[寫作小錦囊]英語中常用的123個中國成語
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.強強聯(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.升級換代 updating and upgrading (of products)
60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
61.誰言寸草心報得三春暉 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.時不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
64.殺雞用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel
65.實事求是 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.實話實說 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
68.實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準 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.天有不測風(fēng)云 Anything unexpected may happen.
73.團結(jié)就是力量 Unity is strength.
74.跳進黃河洗不清 even 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 past.
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
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