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1、英语中常见的124个中国成语 英语中常见的124个中国成语 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/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
2、, not saddened by personnal losses. 7.不遗余力Spare no effort; go all out; do ones best. 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 serio
3、us and then to reduce it to nothing at all 12.大开眼界open ones eyes; broaden ones horizon; be an 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Ever
4、ything comes to him who waits. Hard work pays off. 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
5、t be pure and man cant be perfect. 22.金玉满堂Treasures fill the home. 23.脚踏实地Keep your feet on the ground. 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 pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green. Friends agree best at a distance. 26.老生常谈陈词滥调cut
6、 and dried, clich 27.礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧While 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 norms or standards. 33.每逢佳
7、节倍思亲On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of ones 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 outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes. 35.弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself 36.拿手好戏masterp
8、iece 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 forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale 39.破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn ones own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end 40.抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
9、41.巧妇难为无米之炊If you have no hand you cant make a fist. One cant make bricks without straw. 42.千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step-the highest eminence is to be gained step by step 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 pl
10、ants the trees in 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 n
11、eglect 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Mans nature at birth is good. 50.人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man. 51.人海战术huge-crowd strategy 52.世上无难事只要肯攀登Where there is a will, there is a way. 53.世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the
12、turmoil of the world; 54.死而后已until my heart stops beating 55.岁岁平安Peace all year round. 56.上有天堂下有苏杭Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth 57.塞翁失马焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 58.三十而立A man should be independent at the age of thirty. At thirty, a man sho
13、uld be able to think for himself. 59.升级换代updating and upgrading (of products) 60.四十不惑Life begins at forty. 61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖Such kindness of warm sun, cant be repaid by grass. 62.水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high. 63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. 64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
14、65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 66.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes. 67.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is 68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 69.山不在高，有仙则名No matter how high the mountain is, i
15、ts name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; 70.韬光养晦hide ones capacities and bide ones time 71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets 72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue 73.团结就是力量Unity is strength. 74.“跳进黄河洗不清”eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean-theres nothing one can do to clea
