俚语、俗语与谚语

Life is but empty dream. 浮生若梦

like a lead balloon 毫无作用

Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子

Little and often fills the purse. 集腋成裘 Live and learn. 活到老学到老/学无止境

Look back to the old, if you would learn the new. 温故而知新

Look before you leap. 三思而后行

Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清

Lost time is never found again. 光阴一去不复返 Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌

make great/rapid strides 突飞猛进

Make hay while the sun shines. 打铁趁热

make overall arrangements 统筹兼顾

make spectacle of oneself 出洋相

Make yourself all honey and the files will devour you. 招蜂引蝶

Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天

Many a little makes a mickle. 积少成多

Many hands make light work. 人多力量大/只要人手多，牌楼搬过河 Many men, many minds. 百姓百姓，一百个心 marble-hearted 铁右心肠

Marriages are made in heaven. 姻缘天注定

Men are blind in their own cause. 人不知自丑，马不嫌脸长 merchant of death 死亡贩子 Might is right. 强权即公理

misfortunes never come singly. 祸不单行 mod(modern) 时髦的,摩登的 Money begets money. 钱赚钱

Money burns a hole in his pocket. 钱烧口袋漏，一有就不留 Money is everything. 有钱能使鬼推磨

Money is the root of all evil. 金钱是万恶之源

Money makes the mare go. 有钱能使鬼推魔 Money talks.

金钱万能/有钱能使鬼推磨 More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达 Murder will out. 纸包不住火

mutual understanding and mutual accommodation 互谅互让

俚语、俗语与谚语(四)

Necessity knows no law. 饥寒起盗心

neither fish nor flesh 非驴非马

network of personal connections 关系网

neut(neutron bomb) 中子弹

Never cackle till your egg is laid. 事未完成莫夸耀

Never do things by halves. 凡事不要半途而废

Never judge by appearances. 人不可貌相

Never mind trouble troubles you. 明日愁来明日忧

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. 今日事，今日毕

Never put off what can be done today till tomorrow. 今日之事今日毕

New broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火 No cross, no crown. 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人