Faint heart never won fair lady.
胆小鬼得不到美女青睐

It takes one to know one.
同类才能互相了解 (半斤八两)

What’s done is done.
木已成舟

A little knowledge is dangerous.
一知半解最危险

A big fish in a small pond.
大材小用

Old habits die hard.
本性难移

What goes around comes around.
种瓜得瓜

Slow and steady wins the race.
扎实稳固才能赢得胜利

All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的未必是金子

A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火

Haste makes waste.
欲速则不达

The icing on the cake.
锦上添花

Every cloud has a silver lining.
黑暗之中总有亮光

Stabbed in the back.
被背后中伤

Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌

Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水

Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
机不可失

Beauty is the only skin deep.
外表美不一定心灵美

All‘s fair in love and war.
在情场和战场，一切都是公平的

Charity begins at home.
仁爱始于家

He laughs best who laughs last.
笑到最后的人才是真正的胜利者

Better safe than sorry.
稳妥总比遗憾强

Better bend than break.
大丈夫能屈能伸

A watched pot never boils.
心急壶不开

It’s a drop in the bucket.
沧海一粟，九牛一毛

Chickens come home to roost.
该来的终将会来(恶会有恶报)

A cat has nine lives.
猫有九命

Curiosity killed the cat.
好奇害死猫

If the shoe fits, wear it.
如果是真的，就承认吧

Waste not, want not.
不浪费，不匮乏

Rome wasn’t built in a day.
罗马不是一天建成的

Every Jack has his Jill.
人人都有适合他的妻子

Experience is the best teacher.
经验是最好的老师

Hunger is best sauce.
饥饿是最好的调味品

Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳

Misery loves company.
同病相怜

A fly in the ointment.
美中不足

Beggars can’t be choosers.
乞讨的人是不可能成为有选择的人的（饥不择食）

Let sleeping dogs lie.
睡着的狗就让它继续睡吧（勿惹是生非）

Every dog has its day.
谁都会有属于他的那一天的

Ingorance is bliss.
无知是福

Pie in the sky.
空中阁楼

Speak of the devil.
说曹操，曹操就到

Fine clothes make the man.
人靠衣装，马靠鞍

Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心不烦

There’s a skeleton in every closet.
家家有本难念的经

Finders, keepers. Losers, weepers.
先下手为强，后下手遭殃

No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息

Well begun is half done.
好的开头是成功的一半

Honesty is the best policy.
诚实是最好的策略

Look before you leap.
三思而后行

Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧

History repeats itself.
历史在重演

Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子

East or west, home is best.
金窝，银窝，不如自己的狗窝

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
不要把所有鸡蛋都放到一个篮子里

Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失

No pain, no gain.
没有疼痛，就没有收获

Live and learn.
学无止境

The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃

First come, first served.
先到先得

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
今日事今日毕

In for a penny, in for a pound.
一不做，二不休

Easy come, easy go.
来得快，去得也快

No man is an island.
没有人是一座孤岛

Many hands make light work.
人多力量大

Two heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠胜过诸葛亮

Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同

A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情

When the cat’s away the mice will play.
山中无老虎，猴子称大王

You can never say never.
世事无绝对

Laughter is the best medicine.
笑是最好的良药

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一日一苹果，医生远离我

You are what you eat.
人如其食

Silence is gold.
沉默是金

A picture is worth a thousand words.
一图胜千言

It’s never too late.
永远都不迟

Better late than never.
迟到总比不到好

Barking dogs seldom bite.
会叫的狗不咬人

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗

It takes two to tango.
一个巴掌拍不响

Walls have ears.
隔墙有耳

Seeing is believing.
眼见为实

An eye for an eye.
以牙还牙

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
给人强加罪名

Two wrongs don’t make a right.
错错不会得对

Let bygones be bygones.
让往事成为往事

It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人

No news is good news.
没有消息，就是好消息

Bad news travels fast.
坏事传千里

We are in the same boat.
我们处境相同

While there’s life there’s hope.
有生命，就有希望

Tomorrow is another day.
明天又是崭新的一天

Still waters run deep.
静水流深

All roads lead to Rome.
条条马路通罗马

Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成

Nothing succeeds like success.
一事成，百事成

One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
一个人的美食可能是另一个人的毒药

Time is money.
时间等于金钱

Time flies.
时光飞逝

Money talks.
金钱万能

More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达

Patience is a virtue.
耐心是一种美德

Talk is cheap.
光说无用

Actions speak louder than words.
行动胜于空谈

Practice what you preach.
先行其言而后从之