1.The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.水能載舟,亦能覆舟.
2.Observation is the best teacher.觀察是最好的老師.
3.Offense is the best defense.進攻是最好的防御.
4.Old friends and old wines are best.陳酒味醇,老友情深.
5.Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨.
6.Once a man and twice a child.一次老,兩次小.
7.Once a thief, always a thief.偷盜一次,做賊一世.
8.Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩.
9.One boy is a boy, two boys halfa boy, three boys noboy.一個和尚挑水喝,兩個和尚抬水喝,三個和尚沒水喝.
10.Wet behind the ears.乳臭未干.
11.One cannot put back the clock.時鐘不能倒轉.
12.One eyewitnessis better than ten hearsays.百聞不如一見.
13.One false movemay lose the game.一著不慎,滿盤皆輸.
14.One good turndeserves another.行善積德.
15.One hour todayis worth two tomorrow.爭分奪秒效率高.
16.One man‘s faultis other man’s lesson.前車之鑒.
17.One never losesanything by politeness.講禮貌不吃虧.
18.One swallowdoes not make a summer.一燕不成夏.
19.One‘s wordsreflect one’s thinking.言為心聲.
20.Out of debt, out of danger.無債一身輕.
21.Out of office, out of danger.無官一身輕.
22.Out of sight, out of mind.眼不見,心為靜.
23.Patience is thebest remedy.忍耐是良藥.
24.Penny wise, pound foolish.貪小便宜吃大虧.
25.Please the eyeand plague the heart. 貪圖一時快活,必然留下隱禍.
26.Pleasure comesthrough toil.苦盡甘來.
27.Pour water intoa sieve.竹籃子打水一場空.
28.Practice makesperfect.熟能生巧.
29.Praise is notpudding.恭維話不能當飯吃.
30.Praise makesgood men better, and bad menworse.好人越夸越好,壞人越夸越糟.
31.Prefer loss tounjust gain.寧可吃虧,不貪便宜.
32.Prevention isbetter than cure.預防勝于治療.
33.Pride goesbefore, and shamecomes after.驕傲使人落后.
34.Promise is debt.一諾千金.
35.Proverbs arethe daughters of daily experience.諺語是日常經(jīng)驗的結晶.
36.Pull thechestnut out of fire.火中取栗.
37.Put the cartbefore the horse.本末倒置.
38.Put yourshoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助.
39.Readingenriches the mind.開卷有益.
40.Reading is tothe mind while exercise to the body.讀書健腦,運動強身.
41.Respectyourself, or no one elsewill respect you.要人尊敬,必須自重.
42.Rome is notbuilt in a day.冰凍三尺,非一日之寒.
43.Saying is onething and doing another.言行不一.
44.Seeing isbelieving.眼見為實.
45.Seek the truthfrom facts.實事求是.
46.Send a wise manon an errand, and saynothing to him.智者當差,不用交代.
47.Set a thief tocatch a thief.以賊捉賊.
48.Short accountsmake long friends.好朋友勤算賬.
49.Something isbetter than nothing.聊勝于無.
50.Soon learn, soon forgotten.學得快,忘得快.
51.Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快,爛得快.
52.Speech issilver, silence isgold.能言是銀,沉默是金.
53.Still water rundeep.靜水流深.
54.Strike the ironwhile it is hot.趁熱打鐵.
55.Success belongsto the persevering.堅持就是勝利.
56.Take things asthey come.既來之,則安之.
57.Talking mendsno holes. 空談無補.
58.Talk of thedevil and he will appear.說曹操,曹操就到.
59.Tall treescatch much wind.樹大招風.
60.Teach others byyour example.躬親示范.
61.The best heartsare always the bravest.無私者無畏.
62.The best manstumbles.偉人也有犯錯時.
63.The cat shutsits eyes when stealing.掩耳盜鈴.
64.The danger pastand God forgotten.過河拆橋.
65.The darkesthour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗.
66.The darkestplace is under the candlestick.燭臺底下最暗.
67.The devil knowsmany things because he is old.老馬識途.
68.The devilsometimes speaks the truth.魔鬼有時也會說真話.
69.The die is cast.木已成舟.
70.The early birdcatches the worm.早起的鳥兒有蟲吃.
71.The endjustifies the means.只要目的正當,可以不擇手段.
72.The end makesall equal.死亡面前,人人平等.
73.The eye isbigger than the belly.貪多嚼不爛.
74.The farthestway about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而繞遠路.
75.The finestdiamond must be cut.玉不琢,不成器.
76.The fire is thetest of gold, adversity ofstrong man.烈火驗真金,艱難磨意志.
77.The first stepis the only difficulty.邁出第一步是最艱難的.
78.The fox knewtoo much, that‘s how helost his tail.機關算盡太聰明,反誤了卿卿性命.
79.The fox preysfarthest from home.兔子不吃窩邊草.
80.The frog in thewell knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井觀天.
81.The grass isgreener on the other side.這山望著那山高.
82.The greatesttalkers are always least doers.語言的巨人總是行動的矮子.
83.The higher up, the greaterthe fall.爬得高,摔得慘.
84.The leopardcannot change its spots.本性難移.
85.The more noble, the morehumble.人越高尚,越謙虛.
86.The more wit, the lesscourage. 初生牛犢不怕虎.
87.The outsidersees the most of the game.旁觀者清.
88.The pen ismightier than the sword.筆能殺人.
89.The pot callsthe kettle black.五十步笑百步.
90.There are spotsin the sun.太陽也有黑點.
91.There are twosides to every question.問題皆有兩面.
92.There is askeleton in the cupboard.家家有本難念的經(jīng).
93.There iskindness to be found everywhere.人間處處有溫情.
94.There is nogeneral rule without some exception.任何法規(guī)均有例外.
95.There is nomedicine against death.沒有長生不老藥.
96.There is noplace like home.金窩銀窩不如咱的狗窩.
97.There is noroyal road to learning.書山有路勤為徑,學海無涯苦作舟.
98.The style isthe man.字如其人.
99.The tongue isnot steel, yet itcuts. 人言可畏.