90. Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。
91. Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵。
92. Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes. 养虎贻
患。
93. Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 投鼠忌器。
94. Burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
95. Business before pleasure. 事业在先，享乐在后。
96. Business is business. 公事公办。
97. Business is the salt of life. 事业事人生之盐。
98. Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事业既考
验人，也造就人。
99. Business may be troublesome, but idleness is
pernicious. 事业虽扰烦，懒惰更害人。
100. Business neglected is business lost. 玩忽事业等于
丢失事业。
101. Business sweetens pleasure, and labor sweetens rest.
工作后消遣更愉快，劳动后休息更舒畅。
102. Butter to butter is no relish. 千篇一律的东西令人
生厌。
103. By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 懒散学为非。
104. By doing we learn. 经一事，长一智。
105. By falling we learn to go safely. 吃一堑，长一智。
106. By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two
things most precious to the life of man. 赌博使我们丢
失时间和金钱，这两样人生最珍贵的东西。
107. By other's faults, wise men correct their own. 他山
之石，可以攻玉。
108. By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we
polish it. 读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻
完美。
109. By the hands of many a great work made light. 众
擎易举。
110. By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. 和疾
病相比较，才显得健康的可贵。
111. By the street of "Bye and bye" one arrives at the
house of "Never". 迁延因循，一事无成。
112. By writing you learn to write. 从写作中学写作。
C 共63 条
1. Call a spade a spade. 据实而言。
2. Call me not olive till thou see me gathered. 盖棺论定。
3. Call no man happy until he dies. 盖棺才能定论。
4. Can the leopard change his spots? 江山易改，本性难
移。
5. Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋，带来好运
气。
6. Care brings grey hair. 忧虑催人老。
7. Care killed the cat. 忧虑伤身。
8. Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean.
清水未来，莫泼赃水。
9. Cast not your pearls before swine. 明珠莫投暗。
10. Catch the bear before you sell his skin. 大事未成时，
莫开庆功宴。
11. Cats hide their paws. 大智若愚，大巧若拙。
12. Caution is the parent of safety. 谨慎小心是安全之源。
13. Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron. 金链
锁人比铁炼更牢靠。
14. Change lays not her hand upon truth. 真理不变。
15. Charity begins at home, but should not end there. 仁
爱须由近及远。
16. Cheat's never proper. 欺骗决非正当事。
17. Cheek brings success. 和气生财。
18. Cheerful company shortens the miles. 旅有好旅伴，不
觉行程远。
19. Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light. 欢快与
好意，劳动不觉累。
20. Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
看人看年少，看天看破晓。
21. Children and fools cannot lie. 孩子和傻子，不会说谎
话。
22. Children and fools speak the truth. 孩子和傻子，说的
是真话。
23. Children are the parents's riches. 子女是父母之财富。
24. Choice of the end covers choice of the means. 选择目
的包含著选择手段。
25. Choose an author as you choose a friend. 选书如择
友。
26. Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. 选妻，
最好用耳莫用眼。
27. Christmas comes but once a year. 佳节良辰，机会难
得。
28. Circumstances are therulers of the weak, instrument
of the wise. 弱者困于环境，智者利用环境。
29. Civility costs nothing. 礼貌不须什么代价。
30. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 清净近乎神圣。
31. Clothes make the man. 人要衣装，佛要金装。
32. Come what may, heaven won't fall. 船到桥头自会直。
33. Comfort is better than pride. 安慰胜过傲慢。
34. Coming events cast their shadows before them. 山雨
欲来风满楼。
35. Compare your grievs with other men's and they will
seem less. 你的悲痛与人比，悲痛就会轻一些。
36. Comparisons are odious. 人比人，气死人。
37. Confession is the first step to repentance. 悔罪先须认
罪。
38. Confidence of success is almost success. 对成功抱有信
心，就近乎成功。
39. Conquer of fear of death and you are put into
possession of your life. 不怕死，然后才能生。
40. Constant dropping wears away a stone. 滴水穿石。
41. Content is better than riches. 知足常乐。
42. Content is happiness. 知足常乐。
43. Conversation makes one what he is. 言如其人。
44. Councils of war never fight. 主战者不打仗。
45. Counsel after action is like rain after harvest. 放马后
炮。
46. Counsel must be followed, not praised. 忠告必须照
办，而不是赞美。
47. Count not your chickens before they are hatched. 不
要过早乐观。
48. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of
virtue. 勇敢和决心是美德的灵魂。
49. Courtesy costs nothing. 谦虚恭敬，不用分文。
50. Cowards are cruel. 懦夫不仁。
51. Credit, like a looking-glass, broken once, is gone, alas!
信誉像镜子，破碎无法补。
52. Creditors have better memories than debtors. 放债人
的记性比借债人好。
53. Crows do not pick crow's eyes. 同室不操戈。
54. Cry up wine and sell vinegar. 挂羊头，卖狗肉。
55. Cry with one eye and laugh with the other. 口不应心。
56. Curiosity killed the cat. 好奇心，惹祸根。
57. Custom is a second nature. 习惯是第二天性。
58. Custom is the guide of the ignorant. 习俗是无知者的
向导。
59. Custom makes all things easy. 若照习惯办，万事皆不
难。
60. Custom rules the law. 习俗影响法律。
61. Custom without reason is but ancient error. 习俗没有
道理，古代谬误而已。
62. Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons.
闲话少说，言归正传。
63. Cut the coat according to the cloth. 量布裁衣。
D 共86 条
1. Danger is next neighbour to security. 危险是安全的近
邻。
2. Danger itself is the best remedy for danger. 危险本身
就是对付危险的最好办法。
3. Dead men tell no tales. 死人不会搬弄是非。
4. Death is the grand leveller. 凡人都要死，大家都一样。
5. Death meets us everywhere. 死亡到处和我门相遇。
6. Death pays all debts. 人死百债了。
7. Death when it comes will have no denial. 死亡来临时，
无可抗拒之。
8. Deeds, no words. 不要光说不练。
9. Debt is better than death. 负债总比死亡强。
10. Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves. 行动是果实，
言语只是树叶而已。
11. Deeds are males, and words are females. 言柔弱无能，
行刚强有力。
12. Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy.
深水静静流，浅溪潺潺流。
13. Delays are dangerous. 坐失良机必有忧患。
14. Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour.
著手前要深思熟虑，执行要果断有力。
15. Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考虑要仔细，
行动要迅速。
16. Deliberating is not delaying. 慎思不是拖延。
17. Deliver not your words by number but by weight. 言
不在多，而在有物。
18. Depend on others and you always repent. 依靠别人总
要后悔。
19. Despair gives courage to a coward. 人急造反，狗急跳
墙。
20. Destruction pursues the great. 树大招风。
21. Devil must be driven out with devils. 以毒攻毒。
22. Dexterity comes by experience. 熟练来自经验。
23. Diamond cut diamond. 强中更有强中手。
24. Diet cures more than the doctor. 药补不如食补。
25. Diligence is near success. 勤奋近乎成功。
26. Diligence is the mother of good luck. 刻苦是成功之
母。
27. Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。
28. Discontent is the first step in progress. 不知足是前进
中的第一步。
29. Discretion is the better part of valour. 小心即大勇。
30. Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off
as soon as they begin to grow. 病，仇与债这三者，一露
苗头就砍掉。
31. Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of
the body. 心灵上的疾病比肉体上的疾病更危险。
32. Diseases are the price of ill pleasures. 疾病是不正当
娱乐的代价。
33. Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot. 病
来如山倒，病去如抽丝。
34. Disgraced may be he who thinks ill. 心怀不端的人是
可耻的。
35. Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.
为众之所为，受众之所夸。
36. Do as the Romans do(or Do as they do at Rome). 入乡
要随俗。
37. Do as you would be done by. 推己及人。
38. Do business, but be not a slave to it. 要做事，但不要做
事务的奴隶。
39. Dog does not eat dog. 物不伤其类。
40. Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. 远处叫
得凶的狗，不会近身来咬人。
41. Dogs that run after many hares kill none. 多谋寡成。
42. Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your
bread. 狗摇尾巴，爱的是面包。
43. Doing is better than saying. 行胜于言。
44. Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
45. Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not
all you hear; and tell not all youknow. 不要为所能为，
不要花尽所有，不要全信所闻，不要言尽所知。
46. Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不要忘
恩负义。
47. Do not despise your enemy. 万勿轻敌。
48. Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. 不
要有求必应。
49. Do not praise a day before sunset. 切勿褒贬过早。
50. Do not run too fast after gain. 不要见利就拼命追。
51. Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate
than yourself. 不要向不如你幸运的人述说你的幸福。
52. Do not swap horses when crossing a stream. 处在危难
中，不宜大更动。
53. Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty. 不要
因为怕贫苦而放弃自由。
54. Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to
you. 己所不欲，勿施于人。
55. Do not wash dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外扬。
56. Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.
清水未来，莫泼赃水。
57. Don't count your chicken before they are hatched. 不
要过早乐观。
58. Don't climb a tree to look for fish. 勿缘木求鱼。
59. Don't cross the bridge till you get to it. 不要杞人忧
天。
60. Don't fly till you wings are feathered. 羽毛未丰不要
飞。
61. Don't cry out before you are hurt. 还没受苦，就别叫
苦。
62. Don't halloo till you are out of the wood. 没有脱离危
险不要先欢呼。
63. Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.
切莫临时抱佛脚。
64. Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤注一
掷。
65. Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。
66. Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak. 不
要尽言所知，而要尽知所言。
67. Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班门
弄斧。
68. Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in
fresh. 清水未打来，赃水莫倒掉。
69. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要
自寻烦恼。
70. Don't whistle until you are out of the wood. 没有脱离
险境，不要过早高兴。
71. Do one's level best. 尽力而为。
72. Dot the i's and cross the t's. 一点一划，循规蹈矩。
73. Doubt is the key of knowledge. 怀疑乃知识的钥匙。
74. Do well is better than say well. 说得好不如做得好。
75. Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上没毛，办事不
牢。
76. Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. 事未齐备，
切莫妄动。
77. Draw water with a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空。
78. Dream are lies. 梦不足信。
79. Dreams go by contraries. 梦想总与现实相反。
80. Drive your business, do not let it drive you. 要推动事
业，不要让事业来推动你。
81. Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the
walls are built. 滴水汇大海，垒石诛高墙。
82. Drowning man will catch at a straw. 溺水的人一根草
也要抓。
83. Drunken days have all their tomorrows. 今日花天酒
地，明日潦倒穷途。
84. Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒后露
真言。
85. Dumb dogs are dangerous. 哑犬最凶恶。
86. Dying is as natural as living. 死亡与生存一样自然。
E 共101 条
1. Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己
唱歌。
2. Each day brings its own bread. 天无绝人之路。
3. Each man is the architect of his own fate. 命运掌握在
自己手中。
4. Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不计较小事情。
5. Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 鹰单飞，羊群
集。
6. Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble. 早期的
错误可以酿成日后的麻烦。
7. Early sow, early mow. 播种早的收获早。
8. Early start makes easy stages. 早开始是成功的保证。
9. Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy,
wealthy and wise. 早睡早起，令人健康、富有而且聪明。
10. Early wed, early dead. 早婚早夭。
11. Easier said than done. 说话容易做事难。
12. East or west, home is best. 在家千日好，出门时时难。
13. Easy come, easy go. 易得易失。
14. Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 随意吃饭，适度
饮酒。
15. Eat one's cake and have it. 又要马儿好，又要马儿不
吃草。
16. Eat to live, but not live to eat. 吃饭是为了生存，但生
存不是为了吃饭。
17. Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. 吃是
使自己受用，穿是使别人受用。
18. Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes
him. 人的教养始于教育，成于社交。
19. Education has for its object the formation of character.
教育的目的在于培养品德。
20. Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深，铁杵
磨成针。
21. Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 空桶响声大。
22. Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常乐。
23. Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the
highest peak. 高位遭人妒，高峰招风吹。
24. Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾，其言必
诈。
25. Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who
would search for pearls must dive below. 错误像稻草，
漂浮在水面。欲觅珍珠者，须往水下潜。
26. Even Homer sometimes nods. 人非圣贤，孰能无过。
27. Even the walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。
28. Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。
29. Every bean has its black. 人人有其缺点。
30. Every bird likes its own nest. 人爱其家。
31. Everybody's business is nobody's business. 人人都管，
大家不管。
32. Every brave man is a man of his word. 勇敢的人都是
信守诺言的人。
33. Every bullet has its billet. 无风不起浪。
34. Every cloud has a silver lining. 山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗
花明又一村。
35. Every cock crows on its own dunghill. 夜郎自大。
36. Every cook praises his own broth. 自吹自擂。
37. Every country has its customs. 乡有乡俗。
38. Every couple is not a pair. 同床异梦，貌合神离。
39. Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在，好花不常开。
40. Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history. 生命中的
一天就是你历史上的一页。
41. Every dog has his day. 凡人都有得意之日。
42. Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. 人人
都有得意的日子。
43. Every dog is a lion at home. 夜郎自大。
44. Every dog is valiant at his won door. 狗在家门前条条
都凶悍。
45. Every door may be shut but death's door. 除了死门
外，每门都可关。
46. Every extremity is a fault. 万事过分都差误。
47. Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot
remedy. 蠢人也能找出聪明人无法弥补的岔子来的。
48. Every heart has its own sorrow. 人人都有伤心处。
49. Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 每疋马认为自己
驮的袋子重。
50. Every Jack has his Jill. 有情人终成眷属。
51. Every little makes a mickle. 积少成多。
52. Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved
object. 情人眼里出西施。
53. Every man has a fool in his sleeve. 聪明一世，糊涂一
时。
54. Every man has his faults. 人孰无过。
55. Every man has his hobby-horse. 人各有所好。
56. Every man has his liking. 人各有所好。
57. Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱点。
58. Every man is best know to himself. 自己最了解自己。
59. Every man has the defects of his qualities. 一个人的
好品质上也有不足之处。
60. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每个人
都是他自己命运的建诛师。
61. Every man is the master of his own fortune. 每个人都
是他自己的命运的主宰。
62. Every man is the son of his own works. 种瓜得瓜，种
豆得豆。
63. Every man thinks his own geese swans. 每个人都以为
自己的东西了不起。
64. Every medal has its reverse. 事物都有它的反面。
65. Every mother's child is handsome. 老王卖瓜，自卖自
夸。
66. Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. 人对自
己的命运总不感满足。
67. Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.
知人知面不知心。
68. Every pleasure has a pain. 乐中必有苦。
