- Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚,人以群分。
- A crafty knave needs no broker.狡猾的无赖不需要有中间人。
- Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日,万事成蹉跎。
- Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
- Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。
- Short acquaintance brings repentance.浅交致后悔。
- The day is short but the work is much.工作多,光阴迫。
- When poverty comes in at the door,love flies out of the window.贫穷一进门,爱情跳窗走。
- Never think yourself above business.勿自视过高;不要眼高手低;永远不要认为自己是大才小用。
- Do not sell the bears skin before you have caught the bear.熊未到手休卖皮(勿过早乐观)。
- Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事,只要肯登攀。
- A good example is the best sermon.良好的范例是最好的训诫。
- Long absent, soon forgotten.久别易忘。
- Step by step the ladder is ascended.登梯需要逐级登。
- Fire and water have no mercy.水火无情。
- Do not despise your enemy.不可轻敌。
- Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。
- Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。
- When the weasel and the cat make a marriage,it is a very ill presage.黄鼠狼跟猫儿成亲,预兆不佳。
- A penny saved is a penny gained.省一文是一文。
- The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。
- Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差,不用交代。
- Remember thou art but a man.记住:你只不过是个“人”而已。
- A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.好书千载常如新。
- The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good.要求过高,反难成功。
- When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入国问禁,入乡随俗。
- Patience is the plaster of all sores.忍耐是一切痛苦的止痛膏。
- A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事,犹如花园光长刺。
- Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.抱最好的愿望,做最坏的打算。
- There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not.没有贫穷不能破坏的美德。
- Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。
- I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Mark Twain , American writer) 只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。
- A good tongue is a good weapon.口齿伶俐,是件利器。
- Poor without debt is better than a prince.穷人无债胜王子。
- One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。
- Where the deer is slain,some of her blood will lie.鹿死总有血迹留。
- Actions speak louder than words.行动比言语响亮;百说不如一干。
- A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.乌鸦不管怎样经常洗澡,也不会变白。
- Danger is next neighbour to security.危险是安全的紧邻。
- Too much liberty spills all.自由放任,一事无成。
- Do business,but be not a slave to it.要做事,但不要做事务的奴隶。
- Dont throw out the baby with the bath water.切勿良莠不分一起抛。
- Woe to him that is alone.孤独的人最可悲。
- Beware of a silent dog and still water.哑狗和静水,二者都得防。
- New lords,new laws.新君立新法。
- Pride must be pinched.骄傲应收敛。
- Penny wise and pound foolish.小事聪明,大事糊涂。
- He measures anothers corn by his own bushel.用自己的标准衡量别人;以己度人。
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- Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。