格言用英语怎么说

aphorism

英 ['æfərɪz(ə)m]  美 ['æfərɪzəm] 

n 格言；警句

短语

Aphorism Poem 格言诗

Education Aphorism 教育格言

Family education aphorism 庭训格言

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同近义词

1、sententia

[sen'tenʃiə] 

n （常作 sententiae）格言；警句

短语

sententia communis 一般意见

sententia legis 法规的意义 ; 翻译

2、maxim

英 ['mæksɪm]  美 ['mæksɪm] 

n 格言；准则；座右铭

n (Maxim)人名；(英、罗、俄、哈萨)马克西姆

短语

Manner Maxim 方式准则 ; 方式原则 ; 违反

Agreement maxim 一致准则 ; 赞同准则 ; 一致原则 ; 同意原则

Basic maxim 基本准则 ; 翻译

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雨流狂落之暗

雨点噼里啪啦地打在窗上。水花溅开，水沿着玻璃哗哗得往下流，形成一层透明的水膜。

操场上白茫茫的一片，雨流狂落，这根本就不像是下雨了，是天空里有个什么水闸开了闸门，不是什么雨点，而是指头粗的水柱贯通天地。下午就开始刮风，放学时忽然一声暴雷，教学楼前的的面上哗啦啦一片水点子，像是有人那大笔沾了浓墨甩在生宣上。刚开始的时候，校工部的人还穿着雨衣在操场上跑来跑去检查排水系统，怕雨水把草皮还有美国进口的颗粒塑胶跑道给泡坏了。

而现在，草皮已经被暴雨彻底打翻了，露出一块块斑驳的黑色泥土，塑胶跑道上，积水没过脚面。从横的扯着在泥土上留下了交错的印记，门卫拦不住来接人的家长，私家车纷纷开到操场上等着，就在半个小时前，那里热闹的彷佛集市，每个人都在死摁喇叭，雨幕里学生们认不出自家的车，没头苍蝇一样乱转。

最后所有人都被接走了，操场上空无一人，“仕兰中学”的天蓝色校旗飘扬在天幕背景上。

楚子航站在玻璃前，望着外面发呆，教室里只剩下他一个人了。天黑得像是深夜，教室里全部的等都是亮着，苍白的灯光照在他的背后。

他摸出手机拨号，嘟嘟的响了几声后电话接通了，他把话筒贴近耳边。

“子航你那里下雨了吧？哎呀妈妈在久光商厦和姐妹们一起买东西呢，这边也下雨了，车都打不着，我们喝杯咖啡等于小点儿再走，你自己打个车赶快回家吧。你爸爸不是给你钱了吗？或者给你爸爸打个电话叫你爸爸派个车来接你，子航乖，妈妈啵一个”，话筒里传来清脆的“啵”声，而后电话挂断了。

楚子航默默的合上手机，从头到尾他一个字都没说，他也没准备说，习惯了，每次都是这样。

他只是问问妈妈在哪里，同时告诉他自己没什么事儿，让她安心的该干什么干什么。

可楚子航不想给爸爸打电话，他知道爸爸会让司机开着那辆顶级配置的奔驰S500来接她，爸爸是个很有教养的优质的好男人，非常喜欢当舞蹈演员的漂亮妈妈，也爱屋及乌地对他好。嘴里最常说的就是，子航啊，有什么需要就说出来，我就是你爸爸。会对你尽义务的。

有个有钱的的爸爸要对他尽义务，听起来很不赖。

可楚子航没提过什么需要。

教室的门敞开着，秋天的寒风夹着雨丝灌进来，亮的有点刺骨。楚子航裹紧了身上的Diese罩衫，紧了紧那条Burberry的格子围巾，双手抄在口袋里。

“楚子航？一起走吧，雨不会停的。天气预报说是台风，气象局发出预警了！”娇俏的长发女生探头进来说，长发的发梢坠着一枚银质的Hello Kitty发卡，秀气的笑脸微微有点泛红，低垂眼帘不敢直视他。

“你认不认识我……我叫柳淼淼……”女生没有得到回答，声音越来越小，蚊子哼哼似的。

其实楚子航认得柳淼淼。柳淼淼，比他小一级，还在初中部，但在高中部也蛮出名的。柳淼淼初三就过了钢琴比赛十级，每年联欢晚会上都有他的钢琴独奏，楚子航班上也有几个男生为柳淼淼较劲儿，楚子航想不知道他也没办法。

“我今天做值日，一会再走”楚子航淡淡的说。

“哦，那我先走拉。”柳淼淼细声细气地说，把头缩了回去。

隔着沾满水珠的玻璃窗，楚子航看着柳淼淼的司机打开一张巨大的黑色巨大的黑色罩在柳淼淼的头顶，柳淼淼脱下脚上的凉鞋，司机蹲下身帮她换上雨靴。柳淼淼跟在司机后面，踩着积水走向雨幕中的那辆亮着“天使眼”大灯的黑色宝马轿车。

“喂喂，柳淼淼柳淼淼你捎我吧！”一个初中部的家伙在屋檐下冲柳淼淼大喊。

“路明非，你自己走吧，我家和你家又不是一个方向！”柳淼淼头也不回。

其实楚子航家跟柳淼淼也不是一个方向，楚子航家在东城边开盘价号本城第一的孔雀邸，柳淼淼家住在城西边有名的加州社区，里面最大的一个独栋就是柳淼淼家。

初中部的小子蹲在屋檐下，看着宝马无声地滑入雨幕中，尾灯一闪，引擎高亢的轰鸣，走了。

他歪着脖子，聋拉这脑袋，沿着屋檐慢慢地走远了。手指扫过一旁旁古屋檐上垂下的水帘。楚子航看着他的背影，忽然想到自己也许能稍他一乘。可那小子忽然一缩脑袋，那外衣裹住脑袋，丧家之犬似的窜进雨幕里。他跑的还真快，在楚子航来得及喊他之前，他已经透湿湿的很远了。

一个雷从天上直砸了下来，耳边轰然爆响，随后是一片空白，雨好象更大了，可能柳淼淼说的是对的。这不是一般的雨，是台风。

楚子航掌心里转着手机，转了很久，忽的握住。

他输入一条短信，雨下的很大，能来接我一下吗？而后默默的念一遍，确定语气无误，发出。

接下来的几十秒钟里他攥紧手机，听着自己的心跳，咚咚……咚咚……咚咚……

“叮”的一声，短信进来，楚子航打开手机，“我这里刚完事，你在学校等着，一会就到。”

楚子航看了一会，删除了信息。站起来拎起脚下的水用，把整桶水破泼了擦了好几遍的黑板上，水哗哗地往下流，楚子航抄起黑板擦用力地擦弑起黑板来。

班主任喜欢楚子航的原因不仅仅是他功课好，还有他从不偷懒，而包括值日这种事，出自行都做得比别人认真。别人擦过的黑板上人就是满是黑板粉笔痕，楚子航擦过的简直像是从店里新买来的，连边边角角的笔记都给擦的一干二净。

“天才，百分之一是灵感，百分之九十九是汗水！你们都能像楚子航一样，我做梦都能笑醒了，愁什么升学？”班主任对全班训话总少不了这句。

班主任从不知道楚子航为什吗总那么认真，包括擦黑板这种小事。

其实楚子航根本不喜擦黑版，只是他认真认真做每一件事的时候，可以把脑子放的空空的，什么也不想。

用力擦拭，大开大阖，好像侠客一套刚猛无仇的剑法。水珠四散飞溅

父亲

擦完第三遍的时候，雨幕里响起了低沉的鸣笛声，楚子航扭头看向外面，氙灯拉出雪亮的光束，找的人几乎睁不开眼。

一辆纯黑色的轿车，车头上三角形的框里，两个M重叠为山形。一辆迈巴赫62，奢华Maybach，品牌，奔驰车场顶级车中的顶级车，比爸爸那辆奔驰还要贵出几倍的样子。楚子航对于车不太了解，这些都是车里的男人对楚子航吹嘘的。

雨刷器挂去前挡风玻璃的上的一层又一层仿佛永无止境的雨水，每次有短暂的半秒钟，楚子航能看见里面驾驶座上中年男人的脸，使劲冲着他的招手，满脸笑意。楚子航一直不明白，他怎么老是笑的那么开心，好像过得很开心，一点烦心事都没有似的。

楚子航整了整衣领，把围巾系好，背上爸爸从伦敦给她买的Hermes包大步走到屋檐，犹豫了一下，像刚才那个初中部的衰仔一样把外套照在头上。车里的男人急忙推开车门，打开一把巨大的黑伞，里面是Burberry家华丽的格子纹，像柳淼淼家司机那样殷勤地迎上来，把伞照在楚子航头顶。

楚子航看也不看，推开伞，直接走到车边，打开后车门钻了进去，现乳白色的NAPA皮沙发中。

男人一愣，扭头回到驾驶座上，把湿漉漉的雨伞收好递给后面的楚子航，“插在车门上，那里有个洞口专门插雨伞的。”

“知道，你说过的。”楚子航默默的把伞插好，用手撑着下巴，看着外面的雨，“走吧。”

“衣服湿了吧？我给你座位后排的座椅加热打开吧，谁用谁知道，舒服的要死！”男人又开始吹嘘他的车。

“用不着，回家换衣服。”

“哦哦。”男人清了清嗓子，对樱桃木的中控制台说“启动！”

屏幕亮了起来，仪表闪过微光，那台强劲6升V12双涡轮增压引擎无声的自检，车里感觉不到震动。

这台车语音启动。

“900万的车，摄制的时候只有3个人的声音能启动，一个是我，一个是老板，还有一个人你猜是谁？”男人得意洋洋。

“不关心“楚子航面无表情。

男人讨了个没趣，倒也不沮丧。迈巴赫无声无息的后退，获得足够的空间后，这台6米多长的超大型轿车在大排量引擎的驱动下像豹子般前窜，一瞬间劈开雨幕，驶出了仕兰中学的大门。

楚子航默默的回头，门卫在岗亭里挺胸占得笔直，表示了对于这辆车和他豪华的象征。

楚子航想他其实自己都不知道自己在尊重什么，迈巴赫什么的，你坐久了，免得哪可能你会发现他只是用来扯淡的。

路上很空旷，能见度这么差的天气里绝大多数的车都回去歇着了。还在路上跑的车都亮着大灯，抬头天空漆黑如墨，只是偶尔有电光闪过，像是天空开裂，四面看去大雨茫茫，100米外都模糊一片，迈巴赫驶上了横贯城区的高架路。

“这么大的雨你妈也不知道来接你。”

“还好上午没去洗车，无接触洗车，一次80块，洗了就人在水里了。”

“上学期成绩单你到现在也没给我看看。”

“你们学校门卫开始不让我把车给开进去，我说我接儿子放学，这么大的淋一下都湿你不让我进去怎么办？费了不知道多少唾沫。”

“最后我给他说老子这车买下来900万，市政府进去都没人拦，你个仕兰中学还那么大规矩？他一下子就软了，哈哈。”

男人一边开车一边唠唠叨叨，车内音响回荡着爱尔兰乐队Altan的《Daily Growing》，浑厚的女声和沧桑的男声对话：

The trees they geow high,the leaves they do

Grow green,

Many is the time my love l ve seen,

Many an hour l have watched him all alone,

He s young but he s daily growing

Father,drar father,you ve done me great wrong,

You have married me to a boy who is too toung,

l am twice twelve and he is but fourteen,

He s young but he s dily growing

路面上满是积水，车辆侧溅起的水如同水墙，楚子航默默的看着窗外，没有人搭理男人的任何话。他在听着那首歌。

“不错吧不错吧？他们都说是张好碟我才买的，讲父爱的！”男人从后视镜中看到了楚子航的样子，立刻明白了，楚子航听音乐的时候总是心不在焉的看着什么空旷的地方。

楚子航对于神经大条的男人有点哭笑不得，“你听不出来吗？是个女孩和父亲的对话。你放给我听不合适，

“生男生女有什么不一样？都是父爱吗。”男人一愣，“你能听得懂吗？我听人说你英语在你们中学里顶呱呱，竞赛得奖了……可你妈都不跟我说一声。

树在长高，也在变绿，

许多次，我看到他的可爱，

几多时，我独自对他长久凝视，

他还小，但他还在长大。

爸爸，亲爱的爸爸，你对你的女儿犯下伟大的错

你把我嫁给没有成人的男孩

我二十四，他十四，

他还小，但他在长大。

楚子航随着节拍满意歌词给男人听，“这首歌是Altan乐队的，唱的是一个父亲把女儿嫁给一个十四岁的年轻人，女儿不愿意，担心等到丈夫长大了，自己已经老了。但是父亲说……”

女儿，亲爱的女儿，我给你的安排并没有错，

我把你嫁给豪门的儿子，

一旦我老去，它将是你依靠的男人，

他还小，但他在长大。

楚子航接着翻译，“但是后来女孩的丈夫还没长大就死了，女孩非常悲伤，在绿草如茵的墓地上用法兰绒给他织寿衣。

“这是什么鬼歌？一点意思也没有，女孩的丈夫就这么死了，这算怎么回事？”男人算是明白了。

“没什么意思，就是爱尔兰民歌，讲人生的吧，反正放给我听不合适。”楚子航淡淡的说道，他其实蛮喜欢这首歌的，很忧伤，可是到底是在讲什么，他确实不知道。

“不想听就关了，我们爷俩聊聊。”男人关掉了音响，“我跟你说了吗我们公司新盖栋楼了吗？老板在那里面长的蒸汽浴室和健身房，我们用都是免费的，里面的东西XXX的高级……”他又开始啰嗦了。

男人一辈子大概是啰嗦惯了，要不是这样也不会那么失败。

那也亏的他那么罗嗦，否则她什么也没有吧，楚子航默默地像。

因为罗嗦，才能把年轻貌美的妈妈哄的团团转，直到哄的嫁给他。楚子航帅的足以在仕兰中学里刷脸吃饭都是靠妈妈的基因，妈妈年轻的时候是市舞蹈团的柱子，一支《丝路花雨》跳得仿佛敦煌飞天，崇拜者多如过江之鲫。但是这男人居然考一张嘴织美好的未来，在群雄之中把妈妈迷倒谁昏颠倒，终于在她坐车去杭州旅游的时候糊里糊涂答应了嫁给他，也是那一次怀上了楚子航。直到在结婚证上恩了手印，漂亮糊涂了一辈子的妈妈才知道那车根本不是男人的，他只是个给单位开车的司机……

也是因为啰嗦，才会被黑太子集团的大老板看中，让他开着辆迈巴赫。和妈妈离婚后他拍着胸脯对楚子航信誓旦旦，说按月赚钱寄给她母子养活他们。他倒也豪气得很，掉头去单位把稳定的司机工作给辞了，出门要找像样的工作。大概在劳务市场挂了三四个月之后才得到这份工作，还是开车，不过车好了，待遇却差了。而漂亮的妈妈那次倒满能干的，以泪洗面后几天把楚子航往姥姥家一送，重新购置了化妆品，装好精致的妆容和姐妹们出去玩了，不到一个星期就给楚子航带回来一个爸爸来，这次楚子航妈妈挑男人用心思了，选了个千里挑一的，爸爸名下三个公司，离过一次婚没有子女，求婚时信誓旦旦，绝对不再生孩子把楚子航当亲儿子养……

同学都觉得楚子航的人生很极品，却没有料到背地里他的人生远比别人想象的更极品。

但这实在无法归功于他，是他亲生爹妈太极品了。

“看不看DVD？有《玩具总动员》……不过是枪版的。”男人终于意识到自己的喋喋不休是在对牛弹琴。

“不看，周末我们仨要一起去看。”楚子航说。

“后座空调热不热？”

“行了，别老像个司机似的说话，”楚子航觉得有点累，“我这里不要司机。”

“给儿子当司机有什么丢脸的，”男人脸皮根本就是厚如城墙，或者神经回路迟钝得赛过乌龟，“小时候我还给你当马骑呢。”

楚子航的心里微微抽动了一下，懒得再和男人说什么了。

真烦，老是淡定地说出让人添堵的话来，好不容易有个相处的时间，正正经经说点话不行么？就说小时候那小破屋里骑大马也行，可别东拉西扯的，楚子航默默地想。窗外一片漆黑，透过重重雨幕，路灯的光微弱得像是萤火，路上已经看不到车了，大概开始封高架路了。

“你妈最近怎么样？”沉默了好一会儿，男人忽然说。

“跟以前一样，上午起来弄弄猫，下午出去买东西，晚上跟那几个阿姨喝喝酒，喝完一起回来接着聊天，第二天早晨又睡到九点十点。”楚子航犹豫了一下，“反正爸爸也老是出去应酬，有很宠她，她这样子爸爸也觉得蛮好的，不烦人，就是10点左右打个电话回来问问她到家没有。”

楚子航觉得轻松了很多，他知道男人一定会问这个问题，说出来就好像大出一口气，妈妈是过得蛮好的，反正肯定不想他，姥姥说妈妈从小是个没心肝的闺女，可是没心肝又漂亮，就能过很好的生活了，妈妈沾了这个光，现在觉得“爸爸”好像就是她的第一任丈夫，以前不开心的事情都不去想了；当着这个男人的面叫了另一个男人“爸爸”也让他松了口气，不再那么别扭了，这就是楚子航答应过“爸爸”一定要做到的，提到他就要叫“爸爸”，而不是“叔叔”或者其他什么奇怪的称号，比如“分头佬”。

这么久了，男人也该习惯了吧，反正这个儿子的抚养权他当时也没出力去争取。

“好好照顾你妈啊。”男人说，从后视镜看去，那张至今还算英俊的脸没啥表情。没一点反应，果然是迟钝如他该做的。

“嗯，按你说的，晚上睡前盯她喝牛奶，她要是跟那帮姐妹聊天，我就把牛奶给她热好端过去。”楚子航说。

这就是男人唯一叮嘱楚子航每晚要做的事，真奇怪，把女人都弄丢了，却还记得一杯牛奶，又有什么用呢？妈妈从小就养成每晚要喝一杯热奶的习惯，加半勺糖，这样才能睡好，不然就会睡睡醒醒。不过现在她大概都快忘记每天晚上都是这个男人给她热牛奶喝了，反正在这个男人之前有姥姥给她热牛奶喝，这个男人之后有儿子给她热牛奶喝，好命的女人始终有人给她热牛奶喝。

“仕兰中学真TMD牛，今年十七个考上清华北大的，儿子你努力！不要丢我的脸啊！”男人把妈妈喝牛奶这一节揭过，又开始装模作样地关心楚子航的学习。

“爸爸说不在国内高考了，直接考出国，我下个月考托福。”楚子航冷冷地顶了回去。

他对男人的关心没什么好感，因为男人永远是嘴上说说。前年一部20世纪福克斯投资的**《Dragon Raja》在这边取景，还在初中部的楚子航和几个同学都被选去当临时演员，仕兰中学作为这里最顶级的贵族私立中学，借机炒作学校的名声，把选演员的消息做上了晚报，这个男人听说了，也是眉飞色舞，信誓旦旦地说要来片场探班。

“我儿子拍片，我去端茶送水嘛！我开这车去，拉风拉爆了吧？”

拍片的空隙楚子航都会有意无意地看向片场边的停车场，可是男人那辆拉风的迈巴赫一次也没有出现。倒是“家里”的S500隔三差五趴在那儿，司机老顺带着一付黑超，满脸保镖的样子，人前人后叫楚子航“少爷”，搞得片场人人对楚子航侧目。

其实老顺平时都叫他“小航”的，但是“爸爸”吩咐了，“在片场不能把子航当孩子看。”“爸爸”还在丽晶酒店请那个有太导演吃饭，导演高兴之余又给楚子航额外加了两场的戏份，这事情后来还被炒得沸沸扬扬的，接连几天晚报网都有人抨击楚子航是“年轻富二代混迹演艺圈”。“爸爸”不太开心，给晚报的什么熟人打了个电话，才把那些负面新闻拿掉。

更别提初升高的那次毕业典礼了，对于初中部高中部都在仕兰中学念的楚子航来说，那种毕业典礼算不得什么，不过掉头去高中部的楼上课而已。又恰逢“爸爸”和妈妈的结婚纪念日，他们定了要去北欧度假。楚子航想了很久，给男人打了个电话说要不你来吧。男人也是很高兴，又有些犹豫，说那你妈和你那后爹咋办？楚子航沉默了很久说你就说是我叔叔吧。男人嘿嘿地答应了。

结果那天楚子航是毕业典礼上唯一背后没站人的学生，站在主席台的第一位接过校长授予的“优秀毕业证书”。他是那一届的第一名，本来想让那个男人知道。

“唉唉，我真的没忘，那天老板忽然说有重要客户来，要去洗澡，非要我开车，我只好开车带他们去，本来估计还能赶上的，谁知道他们一洗就洗到第二天早上……”男人哼哼唧唧地解释。

楚子航隐隐约约知道男人的“老板”是个什么样的人，也是经常上晚报的，也知道男人所说的“洗澡”是什么地方。有同学跟楚子航说过，“我上次看见你家那辆迈巴赫停在那个洗澡城门口，然后压低了声音，“那是做坏事的地儿吧？”简直是句废话，装饰得和罗马皇宫一样的门脸下面，七八个短裙恨不得短到腰胯低胸恨不得低到胸以下的女孩浓妆艳抹地迎宾，各式各样的豪车下来各式各样的大叔辈人物长驱直入。楚子航默默地站在远处看着那门脸，想着黑夜里男人的老板和客户们在里面花天酒地，男人靠在他引以为傲的迈巴赫上抽烟，烟雾弥漫在黑夜里。

他这种人，也就这种人生了。

“出国不好，”男人还在哼哼唧唧，“出国你就自己瞎玩，玩野了。而且出国能学什么啊，也就学点英语，你英语已经很好了不是么？国内现在发展多快啊，遍地都是机会，国内上大学，上学时候就能了解社会了，再叫你后爹给你找找关系……”

“叫你后爹给你找找关系”这句仿佛一根针扎在楚子航胸口，叫他透不过起来。做人可以有点尊严么？别那么无耻行么？

“你闭嘴！”楚子航像只小豹子那样低吼。

“什么？”男人没听清。

“你闭嘴。”楚子航冷冷地重复。

“你这孩子真没礼貌，我都是为你好。”男人愣住了，“你要多听大人的意见……”

“听你的意见有用么？听你的意见我将来能找个女孩结婚又不离婚么？听你的意见我能按时参加孩子的毕业典礼么？听你的意见我能准点接送他上下学么？听你的意见我只是要去叫后爹帮我找找关系。”楚子航的声音很平静，一点起伏都没有。他从后视镜里看着男人的眼睛，心里有点快意，期望看到他的反应。

这样该可以了吧？每一句都像针一样扎男人一下吧？这样他就报仇了。

迈巴赫继续以时速120迈奔驰在高架上，雨水大泼大泼地洒在前挡风玻璃上，男人关掉了车内音响，一直沉默，楚子航把目光转向窗外。

“你将来就明白了。”男人忽然说。

楚子航一愣，男人总是说着这样的话，说“你将来就明白了”、“你还小不懂”、“其实不是你想的那样”，骗鬼，很小的时候这两人离婚，楚子航哇哇大哭觉得仿佛世界末日，男人就安慰他说“其实不是你想的那样”、“爸爸妈妈只是不在一起住罢了”、“星期天还带你出去玩”什么的，楚子航相信了，相信家还是这男人那女人以及自己三个人的家，结果跟着妈妈进了新家的门看见一位叔叔梳着分头穿着睡袍露着两条毛腿彬彬有礼地打开门，楚子航不知此人何方神圣，大惊之下就把手里的冰淇淋杵他脸上了……

这么些年了……还骗鬼啊？

“一会到家你就别进去了，免得爸爸不高兴。”楚子航冷冷地说。

“哦哦。”男人毫无心肝地说。

楚子航无可奈何地呼出一口气，他太幼稚了，小看了男人的脸皮，他针一样的话扎下去，针尾都不见了，可是还远没有触及真皮层嘞。

这时候，有人在外面敲了敲车门。

A cat has nine lives 猫有九条命。(英国迷信, 指猫的生命力强)

A cat in gloves catches no mice (=Muffled cats catch no mice) 带手套的猫捉不到耗子; 四肢不勤, 一事无成; 怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。

A cat may look at a king 猫也可以看国王(指小人物也应有些权利)

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

A fool and his money are soon parted

A fool may give a wise man counsel

A friend in need is a friend indeed

A good dog deserves a good bone 好狗应该啃好骨头, 有功者受赏。

A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning少量的常识，当得大量的学问。

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing浅学误人。

A living dog is better than a dead lion 死狮不如活狗。

A man is known by his friends

A man is known by the company he keeps

A man's home is his castle

A rolling stone gathers no moss

A sheep among wolves 落入狼群; 落在一群恶汉手中的善良人

A staff [stick] is quickly [soon] found to beat a dog with 欲加之罪, 何患无辞。

A stitch in time saves nine

A wolf in sheep's clothing 披着羊皮的狼, 口蜜腹剑的人

A woman's place is in the home

A woman's work is never done

A word spoken is past recalling

A work ill done must be twice done首次做不好，必须重新搞。

A burnt child dreads the fire 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

A willing helper does not wait until he is asked 于助人者总是主动帮助别人。

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Action is the proper fruit of knowledge行动是知识之佳果。

Actions speak louder than words

Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended按部就班，事情很快就做完。

After a storm comes a calm

After praising the wine they sell us vinegar

Agree like cats and dogs [口]像猫和狗一样合不来, 完全合不来

All cats are grey in the dark (=At night all cats are grey; when candles are out, all cats are grey) 猫在暗中都是灰色; 黑暗中难分丑妍

All good things must come to an end

All is fair in love and war

All is over but the shouting

All lay load on the willing horse

All roads lead to Rome

All that glitters is not gold

All the world loves a lover

All time is no time when it is past光阴一去不复返。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。

All roads lead to Rome条条大路通罗马。

All's well that ends well

Among the blind the one�eyed man is the king山中无老虎猴子称大王。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep

An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

An idle brain is the devil's workshop懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。

An idle youth,a needy age少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

An old dog barks not in vain 老狗不乱吠; 老狗 一吠, 就得小心。

An old dog will learn no new tricks (=You cannot teach old dogs new tricks) 老狗学不了新把戏; 老年人很难适应新事物。

Anger and haste hinder good counsel

Appearances are deceptive

April showers brings may flowers

Art is long, life is short

As [like] a dog with two tails 非常开心[高兴]

As a sheep among the shearers 仿佛落在剪羊毛工人手里的绵羊

As poor as a church mouse

As weak as a cat (=as weak as water) 身体非常虚弱

As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb 偷大羊或偷小羊反正都得挨绞刑; 一不做二不休

As you make your bed, so must you lie in it

As you sow, so shall you reap

As you have made the bed, you must lie on it自作自受。

Ask no questions and hear no lies

At the eleventh hour在最后时刻表（误：在十一点钟）

Bad news travels fast

Barking dogs seldom bite 爱叫的狗 不咬人; 咬人的狗不露齿。

Barking dogs seldom bite 爱叫的狗不咬人。

Be (old) dog at (a thing) 对有经验; 对很内行

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Beauty is only skin-deep

Beggars can't be choosers

Better be safe than sorry

Better die with honor than live with shame

Better late than never迟做总比不做好。

Better master one than engage with ten会十事，不如精一事。

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know

Better to be alone than in bad company

Better to die in glory than live in dishonor

Beware of a silent dog and still water 提防不吠的狗, 小心 静止的水。

Birds of a feather flock together

Blood is thicker than water

Blood, toil, tears and sweat

Boys will be boys

Bring down the house博得满堂喝彩，引起哄堂大笑（误：把房子弄塌br> Business before pleasure事业在先，享乐在后。

Business is business公事公办。

Business is the salt of life事业是生命之盐。

Business makes a man as well as tries him事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。

Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。

Business neglected is business lost忽视职业便是放弃职业。

Calamity is man true touchstone

Call somebody names辱骂某人（误：喊某人的名字）

Care and diligence bring luck谨慎和勤奋带来好运。

Catch as catch can

Charity begins at home

Christmas comes but once a year圣诞一年只一度。

Clean conscience laughs at false accusation

Come like a dog at a whistle 一呼即来

Crime does not pay

Cry over spilt milk

Curiosity killed the cat

Dead men have no friends

Dead men tell no tales

Death is the great leveler

Deliberate slowly,execute promptly慢慢酌量，快快行动。

Dexterity comes by experience熟练来自经验。

Diamond cut diamond

Diligence is the mohter of success勤奋是成功之母。

Diligence is the mother of good fortune勤勉是好运之母。

Discretion is the better part of valor

Divide and rule

Do as I say, and not as I do

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。

Do business,but be not a slave to it要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。

Do not wear out your welcome

Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you

Doing everything is doing nothing 样样都做等于不做。

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim

Don't meet trouble half-way

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

Don't ride the high horse

Don't wash your dirty linen in public

Doubt is the key of knowledge怀疑是知识之钥。

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise早睡早起，使人健康、富裕和聪颖。

Easier said than done

East or west, home is best 出门五里，不如家里。

Easy come, easy go来得容易去得快。

Eat no fish做忠实可靠的人（误：不吃鱼）

Enough to make a cat [horse] laugh 极其可笑; 让人笑掉大牙

Enough to make a cat speak [口]令人惊讶; 事情太出奇

Entertain an angel unawares

Every bird loves to hear himself sing

Every dog has his day 凡人皆有得意日。

Every dog is a lion at home [Every dog is valiant at his own door] 狗是百步王, 只在门前凶。

Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

Every man has his faults

Every man has his price

Every man is his own worst enemy

Every picture tells a story

Every potter praises his own pot

Every tide hath ist ebb潮涨必有潮落时。

Everybody's business is nobody�s business 三个和尚没水吃

Everyone to his taste

Everything has its time and that time must be watched万物皆惺保�崩床豢墒Аbr> Experience is the best teacher经验是最好的教师。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。

Experience is the mother of wisdom

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。

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。

Failure teaches success

Faith will move mountains 精诚所至，金石为开。

Familiarity breeds contempt

Fast Barking dogs seldom bite

Fat cat 美国政治运动的出资人, 捐献大宗政治款项的富人; 安于现状的懒汉; 以权谋私的人, 享受特权的人

Fear is stronger than love

Fear of death is worse than death itself

Fight dog, fight bear 打个青红皂白, 一决雌雄。

Fight fire with fire

Finders keepers, losers weepers

Fine feathers make fine birds

Finished labours are pleasant完成工作是一乐。

Fire is a good servant but a bad master 火是忠实的朋友，却是残酷的主人。

First come, first served

First things first

First think, and then speak

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

Friend in need is a friend indeed 患难见真情。

Garbage in, garbage out

Give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him) 一旦给人加一个坏名声, 他就永远洗刷不掉; 人言可畏。

Give credit where credit is due

Give him an inch and he'll take a yard

Give the devil his due

Give him an inch and he will take an ell（a yard） 得寸进尺。

God helps them that help themselves

Good fences make good neighbors

Goodness is better than beauty

Grasp all, lose all

Great minds think alike英雄所见略同。

Happiness takes no account of time欢娱不惜时光逝。

Has the cat got your tongue [口]猫把你的舌头叼去了吗为什么不吭声

Haste makes waste

Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today明天如有事，今天就去做。

He is a lucky dog 他是个幸运儿。

He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes

He laughs best who laughs last

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。

He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others

He that knows nothing, doubts nothing

He that plants a tree plants for posterity

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。

He that will not work shall not eat不工作者不得食。

He who hesitates is lost

He who does not advance loses ground 不进则退。

He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man 不到长城非好汉。

He who laughs last, laughs best 谁笑到最后谁笑得最好。

He who rides on a tiger can never dismount 骑虎难下。

Health is not valued till sickness comes 有病方知无病福。

Honesty is the best policy

Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains)懒人做工作，越懒越费力。

Idleness is the key of beggary懒惰出乞丐。

Idleness is the root of all evil懒惰乃万恶之源。

If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well

If you want knowledge,you must toil for it若要求知识，须从勤苦得。

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。

Ignorance is bliss

Ignorance of the law excuses no man

Ill news travels fast恶事传千里。

In for a penny,in for a pound做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。

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。

It is good to learn at another man's cost前车可鉴。

It is ill to waken sleeping dogs [let sleeping dogs lie; don't wake a sleeping dog] 别多事, 别惹麻烦。

It is in to be on the safe side

It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。

It is no use crying best spilt milk

It is not work that kills,but worry工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。

It is right to put everything in its proper use凡事都应用得其所。

It never rains, but it pours

It rains cats and dogs 下倾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱

It takes two to tango

It is no good crying over the spilt milk 覆水难收。

It takes two to make a quarrel一只碗不响。

Jack of all trades, master of none

Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

Kill two birds with one stone一箭双雕。

Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

Knowledge is power知识就是力量。

Laughter is the best medicine

Lead a dog's life 过着牛马不如的生活

Lead a dog's life 过穷困潦倒的日子

Learn wisdom by the follies of others从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。

Let bygones be bygones

Let sleeping dogs lie

Let the buyer beware

Let the cat out of the bag 说走了嘴, (无意中)泄露秘密

Let the dead bury their dead

Let sleeping dog lie 不要惹是生非。

Let's call a spade a spade直言不讳。

Life is just a bowl of cherries

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

Like a cat on hot bricks 局促不安, 如热锅上的蚂蚁

Like father, like son

Like mother, like daughter

Live and learn

Live like cat and dog [口]整天吵架

Live a cat and dog life（夫妻）过着不和谐的生活（误：过着猫和狗一般的生活）

Living without an aim is liking sailing without a compass 生活没有目标等于航行没有指南针。

Look after number one

Look on the bright side

Look before you leap三思而后行。

Lookers-on see most of the game 旁观者清。

Love conquers all

Love is blind

Love makes the world go round

Love me, love my dog 你若把我当朋友, 也要把我的朋友当朋友; 爱屋及乌。

Love sees no faults

Love will find a way

Love me, love my dog爱屋及乌

Make hay while the sun shines晒草要趁太阳好。

Man cannot live by bread alone

Many hands make light work众擎易举。

Many hands make quick work人多干活快。

Many a little makes a mickle积少成多。

Many hands makes light work 人多好办事。

Marriages are made in heaven

May As soon as man is born he begins to die

Might is right

Mind your own business

Money is the root of all evil

Money isn't everything

More haste, less speed欲速则不达。

Move heaven and earth想尽一切办法；竭尽全力（误：翻天覆地）

Necessity is the mother of invention

Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。

Never do things by halves做事不要半途而废。

Never judge from appearances

Never look a gift horse in the mouth

Never mix your liquor

Never say die

Never speak ill of the dead

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。

Never too late to repent

Never too late to mend 亡羊补牢未为晚也。

No Bad news travels fast

No man can serve two masters

No man is indispensable

No news is good news

No one can call back yesterday; Yesterday will not be called again 昨日不复来。

No pain, no gain

No root,no fruit无根就无果。

No one is wise at all time 智者千虑，必有一失。

Not have a dog's chance 毫无机会

Nothing is certain but death and taxes

Nothing succeeds like success

Nothing ventured, thing gained

Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it 世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Old habits die hard

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away

Once Cleanliness is next to godliness

One good turn deserves another

One man's loss is another man's gain

One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock 一只羊生疮整群羊遭殃。

One today is worth two tomorrows一个今天胜似两个明天。

One's life is limited, but learning is endless 生命有限，学海无涯。

Opportunity seldom knocks twice

Out of sight, out of mind眼不见，心不烦。

Patience is a virtue

Penny wise, pound foolish

Pleasant hours fly past快乐时光去如飞。

Practice makes perfect熟能生巧。

Practice what you preach

Prepare for a rainy day未雨绸缪。

Prevention is better than cure

Procrastination is the thief of time因循拖延是时间的大敌；拖延就是浪费时间。

Pull somebody's leg戏弄某人；开某人的玩笑（误：拖某人的后腿）

Pull up one's socks振作起来；鼓起勇气（误：提起袜子）

Punctuality is the soul of business守时为立业之要素。

Put your shoulder to the wheel努力工作。

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day

Rats desert a sinking ship

Reading makes a full man and writing an exact man 读书使人充实，写作使人严谨。

Return to one's sheep [muttons] 回到本题

Revenge is sweet

Robbing Peter to pay Paul

Saving is getting 节省就是获得。

Saying is one thing, doing another 说是一回事，做是另一回事。

Scornful[Hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings 人到危急时, 平时所不屑做的也要做; 急不暇择, 饥不择食。

Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

See [watch] how [which way] the cat jumps (=wait for the cat to jump) 观望形势然后行动; 看风使舵, 随机应变

See Naples and die不到黄河心不死。

Seeing is believing百闻不如一见。

Send somebody to the chair把某人判死刑；送…电椅（误：把某人送到椅子上）

Separate the sheep from the goats 区别好人和坏人

Sheep and goats 善人与恶人(来自《圣经》)

Sheep that have no shepherd 乌合之众

Silence is golden

Sloth is the key of poverty惰能致贫。

Sloth turneth the edge of wit懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。

Something is better than nothing

Spare the rod and spoil the child

Speak when you are spoken to

Speaking without think is shooting without aiming 说话不假思索，等于无的放矢。

Speech is the picture of the mind 言为心声。

Still waters run deep

Strike while the iron is hot趁热打铁。

Sweet things are bad for the teeth

Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。

Tall trees catch much wind树大招风。

Teach an old dog new tricks 使守旧的人接受新事物

Teach the dog to bark 教狗怎么叫(意指多此一举)

Teaching others teaches yourself教学相长。

That's like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl 引狼入室; 等于把猫放在金鱼缸旁。

The bait hides the hook

The best fish swim near the bottom

The best go first

The best of friends must part

The best things in life are free

The bigger they are, the harder they fall

The burnt child dreads the fire

The cat did it [口谑]是猫打破的; 不是我搞的。(推托责任的话)

The cat is out of the bag [口]秘密泄露; 真相大白。

The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream 掩耳盗铃; 猫偷吃奶油的时候, 总是闭着眼睛。

The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet 猫儿想吃鱼, 又怕湿了脚(想吃鱼又怕腥; 想得到某种东西又怕麻烦或担风险)。

The day is short but the work is much工作多，光阴迫。

The dog returns to his vomit 狗回头吃自己吐出来的东西; 重犯旧日罪恶。

The early bird catches the worm

The end justifies the means

The female of the species is more deadly than the male

The first step is the hardest

have my limit 我的忍耐度有限

don’t brush me off 不要敷衍我

let’s get it straight 我们打开天窗说亮话吧

we sang the same songs 我们志同道合

speak of the devil 说曹操, 曹操就到

man proposes and god disposes 谋事在人成事在天

to look one way and row another声东击西

to suffer for one’s wisdom 聪明反被聪明误

to kick against the pricks 螳臂挡车

pearls of wisdom 至理名言

beyond one’s grasp 鞭长莫及

strick the iron when it is hot 趁热打铁

prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

富贵结朋友, 患难见真情

A bad thing never dies 遗臭万年

A bully is always a coward 色厉内荏

A close mouth catches no flies 病从口入

Actions speak louder than words 事实胜于雄辩

A fox may grow gray, but never good 江山易改，本性难移

A miss is as good as a mile

失之毫厘，差之千里

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

以眼还眼，以牙还牙

A word spoken is past recalling 一言既出，驷马难追

A young idler, an old beggar 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲

Beauty lies in the love's eyes 情人眼里出西施

文章出处： 发布时间：2005-10-31

A good book is a good friend 好书如挚友。

A good book is a light to the soul 好书一本，照亮心灵

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever 一本好书，相伴一生。

A good conscience is a continual feast 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊

A good conscience is a soft pillow 问心无愧，高枕无忧

A good dog deserves a good bone 有劳得奖

A good example is the best sermon 身教胜似言教

A good face is a letter of recommendation 好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信

A good fame is better than a good face 好的名望胜于好的相貌

A good friend is my nearest relation 良友如近亲

A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land 聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金

A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold 健康的身体贵于黄金铸成的皇冠

A good heart conquers ill fortune 善心克厄运

A good horse cannot be of a bad color 良马的毛色不会差

A good horse often needs a good spur 好马常要好靴刺

A good husband makes a good wife 夫善则妻贤。

A good marksman may miss 智者千虑，必有一失

A good maxim is never out of season 至理名言不会过时

A good medicine tastes bitter 良药苦口，忠言逆耳

A good name is better than riches 好名誉胜过有财富

A good name is earlier lost than won 失去美名易，得到美名难

A good name is easier lost than won 名誉失之易，而得之难。

A good name is sooner lost than won 美誉难得而易失

A good name keeps luster in the dark 好的名声在黑暗中也会光芒四射

A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand 出色的外科医生必须心明眼亮和有一双灵巧的手

A good tale is none the worse for being twice told 好故事百听不厌

A good tongue is a good weapon 伶俐的口齿是一种锐利的武器

A good wife health is a man's best wealth 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。

A good winter brings a good summer 瑞雪兆丰年

"A good winter brings a good summer

" 瑞雪兆丰年。

A great talker is a great liar 最会饶舌的人也是最会说谎的人

A guilty conscience is a self-accuser 做贼心虚，良心自诛

A guilty conscience needs no accuser 贼胆心虚

A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning 一点小常识常胜过很多有价值的学问

A happy heart makes a blooming visage 心花怒放，笑逐颜开

A hasty man is seldom out of trouble 性急难免出岔子

A heavy purse makes a light heart 腰包钱财足，心境自然宽

A hedge between keeps friendship green 君子之交淡如水。

A hero is known in the time of misfortune 时势造英雄

A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings 相马不可凭马的装饰

A house divided against itself cannot stand 家庭内讧难维系

A Jack of all trades and master of none 三脚猫无所长

A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend 戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。

A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend 开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友

A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich 穷人的一只羔羊比富人的一头牛还要珍贵

A large part of virtue consists in good habits 美德大多只是良好的习惯。

A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy 懒羊嫌毛重

A lazy youth, a lousy age 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲

A leopard cannot change its spots 积习难改。

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth 骗子说真话，也没人相信

A liar is worse than a thief 撒谎比偷窃更可恶

A lie begets a lie till they come to generation 谎言生谎言，谎言传万代

A life without a friend is a life without a sun 人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳

A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder 人生无目的，犹如船失去了舵

A light heart lives long 静以修身。

A light purse is a heavy curse 为人无钱处处难

A light purse makes a heavy heart 囊中无钱心事重

A lion at home, a mouse abroad 在家凶如狮，在外却如鼠

A little body often harbors a great soul 浓缩的都是精品。

A little body often harbours a great soul 莫道身躯小，伟人寓其间

A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world 幼儿是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的

A little fire is quickly trodden out 小洞易补

A little is better than none 聊胜于无

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing 一知半解，自欺欺人。

A little labor, much health 适量劳动健身大有益

A little leak will sink a great ship 千丈之堤溃于蚁穴

A little learning is a dangerous thing 浅学误人

A little neglect may breed great mischief 小不忍则乱大谋

A little pot is soon hot 壶小水易热

A little spark kindles a great fire 星星之火，可以燎原

A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire 适可而止，过犹不及

A living dog is better than a dead lion 一条活狗胜过一头死狮

A maid that laughs is half taken 少女露笑脸，婚事半成全

A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst 少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个

A man alone is either a saint or a devil 孤身独处的人可以为圣哲，也可为恶魔

A man apt to promise is apt to forget 轻诺者易忘

A man becomes learned by asking questions 不耻下问才能有学问。

A man can die but once 人生只有一次死

A man can do no more than he can 凡事只能量力而行

A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife 妻子浪费无度，丈夫不会出头

A man can not spin and reel at the same time 一心不能二用

A man cannot serve two masters 一仆不能事二主

A man cannot spin and reel at the same time 一心不能二用。

A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time 一心不能二用

A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little 人有两只耳朵一张嘴，就是为了多听少说话

A man is as old as he feels 老不老，自己晓

A man is known by his friends 什么人交什么朋友。

A man is known by the company he keeps 察其友知其人

A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable 人并不因为生在马厩里就成了马

A man is not good or bad for one action 判断人的好坏不能凭一次行为

A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn 路遥知马力，日久见人心

A man may dig his grave with his teeth 祸从口出

A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink 牵马到河易，强马饮水难

A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge 有宝何必人前夸

A man may smile and smile and be villain 笑里藏奸

A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool 一个人可能说话像个聪明人，而行为像个大笨蛋

A man of gladness seldom falls into madness 生性乐天的人极少会变成疯子

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds 讲而不做，犹如花园里长满了荒草

A man who has friend must show himself friendly 与朋友交，必须友好相处

A man who has friends must show himself friendly 要有朋友，必须以友谊待人。

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop 人无笑脸，不要开店

A man without money is a bow without an arrow 人无钱，犹如弓无箭

A man without money is no man at all 一分钱难倒英雄汉。

A man without reason is a beast in season 人无理智就像是一头发情的野兽

A man’s house is his castle 一个人的家就是他的城堡。

A man's actions show his character 行为可显出一个人的品性

A match will set fire to a large building 星星之火，可以燎原

"A match will set fire to a large building

" "星星之火，可以燎原。

"

A merry heart goes all the way 生性乐天，终身受用

A middle course is the safest 中庸之道最保险

"A mill cannot grind with the water that is past

" 机不可失，失不再来。

A miserly father makes a prodigal son 爱钱如命的父亲生个儿子挥金如土

A miss is as good as a mile 失之毫厘，差之千里

A moneyless man goes fast through the market 一个没钱的人很快穿过市场

A mother's love never changes 母爱永恒

A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman 远亲不如近邻

A new broom sweeps clean 新官上任三把火

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse 对牛弹琴

A penny saved is a penny earned 省钱就是赚钱

A pet lamb makes a cross ram 宠坏的小羊将成为脾气坏的大羊

A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife 穷汉娶富妻，必受老婆欺

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder 白日不做亏心事，夜半不怕鬼敲门

A ragged coat may cover an honest man 不能以衣著取人

A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money 失友都因借钱起

A road of a thousand miles begins with one step 千里之行始于足下

A rolling stone gathers no moss 滚石不生苔，转业不聚财

A secret between more than two is no secret 两人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密

A servant is known by his master's absence 主人不在可以看出仆人的品行来

A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth 缄默的嘴，真诚的心，是世界上最令人赞美的东西

A single flower does not make a spring 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。

A single spark can start a prairie fire 星星之火，可以燎原

A smart coat is a good letter of introduction 人要衣装，佛要金装

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner 平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手

A snow year, a rich year 瑞雪兆丰年。

A sound mind in a sound body 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。

A sow, when washed; returns to the muck 江山易改，本性难移

A spot is most seen on the finest cloth 最清洁的布上，污点特别显眼

A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with 欲加之罪，何患无辞

A still tongue makes a wise head 智者寡言

A stitch in time saves nine 小洞不补，大洞吃苦

A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe 身正不怕影子斜

A straw shows which way the wind blows 一叶便知秋

A stumble may prevent a fall 小惩大诫

A tall tree catches the wind 树大招风

A tattler is worse than a thief 搬弄是非者，恶劣甚于贼

A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber 偷多偷少都是贼

A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf 贼了解贼，正如狼了解狼

A thing is bigger for being shared 插手人一多，事态就扩大

A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many 朋友千人尚觉少，仇敌一人犹嫌多

A thousand probabilities do not make one truth 一千个“或有”不能造成一个事实

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed 千言万语不如一个行动

A threatened blow is seldom given 虚张声势，吓唬而已

A tree is known by its fruit 观其行而知其人

A trouble shared is a trouble halved 两人分担，困难减半。

A true friend is known in the day of adversity 疾风知劲草，患难知友情

A true friend is one soul in two bodies 真正的朋友好似两个身子长著一颗心

A true jest is no jest 真正的笑话不是笑话

A true man and a thief think not the same 君子和窃贼的思想不同

A useful trade is a mine of gold 一样有用的手艺是取之不尽的财富

A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword 勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑

A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain 决心赶到目的地，浪汉何惧雨来淋

A watched pot is long in boiling 心急水不沸

A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent 一本坏书危害无穷

A wilful man will have his way 有志者是竟成

A willful man will have his way 一个有决心的人将找到他的道路。

A wise head makes a close mouth 智者寡言

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have 智者不作非凡之想

A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will 智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用

A wise man needs not blush for changing his purpose 智者不耻于改变初衷

A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks 智者思其所言，愚者言其所思

A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand 聪明的人能随机应变

A woman's work is never at an end 妇女的活计做不完

A word is enough to the wise 对明智者一言已足

A word spoken is an arrow let fly 一言既出，驷马难追

A word spoken is past recalling 一言既出，驷马难追

A work ill done must be twice done 未做好的活，需要重新做

A year's plan starts with spring 一年之计在于春。

A young idler, an old beggar 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

A young man married is a man that's marred 男子早婚，种下祸根

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it 相聚爱益切，离别情更深

Accidents will happen 天有不测风云

Action is the proper fruit of knowledge 行动是知识的巧果

Actions speak louder than words 事实胜于雄辩

Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友

Adversity is a good discipline 苦难是磨练人的好机会

Adversity leads to prosperity 逆境迎向昌盛

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich 患难使人聪明，但不能致富

Adversity makes strange bedfellows 身处逆境不择友

Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory 成功地克服困难是最大的光荣

Advice when most needed is least heeded 忠言逆耳

Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended 事情要按部就班地做，就会很快地做完

After a storm comes a calm 否极泰来

After black clouds, clear weather 否极泰来

After death, the doctor 放马后炮

After dinner comes the reckoning 吃喝玩乐，该付代价

After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile 午餐之后坐片刻，晚饭之后走一里

After dinner sit awhile; after supper walk a mile 午餐后稍坐片刻，晚餐后步行一哩。

After meat, mustard 雨后送伞

After rain comes the sunshine 苦尽甘来

After rain comes the sunshine苦尽甘来 A friend in need is a friend indeed

After sorrow, joy 苦尽甘来。

Ale will make a cat speak 酒后吐真言

All are brave when the enemy flies 敌人逃跑时，个个都勇敢

All are not friends that speak us fair 说我们好话的未必全是朋友。

All are not hunters that blow the horn 吹号角的未必都是猎人

All are not merry that dance lightly 表面高兴的，未必都快乐

All are not saints that go to church 去做礼拜者，未必皆圣人

All are not thieves that dogs bark at 犬之所吠，并非皆贼

All asses wag their ears 傻子总爱装聪明

All bread is not baked in one oven 人心不同，犹如其面

All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws 猫都爱吃鱼，却怕爪弄湿

All covet, all lose 贪多必失

All good things come to an end 天下没有不散的筵席。

All is fair in war 兵不厌诈

All is fish that comes to his net 来者不拒。

All is fish that comes to one's net 捉到网里都是鱼

All is flour that comes to his mill 到他的磨里都能碾成粉

All is not at hand that helps 有用的东西并不都是唾手可得的

All is not gain that is put in the purse 放入钱包的钱财，并非都是应得的

All is not gold that glitters 闪光的东西并不都是黄金

All is not lost that is in danger 在危险中的东西未必都会损失

All is well that ends well 结果美满都是好的

All lay loads on the willing horse 人善被人欺，马善被人骑。

All men are mortal 人孰无死

All men cannot be first 不可能人人都得第一名

All one's geese are swans 自吹自擂

All rivers run into sea 海纳百川。

All rivers run into the sea 百川入海

All roads lead to Rome 条条道路通罗马

All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill 有情人终成眷属

All that ends well is well 结果好，就一切都好。

All that glitters is not gold 闪光的不一定都是金子。

"All that glitters is not gold

" 发光者未必都是金子。

All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment 机会失去不再来，千贯万贯难赎回

All the wit in the world is not in one head 世界上所有的智慧不可能集中于一个脑袋

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players 整个世界是个舞台，男男女女，演员而已

All things are difficult before they are easy 凡事都是先难后易

All things are easy that are done willingly 做事乐意，诸事容易

All things are obedient to money 有钱能使鬼推磨

All things will come round to him who will but wait 只要耐心肯等待，一切都会按时来

All time is no time when it is past 光阴一去不复返

All truths are not to be told 真理并不都能说得清

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy 只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子要变傻；尽玩耍，不学习，聪明孩子没出息

All work no play makes Jack a dull boy 只工作，不玩耍，聪明小伙也变傻。

All's fair in love and war 爱情和战争是不择手段的

All's fish that comes to his net 到了网中都是鱼

All's well that ends well 结局好的就算好。

Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot 纵然天下雨，休把水壶丢

Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom 坐吃山空