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1.The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟,亦能覆舟。 -
2.Observation is the best teacher.
观察是最好的老师。 -
3.Offense is the best defense.
进攻是最好的防御。 -
4.Old friends and old wines are best.
陈酒味醇,老友情深。 -
5.Old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。 -
6.Once a man and twice a child.
一次老,两次小。 -
7.Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盗一次,做贼一世。 -
8.Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。 -
9.One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝,两个和尚抬水喝,三个和尚没水喝。 -
10.Wet behind the ears.
乳臭未干。 -
11.One cannot put back the clock.
时钟不能倒转。 -
12.One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百闻不如一见。 -
13.One false move may lose the game.
一着不慎,满盘皆输。 -
14.One good turn deserves another.
行善积德。 -
15.One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
争分夺秒效率高。 -
16.One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前车之鉴。 -
17.One never loses anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。 -
18.One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。 -
19.One‘s words reflect one’s thinking.
言为心声。 -
20.Out of debt, out of danger.
无债一身轻。 -
21.Out of office, out of danger.
无官一身轻。 -
22.Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见,心为静。 -
23.Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良药。 -
24.Penny wise, pound foolish.
贪小便宜吃大亏。 -
25.Please the eye and plague the heart.
贪图一时快活,必然留下隐祸。 -
26.Pleasure comes through toil.
苦尽甘来。 -
27.Pour water into a sieve.
竹篮子打水一场空。 -
28.Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。 -
29.Praise is not pudding.
恭维话不能当饭吃。 -
30.Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
好人越夸越好,坏人越夸越糟。 -
31.Prefer loss to unjust gain.
宁可吃亏,不贪便宜。 -
32.Prevention is better than cure.
预防胜于治疗。 -
33.Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
骄傲使人落后。 -
34.Promise is debt.
一诺千金。 -
35.Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
谚语是日常经验的结晶。 -
36.Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。 -
37.Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置。 -
38.Put your shoulder to the wheel.
鼎力相助。 -
39.Reading enriches the mind.
开卷有益。 -
40.Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
读书健脑,运动强身。 -
41.Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬,必须自重。 -
42.Rome is not built in a day.
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒。 -
43.Saying is one thing and doing another.
言行不一。 -
44.Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。 -
45.Seek the truth from facts.
实事求是。 -
46.Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者当差,不用交代。 -
47.Set a thief to catch a thief.
以贼捉贼。 -
48.Short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算账。 -
49.Something is better than nothing.
聊胜于无。 -
50.Soon learn, soon forgotten.
学得快,忘得快。 -
51.Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快,烂得快。 -
52.Speech is silver, silence is gold.
能言是银,沉默是金。 -
53.Still water run deep.
静水流深。 -
54.Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁热打铁。 -
55.Success belongs to the persevering.
坚持就是胜利。 -
56.Take things as they come.
既来之,则安之。 -
57.Talking mends no holes.
空谈无补。 -
58.Talk of the devil and he will appear.
说曹操,曹操就到。 -
59.Tall trees catch much wind.
树大招风。 -
60.Teach others by your example.
躬亲示范。 -
61.The best hearts are always the bravest.
无私者无畏。 -
62.The best man stumbles.
伟人也有犯错时。 -
63.The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
掩耳盗铃。 -
64.The danger past and God forgotten.
过河拆桥。 -
65.The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的黑暗。 -
66.The darkest place is under the candlestick.
烛台底下最暗。 -
67.The devil knows many things because he is old.
老马识途。 -
68.The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
魔鬼有时也会说真话。 -
69.The die is cast.
木已成舟。 -
70.The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 -
71.The end justifies the means.
只要目的正当,可以不择手段。 -
72.The end makes all equal.
死亡面前,人人平等。 -
73.The eye is bigger than the belly.
贪多嚼不烂。 -
74.The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
抄近路反而绕远路。 -
75.The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢,不成器。 -
76.The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.
烈火验真金,艰难磨意志。 -
77.The first step is the only difficulty.
迈出第一步是最艰难的。 -
78.The fox knew too much, that‘s how he lost his tail.
机关算尽太聪明,反误了卿卿性命。 -
79.The fox preys farthest from home.
兔子不吃窝边草。 -
80.The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
坐井观天。 -
81.The grass is greener on the other side.
这山望着那山高。 -
82.The greatest talkers are always least doers.
语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。 -
83.The higher up, the greater the fall.
爬得高,摔得惨。 -
84.The leopard cannot change its spots.
本性难移。 -
85.The more noble, the more humble.
人越高尚,越谦虚。 -
86.The more wit, the less courage.
初生牛犊不怕虎。 -
87.The outsider sees the most of the game.
旁观者清。 -
88.The pen is mightier than the sword.
笔能杀人。 -
89.The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。 -
90.There are spots in the sun.
太阳也有黑点。 -
91.There are two sides to every question.
问题皆有两面。 -
92.There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
家家有本难念的经。 -
93.There is kindness to be found everywhere.
人间处处有温情。 -
94.There is no general rule without some exception.
任何法规均有例外。 -
95.There is no medicine against death.
没有长生不老药。 -
96.There is no place like home.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。 -
97.There is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟。 -
98.The style is the man.
字如其人。 -
99.The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人言可畏。