- A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一着不慎,满盘皆输.
- All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的未必都是金子。
- A child is better unborn than untaught. 养不教，父之过。
- Art is long, life is short.
- A friend is best found in adversity.
- Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。
- A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。
- All covet, all lose. 样样垂涎，样样失落。贪多嚼不烂。
- A good winter brings a good summer.
- All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。
- A small leak will sink a GREat ship.
- All time is no time when it is past.
- A baker’s wife may bite of a bun, a brewer’s wife may bite of a tun.
近水楼台先得月。 - A short cut is often a wrong cut.
欲速则不达。 - A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.
欲加之罪，何患无辞。 - A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 远来的和尚好念经。
- All feet tread not in one shoe. 众口难调。
- A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
- A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
- A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
江山易改，本性难移。 - A little spark may kindle a GREat fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
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- Beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了
- Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵
- Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。 A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
- Behind the mountains there are people to be found.
天外有天，山外有山。 - Better die standing than live kneeling 宁愿站着死，也不跪着生。
- Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。
- Cats hide their claws.
知人知面不知心。 - Cast an anchor to windward.
未雨绸缪。 - Care and diligence bring luck.
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- Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行。
谨慎勤奋，带来好运。 - Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢对手，将遇良才。
- Danger past, God forgotten. 飞鸟尽，良弓藏。
- Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。
- Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
- Do not have too many irons in the fire.
- Do unto others as you would be done by.
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- Experience is the best teacher.
- Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune.
- Evening red and morning GREy are the sign of a fine day.
- Every bean has its black. 金无足赤，人无完人。
- Even woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。 - Enough is better than too much. 过犹不及。
- Every tub must stand on its own bottom.
- Experience teaches.
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- Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。
- First impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。
- Faith moves mountains.
- Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界，无奇不有。
- Fire proves gold, adversity proves man.
- Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
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- Give everyone his due. 一视同仁。
- Good (or GREat) wits jump.
- Go while the going is good.
- GREat weights hang on small wires.
千钧一发。 - Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。
- GREatest genius often lies concealed.
大智若愚。 - Grasp all, lose all.
贪多必失。 - Go to the sea, if you would fish well.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
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- Honour to whom honour is due.
论功行赏。 - He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。
- Heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己。
- He sits no sure that sits too high.
- He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad.
- He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.
- He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
- He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。
- It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.
- Humility often gains more than pride.
满招损，谦受益。 - He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.
事实胜于雄辩。 - He that promises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。
- He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。
- Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行。
- Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
- He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
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- It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。
- If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是无穷的。
- It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
- Ill news never comes too late.
- It is the first step that is troublesome. 万事开头难。
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- Justice has long arms.
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- Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it.
- Keeping is harder than winning.
- Knowledge is no burden. 艺不压身。
- Kiss and be friends. 握手言和。
- Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕。
