谚语/惯用语

Like tree, like fruit.

羊毛出在羊身上。

Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

金无足赤人无完人。

Old sin makes new shame.

一失足成千古恨。

Fire and water have no mercy.

水火无情。

Too much knowledge makes the head bald.

学问太多催人老。

Cry for the moon.

海底捞月。

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.

谚语是日常经验的结晶。

It never rains but it pours.

不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。

Jack of all trades and master of none.

门门精通，样样稀松。

When the river rises, the boat floats high.

水涨船高。

There is no smoke without fire.

无风不起浪。

Every mother's child is handsome.

孩子是自己的好。

Truth will come to light sooner or later.

纸包不住火。

To know oneself is true progress.

人贵有自知之明。

Don't claim to know what you don't know.

不要不懂装懂。

A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.

戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。

We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.

欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。

Far from eye, far from heart.

眼不见，心不烦。

The end justifies the means.

只要目的正当，可以不择手段。

Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.

正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。