84个常用成语的英语说法

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1.      爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.

2.      百闻不如一见 （眼见为实 ）Seeing is believing.

3.      笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.

4.      不眠之夜 white night

5.      不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

6.      不打不成交 No discord, no concord.

7.      拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

8.      辞旧迎新

bid farewell to the old and usher in the new

ring out the old year and ring in the new

9.      大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

10.   国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

11.   功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

12.   好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more

13.   好事不出门恶事传千里

Good news never goes beyond the gate

while bad news spread farand wide.

14.   和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.

15.   活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.

16.   既往不咎 let bygones be bygones

17.   金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

18.   金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.

19.   脚踏实地 be down-to-earth

20.   脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

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21.   礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

22.   留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.

23.   马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success

24.   名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth

25.   茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened

26.   谋事在人成事在天 Man proposes,God disposes.

27.   弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself

28.   赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad

29.   抛砖引玉 throw a sprat to catch a whale

30.   破釜沉舟

cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined tofight to the end

31.   抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities

32.   巧妇难为无米之炊 One can't make brickswithout straw.

33.   千里之行始于足下

a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

34.   前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

35.   前人栽树后人乘凉 One sows andanother reaps.

36.   前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

37.   瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.

38.   人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.

39.   人海战术 huge-crowd strategy

40.   世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.

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41.   世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

42.   岁岁平安 Peace all year round.

43.   塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

44.   四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

45.   时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.

46.   杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel

47.   说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.

48.   实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

49.   韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time

50.   糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets

51.   天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

52.   团结就是力量Unity is strength.

53.   歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

54.   物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.

55.   屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

56.   文韬武略military expertise; military strategy

57.   唯利是图draw water to one's mill

58.   无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

59.   无风不起浪There's no smoke without fire.

60.   新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

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61.   蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off

62.   心想事成May all your wish come true

63.   心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent

64.   先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

65.   先下手为强catch the ball before the bound

66.   像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan

67.   现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example

68.   息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters

69.   严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

70.   有情人终成眷属'Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.'

71.   有钱能使鬼推磨Money talks.

72.   有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain

73.   以人为本people oriented; people foremost

74.   因材施教teach students according to their aptitude

75.   欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.

76.   优胜劣汰survival of the fittest

77.   英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.

78.   一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.

79.   债台高筑debt-ridde

80.   致命要害Achilles' heel

81.   众矢之的target of public criticism

82.   纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist

83.   纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.

84.   左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea