英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

V
Variety is the spice of life.
變化是生命的調味品。豐富多彩是生活的情趣所在。
Virtue is its own reward.
為善自得其樂。

W

Walls have ears.
壁上有耳。隔牆有耳。

Waste not, want not.
不浪費，就不虞匱乏

T
Talk is cheap.
說的倒輕鬆．

Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.
說曹操曹操就到。

Take the rough with the smooth.
逆來則順受。

The bait hides the hook.
餌裏藏鉤。

S
Second thoughts are best.
退一步想最穩當。

Seeing is believing.
百聞不如一見（眼見為真）。

Seek and ye shall find.
尋找，就尋見。（聖經．耶穌語）有志竟成（誠能感動天）．

Share and share alike.
有苦同當，有福共享。

Six of one, half dozen of the other.

R
Red sky at night: shepherd's delight. Red sky in the morning: shepherd's warning.
朝霞不出門晚霞行千里。

Rome was not built in a day.
羅馬不是一天造成的。

Rules are made to be broken.
不墨守成規。

P
Paddle your own canoe.
你只管划你的獨木舟。管好自己的事。

Penny saved is a penny earned.
積少成多，積腋成裘。

Penny wise, pound foolish.
小事聰明，大事糊塗。

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
住在玻璃屋的人不要互擲石頭。勿道人之短。

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

O
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。

One doctor only makes work for another."
神醫亦不能自醫

One good turn deserves another.
善有善報；待之以禮，回之以禮．

One swallow does not make a summer.
勿以一概全。

One turnip, one pit.

N

Nature abhors a vacuum.
大自然中不容真空。

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
上天給予我們兩耳，兩眼，一張嘴巴，應該多聽，多看，少說話。

Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
自然，時間以及耐心是三個最好的醫生．

Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要為發明之母。

Never do things by halves.

M
Make hay while the sun shines.
未雨綢繆。

Man proposes. God disposes.
謀事在人，成事在天。

Many a little makes a mickle.
=Every little makes a mickle.
積少成多(聚沙成塔、集腋成裘)。

Many hands make light work.
人多好辦事。

L
Laughter is the best medicine.
笑一笑，十年少。笑是最有效的萬靈藥。

Learn to walk before you run.
欲速則不達。

Learning is the enterprise of a lifetime.
活到老學到老。學無止境。

Least said, soonest mended.
少說少錯(多言惹禍)。言多必失。

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

K
Keep a thing seven years and you will always find a use for it.
帶著這東西七年，你總有用它的一日。養兵千日，用在一時。天生我才必有用。

Keep no more cats that catch mice.
養只抓鼠的貓。只留有用的東西。

Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。

J
Jack of all trades master of none.
萬事通，無一通

I
Idle folk have the least leisure.
懶人無閑。
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
失敗勿怕重頭。

If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
如果事情值得做，更值得把它做好。

If you can't beat them, join them.
如果打不過他們，就加入他們吧。

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.

H
Hair of the dog that bit you.
如果被狗咬傷，傳說只要從咬人的狗身上取下狗毛塗在傷口，傷口就會治好。這說法幾經演變，後來被用來比喻一個人宿醉後，隔天早上用來醒酒的一杯酒。

Half a loaf is better than none.
聊勝於無。有總比沒有的好。

Hard words break no bones.
惡言傷不到人心。笑罵由他笑罵。

Haste makes waste.
欲速則不達

Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes out.

G
Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.
得寸進尺。軟土深掘。

God helps those who help themselves.
天助自助者。

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

Good words cost nothing, but are worth much.
良言本無價，其貴值千金

Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds.

F
Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
事實並不僅僅因為受到忽略而停止存在。

Faint heart never won fair lady.
懦弱難得美人心。

Faith will move mountains.
信仰能移山。

Familiarity breed contempt.
熟稔易侮蔑；近廟欺神。

Few words are best.

E
Early bird gets the worm.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起可使人有錢、健康又聰明。

Easier said than done.
說來容易做來難。

East or West, home is best.
不管東方西方，家就是最好的地方。金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩好。

Easy come easy go.

Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要攬事上身。不要沒事找事做。

Don't judge a person by his appearance.
= 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。不要不自量力。

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill
不要誇大其辭、不要小題大做、不要大驚小怪。

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。

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
= Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.
順其自然。水到渠成。船到橋頭自然直。

Don't cry over spilt milk.
覆水難收。後悔無益。

Diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot.
= Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot."
病來如山倒，病去如抽絲。 

Do as you would be done by.
己所欲施於人。為所該為之事。

Doctors make the worst patients.
= Don't burn your bridges before they're crossed.
= Don't burn your bridges behind you.
不要過河拆橋。為自己留後路。

Dog does not cat dog.