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PopularProverbsinEnglishandChinese中英文常用谚语 PopularProverbsinEnglishandChinese中英文常用谚语 PopularProverbsinEnglishandChinese中英文常用谚语 Popular Proverbs in English and Chinese  中英文常用谚语 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  一鸟在手胜于二鸟在林 Actions speak louder than words.  行胜于言 A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情 A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口 All is fish that comes to one 捉到网’里s的net都.是鱼 / 来者不拒 All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川 / 殊途同归 All roads lead to Rome. /Every road leads to Rome. 条条道路通罗 马 A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘谬以千里 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于 晨 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 千里之行 始于足下 A promise can not be taken back once it is made. 一言既出驷马难 追 As a man sows, so shall he reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆 Bad news has wings. 好事不出门，坏事传千里 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. /Love is blind. 情人眼中出西 施 Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好 / 亡羊补牢 Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚 Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水 Cast an anchor to wind ward. 防患未然 Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石 Courtesy costs nothing. 礼多人不怪 Do as you would be done by others. 己所不欲勿施于人 Don’ t put all your eggs in one basket. 不要背水一战 Don’ t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. /Don off what can be done today till tomorrow. 今天事，今天毕 Don’ t put the cart before the horse. 勿本末倒置（不要把马车放在 马前） Don’ t teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧 Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难 East or west, home is the best. 东奔西跑，仍是家里好 / 金窝银窝不 如自家的狗窝 / 在家千日好出门时时难 Early birds catch the worms. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃 / 笨鸟先飞 Even Homer sometimes nods. 圣人也会点头认错 / 智者千虑，必有 一失（ Homer荷马，公元前 9 世纪前后的古希腊盲诗人， Iliad 及 Odyssey 的作者 ；nod: 除了点头之外还有不专心，不留神而失误的 意思） Every cloud has a silver lining. 每一朵乌云都镶着银色的边 / 时来运转（ silver lining 理解为窘境中的希望或宽慰） Failure is the mother of success.  失败是成功之母 Few words, many deeds.  少说话，多做事 First come, first served.  先到先得 Give a lark to catch a kite.  舍云雀而抓鸢  / 得不偿失（  kite  此 处不