Saying and proverbs 谚语.docx

Saying and proverbs 谚语Absence makes the heart grow fonder Theres no accounting for tasteActions speak louder than wordsThe apple doesnt fall/never falls far from the treeIf you cant beat them, join themBeauty is only skin-keepYouve make your bed and you must lie in/on it Beggars cant be choosersSeeing is believing A bird in the hand is worth two in the bushBirds of a featherBlood is thicker than waterBorn with a silver spoon in your mouthTheres one born every minuteBoys will be boysWhen the cats away the mice will playCharity begins at home Every cloud has a silver liningCut your coat according to your clothTwos companyToo many cooks spoil the broth Dont count your chickens Curiosity killed the cat Better the devil you know The devil makes work for idle hands The die is cast Discretion is the better part of Val-ourEvery dog has his /its dayGive a dog a bad nameWhy keep a dog and bark yourself?The early bird catches the worm Be easier said than done Easy come, easy go The end justifies the means An Englishmans home is his castle Enough is enough Some are more equal than others An eye for an eye What the eye doesnt see Alls fair in love and war Familiarity breeds contempt Famous last words So far, so goodIts not over until the fat lady sings Like father, like son First come, first servedIf youve got it, flaunt it A fool and his money are soon partedFools rush in (where angels fear to tread)No fool like an old fool Forewarned is forearmed A friend in need Out of the frying pan into the fire Two can play at that game What goes around comes around When the going gets tough All that glitters/glistens is not gold The grass is greener on the other side It/money doesnt grow on trees Half a loaf is better than no bread All hands on deck/all hands to the pump Many hands make light work More haste, less speed Make hay while the sun shines Two heads are better than one He who hesitates is lost Home is where the heart isHope springs eternal You can lead a horse to water, but you cant make it drinkIts an ill wind Give sb an inch Dont judge a book by its cover Kill the goose that lays the golden eggBetter late than never He who laughs last laughs longest Look before you leap A leopard cannot change its spots Where theres life The lights are on but nobodys homeLive and let liveLive to fight another day Love is blind Every man for himself One mans meat is another mans poison You cant keep a good man down Marry in haste The more the merrier A miss is as good as a mile Money talks Out of the mouths of babes Where theres muck theres brass Mud sticks Necessity is the mother of invention Needs must No news is good news Great /tall oaks from little acorns grow You cant make an omelette without breaking eggs Once bitten, twice shy When youve seen, heard, etc. one, youve seen, heard, etc. them allYoure only young onceNo pain, no gain He who pays the piper calls the tune The pen is mightier than the swordIn for a penny, in for a pound A penny for your thoughts/a penny for them People in glass houses shouldnt Pigs might fly Any port in a storm Possession is nine tenths of the lawThe pot calling the kettle black Practice makes perfect Prevention is better than cure Everyone has their price Pride comes/goes before a fall The proof of the pudding It never rains but it pours You reap what you sow The road to hell is paved with good Rob Peter to pay PaulA rolling stone gathers no moss Rome wasnt built in a dayWhen is RomeA rose by any other name would smell as sweet Better safe than sorry Theres safety in numbers Whats sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander Least said soonest mended Never say die You scratch my back and Ill scratch yours Share and share alike Out of sight, out of mind Silence is golden Its six of one and half a dozen of the other Let sleeping dogs lie Theres many a slip twixt cup and lip Its a small world No smoke without fire where theres smoke, theres fire It takes all sorts (to make a world)The spirit is willing (but the flesh is weak)One step forward, two steps backStill waters run deep A stitch in time The streets are paved with goldStrike while the iron is hot Nothing succeeds like success One swallow doesnt make a summer Teach an old dog new trick You can never tell/you never can tellThese things are sent to try us No time like the presentTime is moneyTime will tell/only time will tell Does what it says on the tin Touch wood A trouble shared is a trouble halved Truth is stranger than fiction Truth will out One good turn deserves anotherNever the twain shall meet Variety is the spice of life Nothing ventured, nothing gainedVirtue is its own rewardWalls ha