好景不常在。
every dog has his day.
誰都有得意的時候。
a mother's love never changes.
母愛永恆。
an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一蘋果，不用請醫生。
a new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之計在於晨。
an old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗學不出新把戲。
an ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聰明才智，不如運氣。
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
預防為主，治療為輔。
a rolling stone gathers no moss.
滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
as a man sows, so he shall reap.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
a single flower does not make a spring.
一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。
a snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆豐年。
a sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓於健康的身體。
a still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
a stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不補，大洞吃苦。
a straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
a wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。
a word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，駟馬難追。
a year‘s plan starts with spring.
一年之計在於春。
a young idler, an old beggar.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
bad news has wings.
好事不出門，壞事傳千里。
barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
beauty lies in the love‘s eyes.
情人眼裡出西施。
be swift to hear, slow to speak.
聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。
better late than never.
不怕慢，單怕站。
better to ask the way than go astray.
問路總比迷路好。
between friends all is common.
朋友之間不分彼此。
birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚，人以群分。
blood is thicker than water.
every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死難逃。
every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦惱。
every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不為己，天誅地滅。
every man has his faults.
金無足赤，人無完人。
every man has his hobbyhorse.
蘿蔔青菜，各有所愛。
every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱點。
every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命運自己掌握。
every minute counts.
分秒必爭。
every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
a good husband makes a good wife.
夫善則妻賢。
a good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口。
a good wife health is a man‘s best wealth.
妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。
a great talker is a great liar.
說大話者多謊言。
a hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
a joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。
a leopard cannot change its spots.
積習難改。
a liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。
a light heart lives long.