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Actions speak louder than words.行動勝於空談。
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 and end.花無百日紅(天下無不散之筵席)。
All roads lead to Rome.條條大道通羅馬。
All that glitters is not gold.閃礫者未必都是金(不可僅以貌取人)。
All's well that ends well.善終為善。
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。
Constant dripping wears away the stone.滴水穿石。
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足常樂。
The devil finds work for idle hands to do.小人閒居做歹事。
Diamond cut diamond.兩虎相爭必有一傷。
Do as you would be done by.己所欲施於人。
Do in Rome as the Romans do.入境隨俗。
Don't change horses in mid-stream.臨陣勿換將。
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.勿打如意算盤。
Do not kick against the pricks.勿以螳臂當車。
Don't put the cart before the horse.勿本未倒置。
Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.勿自砸飯碗。
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.家醜不可外揚。
Dog does not cat dog.狗不咬狗(同類不相殘)。
Easy come easy go.徼倖之財難久留(賺得容易花得快)。
Empty vessels make the most sound.空桶響叮噹。
Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千慮必有一失。
Every man has his taste. 人各有所好。
First come first served.捷足先登。
The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait. 貪吃的魚兒易上鉤。
Forewarned is forearmed. 先知先戒備。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.救難之友乃為友。
Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.小人得寸便進尺。
God's mill grinds slow but sure. 天網恢恢,疏而不漏。
Grasp all, lose all. 貪者必失。
He that touches pitch shall be defiled.近墨勢黑。
Heaven helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。
.Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.見機行事。.
Honesty is the best policy.誠實為上策。
Idle folk have the least leisure.懶惰人才說沒空閒。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.同時追兩免,兩頭都落空。
In wine there is truth.酒後吐真言。
It is easy to be wise after the event.經一事長一智。
It is never too late to mend.亡羊補牢猶末晚也。
It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水難收。
A Jack of all trades is master of none. 樣樣通樣樣稀鬆。
The leopard cannot change his spots.江山易改,本性難移。
Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
A little pot is soon hot.小人物易發怒。
Look before you leap.三思而後行。
Lookers-on see most of the game.旁觀者清。
Make hay while the sun shines. 末雨綢繆。
Man proposes. God disposes. 謀事在人,成事在天。
Men are not to be measured in inches.人不可以貌相。
Much would have more. 貪得無饜。
Necessity is the mother of invention.需要為發明之母。
Never do things by halves.做事切莫半途而廢。
No man can serve two masters.一人不能事二君。
No news is good news.無消息即是好消息。
No pains, no gains.不勞則無獲。
None so blind as those who won’t see.有眼不看者為盲。
Nothing comes of nothing.事出必有因(無中不能生有)。
Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
One swallow does not make a summer.勿以一概全。
The pot called the kettle black.五十步笑百步。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.手抱菩薩操屠刀。
Rome was not built in a day.羅馬不是一天造成的。
Seeing is believing.百聞不如一見。
Share and share alike.有苦同當,有福共享。
Slow and steady wins the race.穩健紮實必致勝。
A soft answer turned away wrath.和言足以息怒(柔足以克剛)。
Some people cannot see the wood for the trees.見木不見林,逐末而忘本。
Spare the rod and spoil the child.孩子不打不成器(玉不琢不成器)。
Strike while the iron is hot.打鐵趁熱。
Take the rough with the smooth.逆來則順受。
Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.說曹操曹操就到。
There are two sides to every question.公說公有理,婆說婆有理。
There's a black sheep in every flock.每一個團體中都難免有害群之馬。
There is on smoke without fire.有煙必有火(無風不起浪)。
Too many cooks spoil the broth.七手八腳必敗事。
Turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone.化絆腳石為墊腳路。
Two heads are better than one.三個臭皮匠,勝過諸葛亮(集思廣益)。
Virtue is its own reward.為善自得其樂。
Well begun is half done.好的開始是成功的一半。
Where there is a will there is a way.有志者事竟成。
Whatever a man sow, that shall he also reap.種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.缺乏知識之熱心,猶如脫韁之馬。