谚语

Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
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 good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。

A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。

A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。

All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。

A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。

A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
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 young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the lover's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。

Caution is the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。

Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every potter praises his pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。

Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。

God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
  
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.
贵人多忘事。

Habit cures habit.
心病还需心药医。

He sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。

He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不进则退。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。

If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。

It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木，百年树人。

Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。

Lookers-on see more than players.
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
胜者为王，败者为寇。

Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
  
Murder will out.
纸包不住火。

Never say die.
永不言败。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

No cross, no crown.
不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
No smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Offense is the best defense.
进攻是最好的防御。

Old friends and old wines are best.
陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One false move may lose the game.
一着不慎，满盘皆输。