【參考資料】English Proverbs

Start with A
No. Chinese English
1. 坐而言，不如起而行 Actions speak louder than words.
2. 省一文則賺一文 A penny saved is a penny earned.
3. 及時行事，事半功倍；防微杜漸 A stitch in time saves nine.
4. 忍為上策 All things come to him who waits.
5. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲 An idle youth, a needy age.
6. 知足常樂 A contented mind is perpetual feast.
7. 忠言逆耳 Advice when most needed is least heeded.
8. 條條大路通羅馬 All roads lead to Rome.
9. 人生苦短，學海無涯 Art is long, life is short.
10. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆 As you sow, so shall you reap.
11. 知過能改，善莫大焉 A fault confessed is half redressed.
12. 一言既出，駟馬難追 A word spoken is past recalling.
13. 滾動的石頭不生苔 A rolling stone gathers no moss.
14. 患難見真情 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
15. 差之毫釐，失之千里 A miss is as good as a mile.
16. 失友易，得友難 A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.
17. 博藝無所精 A man of all trades is master of none.
18. 觀其友，知其人 A man is known by the company he keeps.
19. 只工作而無娛樂，使人遲鈍 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
20. 一知半解最危險 A little learning is a dangerous thing.
21. 否極泰來 After a storm comes a calm.
22. 惡有惡報 A bad penny always comes back.
23. 新官上任三把火 A new broom sweeps clean.
24. 以牙還牙，以眼還眼 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
25. 江山易改，本性難移 A leopard cannot change his spots.
26. 人之將死，其言也善 A man speaks well when his clock strikes.
27. 以柔克剛 A soft answer turns away wrath.
28. 天下無不散的宴席 All good things must come to an end.
29. 劣工尤器 A bad workman always blames his tools.
30. 一鳥在手勝於二鳥在林 A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
31. 吉人自有天相 A cat has nine lives.
32. 心急水不沸 A watched pot never boils.
33. 小別勝新婚 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
34. 自作自受 As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
35. 寧為玉碎，不為瓦全 All or nothing.
36. 智者一言，好馬一鞭 A word is enough to the wise.
37. 勇者不懼 A brave man smiles in the face of adversity.
38. 小人易怒 A little pot is soon hot.
39. 健全的頭腦寓於健全的身體 A sound mind in a sound body.


Start with B
No. Chinese English
1. 識時務者為俊傑 Better bend than break.
2. 寧為雞首，不為牛後 Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
3. 公事公辦 Business is business.
4. 寧遲勿缺 Better late than never.
5. 饑者不該擇食而挑 Beggars mustn’t be choosers.
6. 家是最美好的地方 Be it never so humble, there’s no place like home.
7. 腳踏雙凳必墜地 Between two stools you fall to the ground.
8. 惡事傳千里 Bad news travels fast.
9. 會叫的狗不咬人 Barking dogs seldom bite.
10. 美是膚淺的 Beauty is bit skin deep.
11. 情人眼裡出西施 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
12. 物以類聚 Birds of a feather flock together.
13. 血濃於水 Blood is thicker than water.


Start with C
No. Chinese English
1. 有話直說(直言不諱) Call a spade a spade.
2. 人比人，氣死人 Comparisons are odious.
3. 滴水穿石 Constant dripping wears away the stone.
4. 禮多人不怪 Courtesy costs nothing.
5. 百善孝為先 Charity begins at home.
6. 憂能傷神致命 Care killed the cat.
7. 對牛彈琴 Cast pearls before swine.


Start with D
No. Chinese English
1. 驕兵必敗 Don’t ride the high horse.
2. 勿本末倒置 Don’t put the cart before the horse.
3. 船到橋頭自然直 Don’t cross a bridge till you come to it.
4. 己所不欲，勿施於人 Do as you would be done by.
5. 入境隨俗 Do in Rome as the Romans do.
6. 勿打如意算盤 Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
7. 勿自砸飯碗 Don’t quarrel with your bread and butter.
8. 同類不相殘 Dog does not eat dog.


Start with E
No. Chinese English
1. 人生最大的敵人是自己 Every man is his own worst enemy.
2. 前事不忘，後事之師 Experience is the best teacher.
3. 說來容易做來難 Easier said than done.
4. 賺得容易花得快 Easy come easy go.
5. 空桶響叮噹 Empty vessels make the most sound.
6. 眾人之事乏人管 Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
7. 三年風水輪流轉 Every dog has his day.
8. 物極必反 Extremes meet.


Start with F
No. Chinese English
1. 失敗為成功之母 Failure is the mother of success.
2. 捷足先登 First come first served.


Start with G
No. Chinese English
1. 工欲善其事，必先利其器 Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.
2. 萬丈高樓平地起 Great oaks from little acorns grow.
3. 天才是99%的努力和1%的智慧 Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
4. 貪者必失 Grasp all, lose all.


Start with H
No. Chinese English
1. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 He touches pitch shall be defiled.
2. 欲速則不達 Haste makes waste.
3. 天助自助者 Heaven helps those who help themselves.
4. 健康勝於財富 Health is better than wealth.
5. 勿過分謙虛以致隱沒才能 Hide not your light under a bushel.
6. 誠實為上策 Honesty is the best policy.
7. 歷史會重演 History repeats itself.


Start with I
No. Chinese English
1. 酒後吐真言 In wine there is truth.
2. 不經一事，不長一智 It is easy to be wise after the event.
3. 亡羊補牢猶未晚也 It is never too late to mend.


Start with J（無）


Start with K
No. Chinese English
1. 知識就是力量 Knowledge is power.
2. 有備無患，未雨綢繆 Keep something for a rainy day.


Start with L
No. Chinese English
1. 聚沙成塔 Little by little and bit by bit.
2. 別自找麻煩 Let sleeping dogs lie.
3. 有其父必有其子 Like father, like son.
4. 活到老，學到老 Live and learn.
5. 三思而後行 Look before you leap.
6. 旁觀者清 Lookers-on see most of the game.
7. 愛情是盲目的 Love is blind.
8. 愛情要細水長流 Love me little, love me long.
9. 既往不咎 Let bygones be bygones.
10. 天下無難事，只怕有心人 Little strokes fell great oaks.


Start with M
No. Chinese English
1. 謀事在人，成事在天 Man proposes, but God disposes.
2. 強權即是公理 Might is right.
3. 有錢能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go.
4. 貪得無饜 Much would have more.
5. 如欲人不知，除非己莫為 Murder will out.
6. 未雨綢繆 Make hay while the son shines.
7. 匆匆結婚，慢慢後悔 Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
8. 人不可貌相 Man are not to be measured in inches.


Start with N
No. Chinese English
1. 今日事，今日畢 Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
2. 需要為發明之母 Necessity is the mother of invention.
3. 做事切莫半途而廢 Never do things by halves.
4. 無人能滿意於自己的命運 No men is content with his lot.
5. 無消息就是好消息 No news is good news.
6. 不勞則無獲 No pains, no gains.
7. 有眼不看者為盲 None so blind as those who can’t see.
8. 事出必有因 Nothing comes oh nothing.
9. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 Nothing venture, nothing have.
10. 吃得苦中苦，方為人上人 No cross, no crown.


Start with O
No. Chinese English
1. 一失足成千古恨 One wrong step may give you a great fall.
2. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩 Once bitten, twice shy.
3. 久離則疏遠 Out of sight, out of mind.


Start with P
No. Chinese English
1. 熟能生巧 Practice makes perfect.
2. 預防勝於治療 Prevention is better than cure.


Start with Q（無）


Start with R
No. Chinese English
1. 羅馬不是一天造成的 Rome was not built in a day.


Start with S
No. Chinese English
1. 說是一回事，做又是一回事 Saying is one thing and doing is another.
2. 沉默是金 Silence is golden.
3. 退一步想最穩當 Second thoughts are best.
4. 百聞不如一見 Seeing is believing.
5. 不打不成器 Spare the rod and spoil the child.
6. 水深則靜 Still water runs deep.
7. 打鐵趁熱 Strike while the iron is hot.


Start with T
No. Chinese English
1. 時間就是金錢 Time is money.
2. 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃 The early bird catches the worm.
3. 時間會證明一切 Time will tell.
4. 時光催人老，歲月不待人 Time and tide wait for no man.
5. 光陰似箭 Time flies.
6. 多多益善 The more, the better.
7. 少年時代可決定，一人之未來 The child is the father of the man.
8. 五十步笑百步 The pot called the kettle black.
9. 說曹操曹操就到 Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.
10. 公說公有理，婆說婆有理 There are two sides to every question.
11. 每一個團體中都難免有害群之馬 Theirs is a black sleep in every flock.
12. 江山易改，本性難移 The leopard cannot change his spots.
13. 朵朵玫瑰皆有刺 There is no rose without a thorn.
14. 無風不起浪 There is no smoke without fire.
15. 投鼠忌器 Those who live in glass house should not throw stones.
16. 舌頭雖非鐵卻可傷人 The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
17. 七手八腳必敗事 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
18. 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮 Two heads are better than one.


Start with U
No. Chinese English
1. 團結就是力量 Unity is strength.


Start with V
No. Chinese English
1. 為善自得其樂 Virtue is its own reward.


Start with W
No. Chinese English
1. 心想事成 What the mind can conceive, it can achieve.
2. 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 While there is life, there is hope.
3. 天無絕人之路 When one door shuts, another opens.
4. 隔牆有耳 Walls have ears.
5. 好的開始是成功的一半 Well begun is half done.
6. 盡人事以待天下命 What can’t be cured must be endured.
7. 有志者事竟成 Where there is a will, there is a way.
8. 舌劍利於刀劍 Words cut more than swords.
9. 心想事成 What the mind can conceive, it can achieve.


Start with X（無）


Start with Y
No. Chinese English
1. 蠟燭不能兩頭燒 You cannot burn the candle at both end.
2. 鐵石心腸哪有淚 You cannot get blood out of a stone.
3. 魚與熊掌不可兼得 You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.
4. 人老則守舊 You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
5. 人不可貌相；海水不可斗量 You can't judge a book by its cover.


Start with Z
No. Chinese English
1. 缺乏知識之心猶如脫韁之馬 Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.