· a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
· a beggar´s purse is bottomless.乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
· a bargain is a bargain.達成的協定不可撕毀。
· a bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差。 · a fool´s heart dances on his lips.愚人心坦蕩，掛在嘴唇上。
· a fool´s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.愚者千慮，必有一得。
· a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.一愚所失，百智難回。
· a fool may give a wise man counsel.愚者千慮，必有一得。
· a blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.秋波送盲，白費痴情。
· a blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it´s the boundary of the world.坐井觀天。
· a bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.略有勝於全無。
· a bird may be known by its song.什麽鳥唱什麽歌。
· a bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人
· a fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.愚者所問，智者難答。
· a fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.一愚發問，七智結舌。
· a fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.蠢人裝聰明，實在最可憐。
· a fool and his money are soon parted.笨蛋難聚財。
· a fool always rushes to the fore.傻瓜總愛強出頭。
· a fool always comes short of his reckoning.愚人常缺算計。
· a flow of words is no proof of wisdom.口若懸河不能作為才智的證明。
· affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.事情要安步就班地做，就會很快地做完。
· a fault confessed is half redressed.承認錯誤，等於改正一半。
· a father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
· a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長一智。
· a faithful friend is hard to find.益友難得。
· a fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。
· a fair death honours the whole life.死得光明，終身榮耀。
· adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.成功地克服困難是最大的光榮。
· adversity makes strange bedfellows.身處逆境不擇友。
· adversity makes a man wise, not rich.患難使人聰明，但不能致富。
· adversity leads to prosperity.逆境迎向昌盛。
· adversity is a good discipline.苦難是磨練人的好機會。
· a dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.骨頭打狗狗不叫。
· a cat may look at a king.貓也有權晉見國王。
· a candle lights others and consumes itself.蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人。
· a burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
· a burden of one´s choice is not felt.自己選的擔子不嫌重。
· absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚愛益切，離別情更深。
· a borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借來的斗篷不暖身。
· a book that remains shut is but a block.有書閉卷不閱讀，無異是一塊木頭。
· a book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.一本好書今天如此，將來也如此，永不改變。
· admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。
· a disease known is half cured.病情確診斷，治病好一半。
· a discontented man knows not where to sit easy.不滿足者坐無寧時。
· actions speak louder than words.事實勝於雄辯。
· action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行動是知識的巧果。
· a creaking door hangs long on its hinges.戶樞不蠹。
· a crafty knave needs no broker.狡猾的流氓，不需居間人。
· a covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.貪婪的人對別人毫無好處，對自己卻壞處更大。
· a contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常樂。
· a constant guest is never welcome.久住非佳賓，常來不歡迎。
· a common danger causes common action.同仇敵愾。
· a cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。
· a close mouth catches no flies.病從口入，禍從口出。
· a clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.寧為清貧，不為濁富。
· a clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
· a clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落，勝券在握。
· a clear conscience is a soft pillow.問心無愧，高枕無憂。
· a clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜。
· a cheerful wife is the joy of life.快樂的妻子是生活的樂事。
· a change of work is as good as a rest.調換一下工作是很好的休息。
· accidents will happen.天有不測風雲。