A bad thing never dies. 好人不長壽，禍害遺千年。
A bad workman always blames his tools. 笨工匠一直怪工具差。
A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion. 人急懸梁，狗急跳墻。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 兩鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
A bully1 is always a coward. 欺負弱小者永遠是懦夫。
A burnt child dreads2 the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命；吉人自有天相。
A cat may look at a king. 小人物也有的權利。
A clear conscience can bear any trouble. 平常不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
A cook is bold on his own dunghill. 狐假虎威。
A constant guest is never welcome. ?？碗y受青睞。
A contented3 mind is a perpetual feast. 滿足常樂。
A cracked bell can never sound well. 狗嘴里長不出象牙來。
A crooked4 stick will have a crooked shadow. 上梁不正下梁歪。
A deceitful peace is more hurtful than an open war. 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
A door must be either shut or open. 門非關即開；二者擇其一。
A drowning man will clutch at a straw. 溺水之人不放過一根稻草；病急亂投醫。
A dwarf5 on a giant's shoulders sees the farther of the two. 巨人肩上的侏儒看得遠；借重別人的經驗好處多。
A fault confessed is half redressed6. 知錯能改，善莫大焉。
A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨人難聚財。
A fool's mouth is his destruction. 禍從口出。
A forced kindness deserves no thanks. 勉強的善行不值得感謝。
A fox may grow grey but never good. 江山易改，本性難移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真情。
A full purse never lacks friend. 有錢有酒，必有朋友。
A golden key opens every door. 錢能通神。
A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善則妻賢。
A good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口。
A good name is sooner lost than won. 美譽易失難得。
A good tale is none the worse for being told twice. 動人的故事讓人百聽不厭。
A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
A honey tongue， a heart of gall7. 嘴甜如蜜，心黑如漆。
A house pided against itself cannot stand. 不和之家難長存。
A Jack8 of all trades is master of none. 樣樣皆通者樣樣不精。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 萬丈高樓平地起。
A lazy youth， a lousy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
A leopard9 cannot change his spots. 江山易改，本性難移。
A liar10 is not believed when he tells the truth. 常撒謊話的人即使是說真話也沒人信。
A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse. 強者亦有求助于弱者的時候。
A little fire burns up a great deal of corn. 星星之火可以燎原。
A little gall spoils a great deal of honey. 一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。
A little leak will sink a great ship. 牽一發而動全身。
A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解最危險。
A little neglect may breed great mischief11. 一失足成千古恨，再回首已百年身。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 輕諾者，信必寡。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不可二用。
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. 和氣生財。
A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，謬之千里。
A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin. 遠親不如近鄰。
A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
A rolling stone gathers no moss12. 滾石不生苔。
A slow fire makes sweet malt. 慢工出細活。
A sound mind in a sound body. 有完善的身體，才有完善的心智。
A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言為智。
A stitch in time saves nine. 準時行事，事半功倍。
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. 美的事物是永恒的喜悅。
A word is enough to the wise. 聰明人一點就通。
A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，四馬難追。
A young idler， an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
A-day-old puppy doesn't know to be afraid of the tiger. 初生之犢不畏虎。
Able men are always busy. 能者多勞。
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 小別塍新婚。
Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families. 家規再嚴也難免會出問題。
According to your purse govern your mouth. 量入為出。
Actions speak louder than words. 行動勝于空談。
Advice when most needed is least heeded13. 忠言逆耳。
After a storm comes a calm. 雨過天晴；否極泰來；苦盡甘來。
All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗所吠之人未必皆為賊；勿以貌取人。
All cats are grey in the dark. 所有些貓在黑暗中皆為灰色；美貌是無關緊要的。
All good things come to an end. 天下無不散的筵席。
All is vanity. 四大皆空。
All lay loads on a willing horse. 良駒負重擔；馬善讓人騎。
All roads lead to Rome. 條條大路通羅馬；行行出壯元。
All that glitters is not gold. 閃閃發光者未必都是金。
All the winning is in the first buying. 先下手為強。
All things are difficult before they are easy. 任何事必先難而后易。
All things are easy that are done willingly. 天下無難事，只怕有心人。
All things in their being are good for something. 天生我才必有用。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作而不玩樂，會使人變得遲鈍。
All's fair in love and war. 情場如戰場，任何方法皆可行。
All's fish that comes to the net. 進網的無不是魚；來者不拒。
All's well that ends well. 結局好的即使好。
An eye for an eye， and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
An old man's sayings are seldom untrue. 不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前。
Any port is a good port in a storm. 暴風雨中，任何港口皆是好的避難所。
Anybody can make mistakes. 人非圣賢，熟能無過。
Appearances are deceptive14. 外表欺人；勿以貌取人。
Art is long， life is short. 生活短暫，而學問無穹。
As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. 偷小羊與偷大羊同為絞刑；一不做，二不休。
As you brew15， so you must drink. 自作自受。
As you make your bed， so you must lie on it. 自己做事，自己當。
As you sow， so shall you reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
Ask no questions and be told no lies. 不問問題就聽不到謊話；孩子有耳無嘴。
Avoid a questioner， for he is also a tattler. 防止與好探人隱私，搬弄是非之人在一塊。
Bad news travels fast. 好事不外出，壞事傳千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite. 會叫的狗不會咬人。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder16. 情人眼里出西施。
Beauty is only skin deep. 美只不過表面的；不能貌取人。
Beggars can't be choosers. 乞丐絕無挑選的權利；有求于人者無權挑剔。
Best is cheapest. 最好的即是最合算的。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 今日一只雞蛋勝過明日一支母雞；把握目前。
Better be a fool than a knave17. 寧為傻瓜，不做無賴。
Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave. 寧為老頭的愛人，也不愿成為小伙子的奴隸。
Better be sure than sorry. 寧求安全亦不做或許會陷于險境之事。
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 寧為雞首，不為牛后。
Better bend than break. 寧曲勿折；大老公能屈能伸。
Better late than never. 晚做總比不做好；亡羊捕牢，未為晚也。
Better master one than engage with ten. 學多不如學精。
Better one eye witness than two hearsay18 witnesses. 耳聞不如目見。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
Better to ask the way than go astray. 問道于人總比迷失于途要強。
Between two stools you fall to the ground. 腳踏兩條船，早晚會溺水。
Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鳥相處好；家和萬事興。
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚。
Blessed is he who expects nothing， for he shall never be disappointed. 一無所求者無失望之虞。
Blood is thicker than water. 血濃于水。
Books and friends should be few but good. 書與朋友，貴精而不貴多。
Bread is the staff of life. 民以食為天。
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away. 莫為滅鼠而焚屋；勿小題大作。
Business is business. 公事公辦。
Call a spade a spade. 稱黑桃為黑桃；有話直說。
Care killed a cat. 煩惱能殺九命貓。
Cast never a clout19 till May is out. 5月前莫收冬衣；勿操之過急。
Cast not the first stone. 莫丟第一塊石頭；責人之前先自省。
Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance. 勿舍本逐末。
Catch your bear before you sell its skin. 賣熊皮前先捉熊；任何事宜按部就班，不要過于樂觀。
Charity begins at home. 仁愛始于家。
Children should be seen and not heard. 大人說話，孩子別插嘴。
Christmas comes but once a year. 圣誕一年才一次；好日子不可以每天過。
Circumstances alter cases. 此一時，彼一時。
Clothes do not make the man. 衣冠楚楚者，未必就是正人君子。
Coming events cast their shadows before. 即來之事必有先兆。
Comparisons are odious20. 人比人，氣死人。
Conscience does make cowards of us all. 良心讓人不敢任性妄為。
Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水可穿石。
Courtesy cosplayts nothing. 禮多人不怪。
Cross the stream where it is shallowest. 渡溪當自淺處過。
Custom makes all things easy. 習慣成自然；熟能生巧。
Custom reconciles us to everything. 習慣使人適應所有。
Cut your coat according to your cloth. 量入為出。
Dead men tell no tales. 死人不會泄秘。
Death is the great leveller. 死亡使所有平等。
Deeds， not words. 行動勝于空談。
Desert and reward seldom keep company. 功與賞絕少結伴而行；賞罰不明乃不足為奇。
Desires are nourished by delays. 渴望越久的就越期望得到。
Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies. 絕癥須用烈藥醫。
Diamond cuts diamond. 勢均力敵。
Discontent is the first step in progress. 不認可是進步的開端。
Discretion21 is the better part of valour. 勇敢貴乎審慎。
Distance lends enchantment22 to the view. 距離讓景色增添魔力。
Do as I say， not as I do. 照我所說的做，別照我所做的來做。
Do as most men do， then most men will speak well of you. 隨俗而行，眾人稱頌。
Do as you would be done by. 己所欲施于人。
Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入鄉隨俗。
Do not cast your pearls before swine. 莫把珍珠丟豬前；莫對牛彈琴。
Do not halloo till you are out of the wood. 未真的脫離險境前，勿作脫險之慶。
Do not kick against the pricks23. 勿踢刺棍；勿以卵擊石。
Do not put new wine into old bottles. 莫用舊瓶裝新酒。
Do not wear out your welcome. 作客不久留；不要使人厭倦對你的歡迎。
Dog does not eat dog. 相同種類不相殘。
Don't change horses in mid-stream. 河中勿換騎；臨陣換將非上策。
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 小雞未孵出前，數也沒用；別打如意算盤。
Don't cross a bridge till you come to it. 勿杞人憂天；船到橋頭自然直。
Don't cry before you are hurt. 受傷前先別哭；禍未臨頭，別先屈服。
Don't cry stinking24 fish. 不要叫賣臭魚；別拆我們的臺；不要自貶身價。
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. 不要因意氣用事而傷害自己。
Don't cut the bough25 you are standing26 on. 勿輕舉妄動，自斷生路。
Don't empty the baby out with the bath water. 做事勿掉以輕心，把嬰兒與洗澡水一塊給倒了。
Don't have too many irons in the fire. 勿操之過急。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. 勿小題大作。
Don't make a rod for your own back. 勿自討苦吃。
Don't make yourself a mouse， or the cat will eat you. 勿自貶身價；自辱者，人皆辱之。
Don't meet trouble half-way. 別自找麻煩。
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 不要把蛋全放在一個籃子里；勿孤注一擲。
Don't put the cart before the horse. 勿本末倒置。
Don't quarrel with your bread and butter. 別跟我們的飯碗過不去。
Don't ride the high horse. 不要擺臭架子；莫趾高氣揚。
Don't speak ill of others behind their backs. 不要在背后說人壞話。
Don't take your harp27 to the party. 別舊調重彈；別對一事喋喋不休。
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 勿班門弄斧。
Don't tell tales out of school. 莫搬弄是非，揭人隱私。
Don't wash your dirty linen28 in public. 家丑不可外揚。
Dying is as natural as living. 生死由命，富貴在天。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy， wealthy， and wise. 早睡早起使人健康，富裕與聰明。
Easier said than done. 說比做容易。
East or west， home is best. 金窩銀窩，不如我們的狗窩。
Easy come， easy go. 來得容易去得快。
Empty vessels29 make the most sound. 滿瓶不會響，半瓶響叮當。
Enough is as good as a feast. 知所節制，適可而止。
Even a worm will turn. 人急懸梁，狗急跳墻。
Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千慮，必有一失。
Every ass30 likes to hear himself bray31. 馬不知臉長，蠢人一直自鳴得意。
Every bullet has its billet. 生死有命，富貴在天。
Every cloud has a silver lining32. 黑暗中總有一線光明。
Every cock crows on his own dunghill. 公雞總在自己草堆上稱雄；在家一條龍，出外一條蟲。
Every dog has his day. 其他人都有風光的時候。
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有本難念的經。
Every flow must have its ebb33. 潮水有漲有退；生活變幻無常。
Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest. 人皆自認工作負擔最重。
Every law has a loophole. 每種法律皆有漏洞。
Every man for himself， and the devil take the hindmost. 人不為己，天誅地滅。
Every man has his ill day. 人無千日好。
Every man has his price. 人皆可被拉攏。
Every man has the defects of his own virtues34. 每人皆有其美中不足之處。
Every man is his own worst enemy. 人類最大的敵人是自己。
Every medal has two sides. 每一個獎章都有兩面；問題皆有正反兩面。
Every minute seems like a thousand. 度日如年。
Every oak must be an acorn35. 萬丈高樓平地起。
Every why has a wherefore. 事出必有因。
Everybody's business is nobody's business. 大伙的工作沒人做。
Everyone to his taste. 人各有所好。
Everything comes to him who waits. 耐心等待之人，必能如愿以償。
Everything must have a beginning. 任何事必有開端。
Evil be to him who evil thinks. 存惡念者必遭惡報。
Example is better than precept36. 身教重于言教。
Exchange is no robbery. 不公的交換并不算打劫。
Expectation is better than realization37. 期待總比現實美。
Experience is the mother of wisdom. 經驗為智慧之母。
Experience is the teacher of fools. 愚人自經驗中獲得教訓。
Extremes meet. 相對的事情一般是可互通的。
Faint heart never won fair lady. 懦夫難得美人心。
Familiarity breeds contempt. 熟稔易生輕蔑之心。
Fine feathers make fine birds. 佛要金裝，人要衣裝。
First come， first served. 先到先得。
First impressions are most lasting38. 第一個印象是讓人最難忘懷的。
First thrive and then wive. 先立業，后成家。
Fling dirt enough and some will stick. 眾口可鑠金，稽非足成是；人言可畏。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 天使皆為之卻步而傻瓜確橫沖直撞；笨人有愚勇。
Forbidden fruit is sweetest. 禁果最甜。
Forewarned is forearmed. 預先警告可先作防范。
Forgive and forget. 既往不咎，盡釋前嫌。
Fortune favours the bold. 幸運之神一直眷雇有勇氣嘗試的人。
Fortune knocks at least once at every man's gate. 人一生中總有機會即將來臨之時。
Full of courtesy， full of craft. 禮多必詐。
Give a dog a bad name， and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患無辭；人言可畏。
Give a lie twenty-four hours' start， and you can never overtake it. 若不準時遏止謊話，將會以訛傳訛，讓人信以為真。
Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself. 多行不義必自弊。
Give and take. 有施必有受。
Give credit where credit is due. 歸功于有功者；要有雅量承認別人的優點。
Give one an inch， and one will take a mile. 得寸進尺。
God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
God never shuts one door without opening another. 天無絕人的道路。
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. 上天眷雇弱者。
God's mill grinds slow but sure. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
Good advice is harsh to the ear. 忠言逆耳。
Good company on the road is the shortest cut. 偕伴同行不覺路遠。
Grasp all， lose all. 貪多必失。
Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同
A bad workman always blames his tools. 笨工匠一直怪工具差。
A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion. 人急懸梁，狗急跳墻。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 兩鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
A bully1 is always a coward. 欺負弱小者永遠是懦夫。
A burnt child dreads2 the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命；吉人自有天相。
A cat may look at a king. 小人物也有的權利。
A clear conscience can bear any trouble. 平常不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
A cook is bold on his own dunghill. 狐假虎威。
A constant guest is never welcome. ?？碗y受青睞。
A contented3 mind is a perpetual feast. 滿足常樂。
A cracked bell can never sound well. 狗嘴里長不出象牙來。
A crooked4 stick will have a crooked shadow. 上梁不正下梁歪。
A deceitful peace is more hurtful than an open war. 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
A door must be either shut or open. 門非關即開；二者擇其一。
A drowning man will clutch at a straw. 溺水之人不放過一根稻草；病急亂投醫。
A dwarf5 on a giant's shoulders sees the farther of the two. 巨人肩上的侏儒看得遠；借重別人的經驗好處多。
A fault confessed is half redressed6. 知錯能改，善莫大焉。
A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨人難聚財。
A fool's mouth is his destruction. 禍從口出。
A forced kindness deserves no thanks. 勉強的善行不值得感謝。
A fox may grow grey but never good. 江山易改，本性難移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真情。
A full purse never lacks friend. 有錢有酒，必有朋友。
A golden key opens every door. 錢能通神。
A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善則妻賢。
A good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口。
A good name is sooner lost than won. 美譽易失難得。
A good tale is none the worse for being told twice. 動人的故事讓人百聽不厭。
A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
A honey tongue， a heart of gall7. 嘴甜如蜜，心黑如漆。
A house pided against itself cannot stand. 不和之家難長存。
A Jack8 of all trades is master of none. 樣樣皆通者樣樣不精。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 萬丈高樓平地起。
A lazy youth， a lousy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
A leopard9 cannot change his spots. 江山易改，本性難移。
A liar10 is not believed when he tells the truth. 常撒謊話的人即使是說真話也沒人信。
A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse. 強者亦有求助于弱者的時候。
A little fire burns up a great deal of corn. 星星之火可以燎原。
A little gall spoils a great deal of honey. 一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。
A little leak will sink a great ship. 牽一發而動全身。
A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解最危險。
A little neglect may breed great mischief11. 一失足成千古恨，再回首已百年身。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 輕諾者，信必寡。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不可二用。
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. 和氣生財。
A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，謬之千里。
A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin. 遠親不如近鄰。
A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
A rolling stone gathers no moss12. 滾石不生苔。
A slow fire makes sweet malt. 慢工出細活。
A sound mind in a sound body. 有完善的身體，才有完善的心智。
A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言為智。
A stitch in time saves nine. 準時行事，事半功倍。
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. 美的事物是永恒的喜悅。
A word is enough to the wise. 聰明人一點就通。
A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，四馬難追。
A young idler， an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
A-day-old puppy doesn't know to be afraid of the tiger. 初生之犢不畏虎。
Able men are always busy. 能者多勞。
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 小別塍新婚。
Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families. 家規再嚴也難免會出問題。
According to your purse govern your mouth. 量入為出。
Actions speak louder than words. 行動勝于空談。
Advice when most needed is least heeded13. 忠言逆耳。
After a storm comes a calm. 雨過天晴；否極泰來；苦盡甘來。
All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗所吠之人未必皆為賊；勿以貌取人。
All cats are grey in the dark. 所有些貓在黑暗中皆為灰色；美貌是無關緊要的。
All good things come to an end. 天下無不散的筵席。
All is vanity. 四大皆空。
All lay loads on a willing horse. 良駒負重擔；馬善讓人騎。
All roads lead to Rome. 條條大路通羅馬；行行出壯元。
All that glitters is not gold. 閃閃發光者未必都是金。
All the winning is in the first buying. 先下手為強。
All things are difficult before they are easy. 任何事必先難而后易。
All things are easy that are done willingly. 天下無難事，只怕有心人。
All things in their being are good for something. 天生我才必有用。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作而不玩樂，會使人變得遲鈍。
All's fair in love and war. 情場如戰場，任何方法皆可行。
All's fish that comes to the net. 進網的無不是魚；來者不拒。
All's well that ends well. 結局好的即使好。
An eye for an eye， and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
An old man's sayings are seldom untrue. 不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前。
Any port is a good port in a storm. 暴風雨中，任何港口皆是好的避難所。
Anybody can make mistakes. 人非圣賢，熟能無過。
Appearances are deceptive14. 外表欺人；勿以貌取人。
Art is long， life is short. 生活短暫，而學問無穹。
As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. 偷小羊與偷大羊同為絞刑；一不做，二不休。
As you brew15， so you must drink. 自作自受。
As you make your bed， so you must lie on it. 自己做事，自己當。
As you sow， so shall you reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
Ask no questions and be told no lies. 不問問題就聽不到謊話；孩子有耳無嘴。
Avoid a questioner， for he is also a tattler. 防止與好探人隱私，搬弄是非之人在一塊。
Bad news travels fast. 好事不外出，壞事傳千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite. 會叫的狗不會咬人。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder16. 情人眼里出西施。
Beauty is only skin deep. 美只不過表面的；不能貌取人。
Beggars can't be choosers. 乞丐絕無挑選的權利；有求于人者無權挑剔。
Best is cheapest. 最好的即是最合算的。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 今日一只雞蛋勝過明日一支母雞；把握目前。
Better be a fool than a knave17. 寧為傻瓜，不做無賴。
Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave. 寧為老頭的愛人，也不愿成為小伙子的奴隸。
Better be sure than sorry. 寧求安全亦不做或許會陷于險境之事。
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 寧為雞首，不為牛后。
Better bend than break. 寧曲勿折；大老公能屈能伸。
Better late than never. 晚做總比不做好；亡羊捕牢，未為晚也。
Better master one than engage with ten. 學多不如學精。
Better one eye witness than two hearsay18 witnesses. 耳聞不如目見。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
Better to ask the way than go astray. 問道于人總比迷失于途要強。
Between two stools you fall to the ground. 腳踏兩條船，早晚會溺水。
Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鳥相處好；家和萬事興。
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚。
Blessed is he who expects nothing， for he shall never be disappointed. 一無所求者無失望之虞。
Blood is thicker than water. 血濃于水。
Books and friends should be few but good. 書與朋友，貴精而不貴多。
Bread is the staff of life. 民以食為天。
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away. 莫為滅鼠而焚屋；勿小題大作。
Business is business. 公事公辦。
Call a spade a spade. 稱黑桃為黑桃；有話直說。
Care killed a cat. 煩惱能殺九命貓。
Cast never a clout19 till May is out. 5月前莫收冬衣；勿操之過急。
Cast not the first stone. 莫丟第一塊石頭；責人之前先自省。
Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance. 勿舍本逐末。
Catch your bear before you sell its skin. 賣熊皮前先捉熊；任何事宜按部就班，不要過于樂觀。
Charity begins at home. 仁愛始于家。
Children should be seen and not heard. 大人說話，孩子別插嘴。
Christmas comes but once a year. 圣誕一年才一次；好日子不可以每天過。
Circumstances alter cases. 此一時，彼一時。
Clothes do not make the man. 衣冠楚楚者，未必就是正人君子。
Coming events cast their shadows before. 即來之事必有先兆。
Comparisons are odious20. 人比人，氣死人。
Conscience does make cowards of us all. 良心讓人不敢任性妄為。
Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水可穿石。
Courtesy cosplayts nothing. 禮多人不怪。
Cross the stream where it is shallowest. 渡溪當自淺處過。
Custom makes all things easy. 習慣成自然；熟能生巧。
Custom reconciles us to everything. 習慣使人適應所有。
Cut your coat according to your cloth. 量入為出。
Dead men tell no tales. 死人不會泄秘。
Death is the great leveller. 死亡使所有平等。
Deeds， not words. 行動勝于空談。
Desert and reward seldom keep company. 功與賞絕少結伴而行；賞罰不明乃不足為奇。
Desires are nourished by delays. 渴望越久的就越期望得到。
Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies. 絕癥須用烈藥醫。
Diamond cuts diamond. 勢均力敵。
Discontent is the first step in progress. 不認可是進步的開端。
Discretion21 is the better part of valour. 勇敢貴乎審慎。
Distance lends enchantment22 to the view. 距離讓景色增添魔力。
Do as I say， not as I do. 照我所說的做，別照我所做的來做。
Do as most men do， then most men will speak well of you. 隨俗而行，眾人稱頌。
Do as you would be done by. 己所欲施于人。
Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入鄉隨俗。
Do not cast your pearls before swine. 莫把珍珠丟豬前；莫對牛彈琴。
Do not halloo till you are out of the wood. 未真的脫離險境前，勿作脫險之慶。
Do not kick against the pricks23. 勿踢刺棍；勿以卵擊石。
Do not put new wine into old bottles. 莫用舊瓶裝新酒。
Do not wear out your welcome. 作客不久留；不要使人厭倦對你的歡迎。
Dog does not eat dog. 相同種類不相殘。
Don't change horses in mid-stream. 河中勿換騎；臨陣換將非上策。
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 小雞未孵出前，數也沒用；別打如意算盤。
Don't cross a bridge till you come to it. 勿杞人憂天；船到橋頭自然直。
Don't cry before you are hurt. 受傷前先別哭；禍未臨頭，別先屈服。
Don't cry stinking24 fish. 不要叫賣臭魚；別拆我們的臺；不要自貶身價。
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. 不要因意氣用事而傷害自己。
Don't cut the bough25 you are standing26 on. 勿輕舉妄動，自斷生路。
Don't empty the baby out with the bath water. 做事勿掉以輕心，把嬰兒與洗澡水一塊給倒了。
Don't have too many irons in the fire. 勿操之過急。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. 勿小題大作。
Don't make a rod for your own back. 勿自討苦吃。
Don't make yourself a mouse， or the cat will eat you. 勿自貶身價；自辱者，人皆辱之。
Don't meet trouble half-way. 別自找麻煩。
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 不要把蛋全放在一個籃子里；勿孤注一擲。
Don't put the cart before the horse. 勿本末倒置。
Don't quarrel with your bread and butter. 別跟我們的飯碗過不去。
Don't ride the high horse. 不要擺臭架子；莫趾高氣揚。
Don't speak ill of others behind their backs. 不要在背后說人壞話。
Don't take your harp27 to the party. 別舊調重彈；別對一事喋喋不休。
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 勿班門弄斧。
Don't tell tales out of school. 莫搬弄是非，揭人隱私。
Don't wash your dirty linen28 in public. 家丑不可外揚。
Dying is as natural as living. 生死由命，富貴在天。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy， wealthy， and wise. 早睡早起使人健康，富裕與聰明。
Easier said than done. 說比做容易。
East or west， home is best. 金窩銀窩，不如我們的狗窩。
Easy come， easy go. 來得容易去得快。
Empty vessels29 make the most sound. 滿瓶不會響，半瓶響叮當。
Enough is as good as a feast. 知所節制，適可而止。
Even a worm will turn. 人急懸梁，狗急跳墻。
Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千慮，必有一失。
Every ass30 likes to hear himself bray31. 馬不知臉長，蠢人一直自鳴得意。
Every bullet has its billet. 生死有命，富貴在天。
Every cloud has a silver lining32. 黑暗中總有一線光明。
Every cock crows on his own dunghill. 公雞總在自己草堆上稱雄；在家一條龍，出外一條蟲。
Every dog has his day. 其他人都有風光的時候。
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有本難念的經。
Every flow must have its ebb33. 潮水有漲有退；生活變幻無常。
Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest. 人皆自認工作負擔最重。
Every law has a loophole. 每種法律皆有漏洞。
Every man for himself， and the devil take the hindmost. 人不為己，天誅地滅。
Every man has his ill day. 人無千日好。
Every man has his price. 人皆可被拉攏。
Every man has the defects of his own virtues34. 每人皆有其美中不足之處。
Every man is his own worst enemy. 人類最大的敵人是自己。
Every medal has two sides. 每一個獎章都有兩面；問題皆有正反兩面。
Every minute seems like a thousand. 度日如年。
Every oak must be an acorn35. 萬丈高樓平地起。
Every why has a wherefore. 事出必有因。
Everybody's business is nobody's business. 大伙的工作沒人做。
Everyone to his taste. 人各有所好。
Everything comes to him who waits. 耐心等待之人，必能如愿以償。
Everything must have a beginning. 任何事必有開端。
Evil be to him who evil thinks. 存惡念者必遭惡報。
Example is better than precept36. 身教重于言教。
Exchange is no robbery. 不公的交換并不算打劫。
Expectation is better than realization37. 期待總比現實美。
Experience is the mother of wisdom. 經驗為智慧之母。
Experience is the teacher of fools. 愚人自經驗中獲得教訓。
Extremes meet. 相對的事情一般是可互通的。
Faint heart never won fair lady. 懦夫難得美人心。
Familiarity breeds contempt. 熟稔易生輕蔑之心。
Fine feathers make fine birds. 佛要金裝，人要衣裝。
First come， first served. 先到先得。
First impressions are most lasting38. 第一個印象是讓人最難忘懷的。
First thrive and then wive. 先立業，后成家。
Fling dirt enough and some will stick. 眾口可鑠金，稽非足成是；人言可畏。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 天使皆為之卻步而傻瓜確橫沖直撞；笨人有愚勇。
Forbidden fruit is sweetest. 禁果最甜。
Forewarned is forearmed. 預先警告可先作防范。
Forgive and forget. 既往不咎，盡釋前嫌。
Fortune favours the bold. 幸運之神一直眷雇有勇氣嘗試的人。
Fortune knocks at least once at every man's gate. 人一生中總有機會即將來臨之時。
Full of courtesy， full of craft. 禮多必詐。
Give a dog a bad name， and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患無辭；人言可畏。
Give a lie twenty-four hours' start， and you can never overtake it. 若不準時遏止謊話，將會以訛傳訛，讓人信以為真。
Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself. 多行不義必自弊。
Give and take. 有施必有受。
Give credit where credit is due. 歸功于有功者；要有雅量承認別人的優點。
Give one an inch， and one will take a mile. 得寸進尺。
God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
God never shuts one door without opening another. 天無絕人的道路。
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. 上天眷雇弱者。
God's mill grinds slow but sure. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
Good advice is harsh to the ear. 忠言逆耳。
Good company on the road is the shortest cut. 偕伴同行不覺路遠。
Grasp all， lose all. 貪多必失。
Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同