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1126. If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault. 如果没有人爱你，肯定是你自己有问题。 1127. If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price. 如果想做成点事，就得付出代价一干。 1128. If the beard were all, the goat might preach. 如果有了胡须就什么都行，那么山羊也可以说教了。 1129. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 问道于盲，无益于事。 1130. If the counsel be good no matter who gave it. 只要忠告中肯，谁提都行。 1131. If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不馋，心不贪。 1132. If the old dog barks, he gives counsel. 如果老狗叫，他是给忠告。 1133. If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. 丸药不苦不会加糖衣。 1134. If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain. 雨雪不调，五谷价高。 1135. If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 吃得苦中苦，方知甜中甜。 1136. If the sky fall (or falls), we shall catch larks. 异想天开 1137. If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be true. 若有人称赞你，要自问对不对。 1138. If things were to be done twice all would be wise. 事事倘能做两次，人人都可称明智。 1139. If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind. 两人同骑一马，必有一人在后。 1140. If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him. 如果我们决定宽恕一个敌人，但决不能相信他。 1141. If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 随遇而安。 1142. If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 智者干傻事，愚蠢到极点。 1143. If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 愿望不等于事实。 1144. If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow. 得寸进尺。 1145. If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you. 运气太好，得意忘形；运气太坏，无人理会。 1146. If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue. 如果不健康而能强强壮壮，那么无美德也可快快乐乐。 1147. If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. 不能打仗，切莫出兵。 1148. If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你现有的吧。 1149. If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. 倘君指挥有方，人人欣然听命。 1150. If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. 施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。 1151. If you dance you must pay the fiddler. 要想寻欢作乐，代价非付不可。 1152. If you don't aim high you will never hit high. 不立大志，难攀高峰。 1153. If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist. 巧妇难为无米之炊。 1154. If you lie upon roses when young, you'll lie upon thorns when old. 年青时躺在玫瑰上，老年时就会躺在荆棘上。 1155. If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 远朱者赤，近墨者黑。 1156. If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be leveled. 一块一块把石移，高山也可变平地。 1157. If you run after two heads, you will catch neither. 两头落空。 1158. If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 蚀了本也输了利。 1159. If you swear you will catch no fish. 咒骂无益，于事无济。 1160. If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 不试就相信，死前要悔恨。

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1161. If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。 1162. If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情，就要自己动手。 1163. If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知识，必须刻苦学习。 1164. If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. 想要和平，必须备战。 1165. If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 如要忠告向老人请教。 1166. If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation. 若想为快乐奠立可靠的基础，美好的名声便是奠基的石头。 1167. If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得贤妻子，须娶好女儿。 1168. If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. 如要是情做得好，你须亲自动手搞。 1169. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. 欲知金钱价，不妨把钱借；借钱味难尝，使人心悲伤。 1170. If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想与人成仇结怨，只要借钱给人再催还。 1171. Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 厚颜无耻由于愚昧无知。 1172. Ignorance is the mother of suspicions. 无知会多疑。 1173. Ignorance of the law excuses no man. 对法律不知不能免罪。 1174. I hate to see things done by halves. -- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone. 事情不要做一半；对的，就做下去，不对，就丢开。 1175. I have no secret of success but hard work. 成功无秘诀，只是努力干。 1176. I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish. 酒肉之交非朋友。 1177. I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 是上无天才，勤学加苦练。 1178. Ill air slays sooner than the sword. 污浊的空气杀人比刀还要快。 1179. Ill-gotten goods never prosper. 发横财，家不发 1180. Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent. 悖入悖出。 1181. Ill-gotten wealth never thrives. 悖入悖出。 1182. Ill news comes space. 恶事传千里。 1183. Ill news flies fast. 恶事传千里。 1184. Ill news never comes too late 坏消息来得快。 1185. Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。 1186. Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想象力比知识更重要。 1187. Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality. 想象有时比现实生动得多。 1188. Imagination is the source of creation. 想象是创作之源。 1189. I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. 成功之道唯三点∶努力、努力、再努力。 1190. Improve your time and your time will improve you. 珍惜时间，时间才会珍惜你。 1191. In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. 平静的海上易驶船。 1192. In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned. 发现大河有大鱼，可得注意别溺毙。 1193. In all things, it is better to hope than to despair. 凡事抱希望为佳，不应悲观而失望。 1194. In an enemy spots are soon seen. 敌人的缺点容易找。 1195. In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 历代最伟大的思想都载入史册而不朽。 1196. In doing we learn. 行而知。 1197. Industry if fortune's right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。 1198. Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full. 勤奋使身体健康，使心情开朗，使思想专注，使经济充裕。 1199. In every beginning think of the end. 思前顾后。 1200. In every country dogs bite. 天下的狗都要咬人。

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1161. If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。 1162. If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. 要想做好事情，就要自己动手。 1163. If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知识，必须刻苦学习。 1164. If you wish for peace, be prepared for war. 想要和平，必须备战。 1165. If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 如要忠告向老人请教。 1166. If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation. 若想为快乐奠立可靠的基础，美好的名声便是奠基的石头。 1167. If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得贤妻子，须娶好女儿。 1168. If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. 如要是情做得好，你须亲自动手搞。 1169. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. 欲知金钱价，不妨把钱借；借钱味难尝，使人心悲伤。 1170. If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想与人成仇结怨，只要借钱给人再催还。 1171. Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 厚颜无耻由于愚昧无知。 1172. Ignorance is the mother of suspicions. 无知会多疑。 1173. Ignorance of the law excuses no man. 对法律不知不能免罪。 1174. I hate to see things done by halves. -- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it undone. 事情不要做一半；对的，就做下去，不对，就丢开。 1175. I have no secret of success but hard work. 成功无秘诀，只是努力干。 1176. I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish. 酒肉之交非朋友。 1177. I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 是上无天才，勤学加苦练。 1178. Ill air slays sooner than the sword. 污浊的空气杀人比刀还要快。 1179. Ill-gotten goods never prosper. 发横财，家不发 1180. Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent. 悖入悖出。 1181. Ill-gotten wealth never thrives. 悖入悖出。 1182. Ill news comes space. 恶事传千里。 1183. Ill news flies fast. 恶事传千里。 1184. Ill news never comes too late 坏消息来得快。 1185. Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。 1186. Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想象力比知识更重要。 1187. Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality. 想象有时比现实生动得多。 1188. Imagination is the source of creation. 想象是创作之源。 1189. I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort. 成功之道唯三点∶努力、努力、再努力。 1190. Improve your time and your time will improve you. 珍惜时间，时间才会珍惜你。 1191. In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. 平静的海上易驶船。 1192. In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned. 发现大河有大鱼，可得注意别溺毙。 1193. In all things, it is better to hope than to despair. 凡事抱希望为佳，不应悲观而失望。 1194. In an enemy spots are soon seen. 敌人的缺点容易找。 1195. In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 历代最伟大的思想都载入史册而不朽。 1196. In doing we learn. 行而知。 1197. Industry if fortune's right hand, and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。 1198. Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full. 勤奋使身体健康，使心情开朗，使思想专注，使经济充裕。 1199. In every beginning think of the end. 思前顾后。 1200. In every country dogs bite. 天下的狗都要咬人。

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1201. In every rank, great or small, 'Tis industry supports us all. 不论高的低的各级人士，所持的都是勤劳。 1202. In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做，二不休。 1203. In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn. 丰年五谷贱如草，荒年稻草贵如粮。 1204. In life, as in chess, forethought wins 人生如下棋，多谋得胜利。 1205. In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. 在人生的搏斗中，只有日日前进不甘失败的人，才能获胜。 1206. In moderating, not satisfying, desires, lies peace. 节欲不纵情，心情得安宁。 1207. I now know that wars do not end wars. 如今我才弄明白，干戈不能化玉帛。 1208. In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. 处顺境时要小心，处逆境时要耐心。 1209. In prosperity think of adversity. 居安思危。 1210. Interest will not lie. 兴趣不会说谎。 1211. In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. 顺利时要快乐，不利时要思索。 1212. In the deepest water is the best fishing. 绝处能逢生。 1213. In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever. 选择妻子也像策划战争，一时之错将成终身之恨。 1214. In the end things will mend. 船到桥头自会直。 1215. In the evening one may praise the day. 入夜方能赞美白昼。 1216. In the grave the rich and poor lie equal. 人到黄泉，贫富同眠。 1217. In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed man is king. 盲人国里，独眼称王。 1218. In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart. 明镜照容颜，醇酒见人心。 1219. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 谋士多，保安全。 1220. In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom. 处世似游泳，不会即下沉。 1221. In time of peace prepare for war. 居安思危。 1222. In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty. 富在深山有远亲，穷在闹市无人问。 1223. In water you may see your own face; in wine, the heart of another 水中可见自己的脸，酒中可见别人的心。 1224. In wine there is truth. 酒后吐真言。 1225. In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden. 青年时代是黄金的，壮年时代是白银的，老年时代是灰铅的。 1226. I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. 我抱憾的是，只有一次生命能献给祖国。 1227. I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame. 我认为，人丧失了廉耻就完了。 1228. I say little but I think the more. 我说得少，但我想得多。 1229. I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty. 睡时梦觉生活是美事，醒来发现生活是责任。 1230. I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated. 我成功是因为有决心，从不犹豫。 1231. It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips 骄傲的心碰上献媚的嘴，是最危险不过的。 1232. It is a good horse that never stumbles. 良马不失蹄。 1233. It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none. 善心不想坏事，好舌不出恶声。 1234. It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune. 对己之不幸付之一笑，这是一门伟大的艺术。 1235. It is a long lane that has no turning. 路必有弯。 1236. It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody. 信任任何人和不信任任何人，同样是缺点。 1237. It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb. 狐狸舔羔羊，这是凶迹象。 1238. It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外扬。 1239. It is a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知世间有乐者最可怜。 1240. It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait. 蠢人才吃两次亏。

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1241. It is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon. 只有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。 1242. It is a small flock that has not a black sheep. 家家难免有败类。 1243. It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 识时务者为俊杰。 1244. It is a wise father that knows his own child. 父贤知其子。 1245. It is better to be alone than in bad company. 无友要比交坏友好。 1246. It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame. 宁可穿破衣，不可蒙羞耻。 1247. It is better to be safe than sorry. 事后追悔不如事前稳妥。 1248. It is better to do well than to say well. 理论好不如实际好。 1249. It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill. 与其抱怨，不如积善。 1250. It is better to please a fool than to anger him. 惹得傻瓜发火，不如使他快活。 1251. It is better to wear out than to rust out. 与其锈掉，不如用坏。 1252. It is dogged (that) does it. 天下无难事，只怕有心人。 1253. It is easier to descend than to ascend. 下降容易上升难。 1254. It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it. 提出忠告易，照著办事难。 1255. It is easier to pull down than build. 败事容易成事难。 1256. It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. 养虎易，驯虎难。 1257. It is easy to be wise after the event. 当事后诸葛亮容易。 1258. It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. 对每一件事知道一些是容易的，对任何一件事详细知道是困难的。 1259. It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 开设店铺易，维持常开难。 1260. It is easy to prophesy after the event. 事后诸葛亮，预言顶便当。 1261. It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸鱼。 1262. It is good to be merry at meal. 席间心情愉快是为上策。 1263. It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患难时得到朋友是幸运的。 1264. It is good to learn at another man's cost. 前车之覆，后车之鉴。 1265. It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 养女容易嫁女难。 1266. It is hard to please all parties. 取悦各方，谈何容易。 1267. It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country. 对朋友不义，不可能对国家效忠。 1268. It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施恩比受惠更有福。 1269. It is more pain to do nothing than something. 什么都不做要比做一点更不好受。 1270. It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice. 在同一个人那里上两次当只能怪自己。 1271. It is no honor for an eagle to vanquish a dove. 老鹰胜鸽，不足为荣。 1272. It is not every couple that is a pair. 成双并非皆配偶。 1273. It is not good to make a sleeping lion. 弄醒睡狮不是好事。 1274. It is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men. 造就人的，不是帮助，而是磨难，不是方便，而是困难。 1275. It is not how long but how well we live. 问题不是活得长不长而是活得好不好。 1276. It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age. 一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习不懂的东西，这不是羞耻。 1277. It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。 1278. It is not work that kills, but worry. 劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。 1279. It is no use crying over spilt milk. 泼水难收。 1280. It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. 话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。

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1281. It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都应该用得其所。 1282. It is the first step that costs. 万事开头难。 1283. It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements of superiority from their mother. 一切优秀的人通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。 1284. It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the error. 人总不免要犯错误，只有蠢人才坚持不改。 1285. It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own. 愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错处而忘却了自己的过失。 1286. It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it. 只要真正渴求知识，都能得到，这是知识的特点。 1287. It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock. 船触礁后在抛锚，为时已经太晚了。 1288. It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down. 马后炮。 1289. It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. 贼出关门。 1290. It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. 大智若愚。 1291. It matters not how long we live but how. 问题不是活得多么长，而是活得怎么样。 1292. It never rains but it pours. 祸不单行。(不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。) 1293. It's a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles. 良马不失蹄，贤妻不聒絮。 1294. It's a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知人间有乐趣者最可怜。 1295. It's a poor mouse that has only on hole. 鼠只有一洞，必先把命送。 1296. It's easier to run down the hill than go up. 下山容易上山难。 1297. It's easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again. 堕入陷阱易，脱离陷阱难。 1298. It's hard sailing when there is no wind. 没有风难航行。 1299. It's no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure. 高价卖不为过，短斤少两才有罪。 1300. It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子重德不重衣。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1301. It's no use pumping a dry well. 徒劳无益。 1302. It takes all sorts to make a world. 万千事物，形成世界。 1303. It takes two to make a quarrel. 要有两个人才吵得起来。 1304. I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American. 我生下来是美国人，活著是美国人，死时也是美国人。 1305. I wept when I was born,, and every day shows why. 我生下时啼哭，后来每天的生活说明了为什么。 1306. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading 宁为穷汉住搁楼，拥有好书任我读，不愿身居帝王位，纵有好书不爱读。 1307. I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines of gold. 我宁愿得到人们的深情至爱，而不愿黄金成雄。

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1308. Jack of all trades and master of none. 什么都会，样样不精。 1309. Jack of all trades is of no trade. 万事皆通，一无所长。 1310. Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail. 你跟驴子开玩笑，将被驴尾打耳光。 1311. Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbours. 是喜是忧难以分。 1312. Joy often comes after sorrow, like morning after night. 暮去必将朝至，苦尽常会甜来。 1313. Joy put heart into a man. 人逢喜事精神爽。 1314. Joy shared with others are more enjoyed. 与人同乐，其乐无穷。 1315. Jadge not a book by its cover. 人不可貌相。 1316. Judge not according to the appearance. 不要以貌取人。 1317. Judge not of men and things at first sight. 审人论事宜谨慎，一见之下莫断定。 1318. Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 1319. Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it. 备而不用。 1320. Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤。 1321. Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易，守业更难。 1322. Keep some till more come. 更多的到手以前，要保持手里的一点。 1323. Keep your breath to cool your porridge. 少管闲事。 1324. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards. 婚前张开眼，婚后半闭月。 1325. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. 要多看少说。 1326. Kill the goose that laid the golden egg. 杀鸡取蛋 1327. Kind hearts are more than coronets. 善良的心灵胜于显贵的地位。 1328. Kindness always begets kindness. 善有善根。 1329. Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. 善良是连结社会的金链。 1330. Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the dumb understand. 善良为语言，聋子能天见哑巴懂心间。 1331. Kindness is the sunshine of social life. 仁慈是社会生活中的阳光。 1332. Kindness will creep where it may not go. 仁慈可进入任何禁地。 1333. Kind words are the music of the world. 善言是世上的音乐。 1334. Kind words are worth much and cost little. 口头方便不费力。 1335. Kind words butter no parsnips. 画饼充饥。 1336. Kinsman helps kinsman, but woe to him that hath nothing. 亲帮亲，邻帮邻，无亲无助你倒霉。 1337. Knavery may serve, but honestyis best. 欺诈可能得计，但诚实总是上策。 1338. Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps. 知识的获得是循序渐进而不是突飞猛进的。 1339. Knowledge comes from experience alone. 知识来自经验。 1340. Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it when young, it will give us no shade when we grow old. 学识可使老年时舒适地退隐和有所寄托；但如果年青时不使它扎下根，老年就得不到它的庇护。 1341. Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. 知识是一座宝库，实践是打开宝库的钥匙。 1342. Knowledge is long, life is short. 吾生有涯，而知无涯。 1343. Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. 知识有两种，一种是我们自己知道的东西，另一种是知道哪里可以找到有关的资料。 1344. Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。 1345. Knowledge is the antidote to fear. 知识可以解除恐惧。 1346. Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed. 知识是万物中最珍贵的财宝，丢不掉，偷不走，也不会损耗。 1347. Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud. 知识令人谦虚；无知使人骄傲。 1348. Knowledge will not be aquired without pain and application. 不花力气，不下功夫是得不到知识的。

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1349. Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist. 只有知识而无实践，只能造就半瓢水的艺术家。 1350. Know something like the palm of one's hand. 熟知其事，了如指掌。 1351. Know something of everything and everything of something. 既要有一般常识，又要有专业知识。 1352. Know thyself. 知道你自己。 1353. Labour is light where love doth pay. 爱情作酬报，劳苦必轻松。 1354. Labour is often the father of pleasure. 勤劳常为快乐之源。 1355. Labour is the capital of our working men. 劳动力是劳动人民的资本。 1356. Lack of knowledge is darker than night. 没有知识比黑夜还要黑。 1357. Late repentance is seldom true. 后悔少有诚意。 1358. Laugh and grow fat. 心宽体胖。 1359. Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟独你自哭。 1360. Laugh at your ills, And save doctors' bills. 生病不忧虑，节省医药费。 1361. Laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper. 乐极生悲。 1362. Law makers should not be law breakers. 正人先正己。 1363. Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. 法网只捉苍蝇，不捉黄蜂。 1364. Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends. 诉讼将消耗时间、金钱、休息和失去朋友。 1365. Lazy folks take the most pains. 懒汉多吃苦。 1366. Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. 学问在得意时是装饰品，失意时是庇护所，年老时是供应品。 1367. Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. 学问是穷人的财富，是富人的荣誉，是青年的帮助，是老年的支持和安慰。 1368. Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。 1369. Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。 1370. Learn to creep before you leap. 循序渐进。 1371. Learn to say before you sing. 按部就班。 1372. Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you. 要学会受痛苦而不怨，这是我教你的至要之事。 1373. Learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进。 1374. Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 要从别人的愚行中学到聪明。 1375. Learn young, learn fair. 学习趁年轻，既学就学好。 1376. Least said, soonest mended. 多说反坏事。 1377. Lend your money and lose your friend. 赔了夫人又折兵。 1378. Let beggars match with beggars. 龙配龙，凤配凤。 1379. Let bygones be bygones. 既往不昝。 1380. Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage. 纵使困难重重，也不丧失勇气。

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1381. Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. 饮水思源。 1382. Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over. 饮水思源。 1383. Let every tub stand on its own bottom. 各人管各人自己。 1384. Let not the cobbler go beyond his last. 安分守己。 1385. Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath. 日落之前，平息你的怒火吧。 1386. Let our object be our courtry, our whole country, and nothing but our country. 我们的心目中要有国家，要有整个国家，而且只有我们的国家别如其他。 1387. Let's cross the bridge when we come to it. 既来之，则安之。 1388. Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要惹事生非。 1389. Let the cobbler stick to his last. 安分守己。 1390. Let the dead bury the dead. 往事不重提。 1391. Let the hands get busy, not the mouth. 手要勤劳，嘴莫多说。 1392. Let things take their course. 听其自然。 1393. Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. 是就是，非就非。 1394. Liars have need of good memories. 谎言者要有好的记忆力。 1395. Liars should have good memories. 说谎的人应有好的记性。 1396. Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law. 自由就是做法律许可做的事情的权力。 1397. Liberty is not licence. 自由不是放纵。 1398. Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness. 自由随便，经常堕落到无法无天。 1399. Lie in (oron) the bed one has made. 自作自受。 1400. Lies have short legs. 谎言是站不住脚的。 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1401. Life is a battle from cradle to grave. 人生是一场从生到死的战斗。 1402. Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 对善思考者，人生为喜剧；对凭感觉者，人生为悲剧。 1403. Life is a flower of which love is the honey. 人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。 1404. Life is a shuttle 生活犹如梭子。 1405. Life is but a span. 人生如朝露。 1406. Life is compared to voyage. 人生好比是航海。 1407. Life is half spent before we know what it is. 等到认识人生，已经一半过去了。 1408. Life is long if you know how to use it. 如果懂得好好利用，生命就长了。 1409. Life if made up of little things. 生活是由琐事构成的。 1410. Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. 生命的价值是用思想和行为来衡量的，而不是寿命的长短。 1411. Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。 1412. Life is not so short but there is time enougn for courtesy. 人生虽短，但表示礼貌的时间还是足够的。 1413. Life is short and time is fleeting 人生短暂，光阴易逝。 1414. Life is sweet. 生命是甜美的。 1415. Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression. 人生必须永远前进，才不愧为有理智的人。 1416. Life without a friend is death without a witness. 在世无朋友，死后无证人。 1417. Lightly come, lightly go. 易得易失。 1418. Light troubles speak; great troubles are silent. 小困难，大声叫嚷；大困难，闷生不响。 1419. Like attracts like. 物以类聚。 1420. Like author, like book. 书如其人。

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1421. Like begets like. 有其父必有其子。 1422. Like cow, like calf. 有其父必有其子。 1423. Like cures like. 以毒攻毒。 1424. Like draws to like. 物以类聚。 1425. Like draws to like the whole world over. 物以类聚，世间皆如此。 1426. Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。 1427. Like knows like. 英雄识英雄。 1428. Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。 1429. Like teacher, like pupil. 有其师必有其徒。 1430. Like tree, like fruit. 有其因必有其果。 1431. Little boats must keep the shores. 小船不能航行远。 1432. Little bodies may have great souls. 小小的躯体会有伟大的心灵。 1433. Littel chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。 1434. Little pigeons can carry great messages. 少年也可以成大事。 1435. Little pitchers have great (or large) ears. 小孩子耳朵长。 1436. Little strokes fell great oaks. 水滴石穿。 1437. Little thieves are hanged, but great one's escape. 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯。 1438. Little things amuse little minds. 小人志卑。 1439. Little wealth, little care. 财少寡忧。 1440. Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。 1441. Live and let live. 自己生活，也要让他人生活。 1442. Live to learn and learn to live. 生而学之，学而生之。 1443. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。 1444. Lock the stable door before the steed is stolen. 马未偷走前，厩门先锁上。 1445. Loftiest trees most dread the thunder. 树大招风。 1446. Long absent, soon forgotten. 长久不在的人，很快被忘怀。 1447. Long tarrying takes all the thanks away. 事情耽搁太久就没有人会感谢了。 1448. Look at the world through rose-coloured glasses. 对万事要乐观。 1449. Look before you leap; see before you go. 三思而行。 1450. Lookers-on see more than players. 旁观者清。 1451. Lookers-on see most of the games. 旁观者清。 1452. Look for a needle in a bundle (or bottle) of hay. 海底捞月。 1453. Look not for musk in dog's kennel. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙。 1454. Lose not time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 不要浪费时间，做些有益的事情，停止一切不必要的行动。 1455. Losers are always in the wrong. 失败者总是错的。 1456. Losses make us more cautious 损失使人更谨慎。 1457. Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. 时间一去不再来，我们常说时间充足，实际。总是不够。 1458. Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever. 失去的财富可由勤奋而恢复，失去的知识可由学习而恢复，失去的健康可由节制或药物而恢复，但失去的时间却一去永不复返。 1459. Love all, trust a few, be false to none. 要爱一切人，相信少数人，不要负于任何人。 1460. Love and business teach eloquence. 爱情和买卖可以培养口才。