始于足下

a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot put out

一愚闯祸，百智难补

a friend in need is a friend indeed, tested friends, share weal and woe

患难中的朋 友才是真正的朋友

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雪中送炭真君子

a waterside pavilion gets the moonlight s and plants facing the sun grow better

近水楼台先得月，向阳花木早逢

春。

back and forth

前前后后

bad news travels fast

坏事传千里

barking dogs seldom bite

爱叫的狗很少咬人

be careful with thing and merciful with people

对物要爱惜，对人要感恩

be far- sighted

目光远大

be in the same boat

同舟共济

be kept waiting for some time

苦苦等候

be open and aboveboard

光明磊落

be true to one's name

名副其实

be very ungrateful

以怨报德

beauty is but skin deep

人不可貌相

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

情人眼里出西施

beauty is only skin- deep

人不可貌相

beggars must not be choosers

饥不择食

bell the cat

风险重重

better late than never

迟做总比不做好

better master one than engage with ten

会十事不如精一事

birds of a feather flock together

鸟以群分，物以类聚

bite the hand that feeds one

忘恩负义

bitter pills may have wholesome effects

良药苦口

blood is thicker than water

疏不间亲

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血浓于水

bonkers

疯狂的

both feet on the ground

实事求是

boys will be boys

男孩子毕竟是男孩子

brazen-faced

厚脸皮

burn one's boats

破釜沉舟

bury one's head in the sand

无视事实

business comes before pleasure

正事在先，玩乐在后

by george

的确

by the grapevine

小道消息

can of worms

一团糟

cannot see the wood for the trees

只见树木不见森林

carry the can

面对责备

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负起责任

change with each passing day

日新月异

chaos

乌烟瘴气

clothes do not make the man

人不可貌相

clothes make the man

人要衣装，佛要金装

come across a tiger in the mountain

山中遇虎

come straight to the point

开门见山

coming events cast their shadows before

山雨欲来风满楼

comparisons are odious

人比人，气死人

constant dropping wears away the stone

滴水穿石

cool one's heels

坐冷板凳

custom makes all things easy

熟能生巧

custom reconciles us to everything

习惯成自然

cut your coat according to your cloth

量入为出

dead men tell no tales

死无对证

deal with a man as he deals with you

以其人之道还治其人之身

de li(delicatessen)

熟食店

deserve one's reputation

名不虚传

diamond cut diamond

强中更有强中手

diligence is the mother of success

失败是成功之母

di sco(discotheque)

迪斯科

divi(dividend)

红利

do as i say, not as i do

照我说的做，别照我做的做

do as you would be done by

己所不欲

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勿施于人

do evil that good may come

行恶以求善果

do in rome as the romans do

入乡随俗

don't count your chickens before they are hatched

别过早地乐观

don't cross the bridge until you come to it

不要杞人忧天

don't cry stinking fish

不要喊鱼腥

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老王卖瓜，自卖自夸

don't let the cat out of the bag

不要泄露机密

don't meet trouble half-way

勿杞人忧天

don't put all your eggs in one basket

勿孤注一掷

don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today

今日事今日毕

don't quarrel with your bread and butter

端人家碗，服人家管

don't ride the high horse

勿摆架子

don't teach your grandmother to suck egg

不要对着耶稣讲道理

don't wash your dirty linen in public

家丑不外扬

don't primet judge a person by the clothes he wears

不能以貌取人

down- to-earth

平易近人

draw worldwide attention

举世瞩目

early to bed and early to rise

早睡早起

easier said than done

说起来容易，做起来难

east or west, home is best

管他东方或西方，家是最好的地方

easy come, easy go

来的容易去的快

easy meat

易辨的事

empty vessels make the most sound

满瓶不响半瓶响叮当

engage in speculation

投机倒把

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买空卖空

enjoy a happy get- together

欢聚一堂

enjoy popular support

深入人心

enough is as good as a feast

知足常乐

equal pay for equal work

同工同酬

even homer sometimes nods

智者千虑必有一失

every dog has his day

困龙也有上天时

every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

家家有本难念的经

every flow must have its ebb

人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺

every little countshelps

积少成多

every man is his own worst enemy

一个人最大的敌人就是他自己

every now and then

时时刻刻

everyone to his taste

人各有所好

example is better than precept

身教重於言教

experience is the best teacher

前事不忘後事之师

experience is the mother of wisdom

不经一事，不长一智

extremes meet

物极必反

facts speak louder than words

事实胜于雄辩

failure is the mother of success

失败为成功之母

faint-hearted

胆小的

familiarity breeds contempt

近之则不逊

feel like an old friends at first sight

一见如故

fine feathers make fine birds

人要衣装，马要鞍

first come, first served

先来先招待

first impressions are most lasting

先入为主

first time strangers, second time friends

一回生< /p>

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二回熟

follow the river and you will get to the sea

顺藤摸瓜

fools rush in where angels fear to tread

初生牛犊不怕虎

foot the bill

付帐

don't do unto others what you don't want others do unto you

己所不欲勿施于人

be all fingers and thumbs(be very awkward and clumsy in handling things)

做事笨手笨脚

better the devil you know than the devil you do not know

明枪易躲，暗箭难防

buyers want a hundred eyes; sellers

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none

买东西的要有百只眼，卖东西的可以 不长眼

craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked

诡计需要伪装，真理喜欢阳光

every dog has its,his day a man his hour, and a dog has his day

人人均有得意

empty talks would lead the country astray, and hard work can rejuvenate the nation

空谈误国

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实干兴邦

gather ye rosebuds while ye may

花开堪折直须折

get the opposite of what one intended

事与愿违

get the sack

炒鱿鱼

give a dog a bad name and hang him

谗言可畏

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欲加之罪，何患无辞

give a thief enough rope and he, ll hang himself

多行不义必自毙

give him an inch and he'll take an ell

得寸进尺

give knaves an inch and they will take a yard

得寸进尺

go for broke

尽最大努力

go while the going is good

三十六计

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走为上计

god helps those who help themselves

自助者天助之

gold will not buy everything

金钱并非万能

good things come in small packages

乡人不识货，尽捡大的摸

good wine needs no bush

酒香不怕巷子深

grasp all, lose all

样样都要，全都失掉

great minds think alike

英雄所见略同

great oaks from little acorns grow

万丈高楼从地起

grow with every passingdayflourishing

蒸蒸日上

half a loaf is better than no bread

聊胜於无

hard and fast

一成不变

hard-hearted

铁石心肠的

haste makes waste

欲速则不达

have one's wish fulfilled

如愿以偿

he laughs best who laughs last

最后笑的人笑得最得意

he that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it

作贼心虚

he that hath a full purse never wanted a friend

有钱有酒，必有朋友

he that is full of himself is very empty

自满的人是空虚的

he that touches pitch shall be defiled

近朱者赤，近墨者黑

he who knows most speaks least

识多者寡言

he who laughs last, laughs best

谁笑在最后谁笑得最甜

he who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount

骑虎难下

heart and soul

全心全意地

heart of stone

石头心肠

heart-to-heart

坦白的

heaven helps those who help themselves

天助自助者

homer sometimes nods

圣贤也有缺失

honesty is the best policy

诚实是上策

how happy we are, to meet friends from afar!

有朋自远方来

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不亦乐乎

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hunger is the beat sauce

饥不择食

if the sky falls, we shall catch larks

杞人忧天

if you kill one flea in march you kill a hundred

二月杀跳蚤，杀一少百

if you run after two hares, you'll catch neither

脚踏两头船摆渡难

in a hundred and one thousand ways

千方百计

in doing, we learn

经一事，长一智

in fair weather prepare for the foul

未雨绸缪

in for a penny, in for a pound

一不做，二不休

in one's heart of heart

在内心深处

in spite of oneself

不由自主

in the country of the blind the one- eyed man is king

比上不足，比下有余

in wine there is truth

酒後吐真言

issue ious

打白条

it goes in one ear and out the other

左耳朵进，右耳朵出

it is dogged that does it

天下无难事，只怕有心人

it is easier to go up the hill than to run down

上山容易，下山难

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