1、 0. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 没有知识的热心，犹如有火而无光。 1. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 隐恶败善；原谅坏人即是伤害好人。 2. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name. 重伤可治，恶名难去。 3. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 不良的交往败坏良好的举止。 4. No wrong without remedy. 有过皆可补。 5. Virtue flies fr
2、om the heart of a mercenary man. 唯利是图者，胸中无美德。 6. First think,and then speak. 动口先动脑。 7. A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled). 一言既出，驷马难追。 8. While the word is in your mouth,it is your own;when tis once spoken, tis anothers. 话在嘴里，属于自己；话一出口，人家所有。 9. Speech is silv
3、er,silence is gold. 言语是银，沉默是金。 10.Few words are best. 寡言为贵。 11.No wisdom like silence. 聪明莫过沉默。 12.Least said,soonest mended. 少说为妙。 13.Second thoughts are best. 再思而后行。 14.Look before you leap. 慎思而后行。 15.He is a wise man who speaks little. 智多言语少。 16.Fair words butter no parsnips. 美言无补实际。 17.The tongue
4、 is not made of steel,yet it cuts. 舌头不是钢，一动把人伤。 18.Sometimes words hurt more than swords. 言语能伤人，有时胜刀剑。 19.A good tongue is a good weapon. 口齿伶俐，是件利器。 20.A wise head makes a close mouth. 头脑灵，嘴巴紧。 21.It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. 说得多是一回事，讲得中肯又是一回事。 22.Unprofitable eloq
5、uence is like the cypress,which is great and tall,but bears no fruit. 无益的雄辩犹如高大的柏树，不会结果。 23.Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 与其说话不中肯，不如半句也莫吭。 24.Many a true word is spoken in jest. 笑语之中吐真言。 25.Few words,many deeds. 少说话，多做事。 26.Actions speak louder than words. 行动比言语 响亮；百说不如一干。 27.From
6、words to deeds is a great space. 言行之间，大有距离。 28.Deeds,not words. 要行动，不要言词。 29.Bare words,no bargain. 空言不能成交易。 30.Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves. 行动是果实，言语只是叶子。 31.Ill deeds cannot honour. 坏行为不受尊敬。 32.Fine words dress ill deeds. 漂亮的言词装饰着恶劣的行为。 33.Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.
7、动听的话和坏行为同样欺骗聪明和愚人。 34.Our own actions are our security,not others judgements. 我们的行为是自己的保证，并不是旁人的鉴定。 35.A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 空有言语而无行动的人 ，犹如杂草丛生的花园。 36.A man is not good or bad for one action. 不能凭一件事判断人的好坏。 37.A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 易于许诺的人也易于忘记。
8、38.A man that breaks his word,bids others to be false to him. 人不守信，无异于叫旁人对他失信。 39.Easier said than done. 说易行难。 40.The greatest talkers are always the least doers. 大言不惭的总是行动最少的人。 41.The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 布丁好坏，一尝便知；空谈不如实践。 42.Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败。 43.Pride goes before de
9、struction. 骄者必败。 44.Pride goeth before,and shame cometh after. 骄傲走在前， 羞耻跟在后。 45.Pride and grace dwelt never in one place. 傲慢和温雅，永难住一处。 46.He that climbs high falls heavily. 爬得高，跌得重。 47.Pride must be pinched. 骄傲应收敛。 48.The more noble the more humble. 越高贵，越应谦逊。 49.Humility often gains more than pride.
10、 谦逊常比傲慢受益更多。 50.He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none. 自命万事通，腹中常空空。 51.No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself. 人并不因为他自知很差就是很差。 52.Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak. 骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。 53.It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride. 用慷慨激昂的言语攻击傲慢并不是谦逊的标志。 54.
11、He that is full of himself is very empty. 自满之人腹内空。 55.Honesty is the best policy. 诚实为上策。 56.An honest mans word is as good as his bond. 诚实人的诺言实际上就是他的保证书。 57.Poor but honest. 虽贫穷，要诚实。 58.Honesty may be dear bought,but can never be an ill pennyworth. 高价买诚实，永远也值得。 59.Knavery may serve,but honesty is be
12、st. 欺诈可能有用，诚实却是上策。 60.Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱点。 61.He who has no shame has no conscience. 不知羞耻的人不知自疚。 62.An honest look covereth many faults. 一 副诚实的外表掩盖着许多缺点。 63.Once a knave,ever a knave. 一次成无赖，永远是无赖。 64.A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的无赖不需要有中间人。 65.The honest penny is better than
13、the stolen dollar. 正当得到的一分钱胜于偷来的一元钱。 66.One penny with right is better than a thousand without right. 合法取得 的一辨士，胜于非法取得的一千辨士。 67.The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound. 不正当得来的辨士使正当得来的英镑也受到沾污。 68.Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的。 69.Love is without reason. 爱情无理智。 70.Love is full of trouble. 爱情充满了烦恼。
14、71.Love cannot be compelled. 爱情不能强迫。 72.Love begets love. 爱爱相生。 73.Love needs no teaching. 爱情不需教导。 74.Love at first sight. 一见倾心。 75.Love asks faith,and faith firmness. 爱情要求信任，信任要求坚定。 76.Love is the touchstone of virtue. 爱情是美德的试金石。 77.Love not at the first look. 不要一见钟情。 78.Hasty love,soon cold. 爱得匆忙冷
15、得快。 79.Love is a sweet torment. 爱情是一种甜蜜的痛苦。 80.Love rules his kingdom without a sword. 爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。 81.Love will find out the way. 爱情自会寻出路。 82.Love is not to be found in the market. 爱情在市场上找不到。 83.Lovers live by love,as larks live by leeks. 情侣靠爱情生活，正象云雀靠韭葱生活一样。 84.Old love will not be forgotten. 旧情永
16、难忘；往日的爱情难以忘怀。 85.True love kythes(=shows itself)in time of need. 患难显真情。 86.Sound love is not soon forgotten. 坚固的爱情不会顷刻忘怀。 87.The greatest hate springs from the greatest love. 最大的恨来自最大的爱。 88.No love is foul,nor prison fair. 没有肮脏的爱情，也没有美丽的监狱。 89.Labour is lihgt where love doth pay. 爱情付报酬，劳苦也轻松。 90.Lov
17、e is the reward of love. 爱就是爱的报酬。 91.Love makes all hard hearts gentle. 爱情把一切冷酷之心变成温柔。 92.When love puts in,friendship is gone. 爱情进入，友 情完结。 93.The course of true love never did run smooth. 真爱的道路绝不平坦。 94.Love is a sweet tyranny,because the lover endures his torment willingly. 爱情是可爱的虐政，情人们甘受它痛苦的折磨。 95
18、.True love is giving,not taking. 真挚的爱是给，不是取。 96.Love makes obedience easy. 爱情使顺从成为易 事。 97.Love is sweet in the beginning,but sour in the end. 爱情先甜后来酸。 98.Where love fails,we espy all faults. 爱情一失败，一切毛病都发现。 99.Follow love and it will flee,flee love and it will follow thee. 追求爱情它高飞，逃避爱情它跟随。 0. When po
19、verty comes in at the door,love flies out of the window. 贫穷一进门，爱情跳窗走。 1. Faults are thick while love is thin. 一朝情义淡，样样不顺眼。 2. Hatred is blind as well as love. 爱情和仇恨，二者皆盲目。 3. Marriage is a lottery. 婚姻是一桩难于预测的事。 4. Marry thy like. 跟你情投意合的人结婚。 5. Marriage makes or mars a man. 婚姻成全 人，也能损害人。 6. It is go
20、od to marry late or never. 晚婚或不婚，都是好事情。 7. Early wed,early dead. 早婚者早夭。 8. They that marry in green,their sorrow is soon seen. 年纪轻轻就结婚，为时不久便悔恨。 9. A young man married is a man thats marred. 男子早婚，种下祸根。 10.Marry in haste,and repent at leisure. 匆匆结婚，时时悔恨。 11.Marry in lent,and youll live to repent. 借债结婚
21、，一生悔恨。 12.He that marries for wealth,sells his liberty. 为财富而结婚的人，出卖了自己的自由。 13.An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune. 不良的婚姻是恶运的来源。 14.Who marrieth for love without money,hath good nights and sorry days. 为了爱情，无钱结婚，夜来欢娱，白天悔恨。 15.If you always say “NO“,never be married. 常常说 “不 ”字，永远难结婚。 16.Honest m
22、en marry soon,wise men not at all. 老实的人早成婚，聪明的人不结婚。 17.A good wife and health is a mans best wealth. 贤妻和健康是男子的至宝。 18.A good wife makes a good husband. 有好妻子就有好丈夫；妻贤夫自良。 19.Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. 选择妻子，最好用耳不用眼。 20.Better be half hanged than ill wed. 与其成怨偶，不如守单身。 21.He who does
23、not honour his wife,dishonours himself. 不尊重自己妻子的人，自己也不会受人尊重。 22.The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. 有懦弱的丈夫，就有凶悍的妻子。 23.It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock. 母鸡司晨家不兴。 24.The wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家之钥；妻贤一家兴。 25.The more women look in their glass,the less th
24、ey look to their house. 妇女照镜越多，照管家务就越少。 26.East or west,home is best. 东也好，西也好，还是家中最好；金窝银窝，不如家 里的草窝。 27.One father can support ten children; ten children cannot support one father. 一个父亲可以供养十个孩子，十个孩子却不能供 养一个父亲。 28.One father is more than a hundred school-masters. 一个父亲胜 于一百个教师。 29.Like father,like son.
25、 有其父，必有其子。 30.The father buys,the son bigs,the grandchild sells,and his son thigs. 父买、子修建、孙儿卖，重孙街上当乞丐。 31.The mothers breath is aye sweet. 母亲的低语总是甜蜜的。 32.Like mother,like daughter. 有其母，必有其女。 33.Children are the parents riches. 子女是父母的至宝。 34.A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world
26、. 孩童是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的东西。 35.He that hath no children,knows not what is love. 没有孩子的人，不知道什么叫做爱。 36.Children learn to creep ere they can go. 孩子要走路，先得学爬行。 37.Silly(=good) child is soon ylered(=taught). 好小孩，学得快。 38.Boys will be boys. 孩子终归是孩子。 39.One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls. 一个男孩比十二个女孩增添的麻烦还多。 4
27、0.Spare the rod and spoil the child. 省了棍子，惯坏了孩子。 41.Naughty boys sometimes make good men. 淘气的男孩有时会成为争气的孩子。 42.The child is father of the man. 三岁定到老。 43.Happy is he that is happy in childhood. 童年时快乐的人是幸福的。 44.Children and fools cannot lie. 孩子和愚人不会扯谎。 45.My son is my son till he hath got him a wife, b
28、ut my daughters my daughter all thedays of her life. 儿子 娶妻后就不是自己的儿子，可是女儿终身都 是自己的女儿。 46.It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 养女容易嫁女难。 47.A maid that laughs is half taken. 少女笑口开，婚事成一半。 48.A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. 有许多人向她求婚的少女，往往选中最差的一个。 49.Maids wan
29、t nothing but husbands,but when they have them they want everything. 未婚女子不要别的，只要丈夫，有了丈夫以后，一切 都要。 50.Would you know your daughter,see her in company. 你若想了解女儿，只要看她和什么样的人交往。 51.He that would the daughter win,must with the mother first begin. 要想赢得女儿的欢心，必须先从她 母亲着手。 52.Life without friend is death. 没有朋友的生
30、活便等于死亡。 53.Without a friend,the world is wilderness. 没有朋友，世界成了荒野。 54.Friendless is the dead. 死者无友。 55.A good friend is my nearest relation. 好友即至亲。 56.A near friend is better than a fardwelling kinsman. 近友胜远亲。 57.A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 和任何人都认朋友，结果和任何人都交不成朋友； 友多无好友。 58.In time of
31、 prosperity,friends will be plenty. 走运时候朋友多。 59.It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患难中能有朋友是好事。 60.Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. 富裕招致朋友，困苦考验朋友。 61.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难时的朋友才是真正的朋友。 62.Poverty tries friends. 贫穷考验朋友；人贫见友情。 63.Try your friend ere you trust him
32、. 对朋友要先考验，后信任。 64.Prove thy friend ere thou have need. 在你需要朋友帮助前，先要考验他们。 65.A friend is never known till a man have need. 不到困窘时，永难识真友。 66.A faithful friend is hard to find. 忠实朋友实难求。 67.Friends are like fiddle-strings,they must not be screwed too tight. 朋友有如琴弦，不能上的太紧。 68.Have but few frieds,though ma
33、ny acquaintances. 结交可以多，朋友应宜少。 69.All are not friends that speak us fair. 向我们说好话的并不都是好朋友。 70.He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend. 金钱满袋，朋友盈门；钱袋装得饱，朋友不会少。 71.A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 朝中有友，胜如囊中有钱。 72.It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell. 天堂上和地狱中都
34、有几个朋友，这乃是一件好事。 73.We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 指望朋友无缺点，永远休想交朋友。 74.A friend without faults will never be found. 没有缺点的朋友永不可得。 75.A man without a friend is only half a man. 无友的人只能算半个人。 76.A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 失友快，交友慢。 77.Friendship cannot stan
35、d always on one side. 友谊不能总是在一方。 78.Old acquaintance will soon be remembered. 故人一见便相亲。 79.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 背后称我好，才算好朋友。 80.Friends (the best of friends) must part. 好友终有分手时。 81.A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真交。 82.I will be thy friend,but not thy
36、vices friend. 我愿意做你的朋友，但不做你那些恶习的朋友。 83.False friends are worse than open enemies. 假朋友比真敌人更坏。 84.Short acquaintance brings repentance. 浅交致后悔。 85.He that lies down (sleeps) with dogs must rise up with fleas. 与恶人交终会变恶；近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 86.Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。 87.Write down the advice
37、of him who loves you,though you like it not at present. 爱你的人的忠告，即使你当时并不喜欢，也得把它 记下。 88.Hunger knows no friend. 饥饿不认朋友。 89.Misery makes strange bedfellows. 难中不择友。 90.One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. 一个敌人为害，胜过十个朋友行好。 91.An enemys mouth seldom speaks well. 敌人嘴里无好话。 92.Believe no
38、tales from the enemy. 敌人之言不可 信。 93.One enemy is too much. 一个敌人已太多。 94.Mickle power makes many enemies. 权高树敌多。 95.Do not despise your enemy. 不可轻敌。 96.Though thy enemy seem a mouse,yet watch him like a lion. 敌人即使小如鼠，防他也要如防狮。 97.If we are bound to forgive an enemy,we are not bound to trust him. 即便我们决心宽
39、恕敌人，也决不能相信敌人。 98.He that dallies with enemy gives him leave to kill him. 把敌人看儿戏，无异于准许敌人杀害自己。 99.In an enemy spots are soon seen. 敌人身上求疵易。 0. If you would make an enemy,lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想与人结怨，只须先借钱给他 ，再向他催讨。 1. A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend. 勇敢的敌人胜过懦怯的朋友
40、。 2. An enemy who lies at thy feet begging forgi-veness must not feel thy sword. 对俯伏在你脚下乞怜的敌人，绝不可使他触及你 的剑。 3. Make your enemy your friend. 要化敌为友。 4. Live and let live. 自己活也让 别人活。 5. As a man lives,so shall he die. 有生必有死。 6. We are not born for ourselves. 人生天地间，并非为自己。 7. He that hath time hath life.
41、有时间就有生活。 8. He that lives long suffers much. 寿长忧患多。 9. They who live longest will see most. 寿命最长的人见识也最广。 10.He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. 他生在富贵人家。 11.A man can die but once. 人生只有一回死。 12.He that liveth in court dieth upon straw. 生于安乐者常死于贫贱。 13.He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly. 过着邪恶生活的人不会正直地死去。 14.Death pay all debts. 一死了百债。 15.Six feet of earth makes all men equal. 墓穴之中，人人平等。
