• A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一着不慎,满盘皆输.

• All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的未必都是金子。

• A child is better unborn than untaught. 养不教，父之过。

• Art is long, life is short. 生命短暂，艺术长存。

• A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真情。

• Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。

• A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。

• An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。

• All covet, all lose. 样样垂涎，样样失落。贪多嚼不烂。

• A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。

• All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。

• A small leak will sink a great ship. 千里之堤溃于蚁穴。

• All time is no time when it is past. 机不可失，时不再来。

• A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.近水楼台先得月。

• A short cut is often a wrong cut.欲速则不达。

• A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.欲加之罪，何患无辞。

• A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 远来的和尚好念经。

• All feet tread not in one shoe. 众口难调。

• A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。

• A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

• A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改，本性难移。

• A little spark may kindle a great fire.星星之火，可以燎原。　　　　　　　　　　
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• Beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了

• Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵

• Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。 A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。

• Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。

• Better die standing than live kneeling 宁愿站着死，也不跪着生。

• Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。

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• Cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心。

• Cast an anchor to windward.未雨绸缪。

• Care and diligence bring luck.

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• Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行。
谨慎勤奋，带来好运。

• Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢对手，将遇良才。

• Danger past, God forgotten. 飞鸟尽，良弓藏。

• Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。

• Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。

• Do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。

• Do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿失于人。

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• Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。

• Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune. 自己幸福自己创。

• Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day. 晚霞行千里。

• Every bean has its black. 金无足赤，人无完人。

• Even woods have ears.隔墙有耳。

• Enough is better than too much. 过犹不及。

• Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 人贵自立。

• Experience teaches. 吃一堑，长一智。

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• Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。

• First impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。

• Faith moves mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。

• Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界，无奇不有。

• Fire proves gold, adversity proves man. 烈火识真金，逆境识英雄。

• Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

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• Give everyone his due. 一视同仁。

• Good (or Great) wits jump. 英雄所见略同。

• Go while the going is good. 三十六计，走为上计。

• Great weights hang on small wires.千钧一发。

• Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。

• Greatest genius often lies concealed.大智若愚。

• Grasp all, lose all.贪多必失。

• Go to the sea, if you would fish well.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

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• Honour to whom honour is due.论功行赏。

• He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。

• Heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己。

• He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。

• He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。

• He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。

• He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行，始于足下

• He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。

• It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次当

• Humility often gains more than pride.满招损，谦受益。

• He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.事实胜于雄辩。

• He that promises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。

• He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。

• Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行。

• Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。

• He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
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• It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。

• If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是无穷的。

• It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。

• Ill news never comes too late. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。

• It is the first step that is troublesome. 万事开头难。
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• Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

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• Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it. 实践得真知。

• Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易，守业更难。

• Knowledge is no burden. 艺不压身。

• Kiss and be friends. 握手言和。

• Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕

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• Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.既来之，则安之。

• Love is blind. 情人眼里出西施。

• Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。

• Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。

• Live and learn. 学无止境。

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• Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。

• Mind acts upon mind. 心有灵犀一点通。

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• Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.饥不择食

• No cross, no crown.不吃苦中苦，难为人上人。

• Nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站着说话不腰痛。

• No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。

• No work, no money. 不劳无获。

• Never too late (or old) to learn. 活到老，学到老。

• Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。

• No fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。

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• One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.一叶障目，不见泰山。

• One swallow does not make a summer.一花独放不是春。

• One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。

• Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的天职。

• One lark does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春。
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• Practice is better than precept. 身教重于言教。

• Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。

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• Riches have wings. 富贵无常。

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• Score twice before you cut once. 三思而后行。

• Sense comes with age. 老马识途。

• So the world wags. 这就是人生。

• So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。

• Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大业，自信第一。

• Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操就到。

• Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风 。

• The reasons of the poor weight not. 人微言轻。

• The shortest way round is the longest way home.欲速则不达。

• Those are in the same boat should row together.同舟共济。

• Too much pudding will choke a dog.布丁太多噎死狗。

• The heart's letter is read in the eyes.眼睛是心灵的窗户。

• The deed proves the man.观其行而知其人。

• True gold fears not the fire.真金不怕火炼。

• Take time while time is, for time will away.机不可失，时不在来。

• The battle is to the strong.两强相遇勇者胜。

• The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。

• The best of friends must part. 天下没有不散的宴席。

• Time is money. 时间就是金钱

• Through obedience learn to command. 先当学生，后当先生。

• Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。

• There is no fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。

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• Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。

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• Wealth is nothing without health. 健康胜于财富。

• We begun is half done. 良好的开端等于成功的一半。

• Work makes the workman.熟能生巧。

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• You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。事难两全其美。

• Youth's a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。

• You are never too old to learn. 活到老学到老。

• You never know till you have tired.事非经过不知难。

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　• Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 热情而无知，犹如无光之火

• Zeal without kowledge is the sister of folly. 无知的热情近乎愚蠢

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