Too much liberty spills all. 自由放任,一事無成。
Speech is silver, silence is gold. 能言是銀,沉默是金。
Two heads are better than one. 一個好漢三個幫。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 吃小虧占大便宜。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能載舟,亦能覆舟。
The world is but a little place, after all. 海內存知己,天涯若比鄰。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 黃鼠狼給雞拜年,沒安好心。
Offense is the best defense. 進攻是最好的防御。
You never know what you can till you try. 是驢子是馬,拉出來遛遛。
Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. 一個和尚挑水喝,兩個和尚抬水喝,三個和尚沒水喝。
Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 道高一尺,魔高一丈。
Pour water into a sieve. 竹籃子打水一場空。
You cannot eat your cake and have it. 魚與熊掌,不可得兼。
There is no place like home. 金窩銀窩不如咱的狗窩。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all. 清者自清,濁者自濁。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蟬,黃雀在后。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 強扭的瓜不甜。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled. 常在河邊走,哪有不濕鞋。
Troubles never come singly. 福無雙至,禍不單行。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after. 驕傲使人落后。
Promise is debt. 一諾千金。
Until all is over one’s ambition never dies. 不到黃河心不死。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you. 搬弄口舌者必是小人。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 強扭的瓜不甜。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有本難念的經。
Rome is not built in a day. 冰凍三尺,非一日之寒。
Time tries all. 路遙知馬力,日久見人心。
Tit for tat is fair play. 人不犯我,我不犯人;人若犯我,我必犯人。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 百聞不如一見。