英语常用谚语总汇(编校好)--T

英语常用谚语总汇--T

■Take a hair of the dog that bit you. 以毒攻毒。

■Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can. 智者皆能视苦为乐。

■Take away my good name and take away my life. 夺了我的名誉等于夺了我的生命。

■Take care of small sums and the large will take care of themselves. 省小钱才能积大财。

■Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. 积少成多。

■Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves. 注意你的理智，声调自会小心。

■Take honour from me and my life is undone. 夺我名声，我命即亡。

■Take one’s courage in both hands. 勇往直前，敢作敢为。

■Take one thing with another. 由此及彼。

■Take something by the best handle. 理解某事物，乘其好机会。

■Take the rough with the smooth. 既能享乐也能吃苦。

■Take the world as it is. 随遇而安。

■Take the world as one finds it. 听之任之。

■Take things as they come 既来之，则安之。

■Take time by the forelock. 要抓住时机。

■Take time for deliberation; haste spoils everything. 要费时思考，急躁会坏事。

■Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. 做事要深思熟虑，但时机一到，就要动手，不要犹豫。

■Take time when time comes lest time steal away. 机不可失，时不再来。

■Take time while time is, for time will be away. 有时间要加以利用，因为时间是要消逝的。

■Talk of an angel and you’ll hear his wings. 说到曹操，曹操就到。

■Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear. 说鬼鬼到。

■Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。

■Tastes differ. 众口难调。

■Teaching others teaches yourself. 教学相长。

■Tears are the silent language of grief. 眼泪是悲哀的无声言辞。

■Telling your troubles is swelling your troubles. 诉说烦恼等于增加烦恼。

■Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art. 把你的交友讲给我听，我会讲出你是何许人。

■Tell not all you know nor judge of all you see if you would live in peace. 知道的不要全部倾吐，看到的不要都加评语，这样生活可以安宁。

■Temperance is the best physic. 克制乃是最好的治疗。

■Temperance is the greatest of virtues. 自我节制是最大的美德。

■That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. 好书开卷引人入胜，闭卷使人得益。

■That is not good language which all understand not. 不是人人都懂的语言不是好语言。

■That’s good wisdom which is wisdom in the end. 最后的聪明才算真聪明。

■That teacher helps his pupils most who most helps them to help themselves. 教师尽力帮助学生独立工作是给学生最大的帮助。

■That which is evil is soon learnt. 恶行易学。

■That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. 美丽而引人注目的东西不一定都善良，但善良的东西总是美丽的。

■That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass. 事非逆料偏易发生。

■That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember. 苦楚往日难忍受，记起也许甜心头。

■The abundance of money ruins youth. 钱多毁青年。

■The ass wags his ears. 自鸣得意。

■The battle is to the strong. 强者必胜。

■The beggar may sing before the thief. 既是穷光蛋，何虑窃贼偷。

■The beginnings of all things are small. 万事开头小。

■The belly has no ears. 食欲不长耳。

■The best fish smell when they are three days old. 鱼过三天后，再鲜也变臭。

■The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼游水底。

■The best hearts are always the bravest. 最善良的人往往是最勇敢的人。

■The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching. 玉不琢不成器。

■The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. 要求过高反难成功。

■The best is yet to be. 好戏在后头。

■The best man stumbles. 智者千虑，必有一失。

■The best mirror is an old friend. 老朋友是最好的镜子。

■The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. 最好的政府是教导我们管理自己。

■The best of friends must part. 莫逆至交，终有一别。

■The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between. 敬而远之。

■The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that of children. 面包的气味最香，食盐的滋味最鲜，儿童的情爱最纯。

■The best teacher one can have is necessity. 我们能得到的最好教师是“需要”。

■The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men. 启迪人性最好的导师是伟大人物的生活。

■The better the day, the better the deed. 日子越美好，事业越顺当。

■The bough that bears most, hangs lowest. 枝头结果越多，垂得越低。

■The brave man hazards his life, but not his conscience. 英雄的人可以冒生命危险，但不冒良心危险。

■The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots. 金无赤足，人无完人。

■The burden on likes is cheerfully borne. 爱挑的担子，就愉快轻松。

■The busiest men find the most leisure . 最忙的人时间最多。

■The cask savours of the first fill. 先入为主。

■The cat and dog may kiss, yet are none the better. 猫犬可相吻，莫逆却难成。

■The cat in gloves catch no mice. 戴手套的猫捉不到老鼠。

■The cat shut its eyes while it steals cream. 掩耳盗铃。

■The chief aim of man is not to get money. 人生的主要目的不是为了挣钱。

■The child is father of the man. 三岁定终身。

■The cobbler must stick to his last. 安分守己。

■The cobbler’s wife is the worst shod. 鞋匠的老婆没有好鞋穿。

■The course of true love never did run smooth. 好事多磨。

■The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it 牛失其尾，方知其贵。

■The cowl does not make the monk. 穿袈裟的不一定是和尚。

■The creditor has always a better memory than the debtor. 放债人的记性比借债人好。

■The crow thinks her own birds fairest. 乌鸦总以为自己的雏鸟最美丽。

■The cruelest lies are often told in silence. 最残酷的谎言常以沉默的方式说出。

■The crushed worm will turn. 困兽犹斗。

■The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away. 布谷鸟，四月来，五月在，仲夏唱支歌，然后就飞开。

■The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor. 大人物的美味是穷人的眼泪。

■The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明前是最黑暗的时刻。

■The day has eyes, the night has ears. 日有眼，夜有耳。

■The day is long to him who knows not how to use it. 百无聊赖。

■The devil can cite the scriptures for his purpose. 魔鬼替其狡辩，也会引经据点。

■The devil is good when he is pleased. 魔鬼高兴，也发善心。

■The devil is not so black as he is painted. 魔鬼不像所描绘的那么黑。

■The devil knows may things because he is old. 老马能识途。

■The devil lurks behind the cross. 貌善实恶。

■The devil may get in by the keyhole, but the door won’t let him out. 魔鬼乘虚而入，开门撵它不出。

■The diamonds of other countries are always the most beautiful. 别国的钻石是最美丽的。

■The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. 医生往往比疾病更令人生畏。

■The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. 我行我素，岂管他哉。

■The dog that fetches will carry. 来道是非者，便是是非人。

■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强力所致，而是由于滴水频繁所成。

■The early bird catches the worm. 捷足先登。

■The effect speaks, the tongue needs not. 事实胜于雄辩。

■The end crowns the work. 工作成败要看结果。

■The end justifies the means. 只问目的，不问手段。

■The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear. 自作孽不可活。

■The evil wound is cured but not the evil name. 重伤可治，臭名难除。

■The exception proves the rule. 例外能反证规律。

■The eye is blind if the mind is absent. 心不专则眼不明。

■The eye that sees all things else sees not itself. 眼睛能看见一切的东西，但看不见自己。

■The face is the index of the mind . 相为心证。

■The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love. 情人越吵越亲密。

■The farmers are the founders of civilization and prosperity. 农民是文化和繁荣的奠基者。

■The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 欲速则不达。

■The fear of ill exceeds the ills we fear. 杞人忧天，庸人自扰。

■The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢不成器。

■The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong man. 烈火试真金，困苦练壮士。

■The fire which lights us at a distance will burn us when near. 远火能照亮，近火要烧人。

■The first blow is half the battle. 头炮打响，等于半个胜仗。

■The first element of success is the determination to succeed. 成功的首要因素是要有成功的决心。

■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。

■The first step is the only difficulty. 万事起头难。

■The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice. 避开作恶是走向美德的第一步。

■The first wealth is health. 健康是最重要的财富。

■The fool does think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. 愚者自以为聪明，智者则有自知之明。

■The fool has his heart on his tongue, the wise man keeps his tongue in his heart. 蠢人的心在嘴上，聪明人的嘴在心里。

■The fool talks, and the wise man thinks. 蠢人嘴巴讲，聪明人用心想。

■The foundation of true joy is in the conscience. 真正的愉快之根本在于良心。

■The fox changes his skin but not his habit. 狐狸可以改变皮毛，但不能改变习性。

■The fox knew too much, that’s how he lost his tail. 机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。

■The fox smells his own stink first. 狐狸的臭味道，自己先嗅到。

■The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve. 嘴上真君子，行动烂小人。

■The frog in well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙不知汪洋大海。

■The future belongs to him who knows how to wait. 未来属于懂得等待的人。

■The future of society is in the hands of mothers; if the world was lost through woman she alone can save it. 社会的前途掌握在母亲们手中；如果世界由于女人而毁灭，那么也只有女人才可挽救。

■The good seaman is known in bad weather. 坏天气才能认识良好的海员。

■The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. 民有、民治、民享的政府永世长存。

■The grass is greener on the other side. 草是另一边的绿。

■The great and the little have need one of another. 伟大与渺小相得益彰。

■The greater the truth, the greater the libel. 真理越大，诽谤也越大。

■The greatest fool is he who worries about what he cannot help. 操心无法可想的事是最大的傻瓜。

■The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility. 真理最伟大的朋友是时间，最大的敌人是偏见，她永恒的伴侣是谦逊。

■The greatest hate springs from the greatest love. 最大的恨产生于最大的爱。

■The greatest liars talk most of themselves. 自吹自擂的人是最大的谎言者。

■The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice. 进步的最大障碍是偏见。

■The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. 最大的错误就是不认识错误。

■The greatest pleasure of life is love. 爱是人生最大的乐趣。

■The greatest talkers are always the least doers. 言语的巨人往往是行动的侏儒。

■The great fish ear up the small. 弱肉强食。

■The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious. 赠予者的心意可使馈赠的东西增加价值而显得珍贵。

■The heart sees further than the head. 心之所见远胜于目。

■The heart that once truly loves never forgets. 真正的爱情是永不会忘记的。

■The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail. 猴子爬得越高，尾巴越加暴露。

■The highest art is to conceal art. 最高的艺术就是不露艺术。

■The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar. 正当得到的一分钱，胜过偷来的一元钱。

■The house shows the owner. 文如其人。

■The hungry belly has no ears. 饥寒起盗心。

■The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. 人生至要的事是要有伟大的目标和达到这个目标的决心。

■The joy of the heart makes the face merry. 喜形于色。

■The last drop makes the cup run over. 失之过极。

■The least said, the soonest mended. 少说为佳。

■The leopard cannot change its spots. 江山易改，本性难移。

■The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. 说谎者所受到的惩罚决不是在于没有人相信他，而是在于他不会相信任何别人。

■The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb. 狼的生就是羔羊的死。

■The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf. 孤独的羊难免遭狼的危险。

■The longest day has an end. 天下没有不散的盛筵。

■The longest way round is the shortest way home. 绕道似最远，归程是捷径。

■The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. 爱美是所有健康人天性中的一个重要部分。

■The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet. 爱财与好学，实难相共容。

■The love of money is the root of all evil. 爱财是万恶之源。

■The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues. 保持一件坏事的代价超过十件好事。

■The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. 不犯错误的人往往也就是无所作为的人。

■The milk is spilled. 木已成舟。

■The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 覆水难收。

■The mills of God grind slowly but sure. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

■The money the miser hoards will do him no good. 守财奴积的财富，对他自己没好处。

■The moon does not heed the barking of dogs. 月亮不怕狗吠。

■The moon is a moon whether it shines or not. 或名或暗，月亮总是月亮。

■The moon is not seen where the sun shines. 小巫见大巫。

■The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows. 懂得越多，就越知道自己懂得不多。

■The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest. 大智若愚。

■The more a man knows, the more he see his ignorance. 大智若愚。

■The more haste, she less speed. 欲速则不达。

■The more noble, the more humble. 越高尚，越谦虚。

■The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is. 愚人越富越愚蠢。

■The more, the merrier. 多多益善。

■The more the well is used, the more water it gives. 井水越打越多。

■The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is. 一个人引以为耻的事情越多，就越可尊敬。

■The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. 做得越多，则能做的越多；越是忙碌，则空闲越多。

■The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance. 学得越多，就越发觉自己无知。

■The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house. 妇女照镜越多，照管家务就越少。

■The morning sun never lasts a day. 好景不常。

■The morning to the mountain the evening to the fountain. 凡是都有一定时间。

■The most busiest men find the most leisure 最忙碌的人有最多的空闲。

■The most useful learning in the world is that which teaches us how to die well. 世界上最有用的学问是告诉我们怎样死得其所。

■The most utterly lost of all days is that in which you have not once laughed. 完全虚度的日子是你一次也没有笑过的日子。

■The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom. 母亲的心肠是孩子的课堂。

■The mountain has brought forth a mouse. 虎头蛇尾。

■The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. 狡兔三窟。

■The mouth of a wise man is in his heart; the heart of a fool is in his mouth. 聪明人的嘴在心里，蠢人的心在嘴上。

■The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh. 骨肉越亲，恩情越深。

■The nearer to church, the farther from God. 近庙欺神。

■The older the goose the harder to pluck. 越老越狡猾。

■The old goose plays not with foxes. 老鹅不和狐狸一起玩。

■The only cure for grief is action. 行动是对悲痛唯一的治疗。

■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龄。

■The outsider sees the best of the game. 旁观者清。

■The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. 心头的痛苦比肉体的痛苦更厉害。

■The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but for joy the future. 过去是为了求取知识，现在是为了付诸行动，而未来是为了享受欢乐。

■The path down to evil is easy. 堕入罪恶的道路是容易走的。

■The path of duty is the path of safety. 尽职的路是安全的路。

■The path to glory is always rugged. 通向光荣的道路常常是坎坷不平的。

■The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet. 孔雀虽有华羽，但有贱足。

■The pen is mightier than the sword. 文能胜武。

■The pen is the tongue of the mind. 笔是心之舌。

■The poor are rich when they are satisfied. 贫能知足即为富。

■The poor man wants much, the miser everything. 贫穷人要求多，守财奴样样要。

■The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。

■The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 空谈不如实验。

■The race is got by running. 赛跑要靠奔跑来赢得。

■There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。

■There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging. 生活道路有三条∶劳动、偷盗或乞讨。

■There are lees to every wine. 美中有不足。

■There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers. 愚蠢的买主多鱼愚蠢的卖主。

■There are no birds of this year in last year’s nests. 事过境迁。

■There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. 教育显然有两种∶一种是教人怎样谋生，另一种是教人怎样生活。

■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. 世界上只有两种力量∶刀和笔；而其结果，后者总是战胜前者。

■There are spots in the sum. 人孰无过。

■There are three ways of spreading news. -- telegraph, telephone, and tel-a-woman. 传播新闻有三种方法∶电报、电话和告诉女人。

■There are two sides to every question. 每个问题都有两个方面。

■The receiver is as bad as the thief. 窝赃者和贼同罪。

■There is a black sheep in every flock. 群群羊中有黑羊。

■There is a crook in the lot of everyone. 人生皆有不如意处。

■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. 渴望求知的人需要读书，累得疲劳的人也需要书读，两种人的要求有很大的区别。

■There is a skeleton in every house. 每座房子都有骨架。

■There is a small choice in rotten apples. 朽木不可雕。

■There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. 该说话时说话，该沈默时沈默。

■There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 可敬与可笑之间只有一步之差。

■There is honour among thieves. 盗亦有道。

■There is life in the old dog yet. 老当益壮。

■There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having much to do. 无事可做比有许多事要做更伤脑筋。

■There is much to be said on both sides. 公说公有理，婆说婆有理。

■There is no accounting for tastes. 人各有所好。

■There is no fire without smoke. 无火没有烟。

■There is no fool like an old fool. 老年荒唐无法可想。

■There is no general rule without some exception. 普遍规律必有例外。

■There is none without a fault. 人孰无过。

■There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence. 人世间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情而又清白无暇。

■There is no place like home. 再好之处不如自己家。

■There is no rose without a thorn. 玫瑰花没有不长刺的。

■There is no royal road to learning. 治学无坦途。

■There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。

■There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. 事情本无好与坏，全在自己怎么想。

■There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe. 事情在成功前没有不艰苦的。

■There is nothing worse than apathy. 哀莫大于心死。

■There is no time like the present. 机不可失，时不再来。

■There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it. 没有什么财富像知识那样保险，因为它偷不去，抢不走。

■There is no wool so white but a dyer can make it black. 羊毛再白，也能染黑。

■There is safety in numbers. 人多势众。

■The remedy for injuries is not to remember them. 医治创伤的药方就是忘却创伤。

■The remedy is worse than the disease. 医疗不得法，使病更糟糕。

■The remembrance of past sorrow is joyful. 记住过去的不幸使人愉快。

■There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。

■There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle. 老当益壮。

■There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip. 天有不测风云。

■There’s more knows Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows. 臭名气并不光彩。

■The road to hell is paved with good intentions. 徒有良好的愿望而不去努力实现，后悔莫及。

■The rotten apple injuries its neighbours. 一只死老鼠，弄赃粥一锅。

■The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices. 损失时间是一切损失中代价最大的损失。

■The scalded cat fears cold water. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

■The sea complains it wants water. 大海总是抱怨水不够。

■The sea refuses no river. 大海有能容之量。

■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. 记忆力好的秘密在于专心，而对于一个问题的专心取决于对这个问题的兴趣。在我们心上留下深刻印象的东西，我们是不大会忘记的。

■The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. 人生一生中成功的秘诀是在机会来临时要及时抓住。

■The secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功的秘诀是目标坚定。

■The shortest answer is doing the thing. 最简短的回答就是干。

■The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. 要想多做事情，最简单的办法是一次只做一件事。

■The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. 天不会因瞎子看不见而减其蓝色。

■The sleeping fox catches no poultry. 睡觉的狐狸抓不到鸡鸭。

■The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. 有点礼貌使生活愉快，多点礼貌使生活高尚。

■The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse. 美女的微笑就是钱包的泪水。

■The soul is not where it lives, but it loves. 心灵不在它生活的地方，而在它所爱的地方。

■The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有馀而力不足。

■The still sow eats up all the draff. 不声不响的猪吃光全部的饲料。

■The style is the man. 文如其人。

■The sun shines all alike. 太阳同样地普照一切。

■The surest way to be happy is to be busy. 要快乐，最可靠的办法是忙碌。

■The sweetest grapes hang the highest. 最甜的葡萄挂在最高的地方。

■The sweetest thing in life is the welcome of a wife. 人生最甜蜜的事情就是爱妻的欢迎。

■The tail does often catch the fox. 狐狸常因尾巴而被捕。

■The tailor makes the man. 人靠衣装。

■The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. 成功没有其它办法，只有好好工作而不存名利思想。

■The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. 求学的三个基本原则是∶多观察、多吃苦、多钻研。

■The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of labour. 三件事最困难∶保守秘密，忘却伤害和善用精力。

■The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it. 老虎一次尝到血，它的贪心就更大。

■The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high. 舌头虽只三寸长，但能杀害六尺汉。

■The tongue is not steel yet it cuts. 舌头不是钢，伤人似刀剑。

■The tongue of idle persons is never idle. 懒汉的舌头并不闲。

■The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡大觉，乌龟才得胜。

■The truest politeness comes from sincerity. 真正的殷勤出于真诚。

■The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know. 我们最不喜欢听到的真实，总是我们知道了会大有好处的真实。

■The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound. 不正当得来的便士会使正当得来的英镑受到污浊。

■The used key is always bright. 常用的钥匙总是光亮的。

■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时格外卖力，而要看他的日常行为。

■The voice is the best music. 说话声是最好的音乐。

■The voice of one man is the voice of no one. 一个人的声音是没有力量的。

■The voice of the people is the voice of God. 人民之声力大无比。

■The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，也能覆舟。

■The weakest goes to the wall. 适者生存。

■The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. 精神财富是唯一的真正财富。

■The wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家的钥匙。

■The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst. 瓶中之酒不解渴。

■The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. 国家智慧，寓于格言，它们精辟，而且简练。

■The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds, by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes, by instinct. 聪明人循理智办事，平常人照经验办事，蠢人按需要办事，畜生凭本能办事。

■The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks. 聪明人的手不做愚笨人所说的事。

■The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. 聪明人耳朵长，嘴巴短。

■The wise man is always a good listener. 智者善听人言。

■The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool thinks he knows it all. 聪明人知道自己不懂什么，蠢人则以为自己什么都懂。

■The wise man’s tongue is a shield, not a sword. 智者之言，是保卫而非攻击。

■The wish is father to the thought. 有愿望就有信念。

■The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

■The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature. 江山易改，本性难易。

■The word "Impossible" is not in my dictionary. 我的词典里没有“不可能”一词的。

■The word once spoken can never be realled. 一言既出，驷马难追。

■The work shows the workman. 什么匠人出什么活。

■The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. 世界对思惟著的人来说，是一出喜剧，而对凭感觉的人看来，只是一出悲剧。

■The world is a ladder for some to go up and some down. 人间犹如一架梯，有人缘梯上升，有人顺梯下降。

■The world is but a little place, after all. 有缘千里来相会。

■The worst men often give the best advice. 最不行的人，往往能提出最好的意见。

■The worst misfortunes are these that never happen. 最大的不幸是害怕不会发生的不幸。

■The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it. 物以稀为贵。

■They are never alone accompanied by noble thoughts. 思想高尚者决不会孤单。

■They assume most who know the least. 懂得最少的人自以为最了不起。

■They bray most that can do least. 说话最多的人，能做的事最少。

■They die well that live well. 活著正常的人死也正常。

■The years teach much which the days never know. 学问集年而成，而每日不自知也。

■They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

■They that live longest must die at last. 活得最久长，终难免一亡。

■They that live longest see most. 活得最长，见识最广。

■They that marry in green, their sorrow is soon seen. 过早地结婚，不久必悔恨。

■They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 泪水汪汪播种，得意洋洋收获。

■They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can. 不能为所欲为者，也当尽力而为之。

■They who live in a worry. Invite death in a hurry. 生活多愁，死亡必速。

■Things done cannot be undone. 木已成舟。

■Things of a kind come together; people of a kind fall into the same group. 物以类聚，人以群分。

■Things past cannot be recalled. 过去的事情无可挽回。

■Things present are judged by things past. 欲断今日事，须知往日情。

■Things rashly taken end as ill. 草率从事没有好结果。

■Things unreasonable are never durable. 不合理的事不会持久。

■Think about the misfortune of others that you may be satisfied with your own lot. 想想别人的不幸，你可以对自己的命运感到满足。

■Think all you speak, but speak not all you think. 想想你所说的一切，不要全部说出你所想的。

■Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well, wisest and best of all. 想得好，聪明；筹画得好，更聪明；做得好，最聪明最好。

■Think much, speak little, and write less. 勤思考，寡发言，少落笔。

■Think of the devil and he’s looking over your shoulders. 说到曹操，曹操就到。

■Think today and speak tomorrow. 三思而后行。

■Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar. 同智者一起考虑，与俗人一起交谈。

■This world belongs to the energetic. 世界属于精力旺盛的人。

■Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself. 教学相长。

■Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare. 能充分利用时间的人不会有时间多馀。

■Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money. 认为有了钱就能办一切的人，往往准备为了钱而无所不为。

■Those who climb high often have a fall. 爬得高往往跌得重。

■Those who complain most are most to be complained of. 抱怨最多的人往往最招人怨。

■Those who eat best and drink best often do worst. 吃得好喝得好的人往往干得最糟。

■Thos who eat most are not always fattest; those who read most, not always wisest. 吃得最多的人不一定最肥胖，读书最多的人不一定最聪明。

■Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 自己有短处，不要揭别人的短处。

■Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to starve. 劳动者该得食，不劳者该挨饿。

■Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome. 谎言即使打扮得不错，到头来总会被揭穿。

■Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out. 恶意可以遮暗真理，但不能抹杀真理。

■Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings. 狐狸虽会跑，小鸡有翅膀。

■Though the wound be healed yet a scar remains. 创伤可愈合，伤疤犹留存。

■Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion. 即使敌人小如鼠，也要防他如防虎。

■Thought is the seed of action. 思想是行动的种子。

■Though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return. 本性难移。

■Three removes are as bad as a fire. 三次搬家犹如一次失火。

■Three things soon pass away; the echo of the woods, the rainbow, and woman’s beauty. 三样东西最易消逝∶树林的回响， 彩虹和妇女的美貌。

■Thrift is good revenue. 节约是个好收入。

■Through obedience learn to command. 只有学会听命于人，方能学会向人发号施令。

■Throw away the apple because of the core. 因噎废食。

■Thy friend has a friend and thy friend’s friend has a friend so be discreet. 你的朋友有朋友，朋友的朋友又有朋友，所以要谨慎小心。

■Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月无情。

■Time and words can never be recalled. 消逝的时间和说出的话不能追回。

■Time cures all things. 时间可以医治一切创伤。

■Time discloses all things. 时间会暴露一切。

■Time does not bow to you,, you must bow to time. 必须抓紧时间。

■Time flies. 时光易逝。

■Time is great healer. 时间能够治好创伤。

■Time is money. 时间就是金钱。

■Time is money, but money is not time. 时间就是金钱，但金钱不是时间。

■Time marches on. 时光流逝不回头。

■Time past cannot be called back again. 光阴一去不复返。

■Time past never returns, a moment lost, lost for ever. 过去的时间决不返回，浪费一点，永远消失。

■Time reveals all things. 时间会揭露一切。

■Time tames the strongest grief. 时间可以冲淡最强烈的悲伤。

■Time tries all. 时间检验一切。

■Time tries truth. 时间考验真理。

■Time works great changes. 时间能产生巨大的变化。

■Time works wonders. 时间可以创造奇迹。

■Timid dogs bark most. 狗胆小，拼命叫。

■To a boiling pot flies come not. 苍蝇不叮沸水壶。

■To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all. 积财难，守财最难，而聪明地散财最难。

■To a crazy ship all winds are contrary. 对于一只漫无目标的船来说，不论什么方向的风都是逆风。

■To be angry with a weak man is a proof that you are not very strong yourself. 对弱者发脾气证明你自己并不很强。

■To be of use in the world is the only way to be happy. 为善最乐。

■To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. 维护和平最有效的办法之一是备战。

■To be virtuous is to do good. 行善是美德。

■To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation. 获得智慧，寻求真理，并使心灵美好，要比追求金钱、荣誉和名声好得多。

■To convert defeat into victory. 反败为胜。

■Today is the scholar of yesterday. 今天是昨天的学者。

■To err is human. 人无完人。

■To err is human; to forgive, divine. 人难免错误，宽恕别人是神圣的。

■To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge. 饶恕敌人是一种巧妙的报复方法。

■To gain teaches how to spend. 量入为出。

■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无肉食，有佳肴而无胃口，躺在床上而不能休息。

■To have money is a fear, not to have it a grief. 有钱使人担心，没钱使人伤心。

■To hear a hundred times is not so good as to see once. 百闻不如一见。

■To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three. 办事不失时机，一天可抵三天用。

■To know everything is to know nothing. 事事皆知，事事不懂。

■To know how to wait is the great secret of success. 懂得如何等待是成功的秘诀。

■To know one’s self is true progress. 能有自知之明就是真正的进步。

■To know the disease is half the cure. 找出病根等于治愈了一半。

■To learn obeying is the fundamental art of governing. 学会顺从是管理的基本艺术。

■To live in the hearts of those left behind is not to die. 活在后人心，虽死而犹生。

■To live long is almost everyone’s wish, but to live well is the ambition of a few. 活得长几乎是每个人的愿望，可是生活得好只是少数人的志气。

■To lose a friend is the greatest of all loses. 失掉朋友是一切损失中最大的损失。

■To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. 爱人和得到人爱是人生最大的幸福。

■To make enemies, talk; to make friends, listen. 要成仇敌，多讲；要成朋友，多听。

■To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint. 由于面貌美丽而娶妻，犹如油漆漂亮而买屋。

■To mention the wolf’s name is to see the same. 说到曹操，曹操就到。

■Tomorrow comes never. 切莫依赖明天。

■Tomorrow is another day. 明天有明天的事。

■Too many cooks spoil the broth. 人多嘴杂。厨师多烧坏汤？

■Too much humility is pride. 过分谦虚即骄傲。

■Too much knowledge makes the head bald. 知识多，老得快。

■Too much liberty spoils all. 太多的自由破坏了一切。

■Too much spoils, too little is nothing. 过多反坏事，太少不济时。

■Too much water drowned the miller. 过犹不及。

■Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. 欲速则不达。

■To pay a person in his own way. 以其人之道还治其人之身。

■To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities. 维持友谊需要三点∶当面尊重他，背后赞扬他，需要时帮助他。

■To promise and give nothing is comfort to a fool. 允诺而不费什么是给愚蠢人的安慰。

■To read without reflection is like eating without digestion. 学而不思，犹如食而不化。

■To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune. 要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。

■To save time is to lengthen life. 省节时间就是延长寿命。

■To say little and perform much is the characteristic of great minds. 少讲多做是大智者的特性。

■To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. 要奋斗，要探索，要有所发现，而不要屈服。

■To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour. 怀著希望去旅行比抵达目的地更愉快；而真正的成功在于勤劳。

■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 over plus, a satchel full of money and patience. 周游世界须有猪嘴巴，鹿的腿，鹰的双眼，驴的耳，骆驼的肩膀和猿猴的脸，尤其需要的是要有满口袋的金钱和耐心。

■Touch pitch and you will be defiled. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

■To worry about tomorrow is to be unhappy today. 担心明天，今天就不愉快了。

■To youth I have but words of counsel -- work, work, work. 对青年人，我要奉劝几句话∶工作，工作，再工作。

■Travel east or travel west, a man’s own home is still the best. 走到东，走到西，最好还是到家里。

■Tread on a worm and it will turn. 困兽犹斗。

■Troubles never come singly. 祸不单行。

■True blue will never stain. 真金不怕火。

■True coral needs no painter’s brush. 真珊瑚无需刷油漆。

■True friendship is a plant of slow growth. 真正的友谊像是生长缓慢的植物。

■True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. 真诚的友谊犹如强健的身体，要到失去它时，才知它的可贵。

■True love is giving not taking. 真正的爱情是给而不是取。

■True love never grows old. 真爱永不老。

■True love shows itself in time of need. 急需时见真情。

■True praise roots and spreads. 表扬真实，根深传远。

■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。

■Trust not the praise of a friend, nor the contempt of an enemy. 不要信赖朋友的赞扬，也不要仇敌的轻蔑放在心上。

■Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee. 只要信任你自己，别人不会辜负你。

■Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood. 真理和爱情是世界上力量最强大的两样东西，当它们两者走在一起时，它们是很难抵挡的。

■Truth and roses have thorns about them. 真理和玫瑰，身上都刺。

■Truth fears not the flames of slander and injustice. 真金不怕火。

■Truth hath a good face, but ill clothes. 真理相貌好，但衣衫褴褛。

■Truth is at the bottom of the well. 真理潜伏在井底，真理极难发现。

■Truth is honest, truth is sure; Truth is strong and must endure. 真理不会骗人，切实无假；真理的力量强大，永存不垮。

■Truth is stranger than fiction. 真理比幻想更奇特。

■Truth is the daughter of time. 真理是时间的女儿。

■Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.真理是一切知识的基础，是一切社团的纽带。

■Truth lies at the bottom of a well. 事实真相往往不在表面，而在深层。

■Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed. 真理可能被指责，但是决不蒙耻辱。

■Truth needs no colour; beauty, no pencil. 真理不些要色彩，美丽不需涂饰。

■Truth, once crushed, will rise again. 真理是打不倒的。

■Truth’s best ornament is nakedness. 不加装饰是真理的最好的装饰。

■Truth will conquer. 真理必胜。

■Truth will prevail. 真理必胜。

■Truth will stand without a prop. 真理能树，不靠支持。

■Try before you trust him. 朋友要经考验，才能取得信任。

■Turn your tongue seven times before speaking. 话到嘴边留三分。

■Two blacks do not make a white.两个乌黑不等于一个清白。

■Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one. 两猫伴一鼠，两妻居一屋，两狗肯一骨，万难同相处。

■Two dogs over one bone seldom agree. 两狗啃一骨，相持难服输。

■Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

■Two ears to one tongue, therefore hear twice as much as you speak. 两只耳朵对一舌，故应多听而少说。

■Two heads are better than one. 集思广益。

■Two in distress makes sorrow less.同病相怜。

■Two is company, but three is none.两人成为伴，三人不结侣。

■Two of a trade seldom agree. 同行是冤家。

■Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. 小过彼此不相谅，两人友谊难长久。

■Two quarrel and a third profits by it.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

■Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement. 一穗两雀争，意见乱纷纷。

■Two things doth prolong your life: a quiet heart and a loving wife. 心情平静妻贤淑，延年益寿多得福。

■Two wrongs don’t make a right. 两个错误不能构成一个正确。