英语谚语

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• "Apple in my eye"
  • 直译：蘋果在我眼中
  • 意译："蘋果"是一個很重要的人物
    • e.g.：you are the apple in my eye.
• "A bad workman always blames his tools."
  • 直译：拙匠常怨工具差。
  • 意译：劣工尤器。人笨怨刀钝。不会撑船怪河弯。拉不出屎来赖茅坑。
• "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
  • 直译：双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
  • 意译：多得不如现得。满足于现有的总比因过分追求而失去一切好。
• "Absence makes the heart grow fonder."
  • 直译：别久情深。
  • 意译：小别胜新婚。相聚爱益切，离别情更深。
• "A cat may look at the king."
  • 直译：猫也可以见国王。
  • 意译：人人平等。小人物也应有权利。
• "A chain is no stronger than its weakest link."
  • 直译：链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。
  • 意译：一环薄弱全局垮。一着不慎，满盘皆输。
• "A creaking gate hangs long."
  • 直译：吱吱响的门用得久。
  • 意译：旧门久用，病夫长命。瑕不掩玉。户枢不蠹。
• "Actions speak louder than words."
  • 直译：行动比言语更响亮。
  • 意译：事实胜于雄辩。
• "A fool and his money are easily parted."
  • 直译：愚人有钱留不住。
  • 意译：笨蛋难聚财。
• "A fox smells its own lair first."
  • 直译：狐狸有恶臭，自己先嗅出。
  • 意译：疑人先自疑，律人先律己。
• "A friend in need is a friend indeed."
  • 直译：患难朋友才是真朋友。
  • 意译：患难见真情。
• "After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile."
  • 直译：午饭后坐一会，晚饭后走一里。
  • 意译：休息是為了走更長遠的路
• "A good beginning makes a good ending."
  • 直译：善始者必善其终。欲善其终必先善其始。
  • 意译：善始者善终。
• "A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all."
  • 直译：道德败坏社会的好人看起来像最坏的人。
  • 意译：众人皆醉我独醒，不如不醒。
• "A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand."
  • 直译：优秀的外科医生必须眼疾如鹰，心强如狮，手巧如妇。
  • 意译：出色的外科医生必须心明眼亮和有一双灵巧的手。
• "A guilty conscience needs no accuser."
  • 直译：有罪的良心不需要原告。
  • 意译：做贼心虚，良心自诛。多行不义必自毙，多走夜路必遇鬼。
• "A jack of all trades is master of none."
  • 直译：万事通什么都不精通。
  • 意译：样样通样样松。三脚猫无所长。博艺无所精。
• "A lie has no legs."
  • 直译：谎言没有脚。
  • 意译：谎言不会自己散播。
• "A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on."
  • 直译：真理刚穿靴，谎言已在世界的中途。
  • 意译：真理未出门，谎言传千里。好事不出门，坏事传千里。
• "A little learning is a dangerous thing."
  • 直译：一知半解最危险。
  • 意译：浅学误人。一知半解，害已误人。一知半解，自欺欺人。
• "All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet."
  • 直译：猫爱吃鱼怕爪湿。猫儿爱吃鱼，却怕爪弄湿。想吃鱼又怕腥。
  • 意译：即想得好处，又不惹麻烦。名利双收。不劳而获。四肢不勤，一事无成。
• "All flowers are not in one garland."
  • 直译：鲜花不全在一个花环上。
  • 意译：人各有志, 不可强求一致。
• "All good things come to an end."
  • 直译：好景不长。
  • 意译：天下无不散之宴席。花无百日红。
• "All roads lead to Rome."
  • 直译：条条大路通罗马。
  • 意译：殊途同归。行行出状元。
• "All is fair in love and war."
  • 直译：在情场和战场上所有东西都是公平的。
  • 意译：情不禁巧，兵不厌诈。情场战场，各显神通。恋爱与战争可不择手段。
• "All is well that ends well."
  • 直译：结局好才算好。
  • 意译：善终为善。吉人天相。
• "All that glitters is not gold."
  • 直译：闪光的未必都是金子。
  • 意译：虚有其表。中看不中用。金玉其外，未必皆善。人不可貌相。
• "All things come to he who waits."
  • 直译：事物总是留给耐心等待的人。只要肯耐心等待，一切都会按时来。
  • 意译：好事多磨。
• "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
  • 直译：只工作不玩耍，聪明也变傻。
  • 意译：会玩的人才会学
• "A merry heart makes a long life."
  • 直译：心情愉快的人长寿。
  • 意译：乐者寿长。
• "A miss is as good as a mile."
  • 直译：大错小错都是错。
  • 意译：失之毫厘，谬以千里。
• "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
  • 直译：一天一个苹果，医生不上门。
  • 意译：每天一苹果，醫生遠離我。
• "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth."
  • 直译：以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
  • 意译：以彼之道，还施彼身。以其人之道，还治其人之身。一报还一报。
• "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
  • 直译：预防胜于治疗。治病不如防病。
  • 意译：未雨绸缪。惩罚于已然，不如警惕于未然。
• "A penny saved is a penny earned."
  • 直译：省一分就是赚一分。省一文等于挣一文。
  • 意译：省钱就是赚钱。
• "A person is known by the company he keeps."
  • 直译：你常保持联系的人了解你。
  • 意译：观其友知其人。观其交友,知其为人，物以类聚。
• "A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison."
  • 直译：一滴毒药毁了一罐奶。
  • 意译：一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥。千里之堤，毁于蚁穴。
• "April showers bring May flowers."
  • 直译：四月雨带来五月花。
  • 意译：苦尽甘来。否极泰来。宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来。阳光总在风雨后。不经历风雨怎么见彩虹。
• "A rolling stone gathers no moss."
  • 直译：滚石不生苔。
  • 意译：心浮气躁，一事无成。转业不聚财。
• "Ask and you shall receive."
  • 直译：勤问必有所得。
  • 意译：好学多问。
• "Ask me no questions, I will tell you no lies."
  • 直译：不问我问题，我就不说谎。
  • 意译：少问少受骗。
• "Ask no questions and hear no lies."
  • 直译：不发问，就听不到谎言。
  • 意译：是非终日有，不听自然无。
• "A sound mind in a sound body."
  • 直译：健全的头脑寓于健康的身体。
  • 意译：身体好，头脑活。
• "A stitch in time saves nine."
  • 直译：一针及时省九针。
  • 意译：及时行事，事半功倍。小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
• "As you make your bed, so you must lie in it."
  • 直译：自己铺的床，自己躺。
  • 意译：自作自受。自食其果。
• "As you sow, so shall you reap."
  • 直译：有播种才有收获。
  • 意译：一分耕耘，一分收获。种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
• "A woman's work is never done."
  • 直译：女人事，做不完。妇女的活计做不完。
  • 意译：女人事多。
• "A word to the wise is enough."
  • 直译：忠告无须太多。
  • 意译：智者一言已足。
• "A word spoken is past recalling."
  • 直译：说出的话无法收回。
  • 意译：一言既出，驷马难追。
• "Any time need build on Knowledge.Train body and purification mind."
  • 直译：任何時間都需要建構於知識上.訓練體格和純化思脈.
  • 意译：evolutionism motto:進化論銘言

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B

• "Barking dogs seldom bite."
  • 直译：爱叫的狗不咬人，咬人的狗不露齿。吠犬不咬人。
  • 意译：外强中干。虚有其表。虚张声势。
• "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
  • 直译：生活不缺乏美，而在于发现美。
  • 意译：情人眼里出西施。
• "Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes straight to the bone."
  • 直译：美丽流于肤浅，丑陋深邃入骨。红颜易变，丑陋难改。
  • 意译：江山易改，本性难移。
• "Beer before liquor, you'll never be sicker, but liquor before beer and you're in the clear."
  • 直译：喝啤酒再喝白酒，你不会清醒；喝白酒再喝啤酒，你还清醒。
  • 意译：由浅入深难，由深入浅易。由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难。
• "Beggars can't be choosers."
  • 直译：乞丐绝无挑选的权利。讨饭的不能挑肥拣瘦。
  • 意译：饥不择食，寒不择衣，慌不择路，贫不择妻。
• "Better late than never."
  • 直译：迟做总比不做好。不怕慢，单怕站。
  • 意译：宁迟勿缺。亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。
• "Better safe than sorry."
  • 直译：安全胜过遗憾。
  • 意译：不怕一万，就怕万一。
• "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't."
  • 直译：已知的魔鬼比未知的好。
  • 意译：明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
• "Birds of a feather flock together."
  • 直译：同种类的鸟聚集在一起。
  • 意译：物以类聚，人以群分。一丘之貉。
• "Bitter pills may have blessed effects."
  • 直译：苦药功效强。
  • 意译：良药苦口利于病。
• "Blood is thicker than water."
  • 直译：血浓于水。
  • 意译：亲不亲一家人。
• "Blood will out."
  • 直译：谋杀终必败露。
  • 意译：真相大白。纸包不住火。
• "Boys will be boys."
  • 直译：男孩子总是男孩子。男孩子总是淘气的。
  • 意译：理应如此。
• "Brain is better than brawn."
  • 直译：智慧胜过力量。
  • 意译：智胜莽勇。
• "Bread is the staff of life."
  • 直译：面包是生活的主食。
  • 意译：民以食为天。
• "Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper."
  • 直译：早餐像国王，午餐像王子，晚餐像乞丐。
  • 意译：早餐吃的好，午餐吃的饱，晚餐吃的少。
• "Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night."
  • 直译：黄油早餐是金，午餐是银，晚餐是铅。
  • 意译：过犹不及。

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C

• "Chance favors the prepared mind."
  • 直译：机遇钟爱有准备的人。
  • 意译：豫则立，不豫则废。胸有成竹。
• "Cider on beer, never fear; beer upon cider, makes a bad rider."
  • 直译：喝啤酒后再喝苹果酒不惧怕，喝苹果酒后再喝啤酒就不能开车。
  • 意译：由浅入深难，由深入浅易。由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难。
• "Close but no cigar."
  • 直译：接近了，但不是雪茄。
  • 意译：很接近，但还是错了。
• "Clothes don't make the man."
  • 直译：衣不合身。人不可貌相。不能以貌取人。
  • 意译：好马不在鞍，人美不在衫。
• "Cowards die many times, but a brave man only dies once."
  • 直译：懦夫可死千百次，好汉一生死一回。
  • 意译：风萧萧兮易水寒，壮士一去兮不复返。
• "Cross the stream where it is the shallowest."
  • 直译：渡溪当自浅处过。过河应走水浅处。
  • 意译：从易处着手。凡事简单而为。
• "Curiosity killed the cat."
  • 直译：好奇心害死猫。
  • 意译：好奇惹祸。
• "Cut your coat according to your cloth."
  • 直译：量体裁衣。
  • 意译：量力而行。量入为出。

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D

• "Desperate diseases must have desperate cures."
  • 翻译：重病宜下重手治；死马也当活马医。[1]
• "Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies."
  • 翻译：重病宜下重手治；死马也当活马医。[1]
• "Different sores must have different salves."
  • 翻译：哪里疼就要在哪里下药。 要对症下药
• "Different strokes for different folks."
  • 翻译：萝卜青菜，各有所爱
• "Difficulty makes desire."
  • 翻译：困苦制造愿望。
  • 英国谚语
• "Diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot."
  • Alternative: "Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot."
  • 翻译：病来如山倒, 病去如抽丝。
• "Do as you would be done by."
  • 翻译：做你該做的。
• "Do unto others as you would have done to you."
  • 翻译：推己及人。/将心比心。[1]
• "Doctors make the worst patients."
  • 翻译：金子的真假匠人深知，病情的轻重大夫深知。
• "Don't burn your bridges before they're crossed."
• "Don't burn your bridges behind you."
  • 翻译：不要过河拆桥。/为自己留条后路。1
• "Don't change horses in midstream."
  • 翻譯：勿中途換將
• "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched."
  • 直译：蛋未孵化，莫数小鸡。
  • 意译：不要过早乐观。
• "Don't cross a bridge until you come to it."
  • 翻譯：船到橋頭自然直
  • Alternative: "Don't cross the bridge till you come to it."
• "Don't cry over spilt milk."
  • 直译：不要为洒了的牛奶而哭泣。
  • 意译：不要做无谓的后悔。覆水难收。
• "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face."
  • 翻译：不要因为一时泄愤，而伤害自己。
• "Don't have too many irons in the fire."
  • 翻译：不要同时做太多事
• "Don't make a mountain out of a molehill."
  • 翻译：不要小题大做
• "Don't mend what ain't broken."
  • 翻译：不要做无用功。
• "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."
  • 別把雞蛋擺在同一籃子裡。不要孤注一擲。
• "Don't put the cart before the horse."
  • 不要本末倒置。
• "Don't shut the barn door after the horse is gone."
  • 翻译：贼走关门，为时已晚。
• "Don't shut the gate after the horse has bolted."
• "Don't spit into the wind."
  • 翻译：不要在公众场合吐痰。
• "Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater."
  • 翻譯：勿過河拆橋
• "Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom."
  • 翻译：怀疑，是智慧的萌芽，而不是结束。
• "Don't bring owls to Athens"
  • 翻譯： 不要多此一举
• "Don't hold a candle to the sun"
  • 直译：別讓燭火亮到天明。
  • 意译：不要多此一举。

E

• "Early bird gets the worm."
  • 翻譯：早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。
• "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
  • 翻譯：早睡早起使人健康,富有,及聰慧
• "Eat to live, don't live to eat."
  • 翻译: 為活而食,非為食而活
• "Eat when you're hungry, and drink when you're dry."
  • 翻译：恰当的时候，做恰当的事情。
• "East or West, home is best."
  • 翻譯：不管東方西方，家就是最好的地方。在家千日好。
• "Empty barrels make the most sound."
  • 翻譯：空桶才能發出大聲
• "Even a worm will turn."
  • 翻譯：每一个毛毛虫都会变成蝴蝶。
• "Every cloud has a silver lining."
  • 翻譯：黑暗中总有一线光明
• "Every disease will have its course."
  • 翻譯：任何疾病都有一个过程
• "Every dog has its day."
  • 翻譯：任何狗隻均有自己的日子。
• "Every man has a price."
  • 翻譯：任何人均有其價值。
• "Every rule has its exception."
  • 翻譯：任何規則皆有例外的時候。
• "Everything comes to him who waits."
  • 翻譯：等待总有结果
• "Every why has a wherefore."
  • 翻譯：每个问题都有答案

F

• "Faith will move mountains."
  • 信仰可以移山
• "Faint heart never won fair lady."
  • 翻譯：怯懦的人永远得不到美丽的女人
  • 意译：狭路相逢勇者胜
• "Familiarity breeds contempt."
  • 翻譯：熟悉的东西会被轻视
  • 意译：熟视无睹
• "Fine feathers make fine birds."
  • 翻譯：鸟靠羽毛显得好看。
  • 意译：人靠衣装马靠鞍
• "Fine words butter no parsnips."
  • 翻譯：花言巧语是没有用的
• "First come, first served."
  • 翻譯：先到先得
• "First deserve than desire."
  • 翻译：先做到问心无愧，然后再邀功请赏。
• "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
  • 意译：胆大妄为, 愚蠢而自负地去冒险
• "Forbidden fruit is the sweetest."
  • 翻譯：禁果最甜。得不到的才是最好的
• "Forewarned is forearmed."
  • 翻譯：事先得到消息才能做好准备。
• "Fresh pork and new wine kill a man before his time."
  • 翻译：玩物丧志
• "Fretting cares make grey hairs."
  • 翻译：烦恼催人老
• "Friend to all is a friend to none."
  • 所有人的朋友就不是任何人的朋友

H

• "Hair of the dog that bit you."
  • 意譯: 以(原來的)毒攻毒
• "Half a loaf is better than none."
  • 翻譯：聊勝於無
• "Hansome is as hansome does."
• "Hang a thief when he's young,and he'll no' steal when he's old."
• "Hard cases make bad law."
• "Hard words break no bones."
  • 恶语伤人
• "Haste makes waste."
  • 欲速則不達（过于性急反而不能达到目的）
• "Hawks will not pick out hawks eyes."
• "Health is better than wealth."
  • 翻譯：健康勝於財富
• "Heaven protects children, sailors and drunken men."
• "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
• "Help a lame dog over a stile."
• "He that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon."
• "He that will steal an egg will steal an ox."
  • 意译：积习难返
• "He who hesitates is lost."
• "He who laughs last laughs best."
  • 谁笑在最后，谁笑的最好
• "He who laughs last laughs longest."
  • 谁笑在最后，谁笑的最好
• "He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword."
  • 翻譯：玩火自焚
• "He who sleeps forgets his hunger."
• "Hindsight is 20/20."
• "His bark is worse than his bite."
  • 意譯: 雷聲大，雨點小
• "History repeats itself."
  • 翻譯：歷史會重演
• "Home is where the heart is."
  • 翻譯：家是心之所在
• "Home is where you hang your hat."
• "Honesty is the best policy."
  • 翻譯:誠實乃上策
• "Honey catches more flies than vinegar."
• "Hunger is the best spice."
  • 翻譯：飢餓是最佳調味料
• "Hunger makes good kitchen."
  • 意译：饥不择食

I

• "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again."
  • 意譯: 屢敗屢戰
• "If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well."
  • 翻譯: 值得做的事情就值得做好
• "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy."
• "If the cap fits, wear it."
• "If the shoe fits, wear it."
• "If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly."
  • 翻譯: 便宜沒好貨
• "If you can't beat them, join them."
• "If you can't be good, be careful."
• "If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen."
• "If you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it."
  • 翻译：言多必失
• "If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."
• "If you're in a hole, stop digging."
  • 翻譯: 不要把自己的事情越描越黑
• "In for a penny, in for a pound."
• "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
• "In the end, a man's motives are second to his accomplishments."
• "It's a good horse that never stumbles."
• "It never rains, but it pours."
  • 翻譯：不鳴則已,一鳴驚人或者：祸不单行（朗文翻译）
• "It's a long lane that has no turning."
• "It's an ill wind that blows no good."
• "It's better to give than to receive."
  • 翻譯：施比受有福
• "It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."
• "It's easy to be wise after the event."
  • 翻译：马后炮
• "It's never too late to mend."
  • 翻譯：永不嫌遲
• "It's not over till it's over."
• "It's no use crying over spilt milk."
  • 翻譯:覆水難收
• "It's often a person's mouth broke their nose."
• "It's the early bird that gets the worm."
  • 翻译：早起的鸟儿有虫吃
• "It's the empty can that makes the most noise."
• "It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease."
• "It takes all sorts to make a world."
• 翻译：大千世界，无奇不有。
• "It takes two to make a quarrel."
  • 翻译：一个巴掌拍不响
• "It takes two to tango."
  • 意譯: 孤掌難鳴
• "It takes two to lie, one to lie and one to listen."

J

• "Jack is as good as his master."
• "Jack of all trades， master of none."

万事通但无一门精

• "Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today."
• "Jove but laughs at lover's perjury."
• "Judge not, that ye be not judged."

K

• "Keep a thing seven years and you will always find a use for it."
  • 带着一件东西七年，你就总是会发现这东西的用途
• "Keep no more cats that catch mice."
  • 只养能抓老鼠的猫

L

• "Laughter is the best medicine."
  • 翻译:笑一笑十年少。
• "Learn to walk before you run."
  • 翻译:欲速则不达。
• "Learning is the enterprise of a lifetime."
  • 翻译:活到老学到老。学无止境。
• "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
  • 直譯:你們中間誰是沒有罪的，誰就可以先拿石頭打他。 (聖經．約翰福音8:7)
• "Like cures like(Cf. Agatha Christie's Sleeping Murder.)
  • 意譯：心病還需心藥醫。以毒攻毒．
• "Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas."
  • 翻译:近朱者赤,近墨者黑
• "Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised."
• "Liquor before beer and you're in the clear. Beer before liquor and you'll never be sicker."
• "Long absent, soon forgotten."
  • 意譯：久疏則必忘；別久情疏；一曝十寒。
  • 翻译：时间会冲淡感情。
• "Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves."
• "Look before you leap."
  • 翻译:三思而後行
• "Love at first sight."
  • 意譯：一見鍾情
• "Love is the abnegation of self."
  • 翻译:爱是自我克制
• "Love is blind."
  • 翻译:愛情是盲目的

M

• "Make hay while the sun shines."
  • 翻譯:打鐵趁熱
• "Many hands make light work."
  • 意譯：人多好辦事．
• "Money makes the mare go."
  • 翻譯:有錢能使鬼推磨
• "Money talks."
  • 翻譯:金錢萬能
• "Money talks, bullshit walks."
  • 意譯:錢拿來再說;沒錢免談!
• "More haste, less speed."
  • 翻譯:欲速則不達

N

• "Nature abhors a vacuum."
• "Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians."
  • 直譯：自然，時間以及耐心是三個最好的醫生．
• "Necessity is the mother of all invention."
  • 翻譯：需要是發明之母
• "Ne'er cast a clout till May be out."
• "Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today."
  • 翻譯：今日事今日畢
• "Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you."
  • 意譯：不要自找麻烦
• "New brooms sweep clear."
  • 意譯：新官上任三把火．
• "New broom sweeps clean."
• "No cross，no crown."
  • 直译：未经苦难，则得不到皇冠。
• "No cows, no cares."
• "No gain without pain."
  • 翻译:有所得必有所失。
• "No man can serve two masters."
  • 翻译：一仆难为二主
• "No news is good news."
  • 翻译：没消息就是好消息。
• "No pain, no gain."
  • 翻译：没付出就没有收穫。一份耕耘，一份收获。
• "No time to waste like the present."
• "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
  • 不入虎穴，焉得虎子（不进老虎洞，怎能捉到小老虎。比喻不历艰险，就不能获得成功。）
• "Nothing succeeds like success."

O

• "Once bitten, twice shy."
  • 翻译：一朝被蛇咬,十年怕草繩
• "One doctor only makes work for another."
  • 中譯：能醫不自醫
• "One good turn deserves another."
  • 意譯：善有善報；待之以禮，回之以禮．
• "One hour's sleep before midnight is worth two hours after."
• "One man's meat is another man's poison."
• "One swallow doesn't make a summer."
  • 意譯：一燕不成夏．
• "One turnip，one pit."
  • 翻译：一个萝卜，一个坑。
• "Opposites attract."
  • 意譯：異性相吸．
• "Out of sight, out of mind."
  • 翻译:眼不见,心不恼
  • 意譯：眼不見為淨

P

• "Paddle your own canoe."
  • 直譯：你只管划你的獨木舟．
  • 意譯：管好自己的事．
• "Pain is only weakness leaving the body."
• "Penny wise, pound foolish."
  • 意譯：小事聰明,大事糊塗．
• "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."
  • 直譯：住在玻璃屋的人不要互擲石頭．
  • 意譯：勿道人之短．
• "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."
  • 直譯：權力使人腐化；絕對的權力使人絕對的腐化．
• "Practice makes perfect."
  • 翻譯：熟能生巧
• "Prevention is better than cure."
  • 翻譯：預防勝於治療
• "Pride goeth before a fall."
  • 意譯：驕傲在敗壞以先．（聖經．箴言16:18)
• "Penny saved is a penny earned."
  • 意譯:積少成多;積腋成裘．
• "Pudding before praise."
• "Procrastination is the thief of time."
  • 意譯: 我生在明日，萬事成蹉跎

R

• "Red sky at night: shepherd's delight. Red sky in the morning: shepherd's warning."
  • 翻译：朝霞不出门晚霞行千里。
• "Rome wasn't built in a day."
  • 翻译：罗马不是一天建成的。
• "Rules are made to be broken."
  • 翻译：不墨守成规。

S

• "Said easier than done"
  • 意譯：談何容易
• "Seek and ye shall find."
  • 直譯：尋找，就尋見．（聖經．耶穌語）
  • 意譯：有志竟成（誠能感動天）．
• "Six of one,half dozen of the other."
  • 一个半斤，一个八两
• "Still waters are the deepest."
  • 意譯：深藏不露（真人不露相）． 形容表面看起来不怎么危险的地方才是最危险的。
• "Still waters run deep."
  • 意譯：深藏不露 （一个很沉默的人很可能是很深刻的，大智若愚）
• "Strike while the iron is hot."
  • 翻譯:打鐵趁熱
• "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."
  • 保持饥饿，保持愚蠢。
  • 翻譯:求知若饥，虚心若愚

T

• "Talk is cheap."
  • 意譯：說的倒輕鬆．
• "Talk of the devil - and the devil appears."
  • 翻譯:說曹操，曹操到
• "The best things in life are free."
  • 翻譯:自由最為可貴
• "The coat makes the man."
  • 意譯：佛要金裝，人要衣裝．
• "The cure is worse than the disease."
• "The early bird gets the worm."
  • 翻譯:早起的鳥兒有蟲吃
• "The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
• "The end justifies the means."
  • 直譯：結果決定手段是否正當．
  • 意译：成敗論英雄．成王败寇
• "The first step to health is to know that we are sick."
  • 直譯：保健的第一步就是知道自己有病．
  • 意译：人贵有自知之明
• "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence."
  • 意译：家花哪有野花香
• "The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm."
• "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
  • 意译：万变不离其宗
• "The opera ain't over until the fat lady sings."
  • 翻譯：好戲還在後頭, 等着瞧吧!
• "The pen is mightier than sword."
  • 翻譯：文勝於武
• "The pot calling the kettle black."
  • 翻譯：五十步笑一百步
• "The proof of the pudding is in the eating."
  • 意譯：空談不如實證；百聞不如一見
• "There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians."
• "There's always a calm before a storm."
  • 翻譯：暴風雨前的平靜
• "There's always a deep breath before a plunge"
• "There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip."
• "There's no accounting for taste."
• "There's no arguing with the barrel of a gun."
• "There's no time like the present."
• "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
• "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."
  • 意譯：立志行善由得我，行出來由不得我（聖徒保羅之言）；心有餘，力不足．谋事在人，成事在天。
• "The squeaky wheel gets the grease."
  • 直譯：嘎嘎作響的輪子表示要上潤滑油了．
  • 意译：会哭的孩子有糖吃
• "The wish is father to the thought."
• "Think before you speak."
  • 翻譯：在說之前先想想
• "Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."
  • 意譯：投鼠忌器。
• "Time is money."
  • 翻譯：時間就是金錢
• "To each his own"
  • 意譯：人各有命．
• "To err is human; to forgive, divine."
  • 翻譯：人無完人，金無足赤
  • 意譯：人誰無過
• "Tomorrow is another day."
  • 意譯：明日复明日
• "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
  • 直譯：太多的厨師，反而把湯破壞了。
  • 意譯：如果人太多，意見也多，反而不易做出决定。其實一個人作主就够了。人多手腳亂。
• "Truth is stranger than fiction."
• "Turn over a new leaf"
  • 意譯：改過自新
• "Two's company, three's a crowd."
• "Two heads are better than one."
  • 翻譯：三個臭皮匠，勝過諸葛亮
• "Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife."
• "Two wrongs don't make a right."
  • 翻譯：對就是對,不對就是不對。
  • 意譯："積非" 都不能 "成是"
• "The start of a journey should never be mistaken for success."
  • 翻譯：来日方长

V

• "Variety is the spice of life."
  • 直譯：變化是生命的調味品．
  • 意譯：豐富多彩是生活的情趣所在。

W

• "Waste not, want not."
  • 直譯：不浪費，就不虞匱乏．
• "We all make mistakes."
  • 翻譯：任何人皆會有錯。
  • 意譯：人非聖賢，孰能無過？
• "We must take the bad with the good."
  • 翻譯：將勤補拙。
• "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger."
  • 直譯：它不但殺不了你，反倒使你更強壯．
  • 意譯：把吃苦當作吃補．（越挫越勇）
• "What goes around comes around."
  • 意譯：十年河東，十年河西；風水輪流轉。
• "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
  • 直譯：雌鵝可以吃的，雄鵝也可以吃．
  • 意譯：依樣畫葫蘆．
• "When in Rome do as the Romans do."
  • 翻譯:入境隨俗
• "When the cat's away, the mice will play."
  • 直譯：猫不在，老鼠就鬧翻天．
  • 意譯：山中無老虎，猴子也稱王．
• "When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
  • 意譯：越挫越勇．
• "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras."
  • 直譯：當你聽到蹄聲時，要想到是馬的蹄聲，而不是斑馬的．
  • 意譯：不可掉以輕心．
• "Where one door shuts, another opens."
  • 翻譯：這門閉，那門開。
  • 意译：天无绝人之路
• "Where there's a will there's a way."
  • 翻譯：有志者事竟成
• "While the cat is away, the mice will play."
  • 翻译:猫儿不在家,老鼠翻天车(江苏谚语)
• "While there's life, there's hope."
  • 翻譯：有生命就有希望。
• "Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl."
  • 翻譯：近朱者赤，近墨者黑．
• "Wide ears and short tongue are the best."
  • 翻譯：多听，少说
• "Without sleep, no health."
  • 翻譯：沒有睡眠，沒有健康。

Y

• "You can lead (take) a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
  • 直譯：你可以引馬就水，不可以強迫馬喝水．
  • 意譯：要順勢而為，不可逆勢而為。
• "You can't have it both ways."
  • 直译：不能两头都圆。
  • 意译：此事古难全。[特例]：忠孝不能两全。
• "You can't have your cake and eat it too."
  • 直译：又想吃掉饼，又想饼常在。
  • 意译：天下哪有这么好的事！
• "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs."
  • 直译：不把蛋打碎，哪得煎蛋饼。
  • 意译：畏手畏脚，大事难图。
• "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."
  • 意譯：粗手粗腳成不了大事．
• "You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds."
  • 直譯：你不可以邊跟著野兔跑，邊帶獵犬去打獵．
  • 意譯：不可腳踏兩條船；不可兩面討好。
• "You can't teach an old dog new tricks."
  • 直译：老狗学不了新把戏。
  • 意译：朽木不可雕也。
• "You can't teach grandma to suck eggs."
  • 直译：没牙的婆婆吸得出蛋。
  • 意译：不要班門弄斧．
• "You can't tell a book by its cover."
  • 直译：光看封面，哪知书好书坏。
  • 翻译: 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
• "You have to crawl before you can walk."
  • 直譯：在學會爬之前你要先學会如何走路．
  • 翻譯：別想一步沖天（要按部就班）．
• "You never know what you've got till it's gone."
  • 直译：當失去時，才知道曾經擁有的。
  • 意译: 知福惜福。身在福中不知福
• "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."
  • 意译：以牙还牙，以眼还眼