Care killed a cat.
憂慮致命（勞神喪命）。
Charity begins at home.
修身齊家博愛天下。
Chance favors the prepared mind.
豫則立，不豫則廢。胸有成竹。機會是留給有準備的人。
Cider on beer, never fear; beer upon cider, makes a bad rider.
由淺入深難，由深入淺易。由儉入奢易，由奢入儉難。
喝啤酒後再喝蘋果酒不懼怕，喝蘋果酒後再喝啤酒就不能。
Close but no cigar.
很接近了，但不是雪茄。很接近了，但不是我要的答案。
Clothes don't make the man.
人不可貌相，不能以貌取人。好馬不在鞍，人美不在衫。
Comparisons are odious.
人比人氣死人。
Constant dripping wears away the stone.
滴水穿石、積沙成塔。
Cowards die many times, but a brave man only dies once.
懦夫可亡千百次，好漢一生死一回。死有輕如鴻毛、重如泰山。
風瀟瀟兮易水寒，壯士一去不復返。
Cross the stream where it is the shallowest.
過河應走水淺處。做事應從大處著手。凡事從簡單的開始做。從易處著手。
Curiosity killed the cat.
好奇心殺死一隻貓。人不能太好奇。
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
量身裁衣。量力而為、量入為出。三思而後行。
D
Death is the great leveler.
死後萬人皆平等。人皆有死。
Deeds, not words.
在於行動，不在於言語。說得到，做得到。言出必行。
Desperate diseases must have desperate cures(remedies).
重命要用重手治。亂世用重典。死馬當活馬醫。
Diamond cut diamond.
兩虎相爭必有一傷。
Different sores must have different salves.
= Different strokes for different folks.
= Difficulty makes desire.
苦難中能創造欲望。
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.
狗不咬狗（同類不相殘）。
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。
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。
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
不要跟自己過意不去。賭氣無用。
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 put all your eggs in one basket.
別把雞蛋擺在同一籃子裡。不要孤注一擲。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
勿本末倒置。
Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.
勿自砸飯碗。別跟自己的工作過不去。
Don't shut the barn door after the horse is gone.
不要本末倒置。
Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
勿過河拆橋
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
家醜不可外揚。
Do unto others as you would have done to you.
將心比心。推己及人。
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.
容易之財難久留（賺得容易花的也快）。
Eat to live, don't live to eat.
為活而食，而不是為食而活。活出精采。
Empty vessels make the most sound.
空桶最響。深水靜流。
Even a worm will turn.
即使是蟲子也會轉身。狗急跳牆。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
烏雲也有銀色的襯光。凡事要往好處去想。凡事都有光明的一面。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千慮必有一失。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
眾人之事乏人管。自掃門前雪。
Every dog has his day.
風水輪流轉(狗也有幸運的一天)。
Every man has a price.
任何人皆有其價值。
Every man has his taste.
人各有所好。
Every rule has its exception.
任何規則皆有例外的時候。凡事皆有例外。
Everything comes to him who waits.
成功屬於耐心等待的人。
Every why has a wherefore.
事出有因。
Extremes meet.
物極必反。
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.
少說為妙。言多必失。
Fine feathers make fine birds.
= Fine clothes make the man.
人要衣裝、佛要金裝。
Fine words butter no parsnips.
巧言不能滋潤防風草。口惠而實不至。畫餅充飢。
Fine words dress ill deeds.
漂亮的言詞可以掩飾惡劣的行徑。巧言藏惡行。
First come first served.
捷足先登。先來先伺候。近水樓台先得月。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
天使都不敢去之處，只有笨蛋會闖入。不自量力。
Forbidden fruit is (the) sweetest.
禁果最甜.
Forewarned is forearmed.
先知先戒備。戒慎恐懼。
Fortune favors the brave (bold).
天助勇者。
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.
口惠而實不至。
Grasp all, lose all.
貪者必失。
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.
同類不相殘。
Health is better than wealth.
健康勝於財富。
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
天助自助者。
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
黃蜂尾後針﹐最毒婦人心。
Help a lame dog over a stile.
雪中送炭；助人之急。
He laughs best who laughs last.
= He who laughs last laughs longest.
最後笑的人笑得最得意。
He that touches pitch shall be defiled.
近朱者亦；近墨者黑。
He that will lie will steal.
說謊者必行竊。
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.
會偷蛋的，也會偷牛。
He that will swear will lie.
賭咒的人是說謊的人。
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
單獨旅行的人走得最快。
He who denies all confesses all.
否認一切的人就等於承認了一切。
He who hesitates is lost.
猶豫不決者必定失敗
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
玩火自焚
Hide not your light under a bushel.
勿過份謙沖以致隱沒才能。
His bark is worse than his bite.
刀子嘴豆腐心。嘴硬心軟。
His bread is buttered on both sides.
左右逢源.
History repeats itself.
歷史會重演。
Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
見機行事。.
Home is where the heart is.
家是心之所在
Honesty is the best policy.
誠實為上策。
Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
投其所好。
Hunger is the best spice.
= Hunger makes good kitchen.
飢餓是最佳調味料
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.
同時追兩免，兩頭都落空。賠了夫人又折兵。兩邊落空。
In wine there is truth.
酒後吐真言。
It is better to give than to receive.
施比受更有福。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
經一事長一智。遇事才會成長。
It is never too late to mend.
亡羊補牢猶末晚也。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老學到老。
It is none of your business.
不關你的事。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水難收。
It is the early bird that gets the worm.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。
It never rains, but it pours.
禍不單行
J
Jack of all trades master of none.
萬事通，無一通
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。
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.
你們中間誰是沒有罪的，誰就可以先拿石頭打他。 (聖經．約翰福音8:7)
要指責他人前，先問問自己是否做好。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
別自找麻煩。
Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑
Like cures like.
以毒攻毒。心病還需心藥醫。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Live and learn.
活到學到老。
Long absent, soon forgotten.
久疏則必忘；別久情疏；一曝十寒。
Look before you leap.
三思而後行。
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁觀者清。
Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。
Love me little, love me long.
愛情要細水長流。
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。
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
匆匆結婚，慢慢後悔。
Men are not to be measured in inches.
人不可以貌相。
Might is right.
強權即是公理。
Money talks.
金錢萬能。
Money talks, bullshit walks.
錢拿來再說；沒錢免談。
Money makes the mare go.
有錢能使鬼推磨。
More haste, less speed.
欲速則不達。
Much would have more.
貪得無饜。
Murder will out.
如要人不知，除非已莫為。
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.
做事切莫半途而廢。
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
餽贈之物切莫挑剔。
Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today.
今日事今日畢
New brooms sweep clear.
新官上任三把火。
No cross，no crown.
不經一番寒徹骨，怎得梅花撲鼻香。
No man can serve two masters.
忠臣不事二主。一人不能事二君。
No man is content with his lot.
無人能滿意於自己的命運。
No news is good news.
沒消息即是好消息。
No pain, no gain.
不勞則無獲。
No gain without pain.
有所得必有所失。
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 ventured, nothing gained.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
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.
一個蘿蔔一個坑。
Opposites attract.
異性相吸
Out of debt, out of danger.
無債一身輕。
Out of sight, out of mind.
久離則疏遠。
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.
權力使人腐化；絕對的權力使人絕對的腐化。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Prevention is better than cure.
預防勝於治療。
Pride goes before a fall."
驕者必敗。（聖經．箴言16:18）
Procrastination is the thief of time.
拖延是守時之賊。
Put the saddle on the right horse.
責備得當（冤有頭、債有主）。
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。
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.
五十步笑百步
Slow and steady wins the race.
穩健紮實必致勝。
Some people cannot see the wood for the trees.
見木不見林，逐末而忘本。
Spare the rod, spoil the child.
孩子不打不成器（玉不琢不成器）。
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
保持飢餓，保持愚笨。求知若渴，虛心若愚。
Still waters are the deepest.
深藏不露（真人不露相）
Still water runs deep.
水深流靜。
Strike while the iron is hot.
打鐵趁熱。
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