1.One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见
2. teach one’s grandma to suck eggs 班门弄斧
3. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
4. Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置
5. Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
6. A close mouth catches no files. 病从口入
7. Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 博学使人谦虚，无知使人骄傲
8. A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。
9. He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man. 不到长城非好汉。
10. Whatever you do, do with all you might. 不管做什么，都要一心一意。
11. A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河湾。
12. Not to advance is to go back. 不进则退。
13. No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨，怎样见彩虹。
14. Never judge from appearances. 不可以貌取人。
15. He that will not work shall not eat. 不劳动者不得食。
16. It never rains but it pours. 不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
17. Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。
18. He who risks nothing gains nothing. / Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
19. Learn not and know not. 不学无术。
20. Not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses. 不以物喜，不以己悲。
21. Touch pitch, and you will be defiled. 常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
22. Old friends, and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇，老友情深。
23. Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。
24. Experience must be bought, / A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
25. First impressions are half the battle. 初次见面，印象最深。
26. The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犊不怕虎。
27. It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.创业容易守业难。
28. As the old year walks out we usher in a brand new year. 辞旧迎新，万象更新。
29. bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 辞旧迎新
30. No man is wise at all times. 聪明一世，糊涂一时。
31. Great trees are good for nothing but shade. 大树底下好乘凉。
32. He knows most who speaks least. 大智若愚。
33. While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 道高一尺，魔高一丈。
34. A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。
35. Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 滴水穿石。
36. Put your shoulder be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。
37. What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. 儿时所学，终生难忘。
38. Children are what the mothers are. 耳濡目染，身教言传。
39. Do nothing by halves. 凡事都应量力而行。
40. All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。
41. Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人。
42. Success in a job presupposes ready tools.工欲善其事，必先利其器。
43. Business is business. 公事公办
44. Everything comes to him who waits. 功夫不负有心人。
45. Teach others by your example. 躬亲示范。
46. Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 孤芳自赏。
47. A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。
48. Time flies. 光阴似箭。
49. Great wits have short memories. 贵人多忘事。
50. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔。
51. The danger past and God forgotten. 过河拆桥。
52. Let bygones be bygones. 过去的就让它过去吧。
53. Cry for the moon. 海底捞月。
54. All rivers run into sea for its capacity to hold. 海纳百川。
55. A bosom friend afar brings the distance near. / The world is but a little place and distance parts no bosom friends. 海内存知己天涯若比邻。
56. Rising from the sea is the moon fresh and bright, we are sharing this moment even when we are far apart. 海上生明月，天涯共此时。
57. Bad news has wings. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。
58. A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
59. Harmony brings wealth. 和气生财。
60. Make your enemy your friend. 化敌为友。
61. Happiness takes no account of time. 欢乐不觉时光过。
62. A friend in need is a friend indeed. / Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。
63. Gold will not buy anything. 黄金并非万能。
. It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
65. Pull the chestnut out of fire. 火中取栗。
66. Do it now. 机不可失，失不再来。
67. Fortune favors those who use their judgement. 机遇偏爱善断之人。
68. A leopard cannot change its sports. 积习难改。
69. Four eyes see more than two. 集思广益。
70. Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲勿施于人。
71. There is a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有本难念的经。
72. Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。
73. Hear all parties. 兼听则明。
74. Hear is parties. 健康就是幸福。
75. Good health is over wealth. 健康就是最大的财富。
76. A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
77. A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。
78. One never loses anything by politeness. 讲礼貌不吃亏。
79. Pride goes before, and shame comes after. 骄傲使人落后。
80. All that ends well is well. 结果好就一切都好。
81. Every man has his faults. / Gold can’t be pure and man can’t be perfect. 金无足赤，人无完人。
82. Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
83. First come, first served. / A water-front pavilion gets the moonlight first ----the advantage of being in a favored position. 近水楼台先得月。
84. Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
85. Better to best. 精益求精。
86. Still water runs deep. 静水流深。
87. A light heart lives long. 静以修身。
88. wine in, truth out. 酒后吐真言。
. New wine in old bottles. 旧瓶装新酒。
90. Raising my head, I see the moon bright and aloft; lowering my head, I miss my hometown far and distant. 举头望明月，低头思故乡。
91. Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
92. The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal. / A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
93. Reading enriches the mind. 开卷有益。
94. Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。
95. Pleasure comes through toil. 苦尽甘来。
96. You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点，精力不能过分耗。
97. Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 来而不往非礼也。
98. Easy come, easy go. 来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
99. The devil knows many things because he is old. 老马识途。
100. History repeats itself. 历史往往重演。
101. A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
102. Make hay while the sun shines. 良机勿失。
103. A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。
104. Days and nights do not part everlasting love. For two hearts loving tender and true, they do not need to stay together all the days and nights. 两情若是久长时，又岂在朝朝暮暮。
105. Something is better than nothing. 聊胜于无。
106. Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在不愁没柴烧。
107. Time tries all. 路遥知马力日久见人心。
108. No pains, no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。
109. A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。
110. No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。
111. On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one’s dear ones far away. / It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 每逢佳节倍思
亲。
112. A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。
113. Jack of all trades and master of none. 门门精通，样样稀松。
114. People regard food as their prime want. / Food is the first necessity of man. 民以食为天。
115. Look before you leap. 摸清情况再行动。
116. Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。
117. The die is cast. 木已成舟。
118. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。
119. He who does not advance loses ground. 逆水行舟，不进则退。
120. Prefer loss to unjust gain. 宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
121. It is better to die when life is a disgrace. 宁为玉碎不为瓦全。
122. A little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精华。
123. The outsider sees the most of the game. 旁观者清。
124. Cheats never prosper. 骗人发不了财。
125. A thousand-li journey begins with the first step—the highest eminence is to be gained step by step. 千里之行始于足下。
126. fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/hesitate in doing something 前怕狼后怕虎
127. One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests. / One sows and another reaps. 前人栽树后人乘凉。
128. Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 前事不忘后事之师。
129. Diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手。
130. If you have no hand you can’t make a fist. / One can’t make bricks without straw. 巧妇难为无米之炊。
131. Work makes the workman. 勤工出巧匠。
132. Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。
133. Judge not from appearances. 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
134. No man is born wise or learned. 人非生而知之者。
135. To err is human. 人非圣贤孰能无过。
136. Joy puts heart into a man. 人逢喜事精神爽。
137. To know oneself is true progress. 人贵有自知之明。
138. Life is half spent before we know what it is. 人过半生，方知天命。
139. There is kindness to be found everywhere. 人间处处有温情。
140. a place of talents and prosperity 人杰地灵
141. A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。
142. Life is but a span. 人生苦短。
143. Man is the soul of the universe. 人是万物之灵。
144. No man is content. 人心不足舌头象。
145. The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 人言可畏。
146. There is no general rule without some exception. 任何法规均有例外。
147. Wet behind the ears. 乳臭未干。
148. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入国问禁，入乡随俗。
149. Do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
150. A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。
151. Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。
152. Many heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠赛过诸葛亮。
153. Think twice before you do. 三思而行。
154. A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。
155. A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。
156. Do well and have well. 善有善报。
157. Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth. 上有天堂，下有苏杭。
158. A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
159. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子歪。
160. Losers are always in the wrong. 胜者为王，败者寇。
161. Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
162. A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，谬以千里。
163. It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 十年树木，百年树人。
1. Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待
165. Time lost cannot be won again. 时光流逝，不可复得。
166. Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
167. One cannot put back the clock. 时钟不能倒转。
168. Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 空磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
169. Seek the truth from facts. 实事求是。
170. No living man all things can. 世上没有万事通。
171. Where there is smoke there is fire. 事出有因。
172. Facts / Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
173. Business is the salt of life. 事业是人生的第一需要。
174. You never know what you can till you try. 是驴子是马,拉出来溜溜。
175. There is no royal road to learning. 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
176. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
177. Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。
178. He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
179. Such kindness of warm sun, can’t be repaid by grass. 谁言寸草心报得三春晖。
180. Constant dripping wears away a stone. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
181. Fire and water have no mercy. 水火无情。
182. The water that bears the boat is the same that swallow it up. 水能载舟亦能覆舟。
183. When the river rises, the boat floats high. 水涨船高。
184. Either you submit to it and prosper or you resist it and perish at your own peril. 顺之者昌，逆之者亡。
185. Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操到。
186. Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。
187. A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。
188. until my heart stops beating 死而后已
1. Lost time is never found again. 岁月既往，一去不回。
190. The eye is bigger than the belly. 贪多嚼不烂。
191. hide one’s capacities and bide one’s time 韬光养晦
192. Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 天才不过是勤奋而已。
193. All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的宴席。
194. Nature is the true law. 天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
195. It is the unforeseen that always happens. 天有不测风云人有旦夕祸福。
196. All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
197. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
198. Two of a trade seldom agree. 同行是冤家。
199. Unity is strength. 团结就是力量。
200. Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages. 外出旅行，语言最要紧。
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