Monkey see, monkey do.
東施效顰。
First come, first served.
先到先招待。
It's out of date.
It's old-fashioned.
It's outdated.
It's behind the time.
落伍,不流行了。
Anything could happen.
There is no knowing what may happen.
Anything's possible.
任何事都可能發生。
Money talks.
金錢至上。
Never say die.
別灰心。
Let bygones be bygones.
過去的就讓它過去吧。
A fair-weather friend.
酒肉朋友。
A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse.
得饒人處且饒人。
An empty sack cannot stand upright.
人窮志短。
If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean street.
家家各把門前掃,整條街都會井井有條。
Live and let live.
自己活,也要讓別人活。
There is a tide in the affairs of men.
人生總有漲潮時。
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
朽木不可雕。
Love me, love my dog.
愛屋及烏。
Light not a candle in the sun.
不要畫蛇添足。
Lookers on see most of the game.
當局者迷,旁觀者清。
Take things as they come.
隨遇而安。
There is nothing that costs than civility.
以禮待人,分文不費。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井枯方知水貴重。
Pride goes before a fall.
驕傲使人失敗。
The leopard cannot change his spots.
江山易改,本性難移。
Birds of a feather flock to gather.
物以類聚。
United we stand, divided we fall.
合則立,分則散。
The more haste, the less speed.
欲速則不達。
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
家和萬事興。
The beaten road is the safest.
常走的路最安全。
There is no royal road to learning.
學無坦途。
Once bit, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩。
Time and tide wait for no man.
時間不等人。
It's never too old to learn.
活到老,學到老。
A horse stumbles that has four legs.
馬有四條腿,仍有失蹄時。
Every flow must have its ebb.
潮漲潮落。
Grasp all, lose all.
樣樣要,樣樣掉。
As you sow, you shall mow.
種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。
A soft answer turns away wreth.
婉言息怒。
After a storm comes a calm.
雨過天晴。
Don't make a mountain out of molehill.
不要小題大做。
When one door shuts, another opens.
一扇門關上了,另一扇門會敞開。
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
寧為玉碎,不為瓦全。
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
量體裁衣。
What you don't want done to yourself, do not do to others.
己所不欲,勿施于人。
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
梅花香自苦寒來。
Easy come, easy go.
來得容易,去得快。
A fox may grow grey, but never good.
江山易改,本性難移。
Beginnings are always difficult.
萬事開頭難。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口。
An idle young, a needy age.
少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奮乃成功之母。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鳥有蟲吃。
All time is no time when it is past.
時光一去不復返。
A tall tree catches the wind.
樹大招風。