come what may, heaven won’t fall.
做你的吧，天塌不下来。
complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。
confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。
count one’s chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数雏。
courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。
creep before you walk.
循序渐进。
cry for the moon.
海底捞月。
custom is a second nature.
习惯是后天养成的。
custom makes all things easy.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。
do as the romans do.
入乡随俗。
do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
do it now.
机不可失，时不再来。
do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。
don’t claim to know what you don’t know.
不要不懂装懂。
don’t have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事过多。
don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做。
don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。
don’t put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻烦。
don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
do well and have well.
善有善报。
each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好。
easier said than done.
说得容易，做得难。
easy come, easy go.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无宁日。
even homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失。
even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明算账。
every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
人人负责，等于没人负责。
every day is not sunday.
好景不常在。
every dog has his day.
谁都有得意的时候。
every door may be shut, but death’s door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。
every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦恼。
every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
every man has his faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。
every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱点。
every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。
every minute counts.
分秒必争。
every mother’s child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
example is better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一遍。
experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。
fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
false friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
far from eye, far from heart.
眼不见，心不烦。
far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近火。
faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知。
fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。
fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。
fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把双刃剑。
first come, first served.
先来后到。
first impressions are half the battle.
初次见面，印象最深。
first think and then speak.
先想后说。
fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
fool’s haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。
fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。
fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。
fortune knocks once at least at every man’s gate.
风水轮流转。
four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。
friends agree best at distance.
朋友之间也会保持距离。
friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时间的窃贼。
friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金，积毁销骨。
god helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。
good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利于病。
good watch prevents misfortune.
谨慎消灾。
great barkers are no biters.
好狗不挡道。
