1 discourse

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.

博覽群書使人完美無瑕，冥思苦想讓人深刻精邃，論證闡述讓人頭腦清晰。

2 discourse

Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.

言語投機恨時短。

3 offer

Never offer to teach fish to swim.

切莫教魚游泳。

4 firmness

Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness.

愛情要求忠誠，而忠誠要求堅貞。

5 fore

A fool always rushes to the fore.

傻瓜總愛強出頭。

6 crack

He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell.

欲所得，必先勞。

7 industrious

A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land.

聰明腦袋勤勞手，走遍天下貴如金。

8 mustard

After meat, mustard.

雨后送傘。

9 feel

The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

世界對思惟著的人來說，是一出喜劇，而對憑感覺的人看來，只是一出悲劇。

10 fell

He that never climbed never fell.

不向上爬的也不會下跌。

11 fell

He that never rode never fell.

不騎馬就永不會從馬上跌下。

12 fell

Little strokes fell great oaks.

水滴石穿。

13 sorrowful

Be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man.

務請心情常歡暢，只因無人喜憂傷。

14 peak

Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak.

高位遭人妒，高峰招風吹。

15 forsake

Rats leave （or desert or forsake） a sinking ship.

船沉鼠先竄。

16 miser

The money the miser hoards will do him no good.

守財奴積的財富，對他自己沒好處。

17 miser

The poor man wants much, the miser everything.

貧窮人要求多，守財奴樣樣要。

18 witty

A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.

蠢人裝聰明，實在最可憐。

19 witty

I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.

我不僅要使自己有才智，而且也要使別人有才智。

20 shuttle

Life is a shuttle

生活猶如梭子。

21 clap

You cannot clap with one hand.

孤掌難鳴。

22 frequent

Men of courage, men of sense, and men of letters are frequent: but a true gentleman is what one seldom seen.

有勇氣，有見識，有學問的人易遇，可是真正的君子難逢。

23 mischief

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

小不忍則亂大謀。

24 mischief

Women in mischief are wiser than men.

婦女在受危害時比男子機智。

25 hide

A fair face may hide a foul heart.

人不可貌相。

26 hide

Cats hide their paws.

大智若愚，大巧若拙。

27 hide

Love and poverty are hard to hide.

愛和窮難隱瞞。

28 hide

Velvet paws hide sharp claws.

笑里藏刀。

29 grease

Elbow grease gives the best polish.

只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針。

30 blunder

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle, old age a regret.

青年冒失莽撞；成年發奮圖強；老年遺憾懊喪。

31 coward

A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword.

勇士的神色勝過懦夫的刀劍。

32 coward

Despair gives courage to a coward.

人急造反，狗急跳墻。

33 coward

Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward.

幸運喜歡勇敢的人，而不喜歡怯懦的人。

34 coward

He who blames one to his face is a hero, but he who backbites is a coward.

當面責人是英雄，背后中傷是懦夫。

35 coward

Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant.

需要和機會可能使懦夫變成勇士。

36 coward

You are the greatest enemy if you are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest friend.

如果你是膽小鬼，你就是自己最大的敵人；如果你是勇敢者，你就是自己最好的朋友。

37 striking

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

美麗而引人注目的東西不一定都善良，但善良的東西總是美麗的。

38 striking

You can do more than strike while the iron is hot; you can make the iron hot by striking.

鐵熱時，你能做的不止是錘打，而錘打可使鐵熱。

39 melancholy

What is wealth good for, if it brings melancholy?

財富如帶憂郁來，有了財富有何用？

40 cautious

Losses make us more cautious

損失使人更謹慎。

41 blind

A blind man who leans against awall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.

坐井觀天。

42 blind

A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.

秋波送盲，白費癡情。

43 blind

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.

山中無老虎，猴子稱霸王。

44 blind

An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.

對牛彈琴。

45 blind

Better eye sore than all blind.

眼痛總比瞎眼好。

46 blind

Better one-eyed than stone-blind.

獨眼總比全瞎好。

47 blind

Hatred is blind as well as love.

愛情與仇恨同樣是盲目的。

48 blind

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

問道于盲，無益于事。

49 blind

In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed man is king.

盲人國里，獨眼稱王。

50 blind

Love is blind.

愛情是盲目的。愛情使人對缺點視而不見。情人眼里出西施。

51 blind

Master should be sometimes blind and sometimes deaf.

不癡不聾，不作阿家翁。

52 blind

None so blind as those who won't see.

最瞎莫如視而不見。

53 blind

The eye is blind if the mind is absent.

心不專則眼不明。

54 blind

The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.

天不會因瞎子看不見而減其藍色。

55 blind

Love is in the eyes of the beholder.意謂情人眼里出西施；beholder

是指看見者

活學活用：Love is blind. 愛情是盲目的，同上句有同樣意思。Love token 愛情紀念品Love sickness 相思病One-sided love 單戀Fall in love with

愛上某人

56 worship

More worship the rising than the setting sun.

人都向旭日膜拜，不向夕陽頂禮。

57 worship

Wealth makes worship.

財富能使人拜倒。

58 move

Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy.

深水靜靜流，淺溪潺潺流。

59 move

Faith will move mountains.

精誠所至，金石為開。

60 move

Money can move even the gods.

有錢能使鬼推磨。

61 move

One false move may lose the game.

一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。

62 move

One wrong （or false） move can lose the whole game.

棋錯一著，全盤皆輸。

63 herb

No herb will cure love.

想思病，無藥醫。

64 prejudice

The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.

真理最偉大的朋友是時間，最大的敵人是偏見，她永恒的伴侶是謙遜。

65 prejudice

The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.

進步的最大障礙是偏見。

66 raise

It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.

養虎易，馴虎難。

67 mighty

From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.

星星之火可以燎原。

68 grunt

What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?

狗嘴里吐不出象牙。

69 tyranny

Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly.

愛情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。

70 shade

Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.

不要忘恩負義。

71 shade

Fruit ripens not well in the shade.

陰涼處的果子不會成熟。

72 shade

Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it when young,

it will give us no shade when we grow old.

學識可使老年時舒適地退隱和有所寄托；但如果年青時不使它扎下根，老年就得不到它的庇護。

73 peacock

The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.

孔雀雖有華羽，但有賤足。

74 humanity

The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men.

啟迪人性最好的導師是偉大人物的生活。

75 smart

A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.

人要衣裝，佛要金裝。

76 perish

He that trusts in a lie shall perish in truth.

相信謊話的人必將在真理前滅亡。

77 perish

The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.

民有、民治、民享的政府永世長存。

78 nut

He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell.

欲所得，必先勞。

79 superiority

It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements of superiority from their mother.

一切優秀的人通常都從他們母親那里繼承優良的因素。

80 limp

If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp.

遠朱者赤，近墨者黑。

81 shower

Many drops makes a shower.

積少成多。

82 stone

A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men can not pull out.

一愚所失，百智難回。

83 stone

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。

84 stone

Better one-eyed than stone-blind.

獨眼總比全瞎好。

85 stone

Constant dropping wears away a stone.

滴水穿石。

86 stone

Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built.

滴水匯大海，壘石誅高墻。

87 stone

Hunger breaks stone wall.

饑餓不饒人。

88 stone

If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be leveled.

一塊一塊把石移，高山也可變平地。

89 stone

If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation.

若想為快樂奠立可靠的基礎，美好的名聲便是奠基的石頭。

90 stone

One cannot get blood from a stone.

石頭里抽不出血。

91 stone

The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall.

滴水穿石不是由于使用強力所致，而是由于滴水頻繁所成。

92 stone

A rolling stone gathers no moss（青苔）。當然啦，滾動的石頭是不會長青苔的！

解釋：一方面指人不定心，反復改職業，故事業難有所成就；另一方面可指對待感情有點游戲人生、吊兒郎當、居無定所、成不了家。

活學活用：Throw a stone at someone. 攻擊或譴責他人。Trip over a stone （or something）。

被石頭或他物絆倒。

Stone （作動詞用）a person to death.

現今世界上還有一些不文明的地方采用石頭打死犯人，作為死刑的一種。

Stoneware：石器皿Stonework：石工（指鋪石板路等類型的工作） Stoneworks：石頭制造業Stone age：石器時代Heart of stone：鐵石心腸

93 stone

Kill two birds with one stone.意思是一石二鳥、一舉兩得、一箭雙雕。

活學活用：kill 動詞，殺死、弄死─ Killed in action 指士兵戰死沙場─ Killed a bill 否決議案─ do something to kill time

做某些事以消磨時間。

─ She is dressed to kill. 她穿的十分迷人。─ The food really killed my appetite.

那食物令我胃口大倒。

─ The wallpaper kills the furniture.

好好的家具被墻紙襯得不好看了。

94 troublesome

Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.

事業雖擾煩，懶惰更害人。

95 trade

A useful trade is a mine of gold.

一樣有用的手藝是取之不盡的財富。

96 trade

He works best who knows his trade.

內行的人做他的事一定會做得最好。

97 trade

Jack of all trades is of no trade.

萬事皆通，一無所長。

98 trade

Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。

99 foul

A fair face may hide a foul heart.

人不可貌相。

100 foul

Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean.

清水未來，莫潑贓水。

101 foul

Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.

清水未來，莫潑贓水。

102 foul

No love is foul, nor prison fair.

沒有骯臟的愛情，也沒有美麗的監獄。

103 foul

The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.

孔雀雖有華羽，但有賤足。

104 leopard

Can the leopard change his spots?

江山易改，本性難移。

105 leopard

The leopard cannot change its spots.

江山易改，本性難移。

106 flatter

He may well be contented who need neither borrow nor flatter.

一個既不用借債又不用奉承人的人，可以稱得上心滿意足。

107 wrath

Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath.

日落之前，平息你的怒火吧。

108 moss

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。

109 moss

A rolling stone gathers no moss（青苔）。當然啦，滾動的石頭是不會長青苔的！

解釋：一方面指人不定心，反復改職業，故事業難有所成就；另一方面可指對待感情有點游戲人生、吊兒郎當、居無定所、成不了家。

活學活用：Throw a stone at someone. 攻擊或譴責他人。Trip over a stone （or something）。

被石頭或他物絆倒。

Stone （作動詞用）a person to death.

現今世界上還有一些不文明的地方采用石頭打死犯人，作為死刑的一種。

Stoneware：石器皿Stonework：石工（指鋪石板路等類型的工作） Stoneworks：石頭制造業Stone age：石器時代Heart of stone：鐵石心腸

110 towards

Be considerate towards the poor.

要為窮人著想。

111 towards

Peace on earth and good will towards men.

愿世界得太平，人間持善意。

112 obedience

Love makes obedience easy.

愛情使服從變為易事。

113 obedience

Through obedience learn to command.

只有學會聽命于人，方能學會向人發號施令。

114 widely

Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance.

詩歌只不過是最美麗、最感人、最有力的說話方式，這也就是詩歌的價值。

115 bridge

Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.

不要杞人憂天。

116 bridge

Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.

飲水思源。

117 bridge

Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over.

飲水思源。

118 bridge

Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.

既來之，則安之。

119 fill

Mere words will not fill a bushel.

空言無補。

120 fill

Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth.

手勤腳快，嘴里吃飽。

121 fill

The cask savours of the first fill.

先入為主。

122 line

One must draw the line somewhere.

人之所為，總有限度。

123 bald

Too much knowledge makes the head bald.

知識多，老得快。

124 choice

A burden of one's choice is not felt.

自己選的擔子不嫌重。

125 choice

Choice of the end covers choice of the means.

選擇目的包含著選擇手段。

126 choice

On the choice of friends. Our good or evil name depends.

朋友的選擇可影響名譽的好壞。

127 choice

There is a small choice in rotten apples.

朽木不可雕。

128 unreasonable

Things unreasonable are never durable.

不合理的事不會持久。

129 pickle

Many a little （or pickle） makes a mickle.

積少成多。

130 bed

Adversity makes strange bed fellows.

身處逆境不擇友。

131 bed

As you make your bed so you must lie on it.

自食其果。

132 bed

Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

寧可餓肚子，切莫去借債。

133 bed

Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早睡早起，令人健康、富有而且聰明。

134 bed

Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.

早睡早起。

135 bed

He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.

忍渴上床，起身健康。

136 bed

Lie in （oron） the bed one has made.

自作自受。

137 bed

To have a stomach and lack meat; to have meat and lack a stomach; to lie in bed and cannot rest; are great miseries.

最大在痛苦在于胃口好而無肉食，有佳肴而無胃口，躺在床上而不能休息。

138 bed

Don't put all eggs in one basket.意思是不要將所有的蛋放在一個籃子里。意謂不要孤注一擲地集中財力做一件事或投資股票等等，倘若一失手，全盤受損。

活學活用：put 動詞，有很多種用法─ put milk to（in） tea 放牛奶在茶里─ put baby to bed 把嬰兒安頓睡覺─ put a man in jail

把人關進牢里

─ put a child into his hands 把孩子托付給他─ put on your glasses（jacket）

戴上眼鏡（穿上上衣）。

─ put away your shoes 拿開鞋子─ put down a riot 鎮壓平息暴亂─ put the mistake down to someone

將錯誤推給他人

─ can't put up with him anymore

再也忍受不了他

139 desert

Rats leave （or desert or forsake） a sinking ship.

船沉鼠先竄。

140 lining

Every cloud has a silver lining.

山窮水盡疑無路，柳暗花明又一村。

141 lining

Every cloud has a silver lining（銀色的襯里）。意思為黑暗的背后就是光明，不用悲觀。用cloud來代表陰暗，silver lining代表光明的一面。

活學活用：1、cloud a cloud of dust：漫天灰沙，黃塵萬丈。

Cloud kissing: that building is almost cloud kissing.

比喻建筑物高聳入云，摩天大樓。

Cast a cloud on the project.

這一工作計劃投下陰影，可能計劃不樂觀。

2、silver He was born with a silver spoon.

指他出生在極富裕家庭。Silver tongued：指口才流利，善辯的人。

Silverware：銀制品；silver plated

鍍銀的。Silver wedding：結婚25年的銀婚慶祝。Silver screen：銀幕，電影界。

I like clothes with lining.

我喜歡有襯里的衣服。

142 sculpture

What is sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

教育之于心靈，猶如雕刻之于大理石。

143 essential

The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature.

愛美是所有健康人天性中的一個重要部分。

144 cite

The devil can cite the scriptures for his purpose.

魔鬼替其狡辯，也會引經據點。

145 bull

He that will have his farm full, must keep an old cock and a young bull.

要使農家富又足，必須養雞又養牛。

146 ornament

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.

學問在得意時是裝飾品，失意時是庇護所，年老時是供應品。

147 ornament

Modesty is not only and ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

謙遜不僅可增添光彩也可以維護美德。

148 ornament

Modesty is the ornament of woman.

端莊可為婦女增添光彩。

149 ornament

Truth's best ornament is nakedness.

不加裝飾是真理的最好的裝飾。

150 sermon

A good example is the best sermon.

身教勝似言教。

151 sermon

It is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon.

只有呆鵝才去聽狐貍說教。

152 slander

Truth fears not the flames of slander and injustice.

真金不怕火。

153 strife

Poverty breeds strife.

貧窮引起斗爭。

154 crisis

It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips

驕傲的心碰上獻媚的嘴，是最危險不過的。

155 through

A moneyless man goes fast through the market.

一個沒錢的人很快穿過市場。

156 through

Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty.

不要因為怕貧苦而放棄自由。

157 through

He who sees through life and death will meet with most success.

看破生死者，大多會成功。

158 through

Look at the world through rose-coloured glasses.

對萬事要樂觀。

159 through

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.

不犯千般錯誤，難成偉大人物。

160 through

Our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through success, but through misadventure.

最美好的教訓不是得之于成功，而是來之于不幸。

161 through

Patience and application will carry us through.

忍耐和努力會使我們度過難關。

162 through

The future of society is in the hands of mothers; if the world was lost through woman she alone can save it.

社會的前途掌握在母親們手中；如果世界由于女人而毀滅，那么也只有女人才可挽救。

163 through

To travel through the world it is necessary to have the mouth of hog, the legs of a stag, the eyes of a falcon, the ears of an ass,

shoulders of a camel, and the face of an ape, and overplus, a satchel full of money and patience.

周游世界須有豬嘴巴，鹿的腿，鷹的雙眼，驢的耳，駱駝的肩膀和猿猴的臉，尤其需要的是要有滿口袋的金錢和耐心。

164 should

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

書籍如朋友，應該少而精。

165 should

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

仁愛須由近及遠。

166 should

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事，今日畢。

167 should

Friendship should not be all on one side.

友誼不該只是單方面的事。

168 should

He that walks with wise men should be wise.

與智者行即得其智。

169 should

He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.

正人先正己。

170 should

He who lives in glass house should not throw stones.

正人先正己。

171 should

He who purposes to be an author should first be a student.

想當作家，相當學生。

172 should

He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows one should never remember it.

受惠不忘，施恩不記。

173 should

He who spends more than he should shall not have to spare when he would.

不該花的亂花，要花時沒有花。

174 should

If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city （or street）.

眾擎易舉。

175 should

If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.

吃得苦中苦，方知甜中甜。

176 should

I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish.

酒肉之交非朋友。

177 should

It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country.

對朋友不義，不可能對國家效忠。

178 should

Law makers should not be law breakers.

正人先正己。

179 should

Liars should have good memories.

說謊的人應有好的記性。

180 should

Love should not be all on one side.

愛情不應是單方面的。

181 should

Maidens should （or must） be mild and meek, swift to hear and slow to speak.

少女應溫良謙恭，敏于聽而慎于言。

182 should

Master should be sometimes blind and sometimes deaf.

不癡不聾，不作阿家翁。

183 should

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.

天賦我們兩耳，兩眼，一張嘴巴，歸根到底該多聽，多看，少說話。

184 should

Never trust another what you should do yourself.

自己應該做的事，決不要委托別人做。

185 should

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

人為生而食，非為食而生。

186 should

There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

教育顯然有兩種∶一種是教人怎樣謀生，另一種是教人怎樣生活。

187 should

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

自己有短處，不要揭別人的短處。

188 should

We should never remember the benefit we have offered nor forget the favour received.

施惠莫記，受恩莫忘。

189 should

We should push our work, the work should not push us.

我們要推動工作，不要讓工作推動我們。

190 should

We should weep for men at their birth and not at their death.

我們應在人降生時流淚，而不該在人死亡時哭泣。

191 should

Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye ever so to them.

己所欲，施于人。

192 should

Those who live in a glass house should not throw stones.住在玻璃房子里的人最好不要向他人投擲石頭，否則后果自負。

解釋：因為別人也可以向玻璃房投擲石頭，從而自食其果。意指不要說他人的是非長短，因為自己也有缺點。

活學活用：Tom enjoys a glass now and then with his buddies.湯姆常常喜歡和老友一起喝酒。

A glass

指杯中物，即 a glass of wine，經常用a glass代替。glassware：玻璃器皿glasswork：玻璃制品glassworks：玻璃制造業

glass culture：溫室栽培 注：glasses 是指眼鏡。I wear glasses. 我戴眼鏡。a pair of glass

一付眼鏡。

193 ought

He that doth what he will doth not what he ought.

為其所欲為者不為其所當為。

194 ought

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

應該做的決心做，決心做的務必做。

195 ought

The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct.

人的品德不能看他一時格外賣力，而要看他的日常行為。

196 author

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

選書如擇友。

197 author

He who purposes to be an author should first be a student.

想當作家，相當學生。

198 author

Like author, like book.

書如其人。

199 engage

Better master one than engage with ten.

精通一事勝于會十事。

200 sight

Judge not of men and things at first sight.

審人論事宜謹慎，一見之下莫斷定。

201 sight

Out of sight, out of mind.

久違情疏。眼不見，心不煩？

202 contrary

To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.

對于一只漫無目標的船來說，不論什么方向的風都是逆風。

203 frequency

The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall.

滴水穿石不是由于使用強力所致，而是由于滴水頻繁所成。

204 custom

A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.

壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。

205 custom

Once is no custom.

一次不成例。

206 over

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

潑水難收。

207 over

Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.

飲水思源。

208 over

Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over.

飲水思源。

209 over

Like draws to like the whole world over.

物以類聚，世間皆如此。

210 over

One man may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge.

只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈。

211 over

The first step is as good as half over.

第一步的成功等于事情的一半已完成。

212 over

The last drop makes the cup run over.

失之過極。

213 over

Think of the devil and he's looking over your shoulders.

說到曹操，曹操就到。

214 over

Two dogs over one bone seldom agree.

兩狗啃一骨，相持難服輸。

215 over

Until all is over one's ambition never dies.

不到黃河心不死。

216 over

What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over.

眼不見，心不煩。

217 over

When the well is full, it will run over.

井水滿了要溢出。

218 over

A rolling stone gathers no moss（青苔）。當然啦，滾動的石頭是不會長青苔的！

解釋：一方面指人不定心，反復改職業，故事業難有所成就；另一方面可指對待感情有點游戲人生、吊兒郎當、居無定所、成不了家。

活學活用：Throw a stone at someone. 攻擊或譴責他人。Trip over a stone （or something）。

被石頭或他物絆倒。

Stone （作動詞用）a person to death.

現今世界上還有一些不文明的地方采用石頭打死犯人，作為死刑的一種。

Stoneware：石器皿Stonework：石工（指鋪石板路等類型的工作） Stoneworks：石頭制造業Stone age：石器時代Heart of stone：鐵石心腸

219 over

What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over.意為眼不見心不悲傷，眼不見心不煩。

一些人麻木漠視他人處境用這句為藉口，其實多關心身邊的不平之事，伸出援手，世界才會是“a much better place to live！”

活學活用：eye — have an eye for the beautiful. 有審美眼光。— keep an eye on your bag.

小心你的手袋。

— his eyes are bigger than his belly. 指人眼闊肚窄，不自量力。— eyes in the potatoes

馬鈴薯出芽

— eye （動詞）her with jealousy 妒忌地看著她。grieve：悲傷（動詞）；grief

（名詞）

— He grieved for the death of his father.

他哀傷父親的離世。

— The loss of OLD Yellow brought grief to the whole family.

全家人都為老黃（狗名）死去而悲傷。

220 over

No gains without pains.

（No pains, no gains）意思是沒有不勞而獲的事，不勞則無獲。（人不付出，何來收獲。）

活學活用：gains 收獲、賺錢、增加名詞 ─ His investment brought him no gains at all.

他的投資沒有帶給他任何收益。

動詞 ─ She worked to gain her living. 她工作掙生活費。─ My watch gains 5 minutes.

我的表快5分鐘。

─ gained an upper hand 占上風─ gained control of something 指控制某些事 pains

痛苦、勞苦

名詞 ─ I have pains all over. 我全身疼痛。 ─ He is a pain in the neck.

他很令人討厭；用來形容討厭的人

動詞 ─ My arm is paining. 我的胳膊痛。─ My tooth pains me.

我的牙痛。

221 reason

A man without reason is a beast in season.

人無理智就像是一頭發情的野獸。

222 reason

Custom without reason is but ancient error.

習俗沒有道理，古代謬誤而已。

223 reason

Love is without reason.

愛情是沒理智的。

224 reason

The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds, by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes, by instinct.

聰明人循理智辦事，平常人照經驗辦事，蠢人按需要辦事，畜生憑本能辦事。

225 reason

When one is about to act, one must reason first.

凡事要先思而后行。

226 reason

Where passion is high there reason is low.

感情高漲處，理智就低落。

227 reason

Whom God would ruin, he first deprives of reason.

傷天害理，天誅地滅。

228 grief

Tears are the silent language of grief.

眼淚是悲哀的無聲言辭。

229 grief

The only cure for grief is action.

行動是對悲痛唯一的治療。

230 grief

Time tames the strongest grief.

時間可以沖淡最強烈的悲傷。

231 grief

To have money is a fear, not to have it a grief.

有錢使人擔心，沒錢使人傷心。

232 grief

What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over.意為眼不見心不悲傷，眼不見心不煩。

一些人麻木漠視他人處境用這句為藉口，其實多關心身邊的不平之事，伸出援手，世界才會是“a much better place to live！”

活學活用：eye — have an eye for the beautiful. 有審美眼光。— keep an eye on your bag.

小心你的手袋。

— his eyes are bigger than his belly. 指人眼闊肚窄，不自量力。— eyes in the potatoes

馬鈴薯出芽

— eye （動詞）her with jealousy 妒忌地看著她。grieve：悲傷（動詞）；grief

（名詞）

— He grieved for the death of his father.

他哀傷父親的離世。

— The loss of OLD Yellow brought grief to the whole family.

全家人都為老黃（狗名）死去而悲傷。

233 courtesy

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

講禮貌的得友情，好心腸的得感情。

234 courtesy

Life is not so short but there is time enougn for courtesy.

人生雖短，但表示禮貌的時間還是足夠的。

235 whereas

Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.

聰明人愛真理，蠢人背棄真理。

236 further

The heart sees further than the head.

心之所見遠勝于目。

237 wisdom

A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.

口若懸河不能作為才智的證明。

238 wisdom

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。

239 wisdom

Experience is the mother of wisdom.

智慧來自經驗。

240 wisdom

From hearing comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance.

多聽增智慧，多言生后悔。

241 wisdom

It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool.

大智若愚。

242 wisdom

Learn wisdom by the follies of others.

要從別人的愚行中學到聰明。

243 wisdom

No wisdom like silence.

智者寡言。

244 wisdom

Proverbs are the wisdom of the ages.

諺語是時代的智慧。

245 wisdom

Some of the best lessons we ever learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

從過錯和失敗中，我們取得了一些有益的教訓。過去的錯誤是未來的智慧和成功。

246 wisdom

That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end.

最后的聰明才算真聰明。

247 wisdom

The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but for joy the future.

過去是為了求取知識，現在是為了付諸行動，而未來是為了享受歡樂。

248 wisdom

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.

國家智慧，寓于格言，它們精辟，而且簡練。

249 wisdom

To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation.

獲得智慧，尋求真理，并使心靈美好，要比追求金錢、榮譽和名聲好得多。

250 wisdom

True wisdom is know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing.

真正的智慧是知道最值得知道的事情和做最值得做的事情。

251 wisdom

What is not wisdom is danger.

不智的事是危險的。

252 wisdom

Without wisdom wealth is worthless.

如果沒有智慧，財富就無價值。

253 wisdom

Years bring wisdom.

年長智也增。

254 action

A common danger causes common action.

同仇敵愾。

255 action

A man is not good or bad for one action.

判斷人的好壞不能憑一次行為。

256 action

Counsel after action is like rain after harvest.

放馬后炮。

257 action

Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.

考慮要仔細，行動要迅速。

258 action

Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.

生命的價值是用思想和行為來衡量的，而不是壽命的長短。

259 action

Suit the action to the word.

怎么說就怎么做。

260 action

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

做事要深思熟慮，但時機一到，就要動手，不要猶豫。

261 action

The only cure for grief is action.

行動是對悲痛唯一的治療。

262 action

The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but for joy the future.

過去是為了求取知識，現在是為了付諸行動，而未來是為了享受歡樂。

263 action

Thought is the seed of action.

思想是行動的種子。

264 action

Kill two birds with one stone.意思是一石二鳥、一舉兩得、一箭雙雕。

活學活用：kill 動詞，殺死、弄死─ Killed in action 指士兵戰死沙場─ Killed a bill 否決議案─ do something to kill time

做某些事以消磨時間。

─ She is dressed to kill. 她穿的十分迷人。─ The food really killed my appetite.

那食物令我胃口大倒。

─ The wallpaper kills the furniture.

好好的家具被墻紙襯得不好看了。

265 jealousy

Love is never without jealousy.

愛情莫不忌妒。

266 jealousy

What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over.意為眼不見心不悲傷，眼不見心不煩。

一些人麻木漠視他人處境用這句為藉口，其實多關心身邊的不平之事，伸出援手，世界才會是“a much better place to live！”

活學活用：eye — have an eye for the beautiful. 有審美眼光。— keep an eye on your bag.

小心你的手袋。

— his eyes are bigger than his belly. 指人眼闊肚窄，不自量力。— eyes in the potatoes

馬鈴薯出芽

— eye （動詞）her with jealousy 妒忌地看著她。grieve：悲傷（動詞）；grief

（名詞）

— He grieved for the death of his father.

他哀傷父親的離世。

— The loss of OLD Yellow brought grief to the whole family.

全家人都為老黃（狗名）死去而悲傷。

267 receiver

The receiver is as bad as the thief.

窩贓者和賊同罪。

268 net

All is fish that comes to one's net.

捉到網里都是魚。

269 net

All's fish that comes to his net.

到了網中都是魚。

270 net

When the fish is caught the net is laid aside.

魚獲網棄。

271 destiny

Marriage comes by destiny.

姻緣命中定。

272 cross

A pet lamb makes a cross ram.

寵壞的小羊將成為脾氣壞的大羊。

273 cross

Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.

不要杞人憂天。

274 cross

Dot the i's and cross the t's.

一點一劃，循規蹈矩。

275 cross

Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.

既來之，則安之。

276 cross

No cross, no crown.

無苦即無樂。

277 cross

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

不勞則無獲，共難才得福，有榮必有辱，無苦即無樂。

278 cross

The devil lurks behind the cross.

貌善實惡。

279 strength

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

人們不缺力量，缺的是決心。

280 strength

Union is strength.

團結就是力量。

281 bound

If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him.

如果我們決定寬恕一個敵人，但決不能相信他。

282 bound

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

善良是連結社會的金鏈。

283 peculiarity

It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it.

只要真正渴求知識，都能得到，這是知識的特點。

284 sincerity

Misfortunes test the sincerity of friends.

患難見友情。

285 sincerity

Sincerity, a deep genuine, heart-felt sincerity, is a trait of true and noble manhood.

真誠——深刻真摯發自內心的真誠，是真正高尚的人性的一種品質。

286 sincerity

The truest politeness comes from sincerity.

真正的殷勤出于真誠。

287 flock

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以類聚，人以群分。

288 flock

Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.

鷹單飛，羊群集。

289 flock

It is a small flock that has not a black sheep.

家家難免有敗類。

290 flock

There is a black sheep in every flock.

群群羊中有黑羊。

291 what

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

智者不作非凡之想。

292 what

A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.

聰明的人能隨機應變。

293 what

Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.

眼見的不能全信，耳聞的也不能半信。

294 what

Come what may, heaven won't fall.

船到橋頭自會直。

295 what

Conversation makes one what he is.

言如其人。

296 what

Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you.

己所不欲，勿施于人。

297 what

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事，今日畢。

298 what

Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.

酒后露真言。

299 what

He knows best what good is that has endured evil.

忍過痛受過苦，最知幸福是何物。

300 what

He that doth what he will doth not what he ought.

為其所欲為者不為其所當為。

301 what

He that has no children knows not what is love.

沒有孩子的人，不懂什么叫愛。

302 what

He that would know what shall be must consider what has been.

欲知未然，須思已然。

303 what

He who buys what he does not need will often need what he cannot buy.

平時隨便買，需時無錢買。

304 what

He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is.

不吃苦中苦，哪知甜中甜。

305 what

He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like.

歡喜說他歡喜的話者將要聽到他不歡喜的話。

306 what

I am not now that which I have been. （I am not what I used to be.）

今日之我已非昔日之我。

307 what

If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get.

隨遇而安。

308 what

If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have.

如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你現有的吧。

309 what

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

等到認識人生，已經一半過去了。

310 what

Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough.

時間一去不再來，我們常說時間充足，實際。總是不夠。

311 what

Men of courage, men of sense, and men of letters are frequent: but a true gentleman is what one seldom seen.

有勇氣，有見識，有學問的人易遇，可是真正的君子難逢。

312 what

Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

經過災難方知福。

313 what

Money is neither good nor bad, but all depends on what use is made of it.

金錢本身無好壞，要看怎樣利用它。

314 what

Never embark on what comes after without having mastered what goes before.

如未掌握好已學過的東西，切莫從事更深的學習。

315 what

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

今日事，今日畢。

316 what

Never say of another what you would not have him hear.

莫說不想讓人聽見的話。

317 what

Never trust another what you should do yourself.

自己應該做的事，決不要委托別人做。

318 what

Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it.

無風不起浪。

319 what

Practice what you preach.

言必行。

320 what

Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach.

說教的人不身體力行，就只能空談，不能起教育作用。

321 what

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

讀書養神，鍛煉健身。

322 what

Reap as （or what） one has sown.

自食其果。

323 what

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

應該做的決心做，決心做的務必做。

324 what

Sickness shows us what we are.

疾病使人亮出本來面目。

325 what

Speech shows what a man is.

言如其人。

326 what

Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.

把你的交友講給我聽，我會講出你是何許人。

327 what

The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it

牛失其尾，方知其貴。

328 what

The greatest fool is he who worries about what he cannot help.

操心無法可想的事是最大的傻瓜。

329 what

True wisdom is know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing.

真正的智慧是知道最值得知道的事情和做最值得做的事情。

330 what

We know not what is good until we have lost it.

有的時候不愛惜，失了以后空嘆息。

331 what

We soon believe what we desire.

一廂情愿。

332 what

Wherever he is satisfied with what he does, he has reached his culminating point——he will progress no more.

一個人對所做的事感到自滿的，就達到了頂點，不會再前進了。

333 what

Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet.

不嘗黃連苦，怎知蜂蜜甜。

334 what

Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.

知識之于心靈，猶如健康之于身體。

335 what

You must reap what you have sown.

種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

336 what

You never know what you can do till you try.

事非經過不知難。

337 support

Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged.

學問是窮人的財富，是富人的榮譽，是青年的幫助，是老年的支持和安慰。

338 support

One father can support ten children, ten children cannot support one father.

一個父親能扶養十個孩子，十個孩子卻不能贍養一個父親。

339 faultless

He is lifeless that is faultless.

人孰無過。

340 prolong

Two things doth prolong your life: a quiet heart and a loving wife.

心情平靜妻賢淑，延年益壽多得福。

341 shoulder

Put （or Lay or Set） one's shoulder to the wheel.

出一把力。

342 body

A friend to every body is a friend to nobody.

廣交友，無深交。

343 body

A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.

健康的身體貴于黃金鑄成的皇冠。

344 body

A little body often harbours a great soul.

莫道身軀小，偉人寓其間。

345 body

Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.

心靈上的疾病比肉體上的疾病更危險。

346 body

Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full.

勤奮使身體健康，使心情開朗，使思想專注，使經濟充裕。

347 body

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

人生最可寶貴的是聲譽，軀體入土后，聲譽猶存。

348 body

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

讀書養神，鍛煉健身。

349 body

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.

心頭的痛苦比肉體的痛苦更厲害。

350 body

When riches increase, the body decreases.

財多體衰。

351 body

Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.

知識之于心靈，猶如健康之于身體。

352 body

Hard words break no bones.指罵人者認為粗暴嚴厲的說話不會傷害別人。

如果罵人者都能夠為對方設想，對下屬、妻子、丈夫、朋友、子女說話時，會收到更好的效果。

活學活用：hard （形容詞），指堅實、困難的、嚴厲的─ hard labour 苦工； hard winter 嚴冬─ a hard drinker

指酒量大的人

─ his body is as hard as brick.

他的身體很結實。─ think hard，try hard！老師很多時候鼓勵學生思考，努力嘗試，會說以上的話。

Break 破壞、破裂、爆發─ the war breaks out 戰爭突發─ the day breaks 破曉─ break up 分手； break even

打成和局

─ breaks surface （潛水艇）浮出水面─ give me a break！ 不要煩我─ break in to a house

入屋偷竊

353 set

A match will set fire to a large building.

星星之火，可以燎原。

354 set

Harm set, harm get.

自作自受。

355 battle

A good beginning is half the battle.

首戰告捷等于一半勝利。

356 battle

In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.

在人生的搏斗中，只有日日前進不甘失敗的人，才能獲勝。

357 battle

Life is a battle from cradle to grave.

人生是一場從生到死的戰斗。

358 battle

The battle is to the strong.

強者必勝。

359 battle

The first blow is half the battle.

頭炮打響，等于半個勝仗。

360 obedient

All things are obedient to money.

有錢能使鬼推磨。

361 even

Before gold, even kings take off their hats.

有錢能使鬼推磨。

362 even

I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts.

敵人獻禮品，千萬莫輕信。

363 even

If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be leveled.

一塊一塊把石移，高山也可變平地。

364 even

Money can move even the gods.

有錢能使鬼推磨。

365 even

Hard words break no bones.指罵人者認為粗暴嚴厲的說話不會傷害別人。

如果罵人者都能夠為對方設想，對下屬、妻子、丈夫、朋友、子女說話時，會收到更好的效果。

活學活用：hard （形容詞），指堅實、困難的、嚴厲的─ hard labour 苦工； hard winter 嚴冬─ a hard drinker

指酒量大的人

─ his body is as hard as brick.

他的身體很結實。─ think hard，try hard！老師很多時候鼓勵學生思考，努力嘗試，會說以上的話。

Break 破壞、破裂、爆發─ the war breaks out 戰爭突發─ the day breaks 破曉─ break up 分手； break even

打成和局

─ breaks surface （潛水艇）浮出水面─ give me a break！ 不要煩我─ break in to a house

入屋偷竊

366 homely

Home is home, though never so homely.

不如歸去。

367 rule

It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements of superiority from their mother.

一切優秀的人通常都從他們母親那里繼承優良的因素。

368 rule

No rule without an exception.

沒有一條規則沒有例外。

369 rule

The exception proves the rule.

例外能反證規律。

370 rule

There is no general rule without some exception.

普遍規律必有例外。

371 crooked

A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

身正不怕影子斜。

372 crooked

He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.

正人先正己。

373 crooked

Straight trees have crooked roots.

直樹也有曲根。

374 proper

Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

行動是知識的巧果。

375 proper

Cheat's never proper.

欺騙決非正當事。

376 proper

It is right to put everything in its proper use.

凡事都應該用得其所。

377 proper

To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.

辦事不失時機，一天可抵三天用。

378 bushel

A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning.

一點小常識常勝過很多有價值的學問。

379 bushel

Measure another's corn by one's own bushel.

以己度人。

380 bushel

Mere words will not fill a bushel.

空言無補。

381 estate

Frugality is an estate alone.

僅僅節約就是一筆財產。

382 abundance

The abundance of money ruins youth.

錢多毀青年。

383 malice

Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out.

惡意可以遮暗真理，但不能抹殺真理。

384 substance

Grasp the shadow and let go the substance.

舍本逐末。

385 reel

A man can not spin and reel at the same time.

一心不能二用。

386 span

Life is but a span.

人生如朝露。

387 religion

Nature teaches us to love our friends but religion our enemies.

自然教我們愛朋友，宗教卻教我們愛敵人。

388 ignorance

He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims ignorance.

夸耀知識實乃無知。

389 ignorance

Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud.

知識令人謙虛；無知使人驕傲。

390 ignorance

The more a man knows, the more he see his ignorance.

大智若愚。

391 ignorance

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance.

學得越多，就越發覺自己無知。

392 diet

If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors; rest, cheerful-ness, and moderate diet.

如果醫藥不能幫助，那么注意三件事∶休息，愉快，飲食調和。

393 late

better early than late.

寧早勿遲。

394 late

Better late than never.

遲做總比不做好。

395 late

Good counsel never comes too late.

忠言絕不嫌遲。

396 late

Ill news never comes too late

壞消息來得快。

397 late

It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock.

船觸礁后在拋錨，為時已經太晚了。

398 late

It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down.

馬后炮。

399 late

It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.

賊出關門。

400 late

Never too late to mend.

過則勿憚改。

401 late

Never too late to repent.

過則勿憚改。

402 late

Never too old （or late） to learn.

學到老，學不了。

403 late

When guns speak it is too late to argue.

待到炮聲響，辯論已莫及。

404 torment

Love is a sweet torment.

愛情是一種甜蜜的折磨。

405 torment

Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly.

愛情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。

406 wasteful

A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife.

妻子浪費無度，丈夫不會出頭。

407 shame

Better die with honour than live with shame.

與其忍辱偷生，不如光榮而死。

408 shame

Better poor with honour than rich with shame.

窮得光榮，勝過富得可恥。

409 shame

He that deceives me once, shame fall him, if he deceives me twice, shame fall me.

受騙一次，別人可恥；受騙二次，自己該死。

410 shame

He who has lost shame is lost to all virtue.

沒有廉恥心，沒有好德行。

411 shame

He who has no shame has no conscience.

沒有廉恥的人，沒有良心。

412 shame

I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.

我認為，人喪失了廉恥就完了。

413 shame

It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame.

寧可穿破衣，不可蒙羞恥。

414 shame

It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age.

一個人不論年齡多大，都要學習不懂的東西，這不是羞恥。

415 shame

No man learns but by pain or shame.

不經痛苦羞辱，難以取得教訓。

416 shame

Poverty is no shame, laziness is.

貧窮不害羞，懶惰才可恥。

417 shame

Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.

貧非恥，恥貧乃恥。

418 shame

Pride goes before, and shame cometh after.

驕傲一開始，恥辱接踵至。

419 confidence

Self-confidence is the first requisite to human greatness.

人類的偉大，首要的是要有自信。

420 confidence

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

技能和信心是不可克服的軍隊。

421 respectable

The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is.

一個人引以為恥的事情越多，就越可尊敬。

422 hurt

Don't cry out before you are hurt.

還沒受苦，就別叫苦。

423 hurt

Many words cut （or hurt） more than swords.

惡語傷人勝刀見。

424 hurt

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

十個朋友做的好事抵不上一個敵人造成的危害。

425 hurt

Sometimes words hurt more than swords.

惡語有時傷人比刀劍更厲害。

426 hurt

Words cut （or hurt） more than swords.

言語比刀劍傷人更厲害。

427 lengthen

To save time is to lengthen life.

省節時間就是延長壽命。

428 lighter

Many hands make a burden lighter.

眾擎易舉。

429 individual

Youth is the season of hope, enterprise, and energy, to a nation as well as an individual.

青年時期對國家和個人都是希望、創業和精力充沛的時期。

430 wholesome

Better pills may have wholesome effects.

良藥苦口。

431 wholesome

Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.

良藥苦口利于病。

432 corrupt

Evil communications corrupt good manners.

交往惡劣，有損風度。

433 slave

Do business, but be not a slave to it.

要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。

434 slave

He will always be a slave who knows not how to earn and save.

不懂掙錢和積財，只能永遠當奴才。

435 slave

I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles.

我不是奴隸，也不是俘虜，我有力量可以克服更大的艱難險阻。

436 token

Love is in the eyes of the beholder.意謂情人眼里出西施；beholder

是指看見者

活學活用：Love is blind. 愛情是盲目的，同上句有同樣意思。Love token 愛情紀念品Love sickness 相思病One-sided love 單戀Fall in love with

愛上某人

437 flame

From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.

星星之火可以燎原。

438 tug

When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war.

龍爭虎斗。

439 divine

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

人難免錯誤，寬恕別人是神圣的。

440 deliberate

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

做事要深思熟慮，但時機一到，就要動手，不要猶豫。

441 dust

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

音樂可洗去靈魂中日常生活所沾染的污垢。

442 dust

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

人生最可寶貴的是聲譽，軀體入土后，聲譽猶存。

443 dust

Every cloud has a silver lining（銀色的襯里）。意思為黑暗的背后就是光明，不用悲觀。用cloud來代表陰暗，silver lining代表光明的一面。

活學活用：1、cloud a cloud of dust：漫天灰沙，黃塵萬丈。

Cloud kissing: that building is almost cloud kissing.

比喻建筑物高聳入云，摩天大樓。

Cast a cloud on the project.

這一工作計劃投下陰影，可能計劃不樂觀。

2、silver He was born with a silver spoon.

指他出生在極富裕家庭。Silver tongued：指口才流利，善辯的人。

Silverware：銀制品；silver plated

鍍銀的。Silver wedding：結婚25年的銀婚慶祝。Silver screen：銀幕，電影界。

I like clothes with lining.

我喜歡有襯里的衣服。

444 fair

A fair death honours the whole life.

死得光明，終身榮耀。

445 fair

A fair face may hide a foul heart.

人不可貌相。

446 fair

All is fair in war.

兵不厭詐。

447 fair

All's fair in love and war.

愛情和戰爭是不擇手段的。

448 fair

An evening red and a morning grey, is a sign of a fair day.

晚霞紅如火，曉色青如灰，定是晴朗天。

449 fair

Beauty may have fair leaves, but bitter fruit.

美麗的花或許長好葉，結苦果。

450 fair

Faint heart never wins fair lady.

451 fair

Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.

隨機應變。

452 fair

Learn young, learn fair.

學習趁年輕，既學就學好。

453 fair

No love is foul, nor prison fair.

沒有骯臟的愛情，也沒有美麗的監獄。

454 fair

None but the brave deserve the fair.

英雄才能配美人。

455 fair

The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.

孔雀雖有華羽，但有賤足。

456 wag

All asses wag their ears.

傻子總愛裝聰明。

457 wag

Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread.

狗搖尾巴，愛的是面包。

458 second

A friend is a second self.

朋友是另一個我。

459 second

Custom is a second nature.

習慣是第二天性。

460 second

Habit is second nature.

習慣成自然。

461 second

I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort.

成功之道唯三點∶努力、努力、再努力。

462 second

Use is a second nature.

習慣成自然。

463 tempt

An open door may tempt a saint.

一扇開著的大門可誘惑一個圣徒。

464 bait

It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait.

蠢人才吃兩次虧。

465 prairie

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

星星之火，可以燎原。

466 sting

Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.

困難像彈簧，你硬它就軟。

467 sting

Pleasure has a sting in its tail.

樂中必有苦。

468 horn

All are not hunters that blow the horn.

吹號角的未必都是獵人。

469 riot

Don't put all eggs in one basket.意思是不要將所有的蛋放在一個籃子里。意謂不要孤注一擲地集中財力做一件事或投資股票等等，倘若一失手，全盤受損。

活學活用：put 動詞，有很多種用法─ put milk to（in） tea 放牛奶在茶里─ put baby to bed 把嬰兒安頓睡覺─ put a man in jail

把人關進牢里

─ put a child into his hands 把孩子托付給他─ put on your glasses（jacket）

戴上眼鏡（穿上上衣）。

─ put away your shoes 拿開鞋子─ put down a riot 鎮壓平息暴亂─ put the mistake down to someone

將錯誤推給他人

─ can't put up with him anymore

再也忍受不了他

470 subject

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

知識有兩種，一種是我們自己知道的東西，另一種是知道哪里可以找到有關的資料。

471 subject

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.

—— We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.

記憶力好的秘密在于專心，而對于一個問題的專心取決于對這個問題的興趣。在我們心上留下深刻印象的東西，我們是不大會忘記的。

472 profound

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.

博覽群書使人完美無瑕，冥思苦想讓人深刻精邃，論證闡述讓人頭腦清晰。

473 essence

Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

自信是英雄的本色。

474 eternal

Hope springs eternal （in the human breast）.

希望會產生，永遠無窮盡。

475 olive

Call me not olive till thou see me gathered.

蓋棺論定。

476 poultry

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

睡覺的狐貍抓不到雞鴨。

477 pipe

No longer pipe, no longer dance.

運不逢時，事不得意。

478 blush

A wise man needs not blush for changing his purpose.

智者不恥于改變初衷。

479 blush

Many a flower is born to blush unseen.

有許多花兒生來就開著沒有人欣賞。

480 enterprise

Youth is the season of hope, enterprise, and energy, to a nation as well as an individual.

青年時期對國家和個人都是希望、創業和精力充沛的時期。

481 nest

Every bird likes its own nest.

人愛其家。

482 nest

It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.

家丑不可外揚。

483 shell

Better half an egg than empty shell.

半只蛋也比空殼好。

484 shell

He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell.

欲所得，必先勞。

485 extravagant

Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

浪費時間是一切花費中最奢侈豪華的費用。

486 tread

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

智者裹足不前，愚者鋌而走險。

487 tread

One woe doth tread upon another's heels.

禍不單行。

488 cement

Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.真理是一切知識的基礎，是一切社團的紐帶。

489 idleness

As worms are bred in a stagnant pool, so are evil thoughts in idleness.

蟲蛆在死水中孵化，邪念在懶惰中養成。

490 idleness

Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.

事業雖擾煩，懶惰更害人。

491 idleness

Poverty is the reward of idleness.

貧窮是游手好閑的報應。

492 sovereign

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

只要自重、自覺、自制，人生就可達到至高無上的境地。

493 woe

Kinsman helps kinsman, but woe to him that hath nothing.

親幫親，鄰幫鄰，無親無助你倒霉。

494 woe

One woe doth tread upon another's heels.

禍不單行。

495 flee

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

追求愛情，它要逃走；逃避愛情，它會跟你。

496 wink

An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.

對牛彈琴。

497 vulgar

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

同智者一起考慮，與俗人一起交談。

498 trot

Need makes the old wife trot.

人急造反，狗急跳墻。（事急老嫗跑。）

499 evil

An evil chance seldom comes alone.

禍不單行。

500 evil

An evil lesson is soon learned.

學壞容易。

501 evil

As worms are bred in a stagnant pool, so are evil thoughts in idleness.

蟲蛆在死水中孵化，邪念在懶惰中養成。

502 evil

Evil gotten, evil spent.

悖入悖出。

503 evil

He knows best what good is that has endured evil.

忍過痛受過苦，最知幸福是何物。

504 evil

He that returns good for evil obtains the victory.

以德報怨的人得到勝利。

505 evil

He who does no good, does evil enough.

好事不做，壞事做絕。

506 evil

Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil.

懶惰是行乞的敲門磚，是萬惡的根源。

507 evil

Idleness is the root （or mother） of all evil （or sin or vice）.

懶惰是萬惡之源。

508 evil

Ill （or Evil） gotten, ill （or evil） spent.

悖入悖出。

509 evil

It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb.

狐貍舔羔羊，這是兇跡象。

510 evil

Money is the root of all evil.

金錢是萬惡之源。

511 evil

On the choice of friends. Our good or evil name depends.

朋友的選擇可影響名譽的好壞。

512 evil

Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

一天的不幸已夠人受的了，別再自尋煩惱。

513 evil

That which is evil is soon learnt.

惡行易學。

514 evil

The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.

重傷可治，臭名難除。

515 evil

The love of money is the root of all evil.

愛財是萬惡之源。

516 evil

The path down to evil is easy.

墮入罪惡的道路是容易走的。

517 motive

What makes life dreary is the want of motive.

沒有目的，人生就黯淡無光。

518 multitude

In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

謀士多，保安全。

519 thereof

Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

一天的不幸已夠人受的了，別再自尋煩惱。

520 dove

He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk.

弱肉強食。

521 dove

It is no honor for an eagle to vanquish a dove.

老鷹勝鴿，不足為榮。

522 apt

A man apt to promise is apt to forget.

輕諾者易忘。

523 vengeance

Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.

天網恢恢，疏而不漏。

524 vengeance

If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance.

智者干傻事，愚蠢到極點。

525 cock

A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.

夜郎自大。

526 cock

As the old cock crows, so doth the young.

有其父必有其子。

527 cock

Every cock crows on its own dunghill.

夜郎自大。

528 cock

He that will have his farm full, must keep an old cock and a young bull.

要使農家富又足，必須養雞又養牛。

529 howl

A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.

骨頭打狗狗不叫。

530 howl

Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak.

高位遭人妒，高峰招風吹。

531 howl

One must howl with the wolves.

入鄉隨俗。

532 howl

Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

533 revenue

Thrift is good revenue.

節約是個好收入。

534 fall

A fall into the pit, again in your wit.

吃一塹，長一智。

535 fall

A stumble may prevent a fall.

小懲大誡。

536 fall

Come what may, heaven won't fall.

船到橋頭自會直。

537 fall

He that deceives me once, shame fall him, if he deceives me twice, shame fall me.

受騙一次，別人可恥；受騙二次，自己該死。

538 fall

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

問道于盲，無益于事。

539 fall

If the sky fall （or falls）, we shall catch larks.

異想天開

540 fall

It's easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again.

墮入陷阱易，脫離陷阱難。

541 fall

Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.

樹大招風。

542 fall

One may sooner fall than rise.

跌倒容易爬起難。

543 fall

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

我們最大的光榮并不在于永不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后能起來。

544 fall

Pride goes before a fall. （or destruction）.

驕兵必敗。

545 fall

Pride will have a fall.

驕者必敗。

546 fall

Speak clearly if you speak at all, Carve every word before you let it fall.

要說就索性說得一清二楚，說出前每句話要字斟句酌。

547 fall

The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall.

滴水穿石不是由于使用強力所致，而是由于滴水頻繁所成。

548 fall

Things of a kind come together; people of a kind fall into the same group.

物以類聚，人以群分。

549 fall

Those who climb high often have a fall.

爬得高往往跌得重。

550 fall

When rogues （or thieves） fall out, honest men come by their own.

盜賊一內哄，好人就自在。

551 pitch

He who touches pitch will be defiled.

近墨者黑。

552 pitch

Touch pitch and you will be defiled.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

553 stubborn

Facts are stubborn things.

事實是不容改變的東西。

554 follow

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

追求愛情，它要逃走；逃避愛情，它會跟你。

555 follow

It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it.

提出忠告易，照著辦事難。

556 defy

Feed by measure and defy physician.

飲食有節制，醫生無用處。

557 bachelor

Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife.

過光棍生活，勝過有一個邋遢老婆。

558 eloquence

Love and business teach eloquence.

愛情和買賣可以培養口才。

559 eloquence

Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit.

無益雄辯不濟事，猶如柏樹參天不結果。

560 cloak

A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.

借來的斗篷不暖身。

561 cloak

Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.

切莫臨時抱佛腳。

562 cloak

Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.

驕傲可能披著老一套的外衣出現。

563 merit

Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.

無功得名是常事，無過失名也是常事。

564 hard

A faithful friend is hard to find.

益友難得。

565 hard

I have no secret of success but hard work.

成功無秘訣，只是努力干。

566 hard

It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.

開設店鋪易，維持常開難。

567 hard

It is hard to please all parties.

取悅各方，談何容易。

568 hard

It's easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again.

墮入陷阱易，脫離陷阱難。

569 hard

It's hard sailing when there is no wind.

沒有風難航行。

570 hard

Love and poverty are hard to hide.

愛和窮難隱瞞。

571 hard

Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

愛情把一切冷酷的心變得溫柔。

572 hard

Hard words break no bones.指罵人者認為粗暴嚴厲的說話不會傷害別人。

如果罵人者都能夠為對方設想，對下屬、妻子、丈夫、朋友、子女說話時，會收到更好的效果。

活學活用：hard （形容詞），指堅實、困難的、嚴厲的─ hard labour 苦工； hard winter 嚴冬─ a hard drinker

指酒量大的人

─ his body is as hard as brick.

他的身體很結實。─ think hard，try hard！老師很多時候鼓勵學生思考，努力嘗試，會說以上的話。

Break 破壞、破裂、爆發─ the war breaks out 戰爭突發─ the day breaks 破曉─ break up 分手； break even

打成和局

─ breaks surface （潛水艇）浮出水面─ give me a break！ 不要煩我─ break in to a house

入屋偷竊

573 eclipse

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

一葉可障目。

574 house

A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another.

一個蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一個聰明人在別人家里所知的事要多。

575 house

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

家庭內訌難維系。

576 house

A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.

有寶何必人前夸。

577 house

Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

投鼠忌器。

578 house

By the street of "Bye and bye" one arrives at the house of "Never".

遷延因循，一事無成。

579 house

Hang up one's hat in another's house.

在別人家里久留不去，長期居住。

580 house

He who lives in glass house should not throw stones.

正人先正己。

581 house

It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down.

馬后炮。

582 house

The house shows the owner.

文如其人。

583 house

The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house.

婦女照鏡越多，照管家務就越少。

584 house

There is a skeleton in every house.

每座房子都有骨架。

585 house

The wife is the key of the house.

妻子是一家的鑰匙。

586 house

To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint.

由于面貌美麗而娶妻，猶如油漆漂亮而買屋。

587 house

Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.

兩貓伴一鼠，兩妻居一屋，兩狗肯一骨，萬難同相處。

588 house

Who holds the purse rules the house.

錢可神通。

589 house

Those who live in a glass house should not throw stones.住在玻璃房子里的人最好不要向他人投擲石頭，否則后果自負。

解釋：因為別人也可以向玻璃房投擲石頭，從而自食其果。意指不要說他人的是非長短，因為自己也有缺點。

活學活用：Tom enjoys a glass now and then with his buddies.湯姆常常喜歡和老友一起喝酒。

A glass

指杯中物，即 a glass of wine，經常用a glass代替。glassware：玻璃器皿glasswork：玻璃制品glassworks：玻璃制造業

glass culture：溫室栽培 注：glasses 是指眼鏡。I wear glasses. 我戴眼鏡。a pair of glass

一付眼鏡。

590 house

Don't look a gift house in the mouth.意指不要在贈馬的口里查看（因為從馬嘴里的牙齒可看出馬的年齡）。

言外之意指不要批評、挑剔禮物，老師、家長通常都會用這個道理教育小孩。

活學活用：horse — Eat like a horse. 指大吃的人。— Work like a horse. 做事苦干、實干。— Tell that to the horses！

指這些話只能騙外行去吧！

Horse gear — 馬具Horse master — 馴馬師Horsewhip — 馬鞭gift — Do not spoil your child with too many gifts.

不要送太多禮物，以免寵壞孩子。

— Tom is a person of many gifts. 湯姆是個多才的人。— We are all gifted （動詞）with conscience.

我們都有天賦的良心。

591 house

Hard words break no bones.指罵人者認為粗暴嚴厲的說話不會傷害別人。

如果罵人者都能夠為對方設想，對下屬、妻子、丈夫、朋友、子女說話時，會收到更好的效果。

活學活用：hard （形容詞），指堅實、困難的、嚴厲的─ hard labour 苦工； hard winter 嚴冬─ a hard drinker

指酒量大的人

─ his body is as hard as brick.

他的身體很結實。─ think hard，try hard！老師很多時候鼓勵學生思考，努力嘗試，會說以上的話。

Break 破壞、破裂、爆發─ the war breaks out 戰爭突發─ the day breaks 破曉─ break up 分手； break even

打成和局

─ breaks surface （潛水艇）浮出水面─ give me a break！ 不要煩我─ break in to a house

入屋偷竊

592 way

Ambition never dies until there is no way out.

不到黃河心不死。

593 way

A merry heart goes all the way.

生性樂天，終身受用。

594 way

An old dog cannot alter its way of barking.

老狗難改吠聲。

595 way

A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.

失友都因借錢起。

596 way

A straw shows which way the wind blows.

一葉便知秋。

597 way

A wilful man will have his way.

有志者是竟成。

598 way

Better ask twice than lose you way once.

寧愿問路兩次勝過迷路一次。

599 way

He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere.

遇事多問，隨處可行。

600 way

He who wills success is half way to it.

下定決心成功的人是成功了一半。

601 way

It is as well to know which way the wind blows.

識時務者為俊杰。

602 way

Love will find out the way.

愛情會自找出路。

603 way

No way is impossible to courage

勇敢面前沒有通不過的路。

604 way

Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way.

文雅就是善良地做事，和善地說話。

605 way

The farthest way about is the nearest way home.

欲速則不達。

606 way

The longest way round is the shortest way home.

繞道似最遠，歸程是捷徑。

607 way

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.

要想多做事情，最簡單的辦法是一次只做一件事。

608 way

The surest way to be happy is to be busy.

要快樂，最可靠的辦法是忙碌。

609 way

Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.

教學相長。

610 way

To be of use in the world is the only way to be happy.

為善最樂。

611 way

To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge.

饒恕敵人是一種巧妙的報復方法。

612 way

To pay a person in his own way.

以其人之道還治其人之身。

613 way

Where there is a will, there is a way（or skill）.

有決心，就有辦法。

614 way

Lead a cat-and-dog life.過著貓狗生活，特指感情惡劣的夫婦生活，經常吵架，水火不容。

活學活用：Cat ─ A cat has nine lives. 貓有九命，指命大。─ It is raining cats and dogs.

正大雨傾盆。─ has a cat's sleep.打盹，打瞌睡。

─ Shoot the cat. 飲酒過多而嘔吐的口頭話。Dog ─ Lead a dog's life. 過困苦的日子。─ dog's chance

指極有限的一點機會。

─ a sly dog 指人滑頭、奸猾。─ dog's sleep 指打盹，但一有聲音就會醒。Lead ─ 動詞，過日子，或指帶領、率先─ lead the way

帶路

─ lead an army 帶一支軍隊─ lead him by the nose 指使人盲從，乖乖就范服從─ vanity can lead to greed

虛榮心會導致貪婪

─ take the lead （名詞）in swimming 領先─ gain the lead in a race

在賽跑中領先

615 perpetual

A contented mind is perpetual feast.

知足常樂。

616 absent

He that fears you present, will hate you absent.

當面怕你的人背后會恨你。

617 absent

Long absent, soon forgotten.

長久不在的人，很快被忘懷。

618 absent

The eye is blind if the mind is absent.

心不專則眼不明。

619 absent

To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.

維持友誼需要三點∶當面尊重他，背后贊揚他，需要時幫助他。

620 answer

A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.

一愚發問，七智結舌。

621 answer

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

愚者所問，智者難答。

622 answer

No answer is also answer.

不回答也是一種回答。

623 answer

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

最簡短的回答就是干。

624 can

A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.

一愚發問，七智結舌。

625 can

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

愚者所問，智者難答。

626 can

A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men can not pull out.

一愚所失，百智難回。

627 can

A man can die but once.

人生只有一次死。

628 can

A man can do no more than he can.

凡事只能量力而行。

629 can

A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife.

妻子浪費無度，丈夫不會出頭。

630 can

A man can not spin and reel at the same time.

一心不能二用。

631 can

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

星星之火，可以燎原。

632 can

Be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man.

務請心情常歡暢，只因無人喜憂傷。

633 can

Bite off more than one can chew.

貪多咽不下。

634 can

Blind men can judge no colors.

不宜問道于盲。

635 can

Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know.

不要為所能為，不要花盡所有，不要全信所聞，不要言盡所知。

636 can

Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy.

蠢人也能找出聰明人無法彌補的岔子來的。

637 can

Experience is a school from which one can never graduate.

經驗無止境。

638 can

False with one can be false with two.

對一個人虛偽，也會對兩個人虛偽。

639 can

Force can never destroy right.

暴力絕不能摧毀正義。

640 can

God defend me from my friends; form my enemy I can defend myself.

防友靠天，防敵靠己。

641 can

Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a noble man can do.

以德報德，人人都能做到；以德報怨只有高尚的人才能辦到。

642 can

He can who believe he can.

643 can

He knows enough that can live and hold his peace.

見多識廣者沉默寡言。

644 can

He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly.

生而缺德，死必寡誠。

645 can

He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow.

能忍一時氣，可免一日優。

646 can

Honesty may be dear bought, but can never be an ill penny-worth.

出高價買來的誠實，不會永遠沒有價值。

647 can

I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles.

我不是奴隸，也不是俘虜，我有力量可以克服更大的艱難險阻。

648 can

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him.

如果倒空錢袋，裝入腦袋，那就無人能夠把錢奪走。

649 can

If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get.

隨遇而安。

650 can

If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue.

如果不健康而能強強壯壯，那么無美德也可快快樂樂。

651 can

Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the dumb understand.

善良為語言，聾子能天見啞巴懂心間。

652 can

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

知識有兩種，一種是我們自己知道的東西，另一種是知道哪里可以找到有關的資料。

653 can

Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed.

知識是萬物中最珍貴的財寶，丟不掉，偷不走，也不會損耗。

654 can

Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you.

要學會受痛苦而不怨，這是我教你的至要之事。

655 can

Little pigeons can carry great messages.

少年也可以成大事。

656 can

Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine,

but lost time is gone for ever.

失去的財富可由勤奮而恢復，失去的知識可由學習而恢復，失去的健康可由節制或藥物而恢復，但失去的時間卻一去永不復返。

657 can

Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace.

愛情可使茅屋成為金碧輝煌的宮殿。

658 can

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

盡力而為，盡力節約，盡力施舍。

659 can

Money can buy the devil himself.

有錢能使鬼推磨。

660 can

Money can move even the gods.

有錢能使鬼推磨。

661 can

No living man all things can.

世上無全能。

662 can

No man can be a good ruler unless he has first been ruled.

沒受過他人的統治，就不能很好地統治他人。

663 can

No man can do two things at once.

心無二用。

664 can

No man can make a good coat with bad cloth.

巧匠難以劣布制美服。

665 can

None but a wise man can employ leisure well.

唯智者善于利用空閑。

666 can

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral;

no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

所有的人自由后，才能完全自由；所有的人都有道德，才能完全合乎道德；所有的人都幸福了，才能真正幸福。

667 can

No one can call back yesterday.

往日不復返。

668 can

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

除非羞恥自由取，他人豈能辱吾？。

669 can

No one can have all he desires.

無人能有所欲有。

670 can

No piper can please all ears.

眾口難調。

671 can

One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.

人難一世稱雄，但可一生為人。

672 can

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

十個朋友做的好事抵不上一個敵人造成的危害。

673 can

One father can support ten children, ten children cannot support one father.

一個父親能扶養十個孩子，十個孩子卻不能贍養一個父親。

674 can

One who can do everything can do nothing.

什么都能做，什么都不行。

675 can

One wrong （or false） move can lose the whole game.

棋錯一著，全盤皆輸。

676 can

Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach.

說教的人不身體力行，就只能空談，不能起教育作用。

677 can

Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can.

智者皆能視苦為樂。

678 can

The best teacher one can have is necessity.

我們能得到的最好教師是"需要".

679 can

The devil can cite the scriptures for his purpose.

魔鬼替其狡辯，也會引經據點。

680 can

The future of society is in the hands of mothers; if the world was lost through woman she alone can save it.

社會的前途掌握在母親們手中；如果世界由于女人而毀滅，那么也只有女人才可挽救。

681 can

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

做得越多，則能做的越多；越是忙碌，則空閑越多。

682 can

The only secret a woman can keep is that of her age.

女人能保守的唯一秘密是她的年齡。

683 can

There is no wool so white but a dyer can make it black.

羊毛再白，也能染黑。

684 can

The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high.

舌頭雖只三寸長，但能殺害六尺漢。

685 can

The word once spoken can never be realled.

一言既出，駟馬難追。

686 can

They bray most that can do least.

說話最多的人，能做的事最少。

687 can

They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can.

不能為所欲為者，也當盡力而為之。

688 can

Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.

認為有了錢就能辦一切的人，往往準備為了錢而無所不為。

689 can

Time and words can never be recalled.

消逝的時間和說出的話不能追回。

690 can

We can live without a brother, but not without a friend.

我們生活中可以沒有兄弟，但不能沒有朋友。

691 can

We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbors.

生活可無友，鄰居不能無。

692 can

What's done can't be undone. 無可挽回。

潑水難收？

693 can

Whom we love best to them we can say least.

對我們的最愛的人，我們可說的話最少。

694 can

Without method, little can be done to any good purpose.

不講究方法，辦事就沒有成效。

695 can

You can do more than strike while the iron is hot; you can make the iron hot by striking.

鐵熱時，你能做的不止是錘打，而錘打可使鐵熱。

696 can

You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time;

but you can't fool all of the people all the time.

你可以一直愚弄一些人，甚至可以在某個時期愚弄所有的人；但不能一直愚弄所有的人。

697 can

You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.

馬到河邊不喝水，逼馬低頭亦枉然。（不要逼人做他不愿做的事）

698 can

You can't eat your cake and have it.

不能既要吃餅，又要把餅保存。

699 can

You can't make bricks without straw.

沒有稻草，制磚難搞。

700 can

You can't make omelets without breaking eggs.

有失才有得。

701 can

You never know what you can do till you try.

事非經過不知難。

702 can

Lead a cat-and-dog life.過著貓狗生活，特指感情惡劣的夫婦生活，經常吵架，水火不容。

活學活用：Cat ─ A cat has nine lives. 貓有九命，指命大。─ It is raining cats and dogs.

正大雨傾盆。─ has a cat's sleep.打盹，打瞌睡。

─ Shoot the cat. 飲酒過多而嘔吐的口頭話。Dog ─ Lead a dog's life. 過困苦的日子。─ dog's chance

指極有限的一點機會。

─ a sly dog 指人滑頭、奸猾。─ dog's sleep 指打盹，但一有聲音就會醒。Lead ─ 動詞，過日子，或指帶領、率先─ lead the way

帶路

─ lead an army 帶一支軍隊─ lead him by the nose 指使人盲從，乖乖就范服從─ vanity can lead to greed

虛榮心會導致貪婪

─ take the lead （名詞）in swimming 領先─ gain the lead in a race

在賽跑中領先

703 can

Don't put all eggs in one basket.意思是不要將所有的蛋放在一個籃子里。意謂不要孤注一擲地集中財力做一件事或投資股票等等，倘若一失手，全盤受損。

活學活用：put 動詞，有很多種用法─ put milk to（in） tea 放牛奶在茶里─ put baby to bed 把嬰兒安頓睡覺─ put a man in jail

把人關進牢里

─ put a child into his hands 把孩子托付給他─ put on your glasses（jacket）

戴上眼鏡（穿上上衣）。

─ put away your shoes 拿開鞋子─ put down a riot 鎮壓平息暴亂─ put the mistake down to someone

將錯誤推給他人

─ can't put up with him anymore

再也忍受不了他

704 hit

A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

愚者千慮，必有一得。

705 hit

If you don't aim high you will never hit high.

不立大志，難攀高峰。

706 stitch

A stitch in time saves nine.

小洞不補，大洞吃苦。

707 gear

Don't look a gift house in the mouth.意指不要在贈馬的口里查看（因為從馬嘴里的牙齒可看出馬的年齡）。

言外之意指不要批評、挑剔禮物，老師、家長通常都會用這個道理教育小孩。

活學活用：horse — Eat like a horse. 指大吃的人。— Work like a horse. 做事苦干、實干。— Tell that to the horses！

指這些話只能騙外行去吧！

Horse gear — 馬具Horse master — 馴馬師Horsewhip — 馬鞭gift — Do not spoil your child with too many gifts.

不要送太多禮物，以免寵壞孩子。

— Tom is a person of many gifts. 湯姆是個多才的人。— We are all gifted （動詞）with conscience.

我們都有天賦的良心。

708 disgrace

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

除非羞恥自由取，他人豈能辱吾？。

709 disgrace

Poverty is a pain, but no disgrace.

貧困是痛苦，但不是恥辱。

710 disgrace

Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace.

貧窮并不可恥，窮而不爭氣才可恥。

711 shameful

Better a glorious death than a shameful life.

忍辱貪生不如死得光榮。

712 mature

In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden.

青年時代是黃金的，壯年時代是白銀的，老年時代是灰鉛的。

713 mature

Wine and judgement mature with age.

酒存放年代越久越香，判斷力隨年齡而增長。

714 comedy

Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels.

對善思考者，人生為喜劇；對憑感覺者，人生為悲劇。

715 comedy

The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

世界對思惟著的人來說，是一出喜劇，而對憑感覺的人看來，只是一出悲劇。

716 fly

A word spoken is an arrow let fly.

一言既出，駟馬難追。

717 fly

Don't fly till you wings are feathered.

羽毛未豐不要飛。

718 fly

Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.

鷹單飛，羊群集。

719 fly

Pleasant hours fly fast.

歡樂的時間過得快。

720 fly

When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out at the mouth.

心中發火，口吐妄言。

721 mirror

In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart.

明鏡照容顏，醇酒見人心。

722 mirror

The best mirror is an old friend.

老朋友是最好的鏡子。

723 mirror

Wine is mirror of the mind.

酒后吐真言。

724 white

There is no wool so white but a dyer can make it black.

羊毛再白，也能染黑。

725 white

Two blacks do not make a white.兩個烏黑不等于一個清白。

726 head

A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land.

聰明腦袋勤勞手，走遍天下貴如金。

727 head

All the wit in the world is not in one head.

世界上所有的智慧不可能集中于一個腦袋。

728 head

A still tongue makes a wise head.

智者寡言。

729 head

A wise head makes a close mouth.

智者寡言。

730 head

Better an empty purse than an empty head.

寧可錢袋癟，不要腦袋空。

731 head

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

寧為犬首，不作獅尾。

732 head

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.

寧為驢頭，不為馬尾。

733 head

Fish begins to stink at the head.

上梁不正下梁歪。

734 head

He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere.

遇事多問，隨處可行。

735 head

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him.

如果倒空錢袋，裝入腦袋，那就無人能夠把錢奪走。

736 head

One good head is better than a hundred strong hands.

上百雙有力的手，不如一個聰明的頭腦。

737 head

The heart sees further than the head.

心之所見遠勝于目。

738 head

Too much knowledge makes the head bald.

知識多，老得快。

739 cuckoo

The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away.

布谷鳥，四月來，五月在，仲夏唱支歌，然后就飛開。

740 difficult

All things are difficult before they are easy.

凡事都是先難后易。

741 difficult

It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.

對每一件事知道一些是容易的，對任何一件事詳細知道是困難的。

742 difficult

Nothing is difficult to a man who wills.

世上無難事，只怕有心人。

743 difficult

Nothing is impossible （or difficult） to the man who will try.

天下無難事，只怕不努力。

744 difficult

The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of labour.

三件事最困難∶保守秘密，忘卻傷害和善用精力。

745 difficult

To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all.

積財難，守財最難，而聰明地散財最難。

746 sign

An evening red and a morning grey, is a sign of a fair day.

晚霞紅如火，曉色青如灰，定是晴朗天。

747 sign

It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb.

狐貍舔羔羊，這是兇跡象。

748 assurance

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.

進展即今日的活動和明日的保證。

749 blue

I am caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.

進退維谷。

750 blue

The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.

天不會因瞎子看不見而減其藍色。

751 blue

True blue will never stain.

真金不怕火。

752 blue

Beat around

（about） the bush.打草撥叢地找什么東西，意謂旁敲側擊地刺探別人。

如果當事人不介意，大可說：“Don't beat around the bush.”（想知道什么，直說吧。）

活學活用：Beat（動詞），打，打敗敵人─ Beat a man black and blue.

把人打得青一塊、紫一塊。

─ beat back 擊退；beat up on someone

毆打人─ beat it！走為上策，快跑掉的口頭語。

753 counsel

A fool may give a wise man counsel.

愚者千慮，必有一得。

754 counsel

Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.

考慮要仔細，行動要迅速。

755 counsel

Good counsel does no harm.

忠言無害。

756 counsel

Good counsel never comes amiss.

忠言有利無害。

757 counsel

Good counsel never comes too late.

忠言絕不嫌遲。

758 counsel

If the counsel be good no matter who gave it.

只要忠告中肯，誰提都行。

759 counsel

If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.

如果老狗叫，他是給忠告。

760 counsel

It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it.

提出忠告易，照著辦事難。

761 counsel

To youth I have but words of counsel —— work, work, work.

對青年人，我要奉勸幾句話∶工作，工作，再工作。

762 suppress

He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow.

能忍一時氣，可免一日優。

763 quench

The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.

瓶中之酒不解渴。

764 quench

Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.

瓶中之酒不解渴。

765 thoughtless

Downy lips make thoughtless slips.

嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢。

766 convert

To convert defeat into victory.

反敗為勝。

767 maid

A maid that laughs is half taken.

少女露笑臉，婚事半成全。

768 nose

He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.

做賊心虛。

769 nose

Lead a cat-and-dog life.過著貓狗生活，特指感情惡劣的夫婦生活，經常吵架，水火不容。

活學活用：Cat ─ A cat has nine lives. 貓有九命，指命大。─ It is raining cats and dogs.

正大雨傾盆。─ has a cat's sleep.打盹，打瞌睡。

─ Shoot the cat. 飲酒過多而嘔吐的口頭話。Dog ─ Lead a dog's life. 過困苦的日子。─ dog's chance

指極有限的一點機會。

─ a sly dog 指人滑頭、奸猾。─ dog's sleep 指打盹，但一有聲音就會醒。Lead ─ 動詞，過日子，或指帶領、率先─ lead the way

帶路

─ lead an army 帶一支軍隊─ lead him by the nose 指使人盲從，乖乖就范服從─ vanity can lead to greed

虛榮心會導致貪婪

─ take the lead （名詞）in swimming 領先─ gain the lead in a race

在賽跑中領先

770 imitation

No man ever yet became great by imitation.

笑顰不能成西施。

771 pluck

The older the goose the harder to pluck.

越老越狡猾。

772 breed

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

小不忍則亂大謀。

773 cradle

Life is a battle from cradle to grave.

人生是一場從生到死的戰斗。

774 cradle

What is learnt in the cradle lasts （or is carried） to the grave.

小時學會的事情到老不會忘記。

775 cradle

What's learnt in the cradle lasts till the tomb.

小時學過的，至死不忘記。

776 energetic

This world belongs to the energetic.

世界屬于精力旺盛的人。

777 grind

Mills of God grind slowly but sure.

天網恢恢，疏而不漏。

778 grind

The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

覆水難收。

779 grind

The mills of God grind slowly but sure.

天網恢恢，疏而不漏。

780 scratch

Scratch me and I'll scratch you

朋比為奸。

781 scratch

Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

朋比為奸。

782 napkin

Hide one's talents in a napkin.

埋沒自己的才能。

783 alas

Credit, like a looking-glass, broken once, is gone, alas!

信譽像鏡子，破碎無法補。

784 dry

It's no use pumping a dry well.

徒勞無益。

785 dry

We never know the worth （or value） of water till the well is dry.

井枯方知水可貴。

786 provision

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.

學問在得意時是裝飾品，失意時是庇護所，年老時是供應品。

787 deal

There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.

渴望求知的人需要讀書，累得疲勞的人也需要書讀，兩種人的要求有很大的區別。

788 architect

Each man is the architect of his own fate.

命運掌握在自己手中。

789 architect

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

每個人都是他自己命運的建筑師。

790 strange

Adversity makes strange bed fellows.

身處逆境不擇友。

791 strange

Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows.

落難時不擇伙伴。

792 strange

Misery makes strange bedfellows.

患難時不擇友。

793 maiden

A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.

少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的一個。

794 steal

He that will lie will steal.

說謊者必行竊。

795 steal

He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.

會偷蛋的，也會偷牛。

796 steal

One man may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge.

只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈。

797 steal

Take time when time comes lest time steal away.

機不可失，時不再來。

798 steal

There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it.

沒有什么財富像知識那樣保險，因為它偷不去，搶不走。

799 echo

As the call, so the echo.

發什么聲音，有什么回聲。

800 echo

Three things soon pass away; the echo of the woods, the rainbow, and woman's beauty.

三樣東西最易消逝∶樹林的回響，彩虹和婦女的美貌。

801 block

A book that remains shut is but a block.

有書閉卷不閱讀，無異是一塊木頭。

802 block

What is sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

教育之于心靈，猶如雕刻之于大理石。

803 number

Deliver not your words by number but by weight.

言不在多，而在有物。

804 number

Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number.

近朱者赤。

805 misery

He bears misery best who hides it most.

最會隱瞞痛苦者，乃是最善忍受痛苦人。

806 captive

I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles.

我不是奴隸，也不是俘虜，我有力量可以克服更大的艱難險阻。

807 flap

Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail.

你跟驢子開玩笑，將被驢尾打耳光。

808 greed

Lead a cat-and-dog life.過著貓狗生活，特指感情惡劣的夫婦生活，經常吵架，水火不容。

活學活用：Cat ─ A cat has nine lives. 貓有九命，指命大。─ It is raining cats and dogs.

正大雨傾盆。─ has a cat's sleep.打盹，打瞌睡。

─ Shoot the cat. 飲酒過多而嘔吐的口頭話。Dog ─ Lead a dog's life. 過困苦的日子。─ dog's chance

指極有限的一點機會。

─ a sly dog 指人滑頭、奸猾。─ dog's sleep 指打盹，但一有聲音就會醒。Lead ─ 動詞，過日子，或指帶領、率先─ lead the way

帶路

─ lead an army 帶一支軍隊─ lead him by the nose 指使人盲從，乖乖就范服從─ vanity can lead to greed

虛榮心會導致貪婪

─ take the lead （名詞）in swimming 領先─ gain the lead in a race

在賽跑中領先

809 scar

Though the wound be healed yet a scar remains.

創傷可愈合，傷疤猶留存。

810 preach

If the beard were all, the goat might preach.

如果有了胡須就什么都行，那么山羊也可以說教了。

811 preach

Practice what you preach.

言必行。

812 preach

Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach.

說教的人不身體力行，就只能空談，不能起教育作用。

813 govern

Riches either serve or govern the possessor.

財富可以侍候主人，也可以支配主人。

814 govern

The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

最好的政府是教導我們管理自己。

815 ass

An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.

驢子能負重，但不堪超過力之所及。

816 ass

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.

寧為驢頭，不為馬尾。

817 ass

Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail.

你跟驢子開玩笑，將被驢尾打耳光。

818 ass

The ass wags his ears.

自鳴得意。

819 ass

To travel through the world it is necessary to have the mouth of hog, the legs of a stag, the eyes of a falcon, the ears of an ass,

shoulders of a camel, and the face of an ape, and overplus, a satchel full of money and patience.

周游世界須有豬嘴巴，鹿的腿，鷹的雙眼，驢的耳，駱駝的肩膀和猿猴的臉，尤其需要的是要有滿口袋的金錢和耐心。

820 vigour

Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour.

著手前要深思熟慮，執行要果斷有力。

821 rational

Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression.

人生必須永遠前進，才不愧為有理智的人。

822 pledge

You must not pledge your own health.

切不可把健康作孤注一擲。

823 workshop

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

游手好閑是萬惡之源。

824 baby

Many kiss the baby for the nurse's sake.

醉翁之意不在酒。

825 baby

Napoleon himself was once a crying baby.

即使是拿破侖，過去也是啼哭的嬰孩。

826 baby

Don't put all eggs in one basket.意思是不要將所有的蛋放在一個籃子里。意謂不要孤注一擲地集中財力做一件事或投資股票等等，倘若一失手，全盤受損。

活學活用：put 動詞，有很多種用法─ put milk to（in） tea 放牛奶在茶里─ put baby to bed 把嬰兒安頓睡覺─ put a man in jail

把人關進牢里

─ put a child into his hands 把孩子托付給他─ put on your glasses（jacket）

戴上眼鏡（穿上上衣）。

─ put away your shoes 拿開鞋子─ put down a riot 鎮壓平息暴亂─ put the mistake down to someone

將錯誤推給他人

─ can't put up with him anymore

再也忍受不了他

827 storm

After a storm comes a calm.

否極泰來。

828 storm

Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.

樹大招風。

829 caution

In prosperity caution, in adversity patience.

處順境時要小心，處逆境時要耐心。

830 steady

Slow and steady wins the race.

跛鱉千里。

831 reverse

Every medal has its reverse.

事物都有它的反面。

832 perfect

Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

833 Heaven

Heaven helps those who help themselves.

天助自助者。

834 Heaven

Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.

天網恢恢，疏而不漏。

835 question

There are two sides to every question.

每個問題都有兩個方面。

836 enrich

By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.

讀書可以使我門的思想充實，談話使其更臻完美。

837 strive

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

要奮斗，要探索，要有所發現，而不要屈服。

838 strive

Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。

839 end

All good things came to an end.

天下無不散之宴席。

840 end

A woman's work is never at an end.

婦女的活計做不完。

841 end

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

仁愛須由近及遠。

842 end

Choice of the end covers choice of the means.

選擇目的包含著選擇手段。

843 end

Everything hath an end.

任何事物都有它的結果。

844 end

Good to begin well, better to end well.

善始好，善終更好。

845 end

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts,

he shall end in certainties.

如果以肯定開始，必將以懷疑告終；如果愿以懷疑開始，必將以肯定告終。

846 end

In every beginning think of the end.

思前顧后。

847 end

I now know that wars do not end wars.

如今我才弄明白，干戈不能化玉帛。

848 end

In the end things will mend.

船到橋頭自會直。

849 end

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.

天賦我們兩耳，兩眼，一張嘴巴，歸根到底該多聽，多看，少說話。

850 end

That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end.

最后的聰明才算真聰明。

851 end

The end crowns the work.

工作成敗要看結果。

852 end

The end justifies （or sanctifies） the means.

只問目的，不問手段。

853 end

The longest day has an end.

天下沒有不散的盛筵。

854 end

There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen; and in the end the former is always conquered by the latter.

世界上只有兩種力量∶刀和筆；而其結果，后者總是戰勝前者。

855 end

Things rashly taken end as ill.

草率從事沒有好結果。

856 recommendation

A good face is a letter of recommendation.

好的相貌就是一封推薦的介紹信。

857 recommendation

Self-praise is no recommendation.

自我吹噓，決不可取。

858 misfortune

A hero is known in the time of misfortune.

時勢造英雄。

859 misfortune

Good watch prevents misfortune.

有備無患。

860 misfortune

He is unfortunate who cannot bear misfortune.

不能承受不幸的就是不幸。

861 misfortune

It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune.

對己之不幸付之一笑，這是一門偉大的藝術。

862 misfortune

One misfortune comes on the neck of another.

禍不單行。

863 misfortune

Think about the misfortune of others that you may be satisfied with your own lot.

想想別人的不幸，你可以對自己的命運感到滿足。

864 misfortune

To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.

要真正了解一個人，需在不幸中考察他。

865 crab

You cannot make a crab walk straight.

江山易改，本性難移。

866 ear

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

選妻，最好用耳莫用眼。

867 ear

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice.

要多聽少說。

868 ear

Music is the eye of the ear.

音樂是耳朵的眼睛。

869 ear

One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

朽木不可雕。

870 ear

The great fish ear up the small.

弱肉強食。

871 ear

Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement.

一穗兩雀爭，意見亂紛紛。

872 ear

You （or One） cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

粗瓷碗雕不出細花來。

873 ascend

It is easier to descend than to ascend.

下降容易上升難。

874 carry

If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow.

得寸進尺。

875 carry

Little pigeons can carry great messages.

少年也可以成大事。

876 carry

Patience and application will carry us through.

忍耐和努力會使我們度過難關。

877 carry

Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms.

責任必須負在肩上，不能挾在腋下。

878 carry

The dog that fetches will carry.

來道是非者，便是是非人。

879 mend

In the end things will mend.

船到橋頭自會直。

880 mend

Never too late to mend.

過則勿憚改。

881 mend

Our best friends are they who tell us our faults and help us to mend them.

最好的朋友是指出我們的缺點并幫助改正的人。

882 between

A secret between more than two is no secret.

兩人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。

883 between

I am caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.

進退維谷。

884 between

Put not your hand between the bark and the tree.

少管閑事。

885 between

The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between.

敬而遠之。

886 between

There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.

渴望求知的人需要讀書，累得疲勞的人也需要書讀，兩種人的要求有很大的區別。

887 between

There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

天有不測風云。

888 market

A moneyless man goes fast through the market.

一個沒錢的人很快穿過市場。

889 market

Love is not to be found in the market.

愛情在市場上是找不到的。

890 sweeten

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

有點禮貌使生活愉快，多點禮貌使生活高尚。

891 breakfast

A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.

寧為清貧，不為濁富。

892 breakfast

Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.

希望是美味的早點，但又是難咽的晚餐。

893 breakfast

Laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper.

樂極生悲。

894 prevention

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

預防勝于治療。

895 denial

Death when it comes will have no denial.

死亡來臨時，無可抗拒之。

896 nice

Everything is nice in your garden.

老王賣瓜，自賣自夸。

897 requisite

Self-confidence is the first requisite to human greatness.

人類的偉大，首要的是要有自信。

898 sink

A little leak will sink a great ship.

千丈之堤潰于蟻穴。

899 sink

A small leak will sink a great ship.

一個小漏洞可能弄沉一艘大輪船。

900 sink

Many sands will sink a ship.

積沙沉船。

901 sink

Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow.

在罪惡中游泳的人，必將在悲哀中沉沒。

902 count

Don't count your chicken before they are hatched.

不要過早樂觀。

903 count

I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good friends.

我認為，只有在腦海中想起好朋友時我才會那樣快樂。

904 count

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.

怒時數十再說話，大怒數百方開言。

905 log

Roll my log and I'll roll yours.

互相吹噓。

906 log

You roll my log and I'll roll yours.

互相吹噓。

907 warning

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

一次痛苦的經驗抵得上千百次的告誡。

908 value

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.

欲知金錢價，不妨把錢借；借錢味難嘗，使人心悲傷。

909 value

Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily, it must be worked for, studied for, thought for,

and more than all, must be prayed for.

真正的學問，像其他一切有價值的東西一樣，是不容易得到的，必須學習、鉆研、思考，最重要的是必須有迫切的要求。

910 value

True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.

真誠的友誼猶如強健的身體，要到失去它時，才知它的可貴。

911 value

We never know the worth （or value） of water till the well is dry.

井枯方知水可貴。

912 expect

We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.

欲找朋友無缺點，永遠不會有朋友。

913 expect

What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?

狗嘴里吐不出象牙。

914 monk

The cowl （or hood） does not make the monk.

穿袈裟的不一定是和尚。

915 mild

Maidens should （or must） be mild and meek, swift to hear and slow to speak.

少女應溫良謙恭，敏于聽而慎于言。

916 skeleton

There is a skeleton in every house.

每座房子都有骨架。

917 except

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.

不犯千般錯誤，難成偉大人物。

918 complaint

He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.

經常訴苦抱怨，難以博得同情。

919 forward

Youth looks forward and age backward.

青年人向前看，老年人向后看。

920 coin

Pay somebody back in his own coin.

一報還一報。

921 start

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

星星之火，可以燎原。

922 start

Early start makes easy stages.

早開始是成功的保證。

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