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栏目:学习天地 作者:zhangxiaoling 来源: 时间:2019-10-16 13:51:19 点击:1928

51时不我待

Time and tide wait for no man

 

52杀鸡用牛刀

use a steam-hammer to crack nuts

 

53实事求是

seek truth from factsbe practical and realisticbe true to facts

 

54说曹操,曹操到

speak of the devil

 

55实话实说

speak the plain truthcall a spade a spadetell it as it is

 

56实践是检验真理的唯一标准

Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth

 

57韬光养晦

hide ones capacities and bide ones time

 

58糖衣炮弹

sugar-coated bullets

 

59天有不测风云

Anything unexpected may happena bolt from the blue

 

60团结就是力量

Unity is strength

 

61跳进黄河洗不清

Even if one jumped into the Yellow Riverone can not wash oneself clean - theres nothing one can do to clear ones name

 

62歪风邪气

unhealthy trends and vulgar practices

 

63物以类聚,人以群分

Birds of a feather flock together

 

64望子成龙

hold high hopes for ones child

 

 

65唯利是图

seek nothing but profitsbe blind to all but ones own interests

 

66无中生有

a sheer fabrication out of nothingfabricate rumors out of thin air

 

67无风不起浪

There are no waves without windNothing comes of nothing

 

68徇私枉法

twist the law to suit ones own purpose

 

69新官上任三把火

a new broom sweeps clean

 

70蓄势待发

accumulate strength for a take-off

 

71心想事成

May all your wish come true

 

72心照不宣

have a tacit understandingthoroughly understand each otherwithout having exchanged a word of explanation

 

73先入为主

First impressions are firmly entrenched

 

74先下手为强

He who strikes first gains the advantage

The best defense is offense

 

75热锅上的蚂蚁

ants on a hot pan

 

76现身说法

warn people by taking oneself as an example

 

77息事宁人

pour oil on troubled waterspatch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned

 

78循序渐进

proceed in an orderly way and step by stepadvance gradually in due order

 

 

79严以律己,宽以待人

be strict with oneself and lenient with others

 

80有情人终成眷属

Jack shall have Jillall shall be well

 

81有钱能使鬼推磨

Money makes the mare go/ Money talks

 

82有识之士

a man of insight

 

83有勇无谋

bold but not crafty

 

84有缘千里来相会

Separated as we are thousands of miles apartwe come together as if by predestination

 

85与时俱进

keep pace with the times

 

86以人为本

people-oriented

 

87因材施教

teach students according to their aptitude

 

88欲穷千里目,更上一层楼

to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles furtherAscend furtherwere you to look farther

 

89欲速则不达

Haste makes waste

More hasteless speed

 

90优胜劣汰

survival of the fittest

 

91英雄所见略同

Great minds think alike

 

92冤家宜解不宜结

Better make friends than make enemies

93冤假错案

cases in which people were unjustlyfalsely or wrongly charged or sentencedunjustfalse or wrong cases

 

94一言既出,驷马难追

A promise is a promise

A real man never goes back on his words

 

95招财进宝

bring in wealth and treasure

 

96债台高筑

become debt-ridden

 

97众矢之的

target of public criticism

 

98纸上谈兵

be an armchair strategist

 

99纸包不住火

You cant wrap fire in paper

Whats done by night appears by day

 

100 左右为难

caught in a dilemmabetween the devil and the deep blue sea