钰龙u200和d200:英语常用的成语

   英语常用的成语     1.爱屋及乌：Love me, love my dog.

2.百闻不如一见：Seeing is believing.

3.比上不足比下有余：worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.

4.笨鸟先飞：A slow sparrow should make an early start.

5.不眠之夜：white night

6.不以物喜不以己悲：not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

7.不遗余力：spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

8.不打不成交：No discord, no concord.

9.拆东墙补西墙：rob Peter to pay Paul

10.辞旧迎新：bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

11.大事化小小事化了：try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

12.大开眼界：open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

13.国泰民安：The country flourishes and people live in peace

14.过犹不及：going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

15.功夫不负有心人：Everything comes to him who waits.

16.好了伤疤忘了疼：once on shore, one prays no more

17.好事不出门恶事传千里：Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

18.和气生财：Harmony brings wealth.

19.活到老学到老：One is never too old to learn.

20.既往不咎：let bygones be bygones

21.金无足赤人无完人：Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

22.金玉满堂：Treasures fill the home.

23.脚踏实地：be down-to-earth

24.脚踩两只船：sit on the fence

25.君子之交淡如水：the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

26.老生常谈陈词滥调：cut and dried, cliché

27.礼尚往来：Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧：Where there is life, there is hope.

29.马到成功：achieve immediate victory; win instant success

30.名利双收：gain in both fame and wealth

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.

59.升级换代：updating and upgrading (of products)

60.四十不惑：Life begins at forty.

61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖：Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass.

62.水涨船高：When the river rises, the boat floats high.

63.时不我待：Time and tide wait for no man.

64.杀鸡用牛刀：break a butterfly on the wheel

65.实事求是：seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

66.说曹操,曹操到：Talk of the devil and he comes.

67.实话实说：speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准：Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

69.山不在高，有仙则名：No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy.

70.韬光养晦：hide one's capacities and bide one's time

71.糖衣炮弹：sugar-coated bullets

72.天有不测风云：Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

73.团结就是力量：Unity is strength.

74.跳进黄河洗不清：eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name.

75.歪风邪气：unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

76.物以类聚，人以群分：Birds of a feather flock together.

77.往事如风：The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.

78.望子成龙：hold high hopes for one's child

79.屋漏又逢连阴雨：Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

80.文韬武略：military expertise; military strategy

81.唯利是图：draw water to one's mill

82.无源之水,无本之木：water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

83.无中生有：make create something out of nothing

84.无风不起浪：There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.

85.徇私枉法：：bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后：Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

88. 蓄势而发：accumulate strength for a take-off

89.心想事成：May all your wish come true

90.心照不宣：have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

91.先入为主：First impressions are firmly entrenched.

92.先下手为强：catch the ball before the bound

93.像热锅上的蚂蚁：like an ant on a hot pan

94.现身说法：warn people by taking oneself as an example

95.息事宁人：pour oil on troubled waters

96.喜忧参半：mingled hope and fear

97.循序渐进：step by step

98.一路平安，一路顺风：speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

99.严以律己,宽以待人：be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

100.鱼米之乡：a land of milk and honey

101.有情人终成眷属：Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.

102.有钱能使鬼推磨：Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

103.有识之士：people of vision

104.有勇无谋：use brawn rather than brain

105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

106.与时俱进：advance with times

107.以人为本：people oriented; people foremost

108.因材施教：teach students according to their aptitude

109. 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼：to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight.

110.欲速则不达：Haste does not bring success.

111. 优胜劣汰：survival of the fittest

112.英雄所见略同：Great minds think alike.

113.冤家宜解不宜结：Better make friends than make enemies.

114.冤假错案：cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases.

115.一言既出，驷马难追：A real man never goes back on his words.

116.招财进宝：Money and treasures will be plentiful

117.债台高筑：become debt-ridden

118.致命要害：Achilles' heel

119. 众矢之的：target of public criticism

120.知己知彼,百战不殆：Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

121. 纸上谈兵：be an armchair strategist

122.纸包不住火：Truth will come to light sooner or later.

123.左右为难：between the devil and the deep blue sea

日常生活中最常用到的英语谚语
cross your heart 你发誓

gate - crasher 不请自来的不速之客;

take it easy 凡事看开些, 不要太冲动, 不要看得那么重

make yourself comfortable 不用约束 (招待客人时说的话)

you are all wet 你完全误会了

she is hangover 她昨夜喝醉了

it’s a matter of time 这是迟早的问题

she pulls out 她退出了

I have my limit 我的忍耐度有限

don’t brush me off 不要敷衍我

let’s get it straight 我们打开天窗说亮话吧

what you call this 你这算什么

how about a bite 随便吃些什么吧

you can count on me 你可以信得过我

he see things not people他论事不论人

we sang the same songs 我们志同道合

I hope you in the roll 我希望你也能来

let’s go Dutch 我们各付各的吧

speak of the devil 说曹操, 曹操就到

keep in touch 保持联络

 1. A cat may look at a king.

【字面意思】猫也可以看国王。

【解 释】无名小卒也可以评论大人物。人皆可以为尧舜。不要因为别人的资格不够老，或经验不如你多，就不让他发表意见。

2. A penny saved is a penny earned.

【字面意思】节省一个便士就等于挣了一个便士。

【解 释】省钱是明智的做法。省一分就是赚一分。不要因为钱的数目不大就不把它当一回事，瞧不起小钱是不对的，要记住A penny saved is a penny earned这条经验。

3. A watched pot never boils.

【字面意思】眼睛盯着看的壶永远不会开。

【解 释】事情在进行中，不到时候就不会有结果，要水到渠成才行。心急锅不开。你着急？着急也没用！用眼睛盯着它看也无济于事，事情不会因为你着急就会有较快的进展。　　

4. A word to the wise.

【字面意思】送给智者的一句话。

【解 释】给明智而愿意接受别人意见或建议的人提出忠告。我知道你能听进去话，所以我才跟你这么说。我说的是正确的，对你有好处，而且我知道你也会听取我的意见。

5. All is well that ends well.

【字面意思】结尾好就意味着一切都好。

【解 释】结局好，一切都好。出自莎士比亚剧本名。在开始或中间环节出现的一些小的差错或麻烦无关紧要，没什么大不了的，只要最终的结局令人满意，那就是好的。

6. Bad news travels fast.

【字面意思】坏消息传得快。

【解 释】好事不出门，坏事传千里。

7. Beauty is only skin deep.

【字面意思】美貌只是肤浅的。

【解 释】美貌只是表面现象而已。以貌取人靠不住。你不能只看到她有漂亮的面孔就向她求爱，你还应该考虑其它方面的因素。找结婚伴侣是要过日子，不是当海报招贴画来看的。我的忠告是两句话：Beauty is only skin-deep. True feelings are more important.

8. Beggars can't be choosers.

【字面意思】乞丐不可能有选择。

【解 释】你得到的不完全是你想得到的，可能条件或质量等方面差一些，但没有再选择的余地，只能接受不十分满意的事物。这就叫Beggars can't be choosers.

9. Better safe than sorry.

【字面意思】安全比遗憾好

【解 释】最好不要去冒险。即使不冒险你得多费些功夫，多做些枯燥无味的工作，这都值得。总比为了省事而冒险强。变体：Better to be safe than sorry.　　

10. Easy come, easy go.

【字面意思】来的容易，去的快。

【解 释】这句话适合讲给那些把什么事都看得容易的人。尤其是对那种认为挣钱容易，不把钱当钱，对任何事情都不担心的人最适合。应该提醒这种人"钱不是长在树上的"。钱不是像树上的果实一样，今年吃光了明年还会自动长出来。有些人自己不挣钱，不知道挣钱的艰辛。

11. Every little helps.

【字面意思】每一小部分都有帮助。

【解 释】点点滴滴，有其助益。一颗颗粮食堆成山，一块块铜板成千万。偏远地区的孩子没学上，我们有义务帮助他们。希望大家多支持，捐钱、捐书、捐铅笔，什么都行。多捐多感谢、少捐也不嫌，Every little helps.　　

12. Good wine needs no bush.

【字面意思】好酒不需要做广告。

【解 释】好的产品不需要做更多的广告。酒好不怕巷子深。或许这话在全球化经济竞争的年代不太适合。

13. I am all ears.

【字面意思】我浑身上下都是耳朵。

【解 释】我在洗耳恭听。我很感兴趣，我在集中精力，全神贯注地等你往下说。比如：女朋友说"我今天下午去参加面试了。你想知道结果吗？"女朋友没往下说，就等男朋友开口，希望他说："Tell me! Tell me! I'm all ears!"

14. If the cap fits, wear it.

【字面意思】如果帽子合适，就戴着吧。

【解 释】要是言之中肯，就接受吧。你的作业没做好，老师认为你看电视太多，影响了你的学习。老师说你是"电视迷"(TV addict)，你不承认。你我同住一个宿舍，我很清楚老师说的是对的，所以If the cap fits, wear it.

15. In for a penny, in for a pound!

【字面意思】赌一便士是赌，赌一英镑也是赌。

【解 释】类似"一不做、二不休"的说法。这是当你要准备参与某个项目，准备投入你的财力，时间或精力的时候可能说的一句话。你买股票时，拿不定主意，是买进100股，还是再多买一点。我劝你："我看能赚大钱，干脆多买点儿，In for a penny, in for a pound!

16. It gets my goat.

【字面意思】动了我的山羊。

【解 释】某事使你生气，你可以说It gets my goat(真让人生气！)比如我看到有人站在路中间说话，挡着道，我还得绕着过去，我就特别生气。变体：It gets on my goat.

17. It slipped my mind.

【字面意思】从大脑里溜走了。

【解 释】忘记了。没记住。我本想告诉你，你的女朋友来电话了，但是我把这事给忘记了。I meant to tell you your girl friend had called, but it slipped my mind. 18. It takes two to tango.

【字面意思】跳探戈舞需要两个人。

【解 释】一个巴掌拍不响。孤掌难鸣。如果两个人在吵架，我认为错不在一方，两人都不对，那就可以说It takes two to tango.

19. It's all my eye!

【字面意思】都是的我的眼睛。

【解 释】表示不同意或惊讶。大意相当于：我根本不相信；他说的都是骗人的鬼话；胡说八道。也可以说：That's all my eye. 如果你听到了某人说的假话，你就可以说It's all my eye!劝别人也不要相信。

20. It's my word against his/hers.

【字面意思】我的话对他/她的话。

【解 释】我跟他发生争执，我俩各执一词，没有人可以证明谁对谁不对，公说公有理，婆说婆有理。你该相信谁的话，真是个难题。There were no witnesses to the accident, so it's my word against hers. 这是说不清的事情。

21. It's not my pigeon.

【字面意思】不是我的鸽子。

【解 释】不关我的事。不是我的责任。跟我没关系。那家公司倒闭了？幸好我没买它的股票，倒就倒了吧，It's not my pigeon.

22. Keep your chin up.

【字面意思】抬起下巴颏。

【解 释】这是对处在困境中的人说的一句话。是对别人的鼓励和关心，要他勇敢地面对困难，不要因为受到挫折而灰心丧气。你的女朋友又找到新的男朋友了？没关系，Keep your chin up!

23. Let bygones be bygones.

【字面意思】让过去的就过去吧。

【解 释】忘掉过去不愉快的事情。我们俩有过不和的时候，但希望以后我们还是朋友。昨天我跟你吵架了，今天我对你说：I am sorry we had a row last night. Let's become friends again and let bygones be bygones.

24. Like father, like son.

【字面意思】儿子像父亲。

【解 释】有其父、必有其子。也可以说Like mother, like daughter.

25. Little leaks sink the ship.

【字面意思】小漏洞会使一条船沉没。

【解 释】千里长堤，溃于蚁穴。不能轻视出现的小问题，时间长了可能会引起大麻烦。

26. Love begets love.

【字面意思】爱可以带来更多的爱。

【解 释】情生情，爱生爱。你不爱他，他就不会爱你。希望你多给他些爱，这样他会更爱你，我们都应该记住：Love begets love. (Like begets like的意思是"有其因必有其果")。

27. Love is blind.

【字面意思】爱情是盲目的。

【解 释】情人眼里出西施。究竟他为什么爱上了她？我是不理解，但谁也说不清。爱情就是这样，正像人们常说的一样，Love is blind. 典出罗马神话，爱神丘比特Cupid用布蒙着眼睛，生有双翅，持弓箭，"爱情之箭"会盲目地射出。

28. Love me, love my dog.

【字面意思】如果爱我，也应该爱我的狗。

【解 释】你要是爱我，那也应该爱我所爱的一切。相当于汉语的"爱屋及乌"。我离了婚，还带着两个孩子。你说你爱我。但两个孩子不能离开我，我认的就是Love me, love my dog这个理。

29. Mark my words!

【字面意思】记下我说的话

【解 释】给别人提出建议或警告，要别人按你的意见办事。我说的没错，相信我的话。我知道这匹马能赢，你该把赌注下在这儿。You will regret it if you don't put your money on this horse. Mark my words!

30. Marriage is a lottery.

【字面意思】找对象是碰运气。

【解 释】婚姻要碰运气；婚姻就像买彩票。很难说好女子就一定能找到好丈夫，或好男子就一定能碰上好妻子。有不少人认为Marriage is a lottery.

31. Marriages are made in heaven.

【字面意思】婚姻是由上天决定的。

【解 释】姻缘是命中注定的。你找对象挑了又挑，拣了又拣，最终能找到什么人，谁也难说。但好多人都相信Marriages are made in heaven.

32. Money doesn't grow on trees.

【字面意思】钱不是长在树上的。

【解 释】钱是有数的，有花光的时候。花钱要仔细，要精打细算，不要花钱如流水。你昨天买了家用电脑，今天又要买一个笔记本电脑？晚上还打算带你的女朋友去五星级饭店去吃饭？你该懂得Money does not grow on trees. 家里这点钱花完没了，不会自己再长出来。

33. Money isn't everything.

【字面意思】钱不是一切。

【解 释】生活中还有更重要的东西。不要把钱看的太重。金钱不代表一切。你不要爱情，不要亲情，不讲友情，为了钱你什么也不顾。那挣钱有什么用？你该明白这个道理：Money isn't everything.

34. My ears are burning.

【字面意思】我的耳朵在发烧。

【解 释】在西方也有人相信，如果你的耳朵发热，那可能是有人在其它地方议论你。有的中国人还有左耳烧和右耳烧的区别(好话和坏话的区别)。这是感觉到别人在说起你的时候说的一句话。

35. My fingers are all thumbs.

【字面意思】我的指头都成了大拇指了。

【解 释】可能由于紧张或劳累过度，手指头发僵，不听使唤。昨天打字，工作到晚上12点，今早感觉手指麻木，现在I can't operate the keyboard properly; my fingers are all thumbs.

36. New lords, new laws.

【字面意思】新主人，新规矩。

【解 释】一个将军一个令。

37. No news is good news.

【字面意思】没消息就是好消息。

【解 释】这是一句劝别人不要着急，要耐心消息的等待的话。

38. One man's meat is another's poison.

【字面意思】一个人喜欢吃的肉对另一个人来说是毒药。

【解 释】你喜欢的可能其他人不喜欢。比如：不要给所有的朋友送一样的礼物。Don't give all your friends Chinese made drinking glasses, one man's meat is another's poison.

39. Out of sight, out of mind.

【字面意思】眼不见，心不想。

【解 释】好长一段时间没有某人的消息，就可能不再想到他。汉语"眼不见，心不烦"指的是"希望不好的事情远离自己"，只作贬义词用。但英文的说法属中性。

40. Patience is a virtue.

【字面意思】耐心是美德。

【解 释】遇事不要急躁。做事都要有耐心。这句话送给性情急躁的人合适。41. Pigs might fly!

【字面意思】猪也许会飞起来。

【解 释】第一个意思是：根本不可能的事！第二个意思是：天下事无奇不有，不可能的事也许可能发生。变体有两个：Pigs may fly! 和When pigs can fly!

42. Practice makes perfect.

【字面意思】多实践能使技术完美。

【解 释】熟能生巧。

43. Seeing is believing.

【字面意思】看见才相信。

【解 释】亲眼见到才相信, 类似"口说无凭，眼见为实"。如：I would never have imagined my daughter could cook, but seeing is believing. 也含有"眼见为实"的意思。

44. Silence means consent.

【字面意思】沉默意味着同意。

【解 释】沉默就等于同意。变体：Silence gives consent.

45. That makes two of us.

【字面意思】现在是我们俩个人了。

【解 释】这是对处于困境，心情不好或持否定意见的人说的一句话，表示"我也跟你一样"，"我跟你有同感"。比如我说"这个电影真没意思"，如果你也有同感，那你就可以说 "That makes two of us!" 在此情景，就等于I agree或I agree with you.

46. The ball is in your court.

【字面意思】球在你的场内。

【解 释】这个说法来源于网球。该你行动了，看你的了，你不行动我们就无法继续进行下去。

47. The die is cast!

【字面意思】色子已经扔出去了。

【解 释】已成定局，没有改变的可能，木已成舟。当你破釜沉舟，义无反顾地要做一件事的时候，或一件事的发生将使整个局面朝一个特定的方向发展的时候，你就可以引用这句话。 "War became inevitable, the die was cast."这是恺撒将渡Rubicon河时说的一句话，表示"木已成舟"，"决心已下"，"义无反顾"或"破釜沉舟"。(名词die是古代的用法，意思是"骰子" 或"色子"。现在的"色子"用dice，单数、复数相同)

48. The sooner begun, the sooner done.

【字面意思】开始得越早，完成得越早。

【解 释】早开始，早完成。

49. The unexpected always happens.

【字面意思】想不到的事情总会发生。

【解 释】没想到的事情总会发生。没想到的好事或坏事都可能发生(中性谚语)。

50. There is no accounting for taste(s).

【字面意思】谁也无法解释各人有各人的品位或口味的原因。

【解 释】每个人都有他自己喜欢的事物；人各有所好；百人百味。有人喜欢集邮；有人喜欢收集香烟盒；还有人喜欢收集钥匙链：There is no accounting for tastes.