英语常用成语翻译.doc

爱屋及乌Loveme,lovemydog.

百闻不如一见Seeingisbelieving.

比上不足，比下有余"worseoffthansome,betteroffthanmany;tofallshortofthebest,butbebetterthantheworst

笨鸟先飞Aslowsparrowshouldmakeanearlystart.

不眠之夜whitenight

不以物喜，不以己悲notpleasedbyexternalgains,notsaddenedbypersonnallosses

不遗余力sparenoeffort;goallout;doone'sbest

不打不成交"Nodiscord,noconcord.

拆东墙补西墙robPetertopayPaul

辞旧迎新bidfarewelltotheoldandusherinthenew;ringouttheoldyearandringinthenew

大事化小，小事化了tryfirsttomaketheirmistakesoundlessseriousandthentoreduceittonothingatall

大开眼界openone'seyes;broadenone'shorizon;beaneye-opener

国泰民安Thecountryflourishesandpeopleliveinpeace

过犹不及goingtoofarisasbadasnotgoingfarenough;beyondisaswrongasfallingshort;toomuchisasbadastoolittle

功夫不负有心人Everythingcomestohimwhowaits.

好了伤疤忘了疼onceonshore,onepraysnomore

好事不出门，恶事传千里Goodnewsnevergoesbeyondthegate,whilebadnewsspreadfarandwide.

和气生财Harmonybringswealth

活到老，学到老Oneisnevertoooldtolearn.

既往不咎letbygonesbebygones

金无足赤,人无完人Goldcan'tbepureandmancan'tbeperfect.

金玉满堂Treasuresfillthehome

脚踏实地bedown-to-earth

脚踩两只船sitonthefence

君子之交淡如水thefriendshipbetweengentlemenisaspureascrystal;ahedgebetweenkeepsfriendshipgreen

老生常谈，陈词滥调cutanddried,cliché

礼尚往来Courtesycallsforreciprocity.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Wherethereislife,thereishope."

马到成功achieveimmediatevictory;wininstantsuccess

名利双收gaininbothfameandwealth

茅塞顿开besuddenlyenlightened

没有规矩不成方圆Nothingcanbeaccomplishedwithoutnormsorstandards.

每逢佳节倍思亲

Onfestiveoccasionsmorethaneveronethinksofone'sdearonesfaraway.

Itisonthefestivaloccasionswhenonemisseshisdearmost.

谋事在人，成事在天"Theplanninglieswithman,theoutcomewithHeaven./Manproposes,Goddisposes."

弄巧成拙betoosmartbyhalf;Cunningoutwitsitself.

拿手好戏masterpiece

赔了夫人又折兵throwgoodmoneyafterbad

抛砖引玉amodestspurtoinduceotherstocomeforwardwithvaluablecontributions;throwasprattocatchawhale

破釜沉舟cutoffallmeansofretreat；burnone‘sownwayofretreatandbedeterminedtofighttotheend

抢得先机takethepreemptiveopportunities

巧妇难为无米之炊Ifyouhavenohandyoucan'tmakeafist./Onecan'tmakebrickswithoutstraw.