An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

here's many a slip'twixt the cup and the lip.

世事往往会功亏一篑

The lack of one basketful of earth spoils the entire effort to build a nine-ren mountain.

为山九仞, 功亏一篑。

If it backfires, it could bedevil efforts to contain public spending.

若计划遭遇不测，为控制政府开支所做的努力将功亏一篑。

Her poor delivery spoilt an otherwise good speech.

她的演讲在各方面都很好, 却因表达技巧差而功亏一篑.

Why do you discontinue compiling your dictionary? Don't you think it a pity to give it up when it is nearly completed?

为什么你不继续编纂你的词典呢?功亏一篑， 你不觉得可惜吗?

Take lessons from this little thing i know fall back a step then brighter.

一件小事使我知道往往退一步,就会海阔天空.

It's not the end of the world, try to look on the bright side of thing, I'm sure it will be all right.

这不是世界末日，试着往事情好的方面看，我确认一切都会好起来。

They think they'll win the election easily, but there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

他们以为能在选举中轻易取胜, 但事情往往会功败垂成.

Nothing is as good as it seems Beforehand.

世事往往不如预料中那么好。

On the other hand, a brave person who dares to take risks often succeeds

相反地，敢于冒险的勇者往往会成功，

It’s easy to be concerned with problems across the other side of the world and not see the poverty and unhappiness on your own doorstep.

人们往往会关注世界另一端的问题,而忽略了家门口的贫困和不幸。

A successful politician always bends an ear to the opinion of the public.

一个成功的政治家往往很注意舆论。

Strangely enough,we tend to come across things that are impossible.

真奇怪,我们往往会 碰到一些我们认为不 可能的事.

Whenever he did allude to such matters, it was usually for the purpose of commenting critically upon an interlocutor.

即使谈到了这些事，也往往是为对同他会谈的人评头论足一番。

The guest ferryboat once appears the traffic accident,often makes dies in groups the group wound,the social echo is big.

客渡船一旦出现交通事故,往往造成群死群伤,社会反响大。

Very often it takes a shocking event to move them into the mainstream.

往往紧随一个石破天惊般的事件之后，这种理念才会融入主流。

The Best is often the enemy of the good.

最好往往是好的敌人(为了追求最好往往会把好事弄糟)。

The wish to appear clever often prevents one from being so .

一心卖弄聪明，往往事与愿违。