1. Waste not, want not. 不浪費,不愁缺。細水長流。儉以防匱。 |
2. Well begun is half done. 好的開始是成功的一半。 |
3. Where there's a will there's a way.
有志者事竟成。精誠所至,金石為開。 |
4. While there is life there is hope.
留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒。 |
5. Wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools by their own.
賢者由他人的過錯得到教訓,愚者由自己的過錯得之。 |
6. What must be must be. 是福不是禍,是禍躲不過。該來的躲不過。 |
7. Who chatters to you will chatter of you.
來說是非者,便是是非人。 |
8. While the cat's away, the mice can play.
山中無老虎,猴子稱大王。 |
9. Walls have ears. 隔牆有耳。 |
10. Wine in, truth out. 酒後吐真言。 |
11. What's done cannot be undone. 覆水難收。 |
12. What's done by night appears by day. 若要人不知,除非己莫為。 |
13. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander. 適用於此者亦適彼。 |
14. Words cut more than swords. 利刀割體痕易合,惡語傷人恨難消。 |
15. We soon believe what we desire. 一廂情願。 |
16. When love puts in, friendship is gone.
愛情入,友情出。 |
17. When riches increase, the body
decreases. 財多體衰。 |
18. When the fish is caught the net is laid
aside. 魚獲網棄。狡兔死,走狗烹;飛鳥盡,良弓藏。 |
19. When the sun comes in, the doctor goes out.
陽光入室,醫生出屋。 |
20. Where drums beat, laws are silent.
戰鼓一響,法律無聲。 |