1．A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near．海內(nèi)存知己，天涯若比鄰。

2．A common danger causes common action．同舟共濟(jì)。

3．A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast．知足常樂。

4．A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit．吃一塹，長一智。

5．A guest should suit the convenience of the host．客隨主便。

6．A letter from home is a priceless treasure．家書抵萬金。

7．All rivers run into the sea．殊途同歸。

8．All time is no time when it is past．機(jī)不可失，時不再來。

9．An apple a day keeps the doctor away．一日一個蘋果，身體健康不求醫(yī)。

10．As heroes think, so thought Bruce．英雄所見略同。

11．A young idler, an old beggar．少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

12．Behind the mountains there are people to be found．天外有天，山外有山。

13．Bad luck often brings good luck．塞翁失馬，安知非福。

14．Bread is the stall of life．面包是生命的支柱。(民以食為天。)

15．Business is business．公事公辦。

16．Clumsy birds have to start flying early．笨鳥先飛。

17．Courtesy costs nothing．禮多人不怪。

18．Custom makes all things easy．習(xí)慣成自然。

19．Desire has no rest．人的欲望無止境。

20．Difficult the first time, easy the second．一回生，二回熟。

21．Do not change horses in mid-stream．別在河流中間換馬。

22．Do not have too many irons in the fire．貪多嚼不爛。

23．Do not pull all your eggs in one basket．別把所有的蛋都放在一個籃子里。(不要孤注一擲。)

24．Do not teach fish to swim．不要班門弄斧。

25．East or west, home is the best．東奔西跑，還是家里好。
26．Experience is the best teacher．實(shí)踐出真知。

27．Fact is stranger than fiction．事實(shí)比虛構(gòu)更離奇。(大千世界，無奇不有。)

28．Faith can move mountains．信念能移山。(精誠所至，金石為開。)

29．First impressions are half the battle．先入為主。

30．Give as good as one gets．一報(bào)還一報(bào)。(以德報(bào)德，以怨還怨。)

31．Give everyone his due．一視同仁。

32．Good wine needs no bush．酒香不怕巷子深。

33．Haste makes waste．欲速則不達(dá)。(忙中常出錯。)

34．He that promises too much means nothing．輕諾者寡信。

35．He who has an art has everywhere a part．一招鮮，吃遍天。

36．He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom．千里之行始于足下。

37．Home is where the heart is．心在哪里，哪里就是家。

38．If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking．不在屋里，不知漏雨。(親身經(jīng)歷才有體會。)

39．In peace prepare for war．平時準(zhǔn)備戰(zhàn)時。(居安思危。)

40．It is never too late to mend．亡羊補(bǔ)牢，猶未為晚。

41．It six of one and half a dozen of the other．彼此彼此。

42．Just has long arms．天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏。

43．Keep something for a rainy day．未雨綢繆。

44．Life is a span．人生如朝露。

45．Man proposes, God disposes．謀事在人，成事在天。

46．Meet plot with plot．將計(jì)就計(jì)。

47．Merry meet, merry part．好聚好散。

48．Mind acts upon mind．心有靈犀一點(diǎn)通。

49．Never hit a man when he is down．不要落井下石。

50．Never judge by appearances．切莫以貌取人。
51．No fire without smoke．無風(fēng)不起浪。

52．Nurture passes nature．教養(yǎng)勝過天性。

53．One is never too old to learn．活到老，學(xué)到老。

54．One swallow does not make a summer．一燕不成夏。(一花獨(dú)放不是春。)

55．One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers．曾經(jīng)滄海難為水。

56．Out of sight, out of mind．眼不見，心不煩。

57．Practice makes perfect．熟能生巧。

58．Poverty is stranger to industry．勤勞之人不受窮。

59．Rome was not built in a day．羅馬不是一日建成的。(偉業(yè)非一日之功。)

60．Sense comes with age．老馬識途。

61．So many men, so many minds．人心各不同。

62．Some thing is learned every time a book is opened．開卷有益。

63．Strike while the iron is hot．趁熱打鐵。

64．The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there．車到山前必有路。

65．The heart is seen in wine．酒后吐真言。

66．The older the wiser．人老智多。(姜還是老的辣。)

67．The worse luck now, the better another time．風(fēng)水輪流轉(zhuǎn)。

68．Thoughts are free from toll．思想不用交稅。(人人都可以自由思考。)

69．Time tries all things．時間檢驗(yàn)一切。

70．Use legs and have legs．經(jīng)常用腿，健步如飛。

71．Virtue never grows old．美德常青。

72．Walls have ears．隔墻有耳。

73．What is done cannot be undone．覆水難收。

74．Wine in, truth out．酒后吐真言。

75．You are only young once．青春只有一次。
76．You cannot burn the candle at both ends．蠟燭不可兩頭燃。(魚和熊掌不可兼得。)

77．You cannot have your cake and eat it．有得就有失。(事難兩全其美。)

78．You never know till you have tried．事非經(jīng)過不知難。

79．Youth will be served．青春好作樂。

80．Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse．無知的狂熱是脫韁的野馬。

81．Happiness takes no account of time．歡樂不覺時光過。

82．Virtue is her own reward．為善最樂。

83．Small gains bring great wealth．小益聚大財(cái)，薄利成巨富。

84．Suspicion is the poison of true friendship．猜疑傷害莫逆之交。

85．Speed is the soldier's asset．兵貴神速。

86．Sweet discourse makes short days and nights．言語投機(jī)恨時短。

87．Soft words butter no parsnips．畫餅充饑。

88．Set a thief to catch a thief．以毒攻毒。

89．Well fed, wed bred．衣食足，知榮辱。

90．Laugh at your ills, and save doctors' bills．生病不憂慮，節(jié)省醫(yī)藥費(fèi)。

91．Sloth is the key of poverty．惰能致貧。

92．Among the blind the one eyed man is the king．山中無老虎，猴子稱大王。

93．To err is human．犯錯是人之常情。/ 人誰無過。

94．You can't judge a book by its cover．不能以外表來判斷本質(zhì)。/ 不要以貌取人。

95．Gut no fish till you get them．勿操之過急

96．愛屋及烏 Love me, love my dog．

97．百聞不如一見 (眼見為實(shí))Seeing is believing．

98．比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many； to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst．

99．笨鳥先飛 A slow sparrow should make an early start．

100．不眠之夜 white night

101．不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

102．不遺余力 spare no effort； go all out； do one's best

103．不打不成交 No discord, no concord．

104．拆東墻補(bǔ)西墻 rob Peter to pay Paul

105．辭舊迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new； ring out the old year and ring in the new

106．大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

107．大開眼界 open one's eyes； broaden one's horizon； be an eye-opener

108．國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

109．過猶不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough； beyond is as wrong as falling short； too much is as bad as too little

110．功夫不負(fù)有心人 Everything comes to him who waits．

111．好了傷疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

112．好事不出門惡事傳千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide．

113．和氣生財(cái) Harmony brings wealth．

114．活到老學(xué)到老 One is never too old to learn．

115．既往不咎 let bygones be bygones 　

116．金無足赤人無完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect．

117．金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home．

118．腳踏實(shí)地 be down-to-earth

119．腳踩兩只船 sit on the fence

120．君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal； a hedge between keeps friendship green
121．老生常談陳詞濫調(diào) cut and dried, cliché

122．禮尚往來 Courtesy calls for reciprocity．

123．留得青山在不怕沒柴燒 Where there is life, there is hope．

124．馬到成功 achieve immediate victory； win instant success

125．名利雙收 gain in both fame and wealth

126．茅塞頓開 be suddenly enlightened

127．沒有規(guī)矩不成方圓 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards．

128．每逢佳節(jié)倍思親 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away．It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most．

129．謀事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven．Man proposes, God disposes．

130．弄巧成拙 be too smart by half； Cunning outwits itself

131．拿手好戲 masterpiece

132．賠了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad

133．拋磚引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions； throw a sprat to catch a whale

134．破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

135．搶得先機(jī) take the preemptive opportunities

136．巧婦難為無米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist．One can't make bricks without straw．

137．千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

138．前事不忘后事之師 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future．

139．前人栽樹后人乘涼 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests．One sows and another reaps．

140．前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

141．強(qiáng)龍難壓地頭蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies．

142．強(qiáng)強(qiáng)聯(lián)手 win-win co-operation

143．瑞雪兆豐年 A timely snow promises a good harvest．

144．人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth is good．

145．人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man