只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子要变傻；尽玩耍，不学习，聪明孩子没出息。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy.

纵然天下雨，休把水壶丢。晴带雨伞，饱带饥粮。  Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot.

坐吃山空。  Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom.

少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。  A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.

少女露笑脸，婚事半成全。  A maid that laughs is half taken.

孤身独处的人可以为圣哲，也可为恶魔。  A man alone is either a saint or a devil.

轻诺者易忘。  A man apt to promise is apt to forget.

人生只有一次生命。  A man can die but once.

凡事只能量力而行。  A man can do no more than he can.

妻子浪费无度，丈夫不会出头。  A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife.

一仆不能事二主。  A man cannot serve two masters.

一心不能二用。  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.

人有称心时，狗有得意日。  A man has his hour, and a dog has his day.

人有两只耳朵一张嘴，就是为了多听少说话。  A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.

老不老，自己晓。  A man is as old as he feels.

察其友知其人。  A man is known by the company he keeps.

人并不因为生在马厩里就成了马。  A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable.

判断人的好坏不能凭一次行为。  A man is not good or bad for one action.

路遥知马力，日久见人心。  A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.

祸从口出。  A man may dig his grave with his teeth.

牵马到河易，强马饮水难。  A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.

有宝何必人前夸。  A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.

笑里藏奸。  A man may smile and smile and be villain.

一个人可能说话像个聪明人，而行为像个大笨蛋。  A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool.

生性乐天的人极少会变成疯子。  A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.

讲而不做，犹如花园里长满了荒草。  A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

行为可显出一个人的品性。  A man's actions show his character.

与朋友交，必须友好相处。  A man who has friend must show himself friendly.

人无笑脸，不要开店。  A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

人无钱，犹如弓无箭。  A man without money is a bow without an arrow.

人无理智就像是一头发情的野兽。  A man without reason is a beast in season.

星星之火，可以燎原。  A match will set fire to a large building.

不到黄河心不死。  Ambition never dies until there is no way out.

生性乐天，终身受用。  A merry heart goes all the way.

中庸之道最保险。  A middle course is the safest.

爱钱如命的父亲生个儿子挥金如土。有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。  A miserly father makes a prodigal son.

失之毫厘，差之千里。  A miss is as good as a mile.

一个没钱的人很快穿过市场。  A moneyless man goes fast through the market.

山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。  Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.

母爱永恒。  A mother's love never changes.

艺人处处可安家。  An artist lives everywhere.

驴子能负重，但不能超过力之所及。人贵有自知之明。  An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.

远亲不如近邻。  A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.

空手诱不来老鹰。  An empty hand is no lure for a hawk.

囊中无分文，亲友不上门。  An empty purse frightens many friends.

空麻袋，立不直。有理走遍天下,无理寸步难行.  An empty sack cannot stand upright.

狗嘴里吐不出象牙。  An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.

晚霞红如火，晓色青如灰，定是晴朗天。  An evening red and a morning gray, is a sign of a fair day.

祸不单行。  An evil chance seldom comes alone.

学坏容易。  An evil lesson is soon learned.

新官上任三把火。  A new broom sweeps clean.

发火是短暂的疯狂。冲动是魔鬼。  Anger is a short madness.

怒火常寓于蠢人的胸中。愤怒来自愚蠢。  Anger rests in the bosom of folly.

诚实人的话像他的契约一样靠得住。  An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

一日之计在于晨。  An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

游手好闲是万恶之源。  An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。  An idle youth, a needy age.

拙匠常怪工具差。  An ill workman quarrels with his tools.

错无分大小，有错皆不好。  An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

对牛弹琴。  An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.

万事不能一蹴而就。  An oak is not felled at one stroke.

时机失了无法挽回。  An occasion lost cannot be redeemed.

老犬不空吠。  An old dog barks not in vain.

老狗咬人痛得很。  An old dog bites sore.

老狗难改吠声。  An old dog cannot alter its way of barking.

老家雀学不出新名堂。  An old dog will learn no new tricks.

医生年老的好，律师年轻的俏。  An old physician, and a young lawyer.

老偷猎者是最好的看守人。  An old poacher makes the best keeper.

一扇开著的大门可诱惑一个圣徒。门户不关紧,圣贤起贼心。   An open door may tempt a saint.

乐观的人在灾难中看到希望；悲观的人在希望中看到灾难。  An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.

预防胜于治疗。  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

牛因有脚而被抓，人因有舌而遭殃。  An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue.

以其人之道，还治其人之身。  Answer a fool according to his folly.

正直的法官重法胜于重人。  An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men.