1. Idle young, needy old. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
2. Familiarity breeds contempt. 虎生犹可近,人熟不堪亲。
3. Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑,必有一失
4. Art is long; life is short. 学海无涯,人生苦短。
5. Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。
6. Nothing venture, nothing have. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
7. Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
8. Bad news travels fast. (好事不出门),恶事传千里。
9. Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
10. Waste not, want not. 细水长流。
11. Cast pearls before swine. 对牛弹琴。
12. Time flies. 光阴似箭,日月如梭。
13. Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见。
14. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
15. Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。
16. Love is blind. 爱是盲目的。
17. Health is wealth. 健康即财富。
18. Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。
19. Knowledge is power. 知识即力量。
20. Money makes the mare go. 有钱能使鬼推磨。
21. Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬, 十年怕井绳。
22. I think; therefore, I am. 我思故我在。
23. Murder will out. 若要人不知,除非已莫为。
24. No cross, no crown. 不受苦中苦,难得甜中甜。
25. Still waters run deep. 深藏不露。
26. Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。
27. New brooms sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
28. Let bygones be bygones. 既往不究。
29. Paddle your own canoe. 自力更生。
30. Time waits for no man. 时不我予。
31. Silence is gold. 沉默是金。
32. Silence gives consent. 沉默即同意。
33. First Come, first served. 先到是君,后到是臣 (捷足先登)。
34. Exchange is no robbery. 一个愿打,一个愿挨。
35. Better bend than break. 委曲求全。
36. Care killed a cat. 忧能伤人。
37. Spare the rod and spoil the child. 不打不成器。玉不琢不成器。
38. Time is money. 一刻千金。
39. Times change. 时过境迁。
40. There is no place like home. 在家千日好,出门时时难。
41. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。
42. Well begun is half done. 好的开始是成功的一半。
43. There is honor among thieves. 盗亦有道。
44. Grasp all, lose all. 贪他一斗米,失却半年粮。
45. Easier said than done. 说来容易做来难。
46. East or west, home is best. 金窝,银窝,不如自己的狗窝。
47. East come, easy go. 来得容易去得快。
48. Paddle your own canoe. 自力更生。
49. Patience is a virtue. 小不忍而乱大谋。
50. Through hardship to the stars. 笋因落箨方成竹, 鱼因奔波始化龙。
51. A fall into the pit, a gain in the it. 吃一堑,长一智。
52. Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
53. Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败。
54. The stale is the man. 文如其人。
55. Man proposes, god disposes. 谋事在人,成事在天。
56. The tongue cuts the throat. 言多必失。
57. Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
58. Speak of the devil, and he willl come. 说曹操,曹操到。
59. Teach fish to swim. 班门弄斧。
60. Have a card up one's sleeve. 成竹在胸。
61. Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。
62. Gifts blind the eyes. 吃了嘴短。
63. The same knife cuts the bread and the fingers. 水能载舟,亦能覆舟。
64. Late friuts keep well. 大器晚成。