· A good name is sooner lost than won.美誉难得而易失。
· A good name is earlier lost than won.失去美名易，得到美名难。
· A good name is better than riches.好名誉胜过有财富。
· A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口，忠言逆耳。
· A good maxim is never out of season.至理名言不会过时。
· A good marksman may miss.智者千虑，必有一失。
· A good horse often needs a good spur.好马常要好靴刺。
· A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.良马的毛色不会差。
· A good heart conquers ill fortune.善心克厄运。
· A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.健康的身体贵於黄金铸成的皇冠。
· A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land.聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。
· A good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近亲。
· A good fame is better than a good face.好的名望胜於好的相貌。
· A good face is a letter of recommendation.好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。
· A good dog deserves a good bone.有劳得奖。
· A good example is the best sermon.身教胜似言教。
· A good conscience is a continual feast.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
· A good book is a light to the soul.好书一本，照亮心灵。
· A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.一本好书，莫逆之交。
· A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者必善其终。
· A good beginning is half the battle.首战告捷等於一半胜利。
· A good appetite is a good sauce.饥不择食。
· A good anvil does not fear the hammer.好砧不怕锤。
· A full cup must be carried steadily.杯满盈，须持稳。
· A full belly counsels well.衣食足而後知荣辱。
· After meat, mustard.雨後送伞。
· After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.午餐之後坐片刻，晚饭之後走一里。
· After dinner comes the reckoning.吃喝玩乐，该付代价。
· After death, the doctor.放马后炮。
· After black clouds, clear weather.否极泰来。
· After a storm comes a calm.否极泰来。
· A friend without faults will never be found.没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。
· A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.广交友，无深交。
· A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.交友慢，失友快。
· A friend is never known till a man have need.不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。
· A friend is best found in adversity.患难见真友。
· A friend is a second self.朋友是另一个我。
· A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真朋友。
· A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。
· A friend exaggerates a man´s virtue, an enemy his crimes.朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。
· A fox may grow grey, but never good.狐狸会变，但本性难移。
· A fool´s heart dances on his lips.愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。
· A fool´s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.愚者千虑，必有一得。
· A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.一愚所失，百智难回。
· A fool may give a wise man counsel.愚者千虑，必有一得。
· A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.愚者所问，智者难答。
· A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.一愚发问，七智结舌。
· A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。
· A fool and his money are soon parted.笨蛋难聚财。
· A fool always rushes to the fore.傻瓜总爱强出头。
· A fool always comes short of his reckoning.愚人常缺算计。
· A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。
· Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.事情要按部就班地做，就会很快地做完。
· A fault confessed is half redressed.承认错误，等於改正一半。
· A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
· A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
· A faithful friend is hard to find.益友难得。
· A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。
· A fair death honours the whole life.死得光明，终身荣耀。
· Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。
· Adversity makes strange bedfellows.身处逆境不择友。
· Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.患难使人聪明，但不能致富。
· Adversity leads to prosperity.逆境迎向昌盛。
· Adversity is a good discipline.苦难是磨练人的好机会。
· A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.骨头打狗狗不叫。
· Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。
· A disease known is half cured.病情确诊断，治病好一半。
· A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.不满足者坐无宁时。
· Actions speak louder than words.事实胜於雄辩。
· Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识的巧果。
· A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.户枢不蠹。
· A crafty knave needs no broker.狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。
· A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。
· A contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常乐。
· A constant guest is never welcome.久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。
· A common danger causes common action.同仇敌忾。
· A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。
· A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入，祸从口出。
· A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.宁为清贫，不为浊富。
· A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
· A clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落，胜券在握。
· A clear conscience is a soft pillow.问心无愧，高枕无忧。
· A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜。
· A cheerful wife is the joy of life.快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。
· A change of work is as good as a rest.调换一下工作是很好的休息。
· Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。
· A cat may look at a king.猫也有权晋见国王。
· A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。
· A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
· A burden of one´s choice is not felt.自己选的担子不嫌重。
· Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切，离别情更深。
· A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借来的斗篷不暖身。
· A book that remains shut is but a block.有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
· A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。
· A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.秋波送盲，白费痴情。
· A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it´s the boundary of the world.坐井观天。
· A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.略有胜於全无。
· A bird may be known by its song.什麽鸟唱什麽歌。
· A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人
· A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
· A beggar´s purse is bottomless.乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。
· A bargain is a bargain.达成的协议不可撕毁。
· A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差。
· A bad thing never dies.坏事传千年。
· A bad padlock invites a picklock.开门揖盗。
· A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。
· A bad conscience is a snake in one´s heart.做贼心虚
· A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。
· A bad bush is better than the open field.有胜於无。
· A bad beginning makes a bad ending.恶其始者必恶其终。
· No wisdom like silence智者寡言
· Necessity knows no law铤而走险
· Many hands make light work人多好办事
· Don´t play the goat不要胡闹
· They’re a barrel of laughs他们很搞笑
· This movie was just a hype这部电影完全是在炒作
· the shortest straw下下签
· The news came as a bombshell这个消息犹如晴天霹雳
· feeling low意气消沉
· These are more than old wives´ tales这些可不是无稽之谈
· That’ll save your skin那可帮你度过难关
· Every bad has some good 坏事情也有好的一