M N O P (英文格言、諺語)

[proverb]

M(英文格言、諺語)

Make hay while the sun shines.
未雨綢繆。

Man proposes. God disposes.
謀事在人，成事在天。

Many a little makes a mickle.
=Every little makes a mickle.
積少成多(聚沙成塔、集腋成裘)。

Many hands make light work.
人多好辦事。

Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
匆匆結婚，慢慢後悔。

Men are not to be measured in inches.
人不可以貌相。

Might is right.
強權即是公理。

Money talks.
金錢萬能。

Money talks, bullshit walks.
錢拿來再說；沒錢免談。

Money makes the mare go.
有錢能使鬼推磨。

More haste, less speed.
欲速則不達。

Much would have more.
貪得無饜。

Murder will out.
如要人不知，除非已莫為。


N(英文格言、諺語)

Nature abhors a vacuum.
大自然中不容真空。

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
上天給予我們兩耳，兩眼，一張嘴巴，應該多聽，多看，少說話。

Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
自然，時間以及耐心是三個最好的醫生．

Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要為發明之母。

Never do things by halves.
做事切莫半途而廢。

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
餽贈之物切莫挑剔。

Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today.
今日事今日畢

New brooms sweep clear.
新官上任三把火。

No cross，no crown.
不經一番寒徹骨，怎得梅花撲鼻香。

No man can serve two masters.
忠臣不事二主。一人不能事二君。

No man is content with his lot.
無人能滿意於自己的命運。

No news is good news.
沒消息即是好消息。

No pain, no gain.
不勞則無獲。

No gain without pain.
有所得必有所失。

None so blind as those who won't see.
有眼不看者為盲。

Nothing comes of nothing.
事出必有因（無中不能生有）。

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。


O(英文格言、諺語)

Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。

One doctor only makes work for another."
神醫亦不能自醫。

One good turn deserves another.
善有善報；待之以禮，回之以禮。

One swallow does not make a summer.
勿以一概全。

One turnip, one pit.
一個蘿蔔一個坑。

Opposites attract.
異性相吸

Out of debt, out of danger.
無債一身輕。

Out of sight, out of mind.
久離則疏遠。


P(英文格言、諺語)

Paddle your own canoe.
你只管划你的獨木舟。管好自己的事。

Penny saved is a penny earned.
積少成多，積腋成裘。

Penny wise, pound foolish.
小事聰明，大事糊塗。

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
住在玻璃屋的人不要互擲石頭。勿道人之短。

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
權力使人腐化；絕對的權力使人絕對的腐化。

Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。

Prevention is better than cure.
預防勝於治療。

Pride goes before a fall."
驕者必敗。（聖經．箴言16:18）

Procrastination is the thief of time.
拖延是守時之賊。

Put the saddle on the right horse.
責備得當（冤有頭、債有主）。