Mind acts upon mind
A
• A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一著不慎,滿盤皆輸.
• All is not gold that glitters. 閃光的未必都是金子.
• A child is better unborn than untaught. 養(yǎng)不教,父之過.
• Art is long, life is short. 生命短暫,藝術長存.
• A friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真情.
• Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨綢繆.
• A light heart live long. 心情開朗壽命長.不惱不愁,活到白頭.
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃蘋果一只,身體健康不求醫(yī).
• All covet, all lose. 樣樣垂涎,樣樣失落.貪多嚼不爛.
• 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. 千里之堤潰于蟻穴.
• All time is no time when it is past. 機不可失,時不再來.
• A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.近水樓臺先得月.
• A short cut is often a wrong cut.欲速則不達.
• A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.欲加之罪,何患無辭.
• A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 遠來的和尚好念經(jīng).
• All feet tread not in one shoe. 眾口難調.
• A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢,不成器.
• A young idler, an old beggar. 少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲.
• A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改,本性難移.
• A little spark may kindle a great fire.星星之火,可以燎原.
B
• Beauty is but skin-deep. 美麗只是外表罷了
• Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以簡潔為貴
• Bread is the staff of life. 民以食為天. A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢,不成器.
• Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天,山外有山.
• Better die standing than live kneeling 寧愿站著死,也不跪著生.
• Better be envied than pitied. 寧被人妒,不受人憐.
C
• Cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心.
• Cast an anchor to windward.未雨綢繆.
• Care and diligence bring luck.
D
• Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行.謹慎勤奮,帶來好運.
• Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢對手,將遇良才.
• Danger past, God forgotten. 飛鳥盡,良弓藏.
• Dreams are lies. 夢不足信.
• Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班門弄斧.
• Do not have too many irons in the fire. 貪多嚼不爛.
• Do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲,勿失于人.
E
• Experience is the best teacher. 實踐出真知.
• Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune. 自己幸福自己創(chuàng).
• Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day. 晚霞行千里.
• Every bean has its black. 金無足赤,人無完人.
• Even woods have ears.隔墻有耳.
• Enough is better than too much. 過猶不及.
• Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 人貴自立.
• Experience teaches. 吃一塹,長一智.
F
• Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚.
• First impressions are half the battle. 先入為主.
• Faith moves mountains. 精誠所至,金石為開.
• Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界,無奇不有.
• Fire proves gold, adversity proves man. 烈火識真金,逆境識英雄.
• Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水能載舟,亦能覆舟.
G
• Give everyone his due. 一視同仁.
• Good (or Great) wits jump. 英雄所見略同.
• Go while the going is good. 三十六計,走為上計.
• Great weights hang on small wires.千鈞一發(fā).
• 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.
H
• Honour to whom honour is due.論功行賞.
• He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡.
• Heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己.
• He sits no sure that sits too high. 高處不勝寒.
• He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪,何患無詞.
• He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己.
• He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行,始于足下
• He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬,要先敬人.
• It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上兩次當
• Humility often gains more than pride.滿招損,謙受益.
• He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.事實勝于雄辯.
• He that promises too much means nothing. 輕諾者寡信.
• He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪,何患無詞.
• Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行.
• Haste makes waste. 忙亂易錯.欲速則不達.
• He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登.
I
• It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此.
• If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜樣的力量是無窮的.
• It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟.
• Ill news never comes too late. 好事不出門,壞事傳千里.
• It is the first step that is troublesome. 萬事開頭難.
J
• Justice has long arms. 天網(wǎng)恢恢,疏而不漏.
K
• Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it. 實踐得真知.
• Keeping is harder than winning. 創(chuàng)業(yè)不易,守業(yè)更難.
• Knowledge is no burden. 藝不壓身.
• Kiss and be friends. 握手言和.
• Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭雙雕
L
• Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.既來之,則安之.
• Love is blind. 情人眼里出西施.
• Little chips light great fires. 星星之火,可以燎原.
• Like knows like. 惺惺相惜.
• Live and learn. 學無止境.
M
• Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散.
• Mind acts upon mind. 心有靈犀一點通.
N
• Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.饑不擇食
• No cross, no crown.不吃苦中苦,難為人上人.
• Nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站著說話不腰痛.
• No weal without woe. 福兮禍所伏, 禍兮福所倚.
• No work, no money. 不勞無獲.
• Never too late (or old) to learn. 活到老,學到老.
• Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人.
• No fire without smoke. 無風不起浪.
O
• One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.一葉障目,不見泰山.
• One swallow does not make a summer.一花獨放不是春.
• One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用.
• Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服從是軍人的天職.
• One lark does not make a spring. 一花獨放不是春.
P
• Practice is better than precept. 身教重于言教.
• Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤勞之人不受窮.
R
• Riches have wings. 富貴無常.
S
• Score twice before you cut once. 三思而后行.
• Sense comes with age. 老馬識途.
• So the world wags. 這就是人生.
• So said, so done. 說到做到.言出必行.
• Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大業(yè),自信第一.
T
• Talk of the devil and he will appear. 說曹操,曹操就到.
• Tall trees catch much wind. 樹大招風 .
• The reasons of the poor weight not. 人微言輕.
• The shortest way round is the longest way home.欲速則不達.
• Those are in the same boat should row together.同舟共濟.
• Too much pudding will choke a dog.布丁太多噎死狗.
• The heart's letter is read in the eyes.眼睛是心靈的窗戶.
• The deed proves the man.觀其行而知其人.
• True gold fears not the fire.真金不怕火煉.
• Take time while time is, for time will away.機不可失,時不在來.
• The battle is to the strong.兩強相遇勇者勝.
• The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言.
• The best of friends must part. 天下沒有不散的宴席.
• Time is money. 時間就是金錢
• Through obedience learn to command. 先當學生,后當先生.
• Time tries all things. 時間檢驗一切.
• There is no fire without smoke. 無風不起浪.
U
• Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行.
W
• Wealth is nothing without health. 健康勝于財富.
• We begun is half done. 良好的開端等于成功的一半.
• Work makes the workman.熟能生巧.
Y
• You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失.事難兩全其美.
• Youth's a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝.
• You are never too old to learn. 活到老學到老.
• You never know till you have tired.事非經(jīng)過不知難.
Z
• Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 熱情而無知,猶如無光之火