Rats leave (or desert or forsake) a sinking ship.
［注解］人们说房子要倒塌老鼠会先逃离；国家要灭亡，会受到同盟国的抛弃；人若是倒霉，亲朋好友都会离去。本句既含有对见危先溜者的谴责，也含有鼠逃知船沉的征兆之意。
［译］船沉鼠先窜。
Readiness is all.
［译］有备无患。
Rear sons for help in old age; and store up grains against famine.
［译］养儿防老；囤粮防荒。
Reason rules all things.
［译］情理管万事。
Rules are made to be broken.
［译］有规则就有例外。