Chinese idioms in English (6)

Whatever you do, do with all your might.
不管做什么,都要一心一意。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
儿时所学,终生难忘。
What’s done cannot be undone.
生米煮成熟饭了。
What’s lost is lost.
失者不可复得。
What we do willingly is easy.
愿者不难。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入国问禁,入乡随俗。
When everybody’s somebody then nobody’s anybody.
人人都伟大,世间没豪杰。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
伤心旧事别重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
新仇旧恨,齐上心头。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,没安好心。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.
酒后吐真言。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.
道高一尺,魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.
搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.
好人不长命。
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
智者嘴在心里,愚者心在嘴里。
Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两头点,精力不可过分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.
鱼与熊掌,不可得兼。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
强扭的瓜不甜。
You may know by a handful the whole sack.
由一斑可知全貌。
You never know what you can till you try.
是驴子是马,拉出来遛遛。
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