爱华网001.An idle youth,a needy age.
◎少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
002.Time flies.
◎时光易逝。
003.Time is money.
◎一寸光阴一寸金。
004.Time and tide wait for no man.
◎岁月无情；岁月易逝；岁月不待人。
005.Time tries all.
◎时间检验一切。
006.Time tries truth.
◎时间检验真理。
007.Time past cannot be called back again.
◎光阴一去不复返。
008.All time is no time when it is past.
◎光阴一去不复返。
009.No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.
◎昨日不复来。
010.Tomorrow comes never.
◎切莫依赖明天。
011.One today is worth two tomorrows.
◎一个今天胜似两个明天。
012.The morning sun never lasts a day.
◎好景不常；朝阳不能光照全日。
013.Christmas comes but once a year.
◎圣诞一年只一度。
014.Pleasant hours fly past.
◎快乐时光去如飞。
015.Happiness takes no account of time.
◎欢娱不惜时光逝。
016.Time tames the strongest grief.
◎时间能缓和极度的悲痛。
017.The day is short but the work is much.
◎工作多，光阴迫。
018.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.
◎今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。
019.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.
◎明天如有事，今天就去做。
020.To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth
three.
◎事事及时做，一日胜三日。
021.To save time is to lengthen life.
◎节省时间就是延长生命。
022.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
◎万物皆有时，时来不可失。
023.Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.
◎时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。
024.When 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。
025.Make hay while the sun shines.
◎晒草要趁太阳好。
026.Strike while the iron is hot.
◎趁热打铁。
027.Work 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。
028.Punctuality is the soul of business.
◎守时为立业之要素。
029.Procrastination is the thief of time.
◎因循拖延是时间的大敌；拖延就是浪费时间。
030.Every tide hath ist ebb.
◎潮涨必有潮落时。
031.Knowledge is power.
◎知识就是力量。
032.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
◎知识可羡，胜于财富。
033.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
◎知识胜过金银，
034.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
◎胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。
035.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
◎为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。
036.Doubt is the key of knowledge.
◎怀疑是知识之钥。
037.If 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。
040.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
◎知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。
041.Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
◎从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
042.It is good to learn at another man‘s cost.
◎前车可鉴。
043.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
◎知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体。
044.Experience is the best teacher.
◎经验是最好的教师。
045.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
◎经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
046.Dexterity comes by experience.
◎熟练来自经验。
047.Practice makes perfect.
◎熟能生巧。
048.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。
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。
050.Wit 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。
051.Seeing is believing.
◎百闻不如一见。
052.Business is the salt of life.
◎事业是生命之盐。
053.Business before pleasure.
◎事业在先，享乐在后。
054.Business makes a man as well as tries him.
◎事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。
055.Business neglected is business lost.
◎忽视职业便是放弃职业。
056.Never 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。
057.Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.
◎事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。
058.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。
059.Do business,but be not a slave to it.
◎要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
060.Everybody‘s business is nobody‘s business.
◎众人的事就是无人过问的事。
061.Work makes the workman.
◎勤工出巧匠。
062.Better 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。
064.They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.
◎不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。
065.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。
066.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。
067.Do 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。
068.What 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。
069.Better late than never.
◎迟做总比不做好。
070.Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
◎凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。
071.The shortest answer is doing the thing.
◎最简短的回答就是一个“干”字。
072.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
◎行动是知识之佳果。
073.Finished labours are pleasant.
◎完成工作是一乐。
074.It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
◎没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。
075.It is right to put everything in its proper use.
◎凡事都应用得其所。
076.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.
◎按部就班，事情很快就做完。
077.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
◎只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。
078.Work bears witness who does well.
◎工作能证明谁做的好。
079.It is not work that kills,but worry.
◎工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。
080.He that will not work shall not eat.
◎不工作者不得食。
081.Business is business.
◎公事公办。
082.Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.
◎慢慢酌量，快快行动。
083.Put your shoulder to the wheel.
◎努力工作。
084.Never do things by halves.
◎做事不要半途而废。
085.In for a penny,in for a pound.
◎做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。
086.Many hands make quick work.
◎人多干活快。
087.Many hands make light work.
◎众擎易举。
088.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
◎技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。
089.Diligence is the mohter of success.
◎勤奋是成功之母。
090.Idleness is the root of all evil.
◎懒惰乃万恶之源。
091.Care and diligence bring luck.
◎谨慎和勤奋带来好运。
092.Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
◎勤勉是好运之母。
093.Industry 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。
094.Idleness is the key of beggary.
◎懒惰出乞丐。
095.No root,no fruit.
◎无根就无果。
096.Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).
◎懒人做工作，越懒越费力。
097.Sloth is the key of poverty.
◎惰能致贫。
098.Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
◎懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。
099.An idle brain is the devil‘s workshop.
◎懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。
100.The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.
◎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。
110. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.
◎试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。
111.Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
◎勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
112.The path to glory is always rugged.
◎光荣之路常坎坷。
113.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
◎世上无难事，只要人肯试。
114.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.
◎烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。
115.Great hopes make great man.
◎远大的希望造就伟大的人物。
116.No 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。
118.The 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。
119.The best hearts are always the bravest.
◎行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。
120.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.
◎求神不如求己。
121.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.
◎今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。
122.Rome was not built in a day.
◎罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。
123.Success belongs to the persevering.
◎胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。
124.We 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。
125.Perseverance 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。
126.Step by step the ladder is ascended.
◎登梯需要逐级登。
127.Adversity leads to prosperity.
◎困苦通向昌盛。
128.Patience and application will carry us through.
◎忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。
129.Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to
wait for her.
◎做?灰心托模酵纷芑嵊泻迷耍荒托暮蚝迷耍迷顺；崂础?
130.All things will come round to him who will but wait.
◎只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。
131.Constant dropping wears the stone.
◎滴水不绝可穿石。
132.Omelets 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。
133.The 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。
134.There 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。
135.Life is sweet.
◎生活是可爱的；人无不好生(恶死)。
136.Where there is life,there is hope.
◎生命不息，希望长在。
137.Life is not all beer and skittles.
◎人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。
138.Much 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。
139.Fortune knocks once at least at every man‘s door.
◎人人都有走运的一天。
140.If 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。
141.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
◎每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。
142.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
◎记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。
143.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).
◎祸不单行。
144.Misfortune is a good teacher.
◎不幸是良好的教师。
145.Misfortunes come at night.
◎祸常生于不测。
146.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
◎恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。
147.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.
◎患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。
148.Live and learn.
◎活到老，学到老。
149.It 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。
151.There is no royal road to learning.
◎学问无坦途。
152.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.
◎畏问之人耻于学。
153.What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.
◎婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。
154.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
◎知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。
155.Soon learnt,soon forgotten.
◎学得快，忘得快。
156.Learn 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。
158.He 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。
160.Fame 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。
162.Fame 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。
163.Take honour from me and my life is done.
◎没有名誉，就没有了生命。
164.Beware of him who regards not his reputation.
◎要谨防不重名誉的人。
165.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.
◎光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。
166.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
◎成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。
167.Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.
◎无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。
168.Your 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。
169.Never trust another what you should do yourself.
◎自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。
170.It 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。
171.Eat 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。
172.If 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。
173.Never trust to fine words.
◎切勿轻信漂亮话。
174.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.
◎细线挂重物，终究不可靠。
175.Be 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。
176.Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.
◎只要信任你自己，旁人才不出卖你。
177.Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
◎自信为英雄品质之本。
178.Confidence is a plant of slow growth.
◎信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。
179.Truth is the daughter of time.
◎真理是时间的女儿。
180.Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes.
◎真理面目善良；但衣衫褴褛。
181.Truth and roses have thorns about them.
◎真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。
182.Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed.
◎真理可能会被责难，但绝不会受羞辱。
183.Though malice may darken truth,it cannot put it out.
◎恶意可以糟塌真理；但无法消灭真理。
184.Truth will prevail.
◎真理必胜。
185.Truth‘s best ornament is nakedness.
◎不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰。
186.Facts are stubborn things.
◎事实是最顽强的东西。
187.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light.
◎真相迟早会大白。
188.The 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。
189.Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.
◎谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。
190.There is many a fair thing full false.
◎有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。
191.Though 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。
194.False with one can be false with two.
◎对一个人虚假，也会对两个人虚假。
195.He that will lie will steal.
◎会说谎的人也就会偷窃。
196.Gossiping and lying go together.
◎流言常和谎话并行。
197.Equivocation 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。
199.The greatest liars talk most of themselves.
◎最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。
200.Lying 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？
211.Gold will not buy anything.
◎黄金不能买尽一切。
212.The chief aim of man is not to get money.
◎人的主要目的并不是赚钱。
213.Those 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。
214.Wealth makes worship.
◎财富能使人拜倒。
215.Little 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。
217.Poverty is not a crime.
◎贫非罪。
218.Poverty is not a disgrace,but theft is a disgrace.
◎贫穷不可耻，偷窃乃足羞。
219.Better be poor than wicked.
◎宁可做穷人，不可做坏人。
220.Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace,but poverty without
resolution to help onself,is a disgrace.
◎贫穷不足为耻，穷而不能自立方可耻。
221.Poverty is the mother of health.
◎贫穷是健康之母。
222.Be considerate toward the poor.
◎应常为穷人着想。
223.Poor and content is rich and rich enough.
◎人能安贫就是富。
224.Poverty parteth fellowship.
◎贫穷断友情。
225.Poverty makes a man mean.
◎贫困使人小气。
226.Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
◎只有贫穷是可以不劳而获的东西。
227.Do not through fear of poverty surrender liberty.
◎不要因为怕贫困而舍去自由。
228.Poverty and love are hard to hide.
◎贫困与爱情，都难瞒过人。
229.Poverty breeds strife.
◎贫困引起冲突。
230.The poor man wants much,the miser everything.
◎穷人要求多，财迷则样样都要。
231.The 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。
232.Poverty on an old man‘s back is a heavy burden.
◎老而贫困，负担最沉。
233.Beggars 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?亍?
236.Poor without debt is better than a prince.
◎穷人无债胜王子。
237.Happy is he who owes nothing.
◎无债一身轻。
238.Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.
◎借钱才到手，立刻便担忧。
239.He that goes a borrowing,goes a sorrowing.
◎向人借债是自寻烦恼。
240.Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
◎与其负债起身，不如空腹上床。
241.Out 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。
243.He is the wisest man who does not think himself so.
◎不自作聪明便是最聪明。
244.Wise 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。
245.Wise 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。
246.He 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。
248.He 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。
249.No 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。
252.He 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。
254.The 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。
256.It is easy to be wise after the event.
◎事后的诸葛亮容易做。
257.The 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。
258.Fools 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。
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。
263.The more riches a fool hath,the greater fool he is.
◎愚人越富越蠢。
264.Never challenge a fool to do wrong.
◎不要怂恿愚人干错事。
265.It 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。
266.He 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。
268.Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.
◎没有学识的机智，犹如没有果实的树。
269.No man is wise at all times.
◎世上无一贯明智的人。
270.Many 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。
271.Virtue never grows old.
◎美德永不老。
272.Virtue is the only true nobility.
◎万事不如美德高。
273.Virtue is a jewel of great price.
◎美德乃是无价宝。
274.He that soweth virtue shall reap fame.
◎播下美德，收获名望。
275.To be virtuous is to do good.
◎行善即是有德。
276.Glory is the shadow of virtue.
◎荣誉是美德的影子。
277.There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not.
◎没有贫穷不能破坏的美德。
278.The first step to virtue is to abstrain from vice.
◎不作恶是走向美德的第一步。
279.No good building without a good foundation.
◎基础不良的好建筑物是没有的。
280.One good turn deserves another.
◎善行应有善报；善良的行为应得善良行为的报答。
281.He that returns good for evil obtains the victory.
◎胜利属于以德报怨的人。
282.We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget
the favor received.
◎我有德于人不应记；人有德于我不可忘。
283.If they say you are good,ask yourself if it be true.
◎若有人称赞，自问对不对。
284.He 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。
286.Never be weary of well doing.
◎不要厌倦做好事。
287.Of evil grain,no good seed can come.
◎坏谷无好种。
288.That which is evil is soon learnt.
◎恶行易学。
289.No vice goes alone.
◎恶事不单行。
290.An evil lesson is soon learned.
◎恶习易染。
291.A bad thing never dies.
◎坏事传千年。
292.Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.
◎罪恶于人，尺进寸退。
293.The 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。
294.They 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。
296.Those who eat best and drink best often do worst.
◎吃得好，喝得好，坏事常常免不了。
297.He who has done ill once will do it again.
◎一次干坏事，便有第二次。
298.There is no going heaven in a sedan.
◎坐轿上天堂，从来无此事。
299.An 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.
◎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。
311.Few words are best.
◎寡言为贵。
312.No wisdom like silence.
◎聪明莫过沉默。
313.Least said,soonest mended.
◎少说为妙。
314.Second thoughts are best.
◎再思而后行。
315.Look before you leap.
◎慎思而后行。
316.He is a wise man who speaks little.
◎智多言语少。
317.Fair words butter no parsnips.
◎美言无补实际。
318.The tongue is not made of steel,yet it cuts.
◎舌头不是钢，一动把人伤。
319.Sometimes 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。
322.It 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。
323.Unprofitable 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。
324.Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
◎与其说话不中肯，不如半句也莫吭。
325.Many a true word is spoken in jest.
◎笑语之中吐真言。
326.Few words,many deeds.
◎少说话，多做事。
327.Actions speak louder than words.
◎行动比言语响亮；百说不如一干。
328.From words to deeds is a great space.
◎言行之间，大有距离。
329.Deeds,not words.
◎要行动，不要言词。
330.Bare words,no bargain.
◎空言不能成交易。
331.Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves.
◎行动是果实，言语只是叶子。
332.Ill deeds cannot honour.
◎坏行为不受尊敬。
333.Fine words dress ill deeds.
◎漂亮的言词装饰着恶劣的行为。
334.Good 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。
335.Our 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。
340.Easier said than done.
◎说易行难。
341.The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
◎大言不惭的总是行动最少的人。
342.The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
◎布丁好坏，一尝便知；空谈不如实践。
343.Pride goes before a fall.
◎骄者必败。
344.Pride goes before destruction.
◎骄者必败。
345.Pride goeth before,and shame cometh after.
◎骄傲走在前，羞耻跟在后。
346.Pride and grace dwelt never in one place.
◎傲慢和温雅，永难住一处。
347.He that climbs high falls heavily.
◎爬得高，跌得重。
348.Pride must be pinched.
◎骄傲应收敛。
349.The more noble the more humble.
◎越高贵，越应谦逊。
350.Humility often gains more than pride.
◎谦逊常比傲慢受益更多。
351.He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none.
◎自命万事通，腹中常空空。
352.No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself.
◎人并不因为他自知很差就是很差。
353.Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.
◎骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。
354.It 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。
355.He that is full of himself is very empty.
◎自满之人腹内空。
356.Honesty is the best policy.
◎诚实为上策。
357.An 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。
358.Poor but honest.
◎虽贫穷，要诚实。
359.Honesty may be dear bought,but can never be an ill pennyworth.
◎高价买诚实，永远也值得。
360.Knavery may serve,but honesty is best.
◎欺诈可能有用，诚实却是上策。
361.Every man has his weak side.
◎人人都有自己的弱点。
362.He who has no shame has no conscience.
◎不知羞耻的人不知自疚。
363.An honest look covereth many faults.
◎一副诚实的外表掩盖着许多缺点。
364.Once 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。
366.The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.
◎正当得到的一分钱胜于偷来的一元钱。
367.One 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。
368.The 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。
369.Love is blind.
◎爱情是盲目的。
370.Love is without reason.
◎爱情无理智。
371.Love is full of trouble.
◎爱情充满了烦恼。
372.Love cannot be compelled.
◎爱情不能强迫。
373.Love begets love.
◎爱爱相生。
374.Love needs no teaching.
◎爱情不需教导。
375.Love at first sight.
◎一见倾心。
376.Love asks faith,and faith firmness.
◎爱情要求信任，信任要求坚定。
377.Love is the touchstone of virtue.
◎爱情是美德的试金石。
378.Love not at the first look.
◎不要一见钟情。
379.Hasty love,soon cold.
◎爱得匆忙冷得快。
380.Love is a sweet torment.
◎爱情是一种甜蜜的痛苦。
381.Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
◎爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。
382.Love will find out the way.
◎爱情自会寻出路。
383.Love is not to be found in the market.
◎爱情在市场上找不到。
384.Lovers 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。
385.Old love will not be forgotten.
◎旧情永难忘；往日的爱情难以忘怀。
386.True love kythes(=shows itself)in time of need.
◎患难显真情。
387.Sound love is not soon forgotten.
◎坚固的爱情不会顷刻忘怀。
388.The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
◎最大的恨来自最大的爱。
389.No love is foul,nor prison fair.
◎没有肮脏的爱情，也没有美丽的监狱。
390.Labour is lihgt where love doth pay.
◎爱情付报酬，劳苦也轻松。
391.Love is the reward of love.
◎爱就是爱的报酬。
392.Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
◎爱情把一切冷酷之心变成温柔。
393.When love puts in,friendship is gone.
◎爱情进入，友情完结。
394.The course of true love never did run smooth.
◎真爱的道路绝不平坦。
395.Love 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。
396.True love is giving,not taking.
◎真挚的爱是给，不是取。
397.Love makes obedience easy.
◎爱情使顺从成为易事。
398.Love is sweet in the beginning,but sour in the end.
◎爱情先甜后来酸。
399.Where love fails,we espy all faults.
◎爱情一失败，一切毛病都发现。
400.Follow 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。
411.Marry in haste,and repent at leisure.
◎匆匆结婚，时时悔恨。
412.Marry in lent,and you‘ll live to repent.
◎借债结婚，一生悔恨。
413.He that marries for wealth,sells his liberty.
◎为财富而结婚的人，出卖了自己的自由。
414.An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune.
◎不良的婚姻是恶运的来源。
415.Who 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。
416.If you always say "NO",never be married.
◎常常说“不”字，永远难结婚。
417.Honest 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。
420.Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
◎选择妻子，最好用耳不用眼。
421.Better be half hanged than ill wed.
◎与其成怨偶，不如守单身。
422.He 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。
423.The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.
◎有懦弱的丈夫，就有凶悍的妻子。
424.It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.
◎母鸡司晨家不兴。
425.The wife is the key of the house.
◎妻子是一家之钥；妻贤一家兴。
426.The 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。
427.East 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。
428.One 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。
429.One father is more than a hundred school-masters.
◎一个父亲胜于一百个教师。
430.Like father,like son.
◎有其父，必有其子。
431.The 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。
432.The mother‘s breath is aye sweet.
◎母亲的低语总是甜蜜的。
433.Like mother,like daughter.
◎有其母，必有其女。
434.Children are the parents‘ riches.
◎子女是父母的至宝。
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。
436.He that hath no children,knows not what is love.
◎没有孩子的人，不知道什么叫做爱。
437.Children learn to creep ere they can go.
◎孩子要走路，先得学爬行。
438.Silly(=good) child is soon ylered(=taught).
◎好小孩，学得快。
439.Boys will be boys.
◎孩子终归是孩子。
440.One 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。
441.Spare the rod and spoil the child.
◎省了棍子，惯坏了孩子。
442.Naughty boys sometimes make good men.
◎淘气的男孩有时会成为争气的孩子。
443.The child is father of the man.
◎三岁定到老。
444.Happy is he that is happy in childhood.
◎童年时快乐的人是幸福的。
445.Children and fools cannot lie.
◎孩子和愚人不会扯谎。
446.My 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。
447.It 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。
450.Maids 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。
451.Would 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。
452.He 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。
453.Life without friend is death.
◎没有朋友的生活便等于死亡。
454.Without a friend,the world is wilderness.
◎没有朋友，世界成了荒野。
455.Friendless is the dead.
◎死者无友。
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。
459.In time of prosperity,friends will be plenty.
◎走运时候朋友多。
460.It is good to have friends in trouble.
◎在患难中能有朋友是好事。
461.Prosperity 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。
463.Poverty tries friends.
◎贫穷考验朋友；人贫见友情。
464.Try your friend ere you trust him.
◎对朋友要先考验，后信任。
465.Prove 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。
468.Friends are like fiddle-strings,they must not be screwed too tight.
◎朋友有如琴弦，不能上的太紧。
469.Have but few frieds,though many acquaintances.
◎结交可以多，朋友应宜少。
470.All are not friends that speak us fair.
◎向我们说好话的并不都是好朋友。
471.He 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。
473.It 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。
474.We 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。
478.Friendship cannot stand always on one side.
◎友谊不能总是在一方。
479.Old acquaintance will soon be remembered.
◎故人一见便相亲。
480.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
◎背后称我好，才算好朋友。
481.Friends (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。
484.False friends are worse than open enemies.
◎假朋友比真敌人更坏。
485.Short acquaintance brings repentance.
◎浅交致后悔。
486.He 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。
487.Better be alone than in bad company.
◎交损友不如无友。
488.Write 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。
489.Hunger knows no friend.
◎饥饿不认朋友。
490.Misery makes strange bedfellows.
◎难中不择友。
491.One 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。
492.An enemy‘s mouth seldom speaks well.
◎敌人嘴里无好话。
493.Believe no tales from the enemy.
◎敌人之言不可信。
494.One enemy is too much.
◎一个敌人已太多。
495.Mickle power makes many enemies.
◎权高树敌多。
496.Do not despise your enemy.
◎不可轻敌。
497.Though 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。
498.If 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。
499.He 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。
500.In an enemy spots are soon seen.
◎敌人身上求疵易。
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状态 离线 #2 发表于 2006-10-17 19:23 资料 主页 文集 短消息 501. If you would make an enemy,lend a man money and ask it of him again.
◎你若想与人结怨，只须先借钱给他，再向他催讨。
502. A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.
◎勇敢的敌人胜过懦怯的朋友。
503. An enemy who lies at thy feet begging forgi-veness must not feel
thy sword.
◎对俯伏在你脚下乞怜的敌人，绝不可使他触及你的剑。
504. Make your enemy your friend.
◎要化敌为友。
505. Live and let live.
◎自己活也让别人活。
506. As a man lives,so shall he die.
◎有生必有死。
507. We are not born for ourselves.
◎人生天地间，并非为自己。
508. He that hath time hath life.
◎有时间就有生活。
509. He that lives long suffers much.
◎寿长忧患多。
510. They who live longest will see most.
◎寿命最长的人见识也最广。
511.He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
◎他生在富贵人家。
512.A man can die but once.
◎人生只有一回死。
513.He that liveth in court dieth upon straw.
◎生于安乐者常死于贫贱。
514.He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly.
◎过着邪恶生活的人不会正直地死去。
515.Death pay all debts.
◎一死了百债。
516.Six feet of earth makes all men equal.
◎墓穴之中，人人平等。
517.Death is the grand leveller.
◎死亡面前，不分贵贱。
518.Death meets us everywhere.
◎人生到处皆可死；死亡和我们到处相遇。
519.Death frees us from ills.
◎死亡使我们解脱不幸。
520.We shall lie all alike in our graves.
◎一朝进坟场，大家都一样。
521.In the grave the rich and poor lie equal.
◎一朝入暮穴，贫富皆一律。
522.Death defies the doctor.
◎死亡蔑视医生。
523.There is no medicine against death.
◎人间哪有不死（回春）药。
524.Light come,light go.
◎易得则易失；来得容易去得快。
525.Sometimes gain is to lose.
◎有时得即是失。
526.Merry is he that hath nought to lose.
◎无物可失的人最逍遥自在。
527.Grasp all,lose all.
◎样样都要，全部失掉。
528.What we lose in hake we shall have in herring.
◎失鳕得鲱；失之东隅，收之桑榆。
529.What is lost in the hundred will be found in the shire.
◎在区里失去的可在州里找回来。
530.For a lost thing care nothing.
◎一物已失，计较无益。
531.He who does not gain loses.
◎不能得益，就是损失。
532.Losses make us more cautious.
◎损失使人更谨慎。
533.Who loseth liberty loseth all.
◎失去自由即失去一切。
534.Either win the horse or lose the saddle.
◎不是全赢，就是全输；孤注一掷。
535.All is not lost that is in danger.
◎在危险中的东西未必全会损失。
536.Do not run too fast after gain.
◎不要见利便狂追。
537.Prefer loss to unjust gain.
◎宁可受损失，休取不义财。
538.Lightly gain,quickly lost.
◎来得容易去得快；不义之财，理无久享。
539.Only that which is honestly got is gain.
◎正当的收入才是真正的收入。
540.All is not gain that is put in the purse.
◎装进钱包里的不一定都是正当的收入。
541.Gain got by a lie will burn one‘s fingers.
◎靠欺骗得利，准要吃亏。
542.One never loses anything by politeness.
◎礼多不吃亏；礼多人不怪。
543.Hold fast when you have it.
◎手中之物应紧握。
544.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
◎海中好鱼取不尽（意指虽然失去一个机会，还有很多机会）。
545.Many a slip (many things fall) between the cup and the lip.
◎酒杯来到嘴唇边，得饮与否未可知；物未到手前，未能算己有；凡事难以十拿九
稳。
546.It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
◎使人人倒霉的风才是恶风；此失则彼得；害于此则
利于彼；没有使所有的人都受害的坏事。
547.Health is better than wealth.
◎健康胜于财富。
548.Health is happiness.
◎健康便是幸福。
549.A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.
◎健全的身体比金冕更有价值。
550.A sound mind in a sound body.
◎健康的思想寓于健康的身体。
551.A light heart lives long.
◎心胸开朗，使人寿长。
552.A happy heart makes a blooming visage.
◎心中快乐，容光焕发。
553.He who hath good health is young,and he is rich who owes nothing.
◎健康葆青春，无债即富有。
554.Study sickness while you are well.
◎无病应思有病时。
555.The healthful man can give counsel to the sick.
◎健康的人可以对生病的人提出忠告。
556.By the side of sickness health becomes sweet.
◎和疾病相比较，才能识得健康的可爱。
557.Health is not valued till sickness comes.
◎有病方知健康贵。
558.Feed by measure and defy physician.
◎饮食有节，医生绝迹。
559.Often and little eating makes a man fat.
◎多餐少吃，使人壮硕。
560.After dinner sit awhile,after supper walk a mile.
◎正餐以后，休息片刻；晚餐以后，步行一哩。
561.Early to bed and early to rise,makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.
◎早睡早起，使人健康、富有而聪明。
562.He that will thrive must rise at five.
◎五点起床，百事兴旺。
563.He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.
◎忍渴上床，起身健康。
564.He who does not rise early never does a good day‘s work.
◎起床不早，一天的工作干不好。
565.Who makes everything right must rise early.
◎想把事事都做好，就得坚持起身早。
566.Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.
◎随羔羊就寝，与云雀同起。
567.Cover your head by day as much as you will,by night as much as you
can.
◎白天戴帽可随意，夜里戴帽是必须。
568.A little labour,much health.
◎适量的劳动大有益于健康。
569.Enough is as good as a feast.
◎饱食有如赴宴。
570.Many dishes,many diseases.
◎食多病多。
571.Diseases are the Price of ill pleasures.
◎疾病是纵欲的代价。
572.Desperate diseases must have desperate cures.
◎毒病要用毒药医。
573.He who never was sick dies the first.
◎小病不生，一病致命。
574.Sickness shows us what we are.
◎疾病使人显本相。
575.What can‘t be cured must be endured.
◎不治之症，必须坚忍。
576.Hide nothing from thy physician.
◎不要讳疾忌医。
577.Medicines are not meant to live on.
◎不要靠吃药过生活。
578.A disease known is half cured.
◎病情弄清楚，病根除一半。
579.The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet,and Dr. Merryman.
◎节食博士，静心博士，欢喜博士，三者都是最好的医师；饮食少，休息好，
快乐多是却病延年之方。
580.A good surgeon must have an eagle‘s eye,a lion‘s heart,and a lady‘s
hand.
◎良好的外科医生应具有鹰眼、狮心和女性的手。
581.Feed sparingly and defy the physician.
◎饮食有节，医生绝迹。
582.Prevention is better than cure.
◎预防胜于治疗。
583.An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
◎一分预防胜似十分治疗。
584.Bitter pills may have wholesome effect.
◎良药苦口利于病。
585.A good medicine tastes bitter.
◎良药苦口。
586.There is no friend so faithful as a good book.
◎最忠实的朋友莫过于一本好书。
587.Books,like friends,should be few and well chosen.
◎书籍如朋友，宜少宜精选。
588.A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
◎好书千载常如新。
589.A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.
◎好书如至友，永远不相负。
590.In books,are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages.
◎伟大思想古今有，载入书中成不朽。
591.Some books are to be tasted,others to be swallowed,and some few to
be chewed and digested.
◎一些书可以品味，另外一些书可以吞食，少数的一些可以咀嚼、消化。
592.Old wood is best to burn,old book to read.
◎老柴好烧，老书宜读。
593.A book that remains shut is but a block.
◎书本不去翻，犹如一木块。
594.Judge not a book by its cover.
◎评定一本书，不能凭封面。
595.A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.
◎坏书因其不能改正错误而更坏。
596.A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.
◎故事好，再讲一遍还是好。
597.Law is a bottomless pit.
◎法律是无底的深渊。
598.Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
◎对法律无知，不能成为任何人的借口。
599.Law makers should not be law breakers.
◎立法者不应成为犯法者；立法应守法。
600.Wrong laws make short governance.
◎不健全的法律统治时间不会长。
601. The law is not the same at morning and at night.
◎早上的法令跟晚上的不一样；朝令夕改。
602. New lords,new laws.
◎新君立新法。
603. Laws catch flies and let hornets go free.
◎法网只捕蝇，黄蜂由它去。
604. Where drums beat,laws are silent.
◎战鼓一响，法律无声。
605. An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men.
◎法官能公正，重法不重人。
606. That trial is not fair where affection is the judge.
◎法官动感情，审判难公正。
607. A good lawyer,an evil neighbour.
◎好律师不是好邻居。
608. An old physician,and a young lawyer.
◎医生老的好，律师年轻的好。
609. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
◎鸡蛋还未孵，先别数鸡雏；莫过早乐观。
610. Though the fox run,the chicken hath wings.
◎狐狸虽会跑，小鸡有翅膀。
611.Young cocks love no coops.
◎小公鸡不恋笼。
612.A cock is bold on his dunghill.
◎站在粪堆上，公鸡也称王。
613.A barley-corn is better than a diamond to a cock.
◎对一只公鸡来说，一颗麦粒优于一颗钻石。
614.He that will have his farm full,must keep an old cock and a young
bull.
◎想使农庄充裕，就得养一只老公鸡和一头小公牛。
615.If the hen does not prate,she will not lay.
◎不叨叨的母鸡不下蛋。
616.It is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays in another‘s.
◎这样的母鸡可不好：在你家里咯咯叫，却到别家去下蛋。
617.Fat hens lay few eggs.
◎肥鸡下蛋稀。
618.Grain by grain,and the hen fills her belly.
◎一颗接一颗，母鸡填饱肚。
619.A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter.
◎一只鸭子不会常在同一条沟中玩水。
620.It is a blind silly gooes that comes to the fox‘s sermon.
◎只有盲目的笨鹅才会去听狐狸讲道。
621.What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
◎适用于甲的也适用于乙。
622.All his geese are swans.
◎他喜欢夸大其词；敝帚自珍。
623.All your swans are geese.
◎你的美好希望（或诺言），全部成了泡影。
624.Each bird likes to hear himself sing.
◎每一只鸟都爱听自己歌唱。
625.The bird loves her nest.
◎鸟爱自己的窝。
626.Birds of a feather flock together.
◎物以类聚，人以群分。
627.The bird that can sing and won‘t sing must be made to sing.
◎生来能唱的鸟，不愿唱也得叫它唱。
628.The fowler‘s pipe sounds sweet until the bird is caught.
◎捕禽人笛声悠扬，直吹得鸟儿落网。
629.He that will take the bird must not scare it.
◎捕鸟休惊鸟。
630.The noisy fowler catches no bird.
◎捕禽人大肆声张，鸟儿就不会落网。
631.Old birds are not caught with new nests.
◎新网难捕老鸟。
632.‘Tis the early bird that catches the worm.
◎早起的鸟先得虫；捷足先登。
633.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
◎双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手；十赊不如一现。
634.A bird is known by its note,and a man by his talk.
◎鸟以声闻，人以言知。
635.It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
◎家丑不可外扬。
636.Eagles fly alone,but sheep flock together.
◎鹰爱独飞羊爱群。
637.A kite will never be a good hawk.
◎鸢永不会变成隼。
638.Empty hands no hawk allure.
◎空手不能诱鹰来。
639.The crow thinks his own bird fairest.
◎乌鸦总以为自己的雏鸟最美。
640.A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
◎乌鸦不管怎样经常洗澡，也不会变白。
641.Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the ravens be gathered
together.
◎哪里有死尸，乌鸦就成群。
642.One swallow does not make a summer.
◎一燕不能成夏天（不可仅凭一种现象而遽作判断）。
643.The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth
it sooner.
◎燕子一飞就上塔，蜗牛悄悄爬，最后也上塔。
644.The cuckoo comes in April,and stays the month of May;sings a song
at Midsummer,and then goes away.
◎布谷鸟，四月来，五月一直在，仲夏唱支歌，然后就离开。
645.If the sky falls,we shall catch larks.
◎天垮正好抓云雀；不要杞人忧天。
646.An owl is the king of the night.
◎猫头鹰是黑夜之王。
647.When the owl sings,the nightingale will hold her peace.
◎枭鸟唱歌，夜莺屏息。
648.Cats hide their paws.
◎猫儿不露爪。
649.A gloved cat catches no mice.
◎戴手套的猫抓不到老鼠。
650.When the cat‘s away,the mice will play.
◎猫儿不在家，老鼠就玩耍；猫儿不在耗子闹。
651.Ale will make cat speak.
◎喝了淡啤酒，猫也会开口；酒后使人说话多。
652.A blate cat makes a proud mouse.
◎猫儿腼腆，老鼠翻天。
653.When the weasel and the cat make a marriage,it is a very ill presage.
◎黄鼠狼跟猫儿成亲，预兆不佳。
654.The cat and dog may kiss,yet are none the better friends.
◎猫狗虽相吻，总难成好友。
655.All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
◎猫儿性爱鱼，却怕爪弄湿；想获得珍品的人不愿冒
必要的风险。
656.A cat may look at a king.
◎猫也有权看国王；小人物也该有些权利。
657.It is said that "cat hath nine lives",yet care would wear them all
out.
◎据说猫儿有九命，忧虑多时也伤身。
658.An old dog bites sore.
◎老狗咬人咬得狠。
659.Beware of a silent dog and still water.
◎哑狗和静水，二者都得防。
660.Barking dogs seldom bite.
◎爱吠的狗不咬人。
661.A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.
◎肉骨头打狗狗不叫。
662.Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.
◎远处狗就叫，近身不会咬。
663.If the old dog barks,he gives counsel.
◎老狗叫，是忠告。
664.In every country dogs bite.
◎天下有狗都咬人。
665.Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.
◎饿狗也吃脏布丁；饥不择食。
666.Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread.
◎狗儿把尾摇，爱的是面包。
667.All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
◎狗吠的人并非都是小偷。
668.Every dog is valiant at his own door.
◎站在家门口，狗也雄纠纠。
669.Every dog is a lion at home.
◎狗在家中，八面威风。
670.While the dog gnaws bone,companions would be none.
◎狗啃骨头无同伴。
671.Two dogs strive for a bone,the third runs away with it.
◎两狗相争一骨头，第三只狗衔起走。
672.Mad dog bites his master.
◎疯狗咬主人。
673.Too much pudding will choke dog.
◎布丁太多噎死狗。
674.Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.
◎莫因狗尾摇，次次丢面包。
675.A living dog is better than a dead lion.
◎活狗胜于死狮。
676.Love me,love my dog.
◎爱屋及乌。
677.Let sleeping dog lie.
◎勿惊卧狗；切莫惹是生非。
678.Help the dog over the stile.
◎助人度过难关。
679.Every dog has his day.
◎片瓦也有翻身日；人人都有得意时。
680.Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
◎欲加之罪，何患无辞。
681.He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.
◎有心打狗好找棍；欲加之罪，何患无辞。
682.An old dog cannot alter its way of barking.
◎老狗难改常吠声。
683.When a dog is drowning,every one offers him drink.
◎待到狗溺水，众人给水喝。
684.A swine over fat is the cause of his own bane.
◎猪死都因身过肥；象以齿焚。
685.Pigs may fly,but they are very unlikely birds.
◎猪儿纵会飞，终究不是鸟。
686.Never cast your pearls before swine.
◎不要把珍贵之物送给不识货的人；勿明珠暗投；勿
对牛弹琴。
687.You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow‘s ear.
◎猪耳朵做不成丝钱包；巧妇难为无米之炊。
688.The cow that‘s first up gets the first of the dew.
◎早起母牛先得露。
689.Not all butter that the cow yields.
◎母牛所产的未必全是黄油。
690.Many good cows have evil calves.
◎很多好母牛，会生坏小犊。
691.You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.
◎不能既要卖母牛，又想喝牛奶。
692.Old oxen have stiff horns.
◎牛老角硬。
693.The ox is never woe,till he to the harrow go.
◎挂耙去耕地，牛才知辛苦。
694.An ox is taken by the horns,and the man by the tongue.
◎牛因角被执，人因舌陷身。
695.If the ox falls,whet your knife.
◎牛一倒，快磨刀；人遭难，众人踩。
696.The black ox has trod on his foot.
◎祸事临头。
697.The ox when weariest treads surest.
◎牛困走得稳。
698.The best horse needs breaking,and the aptest child needs teaching.
◎最好的马儿要人驯，最伶俐的孩子要人训。
699.A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.
◎不愿加鞍的马，不得吃燕麦。
700.A good horse oft needs a good spur.
◎好马常需好靴刺。
701. It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.
◎要把马练好，缰绳靴刺少不了。
702. A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle.
◎烈马要套粗笼头。
703. He is a gentle horse that never cast his rider.
◎驯良的马绝不会把骑手甩倒。
704. ‘Tis a good horse that never stumbles.
◎好马不失蹄。
705. The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
◎马劣动怪马鞍坏。
706. Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse.
◎瞎马鼓勇气，正是危险事。
707. Old wood is best to burn,old horse to ride.
◎老柴好烧，老马好骑。
708. Every horse thinks his sack heaviest.
◎每匹马都认为自己驮的袋子最重。
709. You may know the horse by his harness.
◎观马具可知马性。
710. A galled horse will not endure the comb.
◎擦伤的马不耐梳。
711.You can take a horse to the water,but you cannot make him drink.
◎牵马河边易，逼马饮水难；不要逼人做他不愿做的事。
712.Don‘t swap horses when crossing a stream.
◎行至中流不换马；危难之时不宜作大变动。
713.An ass endures his burden,but not more than his burden.
◎驴子能负重，过重也难负。
714.Wherever an ass falleth,there will he never fall again.
◎驴子绝不会在同样的地点跌倒两次。
715.The braying of an ass does not reach heaven.
◎驴子的叫声传不到天上。
716.The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.
◎驴子不乖，休怪驮鞍。
717.A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.
◎相马不可凭马饰。
718.He who wants a mule without fault,must walk on foot.
◎指望驴子无缺点，只有自己徒步行。
719.A colt you may break,but an old horse you never can.
◎小驹犹可练，老马最难驯。
720.One sheep follows another.
◎一羊跟一羊（指盲从）。
721.If one sheep leap o‘er the dyke,all the rest will follow.
◎一羊跳过沟，众羊跟着跳。
722.There is a black sheep in every flock.
◎败类处处有；害群之马处处有。
723.One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.
◎一羊生癣，群羊受害。
724.Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful.
◎羊每叫一次，就少吃一口。
725.One butcher does not fear many sheep.
◎屠夫不怕羊多。
726.It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.
◎蠢羊才向狼忏悔。
727.The dust raised by the sheep does not choke the wolf.
◎羊踩起的灰尘挡不住狼。
728.Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them.
◎乌鸦吃死羊，先要哭一场；猫哭老鼠假慈悲。
729.The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb.
◎有活的狼就有死的羔羊。
730.As soon goes the young lamb‘s skin to the market as the old ewe‘s.
◎老羊皮上了市，小羊皮也跟着来。
731.You have no goats,and yet you sell kids.
◎没有老山羊，还把小羊卖。
732.If the beard were all,the goat might preach.
◎如果长胡就好，山羊也可讲道。
733.A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.
◎懒羊自觉羊毛重。
734.He that will have a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight.
◎早餐想吃野兔肉，头晚就须去捕捉。
735.If you run after two hares,you will catch neither.
◎同时追两兔，一只也难捕。
736.One should not run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
◎不应两面讨好。
737.The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
◎兔子睡大觉，乌龟跑第一。
738.First catch your hare then cook him.
◎要兔子肉，先要把兔捉；先抓兔子后烹调（勿谋之过早）。
739.The fox is known by his brush.
◎狐狸只因尾巴大，所以人人认识他。
740.The fox smells his own stink first.
◎狐狸有恶臭，自己先嗅出。
741.The fox may grow grey, but never good.
◎狐狸活到老，永远难变好。
742.The tail does often catch the fox.
◎狐狸被抓，都因尾巴。
743.It is an evil sign to see a fox lick a lamb.
◎狐狸舔羔羊，不是好迹象。
744.When the fox preacheth,then beware your geese.
◎每逢狐狸讲道，当心鹅儿遭殃。
745.An old fox is not easily snared.
◎老狐狸难得陷罗网。
746.Old foxes want no tutors.
◎老狐不须教师教。
747.The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
◎睡着的狐狸捉不到鸡。
748.You can have no more of the fox than the skin.
◎狐狸除了皮，旁的全无用。
749.The fox that had lost its tail would persuade others out of theirs.
◎一条狐狸丢尾巴，就劝旁的也丢它。
750.A fox should not be of the jury at a goose‘s trial.
◎审鹅不应狐陪审。
751.The fox‘s wiles will never enter the lion‘s head.
◎狐狸的诡计永远进不了狮子的头脑。
752.The old goose plays not with foxes.
◎老鹅不跟狐狸耍。
753.The wolf and fox are both privateers.
◎狐狸与狼，抢劫大王。
754.The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.
◎狼牙会掉，狼性难改。
755.A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.
◎小偷识小偷，正象狼识狼。
756.Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods.
◎饥饿引狼出森林。
757.Give never the wolf the wether.
◎莫把阉羊送给狼。
758.Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
◎与狼相结交，就会学狼嚎。
759.The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf.
◎孤羊逢狼，必然遭殃。
760.It is madness for a sheep to treat of peace with a wolf.
◎跟狼讲和平，此羊必癫狂。
761.By little and little the wolf eateth the sheep.
◎狼吃羊，一只一只进肚肠。
762.The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
◎群狼一死众羊安。
763.While you trust to the dog,the wolf slips into the sheepfold.
◎当你认为狗可信，狼已偷偷把羊圈进。
764.When the wolf grows old, the crows ride him.
◎狼老被鸦欺。
765.Man is to man either a god or a wolf.
◎人与人交往，不是上帝就是狼。
766.A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.
◎青年成长时，食量大如狼。
767.The lion is known by his claws (paw).
◎狮以爪闻名。
768.The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.
◎狮子没有画上的凶猛。
769.A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion.
◎吠犬胜于睡狮。
770.It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.
◎睡狮莫惊。
771.The lion‘s skin is never cheap.
◎狮皮从不贱。
772.Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp.
◎杀狮应在幼小时。
773.The tiger that has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste
of it.
◎一次尝到血，虎欲永难遏。
774.He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
◎骑虎难下。
775.The leopard can never change its spots.
◎花豹永不能改变身上的斑点（指：本性难移）。
776.Kings and bears oft worry keepers.
◎国王和熊，常使守护人忧心忡忡。
777.He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it.
◎与熊分蜜糖，只得一点尝。
778.Do not sell the bear‘s skin before you have caught the bear.
◎熊未到手休卖皮（勿过早乐观）。
779.Where the deer is slain,some of her blood will lie.
◎鹿死总有血迹留。
780.The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more than one wood.
◎野猪一怒毁树多。
781.An ape‘s an ape, a varlet‘s a varlet, though they be clad in silk
or scarlet.
◎尽管衣绸穿红，猿猴还是猿猴，侍从还是侍从。
782.An army of stags led by a lion would be more formidable than one of
lions led by a stag.
◎一只狮子率领的一群鹿，比一只鹿率领的一头狮子更难对付。
783.A bad custom is like a good cake, better broden than kept.
◎坏习惯象饼子，碎了比保存起来好。
784.A bald head is soon shaven.
◎光脑袋，剃得快。
785.A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
◎瞎子不谢赠镜人。
786.A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
◎借来的大氅不暖身。
787.A brave retreat is a brave exploit.
◎勇退即勇绩。
788.Accidents will happen in the best regulated families.
◎即使家规严，丑事总难免。
789.A candle lights others and consumes itself.
◎腊烛照亮了别人，毁灭了自己。
790.A constant guest is never welcome.
◎常来之客不会受欢迎。
791.A cracked bell can never sound well (is never sound).
◎破钟无好音。
792.A crown is no cure for the headache.
◎王冠难治头痛。
793.A drowning man will catch at a straw.
◎溺水者见草也要抓；急何能择。
794.After a storm comes a calm.
◎暴风雨后天平静；雨过天晴。
795.After death, the doctor.
◎人死医生来；雨后送伞。
796.A good beginning is half done.
◎良好的开端，就是成功了一半。
797.A good example is the best sermon.
◎良好的范例是最好的训诫。
798.A great ship asks deep waters.
◎大船要在深水行；英雄要有用武之地。
799.A horse stumbles that has four legs.
◎人有失手日，马有失蹄时。
800.A little neglect may breed great mischief.
◎小失成大害；小误酿大祸。
801. A little pot is soon hot.
◎壶小易热，量小易怒。
802. All are brave when the enemy flies.
◎敌人遁逃时，人人皆勇士。
803. All is fish that comes to his net.
◎到了网中都是鱼；只要到手全都要。
804. All is well that ends well.
◎结果好，就一切都好。
805. All roads lead to Rome.
◎条条大路通罗马。
806. Always taking out the meal-tub, and never putting in,soon comes to
the bottom.
◎取粮不储粮，桶底粮也光；坐吃山空。
807. A miss is as good as a mile.
◎失之毫厘，差以千里。
808. An empty bag cannot stand upright.
◎空袋不能直立。
809. A new broom sweeps clean.
◎新官上任三把火。
810. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
◎滚石不粘青苔；转业不积财。
811.Art is long, life is short.
◎艺术恒久，生命短暂。
812.A small leak will sink a great ship.
◎小漏沉大船。
813.A stitch in time saves nine.
◎一针及时省九针；一针不补，十针难缝。
814.As the wind blows, you must set your sail.
◎趁风启帆。
815.As we sow, so shall we reap.
◎种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
816.A valiant man‘s look is more than a coward‘s sword.
◎勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑。
817.A vaunter and a liar are near akin.
◎自诩和说谎，二者正相仿。
818.Avarice blinds our eyes.
◎贪婪障人目。
819.A watched pot(pan) is long in boiling.
◎心急水不沸；盼得越切，来得越迟。
820.A wonder lasts but nine days.
◎新鲜事儿不久长。
821.Beard the lion in his den.
◎老虎头上捉虱；太岁头上动土。
822.Beauty is but skin deep.
◎美丽只是皮相（指：不能以貌取人）。
823.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
◎宁为犬首，不作狮尾。
824.Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.
◎宁作自由民之首，不为贵族之尾。
825.Between two stools one goes the ground.
◎脚踩两只船，早晚要落水。
826.Beware beginnings.
◎慎始为上。
827.Blood is thicker than water.
◎血浓于水（指：亲人比外人亲）。
828.Caesar‘s wife must be above suspicion.
◎身为凯撒（罗马大将）妻，必须无可疑（指：与伟大的
人物交往的人不可有秽名）。
829.Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
◎施舍先及亲友，但不应限于亲友。
830.Companions are odious.
◎人比人，气死人。
831.Content is happiness.
◎知足常乐。
832.Custom is a second nature.
◎习惯是第二天性。
833.Cut your coat according to your cloth.
◎量布裁衣。
834.Danger is next neighbour to security.
◎危险是安全的紧邻。
835.Do as the Romans do.
◎入境要问俗。
836.Do as you would be done by.
◎你愿别人怎样对待你，你就应该怎样对待别人；己所不欲，勿施于人。
837.Do not hallo till you are out of the wood.
◎未出险境，先莫高兴。
838.Don‘t put the cart before the horse.
◎勿本末倒置；勿倒果为因。
839.Don‘t throw out the baby with the bath water.
◎切勿良莠不分一起抛。
840.Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak.
◎位高遭人妒，峰高招风怒。
841.Every advantage has its disadvantage.
◎有利必有弊。
842.Every cloud has a silver lining.
◎黑暗之中总有一线光明；祸中有福。
843.Every man has his liking.
◎人各有所好。
844.Every one‘s faults are not written in their foreheads.
◎人人有错，隐藏不露。
845.Everything hath an end.
◎万物有始必有终。
846.Everything must have a beginning.
◎凡事皆有始。
847.Example is better than precept.
◎范例胜于教训。
848.Fine feathers make fine birds.
◎好鸟要靠好羽毛；人要衣装，佛靠金装。
849.Fire and water have no mercy.
◎水火无情。
850.First come, first served.
◎先到先招待。
851.Fish begins to stink at the head.
◎鱼腐头先臭（上梁不正下梁歪）。
852.Forbidden fruit is sweet.
◎禁果味甜。
853.Force can never destory right.
◎暴力决不能摧毁正义。
854.God‘s mill grinds slow but sure.
◎天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
855.Great designs require great consideration.
◎大计划要慎重考虑。
856.Great men have great faults.
◎伟大的人物也会有巨大的过失。
857.Great men‘s sons seldom do well.
◎大人物的子孙少出息。
858.Half a loaf is better than no bread.
◎半片面包总比没有好；有胜于无。
859.Haste makes waste.
◎欲速则不达。
860.Hear all parties.
◎兼听则明。
861.He laughs best who laughs last.
◎谁笑在最后，谁笑的最好（指：不要高兴得过早）。
862.He measures another‘s corn by his own bushel.
◎用自己的标准衡量别人；以己度人。
863.He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.
◎跟坏人打交道，要特别小心。
864.He that never rode never fell.
◎不骑马就不会落马。
865.He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut.
◎要把果仁吃，就得碎果壳。
866.History repeats itself.
◎历史自身常重演。
867.Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
◎风顺便扯篷。
868.Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.
◎蜜甜蜂螫人。
869.Hunger is the best sauce.
◎饥者口中尽佳肴；饥饿之时，样样好吃。
870.If the mountain will not come to Mahomet,Mahomet must go to the
mountain.
◎大山从不向穆罕默德移来，穆罕默?缓孟虼笊阶呷ィ凰舨磺ň湍悖阒缓们?
就他。
871.If wishes were horses,beggars might ride.
◎愿望若是马，乞丐也可乘；愿望难成事实。
872.Ill air slays sooner than the sword.
◎污浊的空气杀人比刀还快。
873.Ill news never comes too late.
◎坏消息总是来得快。
874.In the kingdom of blind men, the oneeyed is king.
◎生在盲人国，独眼也称王。
875.It is better to be a martyr than a confessor.
◎与其做忏悔，不如做殉道者。
876.It is too late to shut the stalbe door when the steed is stolen.
◎失马锁厩，为时已晚；贼去关门，为时已迟。
877.It never rains but it pours.
◎不雨则已，一雨倾盆。
878.It takes two to make a quarrel.
◎吵架要有两个人。
879.Jack of all trades and master of none.
◎万事皆通，事事不精（指：杂而不精的人）。
880.Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbours.
◎快乐是忧愁的紧邻。
881.Keeping is harder than winning.
◎成功不易，保持更难。
882.Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
◎杀鸡取金蛋；只图眼前枰暇床圃础?
883.Kill two birds with one stone.
◎一石双鸟；一箭双雕。
884.Kinsman helps kinsman,but woe to him that hath nothing.
◎亲人帮亲人，无亲来帮愁煞人。
885.Like tree, like fruit.
◎有什么样的树，就有什么样的果。
886.Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
◎大贼脱身去，小贼被吊死。
887.Long absent, soon forgotten.
◎久别易忘。
888.Long looked for comes at last.
◎久久寻找，终会找到。
889.Long tarrying takes all thands away.
◎耽搁太久，会把人家的谢意全送走。
890.Losers are always in the wrong.
◎失败之人受咎多。
891.Man is a god or a devil to his neighbour.
◎一个人对邻居来说，不是上帝，便是魔鬼。
892.Many men have many minds.
◎人多意见多；人多口杂。
893.Many wells, many buckets.
◎井多桶也多。
894.Mercy to the eriminal may be eruelty to the people.
◎对罪犯的仁慈，就是对人民的残忍。
895.Merry meet, merry part.
◎好聚好散。
896.Messengers should neither be headed nor hanged.
◎两国相争，不斩来使。
897.Might is right.
◎强权即公理。
898.Might overcomes right.
◎强权压倒公理。
899.Mischief has swift wings.
◎祸害长有飞翅。
900.Misery loves company.
◎同病相怜。
901. Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs.
◎莫笑皮匠拇指黑。
902. Most things have two handles.
◎多数事物有两种解释。
903. Music is the eye of the ear.
◎音乐是耳朵的眼睛。
904. Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant.
◎需要和机会，可使懦夫变勇敢。
905. Necessity is the mother of invention.
◎需要是发明之母。
906. Neither fish nor flesh (nor good red herring).
◎非驴非马；不伦不类。
907. Never judge from appearances.
◎不可根据外貌判断；不可以貌取人。
908. Never too late to mend.
◎补过不嫌晚。
909. No cross, no crown.
◎没有十字架，就没有王冠；无苦即无乐。
910. No man can do two things at once.
◎一人不能同时做两件事；心无二用。
911.No man ever became thoroughly bad all at once.
◎从来没有骤然变得极坏的人。
912.No man is content.
◎知足的人世上无。
913.No mill, no meal.
◎不磨面就没有面包吃。
914.No pleasure without pain.
◎没有无痛苦的欢乐。
915.No rose without a thorn.
◎玫瑰皆有刺（没有尽善尽美的幸福）。
916.No smoke without some fire.
◎无火不生烟；无风不起浪。
917.Nothing venture, nothing have.
◎不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
918.Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
◎服从是军人的第一职责。
919.Older and wiser.
◎老而益精；越老越聪明。
920.Old bees yield no honey.
◎老蜂不产蜜。
921.Old vessels must leak.
◎船旧必漏。
922.Once a devil, always a devil.
◎一次做魔鬼，永远是魔鬼。
923.One flower makes no garland.
◎一朵花做不成一个花环。
924.One foot is better than two crutches.
◎一只脚胜过两条拐仗。
925.Oppression maketh a wise man mad.
◎人处压迫下，聪明也会疯。
926.Out of sitght, out of mind.
◎眼不见，心不想。
927.Pain is forgotten where gain follows.
◎一朝得了利，痛苦便忘记。
928.Patience is the plaster of all sores.
◎忍耐是一切痛苦的止痛膏。
929.Patient men win the day.
◎能忍者胜。
930.Peace with sword in hand, ‘Tis safest making.
◎和平时期手执剑，这样做来最保险；有备无患。
931.Pen and ink is wit‘s plough.
◎笔墨是才智之犁。
932.Penny wise and pound foolish.
◎小事聪明，大事糊涂。
933.Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.
◎纵然装入金杯，毒药还是毒药。
934.Pouring oil on the fire is no way to quench it.
◎加油不是灭火法。
935.Praise is not pudding.
◎恭维不等于布丁；皇鞘祷荨?
936.Promises are like piecrust, made to be broken.
◎诺言好似馅饼皮，做来便是为咬碎。
937.Promise is debt.
◎许愿要还，欠债要清；许愿如欠债，欠了便要还。
938.Public money is like holy water, every one helps himself to it.
◎公款如圣水，人人都要尝一嘴。
939.Quietness is best.
◎宁静最好。
940.Rain before seven: fine before eleven.
◎早雨不过午。
941.Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,and writing an
exact man.
◎阅读使人渊博，会谈使人机敏，写作使人严谨。
942.Remember thou art but a man.
◎记住：你只不过是个“人”而已。
943.Revolutions are not made with rosewater.
◎革命不是玫瑰香水做成的（指革命不能采用温和的办法）。
944.Satan reproves sin.
◎魔鬼责人之罪（责备他人有罪过，自己同样有过失）。
945.Scanderbeg‘s sword must have Scanderbeg‘s arm.
◎斯坎德培（阿尔巴尼亚15世纪民族英雄）的剑，必须要有斯坎德培的臂才能举；
宝剑须由烈士擎。
946.Shallow streams make most din.
◎浅流水声响。
947.Short pleasure, long lament.
◎眼前片刻欢，日后长悲痛。
948.Silence gives consent.
◎沉默表示同意。
949.Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
◎技能和信心是无敌的军队。
950.Something is better than nothing.
◎有总比没有强。
951.Soon ripe, soon rotten.
◎早熟早烂；早慧早夭。
952.Sorrow comes unsent for.
◎悲哀来时不须邀。
953.Sport is sweetest when there be no spectators.
◎旁边无观众，运动最轻松。
954.Still waters run deep.
◎静水流深。
955.Straws show which way the wind blows.
◎草动示风向。
956.Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.
◎讲着某人，某人就到；说起曹*，曹*就到。
957.Teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
◎班门弄斧。
958.Temperance is the best physic.
◎节欲是最好的药品。
959.The best (greatest) fish keep (swim near) the bottom.
◎好鱼游水底（指：有价值之物不能轻易得到）。
960.The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good.
◎要求过高，反难成功。
961.The mountains have brought forth a mouse.
◎大山生小鼠（指：费力大而收效小）。
962.The pot calls the kettle black.
◎锅子嫌罐黑；责人严而责己宽；自己有过失而申斥他人。
963.There are two sides to every question.
◎每个问题都有两个方面。
964.There is a crook(=affliction,trial) in the lot of every one.
◎人生总有倒楣事；人生总有不如意处。
965.The swan sings when death comes.
◎死期来到，天鹅歌声美妙。
966.The thread breaks where it is weakest.
◎线断常在最细处。
967.The tongue ever turns to the aching teeth.
◎舌头总是碰着疼牙。
968.The used key is always bright.
◎常用的钥匙常光亮。
969.The weakest goes to the wall.
◎弱者败北。
970.The wish is father to the thought.
◎愿望为思想之父；所望之事，每易信之为真。
971.Things done cannot be undone.
◎事已定局，不能挽回；覆水难收。
972.Things unreasonable are never durable.
◎不合理的事不会长久。
973.Too many cooks spoil the broth.
◎厨子成群，煮坏肉羹。
974.Too much liberty spoils all.
◎自由过了头，一切乱了套。
975.Too much spoils, too little is nothing.
◎过多会坏事，过少不济事。
976.Tread on a worm and it will turn.
◎蚯蚓被踩也会动（指被逼过甚，最温顺者也会反抗）。
977.True praise roots and spreads.
◎赞词真实，根深传远。
978.Two of a trade seldom agree.
◎同行是冤家；同行相妒。
979.Two wrongs don‘t make a right.
◎两个错加不出一个正确来。
980.Union is strength.
◎联合即是力量。
981.Vain glory blossoms but never bears.
◎虚荣能开花，但不会结果。
982.Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.
◎激动时的誓约，平静时便忘却。
983.Walls have ears.
◎隔墙有耳。
984.War is death‘s feast.
◎战争是死亡的筵席。
985.War makes thieves, and peace hangs them.
◎战争造成窃贼，和平把他们吊死。
986.Water afar quencheth not fire.
◎远水救不了近火。
987.Weeds want no sowing.
◎杂草不需种。
988.We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
◎井干方知水可贵。
989.What youth is used to, age remembers.
◎少年惯为事，老时常记起。
990.When Greek meets Greek, then comes the bug of war.
◎两雄相争，难解难分。
991.When the tree is fallen, every one runs to it with his axe.
◎大树一倒下，人人持斧来。
992.When the well is full, it will run over.
◎井满则水溢。
993.When war begins, then hell openeth.
◎战争一开始，地狱便打开。
994.Where there are reeds, there is water.
◎有芦苇处必有水。
995.Where there is a will, there is a way.
◎有志者事竟成。
996.Where the water is shallow, no vessel will ride.
◎水浅无船行。
997.Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow.
◎在罪恶中游泳的人，必将在悲哀中沉没。
998.Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.
◎瓶中之酒不解渴。
999.Woe to him that is alone.
◎孤独的人最可悲。
1000.You cannot see the wood for trees.
◎见树不见林。
