中英慣用短語:
  •   [諺]少點總比沒有強。   Half a loaf is better than none.
  •   [諺]懶漢不愁有推辭的藉口; 懶驢上磨屎尿多。   Idle folks lack no excuses.
  •   [諺]無苦即無樂; 有睏難就有成功。   No cross , no crown.
  •   [諺]做虧心事, 不怕鬼叫門。   A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
  •   [諺]辦法的事就得忍耐。   What can't be cured must be endured.
  •   [諺]捉到魚別忙着開肚取腸(勿操之過急)。   Gut no fish till you get them.
  •   [諺]有勇氣的人得不到美人的青眯; 勇氣為成功的必要條件。   Faint heart never won fair lady.
  •   [諺]有受過傷的人總愛嘲笑別人的傷疤; 未經痛苦的人不懂得同情別人。   He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
  •   [諺]有子女的人不懂得愛。   He that has no children knows not what is love.
  •   [諺]有孩子的人不知道什麽叫愛。   He knows not what love is that has no children.
  •   [諺]有窩傢就有賊。   Noreceiver, no thief.
  •   [諺]有終身的傻瓜, 也有終身不當傻瓜的人。   None is a fool always, every one sometimes.
  •   [諺]有辛苦就有收穫; 不勞則無獲。   No gains without pains.
  •   [諺]有辛苦就有收穫; 不勞則無獲。   No pains no gains.
  •   [諺]有陰雲, 就不覺得陽光可愛; 不經受痛苦, 怎懂得快樂?   If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.
  •   [諺]清水未來, 莫潑髒水; 好的東西有到手, 不要拋棄壞的東西。   don't cast out the foulwater till you bring in the clean (=Don't throw out your dirtywater until you get in fresh).