英譯：
clothes make the man
例句：
Clothes make the man, dressed to the nines. (佛要金裝，人要衣裝，盛裝赴會)
Some women have used “Clothes make the woman” to mean the same thing as “Clothes make the man” because of their belief that this is gender equality. (一些女性使用 “Clothes make the woman” 來表示 “Clothes make the man” 的意思，因為她們認為這是性別平等)
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英譯：
people/those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
例句：
“People who live in glass houses should not throw stones” is a saying, meaning people with faults of their own should take care not to attack the faults of others. (People who live in glass houses should not throw stones 是句諺語，意為「自己有缺點就別揭人家短處」)
Mary says that Amy is selfish, but Mary is more selfish herself. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. (瑪麗說艾美自私自利，但她自己更自私自利。自己有同樣缺點的人最好不要說別人)
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英譯：
beggars can’t be choosers
例句：
I asked Tom to lend me his bicycle, and he sent me this old, rusty one. But beggars can’t be choosers. (我要湯姆將他的腳踏車借給我，而他卻送來這台老舊又生鏽的腳踏車。沒辦法，人在屋簷下，不得不低頭。)
Mary: Let me wear your green dress; I don’t like the blue one you lent me. Alice: Beggars can’t be choosers. (瑪麗：我要穿妳的綠色洋裝；我不喜歡妳借我的那件藍色的。愛麗絲：人在屋簷下，不得不低頭。)
註：Beggars can’t be choosers. 有「人在屋簷下，不得不低頭」和「飢不擇食」這兩個意思，所以翻譯時端賴上下文的意思而定。
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英譯：
(throw) a sprat to catch a mackerel/whale
例句：
The policy aims mainly to throw a sprat to catch a mackerel. (這項政策旨在拋磚引玉)
Every week I invest one hundred NT dollars on the lottery tickets. It’s a sprat to catch a mackerel because one day I could win one hundred million. (我每個禮拜都花一百元買樂透彩，這完全是一種小冒險求大利的行動，因為有一天我可能會中1億元)
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英譯：
familiarity breeds contempt
例句：
The movie star doesn’t let anyone get to know him, because he knows that familiarity breeds contempt. (這位電影明星不讓任何人跟他混得太熟，因為他知道過度親密，易生侮慢之心)
You two are going to find it difficult living and working together. Familiarity breeds contempt, you know. (你們兩人將會發現生活和工作都在一起是有困難的。親暱生狎侮嗎!)
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英譯：
pride goes before a fall
例句：
You must learn to be modest because pride goes before a fall. (你必須學習謙虛，因為驕兵必敗)
Susan: I’m the best student in my history class. I’m sure I can pass the exam without studying very hard. Sam: Be careful. Pride goes before a fall, you know. (蘇珊：我是我們班上歷史課最優秀的學生。我確信我不用太用功就可通過考試。山姆：當心哦! 驕者必敗)
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英譯：
after a storm comes a calm; after the storm comes a calm; the calm after a storm
例句：
Don’t worry again, Tom, after a storm comes a calm. All bad things are gone, and everything will get better and better. (湯姆，別再擔心了，否極泰來。所有不好的事情都已過去，未來一切將會越來越好)
John: I can’t believe how peaceful the office is today, when yesterday everyone was threatening to quit. Jane: After a storm comes a calm. (約翰：我不敢相信今天辦公室會這麼平靜，昨天大家不是還揚言要辭職嗎! 珍：雨過天晴)
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英譯：
murder will out
例句：
Your extramarital affairs can’t be kept secret forever, because murder will out. (你的婚外情不可能永遠保密，因為若要人不知，除非己莫為)
The President thought no one would ever discover his crime, but murder will out. (總統以為沒有人會發現他的罪行，但若要人不知，除非己莫為)
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英譯：
One good turn deserves another
例句：
He fixed my bike so I let him use my computer. One good turn deserves another. (他修理我的腳踏車，所以我讓他用我的電腦。投桃報李/禮尚往來嘛!)
One good turn deserves another so we made a great effort to help those people who had helped us in the past. (善有善報! 所以我們盡了最大努力來幫助過去曾經幫助過我們的人)
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英譯：
The grass is greener on the other side of the hill/fence
說明：
這句成語的字面意思是「山坡 (或籬笆) 那邊的草總比這邊綠」，大意是說總覺得別人擁有的或他們的處境看起來比自已的好，雖然事實上並非如此。這成語經常被簡化為 “The grass is greener on the other side” 或甚至 “The grass is greener”。
例句：
Don’t compare yourself with others. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Just do your best. (你不必去跟別人作比較，這山望著那山高，你只要盡最大努力去做好就可以了)
You might think you’d be happy if you were working in my company, but, well, the grass is greener on the other side. (你真是這山望著那山高，如果你來我的公司工作看看，你就知道你現在有多麼幸福了)
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