Chinese idioms in English (10)

Creep before you walk.
循序渐进。
Cry for the moon.
海底捞月。
Custom is 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 is 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 have 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 suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
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 disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
人人负责,等于没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
Every dog has his 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 his faults.
金无足赤,人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜,各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。
Every minute counts.
分秒必争。
Every mother’s child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好,朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说一遍,不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom 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 is 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。

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