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idle youth,a needy age.
◎少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
flies.
◎时光易逝。
is
money.
◎一寸光阴一寸金。
and tide wait for no man.
◎岁月无情；岁月易逝；岁月不待人。
tries all.
◎时间检验一切。
tries
truth.
◎时间检验真理。
past cannot be called back again.
◎光阴一去不复返。
time
is no time when it is past.
◎光阴一去不复返。
one
can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be
called again.
◎昨日不复来。
ow comes never.
◎切莫依赖明天。
today
is worth two tomorrows.
◎一个今天胜似两个明天。
morning sun never lasts a day.
◎好景不常；朝阳不能光照全日。
mas comes but once a year.
◎圣诞一年只一度。
nt
hours fly past.
◎快乐时光去如飞。
ess takes no account of time.
◎欢娱不惜时光逝。
tames
the strongest grief.
◎时间能缓和极度的悲痛。
day
is short but the work is much.
◎工作多，光阴迫。
deter
till tomorrow that which you can do today.
◎今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。
you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it
today.
◎明天如有事，今天就去做。
him that does everything in its proper
time, one day is worth
three.
◎事事及时做，一日胜三日。
save time is to lengthen life.
◎节省时间就是延长生命。
hing
has its time and that time must be watched.
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◎万物皆有时，时来不可失。
time when time cometh,lest time steal
away.
◎时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。
an opportunity is neglected,it never
comes back to you.
◎机不可失，时不再来；机会一过，永不再来。
hay while the sun shines.
◎晒草要趁太阳好。
while
the iron is hot.
◎趁热打铁。
today,for you know not how much you
may be hindered tomrrow.
◎今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻碍多。
ality is the soul of business.
◎守时为立业之要素。
stination is the thief of time.
◎因循拖延是时间的大敌；拖延就是浪费时间。
tide hath ist ebb.
◎潮涨必有潮落时。
dge is
power.
◎知识就是力量。
is more to be envied than riches.
◎知识可羡，胜于财富。
is
better than gold or silver.
◎知识胜过金银，
in the
mind is better than money in the hand.
◎胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。
is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
◎为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。
is the key of knowledge.
◎怀疑是知识之钥。
you
want knowledge,you must toil for it.
◎若要求知识，须从勤苦得。
038.A little knowledge is a dangerous
thing.
◎浅学误人。
039.A handful of common sense is worth
a bushel of learning.
◎少量的常识，当得大量的学问。
dge advances by steps and not by leaps.
◎知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。
wisdom by the follies of others.
◎从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
is
good to learn at another man's cost.
◎前车可鉴。
is to the
mind what health is to the body.
◎知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体。
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◎经验是最好的教师。
ence is the father of wisdom and memory
the mother.
◎经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
ity comes by experience.
◎熟练来自经验。
ce makes
perfect.
◎熟能生巧。
ence keeps a dear school,but fools
learn in no other.
◎经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。
049. Experience without learning is
better than learning without experience.
◎有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。
once bought is worth twice taught.
◎由经验而得的智慧，胜于学习而得的智慧；一次亲
身的体会，胜过两次的教师教导。
is believing.
◎百闻不如一见。
ss is the salt of life.
◎事业是生命之盐。
ss
before pleasure.
◎事业在先，享乐在后。
ss makes a man as well as tries him.
◎事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。
ss neglected is business lost.
◎忽视职业便是放弃职业。
think yourself above business.
◎勿自视过高；不要眼高手低；永远不要认为自己是大才小用。
ss may be troublesome,but idleness is
pernicious.
◎事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。
that thinks his business below him
will always be above his business.
◎自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。
business,but be not a slave to it.
◎要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
ody's business is nobody's business.
◎众人的事就是无人过问的事。
makes the workman.
◎勤工出巧匠。
master one than engage with ten.
◎会十事，不如精一事。
063.A
work ill done must be twice done.
◎首次做不好，必须重新搞。
who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.
◎不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。
you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.
◎想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。
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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。
as most men do and men will speak well
of thee.
◎照大多数人那样干，人们会把你称赞。
may be done at any time will be done
at no time.
◎在任何时候都可做的事情，总是在任何时候都不做的事情。
late than never.
◎迟做总比不做好。
er is
worth doing at all is worth doing well.
◎凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。
shortest answer is doing the thing.
◎最简
短的回答就是一个
“
干
”
字。
is the proper fruit
of knowledge.
◎行动是知识之佳果。
ed labours are pleasant.
◎完成工作是一乐。
is
lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
◎没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。
is
right to put everything in its proper use.
◎凡事都应用得其所。
s that
are done by due degrees are soon ended.
◎按部就班，事情很快就做完。
work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
◎只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。
bears witness who does well.
◎工作能证明谁做的好。
is
not work that kills,but worry.
◎工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。
that will not work shall not eat.
◎不工作者不得食。
ss is
business.
◎公事公办。
rate slowly,execute promptly.
◎慢慢酌量，快快行动。
your
shoulder to the wheel.
◎努力工作。
do things
by halves.
◎做事不要半途而废。
for a penny,in for a pound.
◎做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。
hands make quick work.
◎人多干活快。
hands
make light work.
◎众擎易举。
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088.A bad workman quarrels
with his tools.
◎技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。
nce is the mohter of success.
◎勤奋是成功之母。
ss is
the root of all evil.
◎懒惰乃万恶之源。
and
diligence bring luck.
◎谨慎和勤奋带来好运。
nce
is the mother of good fortune.
◎勤勉是好运之母。
ry is
fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.
◎勤勉是幸运的右手，世俭是幸运的左手。
ss is the key of beggary.
◎懒惰出乞丐。
root,no
fruit.
◎无根就无果。
people (folks) have the most labour (take the most
pains).
◎懒人做工作，越懒越费力。
is the key of poverty.
◎惰能致贫。
turneth
the edge of wit.
◎懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。
idle brain is the devil's workshop.
◎懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。
secret of wealth lieth in the letters
SA
VE.
◎节俭是致富的秘诀。
101. Lying is the first step to the
gallows.
◎说谎是上断头台的第一步。
102. Waste not,want not.
◎俭以防匮。
103. From saving comes
having.
◎富有来自节俭。
104. A penny saved is a
penny gained.
◎省一文是一文。
105. Take care of the pence
and the pound will take care of themselves.
◎金钱积少便成多。
106. Frugality is an estate
alone.
◎节俭本身就是一宗财产。
107. He that regards not a
penny,will lavish a pound.
◎小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。
108. Small gains bring
great wealth.
◎积小利，成巨富。
109. Many a little makes a
mickle.
◎积少便成多。
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110. As the touchstone tries gold,so
gold tries man.
◎试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。
e and
resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
◎勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
path to glory is always
rugged.
◎光荣之路常坎坷。
g is difficult to the man
who will try.
◎世上无难事，只要人肯试。
fire is the test of
gold;adversity of strong man.
◎烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。
hopes make
great man.
◎远大的希望造就伟大的人物。
way is impossible to
courage.
◎勇士面前无险路。
117.A smooth sea never made
a skillful mariner.
◎平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。
good seaman is
known in bad weather.
◎坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭坏天气。
best hearts
are always the bravest.
◎行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。
must not lie down,and
cry,God help us.
◎求神不如求己。
that falls today may be up
again tomorrow.
◎今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。
was not built in a day.
◎罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。
s belongs to the
persevering.
◎胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。
must repeat a thousand and
one times that perseverance is the only road to
success.
◎我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。
erance is
failing nineteen times and succeeding the
twentieth.
◎十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。
by step the
ladder is ascended.
◎登梯需要逐级登。
ity leads to prosperity.
◎困苦通向昌盛。
ce and application will
carry us through.
◎忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。
e often rewards with
interest those that have patience to wait for her.
◎做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好
运；耐心候好运，好运常会来。
things will come round to him who will
but wait.
◎只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。
nt dropping wears the
stone.
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◎滴水不绝可穿石。
s are not made without
breaking of eggs.
◎鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果达不到。
world is a
ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
◎世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。
needs
a
long
apprenticeship
to
understand
the
mystery
of
the
world's
trade.
◎要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。
is sweet.
◎生活是可爱的；人无不好生
(
恶死
)
。
there
is life,there is hope.
◎生命不息，希望长在。
is not all beer and
skittles.
◎人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。
water runs by the mill
that the miller knows not of.
◎眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。
e knocks once
at least at every man's door.
◎人人都有走运的一天。
you are too
fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are
too unfortunate,
nobody will know you.
◎运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。
man is the
architect of his own fortune.
◎每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。
is he who
knows his follies in his youth.
◎记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。
tunes never
(seldom) come alone (single).
◎祸不单行。
tune is a good
teacher.
◎不幸是良好的教师。
tunes come at night.
◎祸常生于不测。
tunes tell us what fortune
is.
◎恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。
ity makes a man wise,not
rich.
◎患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。
and learn.
◎活到老，学到老。
is never too old to learn.
◎为学不怕年高。
150.A man becomes learned
by asking questions.
◎要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。
is no royal
road to learning.
◎学问无坦途。
who is ashamed of asking
is ashamed of learning.
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◎畏问之人耻于学。
is learned in the cradle
lasts till the grave.
◎婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。
ng makes a good
man better and ill man worse.
◎知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。
learnt,soon
forgotten.
◎学得快，忘得快。
young,learn fair.
◎为学趁年青，既学须学好。
157.A lazy youth,a lousy
age.
◎少时懒惰老来苦。
that knows nothing,doubts
nothing.
◎无知即无疑。
159.A good name keeps its
luster in the dark.
◎良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光。
is a
magnifying glass.
◎名誉是放大镜。
161.A good fame is better
than a good face.
◎美名胜于美貌。
like a river is narrowest
at its source and broadest afar off.
◎名誉如河流，发源处最狭，愈远愈宽广。
honour from me
and my life is done.
◎没有名誉，就没有了生命。
of him who regards not his
reputation.
◎要谨防不重名誉的人。
is better to die with
honour than to live in infamy.
◎光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。
ity
successfully overcome is the highest glory.
◎成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。
tion is often got without
merit and lost without fault.
◎无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。
father's
honour is to you but a second-hand honour.
◎对于你来说，父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉。
trust another
what you should do yourself.
◎自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。
is an equal
failing to trust everybody,and to trust nobody.
◎信任一切与不信任任何人，同样是弱点。
a peck of salt
with a man before you trust him.
◎在你信任一个人之前，先要深入了解他。
you trust
before you try,you may repent before you die.
◎不经考验就依赖，不到瞑目便的悔。
trust to fine
words.
◎切勿轻信漂亮话。
not a great weight to a
slender thread.
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◎细线挂重物，终究不可靠。
just to all,but trust not
all.
◎要对一切人都公正，但不要对一切人都信任。
thyself
only,and another shall not betray thee.
◎只要信任你自己，旁人才不出卖你。
-trust is the
essence of heroism.
◎自信为英雄品质之本。
ence is a plant of slow
growth.
◎信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。
is the daughter of time.
◎真理是时间的女儿。
hath a good face,but ill
clothes.
◎真理面目善良；但衣衫褴褛。
and roses have thorns
about them.
◎真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。
may be blamed,but shall
never be shamed.
◎真理可能会被责难，但绝不会受羞辱。
malice may
darken truth,it cannot put it out.
◎恶意可以糟塌真理；但无法消灭真理。
will prevail.
◎真理必胜。
's best ornament is
nakedness.
◎不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰。
are stubborn things.
◎事实是最顽强的东西。
or later,the truth comes
to light.
◎真相迟早会大白。
truths we least like to
hear are those which it is most to our advantage
to
know.
◎我们最不愿意听到的事实，往往是我们知道了会大有好处的事实。
ood like a
nettle stings those who meddle with it.
◎谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。
is many a fair thing full
false.
◎有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。
a lie be well
drest,it is ever overcome.
◎谎言装扮虽不错，到头总会被揭露。
192.A lie
begets a lie till they come to generations.
◎谎言生谎言，谎言世代传。
193.A false tongue will
hardly speak truth.
◎假舌不会吐真言。
with one can be false with
two.
◎对一个人虚假，也会对两个人虚假。
that will lie
will steal.
◎会说谎的人也就会偷窃。
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and lying go together.
◎流言常和谎话并行。
cation is first cousin to a
lie.
◎含糊其词是谎话的近亲。
198.A great talker is a
great liar.
◎最会夸夸其谈的人也最会说谎。
greatest liars talk most
of themselves.
◎最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。
rides upon
debt's back.
◎负债的人谎话多。
201.
All is not gold that glitters.
◎闪光未必尽黄金。
202. Money is
the root of evil.
◎金钱是罪恶的根源。
203. Money makes the mare
go.
◎有钱能使鬼推磨。
204. All things are
obedient to money.
◎一切事物都服从于金钱。
205. Before gold,even kings
take off their hats.
◎在黄金面前，国王也要脱帽。
206. Money is the key that
opens all doors.
◎金钱是打开一切门户的钥匙。
207. Beauty is potent,but
money is more potent.
◎美貌固有力，金钱力更大。
208. Avarice increases with
wealth.
◎越有钱，越贪钱。
209. The money the miser
hoards will do him no good.
◎守财奴积财，对自己毫无好处。
210. What is
wealth good for,If it brings melancholy?
财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？
######.Gold will not buy
anything.
◎黄金不能买尽一切。
chief aim of man is not to
get money.
◎人的主要目的并不是赚钱。
who
believe
money
can
do
everything
are
frequently
prepared
to
do
everything
for money.
◎相信金钱万能的人，往往会一切为了金钱。
makes worship.
◎财富能使人拜倒。
wealth,little care.
◎财富少，烦恼也少。
216.A moneyless man goes
fast through the market.
◎身上无钱过市快。
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◎贫非罪。
y is not a disgrace,but
theft is a disgrace.
◎贫穷不可耻，偷窃乃足羞。
be poor than wicked.
◎宁可做穷人，不可做坏人。
y is not a sufficient cause
for disgrace, but poverty without resolution to
help oneself, is a disgrace.
◎贫穷不足为耻，穷而不能自立方可耻。
y is the mother
of health.
◎贫穷是健康之母。
considerate toward the
poor.
◎应常为穷人着想。
and content is rich and
rich enough.
◎人能安贫就是富。
y parteth fellowship.
◎贫穷断友情。
y makes a man mean.
◎贫困使人小气。
g to be got without pains
but poverty.
◎只有贫穷是可以不劳而获的东西。
not through fear of
poverty surrender liberty.
◎不要因为怕贫困而舍去自由。
y and love are hard to
hide.
◎贫困与爱情，都难瞒过人。
y breeds strife.
◎贫困引起冲突。
poor man wants much,the
miser everything.
◎穷人要求多，财迷则样样都要。
dainties of the great are
the tears of the poor.
◎富人口中的美味是穷人眼中的泪水。
y on an old
man's back is a heavy burden.
◎老而贫困，负担最沉。
s must (should)
be no choosers.
◎行乞的
<>
哪能挑肥拣瘦；饥不择食。
234.A lamb
is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.
◎穷人眼中的一只羊，贵似富人一头牛。
235.A light
purse makes a heavy heart.
◎钱袋轻时心事重。
without debt is better
than a prince.
◎穷人无债胜王子。
is he who owes nothing.
◎无债一身轻。
borrowed is soon sorrowed.
◎借钱才到手，立刻便担忧。
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that goes a borrowing,goes a sorrowing.
◎向人借债是自寻烦恼。
go to bed supperless than
rise in debt.
◎与其负债起身，不如空腹上床。
of debt,out of danger.
◎脱债就脱险。
242.A pound of care will
not pay an ounce of debt.
◎深忧偿不了小债。
is the wisest man who does
not think himself so.
◎不自作聪明便是最聪明。
men have their mouth in
their heart,fools their heart in their mouth.
◎聪明人嘴在心里，愚蠢人心在嘴边。
men learn by
other men's mistakes;fools by their own.
◎聪明人从旁人的错误中吸取教训
，愚笨人则从自身的错误中吸取教训。
is wise that knows when
he's well enough.
◎知足为智者。
247.A wise man cares not
for what he cannot have.
◎智者不强求。
is wise that hath wit
enough for his own affairs.
◎明智者有足够的机智处理自己的事情。
man is born
wise.
◎聪明非天生。
250.A wise man will make
tools of what comes to hand.
◎能随机应变的人是聪明人。
251.A word is
enough to the wise.
◎对明智者一言已足。
is the wise man who is the
honest man.
◎正直的人就是有见识的人。
253.A wise man thinks all
that he says,a fool says all that he thinks.
◎聪明人想了才说，愚笨的人想着就说。
wise hand doth
not all that the foolish mouth speaks.
◎聪明的手不做愚蠢的嘴所说的事。
255.A flow of
words is no proof of wisdom.
◎口若悬河，不能证明真有才智。
is easy to be
wise after the event.
◎事后的诸葛亮容易做。
wise man knows he knows
nothing,the fool thinks the knows all.
◎聪明人自认一无所知，愚笨人自负无所不晓。
learn nothing
from wise men;but wise men learn much from fools.
◎愚人不能从智者那里学到什么；
而智者却能从愚人那里学到很多。
259.A fool always comes short of his
reckoning.
◎愚人常短于心计。
260.A fool's heart dances
on his lips.
◎愚人的心挂在唇边。
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261.A fool always finds a greater fool
than himself.
◎愚人总以为旁人比自己更傻。
262.A man may talk like a
wise man and yet act like a fool.
◎一个人可能说话如智者，而行为象愚人。
more riches a
fool hath,the greater fool he is.
◎愚人越富越蠢。
challenge a
fool to do wrong.
◎不要怂恿愚人干错事。
is better to please a fool
than to anger him.
◎对愚人最好是使他高兴，而不是惹他发怒。
is a fool who
cannot be angry,but he is a wise man who will not.
◎不会发怒是蠢人，不愿发怒是聪明人。
267.'Tis
altogether vain to learn wisdom and yet live
foolishly.
◎枉自学聪明，却做愚蠢事。
without learning is like a
tree without fruit.
◎没有学识的机智，犹如没有果实的树。
man is wise at
all times.
◎世上无一贯明智的人。
heads are better than one.
◎几个脑袋总比一个脑袋强；三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。
never grows
old.
◎美德永不老。
is the only true nobility.
◎万事不如美德高。
is a jewel of great price.
◎美德乃是无价宝。
that soweth virtue shall
reap fame.
◎播下美德，收获名望。
be virtuous is to do good.
◎行善即是有德。
is the shadow of virtue.
◎荣誉是美德的影子。
is no virtue that poverty
destroyeth not.
◎没有贫穷不能破坏的美德。
first step to virtue is to
abstrain from vice.
◎不作恶是走向美德的第一步。
good building without a
good foundation.
◎基础不良的好建筑物是没有的。
good turn deserves
another.
◎善行应有善报；善良的行为应得善良行为的报答。
that returns
good for evil obtains the victory.
◎胜利属于以德报怨的人。
should never
remember the benefits we have offered nor forget
the favor
received.
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◎我有德于人不应记；人有德于我不可忘。
they say you
are good,ask yourself if it be true.
◎若有人称赞，自问对不对。
who avoids
temptation avoids the sin.
◎不受诱惑就免于罪恶。
285.A quiet conscience
sleeps in thunder.
◎问心无愧，打雷也能睡。
be weary of well doing.
◎不要厌倦做好事。
evil grain,no good seed
can come.
◎坏谷无好种。
which is evil is soon
learnt.
◎恶行易学。
vice goes alone.
◎恶事不单行。
evil lesson is soon
learned.
◎恶习易染。
291.A bad thing never dies.
◎坏事传千年。
comes to us by ells and
goes away by inches.
◎罪恶于人，尺进寸退。
maintaining of one vice
costs more than ten virtues.
◎保持一桩恶事的代价超过于十件好事。
that do
nothing learn to do ill.
◎游手好闲，容易学坏。
295.A wicked man is his own
hell.
◎坏人作恶，自造地狱。
who eat best and drink
best often do worst.
◎吃得好，喝得好，坏事常常免不了。
who has done
ill once will do it again.
◎一次干坏事，便有第二次。
is no going heaven in a
sedan.
◎坐轿上天堂，从来无此事。
ill life,an ill end.
◎恶有恶报。
300.A wilful fault has no
excuse and deserves no pardon.
◎不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。
301. Zeal without knowledge is fire
without light.
◎没有知识的热心，犹如有火而无光。
302. Pardoning
the bad is injuring the good.
◎隐恶败善；原谅坏人即是伤害好人。
303. The evil
wound is cured but not the evil name.
◎重伤可治，恶名难去。
304. Evil
communications corrupt good manners.
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◎不良的交往败坏良好的举止。
305. No wrong without
remedy.
◎有过皆可补。
306. Virtue flies from the
heart of a mercenary man.
◎唯利是图者，胸中无美德。
307. First think,and then
speak.
◎动口先动脑。
308.
A
word
spoken
is
past
recalling(The
words
once
spoken
can
never
be
recalled).
◎一言既出，驷马难追。
309. While the word is in
your mouth, it is your own; when 'tis once spoken,
'tis
another's.
◎话在嘴里，属于自己；话一出口，人家所有。
310. Speech is
silver,silence is gold.
◎言语是银，沉默是金。
words are best.
◎寡言为贵。
wisdom like silence.
◎聪明莫过沉默。
said,soonest mended.
◎少说为妙。
thoughts are best.
◎再思而后行。
before you leap.
◎慎思而后行。
is a wise man who speaks
little.
◎智多言语少。
words butter no parsnips.
◎美言无补实际。
tongue is not made of
steel,yet it cuts.
◎舌头不是钢，一动把人伤。
mes words hurt more than
swords.
◎言语能伤人，有时胜刀剑。
320.A good tongue is a good
weapon.
◎口齿伶俐，是件利器。
321.A wise head makes a
close mouth.
◎头脑灵，嘴巴紧。
is one thing to speak much
and another to speak pertinently.
◎说得多是一回事，讲得中肯又是一回事。
itable
eloquence is like the cypress,which is great and
tall, but bears no
fruit.
◎无益的雄辩犹如高大的柏树，不会结果。
say nothing
than nothing to the purpose.
◎与其说话不中肯，不如半句也莫吭。
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true word is spoken in jest.
◎笑语之中吐真言。
words,many
deeds.
◎少说话，多做事。
s speak louder than words.
◎行动比言语响亮；百说不如一干。
words to deeds is a great
space.
◎言行之间，大有距离。
,not words.
◎要行动，不要言词。
words,no
bargain.
◎空言不能成交易。
are fruits,words are but
leaves.
◎行动是果实，言语只是叶子。
deeds cannot honour.
◎坏行为不受尊敬。
words dress ill deeds.
◎漂亮的言词装饰着恶劣的行为。
words and ill deeds
deceive wise and fools.
◎动听的话和坏行为同样欺骗聪明和愚人。
own actions
are our security,not others' judgements.
◎我们的行为是自己的保证，并不是旁人的鉴定。
336.A man of
words and not deeds is like a garden full of
weeds.
◎空有言语而无行动的人，犹如杂草丛生的花园。
337.A man is
not good or bad for one action.
◎不能凭一件事判断人的好坏。
338.A man apt
to promise is apt to forget.
◎易于许诺的人也易于忘记。
339.A man that
breaks his word,bids others to be false to him.
◎人不守信，无异于叫旁人对他失信。
said than
done.
◎说易行难。
greatest talkers are
always the least doers.
◎大言不惭的总是行动最少的人。
proof of the pudding is in
the eating.
◎布丁好坏，一尝便知；空谈不如实践。
goes before a
fall.
◎骄者必败。
goes before destruction.
◎骄者必败。
goeth before,and shame
cometh after.
◎骄傲走在前，羞耻跟在后。
and grace dwelt never in
one place.
◎傲慢和温雅，永难住一处。
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that climbs high falls heavily.
◎爬得高，跌得重。
must be
pinched.
◎骄傲应收敛。
more noble the more
humble.
◎越高贵，越应谦逊。
ty often gains more than
pride.
◎谦逊常比傲慢受益更多。
who imagines that he has
knowledge enough has none.
◎自命万事通，腹中常空空。
man is the worst for
knowing the worst of himself.
◎人并不因为他自知很差就是很差。
may lurk under
a threadbare cloak.
◎骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。
is not a sign of humility
to declaim against pride.
◎用慷慨激昂的言语攻击傲慢并不是谦逊的标志。
that is full
of himself is very empty.
◎自满之人腹内空。
y is the best policy.
◎诚实为上策。
honest man's word is as
good as his bond.
◎诚实人的诺言实际上就是他的保证书。
but honest.
◎虽贫穷，要诚实。
y may be dear bought,but
can never be an ill pennyworth.
◎高价买诚实，永远也值得。
y may serve,but
honesty is best.
◎欺诈可能有用，诚实却是上策。
man has his weak side.
◎人人都有自己的弱点。
who has no shame has no
conscience.
◎不知羞耻的人不知自疚。
honest look covereth many
faults.
◎一副诚实的外表掩盖着许多缺点。
a knave,ever a knave.
◎一次成无赖，永远是无赖。
365.A crafty knave needs no
broker.
◎狡猾的无赖不需要有中间人。
honest penny is better
than the stolen dollar.
◎正当得到的一分钱胜于偷来的一元钱。
penny with
right is better than a thousand without right.
◎合法取得的一辨士，胜于非法取得的一千辨士。
unrighteous
penny corrupts the righteous pound.
◎不正当得来的辨士使正当得来的英镑也受到沾污。
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is
blind.
◎爱情是盲目的。
is without reason.
◎爱情无理智。
is full of trouble.
◎爱情充满了烦恼。
cannot be compelled.
◎爱情不能强迫。
begets love.
◎爱爱相生。
needs no
teaching.
◎爱情不需教导。
at first sight.
◎一见倾心。
asks faith,and faith
firmness.
◎爱情要求信任，信任要求坚定。
is the touchstone of
virtue.
◎爱情是美德的试金石。
not at the first look.
◎不要一见钟情。
love,soon cold.
◎爱得匆忙冷得快。
is a sweet torment.
◎爱情是一种甜蜜的痛苦。
rules his kingdom without
a sword.
◎爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。
will find out the way.
◎爱情自会寻出路。
is not to be found in the
market.
◎爱情在市场上找不到。
live by love,as larks live
by leeks.
◎情侣靠爱情生活，正象云雀靠韭葱生活一样。
love will not
be forgotten.
◎旧情永难忘；往日的爱情难以忘怀。
love
kythes(=shows itself)in time of need.
◎患难显真情。
love is not
soon forgotten.
◎坚固的爱情不会顷刻忘怀。
greatest hate springs from
the greatest love.
◎最大的恨来自最大的爱。
love is foul,nor prison
fair.
◎没有肮脏的爱情，也没有美丽的监狱。
is lihgt where
love doth pay.
◎爱情付报酬，劳苦也轻松。
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the reward of love.
◎爱就是爱的报酬。
makes all hard hearts
gentle.
◎爱情把一切冷酷之心变成温柔。
love puts in,friendship is
gone.
◎爱情进入，友情完结。
course of true love never
did run smooth.
◎真爱的道路绝不平坦。
is a sweet tyranny,
because the lover endures his torment willingly.
◎爱情是可爱的虐政，情人们甘受它痛苦的折磨。
love is
giving,not taking.
◎真挚的爱是给，不是取。
makes obedience easy.
◎爱情使顺从成为易事。
is sweet in the
beginning,but sour in the end.
◎爱情先甜后来酸。
love fails,we
espy all faults.
◎爱情一失败，一切毛病都发现。
love and it will flee,flee
love and it will follow thee.
◎追求爱情它高飞，逃避爱情它跟随。
401. When poverty comes in at the
door,love flies out of the window.
◎贫穷一进门，爱情跳窗走。
402. Faults are
thick while love is thin.
◎一朝情义淡，样样不顺眼。
403. Hatred is blind as
well as love.
◎爱情和仇恨，二者皆盲目。
404. Marriage is a lottery.
◎婚姻是一桩难于预测的事。
405. Marry thy like.
◎跟你情投意合的人结婚。
406. Marriage makes or mars
a man.
◎婚姻成全人，也能损害人。
407. It is good to marry
late or never.
◎晚婚或不婚，都是好事情。
408. Early wed,early dead.
◎早婚者早夭。
409. They that marry in
green,their sorrow is soon seen.
◎年纪轻轻就结婚，为时不久便悔恨。
410. A young
man married is a man that's marred.
◎男子早婚，种下祸根。
in haste,and
repent at leisure.
◎匆匆结婚，时时悔恨。
in lent,and you'll live to
repent.
◎借债结婚，一生悔恨。
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that marries for wealth,sells his liberty.
◎为财富而结婚的人，出卖了自己的自由。
ill marriage
is a spring of ill fortune.
◎不良的婚姻是恶运的来源。
marrieth for
love without money,hath good nights and sorry
days.
◎为了爱情，无钱结婚，夜来欢娱，白天悔恨。
you always say
◎常常说
“
不
”
字，永远难结婚。
men
marry soon,wise men not at all.
◎老实的人早成婚，聪明的人不结婚。
418.A good wife
and health is a man's best wealth.
◎贤妻和健康是男子的至宝。
419.A good wife
makes a good husband.
◎有好妻子就有好丈夫；妻贤夫自良。
a wife rather
by your ear than your eye.
◎选择妻子，最好用耳不用眼。
be half hanged than ill
wed.
◎与其成怨偶，不如守单身。
who does not honour his
wife,dishonours himself.
◎不尊重自己妻子的人，自己也不会受人尊重。
calmest
husbands make the stormiest wives.
◎有懦弱的丈夫，就有凶悍的妻子。
is a sad house
where the hen crows louder than the cock.
◎母鸡司晨家不兴。
wife is the key of the
house.
◎妻子是一家之钥；妻贤一家兴。
more women look in their
glass,the less they look to their house.
◎妇女照镜越多，照管家务就越少。
or west,home is best.
◎东也好，西也好，还是家中最好
；金窝银窝，不如家里的草窝。
father can support ten children; ten
children cannot support one father.
◎一个父亲可以供养十个孩子，十个孩子却不能供养一个父亲。
father is more
than a hundred school-masters.
◎一个父亲胜于一百个教师。
father,like
son.
◎有其父，必有其子。
father buys,the son
bigs,the grandchild sells,and his son thigs.
◎父买、子修建、孙儿卖，重孙街上当乞丐。
mother's
breath is aye sweet.
◎母亲的低语总是甜蜜的。
mother,like daughter.
◎有其母，必有其女。
en are the parents' riches.
◎子女是父母的至宝。
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435.A little child is the sweetest and
purest thing in the world.
◎孩童是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的东西。
that hath no
children,knows not what is love.
◎没有孩子的人，不知道什么叫做爱。
en learn to
creep ere they can go.
◎孩子要走路，先得学爬行。
(=good) child is soon
ylered(=taught).
◎好小孩，学得快。
will be boys.
◎孩子终归是孩子。
boy is more
trouble than a dozen girls.
◎一个男孩比十二个女孩增添的麻烦还多。
the rod and
spoil the child.
◎省了棍子，惯坏了孩子。
y boys sometimes make good
men.
◎淘气的男孩有时会成为争气的孩子。
child is
father of the man.
◎三岁定到老。
is he that is happy in
childhood.
◎童年时快乐的人是幸福的。
en and fools cannot lie.
◎孩子和愚人不会扯谎。
son is my son till he hath
got him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all
the days of her life.
◎儿子娶妻后就不是自己的儿子，可是女儿终身都是自己的女
儿。
is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring
her up well.
◎养女容易嫁女难。
448.A maid that laughs is
half taken.
◎少女笑口开，婚事成一半。
449.A maiden with many
wooers often chooses the worst.
◎有许多人向她求婚的少女，往往选中最差的一个。
want
nothing
but
husbands,but
when
they
have
them
they
want
everything.
◎未婚女子不要别的，只要丈夫，有了丈夫以后，一切都要。
you know your
daughter,see her in company.
◎你若想了解女儿，只要看她和什么样的人交往。
that would the
daughter win,must with the mother first begin.
◎要想赢得女儿的欢心，必须先从她母亲着手。
without friend
is death.
◎没有朋友的生活便等于死亡。
t a friend,the world is
wilderness.
◎没有朋友，世界成了荒野。
less is the dead.
◎死者无友。
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456.A good friend is my nearest
relation.
◎好友即至亲。
457.A near friend is better
than a fardwelling kinsman.
◎近友胜远亲。
458.A friend to
everybody is a friend to nobody.
◎和任何人都认朋友，结果和任何人都交不成朋友
;
友多无好友。
time of prosperity,friends
will be plenty.
◎走运时候朋友多。
is good to have friends in
trouble.
◎在患难中能有朋友是好事。
rity makes friends and
adversity tries them.
◎富裕招致朋友，困苦考验朋友。
462.A friend in need is a
friend indeed.
◎患难时的朋友才是真正的朋友。
y tries friends.
◎贫穷考验朋友；人贫见友情。
your friend ere you trust
him.
◎对朋友要先考验，后信任。
thy friend ere thou have
need.
◎在你需要朋友帮助前，先要考验他们。
466.A friend is
never known till a man have need.
◎不到困窘时，永难识真友。
467.A faithful
friend is hard to find.
◎忠实朋友实难求。
s are like fiddle-
strings,they must not be screwed too tight.
◎朋友有如琴弦，不能上的太紧。
but few frieds,though many
acquaintances.
◎结交可以多，朋友应宜少。
are not friends that speak
us fair.
◎向我们说好话的并不都是好朋友。
that hath a full purse
never wanted a friend.
◎金钱满袋，朋友盈门；钱袋装得饱，朋友不会少。
472.A friend in
court is better than a penny in purse.
◎朝中有友，胜如囊中有钱。
is good to
have some friends both in heaven and hell.
◎天堂上和地狱中都有几个朋友，这乃是一件好事。
shall never
have friends if we expect to find them without
fault.
◎指望朋友无缺点，永远休想交朋友。
475.A friend
without faults will never be found.
◎没有缺点的朋友永不可得。
476.A man
without a friend is only half a man.
◎无友的人只能算半个人。
477.A friend is
not so soon gotten as lost.
◎失友快，交友慢。
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ship cannot stand always on one side.
◎友谊不能总是在一方。
acquaintance will soon be
remembered.
◎故人一见便相亲。
is a good friend that
speaks well of us behind our backs.
◎背后称我好，才算好朋友。
s (the best of
friends) must part.
◎好友终有分手时。
482.A friend is best found
in adversity.
◎患难见真交。
483.I will be thy
friend,but not thy vices' friend.
◎我愿意做你的朋友，但不做你那些恶习的朋友。
friends are
worse than open enemies.
◎假朋友比真敌人更坏。
acquaintance brings
repentance.
◎浅交致后悔。
that lies down (sleeps)
with dogs must rise up with fleas.
◎与恶人交终会变恶；近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
be alone than
in bad company.
◎交损友不如无友。
down the advice of him who
loves you,though you like it not at present.
◎爱你的人的忠告，即使你当时并不喜欢，也得把它记下。
knows no
friend.
◎饥饿不认朋友。
makes strange bedfellows.
◎难中不择友。
enemy can do more hurt
than ten friends can do good.
◎一个敌人为害，胜过十个朋友行好。
enemy's mouth
seldom speaks well.
◎敌人嘴里无好话。
e no tales from the enemy.
◎敌人之言不可信。
enemy is too much.
◎一个敌人已太多。
power makes many enemies.
◎权高树敌多。
not despise your enemy.
◎不可轻敌。
thy enemy seem a mouse,yet
watch him like a lion.
◎敌人即使小如鼠，防他也要如防狮。
we are bound
to forgive an enemy,we are not bound to trust him.
◎即便我们决心宽恕敌人，也决不能相信敌人。
that dallies
with enemy gives him leave to kill him.
◎把敌人看儿戏，无异于准许敌人杀害自己。