1. A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。
2. A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
3. A cat has nine lives.
貓有九條命。
4. A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.
良馬的毛色不會差。
5. A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.
窮人的一隻羔羊比富人的一頭牛還要珍貴。
6. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.
懶羊嫌毛重。
7. A lion at home, a mouse abroad.
在家凶如獅，在外卻如鼠。
8. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
一條活狗勝過一頭死獅。
9. All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
貓都愛吃魚，卻怕爪弄濕。
10.All's fish that comes to his net.
到了網中都是魚。
11.A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable.
人並不因為生在馬廄里就成了馬。
12.A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
13.An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.
驢子能負重，但不堪超過力之所及。
14.An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.
狗嘴裡吐不出象牙。
15.An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
對牛彈琴。
16.As worms are bred in a stagnant pool, so are evil thoughts in idleness.
蟲蛆在死水中孵化，邪念在懶惰中養成。
17.A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.
賊了解賊，正如狼了解狼。
18.Behind bad luck comes good luck.
塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
19.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
寧為犬首，不作獅尾。
20.Better half an egg than empty shell.
半隻蛋也比空殼好。
21.He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it.
與熊分蜜糖，得不到多少。
22.Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.
蜜糖是甜的，但蜜蜂會螫人。
23.If the beard were all, the goat might preach.
如果有了需就什麼都行，那麼山羊也可以說教了。
24.Nightingales will not sing in a cage.
夜鶯困籠不唱歌。
25.None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.
螞蟻不說話，但最善於說教。
26.Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
27.One barking dog sets all street a-barking.
一狗吠聲響，狗吠滿街坊。
28.The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.
猴子爬得越高，尾巴越加暴露。
29.The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb.
狼的生就是羔羊的死。
30.The mountain has brought forth a mouse.
虎頭蛇尾。
31.The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
狡兔三窟。
32.The old goose plays not with foxes.
老鵝不和狐狸一起玩。
33.The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.
孔雀雖有華羽，但有賤足。
34.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
海里的好魚是取之不盡的。
35.Thereis no wool so white but a dyer can make it black.
羊毛再白，也能染黑。
36.The rotten apple injuries its neighbours.
一隻死老鼠，弄贓粥一鍋。
37.The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.
老虎一次嘗到血，它的貪心就更大。
38.The tortosis wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
兔子睡大覺，烏龜才得勝。
39.The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。
40.Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings.
狐狸雖會跑，小雞有翅膀。
41.Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion.
即使敵人小如鼠，也要防他如防虎。
42.Timid dogs bark most.
狗膽小，拚命叫。
43.To a boiling pot flies come not.
蒼蠅不叮沸水壺。
44.To travel through the world it is necessary to have the mouth of hog, the legs of a stag, the eyes of a falcon,the ears of an ass, shoulders of a camel, and the face of an ape, and overplus, a satchel full of money and patience.
週遊世界須有豬嘴巴，鹿的腿，鷹的雙眼，驢的耳，駱駝的肩膀和猿猴的臉，尤其需要的是要有滿口袋的金錢和耐心。
45.Tread on a worm and it will turn.
困獸猶鬥。
46.True coral needs no painter's brush.
真珊瑚無需刷油漆。
47.Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.
兩貓伴一鼠，兩妻居一屋，兩狗肯一骨，萬難同相處。
48.Two dogs over one bone seldom agree.
兩狗啃一骨，相持難服輸。
49.Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement.
一穗兩雀爭，意見亂紛紛。()
50.When the cat's away the mice will play.
貓兒不在，老鼠造反。