。
One cannot put back the clock.時鐘不能倒轉(zhuǎn)
。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百聞不如一見。
One false move may lose the game.一著不慎
,滿盤皆輸
。
One good turn deserves another.行善積德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.爭分奪秒效率高
。
One man‘s fault is other man‘s lesson.前車之鑒
。
One never loses anything by politeness.講禮貌不吃虧。
One swallow does not make a summ一燕不成夏
。
One‘s words reflect one‘s thinking.言為心聲
。
Out of debt, out of danger.無債一身輕
。
Out of office, out of danger.無官一身輕。
Out of sight, out of mind.眼不見
,心為靜
。
Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良藥。
Penny wise, pound foolish.貪小便宜吃大虧
。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者
,說到的多,做到的少
。
Please the eye and plague the heart. 貪圖一時快活
,必然留下隱禍。
Pleasure comes through toil.苦盡甘來
。
Pour water into a sieve.竹籃子打水一場空
。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.恭維話不能當(dāng)飯吃
。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
好人越夸越好
,壞人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.寧可吃虧
,不貪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure.預(yù)防勝于治療
。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.驕傲使人落后
。
Promise is debt.一諾千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.諺語是日常經(jīng)驗的結(jié)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.開卷有益
。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.讀書健腦,運動強(qiáng)身
。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬
,必須自重。
Rome is not built in a day冰凍三尺
,非一日之寒
。
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
Seeing is believing.眼見為實
。 Seek the truth from facts.實事求是
。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者當(dāng)差,不用交代
。
Set a thief to catch a thief.以賊捉賊
。
Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算賬
。
Something is better than nothing.聊勝于無。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.學(xué)得快
,忘得快
。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快,爛得快
。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是銀
,沉默是金。
Still water run deep.靜水常深
。
Strike the iron while it is hot.趁熱打鐵
。
Success belongs to the persevering.堅持就是勝利。
Take things as they come.既來之
,則安之
。
Talking mends no holes. 空談無補(bǔ)。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.說曹操
,曹操就到
。
Tall trees catch much wind.樹大招風(fēng)。
Teach others by your example.躬親示范
。
The best hearts are always the bravest.無私者無畏
。
The best man stumbles.偉人也有犯錯時。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盜鈴
。
The danger past and God forgotten.過河拆橋
。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.燭臺底下最暗
。
The devil knows many things because he is old.老馬識途
。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth魔鬼有時也會說真話。
The die is cast.木已成舟
。 The early bird catches the worm.早起的鳥兒有蟲吃
。
The end justifies the means.只要目的正當(dāng),可以不擇手段
。
The end makes all equal.死亡面前
,人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.貪多嚼不爛
。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而繞遠(yuǎn)路
。
The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢,不成器
。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火驗真金
,艱難磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.邁出第一步是最艱難的
。
The fox knew too much, that‘s how he lost his tail.機(jī)關(guān)算盡太聰明
,反誤了卿卿 性命
。
The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窩邊草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井觀天
。
The grass is greener on the other side.這山望著那山高
。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.語言的巨人總是行動的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高
,摔得慘
。
The leopard cannot change its spots.本性難移。
The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚
,越謙虛
。
The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犢不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.旁觀者清
。
The pen is mightier than the sword.筆能殺人
。
The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.太陽也有黑點
。
There are two sides to every question.問題皆有兩面
。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本難念的經(jīng)。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.人間處處有溫情
。
There is no general rule without some exception.任何法規(guī)均有例外
。
There is no medicine against death.沒有長生不老藥。
There is no place like home.金窩銀窩不如咱的狗窩
。
There is no royal road to learning.書山有路勤為徑
,學(xué)海無涯苦作舟。
The style is the man.字如其人
。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能載舟
,亦能覆舟
。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清,濁者自濁
。 The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蟬
,黃雀在后
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如階梯,有人上有人下
。
The world is but a little place, after all.海內(nèi)存知己
,天涯若比鄰。
Think twice before you do.三思而后行
。
Things at the worst will mend.否極泰來
。
Time and tide wait for no man.時不我待。
Time cures all things.時間是醫(yī)治一切創(chuàng)傷的良藥
。
Time flies.光陰似箭
。 Time is money.時間就是金錢
。
Time lost cannot be won again.時光流逝,不可復(fù)得
。
Time past cannot be called back again.時間不能倒流
。
Time tries all.路遙知馬力,日久見人心
。
Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我
,我不犯人;人若犯我
,我必犯人
。
To err is human.人非圣賢,孰能無過
。
To know everything is to know nothing.什么都知道
,一如什么都不知道。
To know oneself is true progress.人貴有自知之明
。
Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日
,萬事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.過分熟悉會使人互不服氣
。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.學(xué)問太多催人老
。
Too much liberty spills all.自由放任,一事無成
。
Too much praise is a burden.過多夸獎
,反成負(fù)擔(dān)。
To save time is to lengthen life.節(jié)約時間就是延長生命
。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河邊走
,哪有不濕鞋。
Troubles never come singly.福無雙至
,禍不單行
。
Truth never grows old.真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.洗心革面
,改過自新
。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鷸蚌相爭,漁翁得利
。
Two heads are better than one.一個好漢三個幫
。
Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.別人錯了
,不等于你對了
。
Unity is strength.團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.忠言逆耳利于行
。
Until all is over one‘s ambition never dies.不到黃河心不死
。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.吃小虧占大便宜
。