English_Idioms
Chapter Four English Idioms
1.Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁
2.Many hands make light work. 人多好办事
3.Haste makes waste.
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达
4.Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不烦
5.Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分
6.Look before you leap. 三思而后行
7.Two heads are better than one. 一人不及两人智
8.To carry coals to Newcastle 运煤到纽卡索多此一举
9.Jack of all trades and master of none 杂而不精的人
10.Know something of everything and everything of something. 专一长而通百艺
一专多能
11.If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 脚踏两头船，必定落空
12.It’s no use crying over spilt milk 作无益的后悔
13.When the cat’s away, the mice will play. 猫儿不在，鼠儿成精
14.A stitch in time saves nine. 及时缝一针，可以省掉九针
15.There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪
16.Where there’s will there’s a way. 有志者事竟成
17.Give a person a dose of his own medicine. 以其人之道还治其人之身
18.All good things must come to an end. 天下没有不散的宴席
19.Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 越是不见越想见
20.An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 常吃苹果少得病
21.You can’t have your cake and eat it too. 两者不可兼得
22.Let sleeping dogs lie. 莫惹事非
23.You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. 年过花甲不堪教
24.It took two to make a quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响
25.A miss is as good as a mile.错一点点和错一英里都是错/错无大小，其错一也
26.Gild the lily 画蛇添足
27.Life begins at forty. 人到四十五，正如出山虎
28.Better late than never 迟做比不做好
29.What’s done cannot be undone.
What’s done is done. 覆水难收
30.Make hay while the sun shines. 太阳好，晒稻草
31.A soft answer turns away wrath. 婉言释怒
32.Spare the rod and spoil the child. 舍不得棍子，惯坏了孩子
33.Cowards die many times before their death. 懦夫一生死多回
34.Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡
35.Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌爱吾及犬
36.Dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人
37.No one can call back yesterday. 昨日之日不可追
38.He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is. 未尝苦味，不知甘甜
39.Life is short and time is swift. 生命短暂，光阴飞逝
40.Life is long if it is full. 生活充实，生命就长
41.All is not gold that glitters (glisters) 闪光的东西不一定都是金子.
42.A tree is known by its fruit. 见果知树/树因果得名
43.History repeats itself. 历史常常重演
44.The truth is always green 真理之树常青
45.The truth will out. 真相终将大白
46.All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马
47.Rome was n’t built in a day. 罗马不是一天建成的
48.As you sow, so shall you reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
49.Don’t put the cart before the horse. 不要本末倒置
50.Every dog has his (its) day. 凡人皆有得意之日
51.Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要乃发明之母
52.He who laughs last laughs best. 最后笑的, 笑得最好
53.Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人
54.Lost time is never found again. 光阴一去不复返
55.Now for it! 现在就干
56.Now or never! 机不可失，失不再来
57.Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不待人
58.There is no time like the present. 大好时机在眼前
59.Time cures all things. 时间能治愈一切
60.Time flies 光阴似箭
61.Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好
62.Better to do well than to say well. 说得好听不如干得出色
63.Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩
Actions speak louder than words
64.Few words and many deeds. 少说多干
65.Self-help is the best help. 自助者天助
God helps those who help themselves.
66.Like father, like son. 有其父，必有其子
67.Like teacher, like pupil. 有其师，必有其徒
68.One man’s meat is another man’s poison. 一人之肉食可为他人之毒物
69.Like will draw like. 只有志同道合的人才适宜在一起
Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同
70.Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑，必有一失
71.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (wood). 一鸟在手抵得上二鸟在林
72.If winter comes, can spring be far behind? 冬天来了，春天还会远吗？
73.Tomorrow is another day. Tomorrow is a new day. 明天又是新的一天
74.Don’t cross the bridge before (until) you come to it.
Don’t cross the bridge till you get to it.
人未到桥头，莫为过桥愁
75.A little learning is a dangerous thing. 一知半解是件危险的事情
A little knowledge is dangerous.
76.He that travels far knows much. 阅历丰富者对生活体验深
77.Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量
78.Live and learn. 活到老，学到老
79.One is never too old to learn. It is never too late to learn. 志学不嫌年高
80.There is no end to learning. 学无止境
81.No news, good news. No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息
82.Seeing is believing
To see is to believe. 百闻不如一见
83.A good beginning is half done.
A good beginning is half the battle.
The first step is as good as half over.
Well begun is half done (ended). 良好的开端等于成功了一半84.A thousand mile trip begins with one step
The longest journey starts with a single step. 千里之行，始于足下
85.The first step is the only difficulty. 万事唯有天头难
86.Diligence is the mother of good luck (fortune). 勤奋为幸运之母
87.Diligence is the mother (parent) of success. 勤奋为成功之母
88.The early bird catches (gets) the worm. 早飞的鸟儿捉到虫
89.A good anvil does not fear hammer. 好砧不怕锤击
90.Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 不要教老祖母嘬鸡蛋
To teach a fish how to swim 班门弄斧
91.Nothing venture, nothing have (gain, win).
Nothing ventured, nothing gained .没有风险就没有收获
92.A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口
93.You can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.
你可牵马到水边，令马饮水却很难
94.One can’t please everybody. 一人难满众人意
95.Who will bell the cat? 谁去给猫系铃
96.The grapes are sour. 吃不到葡萄，就说葡萄酸
97.Let bygones be bygones. 过去的事让它过去吧
98.Nature will out. 本性难移
99.Unity is strength. 团结就是力量100.Diamond cut diamond. 宝石遇到金刚钻棋逢对手
101.Tit for tat 针锋相对以牙还牙Eye for eye tooth for tooth 以眼还眼以牙还牙
101.One tree does not make a forest. 独木不成林
102.Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风
103.To fight to the last man 战斗到最后一个人104.To break the record 打破记录
105.Under one’s nose 有看到就在自己身边的东西，当……的面，在……面前
106.Armed to the teeth 武装到牙齿
107.Packed like sardines 挤得象罐头沙丁鱼108.Sour grapes 酸葡萄
109.A die-hard 死硬派
110.A gentleman’s agreement 君子协定
111.An olive branch 橄榄树枝
112.The heel of Achilles 阿基里斯的脚踵113.The sword of Damocles 悬挂在达摩克里斯头顶上的剑114.The open-door policy 门户开放政策
115.The most-favored-nation clause 最惠国条款
116.The position-of-strength policy 实力地位政策
117.Shuttle diplomacy 穿梭外交
118.The cold war 冷战
119.The hot war 热战
120.A cat has nine lives 猫有九命
121.Blood is thicker than water 血浓于水
122.Barking dogs do not bite 吠犬不咬人
123.A rolling stone gathers no moss 滚石不生苔
124.To praise to the skies 捧上天去
125.To fish in troubled waters 混水摸鱼
126.To add fuel to the fire 火上加油
127.To be on thin ice 如履薄冰
128.Walls have ears 隔墙有耳
129.A drop in the ocean 沧海一粟
130.To laugh off one’s head 笑掉牙齿
131.To shed crocodile tears 猫哭老鼠
132.To be out at elbows 捉襟见肘
133.To spend money like water 挥金如土
134.At sixes and sevens 乱七八糟七颠八倒
135.Six of one and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两
136.Tweedledee and tweedledum 半斤八两
137.One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
138.A wet blanket 一个令人扫兴的人139.Cat’s-paws 上了人家的当140.Like a fish out of water 不自在
141.To break the ice 打破沉默
142.Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth 生长在富贵之家143.The die is cast 事已决定木已成舟144.To take French leave 不告而别
145.A stony heart 铁石心肠
146.At one’s fingertips 了如指掌
147.To have a hand like a foot 笨手笨脚
148.As mute as a fish 噤若寒蝉
149.To return good for evil 以德报怨
150.To shut one’s eyes against 视而不见
151.To talk black into white 颠倒黑白
152.To turn a deaf ear to 充耳不闻153.Practice makes perfect 熟能生巧
154.To face the music 临危不惧155.Plain sailing 一帆风顺
156.To be dead drunk 烂醉如泥
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158.To fly into a rage 勃然大怒
159.To look for a needle in a haystack 海底捞针
160.A leap in the dark 轻举妄动161.To show one’s colours 原形毕露
162.To make a noise in the world 名噪一时163.To pick holes in 吹毛求疵
164.To be at the end of one’s rope 山穷水尽165.To flog a dead horse 徒劳无益166.To turn over a new leaf 改过自新167.To put all one’s eggs in one basket 孤注一掷168.as old as the hills 天长地久169.as timid as a hare 胆小如鼠170.as cool as a cucumber 泰然自若171.to fish in the air 水中捞月172.as bitter as wormwood 苦如黄连173.goose-flesh 鸡皮疙瘩174.as light as a feather 轻如鸿毛175.as red as rose 艳如桃花176.ass in the lion’s skin 狐假虎威177.The onlooker sees most of the game. 旁观者清178.Neither fish, nor flesh, nor fowl 不伦不类179.to take a load off one’s mind 如释重负180.as weak as water 弱不禁风181.in the twinkle of an eye 瞬息之间182.a stream of tears 泪如泉涌
183.a rat in hole 瓮中之鳖184.to hold one’s head high 扬眉吐气185.to touch one on the raw 一针见血
186.to take wings to itself 不翼而飞187.to make mountains out of molehills 小题大做188.a square peg in a round hole 格格不入189.as cold as a marble 冷若冰霜190.to have a card up one’s sleeve 胸有成竹191.armchair strategy 纸上谈兵192.to speak to the wind 白费唇舌193.Two of a trade can never agree 同行相嫉194.without a penny to one’s name 一文不名195.Patience wears out stones. 水滴穿石196.Pride goes before a fall. 骄必败
197.Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩198.One swallow doesn’t make a summer. 一燕不成夏199.No wisdom like silence. 智者寡言。
200.No man learns but by pain or shame. 不经痛苦羞辱，难以取得教训。