謀事在人，成事在天。
many hands make light work.
眾人拾柴火焰高。
many heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。
many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭。
measure for measure.
針鋒相對。
misfortunes never come alone.
禍不單行。
misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患難見真情。
money isn't everything.
錢不是萬能的。
murder will out.
紙包不住火。
my son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
兒子婚前是兒子，女兒終生是女兒。
nature is the true law.
天行有常，不為堯存，不為桀亡。
necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是發明的動力。
never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸魚。
never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
never say die.
永不言敗。
never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊補牢，為時未晚。
new wine in old bottles.
舊瓶裝新酒。
no cross, no crown.
不經歷風雨，怎?n見彩虹。
no garden without its weeds.
沒有不長草的園子。
no living man all things can.
世上沒有萬事通。
no man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。
no man is born wise or learned.
沒有生而知之者。
no man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。
no man is wise at all times.
聰明一世，糊塗一時。
none are so blind as those who won't see.
視而不見。
none are so deaf as those who won't hear.
充耳不聞。
no news is good news.
沒有訊息就是好訊息。
no one can call back yesterday.
昨日不會重現。
no pains, no gains.
沒有付出就沒有收穫。
no pleasure without pain.
沒有苦就沒有樂。
no rose without a thorn.
沒有不帶刺的玫瑰。
no sweet without sweat.
先苦後甜。
no smoke without fire.
無風不起浪。
nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼淚乾得最快。
nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。
nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，只要肯登攀。
nothing seek, nothing find.
沒有追求就沒有收穫。
nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行，語言最要緊。
nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲。
not to advance is to go back.
不進則退。
not to know what happened before one was born is
always to be a child.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
no way is impossible to courage.
勇者無懼。
obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
軍人以服從命令為天職。
observation is the best teacher.
觀察是最好的老師。
offense is the best defense.
進攻是最好的防禦。
old friends and old wines are best.
陳酒味醇，老友情深。
old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。
once a man and twice a child.
一次老，兩次小。
once a thief, always a thief.
偷盜一次，做賊一世。
once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
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。
one cannot put back the clock.
時鐘不能倒轉。
one eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百聞不如一見。
one false move may lose the game.
一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。
one good turn deserves another.
行善積德。
one hour today is worth two tomorrow.
爭分奪秒效率高。
one man's fault is other man's lesson.
前車之鑑。
one never loses anything by politeness.
講禮貌不吃虧。
one swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
one's words reflect one's thinking.
言為心聲。
out of debt, out of danger.
無債一身輕。
out of office, out of danger.
無官一身輕。
out of sight, out of mind.
眼不見，心為靜。
patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良藥。
penny wise, pound foolish.
貪小便宜吃大虧。
plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，說到的多，做到的少。
please the eye and plague the heart.
貪圖一時快活，必然留下隱禍。
pleasure comes through toil.
苦盡甘來。
pour water into a sieve.
竹籃子打水一場空。
practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
praise is not pudding.
恭維話不能當飯吃。
praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
好人越夸越好，壞人越夸越糟。
prefer loss to unjust gain.
寧可吃虧，不貪便宜。
prevention is better than cure.
預防勝於治療。
pride goes before, and shame comes after.
驕傲使人落後。
promise is debt.
一諾千金。
proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
諺語是日常經驗的結晶。
pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。
put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置。
put your shoulder to the wheel.
鼎力相助。
reading enriches the mind.
開券有益。
reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
讀書健腦，運動強身。
respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬，必須自重。
rome is not built in a day.
冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。
saying is one thing and doing another.
言行不一。
seeing is believing.
眼見為實。
seek the truth from facts.
實事求是。
send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者當差，不用交代。
set a thief to catch a thief.
以賊捉賊。
short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算賬。
something is better than nothing.
聊勝於無。
soon learn, soon forgotten.
學得快，忘得快。
soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快，爛得快。
speech is silver, silence is gold.
能言是銀，沈默是金。
still water run deep.
靜水常深。
strike the iron while it is hot.
趁熱打鐵。
success belongs to the persevering.
堅持就是勝利。
take things as they come.
既來之，則安之。
talking mends no holes.
空談無補。
talk of the devil and he will appear.
說曹操，曹操就到。
tall trees catch much wind.
樹大招風。
teach others by your example.
躬親示範。
the best hearts are always the bravest.
無私者無畏。
the best man stumbles.
偉人也有犯錯時。
the cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
掩耳盜鈴。
the danger past and god forgotten.
過河拆橋。
the darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的黑暗。
the darkest place is under the candlestick.
燭台底下最暗。
the devil knows many things because he is old.
老馬識途。
the devil sometimes speaks the truth.
魔鬼有時也會說真話。
the die is cast.
木已成舟。
the early bird catches the worm.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。
the end justifies the means.
只要目的正當，可以不擇手段。
the end makes all equal.
死亡面前，人人平等。
the eye is bigger than the belly.
貪多嚼不爛。
the farthest way about is the nearest way home.
抄近路反而繞遠路。
the finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢，不成器。
the fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.
烈火驗真金，艱難磨意志。
the first step is the only difficulty.
邁出第一步是最艱難的。
the fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
機關算盡太聰明，反誤了卿卿性命。
the fox preys farthest from home.
兔子不吃窩邊草。
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
坐井觀天。
the grass is greener on the other side.
這山望著那山高。
the greatest talkers are always least doers.
語言的巨人總是行動的矮子。
the higher up, the greater the fall.
爬得高，摔得慘。
the leopard cannot change its spots.
本性難移。
the more noble, the more humble.
人越高尚，越謙虛。
the more wit, the less courage.
初生牛犢不怕虎。
the outsider sees the most of the game.
旁觀者清。
the pen is mightier than the sword.
筆能殺人。
the pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。
there are spots in the sun.
太陽也有黑點。
there are two sides to every question.
問題皆有兩面。
there is a skeleton in the cupboard.
家家有本難念的經。
there is kindness to be found everywhere.
人間處處有溫情。
there is no general rule without some exception.
任何法規均有例外。
there is no medicine against death.
沒有長生不老藥。
there is no place like home.
金窩銀窩不如咱的狗窩。
there is no royal road to learning.
書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟。
the style is the man.
字如其人。
the tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人言可畏。
the water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能載舟，亦能覆舟。
the wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清，濁者自濁。
the wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後。
ery minute counts.
分秒必爭。
every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
every potter praises hit pot.
王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇。
everything is good when new, but friends when old.
東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。
example is better then percept.
說一遍，不如做一遍。
experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
經驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。
experience must be bought.
吃一塹，長一智。
fact speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
failure is the mother of success.
失敗是成功之母。
false friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
far from eye, far from heart.
眼不見，心不煩。
far water does not put out near fire.
遠水救不了近火。
faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。
fear always springs from ignorance.
恐懼源於無知。
fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔牆有耳。
fire and water have no mercy.
水火無情。
fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把雙刃劍。
first come, first served.
先來後到。
first impressions are half the battle.
初次見面，印象最深。
first think and then speak.
先想後說。
fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
fool's haste is no speed.
欲速則不達。
fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。
fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn
much from fools.
愚者不學無術，智者不恥下問。
forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
fortune favors those who use their judgement.
機遇偏愛善斷之人。
fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
風水輪流轉。
four eyes see more than two.
集思廣益。
friends agree best at distance.
朋友之間也會保持距離。
friends are thieves of time.
朋友是時間的竊賊。
friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的時候。
genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不過是勤奮而已。
give a dog a bad name and hang him.
眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。
god helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
gold will not buy anything.
黃金並非萬能。
good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德報德是常理，以德報怨大丈夫。
good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的財富。
good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良藥苦口利於病。
good watch prevents misfortune.
謹慎消災。
great barkers are no biters.
好狗不擋道。
great hopes make great man.
偉大的抱負造就偉大的人物。
great minds think alike.
英雄所見略同。
great men have great faults.
英雄犯大錯誤。
great men's sons seldom do well.
富不過三代。
great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大樹底下好乘涼。
great wits have short memories.
貴人多忘事。
greedy folks have long arms.
心貪手長。
guilty consciences make men cowards.
做賊心虛。
habit cures habit.
心病還需心藥醫。
handsome is he who does handsomely.
行為漂亮才算美。
happiness takes no account of time.
歡樂不覺時光過。
happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背債。
happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教訓，自己才會走運。
harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
hasty love, soon cold.
一見鍾情難維久。
health is better than wealth.
健康勝過財富。
health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
hear all parties.
兼聽則明。
heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不動，叫天何用。
he is a fool that forgets himself.
愚者忘乎所以。
he is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背後說好話，才是真朋友。
he is a wise man who speaks little.
聰明不是掛在嘴上。
he is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯錯誤。
he is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人先正己。
he is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自嘲者不會讓人見笑。
he is wise that is honest.
誠實者最明智。
he knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
he laughs best who laughs last.
誰笑到最後，誰笑得最好。
he sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。
he that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得越高，摔得越重。
he that will not work shall not eat.
不勞動者不得食。
he who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不進則退。
he who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
經常訴苦，沒人同情。
he who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯錯誤，就一事無成。
he who risks nothing gains nothing.
收穫與風險並存。
history repeats itself.
歷史往往重演。
honesty is the best policy.
做人誠信為本。
hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的願望，做最壞的打算。
i cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿諛奉承。
if a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上當一回頭，再多就可恥。
if you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。
if your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵發燒，有人念叨。
if you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
腳踏兩條船，必定落空。
if you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
殺雞取卵。
if you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
if you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。
industry is the parent of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
it is better to die when life is a disgrace.
寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。
it is easier to get money than to keep it.
掙錢容易攢錢難。
it is easy to be wise after the event.
事後諸葛亮好當。
it is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
創業容易守業難。
it is hard to please all.
眾口難調。
it is never too old to learn.
活到老，學到老。
it is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水難收。
it is the first step that costs troublesome.
萬事開頭難。
it is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
it is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良機，後悔已遲。
it never rains but it pours.
不鳴則已，一鳴驚人。
it takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年樹木，百年樹人。
jack of all trades and master of none.
門門精通，樣樣稀鬆。
judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
justice has long arms.
天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
kill two birds with one stone.
一箭雙鵰。
kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王發狂，百姓遭殃。
kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博學使人謙遜，無知使人驕傲。
learn and live.
活著，為了學習。
learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越學越好，壞人越學越壞。
learn not and know not.
不學無術。
learn to walk before you run.
先學走，再學跑。
let bygones be bygones.
過去的就讓它過去吧。
let sleeping dogs lie.
別惹麻煩。
let the cat out of the bag.
漏天機。
lies can never changes fact.
謊言終究是謊言。
lies have short legs.
謊言站不長。
life is but a span.
人生苦短。
life is half spent before we know what it is.
人過半生，方知天命。
life is not all roses.
人生並不是康莊大道。
life without a friend is death.
沒有朋友，雖生猶死。
like a rat in a hole.
?y中之?。
like author, like book.
文如其人。
like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
like for like.
一報還一報。
like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
like mother, like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
like teacher, like pupil.
什?n樣的老師教什?n樣的學生。
like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
little things amuse little minds.
小人無大志。
look before you leap.
摸清情況再行動。
lookers-on see more than players.
當局者迷，旁觀者清。
losers are always in the wrong.
勝者為王，敗者為寇。
lost time is never found again.
歲月既往，一去不回。
love at first sight.
一見鍾情。
love cannot be compelled.
愛情不能強求。
love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。
love is full of trouble.
愛情充滿煩惱。
love is never without jealousy.
沒有妒忌就沒有愛情。
love me, love my dog.
愛屋及烏。
make hay while the sun shines.
良機勿失。
make your enemy your friend.
化敵為友。
man is the soul of the universe.
人是萬物之靈。
man proposes, god disposes.