pleasure comes through toil.
苦盡甘來。
pour water into a sieve.
竹籃子打水一場(chǎng)空。
practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
praise is not pudding.
恭維話不能當(dāng)飯吃。
praise makes good men better， and bad men worse.
好人越夸越好，壞人越夸越糟。
prefer loss to unjust gain.
寧可吃虧，不貪便宜。
prevention is better than cure.
預(yù)防勝于治療。
pride goes before， and shame comes after.
驕傲使人落后。
promise is debt.
一諾千金。
proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
諺語是日常經(jīng)驗(yàn)的結(jié)晶。