1.A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
     做贼心虚。
2.A bad thing never dies.
      坏事传千里。
3.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
       双鸟在林不如手握其一。（到手为财。）
4.A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.
     盲人倚墙作瞎想：此为天下之边疆。（坐井观天。）（痴人说梦。）
5.Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
     爱情在离别时得到升华，在相聚时得到巩固。（相聚爱益切，离别情更深。）
6.A burnt child dreads the fire.
      一次被火烧，见火就害怕。（一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。）
7.Accidents will happen.
      天有不测风云。
8.A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
       一环薄弱，全局必败。（一着不慎，全盘皆输。）
9.A clean hand wants no washing.
        手净不需洗，心正不畏邪。（身正不怕影子斜。）（真金不怕火。）
10.A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
        问心无愧，高枕无忧。
11.A clear conscience is a sure card.
         光明磊落，胜券在握。
12.A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
         只要问心无愧，旁人的指责可以一笑置之。（白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。）
13.A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
        宁为清贫，不为浊富。
14.A close mouth catches no flies.
          病从口入，祸从口出。
15.A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
          公鸡在其粪堆上称雄。（夜郎自大。）
16.A common danger causes common action.
             同仇敌忾。
17.A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
           知足常乐。
18.Actions speak louder than words.
          事实胜于雄辩。
19.Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
          忠言逆耳。
20.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
             吃一堑，长一智。（前车之覆，后车之鉴。）
21.A good medicine tastes bitter.
           良药苦口。（忠言逆耳。）
22.A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.
           心里有鬼，于心有愧。（做贼心虚，良心自诛。）
23.A hero is known in the time of misfortune.
             时势造英雄。
24.A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.
             不可凭马饰而评其优劣。（人不可貌相。）
25.A lazy youth, a lousy age.
             少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
26.Ale will make a cat speak.
          一杯淡啤酒，会使猫开口。（酒后话多。）（酒后吐真言。）
27.All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.
           机不可失，时不再来。
28.All things are obedient to money.
           有钱能使鬼推磨。
29.All time is no time when it is past.
          机不可失，时不再来。（光阴一去不复返。）
30.Ambition never dies until there is no way out.
          不到黄河心不死。
31.A mother's love never changes.
          母爱永恒。
32.An evil chance seldom comes.
          祸不单行。
33.Apparel makes the man.
          人靠衣装。（马靠鞍装。）
34.As a man sows, so he shall reap.
          种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
35.A single spark can start a prairie fire.
         星星之火，可以燎原。
36.A word spoken is past recalling.
           一言既出，驷马难追。
37.A wilful man will have his way.
              有志者事竟成。

1.Bad news has wings.
          坏事传千里。
2.Beauty is in the eye of the gazer.
          情人眼里出西施。
3.Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.
         口蜜腹剑。
4.Behind bad luck comes good luck.
         塞翁失马，焉知非福。
5.Birds of a feather flock together.
          物以类聚，人以群分。（一丘之貉。）
6.Bite the hand that feeds one.
           恩将仇报。（以怨报德。）
7.Burnt child dreads the fire.
           吃一次苦头，学一次乖。
8.By falling we learn to go safely.
          吃一堑，长一智。

1.Call a spade a spade.
          直言不讳。
2.Come what may, heaven won't fall.
           船到桥头自会直。（顺其自然。）
3.Constant dropping wears away a stone.
           滴水穿石。（只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。）
4.Content is better than riches.
           知足常乐。
5.Conversation makes one what he is.
          言如其人。
6.Counsel after action is like rain after harvest.
           事后诸葛亮。（马后炮。）
7.Cry up wine and sell vinegar.
          挂羊头，卖狗肉。
8.Custom is a second nature.
          习惯成自然。
9.Cut short the nonsense and return one's muttons.
           闲话少说，言归正传。
10.Cut the coat according to the cloth.
           量布裁衣。（量力而行。）

1.Dead men tell no tales.
       死人不会搬弄是非。
2.Death pays all debts.
      人死百债了。（身亡万债销。）
3.Deeds are males, and words are females.
       男子动手，女子动口。
4.Deliver not your words by number but by weight.
         言不在多，而在有份量。
5.Dexterity comes by experience.
          熟练来自经验。（熟能生巧。）
6.Diamond cut diamond.
           强中更有强中手。（龙争虎斗。）（棋逢对手。）
7.Diligence is near success.
           勤奋近乎成功。
8.Diligence is the mother of good luck.
           勤奋产生好运。
9.Diligence is the mother of success.
             勤奋是成功之母。
10.Do as the Romans do.
             入国要问禁。（入乡要随俗。）
11.Dogs that run after many hares kill none.
           贪多必失。
12.Doing is better than saying.
              做得好胜于说得好。（行胜于言。）
13.Do not despise your enemy.
             切莫轻视敌人。
14.Do not praise a day before sunset.
盖棺论定。（切勿褒贬过早。）
15.Don't fly till your wings are feathered.
羽毛未丰不要飞。
16.Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。（明日复明日，明日何其多。）
17.Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak.
不要尽言所知，而要尽知所言。
18.Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自寻烦恼。（不要自找麻烦。）
19.Don't waste life in doubts and fears.
不要在怀疑和恐惧中浪费生命。
20.Do one's level best.
全力以赴。（尽力而为。）
21.Doubt is the key of knowledge.
怀疑乃知识的钥匙。
22.Do well is better than say well.
说得好不如做得好。
23.Do what conscience says is right;
良心说对的你就做。
24.Downy lips make thoughtless slips.
嘴上没毛，办事不牢。
25.Draw water with a sieve.
竹篮打水一场空。
26.Dreams go by contraries.
梦想与现实相反。（事与愿违。）
27.Drunken days have all their tomorrows.
今朝有酒今朝醉。

1.Each day brings its own bread.
天无绝人之路。
2.Each goodly thing is hard to begin.
一切美好的事情，开头都是艰难的。（万事开头难。）
3.Early sow, early mow.
早播种早收获。
4.Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise!
睡得早，起得早，富裕聪明身体好。
5.Easier said than done.
说话容易做事难。
6.Easy come, easy go.
易来易去。（易得易失。）（赚钱容易花钱快。）
7.Eat one's cake and have it.
又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草。
8.Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
人的教养始于教育，成于社交。
9.Education has for its object the formation of character.
教育的目的在于培养品德。
10.Elbow grease gives the best polish.
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
11.Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
空桶响声大。（满瓶不响，半瓶叮当。）
12.Error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.
过去的错误是未来的才智和成功。（前车之覆，后车之鉴。）（失败是成功之母。）
13.Even the walls have ears.
隔墙有耳。
14.Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。（有得必有失。）
15.Every bird likes its own nest.
鸟慕其巢。（人爱其家。）
16.Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人都管，大家不管。（三个和尚无水吃。）
17.Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在，好花不常开。（盛筵难再。）
18.Every dog has his day.
凡人都有得意之日。（瓦片也有翻身之时。）
19.Every dog is a lion at home.
狗是家中狮大王，只在门前逞凶狂。（夜郎自大。）
20.Every Jack has his Jill.
人各有偶。（有情人终成眷属。）
21.Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object.
情人眼里出西施。
22.Every man is the son of his own works.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
23.Every one for himself and let the devil take the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。（利己主义者的格言。）
24.Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.
每个人的缺点不写在额角上。（知人知面不知心。）
25.Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives himself.
每个人都受两种教育，一种来自别人，另一种更重要的是来自自己。
26.Every pleasure has a pain.
乐中必有苦。（喜中必有悲。）
27.Everything has its seed.
无风不起浪。（事出有因。）
28.Everything has an end.
任何事物都有它的结果。
29.Every tree is known by its own fruit.
看了果实，可知树木。（观其言行，知其为人。）
30.Example is better than precept.
言教不如身教。

1.Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
2.Faith will move mountains.
精诚所至，金石为开。
3.Feed a pig and you'll have a hog.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
4.Few words are best.
少说为妙。
5.Fortune favours fools.
傻子有傻福。
6.Fortune is fickle.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
7.From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.
星星之火可以燎原。

1.Genius is nothing but labour and diligence.
天才无非是努力加勤奋。
2.Give as good as one gets.
以其人之道，还治其人之身。（以牙还牙。）
3.Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself.
多行不义必自毙。
4.Give every man your ear, but few your voice.
要多听少说。（多听为妙，少说为佳。）
5.God never shuts one door but he opens another.
天无绝人之路。
6.Gold will not buy everything.
黄金不能购买一切。（有钱不能万能。）
7.Good counsel does no harm.
忠言无害。
8.Good health above wealth.
健康重于财富。
9.Good news goes on crutches.
好事不出门。
10.Grasp all, lose all.
贪多必失。
11.Greatest genius often lies concealed.
大智若愚。
12.Great winds blow upon high hills.
树大招风。

1.Habit is second nature.
习惯成自然。
2.Happiness consists in contentment.
知足常乐。
3.Happy is the man that owes nothing.
无债一身轻。
4.Hardships never come alone.
祸不单行。
5.Harm watch, harm catch.
害人反害已。
6.He alone happy who commands his passions.
只有能控制感情的人，才会幸福。
7.Health is above wealth.
健康胜于财富。
8.Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
9.Hedges have eyes, and walls have ears.
篱笆有眼，隔墙有耳。
10.He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
不能指挥自己，就不能指挥别人。（正人先正已。）
11.He is wise that is honest.
诚实者明智。
12.He is wise that knows when he's well enough.
知足的人是聪明的人。
13.He knows most who speaks least.
大智者寡于言。
14.He must go whom the devil drives.
迫于形势。（势在必行。）
15.He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得高，跌得重。
16.He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell.
要吃胡桃肉，先砸胡桃壳。（不入虎穴，焉得虎子。）
17.He who risks nothing, gains nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

1.I am not now that which I have been.
今日之我已非昔日之我。
2.If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always.
施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。
3.If you don't aim high you will never hit high.
不立大志，难攀高峰。
4.I have no secret of success but hard work.
成功无秘诀，只是努力干。
5.I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish.
酒肉之交非朋友。
6.Ill gotten, ill spent.
悖入悖出。（来得不正，去得不正。）
7.Ill news comes space.
恶事传千里。
8.Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。
9.In for a penny, in for a pound.
一不做，二不休。
10.In wine there is truth.
酒后吐真言。
11.It is a long lane that has no turning.
路必有弯。（事必有变。）（山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村。）
12.It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
家丑不可外扬。
13.It is a small flock that has not a black sheep.
家家难免有败类。
14.It is dogged (that) does it.
天下无难事，只怕有心人。
15.It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前车之覆，后车之鉴。
16.It is no use crying over spilt milk.
事已如此，后悔无用。（泼水难收。）
17.It is the first step that costs.
万事开头难。
18.It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool.
大智若愚。
19.It never rains but it pours.
不雨则已，一下倾盆。（一波未平，一波又起。）（不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。）（祸不单行。）
20.It's no use pumping a dry well.
徒劳无益。
21.It takes two to make a quarrel.
要有两个人才吵得起来。（一只碗不响，两只碗叮当。）