卷首語
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A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 聽音識鳥，聞言識人。
Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鳥心兒齊。
Cats hide their claws. 知人知麵不知心。
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 不要過早樂觀。
Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏。
Dog does not eat dog. 同類不相殘。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。
The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸毛色可變，但是本性難移。
Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班門弄斧。
A horse may stumble on four feet. 馬有四條腿，亦有失蹄時。
A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 一顆老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。
One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl. 和狼在一起，就會學狼叫。
He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf. 甘心做綿羊，必被豺狼吃。
You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. 人不應兩麵討好。