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A collection of English proverbs C-D-

Updated: Nov 26, 2018

Call me not olive till you see me gathered. 盖棺定论。

Catch as catch can. 能怎么力就怎么办。

Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance. 不要舍本逐末。

Caution is the parent of safety. 谨慎小心是安全之源。

Caveat emptor. 顾客留心。

Cheerful company shortens the miles. 旅有好旅伴,不觉行程远。

Childhood shows the man,as morning shows the day. 看人看年少,看天看破晓。

Children have the qualities of the parents. 有什么样的父母,就有什么样的孩子。


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Nov 14, 2018

Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad. 在有处处好,出门时时难。

Dying is as natural as living. 生死皆自然。

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。

Drive your business,go not let it drive you. 要推动事业,不要让事业来推动你。

Do not kick against the pricks. 勿以卵击石。

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Nov 14, 2018

Don't trifle away your time. 莫让年华似水流。

Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. 切莫自寻麻烦。

Don't whistle until you are out of the wood. 没有脱离险境,不要过早高兴。

Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上没毛,办事不牢。

Draw inference about other cases from one instance. 举一反三。

Dreams go by contraries. 梦想总与现实相反。

Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built. 滴水汇大海,垒石筑高墙。

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Nov 14, 2018

Don't climb a tree to look for fish. 勿缘木求鱼。

Don't empty the baby out with the bath water. 不要因噎废食。

Don't gild the lily. 不要画蛇添足。

Don't let the grass grow under your feet. 莫虚度光阴。

Don't look upon the vessel,but upon that which it contains. 不要只看瓶子,而要看瓶子里装着什么。

Don't make any noise while you work,but use your brain. 干活不要吵,而要用头脑。

Don't put the cart before the horse. 不要本末倒置。

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Nov 14, 2018

Do not rob Peter to pay Paul. 切勿借债还债。

Do not scald your lips in another man's porridge. 莫管闲事。

Do not seek to reform every one's dial by your own watch. 莫总觉得自己对。

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 take your harp to the party. 不要老调重弹。

Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。

Do not through fear of poverty surrender liberty. 不要因为害怕贫穷而放弃自由。

Do on the hill as you would do in the hall. 人前人后一个样。

Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 狗把尾巴摇,爱的是面包。

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Nov 14, 2018

Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲,勿施于人。

Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入国问禁,入乡随俗。

Do not all you can,spend not all you have;believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know. 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 hold a candle to the devil. 切莫助纣为虐。

Do not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. 勿杀鸡取卵。

Do not make a mountain out of a molehill. 勿小题大作。

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