Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom. 挫折是智慧的保姆。
Discontent is the first step in proGREss. 不知足是前进中的第一步.
Discretion is the better part of valour. 小心即大勇.
Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body. 心灵上的疾病比肉体上的疾病更危险.
Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow. 病，仇与债这三者，一露苗头就砍掉.
Diseases are the price of ill pleasures. 疾病是不正当娱乐的代价.
Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot. 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝.
Disgraced may be he who thinks ill. 心怀不端的人是可耻的.
Do as I say, not as I do. 照我说的做，别照我做的做。
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 为众之所为，受众之所夸.
Do as the Romans do. 入乡要随俗.
Do as you would be done by. 推己及人.
Do business, but be not a slave to it. 要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶.
Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗.
Do it now. 机不可失，时不再来。
Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty. 不要因为怕贫苦而放弃自由.
Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know. 不要为所能为，不要花尽所有，不要全信所闻，不要言尽所知.
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不要忘恩负义.
Do not despise your enemy. 万勿轻敌.
Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. 不要有求必应.
Do not praise a day before sunset. 切勿褒贬过早.
Do not run too fast after gain. 不要见利就拼命追.
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. 不要向不如你幸运的人述说你的幸福.
Do not swap horses when crossing a stream. 处在危难中，不宜大更动.
Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you. 己所不欲，勿施于人.
Do not wash dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外扬.
Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废。
Do one's level best. 尽力而为.
Do well and have well. 善有善报。
Do well is better than say well. 说得好不如做得好.
Dog does not eat dog. 物不伤其类.
Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. 远处叫得凶的狗，不会近身来咬人.
Dogs that run after many hares kill none. 多谋寡成.
Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 狗摇尾巴，爱的是面包.
Doing is better than saying. 行胜于言.
Don’t carry coals to Newcastle. 别往纽卡斯尔（英国煤都）运煤。/ 多此一举，徒劳无益。
"Don’t meet trouble half-way.
" 不要杞人忧天。
Don’t trouble troubles till trouble troubles you. 麻烦未来找你，别去自找麻烦。
Don't carry coals to Newcastle. 别往纽卡斯尔（英国煤都）运煤。/ 多此一举，徒劳无益。
Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未来，莫泼赃水.
Don't claim to know what you don't know. 不要不懂装懂。
Don't cross the bridge till you get to it. 不要杞人忧天.
Don't fly till you wings are feathered. 羽毛未丰不要飞.
Don't halloo till you are out of the wood. 没有脱离危险不要先欢呼.
Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. 切莫临时抱佛脚.
Don't have too many irons in the fire. 不要揽事过多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. 不要小题大做。
Don't meet trouble half-way. 勿杞人忧天。
Don't play games with me! 别跟我耍花招!
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 勿孤注一掷。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕.
Don't put the cart before the horse. 不要本末倒置。
Don't ride the high horse. 勿摆架子。
Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak. 不要尽言所知，而要尽知所言.
Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh. 清水未打来，赃水莫倒掉.
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自寻烦恼.
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要班门弄斧。
Don't whistle until you are out of the wood. 没有脱离险境，不要过早高兴.
Dot the i's and cross the t's. 一点一划，循规蹈矩.
Doubt is the key of knowledge. 怀疑乃知识的钥匙.
Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上没毛，办事不牢.
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. 事未齐备，切莫妄动.
Draw water with a sieve. 竹篮子打水一场空.
Dreams go by contraries. 梦想总与现实相反.
Drive your business, do not let it drive you. 要推动事业，不要让事业来推动你.
Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built. 滴水汇大海，垒石诛高墙.
Drowning man will catch at a straw. 溺水的人一根草也要抓.
Drumming is not the way to catch a hare. 空话连篇于事无补.
Drunken days have all their tomorrows. 今日花天酒地，明日潦倒穷途.
Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒后露真言.
Dumb dogs are dangerous. 哑犬最凶恶.
Dying is as natural as living. 死亡与生存一样自然.
Each bird love to hear himself sing. 孤芳自赏。
Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱歌.
Each day brings its own bread. 天无绝人之路.
Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不计较小事情.
Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 鹰单飞，羊群集.
Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble. 早期的错误可以酿成日后的麻烦.
Early sow, early mow. 播种早的收获早.
Early start makes easy stages. 早开始是成功的保证.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。
Early wed, early dead. 早婚早夭.
Easier said than done. 说话容易做事难.
East or west, home is best. 在家千日好，出门时时难.
"East or west, home is best.
" 行遍天下路，还是在家好。
Easy come, easy go. 易得易失.
Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 随意吃饭，适度饮酒.
Eat one's cake and have it. 又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草.
Eat to live, but not live to eat. 吃饭是为了生存，但生存不是为了吃饭.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. 吃是使自己受用，穿是使别人受用.
Eating and drinking takes away one’s stomach. 少吃多滋味，多吃少滋味。
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. 人的教养始于教育，成于社交.
Education has for its object the formation of character. 教育的目的在于培养品德.
Elbow GREase gives the best polish. 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针.
Empty vessels make the GREatest sound. 空桶响声大.
Empty vessels make the most noise. 满罐水不响，半罐响叮当。
"Empty vessels make the most sound.
" 满瓶不响，半瓶丁当。
Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常乐.
Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 高位遭人妒，高峰招风吹.
Envy has no holidays. 忌妒之人无宁日。
Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾，其言必诈.
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below. 错误像稻草，漂浮在水面.欲觅珍珠者，须往水下潜.
Even a small star shines in the darkness. 星星再小，也会发光。
Even a worm will turn. 反抗是自然的，甚至一条虫也会翻身。
Even Homer sometimes nods. 人非圣贤，孰能无过.
Even reckoning makes long friends. 亲兄弟，明算账。
Even the best of friends must part. 天下无不散的宴席。
Even the walls have ears. 隔墙有耳.
Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有币.
Every bean has its black. 人人有其缺点.
Every bird likes its own nest. 人爱其家.
Every brave man is a man of his word. 勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人.
Every bullet has its billet. 无风不起浪.
Every cloud has a silver lining. 山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村.
Every cock crows on its own dunghill. 夜郎自大.
Every cook praises his own broth. 自吹自擂.
Every country has its customs. 乡有乡俗.
Every couple is not a pair. 同床异梦，貌合神离.
Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在，好花不常开.
Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history. 生命中的一天就是你历史上的一页.
Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. 人人都有得意的日子.
Every dog has his day. 谁都有得意的时候。
Every dog is a lion at home. 夜郎自大.
Every dog is valiant at his own door. 狗在家门前条条都凶悍.
Every door may be shut but death’s door. 除了死亡之门以外，每扇门都可以被关闭。
Every door may be shut but death's door. 除了死门外，每门都可关.
Every door may be shut, but death's door. 人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every extremity is a fault. 万事过分都差误.
Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy. 蠢人也能找出聪明人无法弥补的岔子来的.
Every heart has its own ache. 每个人都有各自的苦痛。
Every heart has its own sorrow. 人人都有伤心处.
Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 每疋马认为自己驮的袋子重.
Every Jack has his Jill. 有情人终成眷属.
Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every little makes a mickle. 积少成多.
Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼里出西施.
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost. 人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has a fool in his sleeve. 聪明一世，糊涂一时.
Every man has his faults. 人孰无过.
Every man has his hobbyhorse. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his hobby-horse. 人各有所好.
Every man has his liking. 人各有所好.
Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱点.
Every man has the defects of his qualities. 一个人的好品质上也有不足之处.
Every man is his own worst enemy. 一个人最大的敌人就是他自己。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每个人都是他自己命运的建诛师.
Every man is the master of his own fortune. 每个人都是他自己的命运的主宰.
Every man is the son of his own works. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆.
Every man thinks his own geese swans. 每个人都以为自己的东西了不起.
Every minute counts. 分秒必争。
Every mother's child is handsome. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸.
Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads. 知人知面不知心.
Every pleasure has a pain. 乐中必有苦.
Every potter praises his own pot. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸.
Every potter praises hit pot. 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Every rule has its exception. 一切规则皆有例外。
Every salesman boasts of his own wares. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸.
Every shoe fits not every foot. 不能以己度人.
Every tide hath its ebb. 兴盛之日必有衰退之时.
Every tree is known by its own fruit. 观其言行，知其为人.
Every why has a wherefore. 事出有因.
Everybody's business is nobody's business. 人人都管，大家不管.
Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. 人对自己的命运总不感满足.
Everyone to his taste. 人各有所好。
Everything comes to him who waits. 安心等待必有好处.
Everything has its seed. 无风不起浪.
Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 任何事情都有好的时机，不要随意放过.
Everything hath an end. 任何事物都有它的结果.
Everything is good in its season. 万物逢时皆美好.
Everything is good when new, but friend when old. 东西新的好，朋友老的好.
Everything is good when new, but friends when old. 东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Everything is nice in your garden. 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸.
Everything must have a beginning. 凡是都有起源.
