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1、新官上任三把火。A bride is diligent for three days./A new broom sweeps clean.一切反动派都是纸老虎。A bully is always a coward.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。A burnt child dreads the fire./Once bitten,twice shy.寡妇门前是非多。A buxom widow must be either married, buried or shut up in a convent.蜡炬成灰泪始干。A candle lights others and consumes itself.

2、吹毛求疵。A carper will cavil at anything.猫有九条命。A cat has nine lives.千里之堤，溃于蚁穴。A chain is no stronger than its weakest link./The strength of a chain is its weakest link.身正不怕影子斜。（另：不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门。）A clean conscience fears not false accusations./A clean conscience laughs at false accusations./A good conscienc

3、e knows no fear.宁为清贫，不为浊富。A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast.清者自清。A clean hand wants no washing.病从口入，祸从口出。A close mouth catches no flies.安分守己。A cobbler should stick to his last.夜郎自大。A cock is valiant （bold） on his own dunghill./Every cock crows on its own dunghill.刀子嘴，豆腐心。A cold hand and

4、a warm heart./His bark is worse than his bite.育人当在年幼时。A colt you may break, but an old horse you never can.常客招人厌。A constant guest is never welcome./Do not wear out your welcome.知足者常乐。A contented mind is a perpetual （continual） feast./Content is happiness./A contented person is happy with his status

5、quo.破钟敲不响。（朽木不可雕。）A cracked bell can never sound well./A cracked bell is never sound./A cracked bell never sounds well.病夫多长寿。A creaking cart （gate） hangs long on its hinges./A creaking cart goes long on the wheel./An ill sake stands longest.聊胜于无。A crust is better than no bread./A little is better th

6、an none.防患于未然。A danger foreseen is half avoided./Dangers foreseen are the sooner prevented.凡人皆有得意时。A dog has his day./Every dog has his day.三年清知府，十万雪花银。A dog is made fat in two meals.非人者即为是非人。A dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone.一只脚不能踩两只船。（非此即彼。）A door must be either shut or open./You cann

7、ot have your cake and eat it.病急乱投医。（慌不择路。）A drowning man will catch （clutch） at a straw.生的伟大，死的光荣。A fair death honours the whole life.金玉其外，败絮其中。A fair face but foul heart.愚者千虑，必有一得。A fool may put somewhat in a wise mans head./A fools bolt may sometimes hit the mark.人勤不受穷。A foul foot makes a full wam

8、e.江山易改，本性难移。A fox may grow grey,but never good.患难之交见真情。A friend in need is a friend indeed./The friend is known in the time of difficulty./A friend is best found in adversity./A friend is known in necessity.A friend is never known till a man have need（till needed）.朋友易失不易得。A friend is easier lost tha

9、n found./A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.滥交者无友。A friend to everybody is a friend to none./A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.世上没有十全十美的朋友。A friend without faults will never be found.器满则溢。A full cup must be carried steadily.良言美语三冬暖，恶语伤人六月寒。A gentle answer quietens anger./A soft answer

10、turneth away wrath.有钱能使鬼推磨。A golden key can open any door./A golden key opens every door./Monkey talks.真金不怕火炼。A good anvil does not fear hammer.良好的开端等于成功的一半。（开头好，一半了。）A good beginning is half done./A good beginning is half the battle./A good lather is half a shave.欲善其终，必先善其始。A good beginning makes a

11、 good ending.好书如挚友，情意永不渝。A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.问心无愧，高枕无忧。（平生不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。）A good conscience is a soft pillow.心底无私万事宽。A clear conscience is a sure card.好人有好报。A good deed is never lost.身教重于言教。A good example is the best sermon.良马无劣色。A good horse cannot be of a

12、bad colour.响鼓不用重锤敲。A good horse should be seldom spurred.夫善则妻贤。（知恩图报、好心有好报。）A good husband makes a good wife./A good Jack makes a good Gill（Jill）.君子坦荡荡，小人常戚戚。A good man is seldom uneasy, an ill one never easy.良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。（良药苦口。）A good medicine tastes bitter.金杯银杯不如众人的口碑。A good name is better than

13、 a golden girdle （gold）.美名胜过钱财。A good name is better than （great） riches./A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.美名易失不易得。A good name is easier lost （than won）./A good name is sooner lost （than won）.远亲不如近邻。A good neighbour is better than a brother in the next village./A near neighbour i

14、s better than a far-dwelling kinsman.好事不出门，坏事传千里。A good reputation sits still; a bad one runs about.路遥知马力。A good seaman is known in bad weather.歪嘴和尚乱念经。A good tale ill told is marred in the telling.好戏不厌百回看。A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.大树底下好乘凉。（朝中有人好做官。）A good tree is a good she

15、lter.贤妻是宝。A good wife is a good prize.妻贤则夫善。（好心有好报。）A good wife makes a good husband.一山难容二虎。（两雄不并立。）A great man cannot brook a rival.人往高处走，水往低处流。A great ship asks deep waters.冬天暖洋洋，来年丧事忙。A green winter makes a fat churchyard./A green winter （Yule） makes a fat churchyard （kirkyard）.见微而知著。（月晕而风。）A hal

16、o round the moon indicates the rising of wind.冬暖春寒，丧事频繁。A green Yule and white Pasch makes a fat churchyard.一死百了。A ground sweat cures all disorders.半大小子，吃死老子。A growing youth has a wolf in his belly./The growing youth has a wolf in his stomach.做贼心虚。A guilty conscience feels continual fear./A guilty c

17、onscience is a self-accuser./A guilty conscience is a thousand witnesses./A guilty conscience needs no accuser./A guilty conscience never feels secure./Guilty consciences always make people （men） cowards.A happy heart makes a blooming visage./A blithe heart makes a blooming visage.君子之交淡如水。（篱笆隔领，友谊长青

18、。）A hedge between keeps friendship green./Good fences make good neighbours.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。A high building, a low foundation.口蜜腹剑。A honey tongue, a heart of gall.马有失蹄，人有失误。（老虎也有打盹的时候。）A horse may stumble on four feet./A horse stumbles that has four legs./ No man is wise at all times.不劳动者不得食。（不劳则无获。）A hor

19、se that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.家不和，外人欺。A house divided against itself can not stand.百无一有，百巧百穷。通百艺，无一长。（样样皆通，样样稀松。）A Jack of all trades is master of none./A little of everything, and nothing at all.良言一句三冬暖。A kind word is never lost.笨鸟先飞。A lame traveller should get out betimes.少来懒惰，

20、老来贫苦。A lazy youth, a louzy age./An idle youth, a needy age.（狗改不了吃屎。）A leopard cannot change its spots.一代勤快，一代懒。（ 娘勤子懒。）A light-heeled mother makes a heavy-healed daughter.欺软怕硬。A lion among sheep and a sheep among lions.在家是老虎，出门是老鼠。A lion at home, a mouse abroad.人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。A little body often harbo

21、urs a great soul.千里之堤毁于蚁穴。（小洞不补，大洞吃苦。）A little fire burns up a great deal of corn.礼轻情意重。A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.A little is better than none./A crust is better than no bread.一知半解，害人害己。A little knowledge is a dangerous thing./A little learning is a dangerous thing.劳动使人长寿。A litt

22、le labour, much health.小患不治成大难。（小漏沉大船。）A little leak will sink a great ship.疏忽铸大错。A little neglect may breed great mischief./A little leak will sink a great ship.小鸟恋小巢，小人无大志。A little bird is content with a little nest./A little bird wants （but） a small nest.一个行动胜过空话一筐。A little help is worth a deal o

23、f pity./Actions speak louder than words.样样皆通，样样稀松。A little of everything, and nothing at all./To know everything is to know nothing.量小易怒。（小人火气大。）A little pot is soon hot.窥一斑知全豹。（见微知著。）A little straw shows which way the wind blows.好死不如赖活着。A living （live） dog is better than a dead lion.开水不响，响水不开。A loa

24、ded waggon creaks, an empty one rattles.好心不一定有好报。A loyal heart may be landed under Traitors Bridge.天上勾勾云，地上雨淋淋。A mackerel sky is never long dry.鲜花插在牛粪上。A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.学问，学问，要学要问。A man becomes learned by asking questions./Questioning is the door of knowledge.人死不能复生。

25、A man can die but once./A man can only die once.We die but once.凡事应量力而行。A man can do no more than he can.一仆不事二主。A man cannot serve two masters.一心不能二用。A man cannot spin and reel （weave） at the same time./You cannot spin and reel at the same time./ A man cannot whistle and drink at the same time./You

26、cannot whistle and drink at the same time./No man can both sup and blow together.人人皆有得意时。A man has his hour, and a dog has his day.用了的钱才是自己的。A man has no more goods than he gets good of./Wealth is not who has it, but who enjoys it.男人老，自己晓；女人老，没人瞧。A man is as old as he feels,a woman as old as she loo

27、ks.老不老，自己晓。A man is as old as he feels （himself to be）.观其友，知其人。A man is known by his friends （by the company he keeps）.活到老，学到老。（学不厌晚。）A man is never too old to learn./It is never too old to learn.冤家宜解不宜结。A man is not so soon healed as hurt.福祸人自知，甘苦两情愿。A man is weal （well） or woe as he thinks himself

28、 so.黄金有价情无价。A man may know the price of everything,and the value of nothing.有麝自然香，何必当风扬。A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.求爱在自己，娶妻在机遇。A man may woo where he will, but he will wed where his hap is.日久见人心。A man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.敏于言而纳于行。

29、A man may talk like a wise man and act like a fool.艺杂难养身，不干难糊口。A man of many trades begs his bread on Sundays.多听少说人聪明。A man of sense talks little and listens much.光说空话啥不搞，就像花园尽长草。A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds./ The greatest talkers are the least doers.牛不喝水，不能强饮。A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink./ You can bring an ass to the water, but you can not make him drink.友善朋友多。A man who has friends must show himself friend