English Sayings (英文格言谚语)
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English Sayings （英文格言諺語）
1. Actions
speak louder than words. 行動勝於空談（坐而言不如起而行）。
2. Advice when most needed is least heeded.
忠言逆耳。
3. After a storm comes a calm. 否極泰來。
4. All good things come to an end.
花無百日紅（天下無不散之筵席）。
5. All roads lead to Rome.
條條大道通羅馬。
6. All that glitters is not gold.
閃爍者未必都是金（不可僅以貌取人）。
7. All’s well that ends
well. 善終為善（善有善報）。
8. Art is long, life is
short. 人生苦短，而學術無窮（生也有涯，而知也無涯）。
9. As you
sow, so shall you reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
10. Bad
news travels fast. 惡事傳千里。
11. A bad penny
always comes back. 惡有惡報。
12. A bad shearer
never had a good sickle.
A bad workman
always blames his tools. 劣工尤器。
13. The bait
hides the hook. 餌裡藏鉤。
14. Barking dogs
seldom bite. 吠叫的狗不咬人。
15. Beauty is but skin
deep. 美色只是一層皮（美色是膚淺的）。
16. Beauty is in the
eye of the beholder. 情人眼裡出西施。
17. Beggars
must not be choosers. 饑者不得擇食。
18. The best
fish swims near the bottom. 好魚游溪底（好酒沉甕底）。
19. Better be the head of an ass than
the tail of a horse. 寧為驢頭不為馬尾。
Better be
the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
寧為狗頭不為獅尾。
20. Better late than never.
寧遲勿缺（亡羊補牢猶時未晚）。
21. Between two stools you
fall to the ground. 腳踏雙凳必墜地。
22. A bird in
hand is worth two in the bush. 一鳥在手勝於兩鳥在林。
23. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚。
24. The biter is sometimes bit. 欺人反受欺（害人反害己）。
25. Blood is thicker than water. 血濃於水。
26. A burnt child dreads the fire. 受灼的孩子必怕火。
27. Care killed a cat. 憂慮致命（勞神喪命）。
28. A
cat may look at a king. 君王卿相於我何。
29.
Charity begins at home. 修身齊家博愛天下。
30. The
child is father of the man. 少年時代可決定一人之未來。
31. Comparisons are odious. 人比人氣死人。
32.
Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石。
33. A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
知足常樂。
34. Death is the great leveler.
死後萬人皆平等。
35. The devil finds work for idle
hands to do. 小人閒居做歹事。
36. Diamond cut(s)
diamond. 兩虎相爭必有一傷。
37. Do as you would be
done by. 己所欲施於人。
38. Do in Rome as
the Romans do. 入境隨俗。
39. Don’t change horses
in mid-stream. 臨陣勿換將。
40. Don’t count your
chickens before they are hatched. 勿打如意算盤。
41. Do not kick against the pricks.
勿以螳臂擋車（勿作無謂之抵抗徒傷自己）。
42. Don’t put the cart
before the horse. 勿本末倒置。
43. Don’t quarrel
with your bread and butter. 勿自砸飯碗。
44. Don’t
wash your dirty linen in public. 家醜不可外揚。
45.
Dog does not eat dog. 狗不咬狗（同類不相殘）。
46.
Easier said than done. 說來容易做來難。
47. Easy
come easy go. 僥倖之財難久留（賺得容易花得快）。
48. Empty
vessels make the most sound. 空桶響叮噹。
49. Even
Homer sometimes nods. 智者千慮必有一失。
50.
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
眾人之事乏人管（三個和尚沒水
喝）。
51. Every dog has his
day. 三年風水輪流轉（狗也有走運的一天）。
52. Every man has
his taste. 人各有所好。
53. Extremes meet. 物極必反。
54. Familiarity breeds contempt.
過分熟稔易滋侮蔑（近廟欺神）。
55. A fault confessed is half
redressed. 肯認錯是改過的一半。
56. First come first
served. 捷足先登。
57. The fish will soon
be caught that nibbles at every bait. 貪吃的魚兒易上鉤。
58. Forewarned is forearmed. 先知先戒備。
59.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 救難之友乃為真友。
60. Give knaves an inch and they will take a
yard. 小人得寸便進尺。
61. God’s mill grinds slow
but sure. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
62. Grasp all, lose
all. 貪者必失。
63. Handsome is as handsome does.
慷慨大方始為美。
64. He that touches pitch shall be
defiled. 近墨者黑。
65. Heaven helps those who
help themselves. 天助自助者。
66. Health is better
than wealth. 健康勝於財富。
67. Hide not your light
under a bushel. 勿過分謙沖以致隱沒才能。
68. History
repeats itself. 歷史會重演。
69. Hoist your sail
when the wind is fair. 見機行事。
70. Honesty is
the best policy. 誠實為上策。
71. Idle folk have
the least leisure. 懶惰人才說沒空閒。
72. If you run
after two hares, you will catch neither.
同時追兩兔，兩頭都落空。
73. In wine there is truth.
酒後吐真言。
74. It is easy to be wise after the
event. 經一事長一智。
75. It is never too late to
mend. 亡羊補牢猶未晚也。
76. It is no use crying over
spilt milk. 覆水難收。
77. A Jack of all
trades is master of none. 樣樣通樣樣稀鬆。
78.
Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量。
79. The last
straw breaks the camel’s neck. 凡事宜節制，過則必敗事。
80. Least said, soonest mended. 少說少錯（多言惹禍）。
81. The leopard cannot change his spots.
江山易改，本性難移。
82. Let sleeping dogs lie. 別自找麻煩。
83. Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。
84.
A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解最危險。
85. A little pot is soon hot. 小人物易發怒。
86. Live and learn. 活到老學到老。
87. Look
before you leap. 三思而後行。
88. Lookers-on see
most of the game. 旁觀者清。
89. Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。
90. Love me little, love me long.
愛情要細水長流。
91. Make hay while the sun shines.
未雨綢繆。
92. Man proposes, God disposes.
謀事在人，成事在天。
93. Many a little makes a mickle.
積少成多（聚沙成塔；集腋成裘）。
94. Marry in haste, and
repent at leisure. 匆匆結婚，慢慢後悔。
95. Men are
not to be measured in inches. 人不可貌相。
96.
Might is right. 強權即是公理。
97. Money
makes the mare go. 有錢能使鬼推磨。
98. Much would
have more. 貪得無饜。
99. Murder will out.
若要人不知，除非己莫為。
100. Necessity is the mother of
invention. 需要為發明之母。
101. Never do things by
halves. 做事切莫半途而廢。
102. Never look a gift
horse in the mouth. 餽贈之物切莫挑剔。
103. No man
can serve two masters. 一人不能事二君（一馬不能被兩鞍）。
104. No man is content with his lot.
無人能滿意於自己的命運。
105. No news is good news.
無消息即是好消息。
106. No pains, no gains. 不勞則無獲。
107. None so blind as those who won’t see.
有眼不看者為盲。
108. Nothing comes of nothing.
事出必有因（無中不能生有）。
109. Nothing venture, nothing
have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
110. Once bitten, twice
shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。
111. One swallow does not
make a summer. 勿以一概全。
112. Out of debt, out
of danger. 無債一身輕。
113. Out of sight, out of
mind. 久離則疏遠。
114. The pot called the kettle
black. 五十步笑百步。
115. Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
116. Prevention is better than cure.
預防勝於治療。
117. The proof of pudding is
in the eating. 欲知布丁味，親嚐便可曉。
118. Put the
saddle on the right horse. 責備得當（冤有頭，債有主）。
119. The road to hell is paved with good
intentions. 手抱菩薩操屠刀。
120. Rome was not built
in a day. 羅馬不是一天造成的。
121. Second thoughts
are best. 退一步想最穩當。
122. Seeing is believing.
百聞不如一見（眼見為信）。
123. Share and share alike.
有福同享，有難同當。
124. Slow and steady wins the
race. 穩健紮實必致勝。
125. A soft answer turneth
away wrath. 和言足以息怒（柔足以克剛）。
126. Some people
cannot see the wood for the trees. 見木不見林，逐末而忘本。
127. A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的頭腦寓於健全的身體。
128. Spare the rod and spoil
the child. 孩子不打不成器（玉不琢不成器）。
129. Still water
runs deep. 水深流靜。
130. A stitch in time saves
nine. 及時縫一針，省得日後縫九針（防微杜漸）。
131. Strike while
the iron is hot. 打鐵趁熱。
132. Take the rough
with the smooth. 逆來則順受。
133. Talk of the
devil and he is sure to appear. 說曹操曹操就到。
134. There are two sides to every question.
公說公有理，婆說婆有理。
135. There’s a black sheep in
every flock. 每一個團體中都難免有害群之馬。
136. There is
no rose without a thorn. 朵朵玫瑰皆有刺。
137. There is no smoke without fire.
有煙必有火（無風不起浪）。
138. Those who live in glass
houses should not throw stones. 投鼠忌器。
139.
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 舌頭雖非鐵卻可傷人。
140. Too many cooks spoil the broth. 七手八腳必敗事。
141. Turn a stumbling block into a stepping
stone. 化絆腳石為墊腳石。
142. Two heads are better
than one. 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮（集思廣益）。
143. Two of a
trade can never agree. 同行相嫉。
144. Virtue is
its own reward. 為善自得其樂。
145. Walls have
ears. 隔牆有耳（謹防竊聽）。
146. Well begun is half
done. 好的開始是成功的一半。
147. What can’t be cured
must be endured. 無能為力之事只得忍耐（盡人事聽天
命）。
148. Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
149. Where there is a will
there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
150. Words cut more
than swords. 舌劍利於刀劍。
151. You cannot burn
the candle at both ends. 蠟燭不能兩頭燒（勿過分消耗體力）。
152. You cannot get blood out of a stone.
石頭擠不出血來（鐵石心腸那有淚）。
153. You cannot sell the
cow and drink the milk. 魚與熊掌不可兼得。
154. You
cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
老狗學不來新花樣（人老則守舊）。
155. Zeal without knowledge
is a runaway horse. 缺乏知識之熱心猶如脫韁之馬。
English Sayings （英文格言諺語）
1. Actions
speak louder than words. 行動勝於空談（坐而言不如起而行）。
2. Advice when most needed is least heeded.
忠言逆耳。
3. After a storm comes a calm. 否極泰來。
4. All good things come to an end.
花無百日紅（天下無不散之筵席）。
5. All roads lead to Rome.
條條大道通羅馬。
6. All that glitters is not gold.
閃爍者未必都是金（不可僅以貌取人）。
7. All’s well that ends
well. 善終為善（善有善報）。
8. Art is long, life is
short. 人生苦短，而學術無窮（生也有涯，而知也無涯）。
9. As you
sow, so shall you reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
10. Bad
news travels fast. 惡事傳千里。
11. A bad penny
always comes back. 惡有惡報。
12. A bad shearer
never had a good sickle.
A bad workman
always blames his tools. 劣工尤器。
13. The bait
hides the hook. 餌裡藏鉤。
14. Barking dogs
seldom bite. 吠叫的狗不咬人。
15. Beauty is but skin
deep. 美色只是一層皮（美色是膚淺的）。
16. Beauty is in the
eye of the beholder. 情人眼裡出西施。
17. Beggars
must not be choosers. 饑者不得擇食。
18. The best
fish swims near the bottom. 好魚游溪底（好酒沉甕底）。
19. Better be the head of an ass than
the tail of a horse. 寧為驢頭不為馬尾。
Better be
the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
寧為狗頭不為獅尾。
20. Better late than never.
寧遲勿缺（亡羊補牢猶時未晚）。
21. Between two stools you
fall to the ground. 腳踏雙凳必墜地。
22. A bird in
hand is worth two in the bush. 一鳥在手勝於兩鳥在林。
23. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚。
24. The biter is sometimes bit. 欺人反受欺（害人反害己）。
25. Blood is thicker than water. 血濃於水。
26. A burnt child dreads the fire. 受灼的孩子必怕火。
27. Care killed a cat. 憂慮致命（勞神喪命）。
28. A
cat may look at a king. 君王卿相於我何。
29.
Charity begins at home. 修身齊家博愛天下。
30. The
child is father of the man. 少年時代可決定一人之未來。
31. Comparisons are odious. 人比人氣死人。
32.
Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石。
33. A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
知足常樂。
34. Death is the great leveler.
死後萬人皆平等。
35. The devil finds work for idle
hands to do. 小人閒居做歹事。
36. Diamond cut(s)
diamond. 兩虎相爭必有一傷。
37. Do as you would be
done by. 己所欲施於人。
38. Do in Rome as
the Romans do. 入境隨俗。
39. Don’t change horses
in mid-stream. 臨陣勿換將。
40. Don’t count your
chickens before they are hatched. 勿打如意算盤。
41. Do not kick against the pricks.
勿以螳臂擋車（勿作無謂之抵抗徒傷自己）。
42. Don’t put the cart
before the horse. 勿本末倒置。
43. Don’t quarrel
with your bread and butter. 勿自砸飯碗。
44. Don’t
wash your dirty linen in public. 家醜不可外揚。
45.
Dog does not eat dog. 狗不咬狗（同類不相殘）。
46.
Easier said than done. 說來容易做來難。
47. Easy
come easy go. 僥倖之財難久留（賺得容易花得快）。
48. Empty
vessels make the most sound. 空桶響叮噹。
49. Even
Homer sometimes nods. 智者千慮必有一失。
50.
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
眾人之事乏人管（三個和尚沒水
喝）。
51. Every dog has his
day. 三年風水輪流轉（狗也有走運的一天）。
52. Every man has
his taste. 人各有所好。
53. Extremes meet. 物極必反。
54. Familiarity breeds contempt.
過分熟稔易滋侮蔑（近廟欺神）。
55. A fault confessed is half
redressed. 肯認錯是改過的一半。
56. First come first
served. 捷足先登。
57. The fish will soon
be caught that nibbles at every bait. 貪吃的魚兒易上鉤。
58. Forewarned is forearmed. 先知先戒備。
59.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 救難之友乃為真友。
60. Give knaves an inch and they will take a
yard. 小人得寸便進尺。
61. God’s mill grinds slow
but sure. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
62. Grasp all, lose
all. 貪者必失。
63. Handsome is as handsome does.
慷慨大方始為美。
64. He that touches pitch shall be
defiled. 近墨者黑。
65. Heaven helps those who
help themselves. 天助自助者。
66. Health is better
than wealth. 健康勝於財富。
67. Hide not your light
under a bushel. 勿過分謙沖以致隱沒才能。
68. History
repeats itself. 歷史會重演。
69. Hoist your sail
when the wind is fair. 見機行事。
70. Honesty is
the best policy. 誠實為上策。
71. Idle folk have
the least leisure. 懶惰人才說沒空閒。
72. If you run
after two hares, you will catch neither.
同時追兩兔，兩頭都落空。
73. In wine there is truth.
酒後吐真言。
74. It is easy to be wise after the
event. 經一事長一智。
75. It is never too late to
mend. 亡羊補牢猶未晚也。
76. It is no use crying over
spilt milk. 覆水難收。
77. A Jack of all
trades is master of none. 樣樣通樣樣稀鬆。
78.
Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量。
79. The last
straw breaks the camel’s neck. 凡事宜節制，過則必敗事。
80. Least said, soonest mended. 少說少錯（多言惹禍）。
81. The leopard cannot change his spots.
江山易改，本性難移。
82. Let sleeping dogs lie. 別自找麻煩。
83. Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。
84.
A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解最危險。
85. A little pot is soon hot. 小人物易發怒。
86. Live and learn. 活到老學到老。
87. Look
before you leap. 三思而後行。
88. Lookers-on see
most of the game. 旁觀者清。
89. Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。
90. Love me little, love me long.
愛情要細水長流。
91. Make hay while the sun shines.
未雨綢繆。
92. Man proposes, God disposes.
謀事在人，成事在天。
93. Many a little makes a mickle.
積少成多（聚沙成塔；集腋成裘）。
94. Marry in haste, and
repent at leisure. 匆匆結婚，慢慢後悔。
95. Men are
not to be measured in inches. 人不可貌相。
96.
Might is right. 強權即是公理。
97. Money
makes the mare go. 有錢能使鬼推磨。
98. Much would
have more. 貪得無饜。
99. Murder will out.
若要人不知，除非己莫為。
100. Necessity is the mother of
invention. 需要為發明之母。
101. Never do things by
halves. 做事切莫半途而廢。
102. Never look a gift
horse in the mouth. 餽贈之物切莫挑剔。
103. No man
can serve two masters. 一人不能事二君（一馬不能被兩鞍）。
104. No man is content with his lot.
無人能滿意於自己的命運。
105. No news is good news.
無消息即是好消息。
106. No pains, no gains. 不勞則無獲。
107. None so blind as those who won’t see.
有眼不看者為盲。
108. Nothing comes of nothing.
事出必有因（無中不能生有）。
109. Nothing venture, nothing
have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
110. Once bitten, twice
shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。
111. One swallow does not
make a summer. 勿以一概全。
112. Out of debt, out
of danger. 無債一身輕。
113. Out of sight, out of
mind. 久離則疏遠。
114. The pot called the kettle
black. 五十步笑百步。
115. Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
116. Prevention is better than cure.
預防勝於治療。
117. The proof of pudding is
in the eating. 欲知布丁味，親嚐便可曉。
118. Put the
saddle on the right horse. 責備得當（冤有頭，債有主）。
119. The road to hell is paved with good
intentions. 手抱菩薩操屠刀。
120. Rome was not built
in a day. 羅馬不是一天造成的。
121. Second thoughts
are best. 退一步想最穩當。
122. Seeing is believing.
百聞不如一見（眼見為信）。
123. Share and share alike.
有福同享，有難同當。
124. Slow and steady wins the
race. 穩健紮實必致勝。
125. A soft answer turneth
away wrath. 和言足以息怒（柔足以克剛）。
126. Some people
cannot see the wood for the trees. 見木不見林，逐末而忘本。
127. A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的頭腦寓於健全的身體。
128. Spare the rod and spoil
the child. 孩子不打不成器（玉不琢不成器）。
129. Still water
runs deep. 水深流靜。
130. A stitch in time saves
nine. 及時縫一針，省得日後縫九針（防微杜漸）。
131. Strike while
the iron is hot. 打鐵趁熱。
132. Take the rough
with the smooth. 逆來則順受。
133. Talk of the
devil and he is sure to appear. 說曹操曹操就到。
134. There are two sides to every question.
公說公有理，婆說婆有理。
135. There’s a black sheep in
every flock. 每一個團體中都難免有害群之馬。
136. There is
no rose without a thorn. 朵朵玫瑰皆有刺。
137. There is no smoke without fire.
有煙必有火（無風不起浪）。
138. Those who live in glass
houses should not throw stones. 投鼠忌器。
139.
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 舌頭雖非鐵卻可傷人。
140. Too many cooks spoil the broth. 七手八腳必敗事。
141. Turn a stumbling block into a stepping
stone. 化絆腳石為墊腳石。
142. Two heads are better
than one. 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮（集思廣益）。
143. Two of a
trade can never agree. 同行相嫉。
144. Virtue is
its own reward. 為善自得其樂。
145. Walls have
ears. 隔牆有耳（謹防竊聽）。
146. Well begun is half
done. 好的開始是成功的一半。
147. What can’t be cured
must be endured. 無能為力之事只得忍耐（盡人事聽天
命）。
148. Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
149. Where there is a will
there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
150. Words cut more
than swords. 舌劍利於刀劍。
151. You cannot burn
the candle at both ends. 蠟燭不能兩頭燒（勿過分消耗體力）。
152. You cannot get blood out of a stone.
石頭擠不出血來（鐵石心腸那有淚）。
153. You cannot sell the
cow and drink the milk. 魚與熊掌不可兼得。
154. You
cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
老狗學不來新花樣（人老則守舊）。
155. Zeal without knowledge
is a runaway horse. 缺乏知識之熱心猶如脫韁之馬。