人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If your ears glow，someone is talking of you.
耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares，you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow，you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing，you will have nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge，you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop，but hard to keep it always open.
创业容易，守业难。
It is hard to please all.
众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木，百年树人。
If there were no clouds，we should not enjoy the sun.
没有阴云，就不觉得阳光可爱；不经受痛苦，怎懂得快乐。
If you swear you will catch no fish.
诅咒捕不到鱼；咒骂不解决问题。
If you want a pretence to whip a dog，say that he ate up the fryingpan.
欲加之罪，何患无辞。
If wise men play the fool，they do it with a vengeance.
聪明人做起糊涂事来，那才糊涂透顶。
If the blind lead the blind，both shall fall into the ditch.
盲人领瞎子，两个人都要掉在沟里；一盲领众人，相将入火坑。
If you wish for peace，be prepared for war.
欲求和平必先备战。
If the sky falls，we shall catch larks.
如果天塌下来，我们可以捉云雀；何必杞人忧天；异想天开。
If you can，t bite，never show your teeth.
不能咬人就别龇牙。
If you cannot have the best，make the best of what you have.
如果没有更好的，就充分利用现有的。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后聪明不难；作事后诸葛亮容易。
It，s easier to raise the devil than to lay him.
召鬼容易驱鬼难；请神容易送神难。
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.
两次上钩的鱼是蠢鱼；智者不上两回当。
If each would sweep before his own door，we should have a clean city.
家家打扫门前，城市就会清洁。
In the end things will mend.
事到头，总有救。
It is a good horse that never stumbles.
人有失足，马有溜蹄。
Illgotten gains never prosper.
不义之财发不了家。
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
家丑不可外扬。
In for a penny，in for a pound.
一不做，二不休；既然干了就干到底。
It takes two to make a quarrel.
孤掌难鸣。
It，s no use pumping a dry well.
枯井打水，徒劳无益。
J
Jack of all trades and master of none.
门门精通，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Judge not of men and things at first sight.
初次的印象是靠不住的。
K
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
Kings go mad，and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble，ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.
蓄艾三年，必有其用。
Kind words butter no parsnips.
好听的诺言不能当饭吃。
L
Learn and live.
活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.
好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.
不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.
先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.
谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.
谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.
没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鳖。
Like author，like book.
文如其人。
Like father，like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
一报还一报。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother，like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher，like pupil.
什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree，like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人无大志。
Look before you leap.
摸清情况再行动。
Lookerson see more than players.
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.
岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.
一见钟情。
Love cannot be compelled.
爱情不能强求。
Love is full of trouble.
爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.
没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Laugh and grow fat.
常笑发福，心宽体胖。
Least said，soonest mended.
少说为妙，多说坏事。
Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
生气不可过夜，勿留宿怒。
Let ［leave］ well alone
不要弄巧成拙，适可而止。
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.
饮水思源。
Let the dead bury the dead.
既往不咎；不念旧恶；过去的事，就让它成为过去吧。
Lies have short ［no］ legs.
撒谎总是站不住脚的。
Life is made up of little things.
人生是由琐碎的事物构成的。
Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生非只吃喝玩乐而已；人生非尽乐事。
Light come，light go.
来得容易去得快(指不义之财)。
Like begets like.
有其因必有其果。
Like cures like.
同物相医，以毒攻毒。
Like draws to like.
同声相应；物以类聚。
Live not to eat but eat to live.
要为活着而吃饭，不要为吃饭而活着。
Little chips light great fires.
星星之火，可以燎原。
Look before you leap.
三思而后行。
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
爱情和咳嗽是藏不住的。
Love can neither be bought or sold.
爱情是不能买卖的。
Love cannot be enforced ［compelled］.
爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.
爱情是盲目的；情人眼里出西施。
Love is the reward of love. ［Love is the true price of love.］
爱就是爱的报酬。
Love lives in cottage as well as in courts.
爱情不分贫贱与高贵。
Love me，love my dog.
爱屋及乌；打狗要看主人面。
Love should not be all on one side.
单恋不成爱。
Lucky at cards，unlucky in love.
赌场走运，情场失意。
M
Make hay while the sun shines.
良机勿失。
Make your enemy be your friend.
化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.
人是万物之灵。
Many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
Measure for measure.
针锋相对。
Misfortunes never come alone.
祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。
Money isn，t everything.
钱不是万能的。
Murder will out.
纸包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife，but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
Man is mortal (=All men are mortal).
人总是会死的；人生自古谁无死。
Man is to man a wolf.
人对人是狼；人吃人。
Many men，many minds.
十个人，十条心(各有各的主意)。
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
笑谈之中有至理。
Many words cut more than swords.
刀伤有法治，舌伤无术医 。
Marry in haste and repent at leisure.
结婚太急，后悔莫及。
Measure thrice and cut once.
三思而后行。
Men may meet but mountain never.
山和山不相聚，人与人总相逢；人生何处不相逢。
Mere words will not fill a bushel.
空言无补；画饼不能充饥。
Money breeds
钱能生［引］钱。
Money doesn，t grow on trees.
钱不是生在树上的；挣钱是不容易的。
Money has no smell.
钱是没有味的。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
人要支配钱，不要叫钱支配人。
Money makes the mare go.
钱能通神；有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money talks.
金钱最有发言权。
Money unmakes its makers.
赚得金钱，损了德性。
Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of.
我们眼前发生的事情，有许多是我们不知道的。
Muffled cats catch no mice.
带手套的猫捉不到耗子；四肢不勤，一事无成；怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。
N
Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
Never say die.
永不言败。
Never too old to learn，never too late to turn.
亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
