Rain before seven; fine before eleven.
雨过天晴。

Rain comes after sunshine, and after a dark cloud, a clear sky.
晴日之后有雨水，乌云过去见青天。

Rats leave (or desert or forsake) a sinking ship.
船沈鼠先窜。

Readiness is all.
有备无患。

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
读书养神，锻链健身。

Reading makes a full amn, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.
博览群书使人完美无瑕，冥思苦想让人深刻精邃，论证阐述让人头脑清晰。

Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
读书使人渊博，交谈使人机敏，写作使人严谨。

Read not books alone, but men.
不要光是读书，还要识人。

Ready money is a ready medicine.
现钱等于成药。

Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily, it must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be prayed for.
真正的学问，像其他一切有价值的东西一样，是不容易得到的，必须学习、钻研、思考，最重要的是必 须有迫切的要求。

Reap as (or what) one has sown.
自食其果。

Rear sons for help in old age; and store up grains against famine.
养儿防老。

Reason binds the man.
理智约束著人。

Reason deceives us often, conscience never.
理性常骗人，良心永不欺。

Reason governs the wise man a cudgels the fool.
理智指导聪明人，而且打击愚蠢汉。

Reason is the guide and light of life.
理智是人生的响导和光辉。

Reason rules all things.
情理管万事。

Reckless youth makes rueful age.
虚度青春，悔恨无已。

Remember thou are but a man.
记住你自己只不过是一个人。

Repentance is good, but innocence is better.
悔罪虽好，无罪更佳。

Repetition is the mother of knowledge.
反覆学习是知识之源。

Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.
无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
应该做的决心做，决心做的务必做。

Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
君须自敬，人乃敬之。

Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms.
责任必须负在肩上，不能挟在腋下。

Rest breeds rust.
停止须生锈。

Revolutions are not made with rose water.
革命不是绣花。

Riches do not always bring happiness.
富未必永远带幸福。

Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
财富可以侍候主人，也可以支配主人。

Riches have wings.
财富难保。

Riches serve a wise man but command a fool.
财富事智者，却又驭蠢人。

Rivers need a spring.
大河要有源头。

Roll my log and I'll roll yours.
互相吹嘘。

Rome was not built in a (or one) day.
罗马不是一日建成的。

Run (or Hold) with the hare and hunt (or run) with the hounds.
两面讨好。

Take a hair of the dog that bit you.
以毒攻毒。

Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can.
智者皆能视苦为乐。

Take away my good name and take away my life.
夺了我的名誉等于夺了我的生命。

Take care of small sums and the large will take care of themselves.
省小钱才能积大财。

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
积少成多。

Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.
注意你的理智，声调自会小心。

Take honour from me and my life is undone.
夺我名声，我命即亡。

Take one's courage in both hands.
勇往直前，敢作敢为。

Take one thing with another.
由此及彼。

Take something by the best handle.
理解某事物，乘其好机会。

Take the rough with the smooth.
既能享乐也能吃苦。

Take the world as it is.
随遇而安。

Take the world as one finds it.
听之任之。

Take things as they come (or are) 既来之，则安之。

Take time by the forelock.
要抓住时机。

Take time for deliberation; hste spoils everything.
要费时思考，急躁会坏事。

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
做事要深思熟虑，但时机一到，就要动手，不要犹豫。

Take time when time comes lest time steal away.
机不可失，时不再来。

Take time while time is, for time will be away.
有时间要加以利用，因为时间是要消逝的。

Talk of an angel and you'll hear his wings.
说到曹操，曹操就到。

Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.
说鬼鬼到。

Tall trees catch much wind.
树大招风。

Tastes differ.
众口难调。

Teaching others teaches yourself.
教学相长。

Tears are the silent language of grief.
眼泪是悲哀的无声言辞。

Telling your troubles is swelling your troubles.
诉说烦恼等于增加烦恼。

Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
把你的交友讲给我听，我会讲出你是何许人。

Tell not all you know nor judge of all you see if you would live in peace.
知道的不要全部倾吐，看到的不要都加评语，这样生活可以安宁。

Temperance is the best physic.
克制乃是最好的治疗。

Temperance is the greatest of virtues.
自我节制是最大的美德。

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.
好书开卷引人入胜，闭卷使人得益。

That is not good language which all understand not.
不是人人都懂的语言不是好语言。

That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end.
最后的聪明才算真聪明。

That teacher helps his pupils most who most helps them to help themselves.
教师尽力帮助学生独立工作是给学生最大的帮助。

That which is evil is soon learnt.
恶行易学。

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
美丽而引人注目的东西不一定都善良，但善良的东西总是美丽的。

That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass.
事非逆料偏易发生。

That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.
苦楚往日难忍受，记起也许甜心头。

The abundance of money ruins youth.
钱多毁青年。

The ass wags his ears.
自鸣得意。

The battle is to the strong.
强者必胜。

The beginnings of all things are small.
万事开头小。

The belly has no ears.
食欲不长耳。

The best fish smell when they are three days old.
鱼过三天后，再鲜也变臭。

The best fish swim near the bottom.
好鱼游水底。

The best hearts are always the bravest.
最善良的人往往是最勇敢的人。

The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching.
玉不琢不成器。

The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good.
要求过高反难成功。

The best is yet to be.
好戏在后头。

The best man stumbles.
智者千虑，必有一失。

The best mirror is an old friend.
老朋友是最好的镜子。

The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
最好的政府是教导我们管理自己。

The best of friends must part.
莫逆至交，终有一别。

The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between.
敬而远之。

The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that of children.
面包的气味最香，食盐的滋味最鲜，儿童的情爱最纯。

The best teacher one can have is necessity.
我们能得到的最好教师是“需要”。

The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men.
启迪人性最好的导师是伟大人物的生活。

The better the day, the better the deed.
日子越美好，事业越顺当。

The bough that bears most, hangs lowest.
枝头结果越多，垂得越低。

The brave man hazards his life, but not his conscience.
英雄的人可以冒生命危险，但不冒良心危险。

The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots.
金无赤足，人无完人。

The burden on likes is cheerfully borne.
爱挑的担子，就愉快轻松。

The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time).
最忙的人时间最多。

The cask savours of the first fill.
先入为主。

The cat and dog may kiss, yet are none the better.
猫犬可相吻，莫逆却难成。

The catin glores catch no mice.
戴手套的猫捉不到老鼠。

The cat shut its eyes while it steals cream.
掩耳盗铃。

The chief aim of man is not to get money.
人生的主要目的不是为了挣钱。

The child is father of (or to) the man.
三岁定终身。

The cobbler must stick to his last.
安分守己。

The cobbler's wife is the worst shod.
鞋匠的老婆没有好鞋穿。

The course of true love never did run smooth.
好事多磨。

The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it 牛失其尾，方知其贵。

The cowl (or hood) does not make the monk.
穿袈裟的不一定是和尚。

The creditor has always a better memory than the detor.
放债人的记性比借债人好。

The crow thinks her own birds fairest.
乌鸦总以为自己的雏鸟最美丽。

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
最残酷的谎言常以沈默的方式说出。

The crushed worm will turn.
困兽犹斗。

The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away.
布谷鸟，四月来，五月在，仲夏唱支歌，然后就飞开。

The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor.
大人物的美味是穷人的眼泪。

The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明前是最黑暗的时刻。

The day has eyes, the night has ears.
日有眼，夜有耳。

The day is long to him who knows not how to use it.
百无聊赖。

The devil can cite the Scriptures for his purpose.
魔鬼替其狡辩，也会引经据点。

The devil is good when he is pleased.
魔鬼高兴，也发善心。

The devil is not so black as he is painted.
魔鬼不像所描绘的那么黑。

The devil knows may things because he is old.
老马能识途。

The devil lurks behind the cross.
貌善实恶。

The devil may get in by the keyhole, but the door won't let him out.
魔鬼乘虚而入，开门撵它不出。

The diamonds of other countries are always the most beautiful.
别国的钻石是最美丽的。

The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.
医生往往比疾病更令人生畏。

The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.
我行我素，岂管他哉。

The dog that fetches will carry.
来道是非者，便是是非人。

The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall.
滴水穿石不是由于使用强力所致，而是由于滴水频繁所成。

The early bird catches the worm.
捷足先登。

The effect speaks, the tongue needs not.
事实胜于雄辩。

The end crowns the work.
工作成败要看结果。

The end justifies (or sanctifies) the means.
只问目的，不问手段。

The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear.
自作孽不可活。

The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.
重伤可治，臭名难除。

The exception proves the rule.
例外能反证规律。

The eye is blind if the mind is absent.
心不专则眼不明。

The eye that sees all things else sees not itself.
眼睛能看见一切的东西，但看不见自己。

The face is the index of the mind (or heart).
相为心证。

The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love.
情人越吵越亲密。

The farmers are the founders of civilization and prosperity.
农民是文化和繁荣的奠基者。

The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
欲速则不达。

The fear of ill exceeds the ills we fear.
杞人忧天，庸人自扰。

The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢不成器。

The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong man.
烈火试真金，困苦练壮士。

The fire which lights (or warms) us at a distance will burn us when near.
远火能照亮，近火要烧人。

The first blow is half the battle.
头炮打响，等于半个胜仗。

The first element of success is the determination to succeed.
成功的首要因素是要有成功的决心。

The first step is as good as half over.
第一步的成功等于事情的一半已完成。

The first step is the only difficulty.
万事起头难。

The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice.
避开作恶是走向美德的第一步。

The first wealth is health.
健康是最重要的财富。

The fool does think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
愚者自以为聪明，智者则有自知之明。

The fool has his heart on his tongue, the wise man keeps his tongue in his heart.
蠢人的心在嘴上，聪明人的嘴在心里。

The fool talks, and the wise man thinks.
蠢人嘴巴讲，聪明人用心想。

The foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
真正的愉快之根本在于良心。

The fox changes his skin but not his habit.
狐狸可以改变皮毛，但不能改变习性。

The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。

The fox smells his own stink first.
狐狸的臭味道，自己先嗅到。

The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve.
嘴上真君子，行动烂小人。

The frog in well knows nothing of the great ocean.
井底之蛙不知汪洋大海。

The future belongs to him who knows how to wait.
未来属于懂得等待的人。

The future of society is in the hands of mothers; if the world was lost through woman she alone can save it.
社会的前途掌握在母亲们手中；如果世界由于女人而毁灭，那么也只有女人才可挽救。

The good seaman is known in bad weather.
坏天气才能认识良好的海员。

The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.
民有、民治、民享的政府永世长存。

The grass is greener on the other side.
草是另一边的绿。

The great and the little have need one of another.
伟大与渺小相得益彰。

The greater the truth, the greater the libel.
真理越大，诽谤也越大。

The greatest fool is he who worries about what he cannot help.
操心无法可想的事是最大的傻瓜。

The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.
真理最伟大的朋友是时间，最大的敌人是偏见，她永恒的伴侣是谦逊。

The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
最大的恨产生于最大的爱。

The greatest liars talk most of themselves.
自吹自擂的人是最大的谎言者。

The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.
进步的最大障碍是偏见。

The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.
最大的错误就是不认识错误。

The greatest pleasure of life is love.
爱是人生最大的乐趣。

The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
言语的巨人往往是行动的侏儒。

The great fish ear up the small.
弱肉强食。

The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
赠予者的心意可使馈赠的东西增加价值而显得珍贵。

The heart sees further than the head.
心之所见远胜于目。

The heart that once truly loves never forgets.
真正的爱情是永不会忘记的。

The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.
猴子爬得越高，尾巴越加暴露。

The highest art is to conceal art.
最高的艺术就是不露艺术。

The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.
正当得到的一分钱，胜过偷来的一元钱。

The house shows the owner.
文如其人。

The hungry belly has no ears.
饥寒起盗心。

The imnportant thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
人生至要的事是要有伟大的目标和达到这个目标的决心。

Theings past cannot be recalled.
过去的事情无可挽回。

Theings present are judged by things past.
欲断今日事，须知往日情。

The joy of the heart makes the face merry.
喜形于色。

The last drop makes the cup run over.
失之过极。

The least said, the soonest mended.
(or Least said, soonest mended) 少说为佳。

The leopard cannot change its spots.
江山易改，本性难移。

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
说谎者所受到的惩罚决不是在于没有人相信他，而是在于他不会相信任何别人。

The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb.
狼的生就是羔羊的死。

The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf.
孤独的羊难免遭狼的危险。

The longest day has an end.
天下没有不散的盛筵。

The longest way round is the shortest way home.
绕道似最远，归程是捷径。

The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature.
爱美是所有健康人天性中的一个重要部分。

The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
爱财与好学，实难相共容。

The love of money is the root of all evil.
爱财是万恶之源。

The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues.
保持一件坏事的代价超过十件好事。

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
不犯错误的人往往也就是无所作为的人。

The milk is spilled.
木已成舟。

The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
覆水难收。

The mills of God grind slowly but sure.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

The money the miser hoards will do him no good.
守财奴积的财富，对他自己没好处。

The moon does not heed the barking of dogs.
月亮不怕狗吠。

The moon is a moon whether it shines or not.
或名或暗，月亮总是月亮。

The moon is not seen where the sun shines.
小巫见大巫。

The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows.
懂得越多，就越知道自己懂得不多。

The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest.
大智若愚。

The more a man knows, the more he see his ignorance.
大智若愚。

The more haste, she less speed.
欲速则不达。

The more noble, the more humble.
越高尚，越谦虚。

The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is.
愚人越富越愚蠢。

The more, the merrier.
多多益善。

The more the well is used, the more water it gives.
井水越打越多。

The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is.
一个人引以为耻的事情越多，就越可尊敬。

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
做得越多，则能做的越多；越是忙碌，则空闲越多。

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance.
学得越多，就越发觉自己无知。

The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house.
妇女照镜越多，照管家务就越少。

The morning sun never lasts a day.
好景不常。

The morning to the mountain the evening to the fountain.
凡是都有一定时间。

The most busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time) 最忙碌的人有最多的空闲。

The most useful learning in the world is that which teches us how to die well.
世界上最有用的学问是告诉我们怎样死得其所。

The most utterly lost of all days is that in which you have not once laughed.
完全虚度的日子是你一次也没有笑过的日子。

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
母亲的心肠是孩子的课堂。

The mountain has brought forth a mouse.
虎头蛇尾。

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
狡兔三窟。

The mouth of a wise man is in his heart; the heart of a fool is in his mouth.
聪明人的嘴在心里，蠢人的心在嘴上。

The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh.
骨肉越亲，恩情越深。

The nearer to church, the farther from God.
近庙欺神。

The older the goose the harder to pluck.
越老越狡猾。

The old goose plays not with foxes.
老鹅不和狐狸一起玩。

The only cure for grief is action.
行动是对悲痛唯一的治疗。

The only secret a woman can keep is that of her age.
女人能保守的唯一秘密是她的年龄。

The (or A) beggar may sing before the thief (or footbad).
既是穷光蛋，何虑窃贼偷。

The outsideer sees the best (or most) of the game.
旁观者清。

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
心头的痛苦比肉体的痛苦更厉害。

The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but for joy the future.
过去是为了求取知识，现在是为了付诸行动，而未来是为了享受欢乐。

The path down to evil is easy.
堕入罪恶的道路是容易走的。

The path of duty is the path of safety.
尽职的路是安全的路。

The path to glory is always rugged.
通向光荣的道路常常是坎坷不平的。

The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.
孔雀虽有华羽，但有贱足。

The pen is mightier than the sword.
文能胜武。

The pen is the tougue of the mind.
笔是心之舌。

The person who arrives, ect early will (probably) succeed.
The poor are rich when they are satisfied.
贫能知足即为富。

The poor man wants much, the miser everything.
贫穷人要求多，守财奴样样要。

The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
空谈不如实验。

(实践出真知) The raceis got by running.
赛跑要靠奔跑来赢得。

There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。

There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging.
生活道路有三条∶劳动、偷盗或乞讨。

There are lees to every wine.
美中有不足。

There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers.
愚蠢的买主多鱼愚蠢的卖主。

There are no birds of this year in last year's nests.
事过境迁。

There are obviously two educations.
There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen; and in the end the former is always conquered by the latter.
世界上只有两种力量∶刀和笔；而其结果，后者总是战胜前者。

There are spots in (or on) the sum.
人孰无过。

There are three ways of spreading news.
-- telegraph, telephone, and tel-a-woman.
传播新闻有三种方法∶电报、电话和告诉女人。

There are two sides to every question.
每个问题都有两个方面。

The receiver is as bad as the thief.
窝赃者和贼同罪。

There is a black sheep in every flock.
群群羊中有黑羊。

There is a crook in the lot of everyone.
人生皆有不如意处。

There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.
渴望求知的人需要读书，累得疲劳的人也需要书读，两种人的要求有很大的区别。

There is a skeleton in every house.
每座房子都有骨架。

There is a small choice in rotten apples.
朽木不可雕。

There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
该说话时说话，该沈默时沈默。

There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
可敬与可笑之间只有一步之差。

There is honour among thieves.
盗亦有道。

There is life in the old dog yet.
老当益壮。

There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having much to do.
无事可做比有许多事要做更伤脑筋。

There is much to be said on both sides.
公说公有理，婆说婆有理。

There is noaccounting for tastes.
人各有所好。

There is no fire without smoke.
无火没有烟。

There is no fool like an old fool.
老年荒唐无法可想。

There is no general rule without some exception.
普遍规律必有例外。

There is none without a fault.
人孰无过。

There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love andd innocence.
人世间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情而又清白无暇。

There is no place like home.
再好之处不如自己家。

There is no rose without a thorn.
玫瑰花没有不长刺的。

There is no royal road to learning.
治学无坦途。

There is no smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
事情本无好与坏，全在自己怎么想。

There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe.
事情在成功前没有不艰苦的。

There is nothing worse than apathy.
哀莫大于心死。

There is no time like the present.
机不可失，时不再来。

There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it.
没有什么财富像知识那样保险，因为它偷不去，抢不走。

Thereis no wool so white but a dyer can make it black.
羊毛再白，也能染黑。

There is safety in numbers.
人多势众。

The remedy for injuries is not to remember them.
医治创伤的药方就是忘却创伤。

The remedy is worse than the disease.
医疗不得法，使病更糟糕。

The remembrance of past sorrow is joyful.
记住过去的不幸使人愉快。

There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。

There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
老当益壮。

There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.
天有不测风云。

There's more knows Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows.
臭名气并不光彩。

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
徒有良好的愿望而不去努力实现，后悔莫及。

The rotten apple injuries its neighbours.
一只死老鼠，弄赃粥一锅。

The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices.
损失时间是一切损失中代价最大的损失。

The scalded cat fears cold water.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

The sea complains it wants water.
大海总是抱怨水不够。

The sea refuses no river.
大海有能容之量。

The secret of a good momory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.
-- We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.
记忆力好的秘密 在于专心，而对于一个问题的专心取决于对这个问题的兴趣。

在我们心上留下深刻印象的东西 ，我们是不大会忘记的。

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportumity when it comes.
人生一生中成功的秘诀是在机会来临时要及时抓住。

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
成功的秘诀是目标坚定。

The shortest answer is doing the thing.
最简短的回答就是干。

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
要想多做事情，最简单的办法是一次只做一件事。

The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.
天不会因瞎子看不见而减其蓝色。

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
睡觉的狐狸抓不到鸡鸭。

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
有点礼貌使生活愉快，多点礼貌使生活高尚。

The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse.
美女的微笑就是钱包的泪水。

The soul is not where it lives, but it loves.
心灵不在它生活的地方，而在它所爱的地方。

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
心有馀而力不足。

The still sow eats up all the draff.
不声不响的猪吃光全部的饲料。

The style is the man.
文如其人。

The sun shines all alike.
太阳同样地普照一切。

The surest way to be happy is to be busy.
要快乐，最可靠的办法是忙碌。

The sweetest grapes hang the highest.
最甜的葡萄挂在最高的地方。

The sweetest thing in life.
The tail does often catch the fox.
狐狸常因尾巴而被捕。

The tailor makes the man.
人靠衣装。

The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame.
成功没有其它办法，只有好好工作而不存名利思想。

The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much.
求学的三个基本原则是∶多观察、多吃苦、多钻研。

The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of labour.
三件事最困难∶保守秘密，忘却伤害和善用精力。

The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.
老虎一次尝到血，它的贪心就更大。

The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high.
舌头虽只三寸长，但能杀害六尺汉。

The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.
舌头不是钢，伤人似刀剑。

The tongue of idle persons is never idle.
懒汉的舌头并不闲。

The tortosis wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
兔子睡大觉，乌龟才得胜。

The truest politeness comes from sincerity.
真正的殷勤出于真诚。

The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know.
我们最不喜欢听到的真实，总是我们知道了会大有好处的真实。

The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.
不正当得来的便士会使正当得来的英镑受到污浊。

The used key is always bright.
常用的钥匙总是光亮的。

The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct.
人的品德不能看他一时格外卖力，而要看他的日常行为。

The voice is the best music.
说话声是最好的音乐。

The voice of one man is the voice of no one.
一个人的声音是没有力量的。

The voice of the people is the voice of God.
人民之声力大无比。

The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟，也能覆舟。

The weakest goes to the wall.
适者生存。

The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth.
精神财富是唯一的真正财富。

The wife is the key of the house.
妻子是一家的钥匙。

The wine in the bolttle does not quench thirst.
瓶中之酒不解渴。

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.
国家智慧，寓于格言，它们精辟，而且简练。

The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds, by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes, by instinct.
聪明人循理智办事，平常人照经验办事，蠢人按需要办事，畜生凭本能办事。

The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.
聪明人的手不做愚笨人所说的事。

The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
聪明人耳朵长，嘴巴短。

The wise man is always a good listener.
智者善听人言。

The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool thinks he knows it all.
聪明人知道自己不懂什么，蠢人则以为自己什么都懂。

The wise man's tongue is a shield, not a sword.
智者之言，是保卫而非攻击。

The wish is father to the thought.
有愿望就有信念。

The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.
江山易改，本性难易。

The word Impossible is not in my dictionary.
我的词典里没有“不可能”一词的。

The word once spoken can never be realled.
一言既出，驷马难追。

The work shows the workman.
什么匠人出什么活。

The world is a ladder for some to go up and some down.
人间犹如一架梯，有人缘梯上升，有人顺梯下降。

The world is but a little place, after all.
有缘千里来相会。

The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.
世界对思惟著的人来说，是一出喜剧，而对凭感觉的人看来，只是一出悲剧。

The worst men often give the best advice.
最不行的人，往往能提出最好的意见。

The worst misfortunes are these that never hzppen.
最大的不幸是害怕不会发生的不幸。

The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.
物以稀为贵。

They are never alone accompanied by noble thoughts.
思想高尚者决不会孤单。

They assume most who know the least.
懂得最少的人自以为最了不起。

They bray most that can do least.
说话最多的人，能做的事最少。

They die well that live well.
活著正常的人死也正常。

The years teach much which the days never know.
学问集年而成，而每日不自知也。

They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

They that live longest must die at last.
活得最久长，终难免一亡。

They that marry in green, their sorrow is soon seen.
过早地结婚，不久必悔恨。

They that (or who) live longest see most.
活得最长，见识最广。

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
泪水汪汪播种，得意洋洋收获。

They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can.
不能为所欲为者，也当尽力而为之。

They who live in a worry.
Things done cannot be undone.
木已成舟。

Things of a kind come together; people of a kind fall into the same group.
物以类聚，人以群分。

Things rashly taken end as ill.
草率从事没有好结果。

Things unreasonable are never durable.
不合理的事不会持久。

Think about the misforture of others that you may be satisfied with your own lot.
想想别人的不幸，你可以对自己的命运感到满足。

Think all you speak, but speak not all you think.
想想你所说的一切，不要全部说出你所想的。

Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well, wisest and best of all.
想得好，聪明；筹画得好，更聪明；做得好，最聪明最好。

Think much, speak little, and write less.
勤思考，寡发言，少落笔。

Think of the devil and he's looking over your shoulders.
说到曹操，曹操就到。

Think today and speak tomorrow.
三思而后行。

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.
同智者一起考虑，与俗人一起交谈。

This world belongs to the energetic.
世界属于精力旺盛的人。

Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.
教学相长。

Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare.
能充分利用时间的人不会有时间多馀。

Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.
认为有了钱就能办一切的人，往往准备为了钱而无所不为。

Those who climb high often have a fall.
爬得高往往跌得重。

Those who complain most are most to be complained of.
抱怨最多的人往往最招人怨。

Those who eat best and drink best often do worst.
吃得好喝得好的人往往干得最糟。

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
自己有短处，不要揭别人的短处。

Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to starve.
劳动者该得食，不劳者该挨饿。

Thos who eat most are not always fattest; those who read most, not always wisest.
吃得最多的人不一定最肥胖，读书最多的人不一定最聪明。

Though a lie be well dressd, it is ever overcome.
谎言即使打扮得不错，到头来总会被揭穿。

Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out.
恶意可以遮暗真理，但不能抹杀真理。

Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings.
狐狸虽会跑，小鸡有翅膀。

Though the wound be healed yet a scar remains.
创伤可愈合，伤疤犹留存。

Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion.
即使敌人小如鼠，也要防他如防虎。

Thought is the seed of action.
思想是行动的种子。

Though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return.
本性难移。

Three removes are as bad as a fire.
三次搬家犹如一次失火。

Three things soon pass away; the echo of the woods, the rainbow, and woman's beauty.
三样东西最易消逝∶树林的回响， 彩虹和妇女的美貌。

Thrift is good revenue.
节约是个好收入。

Through obedience learn to command.
只有学会听命于人，方能学会向人发号施令。

Throw away the apple because of the core.
因噎废食。

Thy friend has a friend and thy friend's friend has a friend so be discreet.
你的朋友有朋友，朋友的朋友又有朋友，所以要谨慎小心。

Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月无情。

Time and words can never be recalled.
消逝的时间和说出的话不能追回。

Time cures all things.
时间可以医治一切创伤。

Time discloses (or reveals) all things.
时间会暴露一切。

Time does not bow to you,, you must bow to time.
必须抓紧时间。

Time flies.
时光易逝。

Time is great healer.
时间能够治好(感情上的)创伤。

Time is money.
时间就是金钱。

Time is money, but money is not time.
时间就是金钱，但金钱不是时间。

Time marches on.
时光流逝不回头。

Time past cannot be called back again.
光阴一去不复返。

Time past never returns, amoment lost, lost for ever.
过去的时间决不返回，浪费一点，永远消失。

Time reveals all things.
时间会揭露一切。

Time tames the strongest grief.
时间可以冲淡最强烈的悲伤。

Time tries all.
时间检验一切。

Time tries truth.
时间考验真理。

Time works great changes.
时间能产生巨大的变化。

Time works wonders.
时间可以创造奇迹。

Timid dogs bark most.
狗胆小，拼命叫。

To a boiling pot flies come not.
苍蝇不叮沸水壶。

To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all.
积财难，守财最难，而聪明地散财最难。

To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
对于一只漫无目标的船来说，不论什么方向的风都是逆风。

To be angry with a weak man is a proof that you are not very strong yourself.
对弱者发脾气证明你自己并不很强。

To be of use in the world is the only way to be happy.
为善最乐。

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
维护和平最有效的办法之一是备战。

To be virtuous is to do good.
行善是美德。

To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation.
获得智慧，寻求真理，并使心灵美好，要比追求金钱、荣誉和名声好得多。

To convert defeat into victoty.
反败为胜。

Today is the scholar of yesterday.
今天是昨天的学者。

To err is human.
人无完人。

To err is human; to forgive, divine.
人难免错误，宽恕别人是神圣的。

To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge.
饶恕敌人是一种巧妙的报复方法。

To gain teaches how to spend.
量入为出。

To have a stomach and lack meat; to have meat and lack a stomach; to lie in bed and cannot rest; are great miseries.
最大在痛苦在于胃口好而无肉食，有佳肴而无胃口，躺在床上而不能休息。

To have money is a fear, not to have it a grief.
有钱使人担心，没钱使人伤心。

To hear a hundred times is not so good as to see once.
百闻不如一见。

To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.
办事不失时机，一天可抵三天用。

To know everything is to know nothing.
事事皆知，事事不懂。

To know how to wait is the great secret of success.
懂得如何等待是成功的秘诀。

To know one's self is true progress.
能有自知之明就是真正的进步。

To know the disease is half the cure.
找出病根等于治愈了一半。

To learn obeying is the fundamental art of governing.
学会顺从是管理的基本艺术。

To live in the hearts of those left behind is not to die.
活在后人心，虽死而犹生。

To live long is almost everyone's wish, but to live well is the ambitiion of a few.
活得长几乎是每个人的愿望，可是生活得好只是少数人的志气。

To lose a freind is the greatest of all loses.
失掉朋友是一切损失中最大的损失。

To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
爱人和得到人爱是人生最大的幸福。

To make enemies, talk; to make friends, listen.
要成仇敌，多讲；要成朋友，多听。

To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint.
由于面貌美丽而娶妻，犹如油漆漂亮而买屋。

To mention the wolf's name is to see the same.
说到曹操，曹操就到。

Tomorrow comes never.
切莫依赖明天。

Tomorrow is another day.
明天有明天的事。

Too many cooks spoil the broth.
人多嘴杂。

厨师多烧坏汤？ Too much humility is pride.
过分谦虚即骄傲。

Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
知识多，老得快。

Too much liberty spoils all.
太多的自由破坏了一切。

Too much spoils, too little is nothing.
过多反坏事，太少不济时。

Too much water drowned the miller.
过犹不及。

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
欲速则不达。

To pay a person in his own way.
以其人之道还治其人之身。

To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.
维持友谊需要三点∶当面尊重他，背后赞扬他，需要时帮助他。

To promise and give nothing is comfort to a fool.
允诺而不费什么是给愚蠢人的安慰。

To read without reflection is like eating without digestion.
学而不思，犹如食而不化。

To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.
要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。

To save time is to lengthen life.
省节时间就是延长寿命。

To say little and perform much is the characteristic of great minds.
少讲多做是大智者的特性。

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
要奋斗，要探索，要有所发现，而不要屈服。

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.
怀著希望去旅行比抵达目的地更愉快；而真正的成功在于勤劳。

To travel through the world it is necessary to have the mouth of hog, the legs of a stag, the eyes of a falcon, the ears of an ass, shoulders of a camel, and the face of an ape, and overplus, a satchel full of money and patience.
周游世界须有猪嘴巴，鹿的腿，鹰的双眼，驴的耳，骆驼的肩膀和猿猴的脸，尤其需要的是要有满口袋 的金钱和耐心。

Touch pitch and you will be defiled.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

To worry about tomorrow is to be unhappy today.
担心明天，今天就不愉快了。

To youth I have but words of counsel -- work, work, work.
对青年人，我要奉劝几句话∶工作，工作，再工作。

Travel east or travel west, a man's own home is still the best.
走到东，走到西，最好还是到家里。

Tread on a worm and it will turn.
困兽犹斗。

Troubles never come singly.
祸不单行。

True blue will never stain.
真金不怕火。

True coral needs no painter's brush.
真珊瑚无需刷油漆。

True friendship is a plant of slow growth.
真正的友谊像是生长缓慢的植物。

True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
真诚的友谊犹如强健的身体，要到失去它时，才知它的可贵。

True love is giving not taking.
真正的爱情是给而不是取。

True love never grows old.
真爱永不老。

True love shows itself in time of need.
急需时见真情。

True praise roots and spreads.
表扬真实，根深传远。

True wisdom is know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing.
真正的智慧是知道最值得知道的事情和做最值得做的事情。

Trust not the praise of a friend, nor the contempt of an enemy.
不要信赖朋友的赞扬，也不要仇敌的轻蔑放在心上。

Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.
只要信任你自己，别人不会辜负你。

Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood.
真理和爱情是世界上力量最强大的两样东西，当它们两者走在一起时，它们是很难抵挡的。

Truth and roses have thorns about them.
真理和玫瑰，身上都刺。

Truth fears not the flames of slander and injustice.
真金不怕火。

Truth hath a good face, but ill clothes.
真理相貌好，但衣衫褴褛。

Truth is honest, truth is sure; Truth is strong and must endure.
真理不会骗人，切实无假；真理的力量强大，永存不垮。

Truth is (or lies) at the bottom of the decater.
酒后露真言。

Truth is stranger than fiction.
真理比幻想更奇特。

Truth is the daughter of time.
真理是时间的女儿。

Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.
真理是一切知 识的基础，是一切社团的纽带。

Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
事实真相往往不在表面，而在深层。

Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed.
真理可能被指责，但是决不蒙耻辱。

Truth needs no colour; beauty, no pencil.
真理不些要色彩，美丽不需涂饰。

Truth, once crushed, will rise again.
真理是打不倒的。

Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
不加装饰是真理的最好的装饰。

Truth will conquer.
真理必胜。

Truth will prevail.
真理必胜。

Truth will stand without a prop.
真理能树，不靠支持。

Try (your friend) before you trust him.
朋友要经考验，才能取得信任。

Turn your tongue seven times before speaking.
话到嘴边留三分。

Two blacks do not make a white.
两个乌黑不等于一个清白。

Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.
两猫伴一鼠，两妻居一屋，两狗肯一骨，万难同相处。

Two dogs over one bone seldom agree.
两狗啃一骨，相持难服输。

Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

Two ears to one tongue, therefore hear twice as much as you speak.
两只耳朵对一舌，故应多听而少说。

Two heads are better than one.
集思广益。

Two in distress makes sorrow less.
同病相怜。

Two is company, but three is none.
两人成为伴，三人不结侣。

Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
小过彼此不相谅，两人友谊难长久。

Two quarrel and a third profits by it.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement.
一穗两雀争，意见乱纷纷。

Two things doth prolong your life: a quiet heart and a loving wife.
心情平静妻贤淑，延年益寿多得福。

Two wrongs don't make a right.
两个错误不能构成一个正确。