半胜利。
A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者必善其终。
A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好书，莫逆之交。
A good book is a light to the soul. 好书一本，照亮心灵。
A good conscience is a continual feast. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
A good conscience is a soft pillow. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
A good dog deserves a good bone. 有劳得奖。
A good example is the best sermon. 身教胜似言教。
A good face is a letter of recommendation. 好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。
A good face needs no paint. 美貌无需擦脂抹粉。
A good fame is better than a good face. 好的名望胜于好的相貌。
A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近亲。
A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land. 聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。
A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold. 健康的身体贵于黄金铸成的皇冠。
A good heart cant's lie. 有仁心者不说谎话。
A good heart conquers ill fortune. 善心克厄运。
A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 良马的毛色不会差。
A good horse often needs a good spur. 好马常要好靴刺。
A good marksman may miss. 智者千虑，必有一失。
A good maxim is never out of season. 至理名言不会过时。
A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口，忠言逆耳。
A good name is better than riches. 好名誉胜过有财富。
A good name is earlier lost than won. 失去美名易，得到美名难。
A good name is sooner lost than won. 美誉难得而易失。
A good name keeps lustre in the dark. 好的名声在黑暗中也会光芒四射。
A good neighbour is better than a bother in the next village. 远亲不如近邻。
A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand. 出色的外科医生必须心明眼亮和有一双灵巧的手。
A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 好故事百听不厌。
A good tongue is a good weapon. 伶俐的口齿是一种锐利的武器。
A good wife makes a good husband. 有好妻子就有好丈夫。
A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。
A great talker is a great liar. 最会饶舌的人也是最会说谎的人。
A great ship asks deep water. 巨轮寻深水而航行。
A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. 做贼心虚，良心自诛。
A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 贼胆心虚。
A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning. 一点小常识常胜过很多有价值的学问。
A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放，笑逐颜开。
A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急难免出岔子。
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. 腰包钱财足，心境自然宽。
A heavy snow promise a good harvest. 瑞雪兆丰年。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 时势造英雄。
A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马的装饰。
A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭内讧难维系。
A Jack of all trades and master of none. 三脚猫无所长。
A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。
A journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step. 千里之行，始于足下。
A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 穷人的一只羔羊比富人的一头牛还要珍贵。
A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊嫌毛重
A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Ale will make a cat speak. 酒后吐真言。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 骗子说真话，也没人相信。
A liar is worse than a thief. 撒谎比偷窃更可恶。
A lie begets a lie till they come to generation. 谎言生谎言，谎言传万代。
A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳。
A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生无目的，犹如船失去了舵。
A light purse is a heavy curse. 为人无钱处处难。
A light purse makes a heavy heart. 曩中无钱心事重。
A lion at home, a mouse abroad. 在家凶如狮，在外却如鼠。
A little body often harbours a great soul. 莫道身躯小，伟人寓其间。
A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world. 幼儿是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的。
A little fire is quickly trodden out. 小洞易补。
A little is better than none. 聊胜于无。
A little labour, much health. 适量劳动健身大有益。
A little leak will sink a great ship. 千丈之堤溃于蚁穴。
A little learning is a dangerous thing. 浅学误人。
A little neglect may breed great mischief. 小不忍则乱大谋。
A little of everything, nothing at all. 每事浅尝辄止，结果将一事无成。
A little pot is soon hot. 壶小水易热。
A little spark kindles a great fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. 适可而止，过犹不及。
A living dog is better than a dead lion. 一条活狗胜过一头死狮。
All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃跑时，个个都勇敢。
All are not hunters that blow the horn. 吹号角的未必都是猎人。
All are not merry that dance lightly. 表面高兴的，未必都快乐。
All are not saints that go to church. 去做礼拜者，未必皆圣人。
All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 犬之所吠，并非皆贼。
All asses wag their ears. 傻子总爱装聪明。
All bread is not baked in one oven. 人心不同，犹如其面。
All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. 猫都爱吃鱼，却怕爪弄湿。
All covet, all lose. 贪多必失。
All good things came to an end. 天下无不散之宴席。
All is fair in war. 兵不厌诈。
All is fish that comes to one's net. 捉到网里都是鱼。
All is flour that comes to his mill. 到他的磨里都能碾成粉。
All is not at hand that helps. 有用的东西并不都是垂手可得的。
All is not gain that is put in the purse. 放入钱包的钱财，并非都是应得的。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.
酒后吐真言。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.
道高一尺，魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.
搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.
好人不长命。
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。
Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.
鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
一分预防胜似十分治疗。
Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸运的右手，节约是幸运的左手。
Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
天才一分来自灵感，九十九分来自勤奋。
He who laughs last laughs best.
谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。
He who pays the piper, calls the tune.2
谁负担费用，谁加以控制。
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
身体健壮就有希望，有了希望就有了一切。
No man is born wise or learned.
人非生而知之。
Action speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
United we stand, divided we fall.
合即立，分即垮。
There is no smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。
Many hands make light work.
人多好办事。
Reading makes a full man.
读书长见识。
The best horse needs breeding, and the aptest child needs teaching.
最好的马要驯，最伶俐的孩子要教。
Learn young, learn fair.
学习趁年轻，学就要学好。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知识，胜于手中有金钱。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一次被咬，下次胆小。
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