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1. Call a spade a spade. 據實而言。
2. Call me not olive till thou see me gathered. 蓋棺論定。
3. Call no man happy until he dies. 蓋棺才能定論。
4. Can the leopard change his spots? 江山易改,本性難移。
5. Care and diligence bring luck. 謹慎和勤奮,帶來好運氣。
6. Care brings grey hair. 憂慮催人老。
7. Care killed the cat. 憂慮傷身。
8. Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未來,莫潑贓水。
9. Cast not your pearls before swine. 明珠莫投暗。
10. Catch the bear before you sell his skin. 大事未成時,莫開慶功宴。
11. Cats hide their paws. 大智若愚,大巧若拙。
12. Caution is the parent of safety. 謹慎小心是安全之源。
13. Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron. 金鏈鎖人比鐵煉更牢靠。
14. Change lays not her hand upon truth. 真理不變。
15. Charity begins at home, but should not end there. 仁愛須由近及遠。
16. Cheat's never proper. 欺騙決非正當事。
17. Cheek brings success. 和氣生財。
18. Cheerful company shortens the miles. 旅有好旅伴,不覺行程遠。
19. Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light. 歡快與好意,勞動不覺累。
20. Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day. 看人看年少,看天看破曉。
21. Children and fools cannot lie. 孩子和傻子,不會說謊話。
22. Children and fools speak the truth. 孩子和傻子,說的是真話。
23. Children are the parents's riches. 子女是父母之財富。
24. Choice of the end covers choice of the means. 選擇目的包含著選擇手段。
25. Choose an author as you choose a friend. 選書如擇友。
26. Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. 選妻,最好用耳莫用眼。
27. Christmas comes but once a year. 佳節良辰,機會難得。
28. Circumstances are therulers of the weak, instrument of the wise. 弱者困於環境,智者利用環
境。
29. Civility costs nothing. 禮貌不須什麼代價。
30. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 清淨近乎神聖。
31. Clothes make the man. 人要衣裝,佛要金裝。
32. Come what may, heaven won't fall. 船到橋頭自會直。
33. Comfort is better than pride. 安慰勝過傲慢。
34. Coming events cast their shadows before them. 山雨欲來風滿樓。
35. Compare your grievs with other men's and they will seem less. 你的悲痛與人比,悲痛就會輕
一些。
36. Comparisons are odious. 人比人,氣死人。
37. Confession is the first step to repentance. 悔罪先須認罪。
38. Confidence of success is almost success. 對成功抱有信心,就近乎成功。
39. Conquer of fear of death and you are put into possession of your life. 不怕死,然後才能生。
40. Constant dropping wears away a stone. 滴水穿石。
41. Content is better than riches. 知足常樂。
42. Content is happiness. 知足常樂。
43. Conversation makes one what he is. 言如其人。
44. Councils of war never fight. 主戰者不打仗。
45. Counsel after action is like rain after harvest. 放馬後炮。
46. Counsel must be followed, not praised. 忠告必須照辦,而不是讚美。
47. Count not your chickens before they are hatched. 不要過早樂觀。
48. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和決心是美德的靈魂。
49. Courtesy costs nothing. 謙虛恭敬,不用分文。
50. Cowards are cruel. 懦夫不仁。
51. Credit, like a looking-glass, broken once, is gone, alas! 信譽像鏡子,破碎無法補。
52. Creditors have better memories than debtors. 放債人的記性比借債人好。
53. Crows do not pick crow's eyes. 同室不操戈。
54. Cry up wine and sell vinegar. 掛羊頭,賣狗肉。
55. Cry with one eye and laugh with the other. 口不應心。
56. Curiosity killed the cat. 好奇心,惹禍根。
57. Custom is a second nature. 習慣是第二天性。
58. Custom is the guide of the ignorant. 習俗是無知者的嚮導。
59. Custom makes all things easy. 若照習慣辦,萬事皆不難。
60. Custom rules the law. 習俗影響法律。
61. Custom without reason is but ancient error. 習俗沒有道理,古代謬誤而已。
62. Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons. 閒話少說,言歸正傳。
63. Cut the coat according to the cloth. 量布裁衣。
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1. I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea. 進退維谷。
2. 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。
3. I am not now that which I have been. (I am not what I used to be.) 今日之我已非昔日之我。
4. I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. 我不僅要使自己有才智,
而且也要使別人有才智。
5. I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility. 一個真正偉大的人,對他的第一個
考驗就是看他是否謙遜。
6. I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 我不能既是你的朋友,而又對你阿諛奉承。
7. I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends. 我認為,只
有在腦海中想起好朋友時我才會那樣快樂。
8. Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them.
理想好像星星,不能摘到,但我們猶如水手,可借它指引航向。
9. Idle folks have most labour. 懶漢總嫌活太多。
10. Idle folks lack no excuses. 懶漢辯解,何患無詞。
11. Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. 懶惰是行乞的敲門磚,是萬惡的根源。
12. Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice). 懶惰是萬惡之源。
13. Idleness is the rust of the mind. 懶惰使腦子生銹。
14. Idleness rusts the mind. 懶惰使人的頭腦遲鈍。
15. Idle young, needy old. 少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲。
16. If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him. 傻瓜惹著你,你別跟他纏。
17. If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. 如果倒空錢袋,裝
入腦袋,那就無人能夠把錢奪走。
18. If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with
doubts, he shall end in certaintics. 如果以肯定開始,必將以懷疑告終;如果願以懷疑開始,
必將以肯定告終。
19. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. 初試不成功,努力勿懈怠。
20. If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors; rest, cheerful-ness, and moderate diet. 如果醫藥
不能幫助,那麼注意三件事︰休息,愉快,飲食調和。
21. If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city (or street). 眾擎易舉。
22. I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts. 敵人獻禮品,千萬莫輕信。
23. If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. 注意好品行,自有美名聲。
24. If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. (If it is not broken, do not fix it.) 不正
確的事不做,不真實的話不說。
25. If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人是靠希望活著的。
26. If matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. 重要的並不在於一個人怎樣死,而是在於
他怎樣生。
27. If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. 不做金錢的主人,就會做金錢的奴隸。
28. If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault. 如果沒有人愛你,肯定是你自己有問題。
29. If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price. 如果想做成點事,就得付出代價
一干。
30. If the beard were all, the goat might preach. 如果有了 需就什麼都行,那麼山羊也可以說
教了。
31. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 問道於盲,無益於事。
32. If the counsel be good no matter who gave it. 只要忠告中肯,誰提都行。
33. If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不饞,心不貪。
34. If the old dog barks, he gives counsel. 如果老狗叫,他是給忠告。
35. If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. 丸藥不苦不會加糖衣。
36. If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain. 雨雪不調,五穀價高。
37. If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 吃得苦中苦,方知甜中甜。
38. If the sky fll (or falls), we shall catch larks. 異想天開
39. If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture. 若有人稱讚你,要自問對不對。
40. If things were to be done twice all would be wise. 事事倘能做兩次,人人都可稱明智。
41. If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind. 兩人同騎一馬,必有一人在後。
42. If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him. 如果我們決定寬恕一個敵
人,但決不能相信他。
43. If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 隨遇而安。
44. If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 智者幹傻事,愚蠢到極點。
45. If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 願望不等於事實。
46. If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow. 得寸進尺。
47. If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will
know you. 運氣太好,得意忘形;運氣太壞,無人理會。
48. If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue. 如果不健康而能強強壯壯,
那麼無美德也可快快樂樂。
49. If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. 不能打仗,切莫出兵。
50. If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 如果你不能有最好的,你就充
分利用你現有的吧。
51. If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. 倘君指揮有方,人人欣然聽命。
52. If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. 施恩勿記,
受恩勿忘。
53. If you dance you must pay the fiddler. 要想尋歡作樂,代價非付不可。
54. If you don't aim high you will never hit high. 不立大志,難攀高峰。
55. If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist. 巧婦難為無米之炊。
56. If you lie upon roses when young, you'll lie upon thorns when old. 年青時躺在玫瑰上,老年
時就會躺在荊棘上。
57. If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 遠朱者赤,近墨者黑。
58. If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled. 一塊一塊把石移,高山也可
變平地。
59. If you run after two heares, you will catch neither. 兩頭落空。
60. If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 蝕了本也輸了利。
61. If you swear you will catch no fish. 咒罵無益,於事無濟。
62. If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 不試就相信,死前要悔恨。
63. If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪,何患無辭。
64. If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情,就要自己動手。
65. If you want knwledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知識,必須刻苦學習。
66. If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. 想要和平,必須備戰。
67. If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 如要忠告向老人請教。
68. If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good
reputation. 若想為快樂奠立可靠的基礎,美好的名聲便是奠基的石頭。
69. If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得賢妻子,須娶好
女兒。
70. If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. 如要是情做得好,你須親自動手搞。
71. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing
goes a-sorrowing. 欲知金錢價,不妨把錢借;借錢味難嘗,使人心悲傷。
72. If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想與人成仇結怨,
只要借錢給人再催還。
73. Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 厚顏無恥由於愚昧無知。
74. Ignorance is the mother of suspicions. 無知會多疑。
75. Ignorance of the law excuses no man. 對法律不知不能免罪。
76. I hate to see things done by halves. -- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone.
事情不要做一半;對的,就做下去,不對,就丟開。
77. I have no secret of success but hard work. 成功無秘訣,只是努力幹。
78. I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish. 酒肉之交非朋友。
79. I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 是上無天才,勤學加苦
練。
80. Ill air slays sooner thant the sword. 污濁的空氣殺人比刀還要快。
81. Ill-gotten goods never prosper. 發橫財,家不發
82. Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent. 悖入悖出。
83. Ill-gotten wealth never thrives. 悖入悖出。
84. Ill news comes space. 惡事傳千里。
85. Ill news flies fast. 惡事傳千里。
86. Ill news never comes too late 壞消息來得快。
87. Ill news travels fast. 壞事傳千里。
88. Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想像力比知識更重要。
89. Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality. 想像有時比現實生動得多。
90. Imagination is the source of creation. 想像是創作之源。
91. I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more
effort. 成功之道唯三點︰努力、努力、再努力。
92. Improve your time and your time will improve you. 珍惜時間,時間才會珍惜你。
93. In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. 平靜的海上易駛船。
94. In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned. 發現大河有大魚,可
得注意別溺斃。
95. In all things, it is better to hope than to despair. 凡事抱希望為佳,不應悲觀而失望。
96. In an enemy spots are soon seen. 敵人的缺點容易找。
97. In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 歷代最偉大的思想都載入史冊而不
朽。
98. In doing we learn. 行而知。
99. Industry if fortune's right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸福的右手,節儉是幸福的左
手。
100.Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full. 勤奮使身體健
康,使心情開朗,使思想專注,使經濟充裕。
101.In every beginning think of the end. 思前顧後。
102.In every country dogs bite. 天下的狗都要咬人。
103.In every rank, great or small, 'Tis industry supports us all. 不論高的低的各級人士,所持的
都是勤勞。
104.In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做,二不休。
105.In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn. 豐年五穀賤如草,荒年稻草貴如糧。
106.In life, as in chess, forethought wins 人生如下棋,多謀得勝利。
107.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。
108.In moderating, not satisfying, desires, lies peace. 節欲不縱情,心情得安寧。
109.I now know that wars do not end wars. 如今我才弄明白,干戈不能化玉帛。
110.In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. 處順境時要小心,處逆境時要耐心。
111.In prosperity think of adversity. 居安思危。
112.Interest will not lie. 興趣不會說謊。
113.In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. 順利時要快樂,不利
時要思索。
114.In the deepest water is the best fishing. 絕處能逢生。
115.In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever. 選擇妻
子也像策畫戰爭,一時之錯將成終身之恨。
116.In the end things will mend. 船到橋頭自會直。
117.In the evening one may praise the day. 入夜方能讚美白晝。
118.In the grave the rich and poor lie equal. 人到黃泉,貧富同眠。
119.In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed man is king. 盲人國裡,獨眼稱王。
120.In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart. 明鏡照容顏,醇酒見人心。
121.In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 謀士多,保安全。
122.In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom. 處世似游泳,不會即下沉。
123.In time of peace prepare for war. 居安思危。
124.In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty. 富在
深山有遠親,窮在鬧市無人問。
125.In water you may see your own face; in wine, the heart of another 水中可見自己的臉,酒中
可見別人的心。
126.In wine there is truth. 酒後吐真言。
127.In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden. 青年時
代是黃金的,壯年時代是白銀的,老年時代是灰鉛的。
128.I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. 我抱憾的是,只有一次生命能獻
給祖國。
129.I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame. 我認為,人喪失了廉恥就完了。
130.I say little but I think the more. 我說得少,但我想得多。
131.I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty. 睡時夢覺生活是
美事,醒來發現生活是責任。
132.I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated. 我成功是因為有決心,從不猶豫。
133.It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips 驕傲的心碰上獻媚的嘴,
是最危險不過的。
134.It is a good horse that never stumbles. 良馬不失蹄。
135.It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none. 善心不想壞事,好舌不
出惡聲。
136.It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune. 對己之不幸付之一笑,這是一門偉大的藝
術。
137.It is a long lane that has no turning. 路必有彎。
138.It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody. 信任任何人和不信任任何人,同樣
是缺點。
139.It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb. 狐狸舔羔羊,這是凶跡象。
140.It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家醜不可外揚。
141.It is a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知世間有樂者最可憐。
142.It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait. 蠢人才吃兩次虧。
143.It is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon. 只有呆鵝才去聽狐狸說教。
144.It is a small flock that has not a black sheep. 家家難免有敗類。
145.It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 識時務者為俊傑。
146.It is a wise father that knows his own child. 父賢知其子。
147.It is better to be alone than in bad company. 無友要比交壞友好。
148.It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame. 寧可穿破衣,不可蒙羞恥。
149.It is better to be safe than sorry. 事後追悔不如事前穩妥。
150.It is better to do well than to say well. 理論好不如實際好。
151.It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill. 與其抱怨,不如積善。
152.It is better to please a fool than to anger him. 惹得傻瓜發火,不如使他快活。
153.It is better to wear out than to rust out. 與其銹掉,不如用壞。
154.It is dogged (that) does it. 天下無難事,只怕有心人。
155.It is easier to descend than to ascend. 下降容易上升難。
156.It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it. 提出忠告易,照著辦事難。
157.It is easier to pull down than build. 敗事容易成事難。
158.It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. 養虎易,馴虎難。
159.It is easy to be wise after the event. 當事後諸葛亮容易。
160.It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.
對每一件事知道一些是容易的,對任何一件事詳細知道是困難的。
161.It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 開設店舖易,維持常開難。
162.It is easy to prophesy after the event. 事後諸葛亮,預言頂便當。
163.It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸魚。
164.It is good to be merry at meal. 席間心情愉快是為上策。
165.It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患難時得到朋友是幸運的。
166.It is good to learn at another man's cost. 前車之覆,後車之鑒。
167.It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 養女容易嫁女難。
168.It is hard to please all parties. 取悅各方,談何容易。
169.It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country. 對朋友不義,
不可能對國家效忠。
170.It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施恩比受惠更有福。
171.It is more pain to do nothing than something. 什麼都不做要比做一點更不好受。
172.It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice. 在同一個人那裡上兩次當只能怪
自己。
173.It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove. 老鷹勝鴿,不足為榮。
174.It is not every couple that is a pair. 成雙併非皆配偶。
175.It is not good to make a sleeping lion. 弄醒睡獅不是好事。
176.It is not helps, but obstaceles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men. 造就人的,不是幫
助,而是磨難,不是方便,而是困難。
177.It is not how long but how well we live. 問題不是活得長不長而是活得好不好。
178.It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age. 一個人不論年
齡多大,都要學習不懂的東西,這不是羞恥。
179.It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
180.It is not work that kills, but worry. 勞動不傷人,憂慮才傷人。
181.It is no use crying over spilt milk. 潑水難收。
182.It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. 話講得多是一回事,講得恰當
是另一回事。
183.It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都應該用得其所。
184.It is the first step that costs. 萬事開頭難。
185.It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements ofsuperiority from their mother.
一切優秀的人通常都從他們母親那裡繼承優良的因素。
186.It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the error. 人總不免要犯錯
誤,只有蠢人才堅持不改。
187.It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own. 愚蠢的本質是只看到別
人的錯處而忘卻了自己的過失。
188.It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it. 只要真正渴求
知識,都能得到,這是知識的特點。
189.It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock. 船觸礁後在拋錨,為時已經太晚了。
190.It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down. 馬後炮。
191.It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. 賊出關門。
192.It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. 大智若愚。
193.It matters not how long we live but how. 問題不是活得多麼長,而是活得怎麼樣。
194.It never rains but it pours. 禍不單行。(不鳴則已,一鳴驚人。)
195.It's a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles. 良馬不失蹄,賢妻不
聒絮。
196.It's a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知人間有樂趣者最可憐。
197.It's a poor mouse that has only on hole. 鼠只有一洞,必先把命送。
198.It's earier to run down the hill than go up. 下山容易上山難。
199.It's easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again. 墮入陷阱易,脫離陷阱難。
200.It's hard sailing when there is no wind. 沒有風難航行。
201.It's no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure. 高價賣不為過,短斤少兩才有罪。
202.It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子重德不重衣。
203.It's no use pumping a dry well. 徒勞無益。
204.It takes all sorts to make a world. 萬千事物,形成世界。
205.It takes two to make a quarrel. 要有兩個人才吵得起來。
206.I was born anAmerican; I live an American; I shall die an American. 我生下來是美國人,活
著是美國人,死時也是美國人。
207.I wept when I was born,, and every day shows why. 我生下時啼哭,後來每天的生活說明了
為什麼。
208.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 寧為窮漢住擱樓,擁有好書任我讀,不願身居帝王位,縱有好書不愛
讀。
209.I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines
of gold. 我寧願得到人們的深情至愛,而不願黃金成雄。
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K 共 34 條
1. Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it. 備而不用。
2. Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤。
3. Keeping is harder than winning. 創業不易,守業更難。
4. Keep some till more come. 更多的到手以前,要保持手裡的一點。
5. Keep your breath to cool your porridge. 少管閒事。
6. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards. 婚前張開眼,婚後半閉
月。
7. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. 要多看少說。
8. Kill the goose that laid the golden egg. 殺雞取蛋
9. Kind hearts are more than coronets. 善良的心靈勝於顯貴的地位。
10. Kindness always begets kindness. 善有善根。
11. Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. 善良是連結社會的金鏈。
12. Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the dumb understand. 善良為語言,聾子能
天見啞巴懂心間。
13. Kindness is the sunshine of social life. 仁慈是社會生活中的陽光。
14. Kindness will creep where it may not go. 仁慈可進入任何禁地。
15. Kind words are the music of the world. 善言是世上的音樂。
16. Kind words are worth much and cost little. 口頭方便不費力。
17. Kind words butter no parsnips. 畫餅充飢。
18. Kinsman helps kinsman, but woe to him that hath nothing. 親幫親,鄰幫鄰,無親無助你倒
霉。
19. Knavery may serve, but honestyis best. 欺詐可能得計,但誠實總是上策。
20. Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps. 知識的獲得是循序漸進而不是突飛猛進的。
21. Knowledge comes from experience alone. 知識來自經驗。
22. Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if
we do not plant it when young, it will give us no shade when we grow old. 學識可使老年時舒
適地退隱和有所寄托;但如果年青時不使它紮下根,老年就得不到它的庇護。
23. 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。
24. Knowledge is long, life is short. 吾生有涯,而知無涯。
25. Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find
information upon it. 知識有兩種,一種是我們自己知道的東西,另一種是知道哪裡可以
找到有關的資料。
26. Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量。
27. Knowledge is the antidote to fear. 知識可以解除恐懼。
28. Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor
stolen nor consumed. 知識是萬物中最珍貴的財寶,丟不掉,偷不走,也不會損耗。
29. Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud. 知識令人謙虛;無知使人驕傲。
30. Knowledge will not be aquired without pain and application. 不花力氣,不下功夫是得不到
知識的。
31. Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist. 只有知識而無實踐,只能造就半瓢水
的藝術家。
32. Know something like the palm of one's hand. 熟知其事,瞭如指掌。
33. Know something of everything and everything of something. 既要有一般常識,又要有專業
知識。
34. Know thyself. 知道你自己。
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M 共 127 條
1. Maidens should (or must) be mild and meek, swift to hear and slow to speak. 少女應溫良謙恭,
敏於聽而慎於言。
2. Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. 盡力而為,盡力節約,盡力施捨。
3. Make haste slowly. 從容趕急。
4. Make hay while the sun shines. 趁熱打鐵。
5. Make the best of a bad business (or job or bargain) 身處山窮水盡,力爭柳暗花明。
6. Make the night night, and the day day, and you will have a pleasant time of it. 白天當白天,夜
晚當夜晚,生活過得好,愉快而多歡。
7. Make your enemy your friend. 要化敵為友。
8. Make yourself necessary to someone. 使你有益於人。
9. Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. 只有人,生下時啼哭,活
著時抱怨,去世時失望。
10. Man has not a greater enemy than himself. 人之大敵,自己而已。
11. Man is a tool-using animal. 人是用器之獸。
12. Man is mortal. 人生誰無死。
13. Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creature of man. 並非時勢造人,
而是人造時勢。
14. Man is the artificer of his own happiness. 人之幸福,自己創造。
15. Manners make the man. 禮貌造就人。
16. Man proposes, God disposes. 謀事在天,成事在人。
17. Man's best plans often miscrarry. 神機妙算,常常失算。
18. Man's best possession is a loving wife. 男人最可貴的是有一個賢淑的妻子。
19. Man will conquer nature. 人定勝天。
20. Many a fine dish has nothing on it. 虛有其表。
21. Many a flower is born to blush unseen. 有許多花兒生來就開著沒有人欣賞。
22. Many a good cow hath a bad calf. 虎父生犬子。
23. Many a good father hath but a bad son. 好父親偏生不肖子。
24. Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle. 積少成多。
25. Many ants kill the horse. 蟻多可殺馬。
26. Many a true word is spoken in jest. 戲言寓真理。
27. Many dishes, many diseases. 多吃多病。
28. Many drops makes a shower. 積少成多。
29. Many great men have arisen from humble beginnings. 有許多偉人出身卑微。
30. Many hands are better than one. 眾擎易舉。
31. Many hands make a burden lighter. 眾擎易舉。
32. Many hands make light (or quick) work. 人多活兒輕。
33. Many have suffered for talking, none ever suffered for keeping silence. 多言吃苦,緘默少禍。
34. Many heads are better than one. 集思廣益。
35. Many kiss the baby for the nurse's sake. 醉翁之意不在酒。
36. Many men, many minds. 人多意見多。
37. Many one says well that thinks ill. 口蜜腹劍者不乏其人。
38. Many receive advice only the wise profit by it. 聆忠言者眾,智者獨獲益。
39. Many sands will sink a ship. 積沙沈船。
40. Many straws may bind an elephant. 草多可縛象。
41. Many wells, many buckets. 井多吊桶也多。
42. Many words cut (or hurt) more than swords. 惡語傷人勝刀見。
43. March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. 三月來如雄獅,去如綿羊。
44. Marriage comes by destiny. 姻緣命中定。
45. Marriage goes by contrasts. 夫妻之間難免有差異。
46. Marriage is a lottery. 婚姻是一件難於預料的事。
47. Marriage is a lottery with more blanks than prizes. 結婚如同摸彩票,空票多而中票少。
48. Marriaage is the bloom or blight of all men's happiness. 結婚是人生的幸福花朵開放的時候,
也可能是凋謝的時候。
49. Marriage makes or mars a man. 婚姻能成全人也能損害人。
50. Marriage! Nothing else demands so much from a man! 結婚!沒有什麼比結婚對人要求更多
的了。
51. Marry in haste, and repent at leisure. 草率結婚後悔多。
52. Marry in lent, and you'll live to repent. 借債結婚,後悔一生。
53. Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you . 給兒子娶親,想在什麼時候皆可;
把女兒嫁人要在有力量時才行。
54. Master should be soetimes blind and sometimes deaf. 不癡不聾,不作阿家翁。
55. Measure another's corn by one's own bushel. 以己度人。
56. Measure for measure. 以牙還牙。
57. Measure is treasure. 適度是寶。
58. Measure thrice before you cut once. 三思而後行。
59. Medicines are not meant to live on. 不能靠藥物度日子。
60. Men are mortal. 人生自古誰無死。
61. Men, at soome time, are masters of their fates. 人有時是自己命運的主人。
62. Men know where they were born, not where they shall die. 人能知其生於何地,不能知其死
於何方。
63. Men love to hear well of themselves. 阿諛奉承話,人們皆愛聽。
64. Men may meet but mountains never. 人生何處不相逢。
65. Men of courage, men of sense, and menof letters are frequent: but a true gentleman is what one
seldom seen. 有勇氣,有見識,有學問的人易遇,可是真正的君子難逢。
66. Men too seldom see their own faults. 人們很少能看到自己的過錯。
67. Mere words will not fill a bushel. 空言無補。
68. Merry is he that hath nought to lose. 人無所失,不亦樂乎。
69. Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
70. Method will teach you to win time 方法可教會你贏得時間。
71. Mickle power makes many enemies. 權高樹敵多。
72. Might is (or makes or overcomes) right. 強權就是公理。
73. Mills of God grind slowly but sure. 天網恢恢,疏而不漏。
74. Miracels are to those who believe in them. 妖由人興。
75. Mischief has swift wings. 飛來橫禍。
76. Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets. 愛財如命。
77. Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows. 落難時不擇夥伴。
78. Misery loves company. 同病相憐。
79. Misery makes strange bedfellows. 患難時不擇友。
80. Misfortune comes on wings and departs on foot. 遭災易,消災難。
81. Misfortune is a good teacher. 不幸是良師。
82. Misfortunes come at night. 災禍常生於不測。
83. Misforunes come on horseback and go away on foot. 遭災易,消災難。
84. Misfortunes (or Hardships) never (or seldom) come alone (or singly). 禍不單行。
85. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 經過災難方知福。
86. Misfortunes test the sincerity of friends. 患難見友情。
87. Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs. 不要嘲笑皮匠的黑拇指。
88. Moderation in all things is the best of rules. 中庸之道是最好的準則。
89. Modesty is not only and ornament, but also a guard to virtue. 謙遜不僅可增添光彩也可以維
護美德。
90. Modesty is the ornament of woman. 端莊可為婦女增添光彩。
91. Money answers all things. 金錢是萬能的。
92. Money begets (or breeds or gets) money. 錢產生錢。
93. Money borrowed is soon sorrowed 債台高築,愁上心頭。
94. Money burns a hole in his pocket. 錢到袋裡留不住。
95. Money calls, but does not stay: It is round and rolls sway. 金錢會上門,不會留下來,因為
是圓的,所以會滾開。
96. Money can buy the devil himself. 有錢能使鬼推磨。
97. Money can move even the gods. 有錢能使鬼推磨。
98. Money doesn't grow on trees. 錢不是從天上掉下來的。
99. Money has no smell. 金錢無所謂香臭。
100.Money is a bottomless sea, in which honour, conscience, and truth may be drowned. 金錢是無
底的海洋,榮譽、良心和真理都可以淹沒在其中。
101.Money is a good servant, but a bad master. 金錢是好的僕役,壞的主人。
102.Money is neither good nor bad, but all depends on what use is made of it. 金錢本身無好壞,
要看怎樣利用它。
103.Money is often lost for want of money. 往往由於缺乏金錢而喪失金錢。
104.Money is something, but no everything. 金錢能買到某物,但不是萬能的。
105.Money is the key that opens all doors. 金錢是打開一切門戶的鑰匙。
106.Money is the root of all evil. 金錢是萬惡之源。
107.Money is the sinews of war. 無錢莫打仗。
108.Money makes the mare to go. 錢可通神。
109.Money often unmakes the men who make it. 為富不仁。
110.Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. 智力投資,決非虛擲。
111.Money talks. 有錢能講話。
112.More die by food than by famine. 饑饉而死的少,飽食而死的多。
113.More haste, less speed. 欲速則不達。
114.More of our worries come from within than from without. 煩惱發乎內者多於發乎外。
115.More worship the rising than the setting sun. 人都向旭日膜拜,不向夕陽頂禮。
116.Most things have two handles. 大多數事物總有兩種解釋。
117.Mother's darlings are but milksop heroes. 奶水泡出懦弱漢。
118.Mountains look beautiful from a distance. 遠處看山山更美。
119.Much cry and little wool. 雷聲大,雨點小。
120.Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of. 當前發生諸種事,大多為人所不
知。
121.Much will have more. 貪得無厭。
122.Murder will out. 殺人終必敗露。
123.Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast. 音樂有撫凶暴心靈的魅力。
124.Music is the eye of the ear. 音樂是耳朵的眼睛。
125.Music is the medicine of the breaking heart. 音樂是醫治心靈創傷的妙藥。
126.Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. 音樂可洗去靈魂中日常生活所沾
染的污垢。
127.My son is my son, till he hath got him a wife; but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her
life. 兒子只有在娶妻前是兒子,女兒則終生是女兒。
N 共 132 條
O 共 109 條
P 共 78 條
Q 共 7 條
R 共 35 條
S 共 10 9 條
T 共 49 2 條
166.The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. 不犯錯誤的人往往也就是
無所作為的人。
167.The milk is spilled. 木已成舟。
168.The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 覆水難收。
169.The mills of God grind slowly but sure. 天網恢恢,疏而不漏。
170.The money the miser hoards will do him no good. 守財奴積的財富,對他自己沒好處。
171.The moon does not heed the barking of dogs. 月亮不怕狗吠。
172.The moon is a moon whether it shines or not. 或名或暗,月亮總是月亮。
173.The moon is not seen where the sun shines. 小巫見大巫。
174.The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows. 懂得越多,就越知道自己懂得不多。
175.The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest. 大智若愚。
176.The more a man knows, the more he see his ignorance. 大智若愚。
177.The more haste, she less speed. 欲速則不達。
178.The more noble, the more humble. 越高尚,越謙虛。
179.The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is. 愚人越富越愚蠢。
180.The more, the merrier. 多多益善。
181.The more the well is used, the more water it gives. 井水越打越多。
182.The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is. 一個人引以為恥的事情越多,
就越可尊敬。
183.The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. 做得越
多,則能做的越多;越是忙碌,則空閒越多。
184.The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance. 學得越多,就越發覺自己無知。
185.The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house. 婦女照鏡越多,照管家
務就越少。
186.The morning sun never lasts a day. 好景不常。
187.The morning to the mountain the evening to the fountain. 凡是都有一定時間。
188.The most busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time) 最忙碌的人有最多的空閒。
189.The most useful learning in the world is that which teches us how to die well. 世界上最有用的
學問是告訴我們怎樣死得其所。
190.The most utterly lost of all days is that in which you have not once laughed. 完全虛度的日子
是你一次也沒有笑過的日子。
191.The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. 母親的心腸是孩子的課堂。
192.The mountain has brought forth a mouse. 虎頭蛇尾。
193.The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. 狡兔三窟。
194.The mouth of a wise man is in his heart; the heart of a fool is in his mouth. 聰明人的嘴在心裡,
蠢人的心在嘴上。
195.The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh. 骨肉越親,恩情越深。
196.The nearer to church, the farther from God. 近廟欺神。
197.The older the goose the harder to pluck. 越老越狡猾。
198.The old goose plays not with foxes. 老鵝不和狐狸一起玩。
199.The only cure for grief is action. 行動是對悲痛唯一的治療。
200.The only secret a woman can keep is that of her age. 女人能保守的唯一秘密是她的年齡。
201.The outsideer sees the best (or most) of the game. 旁觀者清。
202.The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. 心頭的痛苦比肉體的痛苦更厲害。
203.The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but for joy the future. 過去是為了求取知識,
現在是為了付諸行動,而未來是為了享受歡樂。
204.The path down to evil is easy. 墮入罪惡的道路是容易走的。
205.The path of duty is the path of safety. 盡職的路是安全的路。
206.The path to glory is always rugged. 通向光榮的道路常常是坎坷不平的。
207.The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet. 孔雀雖有華羽,但有賤足。
208.The person who arrives, ect early will (probably) succeed.
209.The pen is mightier than the sword. 文能勝武。
210.The pen is the tougue of the mind. 筆是心之舌。
211.The poor are rich when they are satisfied. 貧能知足即為富。
212.The poor man wants much, the miser everything. 貧窮人要求多,守財奴樣樣要。
213.The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。
214.The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 空談不如實驗。(實踐出真知)
215.The raceis got by running. 賽跑要靠奔跑來贏得。
216.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海裡的好魚是取之不盡的。
217.There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging. 生活道路有三條︰
勞動、偷盜或乞討。
218.There are lees to every wine. 美中有不足。
219.There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers. 愚蠢的買主多魚愚蠢的賣主。
220.There are no birds of this year in last year's nests. 事過境遷。
221.There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other
how to live. 教育顯然有兩種︰一種是教人怎樣謀生,另一種是教人怎樣生活。
222.There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen; and in the end the former is
always conquered by the latter. 世界上只有兩種力量︰刀和筆;而其結果,後者總是戰勝
前者。
223.There are spots in (or on) the sum. 人孰無過。
224.There are three ways of spreading news. -- telegraph, telephone, and tel-a-woman. 傳播新聞有
三種方法︰電報、電話和告訴女人。
225.There are two sides to every question. 每個問題都有兩個方面。
226.The receiver is as bad as the thief. 窩贓者和賊同罪。
227.There is a black sheep in every flock. 群群羊中有黑羊。
228.There is a crook in the lot of everyone. 人生皆有不如意處。
229.There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the
tired man who wants a book to read. 渴望求知的人需要讀書,累得疲勞的人也需要書讀,
兩種人的要求有很大的區別。
230.There is a skeleton in every house. 每座房子都有骨架。
231.There is a small choice in rotten apples. 朽木不可雕。
232.There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. 該說話時說話,該沈默時沈默。
233.There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 可敬與可笑之間只有一步之差。
234.There is honour among thieves. 盜亦有道。
235.There is life in the old dog yet. 老當益壯。
236.There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having much to do. 無事可做比有許多
事要做更傷腦筋。
237.There is much to be said on both sides. 公說公有理,婆說婆有理。
238.There is noaccounting for tastes. 人各有所好。
239.There is no fire without smoke. 無火沒有煙。
240.There is no fool like an old fool. 老年荒唐無法可想。
241.There is no general rule without some exception. 普遍規律必有例外。
242.There is none without a fault. 人孰無過。
243.There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love andd innocence. 人世間最大的幸福莫
如既有愛情而又清白無暇。
244.There is no place like home. 再好之處不如自己家。
245.There is no rose without a thorn. 玫瑰花沒有不長刺的。
246.There is no royal road to learning. 治學無坦途。
247.There is no smoke without fire. 無風不起浪。
248.There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. 事情本無好與壞,全在自己怎
麼想。
249.There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe. 事情在成功前沒有不艱苦的。
250.There is nothing worse than apathy. 哀莫大於心死。
251.There is no time like the present. 機不可失,時不再來。
252.There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it. 沒有什麼財富像知識那樣
保險,因為它偷不去,搶不走。
253.Thereis no wool so white but a dyer can make it black. 羊毛再白,也能染黑。
254.There is safety in numbers. 人多勢眾。
255.The remedy for injuries is not to remember them. 醫治創傷的藥方就是忘卻創傷。
256.The remedy is worse than the disease. 醫療不得法,使病更糟糕。
257.The remembrance of past sorrow is joyful. 記住過去的不幸使人愉快。
258.There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海裡的好魚是取之不盡的。
259.There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. 老當益壯。
260.There's many a slip between the cup and the lip. 天有不測風雲。
261.There's more knows Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows. 臭名氣並不光彩。
262.The road to hell is paved with good intentions. 徒有良好的願望而不去努力實現,後悔莫及。
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13. Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it. 若者等待機會,強者創造機會。
14. We all do fade as a leaf. 我們都要像樹葉一樣枯萎。
15. Wealth is not his who has it, but his who enjoys it. 財富並不屬於擁有的人,而是屬於享用
的人。
16. Wealth makes worship. 財富能使人拜倒。
17. Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, leisure, and liberty. 財富可能是一樣好
東西,因為它意味著權力,安逸和自由。
18. We are not born for ourselves. 人生非為己。
19. We can live without a brother, but not without a friend. 我們生活中可以沒有兄弟,但不能
沒有朋友。
20. We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours. 生活可無友,鄰居不能無。
21. We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. 我們先養成習慣,然後習慣又左右我
們。
22. We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth
without producing it. 如果不創造財富,就沒有權力享用財富;同樣地,如果不能創造
幸福,就沒有權利享受幸福。
23. We hope to grow old, yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die. 我們
希望長大,但怕年老;就是,願意生,而害怕死。
24. We know not what is good until we have lost it. 有的時候不愛惜,失了以後空歎息。
25. We learn not at school, but in life. 學習不在校,而在生活中。
26. Well begun is half done. 良好開端,功成一半。
27. Well fed, wed bred. 衣食足,知榮辱。
28. We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success. 我們必
須千百次地反覆說明,堅韌不拔是取得勝利的唯一道路。
29. We never know the worth (or value) of water till the well is dry. 井枯方知水可貴。
30. We only live once,, but if we work it right once is enough. 我們生命只一次,好自為之一次
足矣。
31. We shall lie all alike in our graves. 一進墳墓,大家一樣。
32. We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 欲找朋友無缺點,永遠不
會有朋友。
33. We should never remember the benefit we have offered nor forget the favour received. 施惠莫
記,受恩莫忘。
34. We should push our work, the work should not push us. 我們要推動工作,不要讓工作推動
我們。
35. We should weep for men at their birth and not a t their death. 我們應在人降生時流淚,而不
該在人死亡時哭泣。
36. We soon believe what we desire. 一廂情願。
37. What a sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 不分畛域,一樣對待。
38. What cannot be cured must be endured. 事已無法可救,只得耐心忍受。
39. What does the moon care if the dogs bark at her? 月亮豈怕狗來吠。
40. What do you expect from a pig but a grunt? 狗嘴裡吐不出象牙。
41. Wahtever a man sow, that shall he also reap. 種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。
42. Whatever I do, I will do in my power. 無論我做什麼事,我都盡力而為之。
43. Whatever man has done man may do. 天下無難事。
44. Whatever you do, do with your might; Things done by halves are never done right. 不論做什麼
事要盡力去搞;事情做得不徹底,就不能算好。
45. What good shall I do this day? What good have I done today? 我今天要做些什麼好事?我今
天做了些什麼好事?
46. What I have done is due to patient thought. 我的成就是由於堅忍地思索。
47. What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh. 生於骨中者不會出肉外。
48. What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知,除非己莫為。
49. What is done cannot be undone. 木已成舟。
50. What is known to three is known to everybody. 一件事情三個人知道就人人知道。
51. What is learnt in the cradle lasts (or is carried) to the grave. 小時學會的事情到老不會忘記。
52. What is not wisdom is danger. 不智的事是危險的。
53. What is one man's cloud is another man's sunshine. 此人烏雲蓋頂,彼人艷陽滿天。
54. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 適用於甲的,也適用於乙。
55. What is sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. 教育之於心靈,猶如雕刻
之於大理石。
56. What is there sadder under the sun than a day that is gone and notyhing done. 世界上沒有什麼
事情,較之虛度年華,一事無成,更使人痛心。
57. What is wealth good for, if it brings melancholy? 財富如帶憂鬱來,有了財富有何用?
58. What is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 事既值得做,就把事做好。
59. What makes life dreary is the want of motive. 沒有目的,人生就黯淡無光。
60. What must be must be. 該怎麼樣的就怎麼樣。
61. What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. 生就的本性,總會暴露的。
62. What's done by night appears by day. 若要人不知,除非己莫為。
63. What's done can't be undone. 無可挽回。 潑水難收?
64. What's learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb. 小時學過的,至死不忘記。
65. What's lost is lost. 流水落花春去也。
66. What's more miserable than discontent? 有什麼比不知足更為痛苦?
67. What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals. 醉漢口裡露真言。
68. Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye ever so to them. 己所欲,施於人。
69. What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over. 眼不見,心不煩。
70. What the eye sees not, the heart craves not. 目不瞬,心不亂。
71. What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks. 心直口快。
72. What we are ignorant of is immense. 我們不知道的東西多得不可勝數。
73. What we do willingly is easy. 世上無難事,只要肯登攀。
74. What we learn with pleasure we never forget. 樂意學的東西決不會忘記。
75. What we lose in hake we shall have in herring. 失之東隅,收之桑榆。
76. What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself. 別人身上你不喜歡的東西,自己
身上的也要注意改正。
77. What you lose on the swings you gain (or get back) on the roundabouts. 失之東隅,收之桑榆。
78. What youth is used to, age remembers. 青年時經常做的事,老年時卻能記得起。
79. When a dog is drowning everyone offers him drink. 落井下石。
80. When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow. 朋友的要求不要拖。
81. When ale (or drink or wine) is in wit is out. 貪杯喪智。
82. When all men speak no man hears. 人人都講話,無人去聽它。
83. When anger blinds the mind, truth disapears. 怒火中燒瞎心眼,真理在前看不見。
84. Whe angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. 怒時數十再說話,大怒數百
方開言。
85. When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you. 機不可失,時不再來。
86. When stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. 蠢
人做件羞愧事,總說義不容辭。
87. When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner. 馬屁精會面,魔鬼去赴宴。
88. When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. 龍爭虎鬥。
89. When guns speak it is too late to argue. 待到炮聲響,辯論已莫及。
90. When in doubt, play trumps. 舉棋苟不定,何妨將一軍。
91. When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入鄉隨俗。
92. When love puts in, friendship is gone. 愛情入,友誼出。
93. When one is about to act, one must reason first. 凡事要先思而後行。
94. When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. 貧窮進門來,愛情飛窗外。
95. When riches increase, the body decreases. 財多體衰。
96. When rogues (or thieves) fall out, honest men come by their own. 盜賊一內鬨,好人就自在。
97. When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 禍不單行。
98. When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest. 飽暖圖安逸。
99. When the belly is full the mind is among the maids. 逸則思淫。飽則思淫慾?
100.When the cat's away the mice will play. 貓兒不在,老鼠造反。
101.When the fight begins within himself a man's worth something, 內心開始鬥爭時,為人就會
有價值。
102.When the ffish is caught the net is laid aside. 魚獲網棄。
103.When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 佛口蛇心。
104.When the fruit is scarcest, its taste is sweetest. 物以稀為貴。
105.When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out at the mouth. 心中發火,口吐妄言。
106.When the heart is full,, the tongue will speak. 胸有成竹,口若懸河。
107.When the sun comes in, the doctor goes out. 陽光入室,醫生出屋。
108.When the well is full, it will run over. 井水滿了要溢出。
109.When the wound is healed, the pain is forgotten. 好了傷疤忘了痛。
110.When three know it, all know it. 三人知,天下曉。
111.When two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps. 兩友合用一錢包,一
個悲來一個笑。
112.When two ride on one horse, one must sit behind. 兩人共騎一匹馬,總有一個背後跨。
113.When war begins then hell opens. 戰爭一開始,地獄門敞開。
114.When we have gold we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger. 手頭有黃金,惶恐
很擔心;兩手都空空,處在危急中。
115.When wine is in truth is out. 酒後露真言。
116.When you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears. 你去購買東西時,要用眼睛莫用耳。
117.Where drums beat, laws are silent. 戰鼓一打,法律無聲。
118.Where love fails we espy all faults. 戀愛一旦遭失敗,缺點全都看出來。
119.Where love is there is faith. 有愛情就有忠誠。
120.Where might is master, justice is servant. 有強權,就沒有正義。
121.Where passion is high there reason is low. 感情高漲處,理智就低落。
122.Where the knot is loose the string slips. 結子一鬆掉,繩子就滑脫。
123.Where there is a will,, there is a way(or skill). 有決心,就有辦法。
124.Where (or While) there is life there is hope. 留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒。
125.Where there is no good within, no good comes out. 沒有內心的美,就沒有外在的美。
126.Where there's reek there's heat. 無風不起浪。
127.Where the sun enterd, the doctor does not. 陽光照耀處,醫生就不需。
128.Where they saw chance, we see law. 以前他們認為是偶然的,現在我們認為是必然的。
129.Wherever he is satisfied with what he does, he has reached his culminating point--he will
progress no more. 一個人對所做的事感到自滿的,就達到了頂點,不會再前進了。
130.Where your will is ready, your feet are light. 下定了決心,腳步就輕盈。決心一下,腳下生
風?
131.While the grass grows the horse (or steed) starves. 遠水救不了近火。
132.While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 道高一尺,魔高一丈。
133.While (or Where) there is life there is hope. 留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒。
134.While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's. 話未出口
屬於己,話一出口屬別人。
135.While we breathe, there is hope. 只要活著,就有希望。
136.Who answers suddenly knows little. 答得迅速,懂得不多。
137.Who are ready to believe are easy to deceive. 輕信的人容易受騙。
138.Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet. 不嘗黃連苦,怎知蜂蜜甜。
139.Who has no haste in his business mountains to him seem valleys. 做事不急,履險如夷。
140.Who holds the purse rules the house. 錢可神通。
141.Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. 近朱者赤,近墨者黑。
142.Who knows most speaks (or says) least. 大巧若拙。
143.Who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to live. 掩飾感情全不會,怎樣生活必不
知。
144.Who lives by hope will die by hunger. 靠希望而生,必因飢餓而死。
145.Who loses liberty loses all. 失去自由即失去一切。
146.Who makes everything right must rise early. 要把事事都做好,必須堅持起得早。
147.Whom God would ruin, he first deprives of reason. 傷天害理,天誅地滅。
148.Who minds his own business has no time to mind other folks. 為人只顧自己事,就無時間關
心人。
149.Whom the gods love die young. 好人不長壽。
150.Whom we love best to them we can say least. 對我們的最愛的人,我們可說的話最少。
151.Who serves everybody gets thanks from nobody. 人人都侍候,個個不見好。
152.Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow. 在罪惡中游泳的人,必將在悲哀中沈沒。
153.Who undertakes many things at once, seldom does anything well. 許多事情同時干,一件事
也辦不成。
154.Who will not keep a penny, shall never have many. 不積少,不會成多。
155.Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love. 壞人服從出於怕,好人服從出於愛。
156.Wickedness does not go altogether unrequited. 惡有惡報。
157.Wilful waste makes woeful want. 浪費招致窮困。
158.Wine and judgement mature with age. 酒存放年代越久越香,判斷力隨年齡而增長。
159.Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst. 瓶中之酒不解渴。
160.Wine is mirror of the mind. 酒後吐真言。
161.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 手裡有錢財,不如胸中有文才。
162.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it. 我們為了求知識,付出高價也值得。
163.Wisdom is better than gold or silver. 智慧勝過金銀。
164.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches. 才智比財富,令人更可羨。
165.Wisdom is only found in truth. 只有在真理中才能找到智慧。
166.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. 知識之於心靈,猶如健康之於身體。
167.Wise care begets care. 謹慎小心會導致憂心忡忡。
168.Wise men chanbge their mind, fools never. 聰明人隨機應變,愚蠢者固執己見。
169.Wise men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth. 智者嘴在心裡,蠢
人心在嘴上。
170.Wise men learn by other men's mistakes (or harms); fools by their own. 聰明人由別人的錯誤
獲得教訓,蠢人由自己的錯誤獲得教訓。
171.Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it. 聰明人愛真理,蠢人背棄真理。
172.Wit bought is better than wit taught. 不經一事,不長一智。
173.Without a friend the world is a wilderness. 沒有朋友,世界就等於一片荒野。
174.Without danger we cannot get beyond danger. 沒有危險就不能解除危險。
175.Without health, life is not life, life is lifeless. 如無健康的身體,生活就不成為生活,人生
也毫無生氣。
176.Without hope, the heart would break. 如無希望,心就破碎。
177.Without method, little can be done to any good purpose. 不講究方法,辦事就沒有成效。
178.Without practice, hopes will be reduced to zero. 沒有實踐,希望會化為烏有。
179.Without respect, love cannot go far. 如不相互尊重,愛情就難發展。
180.Without wisdom wealth is worthless. 如果沒有智慧,財富就無價值。
181.With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin. 只要功夫深,鐵杵磨成針。
182.Wit once bought is worth twice taught. 親身一次的經驗,抵得上老師兩次的教導。
183.Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit. 僅有機智而無真才實學,猶如一棵大樹不
結果。
184.Woe to him that is alone. 孤獨的人最苦惱。
185.Women in mischief are wiser than men. 婦女在受危害時比男子機智。
186.Wonders are many, and nothing is more wonderful than man. 奇跡很多,但沒有一件東西比
人更為奇妙。
187.Words are but wind. 耳聞不如一見。
188.Words cut (or hurt) more than swords. 言語比刀劍傷人更厲害。
189.Words pay no debts. 空言無補。
190.Work bears witness who does well. 工作能證明誰人做得好。
191.Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit. 勞動根雖苦,然而果實甜。
192.Working without a plan is sailing without a compass. 工作沒有打算,猶如航海沒有羅盤。
193.Work makes the workman. 工作出工匠。
194.Work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. 今天有事今天做,
明天可能事受阻。
195.Work will not kill a man but worry will. 累不死人愁死人。
196.Worry kills more men than work. 憂慮比勞累更傷人。
197.Would you know your daughter, see her in company. 若要知道你女兒,且看她和誰交往。
198.Write down the advice of him that loves you, though you like it not at present. 愛你的忠言且
記下,即使你目前不愛它。
199.Write it on your heart every day is the best day of the year. 要記住,每天是一年中最好的一
天。
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5. You can do more than strike while the iron is hot; you can make the iron hot by striking. 鐵熱時,
你能做的不止是錘打,而錘打可使鐵熱。
6. You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time; but you
can't fool all of the people all the time. 你可以一直愚弄一些人,甚至可以在某個時期愚弄
所有的人;但不能一直愚弄所有的人。
7. You cannot clap with one hand. 孤掌難鳴。
8. You cannot have two forenoons in the same day. 一日之中不可能有兩個上午。
9. You cannot flay the same ox twice. 一頭牛不能剝兩次皮。
10. You cannot judge a tree by its bark. 人不可貌相。
11. You cannot make a crab walk straight. 江山易改,本性難移。
12. You (or One) cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 粗瓷碗雕不出細花來。
13. You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. 你不可能出售乳牛,同時又要喝牛奶。
14. You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 馬到河邊不喝水,逼馬低
頭亦枉然。(不要逼人做他不願做的事)
15. You can't eat your cake and have it. 不能既要吃餅,又要把餅保存。
16. You can't make bricks without straw. 沒有稻草,制磚難搞。
17. You can't make omelets (or omeletts) without breaking eggs. 有失才有得。
18. You have no goats, and yet you sell kids. 你雖無老山羊,卻出賣小山羊。
19. You make the failure complete when you stop strying. 不再努力之時,就是完全失敗之日。
20. You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep. 你可以迫人閉眼,但不
能使他睡覺。
21. You may go farther and fare worse. 一動不如一靜。
22. You may know the horse by his harness. 欲知馬如何,可看套馬索。
23. You must not pledge your own health. 切不可把健康作孤注一擲。
24. You must reap what you have sown. 種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。
25. You never know what you can do till you try. 事非經過不知難。
26. Young man may die but old men must die. 年輕人可能會死,老年人難免不亡。
27. You roll my log and I'll roll yours. 互相吹噓。
28. Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle, old age a regret. 青年冒失莽撞;成年發奮圖強;老
年遺憾懊喪。
29. Youth is life's seed-time. 青年時代是人生的播種期。
30. Youth is the season of hope, enterprise, and energy, to a nation as well as an individual. 青年時
期對國家和個人都是希望、創業和精力充沛的時期。
31. Youth looks forward and age backward. 青年人向前看,老年人向後看。
32. Youth means limitless possibilities. 年輕意味著無限希望。
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