提升口語&寫作檔次的139個(gè)俗語!
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提升口語&寫作檔次的139個(gè)俗語!
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提升口語&寫作檔次的139個(gè)俗語!
今天給大家?guī)硪黄芨艿母韶洠?39個(gè)中國成語的英文表達(dá),其中很多在英語里面也有對應(yīng)的地道表達(dá)方式,比如一些常用的俚語或者諺語~大家拿了回去消化,下回寫作、口語上戰(zhàn)場一定能硬起來!
1. 眾矢之的
target of public criticism
2. 愛不釋手
to fondle admiringly
3. 按部就班
step by step
4. 愛莫能助
be sympathetic but have no ability to help
5. 拔苗助長
to spoilthings by excessive enthusiasm
6. 百折不撓
be indomitable
7. 班門弄斧
to teachone's granny how to suck eggs
8. 半途而廢
to giveup halfway
9. 杯弓蛇影
self-created suspicion
10. 惡有惡報(bào)
an ill life, an ill end.
11. 變本加厲
be further intensified
12. 百聞不如一見
Seeing is believing.
13. 比上不足,比下有余
to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.
14. 笨鳥先飛
A slow sparrow should make an early start.
15. 不遺余力
to spare no effort; Do one s best; Go all out.
16. 不打不成交
No discord, no concord.
17. 不痛不癢
perfunctory
18. 拆東墻補(bǔ)西墻
Rob Peter to pay Paul.
19. 辭舊迎新
bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
20. 車水馬龍
be crowded with people and vehicles
21. 懲前毖后
to learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones
22. 充耳不聞
to turn a deaf ear to
23. 重蹈覆轍
to follow the same old disastrous road
24. 臭名昭著
be notorious
25. 大事化小,小事化了
to try first to make their mistake sound less serious and thento reduce it to nothing at all.
26. 大開眼界
to broaden one s horizon; be an eye-opener
27. 得寸進(jìn)尺
Much will have more.
28. 跌宕起伏
ups and downs
29. 丟卒保車
to sacrifice minor things to save major ones
30. 登峰造極
to reach the peak of perfection
31. 國泰民安
The country flourishes and people live in peace.
32. 過猶不及
Going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short. Excess is just as bad as deficiency. Too much is as bad as too little.
33. 好了傷疤忘了疼
once on shore, one prays no more.
34. 好事不出門,壞事傳千里
Bad news travels fast.
35. 和氣生財(cái)
Harmony brings wealth. Friendliness is conductive to business success.
36. 活到老學(xué)到老
Never too old to learn.
37. 既往不咎
to let bygones be bygones
38. 金無足赤人無完人
There are spots even on the sun.
39. 金玉滿堂
Treasures fill the home.
40. 腳踏實(shí)地
be down-to-earth
41. 腳踩兩只船
to sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
42. 君子之交淡如水
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
43. 老生常談,陳詞濫調(diào)
cut and dried
44. 禮尚往來
Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
45. 留得青山在不愁沒柴燒
wher there is life, there is hope.
46. 馬到成功
to achieve immediate victory; to win instant success.
47. 名利雙收
to gain both fame and wealth
48. 茅塞頓開
be suddenly enlightened
49. 沒有規(guī)矩,不成方圓
Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
50. 每逢佳節(jié)倍思親
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one s dear onesfar away.
51. 謀事在人成事在天
Man proposes; God disposes.
52. 弄巧成拙
to make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
53. 賠了夫人又折兵
to suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
54. 拋磚引玉
to throw a sprat to catch a whale
55. 破釜沉舟
to cut off all means of retreat; to burn one s own way of retreatand be determined to fight to the end
56. 搶得先機(jī)
take the preemptive opportunities
57. 巧婦難為無米之炊
One can t make bricks without straw.
58. 前事不忘后事之師
Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
59. 前怕狼后怕虎
to hesitate in doing
60. 強(qiáng)龍難壓地頭蛇
The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
61. 瑞雪兆豐年
A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year.
62. 人逢喜事精神爽
People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
63. 世上無難事只怕有心人
wher there is a will ,there is a way.
64. 世外桃源
a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
65. 人之初性本善
Humans are born good.
66. 塞翁失馬焉知非福
a blessing in disguise; Every cloud has a silver lining.
67. 三十而立
A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
68. 水漲船高
A ship rises with the tide.
69. 時(shí)不我待
Time and tide wait for no man.
70. 殺雞焉用牛刀
to use a steam-hammer to crack nuts
71. 實(shí)事求是
to seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic
72. 說曹操,曹操到
to speak of the devil
73. 實(shí)話實(shí)說
to speak the plain truth; to call a spade a spade; to tell it as itis
74. 鼠目寸光
be shortsighted; cannot see beyond one's nose
75. 身無分文
not a shot in one's locker
76. 束手無策
be at a loss what to do
77. 殊途同歸
all roads lead to Rome
78. 投卵擊石(螳臂當(dāng)車)
kick against the pricks
79. 韜光養(yǎng)晦
Hide one s capacities and bide one s time.
80. 糖衣炮彈
sugar-coated bullets
81. 天有不測風(fēng)云
Anything unexpected may happen; A bolt from the blue.
82. 團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量
Unity is strength.
83. 歪風(fēng)邪氣
unhealthy trends and vulgar practices
84. 物以類聚人以群分
Birds of a feather flock together.
85. 望子成龍
to hold high hopes for one s child
86. 挖墻腳
to undermine the foundation
87. 唯利是圖
to seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one s own interests
88. 無中生有
a sheer fabrication out of nothing; to fabricate rumors out of thin air.
89. 無風(fēng)不起浪
There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
90. 徇私枉法
twist the law to suit one s own purpose.
91. 新官上任三把火
a new broom sweeps clean
82. 蓄勢待發(fā)