idiom英语俗语谚语

idiom英语俗语谚语篇一

Idiom_英语俗话

idiom英语俗语谚语篇二

俗语谚语英译

一些有用的英语谚语和习惯用法

借是友，讨是敌

1.He that does lend will lose his friend.

借酒浇愁

1.to drink sorrow down; to drink one's sorrows away; to drink to drown trouble; to drown grief in drinking; to drown one's sorrows in liquor; to take solace in alcohol{idiom英语俗语谚语}.

兼听则明，偏听则暗

1.to listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; to heed only one side and you will be benighted 冤有头，债有主

1.Every debt has its debtor.{idiom英语俗语谚语}.

2.Every injustice has its perpetrator.

唉声叹气{idiom英语俗语谚语}.

1.to heave deep sighs (of sorrow, weariness, frustration, etc.); to sigh in despair; to moan and groan; to mope and sigh; to sigh and moan

家家有本难念的经

1.Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.

2.Every family has some sort of trouble.

家丑不可外扬

1.Domestic shame should not be made public.

2.Domestic scandals should not be publicized.

3.Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

宴安鸩毒

1.Seeking pleasure is like drinking poisoned wine.

差以毫厘，谬以千里

1.A slight error in the beginning results in a big mistake in the end.{idiom英语俗语谚语}.

挟天子以令诸侯

1.to have the emperor in one's power and order the dukes about in his name; to usurp power by holding the emperor as a hostage and acting in his name

料事如神

1.to foretell like a prophet; to foretell things accurately

桃李不言，下自成蹊

1.quite but attractive; where there is real ability there is fame

气可鼓而不可泄

1.morale should be boosted, not dampened

海内存知己，天涯若比邻

1.A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.

留得青山在，不愁没柴烧

1.As long as the green mountains are there, one need not worry about firewood.

2.While there's life there's hope.

真金不怕火炼

1.True gold fears no fire.

2.A person of integrity can stand any tests.

神不知，鬼不觉

1.without even the spirits knowing about it

茶来伸手饭来张口

1.to live on the labor of others; to lead the life of a parasite

酒逢知己千杯少

1.One can drink far more than usual with a bosom friend.

干打雷，不下雨

1.thunder but no rain; big talk but no action

做一天和尚撞一天钟

1.to go on tolling the bell as long as one is a monk; to do one's job perfunctorily; to take a passive attitude towards one's work

偷鸡不着蚀把米 1.[Literal] to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice

2.to fail to gain an advantage and incur a loss to oneself in the process; to go for wool and come back shorn 区区小事，何足挂齿

1.Such a trifling thing is hardly worth mentioning.

哑巴吃黄莲，有苦说不出

1.to be unable to express one's discomfort, like a dumb person tasting bitter herbs; to be compelled to suffer in silence

国有国法，家有家法

1.A country has its laws and a family its rules.

国家兴亡，匹夫有责

1.All men share a responsibility for the rise and fall of their nation.

将在外君命有所不受

1.A field commander must decide even against king's orders.

将欲取之，必先与之

1.in order to take, one must first give; to give in order to take

强中自有强中手

1.However strong you are, there's always someone stronger.

2.Diamond cut diamond.

强将手下无弱兵

1.There are no poor soldiers under a good general.

2.There are no weak troops under a strong general.

强龙难压地头蛇

1.The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.

得道多助，失道寡助

1.A just cause gains great support, an unjust one gains little.

情人眼里出西施

1.Love is blind.

2.In the eye of the lover, his beloved is a beauty.

挂羊头，卖狗肉

1.to hang up a sheep's head and sell dogmeat; to try to palm off something inferior to what it purports to be 推卸责任，委过于人

1.to shirk one's responsibility and shift the blame onto others{idiom英语俗语谚语}.

救人一命胜造七级浮屠

1.Better save one life than build a seven-storey pagoda.

敏于事而慎于言

1.speedy as a worker and cautious as a speaker

2.quick in work and cautious in speech

条条大路通罗马

1.All roads lead to Rome.

欲加之罪，何患无词

1.[Idiom] If you want to condemn somebody, you can always trump up a charge.

欲穷千里目，更上一层楼

1.to ascend another story to see a thousand miles

毫不利己，一心为公

1.to be dedicated to serving the public without any thought of oneself

牵一发而动全身

1.[Literal] Pull one hair and you move the whole body.

2.what happens to a small part may affect the whole; a slight move in one part may affect the whole situation 甜言蜜语

1.sweet words and honeyed phrases; fine-sounding words; soft words; sweet talk; cajolery

2.honeyed; sugary; candied; honey-mouthed; mealy-mouthed; smooth-tongued

3.to speak honeyed (or sugared) words; to practise cajolery; to cajole; to coax; to sweet-talk

盛名之下，其实难副 1.It is hard to live up to a great reputation.

眼不见心不烦

1.What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.

眼观四面，耳听八方

1.to have sharp eyes and keen ears; to be observant and alert; to be all eyes and ears

逢山开路，遇水搭桥

1.to cut paths through mountains and build bridges across rivers

野火烧不尽，春风吹又生

1.No prairie fire can destroy the grass, it shoots up again with the spring breeze blows.

陈谷子烂芝麻

1.petty and stale gossip

阴一套，阳一套