Popular English Proverbs in Chinese

cross your heart
你发誓


gate - crasher
不请自来的不速之客;


take it easy　
凡事看开些, 不要太冲动, 不要看得那么重


make yourself comfortable
不用约束 (招待客人时说的话)


you are all wet
你完全误会了


she is hangover
她昨夜喝醉了


it’s a matter of time
这是迟早的问题


she pulls out
她退出了


I have my limit
我的忍耐度有限


don’t brush me off
不要敷衍我


let’s get it straight
我们打开天窗说亮话吧


what you call this
你这算什么


how about a bite
随便吃些什么吧


you can count on me
你可以信得过我


he see things not people
他论事不论人


we sang the same songs
我们志同道合


I hope you in the roll
我希望你也能来


let’s go Dutch
我们各付各的吧


speak of the devil
说曹操, 曹操就到


keep in touch
保持联络


don’t turn me down
不要拒绝我


don’t let me down
别叫我失望 　


man proposes and god disposes
谋事在人成事在天


the weakest goes to the wall.
优胜劣败


to look one way and row another
声东击西 .


in everyone’s mouth.
脍炙人口


to kick against the pricks
螳臂挡车 .


to give the last measure of devotion
鞠躬尽瘁 .


to suffer for one’s wisdom.
聪明反被聪明误


to harp on the same string.
旧调重弹


what’s done cannot be undone
覆水难收 .


to convert defeat into victory.
转败为胜


beyond one’s grasp.
鞭长莫及


to be severe with oneself and lenient with others.
严以责己宽以待人


a heart of steel.
铁石心肠


to be guided by destiny.
听天由命


pride goes before a fall
骄者必败 .


the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without
不战而屈人之兵


what is bugging you
什么事使你心烦


sworn brother
干兄弟, 盟兄弟


it’s dying art
这是已失传的手艺


gentlemen agreement
君子协定


I'm trying to make ends meet
我尽力要使收支平衡


prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.


富贵结朋友, 患难见真情


if you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the
bitterest of the bitter.
吃得苦中苦, 方为人上人


it is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill.
宁为善而斗, 毋屈服于恶


he who has hope has everything.
怀有希望者, 便拥有一切


self-trust is the first secret of success.
自信心是成功的首要关键


the secret of success is constancy of purpose.
成功的秘绝在于目标坚定有恒


success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.
成功源于努力去克服困难


experience is the extract of suffering.
经验是受苦的结晶