You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
马到河边不喝水，逼马低头亦枉然。(不要逼人做他不愿做的事)
You can't eat your cake and have it.
不能既要吃饼，又要把饼保存。
You can't make bricks without straw.
没有稻草，制砖难搞。
You can't make omelets (or omeletts) without breaking eggs.
有失才有得。
You have no goats, and yet you sell kids.
你虽无老山羊，却出卖小山羊。
You make the failure complete when you stop strying.
不再努力之时，就是完全失败之日。
You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep.
你可以迫人闭眼，但不能使他睡觉。
You may go farther and fare worse.
一动不如一静。
You may know the horse by his harness.
欲知马如何，可看套马索。
You must not pledge your own health.
切不可把健康作孤注一掷。
You must reap what you have sown.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
You never know what you can do till you try.
事非经过不知难。
Young man may die but old men must die.
年轻人可能会死，老年人难免不亡。
You roll my log and I'll roll yours.
互相吹嘘。
Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle, old age a regret.
青年冒失莽撞；成年发奋图强；老年遗憾懊丧。
Youth is life's seed-time.
青年时代是人生的播种期。
Youth is the season of hope, enterprise, and energy, to a nation as well as an individual.
青年时期对国家和个人都是希望、创业和精力充沛的时期。
Youth looks forward and age backward.
青年人向前看，老年人向后看。
Youth means limitless possibilities.
年轻意味着无限希望。
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