Never offer to teach fish to swim.
不要班门弄斧。
Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.
抓住大好时机,切莫等闲错过。
Never judge by appearances.
不要以貌取人。
Never fry a fish till it's caught.
不要操之过急。
Never embark on what comes after without having mastered what goes before.
如未掌握好已学过的东西,切莫从事更深的学习。
Never do things by halves.
做事不要半途而废。
Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime durnk.
不要过河拆桥。
Never cackle till your egg is laid.
事竟成,才声张。
Never be weary of well doing.
行善莫怕烦。
Neglect of health is doctor's wealth.
忽视健康,医生财旺。
Needs must when the devil drives.
形势所迫不得不为。
Need makes the old wife trot.
事急老妪跑。
Necessity knows no law.
铤而走险。
Necessity is the mother of invention。
需要是发明之母。
Necessity (or Need) has (or knows) no law.
需要面前无法律。
Necessity and oportunity may make a coward valient.
需要和机会可能使懦夫变成勇士。
Money often unmakes the men who make it.
为富不仁。直译为金钱经常能瓦解那些创造它的人。
Money makes the mare to go.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money is the sinews of war.
无钱莫打仗。
Money is the root of all evil.
贪财是一切罪恶的根源。
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.
金钱用于脑,永远不徒劳。
Money talks.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
More die by food than by famine.
饥馑而死的少,饱食而死的多。
More haste, less speed.
欲速不达。
More of our worries come from within than from without.
烦恼发乎内者多于发乎外。
More worship the rising than the setting sun.
崇拜朝阳者众,羡慕夕阳者寡。
Most things have two handles.
事情都有两面性。
Mother's darlings are but milksop heroes.
娇养的儿女成不了大器。
Mountains look beautiful from a distance.
远处看山山更美。
Much cry and little wool.
雷声大雨点小。
Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of.
当前发生诸种事,大多为人所不知。
Much will have more.
得陇望蜀。
Murder will out.
纸包不住火。
Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.
音乐是医治心灵创伤的妙药。
Music is the eye of the ear.
音乐是耳朵的眼睛。
Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.
音乐是心灵的良药。
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
音乐可以洗去日常生活中蒙在灵魂上的尘垢。
My son is my son, till he hath got him a wife; but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her lif
儿子婚前是儿子,女儿终生是女儿。
Napolean himself was once a crying baby.
即使是拿破仑,过去也是啼哭的婴孩。
Nature abhors a vacuum.
自然厌恶空虚。
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see m
天赋我们两耳，两眼，一张嘴巴，归根到底该多听，多看，少说话。
Nature is the glass reflecting truth.
自然是反映真理的一面镜子。
Nature teaches us to love our friends but religion our enemies.
自然教我们爱朋友,宗教却教我们爱敌人。
Nature, time, and patience are the three great physicians.
自然,时间和耐心,是三大伟大的医生。
Nature will have its course.
天行其道。
Naughty boys sometimmmes make good men.
顽皮淘气的男孩子有时成为仁人君子。
Moderation in all things is the best of rules.
中庸之道是最好的准则。
Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs.
莫笑皮匠拇指黑。
Misfortunes test the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
经过灾难方知福。
Misfortunes (or Hardships) never (or seldom) come alone (or singly).
祸不单行。
Misforunes come on horseback and go away on foot.
遭灾易,消灾难。
Misfortunes come at night.
祸常生于不测。
Misfortune is a good teacher.
不幸是良师。
Misfortune comes on wings and departs on foot.
遭灾易,消灾难。
Misery makes strange bedfellows.
患难时不择友。
Misery loves company.
同病相怜。
Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows.
落难时不择伙伴。
Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.
爱财如命。
Modesty is not only and ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
谦虚不仅是美德的点缀,更是美德的守护。