(1) The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼常在水底游。
(2) Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
(3) Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
(4) There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好鱼多的是。
(5) It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次档。
(6) If water is noisy, there are no fish in it. 咆哮的水中无鱼。(夸夸其谈者无真才实学。)
Water can flow or it can crash水能载舟亦能覆舟
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水可贵
Beware of a silent dog and still water.
哑狗和静水,二者都得防。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水(指:亲人比外人亲)。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。
It never rains but it pours.
不雨则已,一雨倾盆。