英語諺語（帶翻譯）大綱
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A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡其始者必惡其終。
A bad bush is better than the open field. 有勝於無。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。
A bad conscience is a snake in one''s heart. 做賊心虛。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。
A bad padlock invites a picklock. 開門揖盜。
A bad penny always turns up.
A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)。
A bargain is a bargain. 達成的協議不可撕毀。
A beggar''s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。
A bird may be known by its song. 什麼鳥唱什麼歌。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有勝於全無。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it''s the boundary of the world. 坐井觀天。
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白費癡情。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好書今天如此，將來也如此，永不改變。
A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 好故事百聽不厭。
A good tongue is a good weapon. 伶俐的口齒是一種銳利的武器。
A good wife makes a good husband. 有好妻子就有好丈夫。
A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆豐年。
A great talker is a great liar. 最會饒舌的人也是最會說謊的人。
A great ship asks deep water. 巨輪尋深水而航行。
A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. 做賊心虛，良心自誅。
A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 賊膽心虛。
A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning. 一點小常識常勝過很多有價值的學問。
A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放，笑逐顏開。
A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急難免出岔子。
A heavy purse makes a light heart. 腰包錢財足，心境自然寬。
A heavy snow promise a good harvest. 瑞雪兆豐年。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 時勢造英雄。
A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相馬不可憑馬的裝飾。
A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭內訌難維繫。
A Jack of all trades and master of none. 三腳貓無所長。
A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 開玩笑總不能化敵爲友，反而有時會失去朋友。
A journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step. 千里之行，始於足下。
A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 窮人的一隻羔羊比富人的一頭牛還要珍貴。
A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懶羊嫌毛重
A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
Ale will make a cat speak. 酒後吐真言。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 騙子說真話，也沒人相信。
A liar is worse than a thief. 撒謊比偷竊更可惡。
A lie begets a lie till they come to generation. 謊言生謊言，謊言傳萬代。
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。
A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生無目的，猶如船失去了舵。
A light purse is a heavy curse. 爲人無錢處處難。
A light purse makes a heavy heart. 曩中無錢心事重。
A lion at home, a mouse abroad. 在家兇如獅，在外卻如鼠。
A little body often harbours a great soul. 莫道身軀小，偉人寓其間。
A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world. 幼兒是世界上最可愛和最純潔的。
A little fire is quickly trodden out. 小洞易補。
A little is better than none. 聊勝於無。
A little labour, much health. 適量勞動健身大有益。
A little leak will sink a great ship. 千丈之堤潰於蟻穴。
A little learning is a dangerous thing. 淺學誤人。
A little neglect may breed great mischief. 小不忍則亂大謀。
A little of everything, nothing at all. 每事淺嘗輒止，結果將一事無成。
A little pot is soon hot. 壺小水易熱。
A little spark kindles a great fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. 適可而止，過猶不及。
A living dog is better than a dead lion. 一條活狗勝過一頭死獅。
All are brave when the enemy flies. 敵人逃跑時，個個都勇敢。
All are not hunters that blow the horn. 吹號角的未必都是獵人。
All are not merry that dance lightly. 表面高興的，未必都快樂。
All are not saints that go to church. 去做禮拜者，未必皆聖人。
All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 犬之所吠，並非皆賊。
All asses wag their ears. 傻子總愛裝聰明。
All bread is not baked in one oven. 人心不同，猶如其面。
All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. 貓都愛吃魚，卻怕爪弄溼。
All covet, all lose. 貪多必失。
All good things came to an end. 天下無不散之宴席。
All is fair in war. 兵不厭詐。
All is fish that comes to one''s net. 捉到網裏都是魚。
All is flour that comes to his mill. 到他的磨裏都能碾成粉。
All is not at hand that helps. 有用的東西並不都是垂手可得的。
All is not gain that is put in the purse. 放入錢包的錢財，並非都是應得的。
All is not gold that glitters. 閃光的.東西並不都是黃金。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 遠親不如近鄰。
An empty hand is no lure for a hawk. 空手誘不來老鷹。
An empty purse frightens many friends. 曩中無分文，親友不上門。
An empty sack cannot stand upright. 空麻袋，立不直。
An enemy''s mouth seldom speaks well. 狗嘴裏吐不出象牙。
An evening red and a morning grey, is a sign of a fair day. 晚霞紅如火，曉色青如灰，定是晴朗天。
An evil chance seldom comes alone. 禍不單行。
An evil lesson is soon learned. 學壞容易。
A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
Anger is a short madness. 發火是短暫的瘋狂。
Anger rests in the bosom of folly. 怒火常寓於蠢人的胸中。
An honest man''s word is as good as his bond. 誠實人的話像他的契約一樣靠得住。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之計在於晨。
An idle brain is the devil''s workshop. 遊手好閒是萬惡之源。
An idle youth, a needy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
An ill workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell. 錯無分大小，有錯皆不好。
An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 對牛彈琴。
An oak is not felled at one stroke. 萬事不能一蹴而就。
An occasion lost cannot be redeemed. 時機失了無法挽回。
An old dog barks not in vain. 老犬不空吠。
An old dog bites sore. 老狗咬人痛得很。
An old dog cannot alter its way of barking. 老狗難改吠聲。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. 老家夥學不出新名堂。
An old physician, and a young lawyer. 醫生年老的好，律師年輕的俏。
An old poacher makes the best keeper. 老偷獵者是最好的看守人。
An open door may tempt a saint. 一扇開著的大門可誘惑一個聖徒。
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 樂觀的人在災難中看到希望;悲觀的人在希望中看到災難。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 預防勝於治療。
An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue. 牛因有腳而被抓，人因有舌而遭殃。
Answer a fool according to his folly. 以其人之道，還治其人之身。
An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men. 正直的法官重法勝於重人。
A penny saved is a penny earned(or gained). 省錢就是賺錢。
A pet lamb makes a cross ram. 寵壞的小羊將成爲脾氣壞的大羊。
A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife. 窮漢娶富妻，必受老婆欺。
Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter. 好藥不苦不會加糖衣。
Apparel makes the man. 馬靠鞍裝，人靠衣裝。
Appearances are deceitful. 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
Appetite comes with eating. 食慾越吃越旺。
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 白日不做虧心事，夜半不怕鬼敲門。
A ragged coat may cover an honest man. 不能以衣著取人。
Art is long, but lift is short. 人生有涯，而學無涯。
A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money. 失友都因借錢起。
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 千里之行始於足下。
A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
Art lies in concealing art. 隱而不露即藝術。
As a man lives so shall he die. 有生必有死。
As a man''s heart is, so does he speak. 言爲心聲。
As a man sows, so he shall reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
A secret between more than two is no secret. 兩人以上知道的祕密就不算祕密。
A servant is known by his master''s absence. 主人不在可以看出僕人的品行來。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth. 緘默的嘴，真誠的心，是世界上最令人讚美的東西。
A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
As is the workman so is the work. 什麼工人出什麼活。
Ask no questions and you will be told no lies. 如果你少問，謊言就難進。
A smart coat is a good letter of introduction. 人要衣裝，佛要金裝。
A small leak will sink a great ship. 一個小漏洞可能弄沉一艘大輪船。
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平靜的海洋練不出熟練的水手。
