If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are.

如果你既不是动物也不是植物，那么你就是矿物。

If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot.

如果这只鸟没有唱歌，它就不会被射杀了。

If the father is a frog, the son will be a frog.

如果父亲是一只青蛙，儿子也会是一只青蛙。

If the fountainhead is clear, the stream will be clear.

如果水源清澈，小溪也会清澈。

If the skin of your belly is tight, the skin of your eyelids can sleep.

如果你的腹部皮肤很紧，你的眼睑就会睡着。

If there is a lid that does not fit, there is a lid that does.

如果有一个盖子盖不上，就有一个盖子盖上。

If there is a lid that doesn't fit, then there is a lid that does. To a person that does not wander, there is not enlightenment. Fall seven times, stand up eight.

如果有一个盖子盖不上，那么就有一个盖子盖上。一个人不流浪，就没有觉悟。跌倒七次，站起来八次。

If unreason comes, reason goes.

非理性来了，理性去了。

If you are eager to be in the shadow, leave your axe at home.

如果你渴望生活在阴影中，那就把斧头留在家里吧。

If you are going out for a fight leave your best hat at home.

如果你要出去打架，把你最好的帽子留在家里。

If you are going to fall it's muddy everywhere.

如果你要跌倒，到处都是泥。

If you are going to sit on it for three years, the seat will certainly get warm.

如果你要在上面坐三年，这个座位肯定会暖和起来的。

If you are in a boat you are more afraid of fire than you are of water.

如果你在船上，你怕火甚于怕水。

If you are looking for bad luck, you will soon find it.

如果你在寻找坏运气，你很快就会找到。

If you are travelling towards the East, you will inevitably move away from the West.

如果你向东旅行，你将不可避免地远离西方。