Birds of a feather flock together.
people who are alike often become friend or are together: if you are often
with certain people, you may be their friends or like them.

Blood, toil, tears and sweat.
said of a person bending oneself to a task and exerting all efforts in the
performance of one duty.

Calamity is man true touchstone.
the most telling test of a man ability and worth comes when he has to face
great difficulties.

Clean conscience laughs at false accusation.
a person who knows he has done no wrong is morally stronger than those who
falsely accuse him are.

Cry over spilt milk.
to cry or complain about something that has already happened
 

Corresponding English and Chinese proverbs and phrases（2）
1.World is but a little place, after all.
天涯原咫尺，到處可逢君

Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in
someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to
do so.

Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a
trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.

2. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入鄉隨俗

Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you
live.

Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you
are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls.

3. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
失之東隅，收之桑榆

Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck
on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a
fresh one---it may succeed.

Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he
loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts.

4.What are the odds so long as you are happy.
知足者常樂

Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.

Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health,
and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

5．Entertain an angel unawares.
有眼不識泰山

Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his
merits.

Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was
entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greate

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