2．美德哲理勵志
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對應中文含義
a burnt child dreads the fire
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩
it is good to learn at another man’s cost
前車之鑑
the onlooker sees the game best．
旁觀者清
to err is human, to forgive is divine
人非聖賢，孰能無過
one good turn deserves another
善有善報
other times, other manners．
俗隨境遷。
prevention is better than cure
預防勝於治療
fellow-sufferers pity one another
同病相憐
no garden without weeds
凡事有利有弊
every man is the master of his own fortune
每個人都是自己命運的主宰
strike while the iron is hot
趁熱打鐵
as you make your bed, you must lie on it
自作自受
seeing is believing
眼見為實
all good things come to an end
一切美好的事物皆有終結之時
fear is often greater than the danger
恐懼常常比危險更可怕
when in doubt leave out．
不確定要不要，最好就不要
light tomorrow with today ！
用今天照亮明天
fortune is not on the side of the fainthearted
命運之神不支持懦夫
every coin has two sides．
每枚硬幣都有兩面
if winter comes, can spring be far behind?
冬天來了，春天還會遙遠嗎？
misfortunes tell us what fortune is．
不經災難不知福
truth never fears investigation
事實從來不怕調查
all is not gold that glitters
閃光的未必都是金子
a good winter brings a good summer
瑞雪兆豐年
all rivers run into the sea
殊途同歸
a small leak will sink a great ship
千里之堤，潰於蟻穴
all feet tread not in one shoe
眾口難調
beauty is but skin-deep
美麗只是外表罷了
brevity is the soul of wit
簡潔乃智慧之靈魂
do unto others as you would be done by
己所不欲，勿施於人
every bean has its black
金無足赤，人無完人
even woods have ears
隔牆有耳
enough is better than too much
過猶不及
every tub must stand on its own bottom
人貴自立
every tub must stand on its own bottom
水能載舟，亦能覆舟
give everyone his due
一視同仁
go while the going is good
三十六計，走為上計
good wine needs no bush
酒香不怕巷子深
greatest genius often lies concealed
大智若愚
grasp all， lose all
貪多必失
go to the sea，if you would fish well
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
honor to whom honor is due
論功行賞
he travels the fastest who travels alone
曲高和寡
he sits no sure that sits too high
高處不勝寒
he is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks
事實勝於雄辯
he that runs fastest gets the ring
捷足先登
it is a poor mouse that has only one hole
狡兔三窟
justice has long arms
天網恢恢，疏而不漏
kiss and be friends
握手言和
kill two birds with one stone
一箭雙鵰
let’s cross the bridge when we come to it
既來之，則安之
nothing comes wrong to a hungry man
飢不擇食
one cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun
一葉障目，不見泰山
the deed proves the man
觀其行而知其人
3．其他
英文
對應中文含義
a good neighbor is better than a brother far off