proverb(諺語,為英語作文添磚加瓦）Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs.莫笑皮匠拇指黑。Most things have two handles.多數(shù)事物有兩種解釋。Music is the eye of the ear.音樂是耳朵的眼睛。Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant.需要和機(jī)會，可使懦夫變勇敢。Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是發(fā)明之母。Neither fish nor flesh (nor good red herring).非驢非馬；不倫不類。Never judge from appearances.不可根據(jù)外貌判斷；不可以貌取人。Never too late to mend.補(bǔ)過不嫌晚。No cross, no crown.沒有十字架，就沒有王冠；無苦即無樂。No man can do two things at once.一人不能同時做兩件事；心無二用。No man ever became thoroughly bad all at once.從來沒有驟然變得極壞的人。No man is content.知足的人世上無。No mill, no meal.不磨面就沒有面包吃。No pleasure without pain.沒有無痛苦的歡樂。No rose without a thorn.玫瑰皆有刺（沒有盡善盡美的幸福）。No smoke without some fire.無火不生煙；無風(fēng)不起浪。Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.服從是軍人的第一職責(zé)。Older and wiser.老而益精；越老越聰明。Old bees yield no honey.老蜂不產(chǎn)蜜。Old vessels must leak.船舊必漏。Once a devil, always a devil.一次做魔鬼，永遠(yuǎn)是魔鬼。One flower makes no garland.一朵花做不成一個花環(huán)。One foot is better than two crutches.一只腳勝過兩條拐仗。Oppression maketh a wise man mad.人處壓迫下，聰明也會瘋。Out of sitght, out of mind.眼不見，心不想。Pain is forgotten where gain follows.一朝得了利，痛苦便忘記。Patience is the plaster of all sores.忍耐是一切痛苦的止痛膏。Patient men win the day.能忍者勝。Peace with sword in hand, Tis safest making.和平時期手執(zhí)劍，這樣做來最保險；有備無患。Pen and ink is wits plough.筆墨是才智之犁。Penny wise and pound foolish.小事聰明，大事糊涂。Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup.縱然裝入金杯，毒藥還是毒藥。Pouring oil on the fire is no way to quench it.加油不是滅火法。Praise is not pudding.恭維不等于布丁；恭維不是實惠。Promises are like piecrust, made to be broken.諾言好似餡餅皮，做來便是為咬碎。Promise is debt.許愿要還，欠債要清；許愿如欠債，欠了便要還。Public money is like holy water, every one helps himself to it.公款如圣水，人人都要嘗一嘴。Quietness is best.寧靜最好。Rain before seven: fine before eleven.早雨不過午。Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,and writing an exact man.閱讀使人淵博，會談使人機(jī)敏，寫作使人嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)。Remember thou art but a man.記住：你只不過是個“人”而已。Revolutions are not made with rosewater.革命不是玫瑰香水做成的（指：革命不能采用溫和的辦法）。Satan reproves sin.魔鬼責(zé)人之罪（責(zé)備他人有罪過，自己同樣有過失）。Scanderbegs sword must have Scanderbegs arm.斯坎德培（阿爾巴尼亞15世紀(jì)的民族英雄）的劍，必須要有斯坎德培的臂才能舉；寶劍須由烈士擎。Shallow streams make most din.淺流水聲響。Short pleasure, long lament.眼前片刻歡，日后長悲痛。Silence gives consent.沉默表示同意。Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.技能和信心是無敵的軍隊。Something is better than nothing.有總比沒有強(qiáng)。Soon ripe, soon rotten.早熟早爛；早慧早夭。Sorrow comes unsent for.悲哀來時不須邀。Sport is sweetest when there be no spectators.旁邊無觀眾，運(yùn)動最輕松。Still waters run deep.靜水流深。Straws show which way the wind blows.草動示風(fēng)向。Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.講著某人，某人就到；說起曹操，曹操就到。Teach your grandmother to suck eggs.班門弄斧。Temperance is the best physic.節(jié)欲是最好的藥品。The best (greatest) fish keep (swim near) the bottom.好魚游水底（指：有價值之物不能輕易得到）。The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good.要求過高，反難成功。The mountains have brought forth a mouse.大山生小鼠（指：費(fèi)力大而收效小）。The pot calls the kettle black.鍋子嫌罐黑；責(zé)人嚴(yán)而責(zé)己寬；自己有過失而申斥他人。There are two sides to every question.每個問題都有兩個方面。There is a crook(=affliction,trial) in the lot of every one.人生總有倒楣事；人生總有不如意處。The swan sings when death comes.死期來到，天鵝歌聲美妙。The thread breaks where it is weakest.線斷常在最細(xì)處。The tongue ever turns to the aching teeth.舌頭總是碰著疼牙。The used key is always bright.常用的鑰匙常光亮。The weakest goes to the wall.弱者敗北。The wish is father to the thought.愿望為思想之父；所望之事，每易信之為真。Things done cannot be undone.事已定局，不能挽回；覆水難收。Things unreasonable are never durable.