1. Cut your coat according to your cloth.
量入为出
2. Two’s company (, there’s a crowd)
两人成伴(三人太多)
3. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
厨师多了烧坏汤;人多手杂反而坏事;人多添乱。
4. Don’t count your chickens (before they are hatched).
不要蛋未孵化先数小鸡;别过早打如意算盘。
5. Curiosity killed the cat.
好奇心能要猫的命(让人别提问或打听与自己无关的事情)。
6. Better the devil you know (than the devil you don’t).
熟悉的魔鬼比不熟悉的魔鬼要好;不要嫌熟悉的环境不好,换个不熟悉的环境可能情况更糟。
7. The devil makes work for idle hands.
人闲生是非。
8. The die is cast.
事已成定局;木已成舟。
9. Discretion is the better part of valour.
谨慎即大勇;慎重为勇敢之本。
10. Every dog has his/its day.
人人皆有得意时。