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
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world
知足是人生在世最大的幸事。
－Joseph Addison（美国作家艾迪生）
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some
要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。
－Benjamin Franklin（美国总统富兰克林）
If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry
如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友，以经验为参谋，以谨慎为兄弟，以希望为哨兵。
－Thomas Edison（美国发明家爱迪生）
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing
有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。
－Albert Einstein（美国科学家爱因斯坦）
You have to believe in yourself That's the secret of success
你必须相信自己，这是成功的关键。
－Charles Chaplin（美国演员卓别林）
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible"
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能的"。
－Bonapart Napoleon（法国皇帝拿破仑）
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。
－Richard Nixon（美国总统尼克松）
Genius only means hard-working all one's life
天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。
－Mendeleyev（俄国化学家门捷列耶夫）
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements
从一个国家的广告可以看出这个国家的理想。
－Norman Douglas（英国作家道格拉斯）
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。
－Franklin Roosevelt（美国总统罗斯福）
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds
具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。
－Mark Twain（美国作家马克吐温）
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it
人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。
－Johann Wolfgang von Goethe（德国诗人、剧作家歌德）
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground
如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。
－Ibsen（挪威剧作家易卜生）
Ideal is the beacon Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction ,there is no life
理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。
－Leo Tolstory（俄国作家托尔斯泰）
Don't part with your illusions, When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live
不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。
－Mark Twain（马克吐温）
Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect
不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想要达到的目的。
－Willian Shakespeare（莎士比亚）
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world
知足是人生在世最大的幸事。
－Joseph Addison（美国作家艾迪生）
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some
要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。
－Benjamin Franklin（美国总统富兰克林）
If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry
如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友，以经验为参谋，以谨慎为兄弟，以希望为哨兵。
－Thomas Edison（美国发明家爱迪生）
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing
有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。
－Albert Einstein（美国科学家爱因斯坦）
You have to believe in yourself That's the secret of success
你必须相信自己，这是成功的关键。
－Charles Chaplin（美国演员卓别林）
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible"
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能的"。
－Bonapart Napoleon（法国皇帝拿破仑）
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。
－Richard Nixon（美国总统尼克松）
Genius only means hard-working all one's life
天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。
－Mendeleyev（俄国化学家门捷列耶夫）
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements
从一个国家的广告可以看出这个国家的理想。
－Norman Douglas（英国作家道格拉斯）
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。
－Franklin Roosevelt（美国总统罗斯福）
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds
具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。
－Mark Twain（美国作家马克吐温）
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it
人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。
－Johann Wolfgang von Goethe（德国诗人、剧作家歌德）
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground
如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。
－Ibsen（挪威剧作家易卜生）
Ideal is the beacon Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction ,there is no life
理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。
－Leo Tolstory（俄国作家托尔斯泰）
Don't part with your illusions, When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live
不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。
－Mark Twain（马克吐温）
Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect
不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想要达到的目的。
－Willian Shakespeare（莎士比亚）
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