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A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。 -
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。 -
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。 -
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 -
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 -
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。 -
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。 -
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己。 -
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。 -
A cat may look at a king.
猫也可以打量国王,意为人人平等。 -
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。 -
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。 -
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。 -
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。 -
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。 -
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所,流芳百世。 -
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。 -
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑,长一智。 -
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改,本性难移。 -
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。 -
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难,失朋友易。 -
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。 -
A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。 -
'After you' is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。 -
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。 -
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。 -
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。 -
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好书,相伴一生。 -
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。 -
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。 -
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。 -
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。 -
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 -
A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。 -
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。 -
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。 -
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。 -
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 -
A light heart lives long.
静以修身。 -
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。 -
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解,自欺欺人。 -
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。 -
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时,人人都成了勇士。 -
All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。 -
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百川。 -
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。 -
All that ends well is well.
结果好,就一切都好。 -
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。 -
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。 -
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。 -
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。 -
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。 -
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。 -
A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么朋友。 -
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事,犹如花园光长刺。 -
A man without money is no man at all.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。 -
A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡,事事顺利。 -
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘,差之千里。 -
A mother's love never changes.
母爱永恒。 -
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果,不用请医生。 -
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。 -
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼,以牙还牙。 -
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。 -
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。 -
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智,不如运气。 -
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为主,治疗为辅。 -
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。 -
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。 -
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春,百花齐放春满园。 -
A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。 -
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 -
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。 -
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补,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,驷马难追。 -
A year's plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春。 -
A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。