在世界上没有一件东西有如人那样伟大，在人之内没有一件东西有如人心那么伟大。 On earth there is nothing great but man, in man there is nothing great but mind.

一狗吠声响，狗吠满街坊。 One barking dog sets all street a-barking.

坐享其成。 One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.

一个男孩比十二个女孩还要麻烦。 One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.

人难一世称雄，但可一生为人。 One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.

一个人不能同时处于两个位置。 One cannot be in two place at once.

为人一生一件蠢事也不做，但要听到上百遍蠢事。 One cannot do a foolish thing once in one's life, but one must hear of it a hundred times.

事难两全其美。 One cannot eat one's cake and have it.

石头里抽不出血。向铁石心肠者不能求得温暖。 One cannot get blood from a stone.

朽木不可雕。猪耳朵做不出丝钱包。One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

巧妇难为无米之炊。 One cannot make bricks without straw.

光阴一去不复返。 One cannot put back the clock.

一只小鸡已够母鸡辛苦。 One chick keeps a hen busy.

一叶可障目。 One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

光辉生活中忙碌的一个小时抵得上无为的一世。 One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.

一滴之毒，毒染整桶之酒。 One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.

十个朋友做的好事抵不上一个敌人造成的危害。 One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

一个敌人也太多。 One enemy is too much.

一招不慎，满盘皆输。 One false move may lose the game.

失之毫厘，谬以千里。 One false step will make a great difference.

一个父亲能扶养十个孩子，十个孩子却不能赡养一个父亲。 One father can support ten children, ten children cannot support one father.

一个父亲胜于一百个教师。 One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

一木不能成林。 One flower makes no garland.

朋友成百犹觉少，仇敌一人已嫌多。 One foe is too many; and a hundred friends too few.

一人傻，傻大家。愚蠢也能传染。  One fool makes many.

一只脚胜过两根拐杖。 One foot is better than two crutches.

上百双有力的手，不如一个聪明的头脑。 One good head is better than a hundred strong hands.

一个好的母亲顶得上一百个教师。 One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.

以德报德。 One good turn deserves another.

贫富不相知。 One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

深知底蕴，不以为怪。 One has lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls.

两句誓言不如一句实话。 One honest word is better than two oaths.

午夜前睡一小时抵得上午夜后睡三小时。 One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.

今天的一个小时抵得上明天的两个小时。 One hour today is worth two tomorrow.

新爱逐旧欢。 One love drives out another.

坐享其成。 One man makes a chair and another man sits in it.

只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯。 One man may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge.

一个人的佳肴常为另一人的毒药。 One man's meat is another man's poison.

跌倒容易爬起难。 One may sooner fall than rise.

人可思其不敢言者。 One may think that dares not speak.

祸不单行。 One misfortune comes on the neck of another.

人之所为，总有限度。 One must draw the line somewhere.

自作自受。 One must drink as one brews.

入乡随俗。 One must howl with the wolves.

有礼貌对自己不会吃亏。 One never loses anything by politeness.

行善者决无一失。 One never loses by doing a good turn.

合法得来一个钱，胜过非法钱一千。 One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.

有的耕，有的播，谁来收获很难说。 One ploughs, another sows; who will reap no one knows.

一只烂苹果烂一萝苹果。一个坏人会让周围的人做出不好的行为。 One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.

人为生而食，非为食而生。 One should eat to live, not live to eat.

一个罪恶常为另一个罪恶开门。 One sin opens the door for another.

春风化雨。 One's mantle falls on somebody.

不劳而获。 One sows another reaps.

一燕不成夏。 One swallow does not make a summer.

一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。 One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

今天一天抵明天两天。 One today is worth two tomorrows.

什么都能做，什么都不行。 One who can do everything can do nothing.

祸不单行。 One woe does tread upon another's heels.

棋错一招，全盘皆输。 One wrong move can lose the whole game.

One false move can lose the whole game.

一念之错可铸终生之恨。 One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret.

正当的收入才是真正的收入。 Only that which is honestly got is gain.

只有在日常事务上尽责的人，才能在重大事情上尽责。 Only they who fulfill their duty in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.

朋友的选择可影响名誉的好坏。 On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends. 

在伟大的时钟上，只有一个词，就是“现在”。 On the great clock of time there is but one word, "Now."

坦白交代，身心愉快。 Open confession is good for the soul.

不要受人的诱惑。 Open not your door when the devil knocks.

疏忽招盗贼。 Opportunity makes the thief.

机不可失，失不再来。 Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

只要努力工作而有志向，机会迟早终会来临。 Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish.

别人为食而生活，我为生活而食。 Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.

我们的感情，是我们的生命，我们靠它生存，我们的温暖是它供应。  Our affections are our life, We live by them; they supply our warmth.

最好的朋友是指出我们的缺点并帮助改正的人。  Our best friends are they who tell us our faults and help us to mend them.

最美好的教训不是成功，而是不幸。  Our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through success, but through misadventure.

我们最大的光荣并不在于永不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后能起来。  Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

我们最大幸福并不是杀害别人，而是为别人而牺牲自己。  Our happiness consists not in killing others, but in sacrificing ourselves for others.

我们的行为是自己的保证而不是别人的鉴定。  Our own actions are our security, not others' judgements.

最甜美的的歌是诉说最悲伤的哀思。  Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.