1.a bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡始有惡終。
2.a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
3.a blate cat makes a proud mouse. 父母不嚴出逆子。
luck always comes in threes. 禍不單行。
news travels fast.壞事傳千里。
slow in choosing a friend， slower in changing. 擇友宜慎，棄之宜更慎。
slow to promise and quick to perform. 重諾守信。
swift to hear， slow to speak. 多聽少說。
ty is but skin-deep. 不可以貌取人。
ty is truth， truth beauty. 美即是真，真即是美。
er a little fire to warm us， than a great fire to burn us. 寧要小火暖身，不要大火灼人。
er safe than sorry. 安全勝過遺憾。
er small fish than empty dish. 盤中小魚勝無魚。
er the last smile than the first laug(Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
Out of sight, out of mind.眼不見，心不煩。
Patience is a virtue.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Pleasant hours fly past.快樂時光去如飛。
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Practice what you preach.
Prepare for a rainy day.未雨綢繆。
Prevention is better than cure.
Procrastination is the thief of time.因循拖延是時間的大敵;拖延就是浪費時間。
Pull somebody's leg戲弄某人;開某人的玩笑(誤：拖某人的`後腿)
Pull up one's socks振作起來;鼓起勇氣(誤：提起襪子)
Punctuality is the soul of business.守時爲立業之要素。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.努力工作。
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.
Rats desert a sinking ship.
Reading makes a full man and writing an exact man. 讀書使人充實，寫作使人嚴謹。
Return to one's sheep [muttons] 回到本題
Revenge is sweet.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Saving is getting. 節省就是獲得。
Saying is one thing, doing another. 說是一回事，做是另一回事。
Scornful[Hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings. 人到危急時, 平時所不屑做的也要做; 急不暇擇, 飢不擇食。
Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
See [watch] how [which way] the cat jumps (=wait for the cat to jump) 觀望形勢然後行動; 看風使舵, 隨機應變
See Naples and die.不到黃河心不死。
Seeing is believing.百聞不如一見。
Send somebody to the chair把某人判死刑;送…電椅(誤：把某人送到椅子上)
Separate the sheep from the goats 區別好人和壞人
Sheep and goats 善人與惡人(來自《聖經》)
Sheep that have no shepherd 烏合之衆
Silence is golden.
Sloth is the key of poverty.惰能致貧。
Sloth turneth the edge of wit.懶散能磨去才智的鋒芒。
Something is better than nothing.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Speak when you are spoken to.
Speaking without think is shooting without aiming. 說話不假思索，等於無的放矢。
Speech is the picture of the mind. 言爲心聲。
Still waters run deep.
hter. 笑在前不如笑在後。
er to ask the way than go astray. 多問不吃虧。
er to be safe than sorry. 安全勝過遺憾。
er to do well than to say well. 嘴勤不如手勤。
is enemy to health. 憂慮有損健康。
will kill a cat. 憂慮傷神。
dren and fools cannot lie. 小孩和傻瓜嘴裏沒謊話。
dren and fools speak the truth. 童子吐真言。
dren are what the mothers are. 有其母，必有其子。
dren have the qualities of the parents. 有什麼樣的父母，就有什麼樣的孩子。
stmas comes but once a year. 聖誕節每年只有一次。
hes don‘t make the man. 好馬不在鞍，人美不在衫。
hes make the man. 人靠衣服馬靠鞍
h job, tough day, tough world. life is not always sweet. that’s life.艱苦的工作，艱難的日子，不幸的世界。生活並不總是甜蜜的。這就是生活!
