英语谚语有一部分来自书面文献，主要出自希腊罗马神话、寓言故事、莎士比亚戏剧以及一些名家作品中。
1、用人不疑，疑人不用。
No doubt about the employer, no doubt about the suspect.
2、良言一句三冬暖，恶语伤人六月寒。
Good words are warm in winter, bad words hurt in June.
3、天冷不冻织女手，荒年不饿勤耕人。
Weaver women are not frozen in cold weather, and hardworking people are not hungry in barren years.
4、亲不过父母，近不过夫妻。
Parents are not close to parents, but couples.
5、泻药轻煎，补药浓熬。
Laxative light decoction, tonic strong boil.
6、莫馋人富，莫嫌人穷。
No man is rich, no man is poor.
7、手怕不动，脑怕不用。
Hands are afraid of not moving, brains are afraid of not using.
8、一人传虚，百人传实。
One person tells the truth, one hundred people tell the truth.
9、若要身体壮，饭菜嚼成浆。
If you want to be strong, chew the food into pulp.
10、出门看天色，炒菜看火色。
Go out to see the sky, stir-fried vegetables to see the fire.
11、三分种，七分管。
Three species, seven in charge.
12、一天省下一两粮，十年要用仓来装。
Save one or two grains a day and store them in warehouses for ten years.
13、点灯爱油，耕田爱牛。
Lighting loves oil, farming loves cattle.
14、人多出正理，谷多出好米。
More people make sense, more grain makes good rice.
15、一日练，一日功，一日不练十日空。
Practice one day, work one day, do not practice ten days a day.
16、牙不剔不稀，耳不挖不聋。
No teeth, no ears, no deafness.
17、百闻不如一见，百见不如一干。
Seeing is better than hearing, doing is better than seeing.
18、好客的朋友多，好说的废话多。
There are many hospitable friends and lots of nonsense.
19、三人同行，必有我师。
If three people go together, there must be my teacher.
20、人到四十五，正是出山虎。
When people reach 45, it is the mountain tiger.
1、不付出劳动就不会有收获。
there is no gain without labour.
2、一分钟的成功，付出的代价却是好些年的失败。
a minute of success costs years of failure.
3、锲而不舍，金石可镂。
perseverance, stone can be carved.
4、看日出必须守到拂晓。
watching the sunrise must be at dawn.
5、天才是百分之一的灵感，百分之九十九的汗水。
genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
6、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
there are many ways to learn from the sea.
7、本来无望的事，大胆尝试，往往能成功。
what is hopeless, if you try boldly, you will always succeed.
8、只要路是对的，就不怕路远。
as long as the road is right, we are not afraid of the distance.
9、坚持者能在命运风暴中奋斗。
persistent people can struggle in the storm of fate.
10、耐心之树，结黄金之果。
the tree of patience bears the fruit of gold.
11、智者一切求自己，愚者一切求他人。
all wise men seek themselves, and all fools seek others.
12、不要等待机会，而要创造机会。
don't wait for opportunities, but create them.
13、不受苦中苦，难得甜上甜。
sugar is seldom sweet without suffering.
14、伟大的作品，不是靠力量而是靠坚持才完成的。
great works are accomplished not by strength but by perseverance.
15、精诚所至，金石为开。
sincerity is the key to success.
16、春种一粒子，秋收万颗粮。
spring sows one particle and autumn harvest ten thousand grains.
17、春荒不要懒，防荒多生产。
don't be lazy in spring famine. prevent famine and produce more.
18、光栽不护，白费工夫。
it's a waste of time to plant without protecting.
19、只问耕耘，不问收获。
only ask about cultivation, not harvest.
20、想不付出任何代价而得到幸福，那是神话。
it is a myth to want happiness without paying any price.
21、孩儿不教不成人，庄稼不管无收成。
children can't be taught, crops can't be harvested.
22、经历沧桑的人是不会轻易气馁的。
people who experience vicissitudes of life are not easily discouraged.
23、穷且益坚，不坠青云之志。
poor and strong, not falling into the clouds of ambition.
24、为了高尚的目标，多大的代价我也愿付出。
in order to achieve noble goals, i would like to pay the price.
25、经历过；才会明白；有付出才有回报。
experience; only then will understand; has pays only then repays.
26、谁给我一滴水，我便回报他整个大海。
whoever gives me a drop of water, i will repay him the whole sea.
27、春旱不算早，秋田旱一半。
spring drought is not early, autumn drought is half.
28、忍耐和坚持是痛苦的，但它会逐给你好处。
patience and persistence are painful, but they will benefit you one by one.
29、三分在于种，七分在于管。
three points lie in species and seven points lie in management.
30、夏天多流汗，冬天少挨冷。
summer sweats more, winter is less cold.
1、Paddle your own canoe.
自立更生，自食其力。
2、Pain is forgotten where gain follows.
好了伤疤忘了痛。
3、Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.
饶了坏人便伤了好人。
4、Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和努力会使我们度过难关。
5、Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's garden.
忍耐是朵花，并非人人园中都开发。
6、Patience is a plaster for all sores.
忍耐是治疗一切伤痛的药膏。
7、Patience is a virtue.
忍耐是一种美德。
8、Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
忍耐是苦痛的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。
9、Patience is the best remedy or medicine。
忍耐是最好的药物。
10、Patience, time, and money overcome everything.
耐心，时间和金钱可以征服一切。
11、Pay somebody back in his own coin.
一报还一报。
12、Peace on earth and good will towards men.
愿世界得太平，人间持善意。
13、Peace with sword in hand, 'tis safest making.
居安思危，此乃万全之策。
14、Pen and ink is wit's plough.
笔墨是才智之犁。
15、Penny and penny laid up will be many.
积少成多。
16、Penny wise and pound foolish.
小事聪明，大事糊涂。
17、People do not lack strength; they lack will.
人们不缺力量，缺的是决心。
18、Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.
失败十九次，坚持而不动，待到二十次，大事就成功。
19、Perseverance is vital to success.
不屈不挠是成功之本。
20、Pitchers/Walls have ears.
隔墙有耳。
21、Pity is akin to love.
怜悯近乎爱情。
22、Plants of learning must be watered with the rain of tears.
知识的幼苗要用泪雨来浇灌。
23、Pleasant hours fly fast.
欢乐的时间过得快。
24、Pleasing everybody is pleasing nobody.
讨好每个人，人人不讨好。
25、Pleasure has a sting in its tail.
乐中必有苦。
26、Plenty is no plague.
富裕绝非灾祸。
27、Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance.
诗歌只不过是最美丽、最感人、最有力的说话方式，这也就是诗歌的价值。
28、Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
诗人是世上没有得到承认的立法者。
29、Politeness costs nothing and gains everything.
礼貌不费分文而可赢得一切。
30、Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way.
文雅就是善良地做事，和善地说话。
31、Poor men's words have little weight.
人微言轻。
32、Poverty breeds strife.
贫穷引起斗争。
33、Poverty is apain, but no disgrace.
贫困是痛苦，但不是耻辱。
34、Poverty is no shame, laziness is.
贫穷不害羞，懒惰才可耻。
35、Poverty is no sin.
贫穷不是罪恶。
1、No pains,no gains.不劳则无获。
2、All roads lead to Rome.行行出状元。
3、There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪。
4、A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。
5、A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.花有重开日，人无再少年。
6、It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。
7、Live and learn.活到老，学到老。
8、More haste,less speed.欲速则不达。
9、A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.谎言生谎言，谎言世代传。
10、Genius is one percent inspiration andpercent perspiration.天才一分来自灵感，九十九分来自勤奋。
1、红白喜事。
weddings and funerals
2、鸡皮疙瘩。
goose flesh
3、小菜一碟。
a piece of cake
4、受青睐的人。
a blue-eyed boy
5、凡人皆有得意日。
Every dog has his/its day
6、吃一堑，长一智。
Experience teaches.
7、心有灵犀一点通。
Mind acts upon mind.
8、一叶障目，不见泰山。
One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.
9、富贵无常。
Riches have wings.
10、三思而后行。
Score twice before you cut once.
11、老马识途。
Sense comes with age.
12、先当学生，后当先生。
Through obedience learn to command.
13、熟能生巧。
work makes the workman.
14、海纳百川。
all rivers run into sea.
15、种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
As a man sows,so he shall reap.
16、不怕慢，单怕站。
better late than never.
17、血债血偿。
Blood will have blood.
18、萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
19、棋逢对手。
Diamonds cut diamonds.
20、眼不见，心为净。
out of sight,out of mind.
21、有钱能使鬼推磨。
All things are obedient to money.
22、有情人终成眷属。
All shall be well,Jack shall have Jill.
23、趁热打铁。
Strike while the iron is hot.
24、千里之行始于足下。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
25、守得云开见月明。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
26、少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
an idle youth,a needy age.
27、一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A burnt child dreads the fire.
28、塞翁失马，焉之非福。
Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise.
29、患难见真情。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
30、善始者善终。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
1、我养你牙大，你养我牙落。
i raise your big teeth, you raise my teeth.
2、千里烧香，不如在家敬爹娘。
it's better to burn incense in a thousand miles than to respect your parents at home.
3、父望子成龙，子望父升天。
father expects his son to become a dragon and son expects his father to ascend to heaven.
4、宁养顽子，莫养呆子。
better raise a stubborn son than a fool.
5、有钱难买亲生子。
it's hard to buy your own son if you have money.
6、身安莫嫌瘦，家安莫嫌贫。
don't be thin in body and poor in home.
7、爷娘惜子女，没有狠心的爹娘。
ladies and fathers cherish their children and have no cruel parents.
8、有钱难买子孙贤。
money cannot buy offspring.
9、树小扶直易，树大扳伸难。
it's easy to straighten a tree when it's small, but difficult to stretch a tree when it's big.
10、子不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。
dogs don't dislike their mother's ugliness or their family's poverty.
11、孩子再丑，也是自己的。
no matter how ugly a child is, he is his own.
12、亲兄弟，明处帐。
brothers, clear account.
13、娇生惯养，没有好儿郎。
there are no good boys.
14、老嫂比母，小叔比儿。
old sister-in-law than mother, little uncle bill.
15、兄弟虽和勤算数。
brothers are hard-working.
16、家无主，屋倒竖。
home without owner, house upright.
17、孩子不好慢慢教，哪有挖井只一锹。
children can't teach slowly. there's no way to dig a well but a shovel.
18、家有黄金，外有斗秤。
there is gold in the house and a scale outside.
19、当家才知柴米价。
the price of firewood and rice is known only when one is in charge.
20、孩儿不离娘，瓜儿不离秧。
children do not leave their mothers, melons do not leave their seedlings.
21、父母难保子孙贤。
it's hard for parents to protect their children and grandchildren.
22、手掌手背都是肉。
the palms and back of the hands are all flesh.
23、有其父必有其子。
like father, like son.
24、顺得姑来失嫂意。
successful aunt comes to lose his wife's heart.
25、慈母多败儿。
loving mothers are often defeated.
26、家丑不可外扬。
family ugliness should not be publicized.
27、生前不给父母吃，死后何必去祭坟。
if you don't feed your parents before you die, why go to the grave?
28、成器子赛过无价宝。
a successful instrument is worth more than a priceless treasure.
29、宁可爹娘羡儿女，切莫儿女羡爹娘。
better parents envy their children than children envy their parents.
30、健妇持门户，胜过一丈夫。
healthy women hold doors better than husbands.
31、买尽天下物，难买子孙贤。
if you buy everything in the world, you cannot buy your descendants.
32、爱花连盆爱，爱女疼女婿。
love flowers, love sons and daughters, love sons and daughters.
33、儿女都是父母身上肉。
children are the flesh of their parents.
34、一窑烧得几百砖，一娘养的不一般。
a kiln burns hundreds of bricks, and a mother's son is unusual.
35、家和人和万事和。
family and people make peace with everything.
1、游子身上衣，慈母手中线。
the swimmer's coat is the middle line of the mother's hand.
2、养儿方知父母恩。
parents know their kindness only when they raise their children.
3、娇生惯养，没有好儿郎。
there are no good boys.
4、哀哀父母，生不养儿不知父母恩。
mourning parents, not raising children do not know their parents grace.
5、人最终总要离开母亲。
people always leave their mothers in the end.
6、月里婴儿娘引坏。
in the month, the baby's mother is spoiled.
7、一饭之恩，当永世不忘。
the grace of a meal should never be forgotten.
8、没有母亲就没有我。
no mother, no me.
9、子女是父母的至宝。
children are the treasure of parents.
10、子不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。
dogs don't dislike their mother's ugliness or their family's poverty.
11、娘想儿，长江水；儿想娘，扁担长。
niang wanger, yangtze river water; niang wangniang, a long pole.
12、父母之恩，水不能溺，火不能灭。
the grace of parents, water can not drown, fire can not extinguish.
13、父母的爱，为诸德之基。
the love of parents is the foundation of all virtues.
14、母爱是世间最真挚的爱。
mother's love is the most sincere love in the world.
15、父母之爱子，则为之计深远。
parents'love for their children is far-reaching.
16、天地宽大，父母恩大。
heaven and earth are generous, parents are generous.
17、天意怜幽草，人间重晚情。
heaven has pity for the grass, and the world is full of evening love.
18、母行千里而不愁，儿行千里母担忧。
mother walks thousands of miles without worrying, while child walks thousands of miles mother worries.
19、父恩比山高，母恩比海深。
father's grace is higher than mountain's, mother's grace is deeper than sea's.
20、母亲的低语总是甜蜜的。
mother's whisper is always sweet.
21、可怜天下父母心。
poor parents all over the world.
22、人只要不失去方向，就不会失去自己。
as long as people do not lose their direction, they will not lose themselves.
23、在家靠父母，出外靠朋友。
depend on your parents at home, depend on your friends when you go out.
24、母爱是一种巨大的火焰。
maternal love is a great flame.
25、唯独母爱最高尚。
only maternal love is noblest.
26、教子光说好，后患少不了。
if the godson says well, he will suffer.
27、恩欲报，怨欲忘；报怨短，报恩长。
gratitude for repayment, resentment for forgetting; representation for short, repayment for long.
28、母爱最高尚。
mother's love is noblest.
29、女是娘的罗裙带。
a woman is a lady's girdle.
30、牛要耕，马要骑，孩子不教就调皮。
cattle to farm, horses to ride, children do not teach naughty.
31、知遇之恩当永生不忘。
the grace of knowing should never be forgotten.
32、养儿方知娘辛苦，养女方知谢娘恩。
the adoptive daughter knows how hard she is, and the adoptive daughter knows how to thank her.
33、母爱只有做母亲的才知道。
mother's love is only known to mothers.
34、鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已。
keep loyal and devoted to the last.
35、一父养十子，十子养一父。
one father has ten sons, ten sons have one father.
1、Where there is a will,there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
2、Well begun is half done.
好的'开端是成功的一半。
3、East,west,home is best.
金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。
4、There is no royal road to learning.
学无坦途。
5、Look before you leap. First think,then act.
三思而后行。
6、It is never too late to mend.
亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。
7、Light come,light go.
来得容易，去得快。
8、Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
9、A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真交。
10、Great hopes make great man.
远大的希望，造就伟大的人物。
11、After a storm comes a calm.
雨过天晴。
12、All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
13、Art is long,but life is short.
人生有限，学问无涯。
14、Stick to it,and you'll succeed.
只要人有恒，万事都能成。
15、Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy,and wise.
早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。
16、A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
17、It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前车之鉴。
18、Keeping is harder than winning.
创业不易，守业更难。
19、Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.
船到桥头自然直。
20、More haste,less speed.
欲速则不达。
21、No pains,no gains.
不劳则无获。
22、Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
23、Where there is life,there is hope.
生命不息，希望常在。
24、An idle youth,a needy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
25、We must not lie down,and cry,"God help us."
求神不如求己。
26、A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.
花有重开日，人无再少年。
27、God helps those who help themselves.
自助者，天助之。
28、What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
明日待明日，明日不再来。
29、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
30、Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
31、Truth is the daughter of time.
时间见真理。
32、Take care of the pence,and the pounds will take care of themselves.
积少自然成多。
33、No man is wise at all times.
智者千虑，必有一失。
21.Facts speak plainer than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
22.Call back white and white back. 颠倒黑白。
23.First things first. 凡事有轻重缓急。
24.Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。
25.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
26.live not to eat，but eat to live. 活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。
27.Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。
28.East or west，home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝。
29.Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
30.Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。
31.Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。
32.The older， the wiser. 姜是老的辣。
33.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
35.As the tree，so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
36.Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。
37.Where there is a will，there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。
39. Every coin has two sides. 每枚硬币都有两面；凡事皆有好坏。
40. Don‘t troubles trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。
1.There is no rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。世上没有十全的幸福。
2.An old dog will learn no new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。老顽固不能学新事物。
3.A good dog deserves a good bone.
好狗应该得好骨头。 有功者受奖。
4.the children from well-fed family.
膏粱子弟
5.pour water off a steep roof（operate from a strategically advantageous position)
高屋建筑
6.Bad workmen often blame their tools.
拙匠常怪工具差。（不会撑船怪河弯）。
7.He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.
己不正不正人(笑别人驼背的人得自己首先把身子挺直）
you should not cast the first stone.欲责他人，先思己过
8.It's a long lane that has no turning.
路必有弯。（事必有变）。（瓦片也有翻身日）。
9.Onw swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
smoke without fire.
无火不起烟。（无风不起浪）。
11.Ill news comes apace.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
12.He sho keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
13.Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
山中无老虎，猴子称大王。
minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
15.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。
16.Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
17.Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
18.The days of our years are three-score years and ten.
人生七十古来稀。
19.the apple of the eye.
掌上明珠。
20.hide one's light under a bushel.
不露锋芒。
wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。
22.a dead dog.
废物或无价值之物。
23.eye for eye, tooth for tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
24.between the devil and the deep sea.
进退两难 进退维谷。
25.escape by the skin of one's teeeth.
死里逃生。 幸免于死。
26.hole and corner.
偷偷摸摸。 鬼鬼祟祟。
27.a broken reed.
压伤的苇杖。 不能依靠的东西或人。
an angel unawares.
有眼不识泰山。
29.much cry and little wool.
雷声大，雨点小。
30.a lion in the way.
拦路虎。
31.everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
32.kick against the pricks.
以卵击石。 螳臂当车。
33.a fly in the ointment.
一只老鼠坏了一锅汤。
respecter of persons.
一视同仁。
35.wash one's hands of a thing.
洗手不干。 与某事无关。
36.cast pearls before swine.
对牛弹琴。 明珠暗投。
37.the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
心有余而力不足。
38.separate the sheep from the goats.
分辨良莠。
39.in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
聪明保险的办法是向大量谋士求计。
40.all the rivers run into the sea;yet the sea is not full.
百川归海而海不盈。
41.for we brought nothing into whis world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
因为我们没带什么到世界上来，也不能带什么去。
42.bay the moon.
干徒劳无益的事。
43.what's done is done.
事情干了就算了。
44.murder will out.(truth will come to light.)
纸包不住火。真相终将大白。
45.strange bedfellows.
同床异梦。
46.be hoist with one's own petard .
作法自毙。作茧自缚。
paint the lily.
画蛇添足。实在是浪费而可笑的事。
48.much ado about nothing.
无事生非。
49.love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。 情人眼里出西施。
50.a dog in the manger.
占着茅坑不拉屎。在其位不谋其政。
1、 Time flies. 光阴似箭。
2、 Time is life. 时间就是生命。
3、 Times change. 时代在改变。
4、 Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
5、 Life is sweet. 人生是美好的
6、 Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的
7、 One man, no man. 个人是渺小的
8、 Never say "die'。 永远不要说" 完了"。
9、 Never say never. 永不放弃
10、 No song, no supper. 不出力，不得食。
11、 The truth will out. 真相总会大白。
12、 To think is to see. 思考就是明白。
13、 To see is to believe. 眼见为实
14、 Every dog has its day. 人人都有得意之日。
15、 Early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 （勤能补拙）
16、 Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
17、 Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
18、 Love will find a way. 爱心所至，金石为开。
19、 No sweet without sweat. 幸福来自汗水。
20、 All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
21、 I think,therefore I am. 我思考，所以我存在。
22、 No man is born wise or learned.人非生而知之。
23、 Action speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
24、 There is no royal road to learning.学无坦途。
25、 Look before you leap. First think, then act.三思而后行。
26、 It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。
27、 Light come, light go.来得容易，去得快。
28、 A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真交。
29、 Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者，事竟成。
30、 Nothing is impossible. 一切皆有可能。
31、 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一个苹果，远离医生。
32、 Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半。
33、 East or west, home is best.金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。
34、 Great hopes make great men.远大的希望，造就伟大的人物。
35、 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。
36、 No pains, no gains.不劳则无获。
37、 Life lies in sports. 生命在于运动。
38、 Art is long, but life is short.人生有限，学问无涯。
39、 Where there is life, there is hope.生命不息，希望常在。
40、 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
41、 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
42、 Live and learn.活到老，学到老。
43、 Keeping is harder than winning.创业不易，守业更难。
44、 After a storm comes a calm.雨过天晴。
45、 An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
46、 God helps those who help themselves.自助者，天助之。
47、 Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。
48、 Truth is the daughter of time.时间见真理。
49、 In doing we learn.经一事，长一智。
50、 Easier said than done.说起来容易做起来难。
初中英语谚语大全
1、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
2、If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.若要求知，必须刻苦。
3、God helps those who help themselves.自助者，天助之。
4、Time and tide waits for no man.岁月不等人。
5、Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.没有目标的生活如同没有罗盘的航行。
6、Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉日子长。
7、A little of every thing is nothing in the main.每事浅尝辄止，事事都告无成。
8、Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.世上无难事，只怕有心人。
9、The path to glory is always rugged.通向光荣的道路常常是崎岖的。
10、Money is a good servant but a bad master.要做金钱的。主人，莫作金钱的奴隶。
11、Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.胸中有知识，胜于手中有金钱。
12、United we stand, divided we fall.合即立，分即垮。
13、Sound in body, sound in mind.有健全的身体才有健全的精神。
14、Oneisnevertoooldtolearn=liveandlearn活到老，学到老。
15、Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
16、A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.花有重开日，人无再少年。
17、Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.话不中肯，不如不说。
18、Timeandtidewaitfornoman.岁月不饶人。
19、Nothing seek, nothing find.无所求则无所获。
20、Many hands make light work.人多好办事。
21、You can't make something out of nothing.巧妇难为无米之炊。
22、No man is wise at all times.智者千虑，必有一失。
23、Tosavetimeistolengthenlife.珍惜时间就是珍惜生命。
24、Lifeless, faultless.只有死人才不会犯错误。
25、Of nothing comes nothing.无中不能生有。
26、The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.节食博士、精心博士、快乐博士，三人都是最好的医生。
27、He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.不犯错误者一事无成。
28、Habit is a second nature.习惯成自然。
29、Nothing for nothing.不费力气，一无所得。
30、Empty wagons rattle loudest.空车响声大。
31、Truth is the daughter of time.时间见真理。
32、Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.读书如择友，宜少且宜精。
33、What may be done at any time will be done at no time.明日待明日，明日不再来。
34、Nothing so bad but might be a blessing.塞翁失马，焉知非福。
35、A book that remains shut is but a block.书本不常翻，犹如一块砖。
36、Nopains。Nogains.不劳而获。
37、Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.船到桥头自然直。
38、It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.君子在德不在衣。
39、Where there is life, there is hope.生命不息，希望常在。
40、It's hard sailing when there is no wind.无风难驶船。
41、Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进。
42、Knowing something of everything, and everything of something.通百艺而专一长。
43、Nothing is given so freely as advice.劝人最容易。
44、A great ship asks deep waters.大船要走深水。（蛟龙要在海中游。）
45、Once bitten, twice shy.一次被咬，下次胆小。
46、Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
47、Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
48、No pains, no gains.不劳则无获。
49、Nothing succeeds like success.一事如意，万事顺利。
50、More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。
51、Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.期待比现实更美好。
52、Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
53、A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.好书千载常如新。
54、Nothing stake, nothing draw.不顶千里浪，哪来万斤鱼。
55、From words to deeds is a great space.言行之间，大有距离。
56、Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.与众同乐，其乐更乐。
57、Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.技能和信心是无敌的军队。
58、Everydoghasitsday.人人皆有得意时。
59、Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。
60、Learn young, learn fair.学习趁年轻，学就要学好。
61、An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
62、Birth is much, but breeding is more.出身重要，教养更重要。
63、There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪。
64、He that once deceives is ever suspected.骗人一次，受疑一世。
65、Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.积少自然成多。
66、Dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread.狗摇尾巴，爱的是你的面包。
67、We must not lie down, and cry, ”God help us.“求神不如求己。
68、Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。
1、一日为师，终身为父。
one day as a teacher, life as a father.
2、各个师傅传授，各有把戏各变手。
each teacher teaches, each has its own tricks changed hands.
3、养不教，父之过；教不严，师之惰。
lack of upbringing is the fault of the father, laziness of the teacher and laziness of the teacher.
4、先当学生，后当先生。
first as a student, then as a teacher.
5、不经一师，不长一艺。
not a division, not a skill.
6、天地为大，
heaven and earth are big, parents and teachers are respected.
7、学无老少，能者为师。
no young or old learner is a teacher.
8、三人行，必有我师。
there must be a teacher for three.
9、千个师傅千个法。
thousands of teachers and thousands of methods.
10、师傅领进门，进步在个人。
teachers lead the door, progress in the individual.
11、人人是先生，人人是学生。
every man is a teacher and every man is a student.
12、老兵传帮带，新兵成长快。
the veterans help and lead, and the recruits grow fast.
13、不听老师言，知识不周全。
do not listen to the teacher, knowledge is not complete.
14、圣人无定师。
saints have no definite teachers.
15、严师出高徒。
a strict teacher makes a good apprentice.
1、 Time flies. 光阴似箭。
2、 Time is life. 时间就是生命。
3、 Times change. 时代在改变。
4、 Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
5、 Life is sweet. 人生是美好的
6、 Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的
7、 One man, no man. 个人是渺小的
8、 Never say "die'。 永远不要说" 完了"。
9、 Never say never. 永不放弃
10、 No song, no supper. 不出力，不得食。
11、 The truth will out. 真相总会大白。
12、 To think is to see. 思考就是明白。
13、 To see is to believe. 眼见为实
14、 Every dog has its day. 人人都有得意之日。
15、 Early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 （勤能补拙）
16、 Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
17、 Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
18、 Love will find a way. 爱心所至，金石为开。
19、 No sweet without sweat. 幸福来自汗水。
20、 All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
21、 I think,therefore I am. 我思考，所以我存在。
22、 No man is born wise or learned.人非生而知之。
23、 Action speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
24、 There is no royal road to learning.学无坦途。
25、 Look before you leap. First think, then act.三思而后行。
26、 It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。
27、 Light come, light go.来得容易，去得快。
28、 A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真交。
29、 Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者，事竟成。
30、 Nothing is impossible. 一切皆有可能。
31、 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一个苹果，远离医生。
32、 Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的。一半。
33、 East or west, home is best.金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。
34、 Great hopes make great men.远大的希望，造就伟大的人物。
35、 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。
36、 No pains, no gains.不劳则无获。
37、 Life lies in sports. 生命在于运动。
38、 Art is long, but life is short.人生有限，学问无涯。
39、 Where there is life, there is hope.生命不息，希望常在。
40、 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
41、 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
42、 Live and learn.活到老，学到老。
43、 Keeping is harder than winning.创业不易，守业更难。
44、 After a storm comes a calm.雨过天晴。
45、 An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
46、 God helps those who help themselves.自助者，天助之。
47、 Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。
48、 Truth is the daughter of time.时间见真理。
49、 In doing we learn.经一事，长一智。
50、 Easier said than done.说起来容易做起来难。
51、 He who laughs last laughs best.谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。
52、 No man is wise at all times.智者千虑，必有一失。
53、 Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天。
54、 What may be done at any time will be done at no time.明日待明日，明日不再来。
55、 A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.花有重开日，人无再少年。
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
Make hay while the sun shines.
良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.
化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.
人是万物之灵。
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。
Measure for measure.
针锋相对。
Misfortunes never come alone.
祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。
Money isn't everything.
钱不是万能的。
Murder will out.
纸包不住火。
（又作：Truth will come to light sooner or later. ）
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in troubled water.
不要混水摸鱼。
（Fish in troubled waters. 浑水摸鱼，趁火打劫）
Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
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。
New wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。
No cross, no crown.
不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.
没有不长草的。园子。
No living man all things can.
世上没有万事通。
No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.
没有生而知之者。
No man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.
聪明一世，糊涂一时。
None are so blind as those who won't see.
视而不见。
None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
充耳不闻。
(turn a blind eye to 视而不见；
turn a deaf ear to 置若罔闻)
No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不会重现。
No pains, no gains.
没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain.
没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.
先苦后甜。
No smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼泪干得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
没有追求就没有收获。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行，语言最要紧。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
Not to advance is to go back.
不进则退。
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
No way is impossible to courage.
勇者无惧。
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
军人以服从命
Observation is the best teacher.
观察是最好的老师。
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 a man and twice a child.
一次老，两次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盗一次，做贼一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.
时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百闻不如一见。
（eyewitness 目击者，见证人； hearsay 谣言，传闻，道听途说）
One false move may lose the game.
一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One good turn deserves another.
行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
争分夺秒效率高。
One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
One's words reflect one's thinking.
言为心声。
Out of debt, out of danger.
无债一身轻。
Out of office, out of danger.
无官一身轻。
Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心为静。
Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish.
贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart.
贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
（plague 折磨，使苦恼，使得灾祸）
Pleasure comes through toil.
苦尽甘来。
Pour water into a sieve.
竹篮子打水一场空。
（sieve 筛，滤网，不会保密的人）
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.
恭维话不能当饭吃。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.
宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure.
预防胜于治疗。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.
骄傲使人落后。
Promise is debt.
一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
谚语是日常经验的结晶。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind.
开卷有益。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.
读书健脑，运动强身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬，必须自重。
Rome is not built in a day.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.
言行不一。
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
Seek the truth from facts.
实事求是。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者当差，不用交代。
（errand 跑腿：为完成某一项特殊任务，通常是为他人而走的一段路； / 差事：这种短途旅行的目的或意图）
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以贼捉贼。
Short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing.
聊胜于无。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.
学得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快，烂得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
能言是银，沉默是金。
Still water run deep.
静水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering.
坚持就是胜利。
1、恶有恶报，善有善报。
Evil is rewarded with evil, and good is rewarded with good.
2、打柴问樵夫，驶船问艄公。
Ask the woodcutter for firewood and the official for boat sailing.
3、双手是活宝，一世用不了。
Hands are a living treasure. They will never be used for a lifetime.
4、把舵的不慌，乘船的稳当。
Take the rudder without panic, and take the boat steadily.
5、千人千脾气，万人万模样。
Thousands of people have thousands of tempers and tens of thousands of looks.
6、积善三年人不知，作恶一日远近闻。
People who have accumulated good deeds for three years do not know what they are doing.
7、针不离线，线不离针。
Needles are not off-line and threads are not off-line.
8、庄稼怕旱，干活怕站。
Crops are afraid of drought and work is afraid of standing.
9、武官会杀，文官会刮。
Military officers kill, civil officers scrape.
10、三年不喝酒，家里样样有。
No alcohol for three years, everything at home.
11、贪得一时嘴，受了一身累。
Greedy for a while, tired.
12、*者迷，旁观者清。
Authorities are mysterious and bystanders are clear.
13、人合心，马合套。
People fit in, horses fit in.
14、一人传虚，百人传实。
One person tells the truth, one hundred people tell the truth.
15、手舞足蹈，九十不老。
Dancing hand and foot, ninety is not old.
16、买鸡看爪，买鸭看嘴。
Buy chickens and feet, and ducks and mouths.
17、挨金似金，挨玉似玉。
Gold is like gold, and jade is like jade.
18、美不美，家乡水；亲不亲，故乡人。
Beauty is not beautiful, home water; relatives, home people.
19、三人同行，必有我师。
If three people go together, there must be my teacher.
20、少不惜力，老不歇心。
No effort is spared, no rest is spared.
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law.
自由就是做法律许可做的事情的权力。
Liars should have good memories.
说谎的人应有好的记性。
Liars have need of good memories.
谎言者要有好的记忆力。
Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay.
是就是，非就非。
Let things take their course.
顺其自然。
Let the hands get busy, not the mouth.
手要勤劳，嘴莫多说。
Let the dead bury the dead.
往事不重提。
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
安分守己。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
不要惹事生非。
A little labour, much health.
常常走动，无病无痛。
A little leak will sink a great ship.
千丈之堤溃于蚁穴。
A journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step.
千里之行，始于足下
A Jack of all trades and master of none.
无所不能便一无所精。 三脚猫无所长
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常怨工具差（人笨怨刀钝）
A bad penny always turns up.
善有善报，恶有恶报；不是不报，时辰未到
A bad padlock invites a picklock.
开门揖盗。 意思是挂锁失灵招撬窃。
A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做贼心虚。
A tall tree catches the wind.
树大招风。
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.
缄默的嘴，真诚的心，是世界上最令人赞美的东西。
A servant is known by his master's absence.
主人不在可以看出仆人的品行来。
A secret between more than two is no secret.
两人以上知道的秘密就不是秘密了。即“ 三人知，天下晓”
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜， 种豆得豆。
As a man's heart is, so does he speak.
言为心声。
As a man lives so shall he die.
有生则有死。
Art lies in concealing art.
隐而不露即艺术。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔；见异思迁终无所得
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step.
千里之行，始于足下
A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
不能以衣着取人。
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
白日不做亏心事，夜半不怕鬼敲门。
Appetite comes with eating.
（尝到甜头）胃口越吃越大。
Appearances are deceitful.
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
Apparel makes the man.
马靠鞍装，人靠衣装；
Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter.
好药不苦不会加糖衣。
A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife.
穷汉娶富妻，必受老婆欺。
A pet lamb makes a cross ram.
宠坏的小羊将成为脾气坏的大羊。
A penny saved is a penny earned(or gained)。
省钱就是赚钱。
An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men.
法官能公正，重法不重人。
Answer a fool according to his folly.
按照愚人的蠢话回答愚人。
An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue.
牛因有脚而被抓，人因有舌而遭殃。
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
乐观者于一个灾难中看到一个希望，悲观者于一个希望中看到一个灾难。
An open door may tempt a saint.
门户不关紧， 圣贤起贼心。
An old physician, and a young lawyer.
医生年老的好，律师年轻的俏。
An old dog will learn no new tricks.
老狗学不了新把戏；老年人很难适应新事物。
An old dog cannot alter its way of barking.
老狗难改常吠声。
An old dog bites sore.
老狗咬人痛得很。
An old dog barks not in vain.
老犬不空吠。
An occasion lost cannot be redeemed.
错过机会，无法挽回。
An oak is not felled at one stroke.
万事不能一蹴而就；冰冻三尺非一日之寒；万事不能一挥而就；
An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
对牛弹琴。
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
错无分大小，有错皆不好
An ill workman quarrels with his tools.
。拙工匠抱怨家什不好使。
An idle youth, a needy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
游手好闲是万恶之源。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。
An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
君子一言，驷马难追。意思诚实人的话像他的契约一样靠得住。
Anger rests in the bosom of folly.
怒火常寓于蠢人的胸中。
Anger is a short madness.
发火是短暂的疯狂。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An evil lesson is soon learned.
恶习易染。
An evil chance seldom comes alone.
祸不单行。
An evening red and a morning grey, is a sign of a fair day.
晚霞红如火，晓色青如灰，定是晴朗天。
1、All that ends well is well.
结果好，就一切都好。
2、As a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
3、Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
4、A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
5、Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言传。
6、A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
7、A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马难追。
8、A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
9、Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
10、A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做贼心虚。
11、A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。
12、Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。
13、An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智，不如运气。
14、All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。
15、All rivers run into sea.All roads lead to Rome.
海纳百川。条条大路通罗马。
16、An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。
17、Custom makes all things easy.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
18、A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人。
19、A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
20、Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
21、Accidents will happen.
天有不测风云。
22、A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
23、A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
24、A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
25、A burden of one‘s choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
26、A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
27、All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
28、Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。
29、A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
30、A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
31、A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
32、He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
33、A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。
34、Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
35、A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。
36、Creep before you walk.All roads lead to Rome.
循序渐进。海底捞月。
37、Do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
38、Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
39、A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
40、Come what may, heaven won‘t fall.
做你的吧，天塌不下来。
1、Youth looks forward and age backward.
青年人向前看，老年人向后看。
2、You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep.
你可以迫人闭眼，但不能使他睡觉。
3、You cant eat your cake and have it.
不能既要吃饼，又要把饼保存。
4、You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time; but you cant fool all of the people all the time.
你可以一直愚弄一些人，甚至可以在某个时期愚弄所有的人；但不能一直愚弄所有的人。
5、You cannot judge a tree by its bark.
人不可貌相。
6、You can do more than strike while the iron is hot; you can make the iron hot by striking.
铁热时，你能做的不止是锤打，而锤打可使铁热。
7、Youth means limitless possibilities.
年轻意味着无限希望。
8、You never know what you can do till you try.
事非经过不知难。
9、You must reap what you have sown.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
10、You are the greatest enemy if you are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest friend.
如果你是胆小鬼，你就是自己最大的敌人；如果你是勇敢者，你就是自己最好的朋友。
11、You cannot clap with one hand.
孤掌难鸣。
12、Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle, old age a regret.
青年冒失莽撞；成年发奋图强；老年遗憾懊丧。
13、Yesterday will not be called again.
光阴一去不复返。
14、Young man may die but old men must die.
年轻人可能会死，老年人难免不亡。
15、Years bring wisdom.
年长智也增。
16、Yesterday is dead, forget it; tomorrow does not exist, dont worry; today is here, use it.
昨天已经消逝，把它忘掉；明天还未来到，不必烦恼；今天就在眼前，把它用好。
17、You may know by a handful the whole sack.
由一斑可知全貌。
18、Youth is the season of hope, enterprise, and energy, to a nation as well as an individual.
青年时期对国家和个人都是希望、创业和精力充沛的时期。
19、You cannot eat your cake and have it.
鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
20、You cannot make a crab walk straight.
江山易改，本性难移。
21、You roll my log and Ill roll yours.
互相吹嘘。
22、You have no goats, and yet you sell kids.
你虽无老山羊，却出卖小山羊。
23、You may go farther and fare worse.
一动不如一静。
24、You cannot flay the same ox twice.
一头牛不能剥两次皮。
25、You cant make omelets（or omeletts）without breaking eggs.
有失才有得。
26、You make the failure complete when you stop strying.
不再努力之时，就是完全失败之日。
27、You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.
你不可能出售乳牛，同时又要喝牛奶。
28、You cannot have two forenoons in the same day.
一日之中不可能有两个上午。
29、You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
强扭的`瓜不甜。
30、You never know what you can till you try.
是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。
31、You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
马到河边不喝水，逼马低头亦枉然。（不要逼人做他不愿做的事）
32、Youth is lifes seed-time.
青年时代是人生的播种期。
33、You may know the horse by his harness.
欲知马如何，可看套马索。
34、You cant make bricks without straw.
没有稻草，制砖难搞。
35、You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。
1、小病不治，大病难医。
a minor illness is incurable, but a serious one is difficult to cure.
2、厨师常游酥油海，死后坠入地狱海。
chefs often swim in the sea of butter and fall into the sea of hell after they die.
3、精益求精，艺无止境。
keep improving, art is endless.
4、儿大不由爷，女大不由娘。
children can't help their father, but women can't help their mother.
5、立如松，坐如钟，卧如弓，行如风。
stand like a pine, sit like a bell, lie like a bow, walk like the wind.
6、不怕人不敬，就怕己不正。
if you are not afraid of being disrespectful, you are afraid of being wrong.
7、母大儿肥，种好苗壮。
fertile mothers and fathers make good seedlings.
8、豌豆不要粪，只要有灰拌。
peas don't need dung, as long as they are mixed with ash.
9、朋友千个少，敌人一个多。
a thousand friends and one enemy.
10、急雨易晴，慢雨不开。
it's easy to clear up when it rains hard, but not when it rains slowly.
11、千里之行，始于足下。
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
12、朱门酒肉臭，路有冻死骨。
zhumen smells of wine and meat, and the roads are frozen to death.
13、雨打五更，日晒水坑。
rain beats five more, sunbathing puddles.
14、人无羞耻犹如狗。
a man without shame is like a dog.
15、不当家不知柴米贵，不养儿不知父母恩。
if you don't own a family, you don't know how much firewood and rice are expensive. if you don't raise a child, you don't know how kind parents are.
16、宁愿饿死老娘，不要吃了种粮。
i'd rather starve my mother than grow grain.
17、冬天既然已经到了，春天还会远吗？
now that winter has arrived, can spring be far behind?
18、我落到此步再于行，山变成洁白在于雪。
when i come to this point and go on, it is snow that makes the mountain white.
19、打鱼的不离水边，打柴的不离山边。
fishing does not leave the water, firewood does not leave the mountain.
20、食鱼要肥，食肉要瘦。
fish should be fat and meat lean.
21、蜂采百花酿蜂蜜，人读群书明真理。
bees gather flowers to make honey, and people read the truth.
22、离家十里路，各处各乡风。
ten miles away from home, the local customs everywhere.
23、知识不存在的地方，愚昧就自命为科学。
where knowledge does not exist, ignorance pretends to be science.
24、河有两岸，事有两面。
there are two sides to the river and two sides to the matter.
25、秤砣虽小，能压千斤。
although the scale is small, it can press jacks.
26、月亮撑红伞，有大雨。
the moon holds an umbrella and it rains heavily.
27、圩田好种，梅雨难过。
meiyu is sad that polder fields are good seeds.
28、人心齐，泰山移。
people are united and mount tai is moved.
29、暴热黑云起，雹子要落地。
black clouds rise in the heat and hail falls to the ground.
30、鸿雁叫一声，穷汉吃一惊。
the goose shouted, and the poor man was shocked.
31、对时雨，连几天。
it rains at the right time for several days.
32、肥水不落外人田。
fat water does not fall into the fields of strangers.
33、稻田铺上三层秆，赛过猪油碗。
paddy fields are covered with three layers of stalks, which are better than lard bowls.
34、水涨船高，风大树摇。
when the water rises, the boat rises and the wind blows, the tree sways.
35、水不流会发臭，人不学会落后。
if water does not flow, it will stink. people do not learn to lag behind.