英諺三百句（中）

第二部份，內容如下，
打完第二篇之後，忽然覺得自己真是沒事找事做。XD

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121. First come, first served.
　　　捷足先登。

122. First impressions are most lasting.
　　　先入為主。

123. Fling dirt enough and some will stick.
　　　人言可畏。

124. Flow of words is not always flow of wisdom.
　　　巧言令色鮮矣仁。

125. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
　　　愚人不怕事；盲人不怕蛇。

126. Forbidden fruit is sweetest.
　　　禁果最甜。

127. Forewarned is forearmed.
　　　有備無患；先知先做準備。

128. Forgive and forget.
　　　既往不究。

129. From the frying pan into the fire.
　　　每下愈況。

130. Full of courtesy and full of craft.
　　　多禮必詐。

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131. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
　　　天才是一分靈感加上九十九分流汗。

132. Give a dog a bad (= an ill) name and hang him.
　　　欲加之罪，何患無辭。

133. Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.
　　　得寸進尺。

134. Give the devil his due.
　　　公平對待惡魔；平心而論。

135. God gives all things to industry.
　　　勤者必有天助。

136. God (= Heaven) helps those who help themselves.
　　　天助自助者。

137. God never shuts one door but he opens another.
　　　天無絕人之路。

138. God's mill grinds slow but sure.
　　　法網恢恢，疏而不漏。

139. Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
　　　良伴行，路程短。

140. Good fences make good neighbors.
　　　籬笆築得好，相鄰處得好。

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141. Good medicine tastes bitter.
　　　良藥苦口。

142. Good watch prevents misfortune.
　　　有備無患。

143. Good words cost nothing, but are worth much.
　　　良言本無價，其貴值千金。

144. Grasp all, lose all.
　　　貪多失多。

145. Great oaks fall while reeds remain.
　　　驕者敗，謙受益。

146. Great vessels take years to produce.
　　　大器晚成。

147. Half a loaf is better than none.
　　　聊勝於無。

148. Handsome is as handsome does.
　　　心美善者始為美貌。

149. Happy is he who is content.
　　= He who is content is happy.
　　　知足常樂。

150. Haste makes waste.
　　　欲速則不達。

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151. Health is above (better than) wealth.
　　　健康勝於財富。

152. He knows most, who speaks least.
　　　智者寡言。

153. He that cannot obey cannot command.
　　　無法服從者，不能指揮。

154. He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.
　　　作賊心虛。

155. He that is down need fear no fall.
　　　低位者無慮跌落。

156. He that touches pitch shall be defiled.
　　　近墨者黑。

157. He who denies all confessed all.
　　　欲蓋彌彰。

158. He who hesitates is lost.
　　　猶豫者多失。

159. He who lives in a glass house should not throw stones.
　　= Those who live in a glass house should not throw stones.
　　　投鼠忌器；識時務者為俊傑。

160. He who loves others is constantly loved by them.
　　　愛人者人恆愛之。

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161. He who loves well chastises well.
　　　愛之深責之切。

162. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
　　　不犯錯者，一事無成。

163. He who runs after two hares will catch neither.
　　　腳踏兩船，好事不成。

164. Hide not your light under a bushel.
　　　勿過份謙沖以致隱沒才能。

165. His bread is buttered on both sides.
　　　左右逢源；兩面討好。

166. History repeats itself.
　　　歷史會重演。

167. Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
　　　順風轉舵；見機行事。

168. Honesty is the best policy.
　　　誠實為上策。

169. Hunger is the best sauce.
　　　飢不擇食。

170. Idle folk have the least leisure.
　　　懶惰人才說沒空閒。

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171. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.
　　　凡是值得做的事，都值得好好地做。

172. If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
　　　有志竟成，持之不餒。

173. If you have tasted the bitterest of the bitter, you will become the greatest of the great.
　　　吃得苦中苦，方為人上人。

174. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
　　　同時追兩兔，兩頭都落空。

175. Ignorance is bliss.
　　　傻人有傻福。

176. Ill news come apace.
　　　惡事千里傳。

177. In wine there is truth.
　　　酒後吐真言。

178. It is a good horse that never stumbles.
　　　再好的馬也會有絆倒之時。

179. It is a long lane that has no turning.
　　　路必有彎；否極泰來。

180. It is a long story.
　　　一言難盡。

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181. It is always a pleasure to greet a friend from afar.
　　　有朋自遠方來不亦樂乎。

182. It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
　　　凡事有利有弊。

183. It is a small world.
　　　冤家路窄；這世界真小。

184. It is dogged (that) does it.
　　　天下無難事，只怕有心人。

185. It is easy to be wise after the event.
　　　不經一事，不長一智。

186. It is good fishing in troubled water.
　　　混水易摸魚。

187. It is more blessed to give than to receive.
　　　施比受更有福。

188. It is never too late to mend.
　　　亡羊補牢，為時未晚；見兔雇犬，猶未晚也。

189. It is no use crying over spilt milk.
　　　覆水難收。

190. It never rains but it pours.
　　　禍不單行。

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191. It serves you right.
　　　活該，罪有應得。

192. It takes (= requires) all sorts to make a world.
　　　世界是由各種人組成的。

193. It takes two to make (= pick up) a quarrel.
　　　孤掌難鳴。

194. Jump once but look twice.
　　　三思而後行。

195. Justice has long arms.
　　　天網恢恢，疏而不漏。

196. Keep something for a rainy day.
　　　未雨綢繆。

197. Kill two birds with one stone.
　　　一石二鳥；一舉兩得；一箭雙鵰。

198. Knowledge is power.
　　　知識就是力量。

199. Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.
　　　學如逆水行舟，不進則退。

200. Learning without thinking is vain; thinking without learning is perilous.
　　　學而不思則罔；思而不學則殆。

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201. Least said, soonest mended.
　　　少說少錯，多言惹禍。

202. Let beggars match with beggars.
　　　龍配龍，鳳配鳳。

203. Let bygones be bygones.
　　　既往不究。

204. Let sleeping dogs lie.
　　　莫惹事生非，一動不如一靜。

205. Light come, light go.
　　　易得易失。

206. Like cures like.
　　　以毒攻毒。

207. Like father, like son.
　　　有其父必有其子。

208. Little strokes fell great oaks.
　　　滴水穿石。

209. Live and learn.
　　　活到老，學到老。

210. Look before you leap.
　　　三思而後行。

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211. Lookers-on see most of the game.
　　　旁觀者清。

212. Love me little, love me long.
　　　真愛恰似細水長流。

213. Love me, love my dog.
　　　愛屋及烏。

214. Make a mountain out of a molehill.
　　　誇大其詞；小題大作。

215. Make hay while the sun shines.
　　　把握時機。

216. Make the best of a bad bargain.
　　　逆來順受；善處逆境。

217. Man proposes, God disposes.
　　　謀事在人，成事在天。

218. Many a little makes a mickle.
　　　積沙成塔；積少成多。

219. Many hands make light work.
　　　眾志成城。

220. Many happy returns of the day!
　　　祝你生日快樂！祝你長壽！

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221. Harry in haste, and repent at leisure.
　　　匆匆結婚，慢慢後悔。

222. Man are not to be measured in inches.
　　　人不可貌相。

223. Might is right.
　　　強權即公理。

224. Mind your own business.
　　　勿管閒事。

225. Misfortunes never come single.
　　　禍不單行。

226. Money is the root of all evil.
　　　愛財為萬惡之源。

227. Money makes the mare go.
　　　有錢能使鬼推磨。

228. Money talks.
　　　錢萬能。

229. More haste, less speed.
　　　欲速則不達。

230. Much would have more.
　　　貪得無厭。

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231. Murder will out.
　　　如欲人不知，除非己莫為。

232. Necessity is the mother of invention.
　　　需要為發明之母。

233. Necessity knows no law.
　　　鋌而走險。

234. Needs must when the devil drives.
　　　情勢所迫，萬不得已。

235. Never do things by halves.
　　　做事勿半途而廢。

236. Never judge by appearances.
　　　人不可貌相。

237. Never say die.
　　　勿氣餒灰心。

238. Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
　　　勿自尋煩惱。

239. No cross, no crown.
　　　吃得苦中苦，方為人上人。

240. No gain without pain.
　　= No pains, no gains.
　　　不勞則無獲。

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