1.Where there is a will there is a way.

　　有志者，事竟成。

　　2.Lost years are worse than lost dollars.

　　一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。

　　3.One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.

　　台上一分钟，台下十年功。

　　4.The longest journey begins with the first step.

　　千里之行，始于足下。

　　5.Pride hurts, modesty benefits.

　　满招损，谦受益。

　　6.Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.

　　世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。

　　7.Rome was not built in a day.

　　冰冻三尺非一日之寒。

　　8.God helps those who help themselves.

　　自助者天助。

　　9.More haste, less speed.

　　欲速则不达。

　　10.A rolling stone gathers no moss.

　　滚石不聚苔，转行不聚财。

　　11.When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

　　入乡随俗。

　　12.Knowledge is a measure, but practise is the key to it.

　　知识是珍宝，而实践是获取它的钥匙。

　　13.Lost time is never found again.

　　光阴一去不复返。

　　14.Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.

　　劳动强体，磨难强智。

　　15.Behind bad luck comes good luck.

　　塞翁失马，焉知非福。

　　16.All for one, one for all.

　　我为人人，人人为我。

　　17.Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.

　　己所不欲，勿施于人。

　　18.Suspicion is the poison of friendship.

　　怀疑是对友谊所下的毒药。

　　19.He laughs best who laughs last.

　　谁笑到最后，谁笑得最美。

　　20.Follow your own course, and let people talk.

　　走自己的路，让别人说去吧。

　　21.Think twice before acting.

　　三思而后行。

　　22.Adversity reveals genius, fortune conceals it.

　　苦难显才华，好运隐天资。

　　23.The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.

　　水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

　　24.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

　　宁为鸡头，不为凤尾。

　　25.A stitch in time saves nine.

　　小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

　　26..Diamond cuts diamond.

　　棋逢对手，将遇良才。

　　27.The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.

　　清者自清，浊者自浊。

　　28.The early bird catches the worm.

　　早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

　　29.Whatever you do, do with all your heart.

　　无论做什么事，一定要全力以赴。

　　30.A good medicine tastes bitter.

　　良药苦口。

　　31.Knowledge is power.

　　知识就是力量。

　　32.Money is not everything.

　　金钱不是万能的。

　　33.Time and tide wait no man.

　　时不我待。

　　34.A young idler, an old beggar.

　　少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

　　35.Every man has his price.

　　天生我才必有用。

　　36.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

　　世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

　　37.Nothing venture, nothing gain.

　　不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

　　38.It never rains but it pours.

　　不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。

　　39.Losers are always in the wrong.

　　胜者为王，败者为寇。

　　40.Many hands make light work.

　　众人拾柴火焰高。

　　41.No cross, no crown.

　　不经风雨，怎能见彩虹。

　　42.No pain, no gain.

　　没有付出，就没有收获。

　　43.Not to advance is to go back.

　　不进则退。

　　44.No way is impossible to courage.

　　勇者无惧。

　　45.All that glitters is not gold.

　　闪光的不一定是黄金。

　　46.Seeing is believing.

　　眼见为实。

　　47.There’s no smoke without fire.

　　无风不起浪。

　　48.Where there’s oppression there’s resistance.

　　哪里有压迫，哪里就有反抗。

　　49.Details is the key to success.

　　细节决定成败。

　　50.A big tree falls not at the first stroke.

　　一斧子砍不倒大树。

　　51.Never put off until tomorrow what may be done today.

　　今日事今日毕。

　　52.Something attempted, something done.

　　没有尝试，就没有成功。

　　53.Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

　　抱最好的希望,做最坏的准备。

　　54.Great hope makes great man.

　　伟大的思想造就伟大的人。

　　55.Well begun is half done.

　　好的开端是成功的一半。

　　56.Good wine needs no bush.

　　酒好不怕巷子深。

　　57.Industry is the parent of success.

　　成功源于勤奋。

　　58.Great minds think alike.

　　英雄所见略同。

　　59.Practice makes perfect.

　　熟能生巧。

　　60.Still waters run deep.

　　静水流深。

　　61.Little strokes fell great oaks.

　　滴水穿石。

　　62.The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future.

　　前事不忘，后事之师。

　　63.A hedge between keeps friendship green.

　　君子之交淡如水。

　　64.Take time while time is, for time will be away.

　　机不可失，时不再来。

　　65.Two heads are better than one.

　　三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。

　　66.Provide for a rainy day.

　　未雨绸缪。

　　67.True blue will never strain.

　　真金不怕火炼。

　　68.A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.

　　燕雀安知鸿鹄之志。

　　69.A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

　　身正不怕影子歪。

　　70.There is plenty of fish in the sea.

　　天涯何处无芳草。

　　71.Cats hide their paws.

　　大智若愚。

　　72.Judge not a book by its cover.

　　人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。

　　73.The good seaman is known in bad weather.

　　惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。

　　74.Where there is life, there is hope.

　　留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

　　75.All thing are difficult before they are easy.

　　万事开头难。

　　76.Heaven never seals off all the exits.

　　天无绝人之路。

　　77.Reading is always profitable.

　　开卷有益。

　　78.Actions speak louder than words.

　　事实胜于雄辩。

　　79.It is never too old to learn.

　　活到老，学到老。

　　80.There is no royal road to learning.

　　书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

　　81.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

　　恶其始者必恶其终。

　　82.A man becomes learned by asking questions.

　　不耻下问才能有学问。

　　83.A light heart lives long.

　　静以修身。

　　84.Nothing is stolen without hands.

　　无贼不失窃。

　　85.Nothing is really beautiful but truth.

　　只有真理才是真美。

　　86.Nothing is impossible to the man who will try.

　　世上无难事，只怕有心人。

　　87.Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.

　　饥不择食。

　　88.No sweat, no sweet.

　　一分耕耘，一分收获。

　　89.No piper can please all ears.

　　众口难调。

　　90.No one is wise at all times.

　　聪明一世，糊涂一时。

　　91.No one is born wise or learned.

　　人非生而知之者。

　　92.No one can call back yesterday.

　　光阴一去不复返。

　　93.No man can do two things at once.

　　一心不可二用。

　　94.Never too late to mend.

　　亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

　　95.A bad thing never dies.

　　遗臭万年。

　　96.A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.

　　一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

　　97.A candle lights others and consumes itself.

　　蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

　　98.A close mouth catches no flies.

　　病从口入。

　　99.A constant guest is never welcome.

　　常客令人厌。

　　100.Adversity leads to prosperity.

　　穷则思变。

　　101.Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

　　逆境出人才。

　　102.A fair death honors the whole life.

　　死得其所，流芳百世。

　　103.A faithful friend is hard to find.

　　知音难觅。

　　104.A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

　　吃一堑，长一智。

　　105.A fox may grow gray, but never good.

　　江山易改，本性难移。

　　106.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

　　患难见真情。

　　107.A good book is a good friend.

　　好书如挚友。

　　108.A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

　　一本好书，相伴一生。

　　109.A good conscience is a soft pillow.

　　不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。

　　110.A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

　　说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。

　　111.A little body often harbors a great soul.

　　浓缩的都是精品。

　　112.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

　　一知半解，自欺欺人。

　　113.All good things come to an end.

　　天下没有不散的筵席。

　　114.All rivers run into sea.

　　海纳百川。

　　115.All roads lead to Rome.

　　条条大路通罗马。

　　116.A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

　　光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。

　　117.A man without money is no man at all.

　　一分钱难倒英雄汉。

　　118.A miss is as good as a mile.

　　失之毫厘，谬以千里。

　　119.A mother’s love never changes.

　　母爱永恒。

　　120.An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

　　以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

　　121.As a man sows, so he shall reap.

　　种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

　　122.A single flower does not make a spring.

　　一花独放不是春。

　　123.A still tongue makes a wise head.

　　寡言者智。

　　124.A wise head makes a close mouth.

　　智者寡言。

　　125.A word spoken is past recalling.

　　一言既出，驷马难追。

　　126.Bad news has wings.

　　好事不出门，坏事传千里。

　　127.Barking dogs seldom bite.

　　吠犬不咬人。

　　128.Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

　　听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。

　　129.Birds of a feather flock together.

　　物以类聚，人以群分。

　　130.Books and friends should be few but good.

　　读书如交友，应求少而精。

　　131.By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.

　　读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。

　　132.Cannot see the wood for the trees.

　　一叶障目，不见泰山。

　　133.Caution is the parent of safety.

　　小心驶得万年船。

　　134.Children are what the mothers are.

　　耳濡目染，身教言传。

　　135.Choose an author as you choose a friend.

　　择书如择友。

　　136.Constant dripping wears away a stone.

　　水滴石穿，绳锯木断。

　　137.Content is better than riches.

　　知足者常乐。

　　138.Do as you would be done by.

　　己所不欲，勿施于人。

　　139.Do nothing by halves.

　　凡事不可半途而废。

　　140.Easier said than done.

　　说起来容易，做起来难。

　　141.Envy has no holidays.

　　忌妒之人无宁日。

　　142.Even Homer sometimes nods.

　　智者千虑，必有一失。

　　143.Every advantage has its disadvantage.

　　有利必有弊。

　　144.Every little helps a mickle.

　　聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。

　　145.Every man has his faults.

　　金无足赤，人无完人。

　　146.Everything is good when new, but friends when old.

　　东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。

　　147.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

　　经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。

　　148.False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

　　明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

　　149.Far water does not put out near fire.

　　远水救不了近火。

　　150.Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

　　火是一把双刃剑。

　　151.Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s gate.

　　风水轮流转。

　　152.Four eyes see more than two.

　　集思广益。

　　153.Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

　　天才不过是勤奋而已。

　　154.Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.

　　以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。

　　155.Good health is over wealth.

　　健康是最大的财富。

　　156.Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

　　大树底下好乘凉。

　　157.He that will not work shall not eat.

　　不劳动者不得食。

　　158.He who does not advance loses ground.

　　逆水行舟，不进则退。

　　159.He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.

　　经常诉苦，没人同情。

　　160.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

　　想不犯错误，就一事无成。
 

　　161.He who risks nothing gains nothing.

　　收获与风险并存。

　　162.If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.

　　要想求知，就得吃苦。

　　163.Industry is the parent of success.

　　勤奋是成功之母。

　　164.It is better to die when life is a disgrace.

　　宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。

　　165.It is easier to get money than to keep it.

　　挣钱容易攒钱难。

　　166.It is easy to be wise after the event.

　　事后诸葛亮好当。

　　167.It is the unforeseen that always happens.

　　天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

　　168.It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

　　十年树木，百年树人。

　　169.Jack of all trades and master of none.

　　行行皆通，样样稀松。

　　170.Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.

　　近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

　　171.Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.

　　博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

　　172.Like father, like son.

　　有其父必有其子。

　　173.Little things amuse little minds.

　　小人无大志。

　　174.Lookers-on see more than players.

　　当局者迷，旁观者清。

　　175.Make hay while the sun shines.

　　良机勿失。

　　176.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。

　　177.Misfortunes never come alone.

　　祸不单行。

　　178.There is no garden without its weeds.

　　没有不长草的园子。

　　179.No one can call back yesterday.

　　昨日不会重现。

　　180.No pleasure without pain.

　　没有苦就没有乐。

　　181.Nothing seek, nothing find.

　　没有追求就没有收获。

　　182.Observation is the best teacher.

　　观察是最好的老师。

　　183.Offense is the best defense.

　　进攻是最好的防御。

　　184.Once bitten, twice shy.

　　一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

　　185.One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.

　　百闻不如一见。

　　186.One false move may lose the game.

　　一着不慎，满盘皆输。

　　187.One good turn deserves another.

　　礼尚往来。

　　188.One man’s fault is other man’s lesson.

　　前车之鉴。

　　189.Penny wise, pound foolish.

　　贪小便宜吃大亏。

　　190.Pleasure comes through toil.

　　苦尽甘来。

　　191.Prevention is better than cure.

　　预防胜于治疗。

　　192.Pride goes before, and shame comes after.

　　骄傲使人落后。

　　193.Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.

　　读书健脑，运动强身。

　　194.Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.

　　要人尊敬，必须自重。

　　195.Success belongs to the persevering.

　　坚持就是胜利。

　　196.Take things as they come.

　　随遇而安。

　　197.Tall trees catch much wind.

　　树大招风。

　　198.The best hearts are always the bravest.

　　无私者无畏。

　　199.The finest diamond must be cut.

　　玉不琢，不成器。

　　200.The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.

　　烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。

　　201.The grass is greener on the other side.

　　这山望着那山高。

　　202.The greatest talkers are always least doers.

　　语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。

　　203.The higher up, the greater the fall.

　　爬得高，摔得惨。

　　204.The more noble, the more humble.

　　人越高尚，越谦虚。

　　205.There are spots in the sun.

　　太阳也有黑点。

　　206.There are two sides to every question.

　　问题皆有两面。

　　207.There is kindness to be found everywhere.

　　人间处处有温情。

　　208.The style is the man.

　　字如其人。

　　209.The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.

　　人言可畏。

　　210.The world is but a little place, after all.

　　天涯仅咫尺,何处不相逢。

　　211.Things at the worst will mend.

　　否极泰来。

　　212.Time lost cannot be won again.

　　时光流逝，不可复得。

　　213.Time tries all.

　　路遥知马力，日久见人心。

　　214.To know oneself is true progress.

　　人贵有自知之明。

　　215.Tomorrow never comes.

　　我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。

　　216.Too much liberty spills all.

　　自由放任，一事无成。

　　217.Too much praise is a burden.

　　过多夸奖，反成负担。

　　218.To save time is to lengthen life.

　　节约时间就是延长生命。

　　219.Truth never grows old.

　　真理永存。

　　220.Two of a trade seldom agree.

　　同行是冤家。

　　221.Until all is over one’s ambition never dies.

　　不到黄河心不死。

　　222.Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

　　吃小亏占大便宜。

　　223.Virtue is fairer far than beauty.

　　美德远远胜过美貌。

　　224.Wealth is nothing without health.

　　失去健康，钱再多也没用。

　　225.We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

　　井干方知水可贵。

　　226.What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.

　　儿时所学，终生难忘。

　　227.Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.

　　搬弄口舌者必是小人。

　　228.Work makes the workman.

　　勤工出巧匠。

　　229.You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.

　　强扭的瓜不甜。

　　230.A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.

　　花有重开日，人无再少年。

　　231.Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.

　　勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。

　　232.The best horse needs breeding, and the aptest child needs teaching.

　　最好的马要驯，最伶俐的孩子要教。

　　233.Learn young, learn fair.

　　学习趁年轻，学就要学好。

　　234.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

　　胸中有知识，胜于手中有金钱。

　　235.Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.

　　良药苦口。

　　236.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

　　每天一苹果，疾病远离我。

　　237.Diet cures more than the doctor.

　　药补不如食补。

　　238.Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.

　　光阴如锉，细磨无声。

　　239.Time is the greatest teacher.

　　时间是最好的老师。

　　240.Time tries friends as fire tries gold.

　　时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金。

　　241.Time means life, time means speed, time means strength.

　　时间就是生命，时间就是速度，时间就是力量。

　　242.One of these days is none of these days.

　　拖延时日，终难实现。

　　243.What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

　　常将今日推明日，推到后来无足迹。

　　244.He who had never been to the Great Wall isn’t a true man.

　　不到长城非好汉。

　　245.The course of true love never did run smooth.

　　真正的爱情总不是一帆风顺的。

　　246.Pleasant hours fly fast.

　　美好的时光最易逝。

　　247.A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.

　　做贼心虚。

　　248.Some people pretend to despise the things they can not have.

　　吃不到葡萄的人说葡萄酸。

　　249.Take the rough with the smooth.

　　逆来顺受。

　　250.Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.

　　君子在德不在衣。

　　251.Business is business.

　　公事公办，在商言商。

　　252.By doing nothing we learn to do ill.

　　一闲生百邪。

　　253.By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.

　　教学相长。

　　254.By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

　　团结则存，分裂则亡。

　　255.Diligence is the mother of good luck.

　　幸运出自勤奋。

　　256.Custom is a second nature.

　　习是人的第二天性。

　　257.Custom makes all the things easy.

　　有个好习惯，事事皆不难。

　　258.Cut your coat according to your cloth.

　　量体裁衣。

　　259.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.

　　知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

　　260.A man can do no more than he can.

　　凡事都应量力而行。

　　261.Education has for its object the formation of character.

　　教育的目的在于培养品德。

　　262.Every brave man is a man of his word.

　　勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人。

　　263.Every man is the master of his own fortune.

　　每个人都是他自己命运的主宰。

　　264.If you don’t aim high you will never hit high.

　　不立大志，难攀高峰。

　　265.Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

　　学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

　　266.Like tree, like fruit.

　　有其因必有其果。

　　267.Manners make the man.

　　礼貌造就人。

　　268.Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.

　　抓住大好时机，切莫等闲错过。

　　269.Overdone is worse than undone.

　　过犹不及。

　　270.It’s no use crying over spilt milk.

　　覆水难收。

　　271.Hunger is the best sauce.

　　饥饿是最好的调味品。

　　272.Better late than never.

　　迟做总比不做好。

　　273.The true value of life is not in what we get but in what we give.

　　人生的价值不在于索取，而在于奉献。

　　274.When the cat is away, the mice will play.

　　山中无老虎，猴子称大王。

　　275.Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.

　　自信是走向成功的第一步。

　　276.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.

　　好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。

　　277.Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.

　　智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理。

　　278.Necessity is the mother of invention.

　　需要是发明的动力。

　　279.Truth never fears investigation.

　　事实从来不怕调查。

　　280.Reading makes a full man.

　　读书使人完善。

　　281.Riches do not always bring happiness.

　　财富并不总是带来幸福。

　　282.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.

　　记得青年时所做的愚笨事的人是幸福的。

　　283.Use a book as a bee does flowers.

　　读书如蜜蜂采花，吸取其中之精华。

　　284.All things are easy that are done willingly.

　　做事乐意，诸事容易。

　　285.Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.

　　考虑要仔细，行动要迅速。

　　286.Time tames the strongest grief.

　　时间可以冲淡最强烈的悲伤。

　　287.Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it.

　　弱者等待机会，强者创造机会。

　　288.Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

　　忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。

　　289.Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

　　热情而无知，犹如无光之火。

　　290.Cease to struggle and you cease to live.

　　生命不止，奋斗不息。

　　291.A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.

　　强者能与命运的风暴抗争。

　　292.Birth is much, but breeding is more.

　　教养比出身更重要。

　　293.The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.

　　车到山前必有路。

　　294.One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.

　　曾经沧海难为水。

　　295.One swallow does not make a summer.

　　一燕不成夏。

　　296.Out of sight, out of mind.

　　眼不见，心不烦。

　　297.A letter from home is a priceless treasure.

　　家书抵万金。

　　298.Sharp tools make good work.

　　工欲善其事，必先利其器。

　　299.Nurture passes nature.

　　教养胜过天性。

　　300.By other’s faults, wise men correct their own.

　　他山之石，可以攻玉。

　　301.Better an empty purse than an empty head.

　　宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。

　　302.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.

　　细线挂重物，终究不可靠。

　　303.Truth and roses have thorns about them.

　　真理和玫瑰，身上都有刺。

　　304.A common danger causes common action.

　　同舟共济。

　　305.Difficult the first time, easy the second.

　　一回生，二回熟。

　　306.Do not teach fish to swim.

　　不要班门弄斧。

　　307.Never hit a man when he is down.

　　不要落井下石。

　　308.All things in their being are good for something.

　　天生我才必有用。

　　309.Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.

　　人往高处走,水往低处流。

　　310.Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

　　生活没有目标,犹如航海没有罗盘。

　　311.Experience is the mother of wisdom.

　　实践出真知。

　　312.Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

　　不要自寻烦恼。

　　313.Everybody dies, but not everybody lives.

　　人人都会死，但非人人都曾活过。

　　314.The darkest place is under the candlestick.

　　烛台底下最暗。

　　315.The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.

　　螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。

　　316.Pleasant hours fly fast.

　　欢乐的时间过得快。

　　317.Please the eye and plague the heart.

　　贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。

　　318.Turn over a new leaf.

　　洗心革面，改过自新。

　　319.Prosperity discovers vices and adversity virtues.

　　顺境显邪恶，逆境见善性。

　　320.The more wit, the less courage.

　　初生牛犊不怕虎.