Experience is the best teacher.经验是良师。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory themother.经验是知识之父,记忆是知识之母。
Experience is the mother of wisdom.智慧来自经验。
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.吃亏学乖代价高,笨汉非此学不好。
Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly.亲身经验,才是经验。
Experience must be bought.若要得经验,必须化代价。
Experience teaches.经验给人教训。
Experience without learning is better than learning withoutex perience.有经验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验。
Extremes are dangerous.物极必反。
Extremes meet.否极泰来。
Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.以牙还牙,以眼还眼。
Facts are stubborn things.事实是不容改变的东西。
Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。
Fair and softly go far in a day.谦和稳重,前程远大。
Fair faces need no paint.貌美毋须修饰。
Faith will move mountains.精诚所至,金石为开。
Fall sick and you will see who is your friend and who is not.困难见友情。
False friends are worse than open enemies.明枪易躲,暗箭难防。 False tongue will hardly speak truth.虚伪者不肯说真话。
False with one can be false with two.对一个人虚伪,也会对两个人虚伪。
Fame is a magnifying glass.名誉是放大镜。
Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadestafar off.名誉像条河,源头最狭窄,远处最宽阔。
Familiar paths and old friends are the best.熟路好遵循,老友最可珍。
Far from eye, far from heart.离远而情疏。
Fast bind, fast find.保存得好,东西好找。
Fasting comes after feasting.今日有酒今日醉,明日无钱不揭锅。
Every medal has its reverse. 事物都有它的反面。
Every mother''s child is handsome.老王卖瓜,自卖自夸。
Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune.人对自己的命运总不感满足。
Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.知人知面不知心。
Every pleasure has a pain.乐中必有苦。
Every potter praises his own pot.老王卖瓜,自卖自夸。
Every salesman boasts of his own wares.老王卖瓜,自卖自夸
Every shoe fits not every foot.不能以己度人。
Everything comes to him who waits.安心等待必有好处。Everything has its seed.无风不起浪。
Everything has its time and that time must be watched.任何事情都有好的时机,不要随意放过。
Everything hath an end.任何事物都有它的结果。
Everything is good in its season.万物逢时皆美好。
Everything is good when new, but friend when old.东西新的好,朋友老的好。
Everything is nice in your garden.老王卖瓜,自卖自夸。Everything must have a beginning.凡是都有起源。
Everything new is fine.新事物总是美好的。
Every tide hath its ebb.兴盛之日必有衰退之时。
Every tree is known by its own fruit.观其言行,知其为人。
Every why has a wherefore.事出有因。
Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.罪恶来时,尺进寸退。
Evil communications corrupt good manners.交往恶劣,有损风度。
Evil gotten, evil spent.悖入悖出。
Example is better than precept.言教不如身教。Exchange is no robbery.公平交易并非强行夺取。
Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians.锻链、节制、新鲜空气和必要的休息是最好的医生。
Experience is a school from which one can never graduate.经验无止境。
Don''t whistle until you are out of the wood.没有脱离险境,不要过早高兴。
Do one''s level best.尽力而为。
Dot the i''s and cross thet''s.一点一划,循规蹈矩。
Doubt is the key of knowledge.怀疑乃知识的钥匙。
Do well is better than say well.说得好不如做得好。
Downy lips make thoughtless slips.嘴上没毛,办事不牢。
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.事未齐备,切莫妄
Draw water with a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。
Dream are lies.梦不足信。
Dreams go by contraries.梦想总与现实相反。
Drive your business, do not let it drive you.要推动事业,不要让事业来推动你。
Drop by drop the oceans are flled; stone by stone the wallsare built. 滴水汇大海,垒石诛高墙。
Drowning man will catch at a straw.溺水的人一一根草也要抓。Drunken days have all their tomorrows.今日花天酒地,明日潦倒穷途。
Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.酒后露真言。Dumb dogs are dangerous.哑犬最凶恶。
Dying is as natural as living.死亡与生存一样自然。
Each bird loves to hear himself sing.鸟儿都爱听自己唱歌。
Each day brings its own bread.天无绝人之路。
Each man is the architect of his own fate.命运掌握在自己手中。
Eagles catch no flies.大人物不计较小事情。
Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.鹰单飞,羊群集。
Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble.早期的错误可以酿成日后的麻烦。
Early sow, early mow.播种早的收获早。
Early start makes easy stages.早开始是成功的保证。
Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthyand wise.早睡早起,令人健康、富有而且聪明。
Easier said than done.说话容易做事难。
East or west, home is best.在家千日好,出]时时难。
Easy come, easy go.易得易失。
Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.随意吃饭,适度饮酒。
Eat one''s cake and have it.又要马儿好,又要马儿不吃草。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.吃饭是为了生存,但生存不是为了吃饭。
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.吃是使自己受用,穿是使别人受用。
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completeshim.人的教养始于教育,成于社交。
Education has for its object the formation of character.教育的目的在于培养品德。
Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.空桶响声大。
Enough is as good as a feast.知足常乐。
Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highestpeak.高位遭人妒,高峰招风吹。
Equivocation is first cousintoa lie.支支吾吾,其言必诈。
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who wouldsearch for pearls must dive below.错误像稻草,漂浮在水面。欲觅珍珠者,须往水下潜。
Even Homer sometimes nods.人非圣贤,孰能无过。Even the walls have ears.隔墙有耳。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。
Every bean has its black.人人有其缺点。
Every bird likes its own nest.人爱其家。
Everybody'''s business is nobody''s business.人人都管,大家不管。
Every brave man is a man of his word.勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人。
Every bullet has its billet. 无风不起浪。
Every cloud has a silver lining.山穷水尽疑无路,柳暗花明又一村。
Every cock crows on its own dunghill. 夜郎自大。
Every cook praises his own broth.自吹自擂。
Every country has its customs.乡有乡俗。
For a lost thing care nothing.一事之失,不必介意。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果分外甜。
Force can never destroy right.暴力绝不能摧毁正义。
Forget not that you are a man.不要忘记你是一个人。
Forget others' faults by remembering your own.想想自己的错,就会忘却别人的过。
Forgive and forget.不念旧恶。
Forgive others but not yourself.待人宽,对己严。
Fortune favours fools.傻子有傻福。
Fortune favours the bold.勇者天佑。
Fortune is fickle.天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
Fortune is good to him who knows to make good use ofher.知道利用幸福的人才有幸福。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man''s door.人人都有鸿运高照之日。
Fortune often rewards with interest those that have pa-tience to wait for her.只要有耐心,总会走好运。
Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon thecoward.幸运喜欢勇敢的人,而不喜欢怯懦的人。
Fortune to one is mother, to another is stepmother.命运对一种人如亲娘,对另一一种人却是晚娘。
Four eyes see more than two.人多识广。
Friendless is the dead.没有朋友者, 等于是死人。
Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwedtoo tight.朋友像琴弦,不能太拧紧。
Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.交往过密过疏,都会失去朋友。
Friends are thieves of time.交朋友,费时间。
Friendship cannot stand always on one side.来而不往非礼也
Friendship is love with understanding.友谊是爱加上谅解。Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs. 友谊可以增添欢乐,可以分担忧愁。
Friendship --- one scul in two bodies.友谊是两人一条心。Friendship should not be all on one side. 友谊不该只是单方面的事。
Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is.友谊地久天长。
Every couple is not a pair.同床异梦,貌合神离。
Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在,好花不常开。
Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history.生命中的一天就是你历史上的一一页。
Every dog has his day.凡人都有得意之日。
Every dog has his day, and every man his hour.人人都有得意的日子。
Every dog is a lion at home.夜郎自大。
Every dog is valiant at his won door.狗在家门前条条都凶悍。Every door may be shut but death's door.除了死门外,每门都可关。
Every extremity is a fault.万事过分都差误。
Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy.蠢人也能找出聪明人无法弥补的岔子来的。
Every heart has its own sorrow.人人都有伤心处。
Every horse thinks his sack heaviest.每疋马认为自己驮的袋子重。
Every Jack has his Jll. 有情人终成眷属。
Every lttle makes a mickle.积少成多。
Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼里出西施。
Every man has a fool in his sleeve.聪明一-世,糊涂-时。
Every man has his faults.人孰无过。
Every man has his hobby-horse.人各有所好。
Every man has his liking.人各有所好。
Every man has his weak side.人人都有自己的弱点。
Every man is best know to himself.自己最了解自己。
Every man has the defects of his qualities.一个人的好品质上也有不足之处。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.每个人都是他自己命运的建诛师。
Every man is the master of his own fortune.每个人都是他自己的命运的主宰。
Every man is the son of his own works.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆
Every man thinks his own geese swans.每个人都以为自己的东西了不起。
Friends may meet, but mountains never greet.朋友可相逢,高山永分离。
Friends must part.天下无不散之筵席。
From a lttle spark may burst a mighty flame.星星之火可以燎原。
From hearing comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance.多听增智慧,多言生后悔。
From saving comes having.富有来自节约。
From short pleasure long repentance.痛快- -时 ,悔恨终身。
From the father comes honour; from the mother, comfort.荣誉由父次,安慰由母与。
Frugality is an estate alone.仅仅节约就是一笔财产。
Fruit ripens not well in the shade.阴凉处的果子不会成熟。
Full belies make empty skulls.大腹便便,头脑空虚。
Gain got by a lie will burn one''s fingers.靠欺骗得来的利益会使自己受害。
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.有花堪折直须折。
Genius often betrays itself into great errors. 天才常被天才误
Gifts from enemies are dangerous.敌人礼,藏危险。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.欲加之罪,何患无词。
Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself.授绳与愚,愚能自傅。
Give a lark to catch a kite.得不偿失。
Give as good as one gets.以其人之道,还治其人之身。
Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself.多行不义必自毙。
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice.要多听少说。
Give hostages to fortune.听天由命。
Glory, honour, wealth, and rank, such things are nothingbut shadows.富贵如浮云。
Glory is the shadow of virtue.光荣是美德的影子。
God defend me from my friends; form my enemyI candefend myself.防友靠天,防敌靠己。
God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助之。
God never shuts one door but he opens another.天无绝人之路。
Fat hens lay few eggs.肥鸡不下蛋。
Faults are thick where love is thin.一朝情意淡,样样不顺眼。
Fear is often greater than the danger.杞人忧天。
Fear not the future; weep not for the past. 不要为未来担忧,不要为过去悲泣。
Feed a cold and starve a fever.伤风时宜吃,发热时宜饿。
Feed a pig and you'll have a hog.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
Feed by measure and defy physician.饮食有节制,医生无用
Few words are best.少说为妙。
Few words, many deeds.少说话,多做事。
Fine clothes make the man.人要衣装。
Fine feathers do not make fine birds. 人不可貌相。
Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装,佛要金装。
Fine words butter no parsnips.画饼充饥。
Fine words dress ill deeds.漂亮的言词可以掩饰恶劣的行为。Finished labours are pleasant.大功告成,好不高兴。
Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水火是忠仆,造灾成元凶。
Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.烈火显真金,逆境识英雄。
Fire that''s closest kept burns most of all.关得最紧的火,燃烧得最炽烈。
Fire, water, and money are good servants, but bad masters.水火金钱是忠仆,使用不当是祸首。
First catch your hare, then cook him.不要谋之过早。
First come, first served.先来先卖。
First impressions are most lasting.最初的印象最为持久。First think, and then speak.先想后说。
First try, and then trust.试了才能相信。
Fish begins to stink at the head.上梁不正下梁歪。
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.奉承惹人喜,直言招人仇。
Fools grow without watering.笨蛋自然成,无需浇水勤。
Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达。
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.患者设筵,智者赴宴。
Do not despise your enemy.万勿轻敌。
Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. 不要有求必应。
Do not praise a day before sunset.切勿褒贬过早。
Do not run too fast after gain.不要见利就拼命追。
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate thanyourself.
不要向不如你幸运的人述说你的幸福。
Do not swap horses when crossing a stream.处在危难中,不宜大更动。
Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty.不要因为怕贫苦而放弃自由。
DO not to others what you do not wish them to do to you.己所不欲,勿施于人。
Do not wash dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外扬。
Don''t cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.清水未来,莫泼赃水。
Don't count your chicken before they are hatched.不要过早乐观。
Don''t climb a tree to look for fish.勿缘木求鱼。
Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.不要杞人忧天。
Don't fly till you wings are feathered.羽毛未丰不要飞。
Don't cry out before you are hurt.还没受苦,就别叫苦。
Don't halloo till you are out of the wood.没有脱离危险不要先欢呼。
Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.切莫临时抱佛脚。
Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤注一掷。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事,今日毕。
Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak.不要尽言所知,而要尽知所言。
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.休要班门弄斧
Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh.清水未打来,赃水莫倒掉。
Don''t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自寻烦恼。
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