英文习语翻译

A bull in a china shop. 肆意捣乱

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑长一智

A flash in the pan. 虎头蛇尾、昙花一现

A fly on the wheel. 自以为有天大本事的人

A walking dictionary. 博学多才

A wise old bird. 老谋深算

All good things must come to an end. 天下无不散的筵席

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙

As gentle as a lamb. 无言以对，性格温顺

As poor as a church mouse. 一贫如洗

Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水

Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 来而不往非礼也

Creep before you walk. 循序渐进

Custom is a second nature. 习惯后天养成

Diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手；棋逢对手、将遇良才

Do nothing by halves. 凡事不可半途而废

Don’t claim to know what you don’t know. 不要不懂装懂

Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. 不要小题大做

Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦

Don’t wash your dirty linen in public. 家丑不可外扬

Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 孤芳自赏

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早睡早起身体好

Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 满瓶不动半瓶摇

Envy has no holidays. 嫉妒之人无宁日

Even reckoning makes long friends. 亲兄弟明算账（公平算账友谊长）

Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在

Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔

Every man has his faults. 人无完人

Give him an inch and he will take an ell. 得寸进尺

God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助

Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings. 饥不择食

Jack is in office. 官气十足

Once in a blue moon. 机不可失

Pigs might fly. 无奇不有

Strike while iron is hot. 趁热打铁

Is it not delightful to have friends coming from afar? /How happy we are, To meet friends from afar! 有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有余而力不足

To be a back seat driver. 喧宾夺主

To be boon with a silver spoon in one’s mouth. 养尊处优，生来富贵

To fish in the air. 缘木求鱼

To have a wolf in one’s stomach. 大快朵颐、饿坏了

To head a wolf into the house. 引狼入室

To hitch one’s wagon to a star. 痴心妄想、胸怀大志、野心勃勃

To keep up with the Joneses.攀龙附凤

To kick down the ladder. 过河拆桥

To make one boot serve either leg. 藏有玄机

To return to our sheep. 言归正传、闲话少说

To look like a million dollars. 显得格外漂亮、容光焕发、满面春风

To take a leaf out of another book. 步人后尘

Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 手里有钱财不如胸中有文才

君子和而不同。

In human relationships, a gentleman seeks harmony but not uniformity.

会当凌绝顶，一览众山小。

I will ascend the mountain’s dominant peak – ti gave a commanding view all in a sweep.

以其人之道，还治其人之身。

Do unto him as he does unto others.

天下兴亡，匹夫有责。

Everybody is responsible for the rise or fall of the country.

相知无远近，万里尚为邻。

Long distances cannot separate true friends sharing one heart; they can be like close neighbors even thousands of miles apart.

富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈。

No money and rank can confuse one, no poverty and humbleness can shake one’s ambition, and no violence and pressure can bring one to one’s knees.

人之初，性本善。性相近，习相远。

Men at their birth, are naturally good. Their natures are much the same; their habits become widely different.

苟不教，性乃迁。教之道，贵以专。If foolishly there is no teaching, the nature will deteriorate. The right way in teaching is to attach the utmost importance in thoroughness.

昔孟母，择邻处。子不学，断机杼。

Of old, the mother of Mencius chose a neighborhood and when her child would not learn, she broke the shuttle from the loom.

窦燕山，有义方。教五子，名俱扬。

Tou of the Swallow Hills had the right method. He taught five sons, each of whom raised the family reputation.

养不过，父之过。教不严，师之惰。

To feed without teaching, is the father’s fault. To teach without severity, is the teacher’s laziness.

不畏浮云遮望眼，只缘身在最高层。

We should not be afraid of the dark clouds blocking our view, because we are already at the top.

相交一言重，相期千里至。

Good friends highly value their words. They travel a thousand li to keep their promise for a gathing.

民以邦本。

People are the foundation of the country,

民贵君轻。

People are more important than the monarch.

一言既出，驷马难追。

What is said cannot be unsaid.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

As you sow, so will you reap.

留的青山在，不怕没柴烧。

There’ll never be a shortage of firewood as long as green hills remain. / As long as green mountains are there, one need not worry about firewood. / While there is life, there is hope.

海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. / A bosom friend makes the

world smaller. / Long distance separates no bosom friends.

千里之行，始于足下。

A thousand li journey is started by taking the first step.

千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重。

The gift itself may be as light as a feather, but sent from afar, it conveys deep feelings.

远水救不了近火。

Distant water cannot put out a nearby fire.

良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。

Good medicine is bitter in the mouth, but good for the disease. / Just as bitter medicine cures sickness, so unpalatable advice benefits conduct.

兼听则明，偏信则暗。

Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; hear only one side and you will be benighted.

打开天窗说亮话。

Frankly speaking. / Let’s not mince matters. / Let’s be frank.

木已成舟。

What’s done is done, and cannot be undone.

班门弄斧。

To show off on e’s skill with the axe before LuBan, the master carpenter – to display one’s slight skill before an expert/ to teach your grandma to suck eggs/ teach fish to swim

英雄所见略同。

Great minds think alike.

三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。

Two heads are better than one.

天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

The unexpected always happens.

有钱能使鬼推磨。

Money makes the mare go. / Money talks.

以其人之道还治其人之身。

Pay somebody back in his own coin.

以小人之心度君子之腹。

With the heart of the mean, you are estimating what is the heart of the great.

机不可失，时不再来。/ 时不待我。

Time and tide wait for no one./ Opportunity never knocks twice at any man’s door.

明月几时有，把酒问青天。

How often can we have such a glorious moon? Raising my goblet, I put the question to Heaven.

我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。

I wish to ride the wind, and return there, if not deterred by the unbearable

cold that must prevail at that height.

人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

This is, anyway, an eternal flaw, an uncertain world, under an inconstant moon. Nonetheless, may all of us remain long in this world, and share the immortal moon even though thousands of miles apart!

鹬蚌相争，渔人得利。

Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it. / When a snipe and a clam are locked in a fight, the fisherman benefits.

道高一尺魔高一丈。

While the priest climbs/ascends a foot, the devil climbs ten.

亡羊补牢，未为晚也。

It is never too late to mend.

天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

Justice has long arms.

一寸光阴一寸金。

An inch of time is an inch of gold. / Time is money.

君子动口不动手。

A gentleman uses his tongue, not his fists.

说曹操曹操到。

Talk/Speak of an angle and you will hear his wings. / Speak of the wolf, and you will see his tail. / Speak of the devil and he will appear.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

If one does not work hard in youth, one will regret it in old age. / A young idler, an old beggar. / An idle youth, a needy age. / They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat.

前事不忘后事之师。

The past, if not forgotten, can serve as a guide for the future.

谋事在人，成事在天。

Man proposes, and God disposes.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his clubs.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

He who keeps company with a wolf will learn how to howl.

瓜熟蒂落，水到渠成。

When a melon is ripe, it falls off its stem. When water flows, a channel is formed.

眉头一皱，计上心来。

Knit your brows and you will hit upon a stratagem.

言必信，行必果。

Promises must be kept and action must be resolute. / Be true in word and resolute in deed.

解铃还须系铃人。

Let him who tried the bell on the tiger take it off –whoever started the

trouble should end it.

自欺欺人。

Bury one’s head in the sand.

勇者无惧。

No way is impossible to courage.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

Once bitten, twice shy. / Burnt child dreads the fire

百闻不如一见。

One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.

金窝银窝，不如自己的草窝。

East or west, home is best.