1.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder used to say that when you are away from
somebody that you love, you love them even more 不相见，倍思念

2. There’s no accounting for taste used to say how difficult it is to understand why
somebody/something that you do not like at all 人的爱憎好恶是无法解释的；人各有所好

3. Actions speak louder than words what a person actually does means more than what
they say they will do 行动比语言更为相响亮

4. It’ll be all right on the night used to say that a performance 到时候自会成功的；车到山前必
有路

5. The apple doesn’t fall/never falls far from the tree a child usually behaves in a similar way
to his or her parent(s)有什么样的父母就有什么样的儿女；上行下效

6. If you can’t beat them, join them if you cannot defeat somebody or be successful as they
are, then it is more sensible to join them in what they are doing and perhaps get some
advantage for yourself by doing so 打不赢，就投靠

7. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder how a personlooks is less important than their
character 情人眼里出西施；对美的判断别因人而导

8. Beauty is onlu skin-deep how a person looks is less important than their character 美貌不
过一张皮；貌美不如心灵美

9. You’ve made your bed and you must lie in/on it you must accept the results of your
actions 自己承担后果

10. Beggars can’t be choosers people say beggars can’t be choosers when there is no
choice and somebody must be satisfied with what is available 要饭就不能嫌；给什么就得
要什么
 11. Seeing is beliving used to say that soebody will have to believe that something is true
when they see it, although they do not think it is true now 眼见为实；百闻不如一见

12. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush it is better to keep something that you already
have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在森

13. Birds of a feather(flock together)people of the same sort(are found together)同类的人；

物以类聚

14. Blood is thicker than water family relationships are stronger than any others 血浓于水；亲
属关系最牢靠

15.Born with a silver spoon in your mouth having rich parents 生于富贵之家；出生富裕

16.There’s one born every minute used to say that somebody is very stupid 总有那种傻瓜

17.Boys will be boys you should not be surprised when boys or men behave in a noisy or
rough way as this is part of typical male behaviour 男孩子总归是男孩子

18.When the cat’s away the mice will play people enjoy themselves more and behave
with greater freedom when the person in charge of them is not there 猫儿不在，老鼠玩得
自在

19.Charity begins at home you should help and care for your own family,ect.Before you
start helping other people 博爱始于自家

20.Every cloud has a silver lining every sad or difficult situation has a positive side 黑暗中
总有一线光明
21.Cut your hair according to your cloth to do only what you enough money to do and
no more 量入而为

22.Two’company used to suggest that it is better to be in a group of only two people

than have a third person with you as w

ell 两人成伴

23.Too many cooks spoil the broth if too many people are involed in doing something ,it
will be done well 厨师多了烧坏汤；人多手杂反坏事；人多添乱

24.Don’t count your chickens(before they are hatched) you should not be too
confident that something will be successful ,because something may still go wrong 不要
蛋未孵化先数小鸡；别过早打如意算盘

25.curiousity killed the cat used to tell somebody not to ask question or try to find out
about things that do not concern them 好奇心能要猫的命

26.Better the devil you know used to stay that it is easier and wiser to stay in a bad
situation that you know and can deal with rather than change to a new situation which
may be much worse 熟悉的恶魔比不熟悉的魔鬼好

27.The devil makes work for idle hands people who do not have enough to do often
start to do wrong 人闲生是非

28.The die is cast used to say that an event has happened or a decision has been
made that cannot ba changed 事已成定局；木已成舟

29.Discretion is the better part of valour you should avoid and not take unnecessary
risks 谨慎即大勇；慎重为勇敢之本

30．every dog has his/it day everyone has good luck or success at some point in their
life 人人都有得意的时候
31.Give a dog a bad name when a person already has a bad reputation, it is difficult to
change it because others will continue to blame or suspect him/her 恶名难洗；名声一毁，
万难挽回

32.Why keep a dog and bark yourself ? If somebody can do a task for you , there is no
point in doing it yourself 尽然有人代劳，何必自己操劳

33.The early bird catches the worm the person who takes the opportunity to do
something before other people will have an advantage over them 早起的鸟有虫吃子吃

34.Be easier said than done to be much more difficult to do than to talk about 说时容易
做时难；和容易

35.Easy come，easy go used to mean that somebody does not care very much about
money or possessions especially if they spend it or lose something 来得容易去的容易；易
得则易失

36.The end justifies the means bad or unfair methods of doing something are
acceptableif the resuult of that action is good or positive 只要目的正当，可以不择手段

37.An Englishman’s home is his castle a person’s home is a place where they can be
private and save and do as they like 英格兰人的家就是他的城堡

38.Enough is enough used when you think that something should not continue any
longer 够了，行了

39.Some are more equal than others although the members of a society,group 有些(人，
成员等)比其他的更平等

40.An eye for an eye used to say that you should punish somebody by doing to them
what they have donr to you or to somebody else 以眼还眼；以牙还牙
41.What the eye doesn’t see if a person does not know about something that they
would normally disapprove of,then it cannot hurt them 眼为见；眼不见为净

42.All’s fair in love and war in some situations any type of behaviour is acceptable to
get what you want 在情场和战场上不可以不择手段

43.Familiatary breeds contempt knowing somebody/something very well may cause

you to lose admiration and respect for them/it 过分亲密就会有所悔慢

44.Famous last words people somethings say Famous Last Words! when they think
somebody is being too confident about something that is going to happen 吹牛；胡扯

45.So far, so good used to say that things have been successful until now and you hope
they will continue to do so, but you know the task 到目前为止，一切还算顺利

46.It’s not over until the fat lady sing used for saying that a situation may still change, for
example that a contest, election 最后才能见输赢；不到最后，结果难料

47.Like father, like son used to say that a son’s character or behaviour is similar to that
of his father 有其父必有其子

48.First come,first served people will be dealt with,seen 先来先接待；先到先供应；按先来

后到对待

49.If you’ve got it , flount it used to tell somebody that they should not be afraid of
allowing other people to see their qualities and abilities

50.A fool and his money are soon parted a person who is not sensible usually spends
money too quickly or carelessly, or cheated by others 傻瓜口袋漏，有钱留不住；蠢人不存
钱
51.fools rush in people with little experirnce try to do the difficult or dangerous things
which more experienced people would not consider doing 愚者独敢闯

52.No fool like an old fool an older person who behaves in a stupid way does the same
thing, because experience should have taught him or her ot to do it 糊涂莫过老糊涂；老
糊涂最糊涂

53.Forewarned is forearmed if you know about problems, dangers 预警即预备；有备无患

54.A friend in need a friend who gives you help when you need it 患难的朋友；患难之交

55.Out of the frying pan into the fire from a bad situation to one that is worse 跳出油锅又
落火坑；逃出虎口又入狼窝；每况愈下

56.Two can play at the game used to tell somebody who has played a trick on you that
you can do the same thing to them 这一套你会我也会

57.What goes around comes around the way somebody behaves towards other people
behave towards them in the future 你怎么待人，人就怎么待你

58.When the going gets tough when conditions or progress become difficult 当条件变得
艰苦时，当进展变得困难时

59.All that glitters/glistens is not gold not everything that seems good, attractive 闪闪发
光的未必都是金子；中看未必中用

60.The grass is greener on the other side said about people who never seem happy
with what they have and always think that other people have a better situation than
they have 草是那边路绿；这山望着那山高
61.It/money doesn’t grow on trees used to tell somebody not to use something or spend
money carelessly because you do not have a lot of it 树上长不出钱来，那东西来之不易

62.Half a loaf is better than no bread you should be grateful for something, even if it is
not as good, much,半块面包比没面包强；聊胜于元

63.All hands on desk/all hands to the pump everyone helps or must help, especially in a
difficult situation 总动员；全体出动

64.Many hands make light work used to say that a job is made easier if a lot of people
help 人多好办事

65.You’re only young once young people should enjoy themselves as much as
possible,because they will have to work and worry later in their lives 行乐当及年少时；青
春只有一次

66.No pain,no gain used to say that you need to suffer if you want to achieve it
something 不劳则无获

67.He who pays the piper calls the tune the person who provides the money for
something can also control how it is spent 花钱的人说了算；财大者气粗

68.The pen is mightier than the sword people who write books, peoms 笔诛胜于剑伐；文
字的力量超过

69.In for a penny, in for a pound used to say that since you have started to do
something, it is worth spending as much time or money as you need to in order to
complete it 一不做，二不休；始终有种

70.A penny for your thoughts/a penny for them used to ask somebody what they are
thinking about 你在呆呆地寻思什么呢
71.People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones you should not criticize other people,
because they will easily find ways of criticizing you 身居玻璃房，投石招祸；自身多毛病，误
挑他人错

72.Pigs might fly used to show that you do not believe something will ever happen 太阳
从西边出来

73.Any port in a storm if you are in great trouble, you take any help that is offered 慌不
择路；有病乱投医

74.Any port in a storm if you alredy have or control something, it is difficult for
somebody else to take it away from you, even if they have a legal right to it 现实占有，
胜一胜九；占有着在诉讼中总占上风

75.The pot calling the kettle black used to say that you should not criticise somebody
for a fault that you have yourself 锅小壶黑；乌鸦说猪和黑；五十步笑百步

76.Practice makes perfect a way of encouraging people by telling them that if you do
an activity rugularly and try to improve youe skill, you will become very good at it 孰能
生巧

77.Prevention is better than cure it is better to stop something bad from happening
rather than try to deal with the problems after it has happened 预防优于补救；防患于未
然是上策

78.Everone has their price you can persuade anyone to do something by giving them
more money or something that they want 人皆有价；重赏之下，必有勇夫；有钱能使鬼推磨

79.Pride comes/goes before a fall if you have too high an opinion of yourself or your
abilities, something will happen to make you look stupid 骄傲使人失败

80.The proof of the pudding you can only judge if somehing is good or bad when you
have tried it 只有通过体验才能判断事物的好坏
81.It never rains but it pours used to say that when one bad thing happens to you,
other bad thing happen soon after 不雨则已，一雨临盆；祸不单行

82.You reap what you sow you have to deal with the bad effects or results of something
that you originally started 自食其果

83.The road to hell is paved with good intentions is not enough to intend to do good
things; you must actually do them 黄泉路上徒有好意多；光说不练是不够的

84.Roo Peter to pay paul to borrow money from one person to pay back what you owe
to another person;to take money from one thing to use for something else 借新债还旧账；
拆东墙补西墙

85.A rolling stone gathers no moss a person who moves from place to place, job to job
滚石不生苔，频迁不聚财

86.Rome wasn’t built in a day used to say that a complicated task will take a long time
and needs patience 罗马不是一天建成的；复杂的工作不会一躞而就

87.When in rome used to say that when you are in a foreign country, or a situation you
are not familiar with,you should nehave in the way that the people around you behave
入乡随俗

88.A rose by any other name would smell as sweet what is important is what people or
things are, not what they are called 玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故；名称并不是重要的东西

89.Better safe than sorry used to say that it is wiser to be too careful than to act too
quickly and do something you may later wish you had not 宁可事先谨慎有余，不要事后后
悔莫及

90.There’s safety in numbers being in a group makes you safer and makes you feel
more confident 人多保险
91.What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander what one person is allowed to do,
another person must be allowed to do in a similar situation 适于此者亦适应于彼；应该一视
同仁

92．Leaset said soonest mended a bad sitaution will pass or be forgotten most quickly if
nothing more is said about it 只要没人再说，事情就会过去

93.Never say die do not stop hoping 别泄气；别气馁；不言放弃

94.You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours used to say that if somebody helps you,
you will help them, even if this is unfair to others 礼尚外来；私相授受

95.Share and share alike used to say that everyone should share things equally and in a
fsir way 平均分享；平均分担

96.Out of sight, out of mind used to say somebody will quickly be forgotten when they
are no longer with you 眼不见，心不想

97.Silence is golden it is often best not to say anything 沉默是金

98.It’s six of one and half a dozen of the other used to say that there is not much real
difference between two possible choices 半径八两；不相上下

99.Let sleeping dogs lie to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in
the past, in order to avoidmany problems or arguments 过去的事就别再提了；不要没事找
事

100.There’s many a slip twixt cup and lip nothing is completely certain untill it ready
happens because things can easily go wrong 到嘴的鸭子也会飞走