22--------Flattery will get you nowhere

If flattery (insincere praise) is recognized, it will not succeed. One sometimes hears the opposite,

Flattery will get you everywhere!

23--------There is no such thing as a free lunch

If someone you do not know offers you a free lunch or other gift, watch out. The gift may be a

method of getting something from you.

24-------Pride goes before a fall

Do not be over-confident and careless. Your circumstances may change quickly and

the emptiness of your bragging will be exposed.

[字面意思] 安全比遗憾好. [解释] 最好不要去冒险。

25-------Better safe than sorry

It is better not to take a risk than to take a risk foolishly.

26--------Winning isn't everything

One may enjoy the process of playing a game whether one wins or not. This traditional proverb is now

often heard in the opposite form, Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing!

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27-------Time will tell

Wait and see how something will work out. Don't trust a person or thing too much right now.

28--------The burned child shuns fire

Some of life's lessons are learned the hard way. The person who has had to pay for a

mistake will be careful not to make that mistake again.

29--------There are other fish in the sea

There are opportunities! For example, this is may be used to encourage someone who has

just broken off a relationship with a sweetheart.

30--------Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

Do not become too confident of success before you can see that progress

is happening.

31--------Rome wasn't built in a day

Do not be discouraged if your goal still seems far away. On a big project,

success takes time!

32--------There is more here than meets the eye

Be careful. People are hiding something in order to protect themselves or

take advantage of you

more than meets the eye ...没有表面那么简单

34--------Be true to yourself

Do not compromise yourself or your beliefs in order to please other people or fit in

with a system. Know who you are. Let other people know what you stand for. Do not give

in to pressure to conform or to do things you do not agree with.

33--------The customer is always right

Businesses instruct their clerks not to do anything that might threaten a customer's

self-esteem, no matter how unreasonable the customer is. Any complaint of any

customer must be carefully and politely heard by any employee. The customer must

not be made to feel ignorant.

35--------Once bitten, twice shy

This may be used to explain the behavior of a person who is overly cautious about something.

The wise person makes mistakes but does not usually make the same mistake twice.

36--------It isn't over till the fat lady sings

I refuse to admit defeat yet. Though right now it looks like I may fall, there is still time for

things to change. (The "fat lady" is an insulting reference to an opera soloist, opera often

end with a female solo.)

37--------To each his own

Each individual should be allowed to have his or her own preferences. people will naturally

choose different activities, goals, life-styles, etc.

38--------Looking out for number one把个人利益放在第一位

Looking out for one's own personal welfare more than anything else. This is sometimes used

to criticize a person who has abused or taken advantage of someone else, "All he was doing was

looking out for number one." Or it may be used to defend himself or herself, "There is nothing

wrong with what I did. I was just looking out for number one."

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39--------When the going gets tough, the tough get going .(形势困难,方显硬汉

When situation is difficult , only the determined people can handle it. They don't give up!

40--------Times flies when you are having fun

A day seems shot when it is full of enjoyable things but it seems like an eternity if one is

idle or stuck with a boring job.