.a contented mind is a perpetual feast
知足常樂
.courtesy costs nothing
禮多人不怪
.care kills a cat
憂能傷身
.you can't make a crab walk straight/
the leopard can't change his spots
江山易改 本性難移
.a good conscience is a soft pillow
為人不做虧心事，半夜叫門心不驚
.hard words break no bones
良藥苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行
.let the sleeping dog lie
莫惹睡狗。不要自找麻煩
.birds of a feather flock together
物以類聚，人以群分
.Man proposes, God disposes
謀事在人成事在天
.great oaks from little acorns grow
積土成山，積水成淵。千里之行始于足下
.seeing is believing
百聞不如一見。耳聞為虛，眼見為實
.in for a penny, in for a pound/
fight dog,fight bear
一不做，二不休
.give a dog a bad name and hang him
給別人一個壞名聲，他就很難洗刷掉
.if you want a pretense to whip a dog,say that he ate the frying pan/
he who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick
欲加之罪何患無辭
.one boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy
一人盡力干，二人伙著干，三人都不干
.drink like a fish 特能喝酒
a big fish in the pond 有才華卻被限制發(fā)展的人
a storm in the teacup 不值得大驚小怪的事情
fish in the air 水底撈月
fish in the troubled waters 混水摸魚
like a fish out of water 很不自在
.even a worm will turn
再老實的人被欺負都會反抗
.the salt of the earth
中堅力量
.an apple of discord
禍根
.penny wise,pound foolish
因小失大
.to shed crocodile tears
貓哭老鼠
.at sixes and sevens
亂七八糟
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