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Proverbs (Old Sayings)
1.
As a saying
goes…
2.
There is a saying…
3.
A proverb
says…
4.
It goes without saying that…
5.
As everyone
knows…
6.
No one can deny that…
1. Sound in body, sound in
mind.
身体健康，神清气爽
is nothing without
health.
失去健康，枉有家当
s speak louder than
words.
事实胜于雄辩。
second counts.
一寸光阴一寸金。
unity seldom knocks
twice.
机不可失，时不再来
6. Knowledge makes humble, ignorance
makes proud.
知识使人谦虚
,
无知使人骄傲。
pills
may have wholesome
effects.
良药苦口利于病。
8.A friend is easier lost than
found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。
9. All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
10. All
things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易
11. All
work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy.
只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
12. A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
13.
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we
polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
14. Confidence in yourself is the first
step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
15. Constant dripping wears away a
stone.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
16. Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。
17.
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
18. Genius
is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
19. It
is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老
20. No
one can call back yesterday.
昨日不会重现。
21. Nothing in the world is difficult
for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只
怕有心人。
22.
Money can’t buy time.
寸金难买寸光阴
23.
Failure is the mother of success.
失败乃成功之母
24. A
good beginning is half the
battle.
良好的开端成功的一半。
25. To teach is to
learn.
教学相长。
26.
Pride goes before a
fall.
骄兵必败。
27.
Man proposes, God
disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
28. Time and tide wait for no man.
时不待我
/
岁月无情。
29. The remembrance of the past is the
teacher of the
future.
前事不忘，后世之师。
30. Once beaten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
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31. Birds of a feather
flock together.
物以类分，人以群分。
32. There is no smoke without
fire.
无风不起浪。
33.
Good wine needs no bush.
酒香不怕巷子深
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酒香客自来。
34.
The pupil outdoes the
master.
青出于蓝而胜于蓝。
35. Diamond cut
diamond.
强中更有强中手。
36. Little strokes fell great oaks.
滴水穿石。
/
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
37. Judge not a book by its
cover.
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
38. A straight foot is not afraid of
crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
39. The knife cuts bread and
fingers.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
40. A horse stumbles that has four
legs.
人非圣贤，熟能无过。
41. Take things as they
come.
既来之，则安之。
42.
Rest breeds rust.
生命在于运动。
43. Nothing venture, nothing
have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
44. True blue will never
stain.
真金不怕火炼。
45.
D
on’t count the chic
ken
before they are
hatched.
请勿盲目乐观。
46. A watched pot never boils.
心急吃不了热豆腐。
/
有心插花花不开，无心插柳柳
成阴。
47. The best
horse stumbles.
智者千虑，必有一失。
48. Rome was not built in a
day.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
49. Silence is
golden.
沉默是金。
50.
A rolling stone gathers no
moss.
滚石不生苔。
51.
One swallow does not make a
summer.
一燕不成夏。
56.
Heaven has endowed me with talents for eventual
use.
天生我才必有用。
57.
Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和努力会使我们度过难关。
58. Penny and penny laid up will be
many.
积少成多。
59. Practice is better than precept.
身教胜于言教。
60. Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
61. Prepare for a rain day.
未雨绸缪。
62. Prevention is better than cure.
预防胜于治疗。
63. Pride goes before a fall. (or
destruction).
骄兵必败。
64. Punctuality is the soul
of business.
严守时间是办事情的重要原则。
65. Purpose supposes
foresight.
深谋远虑。
66. Observation is the best
teacher.
观察是最好的老师。
67. One cannot put back the
clock.
时钟不能倒转。
68. One eyewitness is better than ten
hearsays.
百闻不如一见。
69.
One man‘s fault is other
man‘s lesson.
前车之鉴。
70. Promise is
debt.
一诺千金。
71. Reading is to the mind while
exercise to the
body.
读书健脑，运动强身。
72. Seeing is
believing.
眼见为实。
73. Seek the truth from
facts.
实事求是。
74. Success belongs to the persevering.
坚持就是胜利
。
75. The best man
stumbles.
伟人也有犯错时。
76. The devil knows many
things because he is
old.
老马识途。
77. The early bird catches the
worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃
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