1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。

2. A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。

3. A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。

4. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

5. A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

6. A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。

7. A burden of one's choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。

8. A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己。

9. A cat has 9 lives.猫有九条命。

10. A cat may look at a king.人人平等。

11. A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。

12. A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。

13. Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。

14. Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。

15. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。

16. A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所,流芳百世。

17. A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。

18. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑,长一智。

19. A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改,本性难移。

20. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。

21. A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难,失朋友易。

22. A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。

23. A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。

24. "After you" is good manners.“您先请”是礼貌。

25. A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。

26. A good beginning makes a good ending.

善始者善终。

27. A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。

28. A good book is the best of friends, the same today andforever.一本好书,相伴一生。

29. A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。

30. A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。

31. A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。

32. A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。

33. A good wife health is a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。

34. A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。

35. A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。

36. A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友,只能使人失去朋友。

37. A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。

38. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。

39. A light heart lives long.静以修身。

40. A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。

41. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解,自欺欺人。

42. A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。

43. All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时,人人都成了勇士。

44. All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。

45. All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。

46. All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。

47. All that ends well is well.结果好,就一切都好。

48. All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。

49. All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。

50. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。

51. A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。

52. A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。

53. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。

54. A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。

55. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full ofweeds.光说空话不做事,犹如花园光长刺。

56. A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。

57. A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡,事事顺利。

58. A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘,差之千里。

59. A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。

60. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果,不用请医生。

61. A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

62. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼,以牙还牙。

63. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。

64. An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。

65. An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智,不如运气。

66. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主,治疗为辅。

67. A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。

68. As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。

69. A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春,百花齐放春满园。

70. A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。

71. A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。

72. A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。

73. A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补,大洞吃苦。

74. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。

75. A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相,露相非真人。

76. A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出,驷马难追。

77. A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。

78. A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。

79. Bad news has wings.好事不出门,坏事传千里。

80. Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。

81. Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。

82. Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷,言宜缓行。

83. Better late than never.不怕慢,单怕站。

84. Better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。

85. Between friends all is common.朋友之间不分彼此。

86. Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚,人以群分。

87. Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。

88. Blood will have blood.血债血偿。

89. Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友,应求少而精。

90. Business is business.公事公办。

91. Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。

92. By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polishit.读书使人充实,交谈使人精明。

93. Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目,不见泰山。

94. Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

95. Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。

96. Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。

97. Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染,身教言传。

98. Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。

99. Come what may, heaven won't fall.做你的吧,天塌不下来。

100.Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。

101.Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。

102.Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿,绳锯木断。

103.Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。

104.Count one's chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。

105.Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。

106.Creep before you walk.循序渐进。

107.Cry for the moon.海底捞月。

108.Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。

109.Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯,事事皆不难。

110.Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。

111.Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。

112.Do as you would be done by.己所不欲,勿施于人。

113.Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上,不如落实在行动上。

114.Do it now.机不可失,时不再来。

115.Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。

116.Don't claim to know what you don't know.不要不懂装懂。

117.Don't have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。

118.Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。

119.Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事,今日毕。

120.Don't put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。

121.Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。

122.Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。

123.Do well and have well.善有善报。

124.Each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自赏。

125.Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.早睡早起身体好。

126.Easier said than done.说得容易,做得难。

127.Easy come, easy go.来也匆匆,去也匆匆。

128.Eat to live, but not live to eat.人吃饭是为了活着,但活着不是为了吃饭。

129.Empty vessels make the greatest sound.实磨无声空磨响,满瓶不动半瓶摇。

130.Envy has no holidays.忌妒之人无宁日。

131.Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千虑,必有一失。

132.Even reckoning makes long friends.亲兄弟,明算账。

133.Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。

134.Everybody's business is nobody's business.人人负责,等于没人负责。

135.Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在。

136.Every dog has his day.谁都有得意的时候。

137.Every door may be shut, but death's door.人生在世,唯死难逃。

138.Every heart has its own sorrow.各人有各人的苦恼。

139.Every little helps a mickle.聚沙成塔,集腋成裘。

140.Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.人不为己,天诛地灭。

141.Every man has his faults.金无足赤,人无完人。

142.Every man has his hobbyhorse.萝卜青菜,各有所爱。

143.Every man has his weak side.人人都有弱点。

144.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.自己的命运自己掌握。

145.Every minute counts.分秒必争。

146.Every mother's child is handsome.孩子是自己的好。

147.Every potter praises hit pot.王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸。

148.Everything is good when new, but friends when old.东西是新的好,朋友是老的亲。

149.Example is better then percept.说一遍,不如做一遍。

150.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是智慧之父,记忆是智慧之母。

151.Experience must be bought.吃一堑,长一智。

152.Fact speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。

153.Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。

154.False friends are worse than bitter enemies.明枪易躲,暗箭难防。

155.Far from eye, far from heart.眼不见,心不烦。

156.Far water does not put out near fire.远水救不了近火。

157.Faults are thick where love is thin.一朝情意淡,样样不顺眼。

158.Fear always springs from ignorance.恐惧源于无知。

159.Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.隔墙有耳。

160.Fire and water have no mercy.水火无情。

161.Fire is a good servant but a bad master.火是一把双刃剑。

162.First come, first served.先来后到。

163.First impressions are half the battle.初次见面,印象最深。

164.First think and then speak.先想后说。

165.Fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕。

166.Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达。

167.Fools has fortune.呆人有呆福。

168.Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learnmuch from fools.愚者不学无术,智者不耻下问。

169.Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果格外香。

170.Fortune favors those who use their judgement.机遇偏爱善断之人。

171.Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.风水轮流转。

172.Four eyes see more than two.集思广益。

173.Friends agree best at distance.朋友之间也会保持距离。

174.Friends are thieves of time.朋友是时间的窃贼。

175.Friends must part.再好的朋友也有分手的时候。

176.Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。

177.Give a dog a bad name and hang him.众口铄金,积毁销骨。

178.God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。

179.Gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。

180.Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.以德报德是常理,以德报怨大丈夫。

181.Good health is over wealth.健康是最大的财富。

182.Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。

183.Good watch prevents misfortune.谨慎消灾。

184.Great barkers are no biters.吠犬不咬人。

185.Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。

186.Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。

187.Great men have great faults.英雄犯大错误。

188.Great men's sons seldom do well.富不过三代。

189.Great trees are good for nothing but shade.大树底下好乘凉。

190.Great wits have short memories.贵人多忘事。

191.Greedy folks have long arms.心贪手长。

192.Guilty consciences make men cowards.做贼心虚。

193.Habit cures habit.心病还需心药医。

194.Handsome is he who does handsomely.行为漂亮才算美。

195.Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。

196.Happy is he who owes nothing.要想活得痛快,身上不能背债。

197.Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.吸取他人教训,自己才会走运。

198.Harm set, harm get.害人害己。

199.Hasty love, soon cold.一见钟情难维久。

200.Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。

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