A miss is as good as a mile.

　　失之毫厘，差之千里。

　　A mother‘s love never changes.

　　母愛永恒。

　　An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

　　一天一蘋果，不用請醫生。

　　A new broom sweeps clean.

　　新官上任三把火。

　　An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

　　以眼還眼，以牙還牙。

　　An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

　　一日之計在于晨。

　　A sound mind in a sound body.

　　健全的精神寓于健康的身體。

　　A still tongue makes a wise head.

　　寡言者智。

　　A stitch in time saves nine.

　　小洞不補，大洞吃苦。

　　A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

　　身正不怕影子斜。

　　A wise head makes a close mouth.

　　真人不露相，露相非真人。

　　A word spoken is past recalling.

　　一言既出，駟馬難追。

　　A year‘s plan starts with spring.

　　一年之計在于春。

　　A young idler, an old beggar.

　　少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

　　A bad workman always blames his tools.

　　不會撐船怪河彎。

　　A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.

　　一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。

　　A bad thing never dies.

　　遺臭萬年。

　　A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.

　　吹牛與說謊本是同宗。

　　A bully is always a coward.

　　色厲內荏

　　A burden of one‘s choice is not felt.

　　愛挑的擔子不嫌重。

　　A candle lights others and consumes itself.

　　蠟燭照亮別人毀滅了自己。

　　A cat has 9 lives.

　　貓有九條命。

　　A cat may look at a king.

　　人人平等。

　　A constant guest is never welcome.

　　常客令人厭。

　　Actions speak louder than words.

　　事實勝于雄辯。

　　Adversity leads to prosperity.

　　窮則思變。

　　Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

　　逆境出人才。

　　A fair death honors the whole life.

　　死得其所，流芳百世。

　　A faithful friend is hard to find.

　　知音難覓。

　　A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

　　吃一塹，長一智。

　　A fox may grow gray, but never good.

　　江山易改，本性難移。

　　A friend in need is a friend indeed.

　　患難見真情。

　　A friend is easier lost than found.

　　得朋友難，失朋友易。

　　A friend is never known till a man has need.

　　需要之時方知友。

　　A friend without faults will never be found.

　　沒有十全十美的。

　　A leopard cannot change its spots.

　　積習難改。

　　A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

　　說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。

　　A little body often harbors a great soul.

　　濃縮的都是精品。

　　A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

　　一知半解，自欺欺人。

　　A little pot is soon hot.

　　狗肚子盛不得四兩油。

　　All are brave when the enemy flies.

　　敵人逃竄時，人人都成了勇士。

　　All good things come to an end.

　　天下沒有不散的筵席。

　　All rivers run into sea.

　　海納百川。

　　All roads lead to Rome.

　　條條大路通羅馬。

　　All that ends well is well.

　　結果好，就一切都好。

　　All that glitters is not gold.

　　閃光的不一定都是金子。

　　‘After you‘ is good manners.

　　您先請”是禮貌。

　　A good beginning is half done.

　　良好的開端是成功的一半。

　　A good beginning makes a good ending.

　　善始者善終。

　　A good book is a good friend.

　　好書如摯友。

　　A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

　　一本好書，相伴一生。

　　A good conscience is a soft pillow.

　　不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。

　　A good fame is better than a good face.

　　美名勝過美貌。

　　A good husband makes a good wife.

　　夫善則妻賢。

　　A good medicine tastes bitter.

　　良藥苦口。

　　A good wife health is a man‘s best wealth.

　　妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。

　　A great talker is a great liar.

　　說大話者多謊言。

　　A light heart lives long.

　　靜以修身。

　　A hedge between keeps friendship green.

　　君子之交淡如水。

　　A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.

　　戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。

　　An old dog cannot learn new tricks.

　　老狗學不出新把戲。

　　An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.

　　聰明才智，不如運氣。

　　An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

　　預防為主，治療為輔。

　　A rolling stone gathers no moss.

　　滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。

　　As a man sows, so he shall reap.

　　種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

　　A single flower does not make a spring.

　　一花獨放不是春百花齊放春滿園。

　　A snow year, a rich year.

　　瑞雪兆豐年。