Glossary of Idiomatic Expressions

An English-Chinese Glossary of Idiomatic Expressions
英語學習中會用到的60句諺語

1. Burn one's bridges. 破釜沉舟，背水一戰
2. Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同
3. No news is good news. 沒有消息就是好消息
4. One picture is worth a thousand words. (One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. )
百聞不如一見
5. Nothing ventured.， nothing gained. (Nothing brave.， nothing have. )
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
6. Life is full of ups and downs. 生活充滿起伏
7. It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水難收
8. Hunger is the best sauce. 饑餓是最好的調味品
9. Better late than never. 遲做總比不做好.
10. God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者.
11. Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏
12. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. 小雞孵出之後才算數
13. He bites off than her can chew. (The eye is bigger than the belly. )
貪多嚼不爛
14. Everyone has a skeleton in his closet. 人人都有不可告人之事
15. To teach a fish how to swim. 班門弄斧
16. Rome wasn't built in a day. 偉業非一日建成
17. Well begun.， half done. 好的開始，成功了一半
18. Every cloud has a silver lining. 烏雲背後是銀邊
19. Look before you leap. 三思而後行
20. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚
21. A little knowledge is dangerous. 一知半解最危險
22. Clothes make the man. 人要衣裝， 佛要金裝
23. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口
24. History repeats itself. 歷史會重演
25. Strike while the iron is hot. 趁熱打鐵
26. As poor as a church mouse. 窮得一文不名
27. Where there's smoke, there's fire. 無風不起浪， 事出必有因
28. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 千里之行始於足下
29. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財
30. Many hands make light work. 人多好做事
31. A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫釐，差之千里
32. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真情.
33. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善終
34. A young idler, an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲.
35. Do as the Romans do. 入鄉隨俗
36. Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there. 有心栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭
37. Misfortunes never come alone. 禍不單行
38. Never too old to learn.， never too late to turn. 亡羊補牢，為時未晚
39. No one can call back yesterday. 昨日不會重現
40. No sweet without sweat. 先苦後甜
41. Still water run deep. 靜水流深
42. The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步
43. The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能載舟，亦能覆舟
44. Think twice before you do. 三思而後行
45. Time tries all. 路遙知馬力，日久見人心

46. To save time is to lengthen life. 節約時間就是延長生命
47. Troubles never come singly. 福無雙至，禍不單行
48. Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 滴水穿石
49. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入國問禁，入鄉隨俗
50. Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒
51. Although the sun shines, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨綢繆
52. So said, so done. 說到做到，言出必行
53. No weal without woe. 福兮禍所伏，禍兮福所倚

54. We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井幹方知水珍貴
55. Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. 磨刀不誤砍柴功
56. Where there is s will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成
57. The weather and the life are both unpredictable. 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福

58. There is not any advantage without disadvantage. 有一利必有一弊
59. You cannot have your cake and eat it too. 魚與熊掌，不可得兼
60. Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day. 看人看年少，看天看破曉