Don’t wait for a rainy day to fix the roof. ---不要等到下雨才修补屋顶。
Enough is enough. ---适可而止。
Enough is as good as a feast. ---知足常乐。
Every bean has its black. ---人各有其短。
Easy come, easy go. ---来得容易,去得快。
Easier said than done. ---说来容易,做来难
nyone who does a crime won’t escape being punished./Justice has long arms. ---天网恢恢,疏而不漏。
All that glitters is not gold. ---发亮的不一定都是金子。
Looks aren’t everything./Don’t judge by appearances. ---外表不是一切。
All shall be well, and Jack shall have Jill. ---有情人终成眷属。
All good things must come to an end. ---天下没有不散的筵席。
What always matters most is what is on the inside. ---内在最重要。
After rain comes fair weather. ---否极泰来。
Action speaks louder than words. ---百说不如一干。
After a storm comes a calm. ---风暴过后是宁静。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. ---良药苦口利于病。
A bad workman always blames his tools. ---拙匠总怪工具差。
The style is the man. ---文如其人。
Be a whole man to one thing at a time. ---办事要一心一意。
As you brew, so must you drink./As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. ---自食恶果/自作自受/种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ---双鸟在林,不如一鸟在手。
Bad news travels fast. ---恶事传千里。
Bamboo door is to bamboo door as wooden door is to wooden door. ---门当户对。
Birds of a feather flock together. ---物以类聚,人以群分。
To say something is one thing; to do is another. Better ask twice than lose your way once. ---宁问两次路,不迷一回途。
Never do wrong for the sake of money. ---千万不要见利忘义。 .
Custom makes all things easy. ---习惯成自然。
Time and tide waits for no man. ---时不我待。
The child is father to the man. ---三岁看到老。
A penny saved is a penny gained. A chair is no stronger than its weakest link. ---一环薄弱,全局必垮。
All man are equal in the eye of law. ---法律面前人人平等。
The darkest place is under the candlestick. ---当局者迷,旁观者清。
Claw me and I’ll claw thee. ---投之以桃,报之以李。
The darkest hour is nearest the down. ---黎明之前最黑暗。
Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. ---不要班门弄斧。
Diamond cut diamond. ---旗鼓相当。
Don’t leave for tomorrow what you can do today. ---不要把今天的事留到明天。
In the end ,things will mend./Don’t cross a bridge till you come to it. ---车到山前必有路/船到桥头自然直。
Don’t bite off more than you con chew. ---不要自不量力。
Don’t kill the goose that laid the golden eggs. ---切莫杀鸡取卵。
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. ---别指望得过早。
Drops of water outwear the stone. ---水滴石穿
You have to crawl before you can walk./Don’t try to run before you can walk. ---人要学走,先得学爬。
Reading is to the mind what food is to the body. ---阅读是精神食粮。
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ---久别情深。
The man who doesn’t reach the Great Wall isn’t a true man. ---不到长城非好汉。
All roads lead to Rome. ---殊途同归。
All things are difficult before they’re easy. ---万事开头难。
Ask much, know much. ---问多则广识。
The best fish are near the bottom. ---好鱼居水底。 .
Beggars can’t be choosers. ---饥不择食。
Modesty helps one go forward and pride makes one fall behind. ---谦虚使人进步,骄傲使人落后。
Blood is thicker than water. ---血浓于水。
Books and friends should be few but good. ---买书如交友,必须少而精。