Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。

Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。

A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。

A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。

Beauty lies in the love's eyes.爱屋及乌.

Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。

A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春

A wise head makes a close mouth. 真人不露相，露相非真人。

A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

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A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。

A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。

As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防为主，治疗为辅。

An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗学不出新把戏。

A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。

A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园

A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。

An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聪明才智，不如运气。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。

miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。

A man without money is no man at all. 一分钱难倒英雄汉。

A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。

A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。

A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。

A merry heart goes all the way. 心旷神怡，事事顺利。

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 cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。

v A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。		v A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤。
v A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。		v A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。
v A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。		v A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。
v A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。		v "After you" is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。
v A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。		v A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。

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v A little pot is soon hot. 狗肚子盛不得四两油。		v A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。
v A little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。		v A light heart lives long. 静以修身。
v A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。		v A leopard cannot change its spots. 积习难改。
v 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。		v A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
v A great talker is a great liar. 说大话者多谎言。		v A good wife health is a man's best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。

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v A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。		v A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
v A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。		v A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
v A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。		v A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。
v Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。		v Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。
v Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。		v A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。

v A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。		v A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。
v A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。		v A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
v A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。		v A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏
v A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。		v A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
v A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。		v A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。

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v A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。		Youth looks forward and age backward. 青年人向前看，老年人向后看。
v You never know what you can till you try. 是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。		Zeal without prudence is frenzy. 没有谨慎的热情是一种狂热。
Zeal without knowledge is sister of folly. 无知的热情是愚蠢的姐妹。		Zeal without knowledge is fire with light. 热情而无知，犹如有火不发光。
Zeal with knowledge is a runaway horse. 无知的狂热犹如脱缰乱闯的野马。（注解：指热情必须与经验相随。没有经验的热心人，往往成事不足，败事有余。）		Zeal should not outrun discretion. 要热情更要谨慎。（注解：语出伊索寓言。）
Youth's stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。		Youth will have its swing. 青春自有其过程。（或译：青年会变化，成长有过程。亦作Youth will have its course.。）

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Youth will have its course. 青春自有其过程。（或译：青年会变化，成长有过程。亦作Youth will have its swing.。）		Youth is the season of hope, enterprise, and energy, to a nation as well as an individual. 青年时期对国家和个人都是希望、创业和精力充沛的时期。
Youth is life's seedtime. 青年时代是人生的播种期。		Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care. 青春充满愉快，高龄满怀忧虑。
Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle, old age a regret. 青年冒失莽撞；成年发奋图强；老年遗憾懊丧。		Your lips hang in your light. 双唇挂在眼睛上，说起话来傻乎乎。（注解：指说话愚蠢。）
Your liberty to swing your arms ends where my nose begins. 你有挥舞手臂的自由，但这自由必须止于我的鼻端。		Your honesty is not to be based either on religion or policy. Both your religion and policy must be based on it. 诚实不应当建立在宗教或政策的基础上。相反，宗教和政策都必须以诚实为基础。
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。		Young saint, old devil. 小时圣徒，大成魔鬼。（或译：小时圣洁，大了邪恶。）（注解：据说这是魔鬼编造的谚语，旨在培养孩子的过程中，让父母忽视对孩子进行美德的培养。）

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Young prodigal in a coach will be old beggar barefoot. 年轻到处放荡挥霍，老了定成光脚乞丐。		Young men's knocks old men feel. 年轻放荡作恶，年老会受到报应。
Young men think old men fools, and old men know young men to be so. 青年认为老人笨，老人也认为青年蠢。		Young men may die, old men must. 青年有夭殇，老人必死亡。
Young man may die, but old men must die. 年轻人可能会死，老年人难免不亡。		Young cocks love no coops. 小公鸡不恋笼。
You will never have what you like until you learn to like what you have. 在学会喜欢你已有的东西以前，你永远不会得到你喜欢的东西。		You will never enjoy the world aright, till he sea itself floweth in your vein, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars. 直到以苍穹作衣，以星辰作冠，血脉里流淌着海水，人们才能真正享受世界的美。
You roll my log and I'll roll yours. 你帮我，我也帮你。（或译：互相吹嘘。）		You never know what you can do till you try. 事非经过不知难。

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You never know till you have tired. 事非经过不知难。		You must reap what you have sown. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
You must not pledge your own health. 切不可把健康作孤注一掷。		You may trust him with untold money. 家财万贯不外扬，信任他人又何妨。
You may trust him with untold gold. 家财万贯不外扬，信任他人又何妨。		You may take a horse to the water， but you can’t make it drink. 牵马河边易，逼它饮水难。（或译：老牛不喝水，不能强按头。）
You may know the horse by his harness. 观马具，知马性。		You may know by a handful the whole sack. 窥斑见豹。
You may go farther and fare worse. 走得越远，情况越糟。（或译：爬得越高，摔得越重。）		You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep. 你可以迫人闭眼，但不能使他睡觉。

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You make the failure complete, when you stop trying. 不再努力之时，就是完全失败之日。		You jump, but you come down all the same. 跳得再高，还是会落地。
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. 人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。		You have no goats, and yet you sell kids. 没有老山羊，还把小羊卖。
You eat and eat, but you do not drink to fill you. 吃饭要饱，饮酒要少。		You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. 不能既要卖母牛，又想喝牛奶。
You cannot see the wood for trees. 只见树木，不见森林。		You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 猪耳朵做不成丝钱包。（或译：巧妇难为无米之炊。）
You cannot make a Mercury of every log. 非其材不能成其器。（或译：你不能把任何木料都雕成风神像。）（注解：这是古希腊伟大的哲学家和数学家毕达哥拉斯的名言。在希腊神话中，Mercury是一位风神，相传他的神像必须用黄杨木才能雕成。）		You cannot make a crab walk straight. 江山易改，本性难移。

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You cannot judge a tree by its bark. 人不可貌相。		You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。（或译：凡事皆难两全其美。）
You cannot have two forenoons in the same day. 一日之中不可能有两个上午。		You cannot flay the same ox twice. 一头牛不能剥两次皮。
You cannot clap with one hand. 孤掌难鸣。		You cannot catch old birds with chaff. 用粗糠捉不住老鸟。（或译：有经验的人难骗。）
You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。		You can't see the whole sky through a bamboo tube. 人无法以管窥天。
You can't make omelets without breaking eggs. 有失才有得。		You can't make bricks without straw. 没有稻草，制砖难搞。（或译：巧妇难为无米之炊。）

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You can't get rice by pounding bran. 米糠捣碎了，还是捣不出白米来。

You can't eat your cake and have it. 不能既要吃饼，又要把饼保存