· A good name is sooner lost than won.美誉难得而易失。 · A good name is earlier lost than won.失去美名易，得到美名难。 · A good name is better than riches.好名誉胜过有财富。 · A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口，忠言逆耳。 · A good maxim is never out of season.至理名言不会过时。 · A good marksman may miss.智者千虑，必有一失。 · A good horse often needs a good spur.好马常要好靴刺。 · A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.良马的毛色不会差。 · A good heart conquers ill fortune.善心克厄运。 · A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.健康的身体贵於黄金铸成的皇冠。 · A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land.聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。 · A good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近亲。 · A good fame is better than a good face.好的名望胜於好的相貌。 · A good face is a letter of recommendation.好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。 · A good dog deserves a good bone.有劳得奖。 · A good example is the best sermon.身教胜似言教。 · A good conscience is a continual feast.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。 · A good book is a light to the soul.好书一本，照亮心灵。 · A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.一本好书，莫逆之交。 · A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者必善其终。 · A good beginning is half the battle.首战告捷等於一半胜利。 · A good appetite is a good sauce.饥不择食。 · A good anvil does not fear the hammer.好砧不怕锤。 · A full cup must be carried steadily.杯满盈，须持稳。 · A full belly counsels well.衣食足而後知荣辱。 · After meat, mustard.雨後送伞。 · After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.午餐之後坐片刻，晚饭之後走一里。 · After dinner comes the reckoning.吃喝玩乐，该付代价。 · After death, the doctor.放马后炮。 · After black clouds, clear weather.否极泰来。 · After a storm comes a calm.否极泰来。 · A friend without faults will never be found.没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。 · A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.广交友，无深交。 · A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.交友慢，失友快。 · A friend is never known till a man have need.不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。 · A friend is best found in adversity.患难见真友。 · A friend is a second self.朋友是另一个我。 · A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真朋友。 · A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。 · A friend exaggerates a man′s virtue, an enemy his crimes.朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。 · A fox may grow grey, but never good.狐狸会变，但本性难移。 · A fool′s heart dances on his lips.愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。 · A fool′s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.愚者千虑，必有一得。 · A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.一愚所失，百智难回。 · A fool may give a wise man counsel.愚者千虑，必有一得。 · A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.愚者所问，智者难答。 · A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.一愚发问，七智结舌。 · A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。 · A fool and his money are soon parted.笨蛋难聚财。 · A fool always rushes to the fore.傻瓜总爱强出头。 · A fool always comes short of his reckoning.愚人常缺算计。 · A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。 · Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.事情要按部就班地做，就会很快地做完。 · A fault confessed is half redressed.承认错误，等於改正一半。 · A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。 · A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 · A faithful friend is hard to find.益友难得。 · A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。 · A fair death honours the whole life.死得光明，终身荣耀。 · Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。 · Adversity makes strange bedfellows.身处逆境不择友。 · Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.患难使人聪明，但不能致富。 · Adversity leads to prosperity.逆境迎向昌盛。 · Adversity is a good discipline.苦难是磨练人的好机会。 · A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.骨头打狗狗不叫。 · Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。 · A disease known is half cured.病情确诊断，治病好一半。 · A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.不满足者坐无宁时。 · Actions speak louder than words.事实胜於雄辩。 · Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识的巧果。 · A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.户枢不蠹。 · A crafty knave needs no broker.狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。 · A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。 · A contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常乐。 · A constant guest is never welcome.久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。 · A common danger causes common action.同仇敌忾。 · A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。 · A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入，祸从口出。 · A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.宁为清贫，不为浊富。 · A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。 · A clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落，胜券在握。 · A clear conscience is a soft pillow.问心无愧，高枕无忧。 · A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜。 · A cheerful wife is the joy of life.快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。 · A change of work is as good as a rest.调换一下工作是很好的休息。 · Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。 · A cat may look at a king.猫也有权晋见国王。 · A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。 · A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 · A burden of one′s choice is not felt.自己选的担子不嫌重。 · Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切，离别情更深。 · A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借来的斗篷不暖身。 · A book that remains shut is but a block.有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。 · A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。 · A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.秋波送盲，白费痴情。 · A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it′s the boundary of the world.坐井观天。 · A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.略有胜於全无。 · A bird may be known by its song.什麽鸟唱什麽歌。 · A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人 · A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。 · A beggar′s purse is bottomless.乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。 · A bargain is a bargain.达成的协议不可撕毁。 · A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差。 · A bad thing never dies.坏事传千年。 · A bad padlock invites a picklock.开门揖盗。 · A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。