As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man. 试金石可以试金，正如黄金可以试人。
As the old cock crows, so doth the young. 有其父必有其子。
As the inner life is, so will be the language. 言为心声。
As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks. 一厢情愿。
As the call, so the echo. 发什么声音，有什么回声。
As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hatred. 美酒可制成烈醋，热爱能变为深仇。
A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。
As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring. 忘恩负义。
A spot is most seen on the finest cloth. 最清洁的布上，污点特别显眼。
A sow, when washed; returns to the muck. 山河易改，本性难移。
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的海洋练不出纯熟的水手。
A small leak will sink a great ship. 一个小漏洞可能弄沉一艘大轮船。
A smart coat is a good letter of introduction. 人要衣装，佛要金装。
Ask no questions and you will be told no lies. 假如你少问，假话就难进。
As is the workman so is the work. 什么工人出什么活。
A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth. 沉默的嘴，真诚的心，是世界上最令人赞美的东西。
A servant is known by his master's absence. 主人不在可以看出仆人的操行来。
A secret between more than two is no secret. 两人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。
As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
As a man's heart is, so does he speak. 言为心声。
As a man lives so shall he die. 有生必有死。
Art lies in concealing art. 隐而不露即艺术。
A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔，改行不聚财。
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 千里之行始于足下。
A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money. 失友都因借钱起。
Art is long, but lift is short. 人生有涯，而学无涯。
A ragged coat may cover an honest man. 不能以衣著取人。
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 白日不做亏心事，夜半不怕鬼敲门。
Appetite comes with eating. 食欲越吃越旺。
Appearances are deceitful. 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
Apparel makes the man. 马靠鞍装，人靠衣装。
Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter. 好药不苦不会加糖衣。
A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife. 穷汉娶富妻，必受老婆欺。
A pet lamb makes a cross ram. 宠坏的小羊将成为脾气坏的大羊。
A penny saved is a penny earned(or gained). 省钱就是赚钱。
An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men. 朴重的法官重法胜于重人。
Answer a fool according to his folly. 以其人之道，还治其人之身。
An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue. 牛因有脚而被抓，人因有舌而遭殃。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防胜于治疗。
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 乐观的人在灾害中看到但愿；悲观的人在但愿中看到灾害。
An open door may tempt a saint. 一扇开著的大门可诱惑一个圣徒。
An old poacher makes the best keeper. 老偷猎者是最好的看管人。
An old physician, and a young lawyer. 医生年迈的好，律师年青的俏。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. 老家夥学不出新名堂。
An old dog cannot alter its way of barking. 老狗难改吠声。
An old dog bites sore. 老狗咬人痛得很。
An old dog barks not in vain. 老犬不空吠。
An occasion lost cannot be redeemed. 时机失了无法挽回。
An oak is not felled at one stroke. 万事不能一挥而就。
An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 对牛弹琴。
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell. 错无分大小，有错皆不好。
An ill workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。
An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
An idle brain is the devil's workshop. 游手好闲是万恶之源。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。
An honest man's word is as good as his bond. 老实人的话像他的契约一样靠得住。
Anger rests in the bosom of folly. 怒火常寓于蠢人的胸中。
Anger is a short madness. 发火是短暂的疯狂。
A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
An evil lesson is soon learned. 学坏轻易。
An evil chance seldom comes alone. 灾患丛生。
An evening red and a morning grey, is a sign of a fair day. 晚霞红如火，晓色青如灰，定是晴朗天。
An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙。
An empty sack cannot stand upright. 空麻袋，立不直。
An empty purse frightens many friends. 曩中无分文，亲友不上门。
An empty hand is no lure for a hawk. 空手诱不来老鹰。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 远亲不如近邻。
An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden. 驴子能负重，但不堪超过力之所及。
An artist lives everywhere. 艺人处处可安家。
A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. 山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。
A moneyless man goes fast through the market. 一个没钱的人很快穿过市场。
A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。
A miserly father makes a prodigal son. 爱钱如命的父亲生个儿子挥金如土。
A middle course is the safest. 不偏不倚最保险。
A merry heart goes all the way. 生性乐天，终身受用。
Ambition never dies until there is no way out. 不到黄河心不死。
A match will set fire to a large building. 星星之火，可以燎原。
A man without reason is a beast in season. 人无理智就像是一头发情的野兽。
A man without money is a bow without an arrow. 人无钱，如同弓无箭。
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. 人无笑容，不要开店。
A man who has friend must show himself friendly. 与朋友交，必需友好相处。
A man's actions show his character. 行为可显出一个人的品性。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 讲而不做，如同花园里长满了荒草。
A man of gladness seldom falls into madness. 生性乐天的人极少会变成疯子。
A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool. 一个人可能说话像个智慧人，而行为像个大笨蛋。
A man may smile and smile and be villain. 笑里藏奸。
A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge. 有宝何必人前夸。
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. 牵马到河易，强马饮水难。
A man may dig his grave with his teeth. 祸从口出。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力，日久见人心。
A man is not good or bad for one action. 判定人的好坏不能凭一次行为。
A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable. 人并不由于生在马厩里就成了马。
A man is known by the company he keeps. 察其友知其人。
A man is as old as he feels. 老不老，自己晓。
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little. 人有两只耳朵一张嘴，就是为了多听少说话。
A man has his hour, and a dog has his day. 人有称心时，狗有自得日。
A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time. 同心用心不能二用。
A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 同心用心不能二用。
A man cannot serve two masters. 一仆不能事二主。
A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife. 妻子铺张无度，丈夫不会出头。
A man can do no more than he can. 凡事只能实事求是。
A man can die but once. 人生只有一次死。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 轻诺者易忘。
A man alone is either a saint or a devil. 孤身独处的人可认为圣哲，也可为恶魔。
A maid that laughs is half taken. 女郎露笑容，婚事半玉成。
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. 女郎有了很多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。
Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. 坐吃山空。
Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot. 纵然天下雨，休把水壶丢。