everybody’s business is nobody’s business. 　　人人負責，等于沒人負責。

　　every day is not sunday. 　　好景不常在。

　　every dog has his day. 　　誰都有得意的時候。

　　every door may be shut, but death’s door. 　　人生在世，唯死難逃。

　　every heart has its own sorrow. 　　各人有各人的苦惱。

　　every little helps a mickle. 　　聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。

　　every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost. 　　人不為己，天誅地滅。

　　every man has his faults. 　　金無足赤，人無完人。

　　every man has his hobbyhorse. 　　蘿卜青菜，各有所愛。

　　every man has his weak side. 　　人人都有弱點。

　　every man is the architect of his own fortune. 　　自己的命運自己掌握。

　　every minute counts. 　　分秒必爭。

　　every mother’s child is handsome. 　　孩子是自己的好。

　　every potter praises hit pot. 　　王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸。

　　everything is good when new, but friends when old. 　東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。

　　example is better then percept. 　　說一遍，不如做一遍。

　　experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 　　經驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。

　　experience must be bought. 　　吃一塹，長一智。

　　fact speak louder than words. 　　事實勝于雄辯。

　　failure is the mother of success. 　　失敗是成功之母。

　　false friends are worse than bitter enemies. 　　明槍易躲，暗箭難防。

　　far from eye, far from heart. 　　眼不見，心不煩。

　　far water does not put out near fire. 　　遠水救不了近火。

　　faults are thick where love is thin. 　　一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。

　　fear always springs from ignorance. 　　恐懼源于無知。

　　fields have eyes, and woods have ears. 　　隔墻有耳。

　　fire and water have no mercy. 　　水火無情。

　　fire is a good servant but a bad master. 　　火是一把雙刃劍。

　　first come, first served. 　　先來后到。

　　first impressions are half the battle. 　　初次見面，印象最深。

　　first think and then speak. 　　先想后說。

　　fools grow without watering. 　　朽木不可雕。

　　fool’s haste is no speed. 　　欲速則不達。

　　fools has fortune. 　　呆人有呆福。

　　fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. 　　愚者不學無術，智者不恥下問。

　　forbidden fruit is sweet. 　　禁果格外香。

　　fortune favors those who use their judgement. 　　機遇偏愛善斷之人。

　　fortune knocks once at least at every man’s gate. 　　風水輪流轉。

　　four eyes see more than two. 　　集思廣益。

　　friends agree best at distance. 　　朋友之間也會保持距離。

　　friends are thieves of time. 　　朋友是時間的竊賊。

　　friends must part. 　　再好的朋友也有分手的時候。

　　genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 　　天才不過是勤奮而已。

　　give a dog a bad name and hang him. 　　眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。

　　god helps those who help themselves. 　　自助者天助。

　　gold will not buy anything. 　　黃金并非萬能。

　　good for good is natural, good for evil is manly. 　　以德報德是常理，以德報怨大丈夫。

　　good health is over wealth. 　　健康是最大的財富。

　　good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. 　　良藥苦口利于病。

　　good watch prevents misfortune. 　　謹慎消災。

　　great barkers are no biters. 　　好狗不擋道。

　　great hopes make great man. 　　偉大的抱負造就偉大的人物。

　　great minds think alike. 　　英雄所見略同。

　　great men have great faults. 　　英雄犯大錯誤。

　　great men’s sons seldom do well. 　　富不過三代。

　　great trees are good for nothing but shade. 　　大樹底下好乘涼。

　　great wits have short memories. 　　貴人多忘事。

　　greedy folks have long arms. 　　心貪手長。

　　guilty consciences make men cowards. 　　做賊心虛。

　　habit cures habit. 　　心病還需心藥醫。

　　handsome is he who does handsomely. 　　行為漂亮才算美。

　　happiness takes no account of time. 　　歡樂不覺時光過。

　　happy is he who owes nothing. 　　要想活得痛快，身上不能背債。

　　happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others. 　　吸取他人教訓，自己才會走運。

　　harm set, harm get. 　　害人害己。

　　hasty love, soon cold. 　　一見鐘情難維久。

　　health is better than wealth. 　　健康勝過財富。

　　health is happiness. 　　健康就是幸福。

　　hear all parties. 　　兼聽則明。

　　heaven never helps the man who will not act. 　　自己不動，叫天何用。

　　he is a fool that forgets himself. 　　愚者忘乎所以。

　　he is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 　　背后說好話，才是真朋友。

　　he is a wise man who speaks little. 　　聰明不是掛在嘴上。

　　he is lifeless that is faultless. 　　只有死人才不犯錯誤。

　　he is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 　　正人先正己。

　　he is not laughed at that laughs at himself first. 　　自嘲者不會讓人見笑。

　　he is wise that is honest. 　　誠實者最明智。

　　he knows most who speaks least. 　　大智若愚。

　　he laughs best who laughs last. 　　誰笑到最后，誰笑得最好。

　　he sets the fox to keep the geese. 　　引狼入室。

　　he that climbs high falls heavily. 　　爬得越高，摔得越重。

　　he that will not work shall not eat. 　　不勞動者不得食。

　　he who does not advance loses ground. 　　逆水行舟，不進則退。

　　he who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 　　經常訴苦，沒人同情。

　　he who makes no mistakes makes nothing. 　　想不犯錯誤，就一事無成。