C 共 63 条
- Call a spade a spade. 据实而言。
- Call me not olive till thou see me gathered. 盖棺论定。
- Call no man happy until he dies. 盖棺才能定论。
- Can the leopard change his spots? 江山易改，本性难移。
- Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋，带来好运气。
- Care brings grey hair. 忧虑催人老。
- Care killed the cat. 忧虑伤身。
- Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean.
清水未来，莫泼赃水。
- Cast not your pearls before swine. 明珠莫投暗。
- Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
大事未成时，莫开庆功宴。
- Cats hide their paws. 大智若愚，大巧若拙。
- Caution is the parent of safety. 谨慎小心是安全之源。
- Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron.
金链锁人比铁炼更牢靠。
- Change lays not her hand upon truth. 真理不变。
- Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
仁爱须由近及远。
- Cheat's never proper. 欺骗决非正当事。
- Cheek brings success. 和气生财。
- Cheerful company shortens the miles.
旅有好旅伴，不觉行程远。
- Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light.
欢快与好意，劳动不觉累。
- Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
看人看年少，看天看破晓。
- Children and fools cannot lie.
孩子和傻子，不会说谎话。
- Children and fools speak the truth.
孩子和傻子，说的是真话。
- Children are the parents's riches. 子女是父母之财富。
- Choice of the end covers choice of the means.
选择目的包含著选择手段。
- Choose an author as you choose a friend. 选书如择友。
- Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
选妻，最好用耳莫用眼。
- Christmas comes but once a year. 佳节良辰，机会难得。
- Circumstances are therulers of the weak, instrument of the wise.
弱者困于环境，智者利用环境。
- Civility costs nothing. 礼貌不须什么代价。
- Cleanliness is next to godliness. 清净近乎神圣。
- Clothes make the man. 人要衣装，佛要金装。
- Come what may, heaven won't fall. 船到桥头自会直。
- Comfort is better than pride. 安慰胜过傲慢。
- Coming events cast their shadows before them.
山雨欲来风满楼。
- Compare your grievs with other men's and they will seem less.
你的悲痛与人比，悲痛就会轻一些。
- Comparisons are odious. 人比人，气死人。
- Confession is the first step to repentance. 悔罪先须认罪。
- Confidence of success is almost success.
对成功抱有信心，就近乎成功。
- Conquer of fear of death and you are put into possession of your
life. 不怕死，然后才能生。
- Constant dropping wears away a stone. 滴水穿石。
- Content is better than riches. 知足常乐。
- Content is happiness. 知足常乐。
- Conversation makes one what he is. 言如其人。
- Councils of war never fight. 主战者不打仗。
- Counsel after action is like rain after harvest. 放马后炮。
- Counsel must be followed, not praised.
忠告必须照办，而不是赞美。
- Count not your chickens before they are hatched.
不要过早乐观。
- Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇敢和决心是美德的灵魂。
- Courtesy costs nothing. 谦虚恭敬，不用分文。
- Cowards are cruel. 懦夫不仁。
- Credit, like a looking-glass, broken once, is gone, alas!
信誉像镜子，破碎无法补。
- Creditors have better memories than debtors.
放债人的记性比借债人好。
- Crows do not pick crow's eyes. 同室不操戈。
- Cry up wine and sell vinegar. 挂羊头，卖狗肉。
- Cry with one eye and laugh with the other. 口不应心。
- Curiosity killed the cat. 好奇心，惹祸根。
- Custom is a second nature. 习惯是第二天性。
- Custom is the guide of the ignorant.
习俗是无知者的向导。
- Custom makes all things easy. 若照习惯办，万事皆不难。
- Custom rules the law. 习俗影响法律。
- Custom without reason is but ancient error.
习俗没有道理，古代谬误而已。
- Cut short the nonsense and return to one's muttons.
闲话少说，言归正传。
- Cut the coat according to the cloth. 量布裁衣。
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- Danger is next neighbour to security. 危险是安全的近邻。
- Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.
危险本身就是对付危险的最好办法。
- Dead men tell no tales. 死人不会搬弄是非。
- Death is the grand leveller. 凡人都要死，大家都一样。
- Death meets us everywhere. 死亡到处和我门相遇。
- Death pays all debts. 人死百债了。
- Death when it comes will have no denial.
死亡来临时，无可抗拒之。
- Deeds, no words. 不要光说不练。
- Debt is better than death. 负债总比死亡强。
- Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves.
行动是果实，言语只是树叶而已。
- Deeds are males, and words are females.
言柔弱无能，行刚强有力。
- Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy.
深水静静流，浅溪潺潺流。
- Delays are dangerous. 坐失良机必有忧患。
- Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour.
著手前要深思熟虑，执行要果断有力。
- Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
考虑要仔细，行动要迅速。
- Deliberating is not delaying. 慎思不是拖延。
- Deliver not your words by number but by weight.
言不在多，而在有物。
- Depend on others and you always repent.
依靠别人总要后悔。
- Despair gives courage to a coward. 人急造反，狗急跳墙。
- Destruction pursues the great. 树大招风。
- Devil must be driven out with devils. 以毒攻毒。
- Dexterity comes by experience. 熟练来自经验。
- Diamond cut diamond. 强中更有强中手。
- Diet cures more than the doctor. 药补不如食补。
- Diligence is near success. 勤奋近乎成功。
- Diligence is the mother of good luck. 刻苦是成功之母。
- Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。
- Discontent is the first step in progress.
不知足是前进中的第一步。
- Discretion is the better part of valour. 小心即大勇。
- Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as
they begin to grow.
病，仇与债这三者，一露苗头就砍掉。
- Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.
心灵上的疾病比肉体上的疾病更危险。
- Diseases are the price of ill pleasures.
疾病是不正当娱乐的代价。
- Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。
- Disgraced may be he who thinks ill.
心怀不端的人是可耻的。
- Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.
为众之所为，受众之所夸。
- Do as the Romans do(or Do as they do at Rome). 入乡要随俗。
- Do as you would be done by. 推己及人。
- Do business, but be not a slave to it.
要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。
- Dog does not eat dog. 物不伤其类。
- Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand.
远处叫得凶的狗，不会近身来咬人。
- Dogs that run after many hares kill none. 多谋寡成。
- Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread.
狗摇尾巴，爱的是面包。
- Doing is better than saying. 行胜于言。
- Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
- Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you
hear; and tell not all youknow.
不要为所能为，不要花尽所有，不要全信所闻，不要言尽所知。
- Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
不要忘恩负义。
- Do not despise your enemy. 万勿轻敌。
- Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.
不要有求必应。
- Do not praise a day before sunset. 切勿褒贬过早。
- Do not run too fast after gain. 不要见利就拼命追。
- Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than
yourself. 不要向不如你幸运的人述说你的幸福。
- Do not swap horses when crossing a stream.
处在危难中，不宜大更动。
- Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty.
不要因为怕贫苦而放弃自由。
- Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
- Do not wash dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外扬。
- Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.
清水未来，莫泼赃水。
- Don't count your chicken before they are hatched.
不要过早乐观。
- Don't climb a tree to look for fish. 勿缘木求鱼。
- Don't cross the bridge till you get to it. 不要杞人忧天。
- Don't fly till you wings are feathered. 羽毛未丰不要飞。
- Don't cry out before you are hurt. 还没受苦，就别叫苦。
- Don't halloo till you are out of the wood.
没有脱离危险不要先欢呼。
- Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.
切莫临时抱佛脚。
- Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤注一掷。
- Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。
- Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak.
不要尽言所知，而要尽知所言。
- Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班门弄斧。
- Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh.
清水未打来，赃水莫倒掉。
- Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自寻烦恼。
- Don't whistle until you are out of the wood.
没有脱离险境，不要过早高兴。
- Do one's level best. 尽力而为。
- Dot the i's and cross the t's. 一点一划，循规蹈矩。
- Doubt is the key of knowledge. 怀疑乃知识的钥匙。
- Do well is better than say well. 说得好不如做得好。
- Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上没毛，办事不牢。
- Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.
事未齐备，切莫妄动。
- Draw water with a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空。
- Dream are lies. 梦不足信。
- Dreams go by contraries. 梦想总与现实相反。
- Drive your business, do not let it drive you.
要推动事业，不要让事业来推动你。
- Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are
built. 滴水汇大海，垒石诛高墙。
- Drowning man will catch at a straw.
溺水的人一根草也要抓。
- Drunken days have all their tomorrows.
今日花天酒地，明日潦倒穷途。
- Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒后露真言。
- Dumb dogs are dangerous. 哑犬最凶恶。
- Dying is as natural as living. 死亡与生存一样自然。