英語格言

Sloth is the key of poverty.惰能致貧。

Sloth turneth the edge of wit.懶散能磨去才智的鋒芒。

Something is better than nothing.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Speak when you are spoken to.

Speaking without think is shooting without aiming. 說話不假思索,等於無的放矢。

Speech is the picture of the mind. 言為心聲。

Still waters run deep.

Strike while the iron is hot.趁熱打鐵。

Sweet things are bad for the teeth.

Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.時來必須要趁時,不然時去無聲息。

Tall trees catch much wind.樹大招風。

Teach an old dog new tricks 使守舊的人接受新事物

Teach the dog to bark 教狗怎么叫(意指多此一舉)

Teaching others teaches yourself.教學相長。

That's like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl. 引狼入室; 等於把貓放在金魚缸旁。

The bait hides the hook.

The best fish swim near the bottom.

The best go first.

The best of friends must part.

The best things in life are free.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The burnt child dreads the fire.

The cat did it. 【 口謔 】 是貓打破的; 不是我搞的。(推託責任的話)

The cat is out of the bag. 【 口 】 秘密泄露; 真相大白。

The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 掩耳盜鈴; 貓偷吃奶油的時候, 總是閉著眼睛。

The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet. 貓兒想吃魚, 又怕濕了腳(想吃魚又怕腥; 想得到某種東西又怕麻煩或擔風險)。

The day is short but the work is much.工作多,光陰迫。

The dog returns to his vomit. 狗回頭吃自己吐出來的東西; 重犯舊日罪惡。

The early bird catches the worm.

The end justifies the means.

The female of the species is more deadly than the male.

The first step is the hardest.

The grapes are sour.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

The last straw breaks the camel's back.

The more one knows, the less one believes.

The more you get, the more you want.

The morning sun never lasts a day.好景不常;朝陽不能光照全日。

The pot calls the kettle black.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The scalded cat fears cold water. 被燙過的貓, 連冷水也怕(一朝被蛇咬, 三年怕井繩)

The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.節儉是致富的秘訣。

The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.最簡短的回答就是一個"乾"字。

The early bird catches the worm.笨鳥先飛。

The kettle and the pot.一丘之貉。

The leopard cannot change its spots. 本性難移。

The water that bears boat is the same that swallows it up.水能載舟,亦能覆舟。

There are only twenty-four hours in a day.

There are two sides to every question.

There is a black sheep in every flock.到處都有害群之馬。

There is a time and a place for everything.

There is more than one way to skin a cat.

There is no honor among thieves.

There is safety in numbers.

There is no smoke without fire. 無風不起浪。

There's a black sheep in every flock.

There's no fool like an old fool.

There's no place like home.

There's no smoke without fire.

There's one law for the rich, and another for the poor.

They that dance must pay the fiddler.

They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.不能如願而行,也須盡力而為。

Things are not always what they seem.