英中對照 諺語精選
A
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一著不慎，滿盤皆輸.
All is not gold that glitters. 閃光的未必都是金子。
A child is better unborn than untaught. 養不教，父之過。
Art is long, life is short. 生命短暫，藝術長存。
A friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真情。
Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨綢繆。
A light heart live long. 心情開朗壽命長。〔不惱不愁，活到白頭。〕
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃一蘋果，醫生遠離我。
All covet, all lose. 樣樣垂涎，樣樣失落。貪多嚼不爛。
A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆豐年。
All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同歸。
A small leak will sink a great ship. 千里之堤潰於蟻穴。
All time is no time when it is past. 機不可失，時不再來。
A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun. 近水樓臺先得月。
A short cut is often a wrong cut. 欲速則不達。
A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患無辭。
A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 遠來的和尚好念經。
All feet tread not in one shoe. 眾口難調。
A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
A young idler, an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性難移。
A little spark may kindle a great fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
B
Beauty is but skin-deep. 美麗只是外表罷了
Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以簡潔為貴。
Bread is the staff of life. 民以食為天。
Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。
Better die standing than live kneeling 寧願站著死，也不跪著生。
Better be envied than pitied. 寧被人妒，不受人憐。
C
Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心。
Cast an anchor to windward. 未雨綢繆。
Care and diligence bring luck. 謹慎勤奮，帶來好運。
D
Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎於思而敏於行。
Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢對手，將遇良才。
Danger past, God forgotten. 飛鳥盡，良弓藏。
Dreams are lies. 夢不足信。
Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班門弄斧。
Do not have too many irons in the fire. 貪多嚼不爛。
Do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿失於人。
E
Experience is the best teacher. 實踐出真知。
Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune. 自己幸福自己創。
Evening red will be the sign of a fine day. 晚霞行千里。
Every bean has its black. 金無足赤，人無完人。
Even woods have ears. 隔牆有耳。
Enough is better than too much. 過猶不及。
Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 人貴自立。
Experience teaches. 經一事，長一智。
F
Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。
First impressions are half the battle. 先入為主。
Faith moves mountains. 精誠所至，金石為開。
Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界，無奇不有。
Fire proves gold, adversity proves man. 烈火識真金，逆境識英雄。
Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters. 水能載舟，亦能覆舟。
G
Give everyone his due. 一視同仁。
Good (or Great) wits jump. 英雄所見略同。
Go while the going is good. 三十六計，走為上計。
Great weights hang on small wires. 千鈞一髮。
Good wine needs no bush. 酒香不怕巷子深。
Greatest genius often lies concealed.大智若愚。
Grasp all, lose all. 貪多必失。
Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
H
Honour to whom honour is due. 論功行賞。
He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。
Heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己。
He sits no sure that sits too high. 高處不勝寒。
He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行，始於足下
He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上兩次當
Humility often gains more than pride. 滿招損，謙受益。
He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks. 事實勝於雄辯。
He that promises too much means nothing. 輕諾者寡信。
He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患無詞。
Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利於行。
Haste makes waste. 忙亂易錯。欲速則不達。
He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
I
It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。
If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜樣的力量是無窮的。
It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
Ill news never comes too late. 好事不出門，壞事傳千里。
It is the first step that is troublesome. 萬事開頭難。
J
Justice has long arms. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
K
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it. 實踐得真知。
Keeping is harder than winning. 創業不易，守業更難。
Knowledge is no burden. 藝不壓身。
Kiss and be friends. 握手言和。
Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭雙雕
L
Let's cross the bridge when we come to it. 既來之，則安之。
Love is blind. 情人眼裡出西施。
Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。
Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
Live and learn. 學無止境。
M
Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
Mind acts upon mind. 心有靈犀一點通。
N
Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man. 饑不擇食
No cross, no crown. 不吃苦中苦，難為人上人。
Nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站著說話不腰痛。
No weal without woe. 福兮禍所伏, 禍兮福所倚。
No work, no money. 不勞無獲。
Never too late (or old) to learn. 活到老，學到老。
Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。
No fire without smoke. 無風不起浪。
O
One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun. 一葉障目，不見泰山。
One swallow does not make a summer. 一花獨放不是春。
One cannot be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服從是軍人的天職。
One lark does not make a spring. 一花獨放不是春。
P
Practice is better than precept. 身教重於言教。
Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤勞之人不受窮。
R
Riches have wings. 富貴無常。
S
Score twice before you cut once. 三思而後行。
Sense comes with age. 老馬識途。
So the world wags. 這就是人生。
So said, so done. 說到做到。言出必行。
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大業，自信第一。
T
Talk of the devil and he will appear. 一說曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind. 樹大招風 。
The reasons of the poor weight not. 人微言輕。
The shortest way round is the longest way home. 欲速則不達。
Those are in the same boat should row together. 同舟共濟。
Too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。
The heart's letter is read in the eyes. 眼睛是心靈的窗戶。
The deed proves the man. 觀其行而知其人。
True gold fears not the fire. 真金不怕火煉。
Take time while time is, for time will away. 機不可失，時不在來。
The battle is to the strong. 兩強相遇勇者勝。
The heart is seen in wine. 酒後吐真言。
The best of friends must part. 天下沒有不散的宴席。
Time is money. 時間就是金錢
Through obedience learn to command. 先當學生，後當先生。
Time tries all things. 時間檢驗一切。
There is no fire without smoke. 無風不起浪。
U
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利於行。
W
Wealth is nothing without health. 健康勝於財富。
We begun is half done. 良好的開端等於成功的一半。
Work makes the workman. 熟能生巧。
Y
You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。事難兩全其美。
Youth's a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。
You are never too old to learn. 活到老學到老。
You never know till you have tired.事非經過不知難。
Z
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 熱情而無知，猶如無光之火
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