action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行为是常识的巧果。 adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患难让人聪慧，但不可以发家致富。 adversity makes strange bedfellows. 置身挫折不择师。 adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 取得成功地战胜困难是较大的荣耀。 a fair death honours the whole life. 死得光辉，终生荣誉。 a fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。 a faithful friend is hard to find. 良友难能可贵。 a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。 after dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午餐后要坐，晚饭后要走。 a father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 爸爸是资本，弟兄是宽慰，好朋友兼而有之。 a fault confessed is half redressed. 认错，相当于纠正一半。 affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 事儿要安步就班地做，便会迅速地做完。 a flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 伶牙俐齿不可以做为智谋的证实。 a fool always comes short of his reckoning. 似是而非常缺去算计。 a fool always rushes to the fore. 傻子总爱强左右。 a fool and his money are soon parted. 傻瓜难招财。 a fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 傻人装聪慧，确实最可伶。 a fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚提问，七智结舌。 a fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚人所问，聪明人难答。 a fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千虑，必有一得。 a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失，百智难回。 a fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 一个蠢材在他自己家中所知的事比一个聪明的人在他人家中所知的事要多。 a fools bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千虑，必有一得。 a fools heart dances on his lips. 似是而非心豁达，挂在嘴巴上。 a fox may grow grey, but never good. 小狐狸会变，但江山易改。 a friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy his crimes. 好朋友传扬人的传统美德，对手夸大其词人的罪行。 a friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 曩中富有，比不上朝中有友。 a friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难好朋友才算是真朋友。 a friend is a second self. 朋友是另一个我。 a friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友。 a friend is never known till a man have need. 不上患难时，始终不可以了解真心朋友。 a friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交朋友慢，失友快。 a friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 广交朋友，无去深交。 a friend without faults will never be found. 沒有缺陷的朋友是始终找不着的。 after a storm comes a calm. 苦尽甘来。 after black clouds, clear weather. 否极泰来。 after death, the doctor. 放马后炮。 after dinner comes the reckoning. 休闲娱乐，该付成本。 actions speak louder than words. 存在即是合理。 a discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不符合者坐无宁时。 a disease known is half cured. 病况确确诊，看病好一半。 admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私下要劝告你的朋友，在公共场合又夸奖你的朋友。 a dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨骼打小狗不叫。 adversity is a good discipline. 痛苦是磨炼人的好机会。 adversity leads to prosperity. 挫折迎向兴盛。
