7. Joy shared with others are more enjoyed. 与人同乐，其
乐无穷。
8. Jadge not a book by its cover. 人不可貌相。
9. Judge not according to the appearance. 不要以貌取
人。
10. Judge not of men and things at first sight. 审人论事宜
谨慎，一见之下莫断定。
11. Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
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1. Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it.
备而不用。
2. Keep good men company, and you shall be of the
number. 近朱者赤。
3. Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易，守业更难。
4. Keep some till more come. 更多的到手以前，要保持手
里的一点。
5. Keep your breath to cool your porridge. 少管闲事。
6. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half
shut afterwards. 婚前张开眼，婚后半闭月。
7. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. 要多看少
说。
8. Kill the goose that laid the golden egg. 杀鸡取蛋
9. Kind hearts are more than coronets. 善良的心灵胜于
显贵的地位。
10. Kindness always begets kindness. 善有善根。
11. Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound
together. 善良是连结社会的金链。
12. Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and
the dumb understand. 善良为语言，聋子能天见哑巴懂
心间。
13. Kindness is the sunshine of social life. 仁慈是社会生
活中的阳光。
14. Kindness will creep where it may not go. 仁慈可进入
任何禁地。
15. Kind words are the music of the world. 善言是世上的
音乐。
16. Kind words are worth much and cost little. 口头方便
不费力。
17. Kind words butter no parsnips. 画饼充饥。
18. Kinsman helps kinsman, but woe to him that hath
nothing. 亲帮亲，邻帮邻，无亲无助你倒霉。
19. Knavery may serve, but honestyis best. 欺诈可能得
计，但诚实总是上策。
20. Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps. 知识的获
得是循序渐进而不是突飞猛进的。
21. Knowledge comes from experience alone. 知识来自经
验。
22. 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. 学识可使老年时舒适地退隐和有所寄托；但
如果年青时不使它扎下根，老年就得不到它的庇护。
23. Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
知识是一座宝库，实践是打开宝库的钥匙。
24. Knowledge is long, life is short. 吾生有涯，而知无涯。
25. Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject
ourselves, or we know where we can find information
upon it. 知识有两种，一种是我们自己知道的东西，另
一种是知道哪里可以找到有关的资料。
26. Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
27. Knowledge is the antidote to fear. 知识可以解除恐惧。
28. Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things,
because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor
consumed. 知识是万物中最珍贵的财宝，丢不掉，偷不
走，也不会损耗。
29. Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud.
知识令人谦虚；无知使人骄傲。
30. Knowledge will not be aquired without pain and
application. 不花力气，不下功夫是得不到知识的。
31. Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.
只有知识而无实践，只能造就半瓢水的艺术家。
32. Know something like the palm of one's hand. 熟知其
事，了如指掌。
33. Know something of everything and everything of
something. 既要有一般常识，又要有专业知识。
34. Know thyself. 知道你自己。
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1. Labour is light where love doth pay. 爱情作酬报，劳苦
必轻松。
2. Labour is often the father of pleasure. 勤劳常为快乐之
源。
3. Labour is the capital of our working men. 劳动力是劳
动人民的资本。
4. Lack of knowledge is darker than night. 没有知识比黑
夜还要黑。
5. Late repentance is seldom true. 后悔少有诚意。
6. Laugh and grow fat. 心宽体胖。
7. Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you
weep alone. 你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟独你自哭。
8. Laugh at your ills, And save doctors' bills. 生病不忧
虑，节省医药费。
9. Laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper. 乐极
生悲。
10. Law makers should not be law breakers. 正人先正己。
11. Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. 法网只捉苍
蝇，不捉黄蜂。
12. Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and
friends. 诉讼将消耗时间、金钱、休息和失去朋友。
13. Lazy folks take the most pains. 懒汉多吃苦。
14. Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in
adversity, and a provision in old age. 学问在得意时是
装饰品，失意时是庇护所，年老时是供应品。
15. Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich,
an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the
aged. 学问是穷人的财富，是富人的荣誉，是青年的帮
助，是老年的支持和安慰。
16. Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。
17. Learning without thought is labour lost; thought
without learning is perilous. 学而不思则罔，思而不学
则殆。
18. Learn to creep before you leap. 循序渐进。
19. Learn to say before you sing. 按部就班。
20. Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best
thing I can teach you. 要学会受痛苦而不怨，这是我教
你的至要之事。
21. Learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进。
22. Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 要从别人的愚
行中学到聪明。
23. Learn young, learn fair. 学习趁年轻，既学就学好。
24. Least said, soonest mended. 多说反坏事。
25. Lend your money and lose your friend. 赔了夫人又折
兵。
26. Let beggars match with beggars. 龙配龙，凤配凤。
27. Let bygones be bygones. 既往不昝。
28. Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage. 纵使
困难重重，也不丧失勇气。
29. Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. 饮水思
源。
30. Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries
him over. 饮水思源。
31. Let every tub stand on its own bottom. 各人管各人自
己。
32. Let not the cobbler go beyond his last. 安分守己。
33. Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath. 日落之前，
平息你的怒火吧。
34. Let our object be our courtry, our whole country, and
nothing but our country. 我们的心目中要有国家，要有
整个国家，而且只有我们的国家别如其他。
35. Let's cross the bridge when we come to it. 既来之，则
安之。
36. Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要惹事生非。
37. Let the cobbler stick to his last. 安分守己。
38. Let the dead bury the dead. 往事不重提。
39. Let the hands get busy, not the mouth. 手要勤劳，嘴
莫多说。
40. Let things take their course. 听其自然。
41. Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. 是就是，非
就非。
42. Liars have need of good memories. 谎言者要有好的
记忆力。
43. Liars should have good memories. 说谎的人应有好的
记性。
44. Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is
permitted by law. 自由就是做法律许可做的事情的权
力。
45. Liberty is not licence. 自由不是放纵。
46. Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness. 自由随便，
经常堕落到无法无天。
47. Lie in (oron) the bed one has made. 自作自受。
48. Lies have short legs. 谎言是站不住脚的。
49. Life is a battle from cradle to grave. 人生是一场从生
到死的战斗。
50. Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to
him who feels. 对善思考者，人生为喜剧；对凭感觉者，
人生为悲剧。
51. Life is a flower of which love is the honey. 人生是花
朵，爱情是花蜜。
52. Life is a shuttle 生活犹如梭子。
53. Life is but a span. 人生如朝露。
54. Life is compared to voyage. 人生好比是航海。
55. Life is half spent before we know what it is. 等到认识
人生，已经一半过去了。
56. Life is long if you know how to use it. 如果懂得好好
利用，生命就长了。
57. Life if made up of little things. 生活是由琐事构成的。
58. Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
生命的价值是用思想和行为来衡量的，而不是寿命的长
短。
59. Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩
乐。
60. Life is not so short but there is time enougn for
courtesy. 人生虽短，但表示礼貌的时间还是足够的。
61. Life is short and time is fleeting 人生短暂，光阴易逝。
62. Life is sweet. 生命是甜美的。
63. Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always
in progression. 人生必须永远前进，才不愧为有理智的
人。
64. Life without a friend is death without a witness. 在世
无朋友，死后无证人。
65. Lightly come, lightly go. 易得易失。
66. Light troubles speak; great troubles are silent. 小困
难，大声叫嚷；大困难，闷生不响。
67. Like attracts like. 物以类聚。
68. Like author, like book. 书如其人。
69. Like begets like. 有其父必有其子。
70. Like cow, like calf. 有其父必有其子。
71. Like cures like. 以毒攻毒。
72. Like draws to like. 物以类聚。
73. Like draws to like the whole world over. 物以类聚，世
间皆如此。
74. Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。
75. Like knows like. 英雄识英雄。
76. Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。
77. Like teacher, like pupil. 有其师必有其徒。
78. Like tree, like fruit. 有其因必有其果。
79. Little boats must keep the shores. 小船不能航行远。
80. Little bodies may have great souls. 小小的躯体会有伟
大的心灵。
81. Littel chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。
82. Little pigeons can carry great messages. 少年也可以
成大事。
83. Little pitchers have great (or large) ears. 小孩子耳朵
长。
84. Little strokes fell great oaks. 水滴石穿。
85. Little thieves are hanged, but great one's escape. 窃钩
者诛，窃国者侯。
86. Little things amuse little minds. 小人志卑。
87. Little wealth, little care. 财少寡忧。
88. Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。
89. Live and let live. 自己生活，也要让他人生活。
90. Live to learn and learn to live. 生而学之，学而生之。
91. Living without an aim is like sailing without a
compass. 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。
92. Lock the stable door before the steed is stolen. 马未偷
走前，厩门先锁上。
93. Loftiest trees most dread the thunder. 树大招风。
94. Long absent, soon forgotten. 长久不在的人，很快被忘
怀。
95. Long tarrying takes all the thanks away. 事情耽搁太
久就没有人会感谢了。
96. Look at the world through rose-coloured glasses. 对万
事要乐观。
97. Look before you leap; see before you go. 三思而行。
98. Lookers-on see more than players. 旁观者清。
99. Lookers-on see most of the games. 旁观者清。
100. Look for a needle in a bundle (or bottle) of hay. 海
底捞月。
101. Look not for musk in dog's kennel. 狗嘴里吐不出
象牙。
102. Lose not time; be always employed in something
useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 不要浪费时间，
做些有益的事情，停止一切不必要的行动。
103. Losers are always in the wrong. 失败者总是错的。
104. Losses make us more cautious 损失使人更谨慎。
105. Lost time is never found again, and what we call
time enough always proves little enough. 时间一去不
再来，我们常说时间充足，实际。总是不够。
106. Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost
knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or
medicine, but lost time is gone for ever. 失去的财富可
由勤奋而恢复，失去的知识可由学习而恢复，失去的健
康可由节制或药物而恢复，但失去的时间却一去永不复
返。
107. Love all, trust a few, be false to none. 要爱一切人，
相信少数人，不要负于任何人。
108. Love and business teach eloquence. 爱情和买卖可
以培养口才。
109. Love and cough cannot be hid. 爱情和咳嗽是不能
掩饰的。
110. Love and poverty are hard to hide. 爱和穷难隐瞒。
111. Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness. 爱情要求
忠诚，而忠诚要求坚贞。
112. Love begets love. 爱爱相生。
113. Love cannot be forced 爱情不强求。
114. Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace. 爱
情可使茅屋成为金碧辉煌的宫殿。
115. Love comes by looking. 情人眼里出西施。
116. Love does much, money does everything (ormore).
爱情做许多事，金钱做任何事。
117. Love fears no danger. 爱情不怕危险。
118. Love grows with obstacles. 磨折越多，爱情越深。
119. Love is a sweet torment. 爱情是一种甜蜜的折磨。
120. Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures
his torment willingly. 爱情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情
愿地受它的折磨。
121. Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的。爱情使人对缺点视而
不见。情人眼里出西施。
122. Love is full of trouble. 爱情多烦恼。
123. Love is like the moon; when it does not increase it
decreases. 爱情像月亮，不营即亏。
124. Love is neither bought nor sold. 爱情不能买卖。
125. Love is never without jealousy. 爱情莫不忌妒。
126. Love is not to be found in the market. 爱情在市场
上是找不到的。
127. Love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the
ending. 爱情始甜而终苦。
128. Love is the mother oflove. 爱产生爱情。
129. Love is the reward of love. 爱情就是爱的报答。
130. Love is the touchstone of virtue. 爱情是美德的试
金石。
131. Love is the true price of love. 爱情只能用爱情来报
答。
132. Love is without reason. 爱情是没理智的。
133. Love laughs at locksmith 春闺锁不住。
134. Love lives in cottages as well as in courts. 爱情无
贵贱，贫负皆有之。
135. Love looks with telescope; envy with microscope.
爱情大处著眼，忌妒吹毛求疵。
136. Love makes all equal. 恋爱不分贵贱。
137. Love makes all hard hearts gentle. 爱情把一切冷
酷的心变得温柔。
138. Love makes obedience easy. 爱情使服从变为易事。
139. Love makes one fit for any work. 爱情使人适合任
何工作。
140. Love makes the world go round. 爱情使世界运转。
141. Love me little and love me long. 不求情意浓，但愿
情义长。
142. Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
143. Love needs no teaching. 爱情无需教导。
144. Love not at the first look. 切莫一见钟情。
145. Lovers live by love, as larks live by leeks. 情侣靠爱
情生活，正像云雀靠韭葱生活一样。
146. Love rules his kingdom without a word. 维持爱情，
不用强力。
147. Love rules without a sword and bind without a
cord. 爱的统治不用刀枪，捆绑不用绳索。
148. Love should not be all on one side. 爱情不应是单
方面的。
149. Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
追求而得的爱情固然美好，但不经追求而得的爱情更为
美好。
150. Love thy neighbours as thyself. 爱邻如爱己。
151. Love understands love; it needs no talk. 爱情可以
意会，无需言传。
152. Love will find out the way. 爱情会自找出路。
153. Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge.
爱你的左邻右舍，但不要拆去你们之间的藩篱。
154. Lying is the first step to the gallows. 说谎是上断头
台的第一步。
155. Lying rides upon debt's back. 负债的人谎话多。
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1. Maidens should (or must) be mild and meek, swift to
hear and slow to speak. 少女应温良谦恭，敏于听而慎
于言。
2. Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. 尽
力而为，尽力节约，尽力施舍。
3. Make haste slowly. 从容赶急。
4. Make hay while the sun shines. 趁热打铁。
5. Make the best of a bad business (or job or bargain) 身
处山穷水尽，力争柳暗花明。
6. Make the night night, and the day day, and you will
have a pleasant time of it. 白天当白天，夜晚当夜晚，
生活过得好，愉快而多欢。
7. Make your enemy your friend. 要化敌为友。
8. Make yourself necessary to someone. 使你有益于人。
9. Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies
disappointed. 只有人，生下时啼哭，活著时抱怨，去
世时失望。
10. Man has not a greater enemy than himself. 人之大敌，
自己而已。
11. Man is a tool-using animal. 人是用器之兽。
12. Man is mortal. 人生谁无死。
13. Man is not the creature of circumstances;
circumstances are the creature of man. 并非时势造人，
而是人造时势。
14. Man is the artificer of his own happiness. 人之幸福，
自己创造。
15. Manners make the man. 礼貌造就人。
16. Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在天，成事在人。
17. Man's best plans often miscrarry. 神机妙算，常常失
算。
18. Man's best possession is a loving wife. 男人最可贵的
是有一个贤淑的妻子。
19. Man will conquer nature. 人定胜天。
20. Many a fine dish has nothing on it. 虚有其表。
21. Many a flower is born to blush unseen. 有许多花儿生
来就开著没有人欣赏。
22. Many a good cow hath a bad calf. 虎父生犬子。
23. Many a good father hath but a bad son. 好父亲偏生
不肖子。
24. Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle. 积少成多。
25. Many ants kill the horse. 蚁多可杀马。
26. Many a true word is spoken in jest. 戏言寓真理。
27. Many dishes, many diseases. 多吃多病。
28. Many drops makes a shower. 积少成多。
29. Many great men have arisen from humble beginnings.
有许多伟人出身卑微。
30. Many hands are better than one. 众擎易举。
31. Many hands make a burden lighter. 众擎易举。
32. Many hands make light (or quick) work. 人多活儿轻。
