雨後送傘
Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late.
Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I had a promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death, the doctor.
2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
掛羊頭賣狗肉
Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.
Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.
3. All is over but the shouting.
大勢已去
Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.
Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.
4. All lay load on the willing horse.
人善被人欺，馬善被人騎
Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him.
Examples: the trouble is you’re too good-natured and people take advantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will have to learn to refuse people who ask too much.
5.anger and haste hinder good counsel.
小不忍則亂大謀
Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
6. As poor as a church mouse
壹貧如洗
Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.
Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.
Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
7. A word spoken is past recalling.
壹言既出，駟馬難追
Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.
Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said, but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of that moment of harshness.
8.World is but a little place, after all.
天涯原咫尺，到處可逢君
Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so.
Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.
9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入鄉隨俗
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls.
10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
失之東隅，收之桑榆
Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed.
Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts.
11.What are the odds so long as you are happy.
知足者常樂
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.
12．Entertain an angel unawares.
有眼不識泰山
Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits.
Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise
13.every dog has his day .
是人皆有出頭日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
14.every potter praises his own pot.
王婆買瓜，自賣自誇
Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members
Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot
15． Pain past is pleasure.
（過去的痛苦就是快樂。）[無論多麽艱難壹定要咬牙沖過去，將來回憶起來壹定甜蜜無比。]
16． While there is life, there is hope.
（有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。）
17． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
（腦中有知識，勝過手中有金錢。）[從小灌輸給孩子的堅定信念。]
18． Storms make trees take deeper roots.
（風暴使樹木深深紮根。）[感激敵人，感激挫折！]
19． Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
（心之所願，無所不成。）[堅持壹個簡單的信念就壹定會成功。]
20． The shortest answer is doing.
（最簡單的回答就是幹。）[想說流利的英語嗎？那麽現在就開口！心動不如嘴動。]
21． All things are difficult before they are easy.
（凡事必先難後易。）[放棄投機取巧的幻想。]
22． Great hopes make great man. （偉大的理想造就偉大的人。）
23． God helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。）
24． Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
（四個簡短的詞匯概括了成功的秘訣：多壹點點！）
[比別人多壹點努力、多壹點自律、多壹點決心、多壹點反省、多壹點學習、多壹點實踐、多壹點瘋狂，多壹點點就能創造奇跡！]
25． In doing we learn.（實踐長才幹。）
26． East or west, home is best.（東好西好，還是家裏最好。）
27． Two heads are better than one.（三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮。）
28． Good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有良伴就是捷徑。）
29． Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石。）
30． Misfortunes never come alone/single.（禍不單行。）
31． Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不經災禍不知福。）
32． Better late than never.（遲做總比不做好；晚來總比不來好。）
33． It`s never too late to mend.（過而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊補牢，猶未晚也。）
34． If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事情值得做，就值得做好。）
35． Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（無熱情成就不了偉業。）
36． Actions speak louder than words.（行動比語言更響亮。）
37． Lifeless, faultless.（只有死人才不犯錯誤。）
38． From small beginning come great things.（偉大始於渺小。）
39． One today is worth two tomorrows.（壹個今天勝似兩個明天。）
40． Truth never fears investigation.（事實從來不怕調查。）
41． The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.（舌無骨卻能折斷骨。）
42． A bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的嘗試是成功的壹半。）
43． Knowing something of everything and everything of something.
（通百藝而專壹長。）[瘋狂咬舌頭]
44． Good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是無價寶。）
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A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善終。
A bad thing never dies.
遺臭萬年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不會撐船怪河彎。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
壹鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛與說謊本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厲內荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
愛挑的擔子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
貓有九條命。
A cat may look at a king.
貓也可以打量國王，意為人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病從口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厭。
Actions speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
窮則思變。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音難覓。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃壹塹，長壹智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性難移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友難，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之時方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
沒有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.
“您先請”是禮貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的開端是成功的壹半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善終。
A good book is a good friend.
好書如摯友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
壹本好書，相伴壹生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名勝過美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善則妻賢。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。
A great talker is a great liar.
說大話者多謊言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
積習難改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。
A light heart lives long.
靜以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
濃縮的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
壹知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四兩油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敵人逃竄時，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.
天下沒有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海納百川。
All roads lead to Rome.
條條大路通羅馬。
All that ends well is well.
結果好，就壹切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
閃光的不壹定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事總是由難而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不恥下問才能有學問。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都應量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
壹心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什麽人交什麽朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
壹分錢難倒英雄漢。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心曠神怡，事事順利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千裏。
A mother's love never changes.
母愛永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
壹天壹蘋果，不用請醫生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
壹日之計在於晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗學不出新把戲。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聰明才智，不如運氣。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
預防為主，治療為輔。
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 single flower does not make a spring.
壹花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。
A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆豐年。
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓於健康的身體。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
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 wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.
壹言既出，駟馬難追。
A year's plan starts with spring.
壹年之計在於春。
A young idler, an old beggar.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出門，壞事傳千裏。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼裏出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。
Better late than never.
不怕慢，單怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
問路總比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之間不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血濃於水。
Blood will have blood.
血債血償。
Books and friends should be few but good.
讀書如交友，應求少而精。
Business is business.
公事公辦。
Business is the salt of life.
事業是人生的第壹需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
壹葉障目，不見泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
謹慎和勤奮才能抓住機遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心駛得萬年船。
Cheats never prosper.
騙人發不了財。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言傳。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
擇書如擇友。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.
做妳的吧，天塌不下來。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
學習的敵人是自己的滿足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第壹步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，繩鋸木斷。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常樂。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先數雛。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
來而不往非禮也。
Creep before you walk.
循序漸進。
Cry for the moon.
海底撈月。
Custom is a second nature.
習慣是後天養成的。
Custom makes all things easy.
有個好習慣，事事皆不難。
Diamond cuts diamond.
強中自有強中手。
Do as the Romans do.
入鄉隨俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施於人。
Doing is better than saying.
與其掛在嘴上，不如落實在行動上。
Do it now.
機不可失，時不再來。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而廢。
Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂裝懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要攬事過多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小題大做。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日畢。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻煩。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班門弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善報。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自賞。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身體好。
Easier said than done.
說得容易，做得難。
Easy come, easy go.
來也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃飯是為了活著，但活著不是為了吃飯。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
實磨無聲空磨響，滿瓶不動半瓶搖。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人無寧日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千慮，必有壹失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
親兄弟，明算賬。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人負責，等於沒人負責。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.
誰都有得意的時候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死難逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦惱。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不為己，天誅地滅。
Every man has his faults.
金無足赤，人無完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
蘿蔔青菜，各有所愛。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱點。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命運自己掌握。
Every minute counts.
分秒必爭。
Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。
Example is better then percept.
說壹遍，不如做壹遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
經驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃壹塹，長壹智。
Fact speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
Failure is the mother of success.
失敗是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
Far from eye, far from heart.
眼不見，心不煩。
Far water does not put out near fire.
遠水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
壹朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐懼源於無知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墻有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火無情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是壹把雙刃劍。
First come, first served.
先來後到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次見面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想後說。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速則不達。
Fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不學無術，智者不恥下問。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
機遇偏愛善斷之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
風水輪流轉。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思廣益。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之間也會保持距離。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是時間的竊賊。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的時候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不過是勤奮而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黃金並非萬能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德報德是常理，以德報怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的財富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良藥苦口利於病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
謹慎消災。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不擋道。
Great hopes make great man.
偉大的抱負造就偉大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所見略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大錯誤。
Great men's sons seldom do well.
富不過三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大樹底下好乘涼。
Great wits have short memories.
貴人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心貪手長。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做賊心虛。
Habit cures habit.
心病還需心藥醫。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行為漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
歡樂不覺時光過。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背債。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教訓，自己才會走運。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
壹見鐘情難維久。