成语和习惯用语的英文表达.doc

成语和习惯用语的英文表达

1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
2.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
3.比上不足比下有余 Worse off than some, better off than many; To fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.
4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
5.不眠之夜 White night .
6.不以物喜不以己悲 Not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnel losses.
7.不遗余力 Spare no effort to do ; go all out; do one'sbest.
8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.
9.拆东墙补西墙 Rob Peter to pay Paul
10.辞旧迎新 Bid farewell to the old and usher in the new;  Ring out the old year and ring in the new.
11.大事化小小事化了 Try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
12.大开眼界 Open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; bean eye-opener
13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
14.过犹不及 Going too far is as bad as not going far enough; Beyond is as wrong as falling short; Too much is as bad as too little.
15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.
16.好了伤疤忘了疼 Once on shore, one prays no more.
17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate,while bad news spread far and wide.
18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.
19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.
20.既往不咎 Let bygones be bygones.
21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.
23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth
24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence
25.君子之交淡如水 The friendship between gentlemen is as pureas crystal; A hedge between keeps friendship green.
26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried
27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.
29.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success
30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth
31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened
32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without normsor standards .
33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away. It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the out come with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.
35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself
36.拿手好戏 masterpiece
37.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad
38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come for ward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
40.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities
41.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist.One can't make bricks without straw.
42.千里之行始于足下 A thousand mile journey begins with the first step; the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
43.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
44.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the tree sin whose shade another generation rests; One sows and another reaps.
45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something
46.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt ;Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
47.强强联手 win-win co-operation
48.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.
49.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.
50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.

1.人海战术 huge-crowdstrategy
2.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.
3.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoilof the world;
4.死而后已 until my heart stops beating
5.岁岁平安 Peace all year round.
6.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.
7.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
8.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty. At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
9.升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)
10.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
11.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass.
12.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.
13.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
14.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
15.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
16.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
17.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade;tell it as it is
18.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
19.山不在高，有仙则名'No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; '
20.韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
21.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
22.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
23.团结就是力量Unity is strength.
24.“跳进黄河洗不清”'eve if one jumped into the Yellow River,one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name
25.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
26.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
27.往事如风'The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.;What in past, is pas
28.望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
29.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rain sit pours.
30.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
31.唯利是图draw water to one's mill
32.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree without roots
33.无中生有make create something out of nothing
34.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
35.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
36.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
37.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helpsone go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
38. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
39.心想事成May all your wish come true
40.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent;tacit understanding
41.先入为主First impressions are firmlyentrenched.
42.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
43.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
44.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
45.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
46.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
47.循序渐进step by step
48.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
49.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneselfand lenient towards others
50.有情人终成眷属'Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.'

1.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes them are go. Money talks.
2. 有识之士people of vision
3.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
4.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart,we come together as if by predestination.
5.与时俱进advance with times
6.以人为本people oriented; people foremost
7.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
8.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼'to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight.' a land of milk and honey
9.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
10. 优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
11.英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
12.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
13.冤假错案'cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases'
14.一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
15.招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
16.债台高筑become debt-ridden
17.致命要害Achilles' heel
18. 众矢之的target of public criticism
19.知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
20. 纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
21.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
22.左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea
23自作自受  As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
24自讨苦吃　to make a rod for one's own back
25自力更生 to shift for oneself
26自扫门前雪After us the deluge.
27回头浪子　the return of a prodigal son
28先下手为强Offence is the best defence.
29同甘共苦 to share one's joys and sorrows
30因地制宜 act according to circumstances
31有勇无谋 more brave than wise
32有备无患　Good watch prevents misfortune. 
33说得好不如做得好Better to do well than to say well.
34逆境通向成功Adversity leads to prosperity .
35事实胜于雄辩Actions speak louder than words.
36知识就是力量Knowledge is power.

37失败乃成功之母Failure is the mother of success.
38滴水穿石Constant dropping wears the stone.
39学得快，忘得快Soon learnt , soon forgotten .
40人类最宝贵的品质是持之以恒The rarest of all human qualities is consistency .
41世上无难事，只有肯攀登Nothing is difficult to the man who will try .
42做事不可半途而废Never do things by halves./ Do nothing by halves .
43天生我才必有用All things in their being are good for something.
44不满足是进步的开端Discontent is the first step in progress.
45少年懒惰，老来贫苦A lazy youth , a lousy age .
46承认错误等于改正了一半A fault confessed is half redressed .
47时光易逝Time flies .
48不要不懂装懂Don’t  claim to know what you don’t know .
49熟能生巧Practice makes prefect.
50快乐的真正源泉是行善The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.
51一日之计在于晨An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
52三思而后行Look before you leap.
53实践出真知Learn by doing.
54种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆As a man sows , so he shall reap.
55吃苦在前，享乐在后Work before play .
56亡羊补牢Better late than never .
57不劳无获No pain , no gain.
58狗是人类最好的朋友A dog is a man’s best friend .
59健康就是财富Health is wealth .
60劳逸结合All work , no play makes Jack a dull boy .
61说起来容易做起来难Easier said than done.
62患难见真情A friend in need is a friend indeed.
63一日一苹果医生远离我An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
64诚信无价Honesty pays .
65条条大道通罗马All roads , lead to Rome.
66入乡随俗When in Rome do as the Romans do.
67那恰是我喜欢的It is my cup of tea.
68好心有好报Good mind , good find .
69健康就是幸福Health is happiness.
70一心不可二用No man can do two things at once.
71没有消息就是好消息No news is good news.