001.An idle youth,a needy age. ◎少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 002.Time flies. ◎时光易逝。 003.Time is money. ◎一寸光阴一寸金。 004.Time and tide wait for no man. ◎岁月无情；岁月易逝；岁月不待人。 005.Time tries all. ◎时间检验一切。 006.Time tries truth. ◎时间检验真理。 007.Time past cannot be called back again. ◎光阴一去不复返。 008.All time is no time when it is past. ◎光阴一去不复返。 009.No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again. ◎昨日不复来。 010.Tomorrow comes never. ◎切莫依赖明天。 011.One today is worth two tomorrows. ◎一个今天胜似两个明天。 012.The morning sun never lasts a day. ◎好景不常；朝阳不能光照全日。 013.Christmas comes but once a year. ◎圣诞一年只一度。 014.Pleasant hours fly past. ◎快乐时光去如飞。 015.Happiness takes no account of time. ◎欢娱不惜时光逝。 016.Time tames the strongest grief. ◎时间能缓和极度的悲痛。 017.The day is short but the work is much. ◎工作多，光阴迫。 018.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today. ◎今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。 019.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today. ◎明天如有事，今天就去做。 020.To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three. ◎事事及时做，一日胜三日。 021.To save time is to lengthen life. ◎节省时间就是延长生命。 022.Everything has its time and that time must be watched. ◎万物皆有时，时来不可失。 023.Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away. ◎时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。 024.When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you. ◎机不可失，时不再来；机会一过，永不再来。 025.Make hay while the sun shines. ◎晒草要趁太阳好。 026.Strike while the iron is hot. ◎趁热打铁。 027.Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow. ◎今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻碍多。 028.Punctuality is the soul of business. ◎守时为立业之要素。 029.Procrastination is the thief of time. ◎因循拖延是时间的大敌；拖延就是浪费时间。 030.Every tide hath ist ebb. ◎潮涨必有潮落时。 031.Knowledge is power. ◎知识就是力量。 032.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches. ◎知识可羡，胜于财富。 033.Wisdom is better than gold or silver. ◎知识胜过金银， 034.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. ◎胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。 035.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it. ◎为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。 036.Doubt is the key of knowledge. ◎怀疑是知识之钥。 037.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it. ◎若要求知识，须从勤苦得。 038.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. ◎浅学误人。 039.A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning. ◎少量的常识，当得大量的学问。 040.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps. ◎知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。 041.Learn wisdom by the follies of others. ◎从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。 042.It is good to learn at another man's cost. ◎前车可鉴。 043.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. ◎知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体。 044.Experience is the best teacher. ◎经验是最好的教师。 045.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. ◎经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。 046.Dexterity comes by experience. ◎熟练来自经验。 047.Practice makes perfect. ◎熟能生巧。 048.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。 049. 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。 050.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。 051.Seeing is believing. ◎百闻不如一见。 052.Business is the salt of life. ◎事业是生命之盐。 053.Business before pleasure. ◎事业在先，享乐在后。 054.Business makes a man as well as tries him. ◎事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。 055.Business neglected is business lost. ◎忽视职业便是放弃职业。 056.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。 057.Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious. ◎事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。 058.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。 059.Do business,but be not a slave to it. ◎要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。 060.Everybody's business is nobody's business. ◎众人的事就是无人过问的事。 061.Work makes the workman. ◎勤工出巧匠。 062.Better master one than engage with ten. ◎会十事，不如精一事。 063.A work ill done must be twice done. ◎首次做不好，必须重新搞。 064.They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can. ◎不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。 065.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。 066.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。 067.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。 068.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。 069.Better late than never. ◎迟做总比不做好。 070.Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. ◎凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。 071.The shortest answer is doing the thing. ◎最简短的回答就是一个“干”字。 072.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. ◎行动是知识之佳果。 073.Finished labours are pleasant. ◎完成工作是一乐。 074.It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil. ◎没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。 075.It is right to put everything in its proper use. ◎凡事都应用得其所。 076.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. ◎按部就班，事情很快就做完。 077.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. ◎只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。 078.Work bears witness who does well. ◎工作能证明谁做的好。 079.It is not work that kills,but worry. ◎工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。 080.He that will not work shall not eat. ◎不工作者不得食。 081.Business is business. ◎公事公办。 082.Deliberate slowly,execute promptly. ◎慢慢酌量，快快行动。 083.Put your shoulder to the wheel. ◎努力工作。 084.Never do things by halves. ◎做事不要半途而废。 085.In for a penny,in for a pound. ◎做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。 086.Many hands make quick work. ◎人多干活快。 087.Many hands make light work. ◎众擎易举。 088.A bad workman quarrels with his tools. ◎技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。 089.Diligence is the mohter of success. ◎勤奋是成功之母。 090.Idleness is the root of all evil. ◎懒惰乃万恶之源。 091.Care and diligence bring luck. ◎谨慎和勤奋带来好运。 092.Diligence is the mother of good fortune. ◎勤勉是好运之母。 093.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。 094.Idleness is the key of beggary. ◎懒惰出乞丐。 095.No root,no fruit. ◎无根就无果。 096.Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains). ◎懒人做工作，越懒越费力。 097.Sloth is the key of poverty. ◎惰能致贫。 098.Sloth turneth the edge of wit. ◎懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。 099.An idle brain is the devil's workshop. ◎懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。 100.The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE. ◎节俭是致富的秘诀。 101. Lying is the first step to the gallows. ◎说谎是上断头台的第一步。 102. Waste not,want not. ◎俭以防匮。 103. From saving comes having. ◎富有来自节俭。 104. A penny saved is a penny gained. ◎省一文是一文。 105. Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves. ◎金钱积少便成多。 106. Frugality is an estate alone. ◎节俭本身就是一宗财产。 107. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound. ◎小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。 108. Small gains bring great wealth. ◎积小利，成巨富。 109. Many a little makes a mickle. ◎积少便成多。 110. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man. ◎试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。 111.Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. ◎勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。 112.The path to glory is always rugged. ◎光荣之路常坎坷。 113.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. ◎世上无难事，只要人肯试。 114.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man. ◎烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。 115.Great hopes make great man. ◎远大的希望造就伟大的人物。 116.No way is impossible to courage. ◎勇士面前无险路。 117.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. ◎平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。 118.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。 119.The best hearts are always the bravest. ◎行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。 120.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us. ◎求神不如求己。 121.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. ◎今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。 122.Rome was not built in a day. ◎罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。 123.Success belongs to the persevering. ◎胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。 124.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。 125.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。 126.Step by step the ladder is ascended. ◎登梯需要逐级登。 127.Adversity leads to prosperity. ◎困苦通向昌盛。 128.Patience and application will carry us through. ◎忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。 129.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。 130.All things will come round to him who will but wait. ◎只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。 131.Constant dropping wears the stone. ◎滴水不绝可穿石。 132.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。 133.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。 134.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。 135.Life is sweet. ◎生活是可爱的；人无不好生(恶死)。 136.Where there is life,there is hope. ◎生命不息，希望长在。 137.Life is not all beer and skittles. ◎人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。 138.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。 139.Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door. ◎人人都有走运的一天。 140.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。 141.Every man is the architect of his own fortune. ◎每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。 142.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。 143.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single). ◎祸不单行。 144.Misfortune is a good teacher. ◎不幸是良好的教师。 145.Misfortunes come at night. ◎祸常生于不测。 146.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. ◎恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。 147.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich. ◎患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。 148.Live and learn. ◎活到老，学到老。 149.It is never too old to learn. ◎为学不怕年高。 150.A man becomes learned by asking questions. ◎要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。 151.There is no royal road to learning. ◎学问无坦途。 152.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning. ◎畏问之人耻于学。 153.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。 154.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. ◎知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。 155.Soon learnt,soon forgotten. ◎学得快，忘得快。 156.Learn young,learn fair. ◎为学趁年青，既学须学好。 157.A lazy youth,a lousy age. ◎少时懒惰老来苦。 158.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing. ◎无知即无疑。 159.A good name keeps its luster in the dark. ◎良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光。 160.Fame is a magnifying glass. ◎名誉是放大镜。 161.A good fame is better than a good face. ◎美名胜于美貌。 162.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。 163.Take honour from me and my life is done. ◎没有名誉，就没有了生命。 164.Beware of him who regards not his reputation. ◎要谨防不重名誉的人。 165.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy. ◎光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。 166.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. ◎成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。 167.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。 168.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。 169.Never trust another what you should do yourself. ◎自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。 170.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。 171.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。 172.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。 173.Never trust to fine words. ◎切勿轻信漂亮话。 174.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread. ◎细线挂重物，终究不可靠。 175.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。 176.Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee. ◎只要信任你自己，旁人才不出卖你。 177.Self-trust is the essence of heroism. ◎自信为英雄品质之本。 178.Confidence is a plant of slow growth. ◎信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。 179.Truth is the daughter of time. ◎真理是时间的女儿。 180.Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes. ◎真理面目善良；但衣衫褴褛。 181.Truth and roses have thorns about them. ◎真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。 182.Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed. ◎真理可能会被责难，但绝不会受羞辱。 183.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。 184.Truth will prevail. ◎真理必胜。 185.Truth's best ornament is nakedness. ◎不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰。 186.Facts are stubborn things. ◎事实是最顽强的东西。 187.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light. ◎真相迟早会大白。 188.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。 189.Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it. ◎谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。 190.There is many a fair thing full false. ◎有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。 191.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome. ◎谎言装扮虽不错，到头总会被揭露。 192.A lie begets a lie till they come to generations. ◎谎言生谎言，谎言世代传。 193.A false tongue will hardly speak truth. ◎假舌不会吐真言。 194.False with one can be false with two. ◎对一个人虚假，也会对两个人虚假。 195.He that will lie will steal. ◎会说谎的人也就会偷窃。 196.Gossiping and lying go together. ◎流言常和谎话并行。 197.Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. ◎含糊其词是谎话的近亲。 198.A great talker is a great liar. ◎最会夸夸其谈的人也最会说谎。 199.The greatest liars talk most of themselves. ◎最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。 200.Lying rides upon debt's back. ◎负债的人谎话多。 201. All is not gold that glitters. ◎闪光未必尽黄金。 202. Money is the root of evil. ◎金钱是罪恶的根源。 203. Money makes the mare go. ◎有钱能使鬼推磨。 204. All things are obedient to money. ◎一切事物都服从于金钱。 205. Before gold,even kings take off their hats. ◎在黄金面前，国王也要脱帽。 206. Money is the key that opens all doors. ◎金钱是打开一切门户的钥匙。 207. Beauty is potent,but money is more potent. ◎美貌固有力，金钱力更大。 208. Avarice increases with wealth. ◎越有钱，越贪钱。 209. The money the miser hoards will do him no good. ◎守财奴积财，对自己毫无好处。 210. What is wealth good for,If it brings melancholy? 财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？ ######.Gold will not buy anything. ◎黄金不能买尽一切。 212.The chief aim of man is not to get money. ◎人的主要目的并不是赚钱。 213.Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money. ◎相信金钱万能的人，往往会一切为了金钱。 214.Wealth makes worship. ◎财富能使人拜倒。 215.Little wealth,little care. ◎财富少，烦恼也少。 216.A moneyless man goes fast through the market. ◎身上无钱过市快。 217.Poverty is not a crime. ◎贫非罪。 218.Poverty is not a disgrace,but theft is a disgrace. ◎贫穷不可耻，偷窃乃足羞。 219.Better be poor than wicked. ◎宁可做穷人，不可做坏人。 220.Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself, is a disgrace. ◎贫穷不足为耻，穷而不能自立方可耻。 221.Poverty is the mother of health. ◎贫穷是健康之母。 222.Be considerate toward the poor. ◎应常为穷人着想。 223.Poor and content is rich and rich enough. ◎人能安贫就是富。 224.Poverty parteth fellowship. ◎贫穷断友情。 225.Poverty makes a man mean. ◎贫困使人小气。 226.Nothing to be got without pains but poverty. ◎只有贫穷是可以不劳而获的东西。 227.Do not through fear of poverty surrender liberty. ◎不要因为怕贫困而舍去自由。 228.Poverty and love are hard to hide. ◎贫困与爱情，都难瞒过人。 229.Poverty breeds strife. ◎贫困引起冲突。 230.The poor man wants much,the miser everything. ◎穷人要求多，财迷则样样都要。 231.The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor. ◎富人口中的美味是穷人眼中的泪水。 232.Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden. ◎老而贫困，负担最沉。 233.Beggars must (should) be no choosers. ◎行乞的<>哪能挑肥拣瘦；饥不择食。 234.A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. ◎穷人眼中的一只羊，贵似富人一头牛。 235.A light purse makes a heavy heart. ◎钱袋轻时心事重。 236.Poor without debt is better than a prince. ◎穷人无债胜王子。 237.Happy is he who owes nothing. ◎无债一身轻。 238.Money borrowed is soon sorrowed. ◎借钱才到手，立刻便担忧。 239.He that goes a borrowing,goes a sorrowing. ◎向人借债是自寻烦恼。 240.Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. ◎与其负债起身，不如空腹上床。 241.Out of debt,out of danger. ◎脱债就脱险。 242.A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt. ◎深忧偿不了小债。 243.He is the wisest man who does not think himself so. ◎不自作聪明便是最聪明。 244.Wise men have their mouth in their heart,fools their heart in their mouth. ◎聪明人嘴在心里，愚蠢人心在嘴边。 245.Wise men learn by other men's mistakes;fools by their own. ◎聪明人从旁人的错误中吸取教训，愚笨人则从自身的错误中吸取教训。 246.He is wise that knows when he's well enough. ◎知足为智者。 247.A wise man cares not for what he cannot have. ◎智者不强求。 248.He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs. ◎明智者有足够的机智处理自己的事情。 249.No man is born wise. ◎聪明非天生。 250.A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand. ◎能随机应变的人是聪明人。 251.A word is enough to the wise. ◎对明智者一言已足。 252.He is the wise man who is the honest man. ◎正直的人就是有见识的人。 253.A wise man thinks all that he says,a fool says all that he thinks. ◎聪明人想了才说，愚笨的人想着就说。 254.The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks. ◎聪明的手不做愚蠢的嘴所说的事。 255.A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. ◎口若悬河，不能证明真有才智。 256.It is easy to be wise after the event. ◎事后的诸葛亮容易做。 257.The wise man knows he knows nothing,the fool thinks the knows all. ◎聪明人自认一无所知，愚笨人自负无所不晓。 258.Fools learn nothing from wise men;but wise men learn much from fools. ◎愚人不能从智者那里学到什么；而智者却能从愚人那里学到很多。 259.A fool always comes short of his reckoning. ◎愚人常短于心计。 260.A fool's heart dances on his lips. ◎愚人的心挂在唇边。 261.A fool always finds a greater fool than himself. ◎愚人总以为旁人比自己更傻。 262.A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool. ◎一个人可能说话如智者，而行为象愚人。 263.The more riches a fool hath,the greater fool he is. ◎愚人越富越蠢。 264.Never challenge a fool to do wrong. ◎不要怂恿愚人干错事。 265.It is better to please a fool than to anger him. ◎对愚人最好是使他高兴，而不是惹他发怒。 266.He is a fool who cannot be angry,but he is a wise man who will not. ◎不会发怒是蠢人，不愿发怒是聪明人。 267.'Tis altogether vain to learn wisdom and yet live foolishly. ◎枉自学聪明，却做愚蠢事。 268.Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit. ◎没有学识的机智，犹如没有果实的树。 269.No man is wise at all times. ◎世上无一贯明智的人。 270.Many heads are better than one. ◎几个脑袋总比一个脑袋强；三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。 271.Virtue never grows old. ◎美德永不老。 272.Virtue is the only true nobility. ◎万事不如美德高。 273.Virtue is a jewel of great price. ◎美德乃是无价宝。 274.He that soweth virtue shall reap fame. ◎播下美德，收获名望。 275.To be virtuous is to do good. ◎行善即是有德。 276.Glory is the shadow of virtue. ◎荣誉是美德的影子。 277.There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not. ◎没有贫穷不能破坏的美德。 278.The first step to virtue is to abstrain from vice. ◎不作恶是走向美德的第一步。 279.No good building without a good foundation. ◎基础不良的好建筑物是没有的。 280.One good turn deserves another. ◎善行应有善报；善良的行为应得善良行为的报答。 281.He that returns good for evil obtains the victory. ◎胜利属于以德报怨的人。 282.We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. ◎我有德于人不应记；人有德于我不可忘。 283.If they say you are good,ask yourself if it be true. ◎若有人称赞，自问对不对。 284.He who avoids temptation avoids the sin. ◎不受诱惑就免于罪恶。 285.A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ◎问心无愧，打雷也能睡。 286.Never be weary of well doing. ◎不要厌倦做好事。 287.Of evil grain,no good seed can come. ◎坏谷无好种。 288.That which is evil is soon learnt. ◎恶行易学。 289.No vice goes alone. ◎恶事不单行。 290.An evil lesson is soon learned. ◎恶习易染。 291.A bad thing never dies. ◎坏事传千年。 292.Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches. ◎罪恶于人，尺进寸退。 293.The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues. ◎保持一桩恶事的代价超过于十件好事。 294.They that do nothing learn to do ill. ◎游手好闲，容易学坏。 295.A wicked man is his own hell. ◎坏人作恶，自造地狱。 296.Those who eat best and drink best often do worst. ◎吃得好，喝得好，坏事常常免不了。 297.He who has done ill once will do it again. ◎一次干坏事，便有第二次。 298.There is no going heaven in a sedan. ◎坐轿上天堂，从来无此事。 299.An ill life,an ill end. ◎恶有恶报。 300.A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon. ◎不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。 301. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. ◎没有知识的热心，犹如有火而无光。 302. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. ◎隐恶败善；原谅坏人即是伤害好人。 303. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name. ◎重伤可治，恶名难去。 304. Evil communications corrupt good manners. ◎不良的交往败坏良好的举止。 305. No wrong without remedy. ◎有过皆可补。 306. Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man. ◎唯利是图者，胸中无美德。 307. First think,and then speak. ◎动口先动脑。 308. A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled). ◎一言既出，驷马难追。 309. While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's. ◎话在嘴里，属于自己；话一出口，人家所有。 310. Speech is silver,silence is gold. ◎言语是银，沉默是金。 311.Few words are best. ◎寡言为贵。 312.No wisdom like silence. ◎聪明莫过沉默。 313.Least said,soonest mended. ◎少说为妙。 314.Second thoughts are best. ◎再思而后行。 315.Look before you leap. ◎慎思而后行。 316.He is a wise man who speaks little. ◎智多言语少。 317.Fair words butter no parsnips. ◎美言无补实际。 318.The tongue is not made of steel,yet it cuts. ◎舌头不是钢，一动把人伤。 319.Sometimes words hurt more than swords. ◎言语能伤人，有时胜刀剑。 320.A good tongue is a good weapon. ◎口齿伶俐，是件利器。 321.A wise head makes a close mouth. ◎头脑灵，嘴巴紧。 322.It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. ◎说得多是一回事，讲得中肯又是一回事。 323.Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress,which is great and tall, but bears no fruit. ◎无益的雄辩犹如高大的柏树，不会结果。 324.Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. ◎与其说话不中肯，不如半句也莫吭。 325.Many a true word is spoken in jest. ◎笑语之中吐真言。 326.Few words,many deeds. ◎少说话，多做事。 327.Actions speak louder than words. ◎行动比言语响亮；百说不如一干。 328.From words to deeds is a great space. ◎言行之间，大有距离。 329.Deeds,not words. ◎要行动，不要言词。 330.Bare words,no bargain. ◎空言不能成交易。 331.Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves. ◎行动是果实，言语只是叶子。 332.Ill deeds cannot honour. ◎坏行为不受尊敬。 333.Fine words dress ill deeds. ◎漂亮的言词装饰着恶劣的行为。 334.Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools. ◎动听的话和坏行为同样欺骗聪明和愚人。 335.Our own actions are our security,not others' judgements. ◎我们的行为是自己的保证，并不是旁人的鉴定。 336.A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds. ◎空有言语而无行动的人，犹如杂草丛生的花园。 337.A man is not good or bad for one action. ◎不能凭一件事判断人的好坏。 338.A man apt to promise is apt to forget. ◎易于许诺的人也易于忘记。 339.A man that breaks his word,bids others to be false to him. ◎人不守信，无异于叫旁人对他失信。 340.Easier said than done. ◎说易行难。 341.The greatest talkers are always the least doers. ◎大言不惭的总是行动最少的人。 342.The proof of the pudding is in the eating. ◎布丁好坏，一尝便知；空谈不如实践。 343.Pride goes before a fall. ◎骄者必败。 344.Pride goes before destruction. ◎骄者必败。 345.Pride goeth before,and shame cometh after. ◎骄傲走在前，羞耻跟在后。 346.Pride and grace dwelt never in one place. ◎傲慢和温雅，永难住一处。 347.He that climbs high falls heavily. ◎爬得高，跌得重。 348.Pride must be pinched. ◎骄傲应收敛。 349.The more noble the more humble. ◎越高贵，越应谦逊。 350.Humility often gains more than pride. ◎谦逊常比傲慢受益更多。 351.He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none. ◎自命万事通，腹中常空空。 352.No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself. ◎人并不因为他自知很差就是很差。 353.Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak. ◎骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。 354.It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride. ◎用慷慨激昂的言语攻击傲慢并不是谦逊的标志。 355.He that is full of himself is very empty. ◎自满之人腹内空。 356.Honesty is the best policy. ◎诚实为上策。 357.An honest man's word is as good as his bond. ◎诚实人的诺言实际上就是他的保证书。 358.Poor but honest. ◎虽贫穷，要诚实。 359.Honesty may be dear bought,but can never be an ill pennyworth. ◎高价买诚实，永远也值得。 360.Knavery may serve,but honesty is best. ◎欺诈可能有用，诚实却是上策。 361.Every man has his weak side. ◎人人都有自己的弱点。 362.He who has no shame has no conscience. ◎不知羞耻的人不知自疚。 363.An honest look covereth many faults. ◎一副诚实的外表掩盖着许多缺点。 364.Once a knave,ever a knave. ◎一次成无赖，永远是无赖。 365.A crafty knave needs no broker. ◎狡猾的无赖不需要有中间人。 366.The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar. ◎正当得到的一分钱胜于偷来的一元钱。 367.One penny with right is better than a thousand without right. ◎合法取得的一辨士，胜于非法取得的一千辨士。 368.The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound. ◎不正当得来的辨士使正当得来的英镑也受到沾污。 369.Love is blind. ◎爱情是盲目的。 370.Love is without reason. ◎爱情无理智。 371.Love is full of trouble. ◎爱情充满了烦恼。 372.Love cannot be compelled. ◎爱情不能强迫。 373.Love begets love. ◎爱爱相生。 374.Love needs no teaching. ◎爱情不需教导。 375.Love at first sight. ◎一见倾心。 376.Love asks faith,and faith firmness. ◎爱情要求信任，信任要求坚定。 377.Love is the touchstone of virtue. ◎爱情是美德的试金石。 378.Love not at the first look. ◎不要一见钟情。 379.Hasty love,soon cold. ◎爱得匆忙冷得快。 380.Love is a sweet torment. ◎爱情是一种甜蜜的痛苦。 381.Love rules his kingdom without a sword. ◎爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。 382.Love will find out the way. ◎爱情自会寻出路。 383.Love is not to be found in the market. ◎爱情在市场上找不到。 384.Lovers live by love,as larks live by leeks. ◎情侣靠爱情生活，正象云雀靠韭葱生活一样。 385.Old love will not be forgotten. ◎旧情永难忘；往日的爱情难以忘怀。 386.True love kythes(=shows itself)in time of need. ◎患难显真情。 387.Sound love is not soon forgotten. ◎坚固的爱情不会顷刻忘怀。 388.The greatest hate springs from the greatest love. ◎最大的恨来自最大的爱。 389.No love is foul,nor prison fair. ◎没有肮脏的爱情，也没有美丽的监狱。 390.Labour is lihgt where love doth pay. ◎爱情付报酬，劳苦也轻松。 391.Love is the reward of love. ◎爱就是爱的报酬。 392.Love makes all hard hearts gentle. ◎爱情把一切冷酷之心变成温柔。 393.When love puts in,friendship is gone. ◎爱情进入，友情完结。 394.The course of true love never did run smooth. ◎真爱的道路绝不平坦。 395.Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly. ◎爱情是可爱的虐政，情人们甘受它痛苦的折磨。 396.True love is giving,not taking. ◎真挚的爱是给，不是取。 397.Love makes obedience easy. ◎爱情使顺从成为易事。 398.Love is sweet in the beginning,but sour in the end. ◎爱情先甜后来酸。 399.Where love fails,we espy all faults. ◎爱情一失败，一切毛病都发现。 400.Follow love and it will flee,flee love and it will follow thee. ◎追求爱情它高飞，逃避爱情它跟随。 401. When poverty comes in at the door,love flies out of the window. ◎贫穷一进门，爱情跳窗走。 402. Faults are thick while love is thin. ◎一朝情义淡，样样不顺眼。 403. Hatred is blind as well as love. ◎爱情和仇恨，二者皆盲目。 404. Marriage is a lottery. ◎婚姻是一桩难于预测的事。 405. Marry thy like. ◎跟你情投意合的人结婚。 406. Marriage makes or mars a man. ◎婚姻成全人，也能损害人。 407. It is good to marry late or never. ◎晚婚或不婚，都是好事情。 408. Early wed,early dead. ◎早婚者早夭。 409. They that marry in green,their sorrow is soon seen. ◎年纪轻轻就结婚，为时不久便悔恨。 410. A young man married is a man that's marred. ◎男子早婚，种下祸根。 411.Marry in haste,and repent at leisure. ◎匆匆结婚，时时悔恨。 412.Marry in lent,and you'll live to repent. ◎借债结婚，一生悔恨。 413.He that marries for wealth,sells his liberty. ◎为财富而结婚的人，出卖了自己的自由。 414.An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune. ◎不良的婚姻是恶运的来源。 415.Who marrieth for love without money,hath good nights and sorry days. ◎为了爱情，无钱结婚，夜来欢娱，白天悔恨。 416.If you always say "NO",never be married. ◎常常说“不”字，永远难结婚。 417.Honest men marry soon,wise men not at all. ◎老实的人早成婚，聪明的人不结婚。 418.A good wife and health is a man's best wealth. ◎贤妻和健康是男子的至宝。 419.A good wife makes a good husband. ◎有好妻子就有好丈夫；妻贤夫自良。 420.Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. ◎选择妻子，最好用耳不用眼。 421.Better be half hanged than ill wed. ◎与其成怨偶，不如守单身。 422.He who does not honour his wife,dishonours himself. ◎不尊重自己妻子的人，自己也不会受人尊重。 423.The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ◎有懦弱的丈夫，就有凶悍的妻子。 424.It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock. ◎母鸡司晨家不兴。 425.The wife is the key of the house. ◎妻子是一家之钥；妻贤一家兴。 426.The more women look in their glass,the less they look to their house. ◎妇女照镜越多，照管家务就越少。 427.East or west,home is best. ◎东也好，西也好，还是家中最好；金窝银窝，不如家里的草窝。 428.One father can support ten children; ten children cannot support one father. ◎一个父亲可以供养十个孩子，十个孩子却不能供养一个父亲。 429.One father is more than a hundred school-masters. ◎一个父亲胜于一百个教师。 430.Like father,like son. ◎有其父，必有其子。 431.The father buys,the son bigs,the grandchild sells,and his son thigs. ◎父买、子修建、孙儿卖，重孙街上当乞丐。 432.The mother's breath is aye sweet. ◎母亲的低语总是甜蜜的。 433.Like mother,like daughter. ◎有其母，必有其女。 434.Children are the parents' riches. ◎子女是父母的至宝。 435.A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world. ◎孩童是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的东西。 436.He that hath no children,knows not what is love. ◎没有孩子的人，不知道什么叫做爱。 437.Children learn to creep ere they can go. ◎孩子要走路，先得学爬行。 438.Silly(=good) child is soon ylered(=taught). ◎好小孩，学得快。 439.Boys will be boys. ◎孩子终归是孩子。 440.One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls. ◎一个男孩比十二个女孩增添的麻烦还多。 441.Spare the rod and spoil the child. ◎省了棍子，惯坏了孩子。 442.Naughty boys sometimes make good men. ◎淘气的男孩有时会成为争气的孩子。 443.The child is father of the man. ◎三岁定到老。 444.Happy is he that is happy in childhood. ◎童年时快乐的人是幸福的。 445.Children and fools cannot lie. ◎孩子和愚人不会扯谎。 446.My son is my son till he hath got him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life. ◎儿子娶妻后就不是自己的儿子，可是女儿终身都是自己的女儿。 447.It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. ◎养女容易嫁女难。 448.A maid that laughs is half taken. ◎少女笑口开，婚事成一半。 449.A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. ◎有许多人向她求婚的少女，往往选中最差的一个。 450.Maids want nothing but husbands,but when they have them they want everything. ◎未婚女子不要别的，只要丈夫，有了丈夫以后，一切都要。 451.Would you know your daughter,see her in company. ◎你若想了解女儿，只要看她和什么样的人交往。 452.He that would the daughter win,must with the mother first begin. ◎要想赢得女儿的欢心，必须先从她母亲着手。 453.Life without friend is death. ◎没有朋友的生活便等于死亡。 454.Without a friend,the world is wilderness. ◎没有朋友，世界成了荒野。 455.Friendless is the dead. ◎死者无友。 456.A good friend is my nearest relation. ◎好友即至亲。 457.A near friend is better than a fardwelling kinsman. ◎近友胜远亲。 458.A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. ◎和任何人都认朋友，结果和任何人都交不成朋友;友多无好友。 459.In time of prosperity,friends will be plenty. ◎走运时候朋友多。 460.It is good to have friends in trouble. ◎在患难中能有朋友是好事。 461.Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. ◎富裕招致朋友，困苦考验朋友。 462.A friend in need is a friend indeed. ◎患难时的朋友才是真正的朋友。 463.Poverty tries friends. ◎贫穷考验朋友；人贫见友情。 464.Try your friend ere you trust him. ◎对朋友要先考验，后信任。 465.Prove thy friend ere thou have need. ◎在你需要朋友帮助前，先要考验他们。 466.A friend is never known till a man have need. ◎不到困窘时，永难识真友。 467.A faithful friend is hard to find. ◎忠实朋友实难求。 468.Friends are like fiddle-strings,they must not be screwed too tight. ◎朋友有如琴弦，不能上的太紧。 469.Have but few frieds,though many acquaintances. ◎结交可以多，朋友应宜少。 470.All are not friends that speak us fair. ◎向我们说好话的并不都是好朋友。 471.He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend. ◎金钱满袋，朋友盈门；钱袋装得饱，朋友不会少。 472.A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. ◎朝中有友，胜如囊中有钱。 473.It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell. ◎天堂上和地狱中都有几个朋友，这乃是一件好事。 474.We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. ◎指望朋友无缺点，永远休想交朋友。 475.A friend without faults will never be found. ◎没有缺点的朋友永不可得。 476.A man without a friend is only half a man. ◎无友的人只能算半个人。 477.A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. ◎失友快，交友慢。 478.Friendship cannot stand always on one side. ◎友谊不能总是在一方。 479.Old acquaintance will soon be remembered. ◎故人一见便相亲。 480.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. ◎背后称我好，才算好朋友。 481.Friends (the best of friends) must part. ◎好友终有分手时。 482.A friend is best found in adversity. ◎患难见真交。 483.I will be thy friend,but not thy vices' friend. ◎我愿意做你的朋友，但不做你那些恶习的朋友。 484.False friends are worse than open enemies. ◎假朋友比真敌人更坏。 485.Short acquaintance brings repentance. ◎浅交致后悔。 486.He that lies down (sleeps) with dogs must rise up with fleas. ◎与恶人交终会变恶；近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 487.Better be alone than in bad company. ◎交损友不如无友。 488.Write down the advice of him who loves you,though you like it not at present. ◎爱你的人的忠告，即使你当时并不喜欢，也得把它记下。 489.Hunger knows no friend. ◎饥饿不认朋友。 490.Misery makes strange bedfellows. ◎难中不择友。 491.One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. ◎一个敌人为害，胜过十个朋友行好。 492.An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well. ◎敌人嘴里无好话。 493.Believe no tales from the enemy. ◎敌人之言不可信。 494.One enemy is too much. ◎一个敌人已太多。 495.Mickle power makes many enemies. ◎权高树敌多。 496.Do not despise your enemy. ◎不可轻敌。 497.Though thy enemy seem a mouse,yet watch him like a lion. ◎敌人即使小如鼠，防他也要如防狮。 498.If we are bound to forgive an enemy,we are not bound to trust him. ◎即便我们决心宽恕敌人，也决不能相信敌人。 499.He that dallies with enemy gives him leave to kill him. ◎把敌人看儿戏，无异于准许敌人杀害自己。 500.In an enemy spots are soon seen. ◎敌人身上求疵易。 501. If you would make an enemy,lend a man money and ask it of him again. ◎你若想与人结怨，只须先借钱给他，再向他催讨。 502. A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend. ◎勇敢的敌人胜过懦怯的朋友。 503. An enemy who lies at thy feet begging forgi-veness must not feel thy sword. ◎对俯伏在你脚下乞怜的敌人，绝不可使他触及你的剑。 504. Make your enemy your friend. ◎要化敌为友。 505. Live and let live. ◎自己活也让别人活。 506. As a man lives,so shall he die. ◎有生必有死。 507. We are not born for ourselves. ◎人生天地间，并非为自己。 508. He that hath time hath life. ◎有时间就有生活。 509. He that lives long suffers much. ◎寿长忧患多。 510. They who live longest will see most. ◎寿命最长的人见识也最广。 511.He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. ◎他生在富贵人家。 512.A man can die but once. ◎人生只有一回死。 513.He that liveth in court dieth upon straw. ◎生于安乐者常死于贫贱。 514.He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly. ◎过着邪恶生活的人不会正直地死去。 515.Death pay all debts. ◎一死了百债。 516.Six feet of earth makes all men equal. ◎墓穴之中，人人平等。 517.Death is the grand leveller. ◎死亡面前，不分贵贱。 518.Death meets us everywhere. ◎人生到处皆可死；死亡和我们到处相遇。 519.Death frees us from ills. ◎死亡使我们解脱不幸。 520.We shall lie all alike in our graves. ◎一朝进坟场，大家都一样。 521.In the grave the rich and poor lie equal. ◎一朝入暮穴，贫富皆一律。 522.Death defies the doctor. ◎死亡蔑视医生。 523.There is no medicine against death. ◎人间哪有不死（回春）药。 524.Light come,light go. ◎易得则易失；来得容易去得快。 525.Sometimes gain is to lose. ◎有时得即是失。 526.Merry is he that hath nought to lose. ◎无物可失的人最逍遥自在。 527.Grasp all,lose all. ◎样样都要，全部失掉。 528.What we lose in hake we shall have in herring. ◎失鳕得鲱；失之东隅，收之桑榆。 529.What is lost in the hundred will be found in the shire. ◎在区里失去的可在州里找回来。 530.For a lost thing care nothing. ◎一物已失，计较无益。 531.He who does not gain loses. ◎不能得益，就是损失。 532.Losses make us more cautious. ◎损失使人更谨慎。 533.Who loseth liberty loseth all. ◎失去自由即失去一切。 534.Either win the horse or lose the saddle. ◎不是全赢，就是全输；孤注一掷。 535.All is not lost that is in danger. ◎在危险中的东西未必全会损失。 536.Do not run too fast after gain. ◎不要见利便狂追。 537.Prefer loss to unjust gain. ◎宁可受损失，休取不义财。 538.Lightly gain,quickly lost. ◎来得容易去得快；不义之财，理无久享。 539.Only that which is honestly got is gain. ◎正当的收入才是真正的收入。 540.All is not gain that is put in the purse. ◎装进钱包里的不一定都是正当的收入。 541.Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers. ◎靠欺骗得利，准要吃亏。 542.One never loses anything by politeness. ◎礼多不吃亏；礼多人不怪。 543.Hold fast when you have it. ◎手中之物应紧握。 544.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. ◎海中好鱼取不尽（意指虽然失去一个机会，还有很多机会）。 545.Many a slip (many things fall) between the cup and the lip. ◎酒杯来到嘴唇边，得饮与否未可知；物未到手前，未能算己有；凡事难以十拿九稳。 546.It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. ◎使人人倒霉的风才是恶风；此失则彼得；害于此则 利于彼；没有使所有的人都受害的坏事。 547.Health is better than wealth. ◎健康胜于财富。 548.Health is happiness. ◎健康便是幸福。 549.A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold. ◎健全的身体比金冕更有价值。 550.A sound mind in a sound body. ◎健康的思想寓于健康的身体。 551.A light heart lives long. ◎心胸开朗，使人寿长。 552.A happy heart makes a blooming visage. ◎心中快乐，容光焕发。 553.He who hath good health is young,and he is rich who owes nothing. ◎健康葆青春，无债即富有。 554.Study sickness while you are well. ◎无病应思有病时。 555.The healthful man can give counsel to the sick. ◎健康的人可以对生病的人提出忠告。 556.By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. ◎和疾病相比较，才能识得健康的可爱。 557.Health is not valued till sickness comes. ◎有病方知健康贵。 558.Feed by measure and defy physician. ◎饮食有节，医生绝迹。 559.Often and little eating makes a man fat. ◎多餐少吃，使人壮硕。 560.After dinner sit awhile,after supper walk a mile. ◎正餐以后，休息片刻；晚餐以后，步行一哩。 561.Early to bed and early to rise,makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise. ◎早睡早起，使人健康、富有而聪明。 562.He that will thrive must rise at five. ◎五点起床，百事兴旺。 563.He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy. ◎忍渴上床，起身健康。 564.He who does not rise early never does a good day's work. ◎起床不早，一天的工作干不好。 565.Who makes everything right must rise early. ◎想把事事都做好，就得坚持起身早。 566.Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark. ◎随羔羊就寝，与云雀同起。 567.Cover your head by day as much as you will,by night as much as you can. ◎白天戴帽可随意，夜里戴帽是必须。 568.A little labour,much health. ◎适量的劳动大有益于健康。 569.Enough is as good as a feast. ◎饱食有如赴宴。 570.Many dishes,many diseases. ◎食多病多。 571.Diseases are the Price of ill pleasures. ◎疾病是纵欲的代价。 572.Desperate diseases must have desperate cures. ◎毒病要用毒药医。 573.He who never was sick dies the first. ◎小病不生，一病致命。 574.Sickness shows us what we are. ◎疾病使人显本相。 575.What can't be cured must be endured. ◎不治之症，必须坚忍。 576.Hide nothing from thy physician. ◎不要讳疾忌医。 577.Medicines are not meant to live on. ◎不要靠吃药过生活。 578.A disease known is half cured. ◎病情弄清楚，病根除一半。 579.The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet,and Dr. Merryman. ◎节食博士,静心博士,欢喜博士,三者都是最好的医师;饮食少,休息好,快乐多是却病延年之方。 580.A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye,a lion's heart,and a lady's hand. ◎良好的外科医生应具有鹰眼、狮心和女性的手。 581.Feed sparingly and defy the physician. ◎饮食有节，医生绝迹。 582.Prevention is better than cure. ◎预防胜于治疗。 583.An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ◎一分预防胜似十分治疗。 584.Bitter pills may have wholesome effect. ◎良药苦口利于病。 585.A good medicine tastes bitter. ◎良药苦口。 586.There is no friend so faithful as a good book. ◎最忠实的朋友莫过于一本好书。 587.Books,like friends,should be few and well chosen. ◎书籍如朋友，宜少宜精选。 588.A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. ◎好书千载常如新。 589.A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. ◎好书如至友，永远不相负。 590.In books,are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. ◎伟大思想古今有，载入书中成不朽。 591.Some books are to be tasted,others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested. ◎一些书可以品味，另外一些书可以吞食，少数的一些可以咀嚼、消化。 592.Old wood is best to burn,old book to read. ◎老柴好烧，老书宜读。 593.A book that remains shut is but a block. ◎书本不去翻，犹如一木块。 594.Judge not a book by its cover. ◎评定一本书，不能凭封面。 595.A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent. ◎坏书因其不能改正错误而更坏。 596.A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. ◎故事好，再讲一遍还是好。 597.Law is a bottomless pit. ◎法律是无底的深渊。 598.Ignorance of the law excuses no man. ◎对法律无知，不能成为任何人的借口。 599.Law makers should not be law breakers. ◎立法者不应成为犯法者；立法应守法。 600.Wrong laws make short governance. ◎不健全的法律统治时间不会长。 601. The law is not the same at morning and at night. ◎早上的法令跟晚上的不一样；朝令夕改。 602. New lords,new laws. ◎新君立新法。 603. Laws catch flies and let hornets go free. ◎法网只捕蝇，黄蜂由它去。 604. Where drums beat,laws are silent. ◎战鼓一响，法律无声。 605. An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men. ◎法官能公正，重法不重人。 606. That trial is not fair where affection is the judge. ◎法官动感情，审判难公正。 607. A good lawyer,an evil neighbour. ◎好律师不是好邻居。 608. An old physician,and a young lawyer. ◎医生老的好，律师年轻的好。 609. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. ◎鸡蛋还未孵，先别数鸡雏；莫过早乐观。 610. Though the fox run,the chicken hath wings. ◎狐狸虽会跑，小鸡有翅膀。 611.Young cocks love no coops. ◎小公鸡不恋笼。 612.A cock is bold on his dunghill. ◎站在粪堆上，公鸡也称王。 613.A barley-corn is better than a diamond to a cock. ◎对一只公鸡来说，一颗麦粒优于一颗钻石。 614.He that will have his farm full,must keep an old cock and a young bull. ◎想使农庄充裕，就得养一只老公鸡和一头小公牛。 615.If the hen does not prate,she will not lay. ◎不叨叨的母鸡不下蛋。 616.It is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays in another's. ◎这样的母鸡可不好：在你家里咯咯叫，却到别家去下蛋。 617.Fat hens lay few eggs. ◎肥鸡下蛋稀。 618.Grain by grain,and the hen fills her belly. ◎一颗接一颗，母鸡填饱肚。 619.A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter. ◎一只鸭子不会常在同一条沟中玩水。 620.It is a blind silly gooes that comes to the fox's sermon. ◎只有盲目的笨鹅才会去听狐狸讲道。 621.What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. ◎适用于甲的也适用于乙。 622.All his geese are swans. ◎他喜欢夸大其词；敝帚自珍。 623.All your swans are geese. ◎你的美好希望（或诺言），全部成了泡影。 624.Each bird likes to hear himself sing. ◎每一只鸟都爱听自己歌唱。 625.The bird loves her nest. ◎鸟爱自己的窝。 626.Birds of a feather flock together. ◎物以类聚，人以群分。 627.The bird that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing. ◎生来能唱的鸟，不愿唱也得叫它唱。 628.The fowler's pipe sounds sweet until the bird is caught. ◎捕禽人笛声悠扬，直吹得鸟儿落网。 629.He that will take the bird must not scare it. ◎捕鸟休惊鸟。 630.The noisy fowler catches no bird. ◎捕禽人大肆声张，鸟儿就不会落网。 631.Old birds are not caught with new nests. ◎新网难捕老鸟。 632.'Tis the early bird that catches the worm. ◎早起的鸟先得虫；捷足先登。 633.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ◎双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手；十赊不如一现。 634.A bird is known by its note,and a man by his talk. ◎鸟以声闻，人以言知。 635.It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. ◎家丑不可外扬。 636.Eagles fly alone,but sheep flock together. ◎鹰爱独飞羊爱群。 637.A kite will never be a good hawk. ◎鸢永不会变成隼。 638.Empty hands no hawk allure. ◎空手不能诱鹰来。 639.The crow thinks his own bird fairest. ◎乌鸦总以为自己的雏鸟最美。 640.A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. ◎乌鸦不管怎样经常洗澡，也不会变白。 641.Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the ravens be gathered together. ◎哪里有死尸，乌鸦就成群。 642.One swallow does not make a summer. ◎一燕不能成夏天（不可仅凭一种现象而遽作判断）。 643.The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth it sooner. ◎燕子一飞就上塔，蜗牛悄悄爬，最后也上塔。 644.The cuckoo comes in April,and stays the month of May;sings a song at Midsummer,and then goes away. ◎布谷鸟，四月来，五月一直在，仲夏唱支歌，然后就离开。 645.If the sky falls,we shall catch larks. ◎天垮正好抓云雀；不要杞人忧天。 646.An owl is the king of the night. ◎猫头鹰是黑夜之王。 647.When the owl sings,the nightingale will hold her peace. ◎枭鸟唱歌，夜莺屏息。 648.Cats hide their paws. ◎猫儿不露爪。 649.A gloved cat catches no mice. ◎戴手套的猫抓不到老鼠。 650.When the cat's away,the mice will play. ◎猫儿不在家，老鼠就玩耍；猫儿不在耗子闹。 651.Ale will make cat speak. ◎喝了淡啤酒，猫也会开口；酒后使人说话多。 652.A blate cat makes a proud mouse. ◎猫儿腼腆，老鼠翻天。 653.When the weasel and the cat make a marriage,it is a very ill presage. ◎黄鼠狼跟猫儿成亲，预兆不佳。 654.The cat and dog may kiss,yet are none the better friends. ◎猫狗虽相吻，总难成好友。 655.All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. ◎猫儿性爱鱼，却怕爪弄湿；想获得珍品的人不愿冒必要的风险。 656.A cat may look at a king. ◎猫也有权看国王；小人物也该有些权利。 657.It is said that "cat hath nine lives",yet care would wear them all out. ◎据说猫儿有九命，忧虑多时也伤身。 658.An old dog bites sore. ◎老狗咬人咬得狠。 659.Beware of a silent dog and still water. ◎哑狗和静水，二者都得防。 660.Barking dogs seldom bite. ◎爱吠的狗不咬人。 661.A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. ◎肉骨头打狗狗不叫。 662.Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. ◎远处狗就叫，近身不会咬。 663.If the old dog barks,he gives counsel. ◎老狗叫，是忠告。 664.In every country dogs bite. ◎天下有狗都咬人。 665.Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings. ◎饿狗也吃脏布丁；饥不择食。 666.Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. ◎狗儿把尾摇，爱的是面包。 667.All are not thieves that dogs bark at. ◎狗吠的人并非都是小偷。 668.Every dog is valiant at his own door. ◎站在家门口，狗也雄纠纠。 669.Every dog is a lion at home. ◎狗在家中，八面威风。 670.While the dog gnaws bone,companions would be none. ◎狗啃骨头无同伴。 671.Two dogs strive for a bone,the third runs away with it. ◎两狗相争一骨头，第三只狗衔起走。 672.Mad dog bites his master. ◎疯狗咬主人。 673.Too much pudding will choke dog. ◎布丁太多噎死狗。 674.Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. ◎莫因狗尾摇，次次丢面包。 675.A living dog is better than a dead lion. ◎活狗胜于死狮。 676.Love me,love my dog. ◎爱屋及乌。 677.Let sleeping dog lie. ◎勿惊卧狗；切莫惹是生非。 678.Help the dog over the stile. ◎助人度过难关。 679.Every dog has his day. ◎片瓦也有翻身日；人人都有得意时。 680.Give a dog a bad name and hang him. ◎欲加之罪，何患无辞。 681.He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick. ◎有心打狗好找棍；欲加之罪，何患无辞。 682.An old dog cannot alter its way of barking. ◎老狗难改常吠声。 683.When a dog is drowning,every one offers him drink. ◎待到狗溺水，众人给水喝。 684.A swine over fat is the cause of his own bane. ◎猪死都因身过肥；象以齿焚。 685.Pigs may fly,but they are very unlikely birds. ◎猪儿纵会飞，终究不是鸟。 686.Never cast your pearls before swine. ◎不要把珍贵之物送给不识货的人；勿明珠暗投；勿对牛弹琴。 687.You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. ◎猪耳朵做不成丝钱包；巧妇难为无米之炊。 688.The cow that's first up gets the first of the dew. ◎早起母牛先得露。 689.Not all butter that the cow yields. ◎母牛所产的未必全是黄油。 690.Many good cows have evil calves. ◎很多好母牛，会生坏小犊。 691.You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. ◎不能既要卖母牛，又想喝牛奶。 692.Old oxen have stiff horns. ◎牛老角硬。 693.The ox is never woe,till he to the harrow go. ◎挂耙去耕地，牛才知辛苦。 694.An ox is taken by the horns,and the man by the tongue. ◎牛因角被执，人因舌陷身。 695.If the ox falls,whet your knife. ◎牛一倒，快磨刀；人遭难，众人踩。 696.The black ox has trod on his foot. ◎祸事临头。 697.The ox when weariest treads surest. ◎牛困走得稳。 698.The best horse needs breaking,and the aptest child needs teaching. ◎最好的马儿要人驯，最伶俐的孩子要人训。 699.A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats. ◎不愿加鞍的马，不得吃燕麦。 700.A good horse oft needs a good spur. ◎好马常需好靴刺。 701. It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse. ◎要把马练好，缰绳靴刺少不了。 702. A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle. ◎烈马要套粗笼头。 703. He is a gentle horse that never cast his rider. ◎驯良的马绝不会把骑手甩倒。 704. 'Tis a good horse that never stumbles. ◎好马不失蹄。 705. The fault of the horse is put on the saddle. ◎马劣动怪马鞍坏。 706. Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse. ◎瞎马鼓勇气，正是危险事。 707. Old wood is best to burn,old horse to ride. ◎老柴好烧，老马好骑。 708. Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. ◎每匹马都认为自己驮的袋子最重。 709. You may know the horse by his harness. ◎观马具可知马性。 710. A galled horse will not endure the comb. ◎擦伤的马不耐梳。 711.You can take a horse to the water,but you cannot make him drink. ◎牵马河边易，逼马饮水难；不要逼人做他不愿做的事。 712.Don't swap horses when crossing a stream. ◎行至中流不换马；危难之时不宜作大变动。 713.An ass endures his burden,but not more than his burden. ◎驴子能负重，过重也难负。 714.Wherever an ass falleth,there will he never fall again. ◎驴子绝不会在同样的地点跌倒两次。 715.The braying of an ass does not reach heaven. ◎驴子的叫声传不到天上。 716.The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle. ◎驴子不乖，休怪驮鞍。 717.A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. ◎相马不可凭马饰。 718.He who wants a mule without fault,must walk on foot. ◎指望驴子无缺点，只有自己徒步行。 719.A colt you may break,but an old horse you never can. ◎小驹犹可练，老马最难驯。 720.One sheep follows another. ◎一羊跟一羊（指盲从）。 721.If one sheep leap o'er the dyke,all the rest will follow. ◎一羊跳过沟，众羊跟着跳。 722.There is a black sheep in every flock. ◎败类处处有；害群之马处处有。 723.One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock. ◎一羊生癣，群羊受害。 724.Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful. ◎羊每叫一次，就少吃一口。 725.One butcher does not fear many sheep. ◎屠夫不怕羊多。 726.It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor. ◎蠢羊才向狼忏悔。 727.The dust raised by the sheep does not choke the wolf. ◎羊踩起的灰尘挡不住狼。 728.Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them. ◎乌鸦吃死羊，先要哭一场；猫哭老鼠假慈悲。 729.The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb. ◎有活的狼就有死的羔羊。 730.As soon goes the young lamb's skin to the market as the old ewe's. ◎老羊皮上了市，小羊皮也跟着来。 731.You have no goats,and yet you sell kids. ◎没有老山羊，还把小羊卖。 732.If the beard were all,the goat might preach. ◎如果长胡就好，山羊也可讲道。 733.A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. ◎懒羊自觉羊毛重。 734.He that will have a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight. ◎早餐想吃野兔肉，头晚就须去捕捉。 735.If you run after two hares,you will catch neither. ◎同时追两兔，一只也难捕。 736.One should not run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. ◎不应两面讨好。 737.The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. ◎兔子睡大觉，乌龟跑第一。 738.First catch your hare then cook him. ◎要兔子肉，先要把兔捉；先抓兔子后烹调（勿谋之过早）。 739.The fox is known by his brush. ◎狐狸只因尾巴大，所以人人认识他。 740.The fox smells his own stink first. ◎狐狸有恶臭，自己先嗅出。 741.The fox may grow grey, but never good. ◎狐狸活到老，永远难变好。 742.The tail does often catch the fox. ◎狐狸被抓，都因尾巴。 743.It is an evil sign to see a fox lick a lamb. ◎狐狸舔羔羊，不是好迹象。 744.When the fox preacheth,then beware your geese. ◎每逢狐狸讲道，当心鹅儿遭殃。 745.An old fox is not easily snared. ◎老狐狸难得陷罗网。 746.Old foxes want no tutors. ◎老狐不须教师教。 747.The sleeping fox catches no poultry. ◎睡着的狐狸捉不到鸡。 748.You can have no more of the fox than the skin. ◎狐狸除了皮，旁的全无用。 749.The fox that had lost its tail would persuade others out of theirs. ◎一条狐狸丢尾巴，就劝旁的也丢它。 750.A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. ◎审鹅不应狐陪审。 751.The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head. ◎狐狸的诡计永远进不了狮子的头脑。 752.The old goose plays not with foxes. ◎老鹅不跟狐狸耍。 753.The wolf and fox are both privateers. ◎狐狸与狼，抢劫大王。 754.The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature. ◎狼牙会掉，狼性难改。 755.A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf. ◎小偷识小偷，正象狼识狼。 756.Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods. ◎饥饿引狼出森林。 757.Give never the wolf the wether. ◎莫把阉羊送给狼。 758.Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. ◎与狼相结交，就会学狼嚎。 759.The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf. ◎孤羊逢狼，必然遭殃。 760.It is madness for a sheep to treat of peace with a wolf. ◎跟狼讲和平，此羊必癫狂。 761.By little and little the wolf eateth the sheep. ◎狼吃羊，一只一只进肚肠。 762.The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep. ◎群狼一死众羊安。 763.While you trust to the dog,the wolf slips into the sheepfold. ◎当你认为狗可信，狼已偷偷把羊圈进。 764.When the wolf grows old, the crows ride him. ◎狼老被鸦欺。 765.Man is to man either a god or a wolf. ◎人与人交往，不是上帝就是狼。 766.A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. ◎青年成长时，食量大如狼。 767.The lion is known by his claws (paw). ◎狮以爪闻名。 768.The lion is not so fierce as he is painted. ◎狮子没有画上的凶猛。 769.A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion. ◎吠犬胜于睡狮。 770.It is not good to wake a sleeping lion. ◎睡狮莫惊。 771.The lion's skin is never cheap. ◎狮皮从不贱。 772.Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp. ◎杀狮应在幼小时。 773.The tiger that has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it. ◎一次尝到血，虎欲永难遏。 774.He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. ◎骑虎难下。 775.The leopard can never change its spots. ◎花豹永不能改变身上的斑点（指：本性难移）。 776.Kings and bears oft worry keepers. ◎国王和熊，常使守护人忧心忡忡。 777.He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it. ◎与熊分蜜糖，只得一点尝。 778.Do not sell the bear's skin before you have caught the bear. ◎熊未到手休卖皮（勿过早乐观）。 779.Where the deer is slain,some of her blood will lie. ◎鹿死总有血迹留。 780.The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more than one wood. ◎野猪一怒毁树多。 781.An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet. ◎尽管衣绸穿红，猿猴还是猿猴，侍从还是侍从。 782.An army of stags led by a lion would be more formidable than one of lions led by a stag. ◎一只狮子率领的一群鹿，比一只鹿率领的一头狮子更难对付。 783.A bad custom is like a good cake, better broden than kept. ◎坏习惯象饼子，碎了比保存起来好。 784.A bald head is soon shaven. ◎光脑袋，剃得快。 785.A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. ◎瞎子不谢赠镜人。 786.A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. ◎借来的大氅不暖身。 787.A brave retreat is a brave exploit. ◎勇退即勇绩。 788.Accidents will happen in the best regulated families. ◎即使家规严，丑事总难免。 789.A candle lights others and consumes itself. ◎腊烛照亮了别人，毁灭了自己。 790.A constant guest is never welcome. ◎常来之客不会受欢迎。 791.A cracked bell can never sound well (is never sound). ◎破钟无好音。 792.A crown is no cure for the headache. ◎王冠难治头痛。 793.A drowning man will catch at a straw. ◎溺水者见草也要抓；急何能择。 794.After a storm comes a calm. ◎暴风雨后天平静；雨过天晴。 795.After death, the doctor. ◎人死医生来；雨后送伞。 796.A good beginning is half done. ◎良好的开端，就是成功了一半。 797.A good example is the best sermon. ◎良好的范例是最好的训诫。 798.A great ship asks deep waters. ◎大船要在深水行；英雄要有用武之地。 799.A horse stumbles that has four legs. ◎人有失手日，马有失蹄时。 800.A little neglect may breed great mischief. ◎小失成大害；小误酿大祸。 801. A little pot is soon hot. ◎壶小易热，量小易怒。 802. All are brave when the enemy flies. ◎敌人遁逃时，人人皆勇士。 803. All is fish that comes to his net. ◎到了网中都是鱼；只要到手全都要。 804. All is well that ends well. ◎结果好，就一切都好。 805. All roads lead to Rome. ◎条条大路通罗马。 806. Always taking out the meal-tub, and never putting in,soon comes to the bottom. ◎取粮不储粮，桶底粮也光；坐吃山空。 807. A miss is as good as a mile. ◎失之毫厘，差以千里。 808. An empty bag cannot stand upright. ◎空袋不能直立。 809. A new broom sweeps clean. ◎新官上任三把火。 810. A rolling stone gathers no moss. ◎滚石不粘青苔；转业不积财。 811.Art is long, life is short. ◎艺术恒久，生命短暂。 812.A small leak will sink a great ship. ◎小漏沉大船。 813.A stitch in time saves nine. ◎一针及时省九针；一针不补，十针难缝。 814.As the wind blows, you must set your sail. ◎趁风启帆。 815.As we sow, so shall we reap. ◎种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 816.A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword. ◎勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑。 817.A vaunter and a liar are near akin. ◎自诩和说谎，二者正相仿。 818.Avarice blinds our eyes. ◎贪婪障人目。 819.A watched pot(pan) is long in boiling. ◎心急水不沸；盼得越切，来得越迟。 820.A wonder lasts but nine days. ◎新鲜事儿不久长。 821.Beard the lion in his den. ◎老虎头上捉虱；太岁头上动土。 822.Beauty is but skin deep. ◎美丽只是皮相（指：不能以貌取人）。 823.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. ◎宁为犬首，不作狮尾。 824.Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry. ◎宁作自由民之首，不为贵族之尾。 825.Between two stools one goes the ground. ◎脚踩两只船，早晚要落水。 826.Beware beginnings. ◎慎始为上。 827.Blood is thicker than water. ◎血浓于水（指：亲人比外人亲）。 828.Caesar's wife must be above suspicion. ◎身为凯撒（罗马大将）妻，必须无可疑（指：与伟大的 人物交往的人不可有秽名）。 829.Charity begins at home, but should not end there. ◎施舍先及亲友，但不应限于亲友。 830.Companions are odious. ◎人比人，气死人。 831.Content is happiness. ◎知足常乐。 832.Custom is a second nature. ◎习惯是第二天性。 833.Cut your coat according to your cloth. ◎量布裁衣。 834.Danger is next neighbour to security. ◎危险是安全的紧邻。 835.Do as the Romans do. ◎入境要问俗。 836.Do as you would be done by. ◎你愿别人怎样对待你，你就应该怎样对待别人；己所不欲，勿施于人。 837.Do not hallo till you are out of the wood. ◎未出险境，先莫高兴。 838.Don't put the cart before the horse. ◎勿本末倒置；勿倒果为因。 839.Don't throw out the baby with the bath water. ◎切勿良莠不分一起抛。 840.Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. ◎位高遭人妒，峰高招风怒。 841.Every advantage has its disadvantage. ◎有利必有弊。 842.Every cloud has a silver lining. ◎黑暗之中总有一线光明；祸中有福。 843.Every man has his liking. ◎人各有所好。 844.Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads. ◎人人有错，隐藏不露。 845.Everything hath an end. ◎万物有始必有终。 846.Everything must have a beginning. ◎凡事皆有始。 847.Example is better than precept. ◎范例胜于教训。 848.Fine feathers make fine birds. ◎好鸟要靠好羽毛；人要衣装，佛靠金装。 849.Fire and water have no mercy. ◎水火无情。 850.First come, first served. ◎先到先招待。 851.Fish begins to stink at the head. ◎鱼腐头先臭（上梁不正下梁歪）。 852.Forbidden fruit is sweet. ◎禁果味甜。 853.Force can never destory right. ◎暴力决不能摧毁正义。 854.God's mill grinds slow but sure. ◎天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 855.Great designs require great consideration. ◎大计划要慎重考虑。 856.Great men have great faults. ◎伟大的人物也会有巨大的过失。 857.Great men's sons seldom do well. ◎大人物的子孙少出息。 858.Half a loaf is better than no bread. ◎半片面包总比没有好；有胜于无。 859.Haste makes waste. ◎欲速则不达。 860.Hear all parties. ◎兼听则明。 861.He laughs best who laughs last. ◎谁笑在最后，谁笑的最好（指：不要高兴得过早）。 862.He measures another's corn by his own bushel. ◎用自己的标准衡量别人；以己度人。 863.He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil. ◎跟坏人打交道，要特别小心。 864.He that never rode never fell. ◎不骑马就不会落马。 865.He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut. ◎要把果仁吃，就得碎果壳。 866.History repeats itself. ◎历史自身常重演。 867.Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. ◎风顺便扯篷。 868.Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. ◎蜜甜蜂螫人。 869.Hunger is the best sauce. ◎饥者口中尽佳肴；饥饿之时，样样好吃。 870.If the mountain will not come to Mahomet,Mahomet must go to the mountain. ◎大山从不向穆罕默德移来，穆罕默德只好向大山走去；他若不迁就你，你只好迁就他。 871.If wishes were horses,beggars might ride. ◎愿望若是马，乞丐也可乘；愿望难成事实。 872.Ill air slays sooner than the sword. ◎污浊的空气杀人比刀还快。 873.Ill news never comes too late. ◎坏消息总是来得快。 874.In the kingdom of blind men, the oneeyed is king. ◎生在盲人国，独眼也称王。 875.It is better to be a martyr than a confessor. ◎与其做忏悔，不如做殉道者。 876.It is too late to shut the stalbe door when the steed is stolen. ◎失马锁厩，为时已晚；贼去关门，为时已迟。 877.It never rains but it pours. ◎不雨则已，一雨倾盆。 878.It takes two to make a quarrel. ◎吵架要有两个人。 879.Jack of all trades and master of none. ◎万事皆通，事事不精（指：杂而不精的人）。 880.Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbours. ◎快乐是忧愁的紧邻。 881.Keeping is harder than winning. ◎成功不易，保持更难。 882.Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. ◎杀鸡取金蛋；只图眼前需要，断绝将来财源。 883.Kill two birds with one stone. ◎一石双鸟；一箭双雕。 884.Kinsman helps kinsman, but woe to him that hath nothing. ◎亲人帮亲人，无亲来帮愁煞人。 885.Like tree, like fruit. ◎有什么样的树，就有什么样的果。 886.Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape. ◎大贼脱身去，小贼被吊死。 887.Long absent, soon forgotten. ◎久别易忘。 888.Long looked for comes at last. ◎久久寻找，终会找到。 889.Long tarrying takes all thands away. ◎耽搁太久，会把人家的谢意全送走。 890.Losers are always in the wrong. ◎失败之人受咎多。 891.Man is a god or a devil to his neighbour. ◎一个人对邻居来说，不是上帝，便是魔鬼。 892.Many men have many minds. ◎人多意见多；人多口杂。 893.Many wells, many buckets. ◎井多桶也多。 894.Mercy to the eriminal may be eruelty to the people. ◎对罪犯的仁慈，就是对人民的残忍。 895.Merry meet, merry part. ◎好聚好散。 896.Messengers should neither be headed nor hanged. ◎两国相争，不斩来使。 897.Might is right. ◎强权即公理。 898.Might overcomes right. ◎强权压倒公理。 899.Mischief has swift wings. ◎祸害长有飞翅。 900.Misery loves company. ◎同病相怜。 901. Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs. ◎莫笑皮匠拇指黑。 902. Most things have two handles. ◎多数事物有两种解释。 903. Music is the eye of the ear. ◎音乐是耳朵的眼睛。 904. Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant. ◎需要和机会，可使懦夫变勇敢。 905. Necessity is the mother of invention. ◎需要是发明之母。 906. Neither fish nor flesh (nor good red herring). ◎非驴非马；不伦不类。 907. Never judge from appearances. ◎不可根据外貌判断；不可以貌取人。 908. Never too late to mend. ◎补过不嫌晚。 909. No cross, no crown. ◎没有十字架，就没有王冠；无苦即无乐。 910. No man can do two things at once. ◎一人不能同时做两件事；心无二用。 911.No man ever became thoroughly bad all at once. ◎从来没有骤然变得极坏的人。 912.No man is content. ◎知足的人世上无。 913.No mill, no meal. ◎不磨面就没有面包吃。 914.No pleasure without pain. ◎没有无痛苦的欢乐。 915.No rose without a thorn. ◎玫瑰皆有刺（没有尽善尽美的幸福）。 916.No smoke without some fire. ◎无火不生烟；无风不起浪。 917.Nothing venture, nothing have. ◎不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 918.Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. ◎服从是军人的第一职责。 919.Older and wiser. ◎老而益精；越老越聪明。 920.Old bees yield no honey. ◎老蜂不产蜜。 921.Old vessels must leak. ◎船旧必漏。 922.Once a devil, always a devil. ◎一次做魔鬼，永远是魔鬼。 923.One flower makes no garland. ◎一朵花做不成一个花环。 924.One foot is better than two crutches. ◎一只脚胜过两条拐仗。 925.Oppression maketh a wise man mad. ◎人处压迫下，聪明也会疯。 926.Out of sitght, out of mind. ◎眼不见，心不想。 927.Pain is forgotten where gain follows. ◎一朝得了利，痛苦便忘记。 928.Patience is the plaster of all sores. ◎忍耐是一切痛苦的止痛膏。 929.Patient men win the day. ◎能忍者胜。 930.Peace with sword in hand, 'Tis safest making. ◎和平时期手执剑，这样做来最保险；有备无患。 931.Pen and ink is wit's plough. ◎笔墨是才智之犁。 932.Penny wise and pound foolish. ◎小事聪明，大事糊涂。 933.Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup. ◎纵然装入金杯，毒药还是毒药。 934.Pouring oil on the fire is no way to quench it. ◎加油不是灭火法。 935.Praise is not pudding. ◎恭维不等于布丁；恭维不是实惠。 936.Promises are like piecrust, made to be broken. ◎诺言好似馅饼皮，做来便是为咬碎。 937.Promise is debt. ◎许愿要还，欠债要清；许愿如欠债，欠了便要还。 938.Public money is like holy water, every one helps himself to it. ◎公款如圣水，人人都要尝一嘴。 939.Quietness is best. ◎宁静最好。 940.Rain before seven: fine before eleven. ◎早雨不过午。 941.Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. ◎阅读使人渊博，会谈使人机敏，写作使人严谨。 942.Remember thou art but a man. ◎记住：你只不过是个“人”而已。 943.Revolutions are not made with rosewater. ◎革命不是玫瑰香水做成的（指革命不能采用温和的办法）。 944.Satan reproves sin. ◎魔鬼责人之罪（责备他人有罪过，自己同样有过失）。 945.Scanderbeg's sword must have Scanderbeg's arm. ◎斯坎德培（阿尔巴尼亚15世纪民族英雄）的剑，必须要有斯坎德培的臂才能举； 宝剑须由烈士擎。 946.Shallow streams make most din. ◎浅流水声响。 947.Short pleasure, long lament. ◎眼前片刻欢，日后长悲痛。 948.Silence gives consent. ◎沉默表示同意。 949.Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ◎技能和信心是无敌的军队。 950.Something is better than nothing. ◎有总比没有强。 951.Soon ripe, soon rotten. ◎早熟早烂；早慧早夭。 952.Sorrow comes unsent for. ◎悲哀来时不须邀。 953.Sport is sweetest when there be no spectators. ◎旁边无观众，运动最轻松。 954.Still waters run deep. ◎静水流深。 955.Straws show which way the wind blows. ◎草动示风向。 956.Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear. ◎讲着某人，某人就到；说起曹操，曹操就到。 957.Teach your grandmother to suck eggs. ◎班门弄斧。 958.Temperance is the best physic. ◎节欲是最好的药品。 959.The best (greatest) fish keep (swim near) the bottom. ◎好鱼游水底（指：有价值之物不能轻易得到）。 960.The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. ◎要求过高，反难成功。 961.The mountains have brought forth a mouse. ◎大山生小鼠（指：费力大而收效小）。 962.The pot calls the kettle black. ◎锅子嫌罐黑；责人严而责己宽；自己有过失而申斥他人。 963.There are two sides to every question. ◎每个问题都有两个方面。 964.There is a crook(=affliction, trial) in the lot of every one. ◎人生总有倒楣事；人生总有不如意处。 965.The swan sings when death comes. ◎死期来到，天鹅歌声美妙。 966.The thread breaks where it is weakest. ◎线断常在最细处。 967.The tongue ever turns to the aching teeth. ◎舌头总是碰着疼牙。 968.The used key is always bright. ◎常用的钥匙常光亮。 969.The weakest goes to the wall. ◎弱者败北。 970.The wish is father to the thought. ◎愿望为思想之父；所望之事，每易信之为真。 971.Things done cannot be undone. ◎事已定局，不能挽回；覆水难收。 972.Things unreasonable are never durable. ◎不合理的事不会长久。 973.Too many cooks spoil the broth. ◎厨子成群，煮坏肉羹。 974.Too much liberty spoils all. ◎自由过了头，一切乱了套。 975.Too much spoils, too little is nothing. ◎过多会坏事，过少不济事。 976.Tread on a worm and it will turn. ◎蚯蚓被踩也会动（指被逼过甚，最温顺者也会反抗）。 977.True praise roots and spreads. ◎赞词真实，根深传远。 978.Two of a trade seldom agree. ◎同行是冤家；同行相妒。 979.Two wrongs don't make a right. ◎两个错加不出一个正确来。 980.Union is strength. ◎联合即是力量。 981.Vain glory blossoms but never bears. ◎虚荣能开花，但不会结果。 982.Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. ◎激动时的誓约，平静时便忘却。 983.Walls have ears. ◎隔墙有耳。 984.War is death's feast. ◎战争是死亡的筵席。 985.War makes thieves, and peace hangs them. ◎战争造成窃贼，和平把他们吊死。 986.Water afar quencheth not fire. ◎远水救不了近火。 987.Weeds want no sowing. ◎杂草不需种。 988.We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. ◎井干方知水可贵。 989.What youth is used to, age remembers. ◎少年惯为事，老时常记起。 990.When Greek meets Greek, then comes the bug of war. ◎两雄相争，难解难分。 991.When the tree is fallen, every one runs to it with his axe. ◎大树一倒下，人人持斧来。 992.When the well is full, it will run over. ◎井满则水溢。 993.When war begins, then hell openeth. ◎战争一开始，地狱便打开。 994.Where there are reeds, there is water. ◎有芦苇处必有水。 995.Where there is a will, there is a way. ◎有志者事竟成。 996.Where the water is shallow, no vessel will ride. ◎水浅无船行。 997.Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow. ◎在罪恶中游泳的人，必将在悲哀中沉没。 998.Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst. ◎瓶中之酒不解渴。 999.Woe to him that is alone. ◎孤独的人最可悲。 1000.You cannot see the wood for trees. ◎见树不见林。