英文谚语500句

 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，却歼灭了本身。
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.
窘境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，千古流芳。
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.
山河易改，天性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
魔难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得伴侣难，失伴侣易。
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.
没有浑然一体的伴侣。
'After you' is good manners.
“您先请”是规矩。
A good beginning is half done.
精采的初步是乐成的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如密友。
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.
不做负苦衷，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.
隽誉胜过仙颜。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
忠言刺耳。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是汉子最大的财产。
A great talker is a great liar.
说假话者多谎话。
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，只能使人失去伴侣。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积重难返。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者纵然讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.
静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是佳构。
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.
仇人逃窜时，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.
功效好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不必然都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事老是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍，智慧孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才气有学问。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应实事求是。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么伴侣。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说废话不干事，犹如花圃光长刺。
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，不消请大夫。
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.
老狗学不出新花招。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
智慧才智，不如命运。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
防范为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，改行不聚财。
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.
健全的精力寓于康健的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞受苦。
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.
少壮不尽力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.
功德不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
恋人眼里出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
听宜火速，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.
伴侣之间不分互相。
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.
念书如结交，应求少而精。
Business is business.
公务公办。
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.
念书使人充分，攀谈使人夺目。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
审慎和勤奋才气抓住机会。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper.
哄人发不了财。
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.
进修的仇人是本身的满意。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向乐成的第一步。
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，不如落实在动作上。
Do it now.
机不行失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不行中途而废。
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.
今天事，今天毕。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要舍本逐末。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找贫苦。
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.
自命不凡。
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.
来也仓皇，去也仓皇。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人用饭是为了在世，但在世不是为了用饭。
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.
人人认真，便是没人认真。
Every day is not Sunday.
昙花一目前。
Every dog has his day.
谁都有自得的时候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生活着，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
大师有大师的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.
集腋成裘，积少成多。
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.
本身的运气本身把握。
Every minute counts.
争分夺秒。
Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是本身的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
对象是新的好，伴侣是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
履历是伶俐之父，影象是伶俐之母。
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.
失败是乐成之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲，冷箭难防。
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.
惊骇源于蒙昧。
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.
初次晤面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不行雕。
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.
禁果分外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机会偏幸善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
风水轮番转。
Four eyes see more than two.
群策群力。
Friends agree best at distance.
伴侣之间也会保持间隔。
Friends are thieves of time.
伴侣是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.
再好的伴侣也有分离的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不外是勤奋罢了。
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.
康健是最大的财产。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
忠言刺耳利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
审慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的幻想培育伟大的人物。
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.
富不外三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树底下好纳凉。
Great wits have short memories.
朱紫多忘事。
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.
行为大度才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢悦不觉年华过。
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.
吸取他人教导，本身才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.
康健胜过财产。
Health is happiness.
康健就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼听则明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
本身不动，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，才是真伴侣。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
智慧不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不出错误。
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.
厚道者最明智。
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.
常常埋怨，没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不出错误，就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.
汗青往往重演。
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，做最坏的规划。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
伴侣不能攀龙趋凤。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上当一转头，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.
耳朵发热，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船，肯定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
不留余地。
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，就得受苦。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是乐成之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
不屈不挠，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.
过后诸葛亮好当。
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.
反水不收。
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，人有朝夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良机，反悔已迟。
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.
门门能干，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.
人不行貌相，海不行斗量。
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.
君王发疯，黎民遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，岂非王土。
Knowledge is power.
常识就是气力。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人礼让，蒙昧使人自满。
Learn and live.
在世，为了进修。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
大好人越学越好，暴徒越学越坏。
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.
已往的就让它已往吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹贫苦。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.
谎话终究是谎话。
Lies have short legs.
谎话站不长。
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.
没有伴侣，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.
小人无雄心。
Look before you leap.
摸清环境再动作。
Lookers-on see more than players.
政府者迷，傍观者清。
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.
恋爱不能强求。
Love is blind.
恋爱是盲目标。
Love is full of trouble.
恋爱布满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.
没有吃醋就没有恋爱。
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.
成事在人，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.
祸不光行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
魔难见真情。
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.
需要是发现的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.
不要浑水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.
不行以貌取人。
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.
不经验风雨，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.
一心不行二用。
No man is born wise or learned.
没有生而知之者。
No man is content.
人心不敷蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.
智慧一世，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.
没有动静就是好动静。
No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不会重现。
No pains, no gains.
没有支付就没有收获。
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.
外出观光，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，幼稚好笑。
No way is impossible to courage.
勇者无惧。
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
武士以听从呼吁为本分。
Observation is the best teacher.
调查是最好的老师。
Offense is the best defense.
打击是最好的防止。
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.
一个僧人担水喝，两个僧人抬水喝，三个僧人没水喝。
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.
积德行善。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
分秒必争效率高。
One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.
讲规矩不亏损。
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.
贪小自制吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光亮者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart.
贪图一时快活，一定留下隐祸。
Pleasure comes through toil.
苦尽甘来。
Pour water into a sieve.
竹篮子吊水一场空。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.
阿谀话不能当饭吃。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
大好人越夸越好，暴徒越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.
甘心亏损，不贪自制。
Prevention is better than cure.
防范胜于治疗。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
自满使人落伍。
Promise is debt.
一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
谚语是日常履历的结晶。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.
舍本逐末。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
大力互助。
Reading enriches the mind.
开卷有益。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
念书健脑，举动强身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬，必需自重。
Rome is not built in a day.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.
言行纷歧。
Seeing is believing.
目睹为实。
Seek the truth from facts.
脚踏实地。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者当差，不消交接。
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以贼捉贼。
Short accounts make long friends.
好伴侣勤算账。
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，沉默沉静是金。
Still water run deep.
静水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
一气呵成。
Success belongs to the persevering.
僵持就是胜利。
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.
伟人也有出错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
掩耳盗铃。
The danger past and God forgotten.
过河抽板。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的暗中。
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.
妖怪有时也会说真话。
The die is cast.
米已成炊。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means.
只要目标合法，可以不择手段。
The end makes all equal.
灭亡眼前，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.
猛火验真金，艰巨磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.
迈出第一步是最艰巨的。
The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
构造算尽太智慧，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.
语言的巨人老是动作的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.
爬得高，摔得惨。
The leopard cannot change its spots.
天性难移。
The more noble, the more humble.
人越高贵，越谦虚。
The more wit, the less courage.
初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.
傍观者清。
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.
太阳也有斑点。
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.
人间随处有温情。
There is no general rule without some exception.
任何礼貌均有破例。
There is no medicine against death.
没有永生不老药。
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.
世界如路线，有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.
国内存良知，天涯若比邻。
Think twice before you do.
三思尔后行。
Things at the worst will mend.
时来运转。
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.
功夫似箭。
Time is money.
时间就是款子。
Time lost cannot be won again.
年华流逝，不行复得。
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，我不监犯；人若犯我，我必监犯。
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.
我生待嫡，万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
过度熟悉会使人互不平气。
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.
过多奖励，反成承担。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节省时间就是延永生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
常在河滨走，哪有不湿鞋。
Troubles never come singly.
福无双至，祸不光行。
Truth never grows old.
真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.
悔改自新，洗心革面。
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.
一个俊杰三个帮。
Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.
别人错了，不便是你对了。
Unity is strength.
连合就是气力。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
良药苦口利于行。
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.
吃小亏占大自制。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远远胜过仙颜。
Walls have ears.
小心隔墙有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不行外扬。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.
失去康健，钱再多也没用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好对象，失去了才大白。
Well begun is half done.
好的开始，是乐成的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水难堪。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲求完美无缺的伴侣一定成为伶仃孤立。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
本身的功德别去提，别人的恩惠要铭刻。
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.
失者不行复得。
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，世间没好汉。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
悲痛往事别重提。
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.
黄鼠狼给鸡贺年，没安好意。
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.
挑衅口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.
大好人不长寿。
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.
蜡烛不能两端点，精神不行过度耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.
鱼与熊掌，不行得兼。
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。