1、All beginnings are hard.
万事开头难。
2、A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
书是随时携带的花园。
3、A friend is a second self.
朋友是第二个自我。
4、A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮了别人，燃尽了自己。
5、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作而无娱乐会使人愚钝。
6、A good conscience is a continual feast.
白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
7、A good name is better than riches.
好名誉胜过有财富
8、A bad workman always blames his tools.
劣工咎器。
9、A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。
10、A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
开头不好，结尾必糟。
11、A man can not spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
12、Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
困难和不幸不能使人富有，却能使人聪明。
13、A word to the wise is enough.
聪明人不用细说。
14、A good beginning makes a good ending.
欲善其终 , 必先善其始。
15、After rain comes fair weather.
否极泰来。
16、A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation.
人无知犹如房屋无基。
17、A door must be either shut or open.
门不关就得开，二者必居其一。 / 非此即彼。
18、A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。
19、A man can do no more than he can.
凡事只能量力而行。
20、A little of everything, and nothing at all.
样样皆通，样样稀松。
21、A picture is a poem without words.
画为无言诗。
22、A word spoken cannot be recalled.
一言说出，难以收回。
23、A little is better than none.
有一点总比没有好。
24、A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口，忠言逆耳。
25、A little help is worth a deal of pity.
一次行动胜过一筐空话。
1、A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
恶其始者必恶其终。
2、A bad bush is better than the open field.
有胜于无。
3、A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。
4、A bad conscience is a snake in one''s heart.
做贼心虚。
5、A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.
坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。
6、A bad padlock invites a picklock.
开门揖盗。
7、A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.
一本好书，莫逆之交。
8、A bad thing never dies.
坏事传千年。
9、A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常怨工具差（人笨怨刀钝）。
10、A bargain is a bargain.
达成的协议不可撕毁。
11、A beggar''s purse is bottomless.
乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。
12、A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
13、A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。
14、A bird may be known by its song.
什么鸟唱什么歌。
15、A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.
略有胜于全无。
16、A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it''s the boundary of the world.
坐井观天。
17、A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
秋波送盲，白费痴情。
18、A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。
19、A book that remains shut is but a block.
有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
20、A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
借来的`斗篷不暖身。
21、Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
相聚爱益切，离别情更深。
22、A burden of one''s choice is not felt.
自己选的担子不嫌重。
23、A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
24、A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。
25、A cat may look at a king.
猫也有权晋见国王。
26、A cat has nine lives.
猫有九条命。
27、Accidents will happen.
天有不测风云。
28、A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。
29、A change of work is as good as a rest.
调换一下工作是很好的休息。
30、A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。
31、A clean hand wants no washing.
身正不怕影子斜。
32、A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
问心无愧，高枕无忧。
33、A clear conscience is a sure card.
光明磊落，胜券在握。
34、A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
35、A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
宁为清贫，不为浊富。
36、A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，
祸从口出。
37、A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
夜郎自大。
38、A common danger causes common action.
同仇敌忾。
39、A constant guest is never welcome.
久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。
40、A contented mind is perpetual feast.
知足常乐。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
Better late than never.（It’s never too late to mend.） 亡羊補牢猶未晚。（遲做總比不做好）。
cross your heart 你发誓。
gate - crasher 不请自来的不速之客。
He who has health has hope. 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。
It is better to win the peace and to lose the war. 寧願贏得和平而輸掉戰爭。
Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量。
Liberty is the right to do everything which the laws allow.自由就是在法律允許下的範圍下有權做任何事。
make yourself comfortable 不用约束 (招待客人时说的话)。
Misery loves company. (It never rains but pours.) 禍不單行。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事，今日畢。
Never too old to learn. 活到老學到老。
Seeing is believing. 百聞不如一見。
take it easy 凡事看开些, 不要太冲动, 不要看得那么重。
Two heads are better than one. 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮。
you are all wet 你完全误会了。
