don't make a mountain out of a molehill. 不要小题大 做。 don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事， 今日毕。 don't put the cart before the horse. 不要本末倒置。 don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。 don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要班门弄斧。 do well and have well. 善有善报。 blood will have blood. 血债血偿。 books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。 business is business. 公事公办。 business is the salt of life. 事业是人生的第一需要。 by reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 cannot see the wood for the trees. 一叶障目，不见泰山。 care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 caution is the parent of safety. 小心驶得万年船。 cheats never prosper. 骗人发不了财。 children are what the mothers are. 耳濡目染，身教言传。 choose an author as you choose a friend. 择书如择友。 come what may, heaven won‘t fall. 做你的吧，天塌不下来。 complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。 confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 constant dripping wears away a stone. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。 count one‘s chickens before they are hatched. 蛋未孵先数雏。 courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 来而不往非礼也。 creep before you walk. 循序渐进。 cry for the moon. 海底捞月。 custom is a second nature. 习惯是后天 养成的。 custom makes all things easy. 有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手。 do as the romans do. 入 乡随俗。 do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 do it now. 机不可失，时不再来。 do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。 don‘t claim to know what you don‘t know. 不要不懂装懂。 don‘t have too many irons in the fire. 不要揽事过多。 each bird love to hear himself sing. 孤芳自赏。 early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。 easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。 easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 empty vessels make the greatest sound. 实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。 envy has no holidays. 忌妒之人无宁日。 even homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑，必有一失。 even reckoning makes long friends. 亲兄弟，明 算账。 every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。 everybody's business is nobody's business. 人人负责，等于没人负责。 every day is not sunday.
好景不常在。
every dog has his day.
谁都有得意的时候。
a mother's love never changes.
爱上海 母爱永恒。
an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。
a new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还 眼，以牙还牙。
an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一 日之计在于晨。
an old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把 戏。
爱上海 an ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智， 不如运气。
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为 主，治疗为辅。
a rolling stone gathers no moss.
爱上海 滚石不生苔，转业不 聚财。
as a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
爱上海 a single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
a snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
a sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
a still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言 者智。
a stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
a straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
a wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。
爱上海 a word spoken is past recalling.
爱上海 一言既出，驷马难追。
爱上海 a year‘s plan starts with spring.
爱上海 一年之计在于春。
爱上海 a young idler, an old beggar.
爱上海 少壮 不努力，老大徒伤悲。
爱上海 bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
barking dogs seldom bite.
爱上海 吠犬不咬人。
beauty lies in the love‘s eyes.
爱上海 情人眼里出西施。
爱上海 be swift to hear, slow to speak.
爱上海 听 宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
better late than never.
爱上海 不怕慢，单怕站。
better to ask the way than go astray.
爱上海 问路总比迷路好。
between friends all is common.
爱上海 朋友之间不分彼此。
爱上海 birds of a feather flock together.
爱上海 物以类聚，人以群分。
blood is thicker than water.
爱上海 every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。
every heart has its own sorrow.
爱上海 各人有各人的苦恼。
爱上海 every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
爱上海 every man has his faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。
every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各有 所爱。
every man has his weak side.
爱上海 人人都有弱点。
爱上海 every man is the architect of his own fortune.
爱上海 自己的命运自己掌握。
爱上海 every minute counts.
爱上海 分秒必争。
every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
a good husband makes a good wife.
爱上海 夫善则 妻贤。
a good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
a good wife health is a man‘s best wealth.
爱上海 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
a great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。
a hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
a joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
爱上海 a leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。
爱上海 a liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
爱上海 a light heart lives long.
爱上海 静以修身。
a little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩 的都是精品。
a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自 欺欺人。
爱上海 a little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。
all are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
all good things come to an end.
爱上海 天下没有不散的筵席。
爱上海 all rivers run into sea.
爱上海 海纳百川。
all roads lead to rome.
条条大路通罗马。
all that ends well is well.
结果好，就一切都好。
爱上海 all that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。
all things are difficult before they are easy.
爱上海 凡事总是由难而易。
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy.
爱上海 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
爱上海 a man becomes learned by asking questions.
爱上海 不耻下问才能有学问。
爱上海 a man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。
a man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
爱上海 a man is known by his friends.
爱上海 什么人 交什么朋友。
爱上海 a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
a man without money is no man at all.
爱上海 一分钱难倒英雄汉。
a merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事 顺利。
a miss is as good as a mile.
a bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
a bad thing never dies.
爱上海 遗臭万年。
爱上海 a bad workman always blames his tools.
爱上海 不会撑船怪河弯。
a bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟 在林。
爱上海 a boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
爱上海 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
a bully is always a coward.
爱上海 色厉内荏。
a burden of one‘s choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
爱上海 a candle lights others and consumes itself.
爱上海 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
爱上海 a cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
a cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
a close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
a constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
actions speak louder than words.
爱上海 事实胜于雄辩。
adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
爱上海 adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
爱上海 逆境出人才。
爱上海 a fair death honors the whole life.
爱上海 死 得其所，流芳百世。
a faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
爱上海 吃一堑，长一智。
爱上海 a fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
a friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
a friend is easier lost than found.
得 朋友难，失朋友易。
a friend is never known till a man has need.
爱上海 需 要之时方知友。
a friend without faults will never be found.
没有十 全十美的朋友。
‘after you‘ is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。
a good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
a good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
a good book is a good friend.
爱上海 好书如挚友。
a good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
爱上海 一本好书，相伴一生。
爱上海 a good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
a good fame is better than a good face.
