Caillou & Mom's Corner

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.   雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手---十賒不如一現

A friend in need, is a friend indeed.   患難中之友乃是真友---患難見真情

A leopard can't change its spots.   江山易改；本性難移

A man is known by the company he keeps.  觀其友而知其人

A new broom sweeps clean.   新官上任三把火

A penny saved is a penny earned.   省一文就是賺一文

A stitch in time saves nine.   及時的一針可以省下九針---今天的一針勝過明天的九針

A word to the wise is sufficient.   智者聞一知十---對一個有智慧的人，只需點到為止。

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.   小別勝新婚

Actions speak louder than words.   行動勝於言詞---事實勝於雄辯

All that glitters is not gold!   金玉其外敗絮其中---中看未必中用---人不可貌相

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.   老是工作而不遊戲會使人變成呆子

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.   每日一顆蘋果，終年遠離醫生。

An idle mind is the devil's workshop.   懶惰的心是魔鬼的工廠

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.   預防勝於治療

Beauty is only skin deep.   美貌是膚淺的---人不可貌相

Beggers can't be choosers.   癩蝦蟆別想吃天鵝肉

Better late than never.   遲到總比不到好

Better safe than sorry.   寧未雨綢繆，毋事後懊悔。

Birds of a feather flock together.   物以類聚

Blood is thicker than water.   血濃於水

Clothes make the man.   佛靠金裝，人要衣裝。

Curiosity killed the cat.   好奇殺死貓---休管閒事---好管閒事招惹麻煩

Do your best.  Angels can do no better.   天賦各有不同，只要盡力而為。

Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.   今日事，今日畢。

Don't bite off more than you can chew!   不可自不量力

Don't burn the candle at both ends.   別蠟燭兩頭燒---不可消耗太多的精力

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.    事情未實現以前，別打如意算盤。---勿過早樂觀 

Don't cry over spilled milk.------There's no use crying over spilled milk.   覆水難收，悔恨無益。

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.   不要孤注一擲

Easier said than done.   說是容易做是難

Every cloud has a silver lining.   福中有禍---塞翁失馬，焉知非福 ?

Experience is the best teacher.   經驗即良師

Forbidden fruit is sweet.   禁果是甜的---禁止的東西反而更想吃

God helps those who help themselves.   天助自助者

Haste makes waste.   欲速則不達

He who hesitates is lost.   猶豫者必失良機

Honesty is the best policy.   誠實才是上策

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.   打不敗就加入

It is more blessed to give than to receive.   施比受有福

Jack of all trades, master of none.   行行通，行行不精通。

Kill two birds with one stone.   一石二鳥

Laughter is the best medicine.   笑乃是良藥

Let sleeping dogs lie.   勿惹睡狗---勿惹事生非

Look before you leap.   三思而後行

Love is blind.   愛是盲目的---情人眼裡出西施

Man's work lasts till set of sun; woman's work is never done.  男人的工作日入而息 ; 女人的工作永遠做不完。 

Many hands make light work.   人手多，事易成。---人多好種田

Misery loves company.   同病相憐

Money talks!   有錢能使鬼推磨

Necessity is the mother of invention.   需要為發明之母

No man is an island.   沒有人是孤立的

No news is good news.   沒有消息就是好消息

No one knows what he can do till he tries.   試試看才知道會不會

No pains, no gains.    不勞則無所獲

No sooner said than done.   立刻照辦

Nothing attempted, nothing gained!   不嘗試則無所獲

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.   除死與稅，世事無一確實者。

One good turn deserves another.   善有善報---禮尚往來

One man's meat is another man's poison.   利於甲者未必利於乙---人各有所好

One rotten aple spoils the whole lot.   一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥

Out of sight, out of mind.   久離則情疏

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.   自己有缺點最好別說別人

Practice makes perfect.   熟能生巧

Pretty is as pretty does.  行為善者始為美---心美貌亦美

Pride goes before a fall.   驕者必敗

Put your shoulder to the wheel.   助一臂之力

Rome wasn't built in a day.   羅馬不是一天造成的

Seeing is believing.   眼見為憑---百聞不如一見

Strike while the iron's hot.   打鐵趁熱 ; 趁機行事。

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.   黎明之前是最黑暗的時刻---否極泰來

The early bird catches the worm.   早起的鳥兒有蟲吃

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.  

隔壁的草總是比較翠綠---這山望見那山高---老婆是別人的好

There is no royal road to learning.   學問無捷徑

Things are not always what they seem.   事情總不是表面那樣---人不可貌相

Time and tide wait for no man.   歲月不饒人

Time heals all.   時間治療一切

Too many cooks spoil the soup.   廚師多了煮壞湯---人多礙事

Try to please everyone and you will please no one.   欲求萬全，必無一全。

Two heads are better than one.   三個臭皮匠勝過一個諸葛亮

Two's company; three's a crowd.   兩人恰恰好，三人就嫌多。

Well begun is half done.   好的開始是成功的一半

When in Rome do as the Romans.   入境隨俗

When the cat's away, the mice will play.   貓一走， 老鼠就造反。

When the horse is stolen, shut the stable door.   亡羊補牢，為時已晚。

Where there's a will there's a way.   有志者，事竟成。

English Proverbs

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