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- (英文格言、諺語)
- A bad penny always comes back.
惡有惡報。 - A bad shearer never had a good sickle.
劣工尤器。
拙劣的割草工人用不出好鐮刀。自己技術不好，再好的鐮刀也沒有用 - A bad workman always blames his tools.
劣工尤器。
拙劣的工匠只會怪工具不好。 - A bad workman quarrels with his tools
劣工尤器。
劣匠只會跟自己的工具吵架。 - A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
一鳥在手勝於兩鳥在林。
擁有的才是最真實的。把握現在。及時行樂，有花堪折直須折。 - Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
小別勝新婚。 - A burnt child dreads the fire.
受灼的小孩必怕火。
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。 - A cat may look at a king.
君王卿相於我何關。
貓也可以打量國王，暗喻人人平等。
人皆可為堯舜帝王。切勿因為別人的經驗不如你多，就不讓他發表想法。 - A chain is no stronger than its weakest link."
鏈子的堅固是取決於最脆弱的連結處。
一步下錯，滿盤皆輸。 - A clear conscience is like a coat of mail.
良心如信紙之信封。
平生不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。 - A clear conscience laughs at false accusation.
只要問心無愧，無端的指責可以一笑置之。 - A constant guess is never welcome.
常客難受歡迎. - A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
知足常樂。 - A creaking gate hangs long.
會嘎嘎響的門反而用得久。
病夫命久；瑕不掩瑜。 - Actions speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。行動勝於言辭。
坐而言不如起而行。 - Advice when most needed is least heeded.
忠言逆言。 - A fair face may hide a foul heart. (Fair face, foul heart.)
人面獸心。 - A fault confessed is half redressed.
肯認錯是改過的一半。過則勿憚改 - A fool and his money are easily parted.
愚人難聚財。 - A fox smells its own lair first."
狐狸有臭己先聞。要刮別人鬍子前，先刮自己的。
嚴以律己。 - A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真情。 - A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
朋友應該容忍朋友的缺點。 - A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
= A friend to all is a friend to none.
人盡可友的人，不是真正朋友。濫交者無友。 - After a storm comes a calm.
否極泰來。 - After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
午餐後一坐，晚餐後一哩。 - After rain comes sunshine.
雨過天晴。 - A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始必善終，欲善終務先以善始。 - A good conscience is a safe pillow.
行止清白，高枕無憂。 - A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all.
眾人皆醉我獨醒。 - A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
作賊心虛；多行不義必自斃。
夜路走多了總會遇到鬼。千夫所指，不疾而死。 - A handful of trade is a handful of gold.
一把貿易，一把黃金。 - A honey tongue, a heart of gall.
口蜜腹劍；笑裡藏刀；佛口蛇心。 - A hundred tricks are not so good as one well-learned trade.
百藝無如一藝精。 - A jack of all trades is master of none.
雜而不精的三腳貓。萬事通，無事精通。 - A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.
開玩笑總不能化敵為友，反而有時會失去朋友。 - A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.
窮人眼中的一隻羊，貴似富人的一頭牛。物品在不同人的身上有不同的價值。 - A leopard cannot change his spots.
豹的斑點是改不掉的。
牛牽到北京還是牛。江山易改，本性難移。 - A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.
真理剛穿鞋，謊言已在途中。好事不出門，壞事傳千里。 - A lie has no legs.
謊言不會自己傳播。 - A little learning is a dangerous thing.
只懂皮毛是危險的事。
學淺誤人。一知半解最危險。 - A little pot is soon hot.
小人易怒。狗肚子盛不得四兩油。
器小易盈。人窮志短。壺小水易熱。 - All are not saints that go to church.
去做禮拜者，未必皆聖人。 - All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
狗所吠者，未必皆賊。
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。(勿一概而論) - All asses wag their ears.
傻子總愛裝聰明。 - All bread is not baked in one oven.
人心不同，猶如其面。 - All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
貓都愛吃魚，卻怕爪弄濕。
想不勞而獲，將一事無成。 - All covet, all lose.
貪多必失。 - All flowers are not in one garland.
不是所有的花都在一個花圈上。人各有志，切勿強求。 - All good things come to and end.
花無百日紅。天下無不散之筵席。 - All is fair in love and war.
愛情和戰爭是不擇手段的。 - All is fair in war.
兵不厭詐。 - All is fish that comes to one's net.
捉到網裡都是魚。來老不拒。 - All is flour that comes to his mill.
什麼東西到他的磨子裏都能碾成粉。 - All is not at hand that helps.
有用的東西並不都是垂手可得的。 - All is not gain that is put in the purse.
放入錢包的錢財，並非都是應得的。勿取不義之財。 - All is not lost that is in danger.
在危險中的東西未必都會損失。 - All is well that ends well.
善終為善。皆大歡喜。
意思就是雖然一件工作在執行時很困難，但最後有好的結果。 - A man may dig his grave with his teeth.
禍從口出。 - A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.
牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難。 - All men are mortal.
人孰無死。人皆有死。人難免一死。 - All men cannot be first.
不可能人人都得第一名。第一名只有一個。最好的只有一個。 - All one's geese are swans.
自吹自擂。老王賣瓜，自賣自誇。 - All rivers run into the sea.
百川入海。海納百川。 - All roads lead to Rome.
條條大路通羅馬。 - All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.
有情人終成眷屬。 - All that glitters is not gold.
閃爍者未必都是金。金玉其外，敗絮其內。
虛有其表。 - All the wit in the world is not in one head.
世上所有的智慧不會集中在一個腦袋。三個臭皮匠勝過一個諸葛亮。集思廣義。 - All things are obedient to money.
有錢能使鬼推磨。 - All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事都是先難後易。倒吃甘蔗。 - All things are easy that are done willingly.
只要願意，沒有不可能的事。 - All things are obedient to money.
有錢能使鬼推磨。錢是萬能的。 - All things will come round to him who will but wait.
只要耐心等待，該來的還是會來。該你的就會是你的，總有一天等到你。好事多磨。 - All time is no time when it is past.
光陰一去永不回。 - All truths are not to be told.
真理未必能說得清。 - All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作不玩耍，聰明人也會變傻。 - Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot.
縱使下雨，莫把水壺丟棄。防患未然。 - A merry heart makes a long life.
知足常樂。樂觀者歲足。 - An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一日一蘋果，醫生不找上門。 - An eye for an eye, and we will all go blind.
兩敗俱傷。(以眼還眼，我們都會變盲。) - An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
防患未然。預防勝於治療。防微杜漸。未雨綢繆。 - An uncut gem goes not sparkle.
玉不琢，不成器。人不學，不知義。 - A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫釐，差之千里。踏錯一步，滿盤皆輸。 - A penny saved is a penny earned.
存錢一分才是賺錢一分。儲蓄方是賺錢之道。 - A person is known by the company he keeps.
觀其友，知其人。物以類聚。 - A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison.
一滴毒藥毀了一瓶奶。一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。 - Apparel makes the man.
人靠衣裝，佛靠金裝。 - April showers bring May flowers.
四月雨帶來五月花。否極泰來。苦盡甘來。 - A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。 - A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滾石不生苔。
(負面) 心浮氣躁者，難成大器。轉業不聚財。
(正面) 常動者不會生疾。勞動養生。 - Art has no enemy but ignorance.
無知乃藝術之敵。 - Art is a lie that enables us to realize the truth. (Pablo Picasso)
藝術是一種使我們能夠實現真實的謊言。(畢卡索) - Art is civilization and civilization is art. (Latin Proverb)
藝術是文明，文明是藝術。(拉丁諺語) - Art is long, life is short.
人生苦短，而學海無涯。人生朝露，藝術千秋。 - As a man sows, so shall he reap.
一分耕耘，一分收穫。 - Ask and you shall receive.
勤學好問。好學多問。 - Ask me no questions, I will tell you no lies.
不問不受騙。 - Ask no questions and hear no lies.
不多問便不會聽到謊言。 - A soft answer turned away wrath.
和言足以息怒。以柔克剛。忍一句，息一怒。 - A sound mind lies in a sound body.
健全的頭腦寓於健全的身體。 - A stitch in time saves nine.
及時一針省九針。防微杜漸。 - A straight stick is crooked in the water.
直棍水中曲。 - As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
自作自受；咎由自取。自食惡果；自討苦吃。作繭自縛。拿石頭砸自己的腳。 - As you sow, so shall you reap.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。 - A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many.
朋友千人尚覺少，仇敵一人猶嫌多。 - A tooth for a tooth, and an eye for an eye.
以牙還牙，以眼還眼 - A tree is known by its fruit.
凡樹木看果實，就可以認出它的好壞。
觀其行，知其人。 - A woman's work is never done.
女子的粗活是做不完的。女人真命苦。 - A word to the wise is enough.
智者一言足矣。忠言真心者，一言足矣。 - A word once spoken can never be recalled.
一言既出，駟馬難追。 - B
Bad news travels fast.
惡事傳千里。 - Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠叫的狗不咬人。指裝模作樣，勿用在意。 外強中乾、虛有其表、虛張聲勢。 - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
情人眼裏出西施。 - Beauty is but skin deep.
美色只是一層皮。紅顏易老。 - Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes straight to the bone.
美麗流於膚淺，醜陋深入於骨。 - Beer before liquor, you'll never be sicker, but liquor before beer and you're in the clear.
喝啤酒再喝白酒，你不會清醒；但先喝白酒再喝啤酒，你還會清醒。
由淺入深難，由深入淺易。由儉入奢易，由奢入儉難。 - Beggars must not be choosers.
饑者不得擇食。窮人無選擇權。飢不擇食、寒不擇衣、慌不擇路、貧不擇妻。 - Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
寧為驢頭不為馬尾；寧為牛頭不為蛇尾。 - Better late than never.
寧遲勿缺；亡羊補牢，猶未晚矣。 - Better safe than sorry.
安全勝過遺憾。不怕一萬，只怕萬一。小心為上。流汗總比流血好。 - Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
已知的魔鬼比未知的好。明槍易躲，暗箭難防。 - Between two stools you fall to the ground.
腳踏雙凳必墜地。喻一心二用，將一事無成。 - Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚。 - Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
良藥苦口。忠言逆耳。 - Blood is thicker than water.
血濃於水。 - Blood will out.
謀殺必將敗露。真相大白、紙包不住火。 - Boys will be boys.
孩子就是孩子。理當如此。 - Brain is better than brawn.
智慧勝於力量。智勝於勇莽。 - Bread is the staff of life.
麵包是生活的主食。民以食為天。 - Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper.
早餐像國王，午餐像王子，晚餐像乞丐。
早餐吃飽，午餐吃得好，晚餐吃得少。 - Brevity is the soul of wit.
精簡是智慧的真髓。 - Business before pleasure.
工作先於玩樂。 - Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night.
奶油在早餐是金、午餐是銀、晚餐是鉛。過猶不及。
C- Care killed a cat.
憂慮致命（勞神喪命）。 - Charity begins at home.
修身齊家博愛天下。 - Chance favors the prepared mind.
豫則立，不豫則廢。胸有成竹。機會是留給有準備的人。 - Cider on beer, never fear; beer upon cider, makes a bad rider.
由淺入深難，由深入淺易。由儉入奢易，由奢入儉難。
喝啤酒後再喝蘋果酒不懼怕，喝蘋果酒後再喝啤酒就不能。 - Close but no cigar.
很接近了，但不是雪茄。很接近了，但不是我要的答案。 - Clothes don't make the man.
人不可貌相，不能以貌取人。好馬不在鞍，人美不在衫。 - Comparisons are odious.
人比人氣死人。 - Constant dripping wears away the stone.
滴水穿石、積沙成塔。 - Cowards die many times, but a brave man only dies once.
懦夫可亡千百次，好漢一生死一回。死有輕如鴻毛、重如泰山。
風瀟瀟兮易水寒，壯士一去不復返。 - Cross the stream where it is the shallowest.
過河應走水淺處。做事應從大處著手。凡事從簡單的開始做。從易處著手。 - Curiosity killed the cat.
好奇心殺死一隻貓。人不能太好奇。 - Cut your coat according to your cloth.
量身裁衣。量力而為、量入為出。三思而後行。 - D
Death is the great leveler.
死後萬人皆平等。人皆有死。 - Deeds, not words.
在於行動，不在於言語。說得到，做得到。言出必行。 - Desperate diseases must have desperate cures(remedies).
重命要用重手治。亂世用重典。死馬當活馬醫。 - Diamond cut diamond.
兩虎相爭必有一傷。 - Different sores must have different salves.
= Different strokes for different folks.
= Difficulty makes desire.
苦難中能創造欲望。
Diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot.
= Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot."
病來如山倒，病去如抽絲。
Do as you would be done by.
己所欲施於人。為所該為之事。 - Doctors make the worst patients.
= Don't burn your bridges before they're crossed.
= Don't burn your bridges behind you.
不要過河拆橋。為自己留後路。 - Dog does not cat dog.
狗不咬狗（同類不相殘）。 - Do in Rome as the Romans do.
入境隨俗。 - Don't change horses in mid-stream.
臨陣勿換將。 - Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
勿打如意算盤。 - Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
= Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.
順其自然。水到渠成。船到橋頭自然直。 - Don't cry over spilt milk.
覆水難收。後悔無益。 - Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
不要跟自己過意不去。賭氣無用。 - Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要攬事上身。不要沒事找事做。 - Don't judge a person by his appearance.
= Don't judge a book by its cover.
勿以貌取人。 - Don't kick against the pricks.
勿以螳臂當車。不要不自量力。 - Don't make a mountain out of a molehill
不要誇大其辭、不要小題大做、不要大驚小怪。 - Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
別把雞蛋擺在同一籃子裡。不要孤注一擲。 - Don't put the cart before the horse.
勿本末倒置。 - Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.
勿自砸飯碗。別跟自己的工作過不去。 - Don't shut the barn door after the horse is gone.
不要本末倒置。 - Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
勿過河拆橋 - Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
家醜不可外揚。 - Do unto others as you would have done to you.
將心比心。推己及人。 - E
Early bird gets the worm.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。 - Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起可使人有錢、健康又聰明。 - Easier said than done.
說來容易做來難。 - East or West, home is best.
不管東方西方，家就是最好的地方。金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩好。 - Easy come easy go.
容易之財難久留（賺得容易花的也快）。 - Eat to live, don't live to eat.
為活而食，而不是為食而活。活出精采。 - Empty vessels make the most sound.
空桶最響。深水靜流。 - Even a worm will turn.
即使是蟲子也會轉身。狗急跳牆。 - Every cloud has a silver lining.
烏雲也有銀色的襯光。凡事要往好處去想。凡事都有光明的一面。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千慮必有一失。 - Everybody's business is nobody's business.
眾人之事乏人管。自掃門前雪。 - Every dog has his day.
風水輪流轉(狗也有幸運的一天)。 - Every man has a price.
任何人皆有其價值。 - Every man has his taste.
人各有所好。 - Every rule has its exception.
任何規則皆有例外的時候。凡事皆有例外。 - Everything comes to him who waits.
成功屬於耐心等待的人。 - Every why has a wherefore.
事出有因。 - Extremes meet.
物極必反。 - F
Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
事實並不僅僅因為受到忽略而停止存在。 - Faint heart never won fair lady.
懦弱難得美人心。 - Faith will move mountains.
信仰能移山。 - Familiarity breed contempt.
熟稔易侮蔑；近廟欺神。 - Few words are best.
少說為妙。言多必失。 - Fine feathers make fine birds.
= Fine clothes make the man.
人要衣裝、佛要金裝。 - Fine words butter no parsnips.
巧言不能滋潤防風草。口惠而實不至。畫餅充飢。 - Fine words dress ill deeds.
漂亮的言詞可以掩飾惡劣的行徑。巧言藏惡行。 - First come first served.
捷足先登。先來先伺候。近水樓台先得月。 - Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
天使都不敢去之處，只有笨蛋會闖入。不自量力。 - Forbidden fruit is (the) sweetest.
禁果最甜. - Forewarned is forearmed.
先知先戒備。戒慎恐懼。 - Fortune favors the brave (bold).
天助勇者。 - G
Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.
得寸進尺。軟土深掘。 - God helps those who help themselves.
天助自助者。 - God's mill grinds slow but sure.
天網恢恢，疏而不漏。 - Good words cost nothing, but are worth much.
良言本無價，其貴值千金 - Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds.
口惠而實不至。 - Grasp all, lose all.
貪者必失。 - H
Hair of the dog that bit you.
如果被狗咬傷，傳說只要從咬人的狗身上取下狗毛塗在傷口，傷口就會治好。這說法幾經演變，後來被用來比喻一個人宿醉後，隔天早上用來醒酒的一杯酒。 - Half a loaf is better than none.
聊勝於無。有總比沒有的好。 - Hard words break no bones.
惡言傷不到人心。笑罵由他笑罵。 - Haste makes waste.
欲速則不達 - Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes out.
同類不相殘。 - Health is better than wealth.
健康勝於財富。 - Heaven helps those who help themselves.
天助自助者。
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
黃蜂尾後針﹐最毒婦人心。- Help a lame dog over a stile.
雪中送炭；助人之急。 - He laughs best who laughs last.
= He who laughs last laughs longest.
最後笑的人笑得最得意。 - He that touches pitch shall be defiled.
近朱者亦；近墨者黑。 - He that will lie will steal.
說謊者必行竊。 - He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.
會偷蛋的，也會偷牛。 - He that will swear will lie.
賭咒的人是說謊的人。 - He travels the fastest who travels alone.
單獨旅行的人走得最快。 - He who denies all confesses all.
否認一切的人就等於承認了一切。 - He who hesitates is lost.
猶豫不決者必定失敗 - He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
玩火自焚 - Hide not your light under a bushel.
勿過份謙沖以致隱沒才能。 - His bark is worse than his bite.
刀子嘴豆腐心。嘴硬心軟。 - His bread is buttered on both sides.
左右逢源. - History repeats itself.
歷史會重演。 - Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
見機行事。. - Home is where the heart is.
家是心之所在 - Honesty is the best policy.
誠實為上策。 - Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
投其所好。 - Hunger is the best spice.
= Hunger makes good kitchen.
飢餓是最佳調味料 - I
Idle folk have the least leisure.
懶人無閑。
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
失敗勿怕重頭。 - If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
如果事情值得做，更值得把它做好。 - If you can't beat them, join them.
如果打不過他們，就加入他們吧。 - If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
同時追兩免，兩頭都落空。賠了夫人又折兵。兩邊落空。 - In wine there is truth.
酒後吐真言。
It is better to give than to receive.
施比受更有福。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
經一事長一智。遇事才會成長。- It is never too late to mend.
亡羊補牢猶末晚也。 - It is never too old to learn.
活到老學到老。 - It is none of your business.
不關你的事。 - It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水難收。 - It is the early bird that gets the worm.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。 - It never rains, but it pours.
禍不單行 - J
Jack of all trades master of none.
萬事通，無一通 - K
Keep a thing seven years and you will always find a use for it.
帶著這東西七年，你總有用它的一日。養兵千日，用在一時。天生我才必有用。 - Keep no more cats that catch mice.
養只抓鼠的貓。只留有用的東西。 - Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。 - L
Laughter is the best medicine.
笑一笑，十年少。笑是最有效的萬靈藥。 - Learn to walk before you run.
欲速則不達。 - Learning is the enterprise of a lifetime.
活到老學到老。學無止境。 - Least said, soonest mended.
少說少錯(多言惹禍)。言多必失。 - Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
你們中間誰是沒有罪的，誰就可以先拿石頭打他。 (聖經．約翰福音8:7)
要指責他人前，先問問自己是否做好。 - Let sleeping dogs lie.
別自找麻煩。 - Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑 - Like cures like.
以毒攻毒。心病還需心藥醫。 - Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。 - Live and learn.
活到學到老。 - Long absent, soon forgotten.
久疏則必忘；別久情疏；一曝十寒。 - Look before you leap.
三思而後行。 - Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁觀者清。 - Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。 - Love me little, love me long.
愛情要細水長流。 - M
Make hay while the sun shines.
未雨綢繆。 - Man proposes. God disposes.
謀事在人，成事在天。 - Many a little makes a mickle.
=Every little makes a mickle.
積少成多(聚沙成塔、集腋成裘)。 - Many hands make light work.
人多好辦事。 - Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
匆匆結婚，慢慢後悔。 - Men are not to be measured in inches.
人不可以貌相。 - Might is right.
強權即是公理。 - Money talks.
金錢萬能。 - Money talks, bullshit walks.
錢拿來再說；沒錢免談。 - Money makes the mare go.
有錢能使鬼推磨。 - More haste, less speed.
欲速則不達。 - Much would have more.
貪得無饜。 - Murder will out.
如要人不知，除非已莫為。 - N
- Nature abhors a vacuum.
大自然中不容真空。 - Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
上天給予我們兩耳，兩眼，一張嘴巴，應該多聽，多看，少說話。 - Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
自然，時間以及耐心是三個最好的醫生． - Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要為發明之母。 - Never do things by halves.
做事切莫半途而廢。 - Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
餽贈之物切莫挑剔。 - Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today.
今日事今日畢 - New brooms sweep clear.
新官上任三把火。 - No cross，no crown.
不經一番寒徹骨，怎得梅花撲鼻香。 - No man can serve two masters.
忠臣不事二主。一人不能事二君。 - No man is content with his lot.
無人能滿意於自己的命運。 - No news is good news.
沒消息即是好消息。 - No pain, no gain.
不勞則無獲。 - No gain without pain.
有所得必有所失。 - None so blind as those who won't see.
有眼不看者為盲。 - Nothing comes of nothing.
事出必有因（無中不能生有）。 - Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
O
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。- One doctor only makes work for another."
神醫亦不能自醫 - One good turn deserves another.
善有善報；待之以禮，回之以禮． - One swallow does not make a summer.
勿以一概全。 - One turnip, one pit.
一個蘿蔔一個坑。 - Opposites attract.
異性相吸 - Out of debt, out of danger.
無債一身輕。 - Out of sight, out of mind.
久離則疏遠。 - P
Paddle your own canoe.
你只管划你的獨木舟。管好自己的事。 - Penny saved is a penny earned.
積少成多，積腋成裘。 - Penny wise, pound foolish.
小事聰明，大事糊塗。 - People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
住在玻璃屋的人不要互擲石頭。勿道人之短。 - Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
權力使人腐化；絕對的權力使人絕對的腐化。 - Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。 - Prevention is better than cure.
預防勝於治療。 - Pride goes before a fall."
驕者必敗。（聖經．箴言16:18） - Procrastination is the thief of time.
拖延是守時之賊。 - Put the saddle on the right horse.
責備得當（冤有頭、債有主）。 - R
Red sky at night: shepherd's delight. Red sky in the morning: shepherd's warning.
朝霞不出門晚霞行千里。 - Rome was not built in a day.
羅馬不是一天造成的。 - Rules are made to be broken.
不墨守成規。
S
Second thoughts are best.
退一步想最穩當。- Seeing is believing.
百聞不如一見（眼見為真）。 - Seek and ye shall find.
尋找，就尋見。（聖經．耶穌語）有志竟成（誠能感動天）． - Share and share alike.
有苦同當，有福共享。 - Six of one, half dozen of the other.
五十步笑百步 - Slow and steady wins the race.
穩健紮實必致勝。 - Some people cannot see the wood for the trees.
見木不見林，逐末而忘本。 - Spare the rod, spoil the child.
孩子不打不成器（玉不琢不成器）。 - Stay hungry, stay foolish.
保持飢餓，保持愚笨。求知若渴，虛心若愚。 - Still waters are the deepest.
深藏不露（真人不露相） - Still water runs deep.
水深流靜。 - Strike while the iron is hot.
打鐵趁熱。 - T
Talk is cheap.
說的倒輕鬆．
Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.
說曹操曹操就到。- Take the rough with the smooth.
逆來則順受。 - The bait hides the hook.
餌裏藏鉤。 - The best fish swims near the bottom.
好魚游溪底。 - The best things in life are free.
自由最為可貴 - The biter is sometimes bit.
欺人反受欺（害人及害己）。 - The child is father of the man.
少年時代可決定一人之未來。 - The coat makes the man.
佛要金裝，人要衣裝． - The devil finds work for idle hands to do.
小人閑居做歹事。 - The early bird gets the worm.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃 - The end justifies the means.
結果決定手段是否正當。成敗論英雄。 - The first step to health is to know that we are sick.
保健的第一步就是知道自己有病。人貴在有自知之明。 - The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait.
貪吃的魚兒易上鉤。 - The last straw breaks the camel's neck.
凡事宜節制，過則必敗事。 - The leopard cannot change his spots.
江山易改，本性難移。 - The pen is mightier than sword.
文勝於武 - The pot called the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。 - The proof of pudding is in the eating.
欲知布丁味，親嚐便可曉。 - There are two sides to every question.
公說公有理，婆說婆有理。 - There is a black sheep in every flock.
每一個團體中都難免有害群之馬。 - There is always a calm before a storm.
暴風雨前的平靜 - There is no rose without a thorn.
朵朵玫瑰皆有刺。 - There is no smoke without fire.
有煙必有火（無風不起浪）。 - The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
手抱菩薩操屠刀。 - The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
嘎嘎作響的輪子表示要上潤滑油了。會吵的孩子有糖吃。 - The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
舌頭雖非鐵卻可傷人。 - Think before you speak.
在說之前先想想 - Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
投鼠忌器。 - Time and tide wait for no man.
歲月不待人 - Time is money.
時間就是金錢 - To each his own.
人各有命。 - To err is human; to forgive, divine.
犯錯是常人之舉，. 寬恕乃神聖之行. - Too many cooks spoil the broth.
七手八腳必敗事。 - To teach a fish how to swim.
班門弄斧。關老爺面前耍大刀。 - Turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone.
化絆腳石為墊腳石。 - Two heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮（集思廣益）。 - Two of a trade can never than one.
同行相嫉。文人多相輕。
V
Variety is the spice of life.
變化是生命的調味品。豐富多彩是生活的情趣所在。
Virtue is its own reward.
為善自得其樂。- W
- Walls have ears.
壁上有耳。隔牆有耳。 - Waste not, want not.
不浪費，就不虞匱乏 - We all make mistakes.
任何人皆會有錯。 人非聖賢，孰能無過？ - Well begun is half done.
好的開始是成功的一半。 - We must take the bad with the good.
勤能補拙。 - What can't be cured must be endured.
無能為力之事只得忍耐。 - What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
它不但殺不了你，反倒使你更強壯。把吃苦當作吃補。（越挫越勇）
Whatever a man sow, that shall he also reap.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。- What goes around comes around.
十年河東，十年河西；風水輪流轉。 - What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
雌鵝可以吃的，雄鵝也可以吃。依樣畫葫蘆。 - When the cat's away, the mice will play.
貓不在，老鼠就鬧翻天。山中無老虎，猴子稱大王。 - When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
越挫越勇。 - When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras.
當你聽到蹄聲時，要想到是馬的蹄聲，而不是斑馬的。不可掉以輕心． - Where one door shuts, another opens.
這門閉，那門開。 天無絕人之路，人生總有轉機。 - Where there is a will there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
While there's life, there's hope.
有生命就有希望。活著就有希望。- Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑 - Words cut more than swords.
舌劍利於刀劍。
Y
You can lead (take) a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
你可以引馬就水，不可以強迫馬喝水。要順勢而為，不可逆勢而為。- You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蠟燭不能兩頭燒（勿過份消耗體力）。 - You cannot get blood out of a stone.
石頭擠不出血來（鐵石心腸那有淚）。 - You can't have your cake and eat it too.
又想吃掉餅，又想餅在你手邊。 天下哪有這麼好的事！ - You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.
魚與熊掌不可兼得。 - You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
老狗變不出新花樣（人老則守舊）。 - You can't have it both ways.
不能兩者兼得。魚與熊掌不可兼得。 - You can't make an omlette without breaking eggs.
不把蛋打碎，哪得煎蛋餅。畏手畏?，大事不成。 - You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
粗手粗腳成不了大事。 - You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
你不可以邊跟著野兔跑，邊帶獵犬去打獵。不可腳踏兩條船；不可兩面討好。 - You have to crawl before you can walk.
你要先學會爬，再學如何走路。別想一步沖天（要按部就班）
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