1.a bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡始有惡終。
2.a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
3.a blate cat makes a proud mouse. 父母不嚴出逆子。
luck always comes in threes. 禍不單行。
news travels fast.壞事傳千里。
slow in choosing a friend， slower in changing. 擇友宜慎，棄之宜更慎。
slow to promise and quick to perform. 重諾守信。
swift to hear， slow to speak. 多聽少說。
ty is but skin-deep. 不可以貌取人。
ty is truth， truth beauty. 美即是真，真即是美。
er a little fire to warm us， than a great fire to burn us. 寧要小火暖身，不要大火灼人。
er safe than sorry. 安全勝過遺憾。
er small fish than empty dish. 盤中小魚勝無魚。
er the last smile than the first laughter. 笑在前不如笑在後。
er to ask the way than go astray. 多問不吃虧。
er to be safe than sorry. 安全勝過遺憾。
er to do well than to say well. 嘴勤不如手勤。
is enemy to health. 憂慮有損健康。
will kill a cat. 憂慮傷神。
dren and fools cannot lie. 小孩和傻瓜嘴裏沒謊話。
dren and fools speak the truth. 童子吐真言。
dren are what the mothers are. 有其母，必有其子。
dren have the qualities of the parents. 有什麼樣的父母，就有什麼樣的孩子。
stmas comes but once a year. 聖誕節每年只有一次。
hes don‘t make the man. 好馬不在鞍，人美不在衫。
hes make the man. 人靠衣服馬靠鞍
h job, tough day, tough world. life is not always sweet. that’s life.艱苦的工作，艱難的日子，不幸的世界。生活並不總是甜蜜的。這就是生活！