※The footsteps of fortune are slippery.(幸運的腳步是滑溜溜的。)
※A beggar can never be bankrupt.(乞丐永遠也不會破產。)
※Your cleverness is capable of betraying you. (你的聰明才智是有本事背叛你的。)
※ Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.(水在沙漠中是人的恩賜,但快溺斃的人卻咒詛它。
)※A daily guest is a great thief in the kitchen. (天天上門的客人,一定會偷廚房裡的東西。)
※Call a spade a spade.(叫黑桃為黑桃。)
※Cowards die many times before their deaths. (膽小鬼在死之前,已經死過許多回了。)
※ Robbing the cradle.(老牛吃嫩草。)※Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.(多多留意你的敵人吧,因為他們往往是第一個發現你錯誤的人。……等,100則最常用的諺語。