遠親不如近鄰
Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors. / A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.
種瓜得瓜種豆得豆
You must reap what you have sown. / As you sow, so shall you reap.
小Car筆記：
natural death：生理死亡; 自然死亡
kinsman：男親戚 【例句】The bride’s kinsman gathered to make preparations for the wedding. 新娘的男親屬們聚集在一起為婚禮做準備。
智者千慮，必有一失
Homer sometimes nods.
勝不驕敗不餒
to be not elated by success nor disturbed by failure
富貴在天
Riches and honors come from heaven.
智者不惑
A wise man is free from perplexities.
無風不起浪
There is no smoke without fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire.)
畫蛇添足
to paint the lily
趁火打劫
to fish in troubled waters
量入為出
to cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth/ make both ends meet
陽奉陰違
ostensible obedience
跑了和尚跑不了廟
The monk may run away, but the temple can’t run with him.
小Car筆記：
Homer：n. 荷馬(希臘詩人)
lily：百合花，純白的
troubled waters：混亂狀態(tài)， 波濤洶涌的水