1. Actions speak louder than words.（事实胜于雄辩。）

2. Advice when most needed is least heeded.（忠言逆耳。）

3.Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler. （好问是非者，恰是是非之人。）

4.Barking dogs seldom bite.（色厉内荏。）

5.Better the foot slip than the tongue trip.（宁肯失足，不要失言。）

6.The bird is known by his note, the man by his words.（闻音知鸟，闻言知人。）

7.All things are difficult before they are easy.（万事开头难。）

8.Nothing seek ,nothing find.（没有追求，就没有成就。）

9.There is no royal road to learning.（做学问无捷径可走。[确实如此，但是不走捷径和绕远路可是不一样的！学习要讲究方法！]）

10.Love makes the world go round.（爱使世界更美好。）

11.Never do things by halves.（做事切勿半途而废。[halves:这是half的复数，与前面的things相对应。]）

12.Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.（今日事，今日做。）

13.The proof of the pudding is in the eating.（实践是最好的检验。）

14.In unity there is strength.(团结就是力量。）

15.One cannot put back the clock.（历史的车轮不能倒转。）

16.Children should be seen and not heard.（童者应视其行，而勿信其言。）

16.Live and learn.(活到老学到老。）

17.Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.（害人反害已。）

17.Out of sight,out of mind.（不见就忘。）

18.Dead men tell no tales.（死无对证。）

19.Do as you would be done by.（已所不欲者勿施于人。）

21.First think, and then speak.（三思而后言。）

22.Fling dirt enough and some will stick.（污物摔多必沾身。）

23.Fair words butter no parsnips.（空言于事无补。）

24.Drumming is not the way to catch a hare.（空话连篇于事无补。）

25.Hear much ,speak little.（多听少说。）

26.He that promises too much,means nothing.（轻诺必寡信。）

27.He who denies all confesses all.（欲盖弥彰。）

30.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.（心之所愿,无事不成。）

31.Storms make trees take deeper roots.（风暴使树木深深扎根。）

32.Don't tell tales out of school. （不要背后论人是非长短。）

33.He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue.（越是不会讲话的人，越是口若悬河。）

34.Harp not for ever on the same string.（勿老调重谈。）

35.The greatest talkers are the least doers.（夸夸其谈者干得最少。/理论的巨人，行动的矮子。）

36.A good tale is none the worse for being told twice.（好故事百听不厌。）

37.A good name is sooner lost than won.（好名声得之难，失之易。）

38.From words to deeds is a great space.（说来容易做到难。）

39.Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.（千秋功业非坐而可得。）40..Example is better than precept.（身教胜过言教。）

41.Easier said than done. etc.（知易行难。）

42.Every cock crows on his own dunghill.（每个处于安逸环境中的人，都可以自夸其勇。）

43.Empty vessels make the most sound.（无知的人叫得最欢。）

44. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

拙匠常怨工具差。

45. A best marksman may miss.

好射手也有脱靶时。

46. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。

47. A bird may be known by its song.

听其言，知其人。

48. A bosom friend afar brings distant land near.

海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

49. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

久别情深。

50. A burned child dreads the fire.

一次被火烧，见火就害怕。

51. A cat has nine lives.

猫有九命。（比喻生命力强。）

52. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

一环薄弱，全局薄弱。

53. A cheerful wife is the joy of life.

有个快活的妻子会使人一生快乐。

54. A clear conscience is a coat of mail.

良心清白是甲胄。

55. A clean hand wants no washing.

不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。

56. A colt you may break, but an old horse you never can.

小驹犹可练，老马最难训。

57. Actions speak louder than words.

行动比语言更响亮。（百说不如一干。）

58. A danger foreseen is half avoided.

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