Call a spade a spade.
据实而言。
Call me not olive till thou see me gathered.
盖棺论定。
Call no man happy until he dies.
盖棺才能定论。
Can the leopard change his spots?
江山易改，本性难移。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋，带来好运气。
Care brings grey hair.
忧虑催人老。
Care killed the cat.
忧虑伤身。
Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean.
清水未来，莫泼赃水。
Cast not your pearls before swine.
明珠莫投暗。
Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
大事未成时，莫开庆功宴。
Cats hide their paws.
大智若愚，大巧若拙。
Caution is the parent of safety.
谨慎小心是安全之源。
Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron.
金链锁人比铁炼更牢靠。
Change lays not her hand upon truth.
真理不变。
Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
仁爱须由近及远。
Cheat's never proper.
欺骗决非正当事。
Cheek brings success.
和气生财。
Cheerful company shortens the miles.
旅有好旅伴，不觉行程远。
Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light.
欢快与好意，劳动不觉累。
Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
看人看年少，看天看破晓。
Children and fools cannot lie.
孩子和傻子，不会说谎话。
Children and fools speak the truth.
孩子和傻子，说的是真话。
Children are the parents's riches.
子女是父母之财富。
Choice of the end covers choice of the means.
选择目的包含著选择手段。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
选书如择友。
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
选妻，最好用耳莫用眼。
Christmas comes but once a year.
佳节良辰，机会难得。
Circumstances are therulers of the weak, instrument of the wise.
弱者困于环境，智者利用环境。
Civility costs nothing.
礼貌不须什么代价。
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
清净近乎神圣。
Clothes make the man.
人要衣装，佛要金装。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.
船到桥头自会直。
Comfort is better than pride.
安慰胜过傲慢。
Coming events cast their shadows before them.
山雨欲来风满楼。
Compare your grievs with other men's and they will seem less.
你的悲痛与人比，悲痛就会轻一些。
Comparisons are odious.
人比人，气死人。
Confession is the first step to repentance.
悔罪先须认罪。
Confidence of success is almost success.
对成功抱有信心，就近乎成功。
Conquer of fear of death and you are put into possession of your life.
不怕死，然后才能生。
Constant dropping wears away a stone.
滴水穿石。
Content is better than riches.
知足常乐。
Content is happiness.
知足常乐。
Conversation makes one what he is.
言如其人。
Councils of war never fight.
主战者不打仗。
Counsel after action is like rain after harvest.
放马后炮。
Counsel must be followed, not praised.
忠告必须照办，而不是赞美。
Count not your chickens before they are hatched.
不要过早乐观。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇敢和决心是美德的灵魂。
Courtesy costs nothing.
谦虚恭敬，不用分文。
Cowards are cruel.
懦夫不仁。
Credit, like a looking-glass, broken once, is gone, alas!
信誉像镜子，破碎无法补。
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
放债人的记性比借债人好。
Crows do not pick crow's eyes.
同室不操戈。
Cry up wine and sell vinegar.
挂羊头，卖狗肉。
Cry with one eye and laugh with the other.
口不应心。
Curiosity killed the cat.
好奇心，惹祸根。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是第二天性。
Custom is the guide of the ignorant.
习俗是无知者的向导。
Custom makes all things easy.
若照习惯办，万事皆不难。
Custom rules the law.
习俗影响法律。
Custom without reason is but ancient error.
习俗没有道理，古代谬误而已。
Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons.
闲话少说，言归正传。
Cut the coat according to the cloth.
量布裁衣。
Danger is next neighbour to security.
危险是安全的近邻。
Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.
危险本身就是对付危险的最好办法。
Dead men tell no tales.
死人不会搬弄是非。
Death is the grand leveller.
凡人都要死，大家都一样。
Death meets us everywhere.
死亡到处和我门相遇。
Death pays all debts.
人死百债了。
Death when it comes will have no denial.
死亡来临时，无可抗拒之。
Debt is better than death.
负债总比死亡强。
Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves.
行动是果实，言语只是树叶而已。
Deeds are males, and words are females.
言柔弱无能，行刚强有力。
Deeds, no words.
不要光说不练。
Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy.
深水静静流，浅溪潺潺流。
Delays are dangerous.
坐失良机必有忧患。
Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour.
著手前要深思熟虑，执行要果断有力。
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
考虑要仔细，行动要迅速。
Deliberating is not delaying.
慎思不是拖延。
Deliver not your words by number but by weight.
言不在多，而在有物。
Depend on others and you always repent.
依靠别人总要后悔。
Despair gives courage to a coward.
人急造反，狗急跳墙。
Destruction pursues the great.
树大招风。
Devil must be driven out with devils.
以毒攻毒。
Dexterity comes by experience.
熟练来自经验。
Diamond cut diamond.
强中更有强中手。
Diet cures more than the doctor.
药补不如食补。
Diligence is near success.
勤奋近乎成功。
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
刻苦是成功之母。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
Discontent is the first step in progress.
不知足是前进中的第一步。
Discretion is the better part of valour.
小心即大勇。
Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow.
病，仇与债这三者，一露苗头就砍掉。
Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.
心灵上的疾病比肉体上的疾病更危险。
Diseases are the price of ill pleasures.
疾病是不正当娱乐的代价。
Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。
Disgraced may be he who thinks ill.
心怀不端的人是可耻的。
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.
为众之所为，受众之所夸。
Do as the Romans do(or Do as they do at Rome).
入乡要随俗。
Do as you would be done by.
推己及人。
Do business, but be not a slave to it.
要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
Dog does not eat dog.
物不伤其类。
Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.
远处叫得凶的狗，不会近身来咬人。
Dogs that run after many hares kill none.
多谋寡成。
Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread.
狗摇尾巴，爱的是面包。
Doing is better than saying.
行胜于言。
Do in Rome as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all youknow.
不要为所能为，不要花尽所有，不要全信所闻，不要言尽所知。
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
不要忘恩负义。
Do not despise your enemy.
万勿轻敌。
Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.
不要有求必应。
Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty.
不要因为怕贫苦而放弃自由。
Do not praise a day before sunset.
切勿褒贬过早。
Do not run too fast after gain.
不要见利就拼命追。
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
不要向不如你幸运的人述说你的幸福。
Do not swap horses when crossing a stream.
处在危难中，不宜大更动。
Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Do not wash dirty linen in public.
家丑不可外扬。
Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.
清水未来，莫泼赃水。
Don't climb a tree to look for fish.
勿缘木求鱼。
Don't count your chicken before they are hatched.
不要过早乐观。
Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.
不要杞人忧天。
Don't cry out before you are hurt.
还没受苦，就别叫苦。
Don't fly till you wings are feathered.
羽毛未丰不要飞。
Don't halloo till you are out of the wood.
没有脱离危险不要先欢呼。
Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.
切莫临时抱佛脚。
Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.
勿孤注一掷。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。
Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak.
不要尽言所知，而要尽知所言。
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
休要班门弄斧。
Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh.
清水未打来，赃水莫倒掉。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自寻烦恼。
Don't whistle until you are out of the wood.
没有脱离险境，不要过早高兴。
Do one's level best.
尽力而为。
Dot the i's and cross the t's.
一点一划，循规蹈矩。
Doubt is the key of knowledge.
怀疑乃知识的钥匙。
Do well is better than say well.
说得好不如做得好。
Downy lips make thoughtless slips.
嘴上没毛，办事不牢。
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.
事未齐备，切莫妄动。
Draw water with a sieve.
竹篮子打水一场空。
Dream are lies.
梦不足信。
Dreams go by contraries.
梦想总与现实相反。
Drive your business, do not let it drive you.
要推动事业，不要让事业来推动你。
Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built.
滴水汇大海，垒石诛高墙。
Drowning man will catch at a straw.
溺水的人一根草也要抓。
Drunken days have all their tomorrows.
今日花天酒地，明日潦倒穷途。
Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.
酒后露真言。
Dumb dogs are dangerous.
哑犬最凶恶。
Dying is as natural as living.
死亡与生存一样自然。
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