1、Fools have fortune.

傻人有傻福。

2、Habit is second nature.

习惯成自然。

3、A tree is known by its fruit.

观其行而知其人。

4、Eat one’s cake and have it.

5、A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

人无笑脸，不要开店。

6、Every mother’s child is handsome.

老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。

7、Idle young, needy old.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

8、Homer sometimes nods.

智者千虑，必有一失。

9、Money makes the mare go.

有钱能使鬼推磨。

10、Beauty is in the eye of beholder.

情人眼里出西施。

11、As you make your bed so you must lie on it.

自作自受;咎由自取。

12、Every cloud has a silver lining.

塞翁失马，焉知非福。

13、Keep something for a rainy day.

未雨绸缪。

14、Actions speak louder than words.

坐而言不如起而行。 （行动胜于空谈。 ）

15、Example is better than precept.

身教胜于言教。

16、Two heads are better than one.

三个臭皮匠胜过一个诸葛亮。

17、 You can’t have your cake and eat it.

鱼与熊掌不可兼得。

18、 Bad news travels fast.

坏事传千里。

19、 We reap what we sow.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

20、 Make hay while the sun shines.

把握时机。

21、Let the grass grow under one’s feet

蹉跎岁月。

22、Misfortune never comes singly.

祸不单行。

23、 One good turn deserves another.

好心有好报。

24、Murder will out.

纸包不住火。

25、Comparisons are odious.

人比人气死人。

26、Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.

山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。

27、A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.

生性乐天的人极少会变成疯子。

28、A good appetite is a good sauce.

饥不择食。

29、Comparisons are odious.

人比人，气死人。

30、A new broom sweeps clean.

新官上任三把火。

31、Barking dogs seldom bite.

善吠的狗很少咬人。

32、Every day is not Sunday.

好景不常在，好花不常开。

33、A good conscience is a continual feast.

白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

34、A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.

良马的毛色不会差。

35、A good maxim is never out of season.

至理名言不会过时。 （真理经得起考验）

36、Better master one than engage with ten.

精通一事于会十事。

37、A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口，忠言逆耳。

38、A good neighbor is better than a bother in the next village.

远亲不如近邻。

39、Cry up wine and sell viegar.

挂羊头，卖狗肉。

40、A happy heart makes a blooming visage.

心花怒放，笑逐颜开。

41、A hero is known in the time of misfortune.

时势造英雄。

42、Every man has a fool in his sleeve.

聪明一世，糊涂一时。

43、In for a penny, in for a pound.

一不做，二不休。

44、Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.

与其说话不中肯，不如一言不发好。

45、A match will set fire to a large building.

星星之火，可以燎原。

46、If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get.

随遇而安。

47、If it were not for hope, the heart would break.

人是靠希望活着的。

48、Idleness is the rust of the mind.

懒惰使脑子生铖。

49、It is good fishing in troubled waters.

混水之中好摸鱼。

50、Learn to walk before you run.

按部就班。

51、Fish begins to stink at the head.

上梁不正下梁歪。

52、In wine there is truth.

酒后吐真言。

53、It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.

家丑不可外扬。

54、It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.

养虎易，驯虎难。

55、It is harder to marry adaughter well than to bring her up well.

养女容易嫁女难。

56、Jack of all trades is of no trade.

万事皆通，一无所长。

57、Joy put heart into a man.

人逢喜事精神爽。

58、A good anvil does not fear the hammer.

好砧不怕锤。

59、Kill the goose that laidthe golden egg.

杀鸡取蛋。

60、A Jack of all trades and master of none.

三脚猫无所长。

61、He who risks nothing, gains nothing.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

62、Hang up one’s fiddle when one comes home.

在外谈笑风生，在家闷闷不乐。

63、An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.

对牛弹琴。

64、He who follows two hares is sure to catch neither.

追逐两只兔，两头都落空。

65、Counsel after action is like rain after harvest.

放马后炮。

66、As a man sows, so he shall reap.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

67、Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice).

懒惰是万恶之源。

68、A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.

懒羊嫌毛重。

69、Cut short the nonsense and return to one’s muttons.

闲话少说，言归正传。

70、Ale will make a cat speak.

酒后吐真言。

71、He who plays with fire gets burned.

玩火者必自焚。

72、A lazy youth, a lousy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

73、A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.

人要衣装，佛要金装。

74、A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

骗子说真话，也没人相信。

75、Devil must be driven out with devils.

以毒攻毒。

76、A life without a friend is a life without a sun.

人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳。

77、A lion at home, a mouse abroad.

在家凶如狮，在外却胆如鼠。

78、A little neglect may breed great mischief.

小不忍则乱大谋。

79、Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事，今日毕。

80、A living dog is better than a dead lion.

一条活狗胜过一头死狮。

81、Full belies make empty skulls.

大腹便便，头脑空虚。

82、All are not hunters that blow the horn.

吹号角的未必都是猎人。

83、All is fair in war.

兵不厌诈。

84、Fool’s haste is no speed.

欲速则不达。

85、Genius often betrays itself into great errors.

聪明反被聪明误。

86、Between two stools one falls to the ground.

脚踏两头要落空。

87、He that runs fastest gets the rng.

捷足先登。

88、Bad news has wings.

坏事传千里。

89、As you brew, so must you drink.

自搬石头自压脚。 （拿石头砸自己的脚）

90、All men cannot be first.

不可能人人都得第一名。

91、All one’s geese are swans.

自吹自擂。

92、Downy lips make thoughtless slips.

嘴上没毛，办事不牢。

93、All roads lead to Rome.

条条道路通罗马。

94、All’s fair in love and war.

爱情和战争是不择手段的。

95、All time is no time when it is past.

光阴一去不复返。

96、Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom.

坐吃山空。

97、A maid that laughs is half taken.

少女露笑脸，婚事半成全。

98、Forbidden fruit is sweet.

禁果分外甜。

99、A man can die but once.

人生只有死一次。

100、As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks.

一厢情愿。

101、A stitch in time saves nine.

小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

102、A man can not spin and reel at the same time.

一心不能二用。

103、Draw water with a sieve.

竹篮子打水一场空。

104、A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.

人有两只耳朵一张嘴，就是为了多听少说话。

105、Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it.

备而不用。

106、A man is as old as he feels.

老不老，自己晓。

107、Fine feathers make fine birds.

人要衣装，佛要金装。

108、A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.

路遥知马力，日久见人心。

109、A man may smile and smile and be villain.

笑里藏奸。

110、Keep your breath to cool your porridge.

少管闲事。

111、Fine words butter no parsnips.

画饼充饥。

112、A man without money is a bow without an arrow.

人无钱，犹如弓无箭。

113、Joy shared with others are more enjoyed.

与人同乐，其乐无穷。 （独乐乐不如众乐乐）

114、If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.

如果老狗叫，他是给忠告。

115、It’s easier to run down the hill than go up.

下山容易上山难。

116、It is not good to make a sleeping lion.

弄醒睡狮不是好事。

117、It is good fishing in troubled waters.

混水之中好摸鱼。

118、I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort.

成功之道唯三点∶努力、努力、再努力。

119、A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.

适可而止，过犹不及。

120、Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.

有花堪折直须折。