Useful English Idioms
| Actions speak louder than words. |
| 行動最實際 |
| Bad news travels fast. |
| 醜事傳千里 |
| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
| 情人眼裏出西施 |
| Beauty is only skin-deep. |
| 美麗是膚淺的 |
| A good beginning makes a good ending. |
| 好的開始是成功的一半 |
| Better late than never. |
| 遲到好過沒到 |
| Clothes make the man. |
| 人靠衣裝 |
| In the country of blind, the one-eyed man is king. |
| 池中無魚蝦最大 |
| Rome was not built in a day. |
| 事無百日功 |
| Revenge is a dish that can be eaten cold. |
| 君子報仇，十年未晚 |
| When is Rome, do as the Romans do. |
| 入鄉隨俗 |
| A burnt child dreads (the) fire. |
| 見過鬼怕黑 |
| Experience is the best teacher. |
| 經一事長一智 |
| Two heads are better than one. |
| 一人計短二人計長 |
| There is no such thing as a free lunch. |
| 沒有免費午餐 |
| A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| 患難見真情 |
| God helps them that help themselves. |
| 天助自助人 |
| Great minds think alike. |
| 英雄所見略同 |
| More haste, less speed. |
| 英雄所見略同 |
| Man proposes, God disposes. |
| 謀事在人，成事在天 |
| Many hands make light work. |
| 人多好辦事 |
| Misfortunes never come singly. |
| 禍不單行 |
| There is nothing new under the sun. |
| 日光之下無新事 |
| The pen is mightier than the sword. |
| 智勝於力 |
| Prevention is better than cure. |
| 預防勝於治療 |
| Silence is gold. |
| 沉默是金 |
| Strike while the iron is hot. |
| 打鐵趁熱 |
| Where there’s a will, there’s a way. |
| 有志者事竟成 |