典故找不到，只有些故事
先写点谚语
a bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。a bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。a bad workman always blames h** tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。a bird in the hand ** worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。a boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。a bully ** always a coward.
色厉内荏。a burden of one's choice ** not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。a candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。a cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。a cat may look at a king.
猫也可以打量国王，意为人人平等。a close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。a constant guest ** never welcome.
常客令人厌。actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。adversity makes a man w**e,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 ** hard to find.
知音难觅。a fall into a pit,a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。a fox may grow gray,but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。a friend in need ** a friend indeed.
患难见真情。a friend ** easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。a friend ** never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。a friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。'after you' ** good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。a good beginning ** half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。a good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。a good book ** a good friend.
好书如挚友。a good book ** the best of friends,the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。a good conscience ** a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。a good fame ** better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。a good hu**and makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。a good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。a good wife health ** a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。a great talker ** a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。a hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。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。a leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。a liar ** not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。a light heart lives long.
静以修身。a little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。a little knowledge ** a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人。a little pot ** soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。all are br**e when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。all good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。all rivers run into sea.
海纳百川。all roads lead to rome.
条条大路通罗马。all that ends well ** well.
结果好，就一切都好。all that glitters ** not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。all things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。all work and no play makes jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。a man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。a man can do no than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。a man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。a man ** known by h** friends.
什么人交什么朋友。a man of words and not of deeds ** like a garden full of **s.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光**。a man without money ** no man at all.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。a merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。a m**s ** as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。a mother's love never changes.
母爱永恒。an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。a new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。an hour in the morning ** worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。an old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。an ounce of luck ** better than a pound of w**dom.
聪明才智，不如运气。an ounce of prevention ** worth a pound of cure.
预防为主，治疗为辅。a rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。as a man sows,so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。a single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。a snow year,a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。a sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。a still tongue makes a w**e head.
寡言者智。a stitch in time s**es nine.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。a straight foot ** not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。a w**e head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。a word spoken ** past recalling.
一言既出，驷马难追。a year's plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春。a young idler,an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。ba**ng dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。be swift to hear,slow to speak.
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。better late than never.
不怕慢，单怕站。better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好。between friends all ** common.
朋友之间不分彼此。birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。blood ** thicker than water.
血浓于水。blood will h**e blood.
血债血偿。books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。business ** business.
公事公办。business ** the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一需要。by reading we enrich the mind,by conversation we pol**h it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目，不见泰山。care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。caution ** the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船。cheats never prosper.
骗人发不了财。children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言传。choose an author as you choose a friend.
择书如择友。come what may,he**en won't fall.
做你的吧，天塌不下来。complacency ** the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。confidence in yourself ** the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。content ** better than riches.
知足者常乐。count one's chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数雏。courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。creep before you walk.
循序渐进。cry for the moon.
海底捞月。custom ** a second nature.
习惯是后天养成的。custom makes all things easy.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。do as the romans do.
入乡随俗。do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。doing ** better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。do it now.
机不可失，时不再来。do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂装懂。don't h**e too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事过多。don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做。don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻烦。don't try to teach your grandmother to ** eggs.
不要班门弄斧。do well and h**e well.
善有善报。each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。early to bed and early to r**e makes a man healthy,wealthy and w**e.
早睡早起身体好。easier said than done.
说得容易，做得难。easy come,easy go.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。eat to live,but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无宁日。even homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失。even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明算账。every advantage has its d**advantage.
有利必有弊。everybody's business ** nobody's business.
人人负责，等于没人负责。every day ** not sunday.
好景不常在。every dog has h** day.
谁都有得意的时候。every door may be shut,but death's door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦恼。every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。every man for himself,and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。every man has h** faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。every man has h** hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。every man has h** weak side.
人人都有弱点。every man ** the architect of h** own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。every minute counts.
分秒必争。every mother's child ** handsome.
孩子是自己的好。every potter pra**es hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。everything ** good when new,but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。example ** better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一遍。experience ** the father of w**dom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。failure ** the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。false friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。far from eye,far from heart.
眼不见，心不烦。far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近火。faults are thick where love ** thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知。fields h**e eyes,and woods h**e ears.
隔墙有耳。fire and water h**e no mercy.
水火无情。fire ** a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把双刃剑。first come,first served.
先来后到。first impressions are half the battle.
初次见面，印象最深。first think and then speak.
先想后说。fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。fool's haste ** no speed.
欲速则不达。fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。fools learn nothing from w**e men,but w**e men learn much from fools.
愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。forbidden fruit ** sweet.
**格外香。fortune f**ors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
风水轮流转。four eyes see than two.
集思广益。friends agree best at d**tance.
朋友之间也会保持距离。friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时间的窃贼。friends ...