英語格言警句
A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做賊心虛。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常怨工具差。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.
坐井觀天。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
相聚愛益切，離別情更深。
A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
Accidents will happen.
天有不測風雲。
A clean hand wants no washing.
身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
問心無愧，高枕無憂。
A clear conscience is a sure card.
光明磊落，勝券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
寧為清貧，不為濁富。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病從口入，禍從口出。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action.
同仇敵愾。
A contented mind is perpetual feast.
知足常樂。
Actions speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
人不可貌相。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
益友難得。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一塹，長一智。
After a storm comes a calm.
否極泰來。
After black clouds, clear weather.
否極泰來。
After death, the doctor.
放馬後炮。
A good appetite is a good sauce.
飢不擇食。
A good example is the best sermon.
身教勝似言教。
A good face is a letter of recommendation.
好的相貌就是一封推薦的介紹信。
A good fame is better than a good face.
好的名望勝於好的相貌。
A good friend is my nearest relation.
良友如近-親。
A good marksman may miss.
智者千慮，必有一失。
A good maxim is never out of season.
至理名言不會過時。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。
A good winter brings a good summer.
瑞雪兆豐年。
A happy heart makes a blooming visage.
心花怒放，笑逐顏開。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune.
時勢造英雄。
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
Ale will make a cat speak.
酒後吐真言。
A little is better than none.
聊勝於無。
A little leak will sink a great ship.
千丈之堤潰於蟻穴。
A little neglect may breed great mischief.
小不忍則亂大謀。
A little spark kindles a great fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.
適可而止，過猶不及。
All covet, all lose.
貪多必失。
All is fair in war.
兵不厭詐。
All is not gold that glitters.
閃光的東西並不都是黃金。
All roads lead to Rome.
條條道路通羅馬。
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.
有情人終成眷屬。
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.
機會失去不再來，千貫萬貫難贖回。
All things are easy that are done willingly.
做事樂意，諸事容易。
All things are obedient to money.
有錢能使鬼推磨。
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的一個。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
輕諾者易忘。
A man can not spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time.
一心不能二用。
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.
人有兩隻耳朵一張嘴，就是為了多聽少説話。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
A man may dig his grave with his teeth.
禍從口出。
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.
牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難。
A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.
有寶何必人前誇。
A match will set fire to a large building.
星星之火，可以燎原。
Ambition never dies until there is no way out.
不到黃河心不死
A miis as good as a mile.
失之毫釐，差之千里。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
山中無老虎，猴子稱霸王。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.
遠親不如近鄰。
An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.
狗嘴裏吐不出象牙。
An evil chance seldom comes alone.
禍不單行。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之計在於晨。
An old physician, and a young lawyer.
醫生年老的好，律師年輕的俏。
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
樂觀的人在災難中看到希望;悲觀的人在希望中看到災難。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
預防勝於治療。
Answer a fool according to his folly.
以其人之道，還治其人之身。
A penny saved is a penny earned.
省錢就是賺錢。
Apparel makes the man.
馬靠鞍裝，人靠衣裝。
Appearances are deceitful.
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step.
千里之行始於足下。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
A secret between more than two is no secret.
兩人以上知道的祕密就不算祕密。
A servant is known by his master's absence.
主人不在可以看出僕人的品行來。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.
緘默的嘴，真誠的'心，是世界上最令人讚美的東西。
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.
人要衣裝，佛要金裝。
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
平靜的海洋練不出熟練的水手。
A sow, when washed; returns to the muck.
江山易改，本性難移。
As the old cock crows, so doth the young.
有其父必有其子。
As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.
試金石可以試金，正如黃金可以試人。
As the tree falls, so shall it lie.
自作自受。
As they sow, so let them reap.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
智者寡言。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不補，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
A straw shows which way the wind blows.
一葉便知秋。
A stumble may prevent a fall.
小懲大誡。
As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
自食其果。
As you sow you shall mow.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
A tall tree catches the wind.
樹大招風。
A tree is known by its fruit.
觀其行而知其人。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
疾風知勁草，患難知友情。
Avarice blinds our eyes.
財迷心竅。
Avarice increases with wealth.
越富越貪。
A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain.
決心趕到目的地，浪漢何懼雨來淋。
A watched pot is long in boiling.
心急水不沸。
A wilful man will have his way.
有志者是竟成。
A word spoken is an arrow let fly.
