Pride goes before a fall.

骄傲使人落后。

Rob Peter to pay Paul.

挖东墙补西墙.

Rob's always late if he gets here on time I'll eat my hat.

罗布总迟到--他要准时到这儿,我把脑袋给你.

She gave me the cold shoulder.

她对我很冷淡.

She had to bone up on the property laws before her big day in court.

在上法庭这个重要日子之前,她必须苦读财产法.

She hasn't a dog's chance of winning the game.

她毫无机会赢得这场比赛。

She is in two minds about it.

她对此举棋不定.

She is second to none among all the graduates.

在毕业生中她是顶呱呱的一个.

She really cooked your goose.

她真是把你害惨了.

Since now is just about living death.

生不如死

Six of one and half a dozen of the other.

半斤对八两.

Speech is silver, silence is gold.

言语是银，沉默是金。

Such a chance comes once in a blue moon.

这样的机会极其难得.

Take a hair of the dog that bit you.

〔谚语〕用酒解酒.

That can be seen with half an eye.

约略一看便一目了然.

That makes two of us.

我跟你有同感。

That's a horse of a different color.

那是另外一码事.

The action is a leap in the dark.

这是一次冒险行动.

The argument does not hold water.

这个论点不能成立.

The comedian was not good and soon got the big bird.

那个喜剧演员演得一点都不好,不久就被喝倒彩了

The die is cast.

已成定局,无可挽回.

The food is pleasing to my taste.

这饭菜正合我的口味.

The foreign bond fell on evil days.

外国债券遭到了厄运.

The girl is in the pink of health.

那个女孩健康极了.

The inquiry is by no means cut and dried.

调查之事远未盖棺定论。

The leopard never changes its spots.

江山易改，本性难移。

The modest receive benefit, while the conceited reap failure.

谦受益, 满招损.

The only rule of the market place was dog - eat - dog .

市场上的唯一准则是 损人利己.

Their excuses cut no ice with people.

他们的辩解不足以说服人.

There he sat for hours in a brown study.

他坐在那儿沉思了几小时.

There is a straw in the wind indicating that peace is around the corner.

有迹象表明和平即将来临.

There is many a slip between cup and lip.

凡事难十拿九稳.

There is no rose without a thorn.

没有无刺的玫瑰.

There is no smoke without fire.

无火不生烟,无风不起浪.

There is truth in wine.

酒后吐真言。

They live from hand to mouth.

他们过着糊口的生活.

They think of themselves as the salt of the earth.

他们自认为是社会中坚.

They were clearly seeking to fish in troubled waters.

显然他们意图混水摸鱼.

This court case could open a Pandora's box of similar claims.

这宗诉讼案会为类似的索赔开启潘多拉魔盒。

This ring cost me an arm and a leg.

这个戒指花了我一大笔钱.

Those born to the purple are destined to live in the public eye.

那些出身贵族的人们的一言一行势必要受到公众的注意.

Those who fly too high may come to grief.

乐极生悲

Those who play with fire will burn themselves.

玩火者必自焚.

Throw the helve after the hatchet.

赔了夫人又折兵.

Time and tide wait for no man.

[谚]岁月不等人;天道不可抗.

To call black white.

颠倒黑白.

To cut a long story short, I decided to stay.

简而言之, 我决定留下.

To err is human.

[谚]人皆有过.

To stab someone in the back.

暗箭伤人.

To teach a fish how to swim.

孔子面前卖文章.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

厨子太多反而把汤做坏.

Two heads are better than one.

[谚]集思广益.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

两个错误不等于一个正确.(不能用别人的错来掩盖自己的错)

We are in the same boat.

我们是同病相怜.

We need to take the gloves off.

不要心慈手软。

We try to put our best foot forward.

我们设法给人好印象.

We were having a picnic, when suddenly there came a downpour , which was rather a fly in the ointment.

当我们正在举行野餐的时候, 忽然大雨倾盆, 未免大煞风景.

We will hand on the torch which he has handed to us.

我们要把他传授给我们的知识传给后代.

Well begun is half done.

[谚]良好的开端,成功的一半.

When he saw us, he began to put on the dog.

他一看见我们就开始摆架子.

When in Rome do as the Romans do.

入乡随俗.

When it rains, it pours.

每当下雨，必当倾盆。(屋漏偏逢连夜雨)

With these people he'd feel like a fish out of water.

与这些人在一起,他感到不自在.

You can cut it both ways.

你不妨两面兼顾.

You can kill two birds with one stone.

一举两得.

You can not make bricks without straw.

巧妇难为无米之炊。

You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

[谚]老牛不喝水, 不能强按头(意指有的事情必需本人自愿,强迫无济于事).

You cannot have it both ways. You must either stay home or come with us.

你不可能一身二用, 要不你留在家里,要不就跟我们一起去.

You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

朽木不可雕。

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

老狗学不了新把戏(朽木不可雕也;积习难改).

You can't tell a book by its cover.

不能以貌取人。

You have no right to play ducks and drakes with money that has been entrusted to you.

你没权挥霍委托你保管的钱.

You have to learn to walk before you can run.

奔跑之前必学走.

You must keep an ear to the ground these days.

近几天你要保持警惕

You mustn't put it off any longer, remember, tomorrow never comes.

你不得再拖延了, 记住切莫依赖明天.

You order the dishes and I'll foot the bill.

你点菜,我来付账.

You really have an eye for beauty!

你真有审美眼光!

You will reap what you're sowing today.

你将收获今日播下的种子

Your wedding present was the icing on the cake.

您送来的结婚贺礼堪称锦上添花.

You've come in the nick of time!

你来得正是节骨眼上!

I've searched up hill and down dale.

我已到处找过了.

One cannot stand without credit.

人无信不立。

Patience is his strong suit.

忍耐是他的长处.

Aslow sparrow should make an early start.

笨鸟先飞.

He spent a white night.

他度过了一个不眠之夜.

Everything comes to him who waits.

耐心等待必有所得.

Once on shore , one prays no more.

好了伤疤忘了疼.