PROVERBS (2022/2023) Easy come, easy go 来得容易去得快

Set 1 Honesty is the best policy 做人诚信为

Actions speak louder than words. 　 行
动胜于空谈。
A journey of a thousand miles begins
with a single step 千里之行始於足下
All good things must come to an end 天
下没有不散的筵席
A picture is worth a thousand words 一
图胜千言
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一日一苹果，医生远离我
Set 2
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk 覆水难收
Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
不要不自量力
Don’t judge a book by its cover 人不可
貌相。
Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket
不要把一切希望寄托在一件事上
Don’t put too many irons in the fire 不
要同时做太多事情
本
Knowledge is power 知识就是力量。
Laughter is the best medicine. 欢笑是良
药
No man is an island 没有人是一座孤岛
Set 4
Practice makes perfect 熟能生巧
The early bird catches the worm. 早起
的鸟儿有虫吃
There is no place like home 没有任何地
方像家一样
It's my cup of tea 那恰是我所喜欢的
Two heads are better than one 三个臭皮
匠，胜过诸葛亮

Set 5
A fool and his money are soon parted.
愚蠢的人难聚财。
A leopard can’t change its spots. 本性难
Set 3
移
 Where there is a will, there is a way 有 非一日之寒。
志者事竟成
Always put your best foot forward 全力
以赴 Set 8
A stitch in time saves nine. 及时行事，
Slow and steady wins the race. 从容不
事半功倍。
迫,胜券在握
Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不
待人
Set 6
Too many cooks spoil the broth. 人多误
Curiosity killed the cat. 过于好奇会惹
事
祸上身 Diamond cuts diamond.
Birds of a feather flock together 物以类
强中自有强中手
聚，人以群分
What goes around comes around. 善有
Every cloud has a silver lining. 黑暗中
善报恶有恶报
总有一线光明
It’s better to be safe than sorry. 安全第
一
Better late than never 迟做总比不做好

Set 9
When the cat's away, the mice will play
山中无老虎，猴子称大王
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
Set 7
鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
Less is more. 简单就是美 Beauty is only skin deep. 美只是表面
Learn to walk before you run. 先学走， 的；不可以貌取人
再学跑。 Seeing is believing.
Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心 眼见为实
不烦。 Blood is thicker than water 血浓于水
No pain, no gain. 没有付出就没有收
获。
Set 10
Rome wasn’t built in a day. 冰冻三尺，
 Friend in need is a friend indeed 患难见 eating. 百闻不如一见
真情 Look before you leap. 摸清情况再行
Home is where the heart is. 心在哪裡， 动。
哪裡就是家 Unity is strength.团结就是力量
No news is good news 没有消息就是好 You can take a horse to water, but you
消息 can’t make it drink 你可以给其他人一
Prevention is better than cure 预防胜于 些帮助但沒法強迫他人家接受
治疗 It’s the tip of the iceberg. 冰山一角
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在

Set 13
Whatever you do, do with all your
might.
Set 11 不管做什么，都要一心一意。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do。 The pen is mightier than the sword. 笔
入乡随俗。 墨胜过刀剑
It takes three generations to make a Two wrongs don’t make a right. 别人错
gentleman. 十年树木，百年树人。 了，不等于你对了。
Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同 It takes two to tango. 双方都有责任
Clothes do not make the man 不靠衣服 Many hands make light work. 人多好办
外表来论断一个人的高低. 事
Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是
为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 Set 14
Don’t talk the talk if you can’t walk the
walk 不要说一套做一套
Set 12 Once bitten, twice shy 一朝被蛇咬，十

The proof of the pudding is in the 年怕井绳

 Opportunity seldom knocks twice 机会 Turn over a new leaf. 洗心革面，改过
难逢 自新。
Don't make a mountain out of a
molehill.不要小题大做。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。

Set 15

All that glitters is not gold 闪光的不一

定都是金子，人不可貌相
Beggars can’t be choosers 别无选择
The grass is always greener on the other
side 总是觉得别人的处境好
It’s never too late to mend 亡羊补牢，
为时未晚。
Every dog has its day 人人都有走运时

Set 16
Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
久别情更深
A penny saved is a penny earned. 能省
则省
There’s no time like the present. 机不可
失,时不再来