You cannot make a crab walk straight.
江山易改,本性難移。
Comparisons are odious.
人比人,氣死人。
When the cat is away, the mice will play.
貓兒不在,鼠兒成精。
Love is the mother of love.
情生情,愛生愛。
Every man has his fault.
金無足赤,人無完人。
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.
身不正,影必斜。
Marriage comes by destiny.
姻緣命中定。
The first step is the hardest.
萬事開頭難。
He that respects not is not respected.
欲受人敬,要先敬人。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人過半生,方知天命。
The fox preys farthest from his hole.
兔子不吃窩邊草。
Virtue is her own reward.
為善最樂。
Well fed, wed bred.
衣食足,知榮辱。
Among the blind the one eyed man is the king.
山中無老虎,猴子稱大王。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不恥下問才能有學(xué)問。
Wet behind the ears.
乳臭未干。
The danger past and God forgotten.
過河拆橋。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知識,勝于手中有錢。
Go while the going is good.
三十六計(jì),走為上計(jì)。
Custom makes all things easy.
有個好習(xí)慣,事事皆不難。
Pour water into a sieve.
竹籃子打水一場空。