死人不会泄秘。 Dead men tell no tales.
死亡使一切平等。 Death is the great leveller.
行动胜于空谈。 Deeds, not words.
功与赏绝少结伴而行；赏罚不明乃司空见惯。 Desert and reward seldom keep company.
渴望越久的就越希望得到。 Desires are nourished by delays.
绝症须用烈药医。 Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.
势均力敌。 Diamond cuts diamond.
不满意是进步的开端。 Discontent is the first step in progress.
勇敢贵乎审慎。 Discretion is the better part of valour.
距离让景色增添魅力。 Distance lends enchantment to the view.
照我所说的做，别照我所做的来做。 Do as I say, not as I do.
随俗而行，众人称颂。 Do as most men do, then most men will speak well of you.
己所欲施于人。 Do as you would be done by.
入乡随俗。 Do in Rome as the Romans do.
莫把珍珠丢猪前；莫对牛弹琴。 Do not cast your pearls before swine.
未真正脱离险境前，勿作脱险之庆。 Do not halloo till you are out of the wood.
勿踢刺棍；勿以卵击石。 Do not kick against the pricks.
莫用旧瓶装新酒。 Do not put new wine into old bottles.
作客不久留；不要使人厌倦对你的欢迎。 Do not wear out your welcome.
同类不相残。 Dog does not eat dog.
河中勿换骑；临阵换将非上策。 Don't change horses in mid-stream.
小鸡未孵出前，数也没用；别打如意算盘。 Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
勿杞人忧天；船到桥头自然直。 Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.
受伤前先别哭；祸未临头，别先屈服。 Don't cry before you are hurt.
不要叫卖臭鱼；别拆自己的台；不要自贬身价。 Don't cry stinking fish.
不要因意气用事而伤害自己。 Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
勿轻举妄动，自断生路。 Don't cut the bough you are standing on.
做事勿掉以轻心，把婴儿与洗澡水一起给倒了。 Don't empty the baby out with the bath water.
勿操之过急。 Don't have too many irons in the fire.
勿小题大作。 Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
勿自讨苦吃。 Don't make a rod for your own back.
勿自贬身价；自辱者，人皆辱之。 Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you.
别自找麻烦。 Don't meet trouble half-way.
不要把蛋全放在一个篮子里；勿孤注一掷。 Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
勿本末倒置。 Don't put the cart before the horse.
别跟自己的饭碗过不去。 Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.
不要摆臭架子；莫趾高气扬。 Don't ride the high horse.
不要在背后说人坏话。 Don't speak ill of others behind their backs.
别旧调重弹；别对一事喋喋不休。 Don't take your harp to the party.
勿班门弄斧。 Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
莫搬弄是非，揭人隐私。 Don't tell tales out of school.
家丑不可外扬。 Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
生死由命，富贵在天。 Dying is as natural as living.
