26--------Winning isn't everything

One may enjoy the process of playing a game whether one wins or not. This traditional proverb is now

often heard in the opposite form, Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing!

27-------Time will tell

Wait and see how something will work out. Don't trust a person or thing too much right now.

28--------The burned child shuns fire

Some of life's lessons are learned the hard way. The person who has had to pay for a

mistake will be careful not to make that mistake again.

29--------There are other fish in the sea

There are opportunities! For example, this is may be used to encourage someone who has

just broken off a relationship with a sweetheart.

30--------Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

Do not become too confident of success before you can see that progress

is happening.

31--------Rome wasn't built in a day

Do not be discouraged if your goal still seems far away. On a big project,

success takes time!

32--------There is more here than meets the eye

Be careful. People are hiding something in order to protect themselves or

take advantage of you.

33--------The customer is always right

Businesses instruct their clerks not to do anything that might threaten a customer's

self-esteem, no matter how unreasonable the customer is. Any complaint of any

customer must be carefully and politely heard by any employee. The customer must

not be made to feel ignorant.

34--------Be true to yourself

Do not compromise yourself or your beliefs in order to please other people or fit in

with a system. Know who you are. Let other people know what you stand for. Do not give

in to pressure to conform or to do things you do not agree with.

35--------Once bitten, twice shy

This may be used to explain the behavior of a person who is overly cautious about something.

The wise person makes mistakes but does not usually make the same mistake twice

36--------It isn't over till the fat lady sings

I refuse to admit defeat yet. Though right now it looks like I may fall, there is still time for

things to change. (The "fat lady" is an insulting reference to an opera soloist, opera often

end with a female solo.)

37--------To each his own

Each individual should be allowed to have his or her own preferences. people will naturally

choose different activities, goals, life-s, etc.

38--------Looking out for number one

Looking out for one's own personal welfare more than anything else. This is sometimes used

to criticize a person who has abused or taken advantage of someone else, "All he was doing was

looking out for number one." Or it may be used to defend himself or herself, "There is nothing

wrong with what I did. I was just looking out for number one."

39--------When the going gets tough, the tough get going

When situation is difficult , only the determined people can handle it. They don't give up!

40--------Times flies when you are having fun

A day seems shot when it is full of enjoyable things but it seems like an eternity if one is

idle or stuck with a boring job.

41--------If it feels good, do it

Live according to your desires at the moment. Forget about rules, regulations or consequences.

Just have fun.

42--------Live and let live

Do not be judgmental. Do not try to control or punish other people.

You live as you like and let others live as they like.

43--------Variety is the spice of life

Variety is what makes life pleasureable. Boredom is seen as a threat and monotony is the surest route to boredom.

44-------Money talks

Wealth has influence. People who make big contribut

51---------Love finds a way

Love is considered one of the most powerful and determined forces in the world. Two people in love will "find a way" to get together.

52--------Absence makes the heart grow fonder

When lovers are separated, they may think about each other constantly. their love may deepen.

53---------Out of sight, out of mind

This is said of someone not considered important or worthy of loyalty. One forgets about that person as soon as he or she is out of sight.

54-------Love makes the world go around

Love is the driving force in all of life. Love makes life worth living. If you understand love,you understand everything about life.

55--------Marry in haste and repent at leisure

Do not rush into any long-term commitment. In the past this meant, "take your time before you commit yourself to a marriage partner." Now it means, "Do not commit yourself to anyoneyou will be sorry." or it may mean, "Live with a person for a while before marrying him or her."It may also apply to any long-term partnership, such as a joint business venture

56-------Talk is cheap


Talking is not doing, It is easy to talk about a plan, but this gets little respect untill one takes a risk and puts the plan into action.

57--------Love is blind

When people are in love, they do not see each other's faults

58---------Time is money

Time can be converted to money, that is, wages are often paid per hour of work. Managers want employees to do things quickly because "time is money." If employees waste time, the company loses money.

59---------If you're so smart, why ain't you rich

This question implies that intelligence, like time, can be converted into money. It is used to cut down an ordinary person(not a rich one) who has expressed an opinion as if it is the final word on the subject.


60--------Beggars can't be choosers

Beggars have to accept whatever they get. A poor person has very few choices in life.

This harsh reply may be used if people complain about the size or quality of a gift.

61--------The love of money is the root of all evil


Greed will lead a person into many other evils such as cheating, oppression and violence.
(one also hears, money is the root of all evil, which places the blame more on money than on greed.)


62---------A fool and his money are soon parted


Folly will always show up in the way a fool handles money. Wise people are the ones smart enough to guard money once they have it.


63--------It isn't whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game


Playing well and fairly is more important than succeeding. This saying is sometimes used to console


someone who has lost a game. The ideas is that in spite of losing, one may still feel like a success if one has played as well as possible.


64--------Money can't buy happiness

There are some things money just can't buy. This reminds people that money is not an ultimate value although it often is treated as one. The saying may be used as a comment when a wealthy but lonely and wretched person commits suicide.


65--------Nice guys finish last

Success is valued more highly than kindness and politeness. If unkindness and impooliteness contribute to one's success, they are sometimes excused as "toughness" or "what it takes." This is more often applied to men than woman.

66--------The one who dies with the most toys wins

This recent, cynical saying makes fun of three common American desires--competing, accumulating property, and having fun.

67--------Just do it


This proverb is actually a recently invented advertising slogan for the Nike Shoe company. It may also be the best three-word summary of American cultural values. It means, "qu

76--------Money doesn't grow on trees

You have to work for things. Success does not come on its own.


77---------Easy come, easy go

If you have received something without working for it, it may soon be gone. You will not be as careful with it as you will be with something you earned.


78---------Too many cooks spoil the broth

Individual action or action by the smallest group possible is better than consulting a lot of people. Too much consultation will waste time and create problems.


79---------Stand on your own two feet

Grow up; act like an adult. Don't ask me to do something for you. This may be said to a young or immature person who depends too much on others. It is like a cow kicking a grown calf that wants to suckle.


80-------If you want something done right, do it yourself

This discourages people from trusting anyone except themselves.

It maybe said to someone who ask another person to do a job for him/her and then complains about it was done.


81-------Necessity is the mother of invention

When a person really needs something, he or she figures out some new way to get it. This creative initiative to change one's situation is considered much better than giving up and accepting things as they are.First come, first served


This saying is used when there is a limited supply of something such as tickets to an event or food at a picnic. The idea is that no matter what your status, if you want some of what is being given away or sold, you must present yourself in person and in good time.


83---------No pain no gain

one must put forth an effort in order to succeed.

This saying comes from physical fitness instructors. They say that if you do not exercise hard enough to make your muscles hurt, the exercise is not doing you much good.

84--------Give him an inch and he'll take a mile

Be careful of presumptuous people who take more initiative than they should.

If you do someone a small favor or delegate a little permission or a little power, he or she may take advantage of you.


85--------If it isn't broke, don't fix it

Do not bother trying to improve something if it is already working satisfactorily.


That is a waste of time and you run the risk of breaking the thing while you are trying to improve it.


86--------There is no harm in trying

A person expects to be respected for making an effort even if it does not succeed.

87--------The cure is worse than the disease

While trying to solve one problem, we create an even bigger problem.

We would have been better off if we had done nothing.


88--------Count to ten before you lose your temper


Do not instantly let your feelings control your actions. Slow down.

Think before you react.


89---------All things come to him who waits

Sometimes patience is better than initiative.

90---------There is many a slip between the cup and the lip


This refers to a plan that has gone wrong. When one is drinking from a cup, one intends to get all the drink into the mouth, but this does not always happen.

The plan is good but it can still fail.

91---------Boys will be boys

People will act according to their nature, including some mischief.

This is sometimes used to describe irresponsible but not too seriously wrong behavior by men. In other words, grown men will sometimes act like little boys.

92-------One bad apple can spoil the whole barrel

Do not associate with bad people. They may spoil you as a rotting apple spoils the apples next to it in the barrel.

93---------Better the devil you know than the devil you don't

People are generally not trustworthy. It is therefore better to deal with a familiar person or situation than an unknown one. That way you know what to watc

101---------Many hands make light work

Cooperation makes a job much easier

102----------There is safety in numbers

Do not take large risks all by yourself.

Do not walk alone on a dangerous street at night.

103---------Charity begins at home

One should be kind to close relatives before doing good

to the community in general.

104---------There is no place like home

Home is the best place in the world.

The most relaxing and enjoyable place.

105----------Silence is consent

Do not stay silent when you see a problem or an injustice.

Speak out against it. Say, "Enough is enough." or people will think you do not mind the situation.

106----------What goes around comes around

What you do to others, especially if it is bad, will eventually be done to you.

As you seek your own success, do not treat other people badly. They may

take revenge and spoil your success.

107----------Honesty is the best policy

When one is tempted to cheat, this proverb serves as a reminder of the importance

of good character. Honesty brings trust and trust leads to success.

108--------If the shoe fits, wear it

If an accusation is true, accept the blame.

This saying can also mean, " if a suitable opportunity comes to you, take it!"

109----------You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink

Even when given an opportunity, some people will not use it.

In that case the blame is all on him.

110----------You made the bed, you lie in it

You created a certain situation so you are now responsible

to take the consequences.

111----------The pot calling the kettle black

Since the pot and the kettle are equally black from the cooking fire, the pot has not

right to criticize the kettle. This might be used if someone known to be a gossip criticizes

someone else for gossiping.

112---------Don't get mad, get even

When someone treats you badly, do not just get angry, express your anger in action.

113----------Get a life

Do not be so unreasonably critical about tiny things.

Find something better to do with your time.

114---------My country, right or wrong

I am absolutely loyal to my country whether or not I agree with

its policy in a certain area.

115-----------There are two sides to everything

Never assume that all the blame for a conflict lies on one side,
especially if you have heard only one side of the story.

116--------Forgive and forget

Conflicts should be resolved and ended, not left alone to cause years of regret, bitterness and pain.

117-----------Business and pleasure don't mix

When you work, work. When you play, play. It is inefficient and therefore unwise to try to mix the two.

118----------Let a sleeping dog lie

Do not meddle in something that will cause you no trouble if you leave it alone.

If you wake up the "dog," it may bite you.

119-----------No man can serve two masters

Divided loyalty will break down sooner or later.

120---------Make it short and sweet

Speak briefly and to the point.

We don't have time for the details


121---------What will be will be

Some things cannot be changed or avoided.

122--------A friend in need is a friend indeed

My true friend is the one who show loyalty to me by helping me when I am in need.

123--------People who live in glass house should not throw stones

Do not attact anyone if you have no way to defend yourself

when they attact you in the same way.

124--------Opposites attract

As positive and negative magnets attract each other, so people of very different types

attract each other. For example, a quiet woman marries a very outgo

126--------Blood is thicker than water

Blood relationship is stronger than voluntarily chosen friendship.

Brothers will stick up for each other against their own friends if they have to.

This proverb is not quoted much anymore because kinship is not as highly valued as it used to be.


127--------You can't teach an old dog new tricks

Once habits are learned, it is very hard to change them.

128--------To err is human

It is normal for humans to make mistakes and it is godly (or God-like) to forgive them.

129--------Haste makes waste

Through acting quickly is generally a good thing, acting too quickly may cause troulbe.

This proverb is used when someone has done a job carelessly and wrongly. For example,

a carpenter in a hurry may cut a board too short and have to throw it away.

130--------Make hay while the sun shines

If you do not seize the opportunity, rain may come and spoil the hay before you get into the barn.

131--------If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

Withdraw from an activity if you don't like the conflict and criticism it

brings. Let other people do it without you.

132----------Everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time

This is to tell us that we are all equal.

133--------Life is a pie

It's dished out in large and small pieces and when's gone, it's gone. If we ask for more than our share, we're just begging to be disappointed.

134--------Making every minute count

Doing something productive all the time, not letting any time "slip away."

135--------A pen is mightier than the sword

A conflict maybe resolved more deeply and effectively by writing the

truth than by resorting to violence.

136--------A new broom sweeps clean

A new person in power will change many things and improve the situation. change is better than leaving things as they are.

137--------Tomorrow is another day (or, Tomorrow is a new day.)

No matter how bad things are right now, a person may hope for better

prospects in the morning. New opportunities will come.

138--------Opportunity only knocks once

Opportunity is like an unexpected stranger passing by. It knocks on someone's door.

If the person fails to answer the door, opportunity goes away and knocks on someone else's door. It does not return to the same person.

139---------Business is business

Do business with strangers as if they were brothers and with brothers as if they were strangers.

140--------History repeats itself

There are patterns in history. Nations rise and fall for similar reasons.

Nations do not change their ways or learn from the mistakes of others. They repeat them.

141--------People are people

Their human nature is predictable.

They respond to stimulus and incentives.

142--------Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer

A man without enemy is a man without quality.

Think not? Even Jesus Christ had many, many enemies.

143--------Better late than never

Though being on time is better than being late, doing something late is better than giving up or doing nothing.

144--------Punish one, teach a hundred

People problems sometimes must be dealt with harshly.

When you make an example of someone, make sure that everyone knows what the lesson is.

145--------Attitude is everything

A pessimist sees a glass half-empty,

An optimist sees it half-full.

146--------Like father, like son

A son will be like his father. This may be quoted whenever the son has

done something that reminds people of the father. Whether it is good or bad.

147--------When the cat's away the mice will play

People will take advantage of a situation if they can.

Employees will get laz

151--------Will wonders never cease?

Said when someone has done something untypical of him or her and much better than was expected. It may also be used of a technological
breakthrough.

152--------Do not stand out, fit in

Make no long-term, close friendships with any colleague,but be cordial to all.

153--------There is no morality in struggles for power

In struggles for power, your judgements should be based entirely on self-interest and finding as direct and economical a route to your goal as possible.

154--------Natural law is blind

Just like water, cleaness and refreshes without any distinction, and without any judgement either.

155--------The more things change, the more they stay the same

Said when an apparent change is only superficial.

156--------Happiness is a choice and misery is optional

The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.

157--------The leopard cannot change his sports

Some people are not willing or able to change their chartacter.

This is said when a notoriously bad person tries to change but fails into the same mistake all over again.

158--------Man proposes, God disposes

Human beings make their plans but God determines whether they
succeed or not.

159--------A live dog is better than a dead lion

It may be better to run away like a scared dog with its tail between its legs than to stand and fight to the death like a courageous lion.

160--------It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind

Since women are often considered more emotional and less
logical than men, and since emotions are more changeable than reasons, women are allowed to change their minds.

161--------Spare the rod and spoil the child

An undisciplined child will turn out to be a rotten person.

Many parents think that any physical punishment of children is abusive, while many others think that without it, children grow up to be morally retarded.

162--------Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me

A taunt used by people claiming that an insult did not affect them.

163--------The worm turns

Everything chnages. Do not expect situations or people to stay the same for very long.

164--------You are what you eat

A nation's diet can be more revealing than it's art or literature.

165--------Marriages are made in heaven

God is the source of human love and the one who destines two individuals to be married. This proverb is going out of fashion since it goes against individual freedom.

166--------If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours

If you do something good for me, I should do something good for you

167--------Office politics are secret and dirty and there is never an end to it

To survive, be patient--watch, listen and say little; to win, be patient--survive, plan and then strike swiftly.

168--------Work smarter, not harder

Get others to do as much as they can for you.

169--------Time heals all wounds

The damage done by a conflict is like a wound that will

heal naturally over time if it is not re-injured.

170--------No news is good news

If a friend is travelling and one does not hear from him/her, one may assume that everything is going well. As another proverb says, Bad news travels fast.

171--------Time marches on

Time is marching to its own drumbeat.

It does not slow down or stop for anyone.

172--------Keeping up with Joneses

This means buying things that you see your neighbors buying.

That way you look like just as much a success as they do.

173--------A man may work from sun to sun, but woman's work is never done

Men may have to work long days but they can go home to rest in the evening. Women can never get away from what used to be called

&q

176--------Every cloud has a silver lining

Even bad situations will contain something good if we look for it.

Clouds are considered symbols of undersirable things. The bright

edge of a dark clouds is like something good that can cheer us up.

177--------The exception proves the rule

Though we are making an exception and breaking the rule in this

one case, we do it only becasue the circumstances are so unusual.

178--------Shop till you drop

Shopping is a form of considering options. People think

this is fun so they keep doing it untill they are worn out.

179--------The devil can quote scripture

A quotation from an authoritative book or person cannot always be

trusted. The quote may be distorted or incorrectly applied.

180--------Hindsight is always 20/20

Looking back on the past, it is easy for anyone to see what should

have been done even though it was impossible for anyone to see

it at the time. ("20/20 vision" is an eye doctor's term for eyes that see

perfectly.)

181--------The good die young

Life is not always fair. Some very fine people die at a young age

though it seems they were so good they deserved to live longer.

182--------Power corrupts

When people are put into positions of power, they gradually forget

what life is like for ordinary people. They become more likely to abuse

their power, perhaps without even realizing it.

183--------Half a loaf is better than no bread at all

Sometimes we will not be able to get all we want or hope for.

As such times of only partial success, we should look on bright side

and be glad for what we got.

184--------A house divided against itself cannot stand

Unity is the strength that preserves a family or a nation.

185--------Easy said than done

We promise according to our hope but

we perform according to our fear.

186--------A dog is a man's best friend

Dogs are know for their loyalty. Their friendship is

more reliable than the friendship of people.

187--------Practice makes perfect

Effort brings improvement and success.

188--------Where there is a will, there's a way

Any problem can be solved if one is determined enough.

189--------He who laughs last, laughs best

If a person does wrong to someone and laughs at him or her,

the victim will look for a way to get revenge. When revenge is taken,

the victim gets the last laugh, defeating the other person.

190--------It takes two to make a quarrel

Avoid a fight if you can. An insult does not become a

fight unless it is answered by an insult.

191--------Let bygones be bygones

Do not bring up an old problem.

Pretent it never happened.

192--------Two wrongs don't make a right

If someone does a wrong to you, react with justice,

not by doing something vicious. (He did wrong to you,

but you do right in response.

193--------Crime does not pay

Though crime appears to have benefits, this is an illusion.

for example, shoplifting seems like an easy way to get things one wants,

but crime always puts the criminal in danger of punishment.

194--------So far so good

Said by or to someone who is carrying out a plan taking

one step at a time. Confidence increases with each step.

195--------Two is company and three is a crowd

This may be used when two people are talking and a

third, unwanted person approaches.

196--------Innocent untill proven guilty

In a court of law, the accused person is presumed innocent at

the start. The burden of proof always rests on the accusser,

not the accused. The jury will not convict the person unless the

proof is clear.

197------

长阿

睇到眼都花

very good

好帖，受教，支持。

好久没有看见猫仔哥哥上来了~

支持～～对考托福和GRE有帮助！

好长

My god!!
眼睛太酸了啊!!
能删改以后再发吗

excellent and helpful...

哈哈

多謝分享!

收益非浅，谢谢。

不错

不明白

几好

讨厌

我的爱与无私的付出

不认识……

有点晕

useless

是啊是啊

值得学习!

这样

good

very good, thx

多谢介绍哦，辛苦了……