谚语/惯用语

Good company on the road is the shortest cut.

行路有良伴就是捷径。

Life is but a span.

人生苦短。

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

一波未平一波又起。

The highest eminence is to be gained step by step.

千里之行始于足下。

Never judge from appearances.

不可以貌取人。

Time lost cannot be won again.

时光流逝，不可复得。

Two of a trade seldom agree.

同行是冤家。

Many heads are better than one.

三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。

The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.

人言可畏。

A fox may grow gray, but never good.

江山易改，本性难移。

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

Doing is better than saying.

与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。

The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.

黎明前的黑暗。

Whom the gods love die young.

好人不长命。

Rob Peter to pay Paul.

拆东墙补西墙。

Adversity leads to prosperity.

穷则思变。

One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.

一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。

Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.

亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.

自嘲者不会让人见笑。

There is no place like home.

金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。