A bad excuse is worse than none. 糟糕的藉口還不如沒有

A bad penny always comes back. 惡有惡報

A bad workman always blames his tools. 劣工尤器

A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怪其器不精

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. 一鳥在手勝於二鳥在林

A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好書今天如此,將來也如此,永不改變

A burnt child dreads the fire. 受灼的小孩必怕火(一朝被蛇咬,十年怕草繩)

A cat may look at a king. 君王卿相於我何

A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常樂

A crowd is not company. 群眾非良伴

A drowning man will catch at a straw. 急不暇擇

A drowning man will catch at a straw. 溺水胡抓草,病急亂投醫

A faithful friend is hard to find. 摯友難尋

A fault confessed is half redressed. 肯認錯是改過的一半

A friend in need is a friend indeed.-Ray患難朋友才是真正的朋友-雷伊

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 鄉愿德之賊

A friend without faults will never be found. 沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的

A good beginning is half the battle. 首戰告捷等於一半勝利

A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好書,莫逆之交

A good book is a light to the soul. 好書一本,照亮心靈

A good example is the best sermon. 身教勝於言教

A good fame is better than a good face. 好的名望勝於好的相貌

A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近親

A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land. 聰明腦袋勤勞手,走遍天下貴如金

A good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口利於病,忠言逆耳利於行

A healthy mind is in a healthy body.有健康的身體才有健全的心靈

A Jack of all trades is master of none. 樣樣通樣樣稀鬆(博藝無所精)

A leopard cannot change his spots. 江山易改,本性難移

A liar is not believed even though he tells the truth.-Cicero撒謊者即使說實話,也無人相信-西塞羅

A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生無目的,猶如船失去了舵

A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解最危險

A little pot is soon hot. 小人物易發怒

A man is known by the company he keeps. 什麼人交什麼朋友觀其友,知其人

A man is known by the company he keeps.觀其友,知其行

A penny saved is a penny earned. 省一文則賺一文

A rolling stone gathers no moss. 轉石不生苔(轉業不聚財)

A soft answer turneth away wrath. 和言足以息怒(柔足以克剛)

A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的頭腦寓於健全的身體

A stitch in time saves nine. 及時行事,事半功倍 防微杜漸

A storm in a teacup. 小題大做 大驚小怪

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. 千言萬語不如一個行動

A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出,駟馬難追

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 小別勝新婚

Accept your failure and move on.接受失敗然後繼續前進

Actions speak louder than words. 坐而言不如起而行事實勝於雄辯

Adversity is a good discipline. 苦難是磨練人的好機會

Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 成功地克服困難是最大的光榮

Advice when most needed is least heeded. 忠言逆耳

After a storm comes a calm. 否極泰來

All good things come to an end. 天下無不散的筵席

All is well that ends well. 結果佳者方佳

All roads lead to Rome. 條條大道通羅馬

All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill. 有情人終成眷屬

All that glitters is not gold. 閃礫者未必都是金(人不可貌相)

All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment. 機會失去不再來,千金難買早知道

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作不消遣,使人遲鈍

All's well that ends well. 善終為善

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一個蘋果,醫生遠離我

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼還眼,以牙還牙

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 樂觀的人在災難中看到希望;悲觀的人在希望中看到災難

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 預防勝於治療

Anger begins in folly and ends in repentance.憤怒始於愚蠢,止於懊悔

Answer in a complete sentence. 用完整的句子回答

April showers bring May flowers. 飲水思源

Are you kidding? 你在開玩笑嗎?

Art is long, life is short. 人生苦短,而學術無窮

As you sow, so shall you reap. 種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆

Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.不要問國家能為你做什麼,要問你能為國家做些什麼

Bacchus has drowned more men than Nepture. 酒神淹死的人比海神多

Bad news travels fast. 壞事傳千里

Bare words, no bargain. 空言不能成交易

Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠叫的狗不咬人(外強中乾;虛有其表;虛張聲勢)

Be it ever so humble,there is no place like home.-Payne金窩、銀窩,不如自家的草窩-派恩

Beautiful flowers are soon picked. 紅顏薄命

Beauty is but skin deep. 美是膚淺的

Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. 美而無德猶如花之無香

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹劍

Before gold, even kings take off their hats. 有錢能使鬼推磨

Beggars cannot be choosers. 飢不擇食,寒不擇衣,荒不擇路, 貧不擇妻

Beggars must not be choosers. 饑者不得擇食

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, loving someone deeply gives you courage.被愛給你力量,愛人給你勇氣

Benefits bind. 拿別人的手短,吃別人的嘴軟

Best is cheapest. 買貨買得真,折本折得輕

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 寧為雞首,勿為牛後

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 寧為驢頭不為馬尾(寧為狗頭不為獅尾)

Better late than never. 寧遲勿缺

Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 一言不中,千言無用

Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.與其咒罵黑暗,不如燃起蠟燭

Between two stools you fall to the ground. 腳踏雙凳必墜地

Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚,人以群分

Birth is much but breeding is more. 將相本無種,男兒當自強英雄不怕出身低

Blood is thicker than water. 血濃於水

Business is business. 公事公辦

Call a spade a spade. 直言不諱據實以告

Can you give me an example? 你可以舉個例子嗎?

Care killed a cat. 憂慮致命(勞神喪命)

Cast not the first stone. 責人之心責己,恕己之心恕人

Cast pearls before swine. 對牛彈琴

Cats hide their claws (paws). 鷹立如睡,虎行似病

Cheats never proper. 欺騙決非正當事

Cheek brings success. 和氣生財

Circumstances alter cases. 此一時,彼一時 (情勢比人強)

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak, instrument of the wise. 弱者困於環境,智者利用環境

Clothes make the man. 人要衣裝,佛要金裝

Coming events cast their shadows before. 國之將興,必有徵祥;國之將亡,必有妖孽

Comparisons are odious. 人比人氣死人

Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石

Content is better than riches. 知足常樂

Conversation makes one what he is. 言如其人

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.「勇氣」是其他美德攀登的梯子

Cowards are cruel. 懦夫不仁

Cross the bridge when you come to it. 船到橋頭自然直

Cross the stream where it is shallowest. 別自找麻煩(由易處下手)

Curiosity killed the cat. 別太好奇

Custom makes all things easy. 習慣成自然

Cut your coat according to your cloth. 量力而為

Danger past, God forgotten. 過河拆橋

Dare to do right! Dare to be true.勇於為善!勇於率真!

Death is the great leveler. 死後萬人皆平等

Death quits all scores. 一死百了

Deeds, not words. 說到做到

Despair gives courage to a coward. 人急造反,狗急跳牆

Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies. 治亂世用重典

Devil must be driven out with devils. 以毒攻毒以其人之道還治其人之身

Dexterity comes by experience. 熟練來自經驗

Diamond cuts diamond. 兩虎相爭必有一傷強中更有強中手

Do to others as you would be done by. 己所欲施於人

Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲,勿施於人推己及人

Do nothing you would wish to conceal. 若要人不知,除非己莫為

Do we have any volunteers? 有沒有自願者?

Do you have any questions? 你們有任何的問題嗎?

Do you understand? 你們聽得懂嗎?

Dog does not eat dog. 狗不咬狗(同類不相殘)

Don change horses in midstream. 臨陣莫換將

Don count your chickens before they are hatched. 不要做白日夢不要打如意算盤

Don kick against the pricks. 勿以螳臂擋車

Don put all your eggs in one basket. 不要孤注一擲 ( 分散風險 )

Don put the cart before the horse. 勿本末倒置

Don quarrel with your bread and butter. 勿自砸飯碗

Don teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 魯班門前弄大斧,關公面前耍大刀

Don wash your dirty linen in public. 家醜不可外揚

Dont ever forget, you are loved very, very much!千萬不要忘記,你擁有無盡的愛!

Dont let other people walk all over you.不要讓他人利用你

Dont listen to what other say about you, lead you own life.不要聽別人怎麼說你,走自己的路

Dont waste your time on a man/woman, who isnt willing to waste their time on you.不要為那些不願在你身上花費時間的人而浪費你的時間

Don't bite off more than you can chew. 勿不自量力

Don't change houses in mid-stream. 臨陣勿換將

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 勿打如意算盤(別過早樂觀得意)

Don't fish in the troubled waters. 勿混水摸魚

Don't give up. 不要放棄

Don't judge a book by its cover. 勿以貌取人

Don't kick against the pricks. 勿以螳臂當車(勿作無謂之抵抗徒傷自己)

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 勿對所受禮物挑剔抱怨

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. 勿小題大作(勿誇大其辭)

Don't meet trouble halfway. 勿杞人憂天

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 不要孤注一擲

Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事今日畢

Don't put the cart before the horse. 勿本末倒置

Don't quarrel with your bread and butter. 勿自砸飯碗

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 勿班門弄斧

Don't wash your dirty linen in public. 家醜不可外揚

Dress up a stick and it does not be a stick. 佛要金裝,人要衣裳

Each to his own. 人各有志

Easier said than done. 說時容易做時難

Easy come easy go. 徼悻之財難久留(賺得容易花得快)

Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.享受自己的生活,別和別人比較

Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常樂

Even a worm will turn. 狗急跳牆

Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千慮必有一失(人非聖人,熟能無過)

Every country has its custom. 百里不同風,千里不同俗

Every dog has his day. 十年河東轉河西,莫笑窮人穿破衣

Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有本難唸經

Every man has his taste. 人各有所好

Every man is the maker of his own fortune.各人命運各自掌控

Every minute counts. 分秒必爭

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. 時時刻刻抵抗誘惑,就是一種勝利

Every potter boasts of his own pot. 老王賣瓜,自賣自誇

Every shoe fits not every foot. 一人難順千人意不能以己度人

Every why has a wherefore. 無風不起浪,事出必有因

Everybody's business is nobody's business. 眾人之事乏人管

Everyone fastens where there is gain. 天下攘攘,皆為利往;天下熙熙,皆為利來.

Everything comes if a man will only wait. 天下無難事,只怕有心人

Example is better than precept. 身教重於言教

Excellent work! 表現得非常棒!

Exchange is no robbery. 一個願打,一個願挨

Experience is the best teacher. 經一事,長一智經驗是良師

Extreme pleasure is followed by sorrow. 樂極生悲

Extremes meet. 長處即短處物極必反否極泰來

Failure is the mother of success. 失敗為成功之母

Fair faces need no paint. 貌美毋須修飾

Faith will move mountains. 精誠所至,金石為開

Familiarity breeds contempt. 虎生猶可近,人熟不堪親

Fancy may kill or cure. 水能載舟,亦能覆舟

Far from eye, far from heart. 離遠而情疏

Far from home is near to harm. 龍游淺水遭蝦戲,虎落平陽被犬欺

Fast bind, fast find. 保存得好,東西好找

Feed a cold and starve a fever. 傷風時宜吃,發熱時宜餓

Few words, many deeds. 少說話,多做事

Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣裝,佛要金裝

First catch your hare, then cook him. 不要謀之過早

First come, first served. 捷足先登

Fish begins to rot from the head. 上樑不正下樑歪

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 愚人不怕事,盲人不怕蛇

Fools will be fools. 牛牽到北京還是牛

For man is man and master of his fate.-Tennyson人就是主宰自己命運的主人-但尼生

Forewarned is forearmed. 先知先戒備

Forgive and forget. 不念舊惡

Forgive others but not yourself. 待人寬,對己嚴嚴以律己寬以待人

Fortune favors fools. 傻人有傻福

Fortune is fickle. 天有不測風雲,人有旦夕禍福

Full of courtesy and full of craft. 禮多必詐

Gather roses while you may. 有花堪折直須折,莫待無花空折枝

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine perspiration. Edison 天才是一分靈感(天賦)與九十九分血汗(努力) 愛迪生

Genius often betrays itself into great errors. 聰明常被聰明誤

Give a dog an ill name and hang him. 欲加之罪,何患無辭

Give a fool enough rope and he will hang himself. 授繩與愚,愚能自縛

Give it a try. 試試看

Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard. 小人得寸便進尺

Give me a break! 饒了我吧!

Go ahead. 請便

Go back to your seat. 回到你的座位

Go for it.  努力去做

God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者

God never shuts one door but he opens another. 天無絕人之路

God's mill grinds slow but sure. 法網恢恢,疏而不漏

Gold will not buy everything. 黃金不能買到一切

Good children make glad parents. 孩子好,父母笑

Good fame is better than a good face. 美名勝美貌

Good health is above wealth. 健康重於財富

Good luck. 祝你好運

Good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口

Good mind, good find. 好心有好報

Good watch prevents misfortune. 有備無患

Good words and ill deeds deceive wise men and fools. 話好行為劣,欺騙智和愚

Gossiping and lying go hand in hand. 搬弄是非者,必是撒謊人

Gotta go!  該走了!

Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company. 一人獨處慎於思,與人相處慎於言

Grasp all, lose all. 貪多必失貪他一斗米,失卻半年糧

Great mens servants think themselves great. 閻王好見,小鬼難纏

Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同

Great souls suffer in silence. 偉人受苦,聲色不露

Great vessels take years to produce. 大器晚成

Habit is a second nature. 習慣是第二天性習慣成自然

Half a loaf is better than no bread 聊勝於無

Half a loaf is better than none. 聊勝於無

Hand in your homework. 交作業

Handsome is as handsome does. 慷慨大方始為美

Happy is he who is content. 知足常樂

Hard got, soon gone 創業唯艱,守成不易

Haste makes waste. 欲速則不達揠苗助長

Have fun! 玩得開心點!

He laughs best who laughs last. 鹿死誰手,尚未可知

He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it 做賊心虛

He that is overcautious will accomplish little.過分謹慎的人難有成就

He that nothing questions nothing learns. 無所懷疑,就無所學

He that runs in the dark may well stumble 夜路走多了,終會遇到鬼

He that touches pitch shall be defiled. 近墨者黑

He that travels far knows much. 行萬里路勝讀萬卷書

He that wants to hang a dog is sure to find a rope. 欲加之罪,何患無辭

He that will thrive must rise at five 五更起床,百事興旺

He who does not gain loses. 學如逆水行舟,不進則退

He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom 登高必自卑,行遠必自邇

Health is better than wealth. 健康勝於財富

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.健康如金錢,失去時才真正知其價值

Heaven helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者

History repeats itself. 歷史會重演

Hoist your sail when the wind is fair 見機行事隨機應變

Homer sometimes nods 智者千慮,必有一失

Honesty is the best policy. 誠實為上策

How come?! 怎麼可能?!

How do you say that in English? 那個字的英文怎麼說?

How interesting! 真有趣!

Hunger is the best sauce 饑不擇食

I agree. 我同意

I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles. 我不是奴隸,也不是俘虜,我有力量可以克服更大的艱難險阻

I am not afraid of tomorrow for I have seen yesterday and love today.我不害怕明天,因為我經歷過昨天,又熱愛今天

I am not now that which I have been 今日之我已非昔日之我

I can make it. 我會成功的

I disapprove of what you say,but I will defend to the death your right to say it.-Voltaire我不同意你說的話,但我願意誓死捍衛你說話的權利-伏爾泰

I don't think so. 我不這麼認為

I guess so. 我猜是這樣

I never consider ease and joyfulness as the purpose of life itself.我從來不認為安逸和享樂是人生本來的目的

I think, so I am 我思故我在

I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading 寧為窮漢住閣樓,擁有好書任我讀,不願身居帝王位,縱有好書不愛讀

Idle folks have most labor 懶漢總嫌活太多

Idle young, needy old 少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲

If all the year were playing holidays,to sport would be as tedious as to work.-Shakespeare要是一年四季全是遊戲日,那麼遊戲也會變得像工作一般令人煩厭-莎士比亞

If it is to be, it is up to me 凡事不求人

If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 近朱者赤,近墨者黑

Ignorance is parent of many injuries 無知是禍源

Ill weeds grow apace 有心栽花花不發,無心插柳柳成蔭

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstin 想像尤重要於知識─ 愛因斯坦

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.「不可能」,在愚人的字典中才找得到

In at one ear and out at the other 馬耳東風

In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. 在人生的搏鬥中,只有日日前進不甘失敗的人,才能獲勝

In prosperity think of adversity. 居安思危

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king 蜀中無大將,廖化作先鋒

In wine there is truth 酒後吐真言

It is easier to get than to keep it 創業容易守成難

It is easier to know how to do a thing than to do it 知過非難改過難,知善非難行善難

It is easy to be wise after the event. 經一事,長ㄧ智

It is Greek to me 我全然不懂

It is hard to teach an old dog tricks 人老則守舊 ( 教育須趁早 )

It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施比受更有福

It is never too late to learn 活到老,學到老

It is never too late to mend 亡羊補牢,猶未晚也

It is no use crying over spilt milk 覆水難收,哭之無益

It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not,whatever his age.-Socrates人不論年齡多大,都要學習自己不懂的東西,這不是羞恥-蘇格拉底

It never rains but it pours 禍不單行

It never will rain roses,when we want to have more roses we must plant trees.-Eliot天上不會掉下玫瑰來,如果想要更多的玫瑰,必須自己種植-艾略特

It takes all kinds to make a world 一種米養百樣人

It takes two to make a quarrel 一個巴掌拍不響

It's hard sailing when there is no wind. 沒有風,難航行

It's OK with me. 我沒問題

It's your turn. 換你了

Jack of all trades and master of none 樣樣通,樣樣鬆

Joy often comes after sorrow, like morning after night 暮去必將朝至,苦盡常會甘來

Joy shared with others are more enjoyed 與人同樂,其樂無窮

Judge not a book by its cover 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量

Judge not according to the appearance 不可以貌取人

Judge not of men and things at first sight 審人論事真謹慎,乍見之下莫斷定

Justice has long arms 天網恢恢,疏而不漏

Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it 養兵千日,用在一時

Keeping is harder than winning 創業不易,守成更難

Kill the goose that laid the golden egg 殺雞取卵

Kind words are the music of the world.親善之言乃人世的美樂

Kindness always begets kindness 善有善報

Kings have long arms 百姓強不過官家人在屋簷下不得不低頭

Know something of everything and everything of something 既要有一般常識,又要有專業知識

Know thyself (yourself) 了解你自己

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. 知識是一座寶庫,實踐是打開寶庫的鑰匙

Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量

Labor conquers everything.勞動能征服萬事

Lay it up for a rainy day 未雨綢繆

Learn to creep (walk) before you leap (run) 循序漸進

Learn to say before you sing 按部就班

Learn wisdom by the follies of others 從別人的愚行中學到聰明

Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse 知識使好人更好,壞人更壞

Learning makes life sweet 學而時習之,不亦樂乎

Lend your money and lose your friend 借錢給朋友,錢友皆失

Let bygones be bygones 既往不咎

Let every tub stand on its own bottom 各安其位

Let sleeping dogs lie 勿惹事生非

Let the end try the man 蓋棺論定

Lets cross the bridge when we come to it 既來之,則安之

Let's play a game. 我們來玩個遊戲吧!

Life is not an exact science, it is an art. 生活不是嚴謹科學,而是一種藝術

Like father, like son 有其父必有其子

Listen to the CD/tape. 聽CD/錄音帶

Live and learn. 活到老,學到老

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.-Dumas生活沒有目標就像航海沒有指南針-大仲馬

Long absent soon forgotten 人在人情在,一死兩丟開

Look at me. 看著我

Look before you leap 三思而後行

Lookers-on see most of the game 旁觀者清

Losers are always in the wrong 勝者為王敗者寇

Love alone could waken love!只有愛才能喚醒愛!

Love makes the world go round. 愛能創造美好的世界

Love me, love my dog 愛屋及烏打狗看主面

Love will find a way 有情人終成眷屬

Make hay while the sun shines 把握時機打鐵趁熱

Make yourself necessary to someone 使自己有益於人

Man is the artificer of his own happiness.-Thoreau人是自己幸福的設計者-梭羅

Man proposes, God disposes 謀事在人,成事在天

Manners, please. 請注意禮貌

Many a fine dish has nothing on it 虛有其表

Many a little makes a mickle 積少成多

Many a true word is spoken in jest 戲言寓真理

Many dogs may easily worry one 一拳難敵四手

Many drops make a shower 積少成多

Many hands make light work 人多好辦事眾擎易舉

Many kiss the baby for the nurses sake 醉翁之意不在酒

Many learn more than their teachers 青出於藍

Marriage comes by destiny 姻緣天註定

May I come in? 我可以進來嗎?

Men are not to be measured in inches 人不可貌相

Might is right 強權即公理

Misery loves company 同病相憐

Money makes the mare go 有錢能使鬼推磨

Money ruins many 人為財死,鳥為食亡

More haste, less speed 欲速則不達

Much would have more 人心不足蛇吞象貪得無厭

Murder will out 紙包不住火

Necessity is the mother of invention 需要為發明之母 窮則變,變則通

Never do things by halves 有始有終

Never give up. 永遠不要放棄

Never judge by appearances 凡人不可貌相,海水不可斗量

Never offer to teach fish to swim 不要班門弄斧

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today 今日事,今日畢

Never twice without three times 有一就有二,無三不成禮

New lords, new laws 新官新法

No beauty is like the beauty of mind.心靈之美,最美

No bees, no honey; no work, no money 天下沒有白吃的午餐

No cross, no crown 吃得苦中苦,方為人上人

No garden without its weeds 有利必有弊

No kidding. 不是開玩笑的/說真的

No man can do two things at once 一心不能二用

No man can lose what he never had.-Walton未曾擁有,即不會失去-沃爾頓

No matter how far apart we are, my thought always find their way back to you. Missing you. "無論你我相距多遙遠,我的思念與你同在~想你!

No mill, no meal 一分耕耘,一分收穫

No news is good news 沒消息就是好消息

No one is wise enough to advise himself 聰明反被聰明誤

No one is wise in his own affairs 當局者迷,旁觀者清

No one knows the weight of anothers burden 事非經過不知難

No pains, no gains 一分耕耘,一分收穫

No rose without a thorn 沒有十全十美的幸福

Not again! 不要再來一遍了!

Not at all. ㄧ點也不/不客氣

Not exactly. 不盡然

Not really. 不盡然

Not yet. 還沒

Nothing comes from nothing 事出必有因

Nothing venture, nothing win 不入虎穴,焉得虎子

Of course not. 當然不

Of two evils choose the least 權衡兩害取其輕

Offence is the best defence 進攻是最好的防禦

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.-Alfieri考驗一個人的勇氣,常常不是看他是否敢於赴死,而是看他是否敢活下去-阿爾菲耶里

Once a use, forever a custom 習慣成自然

Once bitten, twice shy 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕草繩上一次當,學一次乖

One can make a silk purse out of a sows ear 巧婦難為無米之炊朽木不可雕

One false move may lose the game 一著錯,滿盤輸

One father is more than a hundred school masters.-Herbert一位父親勝過一百位校長-赫伯特

One good turn deserves another 善有善報

One mans wine is another mans poison 各有所好

One may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb 一不做,二不休

One swallow does not make a summer 一燕不能成夏不可言之過早不可以偏概全

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life--that word is love. 有個字能將我們從生命的重擔與苦痛中釋放--那個字就是「愛」

Only the wearer knows where the shoe inches 如人飲水,冷暖自知

Open your book to page 10. 打開你的課本到第10

Opportunity makes the hero 時勢造英雄

Opportunity makes the thief 財不露白

Opportunity seldom knocks twice 機不可失

Our neighbors ground yields better corn than our own 妻不如妾,妾不如妓,妓不如偷,偷不如摸,摸不如摸不著

Out of debt, out of danger 無債一身輕

Out of sight, out of mind 眼不見,心不想久離情疏

Out of the mouth comes evil 病從口入,禍從口出

Paddle your own canoe 自力更生

Pain is forgotten where gain follows 好了傷疤忘了痛

Patience is a virtue 小不忍則亂大謀

Pay attention, please. 請專心

Pay somebody back in his own coin 一報還一報

Pen and ink is wits plough 筆墨是才智之犁

Penny wise, pound foolish 省小錢,失大錢

People throw stones only at trees with fruit on them 謙受益,滿招損

Pigs might fly 無奇不有無稽之談

Please forgive me. 請原諒我

Pleasing everybody is pleasing nobody 討好每個人,人人不討好

Point to the picture. 指著圖片

Poor mens words have little weight 人微言輕

Poverty is stranger to industry 勤勞有餘,怠惰多憂

Poverty tries friends 貧窮考驗友情

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.權力讓人腐化,絕對的權力,絕對的腐化

Practice is better than precept 事實勝於雄辯

Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧

Practice what you preach 以身作則言必行

Praise makes good men better and bad men worse 讚美使好人更好,壞人更壞

Prevention is better than cure. 預防勝於治療

Pride goes before a fall 驕者必敗

Promise is debt 許願就是債,欠了不容賴

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.富貴交朋友,患難見真情

Put the saddle on the right horse 冤有頭,債有主

Put your book away. 把課本收起來

Put your hand down. 把手放下

Quality is better than quantity 質重於量

Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth 手勤腳快得溫飽

Quietness is the best 寧靜最好

Quietude is the crown of life 安靜是生命的皇冠

Rain before seven; fine before eleven 雨過天晴

Raise your hand. 把手舉起來

Rats desert a sinking ship 樹倒猢猻散

Readiness is all 有備無患

Repeat after me. 跟著我覆誦一遍

Repentance is good, but innocence is better 悔罪雖好,無罪更佳

Repetition is the mother of knowledge 反覆學習是知識之源

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.-Gracian人必自重而後人重之-格拉西安

Rest breeds rust 不動會生鏽

Riches do not always bring happiness 財富未必帶來幸福

Riches have wings 財富難保

Riches serve a wise man but command a fool 財富事智者,卻又馭蠢人

Roll my log and Ill roll yours 互相吹噓

Rome is not built in one day. 羅馬不是一天造成的

Rome was not built in a day 羅馬不是一天造成的偉業非一日可成

Rumor is a liar 以訛傳訛,越傳越錯

Run with the hare and hunt with the hounds 兩面討好

Saving is getting 儉省是致富之道

Say it together. 大家一起說

Say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear 莫盡道所知,莫盡信所聞

Say well is good, but do well is better 說得漂亮固好,做得漂亮更佳

Say well or be still 話多不如話少,話少不如話好

Saying is one thing, and doing another 說是一回事,做是一回事

Science is organized knowledge 科學是系統化的知識

See you around. 回頭見

Seeing is believing 百聞不如一見眼見為實

Share and share alike 有福同享,有難同當

Silence gives consent 沈默即同意

Sit down, please. 請坐下

So many men, so many minds 人多意見多

Some people cannot see the wood for the trees 見樹不見林,逐末而忘本

Sorrow follows pleasure 樂極生悲

Spare the rod, spoil the child 不打不成器

Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear 說曹操,曹操到

Speech is silver, silence is gold 雄辯是銀,沈默是金

Stand up, please. 請站起來

Start out off with a bang and end with a whimper 雷聲大雨點小

Still (Smooth) water runs deep 深思遠慮者不輕易開口止水深流大智若愚

Still waters run deep. 大智若愚

Subtlety is better than force 巧智勝於武力

Such a father, such a son 有其父必有其子龍生龍,鳳生鳳

Sweep before your own door 各人自掃門前雪,莫管他人瓦上霜先律己,後律人

Take it easy. 別急

Take your time. 慢慢來

Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear 說曹操,曹操到

That's fantastic! 太美妙了

The absent are always in the wrong 不在者永遠理虧  不在者被說壞話

The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched, they must be felt with heart.世界上最美好的事物是看不見,也摸不著的,必須用心去感受

The best fish swim near the bottom.最好的魚,潛游水底(勿鋒芒畢露

The busiest men have the most leisure 越忙的人越有閒

The child is father of the man 從小看大江山易改,本性難移

The crow thinks her own bird fairest 馬不知臉長,猴子不知屁股紅

The early bird catches the worm 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃捷足先登

The end justifies the means 成王敗寇

The first wealth is health.-Emerson健康是人生第一財富-愛默生

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. 未來是屬於那些相信自己美夢的人

The greatest danger in deceiving others is that one will surely end up deceiving one's self.欺騙他人最大的危險在於最後會連自己的自我都給欺騙了

The leopard cannot change his spots. 江山易改,本性難移

The more haste, the less speed 欲速則不達

The more we do, the more we can do. 當做的愈多,能做的也就愈多

The more women look in their glass,the less they look to their house.-Pythagoras婦人愈勸於照鏡,則愈怠於治家-畢達哥拉斯

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries.-Descartes閱讀好書,就好比是與過去數世紀最傑出的人們交談-笛卡爾

The shortest answer is doing 最簡短的回答是做

The value of life lies not length of days, but in the use of we make of them.生命的價值不在於能活多少天,而在於我們如何利用這些日子

There are black sheep in every flock 害群之馬

There are two sides to every question 公說公有理,婆說婆有理

There is no smoke without fire 無風不起浪,事出必有因

There's a black sheep in every flock. 每一個團體都有害群之馬

There's no place like home. 沒有一個地方像家

Things done cannot be undone 覆水難收

Time and tide wait for no man 歲月不待人

Time is money 時間就是金錢

To call a spade a spade 直言不諱

To err is human; to forgive, devine.犯錯是人性,寬恕是神性

Today is the first day of the rest of your life 昨日種種譬如昨日死,今日種種譬如今日生

Too many cooks spoil the broth 人多手雜人多壞事

True merit is like a river,the deeper it is the less noise it makes.-Halifax真正的美德如河流,愈深愈無聲-哈利法克斯

Trust me. 相信我

Two heads are better than one 三個臭皮匠,勝過一個諸葛亮

Undertake no more than you can perform 量力而為

Union is strength 團結力量大

Until all is over ones ambition never dies 不到黃河心不死

Use a book as a bee does flowers 讀書如蜜蜂採花,吸取其中精華

Variety is the very spice of life 變化是人生的調味品

Venture a small fish to catch a great one 吃小虧得大便宜

Vice is its own punishment 惡有惡報

Virtue dwells not in the tongue but in the heart 美德不在舌頭而在心中

Virtue is a jewel of great price 美德是無價之寶

Virtue is its own reward 善有善報

Walls have ears 隔牆有耳

Waste not, want not 不浪費,不愁缺細水長流儉以防匱

We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.-Pope人人有兩隻耳朵,一個舌頭,就是為了要我們多聽少講-波普

We soon believe what we desire 一廂情願

Well begun is half done.好的開始是成功的一半

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander 適用於此者亦適彼

What must be must be 是福不是禍,是禍躲不過

Whats done by night appears by day 若要人不知,除非己莫為

Whats done cannot be undone 覆水難收

What's your answer? 你的答案是什麼?

When all else is lost,the future still remains.-Bovee一切都已失去的時候,將來仍在-巴芙

When love puts in, friendship is gone 愛情入,友情出

When riches increase, the body decreases 財多體衰

When the fish is caught the net is laid aside 魚獲網棄狡兔死,走狗烹;飛鳥盡,良弓藏

When the sun comes in, the doctor goes out 陽光入室,醫生出屋

Where drums beat, laws are silent 戰鼓一響,法律無聲

Where theres a will theres a way 有志者事竟成精誠所至,金石為開

While the cats away, the mice can play 山中無老虎,猴子稱大王

While there is life there is hope 留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒

Who chatters to you will chatter of you 來說是非者,便是是非人

Wine in, truth out 酒後吐真言

Wisdom is only found in truth.唯有真理中方能尋得智慧

Wise men learn by other mens mistakes; fools by their own 賢者由他人的過錯得到教訓,愚者由自己的過錯得之

Words cut more than swords 利刀割體痕易合,惡語傷人恨難消

Years bring wisdom 歲月增長智慧

You can clap with one hand 孤掌難鳴

You can eat your cake and have it 魚與熊掌不可兼得

You can judge a tree by its bark 人不可貌相

You can make a crab walk straight 江山易改,本性難移

You can make a silk purse out of a sows ear 朽木不可雕

You can make an omelet without breaking eggs 捨不得孩子,套不得狼

You can run, but you can hide 跑得了和尚,跑不了廟

You dont love a girl because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her!你不是因為她的美而愛她,而她卻因你的愛而美麗

You e your fathers own son 老子英雄兒好漢,老子賣蔥兒賣蒜

You may take a horse to the water, but you can make it drink 善意不足以成事

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse 缺乏知識之熱誠如脫韁野馬

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