平常在交流中，諺語接起話來會顯得很牽強，所以把英語作為外語的我們，除了那些天天嘮叨著的俚語外，其他時候都不習慣用諺語。為了讓口語中的彥語顯得自然，學學簡單又常用的吧。
where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。
beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.
徒有其表。
a good fame is better than a good face.
美名勝過美貌。
diamond cuts diamond.
強中自有強中手。
each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自賞。
do well and have well.
善有善報。
harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴焉得虎子。
cast pearls before the swine.
對牛彈琴。
dumb as an oyster.
守口如瓶。
don't put horse before the cart.
不要本末倒置。