n speak well of the bridge theat carries

him over. 饮水思源。

31. let every tub stand on its own bottom. 各人管各人自

己。

32. let not the cobbler go beyond his last. 安分守己。

33. let not the sun go down upon thy wrath. 日落之前，

平息你的怒火吧。

34. let our object be our courtry, our whole country, and

nothing but our country. 我们的心目中要有国家，要有

整个国家，而且只有我们的国家别如其他。

35. let's cross the bridge when we come to it. 既来之，则

安之。

36. let sleeping dogs lie. 不要惹事生非。

37. let the cobbler stick to his last. 安分守己。

38. let the dead bury the dead. 往事不重提。

39. let the hands get busy, not the mouth. 手要勤劳，嘴

莫多说。

40. let things take their course. 听其自然。

41. let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. 是就是，非

就非。

42. liars have need of good memories. 谎言者要有好的

记忆力。

43. liars should have good memories. 说谎的人应有好的

记性。

44. liberty consists in the power of doing that which is

permitted by law. 自由就是做法律许可做的事情的权

力。

45. liberty is not licence. 自由不是放纵。

46. liberty often degenerates into lawlessness. 自由随便，

经常堕落到无法无天。

47. lie in (oron) the bed one has made. 自作自受。

48. lies have short legs. 谎言是站不住脚的。

49. life is a battle from cradle to grave. 人生是一场从生

到死的战斗。

50. life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to

him who feels. 对善思考者，人生为喜剧；对凭感觉者，

人生为悲剧。

51. life is a flower of which love is the honey. 人生是花

朵，爱情是花蜜。

52. life is a shuttle 生活犹如梭子。

53. life is but a span. 人生如朝露。

54. life is compared to voyage. 人生好比是航海。

55. life is half spent before we know what it is. 等到认识

人生，已经一半过去了。

56. life is long if you know how to use it. 如果懂得好好

利用，生命就长了。

57. life if made up of little things. 生活是由琐事构成的。

58. life is measured by thought and action, not by time.

生命的价值是用思想和行为来衡量的，而不是寿命的长

短。

59. life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并不全是吃喝玩

乐。

60. life is not so short but there is time enougn for

courtesy. 人生虽短，但表示礼貌的时间还是足够的。

61. life is short and time is fleeting 人生短暂，光阴易逝。

62. life is sweet. 生命是甜美的。

63. life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always

in progression. 人生必须永远前进，才不愧为有理智的

人。

64. life without a friend is death without a witness. 在世

无朋友，死后无证人。

65. lightly come, lightly go. 易得易失。

66. light troubles speak; great troubles are silent. 小困

难，大声叫嚷；大困难，闷生不响。

67. like attracts like. 物以类聚。

68. like author, like book. 书如其人。

69. like begets like. 有其父必有其子。

70. like cow, like calf. 有其父必有其子。

71. like cures like. 以毒攻毒。

72. like draws to like. 物以类聚。

73. like draws to like the whole world over. 物以类聚，世

间皆如此。

74. like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。

75. like knows like. 英雄识英雄。

76. like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。

77. like teacher, like pupil. 有其师必有其徒。

78. like tree, like fruit. 有其因必有其果。

79. little boats must keep the shores. 小船不能航行远。

80. little bodies may have great souls. 小小的躯体会有伟

大的心灵。

81. littel chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。

82. little pigeons can carry great messages. 少年也可以

成大事。

83. little pitchers have great (or large) ears. 小孩子耳朵

长。

84. little strokes fell great oaks. 水滴石穿。

85. little thieves are hanged, but great one's escape. 窃钩

者诛，窃国者侯。

86. little things amuse little minds. 小人志卑。

87. little wealth, little care. 财少寡忧。

88. live and learn. 活到老，学到老。

89. live and let live. 自己生活，也要让他人生活。

90. live to learn and learn to live. 生而学之，学而生之。

91. living without an aim is like sailing without a

compass. 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。

92. lock the stable door before the steed is stolen. 马未偷

走前，厩门先锁上。

93. loftiest trees most dread the thunder. 树大招风。

94. long absent, soon forgotten. 长久不在的人，很快被忘

怀。

95. long tarrying takes all the thanks away. 事情耽搁太

久就没有人会感谢了。

96. look at the world through rose-coloured glasses. 对万

事要乐观。

97. look before you leap; see before you go. 三思而行。

98. lookers-on see more than players. 旁观者清。

99. lookers-on see most of the games. 旁观者清。

100. look for a needle in a bundle (or bottle) of hay. 海

底捞月。

101. look not for musk in dog's kennel. 狗嘴里吐不出

象牙。

102. lose not time; be always employed in something

useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 不要浪费时间，

做些有益的事情，停止一切不必要的行动。

103. losers are always in the wrong. 失败者总是错的。

104. losses make us more cautious 损失使人更谨慎。

105. lost time is never found again, and what we call

time enough always proves little enough. 时间一去不

再来，我们常说时间充足，实际。总是不够。

106. lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost

knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or

medicine, but lost time is gone for ever. 失去的财富可

由勤奋而恢复，失去的知识可由学习而恢复，失去的健

康可由节制或药物而恢复，但失去的时间却一去永不复

返。

107. love all, trust a few, be false to none. 要爱一切人，

相信少数人，不要负于任何人。

108. love and business teach eloquence. 爱情和买卖可

以培养口才。

109. love and cough cannot be hid. 爱情和咳嗽是不能

掩饰的。

110. love and poverty are hard to hide. 爱和穷难隐瞒。

111. love asks faith, and faith asks firmness. 爱情要求

忠诚，而忠诚要求坚贞。

112. love begets love. 爱爱相生。

113. love cannot be forced 爱情不强求。

114. love can turn the cottage into a golden palace. 爱

情可使茅屋成为金碧辉煌的宫殿。

115. love comes by looking. 情人眼里出西施。

116. love does much, money does everything (ormore).

爱情做许多事，金钱做任何事。

117. love fears no danger. 爱情不怕危险。

118. love grows with obstacles. 磨折越多，爱情越深。

119.