A bad padlock invites a picklock,開門揖盜。(給人可趁之機)。
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds,智者創造的機會比找到的更多。
Adversity leads to prosperity,窮則思變。(危機就是轉機)。
All is not lost that is in danger / peril.臨危未必無轉機。
AM the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.機會一失，萬金難贖。
AM the winning is in the first buying.先下手為強。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.山中無老虎，猴子稱大王。
An occasion lost cannot be redeemed.時機一失，無法挽回。
It chances in an hour that happens not in seven years.
Now or never,機不可失，失不再來。
Opportunity seldom knocks twice,機會不會敲兩次門。
Pluck flowers as they bloom; wait and you，I I have only the twigs.花開堪折直須折，莫待無花空折枝。
Sail when there is favorable wind; strike it when the iron is hot.行船趁列頁風，打鐵趁火紅。
Stretch your hands as far as they reach，grab a I I you can grab.盡力伸長雙手，努力抓住一切。
Survive the Jaw of a Tiger.虎口餘生。
Take something by the best handle.行事須趁最佳時機。
Take the bull by the horns.當機立斷。//快刀斬亂麻。
Take time by the forelock.要抓住時機。
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in,三思而後行，時機來時莫猶豫。
Take time when time comes lest time steal away,機不可失，時不再來。(lest:免得)。
Take t i me wh i I e t i me is，or time will be away,把握時機，否則時機將一閃即逝。
There is no luck except where there is discipline.只有在有紀律的地方才有走運這回事。
Things at the worst will mend.否極泰來。
Things rashly taken end as ill.草率行事結果往往不佳。
Think of the devil and he，s looking over your shoulders.説到曹操，曹操就到。
To him that does everything in the proper time，one day is worth three.辦事不失時機，一天可抵三天用。
To kill two birds with one stone. 一石二鳥。
To know how to wait is the great secret of success,懂得等待是成功的'祕訣。
To lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.事後彌補為時已晚。
Vicious horses have vicious riders; a rogue horse encounters Lord Guan Qingtian.惡馬惡人騎，服脂馬遇着關老爺。(encounter:遇到，遭遇，遭到)。
Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.水在沙漠中是
人的恩物，溺水的人卻詛咒它。(需求會隨着環境的不同而有差異)。
We never know the value/worth of water till the we I I is dry.井枯方知水可貴。
Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it,弱者等待機會，強者創造機會。
What，s lost is lost.失去的便再也喚不回。
When an opportunity is neglected，it never comes back to you,機會錯過不再來。
When fortune smiles, embrace her.當好運向你微笑，就應上前擁抱。(抓住時機)。
When its time has arrived, the prey becomes the hunter.當時機來到，獵物反變成獵人。
A baker’ s wire may bite of a bun.近水樓台先得月。
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