123个常用成语如何用英语来表达(2)_中考复习

123个常用成语如何用英语来表达(2)

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　　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.每逢佳节倍思亲 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.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 masterpiece

　　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 one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

　　40.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities

　　41.巧妇难为无米之炊 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.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

　　44.前人栽树后人乘凉 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.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 neglect 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 Man's 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 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, ther 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 should be able to think for himself.