威爾斯美語板橋分校

A bad penny always comes back.
惡有惡報。

A bad shearer never had a good sickle.
劣工尤器。
拙劣的割草工人用不出好鐮刀。自己技術不好，再好的鐮刀也沒有用

A bad workman always blames his tools.
劣工尤器。
拙劣的工匠只會怪工具不好。

A bad workman quarrels with his tools
劣工尤器。
劣匠只會跟自己的工具吵架。

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
一鳥在手勝於兩鳥在林。
擁有的才是最真實的。把握現在。及時行樂，有花堪折直須折。

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
小別勝新婚。

A burnt child dreads the fire.
受灼的小孩必怕火。
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。

A cat may look at a king.
君王卿相於我何關。
貓也可以打量國王，暗喻人人平等。
人皆可為堯舜帝王。切勿因為別人的經驗不如你多，就不讓他發表想法。

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link."
鏈子的堅固是取決於最脆弱的連結處。
一步下錯，滿盤皆輸。

A clear conscience is like a coat of mail.
良心如信紙之信封。
平生不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。

A clear conscience laughs at false accusation.
只要問心無愧，無端的指責可以一笑置之。

A constant guess is never welcome.
常客難受歡迎.

A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
知足常樂。

A creaking gate hangs long.
會嘎嘎響的門反而用得久。
病夫命久；瑕不掩瑜。

Actions speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。行動勝於言辭。
坐而言不如起而行。

Advice when most needed is least heeded.
忠言逆言。

A fair face may hide a foul heart. (Fair face, foul heart.)
人面獸心。

A fault confessed is half redressed.
肯認錯是改過的一半。過則勿憚改

A fool and his money are easily parted.
愚人難聚財。

A fox smells its own lair first."
狐狸有臭己先聞。要刮別人鬍子前，先刮自己的。
嚴以律己。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真情。

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
朋友應該容忍朋友的缺點。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
= A friend to all is a friend to none.
人盡可友的人，不是真正朋友。濫交者無友。

After a storm comes a calm.
否極泰來。

After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
午餐後一坐，晚餐後一哩。

After rain comes sunshine.
雨過天晴。

A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始必善終，欲善終務先以善始。

A good conscience is a safe pillow.
行止清白，高枕無憂。

A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all.
眾人皆醉我獨醒。

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
作賊心虛；多行不義必自斃。
夜路走多了總會遇到鬼。千夫所指，不疾而死。

器小易盈。人窮志短。壺小水易熱。

All are not saints that go to church.
去做禮拜者，未必皆聖人。

All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
狗所吠者，未必皆賊。
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。(勿一概而論)

All asses wag their ears.
傻子總愛裝聰明。

All bread is not baked in one oven.
人心不同，猶如其面。

All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
貓都愛吃魚，卻怕爪弄濕。
想不勞而獲，將一事無成。

All covet, all lose.
貪多必失。

All flowers are not in one garland.
不是所有的花都在一個花圈上。人各有志，切勿強求。

All good things come to and end.
花無百日紅。天下無不散之筵席。

All is fair in love and war.
愛情和戰爭是不擇手段的。

All is fair in war.
兵不厭詐。

All is fish that comes to one's net.
捉到網裡都是魚。來老不拒。