Proverbs

A fall into the pit, a gain in your

wit.吃一堑，长一智

Facts speak louder than words.事

实胜于雄辩

Money can ’t buy time.寸金难买寸

光阴

Failureis the mother of success.失

败乃成功之母。

The visitorarrives,itisasif

returning home.宾至如归。

A good beginningis halfthe battle.

良好的开端成功的一半。

To teach is to learn.教学相长。

Like father,like son.有其父，必有

其子。

Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败。

Fish in trouble water.混水摸鱼。

Business is business.公事公办。

The style is the man.文入其人。

More haste,less speed.欲速则不达。

Great minds think alike.英雄所见略

同。

Misfortunes never come alone.祸不

单行。

Hedges have eyes,walls have ears.

隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳。

Man proposes,Goddisposes.谋 事 在

人，成事在天。

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

情人眼里出西施。

Time and tide wait for no man.时不

待我 / 岁月无情。

A young idlder,an old beggar.少壮

不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Out of office,out of danger.无官一

身轻。

In time of peace prepare for war.

居安思危。

The tongue cuts the throat.祸从口

出。 / 言多必失。

Out of sight,out of mind./far from

eye,far from heart.眼不见为净。

Allshallbe well,Jackshallbe Jill.

有情人终成眷属。

Friends must part.聚散离合总有时。

天下无不散之宴席。

The remenbrance of the past is the

teacher of the future.前事不忘，后

世之师。

Love me,love dog.爱屋及乌。

Kill two birds with one stone.一箭

双雕。 / 一石双鸟。

Speak the devil(andhe willappear).

说曹操，曹操到。

A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任

三把火。

Beat the dog before the lion.杀鸡

儆猴。

Let sleeping dog lie.勿打草惊蛇。

Teach fish to swim.班门弄斧。

A word spoken is past recallling.一

言既出，驷马难追。

Once beaten, twice shy.一朝被蛇

咬，十年怕井绳。

物以类分，人以群分。

In for a penny, in for a pound.一

不做，二不休。

There is smoke without fire.无风不

起浪。

Have a card up one’s sleeve.胸有

成竹。

Put the cart before the horse.本末

倒置。

Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要

金装，人要衣装。

As a man sows, so he shall reap.种

瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

Much will have more.得陇望蜀。 / 得

寸进尺。

The sauce is better than the fish.

喧宾夺主。

He cries wine and sells vinegar.挂

羊头，买狗肉。

Good wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷

子深。

Birds of a feather flock together.Every potter praises his pot.王婆

卖瓜，自卖自夸。

The pupil outdoes the master.青出

于蓝而胜于蓝。

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