諺語(saying/proverb)是人類智慧的結晶，一般具有生動形象、喻義明顯、富於哲理的語言特徵。在一定程度上，英語諺語反映了英語民族的文化特點。英語諺語源遠流長，它既有民間流傳的諺語，又有來自《聖經》的、來自莎士比亞作品的和來自《伊索寓言》的，還有很多外來諺語。下文，本站小編為大家整理了中學生必背英語諺語大全，歡迎借鑑參考。
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A
1 Absense makes the heart grow fonder .
久別情深。
2 A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫釐，差之千里。
3 A cat may look at a king.
小人物也該有些權利。
4 A constant guest is never welcome.
常客招人嫌。
5 Always prepare for a rainy day .
未雨綢繆
6 All one's geese are swans.
敝帚自珍
7 A bad workman always blames his tools.
不會撐船怪河彎。
8 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一蘋果，不用請醫生。
9 A little learning is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人
10 A cat has nine lives.
貓有九條命;吉人天相。
11 All roads lead to Rome.
條條大路通羅馬。
12 All that ends well is well.
或: All is well that ends well.
結果好，就一切都好。
13 All good things (must) come to an end.
天下沒有不散的筵席。
14 A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不恥下問才能有學問。
15 All that glitters is not gold.
或: All is not gold that glitters.
閃光的不一定都是金子。
16 All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事總是由難而易。
17 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
18 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之計在於晨。
19 After dinner sit a while,after supper walk a mile.
正餐以後,休息片刻,晚餐以後,步行一哩。
20 A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
21 A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆豐年。
22 A penny saved is a penny gained.(earned).
省一文是一文。
23 A good fame is better than a good face.
美名勝於美貌。
24 A great talker is a great liar.
最誇誇其談的人也最會說謊。
25 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難時的朋友才是真正的朋友。
26 After a storm comes a calm.
暴風雨後天平靜;否極泰來。
27 A good beginning is half done.
良好的開端就是成功了一半。
28 A little pot is soon hot.
壺小易熱，量小易怒。
29 A young idler, an old beggar.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
30 A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
31 A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口。
32 Art is long, life is short.
藝術永恆，生命短暫。
33 A bold attempt is half success.
勇敢的嘗試是成功的一半。
34 A rose by any other name would smell as sweet .
玫瑰易名，馨香如故。
35 Actions speak louder than words.
行動比語言更響亮。
36 A leopard cannot change its spots.
江山易改,本性難移。
37 A hedge between keeps friendship green.
有好籬笆才有好鄰居
38 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一塹，長一智。
39 A watched pot never boils .
心急水不沸。
40 A burnt child fears /dreads the fire .
一朝被灼傷，見火就害怕。
41 A close mouth catches no flies .
嘴脣緊閉，蒼蠅難進。/ 口緊不招禍。
42 A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
愛錢如命的父親生個兒子揮金如土。
43 An old physician, and a young lawyer.
醫生年老的好，律師年輕的俏。
44 A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.
失友都因借錢起。
45 A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber.
偷多偷少都是賊
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B
1 Beggars' bags are bottomless.
乞丐不知足
2 Beggars can't be choosers .
乞丐那能挑肥揀瘦。
3 Beauty is but skin-deep .
外表美是膚淺短暫的'。
4 Blood is thicker than water.
血比水濃(親人總比外人親)
5 Books and friends should be few but good.
讀書如交友，應求少而精。
6 Business is the salt of life.
事業是人生的第一需要。
7 Barking dogs seldom bite.
愛吠的狗不咬人。
8 Better late than never.
遲做總比不做好 /亡羊補牢，猶未算遲。
9 Better to ask the way than go astray.
問路總比迷路好。
10 Bad news has wings. 或:Bad news travels fast .
好事不出門，壞事傳千里。
11 Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚，人以群分。
12 Business is business.
公事公辦。
13 Better an open enemy than a false friend.
明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
14 Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
不輕諾，諾必果。
15 Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.
聊勝於無。
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C
1 Children and fools tell the truth.
孩子和傻子，口中無詐語
2 Caution is the parent of safety.
小心駛得萬年船。
3 Children should be seen but not be heard.
大人在講話，小孩別插嘴
4 Choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye.
擇妻靠耳，不靠眼
5 Cloudy mornings give way to clear evenings.
早晨雲遮日，晚上星滿天
6 Coming events cast their shadows before.
未來之事，必有前兆
7 Courtesy costs nothing.
彬彬有禮，惠而不費
8 Cowards die many times before their deaths.
膽小鬼在真正斷氣之前要死許多次。
9 Custom rules the law.
風俗左右法律
10 Cut your coat according to your cloth.
量布裁衣。(量入為出)
11 Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水穿石。
12 Care killed a cat.
憂慮愁死貓。
13 Call a spade a spade.
直言不諱。
14 Cheerful company shortens the miles.
旅有好旅伴,不覺行程遠.
15 Children and fools speak the truth.
孩子和傻子，說的是真話。
16 Content is happiness.
知足常樂。
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D
1 Diamond cut diamond.
強中更有強中手。
2 Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
3 Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻煩。
4 Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
雞蛋還未孵，先別數雞雛
5 Don't carry coals to Newcastle .
別向煤區運煤/ 別多此一舉。
6 Doing nothing is doing ill.
無所事事，必幹壞事
7 Do not cry for the moon.
海底撈月辦不到
8 Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
遮蔭之樹不可砍
9 Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.
不要孤注一擲
10 Do not quarrel with your bread and butter.
不要砸自己的“飯碗”
11 Do not rob Peter to pay Paul.
不要挖肉補瘡
12 Dying is as natural as living.
有生必有死
13 Diet cures more than the doctor.
藥補不如食補
14 Debt is better than death.
負債總比死亡強。
15 Drawn wells are seldom dry.
水井常用不枯竭。
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E
1 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise .
早睡早起身體好。
2 Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人為生而食，不為食而生
3 Every minute counts.
分秒必爭。
4 Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
5 Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇。
6 Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。
7 Empty vessels make the most noise.
滿瓶子不響，半瓶子晃盪
8 Everything comes to him who waits.
耐心等待，萬事皆成
9 Experience is the best teacher.
經驗是良師
10 Experience is the father of wisdom.
經驗是智慧之父
11 Experience must be bought.
要取得經驗，須付出代價
12 Extremes are dangerous.
凡事走向極端是危險的
13 Easier said than done.
說易行難。
14 East or west,home is best.
金窩銀窩，不如家裡的草窩。
15 Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
16 Easy come, easy go.
來也匆匆，去也匆匆。
17 Every dog has his day.
人人都有得意時
18 Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千慮，必有一失。
19 Everybody's business is nobody's business.
眾人的事就是無人過問的事。
20 Every little helps ( a mickle).
涓涓細流匯成河,粒粒稻菽堆滿籮
21 Every man has his price .
天生我材必有用。
22 Eat at pleasure,drink with measure.
隨意吃飯,適度飲酒。
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1 Few words,many deeds.
少說話，多做事。
2 Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果味甜。
3 Far water does not put out near fire.
遠水救不了近火
4 Fine feathers make fine birds.
佛要金裝，人要衣裝
5 Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
水火是忠僕，也能成災主
6 Friendship should not be all on one side.
友誼靠雙方
7 Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。
8 Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把雙刃劍。
9 From small beginning come great things.
偉大始於渺小。
10 Four eyes see more than two.
集思廣益。
11 First come, first served.
先到先招待。
12 Familiarity breeds contempt.
親不敬,熟生厭;近廟欺神
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G
1 Great hopes make great man.
遠大的希望造就偉大的人物。
2 Great men have great faults.
偉大人物也會有巨大的過失。
13 Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不過是勤奮而已。
14 Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
行路有良伴就是捷徑。
15 Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.
早睡早起。
16 God helps those who help themselves .
自助者，天助也。
17 Great minds think alike.
英雄所見略同。
18 Good advice is beyond all price.
忠告是無價寶。
19 Grasp all, lose all.
樣樣都要，全都失掉。
20 Give him an inch and he will take a yard.
得寸進尺
21 Give me liberty ,or give me death .
沒有自由寧可死。
22 Good advice is harsh to the ear.
忠言逆耳
23 Good health is above wealth.
健康勝過財富
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1 Honesty is the best policy.
誠實是上上之策。
2 Habit is the second nature.
習慣成自然。
3 Health is not valued till sickness comes.
有病方知健康貴。
4 Hear all parties.
兼聽則明，偏聽則暗
5 Hedges have eyes and walls have ears.
籬笆有眼，牆壁長耳
6 He is a wise man who speaks little.
智多言語少。
7 He laughs best who laughs last.
誰笑在最後，誰笑的最好
8 He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man .
不到長城非好漢。
9 Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的願望,做最壞的打算。
10 History repeats itself.
歷史會重演。
11 He that seeks trouble never misses .
找麻煩的人從來不會錯過。
12 He who would search for pearls must dive below .
想要珍珠必須潛到水裡。
13 Happiness consists in contentment.
知足常樂。
14 He that will thrive must rise at five.
五更起床，百事興旺。
15 Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.
蜜糖是甜的，但蜜蜂會螫人。
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1 It takes two to make a quarrel.
或:It takes two to tango.
吵架要有兩個人。
2 If we dream, everything is possible.
敢於夢想，一切都將成為可能。
3 It is not work that kills,but worry.
工作不會傷身,傷身乃是憂慮。
4 It never rains but it pours.
雨則已，一雨傾盆。
5 If winter comes , can spring be far behind ?
春天已經來了，冬天還會遠嗎?
6 If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.
如果事情值得做，就值得做好。
7 If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
同時追兩兔，全都抓不住
8 In the end, things will mend.
車到山前必有路
9 It is never too late to learn.
活到老，學到老
10 It is never too late to mend.
改過不嫌晚
11 It is easy to be wise after the event.
事後諸葛亮好當。
12 It is hard to please all.
眾口難調
13 It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水難收。
14 If the sky falls , we shall catch larks .
天塌下來正好抓雲雀/不必杞人憂天
15 If you want peace , prepare for war .
要和平，先備戰。
16 In fair weather prepare for foul.
未雨綢繆
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1 Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.
與眾同樂，其樂更樂。
2 Justice has long arms.
天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
3 Never judgea man by his looks/appearance.
人不可貌相
4 Judge not of men and things at first sight.
初次印象，難得真相
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K
1 Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.
殺雞取蛋，愚蠢荒唐
2 Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭雙鵰
3 Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
少時有知識，老來有智慧
4 Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
知識是寶庫，實踐是鑰匙
5 Keep something for a rainy day .
未雨綢繆
6 Knowledge is power. (Francis Bacon )
知識就是力量。
7 Knowing something of everything and everything of something.
通百藝而專一長。
8 Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
要多看少說。
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1 Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
歡笑，整個世界伴你歡笑。哭泣，只有你獨自垂淚。
2 Lay things by, they may come to use.
蓄物必有其用
3 Long absent, soon forgotten.
別久情疏
4 Look at the bright side.
對事物持樂觀態度
5 Lost time is never found again.
光陰一去不復返
6 Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的
7 Love your neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.
鄰居無論多好，圍籬不可推倒。
8 Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生並不全是吃喝玩樂。
9 Lifeless, faultless.
只有死人才不犯錯誤。
10 Look before you leap.
慎思而後行。
11 Like father,like son.
有其父，必有其子。
12 Let sleeping dogs lie.
勿惹事生非。
13 Love me,love my dog.
愛屋及烏。
14 Lookers-on see more than players.
當局者迷，旁觀者清。
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1 Many a little makes a mickle.
積少成多。
2 Misfortune is a good teacher.
不幸是良好的教師。
3 Man proposes, God disposes.
謀事在人，成事在天。
4 Misfortunes never come alone/single.
禍不單行。
5 More haste , less speed .
欲速則不達。
6 Make hay while the sun shines.
晒草要趁太陽好。
7 Many hands make light work.
眾人拾柴火焰高。
8 Men are silent; fools talk.
智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不絕
9 Measure thrice before you cut once .
多量幾次再裁。
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1 Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是發明之母。
2 No cross, no crown.
沒有十字架，就沒有王冠
3 No mill, no meal.
不磨面就沒有面包吃。
4 No rose without a thorn.
玫瑰皆有刺
5 Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
6 New lords,new laws.
新君立新法。
7 Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it .
世上無難事只要肯登攀
8 Need makes the old wife trot.
事急老嫗跑
9 Never buy a pig in a poke.
東西沒看清，不要急著買
10 Never hit a man when he's down.
不要落井下石
11 Never light your candle at both ends.
蠟燭切莫兩頭點(不可過分消耗體力)
12 Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今天能夠做的事，切莫拖延到明天
13 No bees, no honey; no work, no money.
無蜂則無蜜，不勞則無酬
14 No fool like an old fool.
老糊塗，最糊塗
15 No way is impossible to courage.
勇士面前，無路不通
16 Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
心之所願,無事不成
17 No one can call back yesterday
昨日不會重現。
18 Nothing succeeds like success.
一事如意，萬事順利。
19 No sweet without sweat.
先苦後甜。
20 No smoke without fire.
無風不起浪。
21 No news is good news .
沒有訊息就是好訊息。
22 No pains , no gains .
不勞無獲
23 No man is born wise or learned.
人非生而知之，乃學而知之
24 No road is long with good company.
旅途有好伴，千里不覺長
25 No weather is ill, if the wind be still.
沒風就是好天氣。
26 Never offer to teach fish to swim .
不要班門弄斧。
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1 Offense is the best defense .
進攻是最好的防禦。
2 Observation is the best teacher.
觀察是最好的老師。
3 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一個和尚挑水喝，兩個和尚抬水喝，三個和尚沒水喝。
4 One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前車之鑑。
5 One man's meat is another man's poison.
蘿蔔青菜,各有所愛。
6 One is never too old to learn .
活到老，學到老。
7 Once a man and twice a child.
一次老，兩次小。
8 Other times, other manners.
時移俗易
9 Old friends and old wines are best.
陳酒味醇，老友情深。
10 Once bitten, twice shy.
一次被咬，下次膽小。
11 One never loses anything by politeness.
禮多不吃虧;禮多人不怪。
12 One today is worth two tomorrows.
一個今天勝似兩個明天。
13 Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不見，心不想。
14 One good turn deserves another.
善有善報
15 Once a thief, always a thief.
一次做賊，永遠做賊
16 One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不能成夏天
17 Out of office, out of danger.
無官一身輕。
18 Once on shore, we pray no more.
一旦上了岸，就不再祈禱。
19 One wrong (or false) move can lose the whole game.
棋錯一著，全盤皆輸。
20 Overdone is worse than undone.
過猶不及。
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1 Pain past is pleasure.
過去的痛苦就是快樂。
2 Prevention is better than cure.
預防勝於治療。
3 Praise is not pudding.
恭維不是實惠。
4 Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
5 Penny wise, pound foolish.
抓了芝麻，丟了西瓜/貪小便宜吃大虧。
6 Promise is debt.
許願就是債，欠了不容賴。
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R
1 Rain before seven,clear by eleven.
早雨不過午。
2 Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man,and writing an exact man.
閱讀使人淵博，會談使人機敏，寫作使人嚴謹。
3 Rome was not built in a day.
冰凍三尺非一日之寒。
4 Revolutions are not made with rosewater.
革命不是玫瑰香水做成的(革命不能採用溫和的辦法)。
5 Roses have thorns.
玫瑰好看卻有刺
6 Reading enriches the mind.
開卷有益。
7 Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
讀書健腦，運動強身。
8 Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬，必須自重。
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1 Sadness and gladness succeed one another.
樂極生悲，苦盡甘來
2 Saving is getting.
節約等於增加收入
3 Satan always finds work for idle hands.
魔鬼專坑懶鬼
4 Second thoughts are best.
三思而後行
5 Short pleasure, long lament.
痛快一時，痛苦一世
6 So many countries, so many customs.
國家不一，風俗各異
7 So many men, so many minds.
人心不同，各如其面
8 Speech is the picture of the mind.
言為心聲
9 Seeing is believing.
眼見為實。
10 Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快，爛得快。
11 Something is better than nothing.
聊勝於無。
12 Still waters run deep.
靜水流深。
13 Strike while the iron is hot.
趁熱打鐵。
14 Storms make trees take deeper roots.
風暴使樹木深深紮根。
15 Speech is silver,silence is gold.
言語是銀，沉默是金。
16 Spare the rod and spoil the child.
省了棍子，慣壞了孩子。
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T
1 Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.
用槍打蝴蝶，小題大做(殺雞焉用牛刀)
2 The danger past and God forgotten.
過河拆橋。
3 The grass is greener on the other side.
這山望著那山高。
4 The proof of the pudding is in the eating .
布丁好不好,吃了才知道。
5 Teaching others teaches yourself.
教學相長。
6 Talk of the devil and he will appear.
說曹操，曹操就到。
7 There are two sides to every question.
問題皆有兩面。
8 The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人言可畏。
9 The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.
舌無骨卻能折斷骨。
10 Two heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮。
11 The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
井底之蛙，不知大海。
12 Time and tide wait(s) for no man.
歲月不待人。
13 The child is father of the man.
三歲定到老。
14 The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃/捷足先登
15 The leopard can never change its spots.
花豹永不能改變身上的斑點/本性難移
16 Teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
班門弄斧。
17 Three removes are as bad as a fire.
三次搬家猶如一次失火。
18 To err is human ;to forgive ,divine .
犯錯誤是人;寬恕是神。
19 Things done cannot be undone.
事已定局不能挽回;覆水難收。
20 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
廚師太多燒壞湯。
21 Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家;同行相妒。
22 The best fish smell bad when they are three days old.
久居別家招人嫌。
23 Tall trees catch much wind.
樹大招風
24 The best mirror is an old friend.
老友是明鏡
25 The day has eyes, the night has ears.
若要人不知，除非已莫為
26 The best fish are(swim) near the bottom .
好魚居水底/有價值的東西不能輕易得到。
27 The tailor makes the man.
人靠衣裝.
28 The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑一百步。/罐子笑鍋黑。
29 Truth never grows old.
真理永存。
30 Time tries all.
路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
31 The style is the man.
文如其人。
32 There is no general rule without some exception.
任何法規均有例外。
33 The pen is mightier than the sword.
筆能殺人。
34 The darkest hour is nearest the dawn .
The darkest hour is that before the dawn .
黎明前最黑暗。/ 接近成功最痛苦。
35 The lion is not so fierce as he is painted .
猴子沒有所畫的那麼凶猛。/傳聞往往言過其實。
36 The darkest place is under the candlestick.
燭臺底下最暗。
37 There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging.
生活道路有三條∶勞動、偷盜或乞討。
38 There are three ways of spreading news. -- telegraph, telephone, and tel-a-woman.
傳播新聞有三種方法∶電報、電話和告訴女人。
39 There is a black sheep in every flock.
群群羊中有黑羊。
40 To choose time is to save time.
(Francis Bacon, British philosopher)
合理安排時間就是節約時間。
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U
1 United we stand, divided we fall.
合即立，分即垮。
2 Under water, famine; under snow, bread.
洪水造饑饉，瑞雪兆豐年
3 Union is strength.
團結就是力量
4 Use makes perfectness.
熟能生巧
5 Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠言逆耳利於行
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V
1 Variety is the spice of life .
豐富多采，生活才有樂趣。
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W
1 Words cut more than swords.
惡語傷人勝過利劍
2 Walls have ears.
隔牆有耳。
3 Weak things united become strong.
一根筷子易折斷，十根筷子硬如鐵
4 What is done by night appears by day.
若要人不知，除非已莫為
5 When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.
牆倒眾人推
6 Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康，錢再多也沒用。
7 What is done cannot be undone .
木已成舟 / 覆水難收
8 When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.
貧窮進門來，愛情越窗飛
9 When the cat is away, the mice will play.
貓兒不在，鼠兒成精
10 Whom the gods love die young.
好人不長命。
11 We never know the value of water till the well is dry.
井榦方知水可貴
12 Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
腦中有知識，勝過手中有金錢。
13 Where there is life,there is hope.
生命不息，希望長在。/ 留得青山在，不怕沒材燒。
14 When in Rome , do as the Romans do .
入鄉隨俗。入國問禁。
15 Where there is a will , there is a way .
有志者，事競成。
16 Well begun is half done .
良好的開端是成功的一半。
17 Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.(The Bible)
種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。
18 When two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps.
兩友合用一錢包，一個悲來一個笑。
19 When three know it, all know it.
三人知，天下曉。
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Y
1 You may know a man by the company he keeps.
觀友知其人
2 You cannot eat your cake and have it.
魚與熊掌，不可得兼。
3 You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
強扭的瓜不甜
4 You never know what you can till you try.
是驢子是馬，拉出來遛遛。
5 You never know till you have tried.
不嘗試，不知曉
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1 There is an old saying that a snow year, a rich year.
"有句諺語說,瑞雪兆豐年。"
2 "More haste , less speed ," as the saying goes.
俗話說欲速則不達。
3 As the saying goes , to err is human.
俗話說人非聖賢，孰能無過。
4 It is a common saying that god helps those who help themselves .
俗話說自助者，天助也。