share the proverbs

 Share the Proverbs:---- in the 11/10 variety session

坐而言不如起而行

Actions speak louder than words

危機即轉機

Adversity leads to prosperity        

疾風知勁草

Adversity is a good discipline        

先苦後甘

After a rainy winter, a plentiful summer

雨過天青

After a storm comes a calm

否極泰來

After night comes the day   

The darkest hour is that before the dawn  

The darkest hour comes before dawn---黎明之前是最黑暗時刻

識途老馬

Age and experience teach wisdom       

有情人終成眷屬

All shall be well and Jack shall have Jill.

自食其果

As you brew, so you must drink.

As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.

種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆    

As you sow, so will you reap.

情人眼裡出西施

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

酒是陳的香

The best wine comes out of an old vessel   

寧為雞首,不為牛後

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

-------------“yeomanry”------ the gentry---小地主頭  不為士紳之尾

施比受有福

Better give than take       

空想不如實做

Better do it than wish it done        

                                  

莫坐而言,要起而行

Deeds, not words

從易處著手

Cross the stream where it is shallowest

江山易改,本性難移

A crow is never whiter for washing herself often        

不要對牛彈琴Don’t cast your pearls before swine (PIG)

畫蛇添足  Don’t paint the lily

不要小題大做

Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill  (錢鼠)

今天一顆蛋,勝過明天一隻雞

An egg today is better than a hen tomorrow.

成敗論英雄

The end crowns all.

狗急跳牆

Even a worm will turn.

智者千慮,必有一失

Even Homer sometimes nods.

馬不知臉長

Every ass likes to hear himself bray        

生死有命,富貴在天

Every bullet has its billet—(目的)

家醜不可外揚

Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

以牙還牙

An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

勿本末倒置

Don’t put the cart before the horse

不過早樂觀

Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched