英语成语、引语、习语.doc

骄兵必败 pride comes before a fall
五十步笑百步the pot calls the kettle black
知足常乐enough is as good as feast
孤掌难鸣two can play the game
新官上任三把火new broom sweeps clean
纸包不住火\水落石出murder will out
祸不单行troubles never come singly
患难显真情a friend in need is a friend indeed
失之毫厘，差之千里a miss is as good as mile
条条大路通罗马all roads lead to Rome
好事不出门坏事传千里bad news has wings
情人眼里出西施beauty lies in the lover's eyes
一年之计在于春a year's plan stars with spring
以眼还眼，以牙还牙eye for eye,tooth for tooth
入乡随俗do as the Romans do
己所不欲勿施于人do as you would be done by
公事公办business on business
善有善报do well and have well
眼不见心不烦out of sight out of mind
吃一堑长一智experience must be bought
害人害己harm set harm get
集思广益four eyes see more than two
自助者天助god helps those who help themselves
活到老学到老it's never too old to learn
贵人多忘事great wits have short memory
英雄所见略同great minds think alike
覆水难收it is no use crying over spilt milk
众口难调it is hard to please all
英雄是英雄，惺惺相惜like knows like
路遥知马力，日久见人心time tries all
不告而别 To take French leave
　　了如指掌 At one’s fingertips
　　噤若寒蝉 As mute as a fish
　　视若无睹 to shut one’s eyes against
　　充耳不闻 to turn a deaf ear to
　　临危不惧 to face the music
　　烂醉如泥 to be dead drunk
　　半斤八两 tweedledee and tweedledum
　　海底捞针 to look for a needle in a haystack
　　原形毕露 to show one’s colours
　　欲速不达 more haste, less speed
　　吹毛求疵 to pick holes in
　　山穷水尽 to be at the end of one’s rope
　　改过自新 to turn over a new leaf
　　铁石心肠 a stony heart
　　笨手笨脚 to have a hand like a foot
　　以德报怨 to return good for evil
　　颠倒黑白 to talk black into white
　　熟能生巧 practice makes perfect
　　一帆风顺 plain sailing
　　心宽体胖 laugh and grow fat
　　勃然大怒 to fly into a rage
　　轻举妄动 a leap in the dark
　　名噪一时 to make a noise in the world
　　不伦不类 neither fish nor flesh
　　谨言慎行 to mind one’s P’s and Q’s
　　徒劳无益 to flog a dead horse
　　孤注一掷 to put all one’s eggs in one basket
　　混水摸鱼 to fish in troubled waters
　　火上加油 to add fuel to the fire
　　如履薄冰 to be on thin ice
　　隔墙有耳 walls have ears
　　趁热打铁 strike while the iron is hot
　　沧海一粟 a drop in the ocean
　　笑掉牙齿to laugh off one’s head
　　猫哭老鼠 to shed crocodile tears
　　捉襟见肘to be out at elbows
　　挥金如土 to spend money like water
　　乱七八糟 at sixes and sevens

　　三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而该之。
　　Among an three people walking, I will find something to learn for sure. Their good qualities are to be followed, and their shortcomings are to be avoided.
　　天行健，君子以自强不息。
　　As Heaven’s movement is ever vigorous, so must a gentleman ceaselessly strive along.
　　无为其所不为，无欲其所不欲，如此而已矣。
　　Don’t do what should not be done; don’t desire what should not be desired. That is all.
　　吾日三省吾身；为人谋而不忠乎？于朋友交而不信乎？传而不习乎？
　　Every day I examine myself time and again: Have I been unfaithful in giving counsels to others? Have I been insincere in getting along with my friends? Have I failed to review what I have been taught?
　　不闻不若闻之，闻之不若见之，见之不若知之，知之不若行之。学至于行之而止矣。
　　It is better to hear a thing than not to hear it. Still better to see it; still better to know it; still better to practice it. Practice is the final stage of learning.
　　不知则问，不能则学，虽能必让，然后为德。
　　It makes a moral man to ask for what he doesn’t know, to learn what he can’t do, and be restrained for what he is capable of.
　　博学之，审问之，慎思之，明辨之，笃行之。有弗学，学之弗能无措也；有弗问，问之弗能弗措也；有弗思，思之弗能无措也；有弗辨，辨之弗能无措也；有弗行，行之弗能无措也。
　　Learn extensively, inquire thoroughly, ponder prudently, discriminate clearly, and practice devotedly. Do not learn, or learn till you grasp utterly. Do not inquire, or inquire till you understand thoroughly. Do not ponder, or ponder till you reach a conclusion. Do not discriminate till the discrimination is attained. Do not practice or practice till the sincerity is offered. 

　　多知而无亲，博学而无方，好多而无定者，君子不与。
　　The gentleman does not agree with those who know too much but are close to nothing, or learn too broadly but without direction, or love too many but without fixed ones.

　　合抱之木，生于毫末，九层之台，起于累土； 千里之行始于足下。
　　A huge tree that fills one’s arms grows from a tiny seedling; a nine-storied tower rises from a heap of earth; a thousand kilometer journey starts with the first step.