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It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.  狡兔三窟。

The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 只有一个洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。

A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。

A lion at home, a mouse abroad. 在家是狮子， 出门成老鼠。在家凶如狮，在外却如鼠。

A match will set fire to a large building. 星星之火，可以燎原。

A strong man can fight in the storm of fate. 坚强者能在命运之风暴中奋斗。

Life is like an ocean. Only a man of strong will can reach the other shore. 生活就像海洋，只有意志坚强的人，才能到达彼岸。

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. 你永远都无法叫醒一个装睡的人。

Wake up and smell the coffee. 醒来闻到咖啡香。咖啡可提神醒脑，因此这个俚语就引申为觉悟、认清事实。

Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas. If you associate with bad or dishonest people, bad things will happen to you. 与狗同眠，醒来一身虱。结交不好的人，会带来负面影响。如果你和坏人或不诚实的人交往，坏事就会发生在你身上。

Every man has his weak side. 人人都有弱点。

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。最薄弱的一环决定了整个链条的强度。一环薄弱，全局皆输。

Weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁。

Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

Actions speak louder than words. 行动胜于空谈。做比说更重要。

Don’t bite off more than you can chew. 不要贪多嚼不烂。不要贪心不足蛇吞象。别想一口吃成胖子。别不自量力。

Don't bite the hand that feeds you. Never bite the hand that feeds you. 不要咬喂你的手。给你提供帮助的人，不要去惹他们生气，说他们的坏话。千万不要恩将仇报、忘恩负义、以怨报德。

The biter is sometimes bit. 骗人反被骗；害人终害己。

Sharp tools make good work. 磨刀不误砍柴工。工欲善其事，必先利其器。

Sharp stomachs make short graces. 饿的肚子顾不到体面。衣食足而后知礼仪。

The children all looked _________ at the broken model plane and felt quite _________.

A. sad, sad B. sadly, sadly C. sad, sadly D. sadly, sad

【分析】此题容易误选A，想当然地认为 look 和 feel 均为连系动词，所以其后接形容词作表语。其实，句中的 look 并不是连系动词，而是实义动词 (注意其后的介词 at)，所以正确答案应是 D。请再看下面一道题：

We don’t care if a hunting dog smells _________, but we really don’t want him to smell _________.

A. well, well B. bad, bad C. well, badly D. badly, bad

这是1995年一道上海高考题，此题最佳答案为D。第一个 smell 为实义动词，意为“闻气味”、“嗅觉”，smell badly 意为“嗅觉差”；第二个 smell 为连系动词，意为“闻起来(有某种气味)”，smell bad 意为“闻起来气味难闻”。全句意为“我们并不介意一条猎狗的嗅觉不好，但我们的确不希望它的气味难闻”。

Soon ripe, soon rotten. 熟得快，烂得快。

Hit the nail on the head. 一针见血。

Still water runs deep. 静水流深。大智若愚。

Beauty is only skin deep. 美色是肤浅的。 美貌只是表面现象。外表的美貌并不能说明这个人的本质。

A man's reach should exceed his grasp. 一个人努力争取达到的目标，应该超出自己的能力范围以外。

A little fire is quickly trodden out. 小火可以马上扑灭。小洞易补。

A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪,何患无辞。

Art lasts forever and time passes quickly. 艺术长存，光阴易逝。

Pour water into a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空。

It never rains but it pours. 不雨则已，一雨倾盆。屋漏又遭连夜雨。祸不单行。

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Habit is a second nature. 习惯是第二天性。少成若天性，习惯成自然。

Now or never.  千载难逢。机会难得。勿失良机。机不可失, 时不再来。把握现在。事不宜迟。就此一回。

It never rains but it pours. 不雨则已，一雨倾盆。屋漏又遭连夜雨。祸不单行。

Tomorrow comes never. One today is worth two tomorrows. 明天永远不会到来。切莫依赖明天，一个今天胜似两个明天。我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。

You can never tell. 谁都说不准。

Never say never. Never say die. Never give up. 永不言败。永不言弃。

Never do things by halves. 切莫半途而废.

Never offer to teach fish to swim. 切莫教鱼游泳。切莫班门弄斧。

You never know what you can do till you try. 不尝试，你永远不知道你能做什么。

Never judge a book by its cover. 永远不能依靠书皮判断一本书的好坏。

Never judge by appearances. 切勿以貌取人。

One never loses anything by politeness. 一个人从不因礼貌而失去任何东西。讲礼貌不吃亏。

Cheats never prosper. 骗人发不了财。

Never cast your pearls before swine. 不要把珍贵之物送给不识货的人；勿明珠暗投；勿对牛弹琴。

Never say never; never say forever. 别说"永远不.." ,也别说"永远.." 任何事，都要给自己留有余地，别把话说得太绝了。谁也不知道将来会发生什么，所以答应或承诺别人“永远”都是很危险的。

Never neglect an opportunity for improvement抓住大好时机，切莫等闲错过。

One is never too old to learn. It is never too late to learn. 活到老，学到老。学无止境。

Never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

Better late than never. 迟到总比不到强。迟做总比不做好。亡羊补牢，为时不晚。不怕慢，单怕站。再晚也不算迟。

Bad news has wings. Bad news travels fast. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。

Bad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。不会撑船怪河弯。怨天尤人。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 一个坏的开始导致一个坏的结局。不善始者不善终。恶其始者必恶其终。

Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。

A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。

A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

A bad conscience is a snake in one''s heart. 做贼心虚。

A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 好蛋糕莫保留，坏习气要除掉。

A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。

A bad penny always turns up. 不好的事情总会发生；不好的人、错误、事故，总会出现、难以避免。

A bad penny 意为“反复出现的讨厌的人或一再露面的不需要的人” 。烂钱总是会再回笼。善有善报，恶有恶报。不是不报，时辰未到。

A bad penny always comes back. 劣币难除。伪币迟早归原主。讨厌的东西赶不走。烫手山芋甩不掉。

A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。

A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差。人笨怨刀钝。

Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 隐恶败善。原谅坏人即是伤害好人。

Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 搞坏一只狗的名声，然后把它绞死。欲加之罪，何患无辞。流言可畏。众口铄金，积毁销骨。

Last night a few extra minutes of preparation, fewer hours of trouble today. 昨晚多几分钟的准备，今天少几小时的麻烦。

Pleasant hours fly past. 快乐时光去如飞。

Fast bind, fast find. 扎的牢, 丢不了。

Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行。

The mills of God grind slowly but sure. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards. 我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。 ——林肯

Make haste slowly. 从容赶急。从容: 镇定，不慌张; 赶急: 赶时间做一些要紧的事。欲速则不达，越是紧急的事情，越是需要谨慎小心。

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He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy. 忍渴上床，起身健康。

A good healthy body is worth more than a crown in gold. 健康的身体贵于黄金铸成的皇冠。

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. — Benjamin Franklin 早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。—— 富兰克林

Life is not living, but living in health. 生活不只是活着，而且要健康的活着。

The first wealth is health. —— Emerson 健康是人生第一财富。—— 爱默生

Health is happiness. 健康就是幸福。

Happiness lies first of all in health. 幸福首先在于健康。

Wealth is nothing without health. 失去健康，空有财产。

Health is better than wealth. 健康胜于财富。

Health is not valued till sickness comes. ——Thomas Fuller 有病方知健康可贵。——托马斯·富勒

A little is better than none. 聊胜于无。

A little labour, much health. 适量劳动健身大有益。

A little learning is a dangerous thing. 浅学误人。

A little of everything, and nothing at all. 每事浅尝辄止，结果将一事无成。样样皆通，样样稀松。

A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire. 适可而止，过犹不及。

Many a little makes a mickle. 积少成多。

Love all, trust a few, be false to none. 爱所有人，信任少数人，不欺骗任何人。兼爱,择信,无欺。

Do one thing at a time, and do well. ⼀次只做⼀件事，做到最好!

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友乃是真朋友。患难见真情。

Need has/knows no law. 需要面前无法律。在极端急需或困难时，有些人往往会不顾法律的约束，做出一些违法罪行。虎饿逢人食，人穷起盗心。狗急跳墙，人急造反。

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All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗。达到一个目标的方式有很多种。

There is no royal road to learning. 学习无王者之路。学习无捷径。学问无坦途。书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. 通往地狱之路是由善意铺就的。好心办坏事。

Caution is the parent of safety. 小心驶得万年船。谨慎小心是安全之本。

Let's cross the bridge when we come to it. 既来之则安之。

Don't cross the bridge until you come to it. 勿杞人忧天。船到桥头自然直。

No cross, no crown. 没有十字架就没有王冠。没有挫折，不得桂冠。没有苦难就没有成功。

By falling we learn to go safely. 不摔跤学不会走路。吃一堑，长一智。

Come to work happily and go home safely. 高高兴兴上班去，平平安安回家来。

Friends must part. 再好的朋友也有分手的时候。

Experience must be bought. 要取得经验，须付出代价。吃一堑，长一智。

What must be must be. 自然规律，不可抗拒。命里注定怎样，就必然怎样。be作为实义动词，原来有“存在”的意思，“存在”引申一下就是“这样”或“怎样”。所以上句也可直译作“应该怎样，就怎样。”客观规律不是主观愿望所能强加改变的。还有三句意思相似的谚语：No flying from fate. 命数难逃。He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned. 注定被吊死的不会被淹死。Take things as they come. 让一切事物顺其自然。

He that will thrive must rise at five. 五更起床，百事兴旺。

He that would command must serve. 欲做先生，先做学生。

He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.不劳无获。

He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens. 欲图逸，得先劳。

He that would know what shall be must consider what has been. 欲知未然，须思已然。

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. -- Mattin Luther King 我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。 -- 马丁 · 路德 · 金

Safe bind, safe find. Sure bind, sure find. 以上句中前一个safe和sure跟fast意义相同，都是“藏得好”、“捆得牢”的意思。后半句都是“找得到”、“丢不了”的意思。以上谚语的意思都是劝告人们做事要有条不紊，对重要的东西，必须妥为保藏，才不会丢失，并容易找到。下句除了指出正面情况更指出相反情况：Finders keepers, losers seekers. 妥善保存者往往是找到者，张皇寻觅者往往是失落者。

He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick. 有心打狗好找棍。欲加之罪，何患无辞。

One chopstick folds easily; ten chopsticks are as hard as iron. 一根筷子容易折，十根筷子硬如铁。

Follow your own course, and let people talk. 走自己的路,让人家去说吧.

Once is no rule. 一次不成例。

There is no rule without an exception. 有规则必有例外。

The exception proves the rule. 例外证明规则。

No rule without an exception. 规律皆有例外。

Don't change the rules in the middle of the game. 游戏过程中，不可变规则。

A nation has its rule and a family also has one!国有国法，家有家规！

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.推动摇篮的手可推动世界。(母亲抚养的孩子是世界的未来。)

Who can't rule himself can never rule a state. 不能律己就不能治国。

Reason rules all things. 理智主宰一切。有理走遍天下。

Stay hungry, stay foolish. 功成不息，坚守痴心。

Think and your mind will stay fresh. 思考能使大脑保持清醒。祈使句+and+主句结构，祈使句具有条件句的含义。只要 … 就 …

Your brain needs exercise to stay fit, just like your body. 大脑需要锻炼才能保持健康，就像您的身体一样。大脑如身体，多锻炼才能保持健康。动词不定式作目的状语。

He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill. 在山谷里的人永远不会翻过那座山。井底之蛙不识海。固步自封。裹足不前。因循蹉跎，一事无成。

He that can stay obtains. 耐心等待必有收获。持之以恒，必有所得。

A good book is a light to the soul. 好书一本，照亮心灵。

Reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的向导和指路明灯。

Truth will come to light sooner or later. 纸包不住火。真相终将大白于天下。事实是掩盖不了的。形势不可阻挡。

Wisdom is the sunlight of the soul. 智慧是灵魂的阳光。

The fire which lights us at a distance will burn us when near. 远火照明，近火灼人。

Light supper makes long life. 晚餐清淡人长寿。

A light heart lives long. 静以修身。心情开朗寿命长。乐观豁达人长寿。不恼不愁，活到白头。

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A clown into town is worth more than a dozen doctors. 一个小丑进城，胜过一打医生。

Speak of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操到。

A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行，始于足下。

Well begun is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。恶其始者必恶其终。没有的好的开始就不会有好的结果。

All good things come to an end.  一切美好的事物皆有终结之时。

The longest day has an end. 最难过的日子也有尽头。苦海总有边。

All's well that ends well. 结果好就一切都好。

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Ask not what your country can do for you; Ask what you can do for your country. 不要问你的国家能为你做什么，而要问你能为你的国家做什么。

Where there is a will, there is a way. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。

One is never too old to learn. 为学不怕年高。

A man becomes learned by asking questions. 要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。

There is no royal road to learning. 学问无坦途。

There is no end to learning. 学无止境。

He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning. 畏问之人耻于学。

What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. 学问在得意时是装饰品，失意时是庇护所，年老时是供应品。

Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. 学问是穷人的财富，是富人的荣誉，是青年的帮助，是老年的支持和安慰。

Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。

Study without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without study ends in puzzlement. -Conficius 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

Learn to creep before you leap. 循序渐进。

Learn to say before you sing. 按部就班。

Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you. 要学会受痛苦而不怨，这是我教你的至要之事。

Learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进。

Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 要从别人的愚行中学到聪明。

Learn young, learn fair. 学习趁年轻，既学就学好。

The way to learn a language is to practice speaking it as often as possible. 学习一门语言的方法就是要尽量多地练习说。

Welcome ever smiles and farewell goes out sighing. 欢迎是永远含着微笑，告别却总带着叹息。

Who comes seldom is welcome. 少来的客人受欢迎。

A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。

When the visitor arrives, it is as if returning home. 宾至如归。

Like for like. 一报还一报。以牙还牙。

Like it or not. 不管你喜欢不喜欢。

Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。英雄识英雄.。   

Like tree, like fruit. 什么树结什么果。种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。有其因必有其果。

Like father, like son. Like mother, like daughter. Like teacher, like pupil. Like begets like. 有其父必有其子。有其母必有其女。有其师必有其徒。龙生龙，凤生凤，老鼠的儿子能打洞。有时父子、母女并不相像，甚至正好相反:

Many a good cow hath a bad calf. 好的母牛也会生劣犊。

Many a good father hath but a bad son. 好的父亲也会生劣子。

A black hen lays a white egg. 黑母鸡生白壳蛋。

A miserly father makes a prodigal son. 吝啬的父亲，必有败家儿。

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Not to advance is to go back. 不进则退。

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. 不管冬天多长，春天总会跟随而来。

Good things stay indoors while bad things will go far away. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。

Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 空桶响声大。满瓶不动半瓶摇。满瓶不响，半瓶晃荡。

Sound in body, sound in mind. 有健全的身体才有健全的精神。健全的精神寓于健康的身体。身体健康，神清气爽。文明其精神，野蛮其体魄。

Travel east or travel west, a man's own home is still the best. 走东闯西，最好还是家里。

Travel broadens the mind. 旅游开阔眼界。

Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles. 读万卷书，行万里路。

Different strokes for different folks. 萝卜白菜各有所爱。不同的人有不同的兴趣和爱好。

They’re as different as night and day. 一个天上，一个地下。风马牛不相及。差异很大。

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Hold fast to dream紧紧抓住梦想

                  by  Langston Hughs

Hold fast to dreams 紧紧抓住梦想，

For if dreams die 梦想若是消亡

Life is a broken-winged bird ⽣命就象鸟⼉折了翅膀

That can never fly. 再也不能飞翔

Hold fast to dreams 紧紧抓住梦想，

For when dreams go 梦想若是消丧

Life is a barren field ⽣命就象贫瘠的荒野，

Frozen only with snow. 雪覆冰封，万物不再⽣长。

When all else is lost the future still remains. 就是失去了一切别的，也还有未来。一切全失，未来扔存。

A goal is a dream with a deadline. 目标就是一个有限期的梦想.

The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future. Past experience,if not fotten,is a guide for the future. 前事不忘，后事之师。

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。以彼之道，还施彼身。以其人之道，还治其人之身。一报还一报。

May all your wishes come true. 愿你所有的愿望都成真。心想事成。

All things come true with perseverance, but all things come to an end without perseverance. 人有恒心万事成，人无恒心万事崩。

Fortune favours the brave. 天佑勇士。

An artist lives everywhere. 一技在身，走遍天下。

The artist is the creator of beautiful things. 艺术家是美丽事物的创造者。

You put the artist in the sufferings of the life, he can still find beauty. 你把艺术家放在生活的苦难里，他依然能够找到美。

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. 生活是绘画，不是做算术。