当中英慣用短語:
| - [諺]兩人騎一匹馬, 總有一人坐在後面(意指衹能有一個當第一把手)。 When two ride on one horse, one must sit behind
- [諺]兩次上鈎的魚是蠢魚; 智者不上兩回當。 It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.
- [諺]前怕狼後怕虎, 當不了獵戶。 He that feareth every bush must never go a-birding.
- [諺]衹要目的正當, 可以不擇手段。 The end justifies the means.
- [諺]好聽的諾言不能當飯吃。 Fine words butter no parsnips.
- [諺]好聽的諾言不能當飯吃。 Fair words butter no parsnips.
- [諺]好聽的諾言不能當飯吃。 Kind words butter no parsnips.
- [諺]好聽的諾言不能當飯吃。 Soft words butter no parsnips.
- [諺]當天的苦惱就夠人受了[別再為明天操心了]。 Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
- [諺]當天的苦惱就夠人受了[別再為明天操心了]。 Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
- [諺]恭維不能當飯吃。 P-is not pudding.
- [諺]提琴雖老, 仍可奏出好的麯子; 老當益壯。 There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
- [諺]每當動怒時, 先要冷靜一下。 When angry, count a hundred.
- [諺]沒有終身的傻瓜, 也沒有終身不當傻瓜的人。 None is a fool always, every one sometimes.
- [諺]燈臺衹照人不照己(意指當事者往往最不瞭解情況)。 The darkest place is under the candlestick.
- [諺]狐狸來說教, 當心鵝被盜。 When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
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