Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot. 縱然天下雨，休把水壺丟。

Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. 坐吃山空。

A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. 少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的一個。

A maid that laughs is half taken. 少女露笑臉，婚事半成全。

A man alone is either a saint or a devil. 孤身獨處的人可以為圣哲，也可為惡魔。

A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 輕諾者易忘。

A man can die but once. 人生只有一次死。

A man can do no more than he can. 凡事只能量力而行。

A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife. 妻子浪費無度，丈夫不會出頭。

A man cannot serve two masters. 一仆不能事二主。

A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。

A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time. 一心不能二用。

A man has his hour, and a dog has his day. 人有稱心時，狗有得意日。

A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little. 人有兩只耳朵一張嘴，就是為了多聽少說話。

A man is as old as he feels. 老不老，自己曉。

A man is known by the company he keeps. 察其友知其人。

A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable. 人并不因為生在馬廄里就成了馬。

A man is not good or bad for one action. 判斷人的好壞不能憑一次行為。

A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遙知馬力，日久見人心。

A man may dig his grave with his teeth. 禍從口出。

A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. 牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難。

A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge. 有寶何必人前夸。

A man may smile and smile and be villain. 笑里藏奸。

A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool. 一個人可能說話像個聰明人，而行為像個大笨蛋。

A man of gladness seldom falls into madness. 生性樂天的人極少會變成瘋子。

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 講而不做，猶如花園里長滿了荒草。

A man''s actions show his character. 行為可顯出一個人的品性。

A man who has friend must show himself friendly. 與朋友交，必須友好相處。

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. 人無笑臉，不要開店。

A man without money is a bow without an arrow. 人無錢，猶如弓無箭。

A man without reason is a beast in season. 人無理智就像是一頭發(fā)情的野獸。

A match will set fire to a large building. 星星之火，可以燎原。

Ambition never dies until there is no way out. 不到黃河心不死。

A merry heart goes all the way. 生性樂天，終身受用。

A middle course is the safest. 中庸之道最保險。

A miserly father makes a prodigal son. 愛錢如命的父親生個兒子揮金如土。

A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。

A moneyless man goes fast through the market. 一個沒錢的人很快穿過市場。

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. 山中無老虎，猴子稱霸王。

A mother''s love never changes. 母愛永恒。