不该花的乱花，要花时没有花。
He who stands alone has no power. 孤掌难鸣。 He who touches pitch will be difiled. 近墨者黑
He who wants a mule without fault, must walk on foot. 如要骡子无缺点，只有自己徒步行。
He who wills success is half way to it. 下定决心成功的人是成功了一半。 He who would catch fish mush not mind getting wet. 欲擒龙王，就得下海。 He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 爬梯必须从底层开始。
He who would search for pearls must dive below(or deep). 欲寻珍珠，须潜水下。
He will always be a slave who knows not how to earn and save. 不懂挣钱和积财，只能永远当奴才。
He works best who knows his trade. 内行的人做他的事一定会做得最好。 Hide nothing from thy physician. 切莫讳疾忌医。 Hide one's talents in a napkin. 埋没自己的才能。
His heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not clear. 嘴不净者心不纯。 History repeats itself. 历史本身常重演。
Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. 随机应变。 Hold fast when you have it. 紧握你手中之物。
Hold (or Run) with the hare and run (or hunt) with the hounds. 两面讨好。 Home is home, though never so homely. 不如归去。
Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all. 诚实的人马上结婚，聪明的人就不这样。
Honesty is the best policy. 诚实是上策。
Honesty may be dear bought, but can never be an ill penny-worth. 出高价买来的诚实，不会永远没有价值。
Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. 蜜糖是甜的，但蜜蜂会螫人。 Honour and profit lie not in one sack. 荣誉和利益不能并存。 Honours change manners. 荣誉能改变人的礼貌。
Honour to whom honour is due. 荣誉归于应得荣誉的人。
Hope deferred makes the heart sick. 希望迟迟未实现，使人心烦意撩乱。 Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 作最好的希望，作最坏的打算。
Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper. 希望是美味的早点，但又是难咽的晚餐。
Hope is but the dream of those that wake. 希望是清醒者的梦想。 Hope is life and life is hope. 希望才有人生，人生要有希望。 Hope often deludes the foolish man. 希望常欺愚笨汉。
Hope springs eternal (in the human breast). 希望会产生，永远无穷尽。 How shall I do to love Believe. How shall I do to believe Love. 怎样对待爱情要相信。怎样才能相信要有爱情。
Human pride is human weakness. 骄傲是人类的弱点。
Humility is the foundation of all virtue. 谦逊是一切美德的基础。
Humility often gains more than pride. 谦逊往往比骄傲受益更多。 Hunger breaks stone wall. 饥饿不饶人。
Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods. 饥饿引狼出森林。 Hunger finds no fault with the cookery. 饥不择食。 Hunger is the best sauce. 饥者口中尽佳肴。 Hunger knows no friend. 饥难周友。
Hunger will relish the plainest fare. 饥不择食。 Hungry belies have no ears. 饥寒起盗心。
Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings. 饥不择食。 I 系列：
I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea. 进退维谷。 I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles. 我不是奴隶，也不是俘虏，我有力量可以克服更大的艰难险阻。 I am not now that which I have been. (I am not what I used to be.) 今日之我已非昔日之我。
I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. 我不仅要使自己有才智，而且也要使别人有才智。
I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility. 一个真正伟大的人，对他的第一个考验就是看他是否谦逊。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 我不能既是你的朋友，而又对你阿谀奉承。
I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends. 我认为，只有在脑海中想起好朋友时我才会那样快乐。
Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. 理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我们犹如水手，可借它指引航向。
Idle folks have most labour. 懒汉总嫌活太多。 Idle folks lack no excuses. 懒汉辩解，何患无词。
Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. 懒惰是行乞的敲门砖，是万恶的根源。
Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice). 懒惰是万恶之源。
Idleness is the rust of the mind. 懒惰使脑子生锈。 Idleness rusts the mind. 懒惰使人的头脑迟钝。 Idle young, needy old. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him. 傻瓜惹著你，你别跟他缠。 If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. 如果倒空钱袋，装入脑袋，那就无人能够把钱夺走。
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics. 如果以肯定开始，必将以怀疑告终；如果愿以怀疑开始，必将以肯定告终。
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. 初试不成功，努力勿懈怠。 If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors; rest, cheerful-ness, and moderate diet. 如果医药不能帮助，那么注意三件事∶休息，愉快，饮食调和。
If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city (or street). 众擎易举。
I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts. 敌人献礼品，千万莫轻信。 If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. 注意好品行，自有美名声。
If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. (If it is not broken, do not fix it.) 不正确的事不做，不真实的话不说。 If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人是靠希望活著的。 If matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. 重要的并不在于一个人怎样死，而是在于他怎样生。
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. 不做金钱的主人，就会做金钱的奴隶。
If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault. 如果没有人爱你，肯定是你自己有问题。
If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price. 如果想做成点事，就得付出代价一干。
If the beard were all, the goat might preach. 如果有了需就什么都行，那么山羊也可以说教了。
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 问道于盲，无益于事。
If the counsel be good no matter who gave it. 只要忠告中肯，谁提都行。 If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不馋，心不贪。 If the old dog barks, he gives counsel. 如果老狗叫，他是给忠告。 If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. 丸药不苦不会加糖衣。
If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain. 雨雪不调，五谷价高。
If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 吃得苦中苦，方知甜中甜。
If the sky fll (or falls), we shall catch larks. 异想天开
If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture. 若有人称赞你，要自问对不对。
If things were to be done twice all would be wise. 事事倘能做两次，人人都可称明智。
If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind. 两人同骑一马，必有一人在后。
If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him. 如果我们决定宽恕一个敌人，但决不能相信他。
If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 随遇而安。
If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 智者干傻事，愚蠢到极点。
If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 愿望不等于事实。
If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow. 得寸进
尺。
If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you. 运气太好，得意忘形；运气太坏，无人理会。
If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue. 如果不健康而能强强壮壮，那么无美德也可快快乐乐。
If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. 不能打仗，切莫出兵。
If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你现有的吧。
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. 倘君指挥有方，人人欣然听命。
If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. 施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。
If you dance you must pay the fiddler. 要想寻欢作乐，代价非付不可。 If you don't aim high you will never hit high. 不立大志，难攀高峰。 If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist. 巧妇难为无米之炊。
If you lie upon roses when young, you'll lie upon thorns when old. 年青时躺在玫瑰上，老年时就会躺在荆棘上。
If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 远朱者赤，近墨者黑。
If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled. 一块一块把石移，高山也可变平地。
If you run after two heares, you will catch neither. 两头落空。 If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 蚀了本也输了利。 If you swear you will catch no fish. 咒骂无益，于事无济。
If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 不试就相信，死前要悔恨。
If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。
If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情，就要自己动手。
If you want knwledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知识，必须刻苦学习。 If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. 想要和平，必须备战。 If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 如要忠告向老人请教。 If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation. 若想为快乐奠立可靠的基础，美好的名声便是奠基的石头。
If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得贤妻子，须娶好女儿。
If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. 如要是情做得好，你须亲自动手搞。
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. 欲知金钱价，不妨把钱借；借钱味难尝，使人心悲伤。
Love rules his kingdom without a word. 维持爱情，不用强力。
Love rules without a sword and bind without a cord. 爱的统治不用刀枪，捆绑不用绳索。
Our affections are our life. -- We live by them; they supply our warmth. 我们的感情，是我们的生命，我们靠它生存，我们的温暖是它供应。
Our best friends are they who tell us our faults and help us to mend them. 最好的朋友是指出我们的缺点并帮助改正的人。
Our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through success, but through misadventure. 最美好的教训不是得之于成功，而是来之于不幸。
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. 我们最大的光荣并不在于永不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后能起来。 Our happiness consists not in killing others, but in sacrificing ourselves for others. 我们最大幸福并不是杀害别人，而是为别人而牺牲自己。
Our own actions are our security, not others' judgements. 我们的行为是自己的保证而不是别人的鉴定。
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. 最甜美的的歌是诉说最悲伤的哀思。
Out of debt, out of danger. 无债一身轻。
Out of sight, out of mind. 久违情疏。眼不见，心不烦 Overdone is worse than undone. 过犹不及。 P 系列：
Paddle your own canoe. 自立更生，自食其力。
Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 好了伤疤忘了痛。
Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 饶了坏人便伤了好人。
Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和努力会使我们度过难关。
Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's garden. 忍耐是朵花，并非人人园中都开发。
Patience is a plaster for all sores. 忍耐是治疗一切伤痛的药膏。 Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一种美德。
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. 忍耐是苦痛的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。
Patience is the best remedy (or medicine). 忍耐是最好的药物。
Patience, time, and money overcome everything. 耐心，时间和金钱可以征服一切。
Pay somebody back in his own coin. 一报还一报。
Peace on earth and good will towards men. 愿世界得太平，人间持善意。 Peace with sword in hand, 'tis safest making. 居安思危，此乃万全之策。 Pen and ink is wit's plough. 笔墨是才智之犁。 Penny and penny laid up will be many. 积少成多。 Penny wise and pound foolish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂。
People do not lack strength; they lack will. 人们不缺力量，缺的是决心。 Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 失败十九次，坚持而不动，待到二十次，大事就成功。
英语中常用歇后语大全
