英語常用成語

英語中常見的123個(gè)中國成語 1 愛屋及烏 Love me love my dog 2 百聞不如一見 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 笨鳥先飛 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 personal losses 7 不遺余力 spare no effort go all out do one s best 8 不打不成交 No discord no concord 9 拆東墻補(bǔ)西墻 rob Peter to pay Paul 10 辭舊迎新 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 大開眼界 open one s eyes broaden one s horizon be an eye opener 13 國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace 14 過猶不及 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 功夫不負(fù)有心人 Everything comes to him who waits 16 好了傷疤忘了疼 once on shore one prays no more 17 好事不出門惡事傳千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate while bad news spread far and wide 18 和氣生財(cái) Harmony brings wealth 19 活到老學(xué)到老 One is never too old to learn 20 既往不咎 let bygones be bygones 21 金無足赤人無完人 Gold can t be pure and man can t be perfect 22 金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home 23 腳踏實(shí)地 be down to earth 24 腳踩兩只船 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 26 老生常談陳詞濫調(diào) cut and dried clich 27 禮尚往來 Courtesy calls for reciprocity 28 留得青山在不怕沒柴燒 Where there is life there is hope 29 馬到成功 achieve immediate victory win instant success 30 名利雙收 gain in both fame and wealth 31 茅塞頓開 be suddenly enlightened 32 沒有規(guī)矩不成方圓 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards 33 每逢佳節(jié)倍思親 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 謀事在人成事在天 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 拿手好戲 masterpiece 37 賠了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad 38 拋磚引玉 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 one s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end 40 搶得先機(jī) take the preemptive opportunities 41 巧婦難為無米之炊 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 li journey begins with the first step the highest eminence is to be gained step by step 43 前事不忘后事之師 Past experience if not forgotten is a guide for the future 44 前人栽樹后人乘涼 One generation plants 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 強(qiáng)龍難壓地頭蛇 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 強(qiáng)強(qiáng)聯(lián)手 win win co operation 48 瑞雪兆豐年 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 51 人海戰(zhàn)術(shù) huge crowd strategy 52 世上無難事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will there is a way 53 世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world 54 死而后已 until my heart stops beating 55 歲歲平安 Peace all year round 56 上有天堂下有蘇杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth 57 塞翁失馬焉知非福 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 should be able to think for himself 59 升級(jí)換代 updating and upgrading of products 60 四十不惑 Life begins at forty 61 誰言寸草心報(bào)得三春暉 Such kindness of warm sun can t be repaid by grass 62 水漲船高 When the river rises the boat floats high 63 時(shí)不我待 Time and tide wait for no man 64 殺雞用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel 65 實(shí)事求是 seek truth from facts be practical and realistic be true to facts 66 說曹操 曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes 67 實(shí)話實(shí)說 speak the plain truth call a spade a spade tell it as it is 68 實(shí)踐是檢驗(yàn)真理的唯一標(biāo)準(zhǔn) Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth 69 山不在高 有仙則名 No matter how high the mountain is its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy 70 韜光養(yǎng)晦 hide one s capacities and bide one s time 71 糖衣炮彈 sugar coated bullets 72 天有不測(cè)風(fēng)云 Anything unexpected may happen a bolt from the blue 73 團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量 Unity is strength 74 跳進(jìn)黃河洗不清 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 75 歪風(fēng)邪氣 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena 76 物以類聚 人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together 77 往事如風(fēng) The past has vanished from memory like wind What in past is pas 78 望子成龍 hold high hopes for one s child 79 屋漏又逢連陰雨 Misfortunes never come singly When it rains it pours 80 文韜武略 military expertise military strategy 81 唯利是圖 draw water to one s mill 82 無源之水 無本之木 water without a source and a tree wiithout roots 83 無中生有 make create something out of nothing 84 無風(fēng)不起浪 There are no waves without wind There s no smoke without fire 85 徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 86 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean 87 虛心使人進(jìn)步 驕傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward whereas conceit makes one lag behind 88 蓄勢(shì)而發(fā) accumulate strength for a take off 89 心想事成 May all your wish come true 90 心照不宣 have a tacit understanding give tacit consent tacit understanding 91 先入為主 First impressions are firmly entrenched 92 先下手為強(qiáng) catch the ball before the bound 93 像熱鍋上的螞蟻 like an ant on a hot pan 94 現(xiàn)身說法 warn people by taking oneself as an example 95 息事寧人 pour oil on troubled waters 96 喜憂參半 mingled hope and fear 97 循序漸進(jìn) step by step 98 一路平安 一路順風(fēng) speed somebody on their way speed the parting guest 99 嚴(yán)以律己 寬以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others 100魚米之鄉(xiāng) 101 有情人終成眷屬 Jack shall have Jill all shall be well 102 有錢能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go Money talks 103 有識(shí)之士 people of vision 104 有勇無謀 use brawn rather than brain 105 有緣千里來相會(huì) Separated as we are thousands of miles apart we come together as if by predestination 106 與時(shí)俱進(jìn) advance with times 107 以人為本 people oriented people foremost 108 因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude 109 欲窮千里目 更上一層樓 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 11