1. Time flies.

时光易逝。

2. Time is money.

一寸光阴一寸金。

3. Time and tide wait for no man.

岁月无情；岁月易逝；岁月不待人。

4. Time tries all.

时间检验一切。

5. Time tries truth.

时间检验真理。

6. Time past cannot be called back again.

光阴一去不复返。

7. All time is no time when it is past.

光阴一去不复返。

8. No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.

昨日不复来。

9. Tomorrow comes never.

切莫依赖明天。

10.One today is worth two tomorrows.

一个今天胜似两个明天。

11.The morning sun never lasts a day.

好景不常；朝阳不能光照全日。

12.Christmas comes but once a year.

圣诞一年只一度。

13.Pleasant hours fly past.

快乐时光去如飞。

14.Happiness takes no account of time.

欢娱不惜时光逝。

15.Time tames the strongest grief.

时间能缓和极度的悲痛。

16.The day is short but the work is much.

工作多，光阴迫。

17.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.

今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。

18.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.

明天如有事，今天就去做。

19.To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.

事事及时做，一日胜三日。

20.To save time is to lengthen life.

节省时间就是延长生命。

21.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.

万物皆有时，时来不可失。

22.Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.

时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。

23.When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.

机不可失，时不再来；机会一过，永不再来。

24.Make hay while the sun shines.

晒草要趁太阳好。

25.Strike while the iron is hot.

趁热打铁。

26.Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.

今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻碍多。

27.Punctuality is the soul of business.

守时为立业之要素。

28.Procrastination is the thief of time.

因循拖延是时间的大敌；拖延就是浪费时间。

29.Every tide hath ist ebb.

潮涨必有潮落时。

30.Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量。

31.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.

知识可羡，胜于财富。

32.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.

知识胜过金银，

33.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。

34.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.

为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。

35.Doubt is the key of knowledge.

怀疑是知识之钥。

36.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.

若要求知识，须从勤苦得。

37.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

浅学误人。

38.A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.

少量的常识，当得大量的学问。

39.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.

知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

40.Learn wisdom by the follies of others.

从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。

41.It is good to learn at another man's cost.

前车可鉴。

42.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.

知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体。

43.Experience is the best teacher.

经验是最好的教师。

44.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。

45.Dexterity comes by experience.

熟练来自经验。

46.Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

47.Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.

经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。

48. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.

有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。

49.Wit once bought is worth twice taught.

由经验而得的智慧，胜于学习而得的智慧；一次亲

身的体会，胜过两次的教师教导。

50.Seeing is believing.

百闻不如一见。

51.Business is the salt of life.

事业是生命之盐。

52.Business before pleasure.

事业在先，享乐在后。

53.Business makes a man as well as tries him.

事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。

54.Business neglected is business lost.

忽视职业便是放弃职业。

55.Never think yourself above business.

勿自视过高；不要眼高手低；永远不要认为自己是大

才小用。

56.Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.

事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。

57.He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.

自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。

58.Do business,but be not a slave to it.

要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。

59.Everybody's business is nobody's business.

众人的事就是无人过问的事。

60.Work makes the workman.

勤工出巧匠。

61.Better master one than engage with ten.

会十事，不如精一事。

62.A work ill done must be twice done.

首次做不好，必须重新搞。

63.They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.

不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。

64.If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.

想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。

65.He that doth most at once doth least.

什么都想一次做完，结果一件也做不完；贪多嚼不

烂。

66.Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.

照大多数人那样干，人们会把你称赞。

67.What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

在任何时候都可做的事情，总是在任何时候都不

做的事情。

68.Better late than never.

迟做总比不做好。

69.Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。

70.The shortest answer is doing the thing.

最简短的回答就是一个"干"字。

71.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

行动是知识之佳果。

72.Finished labours are pleasant.

完成工作是一乐。

73.It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.

没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。

74.It is right to put everything in its proper use.

凡事都应用得其所。

75.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.

按部就班，事情很快就做完。

76.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。

77.Work bears witness who does well.

工作能证明谁做的好。

78.It is not work that kills,but worry.

工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。

79.He that will not work shall not eat.

不工作者不得食。

80.Business is business.

公事公办。

81.Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.

慢慢酌量，快快行动。

82.Put your shoulder to the wheel.

努力工作。

83.Never do things by halves.

做事不要半途而废。

84.In for a penny,in for a pound.

做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。

85.Many hands make quick work.

人多干活快。

86.Many hands make light work.

众擎易举。

87.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。

88.Diligence is the mohter of success.

勤奋是成功之母。

89.Idleness is the root of all evil.

懒惰乃万恶之源。

90.Care and diligence bring luck.

谨慎和勤奋带来好运。

91.Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

勤勉是好运之母。

92.Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.

勤勉是幸运的右手，世俭是幸运的左手。

93.Idleness is the key of beggary.

懒惰出乞丐。

94.No root,no fruit.

无根就无果。

95.Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).

懒人做工作，越懒越费力。

96.Sloth is the key of poverty.

惰能致贫。

97.Sloth turneth the edge of wit.

懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。

98.An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。

99.The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.

节俭是致富的秘诀。

100. An idle youth,a needy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Phase 2



1. Waste not,want not.

俭以防匮。

2. From saving comes having.

富有来自节俭。

3. A penny saved is a penny gained.

省一文是一文。

4. Take care of the pence and the pound

will take care of themselves.

金钱积少便成多。

5. Frugality is an estate alone.

节俭本身就是一宗财产。

6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.

小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。

7. Small gains bring great wealth.

积小利，成巨富。

8. Many a little makes a mickle.

积少便成多。

9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.

试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。

10.Courage and resolution are the spirit

and soul of virtue.

勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。

11.The path to glory is always rugged.

光荣之路常坎坷。

12.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

世上无难事，只要人肯试。

13.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.

烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。

14.Great hopes make great man.

远大的希望造就伟大的人物。

15.No way is impossible to courage.

勇士面前无险路。

16.A smooth sea never made a skillfulmariner.

平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。

17.The good seaman is known in bad weather.

坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭

坏天气。

18.The best hearts are always the bravest.

行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。

19.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.

求神不如求己。

20.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.

今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。

21.Rome was not built in a day.

罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。

22.Success belongs to the persevering.

胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。

23.We must repeat a thousand and one times that

perseverance is the only road to success.

我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道

路。

24.Perseverance is failing nineteen times

and succeeding the twentieth.

十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。

25.Step by step the ladder is ascended.

登梯需要逐级登。

26.Adversity leads to prosperity.

困苦通向昌盛。

27.Patience and application will carry us through.

忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。

28.Fortune often rewards with interest those

that have patience to wait for her.

做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好

运常会来。

29.All things will come round to him who will but wait.

只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。

30.Constant dropping wears the stone.

滴水不绝可穿石。

31.Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.

鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果

达不到。

32.The world is a ladder for some to go up

and others to go down.

世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。

33.There needs a long apprenticeship to understand

the mystery of the world's trade.

要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。

34.Life is sweet.

生活是可爱的；人无不好生(恶死)。

35.Where there is life,there is hope.

生命不息，希望长在。

36.Life is not all beer and skittles.

人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。

37.Much water runs by the mill that

the miller knows not of.

眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。

38.Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.

人人都有走运的一天。

39.If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself;

if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you.

运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。

40.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。

41.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.

记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。

42.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).

祸不单行。

43.Misfortune is a good teacher.

不幸是良好的教师。

44.Misfortunes come at night.

祸常生于不测。

45.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。

46.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.

患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。

47.Live and learn.

活到老，学到老。

48.It is never too old to learn.

为学不怕年高。

49.A man becomes learned by asking questions.

要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。

50.There is no royal road to learning.

学问无坦途。

51.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.

畏问之人耻于学。

52.What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.

婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。

53.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.

知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。

54.Soon learnt,soon forgotten.

学得快，忘得快。

55.Learn young,learn fair.

为学趁年青，既学须学好。

56.A lazy youth,a lousy age.

少时懒惰老来苦。

57.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing.

无知即无疑。

58.A good name keeps its luster in the dark.

良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光。

59.Fame is a magnifying glass.

名誉是放大镜。

60.A good fame is better than a good face.

美名胜于美貌。

61.Fame like a river is narrowest at its

source and broadest afar off.

名誉如河流，发源处最狭，愈远愈宽广。

62.Take honour from me and my life is done.

没有名誉，就没有了生命。

63.Beware of him who regards not his reputation.

要谨防不重名誉的人。

64.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.

光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。

65.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.

成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。

66.Reputation is often got without merit

and lost without fault.

无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。

67.Your father's honour is to you

but a second-hand honour.

对于你来说，父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉。

68.Never trust another what you should do yourself.

自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。

69.It is an equal failing to trust everybody,

and to trust nobody.

信任一切与不信任任何人，同样是弱点。

70.Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.

在你信任一个人之前，先要深入了解他。

71.If you trust before you try,

you may repent before you die.

不经考验就依赖，不到瞑目便的悔。

72.Never trust to fine words.

切勿轻信漂亮话。

73.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.

细线挂重物，终究不可靠。

74.Be just to all,but trust not all.

要对一切人都公正，但不要对一切人都信任。

75.Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.

只要信任你自己，旁人才不出卖你。

76.Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

自信为英雄品质之本。

77.Confidence is a plant of slow growth.

信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。

78.Truth is the daughter of time.

真理是时间的女儿。

79.Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes.

真理面目善良；但衣衫褴褛。

80.Truth and roses have thorns about them.

真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。

81.Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed.

真理可能会被责难，但绝不会受羞辱。

82.Though malice may darken truth,it cannot put it out.

恶意可以糟塌真理；但无法消灭真理。

83.Truth will prevail.

真理必胜。

84.Truth's best ornament is nakedness.

不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰。

85.Facts are stubborn things.

事实是最顽强的东西。

86.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light.

真相迟早会大白。

87.The truths we least like to hear are those

which it is most to our advantage to know.

我们最不愿意听到的事实，往往是我们知道了会

大有好处的事实。

88.Falsehood like a nettle stings those

who meddle with it.

谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。

89.There is many a fair thing full false.

有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。

90.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome.

谎言装扮虽不错，到头总会被揭露。

91.A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.

谎言生谎言，谎言世代传。

92.A false tongue will hardly speak truth.

假舌不会吐真言。

93.False with one can be false with two.

对一个人虚假，也会对两个人虚假。

94.He that will lie will steal.

会说谎的人也就会偷窃。

95.Gossiping and lying go together.

流言常和谎话并行。

96.Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.

含糊其词是谎话的近亲。

97.A great talker is a great liar.

最会夸夸其谈的人也最会说谎。

98.The greatest liars talk most of themselves.

最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。

99.Lying rides upon debt's back.

负债的人谎话多。

100. Lying is the first step to the gallows.

说谎是上断头台的第一步。

Phase 3



1. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.

隐恶败善；原谅坏人即是伤害好人。

2. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.

重伤可治，恶名难去。

3. Evil communications corrupt good manners.

不良的交往败坏良好的举止。

4. No wrong without remedy.

有过皆可补。

5. Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

唯利是图者，胸中无美德。

6. First think,and then speak.

动口先动脑。

7. A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled).

一言既出，驷马难追。

8. While the word is in your mouth,it is your own;when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's.

话在嘴里，属于自己；话一出口，人家所有。

9. Speech is silver,silence is gold.

言语是银，沉默是金。

10.Few words are best.

寡言为贵。

11.No wisdom like silence.

聪明莫过沉默。

12.Least said,soonest mended.

少说为妙。

13.Second thoughts are best.

再思而后行。

14.Look before you leap.

慎思而后行。

15.He is a wise man who speaks little.

智多言语少。

16.Fair words butter no parsnips.

美言无补实际。

17.The tongue is not made of steel,yet it cuts.

舌头不是钢，一动把人伤。

18.Sometimes words hurt more than swords.

言语能伤人，有时胜刀剑。

19.A good tongue is a good weapon.

口齿伶俐，是件利器。

20.A wise head makes a close mouth.

头脑灵，嘴巴紧。

21.It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.

说得多是一回事，讲得中肯又是一回事。

22.Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress,which is great and tall,but bears no fruit.

无益的雄辩犹如高大的柏树，不会结果。

23.Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.

与其说话不中肯，不如半句也莫吭。

24.Many a true word is spoken in jest.

笑语之中吐真言。

25.Few words,many deeds.

少说话，多做事。

26.Actions speak louder than words.

行动比言语响亮；百说不如一干。

27.From words to deeds is a great space.

言行之间，大有距离。

28.Deeds,not words.

要行动，不要言词。

29.Bare words,no bargain.

空言不能成交易。

30.Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves.

行动是果实，言语只是叶子。

31.Ill deeds cannot honour.

坏行为不受尊敬。

32.Fine words dress ill deeds.

漂亮的言词装饰着恶劣的行为。

33.Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.

动听的话和坏行为同样欺骗聪明和愚人。

34.Our own actions are our security,not others' judgements.

我们的行为是自己的保证，并不是旁人的鉴定。

35.A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

空有言语而无行动的人，犹如杂草丛生的花园。

36.A man is not good or bad for one action.

不能凭一件事判断人的好坏。

37.A man apt to promise is apt to forget.

易于许诺的人也易于忘记。

38.A man that breaks his word,bids others to be false to him.

人不守信，无异于叫旁人对他失信。

39.Easier said than done.

说易行难。

40.The greatest talkers are always the least doers.

大言不惭的总是行动最少的人。

41.The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

布丁好坏，一尝便知；空谈不如实践。

42.Pride goes before a fall.

骄者必败。

43.Pride goes before destruction.

骄者必败。

44.Pride goeth before,and shame cometh after.

骄傲走在前，羞耻跟在后。

45.Pride and grace dwelt never in one place.

傲慢和温雅，永难住一处。

46.He that climbs high falls heavily.

爬得高，跌得重。

47.Pride must be pinched.

骄傲应收敛。

48.The more noble the more humble.

越高贵，越应谦逊。

49.Humility often gains more than pride.

谦逊常比傲慢受益更多。

50.He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none.

自命万事通，腹中常空空。

51.No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself.

人并不因为他自知很差就是很差。

52.Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.

骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。

53.It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride.

用慷慨激昂的言语攻击傲慢并不是谦逊的标志。

54.He that is full of himself is very empty.

自满之人腹内空。

55.Honesty is the best policy.

诚实为上策。

56.An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

诚实人的诺言实际上就是他的保证书。

57.Poor but honest.

虽贫穷，要诚实。

58.Honesty may be dear bought,but can never be an ill pennyworth.

高价买诚实，永远也值得。

59.Knavery may serve,but honesty is best.

欺诈可能有用，诚实却是上策。

60.Every man has his weak side.

人人都有自己的弱点。

61.He who has no shame has no conscience.

不知羞耻的人不知自疚。

62.An honest look covereth many faults.

一副诚实的外表掩盖着许多缺点。

63.Once a knave,ever a knave.

一次成无赖，永远是无赖。

64.A crafty knave needs no broker.

狡猾的无赖不需要有中间人。

65.The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.

正当得到的一分钱胜于偷来的一元钱。

66.One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.

合法取得的一辨士，胜于非法取得的一千辨士。

67.The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.

不正当得来的辨士使正当得来的英镑也受到沾污。

68.Love is blind.

爱情是盲目的。

69.Love is without reason.

爱情无理智。

70.Love is full of trouble.

爱情充满了烦恼。

71.Love cannot be compelled.

爱情不能强迫。

72.Love begets love.

爱爱相生。

73.Love needs no teaching.

爱情不需教导。

74.Love at first sight.

一见倾心。

75.Love asks faith,and faith firmness.

爱情要求信任，信任要求坚定。
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