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1. A burden of one

’

s choice is not felt.

爱挑的担子不嫌重。

2. A cat has nine lives.

猫有九条命。

3. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

4. A good beginning is half done.

良好的开端是成功的一半。

5. A good dog deserves a good bone.

好狗应啃好骨头

/

有功者受赏。

6. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

浅学误人。

7. A living dog is better than a dead lion.

死狮不如活狗。

8. A man is known by his friends.

什么人交什么朋友。

9. A stick is quickly found to beat a dog with.

欲加之罪

,

何患无辞。

10. A wolf in sheep

’

s clothing.

披着羊皮的狼

/

口蜜腹剑的人。

11. A word spoken is past recalling.

一言既出，驷马难追。

12. A work ill done must be twice done.

首次做不好，必须重新搞。

13. A burnt child dreads the fire.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

14. A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.

助人者总是主动帮助别人。

15. Actions speak louder than words.

行动比语言更响亮。

.

16. All cats are grey in the dark.

猫在暗中都是灰色

/

黑暗中难分丑妍。

17. All good things come to an end.

天下没有不散的筵席。

18. All time is no time when it is past.

光阴一去不复返。

19. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。

20. All roads lead to Rome.

条条大路通罗马。

21.

All’

s well that ends well.

结果好，万事好。

22. Among the blind the one-eyed man is the king.

山中无老虎猴子称大王。

23. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

一天一苹果，不用请医生。

24. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

25. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

一日之计在于晨。

26. An idle youth, a needy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

27. An old dog barks not in vain.

老狗不乱吠

/

老狗一吠

,

就得小心。

28. As poor as a church mouse.

一贫如洗。

29. As you have made the bed, you must lie on it.

自作自受。

30. Bad news travels fast.

好事不出门，坏事传千里。

31. Barking dogs seldom bite.

爱叫的狗不咬人

/

咬人的狗不露齿。

32. Better late than never.

迟做总比不做好。

33. Better master one than engage with ten.

会十事，不如精一事。

34. Beware of a silent dog and still water.

提防不吠的狗

/

小心静止的水。

35. Birds of a feather flock together.

物以类聚。

36. Blood is thicker than water.

血浓于水。

37. Bring down the house.

博得满堂喝彩

/

引起哄堂大笑。

38. Business before pleasure.

事业在先，享乐在后。

39. Business is business.

公事公办。

40. Business is the salt of life.

事业是生命之盐。

41. Call somebody names.

辱骂某人。

42. Christmas comes but once a year.

圣诞一年只一度。

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43. Come like a dog at a whistle

一呼即来。

44. Diligence is the mother of success.

勤奋是成功之母。

45. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

勤勉是好运之母。

46. Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.

照多数人那样干，人们会把你称赞。

47. Doing everything is doing nothing.

样样都做等于不做。

48.

Don’

t count your chickens before they are hatched.

切莫过于乐观。

49. Doubt is the key of knowledge.

怀疑是知识之钥。

50. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早睡早起，使人健康、富裕和聪颖。

51. Easier said than done.

说来容易做起来难。

52. East or west, home is best.

出门五里，不如家里。

53. Easy come, easy go.

来得容易去得快。

54. Enough to make a horse laugh

极其可笑

/

让人笑掉大牙

55. Enough to make a cat speak.

令人惊讶

/

事情太出奇

56. Every dog has his day.

凡人皆有得意日。

57. Every dog is a lion at home.

狗是百步王

/

只在门前凶。

58.

Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.

三个和尚没水吃。

59. Experience is the best teacher.

经验是最好的教师。

60. Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。

61. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.

经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。

62. Faith will move mountains.

精诚所至，金石为开。

63. Fat cat

有钱有势的人。

64. Fine feathers make fine birds.

人要衣装，佛要金装。

65. Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

火是忠实的朋友，却是残酷的主人。

66. First come, first served.

捷足先登。

67. Give a dog an ill name and hang him.

一旦给人加一个坏名声

,

他就永远洗刷不掉

/

人言可畏。

68. Give him an inch and he will take a yard.

得寸进尺。

69. Grasp all, lose all.

贪多必失。

70. Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同。

71. Has the cat got your tongue?

猫把你的舌头叼去了吗

? /

为什么不吭声

?

72. Haste makes waste.

欲速则不达。

73. Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today.

明天如有事，今天就去做。

74. He is a lucky dog.

他是个幸运儿。

75. He laughs best who laughs last.

谁笑到最后谁笑得最好。

76. He that doth most at once doth least.

什么都想一次做完，结果一件也做不完

/

贪多嚼不烂。

77. He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.

什么都不知，什么都不疑。

78. He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.

自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。

79. He that will not work shall not eat.

不工作者不得食。

80. He who hesitates is lost.

踌躇不决必失败。

81. He who does not advance loses ground.

不进则退。

82. He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man.

不到长城非好汉。

83. He who rides on a tiger can never dismount.

骑虎难下。

84. Health is not valued till sickness comes.

有病方知无病福。

85. Idle folks take the most pains.

懒人做工作，越懒越费力。

86. Idleness is the key of beggary.

懒惰出乞丐。

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87. Idleness is the root of all evil.

懒惰乃万恶之源。

88.

If a job’

s worth doing, it

’s worth doing well.

值得做的工作就值得做好。

89. If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself.

想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。

90. Ill news travels fast.

恶事传千里。

91.

Industry is fortune’s right hand,

and frugality her left.

勤勉是幸运的右手，节俭是幸运的左手。

92.

It is good to learn at another man’s cost.

前车可鉴。

93. It is ill to waken sleeping dogs./Let sleeping dogs lie./D

on’t wake a sleeping dog.

别多事

/

别惹麻烦。

94. It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.

没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。

95. It is not work that kills, but worry.

工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。

96. It is right to put everything in its proper use.

凡事都应用得其所。

97. It never rains, but it pours.

不雨则已，一雨倾盆

/

祸不单行。

98. It rains cats and dogs.

下倾盆大雨

/

大雨滂沱

99. It is no use crying over the spilt milk.

覆水难收

100. It takes two to make a quarrel.

一只碗不响。

101. Jack of all trades, master of none.

样样皆通，样样稀松。通百艺即无一长。

102. Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.

少说为佳，多听为妙。

103. Kill two birds with one stone.

一箭双雕

104. Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.

知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

105. Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量。

106. Laughter is the best medicine.

笑是良药。

107.

Lead a dog’s life

过着牛马不如的生活。

108. Learn wisdom by the follies of others.

从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。

109. Let the cat out of the bag

说走了嘴

/ (

无意中

)

泄露秘密。

110. Like a cat on hot bricks

局促不安

/

如热锅上的蚂蚁。

111. Like father, like son.

有其父必有其子。

112. Like mother, like daughter.

有其母必有其女。

113. Live and learn.

活到老学到老。

114. Live a cat and dog life

（夫妻）过着不和谐的生活。

115. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

生活没有目标等于航行没有指南针。

116. Look before you leap.

三思而后行。

117. Lookers-on see most of the game.

旁观者清。

118. Love me, love my dog.

你若把我当朋友

,

也要把我的朋友当朋友

;

爱屋及乌。

119. Make hay while the sun shines.

晒草要趁太阳好。

120. Many hands make light work.

众擎易举。

121. Many hands make quick work.

人多干活快。

122. Many a little makes a mickle.

积少成多。

123. Many hands makes light work.

人多好办事。

124. Mind your own business.

自管自吧。

125.

Money isn’

t everything.

钱不是万能的。

126. More haste, less speed.

欲速则不达。

127. Move heaven and earth

想尽一切办法

/

竭尽全力（误：翻天覆地）

。

128. Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.

今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。

129. Never do things by halves.

做事不要半途而废。

130. Never judge from appearances.

不要以貌取人。

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