1、a friend in need is a friend indeed.患難見真情(“inadversity, true feelings are revealed.”)
2、the early bird gets the worm.捷足先登(“a fast foot isfirst to climb.”)
3、we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.船到橋頭自然直(“the ship will reach the end of the bridge in due course.”)
4、misery loves company.同病相憐(“patients withsimilar conditions empathise with each other.”)
5、don’t put off until tomorrow what can be done today.今日事，今日畢(“today’stask today’s job to complete.”)
6、what goes around, comes around.善有善報，惡有惡報(“kind deed spay rich dividends, evil is repaid with evil.”)種瓜得瓜(“as you sow a melon, so you shall reap one.”)種豆得豆(“as you sow a bean,so you shall reap one.”)媳婦熬成婆(“a daughter-in-law who suffers will one day become a mother-in-law.”)
7、there’s no use crying over spilt milk.覆水難收(“spilt water is hard to recover.”)
8、like father, like son.有其父必有其子(“the son is like his father.”)虎父無犬子(“a tiger does not father a dog.”)
9、oncebitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo, shí nián pà jǐng shéng (“bitten by a snake on one morning, afraid of the rope by the well for ten years.”)
10、when in rome, do as the romans do.入鄉隨俗(“when entering avillage, follow its customs.”)
11、no pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained.不入虎穴，焉得虎子(“if you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how will you get the tiger’s cub?”)
12、if you want something done well, do it yourself.求人不如求己(“it’s better torely on yourself than on the help of others.”)
13、two heads are better than one.三個臭皮匠，勝過諸葛亮(“three unskilled cobblers are superior to one zhuge liang.”)
14、all good things come to an end.人無千日好，花無百日紅(“thereis no person that has 1000 good days in a row, and no flower that stays red for 100 days.”)
15、when it rains, it pours.屋漏偏逢連夜雨(“when the roof isleaking, that’s when you get several continuous nights of rain.”)一波未平，一波又起(“just as one wave subsides, another one comes.”)喝口涼水都能塞牙縫(“even water gets stuck in your teeth.”)