A book that remains shut is but a block.

书本不常翻,犹如一块砖

 

It is as well to know which way the wind blows.

识时务者为俊杰


 

Envy has no holidays.

忌妒之人无宁日

 

Learn not and know not.

不学无术

 

Love me, love my dog

爱屋及乌

 

Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.

不懂世故,幼稚可笑

 

A THORN IN SOMEONE’S SIDE

芒刺在背

 

A CAT’S PAW

被他人利用的人

出典17世纪法国著名的寓言作家拉•封丹的《猴子与猫》。讲的是狡猾的猴子哄骗头脑简单的猫儿,替它从炉火中取出烤熟的栗子来。猫儿应命去做,结果猫爪子被火烧伤了,而取出的栗子却被猴子吃光了.

Success belongs to the persevering.

 坚持就是胜利

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birds of a feather flock together

物以类聚

Make a sentence: Birds of a feather flock together, so bad guys always with bad guys…