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英语谚语三 （此文已搬到新家）

Call a spade a spade. 称黑桃为黑桃；有话直说。
Care killed a cat. 烦恼能杀九命猫。
Cast never a clout till May is out. 五月前莫收冬衣；勿操之过急。
Cast not the first stone. 莫丢第一块石头；责人之前先自省。
Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance. 勿舍本逐末。
Catch your bear before you sell its skin. 卖熊皮前先捉熊；凡事宜按部就班，不要过于乐观。
Charity begins at home. 仁爱始于家。
Children should be seen and not heard. 大人说话，小孩别插嘴。
Christmas comes but once a year. 圣诞节一年才一次；好日子不能天天过。
Circumstances alter cases. 此一时，彼一时。
Clothes do not make the man. 衣冠楚楚者，未必就是正人君子。
Coming events cast their shadows before. 即来之事必有先兆。
Comparisons are odious. 人比人，气死人。
Conscience does make cowards of us all. 良心令人不敢为所欲为。
Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水可穿石。
Courtesy costs nothing. 礼多人不怪。
Cross the stream where it is shallowest. 渡溪当自浅处过。
Custom makes all things easy. 习惯成自然；熟能生巧。
Custom reconciles us to everything. 习惯使人适应一切。
Cut your coat according to your cloth. 量入为出。
Dead men tell no tales. 死人不会泄秘。
Death is the great leveller. 死亡使一切平等。
Deeds, not words. 行动胜于空谈。
Desert and reward seldom keep company. 功与赏绝少结伴而行；赏罚不明乃司空见惯。
Desires are nourished by delays. 渴望越久的就越希望得到。
Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies. 绝症须用烈药医。
Diamond cuts diamond. 势均力敌。
Discontent is the first step in progress. 不满意是进步的开端。
Discretion is the better part of valour. 勇敢贵乎审慎。
Distance lends enchantment to the view. 距离让景色增添魅力。
Do as I say, not as I do. 照我所说的做，别照我所做的来做。
Do as most men do, then most men will speak well of you. 随俗而行，众人称颂。
Do as you would be done by. 己所欲施于人。
Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
Do not cast your pearls before swine. 莫把珍珠丢猪前；莫对牛弹琴。
Do not halloo till you are out of the wood. 未真正脱离险境前，勿作脱险之庆。
Do not kick against the pricks. 勿踢刺棍；勿以卵击石。
Do not put new wine into old bottles. 莫用旧瓶装新酒。
Do not wear out your welcome. 作客不久留；不要使人厌倦对你的欢迎。
Dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残。
Don't change horses in mid-stream. 河中勿换骑；临阵换将非上策。
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 小鸡未孵出前，数也没用；别打如意算盘。
Don't cross a bridge till you come to it. 勿杞人忧天；船到桥头自然直。
Don't cry before you are hurt. 受伤前先别哭；祸未临头，别先屈服。
Don't cry stinking fish. 不要叫卖臭鱼；别拆自己的台；不要自贬身价。
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. 不要因意气用事而伤害自己。
Don't cut the bough you are standing on. 勿轻举妄动，自断生路。
Don't empty the baby out with the bath water. 做事勿掉以轻心，把婴儿与洗澡水一起给倒了。
Don't have too many irons in the fire. 勿操之过急。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. 勿小题大作。
Don't make a rod for your own back. 勿自讨苦吃。
Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you. 勿自贬身价；自辱者，人皆辱之。
Don't meet trouble half-way. 别自找麻烦。
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 不要把蛋全放在一个篮子里；勿孤注一掷。
Don't put the cart before the horse. 勿本末倒置。
Don't quarrel with your bread and butter. 别跟自己的饭碗过不去。
Don't ride the high horse. 不要摆臭架子；莫趾高气扬。
Don't speak ill of others behind their backs. 不要在背后说人坏话。
Don't take your harp to the party. 别旧调重弹；别对一事喋喋不休。
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 勿班门弄斧。
Don't tell tales out of school. 莫搬弄是非，揭人隐私。
Don't wash your dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外扬。
Dying is as natural as living. 生死由命，富贵在天。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早睡早起使人健康，富裕与聪明。
Easier said than done. 说比做容易。
East or west, home is best. 金窝银窝，不如自己的狗窝。
Easy come, easy go. 来得容易去得快。
Empty vessels make the most sound. 满瓶不会响，半瓶响叮当。
Enough is as good as a feast. 知所节制，适可而止。
Even a worm will turn. 人急悬梁，狗急跳墙。
Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑，必有一失。
Every ass likes to hear himself bray. 马不知脸长，蠢人总是自鸣得意。
Every bullet has its billet. 生死有命，富贵在天。
Every cloud has a silver lining. 黑暗中总有一线光明。
Every cock crows on his own dunghill. 公鸡总在自己草堆上称雄；在家一条龙，出外一条虫。
Every dog has his day. 任何人都有风光的时候。
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有本难念的经。
Every flow must have its ebb. 潮水有涨有退；人生变幻无常。
Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest. 人皆自认工作负担最重。
Every law has a loophole. 每种法律皆有漏洞。
Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost. 人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his ill day. 人无千日好。
Every man has his price. 人皆可被收买。
Every man has the defects of his own virtues. 人人皆有其美中不足之处。
Every man is his own worst enemy. 人类最大的敌人是自己。
Every medal has two sides. 每个奖章都有两面；问题皆有正反两面。
Every minute seems like a thousand. 度日如年。
Every oak must be an acorn. 万丈高楼平地起。
Every why has a wherefore. 事出必有因。
Everybody's business is nobody's business. 大家的工作没人做。
Everyone to his taste. 人各有所好。
Everything comes to him who waits. 耐心等待之人，必能如愿以偿。
Everything must have a beginning. 凡事必有开端。
Evil be to him who evil thinks. 存恶念者必遭恶报。
Example is better than precept. 身教重于言教。
Exchange is no robbery. 不公的交换并不算抢劫。
Expectation is better than realization. 期待总比现实美。
Experience is the mother of wisdom. 经验为智慧之母。
Experience is the teacher of fools. 愚人自经验中获取教训。
Extremes meet. 相对的事情通常是可互通的。
Faint heart never won fair lady. 懦夫难得美人心。
Familiarity breeds contempt. 熟稔易生轻蔑之心。
Fine feathers make fine birds. 佛要金装，人要衣装。
First come, first served. 先到先得。
First impressions are most lasting. 第一个印象是令人最难忘怀的。
First thrive and then wive. 先立业，后成家。
Fling dirt enough and some will stick. 众口可铄金，稽非足成是；人言可畏。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 天使皆为之却步而傻瓜确横冲直撞；笨人有愚勇。
Forbidden fruit is sweetest. 禁果最甜。
Forewarned is forearmed. 预先警告可先作防范。
Forgive and forget. 既往不咎，尽释前嫌。
Fortune favours the bold. 幸运之神总是眷雇有勇气尝试的人。
Fortune knocks at least once at every man's gate. 人一生中总有机会降临之时。
Full of courtesy, full of craft. 礼多必诈。
Give a dog a bad name, and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患无辞；人言可畏。
Give a lie twenty-four hours' start, and you can never overtake it. 若不及时遏止谎言，将会以讹传讹，被人信以为真。
Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself. 多行不义必自弊。
Give and take. 有施必有受。
Give credit where credit is due. 归功于有功者；要有雅量承认他人的优点。
Give one an inch, and one will take a mile. 得寸进尺。
God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
God never shuts one door without opening another. 天无绝人之路。
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. 上天眷雇弱者。
God's mill grinds slow but sure. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Good advice is harsh to the ear. 忠言逆耳。
Good company on the road is the shortest cut. 偕伴同行不觉路远。
Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失。
Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
Great oaks from little acorns grow. 参天橡树长自小小橡实；凡事须由基础开始。
Greed has no limits. 人心不足蛇吞象。

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