而中英惯用短语:
  •   [谚] 戏谑永远不能化敌为友, 反而常常失去朋友。   A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.
  •   [谚]一个人尽可以欣赏自己的房子而不必骑在屋顶上夸耀; 有宝何必人前夸。   A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.
  •   [谚]一燕不成夏; 不可凭偶然现象而推断。   One swallow does not make a summer.
  •   [谚]三思而后行。   Look before youleap.
  •   [谚]三思而后行。   L-before you leap.
  •   [谚]三思而后行。   Measure thrice and cut once.
  •   [谚]不要弄巧成拙, 适可而止   let[leave] well alone
  •   [谚]与其忍辱偷生, 莫若光荣而死。   Better a glorious death than a shameful life.
  •   [谚]为了喜欢保姆而吻孩子; 醉翁之意不在酒   kiss the child for the nurse's sake.
  •   [谚]人人有身价(指任何人都可以被收买去干坏事, 在资本主义社会, 人成了商品, 待价而沽。)   Every man has his price.
  •   [谚]人生非只吃喝玩乐而已; 人生非尽乐事。   Life is not all beer and skittles.
  •   [谚]人非生而知之者。   No man is born wise or learned.
  •   [谚]做事不可半途而废; 干就要彻底干。   Never do things by halves.
  •   [谚]先思而后言。   First think, then speak.
  •   [谚]天网恢恢, 疏而不漏   The mills of God grind slowly but sure.
  •   [谚]天网恢恢, 疏而不漏。   Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.