1.Between two stools one falls to the ground. 腳踏兩頭要落空。
2.Counsel after action is like rain after harvest.放馬後炮
3.He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
4.Bad news has wings. 壞事傳千里。
5.As you brew, so must you drink. 自搬石頭自壓腳。
6.A tree is known by its fruit. 觀其行而知其人。
7.Eat one's cake and have it. 又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草。
8.A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. 人無笑臉，不要開店。
9.Every mother's child is handsome. 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇。
10.A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 好砧不怕錘。
11.Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. 山中無老虎，猴子稱霸王。
12.A man of gladness seldom falls into madness. 生性樂天的人極少會變成瘋子。
13.A good appetite is a good sauce. 饑不擇食。
14.Comparisons are odious. 人比人，氣死人。
15.A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
16.Barking dogs seldom bite. 善吠的狗很少咬人。
17.Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在，好花不常開。
18.A good conscience is a continual feast. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
19.A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 良馬的毛色不會差。
20.A good maxim is never out of season. 至理名言不會過時。
21.Better master one than engage with ten. 精通一事勝於會十事。
22.A good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。
23.A good neighbor is better than a bother in the next village. 遠親不如近鄰。
24.Cry up wine and sell vinegar. 掛羊頭，賣狗肉。
25.A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放，笑顏逐開。
26.A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 時勢造英雄。
27.Every man has a fool in his sleeve. 聰明一世，糊塗一時。
28.In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做，二不休。
29.Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 與其說話不中肯，不如一言不發好。
30.A Jack of all trades and master of none. 三腳貓無所長。
31.He who risks nothing, gains nothing. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
32.Hang up one's fiddle when one comes home. 在外談笑風生，在家悶悶不樂。
33.An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 對牛彈琴。
34.He who follows two hares is sure to catch neither. 追逐兩隻兔，兩頭都落空。
35.As a man sows, so he shall reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
36.Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice). 懶惰是萬惡之源。
37.A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懶羊嫌毛重。
38.Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons. 閒話少說，言歸正傳。
39.Ale will make a cat speak. 酒後吐真言。
40.He who plays with fire gets burned. 玩火者必自焚。
41.A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
42.A smart coat is a good letter of introduction. 人要衣裝，佛要金裝。
43.A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 騙子說真話，也沒人相信。
44.Devil must be driven out with devils. 以毒攻毒。
45.A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生在世無朋友，猶如生活無太陽。
46.Fools have fortune.傻人有傻福。
47.Habit is second nature. 習慣成自然。
48.A lion at home, a mouse abroad. 在家兇如獅，在外卻膽如鼠。
49.A little neglect may breed great mischief. 小不忍則亂大謀。
50.Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日畢。
51.A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. 適可而止，過猶不及。
52.Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. 有花堪折直須折。
53.A living dog is better than a dead lion. 一條活狗勝過一頭死獅。
54.Full belies make empty skulls. 大腹便便，頭腦空虛。
55.All are not hunters that blow the horn. 吹號角的未必都是獵人。
56.All is fair in war. 兵不厭詐。
57.Fool's haste is no speed. 欲速則不達。
58.Genius often betrays itself into great errors. 聰明反被聰明誤。
59.All men cannot be first. 不可能人人都得第一名。
60.All one's geese are swans. 自吹自擂。
61.Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢。
62.All roads lead to Rome. 條條道路通羅馬。
63.All's fair in love and war. 愛情和戰爭是不擇手段的。
64.All time is no time when it is past. 光陰一去不復返。
65.Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. 坐吃山空。
66.A maid that laughs is half taken. 少女露笑臉，婚事半成全。
67.Forbidden fruit is sweet. 禁果分外甜。
68.A man can die but once. 人生只有一次死。
69.As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks. 一廂情願。
70.A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不補，大洞吃苦。
71.A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。
72.Draw water with a sieve. 竹籃子打水一場空。
73.A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little. 人有兩隻耳朵一張嘴，就是為了多聽少說話。
74.Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it. 備而不用。
75.A man is as old as he feels. 老不老，自己曉。
76.Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣裝，佛要金裝。
77.A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
78.A man may smile and smile and be villain. 笑裡藏奸。
79.Keep your breath to cool your porridge. 少管閒事。
80.Fine words butter no parsnips. 畫餅充饑。
81.A man without money is a bow without an arrow. 人無錢，猶如弓無箭。
82.Joy shared with others are more enjoyed. 與人同樂，其樂無窮。
83.If the old dog barks, he gives counsel. 如果老狗叫，他是给忠告。
84.A match will set fire to a large building. 星星之火，可以燎原。
85.It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸魚。
86.Fish begins to stink at the head. 上樑不正下樑歪。
87.In wine there is truth. 酒後吐真言。
88.It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家醜不可外揚。
89.It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. 養虎易，馴虎難。
90.It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 養女容易嫁女難。
91.Jack of all trades is of no trade. 萬事皆通，一無所長。
92.Joy put heart into a man. 人逢喜事精神爽。
93.Kill the goose that laid the golden egg. 殺雞取蛋。
94.It's easier to run down the hill than go up. 下山容易上山難。
95.It is not good to make a sleeping lion. 弄醒睡獅不是好事。
96.It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸魚。
97.I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. 成功之道唯三點∶努力、努力、再努力。
98.If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 隨遇而安。
99.If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人是靠希望活著的。
100.Idleness is the rust of the mind. 懶惰使腦子生銹。
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