俚语、俗语与谚语

Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 别过早地乐观

Don't cross the bridge until you come to it. 不要杞人忧天

Don't cry stinking fish.

不要喊鱼腥/卖瓜不说瓜苦/老王卖瓜，自卖自夸

Don't do unto others what you don't want others do unto you. 己所不欲勿施于人

Don't let the cat out of the bag. 不要泄露机密

Don't meet trouble half-way. 勿杞人忧天

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 勿孤注一掷

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事今日毕

Don't quarrel with your bread and butter. 端人家碗，服人家管 Don't ride the high horse. 勿摆架子

Don't teach your grandmother to suck egg. 不要对着耶稣讲道理

Don't wash your dirty linen in public. 家丑不外扬

Don′t judge a person by the clothes he wears. 不能以貌取人 down-to-earth 平易近人

draw worldwide attention 举世瞩目

Early to bed and early to rise. 早睡早起

Easier said than done. 说起来容易，做起来难 East or west, home is best.

管他东方或西方，家是最好的地方/兔儿满山跑，依旧归 老巢

Easy come, easy go. 来的容易去的快 easy meat 易辨的事

Empty talks would lead the country astray, and hard work can rejuvenate the nation.

空谈误国,实干兴邦

Empty vessels make the most sound.

满瓶不响半瓶响叮当 engage in speculation 投机倒把/买空卖空

enjoy a happy get-together 欢聚一堂

enjoy popular support 深入人心

Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常乐

Equal pay for equal work. 同工同酬

Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑必有一失 Every dog has his day. 困龙也有上天时

Every dog has its/his day./A man his hour, and a dog has his day. 人人均有得意

Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有本难念的经

Every flow must have its ebb. 人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺 every little counts/helps 积少成多

Every man is his own worst enemy.

一个人最大的敌人就是他自己 every now and then 时时刻刻

Everyone to his taste. 人各有所好

Example is better than precept. 身教重於言教

Experience is the best teacher. 前事不忘後事之师

Experience is the mother of wisdom. 不经一事，不长一智 Extremes meet. 物极必反

Facts speak louder than words 事实胜于雄辩

Failure is the mother of success. 失败为成功之母 faint-hearted 胆小的

Familiarity breeds contempt. 近之则不逊

feel like an old friends at first sight 一见如故

Fine feathers make fine birds.