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1、A good name is better than riches. 名声胜于财富。A good name is sooner lost than won. 美誉易失难得。A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口利于病,忠言逆耳利于行。A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。A good sailor may mistake in a dark night. （好水手在黑夜航行也会出错）A good tale is none the worse for being told twice. 动人的故事令人百听不厌。A good win

2、ter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 蛋糕莫保留 坏习气要除掉。A bad penny always comes back. 缺损的便士总会被人退回。A bad thing never dies. 好人不长寿，祸害遗千年。A bad workman always blames his tools. 笨工匠总是怪工具差。A little body often harb

3、ors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。A little fire burns up a great deal of corn. 小火也会酿成大灾。A little help is worth a deal of pity. 一次行动胜过一筐空话。A little is better than none. 有一点总比没有好。A little is a gangrenous thing. 一知半解最可怕。A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解 害已误人。A little labour, much health. 常常走动 无病无痛。

4、A little learning is a dangerous thing. 浅学寡识是件危险的事。A little leak will sink a great ship. 小漏沉大船（小病不治成大患）。A little of everything, and nothing at all. 样样皆通 样样稀松。A little pill my well cure a great illness. 小小药丸治大病。A little pot is soon hot. 狗肚子盛不得四两油。A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。A friend

5、 is known in necessity. 患难见知交。A friend is a second self. 朋友是第二个自我。A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。A friend to all is a friend to none. 和谁都是朋友，就没有一个朋友A man apt to promise is apt to f

6、orget. 轻诺者，信必寡。A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 一心不可二用。A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。A man is known by the company he keeps. 观其交友，知其为人。A man is never too old to learn. 活到老 学到老。A man

7、 without a smiling face must not open a shop. 和气生财。A man without money is no man at all. 一分钱难倒英雄汉。A man should mot bite the hand that feeds him. 不要恩将仇报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 bold attempt is half success. （勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。） A bird in the hand is w

8、orth two in the bush. 两鸟在林 不如一鸟在手。A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人无知犹如房屋无基。A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 书是随时携带的花园。A barking dog does not bite.（或：Barking dogs seldom bite.）会叫的狗不咬人。A blessing in disguise. 因祸得福A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛

9、与说谎本是同宗。A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。A burden of ones choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命；吉人天相。A cat may look at a king.猫也可以打量国王，意为人人平等。A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮了别人 燃尽了自己。A door

10、must be either shut or open. 门不关就得开 二者必居其一。 / 非此即彼。A fair death honors the whole life.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.吃一堑，长一智。A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。A heart of steel. 铁石心肠 A

11、 hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.做贼心虚。A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 千里之行始于足下。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。A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。A l

12、ight heart live long.心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少年懒惰 老来贫苦。A leopard cannot change its spots. 积习难改。A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。A light heart lives long. 静以修身。A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生没有朋友 犹如生活没有阳光。A merry heart goes all th

13、e way. 心旷神怡，事事顺利。A merry heart, live long. 愉快的人长寿。A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。A merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快 办事痛快。A mothers love never changes. 母爱永恒。A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。A penny saved is a penny gained. 省一分则得一分。A picture is a poem without words. 画为无言诗。A rolling stone ga

14、thers no moss. 滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火,可以燎原。A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。A snow year, a good year. 瑞雪兆丰年。A secret between more than two is no secret. 三人知晓则无秘密而言。A sound mind in a sound body. 有健康的体魄才有健全的精神。A

15、stitch in time saves nine. 一针及时省九针。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 straw shows which way the wind blows. 草动知风向。A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. 美好的事物永远是一种快乐。A true friend is forever a friend.

16、 真正的朋友永远是朋友。A thousand mile trip begins with one step. 千里之行 始于足下。A tree is known by its fruit. 观其行而知其人。A watched pot never boils. 心急水不沸。A word spoken cannot be recalled. 一言说出 难以收回。 A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。A word to the wise is enough. 聪明人不用细说。A work ill done must be twice done. 工作

17、未干好 只得重返工。A wise head makes a close mouth. 真人不露相，露相非真人。A hedge between keeps friendship green 君子之交淡如水A new broom sweeps clean 新官上任三把火 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 笨鸟先飞A thousand-li journey begins with the first step-the highest eminence is to be a A man should be independent at the age

18、 of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able A real man never goes back on his words. 一言既出，驷马难追A modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale 抛砖引玉 A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion. 人急悬梁，狗急跳墙。A bird in the hand is worth two in the bus

19、h. 两鸟在林不如一鸟在手。A bully is always a coward. 欺负弱小者永远是懦夫。A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命；吉人自有天相。A cat may look at a king. 小人物也有些权利。A clear conscience can bear any trouble. 平时不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。A cook is bold on his own dunghill. 狗仗人势。A constant guest is never welcome. 常

20、客难受欢迎。A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐。A cracked bell can never sound well. 狗嘴里长不出象牙来。A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow. 上梁不正下梁歪。A deceitful peace is more hurtful than an open war. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。A door must be either shut or open. 门非关即开；二者择其一。A drowning man will clutch at a straw. 溺水

21、之人不放过一根稻草；病急乱投医。A dwarf on a giants shoulders sees the farther of the two. 巨人肩上的侏儒看得远；借重他人的经验好处多。A fault confessed is half redressed. 知错能改，善莫大焉。A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨人难聚财。A fools mouth is his destruction. 祸从口出。A forced kindness deserves no thanks. 勉强的善行不值得感谢。A fox may grow grey but

22、never good. 江山易改，本性难移。A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。A full purse never lacks friend. 有钱有酒，必有朋友。A golden key opens every door. 钱能通神。A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。A honey tongue, a heart of gall. 嘴甜如蜜，心黑如漆。A house divided against itself cannot stand. 不和之家难长存。A Jack of al

23、l trades is master of none. 样样皆通者样样不精。A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 万丈高楼平地起。A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。A leopard cannot change his spots. 江山易改，本性难移。A liar is not believed when he tells the truth. 常说谎话的人就算是说真话也没人信。A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse. 强者亦有求

24、助于弱者的时候。A little fire burns up a great deal of corn. 星星之火可以燎原。A little gall spoils a great deal of honey. 一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。A little leak will sink a great ship. 牵一发而动全身。A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解最危险。A little neglect may breed great mischief. 一失足成千古恨，再回首已百年身。A baited cat may grow as fier

25、ce as a lion. 人急悬梁，狗急跳墙。A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 两鸟在林不如一鸟在手。A bully is always a coward. 欺负弱小者永远是懦夫。A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。s shoulders sees the farther of the two.A fault confessed is half redressed. 知错能改，善莫大焉。A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨人难聚财。A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。A full purse never lacks friend. 有钱有酒，必有朋友。A little fire burns up a grea